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The midland journal., 1945-09-21
PEARL HARBOR
INVESTIGATIONS

The Congress has decided to inves-
tigate the great tragedy of Pearl
Harbor. Senate Leader Alban Bark
ley grabbed the ball from Senator
Ferguson of Michigan. The Demo-
cratic plan was produced SO deftly
that the Republican plan was almost
lost out of sight. And so there will
be a Congressional investigation Of
Pearl Harbor with a majority OF
Democrats on the committees from
both Houses.
Don't expect too much, dear reader
public. There have been investiga-
tions of Pearl Harbor by order of
President Roosevelt, the Secretary Of
the Navy and the SECRETARY of the
Army. The proceedings daubed some
black paint on Cordell Hull, General
Marshall-and Co.
Who was to blame-outside the
Army and Navy-"back before" the
attack?
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin ripped
off some lids in speech appearing in
the Congressional Record, Septem-
ber 6, from which we quote:
I'm February 1941, 10 months be-
fore Pearl Harbor, I introduced in
the Senate a resolution asking the
Secretary Of State to report to the
Senate in closed executive session on
the danger in the Pacific; asked at
that time condition our feet air arm
was in. Again in March, 1941, speak
ing on the resolution which asked the
Secretary to report to the Senate on
the status of our forces in Far East:
What is the condition of our
feet, especially its coordinating air
arm? Is it like the Russian feet was
in the Japanese war? My questions
went unanswered, and my resolution
was Quashed by the Administration" :"
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
Yitamins and Soda

The general impression that all
vitamins are rapidly destroyed by
soda or by basic solutions is far
from correct, it is advised in the
April issue of Hygeia, The Health
Magazine. In answer to a query
Hygeia says:
"True some of the vitamins, such
as vitamin C, thiamine and ribofla-
win, are more easily destroyed in
basic solutions than in acid or neu-
trail solutions, but even here the de-
struction depends on time and other
stimulating factors. Some vitamins,
such as biotin and folio acid, are
more stable in basic solutions than
in acid solutions Nicoti~ic acid, for
example, is more soluble in the
presence of soda than in pure water
solutions.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
Airlines Fuel Needs

Postwar consumption of gasoline
by civil aircraft at the rate of 1000
gallons minute-equivalent to a
tank car every five minutes, or more
than 1000, ,00O, 900 gallons annually
was predicted by aeronautical sec
ton, Society of Automotive Engi-
neers.
One expert expressed the opinion
that air lines will be less interested
in the so-called "super-fuels" than
in limited number of grades of
gasoline which economically would
satisfy varying operating needs.
Gasolines of 81 octane number are
generally satisfactory for domestic
air line operations, it was reported.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

Theological education as now car
ried on in detached colleges will be
changed, if the report is accepted of
a special commission of the Church
of England to consider notifications
in the training of the ministry. There
would be new emphasis on training
for spiritual leadership. Groups of
clergymen would be taught to minis
ter in the realms of social, industrial
and rural life, thus helping to
bridge the gulf tkat exists between
the ecclesiastical world and that of
ordinary men," Many teachers Of
ministers-to-be would be laymen
specialists, and there would be ''re-
fresher courses" for men now in the
ministry. The theological colleges
would be transferred to the great un-
iversities to broaden their courses of
study.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

OPA rent control be eliminated and
rents allowed to rise willy-nilly
throughout the country" And now,
hats OF to our newly discovered hero
Chester Bowles delivers this addi-
tional punch: "OPA hasn't the
slightest intention of surrendering
it's responsibility to protect tenants
against unnecessary rent increases in
this difficult period"
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
REAL ESTATE SALES

Wheeler & Grier, Realtors, of Ok
ford, have sold for Frank L. Beers,
his farm of AZ acres, located partly
in Elk Township and partly in Cecil
County, Nd, near Lewisville, to W.
c. Hart and Morris L. Hart. who are
to take possession on or about Jan. /.
Wheeler G Grier, Realtors, of Ok
ford, have sold for Aneile K. King,
his attractive home in Barnsley to
Philadelphia parties, who will take
possession on or before Jan. l, 1896,
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

According to the Rev. JOHN Oliver
Nelson, of the Presbyterian Council
of Theological Education, an analy-
sis of the 1910 u. s. Census reports
show that ministers as group are
older than any other professional
group in their field. Their median
age is 45.8 years-while medical
men are AL, lawyers and judges AZ,
research scientists 1915, and only
veterinarians (50.1) older as a ma
jor group than clergymen. This
means that we are not enlisting
enough young men to take the place
Of older ministers; larger and lar
ger proportion are in their later
years." says Mr.. Nelson.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

The Seattle Housing authority had
to find some means of disposing of
fertilizer. So they founded green
house at the Holly Park Homes
where shrubs and flowers are grown
for all the housing projects in Sc
attic.
The authority became the produc-
er of high-grade fertilizer as by
product of the operation of sewage
disposal plant at Sand Point Homes,
another of the Seattle housing prof.
ects maintained for naval personnel
attached to naval air station. The
commercial value of this type of
fertilizer approximated $75 per ton.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
Women Behind the Thro.e

Mussolini had nothing on Nero.
This earlier Italian dictator also
had a mistress, named Poppaea.
According to Encyclopedia Britain
MICA, Poppaea engineered the mur-
der of Nero's mother, his wife and
a great many political and social
enemies. Poppaea died two years be-
fore Nero committed suicide to
avoid being dragged to Rome for
execution. Cleopatra, mistress of
Anthony, recalls another parallel to
completely in the life of an Italian
ruler. Cleopatra and Anthony were
supposed to have ended their lives
together in suicide pact.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
ATOM MAY RULE OUR DESTINY

Long sought, an incredibly vast
new source of energy, now released,
promises permanent peace and an in
finitely better life for everyone. Tie
full story of the atom told in every
day language will be found in the
September 3Oth issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Nations Favorite Magazine With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

Couriers for the Turkish sultans
during the Middle Ages often ran
from Constantinople to Adrianople
back, a distance of about 220 miles,
in two days and nights, according to
the Encyclopedia Britannica.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
MARYLAND MUSINGS

With the prospect of full farm pro-
luction being needed in 1916, DR.. T.
!. Symons, Dean and Director of Ex-
~n1lon alT1he University of Mary
.nd's College of Agriculture, advises
nat We should continue to use war
lisoners to help farmers and food
,IoCessors until we are certain that
ther labor is available. Labor for
ne fall harvests is the urgent need
i all farm sections of Maryland now.
To get the most food value from
otatoes, boil them in their skins,
.efore preparing them for any spe-
ial type of dish. Spuds are low
ost way to get needed food ele-
-Ients: starch, vitamin c. and some
ron, other minerals and B-yitamins.
The formation of the Cecil County
Soil Conservation District makes this
he twenty-second county in Mary
and in which farmers have adopted
lis organized method of saving the
oil.
The first congress of the Food and
Agriculture organization of the Uni
ed Nations is to be in Canada on Oc-
.ober 16.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
Holding Down the Rent

Before Chester Bowles gets out of
Office it seems necessary to say fare
we'll good word for him, inasmuck
as / have not been able to embrace
such a privilege very often. Bowles
takes deserving crack at the lead
ers of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, who he says
have constantly sniped at rent con-
troll. am surprised to find these
same men apparently advocating the
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

Although man invented glass
about 5000 years ago, according to
the Encyclopedia Britannica, he did
not invent window glass until more
than 1000 years later. First mention
of window glass came at the end of
the third century, A. D.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

A gossip is one who talks to you
about others; ADORE talks about Kim
self, and conversationalist talks to
you about yourself.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

sic: Betty swears she's never bee
kissed or hugged.
SIC: No wonder she swears.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

Traffic Safety Slogan: Did your
last near accident teach you any,
thing? Drive carefully.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

OF the original stock of big game
in the United States, not more than
two per cent remains,
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

A borrower Is a man who tries to
live within yopr means,
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
Congress Told To Gut Costs

In the opinion of the joint COM
mittee ON Reduction of Nonessential
Federal Expenditures, the result of a
30-hour week in Government would
serve as an invitation to private in
dustry to follow suit. "This country
cannot go forward and survive while
working only 80 hours week." the
Committee reports, and it warned
the Senate and the country to the
TACT that there is IAN alarming up
ward trend" still continuing in Gov
ernment employment. The figures are
disconcerting inasmuch as they show
there were 1,59S persons added to
Government payrolls during July,
principally in Departments engaged
in peacetime functions of Govern
ment.
The Committee recommends that
Congress reduce the present number
of 3 million Federal workers to the
pre-war total of million, with
consequent saving of billion dollars
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
BY j. T.. Jones

"ProSlQ6HL truman lndue TecOm-
mendations to Congress in his recent
message He asked for determined
action to create an atmosphere of
confidence, vital to raprd reconver-
sion with a minimum of unemploy-
ment and hardship" He voiced the
opinion that there must be lag,
during which the Government should
try to help, and added: "The cost of
this transition from war to peace is
as much a part of the cost of war as
the transition from peace to war
and we should so consider it," He es-
timated that the size of this job COW
ers the rights and welfare of 15,000,-
900 workers. The remedies, he said,
must be provided by the Administra
ton and Congress. The job at hand
he declared, is to put American bust
ness back on it's feet so that employ
ment can b? provided all workers
no matter how many million men and
women are concerned.
Tke President seems to have dis
covered the fact that so-called fair
labor standards, full employment,
fair employment practices, labor dis
putes and wage stabilization, employ
ment service extension, surplus pro
perty disposal, big and small bust
ness and the whole catalog for re-
storing peace and harmony among
workers and employees, has been i'll
messes and muddles most of the time
for the last quarter of century. Ii
Congress follows his suggestions, ii
may "get somewhere" providing it
cuts politics out of these questions
and skips the idea that there is any
necessity to revive war against those
archaic institutions, called "Wall
Street" and the "down-trodd e Il
working man"
There is hope that tradition is
making a comeback because many
strong voices are insisting that work
ers can't get ahead unless there are
plenty of jobs, and private business
can't exist, or prosper, without work
ers, with all groups realizing the ne
cessity of solid, harmonious fronts.
Having apparently outlived the
dreams of the New Deal it looks very
much as though President Truman
in his long message, is planning fol
a square deal. Let's hope so!
The President has expressed con-
cern over the problems of agriculture
the lack of housing, and the rising
peak of taxation. He encouraged Con
gress: Il recommend that transi-
tioanl tax bill be enacted as soon as
possible to provide limited tax re-
ductions for the calendar year 1916. >
He went to bat for what he defined
as american small business, the
backbone of our free enterprise sys-
tem," and he was equally emphatic
and insistent that Congress and the
Administration must make gener-
Gus provisions for those who have
served the Nation in the armed for
ces, and for the dependents of those
VIII ohave died in their country-s
cause"
Finally: 1t isn't everybody WHO is
willing to examine II columns of a
Presidents message. l set out on the
adventure with lot of doubts, but
my hopes kept rising and rising and
actually fought the battle of words
through to the end of the last chap
ter. And this is end of my summary
of the Presidents message.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21

Order From Your Local Newsdealer
Evening star., 1945-07-01
Marshal Stain sets
out to top American
skyscrapers. Look -.

TN THE center of Moscow the steel
skeleton of a record-breaking
skyscraper is rising. When it is fin
ished. it will be by far the largest
and tallest building in the world.
But it will also set another, much
stranger record: 1t will be the one
skyscraper in the world that has
had to be built twice.
In 1887, thousands of engineers
and workers began work on the
Palace of the Soviets." 1t was to be
a grand gesture of national pride -
a building more than quarter-mile
high, topped by giant statue of
Lenin. 1t would have been big
enough to house the whole Soviet
Central Government.
In the spring of 1941, the vast
framework was pushing steadily
skyward - until the day of June %.
That was the date that Nazi tanks
crossed the Russian border; work
. on the Palace stopped suddenly.
Then, as Hitler's Panzer divisions
bored deeper, the army of Palace
workers received a stunning order,
typical of Russian audacity: Tear
the whole building dovn. The Soviet
war effort came first - armament
factories needed the countless tons
of fine steel.
Evening star., 1945-07-01
Start to Rebuild

For the next four years, Moscow
had only great gaping hole in the
ground as reminder of its martyred
colossus. But last April, as the Red
armies stood ready to march on Ber-
lin, and final victory was certain,
workers started the long task of re-
building the Palace. This time no
Russian is worried about having to
tear it down again.
Even to Americans, who are
used to skyscrapers, the details
of the Palace are staggering: 1t
will be seven times the mass of
the Empire State Building and
lis feet higher - 1906 feet in
all. Lenin's statue, set 1000 feet
above street level, will be three
times the height of the Statue of
Liberty. The Palace will house 4O,-
600 regular government employees,
who will be shuttled up and down by
l42 elevators and 62 escalators.
Evening star., 1945-07-01
Has Novel System

A MORE important novelty of the
amphitheater is its language trans
lation system. The U.S.S.R. is a
polyglot nation, but headphones at
tached to all the 1900 seats will
enable the delegates to hear speak
er's statements in any of 16 tongues.
The trick will be managed by staff
of interpreters. who will give run
ming translations OF each speech into
16 different microphones.
Americans are bound to be a little
envious of the Palace - we like to
feel that we have a corner on sky
scrapers. But it is a compliment that
Soviet officials hired a New York
firm of engineers to design the foun-
dations. They are following the
firms advice, which would seem
pretty drastic to layman: Briefly,
the /, ,365-foot Palace is being built
on slight angle. like a modified
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Evening star., 1945-07-01

The chief consulting engineer on
the foundations is Colonel Carlton
S. Proctor, of New York, and you
might think he'd be a little worried
about what to say if the Palace ever
tipped over. Colonel Proctor laughs
heartily at the notion. however. He
explains very simply that the angle
"compensates for the inequalities
of the compressibiity of the under
lying bedrock" As a matter of
fact, he says, the angle is so
small that probably many sky
scrapers are more out of plumb
by accident than the Palace is on
purpose.
Colonel Proctor thinks that there
is another aspect of the building
much more dramatic than the angle.
He points out that the main tower
section is built without single in
terror column. Imagine a room as
big around as baseball park, ex-
tending up as high as the Chrysler
Building. Try to imagine this room
supported only BY its outer walls,
without a single inside support. If
you can, you will have a rough idea
of the Palaces construction.
Meets the Engineer
IoLoNEL PRoCToR'S favorite story
about the Palace is completely nom
technical: After he had finished pre-
liminary studies of the building here
in America, he shipped to Russia
to examine the rock structure of the
foundations. A party of Soviet off
cials escorted him to the Palace site
and presented him to the engineer
in charge of the deep exploratory
pits. Colonel Proctor just stared for
a moment:
The engineer" he says. turned
out to be lady"
Later he found out that a good
proportion of the Palace crew
from big shots down to laborers -
were women. Damn fine workers.
too" he says.
As in the case of every skyscraper
built to date. the Palace will raise
the old argument: But is it beauti-
ful?" This time the battle will rage
hotter than ever because it is not
customary to set 325-foot statues on
top of skyscrapers.
But beautiful or not, few will deny
that the twice-built Palace of the
Soviets is bold. courageous ven
ture - fitting monument to the
Russian men and women whose bold
courage turned back the Nazi hordes.
Evening star., 1945-07-01

Only little Wildroot cream-Oil
80 can do a big job for your hair.
Keeps your hair well groomed all day
long without trace of that greasy
plastered down look! Your hair looks
good and feels good tool
Evening star., 1945-07-01

"Sove fhe she'll might
not like it out here!"
Evening star., 1945-07-01

4 It's F. ", the test for menl The
- Finger Nail Test" Scratch your
head and see if you find dryness or
loose, ugly dandruff. If so. you need
new Wiidroot Cream Oil Formula.
Relieves dryness, removes loose dan
druffi Buy the large size.
Evening star., 1945-07-01

OF the 5000 rooms. the largest
will be an amphitheater designed
for meetings of the Soviet Congress.
1t will seat 1900 - several thou
sand more than Madison Square
Garden. The second-largest room
will be the Small Auditorium"
merely the size of Radio City Music
Hall.
Not only will the whole Palace
be air-conditioned, but in the large
amphitheater there will be breeze
vents" in the back of each chair.
You just twist dial on the seat back
in front of you. and you can have
soft or strong breezes according to
your fancy.
Evening star., 1945-07-01

You might have scalp odor-and
not know It. So why risk losing
friends-m missing out on dates?
Your hairbrush knows the
truth. Check it tonight.
Your scalp perspires. you see.
just as your skin does-and oily
hair. in particular, very quickly
collects unpleasant odors.
To be on the safe side, use
Packers Pine Tar Shampoo. 1t
works wonders with hair and
scalp odors because it contains
pure. medicinal pine tar. The
delicate pine scent does its
work-then disappears.
Start using Packers tonight.
Packers Pine Tar Shampoo is
at all drug. department and
ten-cent stores.
Evening star., 1945-04-06
George Sell Scores
In Concert Given by
Budapest Quartet
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Unsurpassed Mozart playing was
heard in the Library of Congress
last night. where the Budapest String
Quartet had the assistance of the
noted pianist and conductor, George
Sell. The concert, presented by the
Gertrude Clarke Whittall Founda-
ton, featured Mr.. Sell In the Mo-
zart Quartet in G Minor, K. 478,"
ard Dvorak's Quintet in A Major,
Op. 81" with the Budapest players
being heard alone in Ravel's Quar-
tet in F Major"
1t is seldom that pianist can so
thoroughly blend his instrument
with the sound and character of the
strings as did Mr.. Sell. His intui-
tive feeling in this respect was in
itself out of the ordinary, but, COM
bined with SO thorough an ap-
praisement of style, thought and
form, it achieved Superlative artiS-
try. 1t was playing that for its pre-
else measurements and delicacy OF
spirit has rarely been equalled.
Hearing the piano quartet as Mr..
Sell assisted by Josef Roismann,
violin; Boris Kroyt, viola, and Mischa
Schneider, cello, presented it gave
no indication of its difficulties for
the four artists masked its demands
with the ease and f1uency Of their
delivery and the senSitiveness of
their approach. Mr.. Sell established
the character by his extraordinary
insight, which found nuances of in
finite variety in the handling of
phrase and dynamics. These were
echoed by the strings with beauty
Evening star., 1945-04-06
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Evening star., 1945-04-06
Urgent Red Cross Appeal
Made for Production Corps

An urgent appeal has been issued
by the Production Corps Of the
District Red Cross to all volun-
teers who previously worked In
Surgical Dressing Units to report
back to their local units to help fill
the Armys mounting requirements
for dressings.
The 1914 quota still remains un-
finished and the deadline for its
completion Is April Is. The Army
has turned in several new quotas
Evening star., 1945-04-06

Of tone that ranged from q whisper
ed pianissino to q full resonant
sound.
There Is special revelation of
Mozart In this work that appears
only occasionally in his other COM
positions. It's lightness has more
charm and poetry and its serious
moments greater depth and earnest
ness. These elements were disclosed
in the exquisitely executed details
and in the sustained eloquence Of
the reading.
Keeping to the same finesse as
was used in the Mozart, the Buda-
pest members gave q splendid per-
formance of the Ravel Quartet. In
the creation of tenuous atmosphere
and perception Of tonal hues, the
four players were as one in spirit
and the rare quality of this music
was reproduced with a delicate
touch.
The program was brought to
most satisfying climax with the