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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
FIRE companies Hold Annual
Elections

The Volunteer Fire Companies in
Elkton and at North East, held
their annual elections Monday night
Feb. 10.
The election held by the Elkton
flremen, resulted in the choice OF
the following: Directors, G. Ray
mond Arrants, G. Mitchell Boulden,
warren w. boulder, w. Writ Bou-
cnene, Clarence II. Denny, Charles
M. Dennls, john J. Denver, John r.
Everett, II. ERNEST Foster, Richard
ia. Masemore ana Henry Metz.
The board organized by re-elect-
ing warren w. Boulden, President.
other omcers erected were: Elrst
yice-ereslaenr, 1enEv Metz; Seypaa
vlce-Preslaen,t "A. Writ Bouchene;
secretary, G. Mitchell Boulden;
treasurer, H. Writ Bouchele; Chef,
klcnard M. Masemore; Chief OF
Motors, Clarence M. Denny.
Omcers elected by the North East
FIRE Company, were as follows:
president W. G. harvey; First Vice.
freslaent, G. A. Ferguson; Secre-
Uary, Carer Slmpers; Assistant Sec
retary, Ausun conway; treasurer,
george Wlngate; Chief, Charles
nrown; new directors, Waiter J..
SmlIn, Charles kotnermel, Frank
conway, ira Weils, Jonn Norman
and Wliliam J. Logan; holdover Dl-
rectors, J. G. Rhudy, 7. kennard
SAKE, Jr., George r. Craig, Arthur
taarvey and Chas. Preston.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
District Governor Addresses
Lions

Forty-four members, visitors and
candidates for membership enroll
ment assembled at the Village Res
taurant, Thursday evening, for the
dinner meeting of the Lions. Visit
ing Lions were present from Will
mington, Newark, Claymont and
Christiana.
The guest speaker Of the evening
was William Cummings, Of Clay
mont, Del, District Governor OF
z2nd District, who spoke of the
growth Of Lionism, and what 1t
meant to a community in civic &C
tlvitles.
Lions Clubs differ from similar
organizations in that each club ID
required to submit a monthly report
10 the International Office Of the AS
ISOLATION on the activities under
taken by the club during the month.
a Lions Club is composed OF the
aeaulng men Of its community, and
membership in 1T is acquired thru
invitation only. The word signifies:
Liberty, Intelligence-Our Nations
safety.
kltteen new names were added to
the membership roll. They included:
VIM. Il. Cherry, VIM. II. Haney,
Alexander Wilson, Robt. w. Gamer
ON, dudley rawlings, Carl Hanna.
=. q. harris, Asher s. Robertson.
Tnos. b. koDerson, VIM. 7. Jenness.
Jonn A. Boalne, William Liddell.
Dr. s. A. kotz, H w. Ewing. Earl
Todd.
Following the dinner and regular
business meeting a Zone meeting
was ned, ATTENDED by the Presidnt
ana secretary OF each club In Dis
.rlct Twenty-Five.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Ceiling On States Revenue

Governor O'Conor said he was
unable to comment on a proposal to
nut q ceiling on the state
revenue from the income tax be-
cause he had not had sufficient time
to consider all the ramitications OF
the question.
Such ceiling was contained in
bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Wilmer F. Davis (R-Caro-
line), minority floor leader. He pro-
poses that if the revenue from the
tax on 1910 incomes exceeds $s.-
O00, 900, the revised schedule for
unearned income automatically will
drop to four per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Briefly Noted News

Rising Sun firemen we're called
out at about 6:15 o'clock Friday
morning, to extinguish bad chin
ney fire at the home Of Henry NC
Fadden, near Hopewell.
The ladies Of the w. G. 8. Asso.
citation met in James Methodist
Church, ON Thursday afternoon
with fifty members present. A splen.
did program was presented.
The mid-week prayer service, on
Wednesday evening, was in charge
of Russell johnson, in the absence
of the minister, due to illness Of his
father in Philada. hospital.
A chimney fire at the home Of
Mrs. c. H. Cameron, East Main St.,
a few minutes before nine O'Clock
Monday morning, was extinguished
by firemen called to the scene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson Of Ches-
apeake City, have announced the
engagement of their daughter Pau
line, to Mr.. Elmo Nelson, of Airing
ton, Va. The wedding will take
place in the near future, after which
the young couple will live in Ra-
leigs, N. G.
A meeting of the Woman's Aux
Hilary of the Community Fire Com
pany of Rising Sun was held Mon
DAY evening, in the recreation room
OF fireman's hall, Mrs. Robert Cam
eron presiding. The meeting was
well attended and number Of new
members enrolled.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Ssaaita..JsGsrs

Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Smith OF
40l West Twenty-fourth ST., VIII
mington. announce the marriage Of
tneir daughter. Miss jeanette hugh
~ smith, to Mr.. Ralph Aubrey JET.
iers OF Wilmington. son Of Mr.. and
Mars. Charles h. LETTERS of Elkton.
Inc wedding took place Friday
night. After q wedding trip, Mr..
ana Mrs. lJeffers will live at 13Os
van buren, St Wilmington.
Carson..Sentman
Announcement has been made Of
the marriage OF Miss Gladys Car.
SON, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. JAM
es A. Carson. and Mr.. Edward Sent.
man, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
seminar. both OF Psrryville. They
were marrled Tuesday. January
1stns ats kerryville Methodist par
sonags. ~ Kew. Il. N. bailey. Their
houeymo4n was spent IL New Yeyka
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Elkton Council Ponders
Daylight Saving

The Elkton City Council, at its
meeting last week, discussed the
advisability OF adopting daylight
saving time for Elkton, during the
coming summer. No definite action
was taken. The proposition will be
taken IN for further consideration
ls ne near future.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Final State Tax
Revision
Commissioners Will Have
Power To Hear Appeals
On Assessments

The final report Of the Rawls Tax
Revision Commission has been made
public with it's scheme to reorgan-
ize tax administration in Maryland
modified to meet objections of coun-
ty leaders.
County officials and legislators
had objected strenuously to the
proposal to take local tax assess
ment entirely out Of the hands of
the Boards of County Commits
sioners.
The final version of the report
provides that the Boards of County
Commissioners may hear all appeals
from assessments made by the coun-
ty tax assessor, or may appoint q
subsidiary board to hear such ap-
peals.
In previous drafts Of the plan, ap-
peals were to be made direct to
State Board Of Tax Appeals, and
the County Commissioners would
have had no power to redress griev-
ances made to them by local prop
erty owners.
AS the plan now stands, it would
work as follows:
A chief assessor for each county
would be appointed by the State
Department Of Revenue and Taxes.
This assessor would be a local
man, appointed from a list submit
ted by the Board of County Com
missioners. It is recommended that
the present supervisors of assess
ments be continued in Office as chief
assessors.
The chief assessor would have
complete supervision over property
assessments, and would appoint as
sistants under the Merit System
with the approval of the State De-
partment OF Revenues and Taxes.
The number of such assistants
would be determined in consulta-
ton with the County Commits
sioners.
Appeal from tax assessments
would be made in the first instance
to the County Commissioners OF the
respective counties. .srsto the appeal
Tax Court of Baltimore city, as the
case might be.
The County Commissioners. how
ever, would be authorized by gem
eral law to create local appeal
boards for their various counties
to relieve the commissioners them
selves of the necessity for hearing
appeals.
The general outline Of the Tax
Revision Commissions plan tor adj
ministrative reorganlzatlon remains
the same. 1t suggests that all state
tax collections be centralized IN a
department OF revenue and taxes
and that the present State Tax Com
mission become judicial BODY to
hear appeals only.
This plan removes all tax-collect-
ing functions from the present state
Tax Commission and from the once
of the state Comptroller.
Another recommendation makes
OF the TAX Revision COMMISSION.
This is that the State change AUS
fiscal year to begin on july l.
A tscal year running from Octo-
Der to september 81 mas been used
by the State OF Maryland sanse
1873. The counties have used var
ious fiscal years, and at present the
situation is as follows:
Nine counties have q fiscal year
ending June 80.
Seven counties and Baltimore city
have fiscal year enolng December
81.
Four counties have q fiscal year
ending May 81.
Two counties have q fiscal year
ending March 81.
One county has a fiscal year end
ing April 80.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Pastor Invited To return

At the fourth quarterly confer
snce held at the Methodist church
in kissing SUN, on Tuesday evening,
February 4th. DR.. w. =. Gunby,
District Supt. presiding. Rev. ]. y.
Dickerson was unanimously invited
to return for the coming conference
year, as pastor Of the church, hav-
lng served two years at this charge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Joins Perry Point Hospital
Staff

Miss Naomi Schlotterbeck. for the
past eighteen months employed as
nurse by the Metropolitan Life
insurance Company in hartford and
Cecil counties, has resigned and
accepted position on the nursing
stan at the U. S. Veterans Hospital.
gerry Point.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14
Cecil County Medical
Society

The Cecil County Medical Society
met Jan. ~. at Union Hospital,
EAkton, and elected the following
officers: President, DR.. G. !. Benson;
vice-pres., DR.. M. H. Sprecher; sec.
and treas, DR.. r. C. Dodson; dele
gate to State Convention. DR.. r. G.
Dodson; alternate DR.. H. A. Can't
well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Women use calling cards in play
ing the social gsmss
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-14

Swallowing his pride does not
satisfy hungry man.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Trash Collection
VIII Be Free Here
During Campaign
Trash, Shrub Cuttings
Will be Hauled Away
During Week-Ends

Added incentive for Ell
Centrans to do their part in
National + ire Prevention
week, October 5-l7, was the
announcement Saturday by
Health Inspector Grant Bristol that
city trucks will pick up and re-
move free of charge all trash, shrub
berry cuttings and other intlamab.es.
Householdcrs were urged to de-
post hazardous refuse in the alleys
behind their residences for removal
either this or the follWing weekend.
The pickup service will be extended
every section of the city, Bristol
said.
simultaneously, Fire Chief Corn
Reed listed 10 most common fire
hazards in the home. and asked
that these be checked to make
this "fire-less" week in FL Cen
tro The 10 hazards:
Defective chimney, rubbish in at
tic, smoking III bed. careless smok-
ing, careless use of electric irons
faulty fuse, gasoline in home, ac-
emulation of ashes, defective flue
and rubbiSi. IN basement.
Reed announced that the fire de-
Fartment would check any FL Cen
tro home Tor these and other fire
hazards at the request of residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05

AND THE PRESS

lighted Saturday by nationwide consideration of the part
played by the countrys press in seeking solution to
problem currently vital to E CentrO-the problem of
juvenile delinquency
At the very time when FL Centre civic leaders were
embarklng on a nine month program for racreationa
Fairgrounds and seeking longrange solution to their
greater problem, a famous San Francisco editor
strcssing the newspapers part in the national juvenile
delinquency problem
'Youth, said Editor Frank Clarvoe Of the San Fran
cisco News "presents the nations greatest problem"
He pointed out that leading authorities already recognize
the press major force in helping established author
tiles to juvenile delinquency, and cited his
papers experience
"Need for emphasis on the youth side Of the ques-
tion," he said became apparent Immediately in an out
break of juvenile crime This newspaper got busy pub
licizng juvenile conditions and spurrng public interest
in the need of helping unemployed youths from 16 to Fl
years age Results in San Francisco he added speak
for themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
FUG[TIvEHELPS
He Leaves Picture for Cops

tlon because he admitted StCaIine
two automobiles in Ell Ccntro, dry
ing them TO Arizona, stripping
them, and hiding them.
McGinnIa forged the name OF
Leroy Haskell to the So check he
gave the photographer. Officers
said, receiving SO in change He
then stole license plates in FL Cen
tro, attached them to the car be
longing to George Swami and left
for the cast. He traded the spare
tire for gasoline near Desert Cen
ter. went through the checking sta
ton at Blythe and hid the cal
IN a wash Of the highway, HC
and two men vino gave him ride
returned and took off al four tires
and wheels While McGinnis was
selling one of them the two men
left with the olner thrca tires, Par
IRISH Sai0.
After his arrest McGinniS said n.
stole a car belonging to Howard
c Carey of Fl Centre and aband-
oned 1t near Gila Bend Both cars
were recovered,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05

as we'll as clerks. workers and pro-
fessional men had learned to handle
guns in the Leningrad defense lines
gave this picture of Ruasion sue
ccSSes.
LFNINGRAD FRONT - A Rec
army counter-a attack on the Karel-
ian Isthmus smashed a Finnish for
titled sector. killed more than 500
enemy soldiers. recaptured an i'm
portant railroad station and drove
back the Firms in panic after
severe street and tank fighting
Berlin admitted Russsn counter
attacks both in the Karelian sector
and south of the city but claimed
an advance to within less than 10
miles of Leningrad on the west
after destroying 1000 Russians who
attempted to land at Strelnja.
CENTRAL FRONT-London heard
that a strong German drive had
been started in the direction OF
Kursk and Orel Cwhere the Rus
slams previously had broken ur three
Nazi offensivesl in an effort to cut
the railroad between Moscow anc
kharkov and swing north against
the Soviet capital Progress OF
this drive was indefinite but Lon
don military sources said there did
not seem to be any break-through.
SOUTHERN FRONT-The Red
army was reported by London to
have begun a local offensive from
the MeltopCl sector of the lower
Ukraine in order to flank the Ger
man push into the Crimea. The
drive was said to be in strength but
progress was unknown. The Ger
mans were believed to have advanced
down to Perekop Isthmus to the
main Crimea peninsula.
The Russians, without specifying
definite sectors, including a four
day offensive that recaptured 30
villages and advanced 20 miles. In
number of engagements in this
area, the Russians reported that
the enemy-chiefly Rumanians =
Continued on Page 6, Col u
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
WOMEN FIGHT As REDS REPULSE NAzIS
yankees One Up i'm Series

year-old knuckleballcr who had held
the Yanks scoreless up to then by
heroic pitching in the tight spots.
Russo. who had famed with two
runners on and none out in the
fifth, swung with all of his 190-
pound frame this time. He sent the
ball screaming back to the box. It
hit Fitz on the left leg just above
the knee cap, and bounded higE
into tie air.
PecWcc Reese came in from short
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05

system was imminent United
Press dispatch from Los Angeles
said. following a breakdown in ne
gotiations between the operators and
the company. The union, affiliated
with the National Federation of
Telephone employees, h d turned
down a management offer Of 81 per
week wage increaS.: and voted tC
hold out for an increase OF five
cents per hour or 50 per week.
Pausy Harris, general chairman
of the league, said III Los Angeles
a strike vote would be taken short
ly.'
Miss Harris was notified by I'M
perial Valley officers of the league
last week that valley operators
would oppose drastic action" and
Saturday, Imperial General Chair
man GWendolyn Smith of BraWley
poled district chairmen and obtain
ed unanimous opposition to a strike
Mrs. Smith and four district Off
GERS, Chairman johnson of Holt
Vile Myrtle Bailey of CalcXico Ell
lenOra Peacock Of BraWlcy and Esth e
cr TrOusdale of FL CentrO First al
tCrnate speaking for Chairman
Myrtle Bray. issued a joint state
mCnt that said:
Imperial valley operators do not
back a strike"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Isolation Leaders
Losing Out, State
Senator Discovers
Last Stronghold Turns
Away From Doctrines,
Luckey Reports

IsolationiSts are osing
ground in their last strong
hold = the midwest - State
Senator E. George Luckey Of
Imperial county said Satur-
day following his recent return from
a journey which began with attend
ance as a delegate to the national
American Legion convention and
the 40 ct national conference at
Milwaukee last month.
Luckey, who was honored at the
convention by appointment to the
exclusive legislative committee in
which the Legion's famous pro-
foreign policy resolution was drafted.
was one of three convention dele
gates who toured the great Allis-
Chalmers defense plant in Milwau-
kee. The plant is closed to visitors
in most instances because of its
vital place in the defense program
After the convention, Luckey was
visitor also at the 100000
Douglas bomber plant in Tulsa, Okla
He spent considerable time, he
said. sounding out delegates from
all parts of the nation on the reac-
ton of their communities to the
defense program. Most rabidly anti
Axis, he said, were delegates from
the east coast, with west coast del
egates in second place. Midconti-
nent representatives were most re-
served, he said.
The midwest, however, is COOP
Grating thoroughly in the defense
program, Luckey said
Their attitude seems to be-" he
added. that we don't like it. but
we can't help it, so we'll do it"
Luckey expressed surprise at the
vast total of defense activity il
every state. They're just as active
everywhere else" he said, "as they
are in California"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
SaIIy's Wedding
Plans Still Hold

CONVICTION, Ky. Oct. 4. CUP
The marriage plans of Fan Dan
Ger Sally Rand and Montana Cow
boy Turk Greenough were joltcd
but unchanged today by Mrs
Helen Grecnough's question: How
can he marty that fan dancer If
he's married to me-"
Mrs. Greenough posed her qucs-
ton yesterday at Los Angeles, re-
vealing that she married the hand
some Red Lodge, Mont. rCdeo per-
former April 5, 1893 and had not
divorced him. and would be willing
to do SO only if he made financial
provisions for her
Il felt like a horse kicked me
when l read she dent have di-
y0rCc already" GreenOugh said last
night as he watched his fiancc
do her stuff -, and with the fans
at a night club here.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
And down went MCGlnniS.

And down went MCGlnnlS.
Owen McGinnis. So, who gave 4
forged check to an Ell Centre pho
tographer to pay for his pictures il
three poses, was in Jail Saturday
because officers used his picture
in tracing his flight eastward III a
stolen car.
When arrested at work on a fed
eral project near Phoenix, DEPUTY
Sheriff Robert Parrish said, McGin-
mis- was wearing the clothing h'
wore when he had his picture tax
en-.
McGinniS, whom officers declared,
was the most helpful fugitive they
had ever known, was turned ovel
to the federal bureau Of investiga-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Prisoner Exchange Bogs
Down as London Hears
Storv Hitler Wants Hess

LONDON, OCT. 4 OCPI Great
Britain today threatened to disem-
bark 900 German prisoners aboacc
ships at Ncwhaven il Germany fail
by Sunday morning to agree 70 sat-
isfactory arrangements tor cN-
change of prisoners at a Ftucy
channel port.
The hitch in arrangements W.
revealed today at the same time
British officials said that there Wa
no question of including III the rN-
change Rudolf Hess the No , Naz.
who flew to Scotland and was taken
prisoner
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Football Results
BY UNITED PRESS

Pittsburgh 0; Purdue 6.
Colgate 7: Penn State 0.
Michigan 6; Iowa 0.
Northwestern 81, Kansas State 3
Penn 19. Harvard 0.
Yale p; Virginia 10.
Army 10; The Citadel 6
Duke 10; Tennessee 0.
Cornell Is; Syracuse 0.
Fordham 16; S.M.U. 10,
Stanford FroSh 20; Long Beach &c
Rochester l3; Cberlin 6.
Coast Guard Academy 48; Wor
cCStcr 0.
Michigan g. Iowa 0.
EastOn Lafayette 0 N. Y u. g.
Ohio u. 0 Western Reserve :.
Vermont 7; Trinity 8.
Mass State 8; Connecticut 6
BoWdoin 13; Wesleyan 7.
Shippensburg, Sc; KutztoWn 0.
Columbia l3; Brown g.
Notre Dame 10; Indiana 6,
Navy 40 West Virginia 0.
Union 0; Hobert 49,
Holy Cross l3; Providence 0.
Bates Z; New Hampshire 6.
Colby 7; Norwich 81.
Clarkson 20 ithaca o.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
COOLEST NIGHT
COMES TO |. v.

While Imperial county rcsidcnto
scanned closets for coats and blan-
kets following the coldest night Of
the season. northern and central
California Saturday looked forward
to relief from heat, extreme lo&
humidity and high winds that have
combined to give parts Of the STATE
It soaring for three days,
At the same time the San Fran
cisco weather bureau was predictin J
relief for norLncrn and central CAL
ifornia. FL Centres station was re-
Cordlng a minimum temperature
some time early Saturday morning
of 50. five degrees lower than the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05

The ministry of information said
that in view of the hitch caused
by a German request f., a chance
in thcfcomposition Of Germans be-
iug sent from England. it would
Wat until Sunday morning for q
satisfactory reply from Berlin.
Il it is not received, the prisoners
already loaded at Newhaven will be
disembarked
Due to sail last night from New
haven ON the English channel. the
first batch Of German prisoners, in
GLIDING ayiators and navy men,
were aboard the hospital ship Din
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Strikes Called
L.abor's Gun

SEATTLE. Wash. Oct. 1 UPl
The right to strike is labOrs
gun" and ii never will he sur
rendered, President William
Green of the American Tcdcra-
ton told the AL Metal Trades
department, meeting here pre-
liminary to the fcdcratiOn'S ma
tiOnal convention which begins
Monday.
I'VE Will put it behind the
door, but not surrender it," said
Green. The right to strike is
as fundamental as the rights of
free press and free speech. Tc
lose il would mean involuntary
servitude and forced labor"
Green appealed for under
standing" and persuasion" rath-
er than denunciation of strikers
in defense industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Night School Will
Open Monday

Crganizatlon CT night school class
es at Central union high school vii.
be effected at a meeting Monday
night, 730 O'Clock in the high schoo.
auditorium
At this time the various courses
available will be announced includ
ing those in beginning and advanc-
ed tipping, shortsand, accounting
business English shop, radio, public
speaking and others A new course
designed to prepare prospective ap-
pl!cants for civil service jobs. vii.
be offered this year
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05

previous minimum.
Other parts of the state still faced
a great fire aa2aru, as thousands of
men still battlcd forest and brusE
fires that covered tens o: thousands
of acres.
State and federal fire fi2htin2
agencies estimated that perhaps
$4,000 acres OF brush, grain, timber
and range land has been burned
and that damage would reacL
$1,O00.O00 A lumbcrjack, Joseph F.
Mastic, 65, died of heart attack
while battling a blaze in Stanislaus
National forest. Still burning were
blazcS in six counties
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-05
Program Here
BeQins Oct. 18th

FL Centro'S supervised playground
activities will begin Oct. Is if pres
cnt plans of the city recreation
board meet no delay.
Meanwhile the recreation boaft
composed of Dr.. Goble Hurst of the
elementary school board, Wesley
He'll of the city council, and Mrs.
w. J. Meaguer of the CoordinatinP
council prepared to interview appli-
cants for playground director ant
assistants.
Applications for the positions may
be obtained by telephoning Mrs.
Meagher. Personal interviews Will
take place in the high school a,
80 pm. next Thursday The board
asked that applications be filed be-
fore the personal interviews take
place.