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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
War Booms Building

With the construction industry
lstfaining to turn out the required
army and navy installations and war
production facilities, new construc-
ton activity reached 1875 billion dol
lars in 1912, the department Of COM
|merce announced. Construction ex-
fpenditures during the year were the
highest on record, exceeding the 1871
total by rs billion dollars. All
emphasis in 1912 was placed upon
construction necessary to the war
effort. Due to an almost Unsuitable
demand for environments, air bases,
ship ways, and other types of war
construction, military and naval
construction alone totaled 5 billion
dollars in 1912, as compared with
81 billions a year earlier. In addi-
ton, new industrial facilities valued
at 4 billion dollars were constructed
In 1912, almost double the 1871 fig
Fure. The. vast amount of new plant
capacity built during the year is
suggested by the fact that the total
Of industrial construction in 1912
alone exceeded the total for the
whole decade Of the 19S0s.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

War conditions have forced the al
cohol industry to utilize wheat as a
raw material, says a report to the
American Chemical society. The
molasses shortage, increased re-
quirements for ethanol, and the
large surplus Of wheat are respon-
sible for the development. ''The
majority of the grain distilleries in
the United States have had little ex-
perience with the production Of eth
anol from wheat" according to the
report. "Prior to the conversion Of
the industry to an industrial alcohol
basis, the three principal grains
processed were corn, rye, and bar
ley malt. Owing to combination of
circumstances it has become highly
desirable that as much industrial al
cohol be produced from wheat as is
feasible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
Zero Milestone Built in
Place of L'Enfant Column

No doubt most Americans have
read or heard about the Zero Mile
stone. Where is it? What is it? 1t
is simply a block of granite four
feet high with a bronze compass
designed on top and it stands on the
meridian of the District Of Column
bia Just south of the White House
grounds.
This Zero Milestone takes the
place of the itinerary column"
planned by L'Enfant, first capital
planner, for a place one mile east
Of the Capitol from which all dis
tances of places throughout the con-
tinent were to be calculated. But
for some unknown reason the LEN
FAINT column was never built. On
the street side Of the Zero Mile
stone it shows the designation Zero
Milestone" with the insignia OF the
motor transportation corps, U. S.
army. The inscriptions on the 9TH
er three sides show that it consti-
tutes point from which distances
may be measured on the highways
of the United States radiating from
Washington.
It's erection was authorized by con-
gress in an act approved in 1920.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
Study Shows Bonds for
Officials Can Be Reduced

Premiums on surety bond cover
age for employees of New York
cities were cut 20 per cent as a re-
suit of a study showing premium
rates paid were considerably out Of
proportion to low loss payments
made by the bonding companies.
! The study bringing about the pre-
MUM rate reductions was made by
the states league Of municipal Of
Ificials, the American Municipal as
ISOLATION reports.
In addition, the study showed that
many cities and villages might save
thousands of dollars without impair
ing their protection by reducing the
number of bonds and the amounts
of the bonds. In some cases, legisla-
tive action would first be necessary
to permit elimination of bonds, and
a committee Of the municipal league
now is preparing report on such
legal revisions for submission to
the 1943 legislature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
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
10, 500, 900 pounds in the 1885 crop
year to Is, 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, 1943-04-30
HOWARD w. pusEY

Stricken with an attack of the
heart, Howard w. Pussy fell dead
while at work in his garden at Mt.
Pleasant, about two o'clock Satur-
day afternoon last. Mr.. Pussy had
apparently been in his usual health
and had attended to business and
greeted friends in his usual pleasant
manner that morning in Rising Sun,
and the news of his sudden passing
came as a great shock. He was in
the 63rd year of his age.
The son of the late Lewis and
Addie Pussy, the deceased was born
in Port Deposit. The greater part
of his life was spent near Colora.
He was carpenter by trade and had
lately been employed at cambridge
Training Station, Port Deposit.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bes-
sic Brown Pussy, and one son Sgt.
VESSELS Pussy, who is at present
with the U. S. armed forces over
seas. Four sisters also survive:
Mrs. William Fox, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Ernest Rowland, Mrs. Swami
Everist, Liberty Grove, and Mrs.
Emily Kingston, living in Oregon.
Fnuneral services were held Tues
day afternoon, at two o'clock, at the
late home, and interment made in
Mt. Pleasant Methodist cemetery
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

Evergreens, as the name is COM
monty used, refer to plants which
retain their green leaves throughout
the year. All the leaves are not shed
at one time but they gradually drop
as they become overshadowed or
crowded. In some instances the
same leaves persist for is years. In
contrast to evergreens, deciduous
plants are those which shed their
leaves each year. There is diff
ference, however, between ever
greens and conifers or cone-bearing
plants. Some conifers are decidu-
Gus such as the larches and cypress.
There are also many broad-leaved
evergreens which are not conifers,
as rhodcdendrons, holly and the
palms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

! In 1859 Clara Barton became in
terested in the work of the Red Cross
while on a trip abroad. Returning
to the United States Miss Barton, a
lwell-to-do spinster, determined to
devote the remainder of her life to
the formation Of the Red Cross in
the United States. Recognition was
slow in coming, though, America
was tired Of war. The political lead
lers feared this international organ
|ization as an entangling alliance. In
1881, however, she succeeded in in
|teresting Secretary Blaine in the
movement and it was Incorporated
In Washington that year. Now all
that was needed was the presiden-
ltial signature to the Geneva treaty.
AT that point Garfield was assassi-
mated. The next year President Ar
thur signed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
E. Kirk Brown, Solicitor
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Earle II. KILLER, Complainant
VS..
Lucille M. Kibler, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil
County
Equity No. 1912

The object of this bill is to secure
a decree divorcing the Complainant
from the Defendant.
The bill states that the Com
plainant and Defendant were mar
ried in Elkton, Maryland, on Sep
TENDER Is, 1899, and resided togeth-
er until May IL, 1942;that the Com
plainant during said married life be-
haved himself as faithful, chaste
and affectionate husband towards
the Defendant; that the said De-
PENDANT between the first day of
November, 1941, and the filing OF
your Orators bill, committed the
crime of adultery with party or
parties unknown to your Orator, in
Cecil Couny, Maryland; that the
Complainant has not lived or cohab-
tied with the Defendant since he dis
covered her adulteries; that your
Orator is a resident of the State of
Maryland, and the Defendant resides
somewhere in the State of Califor-
mia, her last known address was r.
F. D., Port Deposit, Cecil County,
Maryland; that no children were
born to the marriage. The bill then
prays for a divorce vinculo matri-
monii and for other and further re-
lief.
1T IS THEREUPON, this 22nd
day of April, 1913, by the CIRCUIT
COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY, IN
EQUITY, ORDERED that the Com
plainant cause a copy of this Order
with the object and substance of the
bill to be inserted in some newspa-
per published in Cecil County,
once a week for four successive
weeks before the oath day of May,
1913, giving notice to the Defend
ant, who is a nonresident of the
State Of Maryland to appear in the
Court either in person or by solicit
tor, on or before the 9th day of
June, 1943, to answer the premises
and abide by and perform such de-
cree as may be passed therein.
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk
True Copy-Test-
Ralph r. Crothers.
Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
peanuts important Food

The essential part that peanuts,
peanut oils and other peanut by
products are playing in the war eff
fort has led to the plan to plant
5h million acres Of peanuts in the
South this year.
The excess acreage viii be con-
verified into more peanut oil, while
the normal crop viii be used for
human consumption. Peanuts are
an excellent source of energy and
are high on the list Of the national
nutrition program. Their consump-
tion has been increased By their In
olpeion IL various candies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
COLORA

Mr.. and Mrs. William Holden and
daughters, Elsie Anne and Helen, of
West Grove, spent Easter here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Burkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Virgins,
daughter Eleanor, Mrs. Joseph Wig
gins and little son Joseph spent Sun
day afternoon with Mrs. Virgins
mother, Mrs. James Culley, and son,
at New Bridge.
Neeper Edwards and daughter,
Mrs. Harry Plummer, spent an eve
ming last week with his cousin, Mrs
Elizabeth A. Riley, and the Fitzger-
aid family.
Mrs. Samuel e. Ewing spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mars. A.
Bennett and family, at their home
in West Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Street e. Riley, Jr.,
entertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
David Trout, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Gilner and Mrs. Matilda Riley, of
Qqariyville, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Blesch and daghter Peggy.
Miss Mary Henry visited her home
folks at Concordville, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Petty, of
Liberty Grove, were in Baltimore,
Monday.
Kenneth King, Aberdeen, week
ended here with his family.
Miss Lille Barrett, r. NJ, of the
Maryland General Hospital, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Granville
Barrett, Rising Sun, over the week
end. She and her father were call
ers here Sunday afternoon at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Annie b.
Pierce, also his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Misses Helen and Ruth Barrett.
Clifford Barrett and daughters,
Mrs. Barrett and daughters had also
called on his nephew, Mr.. Robert
Mulooon, and wife, before coming
to Colora.
Mrs. Charles Brown was quite
poorly last week, her sister, Mrs.
Charles Petty, of liberty Grove, was
with her until Sunday.
We are glad to report Mrs. Roscoe
Rawlings still improving in health
after her recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rhinehart, of
near New Texas, Pa, were given a
kitchen shower last week. Mrs.
Rhinchart was formerly Miss Sarah
Coulscn, daughter of John Coulson,
of New Texas, Pa.
Mrs John Lippincott and Mrs.
Samuel E. Ewing entertained the
Ladies' Aid of Mt. Pleasant M. E..
Church at the formers home We'd
nesday evening, last week.
Mrs. Paul Connolly substituted at
the school here last week.
Mary Lou Fitzgerald attained chr
9th birthday this week.
Mrs. Ida B. Conner, of Jarretts-
vile, Hartford county, was recent
visitor at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Petty, Liberty Grove.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

The Easter Sunrise Service on
West Nottingham Academy Campus
at $50 A. M. was beautiful and i'm
pressive. The speakers, choirs and
musicians were grouped around the
electric cross on the hillside near the
lake. The audience of 800 or more
people formed a semi-circle around
them. Rev. j. r. Bicking presided;
Rev S. ]. Venable led in prayer; Rev.
George Kerr gave the Easter message.
The girls choir sang Christ Arose"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
OUARANTINE ON DOGS

April 20 a stray dog, which was
proved to have hydrophobia, bit two
children, one in Perryville and one
in Port Deposit, and Is dogs. DR..
Mark WEIGH, state veterinarian, Wis
tied the county April 9th and went
to see County Commissioners and
will establish dog quarantine, be-
ginning May 1, for entire county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

At the Thursday evening Commun-
ion service Rev. J. r. Bicking was
the speaker; at the Friday afternoon
service Rev. Harry Bailey, Perryville,
Md, was the guest speaker. Both
services were well attended.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

U. S. to propose plans for stable
money. Back to horse-and-buggy
days?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

Many a housewife is patronizing
her own bargain basement this
week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

For a preview of what's coming
Neapolitans can visit nearby Pom
peii.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

RAISE YOUR OWN PORK
Pure bred Duroc Pigs for sale at
eight weeks. Price $40. Place your
orders now.
Phone Rising Sun 93-R
Belvadsre Plantation
Calvert, Maryland
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
WANTED

Man to work at Warehouse and
drive Truck. Stewart NJ. Ward Co..
Rising Sun. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

Germany may show no signs of
cracking, but sitting on volcano
keeps the seat of Hitler's pants warm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

PUBLIC SALE
OF
AUTOMOBILE
The undersigned will sell on his
premises near Rising Sun, Md, on
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1913
at one o'clock p. NJ.
The following machine:
1888 PONTIAC
4.DOOR S.CYLINDER SEDAN
Serial No. T-185S
Engine No. 1886
Being sold for storage and towing.
This machine is advertised in COM
pliance with the Maryland State
Laws, Chapter AT, Acts 1886, Sec
ton 1872, Article Sc, and clear title
Is guaranteed.
JOSEPH H. DRENNEN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
WANTED

Broiling. Frying. Roasting. Stewing
Chickens. Rising SUN Hotel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30

Point rationing helps to NIL up the
day for the woman with only one
household to manage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-30
New trial for rockets. Let's hope
this time they're found guilty as up
starts.

In time, the good old days. will
refer to the years when there were
no payroll. deductions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11

~IAMESE TWINS You might
think so from the pictures.
~ But they're not It's just a
case of Hollywood trick photog-
raphy. The expert lcnSmen of
the film colony are able 10
achieve this twin" effect by the
use of mirrors. II would appear
10 be a simple Photographic
stunt, but it's not. Shots like
these call for an expert
The biggest problem in taking
pictures of this kind is the proper
use Of lights. AS any amateur
knows, mirrors and shiny sur
faces pick up and sharply reflect
all light. So, 10 get results in
which the subject is mirrored, it
is necessary 10 diffuse the light
so completely that there isn't the
slightest hint Of "glassiness."
If the picture is properly made,
it is almost impossible TO tell the
original subject from the mirrored
one. To capture a different tone
10 the reflection - such as the
photographer did in the likeness
of Bette Davis - calls for still
more expert handling, and can
only be obtained by the use of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11
.RlgkSIHGT MAKE 1WINS0FPRETTY GIRLS

spot-lamps which control the
beams of light.
But despite the touGhness Of
this mirage" type of photog.
raphy, as it is known, the anna
teur camcraman can DO il. The
main thing he has 20 remember
is 10 keep the lights somewhat
behind the subject, or directed
towards the ceiling, or 10 use
screening disc over the lamp,
The amateur, if he wants TO be
real tricky, can heighten the fas-
cinating effect Of his pictures by
painting out parts Of the mirror
or nearby furniture on his mega
tive. That's so he can, with the
finished print, mystify anyone as
to how the effect was achieved.
To show that such trick photog-
raphy can be convincing, one
needs only to recall the sex
tuplet hoax of 1888 - when a
Brighton, England, photographer
took a picture of the Mawbry
triplets up against a mirror The
resulting picture, published in the
English press, made IT appear
that there were six instead Of
three girls.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11

cumbersome dory or a frail skiff.
When his services were in de-
mand at Surry or Brooklin on the
opposite side of Bluehill Bay a
smudge fire was built on the
shore on certain high point Of
land Any Mount Desert island
er who saw the spiral Of smoke
was expected Immediately to get
word TO Or. Kittridge.
Telephone cables TO all the off
shore light stations and im-
portart islands now greatly help
in summoning medical aid from
the mainland
At Monhegan Island recently,
a young man let a Ratchet slip
and severed an artery. First aid
was given by friends and the
fastest motorboat on the island
took him 10 Friendship. IS miles
distant The injured mPn was
unconscious from loss Of blood
and was saved only by the inn
mediate efforts of the doctor
who met him at the wharf
Far out in the mouth Of Pcnob-
scot Bay lie Matinicus and
Ragged Islands and stu further
out lies Natinicus Rock light
station. ON Ragged Island a
physician meant life or death "a
a erIcv0usly III woman II was
wckcdly rough but there was a
telephone on The Rock \ fish
orman volunteered 20 deliver a
message 10 the keepers there
However, ne could not land in thr
high seas nor could he get near
enough 90 make his shouted mes.
sage understood
lie thought "A moment thor
scraWlcd his message, put it in q
bottle. corked II and threw it a.
near 20 the island as he could
II landed in the water but q
keeper ~adei in up 10 his middle
ahd got 70 Smashing the bottl,
un The rocks he read the note
waved his understanding an6
telarbor,d Tho message int,
Eoct'3rd j. was an uncomfort
ab'o "trip for Che doctor. but a liz,
was sawed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11

With as
Simple a
Device
as n
NIirrOr-TOp
Table,
Lovely
Ann Baxter
Becomes
as Pretty
a Pair of
Twins as
You'll See
in Many
a Day.
Movie
Fans Get
a Kick
Out Of
Photo
graphs
That
Double Up
Their
FaVOrite
Actresses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11

or MI the
Beauty
Rcnec-
tiOnS" That
Come
Out of
Hollywood,
This One of
Actress
Martha
Eggerth,
Taken by
the Famous
Hollywood
Photog-
rapher
Nnlinger,
Is Tops.
This Is a
Smart Way
Of Showing
Two
Different
Views of
the Same
Woman.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

During the Dorothy Thompson.
rise of the Hitler regime, the
Nazis drew some Of their most
active and aggressive followers
from just that youth that had
been most Systematically indoc-
trinated in an opposite direction.
Nazi anti-capitalist slogans ap-
pealed to the sons and daughters
of capitalists; anti Communist
slogans combined with revolu-
tionary fervor, anti-semitism, and
conspiratorial forms of organiza-
tion drew many youth from Com
munist ranks, among them the
Eazi hero Horst Vessel. who first
was indoctrinated as q MARKHAM.
Youth Not Docile.
Youth, by its very nature, re-
sists its elders, as all parents
know, and is tempted by what is
forbidden. And this always has
been especially true of German
youth. For, contrary to popular
opinion, German youth have
never been docile, but highly
critical and often very insolent
In their behavior toward "su-
periors."
Many of the leaders of the
Nazis came out of the old Ger
man youth movement" which
represented an insurrection
against the middle class values
and conventions of their parents.
A century ago. the romantic
school was another youth move
ment revolving against the elders.
After the last war, the entire
youth of German and Austria
was paciflst and anti-war, as wit
ness every popular war novel and
play of the early '20s. In the
city Of Vienna, Social Demo-
cratic government that enjoyed
uninterrupted power until the
putsch made by Chancellor Doll
fuss, completely purged the grade
and high schools. and all Vien-
nese children were indoctrinated
with democratic, socialist and
pacifist ideas.
The trouble was that the life
they saw about them did not
correspond with what they were
taught; they faced unemploy-
ment and bitter need, and
revolted-into whatever camp
promised something different.
Thus, some OF the most virulent
Nazis were the products Of those =
highly democratic schools.
- But what was true OF the.
shortcomings Of the democratic
regimes is hundred-fold more
true of the regime Of the Nazis.
The Nazis promised youth the
moon and gave them a terrible
war. 1t gave them employment.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
The Great Game of Politics
Fourth Term Politics Permits White House
No Attitude Of Horror Toward MeKeIIor Bill

districts and States. Perhaps this
had nothing to do with the Repub-
lican attitude, but 1t is the sort OF
fact that should not be ignored.
As to the President. his righteous
indignation, evinced in his letter to
Vice President Wallace over the
playing Of politics in . time Of war
would be much more impressive II 1t
had not come the day after Frank
Hague. the unsavory New jersey
boss for whom he has made some
particularly offensive wartime ap-
pointments, declared in favor Of
fourth term; or II 1t had not been
followed Wy the appointment Of =
New York District Attorney made
for Michael ]. Kennedy. head Of
Tammany Hall, who is also for the
fourth term and is openly scheduled
to receive further patronage recog-
milton from the OPA.
1t also should be said that II It
were not for the incompetency Of 50
many men named by the President
to key positions in the war organi-
zation, no such bill As this could have
passed the Senate. The thing that
enabled Democrats partially to save
their faces in voting for it is the
mess which the poorly equipped
Roosevelt appointees have made OF
their Jobs.
Horror Not Justified.
1t is that which furnished the
excuse and the somewhat absurd
speech of Elmer Davis, made before
the C1O-afilliated Newspaper Guild
defending the bureaucrats and de-
ploring newspaper comments on the
administration muddling and bick-
ering, has not diminished the value
Of the excuse, but enhanced 1t.
This silly insistence that muddling
and pickering are trivial and criti-
cism of it unworthy, II not wicked,
would come better from some other
bureaucrat than Mr.. Davis, whose
own owl organization has been SO
riddled with dissensions that whole
sale designations resulted and in
which the muddling has been noto-
rious and unconcealed.
Considering these things. 1t does
seem that though neither Mr. Roose-
welt nor the Republicans are in posi-
tion to be holy or horrified about the
politics and patronage Of the Nc
Kellar bill. it still is measure the
Senate should have been ashamed
to pass and which, If the House does
not kill. the President should.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

a year or more.
1t Is 4 bad bill
which W oul d
damage the war
effort, further
steep the Fed
eral service in
politics. lessen
the morale and
effectiveness Of
some 10000 ap-
pointees - none
too good as 1t Is.
r ere is
ground for re-
garding it as a