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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Tunisian Port of Bizerte
At Mediterranean Narrows

Geography and modern harbor de-
velopment have made the Tunisian
port of Bizerte one of the most sig
nificant positions along the entire
Mediterranean front. It overlooks
the central Mediterranean ''nar-
rows between Europe and North
Africa; it is only about 100 miles
from Italian Sardinia on the north
west, and $50 miles from Italian
Sicily on the northeast. Moreover,
land and water formation about it
provides conditions that are par
ticularly favorable for its use as a
naval base. Bizerte has, in effect,
three harbors. The outer har-
Dor is artificially protected by jet
ties thrust into the Mediterranean
sea. From it narrow canal leads
inland to the Bay of Sebra, which
in turn opens into Bizerte lake, a
deep, 50-square mile expanse Of
water that offers anchorage for the
largest fleets of battleships, cruis-
ers, submarines, flying boats, and
the rest. Although the canal repre-
sents bottleneck, the lake has the
wartime advantage Of being, at
places, some ten miles from the en-
trance to the port.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
STATES DECLARES
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND

The Board of Directors of South
ern States Cooperative, in session in
Richmond, Va, April 20, declared
semi-annual dividends of ~ and
percent on it's and per cent cum
ulative stock, respectively, and also
declared it's annual dividend of per
cent on common stock, all payable
July 1.
A Postwar Planning committee
to make plans for after-war develop
ments and services to members was
appointed as follows: T. Roy Brook
es, Bel Air, Md, ]. A. Loving, R. F.
D., Richmond, Va, and P. c. Turner,
Partition, Md, from the board, and
General Manager w. G. Wysor, Rich
mond, DR.. G. D. Caskey, Baltimore,
and G. e. Zacharias, Jr., Richmond,
from management.
Mr.. Wysor was authorized to add
to the personnel executive staff so
that they may better study and meet
rapidly changing personnel condi-
tions. He was also instructed to Sc
cure a woman ito take charge of men,
bership relations work with farm wo-
men to develop cooperative pro-
gram of service especially adapted
for their use.
Mr.. Wysor reviewed the coopera-
tive's operations to date and pointed
out that the membership of 141,225
is the greatest in the organization
history.
I'm spite of the shortages of all
kinds, including materials and per-
sonnet and the rapid turnover in
being made in rendering service to
MEMBERS" Mr.. Wysor declared.
The board recommended that the
cooperative hold local annual pat
rons'meetings this summer if travel
and other conditions permit. Most
of last years patrons meetings were
cancelled because of the gas and tire
situation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
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Randolph Field Postman
Kept Busy by Soldiers

! Every time another man takes his
place in Uncle Sans armed forces
the postmen of the nation heave a
sigh and feel an additional twinge
in their overloaded arches.
For the average soldier writes and
receives three times as many let
tiers as he did in civilian life, Au-
thority for that statement is Post
master Fred A. Benedict of RAN
dolph Field, Texas. In the past
year, he says, the per capita vol
ume of mail at the West Point of
the Air has doubled.
Free mail, of course, has encour-
aged Joe Soldiers correspondence
production, and in many instances
has promoted the use of air mail to
the one-and-only. He uses the mon
ey saved on ordinary mail to
streamline his correspondence with
the girl he left behind.
Air mail is quite the style with the
men at Randolph, according to Post
master Benedict. A year ago $50
letters in the air mail bundle was a
good average; now a full pouch is
dispatched. AS matter of fact,
post office business has picked up
to such an extent at the West Point
of the Air that the Office now OPP
crates on a 24-hour basis. In addi-
ton to sending mail out twice daily
by bus, the Office uses three army
trucks to make mail connections
with four daily trains.
mail call still ranks first among
any soldiers events-of-theday,"
Postmaster Benedict says.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Remodeling Property

FILA loans for remodeling to pro-
vide acknowledgement addition
al living quarters for war workers,
may be insured by EVA up to S., 900.
For remodeling oject WPB au-
thorization is necf airy unless the
cost is less than $40, and WPB pri-
ority assistance also is necessary
where the purchase of critical ma
terials is necessary for such re-
modelling projects.
To qualify for loan, a remodel
ing project must be located in an
area where the housing situation for
war workers is critical, and must be
made with view to providing liv-
ing accommodations for war work
ers. Applicant for loan must certi-
fly to the bank or other private lend
ing institution that for 60 days after
his project is completed he will give
first call for occupancy to war work
ers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
MRS. HENRIETTA 8. LODGE

Mrs. Henrietta Stephens Lodge,
aged u years, widow of the late
Richard H. Lodge, Jr., of Elkton. and
Wilmington, Del, died at the Order
of Eastern Star Home, in German
town, Philadelphia, April 80. Mrs.
Lodge was born at Fredericktowns
this county, the family moving to
Elkton when she was quite young
girl. She is survived by one brother,
William Stephens, of Elkton, and
three nieces, Mrs. Hugh Stephenson
and Miss Marion Strickland, of Will
mington, Del, and Miss Jane Ste
phens, of Elkton. Mrs. Lodge gradu-
ated from the Homeopathic hospital
School of Nursing, now the Memoir
ial hospital, Wilmington, the class Of
1893 and for several years was a
registered nurse of that city. She
moved to Philadelphia after her mars
riage. Funeral services were held
May 4. Interment in Elkton ceme-
terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
When Guilds Controlled Production

The jewelry and musical instru-
ments industries at Pforzheim, Ger
many, developed when guilds con-
trolled production. Manufacture of
jewelry there had its origin in the
Black Forest guild of lapidaries-
workers in precious stones-whose
heyday was in the 18th century. Mu-
steal instrument making developed
slowly from wood carving. The In
dustry House, popular with tourists,
is headquarters for a permanent ex-
hibit of the varied craft Of over
500 jewelry manufacturers. Pforz-
helm was once Roman settlement,
Porta Hercinia, meaning Gate Of
the Hercinian Forest. It's most an
cient landmark is the Castle church,
dating from the 18th century. The
church Is divided into separate
places Of worship for Roman Catho-
lies and Lutherans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

u. S. Becoming Have Not;
Department Is Suggested

Because the United States Is rap
idly becoming "have not" in its
critical mineral reserves, federal
department of mineral industries to
coordinate the activities of produc-
ton, utilization, and conservation OF
our mineral supply was urged re-
Gently by Dean Edward Steidle of the
school Of mineral industries at the
Pennsylvania State college.
At present there is no centralized
department for mineral industries in
the federal government, he stated.
This Important field is broken up
and relegated to various bureaus in
different departments.
Standardized federal and state
mining laws are needed to conserve
our critical Minerals" he said.
Lack of adequate stocks Of miner
ais is due to the haphazard explora-
ton and development of our mineral
deposits which have been wasted
frequently for want of such unified
legislation" he added.
"The public has complacently ac-
cepted what appears to- be an in
exhaustible supply of mineral prod
ucts until we were rudely awak-
ened by war priorities, and we SIM
ply fail to recognize the role that
minerals now play in modern indus
try, how important they are in the
maintenance of American standards
of living, or that the United States
is not endowed with many so-called
critical minerals" Dean Steidle re-
minded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Message to Str0zdas

Lieut.. Alfred P. Strozdas, special
services officer at Camp Roberts,
Calf, recently received a letter
postmarked April 8, 1912. Mailed by
q former fellow-soldier from Some
where in Ireland last spring, the let
ter went first to Ft. Benning, Ca,
but Lieutenant Strozdas didn't live
there any more. The second try sent
it to Council Bluffs, Iowa, but the
lieutenant was at Sioux City in
stead. Back once more to the
writer shuttled the letter-without-a-
country. Finally the dismayed cor
respondent ran into mutual friend
who knew the correct address, and
the long-traveled missive was at last
delivered, after crossing submarine
infested Atlantic waters five times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Haiti Helps America

Increased production OF sisal IN
Haiti for the United States market is
helping replace former supply
sources in the Far East and at the
same time provide welcome source
of foreign exchange to help Offset
loss of European markets for coffee,
sugar and cotton. The department
of commerce reports Haitian exports
of sisal more than doubled in the
last few years, rising from about
12,500,O00 pounds in the 1886 crop
year to 25,535, 900 pounds last sea-
son. The strategic. importance of
sisal for war uses has increased with
naval and merchant marine demand
for ropes and twines, made in large
part from sisal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
A Tribute From Secretary Knox

'"The importance of ships in win
ming our ultimate victory and in
maintaining the peace and prosperi-
ty Of the postwar era cannot be I'M
derestimated The performance
Of American-built navy and mer-
chant marine vessels, operating I'm
der most difficult conditions, is a
proud chapter in our history of this
global conflict. These ships have
character; they have been soundly
constructed" Secretary of the Ma
Wy Knox.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

In Algeria, French North African
colony where American armedforces
landed, other American fighting men
defeated Algerian pirates a century
and quarter ago. But this was not
accomplished until Uncle Sam had
paid heavy tribute to the Barbary
pirates who once controlled the sea
lanes of the Mediterranean. In 1895
this nation paid the pirates, whose
headquarters was in Algiers, $685.
600. Three years later the tribute
was four warships. Tired Of this
''shakedown," the United States
navy sailed into African waters in
1915 and won q decisive victory
against them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Proper Paint Colors Improve Light

Proper Paint Colors Improve Light
Federal Housing administration
currently cites some findings of q
recent convention of lighting experts
who have found that by means of a
scientific use of color, it is practical
to increase the illumination from
most light systems 100 per cent
without any change in lighting equip
ment or any increase in wattage, by
proper painting. They recommend
ed these simple steps:
Refinish the ceiling with a high
grade white or light ivory paint, pref
erably having an eggshen finish.
Refinish the sidewalks with a
slightly darker paint such as light
green, with IS per cent reflection.
Refinish all horizontal surfaces
benches, chairs, tables, floors, in O
paint of at least 40 per cent refiec-
ton factor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
MYSTERIES OF THE SEA
THAT DEFY SOLUTION

Ships leave port never to be heard
from again Read about some of
these strange mysteries of the sea
that have never been solved. Look for
this special feature in the May 30th
issue of
The American Weekly
The Big Magazine Distributed With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Ask Your. Dealer To Reserve Your
Copy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Three Ten-rhousandshs Of am Inch

Axis sub commanders know that
q Liberty ship can turn on dime
maybe it's because the final ma
Ginning of the steel pinions which
help drive these great merchant
ships through the seas must be &C
curate to three ten-thousandths Of
an network which is often done
in air conditioned rooms where the
temperature cannot vary more than
four degrees. This prevents expan-
sion or contraction due to variations
In temperature. Just another rea-
son these ships are goodi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
X X
MAatHoA H1sx NsM
WAR BONDS
y y

Down in the Solomons and on the
African coasts the Crocodile Boat or
tank lighter played a most impor-
tant role in landing our invasion ar
mics. These self-propelled, light :.
fast boats haul tanks, artillery and
other equipment from the big ships
off-shore to the beach heads.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

Ssisnce has rayon window screens
ready for use when the war is over.
First indications there are going to
be dies in the millennium.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

Gun fighting men are doing
their share. Here at home
the least we can do Is put 1929
Of our income in War Bonds
for our share In America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

Easter lilies were in short supply,
but we understand it's more fashion-
able to give potatoes this Zeags
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

In this corner, Elmer Davis: In the
other. Fighting Bill Jeffsrss Ladies
and gentlemen. you cannot afford to
miss the end Of this scrapl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

If fresh fish are rationed the fellow
who catches his own can use the cou-
nons for bait.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

We need more and more of them,
for they are essential to the success
full operation of the war. They are
made In several sizes from small
fifty-footers, costing about $1,000 to
the big 500-tonners costing around
$37, 900. Your purchase of War
Bonds every payday will help pay
for them. u.s.. Treasury Departments
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

Jap military critic scores United
States strategy. Too much hit and not
enough run?
He who fights and runs away en-
ables the other fellow to win In a
walk.
Wee. Mussolini shouldn't have in
vited the Germans to North Africa if
he couldn,t furnish suitable accom-
nodations fog them,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Making the Pacific an American
lake will be. rather hard on our Great
Lakes.

IF the Government succeeds in
keeping the prices down the people
viii do their part BY, keeping the
feed dowp,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
Allied Air Forces Razing Nazi Roof

north of Naples, the enemy de
tenders should become even more
groggy.
Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson says Germany's p e
losses have exceeded her produc-
ton since July, but he adds that
the LuftWaffe is putting up an ever
sitter fight for it's homeland. This
means more and more American,
bomber production to match and
outmatch the enemy fighter out
put. The battle of Germany is by
no means won, or close to being
won. While winter will add to the
hours for night bombing, it will
bring gales and SHOWS. Threatened
Allied military setbacks, as at Sa
lerno, may require the diversion
of bombers to other war theaters.
Germany's research men may yet
hit upon an effective answer to the
four motored American bomber.
Undaunted by these possibilities
General Arnold and his men will
be striving, in the weeks ahead,
to amass the aerial armadas nee
essary for the ''methodical de-
struction'' of Germany's power
Christian Science, Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
Equalling Clipper Days

Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery. who re-
Gently returned from London where he attend
ed maritime conferences, was asked by an
nquisitive reporter lat Washington if any one
in the British capital inquired what the United
States intends to do with it's SHIPS after the
war. Admiral Vickery, who is vice chairman
of the United States Maritime Commission,
and blunt by nature and training, replied that
the query was made and that he answered
this nation intends to become maritime DOW
err, whether or not England cooperates, st told
them we would do it by cooperation, but if
they didn't want to cooperate we'd do it any,
how
Obviously the British have had an eve on
postwar commerce as we'll as their war needs.
Admiral Vickery said that they have conferred
their activities upon construction of large and
fast ships which could engage in commercial
competition after the war-a program in strik-
ing contrast with ours which has placed the
emphasis on such emergency vessels as the
Liberty ships. But he added that our overall
program is so much greater than England's
that we are producing about ten times as
many ships, even of the 'competitive'' type
What we like most about Admiral Vickery's
frankness in London is that it presages an era
of maritime activity when peace has return
ed. If he is an authentic prophet this nation
can again assume the equivalent position on
the seas that it occupied in the good old clip
per days, when our ships out of Salem and
BOSTON and New York and PhiIade1noi, avid
Charleston outran the commercial fleets of
other nations and carried greater cargoes to
and from far markets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
Mothers Chief Task

1t is a long time since we heard any one
quote the once-famous line: ''The hand that
rocks the cradle rules the world" Maybe
it's because cradles went out of style years
ago and mothers began to fondle their babies
only at feeding time. But the forgotten line
is no less true now than when it was remem-
bered
The destiny of the world is literally in the
hands of the mothers, and whether that des-
tiny shall be high one or despicable de-
ponds upon the influence they exercise on
their offspring from birth through the inn
questionable period of adolescence.
How much blame may be placed upon to-
days mothers for the increase in juvenile de-
hnquency is not easily to be determined But
there have been innumerable cases in juvenile
courts throughout the land where evidence
has been produced to show that children, ordi-
narlly well-behaved, have become hayward
when their mothers accepted work which kept
them away from home all day and the young
sters have lacked the guidance which is their
due. Left to their own devices and being nor
mally mlschlevous, it has not been hard for
them to advance from pranks to crime
This is why news that women are deserving
industrial jobs in herds is not as tragic as
some believe. Ii large percentage of them
are mothers of young children they are taking
wise step, despite their desertion of shop
and factory is said to be adversely affecting
production.
War output could be maintained at or above
par II adequate revisions in manpower distri.
button were undertaken. There are enough
men in the United States to staff war indus.
tries and fill the rosters of the armed forces
Or, it not quite enough, recruits among non.
mothers could fill all gaps in industry.
The need is for revamping of the manpowe1
program, and that need is pressing. The
1notners are more needed at home than any
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
Marauders Effective

American marauders based in Britain have
conclusively demonstrated that German fight
er units can be forced to abandon airdromes.
It has happened in western France and the
Low Countries. This is the word of the Maui
raider force commander, Colonel Samuel An
derson of Greensboro, N. c.
This leader has teamed up with Raj Spit
fires to give the Allies a powerful bombing
arm which, for all we civilians know, may be
beating an invasion path across the channel
However that may be, they have forced the
enemy to evacuate many advanced key fight
er bases and have disrupted service at others
which had served as springboards for defense
against heavy Allied bombers.
Colonel Anderson announced the other day
at U. S. medium bomber station in Britain
that ''the efficiency of the German opera
tional units has been appreciably lowered by
our steady bombing, which is keeping them
on the rum The effectiveness of the cam
paign is not reflected particularly in the bomb
ing of landing fields, which, as Colonel An
derson points out, can be repaired, but by
Wrecl1ing permanent Observation-Disclosures
hangers, machine shops and radio-control ia
cilities. Within the week three enemy air.
fields were written off the Marauder target
list
Is 1t too much to expect, If this can be
done across the English Channel, might it not
also be done to German air bases in the faith
erland as soon as Allied bases can be occupied
on Corsica and sufficient planes of the Maura.
der type assembled? The distance is greater
to be sure, but much of Germany would thus
be brought within safe cruising range.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
The Legion Program

The new national commander of the Amer-
can Legion, Warren H. Atherton of Stockton.
California, announces that the organization
endorses a strong preparedness program in
years to come and favors one-year compul-
sorry military training for men and voluntary
training for women. The Legion also en-
dorses postwar collaboration with the other
powers now fighting the Axis and believes
I'VE should retain and maintain all naval and
air bases necessary for the protection of our
nation and its commerce.
With such program, coupled with its es-
tablished program of Americanism-first last
and always-the American Legion bids fair to
extend and expand its usefulness far beyond
its past excellent performance.
Now that its rosters are open to veterans
of this war, $4,000 of whom have already
Joined it's ranks, it is expected that during
the present membership campaign the hon.
orably discharged service men in this vicinity
will identify themselves with Wilmington Post
No. 10 and so take a helpful part in its &C
. txi1iAR
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10

against each other in the air. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, Chief of t h e
Army Air Forces, says German
researchers are working n 6 h t
and day on inventions to knock
our Fortresses from h e sky"
They fear that Germany is DOOM
ed if they fail. They have installed
rocket launchers on NaZi planes,
which have been rather effective
in lobbing rockets against the For
tress formations.
But every weapon has Its coun-
ter-weapon, and one simple Amer
lean remedy has been to accom-
pany the big bombers all the way
to their targets with the redoubta-
BILE PAT Thunderbolts, equipped
with extra mileage belly tanks;
these have been effective in keep
ing Nazi fighters at a respectable
distance.
simultaneously, the planning OF
bomber raids is developing into a
major matching of wits. 1t is no
secret that American air chiefs
use something very much like foot
ball strategy at times, with end
runs, hidden-ball plays and delay
ed bucks to confuse the enemy
and catch his fighter squadrons
off guard.
The American raid on Frankfurt
this week is believed to be case
in point. In this instance, while
the Forts" were roaring toward
Frankfurt, Liberator bombers went
out in diversionary operations over
the North Sea. The Allied one.
two punch, with the Raj an
American air forces hitting the
same target in quick succession
in 24-hour period, has likewise
been effective in disorganizing en-.
envy defenses. These tactics be-
come more possible as the air
fleets increase in size-the Ameri-
can Eighth Air Force has grown
$50 per cent since May 1. Wher
the bombers begin to come In from
over, the Alps from the italian
bases now won at Foggia a n d