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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
CALIFORNIA; Ordinance
Preventing sShacktowns'

California cities and counties are
using two types of ordinances to pre-
vent trailer camps and auto courts
from degenerating into shack
towns"
The homes-on-wheels, which shell
ter many war workers and migrant
crop pickers, must come up to GER
tain standards in at least rs cities
and eight counties of the state which
have adopted the model ordi-
nances, prepared by the state divi-
sion of immigration and housing.
Other municipalities have adopted
variations of the models.
The model ordinance, controlling
trailer camps and tent spaces in in
corporated cities was first adopted
by Banning in 1885 and now is in
force in Is cities including Santa
Ana, Marysville and Vallejo. To con-
troll unincorporated areas, an ordi-
nance regulating auto and house
COURTS and camp spaces and prohib-
iting squatter camps has been adopt
ed by eight counties, including Ven
tura, Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo, just north of Los Angeles.
Features of the city trailer camp
ordinance are as follows: The city
planning commissioner if there is
none, the building or health depart
ment-must approve the location of
a trailer camp site after public hear
ings, and the city council grants the
application for permit. House trail
ers must be eight feet apart, and
eight feet from any lot line, the
grounds kept drained, sanitary and
lighted, and water supply from fau-
Gets provided. Trailers must not be
fixed permanently to the ground.
Separate toilet facilities for men and
women are specified, one to every
ten tents, camp cars or trailers,
along with bathing facilities and hot
and cold water. Refuse and sewage
disposal facilities must be provided.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
Iraa Aids Allies

Iraq's declaration of war against
the Axis adds to the United Nations
resources the worlds eighth largest
oil-producing area. In the year of
the boy kings birth in 1885 the pipe
line from Kirkuk southwestward to
the Mediterranean port of Haifa.
Palestine, was completed. It stimu.
lated production in Iraq's fields from
Mosul to Kirkuk. The kingdom be-
came eighth largest oil-producing ma
ton, with an annual crude flow of
more than 30 million barrels. Pro-
duction has been greatly reduced
since September, 1889, because of
disruption of normal distribution
routes, but the pipe line to Haifa still
is life line for the British feet in
the Mediterranean. Alphabetically.
Iraq's future depends on irrigation
projects. The fertile Garden of Eden
spreads between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers northwest from
Bagdad. Canals from a new Eu-
pirates dam now irrigate the land
Of Adam and Eve, while railroad
trains 60 swishing through. Barley
and wheat are normally exported to
Britain. From the palm gardens
around Basra, port city on the Tigris
near the Persian gulf, the world
normally buys five-sixths of all its
dates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
A LIVELY GHOST

The pay-as-you-go tax plan just
naturally doesn't die. Apparently
the backfire from taxpayers over the
country has been terrific since the
bill was shelved by the House
A letter to the Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee has just
been published and expresses ideas
that seem to be general over the
country. In part, it says:
Sentiment throughout the coun-
try, as demonstrated beyond doubt,
is behind such plan and Congress
must eventually so recognize"
Commenting, the Wall Street
Journal says: "The country wants
to pay its Federal taxes as it goes,
and will do that sooner or later. I'm
til the issue is settled, 100000
citizens will be harassed by uncer-
tainty about their tax obligations.
since the rate of withholding as
well as the date Of it's beginning,
both remain to be fixed by law"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
Army Getting Many New
Officers From Its Ranks

According to a war department
announcement, about one-third OF
the officers of the army of the United
States are graduates of Officer Can
didate schools, which means that
they won their commissions after
service in the ranks. Almost one
half are from the national guard
and the organized reserves, and the
remainder are former officers of the
regular army and men appointed
from civilian life because of special
skills.
The commissions granted directly
from civil life were chiefly in the
medical department, the judge adj
vocate generals department, the
corps of engineers, the ordnance de-
partment, the signal corps and the
army air forces. Many of these Of
ficers were top-bracket men in their
civilian professions commissioned
for duty in highly specialized posi-
tons.
The recently announced policy of
filing future officer requirements al
most entirely through Officer Can
didate schools, the department said,
was made possible by the outstand-
ing success of this democratic sys-
tenn. Reports from training camps
and maneuvers, and from the ulti-
mate test of the battlefield, have
emphasized the qualities Of leader
ship displayed by officers who came
up from the ranks through these
schools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
FOOD GOALS In PICTURES

u. S. farmers this season face the
greatest demand for food the world
has ever seen. Reducing astronomi-
cal figures to units that may fit the
Imagination better, a U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture statistician has
made the following calculations on
some of the goals:
Enough eggs to fill 30S,000 sacks
of egg cases as high as the Washing
ton monument
Enough cattle and calves fol-
slaughter to make a double line
around the world at the Equator,
and enough milk to fill strip OF
quart milk bottles 200 feet wide
along all the Nations coast lines.
Enough hogs to fill train of live
stock cars. reaching from New York
to San Francisco, back to New York
and back again to San Francisco.
Enough peanuts to fill more than
$4,000 railroad tank cars with pea
nut oil.
Enough sheep and lambs fol-
slaughter to keep man counting
one second, s hours night, for "a
months. And lots more!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
VICTORY VEGETABLES NEED
SPACE
SPACE

Victory gardeners lacking exper-
fence in vegetable growing will find
it particularly helpful to consult
with experienced neighbors in re-
gard to the spacing of rows and the
thinning of the plants in the rows,
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
suggests. Spacing and thinning de-
pend on: (1) the crops grown, (2)
on the space to be gardened, 60 on
soil fertility, and ca on the time
available for cultivation.
In a small garden where time for
cultivation will be ample, some of
the garden crops can be grown in
rows not more than foot apart
for hoe cultivation and wedding.
This is closer than is practical in
larger garden where wheel tool Gull
tivation saves time.
Fertile soil in a small garden
might supply plant food for closely
spaced rows, but plants will grow
larger in fertile soil and should
have room to grow. Fewer plants
growing freely will almost always
yield more than greater number
of overcrowded plants. 1t pays to al
low space for full development, and
this is where the advice of an ex-
perlenced neighbor is helpful to the
beginner.
Many beginners plant seed too
thick in the row and hate to be ruth
less, and thin thoroughly when
plants begin to crowd. 1t is just as
important that plants should have
the right amount of space in the
row as it is to have space enough be-
tween rows.
With lettuce, onions, and radish-
es, the first plants to grow to eating
size will be drawn and so help thin
the remainder. With early beets and
turnips. too, trimmings for greens
can be used in the kitchen until the
remaining plants have space to grow
to full size, Gardeners should in
sure good crops OF the later vegetah-
les by thinning enough to avoid
overcrowding. Either pull and dds
card surplus plants, or transplant
them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

They are mobile, mounted on au-
tomobile tires and can be rapidly
whisked from place to place. Your
purchase of War Bonds will help
pay the cost of these field pieces so
necessary for our Army in this War.
Join the Payroll Savings Plan at
your office or factory and let's "Top
that ten percent by investing at
least ten percent of your income in
War Bonds. U. S. Treasury Department
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

Considering the outcome of its
long weeks of legislative labor on
the tax bill, It would seem that the
House ought to be investigated by
Senate committee.
Is Finland being threatened with
U. S. refusal to accept payment of its
debts2
Hitler sends SIS corps to North
Africa. It Ia our job Ito put an O In
bstNssA these lstteye
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
DOGS OF WAR

Mark Antony pictured the muir
dered julius Caesars spirit return
ing with Vengeance at his side, to
Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs
of war;"
Those were figurative dogs, but
they have remained proverbial. In
the present war we have the real
thing-hundreds of thousands of
them. They are fighting against us,
and they are fighting for us, and on
battlefields, in camps, along sea
coasts, about factories and over
snow they have proved themselves
effective, canny fighters.
Like many other innovations in
modren warfare, the use of trained
dogs seems to have started with the
Germans. In the first World War
both the Germans and the French
used them extensively. A start was
made to train them in the United
States, but only ones to work with
American troops on the field were
borrowed.
When the Germans started pre-
pairing for the present war they also
began training dogs for it, and the
number they had already has been
estimated from 100000 to 100000.
They were also reported to have
contributed $4,000 to the Japan
ese, after Pearl Harbor, and these
dogs are believed to be largely re-
sponsible for the astonishing success
of the Japanese in jungle fighting
against the British and Dutch. Mel
Their Americans nor British had any
dogs in training, but the Russians
had them ready when needed-100,-
900 of them.
Along tie Atlantic coast (where
German saboteurs have slipped
ashore) there go patrols every night
consisting of two Coast Guardsmen
and one German shepherd dog. The
dog, in the dark can detect the pres
ence of a stranger 200 yards away,
and with a low growl and rising
hackles he warns his handlers and
shows them where to find the in
truder. One man and one dog are
said to be equivalent to seven men
without a dog in this shore duty.
The German shepherd appears to be
the favorite for this work and there
are said to be 5000 of them now
helping to guard the vital shore line
of Hawaii.
Dogs guard ports, forts, motor
bases, Qnartermaster depots, war
plants and parked cars. They scodt
of leash; they traill spies or sabo-
tehrs; they attack fiercely when so
ordered, and they guard prisoners
while the captor seeks aid or con-
veyance. They swim streams; they
detect the camouflaged enemy;
they are not afraid of gunshots and
explosions; and they never cover
or run for cover. They run low to
the ground and make difficult tar
get, especially the smaller ones, and
they never accept food from any
one but their mastres.
There are only few thousands
of these canine troopers working
with the American forces today, but
the goal has been set at $4,000
needed, and they are coming in sat
isfactorily. They are being trained
at Army posts in Virginia, Nebras-
ka, Montana, California, and ~Ha-
wall. When they graduate" they
are enrolled in the K-9 Command.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
Aid to Enemy

"Any American who wilfully
neglects to pay his taxes on
time or to invest every cent he
can in War Bonds is surely CIV
ing aid and comfort to the
enemy We nave job to
do and we are all called for
service to our country. Our
dollars are called to service
too. Let US all ask ourselves,
Shall we be more tender with
our dollars than with the lives
Of our sons?'" - Secretary
Morgenthau.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
X Y
NAetgoss Buy WiM
WAR BINDS
- ~

Uncle Sans lighter 37-millimeter
anti-tank guns are dubbed "tank
killers" They are attached to the
infantry, not the field artillery, and
cost approximately $4,000 each. They
have proved particularly effective
in anti-tank warfare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

Credit is due largely to the oil in
dustry for keeping pleasure cars on
the road. 1t spearheaded campaign
which collected nearly half million
tons of scrap rubber A million men
and women of the oil business, to-
getber with the indnstry's trucks
and 10000 filing stations, did the
Job
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

Matches and soap are looked upon
as gold by the Russians. We have a
good chance to increase the yellow
metal at Fort Knox.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

Washington correspondents OBJ
ject to being frozen out of the Uni
tee Nations conference on food.
They're hungry ter asws If 4.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14

Washington suggests the possibil-
ity of more ration books. Would like
to keep a few chickens coming home
to roost.
1here'll be no rationing of ice,
and it's great comfort that there's
at least one thing that won't be
frozen.
Rome says its army is decimated,
but will light to the last man. Shall
We say Qati) I've seatamipassaS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
FREIGHT BY FLIGHT
J. e. Jones

Washington, D. c., May 1O-A year
ago the handling of the "air cargo"
was in the trial stages. Air ships
were increasing their loads of mail,
express and freight, and the growth
of the freight by fight" was al
most unbelievable. But now the fig
ures are added and reported. The air
lines increased their cargoes 1897
in 1912 over 1941.
The domestic air lines carried a
total of 4O,1O1,657 pounds of ex-
press and flew 40, 096, 554 8 s
pounds of mail. The revenue passen-
ger miles flown in 1912 were 1,398,-
042,146.
The air lines under contract with
the armed forces, are engaged in
transport services to the principal
battle fronts of the world-men and
boys from your own locality.
1.-THE Ever-Normal PocketboOk"
When the United States went to
war the volume of consumers short
term debts had reached high rec
ord of 81 billion dollars jump of
a billion dollars over the previous
year. Shortly after the beginning
of the war restrictions were placed
ON installment buying. all the way
from furniture and store goods to
automobiles and buying home.
Drastic restrictions have put crimps
in installment credits New debts
have been spaced so they can be
paid in small sums.
Mortgages have been paid off to
an unusual degree since the begin
ming of the war. Debts have been
reduced. The Office of War Informa-
tiop says it "helps to maintain the
ever normal pocketbook." More
than that these limitations of credit
may serve to impress the people of
our country to bridge the gap be-
tween war and peace.
Fourth Term Thinking
Washington is like all other cities
that are interested in the talk of a
fourth term for President Roose-
welt. The majorities of the popula-
lions seem to think that ROOSEVELT
will again be the candidate of his
party. An old Pennsylvania proverb
declared that mo one can be hang
I'd for thinking" The people change
their line of thinking" on very
short notice, especially in war time.
they may think differently in 1914
from the way they think in this year
Of 1913. In fact Oscar Wilde once
mentioned the fact that thinking
is unhealthy, land people die of it
just as they die of any other dis
ease"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
Ability To Pay

There is no reason whatever for
regarding the current theory and
practice of income taxation as above
criticism or improvement, and it is
impossible to understand how the
Administration and Congress could
have pride of authorship in the OBJ
scure, confused, complicated docu-
nent which is known as the income
tax law. That is the opinion of Har-
ley L. Lutz, professor of Public FL
nance of Princeton University, who
also observes in the current issue of
Tax Review, that lone of these the
cries, namely ability to pay, has
been extremely influential in the
sharing of income tax policy" and
yet, he adds, sit is far from. correct
ly understood or accurately APP
Piled"
1t takes University professor to
work out all the answers in an inter-
esting but prolix analysis of tax
alton. Indeed" he observes with a
perfect Princeton flourish, those
who regard the existing system as
a perfect example of taxation ac-
cording to ability invariably believe
that the system has this virtue be-
cause of the progressive feature. In
the current Interpretation, ability
taxation means progressive taEa-
ton, and to the question as to why
progression is necessary, the ina
cent answer is given that it means
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-14
Name And Nickname

There is a big issue in Washing
ton which the two big political par
ties will fight battle over in the
next few weeks For more than half
a century it was called the ''protec-
tive tariff'-now it is called by it's
nickname, trade treaties" Examine
the two, and remember that shifts
in politics like roses on bush al
ways smell the same, no matter
what you call them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
II Japs Arrested
For Alien Camp Riots

MANZANAR. Cal. Feb. 20
.(UP).-AuthoritieS today held II
japanese suspected of causing the
riots December at the Man
lamar relocation center in which
one man was killed and nine
injured.
The II We're in addition 90 TO
others who were removed from
the camp some time ago and trans
ferred 10 camp at Moab. Utah.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Credit Union Aides
To Confer Monday

A meeting of the officials of
state and federal chartered credit
unions in this area will be held
Monday at 8 p. m. in the Northern
High School, according to o. I.
King, examiner for the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
This meeting is intended to give
'treasurers and other key officials
of the Us Detroit credit unions
opportunity 10 exchange ideas on
time-saving methods of operation
and ways and means of improving
service during wartimeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Marine, IS, Missing
In Action, Parents Told

Mr.. and Mrs. ALBERT Thrasher
of 1853 Campbell avenue today
were notified by the war depart
ment that their son. Marine Pvt.
John r. T'hrasher, 49, was missing
in action i'm the Southwest Pacific.
Private ThraSher. graduate OF
Holy Redeemer High School, was
an automobile mechanic before en-
listing in January 1912. He was
sent ONcrSeaS last June.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

land avenue. highland Park; Paul
II. UO) Ritzman, 20 Waverly
street. Highland Park; Erwin
Elmer Schram, Grand Rapids;
Charles Anthony Schultz, 5003 JOY
road, Detroit: John Thomas Soup
holm. 17lS6 RoSelawn avenue. De-
troit; Paul Steven splitter. 266S
Clements street. Detroit; Robert
Roy stone, 221l North Madison.
Saginaw; George Riterd Walt, DIS
West North street, Lansing: Dan
Charles Wendell, 1913 Sherman
street, Grand Rapids; Robert Ed
ward Zadra. 500 FoSs street, Sault
Ste. Marie; Charles David Took,
l574S Rutherford avenue, Detroit.
Pvt. T. II. McGraw. 1920 East
Jefferson avenue, Crosse Pointe,
has qualified as a SharpShooter
with the 80 caliber rifle during
operations of a recruit training
platoon at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Recon tly commissioned at
Turner Field. Ca, were 1t. Ed
ward Allen, 11325 forrer avenue.
and Second 1t. John r.. McLauch-
len Jr., S98 Lothrop avenue. They
completed their advanced flying
training and received their wings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Moon Blacks Out;
Next Eclipse in 1915

NEW YORK. Feb. 20 GNS).-
The moon conducted its own
"blackout test" early today. There
won't be another until 1915.
Going into eclipse shortly after
midnight, the lunar globe was II
per cent obliterated by the earth's
shadow at $50 a. m. BY 3.13 a. m.
the last trace of shadow disap-
peared from its rim.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
PREMIER Fate Sfaked
on Canada Draft Law

OTTAWA. Feb. 20 INS).-
Canada's contested CONSUMPTION
law. which was passed only after
much wrangling. today again was
due for parliamentary discussion.
on the outcome hinged the con-
tinuation OF the government of
Prime Minister w. l.. Mackenzie
King who termed insistence Of
lengthy debate on revocation Of
the mobilization law a vote of no
confidence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

Second Its. Harry n. Ciapp,
1f225f Keystone avenue; Robert X.
Joseph. 1907 Wisconsin avenue.
Detroit; William Il. Graham, 1713
Greenieaf drive, Royal Oak
George williams, 1918 Me n d
street, Dearborn. Fort Knox gun
merry school - Cpls. George ID.
Blackwell. ga Reed place, Detroit f;
Jacob l.. Sikkelee, 1885 Brohl
avenue, RoSeviile. Navy Pier, Ill,
training school-Max r. Selbin.
1850 Montgomery avenue. and
John r. Kelly, 1444S Flanders ave-
nue., aviation machinists' mates,
third class.
WAVES Naval training school,
Cedar Falls, Ia. Gladys c. Eschen-
bach, 1922 Marlborough avenue;
Lillian l.. Bettman, 1887 Taylor
avenue: Ruth NJ. Alverson, 1874
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

Stoner. Detroit, Elgin Field. Fla.
Pres. Nathan VI Setter. 2i77 Glen
da4e-avenHc. and David y. Jones,
1857 Hamilton avenue. Sellrldgc
Field. Pvt. Nathan Yo>cOVitz, 32Sl
Leslie avenue. StinSon Field, Tex,
To teChnicianS. fifth grade Noel
n. HensIey. 44l7 Second boule-
ward. Edgewood Arsenal; Lester
r. BOody. los East Bethune ave-
nue.. Fort Knox. Ky.
Graduating at various army and
navy schools are
Roswell, \, NJ. army flying
school-Charles +. Wcnzel. 1913
North Campbell avenue; Billy j.
MelliHgeF l914S Gfeenlawn ave-
nue.. Fort Benning. Ga. Edward
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Service Women, Men
Win Bars and Stripes

Robert Roy Gilmore. Grand Rap
IDS Donald Henry Gleason. Kala-
maZoo. George Ross Goodrich.
Walled Lake. John Dale Gregg,
Kalamazoo, Don Price Harper,
% North Telegraph road, Pontiac
stephen Billie Hicks, Marion; Roy
HargraVes Hopk ins. Ironwood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

4l91 lroquois avenue. and Dorothy
NJ. Walker, 5l27 Underwood ave-
nue..
Naval Midshipmen's school, n.
y, Richard =. Hoffman. 1880
Parker avenue. Edgewood Arsenal,
Md, Cpl. Jack Greenfield, 2033
West Philadelphia avenue: Leon
ard X. Skwarek. 1915 Moenart
avenue; Tech sgt. William r.
Braun. 1919 Birwood avenue,
and Robert r. Bruner, Detroit
Capt. Max Steiner. 2742 Calvert
avenue; 1t. III. Herbert Cohen,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Service Notes

Two Dotro'terS have hcCu adj.
vanced 20 llcutenantS: Charles h.
Fox. $3.50 Agnes avenue. and Mar
tin 4. Newcomer. l0Alo East JEFF
fcrSor avenue. Fox won promo
tion ar headquarters of tho army
ground and air forces m the South
Pacific area and Newcomer al Fort
Hancock. y !. He Is "a graduate
of Southeastern High. School.
Other fFHiiefftot1uT1y-- 10 tCCnHICdl
SeFgeantS staff sgt. Fart q.
Heinenrodi. 1911 Sorrento ave
nue., Camp Murphy Fla: Tech,
James u. Kelly, ll27 DrcNcl ave-
nue.. Edgewood, Nd, Arsenal To
staff ScIEcant> sgt. Edward ID.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

East McNicholS
road; Charlotte
A. Keener, 6l35
Seminole ave-
nue.; Airline NJ.
Kramer, 1879
Stansbury ave-
nue.: Mary +.
n a u ia, 10000
w h { . h i !
street; elma
Newman, 1928
Grand avenue
Edith /. Smith,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

v. OFT. 1041
East Ferry ave-
nue. and John
q. X e m p { o n,
1882 Beard ave-
n ne. Jackson
vile, Fla Ma
val Air Station
John +. Bur
ME, 2S4 Manis-
tique avenue.
Fort Knox, KY,
arnored force
officers school
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

~. Leung, lDOZZ MIR. MASHBt m
Last Harper avenue, John J..
Plat. STA Hildalc avenue: Brent
Mccoy, 1858 Lincoln avenue: Jack
Alexander. 1870 Wark avenue.
WAVES training school. Madison
Wis. Grace I. PrentisS, 1903
Cheyenne avenue. Camp Murphy,
Fla. signal school. second 1t.
James ID. Nichols. 1889 Prairie
avenue Williams Field ARR AAF