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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
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THE STORY SO FAR: Jeff Curtis and
his wife, Lee, are already on their way
to TERRA Libre when he receives note
from Fora Mitchell warning them mot to
come. When they arrive In TERRA Libre
they find both Fora and her husband
dead. It Is Mitchelps job as chief engi-
neer for fruit company that JEFF has
been called to ill. Later Jeff's friend
Bill Henderson Is also killed, and Jeff
suspects his employer, Senior Montaya,
Of numbering him and the Mitchells be-
cause they had found a clue to the
strange things going ON at the planta-
ton. Other sinister figures are the COM
pany chemist, DR.. Toenjes, and the fly.
ers, Ryden and Lannestock. Jeif's sus-
picions are further aroused when his visit
to the airfield is interrupted by DR.. Toen-
jes' arrival. Now U. 8. Army plane,
forced down by engine trouble, has land.
ed on the airfeld.
NOW CONTINUE WITH THE STORY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
W.N.u. S ERNiCE

men were bringing lengths Of lurn-
Der to load onto the car. Curt could
see plainly the tall piles of lumber,
cross-stacked for curing, that filed
the open space of the building to
the very caves. Another door was
partly open, showing further piles OF
material-pipe in this instance.
However, there was no further
thought of an overnight stay, for as
Curt handed back the glasses the
planes motor was gunned to deaf
ening pitch. This time there was
no break in its smoothness.
It was then only matter OF min
utes before the two mechanics were
buttoning up their shirts. Blanding
and Trainor shook hands all around,
decidedly in pleasanter frame OF
mind now. Curt caught the final
look both officers flung at the Junk
ers planes, then at each other, the
suspicion of smiles on their lips as
though at some secret joke.
The second motor of the army
plane was opened up, both were
gunned for few moments, then
the plane took off, circled once
above the field, and Strengthened out
to speed off for Soledad.
On the trip up the mountainside
to San Alejo, DR.. Toenjes had moth
ing to say. And at the station, with
a short "Gootpy, Meestoor Coor-
tiss," the Dutchman stumped off in
one direction, Curt headed for home.
Presently Curt remembered that
he'd wanted to see Montaya today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11

There wasn't time now to battle
and change, for he'd spent longer or
the airfield than he'd intended. He
turned on his heel, lengthenened his
stride, and made off for the execu'
tive office.
The thought of Montaya brought g
bad taste to his mouth. Curt had
no illusions about the man. Directly
guilty of the actual murders here
or not, they couldn't have been Gov.
cred up-maybe not planned-with.
out Montaya's connivance.
Briefly Curt wondered why the
landing of the army plane hadn't
brought Montaya to the field. Il
had been down good thirty min
utes, time enough and to spare for
Montaya to have put in an appear
ance.
The commissary was closing for
the day. A few last clerks were
leaving the offices above. Curt
crossed the patio and climbed the
wide, tiled staircase.
Down the cool office corridor he
pounded, his heels little deadened
by the strip Of green linoleum laid
along the center. Montaya's ruby
nailed secretary was gone.
But Montaya was in. AS Curt
entered the outer office, he heard
voices from behind the senor's door,
voices harsh and angry, one expostu-
lating, the other laying down the
law.
And the louder voice was not Mon
taya's. It was DR.. Toenjes, who
must have made a Decline from
the station to Montaya's Office when
leaving Curt only few minutes ago.
They were not speaking French,
which Montaya protested to use
with the Dutchman for convenience,
but were talking, to judge from the
sounds of it, in the Dutchman's own
language!
Curt heard his name flung by DR..
Toenjes, and he took it that the
argument was about his visit to the
airfeld rather than the forced land
ing of the army plane.
"Cripes," he muttered. ''Montaya
himself suggested the visit. And
why the build-up the day ! arrived
over using French with Toenjes il
he can talk Dutch that fiuently?"
Curt hesitated, hand on knob Of
the door through which he'd just
come. The argument waxed strong
er, hand thumped desk to pune
tuate Toenjes' trade.
II I only knew Dutch! Curt
thought, or even German. At least
enough to get the gist of it.
Tomorrow, he decided, would be
a better time for his talk with Mon
taya, so he went out, closing the
door quietly, and stood for mo-
ment rejecting. His hands busily
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
Negative Maiden

The word maiden" is applied
to many subjects besides an un-
married woman, points out Col
lier's. The adjective is used to
designate city that has never
been taken, a plant that has new
er been pruned, a field that has
never been plowed, a sword that
has never been used, male or
female race horse that has never
won an event and, in England, a
session of criminal court at
which there are no prisoners for
trial.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11

If you are ever stumped by the
question of what to send friend
or relative in one of Uncle Sans
armed forces, here's tip. If
he smokes a pipe or rolls-his-own,
nothing would please him more
than a pound of his favorite to-
bacco. Surveys among the men
themselves show that. Prince Al
bert Smoking Tobacco has long
been known as the National Joy
Smoke-it is the largest-selling
smoking tobacco in the world. Lo-
cal dealers are now featuring
Prince Albert in the pound can as
an ideal gift for service men who
smoke a pipe or roll-their-own.-
Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
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TANNING IN WARTIME

PLANNING IN WARTIME
WASHINGTON. - We have now
completely canvassed the Christmas
lists and are now well on our way
toward preparations for this annual
event.
I imagine many people will do as
! am planning to do this year
namely-try to give such things as
people need and must have, and to
supplement with as many defense
bonds and stamps as possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11

HAPPY choice for the girl who
- is soon returning to school!
The tailored shirtwaist teamed
with a full gathered dirndl skirt
has the casual charm modern
youngsters want. 1t is an outfit
which looks graceful in action and
tidy when at ease! Let her have
several of these sets to carry her
through the school year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Atoms and Health

All men are made of atoms. How
ever, since more than atoms are
needed to make a man, we do not
entrust the entire care of our health
to physicists. The atoms in our
bodies are arranged in cells, so we
need biologists. And the cells are
grouped together into tissues and or
gans, SO we need physicians. It is,
nevertheless, no mere accident that
the words physicist" and "physi-
clan" differ in only two letters out
of nine. The modern physician is
well armed with mental tools by the
psychologist, with liquid tools by the
chemist, and with solid tools by the
physicist, writes George r. Harrison
in Technology Review. Mental and
liquid tools serve primarily for cure.
For diagnosis the physician has al
ways relied heavily on the physi-
cist's devices. Who makes more
temperature measurements in the
course of a day, or more determi-
nations of hydrostatic Cor is it haze
mostatic?) pressure, than does the
family doctor?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Cosmographer Changed
Mind About Amerigo

America was named for Amerigo
vespucci, a Florentine, who was be-
lieved to have been the first person
to reach the mainland Of this hemi-
sphere. Columbus did not continue
to the mainland In his discovery Of
the New World in 1892. In June,
1897, Vespucci, in the first Of four
expeditions, arrived at South Amer
lea. Although some historians doubt
that he actually accomplished this
first journey, Martin Waldseemul-
Ter, noted German cosmographer,
and professor of geography in st.
Die college in Lorraine, published
"Cosmographie Introductio" with a
map Of the world in 1907 and ap-
piled the name America" to the
southern portion Of the New World,
which he showed as an island. This
treatise was intended as an intro
duction to a new edition of Ptolemy
prepared by Waldseemuller and 9TH
er scholars. BY 1916, when he is
sued his "Carta Marina" he ap-
parently changed his opinion of the
relative merits Of the achievements
of Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci,
for the name America was omitted
from the map. BY this time, how
ever, it had been widely accepted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
MARYLAND COAsTLINE WILL
BE DIMMED

A formal order, establishing a
definite ban on all lights-or even
the glow of lights-visible from the
sea, is expected to be issued by
Major General Milton A. Rockford,
Third Corps Area commander.
Ocean City, Maryland's only ma
jor seacoast resort, and that por-
ton of the resort settlement of
Fenwick Island, which lies partly
in Maryland and partly in Della
ware are the only communities ac-
tually facing the ocean which are
affected by the order.
However, several Maryland towns
situated within Is miles of the sea
notably the towns of Berlin, Snow
Hill, Stockton and Girdleton, all in
Worcester county-must so handle
their street lights and other exterior
lights that they are not shining
at an angle above the horizon"
The preliminary order affecting
the Maryland seacoast is similar to
formal order issued in New York
by Second Corps Area officials or
dering "dim-outs" at all coastal
resorts in New York, New Jersey
and Delaware and for Is miles in
land.
Ocean City already has dimout
regulations, issued by Col. Henry
s. Barrett, chief AFRAID warden for
Maryland. The community has had
in fact, several complete blackouts.
Under the new regulations the
boardwalk lights of Ocean City must
be screened or shaded so that they
will not "be visible more than a
mile at sea-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Eleven Senses

We have IL senses. The notion
that we had only the senses of
sight, smell, hearing, taste and
touch dates back to the time of the
ancient Greeks. The other six
senses are:
1.-The muscular sense - the
amount Of resistance you encounter
in moving or lifting heavy object.
2The temperature sense-which
tells you the difference between hot
and cold.
3-The pain sense.
4-The articular sense-or the
consciousness you get of moving
the joints in your body.
5-The distance sense-especial-
" among the blind who have an I'M
canny feeling for distance, like step
ping off a curb.
6-The static sense-or balance
and equilibrium which makes peo-
pie walk straight instead Of falling
over or weaving to and fro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
New Alloy Gives Glass
Houses Needed Privacy

Elections that live and work in
"glass houses" radio tubes, X-ray
tubes and all the other sues electron-
ic devices used in science and in
dustry, will have new privacy from
invading air molecules with new
alloy developed.
Consisting Of a mixture of iron,
nickel, cobalt and manganese, it was
devised by Howard Scott, Westing-
house research engineer, who has
just been granted a U. S. patent
for his invention. 1t is known as
'kovar."
Several of the tubes sealed by Mr..
Scott more than seven years ago,
during the early development work
on kovar, were opened recently and
found to be as free from air con-
tamination as when they were
sealed, investigators said.
"Glass and metals expand when
heated and shrink when cooled"
Mr.. Scott explained. 'But each kind
of glass and each different metal ex-
pands at its own particular pace.
This rate is called the coefficient of
expansion.
Sin kovar we found just the right
combination of many metals to make
an alloy with the same coefficient of
expansion as the type Of glass we
were using. Therefore, when these
two substances are fused together
under heat and allowed to cool,
there is no strain between metal and
glass surfaces"
The alloy can also be readily ma
chined and rolled to form parts Of
various shapes, it was said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
MOTHERS DAY

Sunday next, May 10, is Mothers
Day-the day when the Nation bows
in humility, showing reverance for
Mother, who typifies all that is
good, loving and sympathetic.
A noble sentiment inspired the
idea of Mothers Day, and it has
grown in its Importance and recog-
milton with the years. 1t is splen-
did testimonial to human character,
Mother is a word expressive OF
tenderness and sympathy.
Mother exemplifies the spirit OF
service and self-sacrificing love-a
giving of all that it has to give.
The same standard cannot apply
to all mothers. They differ just as
all human beings differ. But they
faithfully, lovingly and unquestion-
ingly fulfill their obligations as 9
mother according to their know
ledge and understanding.
The mother interest and love are
as old as the human race. The love
concern and care that she mani
tests for her children are as firmly
embedded in her as life itself.
The idea of Mothers Day was a
beautiful inspiration, and everyone
should cherish it and make an ef-
fort to observe the occasion, by re-
membering Mother on that day in
some special manner.
The very incest way is by your
nroeonco with he7. for If ia Won whom
she loves. But let your expressions
and attention not be on Mothers
Day alone. ShoY her a bit of your
affection and appreciation every day
of the year. Make every day Moth
er's Day., for she is the truest
most loyal friend any person will
ever have.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED
IN COUNTY

The following permits were is
sued last month at the Office of the
County Commissioners:
James T. Budd, Elkton 2, two
dwellings SIS dual highway, 2 miles
west of Elkton.
George E. Knots, Chesapeake
City, addition to lunch room, Lock
street, Chesapeake City.
Mrs. Leal Power Miller, dwelling
Curtis avenue, Elkton.
Mrs. Elsie D. Davis, Elkton 2, ma
chine shed, Elkton and Chesapeake
City road.
Amos o. Whitehead, North East,
addition to dwelling, Jethro street
North East
Lewis Roswell Jackson, Perry
Vile, dwelling near Blythedale.
Walter G. Bines, Perryville, dwell
ling near Perryville.
Edward Jackson, Perryville, addi-
ton and repairs to dwelling near
'Perryville.
Paul T. Simmons, Elkton, dwell
ling, Elkton and Chesapeake road.
Victor B.. Thomas, Greenville,
Del, chicken house, North East
Turkey Point road.
Chas. A. Swanson, Elkton, bunga-
low near Elk Neck road.
Alexander Robinson, Washington
street, North East, dwelling.
Richard X. White, Elkton, dwell
ling SIS Elkton Boulevard. Elkton
Heights.
Richard M. Callahan, Chesapeake
City, chicken house, Mt. Nebo.
Raymond B. Weed, Elkton, 2
bungalow, Frenchtown Turnpike.
Herman Y. Broomhall, Chesa-
peake City 1, addition to dwelling
Town Point. 80
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Using Marrow Cavity for
Rapid Blood TRANSMISSION

About five years ago, DR.. Tocan-
tins, experimenting on transplant
ing marrow between animals, OBJ
served when two needles were in
serted into the marrow cavity OF
the thigh of a rabbit at either side
of the bone, and five cubic cent?
meters of salt solution injected
through the needle at one side only
two cubic centimeters of solution
came up through the other.
This meant that some fluid was
evidently being absorbed into the
general circulation system as fast
as injected. The doctor recalled,
when mercury was injected into the
marrow cavity of the breastbone or
the leg bone or arm bone Of infants,
the metal could be seen by X-ray es-
Gaping rapidly through the veins
into the general circulation. And
when certain organisms were in
jected into the bone marrow OF
guinea pigs, they speedily reached
various organs.
This pointed toward the use Of the
marrow cavity for the rapid intro
duction Of blood in transfusions as
well as other fluids needed by the
patient. With adults, the technique
differs from that used with infants.
Breastbone is used with grownups,
while for infants the inner of the
two bones below the knee, and the
bone in the upper arm, are pre-
ferred.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
DECREASE In TRAFFIC.
FATALITIES

Governor Herbert r. O'Conor, as
Honorary Chairman of the Mary
land Traffic Safety Commission, to-
day expressed keen satisfaction over
the report on traffic fatalities for
March, which showed a decrease
from So in 1941.
at is with real satisfaction that
1 note a 27% decrease in automo-
bile fatalities in the State during
March, the Governor declared,
land indications of POSSIBILITY even a
greater decrease for this month. The
figures indicate whole-hearted CO.
operation with our request for 40
mile maximum speed. Records show
that speed is the greatest single
factor in fatal accidents. By keep
ing speeds below 40 miles per
hour, we are not only saving lives
but we are making great contri-
button to the war effort.
II have charged the Maryland
Traffic Safety Commission with the
promotion of the 40 miles maximum
speed campaign. 1t is gratifying to
note that the citizens of Maryland
realized at once the vital necessity
for saving lives and war material,
and great majority of them began
Immediately to keep speeds within
the maximum limits proposed.
From now on even greater COM
pliance with the request and an
even further reduction in fatalities
| is expected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Negative Children Are
Coaxed Before Eating

Negative" children are the kind
who daily at meals, and won't eat
without coaxing, or without threats,
or punishment. They are the kind
who burst into tears unexpectedly,
or run off and cry, and who run to
teacher and tattle.
Negativism is normal about the
time a child first realizes that he IS
a person in his own right, and that
he has the power to do what he
alone wants to do.
The child, therefore, becomes
sort of rugged individualist. He finds
that an easy way to assert this
new-found self is to resist the de-
mands of his parents.
If they tell him to go, he comes,
Or stands still. If they tell him to
sit, he stands, and so on and on.
A battle between the parents and
the child thus develops which can
turn into a permanent pattern OF
conflict in. many cases.
The end result, say scientists, is
that the child gets attention he could
obtain in no other way, and makes
himself the center Of the family
scene.
The cure, they explain, is to give
the child the attention he requires
but not in the way he has been try
ing to get it. Their advice is to
praise the child for all the good
things he does, ignore and withhold
all attention from the bad things he
does.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

If you have boy serving his
country in the Army or the Navy,
whose life may depend upon the de-
livery of supplies to the four corn
ers of the earth, read this:
In Portland, Oregon, where con-
ditions are similar to those in hun
dreds of other American cities, a
free-born citizen answered the call
for men to man new freighter
going into the transport service. He
had waited around for some days
before the ship was ready, and
when it came time to sign up was
about out of money. He then found
that before he could go on board as
seaman he had to pay the labor
union about $500 He didn't have
the money. Fortunately he found a
friend who loaned it to him.
Words are inadequate to express
ones opinion of such a condition.
Here is situation where an
of YOUR furnishings: table,
on an American ship carrying Amer
ican-made supplies to American
armed forces that are nghtlng TO
preserve this nation, until he pays
tribute to private labor bosses. If
the closed shop can tie our country
up in this manner, what personal
liberty have we to boast about?
In free country, a man should
have the right to join a labor union
il he so desires, and he should have
the right not to join if he so desires.
Certainly no private organization
should have the power to deny a
man the right to work in war eff
fort, until that man can first pay
1t cash tribute. How long the rank
and file Of American citizens will
put up with such condition re-
mains to be seen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Cold Changes Body

Americans can become acclima-
tized to the climate of the South
pole, DR.. Ernest e. Lockhart, medi-
cal scientist, recently stated. He
was member of the Antarctic ex-
petition of 1939-1940. Having stud
led the effect of sudden changes in
temperature, blood pressure, rate Of
heart action and of breathing, DIR.
Lockhart reached the conclusion
that the body does become acclima-
tized when subjected to the condi-
tions prevalent in the Antarctic. I'm
der the climatic conditions Of the
South pole, he said, the body UNDER
goes chemical changes which enable
Americans to endure the South Pole
climate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Overcrowded Ponds Stunt Fish

Overcrowded ponds, like over
crowded city districts, produce I'M
dersized, stunted populations, Prof.
H. S. Swingle and DR.. E. v. Smith
of the Alabama Agricultural Expert
ment station recently said. Lack of
carnivorous species that remove the
surplus population, and heavy weed
growth in the ponds, are important
contributing factors to this ill state
of affairs. AS remedies they rec
commended clearing out the weeds,
stockings with large-mouth bass, fer
tilizing the water to increase the
food supply, and thinning out the
crowded population by a heavier
take of fish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
There 10 Years

The 19-foot bronze female figure
which surinounts the Capitol of the
United States is the ''Statue of Free
DOM Originally named ARMED
Liberty" it was modelled in Italy by
Thomas Crawford from plans APP
proved by Jefferson Davis, who was
chairman of the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings in 1850. The plaster
model was shipped to this country
where it was cast in bronze. At the
base of the statue a wide circular
band is inscribed: sE pluribus
unum" (from many, one). The
statue was set in place on Decem-
Der 2, 1868.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

In the long run, successful fire
prevention depends upon the coop
Grafton of everyone within the COM
munity. Fire departments and fire
marshals can't do it all. The indivi-
dual must see to it that his own
home and place of business are
safe--and are kept safe through per-
iodic inspections and eradication of
hazards.
Americas high fire loss has al
ways been national disgrace. To-
day it is a national danger. When we
fight fire, we are fighting for victory
in war. Start now!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

There is a fair chance that fore
ed savings plan will be adopted by
Conrgess this year.
Under the plan, five or more per
cent of each workers check would
be taken by the government and de-
posted In bonds redeemable after
the war.
It is also possible that some form
Of forced savings may be applied to
Industrial profits. In other words, a
percentage Of industrial net profits
may be placed in bonds.
The purpose of all this is to
siphon on what the economists call
excess purchasing power. The less
we have to spend, they reason, the
smaller the danger of imitation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
Neutron Bullets

Neutron bullets hurled at deep
seated cancer of skin and bone,
mouth and throat, are apparently
far more effective than X-rays or
radium rays. At the National Can
Ger institute, of the United States
Public Health Service in Washing
ton. D. c., DR.. William A. Cooper
revealed that new methods of dag
nosis promise new hope for cases
of stomach cancer. Not only X-rays
and the gastroscope, a lighted tube
which directly reveals the interior
of the stomach, but also new "acid
test" are employed to diagnose
stomach cancer as early as possi-
bio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

Communists in Britain want Sec
ond front. but only year ago they
were calling English two.faced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

This country IL certainly making
progress, What used to be called
Sunday afternoons have become
transportation eottlsnseka.