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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
WANTED
NOTICE TO TREsPAssERs

NO1AON 10 I1Nl1E51 2AI5oE1S0
Notice is hereby given that tres
passing of every description is for
hidden on the premises of the under
signed. This includes swimming, fish,
ing, hunting and other forms Of
trespassing.
William Reynolds,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23

If the weather permits the picnic
meeting of Circle No. /, w. S. c. S.,
will be held on the lawn at the home
OF Miss Helen Shepherd, Friday ev-
ening, Z o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
CABBAGE PLANTS

Late Cabbage Plants, four vari-
cites. Good Plants ready now.
Harry e. Phillips,
Route l Nottingham, Pa.
Phone SILL
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
POrter's Grove, Md.
Rev. Orville G. kliIger, Pastor
SERVICES
9:45 A. M. Happy Bible Hour
11.UO A. M. Morning Worship
1880 P. M. EvanGelistic Service
Attend
The Church with A Gospel Message"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
WANTED

WANTED
Experienced auto mechanics. Full
or part time. Also experienced truck
drivers.
Dinsmore Chevrolet Sales,
H. M. Dinsmore,
Phone 108 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
FOR SALE

Dwelling, rooms, shed kitchen,
electric, 4 miles from BainDriuge
Good condition. $4,000.
Also-a 55 acre farm with 21s
story stone and frame, electric, water
by electric pump and good spring,
Darn, acres wood land, gravel pat.
miles north Perryvllie. $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
FOR SALE

One kitchen range in good condi-
ton. Apply to
Stewart M. Ward,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
Ralph R. Crothers,
Clerk
FOR SALE

Square piano, price $40. Apply to
w. B. Cooney,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
BINGo AND CARD PARTY

BINGO AND CARD PARTY
Benefit st. Agnes Chapel, Rising
Sun, Md. Will be held in High School
Auditorium Friday evening, June 16,
eight o'clock. Door Prize and Re-
freshments. Tickets 48 cents, includ-
ing tax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
BACK THE ATTACK
Against Sin

By deeper devotional life-a
greater vision of human need.
HEAR! HEAR!
Evangelist George Nichols and the
Missionary Musical Messengers play
ing marimba. occordian, Converted
whiskey bottles.
Beginning June 21st, Nightly 1880
The Church of the Nazarene
Porter's Grove, Md.
Eighth Army Closes Trap good
practice sss Tor ~ % Vs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
Additional
Insurance

No doubt you already have
some insurance on farm crops,
but do you have enough to carry
you through the lightning sea-
son or until some crops are sold
or used?
II not, call, phone or write to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23

w. Il. ELY
Real Estate & Insurance
Rising Sun, Md. Phone 1858
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Peace ak Delay
UpSetS Firms

Juho K. Paasikivi, former Finnish
premier who negotiated the peace
ending the Russo Finnish war of
1939-40, was still in Stockholm, but
there was no indication that he has
made direct contact with Russian
diplomats here.
Obviously, observers said, it will
not be easy for Finland to break
official silence because she still is
allied with Germany, with strong
German military forces inside the
country, and she must be careful
not to say anything which could
ieopardize her peace attempts as
far as the Russians are concerned.
The Nazi-controlled Scandinavian
Telegraph Bureau quoted a Will
helmstrasse spokesman as declaring
that "the time has passed when
propagandistic maneuvers are
able to influence the outcome of the
war" Observers were curious wheth-
er the statement was a thoughtless
phrase or the first signal of a Ger
man ertreat on the Finnish ques-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Strike
Slows
Utility
L. A. Dispute
On Wages
Still Holds

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.
(UP)-Scattered servi C e
failures Wednesday marked
the third day Of strike against
the municipal power and water
department in demands for $40
raise.
From 25 to SO per cent of the
departments 6,000 employees walked
out after power commissioners had
pared a SIS wage demand to S.
Brotherhood of Electrical Work.
ers (AFL) estimated 5000 men were
out, while Department Manager H.
A. Van Norman, placed the figure
at 1850.
Street lights were out in some
areas, but skeleton crews were main
tanning nearly normal service
throughout the metropolitan region.
President James B. Agnew of the
power board said he hoped army
intervention would not be necessary,
but that city officials would not
oppose such move,
Mayor Fletcher BoWron, mean
time, demanded an end to the strike
on penalty of dismissal for the en-
ployes, all on civil service.
I'VE won't attempt to do business
with the men as long as they are
on strike" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Youth Tells of 2-Bit Bet
In Can9-SIayers' Trial

LOS ANGELES, Feb. l6. CUP)-
Seventeen-year-old Don Davidson
won a 25-cent bet for shooting tc
death Ballroom Proprietor William
Lederer in Nov. IA holdup, he
testified yesterday in kidnap-
murder trial growing out of the
crime.
THE other fellows kidded me
when I ran back to the car after
the shooting" he said. "They said
they didn't think I'd hit anyone.
Easley Edwin Easley. 23) bet me
a quarter that I hadn't. I collected
later when the newspapers printed
the news that Lederer was dead"
On trial on charges of murder,
six counts Of robbery. one count of
kidnapping and one of attempted
robbery were Easley, Anil Weller,
3d. Robin LaPlante, %, and Mrs
Katherine CMa) Stager, 80, alleged
brains of the gang.
Lederer was shot as he was start
ing to deposit $1,000 in receipts in a
safety vault.
II got nervous" Davidson said,
"and then didn't get the money. 1t
was the first robbery that the
whole gang really had planned.
II threw the revolver into the
ocean off Ocean Park pier"
He identified six guns as those
used by himself and the other men.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
County Farmers
To Meet With
Lawmakers Unit

What Imperial Valley farmers
need in the way of materials and
equipment, their production and
marketing problems. and their ideas
on the proposed controlled acreage
program will be the theme of a
meeting of the California legislative
joint agricultural fact-finding COM
mittee in FL Centre Thursday.
The committee will meet with
farmers in the courthouse in Ell
Centre at 10 a. m. Thursday in
their swing around California in
search of a solution Of the prob
lens of agriculture.
MEMBERS OF GROUP
Senator George Hatfield Of
Merced is chairman of the COM
mittee, with Assemblyman Harvey
E. HaStain of Brawley as vice.
chairman. Other members are Sem
ator Brad Crittenden of San Joa-
quin and Assemblymen Lee Bashore
of Glendora and Lloyd Lowrey of
RumSey. This committee was re-
sponSible for the food and fibre act
of the last legislature as a part of
their insiStence that farmers have
a voice in the formation of laws,
rules and regulations imposed on
the farming industry. This same
committee went into the meat in
Continued on page 6, col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Yanks Complete
Occupation Of
Solomon Islands
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.

ALLIED II EADQU UARTE R S,
Southwest Pacific, Feb. 16. CUP)-
American and New Zealand troops,
under the cover of naval and air
forces, seized the Green islands off
the northern tip of Bougainville at
dawn Tuesday, it was announced
Wednesday, thus completing the
conquest of the Solomon islands,
and leaving $4,000 Japanese soldiers
faced with death or surrender.
The quickly executed invasion
thrust, coming only three days aft
er occupation of Rookie island, be-
tween New Guinea and New Brit
ain. met little opposition from en-
emy ground or air forces.
CLEANS UP SOLOMONS
For all strategic military pur-
poses," a communiqre said, "thi.
completes the campaign for the
Solomons."
An Allied spokesman said the
American and New Zealand troops
swarmed ashore under cover of all
and naval forces, including cruisers
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
House Unit Trims
HuII's Bud9 get

. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. (UP)-
Japan refuses to resume ne9otia-
tions for third exchange of ma
tionals even though her preteXt
for halting them-alleged bad con-
ditions in japanese relocation
camps here-has been found ground
less by neutral investigators, it was
revealed today.
The disclosure was made in state
department testimony released by
the house appropriations commit
tee in recommending a total OF
1921 ,3O4 700, or $5,987 1000 less than
requested by President Roosevelt
to finance the state, justice, and
commerce departments for the 1945
fiscal year.
CITES REPORTS
Assistant Secretary of State
Breckenridge Long, according to the
testimony, told the committee that
disturbances at the Tule Lake, Cal.
relocation camp led Tokyo to break
off the indirect talks for the pris-
oner exchange and to ask the
Spanish embassy in Washington to
investigate.
The neutral Spanish diplomats
made the investigation and report
ed favorably on treatment afforded
interneeS, but the Japanese still
refuse to resume the negotiations
Long said.
(Tokyo radio, recorded by United
Press in San Francisco, today reit.
Grated the Japanese attitude on
Continued on page &, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
U. ENJOYS Dig
into Own Cash
To Pay Rentals

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. CUP)-
The cost of living has jumped so
sharply in foreign countries that
at least a couple of American am
bassadors have had to dig into their
own pockets to bolster living eX-
penses allowed by the government.
Testimony before the house ap-
propriations committee, release d
Wednesday, revealed that state de-
partment officials had termed in
adequate the $4,000-a-year rental
fund allowed ambassadors. They
asked that it be boosted to $5,0O0
For example. the officials said,
Ambassador John j. Winant in
London lives in a dwelling renting
at $4,37l. He has to pay that extra
S37l out of his own pocket, and he
is not wealthy man.
Anthony j. Drexel-Biddle, ambas-
sador to the governments-ln-eX exile,
lives in a building with yearly
rental of $18,700. The government
puts up $4,000, Biddle $l4,700.
The state department said that
compared with living costs in
Continued on page 6, col. i
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Nation Exceeds
War Bond Goal

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. (UP)-
The Fourth War Loan drive closed
at midnight Tuesday night with the
$14,0C0,0 100000 goal more than
reached
The treasury said that with re-
ports still incomplete, total sales
Tuesday night stood at $l4,19l,-
0OO,O0o. All individual bond sales
reported to federal reserve banks
up to Feb. 20 will be credited to
the drive.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr, will announce fl
nal results on March 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Green
RAJ ops
Draft
Labor Leader
Cites High
Living Costs

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
(UP) = President William
Green of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor denounced labor
draft legislation Wednesday and de-
clared that neither it nor any other
legislation could prevent all strikes
as long as the wartime economy IS
"out of balance"
Enactment of such a law, he told
the senate military affairs commit
tee, would be "abhorrent to the
American way of life" and an ad-
mission that we are wrong on the
basic issues of this war and that
the enemy is right" He was the
first witness against the legisla-
ton, which is considered by legis-
lative leaders to have little chance
of passage.
CHALLENGES ARGUMENT
Challenging the argument of la
bor-draft pre- cDonents that the legis-
lation would end strikes, Green
said that the war labor disputes
act has not prevented strikes. Mel
ther would a national service act"
He said that such Law in Great
Britain not only failed to stop
strikes but there have been more
strikes proportionately in Britain
while the national service law was
in effect than there have been in
this country during the same Pc
riod."
He said there can be no possible
justification" for strikes in war;
time and no one has been more
outspoken in condemnation" of
strikes than he. The AFL has lived
up to its no strike" pledge "to the
Continued cn page 6, col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Double
Trop
Closes
Russians Grid
For XIII in
North, South

MOSCOW, Feb. 16. (UP)
The Red army closed in for
the kill Wednesday on the
survivors of 10 German divisions
packed into a 35-square-mile Uk-
ranian pocket and far to the north
encircled number of Nazi rear
guard units fon the approaches TO
Pskov. t|s ..s8
AS the bitter battle to the death
ragged toward a Russian victory
| along the middle Dnieper, Soviet
forces of the northern front raced
in converging columns for Pskov,
the gateway to Latvia, and deployed
before Narva for an assault on the
Estonia stronghold.
BLOWS STEPPED UP
FRONT dispatches indicated that
the Red army was stepping up the
intensity of its widespread blows
against the NaZis and an imposing
array of triumphs might be in the
making.
"a German communique reported
that the Russians were attacking
repeatedly and fierce fighting was
in progress southwest of Krivoi Rog,
Ukrainian mining center, which ap-
peared to have been by-passed to
the south and set up for attack
from three sides. Several breach
es" in the German positions were
acknowledged by the. Nazis. who
claimed they had been sealed by
counterblows)
BEGIN EVACUATION
CA Moscow report quoted by the
British radio and recorded by CHS
said the Germans had begun "the
mass evacuation of civilians from
Estonia," the northernmost of the
Baltic states into which the Rus
slams had poured between Lake
Peipus and the Gulf of FinlandD
Russian detachments driving over
the approaches to Pskov were re-
ported to have swung around a
number of laggard German units
falling behind the general Nazi
retreat on that front, cutting them
off in the Swamps and forests for
eventual determination.
To the north, the Soviets occu-
pied the entire east bank of the
Narva river and strong forces faced
Narva itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
FROST STRIKES VALLEY;
STAYS OVERTIME

Imperial Valley just had some OF
that famous unusual weather."
The frost danger was supposed to
end Tuesday, but the weather
didn't know it. There was frost in
the valley Monday and Tuesday
nights and more predicted for
Wednesday night.
Weatherman Roy Simpson was
scheduled to collect the 40 weather
bureau stations scattered from Ida
no to Yuma, pack them, and send
them to headquarters. AS a result
of the frost danger continuing be-
yond the usual deadline, however
the frost service was continued for
one week. He will begin taking down
the stations next Wednesday and
will have to have them packed and
shipped in five days.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Jups Close Burma
Trup on British

centrations In an effort to smash
the closing trap, and destroyed
three and probably four enemy
planes over the battle area. Nine
enemy planes were damaged. Brit
ish reconnaissance planes downed
two other enemy fighters In the
same area.
British ground forces were re-
ported advancing in the Haka and
Tiddim sectors of the Chin hills.
and in the Kaladin area northeast
Of Maungdaw.
Chinese troops moving eastward
through the Hukawng river valley
in northern Burma continued their
advance beyond Taipha Ga, the
communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Freighter Sinks
With Is Lost

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Feb. 16
CUP)-A 7,200-ton British freighter
broke in two in gale and sank
last Saturday with 25 crew men,
bers, the navy revealed Wednes-
day.
OF the 20 members of the crew
known to have survived, seven were
landed at Portsmouth and the rest
at. Portland, Me. Thirteen bodies
were recovered. -
The vessel, carrying a general
cargo, struck the ledge nine miles
off York Beach, Me, during a
snowstorm, which hampered navy
and coast guard vessels in rescue
efforts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
British Casualty
List Is 3b,b2b

LONDON, Feb. 16. (UP)-British,
dominion and Indian forces have
suffered 36,626 casualties, inclCd-
ing 1855 dead, in the Italian MAIN
land campaign, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill announced in
the house of commons Wednesday.
Of the total casualties from the
time of the first landing on the
mainland last Sept. 9 through Feb.
II, Churchill disclosed, there were
5,708 missing and 23,283 wounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

NEW DELHI. Feb. l6. (UP)-
British imperial forces. all but en-
circled by japanese troops in the
Arakan jCngles of western Burma
have withdrawn further into a mar
rowing pocket in the Maungdaw
area, comm unique disclosed
Wednesday
Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten's
headquarters acknowledged that
japanese troops had brought artil-
lery into action and seized several
important positions north and
northwest of the British main bas-
ton at Maungdaw.
Raj fighters and dive-bombers
struck repeatedly at the enemy con
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
HOUSE, SENATE SPEED
ANTI-SUBSIDY BILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 CUP) -
Congressional conferees agree d
wednesday on anti-subsidy legisla-
ton to end the Administrations S
food subsidy program on June 80,
1914.
Sen. John H. Bankhead, D., Ala,
said he would ask for senate ap-
prevail of the agreement imme-
diaJely. House conferees hoped to
bring it before the lower chamber
today too, in event the senate does
act.
After final congressional approval,
the measure will be sent to the
White House. President Roosevelt
is expected to veto it.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Hustuin Reviews Plans
For Postwar Program

Geneva mill still is incomplete.
1T is not sensible to ship raw
material from the west to eastern
mills" Hastain said. And then ship
the steel back to the west again.
BY keeping the western mills open
we can save $l0,000,0OO annually in
freight alone. Also why is it sensible
to import raw materials in the
west, ship them east, and then send
them back west again."
He said the IL western states
have similar problems and inter-
ests and could accomplish some
thing when banded together in
stead of vying with each other. The
council members plan to travel to
each state so that all may become
familiar with each state.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

While the main force of 1000
planes rained blockbusters and in
cendiaries on Berlin at the rate of
lao tons a minute, another 200
Lancasters feinted SO miles to the
east and dropped 300 tons of bombs
on railway yards at Frankfurt-On.
Oder.
Only As planes-less than per
cent of the raiding fleet-were lost
in all operations Tuesday night. All
but 200 of the participating bomb
erS were four-engined aircraft. Ma
SETS VAST FIRES
The air ministry announced that
crews of twin-engined Mosquito
)Ombers that roared over Berlin
after the RATS heavyweights had
dropped their cargoes of nearly s.
100000 pounds of steel and explo-
siveS found "a very large area of
fire with smoke rising to height
of 10000 feet"
Mosquitoes also bombed detectives
in western Germany and Holland
to round out the nights offensive.
The nights raiding fleet was
the greatest ever sent out by the
RAF and brought the pre-invasion
ierial offensive against Germany
to its highest pitch at a time when
allied daylight raiders, including
American Flying Fortresses and
Liberators, were smashing daily at
the western front" coast of north
ern France.
HEAVIEST ATTACK
The air ministry triumphantly
reported that the tonnage dropped
on Berlin after a 15-night respite
totalled more than 1890 short tons.
"a heavier load than (has been un-
loaded in any previous attack on
any objective in air warfare"
Protected by thick cloud cover.
the sky-f filling force of four-engined
bombers arrived over Berlin about
9 pm. and dropped the entire 2,8OO-
ton-plus bombload in 20 minutes.
The thunderbolt assault was be-
lieved to have devastated a large
section of Berlin, already partly
in ruins from IA previous major
attacks in the past three months.
The remainder of the capital was
believed at least temporarily par
alyzed.
SEE HUGE FIRES
Returning crews, including a
large number of Canadians and
Australians, said huge conflagra-
tions bathed the whole sky over
Berlin in red glow. They reported
the raid not only was the heaviest,
but probably also the most concen-
trated and successful ever under
taken against the city.
The stunning censorship had pre-
vented all word of the attack from
Nazi sources from reaching the out
side world up to 1890 pm. G:30
am. EWT) Wednesday, Radio Ber-
/ lin had not even trumpeted its usual
claim of a terror attack" on civil
ian districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Three Candidates
Start Petitions

Nomination petitions for three
candidates for office in Imperial
county were being circulated
Wednesday. opening day for such
petitions.
Petitions were taken from the
county clerks office by Ben Hulse,
candidate for state senator; A. Y
Preble, candidate for reelection as
supervisor from the Imperial dis
trict, and Judge Elmer Heald, can
didate for judge of Imperial coun-
ty superior court. All three mer
previously had announced intention
to run for these offices.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

Assemblyman Harvey E. Hastain
returned to Brawley Wednesday af 8.
ter attending the Carson City, New
ada, meeting OF the Eleven Western
States Council Of Governments
where it was decided that the west
will map its own postwar program.
THE postwar planners in the
east do not know the west" Hastain
declared, land the representatives
of the II western states banded
themselves together to see that the
postwar plans for the west are
made by westerners, by westerners
who know the west and understand
its problems and needs"
He explained that the western
states had decided to band together
to get recognition in Washington
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

instead of acting as individual states.
This was done SO that the welfare
of the west cannot be overshadowed.
in the east by interests better un-
derstood in Washington than are
the interests of the west.
Representatives were particularly
interested in keeping western steel
mills open after the war, Hastain
said. 1t was revealed at the council
meeting in Carson City that east
ern interests had succeeded in slow
ing up completion of the steel mill
at Geneva, Utah. The Kaiser mills
priorities were later than those for
materials for construction of the
Geneva mill, it was revealed at the
meeting. In spite of that the Kaiser
mills are in production and the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
. AMs!!xs A.s!M!s
They Cool Off

They Cool Off
We have some friends who were
in the mood to buy a bond. They
were all enthused with patriotism
after the Rudy Vallee show.
The first free time they had came
last Friday night. They came to
Ell Centre between $50 and pm.
They couldn't find a single place
to buy a bond. They visited the
usual places but there was no one
on duty to take their money. They
decided to wait until the next night.
They tried to buy bond the mex
night, Saturday, they tried again.
They couldn't find single place
to buy bond.
incidentally they are still carry
ing their money around.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

STOCKHOLM Feb. 16. CUP)-
Finlands official silence in the face
of flood of foreign reports that
she is seeking basis for peace with
Russia has brought increasing un-
easiness to the Finnish people dur
ing the past "a hours, reliable pri-
vate reports from Helsinki said
Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
JASPER FARM CENTER
MEMBERS WILL MEET

Jasper farm center members will
meet in conjunction with All club
members at Jasper school at 8 p. m.
Friday. Assistant Farm Advisor Lee
Ianderman Will discuss wartime
All club records and supplies mo-
ton pictures and an old-fashioned
dancing party will conclude the
program.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Poor Old Milt-

POOR Old Ml1t-
Milt Zinn, lone wolf member Of
the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce park committee, is still car
rying on his one-man campaign to
get the court house park looking
something less like the tag end of
bad year.
He has been pondering since Dis
trict Attorney Charles G. Halliday
told the county board of supervisors
that 1t was up to the county to
maintain the park. Now Milt, poor
old Milt, has list of questions that
go something like this:
a-H the county. maintains the
Continued on page 6, col. q