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Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
MocArthur's Air
Warriors Attack
Handful Of American Fighter Planes
Sink Four Japanese Ships; I8 Enemy
Bombers Downed in Another Action

WASHINGTON, March 4. (UP)-Gen. Douglas Mac
Arhurs tiny air force following his surprise assault
last week that smashed enemy advance positions the
battlefront has sunk at least four Japanese ships
in Subic bay in daring attack, the department an
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Allies Desperate
AS Foe Ad dVunceS
On Three Fronts
Nipponese Air Superiority Leaves Isle
Without Protection Against Raiders;
Only Reinforcements Can Save Day
= BY UNITED PRESS =

The japanese a-out battle for Java ragged with fury
Wednesday American, Dutch and British defenders
tried desperately to halt the march of hordes Of invaders
who had control of the air There appeared to be little
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
D AMBLING
X EPORTER

Positive Proof
The big game between the Pitts
burgh Pirates and the san Diego
Padres in the Ell Centro stadium
Tuesday reached a critical point.
Umpire Pat Patterson was the tar
get Of all eyes as one of the Pitts
burgh players knocked a ball over
third base.
Fair beloved Umpire Patter-
son in a voice heard down town.
Far nuthin!" screamed a Negro
sitting high up in the bleachers,
ITS foul. Patterson, he KANT see
nuthin' no time He's blind. cheat
him playin' coon can all time be-
cause he KANT see de cards"
10 Goes Into 18-
Eighteen Boy Scouts of troop II
went on a picnic one day recently.
Among a bewildered quantity OF
foods. the Scouts consumed lC
pounds of Wieners.
A Dogs Life
Go over to 127 New street" Desk
Sergeant T P. Farmer told Officer
Reed Cunningham, there's a mad
dog over there"
Cunningham bustled around and
took off for New street.
In a few moments he radioed
back to Farmer.
Hey" he said, that 81 IA &c y:
mad dog is in the house under the
bed"
well. get it out" Farmer broad
cast calmly. Chief Ronnie VoyleS
and Jack Tackett, however, rushed
to Cunningham'S aid.
When Vo"les and Tackett arrived
at l27 New street. they found Gun
ningham flat on his stomach with
his head thrust under the bed with
the dog. He was giving a perfect
demonstration of a man trying to
swim on dry floor. He was using
the crawl.
Due to the front porch or, in plain
words, the enlarged tummy a la
Cunningham, the bed heaved up
ward as he swan under the bed
toward the dog.
The dog at last was dragged into
the open.
The dog WAS mad. He hadn't
been fed and had retired under
the bed to sulk.
If there had been room, Cum
ningham would have taken his
place.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

Maximum Tuesday 7S, minimum
Wed. As: 5 pm. Tuesday 10, hu-
midity 10; am. Wed. 54, humid
ity So; noon Wed. rs, humidity q.
Los ANGELES NAY
U. S. No. l S24-24.5O; U. S. No. 2
leafy !. V. S22.5O-23.5O; U. S. No. 2
S20-21. Mpls. Sept. Flax S2.35h.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

10 Goes Into 18-
Eighteen Boy Scouts of troop II
went on a picnic one day recently.
Among a bewildered quantity OF
foods. the Scouts consumed lC
rounds of WienerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

El Centro Business Barometer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Cats Sense Of Touch

A French veterinarian, DR.. Thieu-
lin, was the first to study the sense
of sight of the cat, and he considers
it clearly superior to that of the dog
or any other domestic animal. He
points out that the cat can see it's
way at night because the iris of the
eye is distensible, and it possesses
highly developed tactile organs wi
brissae).
It's hearing is very fine, except in
blue-eyed white cats. It's sense of
smell, though developed, is not COM
parable to that of the dog. 1t is the
same with the sense of taste, which
gives to the cat impressions more
sensual than sensorial.
The sense of touch, on the other
hand, is most refined, most exquisite
for in addition to the aforementioned
vibrissae the whole of it's coat re-
acts in the most intense manner to
the slightest touch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Perfume in Ancient Times

Perfume and sweet odors are
prominently mentioned in all history
of man. The first divine command
to Moses in the Bible was to erect
an altar of incense. And always.
perfume has signified something
fine, mysterious, and aristocratic.
Roman men of fashion made use of
a different perfume for each part of
their person, and for each of their
garments. So far did this rage 60
in Rome that horses and dogs were
frequently sprayed with fine per-
fumes. Sweet odors were dispensed
by the most fanciful devices. Doves,
their wings saturated with perfume,
were often turned loose indoors to
f1utter overhead and produce a SUBJ
tie, fragrant odor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
STIR YOUR COFFEE

We Americans are SO used to
having things come easy that we
haven't bothered to save. We have
Int even bothered to stir our coffee.
We put the Jumps of sugar in and
expect the warmth of the coffee to
do the rest. And it doesn't. Nine
times out of ten, there's sugar left
in the bottom of the cup after you've
finished drinking your coffee. We
waste tons of sugar each year, just
because we don't stir.
From now on, we're going to have
a week per person, we'll need to get
all the sweetening value out of our
sugar Jumps. The sugar sacrifices
we're being asked to make aren't
very great. Over in any country of
Europe, twelve ounces of sugar a
week would be considered gener-
Gus ration.
We might have been asked to
make far greater sacrifices. If we
had been wholly dependent on trop-
lCdl OA-SAOlC cOuICCO LII Jul Su6dl
we'd be facing real sugar famine,
according to the United States Beet
Sugar Association. Fortunately,
however, we have sugar grown
right here inside our borders. Most
of this home grown sugar comes
from sugar beets, product identi-
cal in all properties with cane sugar.
Sugar beets are being grown on
approximately million acres in 10
states from Ohio to California, and
manufactured in IS factories. In
1912 the beet sugar industry will
furnish us with 1,750,0OO tons of
sugar. It's easy to figure where we'd
be today without this supply.
Save sugar and stir your coffee,
but don't hoard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Nothing but Learning at
Good Madison College

Every American college and uni
versity is familiar, and sympathet-
ic, with the student who works his,
or her, way through school. But
from one end of the country to an
other there is no other institution
of learning quite like Madison col
lege, at Madison College, Tenn, the
rolling 700-acre campus of which
stretches along the banks of the
Cumberland river.
At good old Madison everybody
buckles down and, literally, works
his way to a "sheepskin. This is
no place for "rah-rah boys" who
look upon campus as a playground
with a side order of books and lee
lures. Nor for girls who have less
yen for picking up a knowledge OF
the arts and sciences than in ac-
quiring social prestige and, posi-
bly,, broad-shouldered boy friend
from the backfield.
Madison college is a self-support-
ing alma mater for self-supporting
students. It's been that since it was
founded in 1904, primarily for young
sters who subscribe to the Seventh
Day Adventist faith. Last season
more than 1000 boys and girls filed
applications to enter the school
which, at the moment, can COM
fortably accommodate about $50
hand-picked students who are will
ing to skip all collegiate high-jinks
and emulate the busy beaver.
Madison wastes no time in play
ing sports, or watching them. It
has no stadium. It hasn't even got
a recreation hall. The pupils are
too busy to recreate. When they're
not plugging away at their books,
or sleeping, they're working to pay
their way-and to make the college
a solvent going concern. They don't
waste time or money on liquor, to-
bacco or card games. Even tea
and coffee are taboo. Condiments
and profanity are strangers to mo-
nastic Madison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
TO PROVIDE FOR FAMILIES OF
ENLISTED MEN

Legislation sponsored by the War
Department to provide for depend
ents of enlisted men in the Army
and Navy has been introduced in
Congress, calling for payments by
the men themselves and by the
Government.
The measure would provide $40
a month for wife and $40 addi-
tional for each child; $35 for one
parent, or $45 for two.
Dependents are divided into two
classes, A and B. In Glass A are
wives and children; in Class B are
parents, grandchildren, brothers and
sisters of the men in service.
The men would be required to
contribute from their pay $40 a
month If they have dependents in
one class and $25 II they have de-
pendents in both classes If they de-
sired to take advantage of the leg
islation.
In addition to these payments,
the dependents would receive al
lowances from the Government on
this monthly scale: wife $40, with
$40 additional for each child; one
child and no wife SIS, with $40
more for each additional child; di-
vorced wife who has been award
ed alimony $40; one parent SIS, two
parents $25; each grandchild, broth
err and sister IS.
Additional payments by the Fed
eral Security Administration would
be authorized in any cases where
it was found that these allowances
were insufficient for actual living
expenses.
The bill would affect all enlisted
men in the Army from the lowest
grade of private up to and includ-
ing the lowest grade of sergeant and
men of equivalent rank in the Navy
and Marine Corps.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Seaport of King Solomon

Archaeology now has substantiated
the broad historical framework of
the Old Testament narrative from
the time of Abraham, according to
DR.. Robert Engberg, director of the
American School for Oriental Re-
search at Jerusalem. He cites the
seaport of King Solomon, mentioned
many times in the Bible. Excava-
tons seem to prove that King Solo
mon was an important iron and cop
per magnate of the ancient world.
DR.. Engberg pointed out in Uni-
versity of Chicago lecture that in
the year 1000 B. c. Egyptians were
familiar with the art of extracting
the square root Of numbers. They
even appear to have known how to
obtain the area of circle by squar-
ing eight ninths of the diameter.
The resulting error from this method
he declared, is only about half of l
per cent. The pig, excavations
prove, was domesticated long be-
fore the horse and the latter long
before the camel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
WILLKIE DEFEATS ISOLATION.
lists In REPUBLICAN TILT

Willkie won. The Republican Ma
tional Committee Is asking it's Con-
gressional candidates in the coming
elections to stand on new platform
"a platform which abandons iso-
lationism and advocates that Amer
lea accept such world responsible
ties as will make another war inn
possible.
That is the immediate effect of
the significant future-peace policy
resolution which the Party's 90-odd
national committeeman from all the
48 states passed unanimously
greatly to their own surprise, at
Chicago, on April 81.
This is a resolution, itself radi-
cal reversal of the voting record of
many Republican senators and rep
resentatives, which was sponsored
and principally drafted by Wendell
L. Willkie.
And it was as plainly unwanted
when Committee sessions began two
days previously as Mr.. Willkie him
self was unwanted as Presidential
candidate when the 1910 Philadel-
phia Convention got underway.
Chicago was like Philadelphia
without the galleries.
Practically none of the regular
organization leaders wanted any
policy resolution; they certainly
didn't want a controversial resolu-
ton, and least of all did they want a
Willkie controversial resolution.
But they took it and it looks to-
day as though they only thought
they didn't want it. On miniature
scale there was even something of a
telegraph and telephone barrage
which few of the committeeman es-
caped-messages from back home,
from rank-and-file Party members,
and from constituents.
This was probably what Mr..
Willkie was referring to when he
expressed appreciation to people
all over the country who worked SO
diligently in the past few days to
secure the adoption of these resolu-
tons"
Admittedly, it appeared to many
of the Republican committeeman
to be risking a dangerous jump
into INFESTED and uninviting waters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
DANGER IN STORED GASOLINE

People who store supplies OF gas
cline ON their premises, fearing that
rationing may make 1t Impossible
for them to obtain as much gas as
thew want in the future, are taxing
a dangerous chance. That highly
important warning has just neen
issued by the Engineering Depart
met of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters.
In the early days of motoring,
gasoline could be bought in special
fve-gallon containers. Today, cans
of that type are not available op-
tainable containers, for the most
part, are not tight. Some are easily
broken. Even when tightly-cap-
ned metal container is employed,
hazard still exists. A hole may be
eaten in the bottom which will al
low slow leakage of the gas. That
leak might not be noticed until
enough explosive vapor had accumu-
lated to cause a disastrous fire.
When gas is stored in basement,
the vapor released can be lgnlted
by the fire in the furnace. Ana
even if the container is both leak
proof and structurally sound, very
great danger arises when the gas
is poured into the car. Many cases
are on record where static electri-
city exploded the vapor--at the cost
of lives.
So--don't store gas in or about
your home. 1t may void your insur-
ance policy. And it could very cas-
lily bring death and disaster to your
family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
CECIL COUNTY DEEDS
RECORDED

Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora
ton to Clarence G. Robinson and
wife. All that parcel of land stu
ate, lying and being in the Fourth
Election District of Cecil Co. Con-
tanning 81 acres, roods and 3s
perches, more or less. $4,000.
Bessie G.. Hartnett, single woman,
to w. Ralph Winchester and wife.
Land in the town of Port Deposit,
Cecil County, Md. $10O.
Thomas Borneman and wife to
Gulf Oil Corporation, corporation.
(Rider). $4,000.
Lewis E. Swackhammer, ct ux.,
to The American Telephone & Tele-
graph Company of Baltimore City.
Land in the Seventh Election Dis
trict of Cecil County. $500.
Clayton w. Bordley, Inc, to Wal
ter Paxton and wife. Land in Cecil
Co. Containing % square perches of
land, more or less. $500.
Mary B. Wenyss, Emily A. Web
ster and Emily A. Webster, Trus-
tee, to Elsie B. Davis. All that tract
or parcel of land situate and lying
on the road from Elkton to Chesa-
peake City In the Third Election
District of Cecil Co. Containing
s.s acres Of land, more or less. $500
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
By Destroying Cattle
Tick Disease Is Checked

That ticks can be the vectors or
transmitters of disease organisms
was demonstrated for the first time
in 1893. Two investigators, Messrs.
T. Smith and F. L. Kilbourne, Of
the United States department of ag-
riculture, discovered that a particu-
lar species of tick in the southern
states was the vector of protozoan
"a single-celled animaD that pro-
duces a serious and often fatal dis
ease in cattle and other domestic
animals in Texas and adjoining
states.
These Texas fever ticks, as they
are called, are single host parasites.
They pass their different stages on
one animal, finally mating and drop
ping to the ground where the fe-
males lay their eggs. AS there is no
successful way of curing the aff1ict-
ed animals, the best method for
checking the disease is to kill the
ticks on their hosts, and to prevent
the parasites from spreading into
other parts of the country by quar-
antine regulations. In this manner
the pests have been greatly re-
duced in number, and the area of
their distribution has been restrict
ed. In Europe other species Of ticks
have been found to be responsible
for disease similar to the Texas or
redwater fever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Patents Applied For

Patents have recently been grant
ed for: A device which rings a bell
or turns on light, warning motor
lists when tires are over or under
inflated. A pair of skis, mounted on
a track (similar to the track on a
crawler tractor), which can be used
successfully when there is no ice or
snow on the ground. A device and
method which can be used by fisher
men for keeping fish fresh until they
reach shore; liquid carbon dioxide,
injected into the fishes stomachs
by means of a special nozzle, ex-
pands within the fish and changes to
a preservative dry ice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
WHAT DOES FREEDOM MEAN?

The Commercial-Appeal of Mem
phis, Tennessee, on February 70,
published a communication from
John C. Sheffield of Helena, Arkan-
sas. He raised some points on which
the public is becoming more critical
each day. In part, he said:
"My son was born while was
in France during the first World
War. Today he is a member OF the
United States Marine Corps. We
know he is somewhere in the Pacific.
We are anxious about him. Thous-
ands of other parents are like us.
zone of my friends who is good
mechanic with family to support,
went to get job in munition
plant. Every day we hear on the
radio and read in the newspapers
that such men are needed to turn
out munitions for the soldiers,
sailors and marines. But this man
was refused job until he could get
a union card. He could not get a
union card because he did not have
money enough to buy one.
"Why can't a free-born American
citizen get job in a plant where
the government needs workers,
without having to pay tribute to a
high-powered labor leader?"
Mr.. Sheffield, you have asked
question that millions of Americans
are asking today. Why can't a man
get a job in an industry producing
war equipment with taxpayers mon
ey, without paying initiation fees
and monthly dues? What answer is
there to that question? How can
such a situation be permitted to
exist in free country? What do
constitutional rights mean when a
man cannot work without paying
private organizations for the priv
ilege?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

War makes heavy demands on
American medicine. Thousands OF
doctors are being called to duty
with the military forces. Tens OF
thousands of doctors are giving a
part of their working time to the
Selective Service Boards and other
military and quasi-military agen-
cies. Workers in arms industries
will work longer hours at strenuous
labors, and will require more medi-
cal attention than was necessary in
peacetime. But, despite all this, ex-
perts in the field are convinced that
American medicine will meet the
crisis with complete success.
That is fine testimonial to our
system of private medicine. No
where else in the world are there SO
many doctors. Nowhere else in the
world has such astonishing pro-
gress been made against the bac-
terial killers. The average Ameri-
can is healthier than the average
citizen of any other country. We
live q longer. happier life. And you
can give American medicine much
of the credit for that.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

worked out sound business prac-
uices are finding it impossible to
supply their old customers, and
trade. Unfortunately many of them
are folding-up. or going out of bus
mess. Just what will happen to their
affairs nobody knows. But every
body cares. And when everybody is
interested such matters are bound to
straighten out thsmselvss--even-
itually.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
THE AMERICAN WAY WILL WIN
BY J. e. Jones

washington, D. c., April 27--De-
liveries of war products from just
one American company totaled
1851, OS4,995 in the first quarter OF
1912, almost five times such deliver
les in the first quarter of 1941 and
more than 100000 above those
for the final quarter of last year.
That sounds like mass production
in earnest but it really is only a
start. This same company reports
that production is going up and
costs to the Government are COM
ing down. That's very reassuring,
especially since 1t comes from a
company like General Motors,
which has undertaken the produc-
ton of more than 10 per cent of our
country's requirement of all war
materials fabricated from metal.
A report just issued Sin the in
terests of keeping the American
people properly informed about the
progress of our war effort" offers
ample evidence that General Motors
is already far enough into the war
production job to have demonstrate
ed that our American production
methods and our American ways of
doing business will outproduce our
Axis enemies.
The company reports price reduc-
tions of many millions of dollars to
the Government on contracts as
lower costs have been achieved,
promising that similar price reduc-
tions will continue to be made as
long as conditions permit the same
aggressive and uninterrupted &C.
ton that has been going on in past
months.
Aother plegde is that 'the entire
General Motors organization-work-
men and management alike--is dedi-
Gated to the single purpose of pro-
ducing more tanks, airplanes, Army
trucks, engines, guns and ammuni-
ton to help win this war"
Surely, the American way will
win!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

The U. S. Senate Banking Com
mittee has approved legislation to
permit the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to take thousands of
unstable cars off the hands of the
nations automobile dealers. Federal
Loan Administrator Jesse Jones in
dorsed the bill, which provides for
purchase of motor cars from retail
ers at cost. plus charges for han
ding, insurance and other over
head.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

Uncle Sam believes in keeping up
the morale of the girls at home,
which is why free postal service is
now being allowed men in the SER
vice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

A "meal-ticket" system of gaso-
line rationing, with average motor
lists allowed from IN to 5 gallons a
week, will be instituted by the Gov
eminent in IL Eastern States and
the District Of Columbia on May
-.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

If toothpaste tubes are really SO
scarce, it might be a good idea to
establish brushing stations where
customers could line UP night and
morning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

Two holdups in week in one
cafe. People ara beginning to ask
for second hslpipss,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

Every time Chairman Dies makes
a report to the House of Represent
atives somebody steps up and tries
to swat him. Vice President Wallace
landed a hard punch on Congress
man Dies this month.
Mr.. Dies and his associates have
uncovered lot of fifth column
nists" on the Administration pay
rolls and exposed them as unfit to
hold Federal offices. This informa-
ton from the Dies Committee has
been a fine public service.
Long before the war began the
Dies COMMITTEES started to hunt up
a lot of "badeggs", --among whom
were some leaders of the youth
movements that were backed by
Mrs. Roosevelt. Dies offended Mrs.
Roosevelt, and the President.
The Dies Committee is a fact
finding group of the House of Rep
resentatives, and it is important to
remember that the House has given
this Committee overwhelming votes
of confidence on several occasions.
Those okehs came from the Demo-
Gratis in Congress--principally be-
cause they believe Dies is helping
to clean house by driving out per-
sons who are hiding in sleeps
clothing. Dies realizes that the way
of reformers is hard--but he never
gives up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Quite A Difference

President Roosevelt forsees two
or three years of war. Heads of the
Russian Government are insisting
on full cooperation, and suggest
that it will be possible to finish
Hitler and Mussolini in 1912. Eng
fish statesmen appear to take mid
die ground between the United
States and Russian spokesman.
The only point of agreement be-
tween Roosevelt, Churchhill and
Stain is that when Hitler is licked
Japan will be unable to continue
which will bring all wars to a
speedy end.