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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

Within the last decade science has
found ways to dip more deeply into
the seas store Of dissolved treas
ures. First, in 1894, came the de-
velopment of a huge plant on q
North Carolina beach to extract bro
mine from sea water. Although
there are only IS parts of bromine in
a million parts of sea water, the
process has been successful and
thousands of tons of bromine are ex-
tracted each year. Most of it is used
in making anti-kmock gasoline.
Most spectacular operation in
"sea-mining' is producing solid,
shiny magnesium metal from sea
water. To meet greatly increased
war demand for magnesium for air
plane construction Git is one Of the
ightest of the metals) an extract
ing plant was set up on the shores
of the Gulf of Mexico at Freeport,
Texas. Approximately each 300 gal
Ions Of sea water pumped through
gives up magnesium salts from
which a pound Of the metal is pro-
duced. Hundreds of millions Of
pounds of magnesium have been
taken from the sea by this one
plant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Meal Made Appealing
By Appearance of Food

Food prepared with thought for
appearance plays an important part
in giving q meal appetite appeal.
Colors, shapes, textures and fiavors
deserve consideration. Contrast
lends interest and careful blending
of favors can make interesting
dishes from commonplace foods.
Reds, green's, yellows and white
In various combinations are colors
which should guide the planning Of
every menu when creamed meats
or meat salads, which are light in
color, are served. Vegetables should
provide color and contrast in tex
ture.
For example, crisp, mixed vege-
table salad or a green vegetable
peas, broccoli, asparagus, yellow
carrots or corn, or a red vegetable
cabbage or beets, should be served
with a creamed meat dish. A touch
Of green adds much to the appear
ance of food-a sprig of parsley or
pieces Of carrot tops can be used.
Spinach is q good basis for
mixed vegetable salad, and can be
combined with other vegetables for
budget salads. Thought should also
be given to the shape Of fruits and
vegetables when planning a meal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Sideshow in Liberia

Along with her major attractions,
Nature puts on a lively sideshow in
Liberia. Notable is the zebra ante
lope, doomed to wear a prison garb
of broad black stripes over a bright
brown coat. Other "sights" include
the pygny hippopotamus; the Di-
ana monkey, with orange red thighs:
and a white-shouldered duiker, an
other oddity in the antelope world.
Two species of Liberian shrew, q
molelike creature with velvety fur,
are peculiar to the country. A ma
tive edition of the dormouse can
play his part as sleepily as his fa-
NOUS counterpart in Alice in Won
derland. Exhibits of Nature in the
raw would also include seven spe-
cies of poisonous snakes, three va
rieties of crocodile, the giant scor-
pion, and the big West African
python.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
OF FAITH-AND
BELIEF

"The Conference" says the open
ing paragraph of the Declaration
adopted last summer by the United
Nations Conference on Food and
Agriculture in sessio n at H o
Springs, w. Va, meeting in the
midst of the greatest war ever waged
and in full confidence of victory,
has considered the world problems
of food and agriculture and declares
it's belief that the goal of freedom
from want of food, suitable and
adequate for the health and strength
of all peoples can be achieved"
In a pamphlet dealing with the
work of the Conference, (The Far
mer and The War-No. s., the U.
S. Department of Agriculture com
ments: "This opening sentence of the
Declarations reveals the spirit in
which the conference went about its
work. Peace, it said in effect, must
be waged and won-by united action
of united peoples who will not rest
until victory is theirs. Just as the
price of liberty is eternal vigilance,
so the price of peace is an eternal
striving for it, constant building
for it. The United Nations propose
to be free; they propose to build for
peace; they propose to work together
for a world in which free nations
remain strong enough to resist the
undoers of peace, and in which all
nations are strong enough and heal
thy enough to want to be free
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Many Gardeners Find
busting Quicker, Easier

i Many gardeners prefer busting to
spraying for insect control because
it Is much quicker and easier and
just about as effective. In busting
the dry powder insecticide is blown
onto the plants. All the principal
insecticides are available in dust
form, diluted to proper strength with
tale or other powder, ready to use.
One pound Of dust covers as many
plants as four gallons of liquid spray
weighing about 35 pounds; and a
good hand buster is cheaper, light
er and easier to operate than an
equally satisfactory sprayer.
Best for the garden is plunger
type hand buster of one, or prefer
ably, two quarts capacity, equipped
with an extension tube and curved
nozzle. The large air pump and
dust chamber are needed to give
economical distribution of the dust
without clogging. The extension
tube and curved "underleaf" nozzle
allow the operator to dust the under
surface of the leaves without stoop-
ing. Since the bean beetle and
many other pests live and feed
mainly on the underside of the
leaves, dusts must be applied there
as well as on top, to be effective.
Most busters of less than one quart
capacity are satisfactory even for
small gardens. Shaker-top cans are
inefficient and wasteful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Protect Drainage Soil

Drainageways in corn and soy
bean fields which suffer from ero-
sion during rains may be protected
by sowing them to sudan grass, &C.
cording to soil conservationists.
Farmers who failed to sow water
ways to grass this spring or whose
seedlings have not been successful
can seed Is pounds Of sudan grass
to the acre in any location where
o good seeded can be prepared.
Sudan grass sown at this time of
year makes rapid growth and will
soon establish itself sufficiently to
hold the soil in the waterway. In
early fall the sudan should be
moved for hay and mixture of
equal parts Of timothy and redtop
sown at the rate of 30 pounds an
acre Care should be taken in work
Ing in this seed to disturb as little
as possible the sudan grass stubble
which will hold the soil until the 9TH
q grasses can become established
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Liberia Hot and Humid,
But Rich Garden Spot

! Liberia, co-signer with the United
States Of lend-lease agreement, Is
the only republic on the African con-
tinent. Situated on the continent
where 1t juts toward the bulge" Of
Brazil, Liberia is edged with colonf-
al domains of France and Great
Britain. Next door neighbors are
Sierra Leone, French Guinea and
the Ivory Coast.
About the shape and size Of Ten
nessee, the Land of Liberty" has
population estimated at 100000
to 100000. Coastal areas are low,
the hinterland rising to a plateau
and mountain heights. Climate is
hot, humid. Rainfall, heaviest from
May to September, averages 100 to
100 inches a year. Malaria and
sleeping sickness are problems.
Because of its rich soil, Liberia
has been called the Garden Spot
of West Africa" Principal yields
include coconuts, good grade of
coffee, considerable quantities Of
cocoa, cotton and rice. Trade In
pepper = "Grains of Paradise" -
earned for Liberia the name Of ''The
Grain Coast" Goats, sheep and
cattle find ready pasturage. Gold
mining Is important business. Iron
ore is latent resource. Diamonds,
copper and zinc are other untapped
wealth.
Junglelike forests are hard to con-
vert to lumber. Forest products
piassaba fiber, and palm kernels
are collected for export. Annual
production of rubber plantations,
worked under concession to Amer
lean interests, has quadrupled the
yearly value Of all other exports
combined.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
VOLUNTEER FOREST FIRE
FIGHTERS

Opening OF the school season In
Cecil county has meant renewed ac-
tivity in the enrolment Of volunteers
for the Forest Fire Fighters Service,
State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor an
nounces. Under the direction of Dis
trict Forester Adna r. Bond, men,
bers of the field force of the Depart
ment of State Forests and Parks are
now engaged in training volunteers
ait the Elkton, Rising Sun, Perryville.
North East and Tome High Schools,
as we'll as at the Oblato Novitiate
and the West Nottingham Academy.
Loss last spring of a number OF
FFFS volunteers by graduation
makes it necessary to recruit new
members at this time. So effective
has the organization been in forest
fire control in Maryland, says Mr..
Kaylor, that State authorities cannot
afford to have its ranks depleted at
time when fires may seriously re-
tard our war effort.
Supplementing Mr.. Kaylor's state
ment, District Forester Bond calls
attention to the fact that, besides
high school students, the Forest Fire
Fighters Service is open to older
men. Cecil County landowners in
particular are urged to form groups
for enrolment and training. Full
information will be furnished by
Mr.. Bond upon application to him
at 112 Main Street, Bel Air.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
State Laws Passed to
Ease Manpower Shortage

Bulk of state labor legislation
adopted this year was designed to
swell the nations manpower pool,
with many of the new laws relaxing
or suspending provisions governing
employment of women and children
and in few cases, aged pension
ers. Nearly all legislation of this
type will be effective for the dura-
ton of the war only.
Most of the new laws governing
employment of women during the
war contain protective restrictions,
though in some cases controls must
be enforced by administrators of the
laws.
Nearly a score of states relaxed
labor laws to encourage. employ
ment of women. Typical of such
action was Ohio's in relaxing limi-
tations on hours of employment of
women and minors for the duration
by raising ceilings on hours they
may work per week and permitting
employment of women in some &C.
equations previously barred to them
driving taxis, shining shoes, OPP
Grating freight elevators.
Other states taking such action
include Texas, which now allows
10-hour day for women; New Hamp-
shire, which excepted fruit and vege-
table canneries from limitations on
working hours for women and mi
nors; and Arkansas, California, Del
aware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine,
Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee,
Utah and Wyoming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
sSoapless Soaps

'Soapless soaps" represent anoth-
er important contribution of the re-
search laboratory to our daily lives.
Starting with ordinary vegetable
and animal oils, the chemist makes
''fatty alcohols" which, in combina-
ton with sulfuric acid and other
chemicals, give us class of COM
pounds known as ''fatty alcohol sui
fates."
Although chemically quite differ
ent from ordinary soap, certain
Of the fatty alcohol sulfates are
the best "detergents" known. They
are similar to ordinary soap in
cleansing properties, but better in
that they work in hard water as
well as in soft water. Even with
briny ocean water they form pillows
Of foaming suds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
FRIENDLEss WHITE PENNY

One of the most popular bills Of
fered in Congress came from Senator
Buck, of Delaware. The measure
withdraws white pennies" from cir
culation and orders no more such
coins. made.
Nothing has irritated more people
than these newly-minted pennies
which look so much like dimes and
are often given and taken as such.
Giving them for dimes is less ag-
gravalting process than taking them.
Government experts ought to find
a way to meet the wartime shortage
of metal without adding further
confusion to the situation. The
white penny" has few friends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Turkey Dry Tableland

Turkey is high, dry lakeland
fringed with a fairly fertile coastal
belt. From the lofty mountains Of
Armenia on the eastern frontier the
land levels off In q series Of prairie.
like areas partitioned by treeless,
wind-swept ridges. Rivers live up
TO their names only In spring. In
summer they 60 dry, trace their
courses only as sun-baked streaks OF
sticks and stones.
Uplands yield grain and grazing
for goats. Large-scale agriculture
prospers on the Aegean coast. Fruit,
cotton and tobacco take big slices
Of acreage. East Of the Straits and
the Sea Of Marmara Turkey is
rolling, grain bearing plain, 3
bread basket" for the nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

Gibbons are anthropoid apes per-
haps somewhat less closely related
to man than are gorillas, orang
utans, or chimpanzees. But they are
strikingly human in the appearance
of their faces, and in the upright
posture that characterizes their
walking. Their tree living habits
have developed in them extraordi-
nary length and power of the arms.
They are entirely at home in tree
tops, sleeping on limbs, and swing
ing from branch to branch, often
along on well-defined aerial trails.
The family parties are held togeth-
er by the loud voices, which are
used to emit what are apparently
well-defined signals understood by
the members Of each individual
family group.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Ataturk Created Modern
Turkish State in 1923

Wave after wave of invasion
washed over Turkey, left traces Of
races and cultures, raised the politi-
cal framework known as the Otto
man Empire, an international
patchwork that held together through
the first World war. The empire
included Balkan areas, Anatolia,
Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Mesopota-
mia, part of Armenia, Kurdistan,
and several islands in the Aegean
sea.
Bit by bit, the empire shrank.
Long wars, declarations of independ-
ence, and new political alignments
pared the sprawling domain of the
Sultan to its Turkish core. In 1928
de facto government declared the
Sultan's regime out of step with the
will of the people, and proclaimed
a republic, content with the heart
land inhabited by Turks.
Kemal Ataturk, nationalist lead
er, was elected president of the new
republic. The capital was moved
from Istanbul on the seafront to
Ankara in the interior. The bud
ding sovereignty Of the people was
delegated to the Grand National AS
sembly. Men and women could
vote, could hold Office. The cali
phate-the country's religious front
was abolished. Domains of church
and state were sharply separated.
Religious teaching was barred from
the schools.
Change swept the country. The
Gregorian calendar was accepted.
European numbers and q Latinized
alphabet were made official. Metric
weights and measures were legal
lied. Compulsory education for chill.
dren 2 to is years was another or.
der Of the new day. Secondary
schools, teacher training, technical
instruction, university courses in the
arts, law and medicine defined the
educational trend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
FREEZING KEEPS FOOD SAFE

Frozen food lockers are helping
to store up lot of homegrown food
for the coming winter, and locker
patrons are urged to keep their
space filed to capacity. In answer
to questions as to whether frozen
foods are ever likely to cause food
poisoning, particularly botulism, bac-
teriologists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture give assurance that
frozen foods are entirely safe until
they come out of the locker. Any
danger would arise from bad man
agement between the locker and the
table,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
X X
MhatHo~ Buy WM
WAN BONDS
Sick Boy
Sick Boy

In this war our wounded fighting
men have greater chance for re-
covery than in any previous con-
f1ict because of the medical aids
and services that have been devel-
oped by the War and Navy Depart
ments.
One Of these aids is the Hospital
Transport Plane service that has
been bringing our wounded back
from Africa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
NO CORN QUOTA

Corn marketing quotas for 1914
were removed in Maryland by the
Agricultural Adjustment Agency,
eonard C. Burns, State AAA vice.
chairman, announced Including this
years crop, there are 3,415,000,O0O
bushels of corn in the nations Ever
Normal Granary-a supply second
only to the 1912 record-but there
is also a record livestock population
to consume these stories. removing
any danger of a corn surplus. There
will be no corn marketing quota
referendum this year in Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Doctrine of Atonement" will be
the subject of the Lesson-Sermon In
all Churches of Christ, Scientist, ON
Sunday, October IL.
The Golden Text will be from John
IA: s, g. Thomas said unto him,
Lord, we know not whittier thou
,goest, and how can We know the
way? Jesus said unto him, ! am the
way, the truth and the life; no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me-"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
owing from the Bible: Isaiah 52:13-
Behold my servant shall deal pru-
IDENTIFY. he shall be exalted and ex-
tolled, and be very high"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

Civilians will soon be able to get
more awnings. Useful II we have a
hot winter.
Phone girl stays at job in fire.
Well, who ever heard of one that
didn't?
Maybe the current jam in the laun-
dries Is just another form OF soil
conservation.
It Isn't the length Of the Russian
winter which worries the N1sis %
much Is when happens during IT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

The best housewives seem to be
fully aware Of the difference between
meat choppers and meat chiselera,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

High wind rips of the roof of the
Kremlin. The Nazis will claim that
Ii i the came wipd that blew them
oet = aRslas1k'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15
Reading Habits Affect Sight

The wide prevalence of near-sight-
edness, or myopia, in high school
and college students is believed by
some authorities to result in large
measure from bad reading habits.
The interior of the eye, it is pointed
out, is under considerable pressure,
which is increased by the external
muscles of the eye in converging it
for near focusing, as in reading. If
the coats of the eye are weak from
over-use, or malnutrition, it is be-
lieved by some that the eyeball may
become heightened by excessive
reading, especially when the light
ing is poor, the print is small, or
the book held in a faulty position.
If there is q tendency towards near
sighttdness improper reading hab-
its, it is believed, may aggravate
the situation.
e-O->
Nelson says the United States will
turn out plane every five minutes.
Goebbels had better tell his writers
to speed up their stories about down
ing them.
Current operations in Italy dis
close why Marine and Navy camps
for rockies are called boot" train
ing.
Your deductions are what are left
after you've taken your pay out OF
your pay.
In persuading the girls to stick to
their Jobs. the Manpower Commits
sion is probably at least as eifective
! Is 4 WomaapsHer commission
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

Your increased and continued pur-
chase of War Bonds is required
to help the Treasury Department
finance this hospital transport serv-
ice. "Back the attack with War
bOn0S. U. S. Treasury Department
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-15

Your deductions are what are lef
after you've taken your pay out o
your pay.
Evening star., 1943-05-20
T.. H. Smith Backed
For Virginia Senate
Alexandra ATTORNEY
Silent on Candidacy

The possibility that Charles Henry
Smith, Alexandria attorney, will be
a candidate for State Senator in tho
August Democratic primary has re-
suited from the efforts of Mr..
Smiths friends to persuade him to
seek the nomination.
Mr.. Smith would neither affirm
nor deny rumors that he is to be a
candidate, but said that he would
make a definite announcement be-
fore June 2, the deadline for filing.
A native of Westmoreland County,
Mr.. Smith came to Alexandria in
1919 and was a member of the State
House of Delegates from 1922 to
1928, first as representative from
both Alexandria and Arlington, and
later as the Alexandria Delegate.
He was Democratic floor leader
during his last term as member Of
the House.
Andrew w. Clarke, Alexandria at
torney: George Herring. Prince VIII
liam County lumberman, and Rich
ard M. Smith, Mclean businessman,
already have announced they will
seek the Democratic nomination
from the 29th district, which in
cludes Fairfax and Prince William
Counties and the city of Alexandria.
1t also has been reported in Demo-
cratic circles that Robert s. Brookes,
jr., Of Vienna, attorney and chair
man of the Emergency Transporta-
ton Committee for Northern Vir-
ginia, may seek the nomination.
Evening star., 1943-05-20
Taft Holds NRPB Plan
HeraIds SO Per Cent
Socialist Economy
Curb on SeIf-Government
And Control Of Industry
Seen in Program
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio said last
night that the National Resources
Planning Board program for the
postwar period would lead ito so
per cent, at least, Socialist econ
omy."
Addressing a dinner climaxing
the 54th annual congress of the
National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, Senator Taft
said the plan would leave nothing
to the ability Of the average inde-
pendent American"
This program of the National
Resources Planning Board is plaus-
ible and it has global charm" the
Ohio Senator said, but it leads di-i
rectly to the abolition of local self
government-to control of all in
dustry by administrative boards
having executive, legislative and
judicial powers and to so per cent,
at least, Socialist economy
Sound Finance Urged.
He said that If he was planning
program he would call for
sound finance" and added that
other points would be encourage
ment Of new industry, minimum
regulation of business, return to
private enterprise, plan for post
war taxation to encourage saving
and investment and continuance of
safeguards for economic security,
health and public welfare
Continuing his attack on the
NRPB, Senator Taft said:
The board gives lip service to
private enterprise, but the measures
which they propose would certainly
bring it to an untimely end. The
Government. according to the re-
port for 1943, is to provide technical
engineering assistance in the con-
version of war plants. The Gov
ernment is to provide credit for
the same purpose. and. Of course,
guide the conversion along the lines
which the -trusters think de-
srable. The Government is to train
workers for the converted plants.
The Government Is to decide where
the plant sare located. One
Evening star., 1943-05-20
Max Constant, Famous
Test Pilot, Dies in Crash

By the Associated Press,
LOS ANGELES, May 20-Max
Constant, internationally known
racing and test pilot, has been killed
in the crash of plane on an ex-
perimental flight.
A spokesman for Northrop Avia-
ton Corp. said wreckage of the
plane Mr.. Constant was testing was
found yesterday near test field
on the Mojave Desert, northeast
of here.
Mr.. Constant, born in France,
became interested in aviation in
England after the World War, and
came to the United States in 1885
to fly Jacqueline Cochrane's plane
in the ninth annual New York City,
Miami race He won the race in
5 hours, 43 minutes and 80 seconds
A test pilot here in recent years,
he resided in suburban Beverly
Hills. His wife, Mary Constant,
survives.