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Evening star., 1941-10-17
|McLemore-
Turtles Are Kings
Of Turf for q Duy
By HENRY McLEMORE,

CHATTANOOGA.-L right out Of
clear sky you were appointed pre-
siding steward of a turtle derby,
what would you do?
Evening star., 1941-10-17
u. S.-Jopon
Crisis Again
COncocted
Military Element
In Orient Risks
Empire Setback
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Another "crisis" with Japan has
developed. For several months 1t
has been Japanese policy to impress
upon the United States that Toxic
Evening star., 1941-10-17

HE opinions OF the prters this page oun
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to gtDe all sides OF questions interest to
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Propaganda Hunted
In Swiss LibruHes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LUCERNE, Switzerland.-TheL Lu-
cerne cantonal government proposes
state supervision Of circulating
libraries to check against propagan.
da literature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
Windfall for Shin Owners

The prices u. S. ship owners re-
ceived for their battered old bot
toms are eye-popping. Values have
increased tenfold since September,
1889, when the war began. At that
time the average selling price
when there was sale-was SIS a
lightweight ton. Today, the average
is $50 with the scale continuing to
rise as the war intensifes.
One company in 1929 acquired for
$238, 900 two shipping board vessels
that had cost the government
So, 400, 900 10 years earlier. The
company spent $4,000 for new
equipment and used the vessels
steadily for 10 years. In Septem-
Der they had book value of $127,-
600. But few weeks later the firm
sold the two old hulks for $3.50, 000--
which was $732,000 more than the
original price.
BY May, 1910, 1888 U. S. merchant
ships have been sold abroad since
the outbreak of war. Most of these
were n-subsidized vessels over
which the government has no con-
troll. Several lines sold off their old
ships and placed orders for fast,
modern new ones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
U. S. to Prepare a Haven
In Nevada for Wild Life

A 40,000-acre swamp and meadow
in eastern Nevada will be prepared
for occupancy by migrating birds
and waterfowl, Capt. Keith K.
Tatom Of the Fort Douglass CCC
district headquarters here has an
nounced.
The area, located in Ruby valley.
Nevada, will be the third largest
migratory bird sanctuary in the
United States.
A section Of land about 16 miles
long and two miles wide has been
acquired by the federal government.
The area is fed by many natural
springs that will provide natural
waterways and islands. It will
make "ideal swampland" for birds,
Tatom said.
The job of engineers is to convert
vast waste land into an even more
worthless wasteland. Much of the
area will be flooded, and bushes and
other heritage planted to create the
best possible conditions for migrat-
ing birds.
The valley is already a natural
resting place and nesting ground for
ducks, geese, pelicans and almost
every other variety Of migratory bird
found in this section of the country.
BY scientific methods they hope to
change it into a place more natural
than even nature could devise.
Two hundred CCC boys have been
put to work clearing the land Of
worthless vegetation, cutting canals
and building islands for the birds
to alight on.
The refuge will be surpassed in
size only by the Bear River refuge
in Utah and the Malheur refuge in
central Oregon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
SuIu Princess Gives Up
Title to MANY Tslets

Colorfuls Philippine Moroland,
where under the American flag live
sultans, rajahs, princesses and
imams, was brought closer to
Manila when Dayang Dayang (prin-
cess) Hadji Piandao Of Sulu signed
documents renouncing long-standing
land claims of the Sulu sultanate
against the Philippine government.
Heiress to the late Sultan Jamalul
Hiram II, the Dayang Dayang in
herited the claims Of the sultanate
to various lands, including 700 islets
In the Celebes sea as well as the
people on them and the waters
about them.
In renouncing the claims, the prin.
cess accepted an offer Of the govern
rnent, embodied In a law, to adjudi-
cate to certain members Of the Sulu
royal house tracts of land of the pub
lie domain In the Sulu archipelago.
Titles to these pieces Of land ac-
cordingly will be issued by the COM
monwealth.
In the renunciatory documents,
however, the Dayang Dayang re-
served her claims to exclusive own
ership of IA islets between Sulu
archipelago and Borneo. Inhabited
by Moros (Filipino Mohammedans)
these IA islets actually are under
the jurisdiction of British North Bor-
neo, to which the Dayang Dayang
has presented claims of ownership.
According to the princess, she in
herited the islets from her royal an
cestors and she is the only person
who could rightfully govern them.
She says the inhabitants of the
islets recognize her as their own
sovereign.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
Dogs seldom Live TO
The Age Of 20 Years

The question as to how old dogs
get comes up frequently Some dogs
live longer than the average and a
few breeds are noted for their
longevity.
In general, while dogs have been
reported as living into their EOS,
such cases are decidedly unusual.
The average dog does well il he
lives to be from IL to is years old.
One old-time method for figuring a
dogs age was to check the period
during which his growth continued
and to multiply that by seven to get
the age the dog would attain. Such
a procedure is not necessarily ac-
curate because many outside fac
tors such as diet will have their
effect upon the life of dog.
A dog is actually approaching old
age when he gets to be 10 years old
and his exercise and his food
should be regulated in accordance
with this fact.
Some dogs retain all of their vigor
UP to almost the end of their lives,
but there are others who slow down
perceptibly and who grow deaf,
lame and generally less physically
able
Care in feeding the right amounts
of the correct foods will do the most
to keep dog SO that he goes be-
yond the average age. A fat dog
Is one out of condition, and dog
out of condition is more likely to
pick up the various diseases which
may strike him low.
Next to feeding and probably Of
equal Importance is the proper
amount Of regular exercise. In fact
regularity of all habits will help to
give dog long life. Regular times
Of exercise and regular lengths of
exercise should be the course for
any dog, If he is to be healthy.
Little dog ills should be cared for
at once lest they grow and sap the
dogs strength. The dogs teeth
should be watched for decay and
bad teeth should be extracted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
The Long View

MANY uniformed persons sin
AvA cerely believe that there was
more drinking during prohibition
than since repeal. Actually, govern
ment records show that there was
far less during any of the 10 years
of prohibition than during the years
before prohibition or the years Of
repeal.
These government records show
that federal prohibition, no matter
how we may argue for or against
such statute, did reduce drinking
more than any other system of con-
troll.
Recently there has been made
public additional proof of the claims
of the temperance organizations,
such as National w. c. T. u, that
prohibition is the only answer.
Without comment, the Kelley In
stitute Of Dwight, ILL.,, issued chart
comparing the business index with
the number of annual admissions Of
alcoholics from 1900 to 1910.
Depressions and booms had little
effect on drinking, it was shown, al
though naturally there was an in
crease during the boom days of 1928
and a drop with the depression iE
1882.
Much more impressive was the
fact that the number of alcoholics
a clear indication of the amount of
liquor consumed dropped steadily
from 1900 to 1920, which period
marked the growth of temperance
sentiment throughout the nation as
town after town, state after state
voted for complete prohibition.
Then came federal prohibition and
the number of alcoholics dropped to
record-breaking low levels. After
1925 as the propaganda campaign
of the liquor interests began to make
law-breaking and iquor-drinking
more popular, the number of alco-
holics rose rapidly. Temporarily re-
duced by depression, it scared to
new high marks with repeal.
Government records of liqSor
drinking have climbed to the high.
est points in our history since repeal
in 1888. Alcoholics seeking admis-
sion to "cure" hospitals have
reached new numerical totals.
Liquor is easily secured in every
state. When people drink more there
are more alcoholics. If it were diff
cult to get liquor, less would be
drunk and our liquor problems
would ,e fewer.
Which is why social workers, the
Protestant churches, many medical
men, economists and other leaders
join the temperance workers in say
ing that education and prohibition
are the only answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
Postage Stamps Came
Into Use Century Ago

The first postage stamp was born
century ago, in 1910, when Sir
John Rowland Hill convinced the
British parliament that.a cheap, uni
form postal rate would mean no re-
duction in postal revenues since
there would be a great increase in
the volume of the mails.
Before that date correspondence
in Great Britain was an expensive
luxury for rates were fixed by dis
tances and by the number of pieces
of paper which made up the mes
sage.
The existing rate in 1889 started
with minimum charge of I'D e
cents), for single sheets carried less
than Is miles. This increased by
steps, reaching I'D (25 cents), at
300 miles and for longer distances
was increased Id for each additional
hundred miles.
AS a general rule, the person to
whom a missive was addressed paid
the postage.
Rowland Hills scheme for penny
postage included the compulsory
prepayment of the charges on all
letters.
In response to an invitation for
suggestions about the design Of the
first stamp some 2,700 ideas were
submitted to the treasury. Hill him.
self made rough sketch featuring
the head Of young Queen Victoria.
The actual drawing was made by
Henry Corbould, famous artist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
own a sCremona'? Maybe

II your hope Of sudden wealth
rests in a violin case labeled Strad-
ivarius 1716, you may as well aban-
don It.
Kenneth Warren, violin appraiser
for a national musical instrument
firm, counsels:
1T is significant that Of all the
hundreds Of so-called Cremonese
violins that have been brought in for
appraisal not q single genuine in
strument has ever been found.
Hundreds Of persons a year, who
have violins bearing the labels Of
the Cremonese makers, Stradivari-
us, Guarnierius and Amati, come
to us to sell them.
These instruments were not
made to deceive anyone. They were
originally made as models from
those Of the Cremonese and a ticket
was put inside to indicate that they
were copies Of the maker. In the
course Of time, people came to bar
lieve that they were original in
struments. There are only about
450 Stradivarius instruments left
and we know where all Of them are.
The chances Of another turning up
are exceedingly SLIM"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

The sink has been called the most
important single piece Of equipment
in the kitchen. As both food prep
aration and the cleaning away proc
esses involve the use of the sink,
more than half of the housewives
cooking time in the kitchen is spent
at the sink. Among the many types
which may be chosen is an acid
resisting, cast-iron, enameled sink,
with chromium plated swinging
spout and a disappearing spray
hose, obtainable in single or
double compartment styles, with
one or two drainboards. A 60-inch
cabinet sink has two drainboards
and one basin; the AZ and 52-inch
models have one basin and one
drainboard. All models are SO
inches high, which is the correct
height for the average woman, and
all are ASA inches wide, which Is
the standard width Of the steel base
cabinets. The sink. since II is the
most used fixture. should be half
way between the refrigerator and
the range.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

A poll recently completed by the
American Youth Commission shows
that 70 per cent Of the general public
believe the youth Of the nation
should be allowed to discuss freely
the problems of labor, government,
war and other topics of public inter-
est. The poll was undertaken in CO.
operation with the American Instr
tute Of Public Opinion, headed by
George Gallup.
OF particular interest was the pub
lie reaction to the question Of wheth-
or or not quite a number of those
students now attending high school
should be out working instead. Fifty
four per cent answered in the affirm
atiye.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
20 YEARS OF MARKET
BROADCAsTS

The goth anniversary Of radio
market news from the U. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture offered con-
trast both in sending and in receiv-
ing.
In December 1920, the first market
news broadcast went out to farmers
from Station NAA of the Bureau Of
Standards in Washington. Actually
it was wireless" and reception de-
pended on amateurs to interpret the
dots and dashes." They did cooper
ate heartily, however, and many
made copies of the reports for news
papers, county agents, and others
who helped spread the news.
That modest beginning set in mo-
ton a service that many farmers
now consider indispensable. In less
than year and half three addi-
tional stations were broadcasting
market news--Bellefonte, Pa, Oma-
ha, and st. Louis. The Department
still looked to the 5000 licensed
wireless operators to voluntarily
translate the messages. They did so,
as the farm magazine and daily
papers of that period testify.
"Radiophone" came into the pic
ture. In May 1921, Station KDKA,
Pittsburg, Pa, was provided with in
formation for the first regularly
heard Of voice of the sender. To over
come the scarcity of receiving sets,
the Department issued detailed in
structions for their construction.
BY 1923, IS stations were sending
daily market reports to more than
las. 900 farm homes. In 1929, lilo
radio stations were presenting reg
ular programs of farm market news.
The number of stations using the
market broadcasts has STEADILY in
creased. Today 400 stations cooper
ate with the Agricultural Market
ing Service in carrying this informa-
ton, with an estimated reception in
rural homes of about 10 million.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
Ancient Copper Smelter
Unearthed Near Red Sea

Once more scientific psychologists
are finding things buried under the
sands of Palestine for which Biblical
illusions are to be found. Excava-
tons conducted near one of the
heads of the Red sea, under the di-
rection of DR.. Nelson Glueck of the
American School of Oriental Re-
search, Jerusalem, have resulted in
uncovering part Of the buried city of
Ezion-geber, King Solomon's naval
base mentioned in the Book of
Kings.
While at work the excavators won
dered why the ancient city was situ-
ated where it was found instead of
just little farther east, where there
would be not alone a better drink
ing water supply but relative free
dom from winds and sandstoims
that blow fiercely and frequently,
says the Scientific American They
uncovered ancient plants for smeltl
ing copper with the assistance Of
these same fierce natural drafts.
The buildings were not ordinary
buildings but were seen to be odd,
completely novel to the archeolo-
gists. The walls were pierced with
two rows of fiues, and these were
interconnected by system Of air
channels inside the walls, opening
into these fiues. Around about were
evidence Of the ancient smelling OF
copper: fragments of copper ore,
discoloration Of the walls and nu-
merous finished articles Of copper.
The Bible also describes the cop
per of the adjacent region, and the
modern psychologists verified this
by locating sites where it had been
excavated long ago, large Stag
heaps and slave quarters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
DEFENSE LIBERTY LOANS

Back in 1917, when the Govern
ment was hard-pressed to finance its
war efforts, it met the fiscal crisis
by series of Liberty Loan" drives,
in which people Of all incomes were
persuaded to buy bonds and savings
stamps. Today, though the nation Is
at peace, 1t is undertaking a defense
program which will cost $35,00O,-
100000 during the next five years.
If no new sources of revenue are
tapped, the Treasury will soon be
scraped bare, for existing taxes are
inadequate to finance the defense
OUTLAWS and cover normal Govern
ment expenditures.
For this reason, the Government
will ask the new Congress for auth
ority to sell defense bonds and low
price stamps, thus repeating the ven
ture of 1917. According to Secretary
of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
who has been staying up late at
night to devise new ways of increas-
ing the Governments revenue, the
new defense securities would be sold
to the general public for as little as
IS bond and Is cents stamp.
During the First World War, it may
be recalled, such stamps were past
ed in books until enough of them
were accumulated to pay for a
Liberty Bond of small denomina-
ton.
As an additional source of revenue,
Secretary Morgenthau will urge
Congress to eliminate what he calls
Stacker money"-investments in
Federal, State and local tax-exempt
securities. Now in the hands of indi-
vidual investors or savings institu-
lions are about $4,000, 100000 of
securities which are either totally
or partially free of all taxation. Call
ing for a"drant of money as we'll as
men," the Secretary requested a new
law which would enable the Govern
ment to force all bond-holders to
contribute to defense. Pathfinder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

The keystone Automobile Club
answers it by saying that such trag-
edies will be appreciably lessened, II
not actually stopped. only when each
individual, as pedestrian and motor
lists acts AT ALL TIMES in accord
ance with the dictates Of ordinary
prudence and common sense. Deaths
are the result Of individual acts Of
commission or omission, careless,
inattentive drivers and walkers con-
tributing to their own doom by mo-
mentary lapses in native caution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03


The Federal Council of Churches,
comprising twenty-four Protestant
denominations and some 25,000,000
members, which held its annual fail
meeting at Atlantic City, N. j., in
December, 1910, urged all church
organizations to unite in promoting
an educational campaign to fight for
a return of national prohibition.
A resolution suggested that the
campaign should be planned SO as
to set forth the moral problems in
volved, more particularly those re-
lating to our churches, our schools,
and safety in our highways, and in
fact 1.-THE entire social order.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
INSURANCE CLINICS


The INSURANCE Clinics inauglt-
rated by the Maryland Insurance
Department have received national
recognition from insurance men and
departments generally. In recent
issue of the Chicago Journal of Com
merce, Mr.. A Il. kirkpatrick, who
conducts a column of Insurance
Comments, had the following to say
about the advisory work being done
in Maryland:
$50 many thousands OF insurance
policyholders have taken advantage
of the insurance clinics through
which the Maryland Insurance De-
partment- has offered expert advice
on all insurance matters, that the
next years budget will carry an item
for extending the service to dozen
population centers of the state on a
regular basis.
IAN experimental station was set
up earlier this year in Cumberland
where service similar to that avail
able at the departments Baltimore
Office was made available to the pub
lie.
early sessions were crowded with
assureds seeking advice and even
after the frequency of the clinics
was increased the steady flow of in
quiries proved continuing need for
the service.
Information for befuddled and
worried public has not been the only
good result of the clinics, accord
ing to John B. Centrum, Maryland's
Insurance Commissioner. The De-
partment has been able to analyze
the inquiries and obtain an accurate
cross section of the. insurance buy
er's problems.
Activities of counselors and twist
ers, it was found, had shaken the
confidence of some policyholders in
insurance agents and companies, but
they retained trust in state officials.
They brought in their policies
and they repeated the statements of
the advisors, asking for correct ap-
praisal Mr. Centrum believes that
most of the citizens who have made
use Of the service have found it sat
isfaetory.
Insurance agents of Cumberland
have been delighted to have the
state interest itself in their clients.
They proposed establishment Of the
clinic and they have been mainly in
lstrumental through advertising and
other promotion in spreading infor-
nation about the clinics.
"But there has been by-product
that no one expected Complaints of
Ipolicyholders have revealed instance
es of less tina Inadequate service by
companies and agents; sometimes
Indifference and sometimes careless
ness.
when attention of company exc
cutives has been called to faults OF
thei Representatives the reaction
has been immediate and adequate.
Commissioner Centrum said no oc-
cassion had been found to make a
second complaint about the work Of
any man.
IF the budget increase is granted,
a regular schedule of visits will be
established which will take depart
ment will be watched with interest
in the state where facilities can be
made available.
"The second stage Of this expert
ment will be watched withinterest
| by commissioners, by companies and
by agents. The insurance clinics may
prove to be an important link in
public insurance education effort
which is being studied by many in
surance leaders"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

QUEEREsT ACCIDENTS OF 1910
An illustrated story telling of
many incredible mischances during
the past year. Be sure to read this
unusual feature in the January 18th
issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03
CONSERVATION OF FARM LANDS
J. e. Jones

Washington, Dec. 30--Among the
the major conservation practises d.
rected by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture it is reported
that the AAA farm program resulted
in $500, 000 farmers Joining in Ag-
ricultural Department plans and Inn
proving by conservation measures
about 78 per cent of the total CROP
land In the United States, totaling
355 million acres.
The report to the press from the
Department says that 26 million
acres were seeded to green manure
and cover crops; 26 million acres Of
land protected by erosion control
practises that have been tested and
proved; applications to the soil of
nearly 100000 tons of lime and
about $4,000 tons of superphos-
phate; and the construction of 354
million feet Of terracing.
"In the past we have heedlessly
taken fertility from the soil that
was built up through the centuries"
says the AAA Administrator and he
adds: To-day, farmers in every rural
county in the United States are
working comparatively to meet an
obligation to future generations Of
America--that Of returning to the
soil enough fertility SO that the ma
ton can live abundantly in the flu
ture".
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

There Is more true philosophy to
an inch Of laughter than there Is in
Q yard Of sarcasm,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

Newfoundland, Canada, exports
two gallons of oil every minute from
the whales and seals they catch up
there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

Spectacles that can never be for
gotten are not the kind worn by abb
sent-mindsd people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

The Scriptures say that 1t is a
mistake for a man to 60 on note
for a friend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

A man without a single idea is
less of a bore than man with only
one idea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-03

The successful man is one who has
earned how to coat his pills with
sugar.