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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
SCHOOL SYSTEM NOT DOING ITS
FULL SHARE, SAYS EDUCATOR

DR.. A. j. Stoddard of Philada.,
chairman Of the Educational. Poll
cies Commission of the National
Education Association, addressed a
Conference Of superintendent Of
schools that met in Washington, D.
c., the week of January goth, under
the auspices Of the education Sec
ton of the WPA.
Charging that the school system
of the country is not adequately pre-
pairing youth for the national emer-
gency, Doctor Stoddard announced
that the Commission is seeking for
practical steps for the school system
to follow in making itself as ell
Gent as modern American industry.
These steps will be based on sur
veys of ninety outstanding high
schools. Work to build new pro-
gram has been started at the head
quarters of the NEA by nine young
men from school systems and col
leges throughout the country.
The new program, the speaker
declared, is the response of educa-
ton to the challenge hurled by the
those countries that their propa-
to the present education system and
to Americans unborn. The Presi-
dents challenge was s'to step up
the preparation of American youth
to meet the threat of totalitarianism
against the democracies."
While many good things could be
said about our American school
system, he indicated it would be
well to follow what William s.
Knudson Of the OPM was doing
about industrial production. Mr..
Knudson is keeping q critical eye
on industry with a view to increas-
ed production in the emergency
that confronts the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
PROPAGANDA MAIL TO TEs1
INTERNATIONAL POSTAL
LAWS

For years, Germany, Italy and
Russia have been sending huge
amounts of propaganda to this
country, confident that the United
States, in accordance with its agree
ment under the International Postal
Union, would distribute 1t free OF
charge. Even today, German propa-
ganda continues to pour into this
country by way of Russia and ia
pan, and is faithfully distributed
by Uncle Sans mail carriers.
To test this International postal
agreement, the Council for Democ-
racy will ship counter propaganda
to Germany and Italy to see If lit
erature extolling the virtues of our
form of government will be given
the same courteous reception in
President in inauguration address
ganda has received in the United
States. A description Of "How De-
mocracy Works in the United Stat
es' will be translated into German,
Italian and Russian and mailed to
the mayor of cities, various officials,
newspaper editors, business men
and others residing in these totali-
tartan countries.
If these countries live up to their
agreements under international
postal regulations, they will distri-
butte this literature. If, on the con-
trary, they refuse to allow this DEM
ocratic propaganda to go through
unmolsted, the Council for Democ-
racy will make an effort to bar fur
Their distribution of totalitarian
propaganda by the United States
postal system.
The method used in distributing
foreign propaganda is simple. I'm
der the International Postal Union,
the fee for distributing mail is re-
tanned by the country Of origin.
Totalitarian governments wishing
to flood another country with liter
ature merely print the proper
stamps and attach them to the
propaganda. When the mail crosses
the border, it is carried free by
other members of the Postal Union,
and is distributed free of charge at
it's final point of destination. Thus
the United States has distributed,
free of charge, tons Of totalitarian
literature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
SOCIAL SECURITY AND rHn
NEW JOB

Every worker who has deductions
made from his wages for old-age
and survivors insurance under the
Social Security Act should see to
| it that each employer he works for
has a record of his name and his
social security account number Just
as they are shown on his account
number card. That is the first step
he must take to make certain that
the Social Security Board has q full
record of his wages earned in en-
ployment covered by this insurance
system. The Board keeps q record
of his wages in order to determine
the amount Of his monthly retire.
ment benefits after age IS, or his
family's benefits in case of his death.
Therefore, it is important that
every days pay be credited to his
social security account.
Each workers account has num-
berthe same number that is on
the account number card issued to
him by the Social Security Board.
lA0 OiuplOyCI ICpOItS tnG WOIACI D
wages to the Social Security Board
using the name and number the
worker gives him. II these are not
exactly as shown on the workers
account number card, the Social Sc
curity Board cannot credit his wag-
es to his account until the error
can be corrected. The best plan for
the worker to follow is to show his
account card to each employer he
works for so that his name and ac-
count number will be taken down
just as they are on the card.
Each worker can properly have
only one social security account
number. Any worker who has re-
ceived more than one account num-
Der should get in touch with his
local Social Security Board Office
and find out if all his past wages
have been recorded in one account.
He should also find out which num-
Der he should use in the future. A
worker whose account number is.
lost or worn out should get new
card with the same number) at his
Social Security Board Office. There is
no charge for duplicate cards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
HAM MAY BE YOUNGER THAN
YOU THINK

An ''ice box in reverse" that ages
hams in 10 to IL weeks instead of
the year or more required by. the
old-time farm method, has been de-
veloped by the Maryland Agricul-
tural Experiment Station in cooper
alton with the Federal Bureau of
Animal Industry, after 9-year CO.
operative experiment on processes
for aging and smoking hams. The
experimenters say the electric aging
device resembles an incubator. It
is insulatd like an ice box, but has
heat at the bottom instead of cold
at the top.
Although the aging of hams by
the usual method gives excellent
results in most cases, there is often
heavy shrinkage in weight and
the meat becomes dry. Aged meat is
often uneven in quality. The So
called "hot-box" is a partial an
swer to both these problems and
makes it possible to market soon
after butchering hams that have
the characteristic ripened favor.
The ham experiments were car
ried ON at the Maryland station.
Bureau of Animal Industry men
cured the hams and Maryland sta
ton workers built the incubator,
with Enthusiastically controlled
heat. Tasting" tests showed that
the hams aged in the incubator at
temperature of 10s degrees F.,
were of better quality and flavor
than many commercially aged hams
or home-cured hams aged longer in
ham room at lower temperatures.
The incubator-aged hams shrank
percent less than those aged in the
ham room and showed practically
no surface spoilage or waste in
trimming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
BACK BAN ON GLARING
HEADLIGHTS

Definite legal steps toward the
elimination from Maryland roads
of dangerous glaring headlights Is
before the General Assembly In the
form of Senate Bill No. 80 intro
duced by Senators Earl Bennett, Of
Dorchester County, and L. Elw0od
Die, of Somerset county.
With certain amendments to be
added, the bill will have the con-
certed support of Governor Herbert
R. O'Conor's Maryland Traffic SAT-
ETY. Committee, which over period
of II months has waged contin-
uing fight on this particular form Of
road hazard. In this connection, q
statement was issued by A. Burton
Metzger, Chairman of the Enforce
ment of the Maryland Traffic Safety
need for a strict enforcement Of
lights.
'.The Maryland Traffic Safety
Committee believes the majority of
motorists do not realize" said MIR.
Metzger, "That, on the average. it
requires about four times the inter-
val for the human eye to return to
normal that it does to blind 1t tenn
porarily by a glare. This means
that the victim of dazzling head
lights not only drives his car blindly
for the period of exposure but for q
considerable period after he has
passed the oncoming driver. Glaring
headlights are also annoying and
confusing to pedestrians exposed to
them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
OLD ACADEMY SOLD

The Broad Street House, a
landmark in Kennett Square, has
been sold by Dominick Vinceniti to
Joseph Pesce, who will remodel and
make extensive Improvements to
tranform the building into an eight
family apartment house.
The building was erected about
1870 by Swithin G. Shortledge as
the Kenneth Square Academy for
Young Men and Boys and the Ken
nett Square Seminary for young
women and girls. For four years 1t
was the largest and most important
boarding school in Chester County.
It was used as a school for IL
years, then Mr.. Shortledge moved to
Media and opened another academy.
Mr.. Shortledge was also editor OF
the weekly Ledger, the borough's
newspaper and in one Of the edit
ions is a letter written by Boyard
Taylor, recommending the school,
he having sent his daughter to the
seminary. OF late years part OF the
building has been used for apart
ments. -Oxrord Fress
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
USED CAR OUTLOOK

Chevrolet dealers continuance,
during 1910, of used car sales gains
evident since the factory's used car
merchandising program was launch
ed several years ago, assures still
greater emphasis, in 1941, on the
used car reconditioning system
which from the standpoint of the
buyer is the most vital feature Of
the program. w. e. Holler, general
sales manager, and sponsor Of the
highly-successful operation, made
THIS announcement.
Besides leading the industry in
car sales in 1910, for the ninth
time in 10 years Chevrolet dealers
heightened their lead in tho used
car end OF the business, Mr.. Holler
said. They sold 1,909.972 used
cars, figure substantially in excess
OF the huge 1929 total, and second
only to the all-time peak year 1886.
more used cars were sold--by some
40,V0V---than in the calendar year
1889.
such a sales record reflects a
more and more widespread recogni-
ton on the part of the public that
used cars obtained from q reliable
source are sound transportation
values. Chevrolet's effort for the
last five years has been to elevate
the quality OF dealers used car Of
1erings, by means of basic improve
ments in the reconditioning system.
1t was felt that in the course Of
time, greater attention to that phase
OF used car operations would pay
Ior itself by establishing the Chew
rolet dealer, in the mind of the buy
er, as a reliable source to go to when
In need OF used car.
'The experience of dealers who
have given more time and attention
to proper reconditioning, In line
with factory recommendations, has
been uniformly good. Used car sales
figures for the time the program has
been in effect bear out the last
seven years a period which goes
back two years before the program
was launched - has been 1,596,O07
units. The average for the last five
of these years, however, has been
1,717,322. The average monthly
sales of used cars, for the last S5
months, have been more than
132,O00 units. 49,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

soul" will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Febru-
airy 16.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms 7O:4, LET all those that
seek thee rejoice, and be glad In
thee; and let such as love thy SAL
walton say continually, Let God be
magnified."
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Psalms
SAIL: "For the Lord God is sun
and shield; the Lord will give grace
and glory; no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk up.
rightly.
The Lesson-Sermon also will in-
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page ass, Soul or
Spirit signifies Deity and nothing
else. There is no finite soul or SPIRIT
Soul or Spirit means only one Mind.
and cannot be rendered in the
plural.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Simple Precautions Help Protect
Flock's Health.

Whenever you have bad cold you
try to get lots of rest, keep warm, per-
haps take mild laxative, and eat
foods rich in vitamins, because you have
found these things aid nature in throw.
ing off the cold.
It's just as possible to help hen
throw off her cold, according to Graf
ton Lothrop, head Of the Sanitation
Department, Purina Mills.
Although no one seems to know just
what causes colds in humans, research
in recent years has demonstrated that
colds in chickens are caused by speci-
f1c germ infection. Unfavorable sur
roundings such as poorly ventilated,
drafty houses or exposure to cold wet
weather will reduce the resistance Of
flock and render it more susceptible
to this infection. The need for good
care, adequate nutrition and SANTA
ton program which will help prevent
the Introduction of this infection Is
readily apparent"
Colds in chickens as rule begin with
a thin nasal discharge followed by o
collection Of cheesy material in the
sinuses Of the head and swelling
about the eyes. The affected birds
shows loss Of appetite, falls Off in pro-
duction and bodyweight, and become
droopy.
II infectious colds should break out
in your flock, Lothrop suggests the fol-
lowing seven-point poultry sanitation
program
!. Eliminate drafts, dampness and
crowding.
2. Scrub fountains with stiff brush
daily and disinfect with Chlor-
ena solution.
8. Give the birds mild flush If 1t
appears necessary.
4. Clean the poultry house thor
oughly and disinfect with Gre.
so-fec solution. Supply plenty Of
dry litter.
5. Immediately remove the sick birds
and burn those which die.
.. Wnen evidence or colds is hrSt
observed, close the house and
dust the birds with Chlorena
Powder until they sneeze freely.
Repeat with light dustings daily
until the birds show improvement.
2. Keep the birds on full feed. II
feed consumption drops, feed
Layena checkers at night. To
further increase feed consump-
ton it may be advisable to add
to the laying mash an appetizer
like Chek-R-Ton.
EDIToR's MORE: Chlorena, Cre-so-fec
and Chek-R-Ton are handled by our
local distributor for flock owners to help
control the colds that may develop In
their chickens. He has complete direc-
lions for their use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
STUDY ROADSIDE STATIONS TO
REPORT TRUCK CARGoEs

Marketing officials of the U. s.
Department Of Agriculture are
weighing the possibilities offered by
roadside reporting stations as a
means of obtaining needed infor-
nation ON supplies and prospective
market arrivals of fruits and vege-
tables. With the support of both
producers and distributors Of per-
ishable farm products, they believe
that reports upon truck shipments
are needed to supplement those now
issued on the movement by rail and
boat.
Before the days of heavy truck
movement, reports upon rail and
boat shipments and market arrivals
gave an adequate picture of sup
plies. With the swing to more of the
fresh fruit and vegetable tonnage
moving by motor truck, however,
reports upon rail and boat move
ment no longer suffice to supply that
information completely. This is the
reason the Department is delving
into the possibilities offered by
roadside stations on principal high
ways ct which the kinds and Quanti-
ties o. fruits and vegetables loaded
On I'll passing trucks could be de-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
COMEDIAN WHO KEEPS ON
GETTING MARRIED

Strange marital record of sad
faced comic whose love-life is a
problem in arithmetic since he wed
his first wife just once, went to the
altar thrice with his third spouse,
and now hopes his third marriage
to wife No. will stick. Look for
this feature in the February gard
issue Of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
BILL TO ELECT LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR

Dlegate Thomas F. Dempsey
(D-Third, Baltimore) proposed that
Maryland elect q lieutenant govern
or, who would automatically become
governor should the duly elected
executive die or otherwise not be
able to fulnn his duties,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

In much the same way as the ply
stefan studies the human body, here
the telephone engineer studies the
nervous system Of a telephone with the
aid of an X-ray. This engineer, one
Of many hundreds at work in
the Western Electric manufacturing
plants of the Bell System, notes how
the precision parts Of the telephone
instrument fit securely inside pro-
tecting armour Of hardened plastic
and ponders on the problem of giving
them even greater protection. His
job is one Of searching for better tools
and better methods to make still better
and simpler telephones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
VERDICT AGAINST BEL AIR

A verdict of $4,000 was granted
to Robert Livezey in his suit against
the town of Bel Air, heard in the
Baltimore City Court last week.
Purpose Of the suit was to collect
damages suffered through the pollu-
ton of Bynum Run by the town
sewage disposal plant, according to
Livezey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
! Never Too Old!

= In Golfers Magazine, w. Daven-
port in an article entitled where
Good Drinkers Go, takes the reader
through a modern, scientific drink
cure. Of the older irnbiber he says:
ITO be a chronic alcoholic you
don't have to start young. They told
of an increasing number of drunk
ards who were either. total abstain
ers or, normal moderate drinkers
until they were 40. If one starts out
to achieve fame in the night club or
win a place in society, it doesn't
take long. Such middle-aged infants
don't last long. Their tired hearts
refuse to take it."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
The Jitterbugs

THE alcoholic filters Of the repeal
1 era are breaking human nerves
at rate three times that of prohibit
tons first five years.
There's no real argument that the
liquor apologists can use to try to
answer the fact that evidently more
people drink nowadays than during
prohibition and that, when they
drink, their nerves won't stand the
strain!
DR.. Robert v. Seliger, instructor
in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Medical School and assistant
visiting psychiatrist at Johns Hop
kins Hospital looks at these things
with the cold scientific eye. He re-
Gently released to the National w. c.
T. U. figures cleaned from report
of the Maryland State Board Of Men
tai Hygiene on patients treated for
alcoholism in mental hospitals OF
Maryland during 1888.
The report:
"For period of almost 20 years
there has been q gradual increase
in the number Of patients treated
for alcoholism in public and private
hospitals for mental patients in
Maryland.
During the five-year period Of
1909-1913 about per cent Of all pa
tients admitted for the first time
to public and private hospitals In
Maryland were admitted because OF
some form of alcoholism. This rate
dropped slowly until it reached 5 per
cent during the 1919-1923 period.
Since then it has risen. During the
last five years alcohol accounted for
IA per cent of all first admissions to
public and private hospitals"
Out In Oregon, completely across
the nation from Maryland, pre-
vious w. c. T. U. study showed the
same facts. At the State Hospital for
Insane at Salem, Ore, there was an
annual average of 65.6 alcohol psy-
chooses cases admitted from 1910 to
1914, then 20.3 cases . year during
Is years of state and National prohi-
bition, and sos cases annually from
1888 to 1888 with 1887 presenting an
all-time high of 102.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Nature balances things. When she
gives a man wonderful PERSONAL
ity, she seldom overdoes 1t by add
h ing wisdom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

A man without a single idea is
less of bore than man with only
one idea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Many man claims to be nervous.
when as . matter Of fact be is mer-
civ tllitempered,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Americans spend during any nor
NAL year. travelling on holidays and
vacations $4,000 every SO Sec
onds. day and night
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

It makes some women awfully
happy TO feel sorry tor somebody.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

EDIToR's MORE: Chlorena, Cre-so-fec
and Chek-R-Ton are handled by our
local distributor for flock owners to help
control the colds that may develop In
their chickens. He has complete direc-
lions for their use.
Evening star., 1941-03-03

Only ot The PoIois Royol in
Washington con. you buy q
Foircrest sweeper. Its spe-
ciol features include comb
cleaned and seIf-odiustino
brush. Full ball S1.76
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Two Letters Written
By Presidents Are
Taken by Thieves
Police Also Probe $151
Jewel Theft and Snutchine
Of Purse With $57

Theft of $151 worth of jewels, let
ters written by Presidents Garfield
and Hayes and $57.75 pocketbook
snatching were among the crimes
police were trying to solve today.
The jewels were stolen yesterday
from the home of James P. Smith,
1886 Douglas street NE, who re-
ported to police that the burglar
gained entrance by breaking din
ing room window.
The letters, along with news
paper carrying the news of Presi-
dent Lincoln's death, all the prop
erty of Mrs. Elva c. Wells, assistant
principal of Roosevelt High School,
were stolen from the school yester-
day by thieves who also carried off
several sets of master keys to rooms
at the school. Entry was gained by
breaking window on the Thir-
teenth street NV. side of the
building.
Ernestine Moore, 3633 Jenifer
street NV, was the victim of the
pocket book snatcher, a colored man
who fled in an automobile after
grabbing her purse as she walked
at the intersection of Connecticut
avenue and Brandywine street NV.
Several hundred dollars worth of
merchandise was stolen from
Peoples Drug Store truck parked
near the firms warehouse at IT P
street NE. yesterday, according to a
report to police by Wilbur E. Disney,
warehouse manager. The goods in
cluded cigarettes and cigars.
Thieves got $75 worth of clothing
from the automobile of Frank P.
Grier, Atlanta, Ga, as it was parked
at First street and New Jersey ave-
nue. NV. yesterday, police were told.
Two persons fleeced Lille Wash
ington, colored, of the 500 block of
L street NV, out of $195 Saturday
by the old "I've-found-a-pocket-
book" trick. They induced her to
put up the $195 to show her good
faith" in the alleged finding of
$1,100. They disappeared at Thir-
teenth and K streets NV, after
promising to return with her share
of the find"