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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03
To Dedicate Ser
vice Plaque

Plans have been made by the XII
wants Club, the Rotary Club and the
Chamber of Commerce of Elkton to
dedicate the armed service roll
plaque for the Elkton area ON Armis-
tice Day. If plans are carried out, it
will be one of the largest affairs ever
held In Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03
Awarded Scholarship

The Womans College Club of Cecil
county announces the awarding of
the Hugh w. Caldwell scholarship to
Miss Mary Lib MARTENS. who is at
tending the University of Delaware.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03
Lvx61K N6EK1CE
Dies In His Car

Walter f. Holloway, aged 81 years,
mail CAREER from the Havre de Grace
Office ON the star to carlton, was
found dead in his car on the morning
of Oct. %, at carlton. The motor of
mis- car was,still running when 1t was
found standing along the roadside.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03


written Oct. IA, states he was in good
health and on four-day rest leave.
He had visited Rome; saw St. Peters
Cathedral and other places of inter-
est. Visitors were blessed by the
priest. Leigh now has thirty-eight
missions and has been instructing
new boys.
Among the guests last week of Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin L. Haines were Rev.
and Mrs. VIM. Michaels, Media, Pa,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Vanneman, Bal
timore, Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood
Haines, Westfield, N. J.
Mrs. Susie Culley, North East, rep
resenting her lodge at the State
Dairy Maids convention HELD recently
in Coatesville, Pa, won first prize
for the best dressed Dairy Maid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby, Miss
Catharine Kirk, and Miss Martha
Tosh were Sunday guests of Samuel
d. Riddle, at his estate near Berlin,
Md.
Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. Wheeler of Perry Point,
that their son, Carl, was wounded in
action in Holland on Sept. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ward, Sr., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward. Jr., Chesapeake
City, were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Yokum.
Circle No. 8. w. 8. C. s. will meet
Friday evening with Mrs. Clara Biles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MENTION

Prof. and Mrs, J, Paul Slaybaugh,
daughter Eleanor Jane, and Anne
Lane Wilson were guests of relatives
at Blaine, Ohio, during the funeral
services of Mrs. Slaybaugh's mother,
Mrs. Hannah Lynch, who passed
away suddenly Thursday evening at
the home of her daughter, West Not
tingham Academy,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Miss Elizabeth Dillingham;, Balti-
more, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin L. Haines. a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Miss Ruby GRAPHICAL. Wilmington
Del, was the weekend guest Of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn GRAPHICAL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Miss Isabel Kennedy. R. N, Will
mington, DEL, is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William Graham.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Mrs. Lulu v. Westerfsld. Port De-
post. was the guest last week Of Mrs.
William N. Pogua.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Harry Hansen CM 2Ic and family
of FIT. Pearce, Fla, have been enjoy.
ing a 10 day furlough with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ Hansen,
Principle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ward, Sr., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward, Jr., Chesapeake
City, were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Yokum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Circle No. 8. w. 8. C. S. will meet
Friday evening with Mrs. Clara Biles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Mrs. Bertha Durgen, of Liberty
Grove, has received word of the safe
arrival of her SON, Pfc. Charles Dur
gen, somewhere in France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Clinton Logan en-
tertained Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Barr and son. Aberdeen, Md, Mrs.
Paul McCabe and children, Days
boro, Del.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-11-03

Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. Wheeler of Perry Point
that their SON, Carl, was wounded in
action in Holland on Sept. 81.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Historic Naval Tragedy
On Potomac Is Recalled
BY John Clagett Proctor

Since the beginning OF the United
States Navy in ITS many serious acci-
dents have occurred aboard our war
vessels, but as we look backward a cen
tury, we find no peacetime misfortune
which at the time proved as much Of a
catastrophe as did the explosion of the
gun known as the "Peacemaker." aboard
the U. S. S. Princeton on February 28.
1874, and which came near taking the
life of the President of the United
States.
However, as it so happened. the result
was lamentable and deplorable enough,
since those mortally injured included
the Secretary of State, Abel P Upshure;
Secretary of the Navy Thomas w. Gill
mer, Commodore Beverly Kennon, Virgil
Maxey of the diplomatic service and Mr..
Gardiner, formerly a member of the
New York State Senate. Seventeen sea-
men were wounded, some of them IA
tally. Among those listed as stunned by
the concussion were the commanding
officer of the Princeton, Capt. Richard
F. Stockton; Senator Thomas H. Benton
of Missouri, 1t. Hunt Of the Princeton,
w. D. Robinson Of Georgetown and
others.
The Princeton, brand-new vessel,
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Army Weather Forecasters

There 1t remained until few years ago
when President Roosevelt shifted 1t TO
the Commerce Department.
The Signal Corps, however, continued
its military meteorological activity This
became increasingly important with tho
growth of aviation and with the de-
velopment of high-trajectory guns
whose missiles travel long distances
through the upper air.
In the First World War
During the World War, the Signal
Corps maintained weather service in
France and conducted intense observa-
tional work to obtain data on wind de-
Election for flyers, for the artillery and
for general military forecasting. Since
that war the Army Air Forces have
logically taken over the field aspects Of
meteorology and the Signal Corps has
retained the function of developing and
supplying weather. observation instru-
ments.
The weather service was transferred
from the Signal Corps to the Air Forces
in 1887, and the latter makes weather
information available to other arms and
services upon the request of the latter.
The Weather Division. located in WASH
ington, is headed by Col H. H. Bassett,
who is the staff weather officer for Gen.
Arnold. The administrative functions
of the service are centered in the
weather wing, commanded by Col W. O.
Senter, and having headquarters in
Asheville, N C.
Policies of the service are laid out In
Washington where the weather require
ments and information branches are
located under the control of the Weather
Division. These units make long-range
forecasts and prepare climatic data for
air, ground and service forces.
The weather wing exercises control
over squadrons and regions in the con-
tinental United States and large areas
bordering on the north and south In
the theaters. of course the squadrons
are under the command of the theater
commands, but the wing performs cer-
tain functions in connection with per-
sonnel, forecasting procedure and meth.
DDS of operation.
tremendous Strides Made
Tremendous strides have been mads
since Pearl Harbor Weather forecast.
ing is no longer done by the methods OF
trial and error. 1t has become an exact
science. based on known laws of mathe.
MATES and physics.
Weather always will be one Of the
controlling factors in almost every civil.
ian enterprise, as it frequently is, and
will be in deciding the fate of nations at
war. 1t seems certain that when peace
comes the advances in forecasting being
made by the Army will benefit the entire
country.
Postwar plans for the extension of
commercial air routes to remote corners
of the earth and the expansion of sea-
borne commerce will call for the CO.
operation of far-t1ung weather-reporting
stations. For the exigencies of war, this
service has now been set up. For ths
furtherance and protection of peace-
time commerce and travel, it will b
just as necessary. Peace, indeed, may
signify the dawn of a new day for
weather forecasting.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Senator Benton

Also among those who we're on the
Princeton in 1874, and who suffered only
shock, was the noted Missouri Senator.
Thomas H. Benton, who had a beautiful
daughter named Jessie, and who was
later to become the wife of John C. FIRE.
mont, the Pathfinder and the first
candidate for the presidency on the
Republican ticket, as revived in 1856.
Jessie, as you may recall, when quite
young was one of the bridesmaids to
Miss Harriet Williams of Georgetown,
who married the homely Count Bodisco.
Russian Minister to the United States.
then over so years old, while his bride
was only Is.
Benton was not especially impressed
with Fremont. who made court with
his l5-year-old daughter even though
he was a second lieutenant of topo-
graphical engineers. But his coming to
Washington in 1910, to prepare his re-
port Of the survey of the country be-
tween the Missouri and the northern
boundary, led him to stop at what is
now 3l9 c street northwest, and it was
while residing here that he met Miss
Benton, who lived with her parents at
334 c street, only few doors away.
The Benton house vas totally de-
stroyed by fire on February 27, 1855, and
the more recent dwelling was erected on
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Continued From Page ca

NSOIltlliuCu lOIl dSC S-f1
gineers, through all stages of develop
ment and standardization, to the point
where finished instruments could be
delivered to the Air Forces.
Basically meteorologists tells us, the
instruments used for weather observa-
tions by the Army here, for the most
part, were designed and used prior to
this war and the main notifications
have been made for the purpose of pro-
curing equipment suitable for modern
warfare.
Mobile Weather Stations
One of the most practical innovations
OF the Signal Corps has been carried
out at the Eatontown IN. j. signal lab
oratory. 1t consists Of the installation
OF a complete, compact weather station
in truck for mobile use Considerable
modification of delicate equipment was
necessary so that it would not be dam
aged in moving over rough terrain.
Among the most useful instruments
carried in this mobile station is the
radiosonde used for observations in the
upper air. This is miniature radio
transmitter carried aloft by an un-
manned balloon. AS it travels upward,
sometimes as high as 10 miles, it broad
casts conditions Of the atmosphere to a
receiving station where the observations
are recorded graphically on a moving
strip chart.
Other instruments used extensively
by meteorologists include the thermom-
eter which determines daily tempera-
ture extremes, the psychrometer for
indicating the moisture content of the
air, the thermograph and barograph
which provide continuous records of air
temperature and pressure, and the
barometer used for accurate determina-
ton Of the atmosphere pressure Then,
too, there are the rain gage which tells
about rainfalls, the anemometer-a
wind gage-that indicates the force and
velocity of the wind. the clinometer
used in measuring angles of elevation
and slope, and many other collateral in
struments which help present a clear
and accurate weather forecast.
The Weather Service
The first Government weather service
was created by the Signal Corps in 1870.
Congress had directed the War Depart
ment Ito provide for taking meteoro-
logical observations at military stations
in the interior of the continent and for
giving notice on the Northern lakes and
on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph
and marine signalling of the approach
and force of storms"
Responsibility for carrying out the
provision of Congress was delegated by
the War Department to the Signal
Corps. TWenty-four stations were dis
tributed throughout the country. BY
November, 1870, the Signal Corps trans
mitted by telegraph the first simultane-
Gus weather reports along Eastern sea-
board.
A reorganization of the Signal Corps
by Congress in 1890 provided that "the
operation of the corps shall be confined
to strictly military affairs" Civilian
weather forecasting then was transferred
to the newly established Weather Bu-
reau in the Department OF Agriculture.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Schooling Pilots to Fly War Cargoes
For Battle Fronts Around the Globe

she and Mr. Cooney began work at the
field 18 months ago when Pea was
training Army transport pilots there.
Mrs. E. r. McCroskey, whose late hus-
band was connected with the Congress
sional Airport at Rockville, Md, is one
of the clerical workers
Meacham Field trainees live in Navy
barracks on the field, Their available
leisure is spent at the bachelor officers
quarters playing table tennis, shooting
the proverbial breeze" or reading, writ
ing and lounging.
Woodrum Fields classrooms and Of
fees are located in Cannady House, an
old Colonial mansion standing on the
edge of the airfield which now covers
what once were the acres of adjoining
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Of training for the airline Naval Of
ficer in charge at Roanoke is 1t. Robert
c. Porter.
Routs Encircle the Globe.
There are no formal graduation cere-
monies for the students upon completion
of the courses. They receive certinca-
ton of training and are assigned to ac-
tive duty by the Navy. Thus, these pilots
trained by commercial airline pilots.
join in flight operations extending from
Greenland, Iceland and Newfoundland.
across to North Africa and the United
Kingdom, south through the Caribbean
to Central and South America; from the
Pacific Coast westward to the Aleutians,
Pearl Harbor, Australia and other Pa
Evening star., 1944-03-19

The house at 334 g. street
NV, 1Dhere Senator Thomas
H. Benton once resided.
ton, and largely aided in the decision
for freedom in California"
A Model Wife
Indeed, scanning of the life of Jes-
sic Benton Fremont might prove Of de-
cided value to some of the young wives
of today, who insist upon starting life
where their parents left off.
In bygone days, street in this vicin-
ity, now within the Municipal Center,
had many important residents, whose
homes are no longer standing. At No.
302 was the residence of John W. Maury,
of Maury & Maury, bankers, and who
served as Mayor of Washington from
1852 to 1853. Then came the Jones
house at 304 Here resided as early as
1889, DR.. William Jones, who married
sister of w. w. Corcoran.
This seems to have been a good loca-
ton for physicians, for next to DR.. Jones
lived DR.. Jonas Green from 1874 to 1847,
when he rented the house to Robert C.
Winthrop, famous orator and Speaker Of
the House of Representatives. Mr. VIM
throp delivered the principal address
when the cornerstone of the Washing
ton Monument was laid July 4, 1848.
At No. 308. was the home of Henry
Weightman, brother of Roger C. Weight
man, Mayor of the city from 1924 to
1926. This house was built prior to 1885.
When Francis Scott Key gave up his
residence in Georgetown and moved to
the east side of Rock Creek, he bought
this property and after he died, in 1843,
his widow sold it to John A. Smith, clerk
of the Circuit Court. This was Mr..
Keys last home, and his absence In Bal
timore, at the time of his death, jan
uary II, 1843, was due to a desire to
attend to some legal affairs In the Mon
unental City.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

the same site by Senator Benton, who
died here in April, 1858.
Historic Elopement
The old saying that true love never
runs smooth aptly applies to Gen. FIRE.
mont's courtship, for Senator Benton
made known his objections for one so
young as Jessie to receive the address
of the young lieutenant, and it was even
suspected that it was he who was re-
sponsible for the young lovers immedi-
ate detail on a Government survey OF
the Des Moines River. However, the
survey was done rapidly, and when FIRE.
mont returned he and Jessie took no
further chances, but soon eloped, and
were privately married on October 10,
1841. Years later, when the son and
namesake of the general failed to obtain
the consent of his ladylove's father, he
married secretly.
AS Gen. Fremont's duties compelled
him frequently to be absent on long and
dangerous expeditions, Mrs. Fremont re-
mained with her parents at their G.
street home for eight years after their
marriage. When she did join him, she
shared in all the hardships of frontier
life associated with his explorations,
sometimes living in tent or log cabin.
Being accustomed to all the luxuries of
life, in the supreme test, she proved the
ideal wife.
Servants in California, during the
early days of the gold rush were not to
be had, and the only assistance Mrs.
Fremont had at her home in Monterey
In 1849 was an Englishwoman, who
had emigrated from Sidney, and yet by
pitching in and assisting in doing her
Evening star., 1944-03-19


estates. The flyers live in Roanoke itself,
8 miles distant, and are transported to
and from the field by bus They are
quartered in an especially reserved
hotel Single officers live in one wing
and married officers and their families
in another.
CAA Staff.
Until early in January the once
stylish cupola of the mansion served as
the fields control tower Now regular
tower has been completed, stated by
Civil Aeronautics Administration en-
ployes assigned to the school, The CAA
men are on duty for as long as the
Navy requires, sometimes working as
late as 2 am. checking the trainees on
their night flights.
The entire training programs at Ro-
anoke and Fort Worth are under the
direct control of Navy 1t. P. r. Rucker,
who has Offices in the Navy Department
at Washington. 1t. j. L. Hollern, Naval
Reserve officer, is in command of Navy
administration detail at Meacham Field
and acts as liaison officer between
American Airlines and 1t. Rucker. The
20 instructors at. Woodrun Field work
under Pea Capt. j. T. Rinker. director
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Senator Thomas H. Benton,
Who received slight injuries
aboard the Princeton. He Was
the father Of Jesse Benton,
1OhO married John C.. Fremont.
own work she was able to render liberal
hospitality to all.
Her example it is said-by doing her
own work-so solved the servant prob
lem that when the Constitutional Con-
vention sat at Monterey, and there was
hesitation in the decision of it's trainers
as to the introduction of slavery, Mrs
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Fremont had the pleasure of being as
sured that the practical evidence of her
example convinced many that home
comfort and liberal and cheerful hos
pitality were possible without servants.
Her experience was within the sight and
knowledge of those voting on the cues
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-07-15

the Randolph Educational Fund.
Mr.. Randolph reported on the
sore sp3ts which are aggravating
race relations in the country to-
day, particularly in the over
crowded industrial areas. He
cited inadequate housing, made
quate recreational facilities
which we're the direct cause OF
the Detroit riot. Overcrowded
transportation which already is
resulting in sporadic fighting,
the hostility of the police who
often insist upon interfering and
stopping interracial relations,
especially when mixed groups
appear in public.
Finally, segregation and dis
elimination in the armed forces
against colored soldiers was hit
upon. Among those present was
Max DelSon. counsel for the Fund
Father John LaFargo, George
Schuyler. and Clara Clayman Of
the Lynn Committee.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-07-15
Book List

The following is q list of books
for interesting reading given
through the courtesy Of the
Open Shelf Department of the
Boston Public Library,
Fiction
BY Sea and by Land; Earl
Burton. The story Of our am
phibious forces.
THE Columnists": Charles
Fisher. The BACKGROUNDS and
personalities of leading Ameri-
can columniSts.
The Admiral; Laurin NJ.
Healy and Luis Kutner. An in
innate picture OF Admiral
Dewey.
Plastic Horizons: Banjamin
H. Well and Victor ]. Ahorn.
The role played by plastics in
plastics should play in the post.
war world.
Psychology in Living; Wen
dell White. 4 psychology pro-
fessor's explanation of why peo-
pie act as they do.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-07-15
NAACP Wind Up
Nation Wide Drive

NEW YORK - Closing re-
ports OF the nationwide drive
during May and June for 5OO,-
900 new NAACP memberships.
show Detroit easily the leader
among large metropolitan cit
les, and South Carolina top
ping states Of the Deep South.
For the phenomenal success
Of its four weeks campaign.
gaynering 21,733 members TO
date. the Detroit NAACP I'M
reserYedly credits the dynamic
assistance Of campaign diroc-
tor, Daisy Lampkin. Local
leadership, headed by Dr..
James J McClendon, president,
S G Gibbons, membership
chairman, GloSter B Current.
executive Secrstary. and work
ers led by H NJ Williams, WI
liam Gardner and Mrs Ardelil
Heath. were responsible for
1000 members ahead of that
reported at last years closing,
The story Of exceeded goals
is being told with rare salts
faction in branches. including
Cincinnati, Ohio; Waterbury,
Conn; Coatesville. Pa; Cum
berland, Va; Long Branch, N
j; Georgetown, Columbia and
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-07-15
B. U. Home From"
Wednesday Forums
Open To Public

The first in the annual sum-
mer series of Wednesday for
ums under the auspices of
Boston UniVersity's 3Oth an
nual Summer Session was held
yesterday afternoon in The
UNIVERSITIES Soden Building, "a
Exeter street. Dr.. Edward F.
Collier, associate professor of
government and history spoke
on Parties. Politics and Flee
tons in Wartime
Treating the political, edu-
catiOnal, economic and socio-
logical aspects of present day
conditions, the forums are fol-
lowed by informal audience
discussions. The dates and
speakers for the next three
meetings to be heId from 2 to
3 D. m. in the Soden BUILDING.
will be: July 10, Prof. John
J. MahUney professor of educa-
ton. Education for a Better
Social Order" July IS. Prof.
Max Hartmann, associate pro-
feSsor of economics, From
War to Peace-the Problem of
Industrial Reconversion;" Aug
ust 2, Prof. Albert Morris, pro-
fessor of sociology. Race Re-
lations in Wartime"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-07-15
Museum PAINTING
Found In Boston
Auction Room

An extremely rare panel
painting dating from the four
tenth or early fifteenth cen
fury has Just been placed On
exhibition at the Boston MI
scum Of Fine Arts, c. H. Edgell,
director, announced today. The
painting, which represents the
Coronation Of the Virgin, is of
German origin.
DR.. Georg Swarzenski, Fellow
in Sculpture and Medieval
Art, who is making a study Of
the work for future publication,
says that it is undoubtedly
part Of an altarpiece of q tyne
just developing at this period.
He believes that it may be the
first panel painting of the
Coronation of the Virgin rep
reSenting the Trinity. In earlier
renditions of this subject the
Virgin was shown with tbs
Christ only; here she kneels
between the figures Of God and
the Christ while the latter
places the crown on her head.
Behind them, angels stand I'M
der geometriesl architecture.
the precision Of which con-
trastS amusingly with the free
dom, freshness, and monument
tai simplicity Of the central
figures. Above, a dove. symbol
ic of the Trinity, hangs head
downward from a decorative
ribbon border, the latter a mo-
TIFF carried over into panel
painting from earlier tapes
tries and manuscripts.
When ne first examined the
painting Dr.. Swarzenski was of
the opinion that it probably
came from North Germany
and was related to the Ear
seattle, Cologne, and Bohemian
SCHOOLS, out IurtneT study mas
ii him to consider the posi-
bility Of a more southern ORR
gin, especially in view Of the
very unusual freedom of style
in contrast 10 the highly styl-
lied conventional treatment
characteristic Of the period
The painting is on fir wood
with z gold background, and is
in exec lent condition.
The panel was discovered b.
Mrs swarzsnski in q Boston
auction room and subsequently
acquired by the Museum It Is
now on view in the Recent Ae-
eeSsions Gallery.