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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
GOVERNMENT COST
IN WAR EFFORT

IF YOU HAVE a bank account OF
carry an insurance policy, you are
helping indirectly to finance the
war. Federal Reserve member
banks purchased a total of $18, AGO.
100000 of government paper within
the past year, and now are carrying
a total Of $36, 500, OO0;000 in loans to
the government. That, Of course, Is
done with the money Of the banks
depositors and Is the safest invest
ment the banks can make.
It would better serve national
stability If the bonds were pur-
chased by individuals, and for the
Individual, as for the banks, govern
ment bonds are the safest invest
ment that can be made.
Here are q few astronomical fig
ures on the financing of the govern
ment and the war for the fiscal year
of 1943. It is expected that govern
ment expenditures will be some
thing over 20 billion dollars. OF that
amount, It is believed the public will
buy bonds to the extent of from IL
to IS billions; insurance companies
will absorb about two billions; other
institutions some three billions.
The remainder must be met out of
taxes or provided by the banks as
additional loans to the government
--or saved by congress in ecuts for
non-war expenditures. Every dollar
saved would help thesA1nerican peo-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
WAR FLASHES

d If you are a business executive,
and uncertain about tax deductions
for advertising and pay increases,
you can get informal advice by
applying to the internal revenue bu-
reau under a new treasury ruling.
q OPA agents are checking up on
private airports on tips that they are
bootlegging high octane gas to car
drivers. High octane won't run q
car by itself, but makes a very
smooth-running fuel if mixed with
lower grade gas.
q Guerrilla warfare in Russia has
become SO highly organized that ev-
cry third guerrilla now is armed
with an automatic rifle.
d The war department soon will
break still more precedents. It will
start accepting women doctors in
the army medical corps. They will
be assigned chiefly to the WAAC,
and also for general eye, ear, nose
and throat work.
q The arny's new MI helmet, that
comes far over the cheeks. neck and
forehead and is much stronger than
the old raky ''tin-hat," is now being
distributed to all soldiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
CHINESE FRONT:
Nancheng Falls

On the Chinese front the Japanese
drive in Kiangsi province had adj
vanced 100 miles and forced the de-
tenders to evacuate the town of Nam
cheng, bringing the Japanese within
125 miles of closing the gap be-
tween their eastern and western
forces.
Dispatches stated that the Chinese
had recaptured the town of Tsung-
jen, approximately half way between
Nanchang, Jap Kiangsi base, and
Nancheng.
A Domei news agency report
claimed that Japanese troops, adj
vancing rapidly, have occupied
Kwangfeng, IS miles southwest of
Yushan.
:. Japanese forces northeast of W.
ming were reported to be under Sc
we're attack, and Anyi, west of the
Jap base of Nanchang, was under
seige.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
FINANCIAL SPREE
AND A sHANGOYER'
w
SON

FINANCIAL SPREE
AND A HANGOVER
PAUL T. BABSON, THE INTER
PREFER and prophet Of business
and governmental trends, tells us:
I'VE will have a system OF social
lied capitalism, in which business,
labor and government will partici-
pate The government is in
business today An economic
revolution is going on within our
own borders, and it is real revolu-
ton, even though bloodless one"
II Babson is right-and he prob
ably is-it means we are seeing the
end Of the American system of free
competition and are entering upon
an era of state capitalism.
The change comes, if it does,
largely as a result of our specu-
lative spree of the late twenties.
when most of US expected to get
rich over night because of our mar
ginal speculative stocks and the OPP
portunity offered either unwise or.
INSCRIPTIONS stock manipufators to
pyramid financial structures with
nothing but a public's gambling
craze to support them.
Rather simple legislation might
have prevented it, or at least
stopped it before it reached an
alarming stage. For one thing, a
raise in federal reserve rediscount
rates to point where the public
could not borrow money with which
to gamble would have stopped a
large part of it all; or legislation
such as our present security law
would have prevented the foisting
of worthless stocks on the public.
But until we had burned our fin
gers, until our visions Of wealth
were dissipated, any such legislation
would have been decidedly unpopu-
lar.
We paid for that financial spree
OF the twenties with long and Sc
we're depression. Now, according to
Babson, we are again to pay for it
with loss of the system which has
made us great and prosperous. We
are to exchange it for system
which has wrecked European ma
tons. It is heavy price to pay.
CANNED BAKED BEANS
THEY TELL ME at the grocery
that there will be no more canned
baked beans for the duration be-
cause of shortage of tin for cans.
In the happy vacation days fol-
lowing the trails Of the Canadian
northland, we had baked beans, but
they did not come in a can. The
baking was done by Joe Friday,
competent Ojibwa Indian.
Joe was master at baking beans.
With a gallon bucket, on which was
a tight-fitting lid, he would put in an
inch Of boiled beans, cover them
with layer Of salt pork, then more
beans and more pork, until the
bucket was filed. A hole in the
ground was his oven. He lined it
with rocks and then filed it with
pine needles for roaring fire, until
the rock and earth were well heated.
When the fire had burned down to
but a bed of Goals, Joe would put
that gallon Of pork and beans into
the hole, shovel over it the hot sand
from the side Of the fire, and the
next morning we had pork and
beans that were superior to any
canned variety.
The war may stop the canning Of
beans, but it win not stop the opera
ton Of Joe Fridays method, and I
am glad I remember how it was
done. @ 'fs ~. III =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
Pro Football

~
football players in active service,
with others on their way soon. TWEEN
ty-eight of these players hold COM
missions. Eighty-three joined up
with the army, Sc with the navy,
and nine with the marines.
Each year the pros draft some 200
top-rank players. They will get few
from the draft list this fall. But as
Steve Owen of the Giants puts it,
"While we've all lost good men and
key men, we'll have enough left to
carry the game along until more
men are called. This will make 1t
q closer race--a better race.
1--WE won't have those Chicago
Bears of last season to look at"
Big Steve said. "Halas has lost his
share of stars, and he had more
stars to lose. AT this spot can't
see any standout team. But I'm
sure well have an interesting sea-
son with enough material left to 60
around"
All of which, with the colleges,
the navy and army teams. plus the
pros, should find the American land
scape and atmosphere packed with
more flying footballs than any past
season ever knew.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Russians Cheered by U. S. War Pact
Pledging Support of Second Front;
Nations Scrap Rubber Pile Grows;
u. S. information Units Consolidated

opinions expressed n these columns they
Western Newspaper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
rDal[liaqta,
CuTTING NAVY TAPE
washington, d. c.

Behind Admiral Kings fortnight
order slashing navy red tape 30
per cent and ordering more navy
officers out of Washington, was an
interesting comparison with the
Japanese navy, conducted back
stage by some of the Presidents
advisers.
Americans, recently familiar with
Japan, have reported that the Jap
anese navy is stated by only about
1000 personnel in Tokyo. In con-
trast, the navy department in WASH
ington has more than 30,000-not in
GLIDING the navy yard.
The Japanese navy also is report
ed to have cut red tape and gov
eminent reports to the bone and it
gives widest latitude to command
ers at sea. The U. S. navy also
gives wide latitude to commanders
in distant posts, such as Admiral
Leary in New Zealand, Admiral
Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. But in
home waters, especially in anti
submarine warfare along the East
coast, insiders say the navy has suf-
fered from a constant stream of re-
ports and orders to and from Wash
ington requiring a tremendous staff
for the paper work alone.
Now Admiral King offers promo
tions to officers who will decrease
their Washington bureaus rather
than increase them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26

Flick, center. And, of course, Bruce
Smith and Bob Sweiger from the
backfield. Gone also is Bernie Bier
man and three of his coaching
staff"
But it might be mentioned here
that as long as Minnesota has a
back named Bill Daley and tackle
named Dick Wildung, the Gopher
has something more than a mere
nucleus on hand. Daley is big part
of any backfeld and Wildung is
big part of any good line. And there
are others around in Norsemen gold.
TtUO Others
{ From this crows nest two of the
best-looking college squads will be-
long to Georgia and Texas A. and
M. And you can add Texas. OF
course, you must remember that
more than one or two things may
happen between now and late Sep
TENDER.
The strength of the different serv-
ice teams is still a summer guess,
but judging from most of their
schedules they will have something
more than tackling dummies on
guard.
It might be noted here that foot
ball is only part of these cadet
training centers. Football will be
but one-fifth or one-sixth part of the
10 or 12-hour conditioning drills, at
which boxing, wrestling, hurdling,
ETC., will keep them spinning like
human tops from dawn to dark.
The added rivalry between college
and service teams will add to the
general interest Of the game, de-
spite the fact that 10000 or $4,000
crowds might not be on hand when
the whistle blows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
GASOLINE GEAR

4Ilc Oiic-illdIl OyudiiiO VIII Qlio Tile
gas rationing system of the u. S. A.
is a preachers son and a former
professor of economics. Though one
of the most harassed men in
Washington, he is constantly on the
verge of breaking into broad smile.
Only IS years old, he has gray
hair about the ears, thin hair on
top, works so late into the night
that his wife, mother of a newborn
boy, seldom sees him. II general
" make the a. m. feeding" he
says.
Joel Dean was born in Vermont,
schooled in California, and has a
doctors degree from Harvard, where
he wrote a thesis on small loans.
He spent a year as European man.
ager of travel bureau, two years
as travelling salesman for Interna-
tional Business Machine, and seven
years as teacher and research ex-
pert.
As a fellow economist, he always
admired Leon Henderson, but never
met him until he came to Washing
ton less than a year ago.
To effect his own economy in
gasoline, he formed a "Drive-In
Club with four other OPA officials.
They take turns driving to the Of
fee from Arlington, Va, across the
river.
When brickbats fly in the OPA Of
fee, Dean recalls that his father, a
Congregational minister, wanted
him to be a missionary on a South
Sea island.
"Many people," says Dean, wish
that had fulfilled that mission"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
ARMY HOUR PROGRAM

tanning radio programs Is one
of the recognized weapons of mod
ern warfare. But it is two-edged
sword, and the war department ra-
dio branch is ready to swing on the
Axis if the prize Army Hour, on
Sundays, is damned again.
Jamming by manufactured static
or other interference is feasible in
the United States only on short-wave
broadcasts. The Army Hour fea-
lures short-wave talks from all over
the world, made by such noted per-
sonages as Nine. Chang Kai-shek,
General Macarthur, General Wav-
ell, and others. The most recent
case of jamming was during a talk
by high ranking army officer from
the Dutch island of Curacao. A pi-
ano banged loudly all the time he
spoke.
Winston Churchill's latest speech,
which came on the radio immedi-
ately before the army hour, was
jammed by q gutteral Teutonic voice
carefully observing Churchill's own
pauses in an effort to escape de-
lection.
These two cases Of jamming
were traced by triangulation to
Axis broadcasting stations. The
army proposes to retaliate if this
deliberate interference doesn't
stop.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

to $3.75. The chemical costs about
10 cents for a 10-pound bag, $3.50
for 35-pound package or So for a
100-pound bag. One unit will dry
from 800 to 1000 cubic feet of space.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

asphalt saturated felt. It comes in
IA colors in squares AZ by Al, 6 by
6. 9 by 9 and IL by IL inches. Costs
about 20 cents square foot, in
stalled.
An ingenious design is possible
with some of the material. The
9-by-9 squares sometimes are fac
tory-cut into squares within squares.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
which. has the advantage of being

which. has the advantage Of being
sound-a bsorbent to some degree.
Furniture of solid "blocky" type
is best. It is less easy to tip over
and there are fewer crevices in
which dust may settle. When buy
ing furniture for a child's room,
care should be used in selecting
pieces that will not be soon out
grown by the occupant. Full sized
pieces are more satisfactory in the
main, with perhaps a little chair
and table for early convenience.
Tables should be selected with an
eye to promoting good posture. If
the other accessories in the room
must be scrimped at first, by all
means buy the best available
mattress and spring for the bed.
Carefully protected. it will repay
the initial cost in years of service
as well as in its priceless advantage
to health and posture.
Walls of Lemon Yellow.
One of the most charming nurse
ries designed in recent years fol-
lowed modern lines of decoration
and was devoid of ruffles and bows
and Saccharine colors. The walls
were painted a soft lemon yellow,
contrasting pleasantly with a carpet
Of deep rose red. The simple furni-
ture-devoid of ornament and cary
ing-Was painted a soft periwinkle
blue. Blending beautifully into the
color scheme and adding final
gay touch to the room were, the
curtains, bedspread and chair cush-
ions of red and white plaid cotton.
A red-framed modern mural brought
together all the colorS of the room
and forming a frieze around the
wall was a procession of farm
animals cut out from thin wood and
decorated in colors.
Care in choosing designs for
nursery decoration is imperative. A
child is amazingly alert to extra
neous influences and designs that
are imaginative or stimulating to
the mental growth of the child are
advisable. Characters from fairy
tales are often used. painted in gay
colors above the dado of the room.
For a very young child, however,
characters too fanciful to be quite
understood are likely to be terri
flying. Even when the child is old
enough to know his Mother Goose,
his fairy tales and fables, some
characters may appeal to the imagi-
nation in an unpleasant rather than
amusing way, leaving, through the
laws of association, long lingering
effects. In the nursery, therefore,
the characters should be simple,
Evening star., 1942-03-28
New Plastic Material Suggested
As E EXCELLENT Floor Covering
Non-Fibrous Compound Is inexpensive
And Affords Voriotion in DESIGN

You can lift the smaller center
square out and insert one of the
center squares Of another unit, get
ting a contrast in color.
For example. If you chose black
and white as the color scheme for
a foyer you would have so many
black and so many white squares
delivered to your home. Then when
the flooring contractor was laying
the squares over felt, cementing
them down. he would put a small
white square in the center of each
large black square. Perhaps he would
leave all black squares for the
border. The cut-out units come in
gray, maroon, cream, mahogany,
blue, black, tan and green.
The material. whether used in
jigsaw fashion or in plain squares,
is durable, colorful and pleasant to
the foot. 1t can be used with
borders, cut-outs and feature strips,
If desired. You can see samples, but
all squares are delivered to order,
so there is no wastage.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Wisconsin Boptists
To Hear c. N. Howard

Clinton N. Howard Of the Inter-
national Reform Federation will
speak at IL am. at the Wisconsin
Avenue Baptist Church on "The
Battle Against the Bottle" At 8
pm. the Rev. Clarence Ray Fergu-
son will preach on THE Triumph
ant Christ"
DR.. H. Framer Smith. president of
the Bible Institute Of Pennsylvania,
will teach Revelation" each eve
ming, Wednesday through Easter.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

subject will be Rock Of Ages" and
in the evening "The Reality Of the
Unseen"
He will conduct special services
for the men and boys from 10 am.
to II am. Subject for this service Is
Future Fortunes" All men and
boys are invited. At pm. the sub
ject for the young people will be
Youth and the Reconstruction Of
the World"
Evening star., 1942-03-28
'PoIms of Victory
Topic of Dr.. EvuuI

For the Palm Sunday service to-
morrow morning at Epworth Meth
odist Church DR.. Harry Evaul will
preach on Palms of Victory" Spe-
cial music will be given by the
choirs. DR.. Evaul will receive into
church membership a large class
of new members. For the evening
service DR.. Evaul will preach on
Victorious Living"
DR.. Evaul will hold holy COM
munion services on Thursday at
pm. and on Friday at pm. the
three choirs will give an Easter
cantata.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Proper Use Of Color
|nChi|d's Room Seen
As Aid 10 Happiness
Simple Furnishings and
Glossy Painted Surfaces
Make Cleaning Eosier

It has been humorously suggested
that the reason there are so many
pessimists in the world is that chill
dren's rooms a generation or so ago
were so gloomily decorated And
this may not be wholly joke. 1t
ties in very we'll with the teachings
of modern psychologists that chill
dren react to the environment in
which they live. Impressions re-
ceived in childhood from any source
whatsoever can do much to make
or mar a child's mental welfare for
life. Because, just at present, the
adult world is so disturbed by the
uncertainty of the future, there is
additional reason for attempting to
give our children a normal home
atmosphere And a large part of
this provision is to make his own
room so happily and cheerfully de-
corated as to discourage dark and
fearsome thoughts.
Before the general public came to
acknowledge that children pos
sessed personalities and a right to
develop them to the best possible
advantage, their nurseries were
either a bewildering confection of
white muslin with pink and blue
ribbons or any decoration the room
had happened to have-chosen long
before the baby was anticipated, If
the furnishings were ugly, dingy
eboJac that oo,,IJ,,+ cbou, rl;rt ca
much the better. This was espe-
cially so if the child was boy. That
the room could play very interest
ing part in the child's development
and widen his interests was too
often ignored. Fortunately, there
is a brighter prospect for today's
children-made possible through a
wise use of color.
Like Strong Colors.
Children, as we'll as adults, react
emotionally to color. Small fry have
little use, as a general rule, for most
pastels or otherwise subtle hues.
They like their colorS to be strong,
primitive reds, blues, greens and
yellows. Even a baby in arms will
reach for the gayest objects in the
room. Accordingly, pure, invigorat-
Ing colorS are most pleasing to a
child in the decoration of his room.
This does not mean. however, that
so much brilliant color should be
employed as to CRATE on the nerves.
Over stimulation through color may
be as bad in effect as dark and de-
pressing surroundings. Walls and
ceiling should never be painted in
vivid colors. They should be sub
dued in tone-though still light and
cheerful, of course-With the accents
strong and brilliant as desired.
Whatever their color, the walls
and ceilings of nurseries should be
thoroughly washable and sanitary.
This is made possible through coat
ing them with paint. Glossy paint
Is more washable than fiat paint,
particularly for the woodwork of the
rooms where sticky flngermarks ac-
cumulate. A painted, vanished or
shellacked floor, waxed for easy
cleaning, with a large thick matt on
which the children may sit to play
is easily kept clean. So is linoleum,
Evening star., 1942-03-28

S3,s7s,s4O37 S13,20l 6s
c. C. HANNAH, Vice President.
EDWARD v. MILLS. Controller.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of February 1912
(Seal) EMMA L. MacHUGH.
Notary Public.
In and for the City and County Of
San Francisco, State of California.
My commission expires Jan. Is, 1914.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Christ, Our Lord Topic
Of Dr.. Arthur o. Helm

Christ. Our Lord" will be the
theme Of the Palm Sunday sermon
by DR.. Arthur o. Helm at the
Augustana Lutheran Church tomor-
row morning. Special singing by
the choir.
Maundy Thursday will be observed
with a holy communion at 8 pm.
DR.. Helm will preach the sermon.
The choir on Good Friday at
pm. will render program.
Due to the service on Thursday
evening the April meeting OF the
Ladies' Aid will be held at a later
date.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

ter. pint, 80 cents . half pint, 90
cents . pint. 30 cents q quart. Prop
erly sealed, a can will last indefinite
ly. You can use 1t also to mend
broken dishes, and. as 1t Is fireproof
it can pe used alongside q n<ated
kitchen range.
Note-For further information
regarding any Of the products
described above, write Misses
Ducas and Gordon, in care OF
The Star, and inclose q stamped,
self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Air-Drying Units.


Spring thaws ahead! This means
humidity in the basement, dampness
in closets, mildew, mold and warp
ing, unless you know what to do.
One thing to do is to get dry-air
container which holds a chemical
powder that removes moisture from
the air.
Units now on the market consist
of one-piece triple V-shaped baskets,
holding 10 pounds of chemical, and
an enamel pan which catches the
water absorbed by the chemical.
The chemical drippings collected in
the pan are valuable, the makers
say. Save them and use them for
melting ice on slippery sidewalks,
caves or water pipes. The drip
pings can be used also to settle dust
in gravel driveways and to kill weeds.
Air-drying units sell for from So
Evening star., 1942-03-28

S7SU.173.22 S4,T3I,SI
WILLIAM 3. MILLER. President.
3. C. LEWIS, Jr.. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 23rd day of February, 1912.
A. C. STEVENSON. Jr.,
tSeal1 Notary Public.
Ny commission expires January 9th,
1916.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
BY DOROTHY DUCAs
and ELIZABETH GORDON.

II you want an inexpensive floor
covering that will start your friends
talking about your originality in
vestigate new form Of resilient
covering. 1t is made Of -fibrous
plastic compounds bonded under
pressure and friction 10 a heavy
Evening star., 1942-03-28

and the tile pressed back into place.
In either case. you can skip the job
of digging out the old cement
The reason the cement works so
well, without the digging process, is
that it is made of commercially pure
ceramic material such as is found
in the best grades of tile, porcelain
and china. 1t practically fuses with
the tile. Therefore it can be used
also to repair broken pieces of tile.
if the pieces are not too small and
too numerous.
The cement costs 25 cents a quar-
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Guest to Speak
At Temple Baptist

The Rev. Luther j. Holcomb, pas
tor OF the First Baptist Church,
Durant. Okla, will be the guest
speaker at Temple Baptist Church
tomorrow morning and evening
services. At the morning service the
Evening star., 1942-03-28

suggesting nothing but gayety and
happiness.
The paint brush. then. is an i'm
portant tool capable of helping make
a child's small world a pleasant
one. Use it to that end. even as
we must use care to prevent the
present unrest and strife from
shadowing the development of his
mental health.