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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12


Ambassador N0mura recently de-
livered a personal message to Pres
ident Roosevelt from Prince K0noye,
Japanese premier. This started ru-
mors Of 'peace" negotiations for
the Pacific. 1 ~
from an unnamed mother, in which
she said, in part:
"It is terrifying, coming from
Europe, to realize that many of
these people Tin America) in their
unruff1ed existence, seem to have
no idea of what hangs over their
. heads today.
"They put themselves in pos
ture where they cannot squawk
about what they don't see.
"They 60 about their daily
dozens ignoring the threatening
heel of human beings who want to
destroy the freedom, the normal
life to which they have been accus-
toned.
"In Europe there is not a nation
OF those who have suffered abuse
whose people are not aware of what
America stands for. They pray
daily that America will save itself
by helping greatly to defeat Hitler
ISM" in'st
The President, echoing her senti-
ments, said:
"That is a thought we all feel.
We want to keep America so that in
all the years to come, long after all
of us here are gone, someone will be
able to meet as we are doing, as we
hope to meet next year."
And, later, in a message particu-
larry to labor, along the line of urg-
ing America to consider its own
blessings, he said: ,--
a'Only in democracy could there
be day set aside for millions of
workers, free men and women in a
free country: gee n
"Only in a democracy could they
spend the day in free worship, en-
joying the right to speak their
minds, to read uncensored news and
to hear uncensored radio programs.
To-day we in America are faced
with the great task of preserving
that democracy; and we, too,; will
offer our utmost in labor and sacri-
fee just as our fathers and our IA
TIERS fathers did. His Labor
day talk declared unequivocally for
the defeat of Hitlerism and his re-
fusal to become "a Benedict Arnold"
by accepting appeasenent and
Crumbs from Hitler's peace"
table. q ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
GOVERNMENT BONDS
A GOOD BUY

WHEN was small boy in Iowa,
old General Weaver of that state,
then the leader of the Greenback
party, was frequent visitor at
fathers home. His demand was for
printing press money. In recent
years, we have come close to Cen
eral Weaver's idea. We have sold
the banks ~ billion dollars worth Of
government bonds and the banks
have issued the printing press
money. More money means more
imitation. To prevent an increase
in the currency, the government is
selling its nontransferable bonds
direct to the public. If the public
does not buy voluntarily, it is pos
sible that congress may conscript a
portion of each persons income as
a means of disposing of the bonds.
They are good buy and their pur-
chase by the public will 60 far
toward preventing that greatly-to-
be-feared imitation. We have now
more currency than is good for us.
MAIN STREET
MORE THAN three-fourths Of all
the counties in the United States
contain no town of more than 10000
people. A fraction over so per cent
of the members of the house Of rep
resentatives come from districts in
which there is no town of over 5000
people. This is an indication of the
part rural America has in determin-
ing national policies and legislation.
People of the towns and farms can,
if they wish, dictate what we, as a
nation, shall do. Main street has
greater influence than Broadway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
ASK ME- -
ANOTHER Z
A General Quiz
:. {. 9. Q. 90. Q. q. q. q. 9. q. q. q.
The Questions

/. When did the Seminole war
end?
2. What is the worlds oldest
jewel?
8. What king of England was
beheaded in London?
A. What is the population of the
Philippines?
S. What is the minimum age for
a United States senator?
6. Where was the home of the
ancient Etruscans?
z. Does the Stars and Stripes of
the United States antedate the
Union Jack Of Great Britain?
8. What two states profited by
the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?
9. The Grotto of Lourdes is in
what country?
10. What states are regarded as
the New England states?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
PEOPLE:
And Realization

President Roosevelt, realizing that
he was faced with a determined
anti-intervention bloc, both in press
and congress, which was taking as
its theme ''pooh-pooh, there's nc
DANGER" had been making strides
in his effort to bring about in the
American public a realization OF
what he considered to be the real
seriousness of the international stu
alton. Coupled with this was an
effort he was making to have Amer
leans also make a more realistic
evaluation of their own blessings.
In recent utterances, particularly in
one from Hyde Park, he quoted at
length from personal letter to him
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
TAX BILL:
Still UnsoIved

AS the senate made ready to act
on the new tax, the situation was:
The house had pared about $780,
100000 from what Secretary Nor
genthau had asked for-about three
and a half billions. The house
thought $4,000, 900, 900 enough.
The senate finance committee on
the other hand, set the American tax
bill at $3,672, O00,0 900, or about $172,-
100000 more than Secretary Nor
genthau had asked in the first place.
Thus the amount the pocketbooks
Of the country would provide to-
ward meeting Americas present
war expenditure was still very much
in doubt, and tied into this doubt
were several features of the various
taxes on which there was considera-
BILE difference of opinion.
Washington observers figured that
out Of the hubble and the debate
would come a tax bill carrying
something halfway between the de-
cision of the two houses-or right
close to Morgenthau's original fig
ure, three and half billions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
HIGHLIGHTS in the ne,o.

NEW YORK.-Having confessed
10 murders of women, Jarvis r. Ca
toe, SO, was held in jail as score
or more cities on the eastern sea-
board asked detectives to question
him about still other unsolyed muir
ders of women. "a
WESTINGHOUSE further cue is
forecast in oil supplies from pro-
ducers to dealers during the re-
mainder Of September.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12

: .REHOBOTH.-ThisD Delaware sum-
mer resort town had a blackout of
several. hours and an airplane
caused it, The plane, carrying a
man and woman, crashed to a forced
landing through electric power lines
and burst into flames, Although the
pair escaped instant death, the town
was thrown into darkness for sew
eraI hours. There was annoyance
but no casualties
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12

Quisling has become word sy-
anonymous with treachery. Quisling,
Nazi intriguer, was put in charge of
his native Norway when Hitler con-
quered it. Quisling was reported
last week to have taken an overdose
of sleeping pills--deliberately OPP
position to Hitlerism has been grow
ing in Norway.
AMERICAN LEGION:
Serious Note
On Milwaukee in mid-September
will converge an estimated $50, 900
American Legionnaires, families
and friends, but this years national
conclave will bear a more serious
atmosphere than ever before. An
nounced recently by National Com
mander Milo Warner. was roster
of speakers indicating that fun-lov-
ing Legionnaires will get down to
brass tacks on subjects like nation
al defense, American participation
in the war and Pan-Americanism.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
JAPAN:
And Roosevelt

A long conference between Am
bassador Nomura and President
Roosevelt, followed by the an
nouncement from the White House
that the President personally would
attempt peaceful solution of the
unprecedented States impasse
brought hopes up high that the out
come might be the freeing Of the
Pacific feet or portion of it to aid
in the battle of the Atlantic.
Nomura's attitude, following the
conference, had been:
The gaps between the policy of
our two nations are not so great
but that they can be bridged peace
fully"
Almost Immediately Prince Ko-
noye, Japanese premier, issued
statement of aims in which two
points stood out-a desire to 'dis-
pose Of the Chinese affair." a
wish ''for lasting peace and prosper
ity in the Pacific"
Those were broad aims with
which the United States had no
quarrel. Yet a recent speech of
Churchill was taken by some to
mean that America was about to
appease Japan by tossing China
overheard. This the President
swiftly denied and said it should not
be read into the Churchill speech.
However, that remained a chief
issue. For few could reconcile
with President Roosevelt's general
foreign policy the throwing over
Of democratic oppressed nation to
appease a nation already labeled
by this country as "aggressor.
Even a bigger obstacle, and one
requiring most delicate handling
was the question of lease-lend aid to
Russia. Again, unless the President
was to make most drastic ap-
peasement move, gasoline and oil
would be going to the Soviet through
Vladivostok, pill Japan so far had
announced itself unable to swallow.
Some observers saw these two
items as insuperable obstacles to
any rapprochement between the
Japanese and Americans, and be-
lieved the Nomura statement and
the Konoye message were simply
further Japanese 'stalling'' and
"bluffing" to avoid becoming en-
broiled in any further warfare.
The Nazi announcements (and
many believed the Japanese gov
eminent was taking its dictation
from Berlin) gave Japan no choice
if it wanted to follow German lead
ership, stated fatty that they op-
posed oil shipping into Vladivostok,
not only on their own part but on
that of Japan, and sharply criti-
cized President Roosevelt and
Churchill in these words:
'The abyss separating the real
future of our (Japan's and Ger
many's) common destiny from the
propagandistic verbosity of Church.
i'll and Roosevelt is clearly visible" -
The Vladivostok plan was de-
nounced as ''plans to bring in for
eign influences through such back
doors to keep Bolshevism alive"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
L1NDBERCH:
Sees Neau Menace

Charles a. Lindbergh, chief admin
istration critic, enlivened the dis
cussion of extended aid to Britain
and Russia by turning on England,
and warning the American people
in an address that If we banked too
much on the British, we might find
ourselves in the same company with
Finland and France. 5. SIN
Pointing out that these two ma
tons, like this country, started out
in their participation Of the war as
allies Of Britain and now were
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Instantaneous Tales

A man should be careful never
to tell tales of himself to his own
disadvantage; people may be
amused, and laugh at the time,
but they will be remembered, and
brought up against him upon some
subsequent occasion.-Johnson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Unnatural

Doctor-What is your profess
sion?
Patient (pompously)-Pm gen
tleman.
"Well, we'll have to try some
thing else. 1t doesn't seem to
agree with you"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Later ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Later Acquaintance
The henpecked husband was be-
moaning his lot.
But" said his friend, II knew
your wife Gertrude as a child
she was just Cert to mel"
swell" came the answer, "she's
just rude to mel"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
INDIGESTION
what Doctors do for IL

outlet may act like hair trigger the heart They
set free with the fastest acting medicines Known
the fastest act like the medicines in Bell-ans
Tablets. Try Bell -ans today. If the FIRST DOSE
doesn't prove Bell better return bottle to and
receive DOUBLE money back. 25c. at all drug stores
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Good Advice

Good Advice
Selective-This letter from Bill
says he got his nose broken in
three places.
Service-Well, he should keep
out of those places.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
.SSnniLeAuyh!!sg 3
That Was Proper

Father and son were running a
business.
Bear in mind" said the father,
81 am the main support of the
firm"
Right" said the son. you're
on our billheads as j. Brown,
Prop"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12

finding themselves at least technical
1y enemies of the British. Lind
bergh's speech was headlined in
many newspapers as ''Lindbergh
Says British May Fight U. ST." and
given prominent position.
At about the same time Represent
alive Cox of Georgia, bitterly de-
nouncing the presidential shakeup
Of the defense production group, de-
clared that the White House was
letting the ''left-wingers" take con-
troll of industry, and that the new
alignment would "tie the hands"
of William S. Knudsen, and 'kick
Stettinius out of the picture"
Yet on the same day Mr.. Knudsen
himself was quoted as saying:
II feel that the new arrangement
will achieve splendid results in in
creasing the rate of production. !"
It was a succession of incidents
like these which enlivened the
American war effort at the same
time confusing newspaper readers
as to the thought of leaders on con-
troversial subjects Of how the eff
fort should be conducted.
VICHY:
In Lin,elight
The shooting of Pierre Laval and
Marcel Deaf by Paul Collette, a
Norman youthful assassin who had
to- join the French Legion to fight
the Soviet in order to get close to the
Nazi collaboration with his pistol,
turned eyes suddenly toward Vichy,
and the double assassination attempt
seemed confirmatory of previous re-
ports of serious unrest.
At almost the same time that sto-
ries were coming across the wires
telling of the sudden arousal of SYM
pathy for Collette, a New York
newspaper writer uncovered story
about the operations in the United
States of a clique of vichy agents,
working under the direct control Of
Castor Henry-Haye, French ambas-
sador to the United States.
It was a romantic yarn, telling
how advance plans of General De-
Gaulle's Inflated expedition against
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Roosevelt Asserts Positive Stand
Against Appeasement as Lindbergh
Sees Trouble With Great Britain;
Diplomats Try Their Hand in Far East

ED!roRs gns n tsess columns they
Western Newspaper Union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
NO Burden

No Burden
"No doubt you soiu allow me to take
my laundry Nth me-" said the naughty
lodger ,Uho had been backward wifh his
payments.
Certainly" replied the landlady.
"Your other collar is downstairs"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Cutting Reply

OutShHS NVCPhy
'Your hair needs cutting badly,
SIR"
''No it doesn't; it needs cutting
well. You cut it badly last time"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12

According to a historical note
the saxophone, or an instrument
like it, was known in ancient
Egypt. And the Israelites fed
into the wilderness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
A kiss II was.

There was a sudden screaming
of brakes as the sports car skid
ded around the corner, struck q
lamppost, careened across the
pavement, turned back into the
road, bumped into three cars, mar
rowly escaped knocking down a
policeman, hit wall, and finally
came to stop.
A breathless girl climbed out of
the car, followed by an equally
breathless young man. Darling"
he said, rapturously, chats what
I call a kiss!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
[O!ZltI521'1k::]

Friends and Books
Next to acquiring good friends,
the best acquisition is that of good
books.-Colton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
Pre-Stufed

They iUere just married and she had
cooked her first chicken.
When he pas about to carve it, he
asked: "What did you stuff IL with,
dear?"
1T didn't require stu6ing, darling"
she replied. 1T wasn't hollow"
Evening star., 1941-06-13
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

In early days of the Christian
church, many men left their homes
to go to some forest, or other de-
serted place, to spend their lives.
They were called "hermits,' and
people spoke of how holy" they
were, because they spent so much
time in prayer.
To this day there are hermitS.
Present-day hermits may not leave
the world" for any reason of re-
lgion, but they like to be by them
selves.
In the animal world certain crabs
i've by themselves, each "all alone
in house" They are called her
nit crabs"
Like other crabs, the hermit has
a shell which is shed from time to
time. The little animal may start
with a length of half an inch, but
it keeps growing larger. The old
shell is too small. SO it is thrown
off and a new shell grows.
The hermit crab, however. has a
special custom. 1t is not content
with the shell nature gave it, so it
moves about until it finds a shell
made by some other animal. Often
1t goes into the shells of the large
snails known as whelks and wrinkles,
When possible, the hermit crab
goes into an empty shell. Yet if
1t doesn't find such a shell, it is
quite willing to kill some small, weak
sea animal and take its shell away.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
Grabs Give Rides to PuntIike Animals
! it looks around for a bigger

Then it looks around for bigger
home.
1t is important for the hermit to
find new home as quickly as pos
sible. After its own shell is she'd
It's body is soft and could easily be
crushed by enemies.
Safely in its home. the hermit
crab can block the entrance with
the claws at the ends of its front
pair of legs. When it finds some
thing to eat, it can poke its head out
of the opening.
Certain plantlike animals often
fasten themselves to shells in which
these crabs live. When the crabs
stretch their legs out of the shells
and crawl around, they give free
rides to the animals on the shells
Sometimes a bristle worm crawls
into a hermits home and stays
there. When the crab eats some
thing, the bristle worm puts out its
head and takes a small share of the
food.
(For Nature section of your scrapbook)
If you want free copy of the
illustrated leaflet on the "Seven
Wonders of the World send me a
Scent stamped, self addressed
envelope in care of The Evening
Star.
I~cQe ISa4
TOMORROW: Steam and Fire
! eating"
Evening star., 1941-06-13

trunk has taken the place of the
correct word TRUMP (from the
French trompe. meaning proboscis,
snout). This explains why we still
describe an elephants cry as
"trumpeting."
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Special Announcement

The pamphlet you've been ask
ing for is now available. Send at
once for simple, non technical key
to the use of the words AFFECT
and EFFECT, free for the asking.
Send stamped t3-cent, self-ad-
dressed envelope to Frank Colby,
in care of The Evening Star. No
requests filled without postage.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Exquisite


Adj. Highly perfected; consun1-
mate.
In EXQUISITE, as in ECZEMA
and EXIGENCY, the accent must
fall on the first syllable only.
Never say "ex-QUIS-i ec-zE-ma,
ex-IG-en-cy."
Memory Verse.
When gunner proWl and shoot
and kill,
The press will emphasize
BY means of * the spot on which
The victims body lies.
In these three words, we must be
sure
To watch our careless drawl,
And use the "EX" to mark the spot
Where accents are to fall.
Correct pronunciationS: EXQU1-
SITE: EX-quisit.
ECZEMA: EX-ee-muh.
EXIGENCY: EX-i-jen-see.
From Sacramento: Why is an
elephants snout called a trunk" ?
J. C.
Answer: Through curious error,
Evening star., 1941-06-13

10 FdSS PdSS PaSS
West opened the queen of dia-
mondS. dummy winning with the
king. South saw that he'd have tC
lose a diamond and a heart, anG
that he might have to lose a spade
and a club. Since that was one
loser too many, his contract would
depend on winning a fineSSe in one
OF the black suits. He couldn't tell
which tineSse to choose because
there was no way to know which
OF the black kings East was more
likely TO hold.
Since it was important to take
out trumps, South started by taking
a trump fnesSe. He led the three
OF spades from the dummy and
played the queen from his own
hand, and West calmly played the
four of spades! West could see
that dummy had only one more
entry. and suspected that South
would use that entry to take an
other trump finesse if the first
flnesse seemed to work. West
didn't know what else South might
need the entry for but he did know
that any finesse South might take
in clubs or hearts was bound to
succeed. Hence Vests play was
intended to steer South away from
a winning f1nesse toward a losing
f1nesse.
-, Wed like to report that Vests
little Stratagem succeeded, but we
have to tell the truth South fully
intended to take another TRUMP
finesSe when West PLAYED the four
of spadeS-but East reached for the
trick! East knew that a fnesSe was
being taken and expected his part
ner to win the trick: but his gesture
gave away Vests plot. and South
hastily changed his plans and made
the contract with a club fineSSe.
X
Yesterday you were Oswald
Jacoby's partner and with neither
side vulnerable, you held.
A854
9 A 7 80
Q A943
- 10
Jacoby Schenken You Maier
10 Pass II -
"a Pass 90
AnSwer-Bid four diamonds. You
dislike to get past the three-no-
trump level, but you must make an
energetic bid at this point to show
that your hand is not entirely
worthless. To bid only three
diamonds would show a pretty
weak hand which had slightly
better support for diamonds than
for spades.
Score 100 per cent for four dia-
monds, 80 per cent for three dia-
monds.
Question No. 7S5.
Today you are MerWin Maier's
partner and, with neither side
vulnerable, you hold:
= K g S 4
K732
= 10 6
The bidding;
Maier Schenken You Jacoby
10 Pass - %
"a Pass C?)
What do you bid? ANSWER to-
morrow
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Evening star., 1941-06-13
LETTER-OUT

spell the word
the letter in center column opposite
which removed it. If have "1eeed
correctly S a "tieup" death.
Answer to LETTEROUT
LAMBENTLY-MENTALLY sove problems).
PERILOUS-SPOILER (damager).
TRANSEPT-SPATTER tscater).
(K) MARKED-DREAM Chave pleasant
ANGRIEST-TANGIER (city of Morocco.
Evening star., 1941-06-13

Hermit crabs are small, them
selves. Most of them do not grow
to be more than three or four inches
long. One kind is only one inch
long when full grown.
You may wonder how hermit
crab can shed its own shell if it is
inside another shell. The answer is
that it gets out of the large shell
when the time for shedding comes.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Bridge Swindies-No. so

The type of swindle shown in to-
days hand is very simple yet very
effective But despite its simplicity.
only the best players make use of it.
If you've never executed this type,
remember it well. for you'll get lots
OF chances to try it out.
South dealer
Both sides vulnerable.
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% 10 6
Ak K104 A62
z 96 w Y A 1912
8 @ J 10 9 '" L. 664
= J 2 !IK9 8 43
"A OJ95
y K o.
0 $50
:. A @
The bidding:
South West North East
Ia Pass "a Pass
- Pass Pass Pass
West opened the queen of dia-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13

Your peSl master eas ten pea
how "a isvese n u. q nsfsees
hcods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-13
Won | Bar Public
AT Launching Of
4 Navy Vessels

Despite wartime precautionary
measures. launching Of four navy
vessels at Tseonas bostyands on
Dee. Is vii Be conducted publicly
as scheduled, Il was Indicated Fri
day
Slated for the occasion are
launching 81 two l3s-foot mine
swsepers a. the Tacoma Boat
building Co. and one each of the
ssne kind AZ the Western Boat
building Co. and the J NJ. Martinso
shipbuilding Corp.
Meanwhile, il was very doubt
flu that any outsiders whatever
would be allowed 10 witness future
launching at yards Of the Seattle
Tacoma shipbuilding Corp.
Originally scheduled for launch
Ing with appropriate public cere-
monies on Dec. 30 was the new