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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
FORESTS IN WARFARE

How forests go to war was sug-
gested in recent address by Garlic
P. Winslow, Director Of the U. s.
Forest Products Laboratory at Mad
ison, Wis, when he gave a partial
list of uses that indicate the wide
adaptability Of wood and its pro-
ducts. Some uses are old and famil-
lar, others are new developments
of modern research.
The list includes: wood for cam
tonments, barracks, hangers, boats,
wharves, bridges. pontoons, rail-
way ties telephone poles, mine
props, and shipping containers; ply
wood for airplanes, air raid shut
tiers, pre-fabricated housing, assault
boats; ship interiors, truck bodies
and army lockers; fuel for airplane
engines, gasolenes and trucks; pulp
and paper for surgical dressings.
boxes. and cartridge wrappers; syn
ahetic wood fbers, such as in rayon,
artificial wool and cotton, for cloth
ing, parachutes, and other textiles;
wood cellulose for explosives; wood
charcoal for gasmasks and steel
production: rosin for shrapnel: tur-
pentine for flame throwers; cellulose
acetate for Photographic aim. shat
'terproof glass. and nodded articles;
wood -four for dynamite; wood bark
for tannin and dyestuffs; and rub
Der for tires, tank treads. and other
military uses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
RADlOTELEPHONE SYSTEM WILL CONNECT
LOST ISLANDS" OF TANCIER and SMITH
Proposed Project Launched BY c.. & P. Telephone
Companies Of Maryland And Virginia Will
Cost Approximately $4,000

The 1920 inhabitants Of Tangie1
Island, Virginia and Smith Island
Maryland, are getting ready to-. dc
annual battle with old man winter
What he has in store for them moi
even the weather bureau can predict
but il, as happened in 1886, he goes on
. rampage, chokes the blue-green
Chesapeake with ice and cuts off the
islands from the mainland, he will find
the Tangerians and Smithmen well
prepared for him, armed with new
weapon against isolation-the tele-
phone.
Nestled in the corner Of lower
Chesapeake Bay some ten or twelve
miles off the eastern shores of Mary
land and Virginia, the islands have for
years engaged in q never-ending
struggle with the elements. In fair
weather months the several miles of
water separating them from Crisfield,
Maryland, the nearest point on the
Bay coast, have served as valuable
ally in the islanders determination to
prevent destruction, by the march Of
progress taking place in the outside
world, of the privacy and indepen-
dence they value SO highly. But with
the advent Of winter these waters
often become jammed with ice-ice
which locks in the mail boats and other
craft constituting the lifeline Of COM
munication and food between the
islands and Crisfield. Then it is that
Tangier and Smith literally become
"lost islands," Left to their own mea-
ger resources the residents Of Tangier
and Smith have frequently been faced
with serious food shortage. Illnesses
requiring disqualification resulted in
story-book rescues and pilots flying
planes from the mainland. Milk for
babies and medical supplies were
transported under hazardous condi-
tions.
But In the latter part Of 1889 the
islanders appealed to the forces of
modern science for aid. The Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
panies Of Maryland and Virginia
responded to their appeal by installing
portable radiotelephone equipment on
the islands and at Crisfeld for the
transmission of urgent messages. At
that time the equipment was to be
used only in case Of emergencies,
but the large number of calls sent out
served as irrefutable evidence of the
pressing need for telephone service
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE
NEW JOB

Employees engaged In work COW
cred by old-age and survivors insur-
ance have one cent deducted from
each dollar Of their wages by their
employers to help pay for their
monthly retirement BENEFITS after
65 or for benefits for their families
in case of their death. Employers
also help to pas for their employees
insurance through taxes equal to
the deductions they make from their
employees wages. Every three
months employers send their taxes
and the taxes deducted from their
employees wages to the Federal
Government. With the taxes the en-
ployer send q report Of the wages
paid to each employee. When the
employers report Is received by the
Social Security Board, each en-
ployee's wages are credited to his
account.
II the employees name and &C.
count number are given to the re-
port exactly as they are shown on
his social security account number
card, his wages are automatically
credited to his account. No matter
how many employers he may have
worked for during the quarter, II
his name and account number are
always the same all of his wages
for the quarter are credited to his
account identified by his account
number.
Employees and employers are
paying what amounts to insurance
premiums to provide monthly bene-
fits for the employee after retire
ment age or for his family II he
should die. They should take the
precaution to see that his social
security account is kept straight by
making certain that his wages are
always reported under the same
name and social security number.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

and gave impetus to a plan for even
better facilities to the islands.
These "better" facilities are now
being installed in the form Of a radio
telephone system designed for every
day. use TO the mainland and for.
connection with the two islands.
Briefly this is how the system viii
work. Several public telephones will
be installed at strategic places on
Tangier and Smith. A call to the
mainland merely involves picking up
a receiver and signaling the operator
at the. Crisfeld central office switch
board where control Of the system is
to be conferred. Equally simple will
be call from Tangier to Smith or
Smith to Tangier. AS there will be
no direct circuit connecting the island,
this type Of call will also be handled
by the Crisfeld operator. 4
For intercommunication between in
habitants Of Tangier and Smith
Islands, telephone engineers have
equipped each telephone with q key
switch. This will be operated by the
telephone user who switches it one
way for a call over the radiotelephone
system and another way for communi-
cation with q person on the same
island.
On each Of the islands there will be
constructed two 654foot radio antenna
poles together with associated radio
and power equipment located in two
small radio huts. Outside Of Crisfield
the telephone companies will construct
three poles to carry the equipment
needed on the mainland. Additional
equipment will be installed in the
Crisfield central Office. It Is esti-
mated that the total cost Of the
project will be approximately $50, 900.
Telephone officials emphasize that
a communication system such as that
planned for Tangier and Smith Islands
cannot be constructed over night. It
is hoped the system will be in opera
tion for use this winter, but even Il It
isn't, the Tangiermen and Smithmen
will have their portable radiotelephone
set-up with which to maintain contact
between the islands and the mainland,
and they will be secure in the knowl-
edge that in future winters the svs-
tenn now being installed will serve as
an effective defense weapon against
all the forces old man winter has to
throw against them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
DUcKING AREA EXTENDED

Representatives Of the U. s. Bio.
logical Survey met with Senator
Arthur Brice and Delegates Strong
and Harris of Kent County, Dele
gate Steele Howard, Of Cecil Coun-
ty, and Delegate Leo M. Moore and
Senator ]. Wilmer Cronin, at An
napolis last week, and discussed the
Wild Fowl Sanctuary on the Flats.
The Federal men advised that
they would consent to large re-
dusction In the area, and also adj
vised that the bag limit ON diving
ducks would probably be increased
to ten.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

About ITS guests of Elkton Chap
ter, No. "a, o. e. S., were entertain
ed at the Grand Visitation Of their
chapter in Masonic lodge rooms
Thursday night. Mrs. Anna M. Yeag-
er, worthy grand matron, and Jas
per Taylor, worthy grand patron,
OF the Grand Chapter Of Maryland,
and Mrs. Jane Zebley, worthy grand
matron, and William Derrickson,
worthy grand patron, of the Grand
Chapter of Delaware, were guests.
Others were members Of the Trim
ity and Liberty Chapters, both Of
Baltimore; Mizpah Chapter of Will
mington, Victory Chapter Of Aber-
deem, and Port Deposit, and Ches-
tertown Chapters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

/ Wisdom of conservation and
scientific farming are among top
les treated in new book, What
You Don't Know About George
Washington. which has Just APP
peared. One of the co-authors is a
Marylander. George Morgan knight,
Jr.. who is also author Of Intimate
Glimpses Of Old Saint Marys". Fur
Their information about his new book
can be obtained by writing him at
Leonardtown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
HOW RELIABLE ARE THE TAGS
ON AGRICULTURAL SEEDS?

Results Of inspections and exam
nations made by the State Seed
Laboratory in 1910, from the stand
point of the reliability of informa-
ton given on the tags, are given In
a publication just issued by #. 9.
Holmes, Chief Seed Inspector, who
is in charge Of the State Laboratory.
It Is known as Miscellaneous Pub
lication No. 724, land copies may
be obtained by writing to the State
Seed Laboratory at College Park.
Those who are alive to the i'm
portance of selling and planting
seeds which are as they are repre-
scented cannot be Indifferent to this
and previous reports giving tagging
indices Of seedsmen. Mr..
Holmes states.
It should be emphasized. accord
ing to Mr.. Holmes, that under Mary
land seed law seedsmen are allow
ed the utmost freedom as to the
quality of the seeds they may sell
and that the tagging Of their seeds
is entirely in their own hands.
Seedsmen and farmers seeking de-
pendable sources of supply should
take these facts into account.
The new publication gives table
in which is shown for each seeds
men the number Of samples collect
ed, the percent OF collected samples
fully tagged, and the percent Of
samples collected that were fully
tagged and within the ofilcial toler-
ance for pure seeds. weed seeds. and
termination. Tagging reliability in
dices are givens which provide q
measure Of the relative complete
ness and accuracy Of the tagging Of
the respective seedsmen."
A second table gives the tagging
reliability indices for the last ave
years. From this table. 1t is stated
one can see alta glance which seeds
men have consistently tagged their
lots OF seed most completely and
accurately during that period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
Phone Service Restored

Suspended since the outbreak of the
Spanish Civil War. in 1886, regular.
telephone service between the United
States and Spain was recently re-
stored with the opening Of q direct
short-wave radio circuit between New
York and Madrid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
SICKNESS FROM THB REPORT.
ABLE DISEASES

Health conditions In Maryland In
1910 were generally favorable, as
indicated by recent report Of DR..
r. H. Riley, Director OF the State
Department of Health, giving pro-
visional figures for sickness from
the .'reportable" diseases--the mai
or infectious or contagious diseas-
es-during the year.
There were nearly $1,000 cases
Of the catching" diseases report
ed in the State in 1910 in compar-
ison with 48,995 cases In 1889. The
high total in 1889 was due largely
to the measles outbreak Of that year
in connection with which there were
1922 cases reported. The disease
was at a low ebb in 1910; only 246
cases were reported.
The total sickness from the re-
portable diseases in 1910 was di.
vided between Baltimore City and
the counties az follows: Baltimore
City, 23,128 cases; the counties
1872. There were significant de-
creases in three diseases that are
always matters OF special concern:
Typhoid fever, diphtheria and tu-
beroulosis. Typhoid dropped from
1872 in 1889 to 126 last year; diph-
iberia from 245 in 1889 to 1853 in
1910 and tuberculosis from 2,721
Eases in 1889 to 2,562 in 1910.
Other diseases in which favorable
decreases occurred in 1910, included:
Rocky Mountain spotted fever OF
which IS cases were reported; UNI
dulant fever. % cases; tolaremia
rabbit fever) %; dysentery, lat:
piarrhoa and cholera infantom, 1879:
erysipelas, IS: poliomelitis, IT;
meningitis, 81: and pellagra,
cases; in comparison with the fol-
lowing in 1899: Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, u; undulant fever,
So; tularemia, 49,; dysentery. 286;
diarroa and cholera infantum, all;
erysipelas, 1874: poliomelitis, a.;
meningitis, 81: and pellagra, 81.
There were marked nare-ups In
whooping cough, which increased
from 2,098 cases in 1899 to over
5000 cases in 1910, and In the
pneumonias Of which nearly thous-
and more cases were reported than
in 1939-4,896 cases in 1910 and
1889 in 1889. The increase In the
cases Of pneumonia was Offset by q
yer Unmarked decreae in the number
of deaths from the disease, due to
the fact that sulfa-pyridine or the
appropriate serum was made avail
able, through the pneumonia con-
troll services of the State and Coun-
ty Health Departments, to physi-
clans for patients unable to secure
these newer methods Of treatment,
otherwise.
The list of "reportable" diseases
includes about 40 that are communi-
cable in some way. Physicians in at
tendance are requested to report
the occurance Of such diseases
among their patients to the near
est health officer, in order that mea-
sures to prevent their spread may be
instituted without delay. When
there is no physician in attendance
the responsibility for reporting GER
tain diseases shifts to the house.
holder or to others with knowledge
of the facts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

The State Of Maryland received =
CARROTS each OF eggs from Oregon
and Washingtons during 1910 as
compared with one carlot from
Oregon and two -carlots. from WASH
ington In 1899, according to DR..
Morley A.. JUL, head of the Uni
versity Of Maryland poultry depart
meht. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
Telephone And Trains

Trains on approximately 651os of the
total. railway mileage Of the United
States are now being handled by tele-
phone. Miles Of road over which
trains are operated by means Of orders,
transmitted by telephone total las, 24sr
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

THE TERRIBLE MAN WITH THE
..s IVORY EYES
Reporting how archeolosists have
turned up q lost Alaskan city ana
skeletons which seem to Indicate
that the ugly bogeyman used by
Eskimos to brighten children has a
solid basis Of fact.
One of many interesting stories
in the March End issue Of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
WHY SUCCESS OR FAILuRs De
PENDS ON YOUR EYES

Absorbing article disclosing the
findings Of scientists who say that
II you are right-eyed and left-hand-
ed, or vice versa, you will likely
have more trouble than people
whose eyes and hands cooperate.
Don't miss this illustrated feature
in the March End issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
DAY OF COMPASSION

Sunday, March 3nd. has been set
aside as day Of compassion In all
Methodist churches. The purpose is
for united Methodism to raise one
million dollars ON that Sunday:
100000 Of this will be used Tor
overseas relief. $350.o00 for help
for our British people and church.
es, e250,000 Tor religious work in
or near our camps (militaryl. In
the quiet and peace Of our homes
let NJ not forget that there b much
suffering and need In the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

springsyke Lorraine, a e-year-old
registered Holstein Friesian COW
owned by the University of Mary
land, in q 365 lactation officially re-
corded and just announced by the
Holstsin Friesian Association. pro-
duced 919ss pounds of butterfat
from 24.634 pounds of milk. She
was MIXED three times daily.
According to officials of the As
ISOLATION, this production. if in quart
bottles placed side by side, would
make a row more than $500 feet
long.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

To seem Q somebody, wear q
string tie and wide-brimmed hat In
Washington other tourists think
you are . Senator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

Evil defeats itself when It goes
too far. Think how blind submarines
will collide when the traflc gets too
thick under water,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

According to e. n. Hafnel, manager
of the Hog Department, Purina Mills,
st. Louis, Missouri, there Is still an
other way to market corn. That is to
feed it to hogs along with his COM
pany's nationally recognized mixed pro-
tein concentrate called Hog Chow.
Many prominent hog feeders, he says.
have found that they can produce 100
pounds Of pork on 61k bushels Of corn
and so pounds of Hog Chow.
EDrroR's MORE: This hog concentrate
developed at the Purina Experimental
Farm to be fed with home grown grains
is distributed locally by our checker
board feed dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

The problem Of how to market corn
most profitably Is one that confronts
hundreds OF farmers throughout the
country. The easiest way. Of course,
is to load the crop into q truck and
haul 1t to the local elevator and sell it
for cash. II the market is good, the
profits may be large, but year in and
year out the man who sells his corn
crop for cash Is at disadvantage.
Another way to sell the corn crop is
10 feed 1t to hogs. Feed lot records
show that 1t takes approximately IL
bushels Of corn to produce 100 pounds
Of pork. Over period Of years, mar
keting corn on the hoof results In better
returns for the crop than II It were
sold for cash.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21
CROP AND FEED LOANS

Mr.. G.. T. Umbarger, field SUPER
visor of the Emergency Crop and
Feed Loan Office of the Farm Cred
it Administration, who has charge
Of the emergency crop loan activities
in this county, announces that the
1941 loan in Maryland are being re-
ceived. He explained the fact that
no delay will be occasioned for max
ing loans early since Congress now
provides revolving fund and 1t is
not necessary to make early appro-
priations.
This agency has operated within
the state for many years and it is
known among many farmers as 1.-THE
Crop Loan Office" The purpose of
this loan is to furnish credit to
farmers to enable them to pur-
chase seed, fertilizer, and other sup
plies necessary or incident to the
production of crops for market.
In the case of farmers who raise
livestock, poultry, or turkeys rath-
er than cash crops, the loans are
made for the purchase Of feed or
expenses incident to the growth Of
fed crops. The loan affords an OPP
portunity for the farmers to take
advantage Of cash prices at oppor-
tune times.
Mr.. Umberger further advises
that the loan is designed to serve
at low costs that large group who
are experienced farmers, but who
do not have collateral available to
borrow from local banks or produc-
ton credit associations and who do
not need rehabilitation or super
vised credit.
The amount loaned to any one in
dividual at any one tim els limited
to $500. Farmers have found this
loan to be very serviceable since it
enables them to make very substan-
tial savings ON their seed, fertilizer,
and feed bills by paying cash. The
rate Of interest is percent mad no
inspection or service fees are charg-
ed.
For further information, farmers
interested may contact their county
agent or write or call to see Mr.. G.
T. Umbarger, field supervisor, Fed
|eral Land Bank Building, st. Paul
and Gath Streets, Baltimore. Md.
Mr.. G. T. Umbarger, field sup
ervisor, will be in the county agents
office every other Friday beginning
March 7th from the hours of 900
a. m. and 1900 m. for the purpose
Of taking applications.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-21

When . Tool II angry he opsna
biz mouth end shuts ~ sysa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Maynard Trout
Is Discovered

If Col. F. A. Fisher of The Atlas
Power Corporation will step for
ward and identify himself. the con-
servation departments institute for
fisheries research will be pleased
TO bestow on him a distinction
priced among anglers.
The colonel appears to be
catcher of the Understanding
rainbow trout ever tagged in
Michigan waters. The 6& pound
fish he caught July Is. 1910. in
Lake Huron between Sarnia. Ont,
and Blue Point. had been tagged
and released 260 miles away, at
Vanderbilt road bridge on Pigeon
River. on April l. 1899. when it
was 1871 inches long and weighed
! pound
The postmarked envelope of the
letter in which the colonel re-
ported his catch was inadvertently
and inquiries of army
and power companies
failed to reveal the coloners
whereabouts, or the address of his
company.
Now the institute hopes Colonel
Fisher will heed the appeal. con-
firm the catch and claim the credit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
High Among Colleges

These people I speak Of are to-
days champions to carry the ira
dition Detroit has developed with
such national figures that have IN
some eases been immortalized.
Gus Dorais, a figure in his own
right from Notre Dame, has made
the University of Detroit high
among the colleges in the country
for clean athletic competition.
Lloyd Brazil is one of the many
Dorais has brought along.
Jimmy Standish, past president
of the National Squash Associa-
ton, is the potent force behind
golfing activities and the country,
and the late "Auntie" Booth held
the same role among the women.
From little old Forte Detroit
because of her people we now
have a metropolitan community
ready and able to cooperate with
these great United States in aiding
its social. industrial and educa-
tional life. Can you see why l
wish to repeat, I'm certainly
proud to be one of you"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Houers Ouer Stars

Few cities can boast of such an
array of sportsmen, participants,
sponsors and fans. Winter is leav-
ing us and in doing so Detroit is
finding her name on the tongues of
sportsmen from coast to coast
concerning the Red Wings and the
new star goahe. Johnny Mowers.
The Detroit Eagles have found
their way into the National League
playoffs. Spring for the Tigers
crowds the papers with daily pre-
dictions of repeating last years
triumph as 1910 pennant holders
in the American League.
The shadow of Hagen and Wat
rouS is lowering over new stars
like Tommy Sheehan. John Foley,
Fred Hammer and the not so new,
Chris Brinke and Mortie Dutra.
We hope the waterway can be
TO see the old Silver FoX"
Gar Wood add another trophy 10
his case of world record recogni-
tons and now by March Fl Uncle
Mike" Jacobs will bring Detroit s
travelling worlds heavyweight
champion. Joe Louis, back to home
grounds for a match.
AL Tolmich under the guidance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Seek 10 Define
Public Waters

The effort 10 have the public
waters of the state defined by law
is going to continue until some
adequate statutory definition of
the public right. particularly of
fishing, is established. Milton P.
Adams of the state stream control
commission declared.
Court decisions in specific cases
do not serve the state as a whole.
he says. He points TO the conser-
walton of departments current pur-
chases of frontage TO give anglers
access TO fishing waters as empha-
sizing "the inherent conflict be-
tween public and private use.
A bill now before the LeglSlat-
ure, similar to one presented at
the 1889 session. would provide
for review of the evidence, and
would fix the procedure by which
waters reasonably capable of sup
porting a beneficial public use"
might be classified as public
waters. Enactment of such a
water code" has the support of
organized sportSmen's clubs.