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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16
BULL's-EYE!

people assume that if business
man is big he's got to be good.
That's all wrong. The battle of pro-
duction has got to be won by the
small fellows and by the man with
grease under his nails and plenty
of 'know-how' between his ears. -
Guy Holcomb.
Never was truer word sp0-
ken. The big business man has
only one thing ON the small busi-
ness man: he gets to work lat
or, quits earlier and takes twice
rs long for lunch. =,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16

had done all we
could to strengthen
a team good enough
to win the pennant
the year before. But
when we were ten
games in front you
will remember I
told you that / was
worried about what
might happen.
''The year, before
we were only think
ing about winning
t h e p e n n a n t
Thro,Iph this sum-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell syrdicate-wNu Features.

~ M1A1 uo11AC0 JILL D~vAS
II writes me that he has a
4 worrying wife. He says
she takes the greatest trouble
in the world to see that meals
are on time, and hot, and that
there are flowers on the table.
She is marvelously consider
ate about having pencil on
the telephone table and an ex-
ira comforter at the bottom OF
his bed. She dresses well and
economically and goes to a
beauty parlor twice a week. He
says she entertains nicely and has
brought up their small daughter,
Elinor, carefully and lovingly. But
she worries all the time.
Elinor is nine now, and she is
beginning to droop in this atmos-
phere of constant depression, just
as Jim is. Elinor looks at her
mother piteously. please, Mummy,
it's not so important-it doesn't mat
ter-it'n be all right" the small girl
pleads.
'''Take 1t easy, May" the man Of
the house says cheerfully, as he
settles himself at the table. But
sooner or later both father and
daughter come under the dark spell
of the woman's mood.
Worries About Money.
"An our married life she has been
worrying about money, although
with my steady job and her own
good management we never have
been in any difficulties" Jim writes.
1.-THE prospect of any extra expense
causes her hours of anxiety; she is
terribly afraid she will have to have
a tooth filed; she doesn't want to
call doctor just for little burn
that sort of thing. q
"Her father has had heart at
tackle is rs, and although now
restored to good health ] suppose
he may someday have another. But
every time the telephone bell rings
May whispers, 'Papa!' and staggers
to answer it with her hand over her
own heart. Everything is cause
for worry, and under and over it
all goes the great world worry,
which none of us can escape. u
"This morning, for example" the
letter goes on, my wife somewhat
monopolized the breakfast CONVEX
sation as / was supposedly reading
the paper. But ] took out my pencil
and quietly noted down the variety
of things she was finding to worry
about.
'sIt began with the headlines; she
actually got my old mother crying
and my daughter white-faced with
terror over picture of what would
happen to US in the days of German
| occupation of quiet Kentucky town.
| Then she went on to say that
probably the worst that would hap
! pen to us would be financial ruin,
but she hated the thought of losing
her beautiful home and garden.
| ''Next came Elinor's cold; it was
better, but if it got any worse my
wife would keep her in bed, in which
case she could not rehearse for the
school play and couldn't be in it..
Elinor began nervously to cry into
her cereal.
OverloOks Nothing.
MAY then said that she was
afraid Emmy, the maid, would leave
us: she was afraid the price of beef
would soon be prohibitive; she did
not see how my business could con-
tinue much longer. She asked me
how athletes foot started, as the
sole Of one of her feet felt very
tender; she begged me not to do
any business with man named
a jackson, with whom ] have not the
slightest intention of doing business;
she asked my mother twice whether
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16

mer we have been thinking only
about meeting and beating the Yam
KEGS. 1t was easy enough to see our
pitching was crumbling. 1t was also
easy to see that we were no longer
hitting. The box scores showed that
better than any large bale Of words
could hope to do. No one could fig
ure at that time that the Cardinals,
a young hustling team, would sud-
denly move into 900 per cent pace.
But that's what they did.
"Then there came the injury to
Pete Reiser, who suddenly changed
from 1855 hitter to a .24O hitter.
These are no alibis. The Cardinals
had their share Of hard luck last
year.
'''The main point is that we ran
into change in mental attitudes.
Last season we were pennant-hun-
Z cry and world series money-hungry.
BY this season we'd gotten ours.
The Cardinals hadn't. And don't
forget this Cardinal team is quite a
bali club. I mean skill, speed, and
spirit. re 'A'. sc q p"
The Difference
''Mental attitude" MacPhail con-
tinued, "is one Of the big factors in
any game. I've heard Bobby Jones
say, It, was at least rs per cent Of
golf. Any football coach will tell
you the big part it plays in his sport.
OF course, skill is important, speed
is important and power is impor-
tant. So is experience. But mental
attitude is even more important.
81 recall late last summer when
Whit Wyatt would walk into the
clubhouse before some hard. game
and say, Listen, You buns, give me
one rum today. That's all I need
''And when the pinch came, that's
all Whit needed. This season you
had the feeling that for many Of our
pitchers even three or four runs
were not quite enough"
about Football
Lou Little said some time ago that
1912 would be footballs best Often
sive season. Columbia's mandarin
makes few bad guesses. It Will
take some remarkable defensive
formations to keep the combined
speed and power under check which
most teams have to meet.
That Missouri backfeld viii be
one of the best. It has speed. drive
and experience, headed by one Of
the best in Steuber. big fellow who
can move N"~ % s'ae9
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16

1CNAVAxs 0MO MC MAS
been the same ever since.
Now he is on his way back to his
old artillery job, and whether you
like him or not, the army will. And
that happens to be the main idea.
Then and No,v
Larry MacPhail is no longer q
kid. It has been almost "a years
since that night in France where
refugees, stray army outfits and
complete confusion almost blocked
the road which MacPhail helped to
open for his guns.
Since that time he has been the
major factor in building up two PEN
nant winners in the National league
first, Cincinnati's Reds, then
Brooklyn's Dodgers.
There have been many times
when he looked to be hard and ruth
less, but he was always smart. AS
someone has said, "MacPhail's mis-
takes, and he had made many, have
always been about minor matters.
He has yet to make mistake that
was important"
If the charge that he has been
hard and ruthless is true, there
could be no bigger boost when it
comes to the matter of winning this
war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16
Some Excuse.

Some think the woolly Hottentot
Undoubtedly has gotten hot
From many futile desert charges
Toward equatorial mirages;
So if in some secluded spot
A Hotten-man Cor Hotten-tot)
Throws in skinny visionary
Who says he is a missionary,
Iurge that we abhor such pranks
For he has drawn so many
blanks.
UNO HOO.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-10-16
We Con All Be
EXPE RI
BUY Z RS

D In bringing Us buying information. %
10 prices thaf ore being csksd for
whot we Intend 10 buy. end cs TO ne
avoIisy we con expect. the advertising
columns of shis newspaper perform q
worth while service which sovss ~
many dollars q year.
Oh Is q good habit 10 form. The hchh
Of consulting the advertisements every
time we muks q purchase. though ws
hove oIreody decided JUST whos we
wont end where we ore going to buy
n. II gives y. the most priceless feeling
On the world. the feeling Of being
adequately prepored.
. When we 90 Into q store. prepared
beforehand with knowledge Of whui b
offered okd at what price. we 90 %
on expert buyer. filled with self-ccnh-
denee. Il Is . pisosonf feeling TO havss
The feeling Of adeqvoey. Moss Of Ire
vnhoppiness lr the world con be irccsd
10 q lack Of his feeling. ThUs cdvss-
Using shows urother of IFS manifold
fcesss-shows kself cs ON aid scword
mukine all cur business relationships
more secure and pheasant
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Chang Sees India Getting
Real Political Power
b. the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 21.-Generalis-
simo Chang Kai-shek declared to-
day that he hopes and believes
Britain, without waiting for any
demand on the part of the Indian
people, will as speedily as possible
give them real political power"
II am of the opinion" he con-
cluded in message to the Indian
people, that this will be the wisest
policy which will rebound to the
credit Of the British Empire"
Gen. Chang, who is visiting India
in an effort to weld the peoples of
the two countries in q vast front
against Japan, declared they should
exert themselves to the utmost in
the cause Of all mankind.
TN these horrible times of
savagery and brute force" he said,
"the people of China and their
brethren people of India should
give their united support to
the principles embodied in the
Atlantic charter and in the joint
declaration of the 26 United Ma
tions and ally themselves with the
anti-aggreSsion front.
IT hope they will Fundamentally
join the Allies and participate
shoulder to shoulder in the struggle
for survival Of a free world until
complete victory has been achieved
and duties incumbent upon them
In these troubled times have been
fully discharged"
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Personnel Transfers
Put on Need Basis
By Roosevelt Order
Budget Bureau and
Civil Service Told
To End 'BottIeneck'
By ]. r. FOX.

President Roosevelt moved yes
terday to end a "bottleneck" in
the recruiting of civilian person
mel for war agencies by issuing
an executive order designed to
facilitate transfers and CORES
pondingly to insure the reassign-
ment of competent employees
here wherever their services can
be used to best advantage.
Under the order, the Budget Bu-
reau will designate establishments
to receive priority rating for OBJ
tanning personnel. The Civil Serv-
ice Commission will have the final
say on requests for transfer, and
possibly may have authority to ini-
tiate shifts where it is believed ad-
visable. This latter point, however,
awaits determination.
The order takes away from the
several agencies the right they have
had to veto requests for the transfer
of their employees. 1t leaves with
individuals, however, the privilege
to refuse transfers. It's issuance
was followed by an announcement
from the commission that employees
desiring transfers might apply to
commission offices at 800 Seventh
street NV.
The fact that almost every agency
In the Government has been claim
ing defense status, and prohibiting
the transfer of employees, both to
the detriment Of war functions and
the employees themselves, was un-
derstood to be back Of the Presi-
dents order.
Under earlier orders, aimed prim-
arily to prevent disruption of i'm
portant defense units, employees were
denied the right to take examina-
tions that would mean advance
ment, or to transfer to other work,
unless employing officers consented.
This restriction probably would have
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Flyers Leap TO Safety
In Army Bomber Crash

By the Associated Press.
TANEYTOWN, Md, Feb. IA
two-motored Army bomber crashed
in an open field near Bridgeport.
four miles south Of Emmitsbug
today, minutes after its two occu-
pants had parachuted to safety.
Neither of the pilots was reported
seriously injured. but both were
bruised and shaken by parachute
landings in high wind.
They identified themselves as
First 1t. Andre Dechaene, %, pilot,
Elizabeth, N. j., and Capt. Andrew
Stephenson of the Signal Corps, who
had been testing the planes ra-
dio.
Russell Eckhard, a farmer who lives
near the scene of the crash, said
the pilot, who was taken to his
home for treatment, told him that
the plane became uncomfortable
on a routine test fight.
John Dickson, operator of the
Taneytown Airport, said the wreck
age of the bomber was scattered
over an acre of ground"
Another witness to the crash said
the plane seemed to fall apart and
explode in midair.'
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Publisher Fuller Protests
'DoIing Of News in IS.

by tuc ASSoClatco EEeos.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-"There
Is suspicion abroad-whether true
or false T do not profess to know
that the Government is doing out
news as 1t handed out the relief
dollar" Walter D. Fuller, president
Of the Curtis Publishing Co., told
the Hoosier State Press Associa-
ton today.
There is a feeling that the
American people are being fed only
Wholesome one in a Government
agency thinks is good for them," he
asserted.
"' Let me emphasize that
the American press wants no in
formation which would give one
iota of aid to the enemy. But the
press needs facts to fight with-aIl
the facts which are not properly
military secrets.
"' - In every newspaper plant
in the United States there has
been repeated confusion in trying
to handle the news In keeping with
the Nations best interests. Every
newspaperman knows that the ru-
mors and half-truths that come
about from such a sitaution are
far more deadly than the truth ever
is"
Evening star., 1942-02-22

Peninsula.
The War Department said Cen
eral Macarthur advised that civil
ian resistance to the japanese is
growing in intensity and is becom-
ing increasingly effective"
His dispatch cited as examples:
Many informers have mysteriously
disappeared. A secret society
known as the r. F. F. or Fighters
for Freedom has been formed to
foster civilian resistance. " A few
days ago japanese military author
tiles woke up to find that procla-
nations which they had plastered
throughout Manila and the coun-
tryside had all been strangely al
tered. This proclamation enumer-
ated a number of offenses against
the japanese which were punish
able by death. 1t declared that
for every japanese killed, 10 Fill
pinos would be shot. The altera-
ton made the proclamation read
that for every Filipino killed 10
Japanese soldiers would lose their
lives"
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Tanker Is Sent Down,
Second Beached in
Submarine Attacks
Two Others Reported
Torpedoed by U-Boots
In Atlantic Waters
By the Associated Press.

Another tanker sunk and a
second damaged so badly it was
beached were charged against
Axis submarines in the Atlantic
and Caribbean yesterday, and
in addition there were reports
that two other Allied vessels had
been torpedoed.
The survivors Of the American
tanker Pan Massachusetts, landed
at Jacksonville, Fla, with 20 of
their fellows dead, to tell a harrow
ing tale of their escape through
flames that blazed on the surface
Of the sea for half a mile around
their vessel.
The ship was twice torpedoed of
the Atlantic coast on Thursday,
and shelled after the fire had
started. Those who escaped were
rescued by an unnamed vessel
which was following along miles
behind. The Pan Massachusetts,
was owned by the National Bulk
Carriers, Inc.
OFF the western point of Curacao
Island, the Norwegian tanker
Kongsgaard was attacked yesterday
morning, the Dutch news agency
Aneta reported, and, ablaze amid
ships, was beached.
Meanwhile, Santa Lucia, in the
Windward Islands, reported in a
dispatch delayed since Friday that
it had heard reliably a United
States tanker was sunk west of
Martinique. The report said the
crew was believed to have been
saved.
The Chilean naval radio said 1t
had picked up an sos from a
United States vessel, the Admiral
Coles, saying the crew was taking
to life boats. 1t added it had heard
Evening star., 1942-02-22
u. S.-British Flyers
Blast Jap Positions
On Burma Front
Enemy Bombers Attack
Town of Bussein Behind
Defenders Lines
BY the Associated Press.

RANGOON. Burma, Feb. al
Japanese bombers raided the
town of Bassein behind the de-
tenders of Burma today, but
American and British flyers
blasted japanese positions and
supply columns along the criti-
cal Bilin River front and ap-
parently still ruled the air over
Burma.
For four days, japanese forces
have attempted to crack the British
positions along the Bilin without
apparent success. There were in
dications that furious fighting was
in progress along the southern front,
but no signs of new Withdrawals by
the defending troops.
Bassein, railhead town at the
mouth of the Irawaddy River west
of Rangoon, has port facilities,
which apparently were the object
of the japanese attack. The Ira
waddy is navigable for steamers for
some distance into the interior of
Burma.
1t was regarded as possible the
japanese may be preparing to at
tempt a landing in Southwest
Burma and attack the defenders
from the rear.
Scant reports from the front
said the British counterattacked
successfully in two small areas.
American and British flyers as
sisted these operations by strafing
Japanese ground troops. When
japanese fighters attempted to
block these operations, American
flyers shot down three without loss
to themselves.
News was lacking from the north
ern battle area since last nights
announcement that Chinese soldiers
had thrown back Japanese troops
attempting to cross an unidentified
river west of Chiengsen, Thailand.
Evening star., 1942-02-22

A Washington builder, already,
bothered by priorities and other
wartime problems, awoke the other
day to find the Army had set up an
anti-aircraft unit right in the mid
die of his defense housing project.
The soldiers had plane detector
and searchlight already in work.
ing order and were preparing to put
up a mess hall.
ALI around the place were piles
of lumber and other materials
which the builder had delivered to
the job while he busted himself OBJ
tanning a War Production Board
priority rating for critical" ma
terials.
Somewhat at . loss Is to what
Evening star., 1942-02-22

This resistance, Gen. Macarthur
said, was fostered by the Filipinos'
confidence in ultimate victory and
hope that the japanese soon may
be expelled from the islands"
The report was taken here to
mean that Emilio Aguinaldo, the
aging, former leader of the Philip
pine insurrection, had little inf1u-
ence among his people. Recently
Aguinaldo called for a surrender of
the Philippines to the invaders, a
pronouncement which brought upon
the designation of Philippine Quis-
ling"
A Navy Department communique
disclosed that guns salvaged from
the Cavite naval base when United
States forces withdrew from it were
in the hands of he Bataan de-
tenders.
Rear Admiral Francis w. Rock
well, commandant of the 10th Naval
District and the Cavite yard, who
escaped to Bataan, heads the blue
(See PHILIPPINES. Page AID
Evening star., 1942-02-22
MeNoy's '36 Opponent
To Boost His Reelection
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Willis Mahoney, Democratic NOM
inee for the Senate in Oregon In
1896 and 1898. said yesterday he
would not be a candidate this year
in opposition to Senator McNary,
minority leader of the Senate, and
would work for his former oppon-
ent's reelection.
Mr.. Mahoney said in q statement
he was convinced that the opposi-
ton under the leadership Of Senator
McNary will be Of the wholesome
type that goes with vigor and inde-
pendencs but foregoes petty par
tisanship." IS
Evening star., 1942-02-22

Wal lllC odlldo.
The gala event will have as its
objective the sale Of Defense
stamps and bonds and is the first
of a series to be led by Miss Monroe
throughout the country during the
coming year.
The price of admission will be
the purchase of 81 worth of De-
fense stamps. Buy stamps at any
one of eight large Washington
stores and you get q ticket to the
community sing.
Miss Monroe viii lead the singing
and will have as her special guests
Irving Berlin, the composer, and
Barry Wood, the baritone on radios
"Hit Parade" The Army, Navy
and Marine bands will take turns
playing and viii join In massed
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Horussed D. G. Builder Finds
Army Comped on His Site

action to take, the builder mem
toned his plight to the firm which
was to finance the project. This
only made matters worse. The firm
held it couldn't afford to make a
loan for work so close to such a
likely military objective.
Finally, the builder called on a
colonel who referred him to a
lieutenant who was surprised the
War Department had not made ar
rangements for use of the property.
The lieutenant liked the spot and
was hard to convince that there
was another location nearby which
was just as good for his unit. After
a while he consented to vacate and
moved q couple Of blocks to another
site.
Evening star., 1942-02-22
B. |. Seizes
500 Aliens on
WestCoast
Biggest Raids Yield
200 in Los Angeles;
Dynamite Found
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21-
The biggest F. B. I. raids of the
war yielded more than 500 jap
anese, German and Italian aliens
some Of them linked with or
ganizations In enemy nations
in raids which were loosed TODAY
all along the Pacific Coast and
in Arizona.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents seized more than 200 aliens
In the Los Angeles area. San Diego.
vital defense base, yielded IS
more.
Northern California. where raids
have been staged almost daily for
weeks, added more than 180 to the
lists OF arrests.
More than 80 aliens were taken in
the Seattle area and 10 in the Port
land sector.
There were five arrests and more
than so aliens questioned in Ari-
Zona.
One hundred F. B. I. agents. aided
by more than 200 police, county off,
GERS and State highway policemen,
took part in the Northern California
raids-the latest of a series which
have famed out daily into alien
colonies near military establish
ments.
Dynamite Seized in Raid.
A number Of aliens were found In
possession Of contraband, including
guns and ammunition, cameras, BIZ
noculars, flashlights, radios, alien
flags and dynamite. The dynamite
rs sticks and As caps-was seized
in raid in Arizona.
What to do with enemy aliens,
particularly the japanese. was taken
up here today by a House COM
mittee headed by Representative
Tolan. Democrat, of California.
California's attorney general, Earl
Warren, told the committee that all
Japanese in the costal areas were
potentially dangerous and particu-
larry the American-born japanese
because, he said. many Of them had
been indoctrinated with japanese
imperialism during visits for school,
ing in Japan. He said California
district attorneys and sheriffs told
him no Japanese ever had reported
any subversive activity by members
of their race, whereas such inform
ants among Germans and italians
had been numerous.
Indian Reservation Camp Urged.
Where the japanese should be
taken was a question which puzzled
most witnesses. Wendell Travoli Of
Tulare County Citizens Commit
tee suggested an Indian reserva-
ton in Arizona.
Included in the vast quantity of
contraband seized today were 3,173
rounds of ammunition, two Japan
ese flags, one commercial code, two
shotguns, two rifles, two pistols and
% knives, hatchets and daggers.
1t was recalled by an authorita-
tive source in connection with the
small number of Germans arrested
that American citizenship was
necessary for membership in the
bund organizations. This same
source indicated it could be as
sumed that the F. B. I. was not
forgetting to watch the activities Of
certain naturalized persons.
At Los Angeles the Government.
at the request of Navy officials,
(See ALIENS, Page Aid