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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC:
Batter FOr1Uard

AS U. S. doughboys battered their
way slowly through Jap jungle de-
lenses in New Britain, other Yankee
units pushed southwark for a juno
ton with Australian troops fighting
up the eastern coast of New Guinea.
While Yank and Aussie alike
ploughed through the Japs' strong
brush and mountain cover, u. S.
bombers continued their raids on the
enemy's central Pacific Marshall is
lands, guarding the ocean highway
to the orient. Airdromes and ship
ping in the cluster of coral islets
were battered by roaring Liberators.
Following strengthening of their
beachhead at Arawe in southwestern
New Guinea, doughboys moved in
land against the Japs after heavy
artillery bombardment, while to the
north, other U. S. elements gradu-
ally were pushing the enemy back
from around the captured airdrome
at Cape Gloucester. In eastern New
Guinea, Jap bases behind u. S. posi-
tons were bombed heavily to slow
movements against doughboys fight
ing to join hands with the advancing
Aussies to the south.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
National Service Act Answer
To Wartime Disdgreements
Too Many Cooks Root of Labor Disputes;
Pressure Groups, individuals Unwilling
To Lay Aside Financial Desires.
By BAUKHAGE
Nesos analyst and Commentator.

And so finally, the man with the
long cigarette holder, just back from
the world battlefronts where $50
much-per-hour-per-day" wasn't the
argument, but ''so-many-lives-per-
hour" was, where world maps were
being re-drawn, where Americas at
titude and action was about to re-
write history, became little inn
patient.
The Action Date
1--WE have come to, the action
date" said the President, 1--WE have
been talking here since Sunday. If
you can't take action by agreement,
/ will have to take action by my
SELF"
He took it and he took the rail-
roads. To say that Washington was
not surprised would be to misjudge
Washington.
The root of the whole trouble in
this and all the labor disputes has
been that there were too many
cooks. The trouble with the confus-
ing statements which come out of
Washington is that there are too
many cooks. And yet, we have that
paradox that when there are too
many people handling war prob
lens, the only cure so far has been
to substitute too few-to pass the
buck to one mantle President. The
answer to that is that one man
simply cannot do it all.
The war is too far away from US.
We cannot lay aside our personal
and natural desire to make as much
money out of it as the next fellow.
This has gone on from the Begin
ning-employer, making his profits,
essential labor demanding and get
ting his high wages, the farmer. his
incentive, and then those who fol-
low after, shouting, "you did it for
them, do it for mel"
Not one group is blameless, only
those who have been unable to bring
pressure, hesitated to do so. And,
for the most part, each group sim
cerely believing that it was getting
no more than it's just due, the rest
were the profteers, the chiselers.
= The solution?
At this writing, National Service
Act that will order who does what
and for how much--justl as it is in
the army.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
CIVILIAN GOODS:
Hold Back Steel

Although curtailment Of orders
has resulted in a reduction of steel
operations, the War Production
board refused to lift its ban on use
of the metal in 646 civilian items,
except in special instances to i'm
prove substitutes.
WIPES decision, it was said, was
based on:
1. The army and navy's position
that limitations on the use of ma
terials should not be removed until
war needs are clear;
2. WPB's conclusion that expand
ed civilian production would result
in shortages of coal, petroleum, lun-
Der for Grating, packaging paper
and transportation, all of which are
not sufficient to even meet war re-
quirements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Bond-Selling Plan

Rep. Richard P. Gale Of Mime
sofa has a plan for increasing bond
sales to individual citizens-the sales
which it is most important to make.
He thinks it is a cheap and easy
way for the government to increase
sales and interest in sales on the
part Of the average man. Senator
Guffey offered a similar plan.
Periodically, at intervals not
greater than three months, he would
have the treasury make drawing.
And the person holding the winning
number-he would be bondholder,
of course, would get prize of from
a hundred to IS thousand dollars.
It wouldn't be a lottery because
nobody could lose-you would have
your bond for the money you invest
ed and your bond would be your
ticket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
PROHIBITIONS:
Open Hearings

"Use Your Bible to Battle the
Bottle"
"Two Resolutions: 1 viii Keep
Sweet and I Will Not Drink Al
cohol."
AS leaflets containing these slo-
gans were passed out by ardent pro-
hibitionists, a house judiciary SUBJ
committee opened hearings on bill
by Rep. Joseph Bryson Is. CO., for
limiting alcoholic content of bever-
ages to liz per cent for the duration.
Heading the Dry delegation was
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, president
of the Wonen's Christian Temper
ance Union. Mrs. Smith asserted
that hangovers from week end
drinking sprees result in war plant
absenteeism, and she further said
that liquor manufacture channels
grains, sugar and other products
from food uses.
Opposing the prohibitionists, Rep
resentative Forand (R. ~ described
himself as teetotaler. But, said
he, that "does not give me license
to tell my neighbors what they
should eat and drink"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
HARSH lAxATIvES
UNNECESSARY?
Millions Find Simple Fresh
Fruit Drink Gives Them All
the Laxative Aid They Need

Don't form the habit Of depend
ing on harsh, gripping laxatives
until you've tried this easy, health
full way millions now use to keep
regular.
It's fresh lemon Juice and water
taken first thing in the morning
just as soon as you get up. The
juice of one Sunkist Lemon in q
glass Of water. Taken thus, on an
empty stomach, it stimulates
normal bowel action, day after
day, for most people.
And lemons are actively good
for you. They're among the richest
sources Of Vitamin C, which COM
bats fatigue, helps resist colds and
infections. They supply vitamins
B. and P, aid digestion and help
alkalinize the system.
Try this grand wake-up drink
10 mornings. See If it doesn't help
you! Use California Sunkist
Lemons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
HICHLICHTs 80. !. 81. week. a...

PICKLES: In the midst of an all
time-high demand for pickles by the
armed forces and civilian sources,
directors Of the National Pickle
Packers association, at a wartime
meeting in Chicago, forecast a short
age of pickles for civilians unless
farmers increase cucumber acreage
in 1914. Available pickle stocks are
reported to be ia million bushels
Jess than a year ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
EUROPE:
Biggest Loss

Fighting through swarms Of Nazi
fighter planes which pressed home
their attacks in close ranks, and
running into new rocket antiaircraft
fire that threw up shells ..as big as
house." 700 U. S. Liberators and
Flying Fortresses protected by al
most 500 light combat escorts
smashed hard at German airplane
factories in southwestern Germany.
As the big U. S. aerial fleet fired
the machine shops and assembly
plants with record loss Of GA
planes, other Allied bombers struck
at the big Greek port Of Piraeus out
side Of Athens, supply center for
German strongpoints in the Aegean
sea, guarding the near eastern water
route to the Balkans.
Although heavy weather turned
the ground into goo, U. S. dough-
boys beat down Nazi mountain posts
in southern Italy in their advance on
Casino, key to the 70-mile road to
Rome. In bearing down on Casino,
doughboys were overrunning hill po-
sitions to the north, west and south,
giving them commanding view of
the town which lies in plain astride
the priced highway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
HIGHWAYS:
Urges u. S. NettUOrk

Construction and improvement OF
$4,000 miles of roads which would
provide employment for 1000, 600
workers, was recommended to con-
gress by President Roosevelt after
more than two years Of study by a
national interregional highway COM
mittee.
To cost about $3.50, 000, 900 annually
over a period of years, the plan en-
braces creation of system of coun-
try and urban roads that would con-
meet every part of the nation.
In general, the new system would
follow routes of existing federal aid
highways, with costs shared equally
by local, state and U. S. government
agencies. Quick congressional &C
ton was asked to help acquire land,
draft detailed plans and accomplish
other preliminary work,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

CHINCH BUGS: The prolonged
drouth is adding new danger in the
corn belt-the threat of a much larg-
er number of chinch bugs next sea-
son. Dry fall weather is favorable
to the pests, as they can 60 into
Information with small losses. An
open winter also preserves many Of
the insects, who would ordinarily be
killed by cold, it was said by ento-
mologists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
NAZI PRISONERS:
Suicides Reported

In the Nazi war prison compound
at Concordia, Kan, four stern-faced
German officers escorted one Capt.
Felix Tropschuh to a room with a
bed, a chair, table and a rope. While
two of them stood outside for 80
minutes, Tropschuh hanged himself.
Investigation revealed that the
prisoners had set up their own court
to try Tropschuh for anti-Hitler talk
and exposing a plot for escape, and.
having found him guilty of disgrace
full conduct for a German officer,
left him with the traditional Prus-
sian alternative of killing himself.
Another Nazi suicide at the camp
was 39-year-old Franz Kettner, who
took his own life when he feared
violence because of the discovery OF
his belief in a free Austria.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
FATS AND OILS:
Output Larger

Keeping up with increased de-
mands, fats and oils output in the
U. S. for 1884 will approximate
100000 pounds to top last years
production of 10000, 900 pounds.
Despite an easing of the supply
situation for the current year, it was
pointed out that stocks might be Sc
verely drained to fill needs abroad
in case of an Allied victory in Eu-
rope in 1914.
Soybean production for the 1913
season was set at 1877, 100000 BUSH
els, for peanuts $500, 900 pounds, and
for cottonseed 5,500,000 tons.
Because of decreases in lard and
grease output, overall fat and oils
production for the 1944-'45 season
should drop below this years fig
-ureS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
BRIEFS. by Baukhage

Stamp out turnover-stay on the
job-and finish the jobl That should
be every Americans creed.
All honorably discharged men,
bers of the armed forces-both men
and women-will be assisted in ev-
cry way possible to find a job to
their liking, according to Paul ".
McNutt, chairman of the War Man.
power commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Nicaragua and Costa RIGA are
rapidly expanding their balsa crops
to keep up with current war de-
mands and in anticipation Of woods
important role in postwar aviation.
The use of tin to preserve food
safely in metal containers was first
exploited by Napoleon's engineers
preparatory to his invasion Of Rus
STA.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

ly whitfield down a long stretch Of
country which the Germans held to
prevent the Russ from cutting
through it and trapping $4,000 Of
their troops to the south.
AS General Vatutin's forces pushed
forward in prewar Poland, the Po-
lish government-in-exile considered
Russia's proposal for postwar adj
justment of the old eastern border
between the two states. Under the
proposal, Russia would keep the for
mer Polish provinces of White Rus
STA and the Ukraine, while Poland
would be compensated by taking
over Eastern Prussia,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
WAR BUDGET:
100 Billion Asked

Assuming that fighting will con-
tinue throughout the fiscal year end
ing in June, 1915, President Roose-
welt asked congress for an appropri-
alton of 500, 900, 100000 to cover the
period.
At the same time, the President
asked congress to prepare for de-
mobilization by ~ planning public
works; (2) providing mustering-out
pay to servicemen; (3) expansion
of the social security program to
tide over the labor force during the
reconversion period, and az study
ways of boosting foreign trade.
Declaring that war spending since
1910 will have swelled to 1897, 000,-
900, 900 by 1915, the President fore
cast national debt of $258, 900, 000,-
600 by next year. Such debt, the
President said, would require an
nual interest charges Of $4,000, 000,-
600, which could best be paid with
national income of $125, 000, 000. 900
annually, far over the pre-war level.
To help white the debt, the Pres
ident urged a minimum of $40, 000,-
000, 900 in new taxes this year, cou-
pied with present collections of $40,-
600. 000. 900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Because Of a typographical err
ror by the OPA, Monnett, Mo-
population 4,099-became the corn
capital of the u. s. A.
While the corn top was set at
$1.16 for Chicago, it stood at
$1.191a in Monnett, SO the latter
town had no difficulty getting rs
carloads of the grain, or 1900, 900
bushels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
READY FOR VETS

The veterans administration Is
expanding its facilities to take care
of the soldiers of this war. Hospital
capacity is being increased to 300, 900
beds. Six months ago it was around
$4,000. The financial departments
are also being reorganized to ham
die the immense volume of disburse-
ments of all sorts that will be nee
essary.
The department is still paying PEN
sions to the widow of War of 1872
militiaman, and to 81 widows Of
Mexican war veterans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
STRANGE LETTER:
Hopkins InpoLped

While Harry Hopkins was recuper-
ating in the Bethesda naval hospital,
c. Nelson Sparks appeared before
a Washington, D. c., grand jury and
turned over a letter which he al
legged proved that the Presidents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

letter in book, in which he assailed
WILKES methods in the G. o. p.
national convention.
In the alleged letter, Hopkins was
to have written to a prospective
Democratic senatorial candidate in
Texas, promising that he could get
Willkie to swing Republican support
over to him in the primary election.
Claiming the letter was a forgery,
Hopkins asked the FIJI to investi-
gate the matter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

mo. ! auVlSOT Was
in close contact with
Wendell Willkie, G.
o. P. leader.
Former mayor of
Akron, Ohio, when
Willkie was a utility
lawyer there, and
manager of Frank
Gannett's campaign
for the Republican
presidential nominal
ton in 1910, Sparks
Gr-,4 .,I.I-1s1LaJ A.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

war Poland IN haro
fighting as other
Red units main
tanned heavy pres
sure on the embat-
tied Nazis in other
sectors of the Rus
sian front.
The Reds contin-
ued bearing down
on the Nazis in the
great Dnieper bend,
where their persist
->A 49, - 1I
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Misunderstanding

might point to reason one as the one
which turned the scales, but, like
most of the other motivating forces
in many of the recent labor deci-
sions, they spring from the same
soil as does reason two: misundef-
standing of the methods of labor
leaders.
You will recall that William
Green, A. F. of L. chieftain, when
he made what since seems to have
been an ill-starred attack on the
Marshall statement that threats Of
strikes might prolong the war, stat
ed fatty that the railroad unions had
never intended to strike.
That statement isn't questioned in
spite of the angry denials of the
railroad union leaders. 1t is what
you heard in every railroad office
from every old time councillor and
advisor in Washington before the
roads were taken over.
Unfortunately, the whole situation
is reminiscent of the conversation
concerning the dog. The dog
growled. The owner said, Don't
be frightened, I know he won't bite
you." But replied his friend,
'does the dog know it,"
You see the friend had no under
standing of dogs.
If you had slipped into the White
House on a certain day not long
before the deadline for the strike
call of the so-called recalcitrant I'M
ions (enginemen and firemen, and
conductors) had been reached, you
too might have been alarmed. The
union representatives Il am told)
were making a noise very much like
a dog that is going to bite.
Now the old timers were used to
the noise. But the two gentlemen
upon whom the President leans for
advice in matters of sterilization
involving wage and price boosts,
Messrs. Byrnes and Vinson, were
not accustomed to the sound. They
did not know that a labor leader
bark is often worse than his bite.
('sThere never was the faintest
possibility of an actual walkout on
the nations railroads" = William
Green.)
Messrs. Byrnes and Vinson be-
lieved what they heard and it was
plenty.
That experience, think ] can
say, is authentic. The labor lead
ers emphatically and enthusiastical-
ly threatened, Messrs. Vinson and
Byrnes took the warning growl for
a real threat. Others of the Presi-
dents council were convinced that
there was excuse enough to do
something which they thought would
be advantageous for political rea-
sons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Precautionary
Prospective Tenant (nervously)
Don't you think this window ii
rather small, IL case Of erner-
gency2
Landlady-There won't be any
emergency. MY terms are cash
She Had Heard
Some come, loan. SURELY you knoso
il the soorld Is round on Square? Mary
tell herr
ITS crooked, seacher, said Mary
darkly.
Lost Effort
Mike IT'S foine kid We have
there; magnificent head and mo-
BILE features. Say, could We lend
me a couple Of dollars
Pat--I could not. 'TisH me ife'a|
child by her first hush hnd.
The man who wears t}npee
never says much about He
keeps it under his hat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Monkey Receptionists

Trains that stop at way stations
near Udaipur, India, are always
met by troops of monkeys that
emerge from the jungle to chatter
at the passengers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Ask Labor Draft

No sooner had President Roose-
velt's message to congress calling
for a labor draft been read, than
Sen. Warren Austin (Vt.) and Rep.
James Wadsworth IN. W intro
duced legislation making all men
between 18 and 65 and all women
between is to so subject to COM
pulsory service.
AS congress moved toward con-
sideration of the controversial labor
draft issue, the senate went toward
approval of most of it's new $2,00O,-
100000 tax bill, far below the adj
ministration's demand for $40, 000,-
100000 of new revenue. The senate
also voted to keep the present social
security tax rate at per cent each
for employer and employee, instead
of doubling the rates as automati-
cally provided by the original law.
In introducing his labor draft bill
which would enable the government
to place people in employment, Sem
ator Austin said approximately
100000 ATS, all men over 38, and
an estimated q, 0O0, 900 women would
form huge workers pool which
could be channeled where needed
into industry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
RUSSIA:
Advance in Poland

Gen. Niko1ai Vatutin's First
Ukrainian army bit deeper into pre-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
.CLASSIFIl
D E p "A r r M g.

Nurses Training 6chd
practical nursel Learn quickly at home
Booklet free. CHICAGO SCHOOL or
NURSING. Dept. CIVIL, Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Congress Debates Labor Draft Issue;
Red Army FORCES Deeper Into Poland;
FDR Asks 100 Billion Wartime Budget;
House Group Studies Prohibition Bill

NOTE: opinions these eolgn they are those
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Life's Highlights

Lies Highlighfs
In a cemetery at Ruidoso, N. M,
is a tombstone bearing, this in
scription: wild Bill Britt. Ran
for sheriff in 49,. Ran from sheriff
in '83. Buried in a."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

The man who wears a
never says much aboi1l
keeps it under his hat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
wNU Service, Union Trust Building,

WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, d. G.
Why did the President order the
army to take over the railroads?
You can get seven reasons from
seven different presidential advisors.
won't repeat them. will name
three.
First, the epitome Of those the po-
litically minded probably gave; it
will be a good thing for 1914. That
is the sum total of a number OF con-
illusions of the master minds who
are advising concerning the political
campaign which is ahead Of US.
There are two other reasons which
some of the time-hardened officials
in Washington offer (aside from the
threat, real or fancied, to the war eff
fort). These officials let the political
stream flow over them. They are
more interested in getting the par
ticular job assigned to them done
than figuring out its political effects.
Needless to say, they belong to that
large, conscientious army which
most people outside of Washington
forget exists, an army Of people
wise or unwise in their judgments
but beholden to no political party
for their positions.
These are the two probable rea-
sons they offered; first:
The roads were seized as threat
against other ir1dustrialists who
might make trouble in accepting
terms Of future labor wage deci-
sions, such demands for increases
which can't be easily lodged (per-
haps just demands, perhaps not,
depending on who holds the scales).
The second reason offered is this:
Simply because many of the Pres
ident's present labor advisors have
had little or no experience in labor
relations, in the methods of labor
leaders.
Evening star., 1944-01-11
BY angelo Pafri

II you were starting out to build
house would you use the strongest
means you had or would you look
up what the books said and lay in
a supply Of materials, regardless of
whether you could use them in this
particular bit of building or not?
I ask you that because helping
a child grow through learning ex-
periences is much like building a
house. A child will live in the house
he builds for his soul and the ma
terial he uses is his learning ex-
periences. To help him the school
lays in whole set of race expert
ences without regard to his need
for them. Eyes. Make him use
them all. They're all good. They've
all been used before. He must use
them too."
1t is true that these learning ex-
periences have been used before. BY
some people they have been used
with happy results, by others they
have not been used at all and by
still others, who are forced to use
them, they were used to i'll effect.
1t all depends upon the one ques-
ton: Can this child use this ex-
perience to his good?
There are some children who
cannot learn Latin; others cannot
learn mathematics; still others can
not learn history. Some do well
with arithmetic through the funda-