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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

Stop worrying about what to
send that man you know in the
service. He's answered that
Christmas gift problem for you in
any number of surveys made In
camp and on shipboard. It's Gig
arettes and smoking tobacco first.
The favorite cigarette is, Camel.
The big favorite among smoking
tobaccos is Prince Albert, the Ma
tional Joy Smoke, according to
actual sales records from service
stores in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, and Coast Guard. Local
dealers are featuring Camels in
your choice of two gaily wrapped
packages, also pound tins and
pound glass hurnidors OF Prince
Albert as ideal Christmas gifts for
the men in the service.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

Dear World:
OF course, I'm disguised. You'd
feel this way too if folks said you
were too dumb to enjoy Christmas.
They say that we babies less than
a year old don't need presents be-
cause we can't appreciate them
anyway. The idea!
A lot of other babies are also COM
planning about this attitude. Why,
we can talk better English than
most grown-ups.
"Dud iddy biddy baby want pretty
rattle-wattle? Daddikens will pick
it up from the fioorsie-worsie for
co."
Phoey! If l couldn't talk better
than this I'd keep still. And then
they have the audacity to assume
that babies under one year are too
young to enjoy Christmas.
Last month we conducted a poll
among babies IL months Of age or
younger, asking them If they con-
sidered themselves capable of en-
joying Christmas.
Exactly 987 of the 1000 babies
questioned replied emphatically in
the affirmative. The Is who voted
mo- are going to be year old
before Christmas and felt they
would have a better chance Of get
ting presents from relatives il their
younger cousins were left out. But
that's purely selfish motive and
doesn't affect the unanimity Of the
poll.
Now that you have had indisput-
able proof that babies enjoy Christ
mas, don't rush out to buy us an
electric train or bicycle. After all,
we act our age even though we
know better.
There are several points you
should keep in mind while looking
through the toy department: We
want toys that win attract our at
tention, and they must be cleaned
easily. We babies have bad habit
Of putting things in our mouths, 50
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

Pleasing to the eye and the
pocketbook, too, is the, specially
designed Christmas-wrapped one
pound, tin of George Washington
Smoking Tobacco. Smokers who
appreciate quality will be delight
ed with a gift of this great Ameri-
can cut plug tobacco, in it's COLOR
full holiday package, with gift card
all ready to be filed in. An ideal
smokers gift for the shopper
whose list is long and purse none
too full. Your dealer is featuring
it in his Christmas line.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19
Deck the Table

Greetings, homemakers!
Here's my Christmas present to
you, a menu with recipes designed
to ring in the holiday season and to
crown your table with luscious food,
just wonderful to eat. The menu is
worked out in the best colors of the
season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

the like. either by forebearing Ia
Dor. feasting, or any other way,
upon such account as aforesaid, ev-
cry such person so offending shall
pay for every such offense five shill-
ings as fine to- the county,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

WuGtIlcI yOu AS
sons from camp,
your daughters
from colle 6 e.
make this their
gala feast, for
Christma as din
ners are some
thing to cherish
and remember.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19


weighing 16 to 10 pounds require
4 to Az hours baking; IL to 10
pounds, 81 to 4 hours; 10 to IL
pounds, 8 to 31s hours; and to 10
pounds, ga to 8 hours. A
Remove paper and all rind. Cow
er with a glaze of picked peach
juice or cup honey and " cup or
ange marmalade, or ! cup pureed
apricots for extra special goodness.
To make stars, cut slices Of pineap-
pie and form into a star. Use
maraschino cherry in center. Bake
until brown (about Is minutes) in
hot (40O degrees) oven.
Holiday Sauce.
For your masterpiece, the ham,
serve a sauce that's rich and jewell
red. Ladle it over the ham gener-
-ously to bring out the best in the
meat. Like all good things, the sauce
is a simple, good-tasting combina-
ton. Melt / small glass Of currant
jelly in double boiler, add table
spoons chill sauce, blend, and serve
hot.
Screen Peas With Beets.
Bright red and green touch in the
best tradition Of Christmas is your
beet and green peas vegetable COM
bination. Boil the beets with two
inches Of their tops left on until ten
der, rs to So minutes depending on
age and size. Plunge into cold wa
ter and remove skins. Scoop out
center, add salt and butter. Just
before serving, heat beets, fill CEN
tiers with cooked, seasoned green
peas, heated piping hot.
Don't forget the big, overlooking
bowls of fruits and nuts for the
family to nibble on during Christmas
day. Cluster raisins, apples, yellow,
supple bananas, and nuts in the
shell-all these the family will want
to make their festivities complete.
The children will give you three
cheers if you string red cranberries
and popcorn on a string and hang
on the tree or in their stockings. at
isi Steaming the Pudding.
9 Plum buildings are best when
served piping hot. This means they
should be steamed for at least 1h-2
hours before serving. II the pudding
is in a mold cover with lid or with
heavy waxed paper. Place on rack
ina large kettle. Have about 2 inches
Of water in the bottom of the kettle,
and have this water boiling all the
while. More water may be added If
necessary. A double boiler or q
pressure cooker may also be used
to good advantage for steaming.
To serve, unmold the pudding and
garnish the platter with holly or
other leaves and bright berries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

There's touch of the traditional
in the menu in the baked ham and
sweet potato pone, topped off with
the plum pudding, and then there's
a dash of newness in the cranberry
mold, the salad and its perky dress
ing and the holiday sauce.
Vho4ber vo,1're we1coroinG vo,Ir
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

Bake in a shallow, buttered casse-
role in moderate $3.50 degrees) ov-
en-, 80 to 35 minutes.
Baked Ham.
You can depend upon your holiday
dinner to 60 over if you serve a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

HERE'S good news for bellies
= = on-a-budget who yearn for
the smooth smartness of a two
piece frock! Pattern No. 1485-B
offers streamline version sleek,
simple to make with three but
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

but their bodies are encased in
hard shell, like that of turtle,
and only the jaws, fms, eyes and
tail are free to move.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19
!. welcoming your

Grapefruit ersimmOn Salad.
Be versatile with your grapefruit.
Peel, separate into sections, then
slip the thin peeling off the sections
being careful to leave the section
whole. Alternate the sections OF
grapefruit with thin slices Of persirn-
mon, having the outside sections on
top so the fruit together gives the
appearance of a mound. Use three
sections Of grapefruit per serving.
Lay this on crisp bed of lettuce
and serve with dressing. Avocado
and pink grapefruit sections may
also be used in this way.
sSweet French Dressing.
Cor fruit salads)
8 tablespoons oil
31s tablespoons powdered sugar
" teaspoon salt 49, a
tablespoons paprika
" teaspoon worcestershire sauce
tablespoons lemon juice
Set all ingredients in icebox for
three hours before mixing. Com
pine III OTueI SlVcus piSANAiS sioA-
oughly. Chill again in mason jar.
Before using, let melt, then beat
until thick with wooden spoon.
virginia Cranberry Mold.
You'll want something tantalizing-
" tart as foil to the bland sweetness
Of the ham. Here it is:
17-ounce can cranberry sauce
Juice of two oranges
Grated rind Of orange
cup hot water
packages gelatin
Mash cranberry sauce fine; add
rind and orange juice. Dissolve gel
attn in hot water and add to first
mixture. Pour into mo1ds and put
in cool place to set.
sSweet Potato Pone.
SERVES 6 to 81
Delicately spiced, heart-warming
and gracious accompaniment to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19
Baked Ham.

ham, gl1stenlng
and shimmering,
baked in sweet,
spicy juices. Wrap
the ham in clean
wrapping paper.
Place fat side up
on a rack in an
open pan. Use no
water. Bake in a
slow oven. Hams
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

y
this sweet potato
pone. Satisfy your
desire for sweet
pota toes with
ham this new-old
way. It's like
grandnotherused
to make, honey,
tasty, just won
derful foodi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

Trunkfish
Trunkfishes, of the family Ostra-
ciidae, which are found in warm
seas, are shaped like other fish,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-19

(RsIsased by Western NswspaDsr Union.l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

The idea of a "moon-m mad murderer would
have appeared wholly acceptable to the
clients, who believed people could be MOON
struck and thereby become temporarily bereft
of their minds senses. The word "lunatic"
itself means literally moon struck" and it
seldom happens that any large percentage of
mankind holds for centuries a firm belief in
anything that is wholly false.
Statistics show that pyromaniacs are UNI
usually active when the moon is full.
In New York's famous Snyder-Gray muir
der case it was urged in extenuation of Ruth
Snyder part of the crime that the fuff moon
always made her lose part of her senses and
that every major crisis in her unfortunate, life
had been marked by full moon.
If Hamilton Townships petting- party raid
er is in reality a "moon-mad" murderer then
a day or so after the harvest moon becomes
full next October 5th-or a day or two follow
ing December 5th, the date of the full moon
marking the anniversary of his first and third
double Staying this strange monster may be
expected to creep from the underbpIsh along
a secluded lane on the outskirts of Trenton
intent on blasting the lives from some unsus-
pecting couple trysting there
And the chances are-if the record counts
for anything-that one or both of those clan
destine lovers will be married but not TO each
other; and that they will live in the same
southern section of Trenton from which the
other victims have come.
1t Is to be fervently hoped, however, that
Assistant Prosecutor Emmanuel Kaplan now
in charge of the investigation. and the detec-
tives who have worked tirelessly on the
case will be able TO solve il long before then
or that someone possessing information they
may not have believed of value will supply it
and thereby enable the authorities to send the
killer to the electric chair in whose very
shadow, ironically enough, he has committed
his CHASTITY series of crimes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

zillo Staying when he came upon a shoe par
TALLY hidden under pile of loose trash.
When he tugged at it. however. he was
Mortified TO find a foot inside it belonging
to dead woman apparently carelessly buried
under the heap of refuse.
A police squad was soon uneovering the
body of Mrs Katherine Werner petite blond
Trenton matron, She had received load of
shotgun pellets in the right arm and chest,
but death an autopsy disclosed was caused
by blow from a blood-stained concrete slab
which had been later thrust into the ground
to form a CHASTITY sort of headstone for the
rude grave.
A hundred feet away, concealed by the
rank growth of bushes Frank Kasper sat
sumped in the back seat of his car killed
instantly by shotgun charge that had torn
a gaping hole in his neck.
Presumably they had been shot in the car,
then Mrs Werner blgdgeeRed- as she sought
to flee, although this could not be definitely
determined.
Detectives were not long in learning that
early the previous evening -kaspeF had left
his wife and son to drive Mrs Werner. mother
of two small children on short shopping
trip. The Kasper and Werner families had
been friends for years, living only four doors
from each other on Elm Street in the southern
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

without leaving tangible clue behind him. But
unwittingly he HAD left a clue. The modus
operandi or pattern Of the mass murderer,
which is always the same was beginning to
emerge.
Another startling fact was noticed The
first double Staying had occurred the night
following the rise of full moon The second
a little less than year later, had taken place
on the second night following another full
moon Was this part of the murderers pat
tern also?
For year township and State police rigid
ly patrolled the roads frequented by PETERS,
investigating parked cars and warning couples
not to oter in lonely spots. As September
10th. anniversary of the rise of the harvest
moon which had hung in the sky the night Of
the Werner-Kasper killings, approached their
vigilance Increased. But II passed from the fun
20 the new phase and nothing happened.
November II another ftfif moon would
rise, the one which marked the second ami
versary of the Staying of pretty Mary Myto-
vich and Jimmy" Tonzo The 14th came
and went and the 18th.
About 10 80 on November 10 Radio Patrol
men Philip Booz and Daniel Bell turned into
Cypress Lane during the course of their night
ly rounds. Cypress Lane runs through another
lonely and desolate sectiorP beyond the city
bv American Waakfy Great Britain Rights Res
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26
Weird Mystery Of New
Jerseys Three Pairs Of
CIunde slime Lovers
Wiped Out by a Shotgun
Poked Through the
Windows Of Their
Parked Cars

OMEWHERE in or near Trenton, n. j.,
one of the most cold-blooded and cunning
- mass murderers of modern times IS going
about the daily business of living, probably
quite normally and entirely unsupported by
his neighbors and friends
Yet during the past three years this strange
Jekyll and Hyde has killed six people APP
parently without motive and without leaving
a single trace as TO his identity. And 1t can
be reasonably predicted that he will strike
again this year. and approximately where, and
when.
His neighbors know him perhaps as quiet
and respectable businessman a hard-working
mechanic laborer or a clerk. But none OF
them is aware OF what he really is or Of the
strange compulsiop that seizes him when the
Autumn moon Is fun and sends him out with
his shotgun 10 a lonely spot favored by auto
mobile petting parties 10 blast the life from
some clandestine couple, one or both of whom
NAV be married but not To each other
The first OF this mysterious series Of double
murders took place Duck Island, a desc
late stretch Of partially filled land and dumps
covered with scrub grass marshy underbrish
and stunted trees the outskirts of the city
between the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and
the Delaware River. From Lambertnn Road
which runs through IL, short dead-end lanes
lead back into the underground. making Of
the island" veritable lovers paradise.
Two young people were driving slowly
along Lamberton Road shortly before o'clock
on the evening of November S 1888 when
pretty l6-year-od girl, her clothing spattered
with blood suddenly stumbled into the beam
from their headlights and waved them franti-
caly TO a stop
We've been shot" she screamed. Go
for help quick"
They hurried 10 the nearest service station
and notified police
Radio cars responded hundred feet or
so up one Of the dead-end lanes they came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26


Springing from the car they ran up the
path until they came to a sedan One of them
opened a rear door while the other snapped
on his flashlght
What they saw told them mutely but I'M
mistakably that the mysterious petting-
party killer had struck again.
Sumped on the seat was the figure of a
man. and beside him woman. Both had re-
ceived shotgun charges, fired at close range
in the chest Both were dead.
1t was morning before their identities were
established man turned QUITO be Lofts
Kovacs 26-year-old bachelor, of Roebng Ave
nue. in the same section of Trenton from
which the previous victims had come. His
companion, Mrs. Carolina Moriconi, lived with
her husband and daughter six doors away
Relatives stated that far as they knew the
couple were acquainted only a neighborly
basis, and all were absoved of any suspicion
Again the police were without clues. But
the murder pattern had become clearer now:
a couple in a car parked in dense underground
"a full moon, a double shotgun blast and
killer melting away into the shadows leaving
no trace behind.
1t seems plausible that the same man COM
mitted all six killings. Prosecutor Andrew j.
Ouch links them together by this statement
we are up against lunatic, man obsessed
VIII sex plODdply dit44SloeS
A "moon-mad" maniac 1t would certainly
seem reasonable to assume he might be
maniac of such type. The fact That the three
double slayings each came so close TO the
date of the full moon. and each almost ex-
actly year apart ceases to be coincidence.
There is unquestioned evidence that the
moons rays have peculiar effects on certain
forms Of animal life although there is moth
ing except theory yet available to explain the
strange behavior of some people at the full of
the moon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

part of Trenton the
same section. incident
ally, where Mary My
tovich and Jimmy
Tonzillo had had their
homes.
Both families denied
all knowledge that
anything more than
friendship had ever ex-
listed between the two.
fney weTo completely
absolved of any sus-
picion of completely. as
were also the Mytovich
and Tonzillo families
in the former case.
The police attacked
this new problem with
renewed vigor. Tips
and suggestions on the
case poured in. none of
any 7 articular value.
Again the killer had
e-dl-appa FenttllyY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26


Late that afternoon he had left his wife,
an expectant mother at the home of rela-
tive and started out presumably for his place
of employment But instead he picked Mary
UP at the house Of a friend and drove with her
to Duck Island.
Detectives at Mary's bedside listened hope
fully to her vague mutterings about man
who suddenly sprang from the underbrush;
how Jimmy" grappled with him and was shot
with a long gun" and how she also was shot
when she tried to run away, She died two
days later
Hamilton Township police under Chief
Richard p. Bretell, Mercer County detectives
under Chief James Kirkham and Prosecutor
Andrew j. Ouch, together with State Police
and laboratory experts examined the scene of
the crime and Tonzillo's coupe, questioned
scores of persons panstakingly investigated
every possible lead and motive but without
result
1t was almost year before the strange
petting party raider struck again.
On the morning of October l, 1880. Penn
berton Wemmer was engaged in his usual
task of picking over the Duck Island dumps
in search of valuable salvage
Wemmer was poking about in the rubbish
not far from the scene of the MytoUch-Ton-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

limits northwest of Duck
Island. By-paths leading
from il are much favored
by spooners.
The officers paused to
peer up the first of these
as was their custom. Sud-
denly the driver slammed
on the brakes as his head
lights caught a CLINT of
something al m ost con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

With the Full Noon at His Back, Three Times the
Strange Petting Party Raider Crept From the Under
brush Along Secluded Lane the Outskirts OF the
City and Blasted the LiUes From an Unsuspecttng
Couple Trysting There, Then Melted AUdy
Into the ShddOUs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

upon n pa h'u ~"
Beside IT lay 20-year-
old Vtncenzo Jimmy"
Tonzillo with gaping
wounds from a shotgun
fired al close range. in
his head and neck. He
was dead.
Mary Mytovieh, who
had sent the passing
car for assistance. lay
moaning on the seat
and was rushed 10 a
hospital III critical cOr-
dition from a shotgun
charge fired into her
back at contact range.
Retracing the earlier
m VEN ents Of the
couple, police learned
that Tonzillo, a married
man. had been keeping
mig thy trysts with
Mary although told on
several occasions by
her father that his
attentions ere not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

1871. by Weekly Britain Rights Reserved
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21

Marie Reed, a memh2r of the Youth
Congress staff, and Chairman of the
Committee ON Discrimination which
functonId throughout the Town Meeting
commented later:
we were happy that the American
Youth Congress was able through its
actions TO bring thes, problems to the
attention of the Secretary of War. We
are glad 10 have his assurances that he
is concern d with the rights of Negroes
in the defense program But we fail to
see how the appointment of one Bri-
gadier Gneral or civilian aide, or the
establishment of Negro squadron
changes the picture very much That
picturs is still one of unequal oppor-
tunity, discrimination and Jim-Crow
and the Youth Congress will continue
10 fight against these un-American
practices.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
OPPOSE LEASE-LEND BILL

Over six hurdr ID young Negroes from
every part of the country participated
in the Town Meeting togstl.er will
thousands of other young people ,anc
joined in urging the 1ateat Of the
lease-lend bill
Don't lease or lend our lives" was
the keynote of this Youth Congress
ma ting, and all through the weekend
delegates swar1ned up to Capitol Hill,
to tell their Senators and Representatives
the young people demanded that the
United Stats stop the drive towards
war.
An Open Hearing on the lease-lend
bin, at which people whom the House
and Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
latfons had refused to hear, offered
testimony against the bill opened the
Town MEETING Thelnla Da'e, Chair
man of the Washington Negro Youth
Federation, greeted tbs delegates or
behalf of Washington's Youth and acted
as Chairman.
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
Cut Out The Alibis,

TO whom 1t belongs, and speak in an
even tone when there's provocation to
shout in anger, and whether you are
giving to Others what you expect Of
tn a Nan absolutely square deal
these are some of the things that show
what kind of a man you are. And
'''''N you do this, you can book every
IA" IN "a face, without apology. and
without using an abb in an attenpt
to get by. ~ SEmwww
faith always. - ~ ''''
The weekly echo., 1941-02-21
BY DR.. Charles Stelzle

It's easy enough to prove an "alibi"
when the job should have been done,
but ahbis never get YOU anywhere
they're generally framed up to prpve
th~t vo~ "weren't th--c". When the
rcl s call d. they won't ask you
A,re you DIDN'T SO, and what you
DIDN'T do. but what did you get
across"
One and pne don't make two-when
you Try to add things that aren't equal
The belief that it does is responsible
for much of the trouble in the world
today No bne man ever exactly
equals any other man-we're all diff
ferent in ability and charactr-but
some people want to put us all in the
same mold and treat us all alike and
mabs US all live and work in the
same way. They don't allow for in
dividuality.
Perhaps you are doing this to your
self Maybe you are using an "alibi"
because you are failing to make good
on job which isn't your kind of a
Job. And this goes for all ren-re-
gardless of their race, creed, or color.
You can't expect to make good, II
you haven't got what it takes. Find
out what you can do best-and then
50 TO N
It's usually in the little things that
most men fall down--in the day by
day tests Of character. Whether you
sza set IN with others, and give credit