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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
u. S. HEMP:
Cut Production

Because of the improvement in
imports from the Caribbean and
Mediterranean areas, the govern
ment's hemp growing program in
the Middle West will be cut to
one-third Of 1913 production, and only
IA of AZ processing plants will be kept
in operation.
Raised on contract to the govern
ment, farmers found hemp profitable
last year, their net yield per acre
being larger than from any other
crop in the nation, in some cases
reaching 5000, it was said.
In seeking to relieve a threatened
hemp shortage after the outbreak Of
war, the government undertook con-
struction of processing plants in AZ
communities, and arranged for
farmers to grow 1900 acres of the
fiber in each Of the districts. The
plants were erected at an estimated
cost of 100000 each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
OTHER GRAY'S
SWEET POWDERS

6&EN Thousands of parents have found
@&M Mother Gray Soeet Potoders pleas
- SVing laxative for children. And equally
". = good for themselves-to relieve the
" distress of occasional constipation.
Keep on hand for times of need. Package Of
Is easy-to-take powders. 35c. Sold by all
druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
LABOR DRAFT:
Pro and Con

While Secretary Of War Henry
Stimson told a senate committee
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
House Votes $500 Discharge Bonus;
u. S. Bombers Rip Nazi Supply Lines;
Red Army Continues Push on Baltic;
Peace Rumors Spiked by British Press

these columns h are those
Releasedb Newspaper Union. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
NOSE MUST DRAIN

To Relieve Heed Gold Miseies ~
When head colds strike, help nose INA.
drain, clear the for freer breathing
comfort with KOND0HS NASAL JELLY. ~ drsssifs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
PACIFIC FRONT:
Macarthur to Stay

U. S. medium and heavy hombers
ranged widely over the Pacific,
blasting Jap bases supplying hard
pressed enemy troops, and hitting
installations and airfields in the stra-
tegic Marshall islands.
AS U. S. armies were pinning the
foe back in the South Pacific area,
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
announced in Washington, D. c.,
that General Macarthur would not
be retired when he reached the age
of GA on January 20. Retired at his
own request in 1887, Macarthur was
recalled to active duty following the
outbreak of World War II.
In New Guinea, U. S. bombers
smashed at the Jap base of We
wax, above American positions at
Saidor; and in New Britain, explo-
sives were dropped on the big feed
er center of Rabaul, and on barges
carrying supplies along the coasts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
RUSSIA:
Baltic Push

Preceded by thunderous barrage
of heavy artillery, Russ infantry
pushed into German lines below Len
ingrad, and cut the enemy's rail
communications farther to the south,
70 miles from the Latvian border.
The Reds were reported to have
thrown 100000 men into the battle
on a $50 mile front, and units of
Russia's Baltic fleet stationed near
Leningrad were said to have par
ticipated in the bombardment of
German positions prior to the big
push.
Stiffening German resistance
slowed the Reds progress on other
fronts, with the Nazis reporting con-
tinuance of Russ efforts to break
through in the prewar Polish area
of White Russia.
Peace Run1Ors
With the Allied world still wonder
ing over Russia's semi-official pub
location of rumor that two former
British statesmen had discussed
separate peace with German Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop, Stain per-
mitted reproduction of a London
newspapers story that Britain had
received specific peace terms from
Hitler under which the Nazis would
withdraw to their 1899 prewar bound
aries.
Although Britain remained indig-
nant over the Reds implication that
she was double-dealing, and the
u. S. continued puzzled over why
Stain should have allowed publica-
ton Of the rumor, Russia's man in
the street was led to suspect British
intentions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04

When four 17-year-old hOOdlums
attempted to rob Seaman Fred
Stark of Saginaw, Mich, of his
money, he talked them into hand
ing over their gun and letting him
join the gang in holding up a
tavern. But after they had en-
tered the tavern, Seaman Stark
held the hOodlums at bay with the
pistol and ordered the bartender
to call police to arrest the gang.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-04
AGRICULTURE:
Hog Permits

With thousands of hogs remaining
unsold after marketings, a permit
system for shipments was imposed
at the Chicago stockyards. Under
the procedure, commission firms
were allotted weekly quotas based
on a percentage of the total volume
they handled during the first IL
months of 1913, and farmers were
to be advised when to sell.
Through the permit system al
ready in operation in other centers,
it is hoped to limit shipments to
packers capacities, cut feed bills,
and reduce shrinkage, bruises and
death losses.
Drouth
Producer Of winter wheat, the
great plains area of the Midwest
has been suffering from an unheard
of seasonal drouth.
Conferred in Nebraska, the drouth
has extended to the Rocky Mountain
and western states, where the stor-
age of snowfall for spring and sum-
mer irrigation is much less promis-
ing than at this time last year.
Good rains in the late winter and
early spring could largely Offset the
effects Of the drouth,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
Spring Concert
 ToBe Tonight in
 HIS. Auditorium

Contrasts" is the theme of the annual spring concert, presented tonight by the music department Of the Juneau High School under the direction of Merle Janice Pitts. Tie concert will begin at 8 o'clock and will be held in the high school auditorium.
 Taking part in the program will te the Girls Glae Club, the Singing Debs, the Eight Balls, Chorus, and as soloists Thelma McCorkle, Mary Hoffman, Buddy Hunter, Dale Rolf and Doug Gregg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28


 after the record daylight pounding of continental targets on Thursday. bombed Avord airGrome, l3o miles south of Paris, while medium Mar auders hit another field in North ern France ThiIty-six RAF bomb- CTS were lost in last nights assault.
 Invasion Fleet Gathers
 Masses of Allied invasion vessels, assembling in harbors Of western England. were attacked by German bombers last night, Berlin dispatch es by way of Stockholm said.
 The Nazis and neutrals are con- tinulng their guessing game, begun several weeks ago. and said the in vasion might be less than two weeks away.
 Berlin dispatches from Stockholm sad that great quantities of Allied shipping are gatsieged in channel pefts of southwestern England as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
ren as in western Ensland.

well as in western England.
 German authorities in Holland are reported preparing to blast the great dykes which guard the en- trance to the Builder Zee to flood a huge area including Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
 Ertain's shores are closed today to all except the most urgent out bound civilian travel, under the new regulations designed to keep the invasion plans secret.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
IMvASI0N RAIDS HIT
 AIRDR0MES

Continued from Page one)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
Girl Scout Silver M
 Tea Is Tomorrow

The Scottish Rite Temple will be the scene of silver tea tomorrow afternoon, sponsored by troop num- Der three of the Girl Scouts. Tea hours will be between 2:30 and 5:30 o'clock
 Given for the purpose of swelling the funds for summer camp activi- ties, the affair will open the camp fund drive which will continue through next week.
 In conjunction with the tea, which is open to the public, an in teresting exhibit on foreign lands has been planned by the girls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28

FOR THE WOMAN YOU ARE, HERE IS A GROUP OF FRANKLY LOVELY DRESSES Prints, pasteis, black and navy-Bolera type jackets, one and two-piece models
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
INFANT DIES

Infant Alberta Beirley, six months old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Paul Beirley, passed away at 5:20 p. m. yesterday at St. Ann's Hospital. The remains are at the Charles w. Car ter Mortuary, and funeral arrange ments will be announced later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
WC Art Exhibit
 Being Held Today

This afternoon and evening the Methodist Church parlors will be the scene of the art exhibit, food sale and tea to be held by the Juneau Woman's Club. Hours for the reception of the public will be from 2::30 until o'clock. Mrs. Jacques Schurre is general chair man in charge of arrangements for the affair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-28
HANS FLOE IN TOWN

Hans Floe of Hawk Inlet arrived last night, and is staying at the Baranof while in town.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
National Service Act May
be Answerto War Disputes

not accustomed TO the sound. They
did not know that a labor leaders
bark is often worse than his bite.
C'There 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, l think I 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 Presl-
dents council we're convinced that
there was excuse enough to do
something which they thought would
be advantageous for political rea.
sons.
And so finally. the man with the
long cigarette holder. just back from
the world battlefronts where so
much-per-hour-per-dsy" wasn't the
argument. but "so-many-lives-per-
hour" was. where world maps we're
being re-drawn. where Americas at
titude and action was about TO re-
write history. became a little i'm
patient.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
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 a drawing.
And the person holding the winning
number-he would be a bondholder,
Of course. would get a prize OF from
a hundred to Is thousand dollars.
II 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 Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01

practical TO believe you can have
il by just writing a world constitu-
ton. He wants a temporary peace
which in a way carries on from the
war alliance. and then a second
stage in which we move TO real in.
ternational control. Furthermore.
he thinks that sooner or later our
present enemies must be taken in
unless We are going to let the third
World war slowly tester.
An international order is an inter,
national order to Mr.. MacIver.
There are no weasel words.
Mr.. Maclver has worked out his
plans in some detail. There is a lot
of common sense in Towards an
Abiding Peaee"-on a subject on
which a good deal Of pretentious
philosophizing is being done.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01

themselves when they help the can
teens. put over war bond drives.
give scrap. fat and waste paper.
and support the Red Cross poi. Cam
paigns like Smokes for the Boys"
and Records for our Fighting
Men" are boon to both giver and
recipient q. Hospitals and ports
Of embarkation in tn, country are
besieged ,affectionately. by the
best talent in the entertainment
world. Il Love. tays Jimmy Du-
lante. TO play dem embarkin'
places
And take the girls. America
never knew its weaker sex was so
valiant until the girls whipped into
uniform and those who weren't in
uniform tried every way they knew
how TO get overseas and lift the
spirits of the men in the battle
zones. and succeeded \ glamor
girl, even II she's just wearing any
old dress as Carole lands and
Martha Raye did in Africa. is a
sight for war-sore eyes when she
pops up in the middle Of the desert
like a mirage Of home.
Even lust a fan photo from Hol-
lywood is a pepper-upper to khaki
clad boys in Aleiers and Delhi and
Melbourne. although it never sub
stitutes for the best of all gifts
a letter from Nom or Pop or Sue,
who is his wife. or June. who's
going TO be when he gets back.
There are hundreds and thou.
sands from the, roster OF show
business who are fighting and dy-
ing in the service OF our country.
Some are fighting in uniform and
others are fighting in greasepaint.
which is. after all their uniform
now. And when the war is over
the soldiers of show business will
go on fighting in their greasepaint
and costumes. Because this coun-
try needs them almost as much in
peace as il does in war. The show
folk will always be our morale
corps, even though we won't al
ways think of it In that way.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
The Action Date

I'VE have come to the action
date" said the President, I'VE have
been talking here since Sunday. II
you can't take action by agreement,
viii 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 misiudge
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 moshpart. each group sin
cerely believing that it was getting
no more than its Gust due, the rest
were the profteers, the chiselers.
The solution7
At this writing, National Service
Act that will order who does what
and for how much--just as it is in
the army.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
.What They're Whispering in. Gotham

Good war films dot the civilian
hinterlands. too. Pictures like
Sahara" and "Guadalcanal Diary"
Escapest films. especially welcome
like Princess O'Rourke" and
Claudia" and THE Miracle of
Morgans Creek" -. And the "Blon-
die reels. definite take-your-mind-
off-your.trouble items.
Il seems that in wartime nothing
is more Of an artistic triumph than
sweater-girl; / don't know what
the Mona Lisa meant to warriors
in her times. but eyeryone's well
aware OF what Betty Cradle and
Lana Turner mean to ours. It's
not art for arts sake, but it's art
for G. |. Joe.
Credit a huge slice OF morale
boosting to Winged Victory, the
super.duper saga-daga of the Air
AOAPc, HON OA biOdu way anu iF
mindful OF the goodwill This is
the Army" is building now abroad.
with Irving Berlins new tune. "Mr.
British Buddy. lending a singable
note 10 Allied understanding
Hollywood stars got together some
weeks agv-4O0 strong-and pledg-
ed themselves to make appearan-
ces In the "Foxhcle Circuit. the
most brutal grind in this new
"global' variety circuit. o.. Men like
Bob Hope and Jack Benny and
Kay Kyser and Alec Templeton
and AL Jolson give the best that's
in them when they perform for our
warriors overseas. Dinah Shore.
at her camp shows. sings until her
voice gives out. Radio flashes its
short waves and the Army's Spe-
cial Services distribute transcript
tions to keep the home front psy-
chologically near the battle front
The morale OF the fighting men
gets a lift from the myriad can
teens which populata~our shores,
and the civilians feeNbetter within
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
BY Dorothy kllaallen

Morale might be defined as the
least tangible OF the realities OF
war. II rates mention after men
ton in the Broadway column be-
cause it's the great contribution of
show business in times Of conflict.
We're inclined 10 forget. or over
look, the vast scope and endless de-
tail involved in this unless we
glance at the record now and then
10 see what's being done for morale
by the profession that majors in
tho subject.
Next TO the actual taste OF vic
tory itself nothing is so palatable
10 the spirit OF fighting men as a
good movie, a personal appear
ance by a stage or screen star. a
favorite radio program, or a zippy
recording. The intensive drive 10
provide the services with more and
more diversion offers too immense
picture to sketch here; this just
indicates some OF the highlights of
morale. cruising activities to sub
stantiate the contribution OF which
the amusement industry has a right
TO be proud.
The USO has stretched its Camp
Shows network to within shell-tire
Of the enemy, and recently an
nounced the organization OF 25 new
units. An even more complex
grapevine. that OF the Army over
seas Motion Picture Service, re-
Gently took stock and reported that
IN to Oct. l (the figure is vastly
higher now there had been 1868
prints of new films donated by the
motion picture industry for over
seas. One thousand two hundred
and siXty-nine shows were staged
for troops that night of survey, in
Guiding an exhibition on New Gut
nea which played to l5.o00 and one
at an Alaskan outpost that played
to II.
The Army OMPS can take
special bow for its lob on Guadal-
canal. where there are So posts
showing Hollywood films.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
PRE.sERvIcE "vAcATIosy

CHARLESTON, : f. tt- fP----4Atif.
drew Manning. q, Spartanburg,
:. c., took a one-maa Daniel Boone
vacation through dense swamps Of
the Santee Riyer--his last adven-
ture as a civilian for some time.
All went Well -g#til-the last three
days He survived a no-food situa-
ton by subsisting on raw, wild
duck. zone thing about my vaea.
ton, commented Manning, cit
will make Army life seem mighty
soft"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
An Abiding Peace
Common Sense Treatment

Books on the postwar world can
almost be described as the only
commodity Of which there is now
surplus production. but this is one
Towards an Abiding Peace"-that
can be taken seriously. r. NJ. Mac
liver, professor in Columbia univer-
sity, for one thing writes a clear.
simple unprofessorial language, say
ing what he means directly and with
out qualifications.
He is for a world order but Is too
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
ADMIRAL. COMMODORE

Somewhere in the Southwest Pa
cific- delayed -AP-An admiral
Dewey from Pontiac. Mich. Is rid
ing a PIT boat in the Southwest
Pacific in search Of Japanese tar
gets. but he has a competitor in the
famous name observation-disclosures
dore Perry. Admiral Dewey is more
properly known as Torpedoman.
End class, Admiral Dewey Guilds,
Jr., son OF Mrs. Beatrice Myrtle
Spencer, 1881 FRANKLIN Road,
Pontiac. The other namesake list
ed officially as 1t. (JG) Commodore
Perry Hudson of Dallas. Texas.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
YOUTHS NIGHT CLUB
SCORNS SHORTAGES

BOSTON-UP-New England $
most exclusive night spot - Club
Fiesta-isn't a bit worried about
the whisky shortage.
The YMCA-sponsored recreation
center in Dorchester. whose Glen
tele is restricted to- teen-agers. has
been getting more than enough
.eoke2-ice-eream- candy bars
to satisfy more than so boys and
girls each Saturday night.
There is no cover charge at this
stork Club OF the ankle.sock tribe,
but members pay an annual fee OF
" for full privileges. Dorchester
residents see the Club fiesta as an
answer to the Juvenile delinquency
problem.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
THEY SA Y

New Yort-Mayor +. II. La.
Guardia: 1T is the determination
of the American people to hold
Emperor Hirohito and everyone
connected with the japanese gov
eminent responsible for the mass
murder OF American soldiers held
as war prisoners. II Hirohito is
a gentleman let him in keeping
with the customs of his country,
commit hara kiri to prove IT,"
Bridgeport, Conn Treasury
Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
in war bond appeal Tomorrow,
and for as many tomorrows as
there shall be in this war. we shall
continue to hear of further MUIR
derous crimes committed by the
Axis, and that is why we must
limit those tomorrows. The Ger
mans and the Japanese hope, by
their frightfulness, to scare us into
quitting. "Our answer to that Is
the Job being done day in and day
out by Mr.. and Mrs. America
Washington Sen. II. Styles
Bridges (R) n. H.: There is
suspicion on the part OF many that
our unrealistic policy has resulted
in failure to do everything we
could for the Pacific front and
China. We have tolerated many
unjustifiable strikes which have
delayed production OF weapons
that might have been used to res
cue the yet unmurdered American
prisoners in Japanese hands $50.
Let's have an end TO this. We
cant wait years. as some have
warned we must, to rescue our
heroes OF the Pacific"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
Today's Horoscope

: Today's Horoscope
The person whose birthday Is
from Feb. TO 10. inclusive, has
the amethyst sincerity for birth.
stone. violet for flower. colors.
light blue and yellow Aquarius
Is the sign: governed by Uranus.
and he or she should mate In
Aquarius. You have strong and
definite emotions You make a
staunch and loyal friend and
bitter enemy. You speak brusque-
ly sometimes without intention.
You should learn to guard against
Jealousy Take care that your
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-01
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Deaconess OF the Lutheran Church
the coming year Lillian Ldke PRESIDENT Pauline Phillips
president Martha Richter secretary; Schiller treasurer
Mrs r. r. Hall has returned to her Boyer Hospital
with her infant n, Richard
Several Ypan students enjoyed free show al the Arcade
Ihear in Ann Arbor when rushed by University
returning from the Minnesota which placed Michigan
football team first in the Big Ten Conference
Death: II. sayes noted singing evangelist bus
band OF Mrs Lucy Sayes Mr. and Mrs
John S. Jenness, Ypsianu.
Fifty Years Ago
Landlord Lewis the bath rooms at the Occdent
Al Hotel rettted and refurnished-
since the party given at the Fkns q
ana girls present another to be given which hoped
figures will be reversed