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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
HYBRID CORN GROWING
CsnNTEST

Over 10000 entries have been re-
ceived in the annual national hybrid
corn growing contest conducted by
the DeKalb Agricultural Associa-
ton, it was announced last week by
Thomas H. Roberts, general man
ager of the association. He said that
IA corn growing states are repre-
sented in the contest this year which
ends in November. This is the most
states ever competing.
States with entries, with Illinois,
Iowa and South Dakota in the lead
SO far, are also Nebraska, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri,
Ohio, Indiana and North Dakota.
Awards are made on the basis of
greatest yield per acre Judging from
five acre plots. There are state and
county rewards sa we'll as the Sc
lection of the national champion.
Last year there were IL state re-
wards as well as 329 county re-
wards. This year there will be IA
state cups and about 500 county
champions.
Defending national champion"
this year is William Mentjes of Lee
Center, Mimi, who averaged 1879
bushels per acre last year. Close be-
hind him was Luther Cox Kellerton,
Iowa, with 1860 bushels per acre,
and Hammond Brothers, Millgrove,
Mo-, 1858 bushels. Other state
winners were Frank W. Brown of
Lafayette, Ind; Hays Montgomery,
Gays, ILL.,; Ole A. Arneson, Barne-
weld, Wise; Chas. Warga, Platts-
mouth, Neb.; George Hoppert, Mon
roe, Mich; Howard Kochenderfer G.
Son, Greenwich, Ohio; Howard Nc
Loed, Hartford, South Dakota; H.
o. Sloan, Uniontown, Kansas, and A.
w. Luck, Fairmont, North Da-
kota.
Last years champion was born in
Germany, but came to the U. s. A.
in 1925 and became am American
citizen in 1882. He is married, has
four daughters, is an outstanding
self-made farmer with an excellent
farm.
Luther Cox, runner-up, bought his
farm in Ringgold County, Iowa, only
three years ago, but planted his ny
brid corn in a field which had been
a pasture lot for 80 years. AS run
ner-up to the national champion last
year he says he is determined to
win this year" and has planted a lot
of hybrid corn to do so.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
Colored Rain and Snow

! White snow and rain water are
occasionally varied by the most un-
usual substitutes.
About IL years ago yellow snow
fell on the northwest coast of Japan,
and everyone was curious as to how
this strange phenomenon came
about. Some Japanese said it was
birthstone and sulphur as punish
ment for sins.
It was traced, however, to the yell
low dust that had been whirled up
from the Cobb desert in central Asia
and carried in snow clouds to the
Japanese districts where it fell.
Yellow rain, too, has been known
to fall. It was discovered to be
caused by flower pollen blown by the
wind up to the rain clouds.
Black snow has been known to fall,
but this, too, was no magical mani
festation. being traced to a violent
eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily,
where dust and ashes had got mixed
ND in snow clouds.
Red rain, caused by myriads of
tiny little red insects, has been
known to fall in France. Holland.
and elsewhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
PLAN Census Of Salmon

One of the first steps to provide
for continuation of the salmon in
dustry in Oregon waters is the es-
Establishment of an experimental sal
mon culture station at Big Eddy.
The construction and operation of
the station is a result of co-opera-
ton between the canning industry,
the state and federal fishery agen-
cies.
The state of Oregon took the first
move in stocking the station with
fish by delivering 100000 young Chi
nook salmon. These fish will be held
in the pools of the station for a pc
riod of time for study by members
of the federal bureau of fisheries,
the Oregon state game commission
and Willis Rich, internationally
known ichtyologist of Stanford uni
versity.
The fish will be tagged and re-
corded for future checks as to mi
grafton and loss through activities
of salmon fishermen and predatory
fish of the ocean.
ALI fish caught later by the various
groups of fishermen will be report
ed to the fish commission. When all
figures are compiled, at the end Of
the four-year period, the difference
between the number of fish released
originally and those which return to
Five Mile creek will represent the
total loss of fish during the period
spent in the Pacific and caught by
fishermen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
THEY HAVE THEIR
CAKE AND EAT IT

In the case of some profitable
farm practices it is actually posi-
BILE to reverse the old adage and
make it read "You can have your
cake and eat it, too" This is
particularly true in the case of
farmers who are following recon-
mendations of their county agents
and apply fertilizer to their fall
wheat crop. By doing so they not
only will get increased yields of
wheat but also add fertility for the
following years hay crop.
at is not infrequent for the in
creased yield of clover and other
hay crops which follow fortified
wheat to be sufficient to pay for
the whole fertilizing operation"
according to H. R. Smalley, Director
of Soil Improvement Work, The
National Fertilizer Association.
On a demonstration farm in
Michigan, the increased yield of
alfalfa hay during two-year pc
Rod following wheat which was
fortified with complete fertilizer,
amounted to 3,771 pounds of hay.
At the average price of alfalfa hay,
the increase is worth $1,000 an acre
for the two years.
One of the best ways to start
high-producing pasture is to fertil-
ize the wheat crop heavily this fall
and seed the pasture next spring.
In an experiment at Wooster, Ohio,
an application of $50 pounds of
fertilizer gave an increase of
IS bushels of wheat and more
than doubled the pasture yield for
several years following.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
Remember Shelter Belt?

Six years have passed since plans
were undertaken for a great shelter
belt of trees which would redeem
miles of dust bowl from encroach-
ment desert.
The idea seemed too visionary at
the time-it was said trees wouldn't
grow, but despite the skepticism Of
farmers, the trees have redeemed
every promise made for them.
In South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas, trees are
growing and thriving. In eastern
South Dakota S2,0OO,00O trees are
growing and thriving on 4,229 farms.
About 20 per cent Of the trees In
this area survived. The trees have
changed the very climate Of these
deserts and turned them into EdepA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
Singing While You Work
Makes Child Like Music

If you want your children to grow
up approaching music, don't make
fun of your husbands singing in the
shower. Let him singl
Singing in the shower, singing in
the sunshine, singing in the rain,
singing at odd times or special
times, spontaneously and often, will
do more than any other one thing to
foster your child's interest in music.
Sing with him, encourage father to
sing, too, and never dampen their
spirits by the slightest frown.
Mrs. Salts Coleman, a mother as
well as one of Americas most wide
ly known music teachers, believes
you can give your child music.
"Its soothing qualities" she says,
relieves tension and quiets nerves
Music will enable him to get away
from problems and worries. But If
he is to find this solace in adult life,
he must have music from babyhood.
Parents should begin singing to
him then. And the songs need not
be confined to lullabies. There
should be no set time for singing.
Sing to the baby at sleepy time, but
sing to him, too, through the day.
Alice McKenna, who supervises
music in the two nursery schools
that are part of the department of
child study of Vassar college and is
making a special study of music for
young children, shares this opinion.
Music for a child should be of two
kinds, the music he hears and the
music he himself expresses. Sing
ing, she says, is creative form OF
expression. Little children like to
sing songs of their own making, and
should be encouraged to do so.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
Many Countries Supply
Products for u. s. Candy

More than IS countries pour their
quotas into Uncle Sans enormous
sugar barrel from which candy is
made, according to bulletin from
the National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. c.
Thousands of miles of transporta-
ton are represented by the sugar
alone, for machetes flash under the
torrid sun of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines.
Hot sea breezes off the Equator
fan the cacao trees on Africa's west
coast that produces chocolate, an in
gredient of 40 per cent of candy pro-
duced today. Tons of chocolate
come also from Panama and South
America and The Netherlands In
dies.
The Philippine islands annually
ship millions of pounds Of peanuts
across the broad Pacific to United
States candy makers. From Italy
and Spain come the almonds and
from Brazil the Brazil nuts. Chinese
gather 100000 pounds of walnuts
for our candy kitchens, with large
quantities coming also from Ru-
mania's Black sea port of Constana.
The pistachios come from India,
Syria and Persia and pignolias from
Italy. India is the principal source
of the famous cashews and the Phil
ippines supply the 81, 500, 900 pounds
of coconut meat consumed in this
country. Citron is supplied by
Greece, while Arabia and Persia and
Turkey furnish figs and dates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
WORLD WAR VETERAN AT
TACKS MEMBER OF HIS
FAMILY

Alfred Funk, Jr, sixteen, SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Funk, Kirk
wood, disappeared over q week ago.
The youth fed from home when his
father, a gassed veteran of the
World War, attacked and beat his
mother. The woman, with six other
children, fed to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Shaub, neighbors.
The father was prosecuted before
Justice of the Peace Merrill Hassell,
Georgetown, for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. He was Jailed
for 80 days In default Of $40 fine
and costs. The charges were brought
by Mira. Funk. --0xford NaNA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Fertilizer Association. "At present
prices for feed and fertilizer with A
per cent milk figures at $500 per hun
dredweight, there is a profit on each
acre due to fertilizer of over $22."
At Livingston, New Hampshire, a
three-year test showed that untreated
pastures averaged 1852 pounds of dry
matter and 200 pounds of protein per
acre. But pastures on which 625
pounds of complete fertilizer had been
applied, gave Alb pounds of dry
matter and TAP pounds Of protein per
acre, or nearly three times as much
feed of higher quality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Answering the call of National De-
Tense for an unlimited increase in
dairy products, eastern dairymen,
livestock producers, and agricultural
leaders are joining forces to increase
quantity and quality of production,
cut feed costs, and extend the grazing
season during which the cheapest and
best feeds are available.
"In 80 grazing tests in north
eastern States, a liberal use of COM
plete fertilizer doubled the number of
grazing days as well as the amount
of milk produced per acre." said R. H.
Lush, pasture specialist, The National
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
st. GEORGES CANAL BRIDGE q
PER CENT COMPLETED

The st. Georges bridge over the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is
now approximately Is per cent
completed, H. N. Crichton, Chesa-
peake City, resident engineer for the
canal reports.
Mr.. Crichton said the false work
for the making Of the main span is
now underway but the actual span
ping of the channel has not been
undertaken by the Phoenix Bridge
Company.
Forms for pouring the concrete
roadway decks are being made at
both extreme ends of the bridge
now. The bridge will be completed
probably the latter part of October
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05
LOST TEN DOLLAR BILL

The following story comes out of
Perryville: Mike Sapaonaro of Per-
ryville and the towns well known
iceman, ON Monday waved a $40
greenback while in a discussion with
others. A dog, Brownie, belonging
to Murray Hitchcock, also of Perry
vile, seeing the bill. jumped for it,
snatching it out of Mikes hand and
swallowed it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

No wonder laymen can't under
stand diplomacy. The Irish have NO
gasoline, yet they see German con-
suls in their cars using gas brought
in by English ships.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Roosevelt is no dictator. In news
pictures, the dictator always looks
glum while the stooges around him
do the grinning or laughing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Defense Savings Bonds are now
available at more than $4,000 post
offices and 5000 banks throughout
the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

When a boy makes good in the
city, the home town reaction is one
part pride and nine parts astonish-
ment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Defense Savings Bonds may be
registered Id the name of one indivi-
dual, or of two individuals as CO.
owners. or one individual and one
ether individual 90 beneficiary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

Freshness of youth often spoils
the man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

An educated man is one who feels
proud Of having learned what he has
forgotten,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-05

It's easier to do the things we
shouldn't do than 1t Ia to avoid do
ing the things we should do.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
French Reject
 Allied Ultirmatum Surrender Syria

UNDATED, June 19 (4) - The V:chy French defenders of Dam- acus were reported to have re- jected a British ultimatum to surrender the 4,000 year-old cap ital of Syria as Allied siege fore es threatened the city on three sides. Authoritative quarters in London said the probable expir- ation of the deadline is 5:30 a. m. today.
 British and Free French troops opened the final assault at the closest point. Allied forces are said to have occupied Mezze, a Western suburb, 3 and one-half miles from the city, while other troops attacked southeast of the capital at Jebel Fl Kelb.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
{ President Uses Strong Language Robin Moor Affair

WASHINGTON, June 20 (P)- The President described the sink ing of the Robin Moor as the ruth less act of an international cut law" and declared the U. s. did- n't propose to yield the high seas to Germany. The President made the pronouncement on the sink ing of the American vessel, in a special message to Congress, which permitted stronger langua ge than a formal diplomatic not. Roosevelt stated that, without qualification, the vessel was sunk by a German submarine. The President said full separations for losses and damages suffered by American nationals are expect ed from the German govern ment."
 The Robin Moor went down in the Atlantic on May 21, but all of its passengers and crew sub- sequently reached safety, Surviv- CTS said German sub torpedoed and shelled the ship.
 The President said the general purpose of the sinking would ap pear to be to drive American commerce from the ocean, where ever such commerce is considered disadvantage to German de- signs"
 Tn President proposed to con- fine action or retaliation, and ap parently chose as a vehicle, his special message, so he could couch the protest in the most forceful language at his com- mand. Nor was there any dis closure of what steps the govern ment might be contemplating to protect American merchant ves- sels on the high seas. It was re- garded as doubtful, in order not to tip Germany off on what to expect, that there be any disclos ure at this point, in the field of arming cargo ships or bringing the Navy to protect them.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
FDR Presented
 Honorary Degree Oxford University

CAMBRIDGE, June 19 (P) - Responding by proxy to the pre- cedent-shattering award of an honorary degree from Oxford University, in Harvard Univer- sity's ancient yard, the President asserted We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
 Roosevelt said in message, in response to a citation, read by Lord Halifax, British Ambassa- dor and Chancellor at Oxford: We, too, were born to freedom, and believing in freedom are will ing to fight to maintain that freedom"
 An honorary doctorate of Civil Laws was awarded to the Presi- dent in a dramatic ceremony held only a few minutes after Harvard United States oldest university, awarded an honorary doctorate of laws to Lord Halifax, as repre- sentative ''of stalWart nation, unyielding before the blows of tyranny"
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Joe Louis KOS Billy Conn In 18th Round

NEW YORK, June IS (H) - Ali ter taking the worst punishment that he has absorbed since his knockout by Max Schmelling, Joe Louis opened up fearful barrage in the closing minutes to knock out Billy Conn, in the 18th round. Louis successfully defend ed the worlds heavyweight cham pionship for the 18th time before an estimated crowd of 50,000. Louis weighed 199R pounds and Conn 174.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Cerlnan-Turkish Pact Believed
 Aimed at Russia

UNDATED, June 19 (A0 - In the lack of the slightest confrma ton, attention dwindled on the wildcat reports from Turkey. that Hitler's war machine had started an invasion of Russia, attacking the Soviet border at l5 points.
 After a German diplomatic stroke neutralized Turkey and virtually isolated Russia, the Nazi spokesman in Berlin declared the German-Turkish friendship pact is stunning defeat to British dip lomacy. The pact was engineered by Hitler's ace trouble shooting diplomat, Von Papen, and was greeted without surprise by Lon- don, where the British interpret ed it as coup against Russia.
 Amid rapidly mounting Ger man-Soviet friction, informed quarters in London said that the ten-year accord is virtually an in fallible omen of tremendous new German military venture. But the riddle remained unsolv- ed whether it would be aimed at Russia, Egypt or the British Is- les. A British spokesman declar cd however, the treaty was fitted with familiar Nazi strategy, iso- latihg Hitler'S intended blitz vic tims.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Maritime Comm. Takes Over lst Ship

WASHINGTON, June 19 (P)- The Maritime Commission an- nounced that it had taken formal possession of the first of 23 sabot aged Italian ships, laid up in United States waters. The Com mission said its representatives took possession of the ship Clara, 6,1O0 tons, in Savannah yester- day. The Clara, the Commission said will be taken to Newport News for drydocking, before be- ing placed in service.
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s. patrol in
 
  onea around Engand
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RAF Garry Out Extensive Raids
 To Hinder Certain Invasion In
 Event Cerman-Russian Agreement

UNDATED, June 20 (H) - In formed quarters in London dis closed that the RATS nine-day series of blasts on channel inva- sion ports and on the German Ruhr are all-out attempts to smash preparations fer the big Maxi push against England, eX- pected as soon. as Germany set ties matters with Russia.
 SOviets Print Pointed Warning
 In what may have been point ed warning to Germany, the So- viet government newspaper lz- vestia declared Neither through forests, nor steppes, mountains, nor seas will the enemy ever step across the forbidden boundary. Raids Aimed Forstall Invasion
 While Moscow was outW,9rdly calm, an atmosphere of uneasi- nes prevailed in London. If Hit Ter should strike bloodless ber- gain with Stalin, it is said Britain must expect a swift blow from the Nazi invasion bases across the channel. These sources de clared Britain's intensive aerial offensive was carried out by hun- dreds of planes aimed at the dual objective, one, to slow the Ger man war effort by crippling the Reicll's industrial output, partic- ularly synthetic oil; and two, to snarl transportation routes from bases to pools of material and per sonnel which the Germans will need when a full-scale offensive against Britain starts.
 RAF Raids 4 Consecutive Days
 For four consecutive days, the RAF carried out strong daylight attacks on Nazi-held channel har bors, camps and airdromes which will be used for the invasion. Co., logne and Dusseldorf were ire quent targets and the objectives of last nights latest raids.
 Invasion Not Expected In Russia
 How quickly Hitler will settle affairs with Russia remained to be seen. Dispatches from Moscow said there is no indication that Russia expected an invasion, al- though Europe's capitals echoed with rumors that Germany is massing troops on her eastern
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Union Votes Stand Pat In Fairbanks Strike

FAIRBANKS, June 19 (News- Miner) - The two Weeks-old strike against the U. s. Shelters in the Fairbanks district is dead locked after a union meeting last night voted to stand pat on its former demands. Both sides pub lished statements today, the Com pany offering as before "a ten per cent wage increase, but refusing to agree to a union shop or check offs. The last two mentioned are the chief issues.
 A good many who were en- ployed by the company are leav- ing for other fields.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Oldest Navy Sub 4 Hours Overdue on Dive

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 20 (P) - The Navy reported that one of its oldest submarines, the 09, small undersea boat recent ly brought back into commission, is four hours overdue on a test dive off the Isle of Shoals, not far from where the Squalus sank two years ago with loss of 26 lives.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20

frontier for a possible drive on 4hn SrrinA
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frontier for possible drive on the Soviet.
 Ambassador Sees Ribbentr0p
 A British Exchange Telegraph dispatch quoted foreign reports as saying that Russia's Ambassa- dor to Germany had seen Won Rbbentrop several times and is expected to see Hitler. In London, Minister of State Lord Beaverbrok's paper, the Evening Standard, urged the Brit ish to aid Russia in the event Hit Ter sends his war machine roll ing.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Unconfirmed Re- ports of Invasion

LONDON, Thursday, June 19, iE) - A Reuters News Agency dispatch from Turkey tonight said there were unconfrmed re- ports that the German armies launched an attack against the Russians at 15 points on the east ern frontier.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
RAF Carry Out Raids In Anticipation Of Invasion
us. Asked Remove All Consular And Travel Agency Employees
 From German Controlled Areas

BERLIN, June 19 (A) - Ger many asked the United States to remove all consular and Ameri- can Express Company employees in Germany, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Occupied France, Serbia, and Occupied Greece, not later than July 18th. This was done in a note handed by the German foreign ministry to the United States charge d
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aifaires. The DNB news agency said ''The conduct of consular and travel agency employees has long been highly objectionable.
 fae American representative, the DNB said, will be furnished a list of activities of U. s. consular officials which it declared were Injurious to the state and out side of the legitimate information service of American consulates. |"
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-20
Report Ultimatum Served Soviets

RepOft Ultimatum served SOVIetS
 LONDON, Thusrday, (P)- Reu ters reported that Martin Agron- sky, NEG representative at An kara, learned from the most re- liable sources" that a German ul- timatum was served on Russia.