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The midland journal., 1942-01-09
THE AUTOMOBILE PROBLEM

War finds the United States with
the greatest automobile problem in
the world, the Keystone Automobile
Club points out, in statement
urging against any hasty govern
mental action which will throw out
of balance an economic syst sm OF
which the motor car and its uses are
an integral part.
mo other country, or group of
countries, in the world conflict has
motor problem comparable to
ours, said ]. Maxwell Smith, Pres
ident of the Club, because COM
parison is made futile by the sheer
superiority in numbers of vehicles
owned in the United States.
AS of January /, 1910, the club
official said, there we're registered in
the entire world 45,027,000 motor
vehicles of which the United States
possessed 68 per cent, or 30,615,-
087. Since that time U. S. registra-
tions have passed the 33,000,000
mark, while obviously there has
been sharp decline in the number
owned in the countries at war.
Here, he said, 'the motor ve-
hicle has direct relationship to
everyday life, with ratio of one
vehicle to every four persons. In
the United Kingdom at the start
of the war two years ago, the ratio
was one to nineteen, and in Ger
many it was one to forty-one. ia
pans ratio is given as one to every
388 of the population.
"If we cut down with drastic
strokes the useful operation of mo-
tor vehicles, we cut down greatly
needed revenues in uncounted ways.
If we diminish the earning power
of citizens, we necessarily diminish
vital taxes in direct ratio.
"The magnitude and Importance
of the motor industry and the vital
part the motor car plays in the
everyday life of America are worthy
of the best thought that can be
brought to bear by our leaders in
this war emergency.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
U. 9. O. REPRESENTATIVE
HERE

The Defense Council announces
that Miss Sarah Crosby, Mary
land field representative for U. s.
o. was in Elkton, Friday, Jan: 2
to confer with chairmen Of the
Health and Welfare, Recreation,
and School Committees, church rep
resentatives and executives of Ma
tional Fireworks Company and Tri-
umph Explosives, Inc. to ascertain
existing recreational facilities thru
out the county for people employed
in defense work and their children.
It was pointed out by the Defense
Council that 10 percent of U. S. o.
funds are now being allocated to
recreational activities in industrial
defense areas and that efforts are
being mde to develop construc-
tive program for Cecil County using
all existing organizations and volun-
teer workers who will be given
special training.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
Is TT RIGHT TO STRIKE?

1.-THE workers of this Nation VIII
nroye that free Americans can out
produce, as they can Outright, any
combination of slave people, as
serted Sidney Hillman, OPM Asso-
ciate Director, and recognized Ad-
ministration spokesman, who in
terprets labor policies and pro-
grams. Cali labor has pledged It's
fullest cooperation and participa-
tion", he added.
In urging labor to refrain from
strikes, Mr.. Hillman told the work
ers and the American public that
any tie-up in the production OF war
materials represented a betrayal OF
the nation and of union members
serving in the armed forces.
Hillman knows all about strikes,
and Who's Who records a list OF
many of them led by him. He was a
high official of the CIO when Pres
ident Roosevelt selected him as As
sociate Director General of the Office
of Production Management.
The White House has used every
method to adjust differences be-
tween workers and industries in
it's efforts to prevent and stop
strikes. But the warnings from the
President against attempt to force
the Government to use its powers to
endorse and approve the CLOSED
shop have been defied.
In passing the Smith Bill the
lower Houes of Congress answered
the question, sis it right to strike"
with an emphatic NO. The Senate
held up action for approval of anti
strike legislation in the hopes that
Administration mediation and arbi-
tration methods might be accepted
by industry and labor. But it looks
very much as though the Senate Will
agree with the House that strikes
should be declared unlawful dur
ing the period Of the war.
The pendelum swings, and the
American workmen and public are
lined up in opposition to strikes.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED
IN COUNTY

The County Commissioners issued
the following permits for building
during the month Of December:
j. B. Decker, Elktn, dwelling Hill
Top farm near Elkton.
Arthur w. Hornbarger, Perry
Vile, 8 tourist cabins Route 40 near
Perryville.
Mrs. LaReda Spence, North East
r. D. 2, milk house near Irishtown.
John Powell, Elkton, dwelling and
2 cabins rear of Curtin avenue,
Elkton.
Joseph H. r. Tullis, North East,
r. D. 1, chicken houses near
Perryville.
Herbert s. Litzenberg, Elkton, re-
modelling garage to dwelling Elk
ton Heights.
Mrs. Kathleen v. Pugh, North
East dwelling Race street, North
East.
Willis A. Auerback, Philada., Pa,
dwelling Grove Point.
G. Albert George, Elkton r. d. 2
addition to barn Back Creek Neck.
DIR. w. T. Morrison, Elkton, en-
closed porch and bath room, Main
street, Elkton.
Travic w. Stricklin, Jr., Whining
ton, Del, summer dwelling, Town
Point.
Hilma Hernstrom, North East r..
d. 2, chicken house near Union
Grove school.
Edward Jackson, Perryville, R.
D. 1, dwelling Perryville-Port De-
posit road.
Edward H. Wood, Perryville, ga
rage near Perryville old Philada.
road.
Lancaster Iron Works, Inc, Per-
ryville, mess hall at Frenchtown.
Jacob w. Hoton, Rising Sun r.
D. /, 2 chicken houses near Theo-
dore.
Vaino Finnberg, North East r.
D. 2, chicken house / mile west of
North East.
Mrs. Minnie Eckard, Liberty
Grove, addition to dwelling near
Liberty Grove.
Mitchell Smith, Elkton r. D. 4,
garage Pleasant Hill-Union road.
Sidney H. Bennett, Wilmington,
Del, summer home at Beaver Dam
farm.
william H. Fox, Elkton, garage
Bow street, Elkton.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
AIR RAID wARDENs

For the protection of the pub
lie, Colonel Henry s. Barrett, Chief
of Air Raid Precaution Service for
Maryland, announced today that in
structions were going to the Chief
Air Raid Warden of each county for
definite Identification of their war;
dems. -
The Identification card to be IS
sued to each warden will be num-
bered and indexed at Headquarters.
1t will identify the sector in which
the warden is working and will
carry his photograph. In each case.
the card will be approved by the
Chief Air Raid Warden of the par
ticular city or county.
This procedure is necessary for
public protection, said Colonel
Barrett. "If an Air Raid Warden
undertakes to inspect your home, do
not admit him unless he produces
his Identification card. This precau-
tion is for your protection.
Colonel Barrett emphasized the
fact that an effort is being made to
select for Air Raid Warden Posts
men who have leadership, intelli-
gence and the confidence of the
community.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
ACCIDENTS IN STATE

Traffic accidents claimed sixty
two lives, and nine hundred seventy
seven injuries in Maryland, during
November, 1941; a reduction of
1867 In fatalities under Novem-
ber, 1910, but q slight increase in
injuries. This brings the total killed
for eleven months this year up to
five hundred forty-two, an increase
of 1870 over the same period last
year.
Baltimore City, with thirteen
fatalities for the month, experience
ed 10 reduction under November,
1910. Seven Counties, Calvert, Caro-
line, Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne,
and Saint Mary's, experienced o
fatality free month. Dorchester and
Worchester, one death each; Char
les, Frederick, Montgomery, and
Somerset, two deaths each; Alle-
gany, Carroll, Cecil, Hartford and
washington, three deaths each;
Anne Arundel, Baltimore and How
ard, four deaths each; Prince Geo.
rge's, five, and Wicomico, seven
deaths.
Pedestrians and non-collision ac-
cidents showed a marked increase,
while Motor Vehicles with Motor
Vehicle, and Fixed Object accidents
decreased favorably. The records
of the Traffic Collision Statistical
Bureau show that during the month
of November, one hundred fifty-nine
involved in accidents, had been
drinking.
The Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mission and cooperating agencies
point out that the holiday week, as
demonstrated by past experience,
is the most dangerous in the year.
Drivers and pedestrians alike are
requested to use extreme caution.
Holiday parties are in order, and
will be we'll attended, but remember
two things, the drinking driver and
pedestrian get into trouble most
frequently,
The midland journal., 1942-01-09


That paint is one Of mans oldest
industries Is indicated by a unique
exhibition In the Knox Hall Of Civ.
ilization in the Buffalo Museum Of
Science. A group Of wax figures in
the museum shows man painting
a wall with sp1iced weeds in lieu Of
a brush, q woman mixing ground
minerals and earths with water
while another man pounds the earth
from crude tripod In which bones
were burned to derive glue for a
binder. The ancients, 1t ID known,
often used gum tragacanth or honey
to bind their paints. It is an estab-
lished fact that white lead was used
as early as 400 B. c. and numerous
pottery boxes filed with white lead
have been found near Athens. These
boxes were the ancestors Of the
modern compact as white lead was
used as cosmetic besides being
used al paint pigment.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
GOVERNMENT BONDS

The Treasury Department In
Washington is gratified by the huge
sales of Government bonds because
these sales help to finance the war
and prove that the public is backing
all activities and plans of the Gov
ernment.
Viewed from any standpoint
Government bonds are safe invest
ment in which no one will lose his,
or her, capital even IL the purchas-
ers do not receive large returns on
their investments.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
ARMY HEALTH HIGH

Writing in Hygeia, DR.. Morris
Fishbein casts q bright light on the
controversy concerning the physical
fitness Of Americans.
Despite allegations to the con-
trary, he says, men of military age
are in better shape than their fore
bears of similar age in 1917. To-
days army rejection rate for ply
sical reasons is approximately the
same as in 1917--and at the same
time standards for admittance to
the Army are far higher, and the
physical examinations given the Sc
lectees are far more comprehensive.
An example of the improvement is
found in the fact that Army rejec-
tions for tuberculosis are about one
third the 1917 rate, despite the fact
that modern diagnostic technique
permits the detection of many cases
which would have been overlooked
25 years ago.
DR.. Fishbein makes a highly in
teresting comparison between the
physical standards of our Army
and the much-vaunted German
army. Back in 1885, General Won
Blomberg established the, physical
requirements for Hitler's legions.
In the German army, men are taken
for service who cannot meet the
Al standard the U. 8. Army de-
mands. The German army will draft
for military duty any man who is
physically and mentally able to per-
form any kind Of service whatso-
ever. The U. s. Army wants and
will accept only men with high
physical and mental qualifications.
The American medical fraternity
must be given much of the credit
for the physical and mental health
of our youth. No people on earth has
medical care of so high standard.
We have more doctors per thous-
and OF our population than any
other country. No man, rich or poor,
who requires and wants medical at
tention, need suffer for the lack Of
it. The thousands of doctors who are
giving their services, without
charge, to the Selective Service
Boards, are making certain that the
Army gets only the cream of the
crop. And the thousands OF other
doctors who have been called into
the Army are making certain that
they stay physically and mentally
well. The rumors to the effect that
we are . physically weak people
are completely untrue, and should
be scotched.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
NEW oFF1cTA1 RECORD

A new record, exceeding the aver
age Of the Guernsey breed for. her
age and class, has just been COM
pletsd by q two and one-half year
old COW, valor's Afris Primrose
55264s, Of North East, Maryland.
tested and owned by Wilmer Strad-
ley. Her oficial record supervised
by the University of Maryland and
announced by The American Guern-
sey Cattle Club is 1sss0.4 pounds OF
milk and 5S1.s pounds OF butter
fat In class r.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
COST OF TOTAL WAR

No one can visualize hundred
billion dollars. Such sum Of money
does not exist in cash. Yet that is
what we are to spend in the next
two years ON q gigantic Victory
Program!
The Saturday Evening Post re-
Gently told what this will mean. The
most money ever raised I'm a single
year by the government, through
both taxation and borrowing, was
$17,000,000,00o. That is but one
third Of the amount that must be
raised In each Of the next two years.
And no one knows what new de-
mands the future will bring.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

A plan 10 under way for the
formation Of an alliance between
the United States, Great Britain,
Russia and other powers and the
establishing Of q Supreme Council
to direct the strategy of the war.
and to defeat the aims of the Axis.
Washington ID taking the lead In
forming an alliance Of the associat-
ed governments pledged not to make
. separate peace.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

What distinguishes this country
from the other great nations Of the
world? There are many possible an
nWers to that question. And here's
one Of the best. ssThe United States
i the country where the little guy
a boss--where the little guy can 50
e. far as his snsrgiss and abilities
e11oW-Where the little guy doesn't
havs 70 bow and scrsps to anyone.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

Hitler reminds us that every
champ seems brilliant and unheat-
able 20 long as he tackles nothing
but pushrovera.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09
NEWS IN THE WORLD OF
RELIGION
BY w. W. Reid

"No matter what the present
breakdown may seem to be in many
countries, your work has not been
in vain'', is the word which has
been sent by the Board of Missions
of the Methodist Church to all its
missionaries in Africa, Asia, and
South America. "You and your pre-
decessors have left the mark of
Christ upon the nations i'm many
ways. You have laid the foundations
of a more abundant life for the
bodies, the minds, and the spirits of
those among whom you have labor
ed. You have added immeasurably
to the physical well-being of peo-
pies; children are better cared for
and shine in new value; women have
been raised to a dignity before un-
known; and human rights have be-
come clear enough so that in some
such time they will prevail. We have
full confidence that doors which
seem now so tightly shut will be
open again. We are continuing our
material contributions in all lands
where it Is possible. We are recruit
ing and training new missionaries
that we may be ready for the times
of the divine strategy.
Perhaps Americans are often un-
aware that Christianity is older in
Iceland than 1t is in many parts of
Europe. Historians tell us that 1t
was accepted by the Althing, Ice
lands thousand-year-old Parlia-
ment, in 1000, the same year that
Iceland-born Left Ericsson is said
to have discovered the mainland of
what is now the United States. The
Althing's vote to accept Christianity
did not make the land Immediately
Christian but it gave foreign mis-
sionaries a chance, and the religion
of Christ eventually supplanted the
religion Of Odin and Thor. Icelandic
churchmen, as members of uni
versal church, travelled widely in
Europe, and brought their country
into the Christian life-stream of the
continent. Iceland was Catholic
throughout the Middle Ages and lat
er shared in Luther's Reformation.
Lutheranism Is now the State reli-
gi0n.
Plans are under way for the
merging of eight America-wide in
DETERMINATIONS Protestant bodies
into one organization which will
probably be known as "The Coun-
Gil Of Churches of Christ in North
America. The merger would in
clude the Federal Council Of
Churches of Christ in America and
groups especially engaged in home
and foreign missionary work and in
religious education; the Interna-
tional Council of Religious Educa-
tion, the Home Missions Council of
North America, the Foreign Mis-
sions Council of North America, the
National Council of Church Women,
the Missionary Education Move
ment, the Council of Church Boards
of Eudcation, and the Association
of Council Secretaries. All of the
functions of these bodies would be
carried ON by the larger group
probably as departments. The pro-
posal is now being considered by the
several bodies involved, the exc
cutives having favored the merger.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

If somebody describes you as q
very interesting talker. he probably
means that you seemed interested
while he talked.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

There is no definite upper class.
1t includes anybody who thinks 1t
sinful to spend anything but the
interest.
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

The hospitals in New York serve
80 meals each minute of the day
and night to their patients. Supply
dng clothing to penniless families
costs that city IS every 80 seconds,
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

There's no danger In thinking
other men handsome. The danger
point II reached when she nolicen
hoV lonel7 hey huanana n
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

There 10 no present shortage,
Others must do without only be-
cause the Army ana Navy are stor-
Inc NJ tor yeaya 10 gqnp
The midland journal., 1942-01-09

All the information released by
oPM shows that production Of all
war materials is up to expectations.
The United States may have been q
little slow in speeding up the
wheels but they are slipping pretty
swift right now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-04
IT'S JUST LIFE

"Oh, nothing. Just life"
Hattie came TO see her that
night What is it," She almost
omitted greeting in her intensity
TO find out.
Nothing"
81 know there's something
wrong. Let me hear when YOU
get around tO It,"
Hattie, I haven't got enough
money TO live on much longer.
much less for the rest of my life,
II should be 81 unfortunate as
TO live "A long time"
Hattie was not surprised. II only
corroboratcd her theory that all Of
the worlds big worries were con-
neCtCd with money.
She seemed barely moro than
adequate TO the occasion. temper
Ing all of her inSuffiCicnCicS with
many 'darllnGS' and "dearicS' but
giving out nothing at all helpful
or anything like hope.
Let me think il over, dar-
ling" was about all She said
And then as she was so phySi-
.cally weary from the long day on
her feet answering peoples com.
plants at a fashionable hotel, she
did not stay long
For four days Annabcl did not
hear from Hattie.
Yes. il was "a John had said
long ago.
He was always right
Hattie would faIl her in Z
ICriSiS
Then the telephone rang.
II was Hattie
| She wanted 10 come down. bcnl
loh. no. not at all weary.
When She arrived She started
fright in on her subject. without
greetings
"Annabel, you're not going 10
/ like this I'm going 90 say be
cause you're ~ eNcrlaStingly
proud. But forget IL and have
some sense"
II will listen Sympathetically
10 anything"
You know they have such
nice places now where they care
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-04

circumstances were. She would
have said she was one OF the most
conventional cases.
But she didn't ask
Some way was being presented
10 her TO spend her life out i'm the
peace which the Maker OF lie
must surely have thought natural.
Anyway, You don't want TO
go vet, do yOu?"
40. Not yet"
"Well, you're to come 10 me
I'm the meantime, and IL YOU like
il better, then maybe YOU won't
ever need To 90 nj all. But it's
nice To have something to fall
back on"
Yes. So il is in life. isn't IL?
Nice TO have something 10 fall
back on.
John had been living for years
in the South ard protected by
states rights from providing her
with anything legally hers, but
this little drama was enacted on
IN u man laws. tranSccndlng geo
graphical lines or legal judgments
and connecting up with the infinite.
THE ENp
TomOrrOw's short stOryt "LOve
Il on the Air" by Maureen f1em-
ING
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-04

for people. The only trouble Is
they haven't got third enough
of them. People like you are
crazy about getting into them.
But it's next To impossible"
LACKS \ PULL
eyes, yes. I've thought. But
l have no influence"
II have. I know nurse. And
I'm also acquainted with "A big
lawyer" Hattie had spent her
life a little conStructively on the
side OF getting dynamic and m
tiucntial friends through her
work. "They have influence and
that's all that gets people any
where nowadays. They will get
us place"
"Oh, Hattie" Annabel broke
down ON her conSln'S neck. "Is
there chance I am going To
be- able 10 live the rest of my
life out In peace ,"
sure you are"
But do YOU think | could
stand such "a place >"
ALL TOO FEW
Well. we won't take just any
one. We'll 70 looking at them
as " We were searching for an
apartment. But they are lovely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-04
Answer TO yesterdays puzzle.

It had come her turn to receive
and he resented giving.
OF course, they returned 10 their
own country. with the heart ant
the spirit going out of everything
abroad.
In New York she saw almost
nothing of her cousin. II being the
most separating city in the world
and she in need of nothing Hattie
could provide.
She found a place and a way OF
living that afforded a little OF the
spectacle of life passing by and
fitted their limited pocketbook.
But soon John took active steps
toward getting a divorce, saying
ne knew full well she never would
He obtained one good enough
to suit him, but not legal.
Annabel thought of Hattie and
phoned her.
why, dear. how delighted I'd
he To see YOU" Hattie said with
real enthusiasm.
"Oh, no, you wouldn't. Hat
tie. l don't believe anybody ever
wants To see me-"
We'll, dear. you're just mis-
taken, that's all. I'd rather see
you than anybody else i'm the
whole world. What's the mat
ter?" She would have known
there was something by the fact
of her calling. in spite of her
words
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-04

rope and Annabcl'S lovely gen.
crosby.
Before leaving, she expressed
her regret that there never would
be anything comparable with II
that she could do for her
"Oh, don't worry about IT.
You1l have your chance" Anna
bel laughed, meaning that Hattie
never would.
Stories of real life are seldom
a series of ClimaXes such as are
made up in fiction, but arc a
steady flowing stream of little
condolences usually sloping down.
ward to an anticlimaX, and not
uphill. Thus it was in this situa-
ton.
The married couple went around
together. Annabel becoming more
more depleted, while
John moved toward Self-sufficiency
and the full expression OF himself.
He got promoted and needed
his wfe'S help. so she dragged her
self away from her own interests
TO give him aid
She always handed out and sell
dom received.
And yet she grew more depend
enI by that very giving. II making
her belong more and more 10 him.
1t sealed something between
them.
Al least il did for her but not
tor hm.