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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-17
Secret Weapon
Of Jap Navy
Is Tiny Sub

Washington, Dec. l7.-Japan's So
called secret naval weapon is a tiny,
lWO-man submarlne-a suicide
cr.ft that can loose torpedoes or
hurl itself at enemy ships with the
same destruction effect OF a torpedo,
the navy revealed today.
The secret was exposed by the
capture OF one of the mldsels during
the December ! Japanese attack on
Pearl flarDor.
The navy found that the plgmy
sub carries a 3o0-pound charge OF
high explosives under the stern,
VIII ed to the battery SO it can be used
Is a demolition charge either tor
the submarine itself in ease Of attack
or against ships or harbor objec-
tiNes." -
The craft also carries TWO l8-lnch
t~orpedoes. Standard size American
submarines, some seven times the
length of the pigmies, carry 2l-lnch
torpedOes.
There were indications, the navy
said, that the captured "suIclde'
sub was launched from a mother
ship about 100 miles Off he Ha-
Waiian island of Oahu.
(TWo other japanese subs-one a
midget the other the conventional
type-Were sunk during the attack.)
Describing the suicide element, the
! navy said there are indications the
personnel operating the submarines
desperate, ven 10 2crlllce, 10
will go to any extreme, however
carry out their objective.
The navy said the Japanese SUI
side" subs are of such size th1t they
could be carried on he deck OF iaf2-
err craft and launched oversize by
the same cranes and facilities used
FOR handling the small boats OF
combat snip. .
They have a cruising radius OF
900 miles at low speed and are pow
cred by electric motors with a oe-
;.cnated top speed OF ~ knolS.
The craft captured is Al feet long
IA a beam OF i've 1eel ana d con
,ino tower four and a half feet above
ne deck. The quarter-lnch plate u
y 3iyided into five compartments,
two OF WllCll mouse tiC CioNtlN CN'
ferries used for operating the motors,
The subs are equipped with a gyro-
.cmDass, a magnetic compass, radio
Equipment and underwater SOUND
nd listening devices.
Their crew consists of one officer
md one rating.
Living quarters are extremely
r.mped. The amount Of supplies anc
rel is necessarily limited. Naval eX-
,,rts estimate they would be able It
2main at ga five days before re-
mining to the mother ship or base
How many such subs the japanese
1ssess is not known but 1t IS pos
a that "schoolS' of them may b'
ed against the allied naval force
the Pacific.
Chief asset of the little craft
cir ability to operate IN shallow
aters, thus enabling them to &c
Tough harbor d~efenSes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-17

.3,;.i,ual Christmas Onunr-
We're provided fot ,udav.
'.'' ~. .nly five vet To- bc taken un
cntire list Of ~thirtv-uuc orr
Iy offered hall have been d.
81 h1ppicr Christmas a~ the rc-
.r. ..tl..ll generosity. Captain Gra-
rH,fte of The Salvation ANN.
,. .,ucgd today that the Henderson
> ..-y club had taken tuuu. case
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-17

come family. Need Christmas dinner
end TOYS fpr chil,ucu
NUMBER THREE
Family OF eight. Boy. l3. II and ;.
GrI+ -. Il and -, Father has had
'p give up work due 10 illness. Moth
~ NOT able to vurs. Family BADLY IN
n ci of food and toys fer the young
children.
NUMBER TIIIETETN
T.Ec'' ny Rotary club.
NUNtHEH FIFTEEN
Large Negro family. Father and
mother deaf and dumb. Pickup WoFE
on farms is only source OF income
Two children had pneumonia re-
Gently and still need careful atten-
ZION Boys is add II. Girls II, 9. 6, 1
3 and 6 months. This family is II
med of food and Christmas extras
NUMBER NINETEEN
Taken by Rotary club.
NUMBER TWENTY
Taken by Jut.or Tuesday cab.
N'AiHER TWENTY TWO.
Taken by Rotary CLUB.
NUMBER TWENTY-SENEN
Taken aH Nelson PhiIathca class O
CONGREGATIONAL Christian church,
NJlIBER THIRTY
LARGE family oi twelve. Only en-
l.yment during ar has been WP.t
nd odd Jobs. Boys 10, Is It. II.
nd >: s5Fl@ : ! and !. Need tooc
gnd Toys.
NJ+NJREE THTRTN-0NE
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
DRAFTEE HAS RIGHT OF
APPEAL

Any registrant under the Selective
Service Act is entitled to appeal
from any classification, and no one
has the right to deny him that priv
ilege, according to statement re-
Gently issued by Lieut.. Col. Henry
C. Stanwood, State director of selec-
tive service.
Local boards and Government APP
peal agents must make every effort
to insure protection of the regis
trant's right of appeal whether or
not they think the appeal is justi-
fed, he asserted.
Citing selective service regula-
lions relating to appeals, Colonel
Stanwood points out that the appeal
may be made by registrant, a de-
pendent, or anyone who has fled
written evidence of the occupational
necessity of the registrant.
The appeal must be fled within
ten days after mailing Of the reg
istrant's notice of classification,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
FIRE IN THE FOREST

We are now in the midst of the
vacation season. And that has al
ways produced a CHASTITY fire waste
of our. timber resources. Fire in the
forest is worse than almost any 9TH
er kind of fire. A house can be re-
built. A tree cannot. In few years,
roaring flames can destroy timber
that nature must spend hundreds of
years replacing. And fire in the for
est brings with 1t the most horrible
of deaths to deer, rabbits, birds,
squirrels and the other creatures of
the wild.
Man-made fire in the forest is al
most always preventable. 1t results
from mans ignorance, mans care
lessness, mans thoughtlessness. All
the laws in the world are powerless
unless full public support and coop
Grafton lis given them. There cannot
be fire warden behind every tree.
One of the prime causes of forest
fires is smoking. A family on a holt
day drives through the woods,
thoughtlessly throwing matches and
cigarette butts from the car. Usual
ly they cause no damage. But one
time in hundred, one time In
thousand, they may fall in dry brush
that is almost explosive. Then ire
placeable timber may be destroyed.
Never drop burning tobacco or
matches anywhere.
Carelessness with camp fires is
still another major cause of fire.
Here again, the rules of safety are
simple. Never leave fire. Smother
the ashes with water and earth. AL
ways build your fire as far as pos
sible from trees and brush, and in a
cleared space.
One of Americas greatest resourc-
es is its tall timber 1t is the basis
of great employing industry which
is vital to national Defense 1t is the
pleasure and recreation for millions.
Help to preserve it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
SAVING OUR CHILDREN

Some of the most notable progress
made by the medical profession has
been in reducing deaths and illness
es in childhood.
DR.. G. e. Wakerlin recently de-
scribed the achievements i'm this dir
rection that have been made in the
representative state of Illinois. The
number of deaths of Illinois chill
dren under ten is now one-tenth OF
what it was in 1910. Each OF the
eight major causes of childhood
death--diarrhea, pneumonia, d1ph-
liberia, tuberculosis, scarlet fever,
whooping cough, measles and menln-
gitis--has been robbed OF much OF
its destructiveness.
The most important factor i'm pro-
ducing this fine result, DR.. Walker
lin points out, has been the appl1-
cation of knowledge gained by pro-
longed and painstaking research and
experimentation in laboratories,
clinics and hospitals. Diarrhea pro-
vides an example in point. In 1910
it caused the death of 5000 child
rem under ten years of age, in Hi
nois. In 1888, it killed only 500, de-
spite the fact that the population OF
that state increased substantially in
the meantime. This striking reduc-
ton in death and illness from d.
arrhea has gone hand in hand with
a better understanding of the &C
tivity of the digestive tract.
What has occurred in Illinois has
likewise occurred all over the coun-
try. Private medicine has made
strides that can be best described
as miraculous in controlling and
eliminating the great bacterial kill
ers. The result is two-fold-longer
lives for the people, and happier,
fuller lives as well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
WHERE WE LEAD THE WORLD

At the end of the last war, lead
ing British statesman made this sig
nificant observation: 1.-THE Aires
sailed to victory on sea OF OIL.
In World War ii, thinks many an
expert, the decision will again be
largely determined by the petrol
cum assets of the antagonists. And
that is where Germany is weak
and Britain and the United States
are strong.
The Oil companies of our country
produce SO per cent of the worlds
oil. And equally important, they
produce an even higher percentage
of the high-grade gasoline that is
necessary to obtain maximum per-
Torrance from aircraft engines. Ac-
cording to one authority, our gas
oline is so superior that our mill
tary planes fly 80 per cent faster,
carry 20 per cent more bombs and
can climb above anti-craft fire rs
per cent more quickly than can Ger
many's comparable types. Germany
can obtain only per cent OF the
worlds natural oil supply from
within Europe.
We are similarly blessed in these
other basic materials which are ne
cessary not only to maintaining
complete military machine, but to
fueling the factories which are
building it. indispensable sources OF
Industrial power are coal and cleo
tricity. In the face of deficits, legis-
lative problems and labor troubles,
the coal industry has maintained its
high state of production. And the
private electric industry has persist
ed going ahead in spite of years OF
political persecution.
The future of free nations is de-
pendent on the output of our great
natural resource industries. A wise
governmental policy will now dc
everything possible to encourage
them to greater achievements thar
ever before.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
HITLERIAN TACTICS HERE

To put it bluntly, 1t is clear that
certain powerful labor leaders have
one aim in mind: To make it i'm
possible for amy man to obtain job,
any man to earn living, unless he
belongs to labor union. These labor
leaders, in short, are driving toward
labor monopoly--and toward per-
sonal dictatorship over every work
ing man and woman in this country.
In pursuing that goal, these lead
ers will use any weapon that comes
to hand. They will call strikes in
defense industries, apparently not
caring a whit that the country's Sc
curity and safety are thereby i'm
periled. They will rig labor cleo
tions in one way or another, so that
the ordinary union man is virtually
voiceless. They will, on occasion,
stoop to violence and terrorism.
They make use of that most terrible
weapon--the blacklist. Their OBJ
vious purpose is to put the fear of
God into workers and employers, SO
that they will knuckle under.
The callous disregard certain Ia
Dor leaders have shown for govern
ment itself in this time of grave
crisis indicates the way the wind
blows. They make unjustified
and impossible demands on indus
try on an cor else!'.. basis. Their
methods are often impossible to
differentiate from those of Capone in
the heyday of organized vice. This
projected labor monopoly is one
Of the most serious problems the
United States has ever faced.
Let this state of affairs go on long
enough, and the country will be
helpless. A few nat-salaried labor
leaders will rule this country as
surely as Hitler rules his Reich.
Nothing will be done without their
permission--and on their terms.
These are the synidicalistic tactics
that did much to destroy France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
STAMPS MAKE POS.
SIBLE INSTALLMENT PLAN
FOR DEFENSE BONDS
FOR DE

For those who wish to buy De-
Tense Savings Bonds on the Install
ment plan, Defense Savings Stamps
are available. These stamps are is
sued in denominations of 10 cents,
rs cents, $1.0O and $500. They may
be purchased at United States post
offices, at many banks, at depart
ment stores, and other convenient
places. Purchasers of Defense Say
ings Stamps are given albums in
which to mount them.
Defense Savings Stamps may be
redeemed in cash at any time, or
when they have been accumulated in
sufficient amount, may be exchang-
ed for Defense Savings Bonds. In
vestors may purchase and hold any
amount of these stamps. AS a prac-
teal matter, however, there would
be no advantage in accommodating
more than enough to exchange for a
bond. To do so would be equivalent
to holding so much cash. No interest
would be earned on amounts so tied
up, and there would be no redress
If stamps were lost or stolen, since
they are not registered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
CECIL COUNTY DEEDS
RECORDED

Walter S. Nesbitt and wife to
VESSELS S. Pussy. Land in the
Sixth District of Cecil Co. $1,000
Arthur w. Hornbarger and wife
to ]. Wilson Patterson and wife.
Land in the Seventh District of
Cecil Co. $1.00.
Peter Zeitler and wife to Triumph
Explosives, Inc, body corporate
Land in Cecil Co. $500.
Agnes Todd and husband to How
ard c. McGuirk and wife. Land near
the village of Aiken, Seventh district
of Cecil Co. $500.
William S. Whitlock and wife to
Henry r. Shank and wife. Land in
Elkton, Cecil Co. $1,000.
Bruce Craig and wife, ct al, to
James v. West and wife. Land in
Cecil Co. Containing 1.S acres of
land, more or less. SO.
Jesse D. Otley and wife to Clar-
ence w. Brooks, Jr Land in the
First district of Cecil Co. $1,000.
Daniel Garrett and wife to Addie
E. Shivery. Land in the town of Elk
ton, Cecil Co.
Carroll Hodge and George M.
Creates to ]. Carroll Wooleyhan and
wife. Land in Chesapeake City,
Cecil Co. $255.00.
Peoples Bank of Elkton, cor
poration to Garrett Steele and wife
Land in Elkton Heights, Elkton,
Cecil County Containing 8.103 So.
it., more or less. $1,000.
Miller-Neelson, Inc, body cor
porate, to Andrew Leybold and wife.
Land in Cecil Co. $500.
Mary B. Slicer and Maude C.
Slicer to Albert e. Vincent. Land in
the First district of Cecil Co. $1.OO.
Mary Anna Cavanaugh, widow, to
Albert e. Vincent. Land in the First
District of Cecil Co. $1.00.
j. George Reese and Harry M.
Wagner, trading as Consumers Oil
Co., a co-partnership, to Petrol Cor
poration, body corporate. Land in
the Town of Chesapeake City, Cecil
Co. $500.
James w. Hughes, Assignee, to
Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora
ton. Land in the Fourth Election
District of Cecil Co. $4,000.
Ralph D. Deamond and wife to
William Janney and wife. Land in
the Fifth district Of Cecil Co. $1,000.
Willard A. Smith, single man, to
Roberta ]. Graham. Land in the
Seventh district of Cecil Co. $1,000.
William H. st. Clair, ct al, to B.
Arthur Larue. Land in Seventh dis
trict of Cecil Co. Containing 300
$4,000 of an acre of land, more or
less. $1.00.
Rose I. Brown to Ernest Ching
and Mary Citing. Land In Cecil Co..
$1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
DANGER SPOTS ON ROADS WILL
BE PLACARDED

Selecting the States most heavily
Travelled public carrier for it's new
warnings to the motoring public on
the necessity of careful driving. The
Maryland Traffic Safety Commits
sion has had large safety signs
placed over the entrances to the
terminals of the Claiborne Anna
polls Ferry Company, and ON either
end of the Ferry Boats
The signs, now i'm position at the
Annapolis and Matapeake termin-
ais, and the Romancoke and Clai-
borne Terminals, are in black and
white, and are plainly visible for
considerable distance. The signs
over the terminals are printed on
either side, thus Offering warm
ing to motorists both entering and
leaving the ferries. The smaller
signs are placed in such position that
they also are plainly visible by pas
sengers.
The Traffic Safety Commission
will within the near future also COM
plete the placing of attractive signs
in black and gold, Maryland's col
ors, ON the car decks and in the sa-
looms of the ferry boats. The signs
bear the following inscription.
Drive Carefully. Help Keep Mary
land Highways Safe
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Herbert r. O'Conor, Governor
Honorary Chairman
AS further means of improving
conditions, the Traffic Safety Com
mission is planning to place these
reminders of danger at strategic
points throughout the State A study
is now being made of the Danger
spots" in order that the signs may
be placed to the greatest advantage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
ICE CREAM DESCRIBED AS GOOD
FOOD FOR ADULTS AMI
CHILDREN
CHILDREN

Ice cream is one of the best foods
for adults and children, not only be-
cause of it's palatability but because
it is an extremely we'll balanced
food, according to DR.. Charles w.
England, Professor of Dairy Manu-
featuring at the University of Mary
land.
Ice cream contains fat, proteins,
carbohydrates, mineral salts and
vitamins in almost ideal proportions,
he says. One half pint of ice cream
contains as much iron as four ounces
of raisins and from 80 to SO per cent
more lime than milk.
The fat of ice cream is butterfat,
the proteins are casein, albumin, glo-
bulin, prolamine and gelatine, if
gelatine is used; the carbohydrate
is the milk sugar plus cane sugar,
the mineral salts are composed of
the milk salts, and vitamins A, B,
and 6 are present in abundance
while vitamin C is present in a
smaller amount.
DR.. England says that for stub
born or finicky children there is no
better way to get them to accept
milk than through ice cream and this
is particularly true in hot weather,
when ice cream makes such an ac-
ceptable and cooling dish
He points out that ice. cream is
actually an economical food, espec-
tally for farm families. He urges
families that produce milk for the
local market, to save out sufficient
milk to make Ice cream at least
three times a week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
TRAFFIC FATALITIES DURING
JULY

Traffic Fatalities during the
month of July, claimed fourteen
fewer victims than July, 1910, a re-
duction of approximately 3O%, and
nineteen less than the proceeding
month, reduction of 36.5%. This
is the first worthwhile traffic fatal
ity reduction experienced in the
State of Maryland this year.
Thirty-three traffic deaths were
recorded during the past month; six
in Baltimore City, and twenty-seven
in the counties.
Up to the first of July, Maryland
fatalities were up 800 over 1910
but the favorable reduction during
July, one of our heaviest traffic
months, lowered this increase to
ITO for the year.
Many factors have contributed to
this reduction. Increased coopera-
tion of the motorists and pedes-
trians; increased enforcement by
the police; street and highway de-
fects eliminated by the State Roads
Commission and Street and High
way Bureaus, and suspension and
revocation of licenses by the Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles.
August, with thousands of work
ers taking their annual vacations
and week-ends at shore resorts, is
one of the most dangerous months
of the year for the motorist and pc
destrian. The August death rate SO
far is greatly increased over last
year, with twenty-one deaths being
recorded up to the thirteenth of the
month.
An urgent appeal is being made
by the Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mission and cooperating agencies to
all vacationists, to exercise extreme
cution during the balance of the
month, and over the Labor Day holt
day, to help maintain the reduc-
ton experienced during the month
of July. Remember: Good judgment
and safe driving go together. -
Practise them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

Stocks of wheat in interior mills,
elevators, and warehouses in Mary
land is 10000 bushels, according
to the last report of the Maryland
Crop Reporting Service. This is
double the amount for the same
period last year and $1,000 bushels
above the July average for 193O-39.
Adding wheat stocks in mills.
elevators, and warehouses, to those
held ON farms gives 100000 bushels
this year as compared with 244,0OO
bushels for the same period last
year and 10000 bushels for the
1930-39 average.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
BILLIONS IN GOLD IDLE IN
ENGLISH BANK

Piled up in the vaults of the
Ban kof England are boards of gold
and treasure, unclaimed for years.
Now efforts are being made to use
the wealth against enemies of Great
Britain. Don't miss this unusual
story in the August 31st issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

The index of prices received by
Maryland farmers rose IL points
during the month of July, according
to Maryland Crop Reporting Ser
vice. At 154 it is the highest since
April 1897. A large part of this rise
is due to an increase of 5 cents per
pound in the price Of tobacco.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
NO STARVATION DIET
The agricultural problem is still

The agricultural problem is still
here.
The farmers overhead has shown
great increases. Labor is much more
costly than it used to be and is
difficult to obtain. Taxes are rising.
And every manufactured article the
farmer buys is more expensive.
The farmers income, on the other
hand, has not shown a comparable
gain. Even in the best Of times, the
average farmers profit is SMALL
today 1t is too often close to the
point OF disappearance.
The drive now being conducted by
farm groups. led by the marketing
cooperatives, to attain equality for
the farmer with labor and industry,
deserves full support. We can't let
the producers Of our food live on a
starvation diet
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

Prejudice is the quality that over
comes reason and turns you against
any cause supported by q guy you
dislike.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

Some people have queer ideas
about the war for the same reason
that college studies mystify one who
missed high school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

II the nails on his two index fin
gers are short and broken. he is a
nervous mail-biter or he taught
himself OF use typewriter,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

With the stock market like it Is,
you can start with . shoestring hut
all you get IL q lacing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22
Rolling Around

The power of Government is in
creasing day by day. The control of
production, investments, life in
surance, prices, food, textiles, and
Injuries and necessities of life Is q
vicious circle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-22

The new Washington National
Airport is the worlds most modern
commercial air field. 1t has all the
latest gadgets, including an electric
bulletin board that will post instan-
taneous information of plane move
ments between this airport and 9TH
er airports within radius of 200
miles. If you haven't seen the new
Washington airport, then you amt
seen nothing, YET.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-21
sPEEDERs OF OLD

The traffic problem, especially in our
larger cities has long been acute, and added
to the congestion, which appears uhavoid-
able. is the menace of the inattentive driver
and the willful speeder.
But we should not imagine that SINH
lar problems did not concern city jewellers
of the past. In an editorial which appeared
in the New York Mirror in the year 1884,
the reckless Broadway bus drivers were
severely criticized for their disregard of
life and limb. 1t said:
E'The inconvenience and danger of this
is no less felt by those who ride than by
those who walk. 1t has not only become
dangerous to cross Broadway on foot, but
persons who venture or trust themselves in
side one of these carriages run the risk of
having their brains turned by the rapidity
of the motion"
Not only wassfear expressed for the
safety of pedestrians, bat the writer of that
editorial appears to have believed that too
rapid speed would scramble theyery brains
inside ones Uranium s3Ntf1 /
What would he have thought of driv-
ing an airplane at the rate of more than
five miles a minute.