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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
By Ruth Wyeth Spears

HERE is miniature furniture all
= = carefully scaled to reproduce
actual size pieces. Any little girl
will love the sturdy five-inch-long
upholstered sofa and the lounge
chair with matching ottoman.
They are easy to make, too, and
80 is the chair. 1t is covered with
a flower print such as little girls
dresses are made of, but it looks
like a large scale chintz on a
chair only four inches high.
The dining room furniture is all
made of straight blocks but the
chairs are smartly upholstered in
bright oilcloth to simulate leather.
The bed with upholstered head
piece is especially glamorous and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

icebox while playing with his dog.
The little animal leaned against the
door, shutting it and clicking the
latch. The boy suffocated before
his mother and sister returned.
William was trying to amuse him
self on the back porch, because he
could not play in the yard. He
tossed rope over the clothesline.
Somehow, he got tangled up. A
loop coiled about his neck. When
he tripped, the loop tightAnsd, and
he was choked to death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
house. 1t had broken loose from a

house. It had broken loose from a
saw mill nearby.
Not so spectacular but just as sur
prising was the feat of another buzz
saw that went A. w. o. l.. This
one broke loose in Florence, S. c.,
sailed through the air for mile and
ripped through the roof of a parked
car whose owner had just alighted.
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Six-year-old Robert Julian Of Chi
cago was shooting dart gun at
target on the wall. The dart had a
rubber suction cup on the end to
hold when it struck a flat surface.
Often it hit glancingly, and didn't
cling, so Robert fastened needle
in the suction cup so that the point
would stick into the wall.
An elder brother, Frank, 10, en-
tered the room just as Robert shot.
The dart struck Frank in the chest.
He felt a slight pain but thought
nothing of it at the time. Later he
collapsed, and was rushed to the hos
pital.
Surgeons discovered, after con-
siderable hunting around, that there
was needle imbedded near Franks
heart. Little Robert had forgotten
about that sharp point on the end of
his dart, but it was there all the
same, and it came near killing his
brother. AS it was, a skillful opera
ton removed the needle, and Frank
was as well as ever after a few
days.
Top honors in the freak fall de-
partment for 1914 go to four-year-
old Raymond Davis Jr. of Chicago,
who fell three stories from a back
porch and suffered only bruise on
the head. A neighbours clothes line
caught him as he fell, bounced him
gently couple Of times and then let
him fall the few remaining feet to
the ground.
And in Hollywood, Strip Teaser
Betty Rowland put so much heart
into her work that she bumped one
Of her swivel-hips against wall
and took off for the hospital, suffer-
ing from partial paralysis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Caprices of Fate Injure
Some, Leave Others
Wholly Unscathed
BY PAUL JONES

AS you may have begun to sus-
pect, wartime days are wacky
days.
People stand patiently in line
for two hours to get pack OF
cigarettes, and then blow their
tops if they miss one section of a
revolving door on the way back
to work. Guys who never could
stand bananas now howl their
heads off because they can't get
them. The laundry eventually
sends back the right buttons, but
the shirts are missing. Maids
who used to have one night out
now allow the lady of the house
to have one night in. A customer
is publicly commended for slug
ging waitress who said, "Don-
cha know there's war on?"
You would think, then, that the
annual crop of wacky accidents
would have been even wackier in
the wartime year of 1914. And you
would be right. They were. A round
up by the National Safety council
proves that an amazing number of
people still patronize the Whack
market in accidents. To wit:
AS two-year-old Margaret Morton
of Groton, Conn.,, lay sleeping in
her home one October night, navy
plane plowed through her bedroom
and whisked the blanket off her bed
without touching her. The plane
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

found, of all things, a bewildered
four-year-old boy-Timothy Ochall
by name-on the front bumper. The
car had struck Jimmy and carried
him two full blocks. Tim got bump
on the head, few bruises and a
f1attering amount of attention.
Ed Cloud and Earl Thomas of
Knoxville, Tenn, didn't know for a
minute whether they were coming
or going the day that a train hit
their truck. The engine tossed the
truck onto the pilot Of another loco
motive going the other way. A
scratch ON Clouds head was the only
casualty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
The AnsuUers

/. Seven.
2. The matador.
8. The shore upon which the
wind is blowing.
4. Amalia jerks Bloomer.
5. Patrick Henry.
6. Ecuador and Chile.
Z. About 1886 miles.
8. Fight on the Confederate side.
9. Treason.
10. For the distance Of 100 yards
the speed records for running and
for ice skating are exactly the
same, 9.4 seconds. In longer dis
tances skaters hold the better rec
ords. For instance, for one mile
the best running record is 4 min
utes, 6.7 seconds, while the best
skating record is 2 minutes, 1872
seconds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Candidate Charged Public
To Hear Campaign Talks

Following his announcement
that he was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent in the 1872 election, George
Francis Train made over 1000
speeches; yet his name was not
mentioned at the convention, says
Golfers.
However, his disappointment
was assuaged by, the 100000 that
he had made by charging admis-
sion to his campaign addresses,
the only time such scheme ever
succeeded in this country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

Thousands of children are killed
or injured every year while playing.
Ignorance of dangerous things and
places, heedlessness and foolhardi-
ness bring tragic consequences. It
seems unlikely that the time will
ever come when little boys and girls
have sense enough not to jump off
barns, or leap from one floating ice
cake to another. or play in railroad
yards, or any Of a hundred other
perilous stunts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

Here are few of 1944's cases:
A nine-year-old boy in Long
Beach, Calf, crawled into the tool
compartment of an abandoned trail
err. A companion with a grudge
thought it would be a neat trick to
slam the door. The lock snapped
and the boy remained inside the box
for SO hours before being rescued
by passerby.
Another boy who lived in Chicago
was not so fortunate. He hid in the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Warriors Perfumed Selves
Before Going Into Battle

Historical accounts reveal that
the warrior of Caucasian tribes
doused his head and body with
strong perfumes before entering
battle. Believed to be helpful in
terrifying and confusing the enc
my, the perfume scents were con-
cocted of garlic and other strong
smelling substances.
These scents were manufactured
by the general staff of mountain
warriors, and handed out syste-
matically to all fighters before
each battle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

In Chicago, Mrs. Rita Hatfield ran
to answer the phone, stumbled over
the dog, fell through a glass-topped
coffee table, suffered bad cuts on
her arms and legs. Doggedly an
swering the phone, Mrs. Hatfield
found the call was from an accident
insurance company making a sur
vey. Was she, they wanted to know,
covered against accidents in her
home? She wasn't.
c. c. Hardy stepped out Of his
truck in Sidney, Texas, was struck
by passing car and tossed high
into the air. Just before his head
struck the concrete pavement, his
pocket caught on the high truck door
handle and held him suspended in
the air.
On the way home from the Bronx
zoo in New York, Henry Carrumit,
IL, sought to initiate the monkeys
he had seen. He leaped up and down
on the subway seat, scratching and
grimacing. On an especially high
jump an electric fan nipped his
scalp. No more monkey business for
Henry.
In Washington Court House, Ohio,
hot words must have been ex-
changed over the phone one day. In.
any event, Superintendent Fred Rost
of the phone company reported that
too much talking had overloaded
eight switches and set the phone ex-
change on fire.
Louis Boardman halted his auto
mobile in Cleveland to watch the
huge gas plant fire there last Octo-
Der. He stepped out for better view
and fell through an open manhole,
the cover of which had been blown
off by the gas blast.
Clarence Brown Jr. of st. Louis
knows just how baseball fan feels
when he is really burned up. Watch
ing a sandlot game this summer,
Clarence was struck by line drive
and promptly burst into flames. The
batter had scored a bull s-eye on a
pocketful of stick matches. Both the
blaze and the batter were soon put
out.
Travelling Buzz Saws.
AS Henry Butler ate breakfast in
Jacksonville, Fla, buzz saw ripped
through the kitchen wall, sliced the
breakfast table neatly in two and
whirled out the other side of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Oldest Armed Bodyguard

King Henry VII Of England,
founded the Yeomen of the Guard,
in 1885. Now the oldest armed
body under the crown, it forms
the sovereign's bodyguard at coro-
nations, opening of parliament,
and other state functions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

the dainty dressing table has, q
matching stool made Of half Of q
spool with padded top and full
skirt. The nursery is also well fur
nished with attractive pieces
made from things you have on
hand.
NOTE-Pattern 274 gives actual-size,
patterns or dimensions for all the pieces
of this furniture with illustrated directions
for making. Patterns and directions are
also given for the lamps and other ac.i
cessories. Pattern 273 gives all directions
for making the doh house. Patterns are IS
cents each. Send direct to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
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The Woodrow Andersons of the st.
Louis Andersons are careful folk.
So when Mr.. Anderson got back
from hunting trip, he placed his
rifle on a kitchen shelf, out of reach
Of the Anderson children. Equally
cautious, Mrs. Anderson took all the
arrows away from eight-year-old
Donald before leaving the house to
visit neighbor. But Don still had
the bow. So he merely substituted
a yardstick for an arrow and let
it fly from the back porch toward the
kitchen. The yardstick went through
hole in the screen door and struck
the trigger of the rifle. The rifle
went off, and the bullet struck Don's
little sister, Darlene.
A good time was had by all but
the driver when grocery truck up
set in Bloomington, Calf, setting
up an informal but popular self
service grocery in the middle Of the
street. Eager customers hurried
from all sides to fill their needs,
their pockets and, in some cases,
the trunks of their cars. 1t was a
boon for budgets and ration books.
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Then there was the strange case of
the disappearing woman. It hap
pened in Los Angeles as Mrs. JAN
iel Reese gossiped of this and of
that with three neighbors. In the
middle of a sentence-whooshl Mrs.
Reese disappeared. Firemen came
on the run, extricated her from a
forgotten excavation IL feet deep.
Mrs. Reesse's fence-side weight is
1925 pounds.
If men bite dogs to make news,
why shouldn't a horse smack an
auto? That's what two Norwich,
Kan, horses figured one afternoon
when they were scared silly by a
girl on roller skates. They ran and
ran until they encountered a parked
car. Then they got their signals
mixed. Horse No. / went on one side
of the car, horse No. 2 on the other.
That left only one place for the
wagon tongue to go-right through
the car. Nobody was hurt.
Auto Picks Up Boy.
The driver of an auto in Chicago
wondered why people were point
ing and yelling at him one day
last August. He stopped the car and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Upset Stomach

Relieved In minutes or double money Dack
When excess stomach acid causes painful, suffoca5
ing gas sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
prescribe the fastest-aeting medicines known for
symptomatic relief medicines like those m BeIi.en1
fifty or double your money back return of bottle
10 u.s. &c ct all druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
Home Front Isn't So Safe Either: Here Are oldest
OF 19Ms Freak Accidents and Narrow Escapes

At least three persons In the
United States now take seriously the
expression, "I'd break my neck to
do that" One is Gregory Stingel, -,
of Chicago, who put his football jer-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22

sey on backwards in his haste to
dress for a game, tugged fiercely to
get it off-and broke his neck. Anne
Haldeman, 10, of Doylestown, Pa,
snapped a vertebra in her neck
while skipping rope. And Mrs.
Pauline Strother of Indianapolis,
topped them both by dislocating
vertebra in her neck while vigor-
ously brushing her teethi All re-
covered.
Closely akin to the neck-breakers
was Mrs. James Gallagher of West
Hazelton, Pa, who arose so hur-
riedly to shut off an insistent alarm
clock that she dislocated her spine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-22
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

every source throughout this State up midnight.
February Is, the end of the Fourth War Loan drive,
and the figures show that the individuals quota
placed by the Treasury the people of Michigan as
individual buyers mot corporations, churches, fra
ternities, unions etc., will fail by thirty million
dollars unless an about extra effort is made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

Michigan has two quotas One for corporations,
insurance companies, unions etc, and one for indi-
viduas The former quota has been reached; the ind
viduas' quota is far short of being reached.
The Treasury is holding back no figures. We have
taken into account every known bond purchase from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
Ice Chips

New Haven, Feb. 1.-Chipped ice from the Ice Capades of 1944, scheduled to open at the New Haven Arena on February 4 for an en- gagement extending through the 18th.
 Canada is generally termed the birthplace" of the best skaters in North American. And when one thinks of skating in the United States they also think of Minne- sota and the upper reaches of Michigan and North Dakota, But there are more skaters in Ice Capades from Massachusetts than from any other state in the union. California is second
 Red Mccarthy, who hung up many records as a speed skater, sets a new high every night with the Ice Capades. This whirlwird on runners, who goes in for "interpretative" routines, is the only performer in the world who uses 16-inch blades for figure skating.
 Donna Atwood. brilliant young star of Ice Capades, was the yourg- est skater ever to hold the Junior Women's National singles title.
 Phil Taylor, the orieinator of modern stilt skating, believes in getting up in the world. He has used stilts five feet high in his set. That puts him a foot over the head of the smallest skating star in the world, Chuckie Stein. This little luminary of the Ice Capades is only four feet tall. But don't call him little boy" because he's A years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
MetropoIitons Vs, Matzkins Tonite

For the first time since the early bowling season Brookside Dairy team is not on top of the Mercantile bowling league, having dropped one game behind Metropolitan Cleaners, when it won but 3 of games last week, as the Metros made clean sweep. Tonight the eight team lea que rolls again at the Sena alleys, starting at g p. m. with the leading Metropolitans to tangle with the fourth place Matzkin Furniture, owners of the new league record for single, set last week when it hit a 704 total.
 Right now the Matzkins are "hot' enough to give the leaders the hard est kind of tussle; with Eddie SchnitZel, Matzkin anchor man av- eraging 124.17 just five pins behind the leader, Sam Zaza of Brookside who has 124.22 mark for 51 games, Schnitzel having rolled 30 in the league.
 Brookside vs A. and F., Mohican Markets and French Cafeteria and Speedy Parcel against Fulton Mar kets are other matches scheduled to- night, according to Secretary Frank Lacilla. The leaders: Metropolitan Cleaners, won 41, lost 13; Broo,zside Dairy, won 40, lost IA; Speedy Par ceA won 27; lost 27; Matzkin Fur niture, won 26, lost 28.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
Carpenter Has Football Plan

Philadelphia, Feb. 1-(UP)-Ma- jor League. baseball interests should make an immediate effort to gain control of professional football franchises in their cities and if un- able to do so, should set up rival teams, President Robert Carpenter, Jr., of the Philadelphia Phillies said today.
 Pro football is good business and a means of self preservation for the owners of millior-d dollar sports plants who have no way of meeting terrific off-season over- head" he said.
 Carpenter said if National pro- fessional league football clubs would not sell their franchises, baseball officials should set up an- other pro gridiron circuit.
 Major League clubs have all that is needed to go into the foot ball business" he said. They have the parks, equipment, concessions and everything else except the franchises. I believe the baseball magnates should try to buy the franchises in their respective cit- ieS''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
Former Feather Champ Defeated

Providence, R. T., Feb. 1-(UP)- Smart Charley (Cabby) Lewis of New York city today had scored a surprise decision over former NBA featherweight champion Jackie Cal lura of Hamilton, Ont, in boxing match in which the proceeds were given to the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
 Callura, 129 3-4, was dropped for a one-count in the first round, was staggered in the second and fifth and took a multitude of head punches from Lewis, 125 1-2, in their 10-rourd match at the Audi torium last night.
 In an eight round semi- final, Os- car Suggs, 149, of Newport techni- cally knocked out Jimmie Orabona, 156, of Providence in two rounds.
 Six round bout saw Tony Bran a..A, A76, Hamilton, Ont, knockout Jackie Collins, 156, Boston in four; Red Levesque, 13o, Fall River, Mass, decisioned Joe Celletti, 137, Provi- dence. Paul Ccllucci, 1856, Providence knocked out Bob Haley, 158, Boston Tn the first round of four rounder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
ICONSTANTINO VS |LARKIN AT N. Y. |G GARDEN FEB. 8

New York, Feb. = The sixth conse, ltive boxing show featuring lightweights takes place at Madi- son Square Garden one week from tonight when Tippy Larkin. of Car field, N. J., opposes Charlie Gulu) Costantino, of New Yorks East Side, in 8 contest scheduled for ten rounds.
 First in this series of lightweight bouts was the championship event on November 19 when Beau Jack regained the 135-pound division crown from Bob Montgomery. That was followed by a ten-rounder in which Sammy Angott gained a close decision over Bobby Ruhin.
 Costantino met Jack in an over weight match on January 2 with the champion winning a split de- cision. One week later Larkin turn- ed in one of the most spectacular performances of the season in bat ting Rufan to 8 draw in ten rounds. Then, last Friday, Jack CD. posed Angot, N. B. A. champion. In a ten-round contest that also ended in draw.
 Made Good
 Of all the nghtweights who have appeared in the Garden during the past few months Larkin and Cos tantlno are, perhaps, the two big surprises. Few boxing men thought a few months ago, that these two would rise so high in lightweight ranks as to rate among the top half dozen of that division.
 But Costantino by his excellent showing against Beau Jack, and Larkin by his splendid exhibition against Ruft1n, moved right into the forefront of contenders.
 Now they are paired against each other in a match that took weeks to make. Indeed negotiations for the contest were broken of and Costanttno was paired with Sammy Angott. But when Angott suffered leg injury in his meeting with Jack last week, Promoter Mike Ja. cobs and his matchmaker, Nat Rogers, resumed their efforts to sign Larkin with Costantino. This time they were successful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01
Boston Boxing Bossed By Sure" Gamblers:
.SCANNELL SAYS REFEREES AND
 JUDGES 'BAGGED'

Boston, February 1. - (UP) - Governor Leverett Saltonstau of Massachusetts has been asked to in vestigate a professional boxing racket" in Boston in which gamblers allegedly are controlling the decis- ions of certain officials.
 The charges were contained in a resolution presented by Boston City Councillor Joseph M. Scannell who asked yesterday that the governor instruct the State Boxing Commits sion not to issue any further H. censes for boxing exhibitions in Bos- ton until such time as the commis- sion appoints competent officials who will render fair and impartial decisions. The resolution was passed under suspension of rules.
 Loser Won to 10
 Scannell cited several question tble" decisions occurring in recent months and in particular one last Thursday in which Izzy Jannazzo of Brooklyn, N. Y, was beaten by Ralph zanneln of Providence, R. I.
 T complain about the decision in the main bout" Scannell said. "One man won nine out of 10 rounds yet lest the decision. It was one of the most outrageous ever thrown on the people of Boston.
 ''These decisions are rendered for gambling and not sporting reasons where some of these men in Boston are putting referees and judges in the bag for purposes of gambling. This is outrageous. It is one of the biggest rackets this city has ever seen. ."
 In reply, c. Descend Wadsworth, commission member and former Williams College athlete, denied the charges and said if boxing were a racket T would not be mixed up with 1t and neither would my fellow commissioner, Colonel Samuel O.. Smith"
 Upstart
 Wadsworth said that in his opin- ion the Jannazzo-zannelli bout was handled competently and fairly "and I resent the implications of any upstart that it wasn't
 "There was a split decision" |" Wadsworth said. "The referee thought Jannazzo won. Both judges thought Zarnelli won. Split decis- ions are not uncommon and the charge that the decision was based on gambling is ridiculous"