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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Tunisian La Goulette Is
Main Tunis Competitor

La Goulette, seven miles from Tu-
mis-, was long the seaport of the cap
ital city. On opposite sides of Ell
Bahira, the Lake of Tunis, the two
ports have been engaged in game
Of seesaw, in which La Goulette was
up when Tunis was down. La Gou-
lette is on a neck of land between
the lake and the sea, while Tunis is
on the inland side of the lake.
Tunis early became great port
city, but when the draught of big
ger ships became too great for the
intervening lake, the ships could go
no farther than La Goulette, which
thus developed as the capitals sea-
port. But in 1892-97 canal was cut
through the lake which enabled ships
drawing up to 81 feet to cross and
enter the ancient harbor, which had
been dredged to accommodate them.
La Goulette survives as a seaport,
mainly because her wharves can
accommodate ships up to rs feet
draught, giving her a five-foot adj
vantage over the older harbor. It
has retained much of the Tunisian
ore traffic, and has a petroleum
wharf. .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Hitler administered?

The world may have vitamin star
walton to blame for Hitler. Fam
tastic as it may seem, this specula-
ton has plenty of scientific support.
1t is well known that for years Der
Fuehrer not only ate sparingly, but
also avoided meats. So, by now, he
must have built up some choice de-
ficiencies, if he has been depending
upon food alone for his vitamins and
minerals. Just on the score of be-
ing jittery and irritable, Hitler GER
tainly qualities as Grade A case
of vitamin deficiency. But that's
NOT all. Recent medical research
has established that lack of vitamins
81, thiamine; BIZ, ribofavin; and
PIP, niacin, produces symptoms like
those of the neurasthenia, which
many psychiatrists have detected in
Adolf. This leaves open only the
question of whether he was born
that way or starved himself into it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
FLOWERS VS.. VEGETABLES IN
VICTORY GARDENS

Victory gardeners writing to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture for
guidance are asking questions as to
the balance between flower gardens
and lawns ON the one hand and veg.
etable growing on the other. There
can be no hard and fast rule. Coos
sense and sound judgm INT must be
applied by individuals, the Depart
ment says. Demands for food are
now SO great that the Department is
asking experienced gardeners tc
grow all the food they can.
Seed product WIS stimulated
last season and there is seed enough
to plant more vegetables than this
country has ever, grown-provided
the supply is used sparingly to gel
the most from every packet. With.
out doubt vegetables, this year
should take first place and flowers
second in sunny areas fertile enough
to support a good crop of food
plants.
Fine turf and valuable ornament.
ais need not be sacrificed indiscrim.
inately This is particularly true
where a gardener can find nearby
plot that would not be gardened, ani
will then give good care to both his
ventures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
CECIL COUNTY DEEDS
RECORDED

James Fl. Guiberson and wife to
c. Roy Guiberson and wife. All that
lot Of land situate in Cecil County,
on road leading from Baldwin Sta
ton to Cherry Hill.$1O.OO.
Florence S. Clapp, widow, to
James S. Bell and wife. All that
certain lot of land situate in the
town of Port Deposit, in Cecil Coun-
ty, Maryland $1,000.
Woodward w. Abrahams and wife
to j. Lawson Gilbert. All that par
Gel Of land situate in the Seventh
Election District of Cecil County,
Maryland. Containing about one and
y acres of land, more or less. $40.
Sophia E. Caldwell, widow, to
Arthur H. Hilton and wife. All that
parcel of land situate, lying and be-
ing in the Eighth Election District
of Cecil County, Md. Containing one
acre of land, more or less. $1,000.
Miller-Nelson, Inc, to Charles w.
Dawson and wife. All that lot of
ground, situate and lying in Cecil
County, Md, and designated as Lot
No. 220 on Plat of Hacks Point
Beach. $500
Flies Schmidt Jewett, widow, to
Gertrude Jewett Consatgle. All that
lot of ground situate in the Third
Election District of Cecil County,
Maryland. $1.OO.
Patrick Deakin and wife to De
Witt 7. Waddell and wife. All that
tract of land, state in the Ninth
Election District of Cecil County,
Md. Containing 26 acres and LOO
of an acre, more or less. $500.
Miller-Nelson, Inc, to Edna L.
Muldoon. All those two lots of
ground situate, lying and being in
Cecil County, Md, at Hacks Point
Beach. $500.
Helen H. Ash to Mollie Howard
Ash and Flora H. Ash All that par
eel of land situate in the Northwest
cornerd of North and High Streets,
in the town of Elkton, Cecil County,
Md. 800.
William Rowland Creswell and
| wife 10 Paul A. Barrett and wife.
All that lot of land situate in the
Seventh Election District of Cecil
County, Md, being part of tract
of land known by the name of "An-
Choir and Hope" containing ~
acres and 9 perches of land, more or
less. $500.
Ernest j. Hambleton, widower, to
Lee W. Stewart and wife. All that
tract of land situate in Cecil County
Md, and described as Lot No. 10, in
subdivision of lands of Clarence
B. Baughman. $1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
CHECKING FOOD WASTE

Food shortages of many kinds and
varying degrees have disturbed every
State in the Union, and Federal au-
thorities have worried about getting
enough for the urgent needs over
seas, but it has been confidently as
serted that if Americans would only
cut their waste in half all our food
problems would be solved.
Here are some striking figures:
Last year, six per cent of our food
went for Lend-Lease; seven per cent
went to our armed forces, while Is
percent went into garbage cans, or
other waste receptacles. These esti-
mates were vouched for by the Min
neapolis Star-Journal and Tribune
in pushing "Clean Plate Club, y
an anti-waste movement, for the
Nation.
When the talk about food wasting
got warm there were many who
pointed their fingers at the Army
camps. The Senate Truman investi-
eating committee promptly inquired,
and a quarter-master sergeant gave
them a rather shocking report of
how the finest foods have been
thrown about in the camps for the
last two years. The boys were given
the same dishes in the same quanti-
ties no matter what they liked or dis
liked. The record reject was appar-
emily achieved by kale-75 per cent.
The garbage can got Sc percent of
the spinach; SIS percent of the bean
soup; so percent of the bean stew,
and IS percent of the coffee. The av-
erage discard of vegetables was put
at SO percent; the average waste of
meat set at IS percent-with liver go
ing up to "a And when the men
were absent from meals their rations
were issued just the same.
But much of that waste has been
stopped, and it is being reduced still
further. Soldiers are now given more
of what they will eat and less of
what they refuse. A close check is
now made on men absent from
meals, and the old practice of ex-
cessive boarding has been stopped.
The Quartermaster. General, MAJ.
Gen. e. B. Gregory, assured the Sen
ate Committee that the food waste
would be further cut down in the
camps. No one could make similar
promise for civilian kitchens, but
conscience and common sense are
relied upon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Iig-saws Save Metal

A technique of "cutting out paper
dolls and making ''jig-saw puzzles
of them is helping to solve one
of war industry's toughest problems
the scarcity of vital materials.
Thousands of parts cut from fiat
sections of scarce metals 60 into
small motors, huge turbines and
other complex electric apparatus
contributing to the motive and firing
power of weapons of war. Many OF
these parts are made from fiat stock
sheets. Some are simple circles,
some are triangular and others have
unusual shapes resembling stars,
banjos or top hats. A few are as
complex as the microscopic pattern
of a snowflake. But when laid out
for cutting from stock sheets all
must be nested so closely together
that only narrow strip of metal
will remain as scrap.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
CAN WHAT YOU CAN'T EAT

Surplus food will begin appearing
early In many Victory gardens. Many
inexperienced gardeners have over
estimated the space needed to supply
the family with what it can use
fresh while the crop is of first quail
ity. This, says the u s. Department
of Agriculture, offers an opportunity
for housewives to start early with a
consistent all-season program of can
ming surplus produce while it is at
its most desirable stage.
| For many, the first step-and
most important one-will be to To-
cate somewhere in the neighborhood
pressure Gamer necessary for the
safe processing of non-acid vegeta-
bles. The Victory garden campaign
includes an appeal to owners of such
equipment to make it available for
use by as many neighbors as pos
sible, either by lending it freely or
by installing 1t at school, church,
clubroom, or Red Cross quarters
where it can be kept working for
whole neighborhood, conserving for
the war effort the valuable food that
might otherwise be wasted.
inexperienced Gamers will do well
to get instructions ana timetables
for processing either from Extension
headquarters at the State College of
Agriculture, or from the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton. Published home canning infor-
nation is available Free A postcard
request will bring it. WPB has prom
ised that there will be enough jars
and tops available for the canning of
the Victory garden produce
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Farm Population Drous

Minnesota's farm population de-
clined by more than q 1000 during
the year Immediately preceding
Americas entry into the war, ac-
cording to estimates made co-opera-
lively by the U. S. Bureau of Agri.
cultural Economics and the Division
of Rural Sociology of the Minnesota
agricultural experiment station. DR..
Lowry Nelson, professor of rural so
GEOLOGY at University farm, says
that the shrink in farm population
from 902, 100 in early 1941 to 880, 900
in early 1912 was probably accel-
Grated during the remainder of 1912.
The last figure represents the low
est farm population since the indus
trial boom of the First World war
reduced the number of farm people
to slightly under 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Roman Ruins

Medjez-el-Bab, is at the eastern
edge of Tunisia's richest agricultural
region, says a National Geographic
society bulletin. This region is
known to many tourists for its
wealth Of Roman ruins. The
town lies on high ground sloping
down to the Medjerda, Tunisia's
principal river, at a point 40 miles
west of Tunis and IS miles south of
Bizerte. Medjez-el-Bab means
Gateway to the Sea-" Upstream
from the town the Medjerda is a
winding silver tape flowing between
two chains of the Atlas mountains.
Below the town it is muddy and
sluggish, crossing low land to the
Gulf of Tunis. At Medjez-el-Bab a
Roman bridge of many arches, re-
constructed of ancient stone in the
18th century, spans the stream.
Crumbling remains of Roman baths,
arches and mausoleums are numer-
GUS in the vicinity. The town TANKS
the route of military road which
connected ancient Carthage, near
Tunis, with Tebessa in Algeria. To-
day a railroad and highway cover
the same route.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Public opinion, backed by strong
men behind conference table and
not merely idealists and dreamers,
will mold the peace after this war,
DR.. Henry j. Bruman, assistant pro-
fessor of geography at the Pennsyl-
vania State college, said recently in
outlining four-point peace plan. ,
DR.. Bruman pointed out that we
must start now to think about the
terms on which peace can be MAIN
tanned and listed the following steps
for lasting peace:
/. A program of re-education and
indoctrination for democracy in the
conquered countries. To do this will
probably take a lifetime, gradually
placing into positions of power youth
who have been taught the principles
of freedom and democracy. This
re-education program should have
the full cooperation and support of
our department of state and the
u. S. Office of education, DR.. Bru-
man stated.
2. Military occupation of Ger
many, Italy, and possibly Hungary.
with maintenance of an army of &C.
cupation in those countries for at
least eight to ten years, and per-
haps whole generation during the
re-education process.
8. Compulsory military training in
the United States for every male
citizen to provide sufficient material
for the large standing army which
would be necessary.
4. Generous boundary allotments
to Germany and Japan, and equally
generous allotments of sources of
adequate raw materials. Germany
should be given Austria and the SUI
deten Germans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
last war are accepted as proving that


last war are accepted as proving that
the United States 'lost the peace
and that should not happen again.
There. is, in the making, plans foi
some sort of an organization SINH
lar to the League of Nations. But al
in formal poll of the Senate showed
that most of its members are opposed
to preserving the peace through an
international police force. An officer
of a great educational organization
was asked: whats the matter with
the League of Nations?" His answer
was: 'It has never been tried" If it
had ever made a positive decision to
interfere with war-making power
it had no police force or military
power to enforce decree. Secret dip
lomatic and military plans are being
tested. and there is reason to hope
that the victorious United Nations
will vim the peace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
A GOVERNMENT TRAVEL STORY

There were mere 100000 pas
senger automobiles in the country
and almost no buses at the outbreak
Of World War l. People rode in
trains as matter of course. BY
1941, however, when we entered the
present couflict, the picture was diff
ferent. Train travel had declined Sc
verely, and with the number of auto
mobiles risen to 29,500,O00 and the
number Of buses to $4,000. America
was making enthusiastic use of the
country's three million miles of pub
lie roads. Then, with swiftness that
echoed the speed of the surprise at
Pearl Harbor, the picture was
changed again. The rubber and gaso-
line shortage and the training and
growth of the armed forces put
Americans back on trains in a hurry.
In 1942, Americans bought far less
gasoline than they had in previous
years and were using their cars caut-
iously. Over the year, the number of
people travelling on trains almost
doubled. Only in 1920 did more
Americans ever ride on trains than
in 1942, and in the earlier year the
average trip was considerably short
or.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
ACQUIRES REGISTERED
HOLSTEIN

Ivan d. Smith, Rising Sun, has
recently acquired registered Hol-
-Friesian bull from the herd Of
Norris ]. Reynolds, Rising Sun.
Change of ownership for this ami
NAL, Ridgemar Birmingham Ormsby
8674S5, has been officially recorded
by The Holstein-Friesian Associa-
ton of America, Brattleboro, VT.
The Association issued 2,476 reg
istry and transfer certificates to Md.
breeders during 1912.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Work Room Needed

Every farm should have a work
space or room especially reserved
for repairing and constructing farm
equipment. The storage of new ma
chinery, increased use of labor-sav-
ing devices to Offset the scarcity OF
farm help and the inability Of local
service men and dealers to take
care of all reconditioning and repair
work makes it highly desirable for
every farm to be as self-sufficient as
possible in this respect.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
FARM MACHINERY

County War Boards in Maryland
were given lists today by Joseph H
Blandford, State War Board Chair
man, of one hundred items of farm
machinery and equipment removed
from the rationed group. These list.
are posted in County War Boart
offices.
, They include several Thousand
planters. plows, cultivators, filters
drills, busters. mowers, rak e s
spreaders, mills, harvesters anf
blowers. All are of special design o.
classified by the manufacturers a!
"obsolete."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Cash Dividends Drop

Cash dividend payments reported
in 1912 amounted to $3.50, 600, 900,
$482, ZOO, 900 below 194l, the depart
ment of commerce announced. The
IL per cent drop from the high 194l
level of $4,O41 ,000, 900 does not reflect
any general deterioration in the
earnings position of domestic cor
porations, the department said. The
primary reason for the high level
in 1914 and the subsequent decline
in 1912 was the substantial clearing
up of arrears in the earlier year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
SOMETHING TO CACKLE ABOUT

Hens in the United States are
breaking production records again.
From The output for the first months
of 1913. an American henhouse ap-
pears about as busy as shipyard.
January egg production totaled 81
769, 100000 eggs, which was II ~
percent over production for January,
1942, according to the Departm ent
of Agriculture In February it jump
ed to '4.577, 900, 900 eggs. 10 great
err than year earlier. The egg goal
set for 1943 calls for an so increase
over the 1943 production, which was
a record in itself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
JOB FREEZING ORDER

Following the Presidents instruc-
lions In his s'hold-the-line" order
: Manpower Chairman Paul v. McNutt
! issued a "job-freeze" decree. affect.
ling 27 million essential workers
. 1S-million in Industries and nine mil.
lion on farms. 1t was estimated that
. that left some 52,0O0,OO0 workers
uncontrolled
With the objects of checking
wage increases and holding down
production losses, the McNutt edict
IN nutshell, forbade essential work
ers to@move to other jobs for more
pay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
SERVICES

adam and Fallen Man" will be
the subject Of the Lesson Sermon
In all Churches Of Christ. Scientist,
on Sunday, May 8.
The Golden Text will be from I
Cor 15:22-"As in Adam all die.
even so in Christ shall all be made
alive"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible Genesis Ill
I'm the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Use Glandular Meats

Glandular meats should play an
important part in the meat diet be-
cause of their value as sources OF
minerals and vitannins. The butch
ering season is a good time to use
these nutritious meats freely and
thereby save on beef and pork that
can be packed for the armed forces.
Liver is especially valuable as q
food for children because it contains
large quantities of iron, some cop.
per, and q rich supply of vitamins
A and B. Kidneys rank next to
liver in iron content and are a good
source of vitamins A, B, and G.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

We build elders in three types
and their capacity is military Sc
cret. The type shown here costs
about $4,000 each. Buy War Bonds
with at least ten percent of your in
come every payday and help paw
for these elders for our intrepid
fighting men. U. S. Treasury Department
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Buy More War Bonds Today
To Hasten Victory

No American wants this war
to 20 one minute beyond the
time we can bring it to q vic
torious end. To hasten that
victory-to save possibly the
lives Of millions Of our boys
On our far flung fronts-it Is
imperative that every Ameri-
can do his part In the Second
War Loan: There Ia an in
vestment to ft every purse.
The most you can do is little
enough compared with the sac
rifice offered by our boys in
service. They give their lives
you lend your money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

There is peanut famine" today,
according to w. B. Jester, an official
Of the National Peanut Council, Inc,
and he added that if the present de-
mand continues the 1913 crop will
not be more than half enough. >
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Pug Manders, Brooklyn Dodger pro-
fessional football ace, Is said to spend
his off-seasons climbing telephone
poles as lineman, In order to main
tain his sfamous s'leg drive" which
makes him q difficult man to stop
when he has a pigskin under his arm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

No machinery needed for spring
planting or cultivating is now frozen
at the factory or on the dealers
floors. Joseph H. Blandford. chair
man Of the Maryland suspAsWar
Board. has announced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

The Protestant Episcopal Church
has invested a total of S1,39S.000 in
Government war securities through
its National Council Part OF this
sum Is money earmarked for mis-
sionary work which cannot be under
taken until after the war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
Paint supplants Galvanizing

Paint is specifically excepted in
Conservation Order M II b as
Amended by the War Production
board, restricting the use of zinc
ais "a protective coating, including
galvanizing, as well as other uses,
for a variety of automobile parts,
building materials and industrial ma
terials. The order, which is a re-
cent one, says: mo person shall ap-
ply protective coating or plating
(other than paint) of zinc" in speci-
fed classifications of metal items.
Paint is already being used extern
sively on garbage cans and other
metal items which prior to the pres
ent emergency were customarily
galvanized with zinc.
Portland Representatives Of TO-
900 Portland, Ore, club women have
asked members to limit their tele-
phone conversations to essential calls
and ''make those brief"
"The thoughtful use Of the tele.
phone is real contribution to the war
effort" they said, "and one Of The
major needs is more shooting and less
talking"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

The National Service Board for
Religious Directors, in Washington
recently made a tabulation Of the
personnel in Civilian Public Service
camps, found almost SO percent-or
2,129 Of the 4,30S classified-tos be
farmers. Teachers, of whom there
were 344, made up the next largest
group. Smallest classification was
that Of 81 writer's, editors and re-
porters. There twas one ball player.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Stukas reported abandoned by the
Naxiss Another place in North Africa
evacuated according to plan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Armed forces get Pacific base
without firing a shot. The soldiers
and sailors know how, to look after
the taxpayers interests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Continued pounding of Italy calls
for another conference between Ill
'xIitser.akd III Dace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Coffee supplies in April were re-
ported largest since rationing began.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

How Aboiat Winning The Peace?
Postwar discussions appear to
branch OF in all directions. It is
plain that the United States, Brit
ain, Russia, and China never have.
and rever will. think asike. All at
tempts to consolidate their methods
OF thinking are rather hopeless. The
question Is how can they ever get to-
gether on q common understanding :
The experiences and flistortx Of s1he