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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21

Strike news is not exaggerated in
the public press, The Administration
seems to think 1t can catch strike
flies with molasses. It is the old
theory that you can catch more
flies with molasses than with vine-
gar.
Meanwhile all suggestions that
have been made to Congress to take
a hand and put through some new
legislation to prevent, or stop strik-
es. is being discouraged by the DOM
mating powers Of the Administra-
ton here in Washington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21

Got a safety pin? You should
have. Thirty-hve safety pins are
made In America every minutst
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21
ZIG PERSONS

1t takes eight acres of farm land
to feed an average American.
The Census Bureau, figuring it
another way, found the average
farm-174 acres at last count-sup-
ported 21.6 people as far as food
output was concerned.
This was some improvement since
the first farm census in 1850, when
it took 1877 acres to feed person.
At that time the average farm was
203 acres and it raised food for 16
persons.
Just to show we can still do bet
ter, the statisticians added that in
Belgium the produce of single
acre feeds one and half people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21
Highway Post Office

The first rural free delivery SER
vice of mail was in 1895, and those
were horse and wagon days. The
total daily mileage Of the United
States service of As years ago was
about 80 miles. Rural delivery grew
very slowly because good roads were
few and far between In those days
Today more than million rural
mail boxes are scattered across the
country.
A new and efficient mail service
is in operation between Washington,
ID. C. and Harrisonburg, Virginia, a
distance of lao miles. In the pomp
and ceremony of launching the sys-
tenn the U. S. Post Office Depart
ment hailed the Highway Post
Office" as a companion-piece of the
railway mail service
The first Highway Post ONCE
consists of a specially equipped motor
bus in which mail messengers per-
form the same services in sorting
and delivering mail as the railway
mail service. The experiment will be
supplemented by other routes de-
signed to test out different types of
vehicles and special accessories
adaptable to the work.
There are 48 thousand commun-
tiles in the United States that COM
pletely lack railroad service. Most
of these communities have been
served by motor trucks carrying
mail sorted in city post Offices, and
dropped OF at local post offices on
the routes.
Those mail carriers have covered
more than 1.392.470 miles each
scheduled day with their automo-
biles and trucks and rendered regu-
lar service for 20 million indivi-
duais. The Highway Post once"
is an important factor In the deyel-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21
1870 MILLION REASONS
BY J. E. Jones

Washington, d. c., March IL
This isn't the first time that the
United States has been on the verge
of war. This isn't the first time
there has been wholesale sniping at
business men. This isn't the first
era of disturbing strikes. But, even
the old-oldsters are not able to re-
member time when there was a
greater rush to build up national
defense and preparedness than in
this year of 1941. To mention hope
that there will be business as
usual, appears to invite a scolding.
Nevertheless, in the Office building
where this item Is being written
there are several hundred persons
employed, and nearly all Of them
are doing about the same things
that they have been doing in the
past years. In a dozen large build
ings of the surrounding half-dozen
blocks about 80 per cent of all the
workers are carrying on business
as usual. Across the way there Is
an antique store, real estate office,
beauty parlor, parking lot and
restaurant, and just beyond, is
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, where typewriters and mi
meographs clatter as usual, and
within less than square mile are
The national headquarters of the
American Federation of Labor and
the Committee of Industrial Organi-
zations.
Out on the city streets and for
endless miles through the rural
areas of connecting Virginia and
Maryland and beyond, everything
seems to be ''as usual, which is &C.
counted for by the fact that 80 per
cent of all the people Of the United
States are working away at the same
old jobs, in the same old ways.
My local habitat is just three
city blocks from the White House
Nearly every editor in the whole
country might make an interesting
survey Of this kind in his own COM
munity.
There are 100 million reasons to
earn living in these United States
and to follow the old process OF
through business as usual. The
necessities of defense and military
precautions employ comparatively
lew million people. They are ex-
pected to do a good and perfect job
backed and supported by the coun-
RVS business and professional men,
The civilian population of cities and
farms, and by citizens in all walks
of life.
The historic old formula is opera.
ing to provide necessary work, as
usual, business as usual, and all
the old-fashioned ways of life, lib.
erty and the pursuit of happiness
as usual, with occasional time OF
for such recreation as church choir
practise, golf, moving pictures
bridge parties and a wide assert
ment of strictly usual diversions"
Highway Post Office
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21

opment of the finest postal system ii
the World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21
If JUNIOR WON'T MIND MAYBE
IT'S YOUR FAULT

Three famous child specialists
point out how parents can control
their children by kindly and under
standing treatment of the young
sters' problems. A helpful illus
trated article in the March 30th is
sue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21
Subject To Taxation

Subject To Taxation
The U. s. Treasury is about to
issue new securities to be sold to the
public, because Uncle Sam must
have more money. These new bonds
will be subject to taxation, thus
ending tax-free securities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Strikes and Green Apples

The right to strike Is a little like the right to eat green apples, Properly used, the right to eat green apples is fine thing, Made into pies, at the right sea- son, eaten in moderation, green apples are swell Improperly used, the right to eat green apples results in grief and regret. Eaten to excess, at the wrong season, and improperly prepared, green apples may bring to the eater unmeaS- ured woe, despite the unquestioned right to eat them.
 Because greedy little boys get the stomach-ache, nobody proposes that a lew be passed to prevent the eating of green apples. So nobody proposes (very seriously, at leas) that an iron-clad law be passed to prohibit all strikes. But only when the boy grows older does he learn how and when to eat green apples. Labor organization, still comparatively young in this country, still has something to learn about how and when to strike.
 There are signs that excessive indul- gence in green-apple strike fruit is go- ing to bring organized labor stomache unless restraint appears. Organized labor must learn how and when to in- dulge in his dynamite-crammed fruit, and there is no time like now to learn. man HaS TlSHG Io play HIS Tdulo III his room at night. But woe betide him if he plays it all night in laundering vol ume that keeps away not only his own household but the whole neighborhood, A man has right to drive a car. But he has no right to drive it in a manner that endangers everybody else on the road. A man has right to speak or write, but only subject to the laws of libel and islander which aim to protect the equal rights of others.
 There are no aboslute rights in civil ized society. Every right is conditioned by the right of others. The best chance of retaining individual rights is to use them in such way as to give due con- sideration to the rights of others. Other wise the others rise up and do something about it. There is no greater menace to the right to strike than the misuse of that right in an arbitrary, unreasoning, nasty, or selfish manner, just as the greatest danger to privade enterprise has always been the man who used it without de- cent regard for the rights of others the worker, the investor, the public in general. What is the best way to preserve right? Deserve it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
A Thought for Today
The United States Never Quits

House concurrence yesterday in the Senate changes in the Neutrality Act was a natural sequence in the belligerent events in which the United States is and has been participating for some time. Much as Americans abhor war, and we honestly think rousipg majority of them do, they are prepared to do all in their power to oppose the rising tide of such "isms' as men like Adolf Hitler propose to inflict not on one racial group or one country, but the world at large,
 We have gone long ways in this cur rent European conflict. The step of arming our ships, even those going into ports of belligerentS, follows the other actions we have taken - acts of hostility towards the Axis powers. We have bound ourselves to deliver munitions and SUD- plies to the nations fighting Hitler. It's certainly advisable to take every form of protection for those ships that their car- goes may arrive at destination safely. Looking at the situation in this light yes- terday'S very close vote on the Neutrality Act change is not so repugnant.
 But as another move towards our con- plete participation in the war Congress- decision Is regrettable. Slowly but surely we move towards declaration of war. It will be sad day when 1t comes for 1t may mean that North Central, and South America will be plunged into war the like of which 1t has never seen. We sim cerely hope not, but indications are point ing that way. There is no consoling factor We can only buoy our hopes with The realization that Uncle Sam never cults
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Turkey by the Ton

Thanksgiving tables aren't quite as long as they used to be in grandmother's day, though thank Heaven they are still bountifully laden. The modern housewife is apt to Shudder a bit at the thought of how grandma cooked and served Thanksgiving feast for 10 or Is people and thought nothing of it.
 But even that is small operation com pared with the one Uncle Sam is under taking in preparing Thanksgiving dinner for 1,500,0 900 of his nephews who are in the Army today. Seven hundred and fifty tons of turkeys make up just the main item of this gargantuan meal, which shows that when it comes to doing things in a big way, the United States hasn't entirely lost the knack after all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Yep, Just PerhapS

The welkin still rings with the Pulitzer esque plaint of the plagued. All's right with the newspaper world In Waterbury. Leavenworth Street has labored and brought forth another in the series of dlatribes against mention of the names of Hayes, Leary, and the Democratic Party of the era of pre-consplracy trial. It's really too close to election to argue over one "ittie-bittie" word like ''per- haps", but it's grains like these that make mountains for ambitious editors to move in an effort to uncover couple of po- tential subscribers.
 So The Democrat has to explain the purposes of the Scully administration. And 1t has to prove them as different from those of ex-Mayor Frank Hayes as night from day. And such explanation has got to be good. No doubt boogey- man will be waiting around some dark corner for us If all this isn't done to the satisfaction of the good old Republican American. And even if it were it would be just another one of those terrible Den- ocratic dreams, such aS exploded with considerable force on November here in Waterbury.
 If explanations are demanded 1t should be of these editorial artists who tossed off so lightly in the last days of the recent campaign the effusions about the same old faces", "same old City Hall gang, the Democratic Party up to its old tricks. There was no perhaps" about this in the language of the party-hating writer. Here was no recognition for indi- vidual worth or collective merit. It was just case of daubing everyone within reach with the tar brush.
 As for explanations we offer none. We cling to the hope that mankind is in the main charitable, has regard for his fellow man, seeks to guide him when he errs, We dislike deep-rooted antagonisns, ami mosities that never die For our own sins of omission and commission we hope some day to be forgiven, even as We for give them that sin against us. If we ir- cline to the theory that someone has been more sinned against than shining himself, we know others of the same mind.
 As for that big handkerchief with which the Republican, American cleans the City Halls nose, why not use 1t for that only and not for a crying towel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Selected Poem
THE WIND

(Grace Lee Kenyon in the Poets Column,
 Hartford CouranD The wind came out of the sea, Toweling with seaweed, soaping with spindriit, Like an angry man, coming from his bath, pelloW-
 ing for breakfast. The wind stamped across the sand leaving marks Like wet footprints on bathroom floor, The wind crashed on, like an untidy man, Leaving a rim on the bathtub, Throwing his sponge and towels on the floor be-
 hind him. The wind wrapped himself in a robe of flying leaves And hurtled landward, tearing down trees and buildings, Like a surly man opening chests and paving for a
 clean shirt. The wind shrieked and whistled among the wreck
 age Like dyspeptic man looking for peppermint and
 soda. The wind rose and fell, itfully like a fussy man, Growing fussier the faster he hurried, Slamming doors, bleating and looking for trouble. The wind blew itself out It puffed and grunted, it perspired and collapsed, hollowly, Like gloomy man slumpng down at the table And finding nothing to growl about; The wind kicked cloud and slapped teebly at
 raindrop, Like spent man scowling and muttering over his
 toast and eggs, The wind went out like righteous man who has
 drained his cup And is going on with his regular business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

Although right now it would appear as if the approaching congressional con ventions in the Fifth District would be wide-open affairs, leadership will un- doubtedly assert itself before delegates have been named and out of all the tumult will come quiet and precision In naming candidates whom these leaders regard as strongest available for the occas- ion. Whether or not it is liked we'd pc willing to wager pretty heavily on both the Democratic and Republican candi- dates coming from the vicinity of Water bury. And with the only other ticket in the field boasting Thomaston candidate the fight will resolve itself into Nauga- tuck Valley affair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

Commenting on the amount of damage caused at the old Rockville School the Waterbury Republican finds that Some one slipped on his job, The board of edu- cation should find out who and why. The police department should also give better account of itself in protection of public property. ;" And how about the parents of the boys or girls who might be responsible for the damage done to the school building? Are they to be exempt in handing out reprimands for this wa1- ton destruction. If so, then we are hope lessly confused. Our idea was that discipline began at home. Sound paren- tai training will go long ways towards giving youngsters the right concept of citizenship and their obligations to the community at large. On the other hand we've never yet seen public building, idle for many years which didn't even tually fall a prey to the spirit of destruc- ton that at some time or other pervades every single one of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

were quietly informed that Ellis Island, not Lima, Peru, was their
 next stop.
 But the Spanish Embassy in Washington interposed vehement objections coupled with effusive assurances, and finally the travel CTS were released. They took the next boat for South America, Wonder If the State Department was right?
 NOTE Another member of the party was the elderly and dis tinguished MarqueSa dc Ia Con. quista, a descendant Of PiZarro, the famous conquisitador, The Mar Quesa was not detained.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Generals are now considered Q luxury in the army-at least ac- cording to their wives. The ladies complain that they have to pay a luxury tax when they buy the stars for their husbands epaulets. .. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, mother in-law of Charles Lindbergh, was a member of the committee which drafted the resolution adoptued by the Constitutional Congress for Freedom" calling for an immediate declaration of war against Ger many Here is a sample of the kind of Axis propaganda being sent over the airways from Italy to the U. s. by Ezra Pound, Ameri- can Lord Haw-Haw: "The Secret Service guard of the White House has been done away with and special bodyguard set up for the President, consisting of Colonel Donovan (Co-ordinator of In- formation), Robert Sherwood famous playwright and a member of Donovan's stafO, Jimmy Roose- welt, and Archibald McLeish thead of the Library of Congress)."
 Copyright, l94l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Washington, D. C.,
 October 29, l94l.

United Feature Syndicate, Inc, 220 East 42nd Street,
 New York, New York Dear Sirs:
 Attention: Mir. Hugh Baille, Presi- ident
 There appeared over your copy right on October 25, 1941 a Washing ton column dealing with the con- tract negotiated between the De- fense Plant Corporation and the Aluminium Company of America.
 The column described three pur- ported provisions of the contract. All three are incorrect. They need not have been, since the entire con- tract between Defense Plant Corpo- ration and the Aluminium Company of America was printed in the Con- gressional Record of October l6, be- ginning on page 8l35.
 The column stated under num- eral 1:-
 "Alcoa, despite its use of Gov ernment money and Government power, was to produce only the amount of aluminium it desired. In other words. production was reg ulated by what it produced in its own plants, and any time 1t shut its own plants, it could also close down the Government-owned fac- tories"
 Actually, the contract provides that
 After the leased smelting plants shall be ready for substantially full operation (which for the pur- pose of this agreement shall be considered eighty per cent (80Ss) of the capacity for which the plants were designed), the aggre- gate production in the leased smelting plants shall be approx imately in the same proportion to the aggregate productive capacity in said plants as the aggregate production in the owned smelting plants Is to the agRregate produc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Jesse H. Jones Takes Exception To Merry-G Round Column of Oct. 25

tive capacity of the said owned plants, and shall be regulated in accordance with that proportion at all times; provided, however, that if such production shall for any six (6) months period average less than forty per cent (40sc) of aggregate productive capacity, either party hereto may, at its election, terminate this agreement upon sixty (60) days written no- tice to the other. Productive ca- pacity' of any plant is defined for the purposes of this agreement as the maximum sustained produc- tion for which its units which are from time to time completed and ready for operation are designed or the maximum sustained produc- tion ever attained therein over a period of thirty (30) consecutive days, which ever is the greater. After the leased smelting plants are ready for partial operation but prior to the time when such plants shall be ready for substantially
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

Director William Knudsen got a first-hand account of what the de- fense program he bosses means to young housewives. His re- gently married young daughter told him about it.
 Shopping for home furnishings, she went to a store to buy 0 six burner gas range. The salesman shook his head.
 Sorry, but we've only got four he said. "Six burners aren't available any more"
 "Why nOt?"
 "Ask your father" was the smiling reply.
 FRANCOIS AGENTS
 Ellis Island is not equipped to receive foreign nobility, yet Q spanish Duke, a Spanish Marques, and Captain of the Spanish Navy were on their way to that unhappy refuge. and were saved only by the protests of the Span- ish Embassy,
 AeHSOu WdS btldb EGIu S SeAS~ brating the fourth centennial of the discovery of the Amazon basin, anda group of distinguished Spani- ards had been invited to repre- sent the mother country in the celebration.
 But when the State Department heard about 1t, they smeleld the noxious ordors of Fasecism and Hitler. This is one of the few times MT. Hull's boys have been worried about Franco. Suspicious, however, that the Spaniards might be coming not for pageantry but for politics, the State Depart ment determined to have a gdoo look at the travellers credentials.
 Thus 1t was that the Marques de L0zOya, the Duque dc San Lorenzo, and Captain Francisco RegaldO were detained in the port of New York, and then
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

for the answers.
 1. Name the largest single tribt of Indians in the U. S. today.
 2. What is a fillet of meat O fish?
 3. Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor. dramatist, or novelist?
 {. The most famous comet is known as Halley's, Einstein's or Newton's?
 5. Cleveland, Ohio was nanied after President Grover Cleveland true or false?
 6. Those who toady to persons oa wealth or high positions are called t--t h----rs?
 2. Which Brooklyn player waA charged with the error in tha ninth inning of the fourth game of the i94l World Series which led to the loss of the game2
 8. To what territory did the slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight apply?
 9. Which country is associated with the Reign of Terror?
 10. Does a kettledrum have onA or two heads?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
GOPHER TAKES TO DOGS

Henryetta, Okla. (UP)-A young gopher brought here from Florida by Ava Buchanan hasn't enough hair on its body SO the animal goes Borrowing" on chill nights. The gopher has learned to sneak into the kennel of two bird dogs and snuggle down between them to keep warm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 1:14 a. m.

Moon rises 1:l4 a. m
 Sun rises 6:37 a. nl.; sets 4:35 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 This is the first November in memory where the first three weeks of the month have been marked by holidays. Last week we had Elec- ton Day; this week we have had Armistice Day; next week we celebrate Thanksgiving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14

Hill's undolng and it is this same thing which may involve the names of at least five senators and ii represe e ntatives besides Fish who, knowingly or un- knowingly, have allow ed he IT franks" or free postage privilege to be used for the distrib ution of propaganda,
 The senators are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-14
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Perjury Case May Open Up Franking Scandal
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Nov. l4 = What may turn out to be the biggest scandal Congress has experienced since gosh knows when is now unfolding Rs a result of grand jury investigation and indictment for perjury of George Hill, second secretary to Representative Hamilton Fish of Garrison, N. Y. The Hill case is only the first chapter of the story.
 It was misuse of the congressional franklng privilege which led to