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Evening star., 1942-01-15
Fancy Play Out as CentroI's
Greenhorns Drive to Wins
Vikings, New Fovorites, Meet Anoeostio
In of4 Comes at z Gyms Tomorrow
By GEORGE HUBER.

his team definite choice now to be among W
select high school championship payon coacn
r.v ~ Central ]l isn't predicting the Vikings will take the t
1hey earned high rating knocking of previously und-
fe.ted Eastern team in the weeks upset Tuesday and im
Evening star., 1942-01-15
Hoyu-G. w. Basket Boil Battle
Tonight Seen as Tossup
MediocriH Of Teoms Not Likely to Keep
Fons Away From Riverside Scrap

With modesty neither Bill Reinart of George washington
Ripley Georgetown willing the role Of
tonghs big basket ball fray at Riverside Stadium be-
tween their teams
Ripley the affair certainly will be close and Reinhar
Evening star., 1942-01-15
N. |. of H. Five Travels

The National Institute Of Health
basketers, victors over r. H. A. last
night, will journey to Quantico to-
night to play the Marine quint.
Evening star., 1942-01-15

Totals IS 434 Totals l 8
Rsferss-Mr. Shirley "a. b. Haf-time
score, 1873.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
New Designs
In Domestic
Wallpaper
By ELEANOR ROSS

IF YOU are out to give the
old homestead a little beauty
treatment then give a thought
TO the wallpapers available.
Our domestic designers and
manufacturers have outdone
themselves. knowing perhaps
that home is going to mean
more to US than ever nowadays
and that we will want to have
IL as attractive as possible.
There are several new and de-
lightful floral designs far re-
moved from the old styled cab
bage roses and dainty flower
sprigs beloved 10 the Victorians.
One of the prettiest or the
new papers consists Of giant
tulips and ostrich plumes in a
wide stripe effect in such color
schemes as tan, yellow, blue,
brown and green on gray
Another living room paper
consists of giant orchids, lily OF
the valley and tiny butterfly
orchids IN large corsage effect
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Meat Cuts

KNOW YOUR meats. Cuts
from beef. pork, lamb and veal
are available the year around
It's well to remember that the
economy cuts are just as high
in nvtritive value as the more
demanded ones.
In addition TO the usual beef
roasts, steaks and pot-roasts. try
praised short ribs OF beef,
praised beef brisket. butterfly
ham slices, end-cut pork chops
pork liver roast sifced yaft pork,
lamb shanks, rib and shoulder
lamb chops. stuffed cushion
shoulder of lamb, lamb and veal
breast. veal rump roast, and
veal kidneys. Here's economy
and variety combined for many
meals 10 come.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
KITCHEN LINENS

THESE TOWELS are fun 10
work on! Do the dishes in
applique or plain embroidery
the fruit in quick cross-stitch.
Pattern Ala contains a trans
fer pattern of six motifs averag-
ing 5&x6% inches; applique
pattern pieces; material require
ments; illustration Of stitches;
color suggestions,
Send IL cents in coins for
this pattern 10 the Laura
Wheeler Pattern Department.
1925 Times Square, Detroit,
Mich.
Owing 70 customs regulations,
orders for patterns 20 Canadian
destinations cannot be filed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

with a big zigzag stripe made
up of a lacey pattern. Pretty
in orchid, green, pale yellow and
white on pink.
City folks will go for de-
lightful pattern of apple bios
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

SONS in an all-over design IN
pale pink and green on white.
MId they will want for their
own a paper with a pattern Of
Audubon's birds arranged in
trellis effect, the birds perched
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

on realistic boughs.
This paper is done in beautiful
natural bird colors and green,
gray, cardinal red and yellow
on white.
There is a lovely pattern in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

bright red. green, gray and
brown on white. complete with
ladders and baskets filled with
fruit, is a good choice for a
kitchen.
One of the most attractive and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

cooperating rose bouquets and
old lace in soft green, rose, white
and gray on pale green that
would be perfect for a colonial
interior.
A design of apple trees in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

distinguished Of the new walpa-
per designs is one depicting the
hunt, done with the delicate
beauty of a Persian manuscript
drawing in flamingo. blue and
green on bronze.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
CHESAPEAKE CITY SPAN WRECKED
Lift Bridge Over C. & D. Ship Canal Collapses
When Rammed BY Large Oil Tanker
SHORE TRAFFIC DIVERTED TO SUMMIT

err. The tanker plowed through the
protective clumps of piling as though
they were matches. Her bow struck
the cap of the south-tower pier
concrete.
The impact broke off a fifty-foot
section of the south tower, which
fell onto the forward deck of the
tanker, just aft of the forward anti
aircraft gun.
The drawspan was forced to the
north, crumpling the north tower
and approach span.
One third of the drawspan plum
melted to the deck of the ship, show
ering the forward part of the YES
sci with sparks.
The fact that the drawspan did
not break in two kept it from falling
into the waterway, as the south end
was held up by the ship.
The drawspan control and ma
,hinery tower was visible above the
water. 1t was not occupied at the
time of the crash. The bridge is
operated by remote control, as are
the other three lift structures,
which, together with the high-level
span at st. Georges, Del, carry rail-
road and motor-vehicle traffic over
the canal.
1t is the second G. & D. bridge
destroyed in a three-year period,
the st. Georges lift span having
been wrecked when the Baltimore
bound steamer Waukgan got out of
hand on January 10, 1889, killing
two bridge tenders at work in the
tower control room.
Soldiers were rushed from nearby
military posts to augment the regu-
ular number of men assigned to
guard the bridge. They threw cor
don about each of the approaches
to the bridge over Route 213.
Two hours after the accident, the
Corps of Engineers blockaded the
roads, while signalmen strung cleo
trio wires to serve great foodlights
set up on each side of the river.
Traffic is being detoured over the
Summit bridge and the Du Pont
highway, requiring a. total addi-
tional run of about ten miles.
The crash disrupted the move
ment of workers of the plants CEN
tered in the Elkton area.
The workers come from as far
south as Chestertown, distance of
about thirty-five miles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31

A tankship bound into Chesa-
peake Bay smashed into the high
lift drawbridge over the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal at 11:40 A. M.
Tuesday destroying the huge steel
and concrete structure.
The collision of the tanker with
the south pier of the bridge and
the subsequent collapse of the 1885,
foot steel towers and the 260-foot
draw span made terrific noise.
Excitement was heightened by the
defamation of five shells of an anti
aircraft gun mounted on the bow
of the ship. Fire broke out on the
tanker, which was carrying par
tial cargo of petroleum products.
Efficient work on the part of the
crew, who manned hose and hand
extinguishers quickly brought the
blaze under control.
Members of the crew of the tank
ers and of three tugs engaged in
assisting the huge oil carrier thru
the waterways, guards and bridge
tenders were endangered as the
1,5OO-ton structure toppled onto
the deck of the vessel.
Cries of the men were heard as
the mass of wreckage toppled, shear
ing twenty-four-inch sections of
steel as though they were cheese
and hurting one UNDERGROUND
pieces of steel over broad area of
the bridge approaches.
The tanker came to a stop one
hundred feet after the drawspan
fell on it.
From witnesses of the accident,
viewed from both banks of the
canal, the following was obtained:
Assisted by three tugs, the tank
ship glided smoothly into the easy
bend of the waterway east of the
bridge here. The 260-foot structure
had been raised to its topmost point,
calculated to permit the passage of
the biggest ships af1oat.
One tug had line to the tanker's
bow. On the port side was another,
and a third was on the starboard
side.
AS the tanker Strengthened out
to pass through the opened span,
she took a sudden shear" to port.
"A cry went up from the people on
the shore: "She's going to hit!"
That was the signal for bridge
tenders and guards to fee and for
men abroad the tanker to seek COW
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Lancaster County
Hit By Flood

Flash floods caused two deaths
and left trail of destruction in
northeastern Lancaster County
Monday.
John Zerbe, II, Reamstown, was
swept beneath the raging waters of
Cocalio Creek while swimming from
a bungalow near his home.
Dorothy Long, 10, Terre Hill,
was drowned when the automobile
in which she was riding with her
father, Ivan; her sister, Marion, IA,
and brother, Howard, Is, overturn-
ed by flood waters near Martindale.
Lightning fired large barn on
the Hoover farm near Weidman-
vile, Lancaster County, causing
100000 damage. A garage at the
home of Samuel Kiehl, Ephrata.
was demolished in another blaze
with damage estimated at $4,000.
County authorities estimated that
the rainfall ranged from 1.45 inches
in Lancaster to AS inches in Eph-
rata. Highways were reported trans
formed into roaring torrents with
several bridges being swept away,
among them the concrete span
between Higville and Safe Harbor.
All roads leading into Denver
were reported impossible for hours
and countless motorists left automo-
biles marooned in the high waters.
The Cocalico Greek rose three feet
above the road at the Green Dragon
while the highway at Kinkltown
was inundated by the Conestoga
Creek, which was reported rapidly
rising as smaller streams receded.
The deluge flooded cellars at
Ephrata, Denver and Reamstown.
In Bucks County, a steady ALI
night rain turned to torrential pro-
portions and swelled creeks and in
undated lowlands.
The Bethlehem Pike was mum
dated by Lenape Greek which flows
through Perkasie and Sellersville
snarling automobile traffic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
To Set Up Portable
Convict Labor Camp

Willis R. Jones, chairman of the
Maryland Department of Correction,
and officials of the State Roads
Commission are completing plans
for the establishment of portable
convict labor camp for road work
in Kent and Cecil Counties, the
construction of which is expected to
begin during the week.
Chairman Jones has compiled a
select list of 100 convicts from
which 40 workers will be selected
for the group that will comprise the
portable camp. A similar project has
been in operation In Queen Anne's
County for several years and has
proven success in the improvement
of the highways in that county. This
project, together with the employ
ment of a number of PAROLES from
the Marylad House of Correction
by farmers of the county, will be the
means of solving the labor situation
on the farms of the county to some
extent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Two Planes Crash
Near Earleville

Two planes from the Aberdeen
knights Island, near Earleville, on
the morning of July 49, Both planes
came down but one righted as the
pilot reached the tree tops and re-
turned to it's base. From the Grip
pied plane, the pilot baled out and
came down on the farm of a man
named Williams, unhurt. The plane
crashed to the ground.
The two planes in the accident
were a squadron of eight which
were observed by Mrs. Douglas
Ernest and Miss Badida on the
Thursday morning spotter shift near
Earleville. The accident was re-
ported in the usual way to head
quarters The watchers however had
no way of knowing whether the
baled out soldier was injured and a
searching party composed of Mrs.
Nelson Armbuster, Mrs. George X.
Bailey, Albert Craig and Chief OBJ
server George X. Bailey spent sew
eral hours in the Knight Island sec
ton and in Back Creek.
While the search was going on
williams took the flyer to Cecilton
where he was picked up by the
authorities at Aberdeen. Two men of
the community searched Back Creek
in boat without finding the man
who had landed on Williams farm.
The plane was located and a guard
of two soldiers who were in the
Cecilton Post section was placed
over the machine which still con-
tanned valuable papers. The identifi-
cation of the baled out pilot was not
disclosed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Thieves Busy I'm Elkton

Burglars on Sunday night broke
through a rear window of the SER
vice station operated by Sherman
Marcus on North Street, Elkton,
and stole four second hand tires
from the tire rack. Approximately
$500 in change was also taken
from the cash register which was
unlocked but nothing else in the sta
ton was touched.
The restaurant Of James Lolas on
West Main Street was burglarized
early Sunday morning by thieves
who stole about 1920 in cash, which
had been left in the cash register.
Entrance was gained to the build
ing by breaking window in the
kitchen.
This makes the third robbery
within the past few weeks, all three
Of the entrances having been gained
in a similar manner.
The superstition is that a gang of
local thieves are at work.
Sheriff David Randolph and his
deputies are working on several
clues.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Wesley Collegiate In
stitute To Reopen

The state capitol will once more
assume the atmosphere of a college
community when the doors of the
former Collegiate Institute are reop
ened September 10, as Wesley Jun
ior College.
Renovations have been in pro-
gress for some months and are rap
idly nearing completion. The new
main entrance facing North State
Street will add note of colonial
charm to the venerable institution
owned by the Wilmington District
of the Methodist Church.
DR.. A. ]. Jackson, president, said
the freshman year only will be Of
fered, pointing out the sophomore
year will be added next year. To
date, some 40 students have regis
terd and the original quota of 60
students is expected to be rachel,
he said.
Founded in 1873 as Wilmington
Conference Academy, the schools
first graduating class two years later
consisted of five students. The only
living member is former Judge Wal
ter A. Powell, historian and author,
who lives on North State Street near
his alma mater.
The years 1906 and 1915 saw the
largest graduating classes, number
ing 35 each. The last class to be
graduated was in 1882, totaling "a
students.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
DEATHS
Mrs. Harriette NJ. Jenness

Mrs. Harriette M. Jenness, aged
Sc years, wife of William T. Jen-
ness, died July 26th at her home
near Colora. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, July 20 in West
Nottingham church with interment
in adjoining cemetery.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two sons, Samuel of West
minister and John of Baltimore.
two brothers, Wilbur w. of Philada.,
and Samuel NJ McCardell of Perry
Point, one sister, Mrs. Joseph d.
Poist, of Philada, two grandchild-
rem
She was a daughter of the late
Samuel and Martha Nesbitt Nc
Cardell.
She was active in church and
club work and had been organist of
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church for some 80 years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Woman Dies
From Injuries

Mrs. Charlotte w. Lowe, nee
Miss Charlotte Warner, of North
East, and wife of Ephriam P. Lowe,
contractor and builder of Will
mington, Del, died in the Delaware
hospital, Wilmington, last Saturday
night, as result of fall down the
back steps at her home the previous
Tuesday evening. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
J. Warner, of North East. Besides
her husband, she is survived by a
daughter, Miss Ruth C. Lowe, son
John Lowe; a sister, Miss Florence
Warner, of Earleville, and broth
er, George Warner, of Lynchburg,
Virginia. The funeral was Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
u. S. o. Workers
Arrive I'm ElktOn

Mr.. John Minister, chairman OF
the Cecil County Defense Council,
announces that through the joint
efforts of the Defense Health and
Welfare Committee of which Mr..
Omar d. Crothers is the chairman,
assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Will
liams, an the Defense Recreation
Committee, headed by Mr.. A. P.
Wheeler, Cecil County has been APP
proved as a defense area where u
S. o. activities will be established
The activities will be under the
sponsorship of the Women's Divi-
sion of the U. S. o. with represent
atives from the National Catholic
Community Service and the Young
Women's Christian Association in
charge. Mrs. Rhoda Sutton, of the
Y. w. G. A. staff, is here and plans
for the establishment of center
in Elkton are already under way.
The center will be known as the U.
S. o. Club where the defense work
ers, both men and women, can meet
for various activities. Provision for
activities for both the defense work
ers and the soldiers from neighbor
ing towns will be made.
Mr.. Minister reports that only
so of the U. S. o. funds are avail
able for work in industrial areas
and that therefore Elkton is very
fortunate to have been included.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION

Miss May Johnson, Pennington,
spent day this past week with Mrs.
Elwood Brown. Several Rising Sun
friends called on her while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Paul Keen and
son Bobby, Perryville, Md, spent
from Sunday to Wednesday of last
week with Rising Sun relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alver Reynolds, In
dianapolis, Ind, are guests of Mrs.
Annie Marshall and Misses Mary and
Stella Reynolds.
Mrs. Alvin Lucas is spending a
few days with her husband at St.
Louis, Missouri.
Miss Dorothy Ryan is spending
her vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Paul Keen, Perryville.
Miss Anne Robertson, Washing
ton, d. c., is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Robertson.
Mrs. Joseph Summerill, Wood
bury, N. j., is visiting Mrs. William
M. Pogue.
Mrs. Harvey W. Ewing enter
tanned the Komrade Klub last
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Thompson,
Bayside, L. Island, were guests last
week of Mrs. Nellie Wagner.
A Mabel Reynolds was the Sun
day guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rey-
nolds, Graystone Manor.
Miss Ruth Biles, with Baltimore
friends, is enjoying a visit to At
lantic City.
Mrs. H. r. Fehr, Jr., is visiting
Mrs. Claude Lerch, Pottstown, Pa.
Mrs. Joseph Cameron is visiting
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ella Cooney was the recent
guest of Mrs. T. N. Hite.
Mrs. Anna Dutton, Media, Pa, is
the guest of Mrs. Annie Morrison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Mrs. Jane A. Tome

Mrs. Jane A. Tome, aged "A years,
widow of the late Harvey Tome,
died July 18th at her home near
Liberty Grove. Funeral services
were held Tuesday July 28th, from
the Tyson Funeral Home, with in
terment in Hopewell cemetery.
She is survived by three sons.
Emerson Of Glen Riddle, Cecil, of
West Grove, and Earl, at home; also
one brother, John Coulson and one
sister Mrs. Esther Tarbert of Port
Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Fires Not Bombs Need
First Attention

If incendiary bombs should start
raining on our cities, the most i'm
portant thing for everyone to re-
member is to give first attention to
the fires that the bombs start, rath-
err than to the bombs themselves,
John B. Centrum, Insurance Com
missioner of Maryland, said in an
interview.
''The purpose of an incendiary
bomb is to start fires" he pointed
out. That's why the magnesium
bomb is constructed SO that it burns
at a very high temperature and also
scatters burning particles, each of
which is capable of causing fire.
These numerous particles will read
lily ignite upholstered furniture, rugs
and draperies in homes as we'll as
equally flammable articles in our
stores and shops. Each of these
separate blazes is potentially a SER
ious fire.
ut is these multiple fires which
should be given first attention. After
they are extinguished, it is time
enough to go to work on the bomb.
Flammable materials, such as wood
en- floors, near the bomb, should be
wet down in the process.
"These facts have been mention
ed by others but they can not be
repeated too often, because in the
excitement of possible raid many of
us will be inclined to overlook the
fundamental fact that the burning
bomb is only one source of destruc-
ton while the shower of sparks il
sends out may start numerous fires. y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31

Corporal Leo Bitner recently was
promoted to Corporal. He is the
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bitner of Port Deposit. Young Bit
ner was indicted in October /, 1941,
and after receiving his basic train
ing at Camp Croft, s. c., was sent to
Camp Dix, N. j. In April of this
year he was promoted to Corporal.
A short time later he was sent over
seas to Northern Ireland. Corp.
Bitner is graduate of Tome School,
Port Deposit.
Rev. J. R. Bicking preached Sun
day morning from the text, Have
not 1 seen Christ Jesus Our Lord?"
At 1880 P. M. Song service pre-
ceeded the sermon from the text,
"And there appeared unto them
Moses and Elias, talking with Him..
Miss Dorothy GRAPHICAL, of Mary
land General Hospital, Baltimore,
has been spending the week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H.
GRAPHICAL, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Winchester
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Shippers
spent Saturday in Baltimore, cele-
brating their wedding anniversary
which was the 18th.
Pvt. Wallace Rowland, who is TAX
ing a course at the officers training
school at Aberdeen, enjoyed Satur-
day and Sunday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rowland.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Fassitt and
Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing visited Mr..
Evans e. Ewing at the Maryland
General Hospital on Tuesday.
Ralph Reed, one day this week,
cut a severe cash in his left hand
while at work on the Cecil Farm
ers' Telephone Lines.
Alver c. Reynolds of Indiana
polls, Indiana, a former resident of
Rising Sun. was visitor here this
week.
Miss Margaret Williams has &C
cepted a position in the Office of the
Wiley Construction Co., under sup
ervision of Mr.. deYoung.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Brown and
Kirk. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Otis Monger
and children spent some time in At
lantic City.
Mrs. VIM. Rea of Woodlawn is a
patient at Maryland General Hos
pitai. Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
Arthur P. Harvey

Arthur P. Harvey, aged SIS years.
died at University Hospital, Balti-
more, Friday July "a.
Funeral services were held from
the home of his daughter in North
East on Monday last. with intsrment
at the Methodist cemetery, North
East.
He is survived by his widow and
one daughter, Mrs. Albert Reed. He
was a member of the Board Of
Town Commissioners of North East
at the time Of his death.