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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
AUTO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
FOR HANDICAPPED DRIVERS

Returning war veterans, handicap
ped by loss or deficiency In arms or
legs, will find the States oil their ma
tive land as divided on handicapped
drivers license requirements as they
are on motor laws and automobile
license fees, the Keystone Automo-
bile Club asserts.
Some states, the Club points out,
require artificial limbs in the case of
6 lost hand. arm, foot or leg, willie
others will issue licenses to drivers
without feet or legs, provided special
hand-controlled equipment Is INSTALL
ed in the cars they drive. Still others
with no drivers license laws-South
Dakota, Louisiana and wyoming
have no special requirements for the
handicapped. In half dozen States
veterans will be permitted to choose
their own equipment and demon
strate its satisfactory operation.
Keystones statement is based on
compilation OF State regulations
made available by the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic, in Washington,
d. c., and is issued in response to in
creasing demand for information by
ming to rejoin the ranks OF the coun-
trys motorists upon discharge from
army and navy hospitals.
Following is summary of regu-
lations for overcoming or compensat-
ing for driving handicaps in Mary
land and the District of Columbia.
Missing or Defective Arm or
Hand: Observation-Disclosures limb,
signaling device. District of Column
bia-Artificial limb, signaling device
gearshift device; steering knob, au-
tomato shift if right arm. (Applicant
must pass a driving test in a vehicle
equipped as approved by the Motor
Vehicle Safety Inspection Division. -
Missing or Defective Leg or Foot:
aryland-Clutch-br bar; hand
throttle if right leg; automatic shift
if left leg. District of Columbia-Ar-
tificial limb with proviso that if leg
is off below the knee no special au-
tomotive equipment is needed); 9th
erwise, automatic shift, clutch-brake
bar; hand (service) brake, hand
throttle if right leg; manual hand
clutch If left leg.
Both Legs or Feet Defective or
Missing; Maryland-No provisions
listed. District of olumbia--A uto-
matte shift, hand (service) brake,
hand throttle, hand clutch, power
control device.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
SUBSIDY TO BEEF CATTLE
FEEDERS

Cattle feeders will receive recent
ly announced subsidy payments ON
beef cattle directly from their local
banks.
The payments of SO cents live
hunrdedweight for good and choice
cattle averaging 500 pounds or more
Is designed TO encourage farmers to
feed more cattle to heavier weights
md to improve distribution by d.
recting more cattle to authorized
slaughterers.
Eligible feeders will receive Their
payments through sight drafts which
nay be redeemed Immediately a.
.ocal banks. The drafts will be issued
Dy County AAA offices ON the account
4 Commodity Credit Corporation.
instructions for handling this pro-
gram have been compiled and II In
expected that county AAA commit.
tees will be authorized to begin max.
ing payments within the next two
weeks, according to Jos. H. Bland
ford, Chairman Maryland State Ayr.
cultural Conservation COMMITTEES.
Feeders who sold eligible cattle on
or since May 10Th will apply 10
County AAA offices II their cattl.
met the program requirements. To
collect the subsidy the feeder is re-
quired to own the cattle at least 80
days Immediately before their sale
and to sell to slaughterer who OPP
crates under Federal inspection or an
OPA permit. The cattle must weigh
at least 500 pounds at the time OF
sale and bring not less than the min
imum sterilization price for good
and choice grades. The minimum
price for sale at all Maryland points
except In Allegany and Garrett coun-
les is $14.S0 per hundredweigh'.
Blandford said The price in Allegany
and Garrett Counties is $14.70 per
lundredweight. A slaughterer WHO Ii
.lso a feeder is eligible to collect tho
ayment If the subsidy has not bee..
laid previously on the cattle. In APP
lying for payments, feeder Is re-
uired to present sales receipts, i'll
voices, scale tickets, and verifying
evidence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
JAPAN CAN WAGE A LONG WAR

Although Japan has suffered Sc
we're military reverses and damaging
air attacks in recent months, her
productive capacity is such that she
is still able to wage long war, says
Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic
Administrator. A large portion of the
war industry size had at Pearl Har-
Dor is intact. At that time, japanese
war industry was organized to oper-
ate efficiently in the so-called inner
zone of Japan proper, Korea, Man
churia and some parts of North
China.
In the months following Paarl
Harbor, the area of Japanese mill
tary aggression extended to the East
Indies and Burma. The Allies, so
far, have liberated less than seven
per cent of the total of nearly 3,OOO,-
600 square miles of conquered terri
tory controlled by the enemy. But
we have scored major successes in
almost completely cutting Japan off
from such raw material resources as
rubber, oil, tin and fibers that for
merly were available to her from the
East Indies, Malaga, and the Philip
pines. Nevertheless, in Japan's inner
zone, industries exist capable of pro-
ducing for many months finished war
products and, in addition, key raw
materials are available for expanded
production.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
MORE GASOLINE. FOR 100000
eB" RATION USERS

About 100000 "B" ration users.
ut of the S,553,2OO regular "B"
coupon holders. are now eligible for
increased gasoline rations on June
l, when ceilings were raised to $50
niles per month througout the coun-
ry, OPA said in explaining how to
btain tile increase "Only those b
alton holders whose essential occu-
,ational driving needs exceed present
Is ceilings for their regions-325
niles IL month in the East, Ats miles
n the Midwest and 400 miles in the
Far West-will be eligible for an in
rease," Max Mccullough, Deputy
Administrator for Rationing, ex.
)lained. '"The amount of the increase
or eligible Beard holders will vary
it'll their actual occupational driv-
ng needs, but in no case may thei.
.otal rations exceed the new ceiling.
)ther b ration holders-such a.;
;ome-to-work drivers who are get
ing what they need under present
eilings-should not apply for any
Increase since their applications will
AVE to be rejected and will only add
% the wokr of the local War Price
md Rationing Boards" ''B" users
Who are eligible for an increase
hould fill out the regular renewal
pplication form, OPA-535, and mai,
t with their mileage rationing rec
)rd to their local board, OPA said
Application forms may be obtained
from local boards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
COOPERATION CONTAGIOUS

The idea of small neighborhood CO.
operatives for farmers is catching"
according to reports to the Farm Sc
curity Administration. When several
farmers start successful coop,
groups of neighbors are likely to take
up the idea. Soon many kinds of
plans for working together are in
operation in the community.
Cache County, Utak, is an example.
Several years ago two farmers
bought tractor in partnership. A
rear later these two formed another
coop with more members to buy a
corn harvester because they could
not afford to grow silage corn and
pay the going price for harvesting.
Yet they were convinced they should
grow silage for their dairy herds.
Joining hands with their neigh bors
available to members who could not
obtain credit elsewhere. These farm
ers cut silage for less than custom
outfits, and after expenses were paid
divided a surplus the first year. Dur
ing the next year, four nearby COM
munities asked for help in setting up
similar cco-ops. Skeptical farmers
who did not join at first later begged
to buy memberships.
Many sorts of small co-ops are now
operating in the county. They have
bought corn planters, cultivators,
corn harvesters and binders, tractors,
plows, kay balers, manure spreaders,
grain drills, power mowers, land
scrapers, dairy sires and other equip
ment. All are demonstrating that
owners of family-sized farms can
pool their interests and can cooper
ate to get the advantage of owning
expensive equipment at fraction oil
the cost of individual ownership.
One coop spent $4,000 for land
leveling equipment to keep its trav-
tors busy larger part of the time.
Another corn coop is extending 0p-
erations to include threshing ma
chine. A group of fruit farmers
bought a power fruit spray outfit on
truck chassis, and-dOlng spraying
only for themselves-repaid their
loan in five years and now own the
equipment which is good for at least
another five years.
Six farmers in one neighborhood
jointly bought threshing machine,
tractor and pillow. Meeting frequently
they paid all expenses. made their
loan payment, set aside $97 for pos
sible repairs, and voted themselves
500 apiece in cash from operating
profits.
Corn co-ops alone made it possible
for 7S Cache County farmers to grow
corn for silage. The silage has saved
hundreds of dollars worth of kay.
The dairy cows are better fed and
have increased milk production.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
Roy nj. Green
Tells a Farm Story
BY President Roy M. Green
Colorado A & NJ College
Fort Collins, Colorado

Big crops and good prices left a
wheat farmer not long ago with
100000 cash in the bank Said he,
eff I don't invest this in inflated
land values, what can / do with it
to earn anything?" l said to him,
"Did you ever think of using part
of it to insure yourself steadier
farm income after the war? For $3.50
a month, or $1,000 a year in War
Bonds, you can begin to collect ten
AS you will be getting older by that
time, wouldn't that be better sup
plement to what income the farm
then produces than having to turn
again to the cream can and what
your wife can make out of chickens?
Wouldn't it be a nice retirement fund
for a fellow that is now SIS years old?
Wouldn't you like to have had 5000
a month cash coming in last timer"
In addition, if you can put in War
Bonds lump-sum as reserve for op-
erations in bad years, for deferred
purchases of equipment, for repairs,
for up-keep, for new household
equipment; and then whatever the
postwar adjustment, you would have
an easier time of it than you had
last time.
You wouldn't have to wait on
somebody's extra special plan; you
would have already completed one
of your own.
If you are proud of the independ-
ence of your occupation, and jealous
of preserving as much of it as pos
sible, don't crate and speculate
order WAR BONDS!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
CEILING PRICE FOR PASSENGERS
CARS REDUCED

Ceiling prices for used passenger
cars, sold by either dealers or private
owners, will be reduced four percent
on July in accordance with the
"rollback" provisions of the used
car price regulation, Price Admins
traitor Chester Bowles announced.
Also to be reduced four percent on
July /, are charges allowed for extra
equipment on used cars such as heat.
ers, radios, and other inbuilt items
having additions to base ceiling
prices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

Sardines, sugar, raisins and coffee
costing $4,000 have been purchased
in Lisbon for the Secours Quaker
program in France, supported large
iy by the American Friends Servic
Committee. Another $4,000 has
just been sent to Lisbon for the same
purpose, and $4,000 has been trans
ferred to Switzerland to purchase
milk and milk products for France
Other recent purchases in Switzer
land include milk, cheese, fats, and
fruit concentrates, valued at $50 200.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
AIR RAIDERS MAY PROVE NEW
MENACE

New enemies in the air will chal-
lenge postwar society, but formi-
dable force of air police will bring
them down to earth. Read the en-
tightening articles by DR.. George B.
Void in the July LIST issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Nations Favorite Magazine With The
BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your Loyal Newsdealex
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

The amount of table wastes seems
to be increasing steadily. This infor-
nation is based on figures compiled
by garbage disposal authorities in
seventeen representative cities. In
communities where garbage collec-
ton is good, the average daily
amount of garbage is one half to one
pound per person.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

in pleasant congenial company. Many
are planning to return to camp this
year.
Additional information can be OBJ
tanned by writing to the Women's
Land Army, University Of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

The month of July was named al
ter Julius Caesar. According to En-
cyclopedia Britannica Caesar was
Dor nduring the Roman calendar per-
iod, "Quintilis" changed to Julius
the year after Caesars death and
since perverted to July"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

The War Production Board an
nounced that 100000 new synthe-
tic rubber passenger-car tires have
been made available for replacement
use during the first half of 1945, in
GLIDING an additional 100000 releas-
ed to OPA for June distribution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

Farmers have been given an AA-2
extendable preference Eating for OBJ.
tanning necessary farm production
supplies by the Office of Civilian Re-
quirements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
Encyclopedia Britannica predict

Encyclopedia Britannica predictcs
permanently less meat consumption
as the total world population in
creases. Says contributor AlonLo
Englebert Taylor, M. D., LID. on
Food Supply OF The World. IF on :
can imagine population of five bill
lion on the globe one must picture
their diet as largely vegetarian. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

A total of 12,4O3,541 copies of the
Scriptures was circulated by the Am
erican Bible Society in 1914, this
distribution breaking all previous
records of the 129-year-old Society
The figures were 825,857 Bibles
2,595,69S New Testaments. and g.
981,986 gospels and portions of the
Bible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

We'd make out pretty we'll on rep
arations from Germany if we kept
the postwar tourist concession for
ourselves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

Beach privileges are restored to
the public"-news item. Including
Ocean City's right to battle fully
clothed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

These paper balloons the Japs are
sending over prove that even their
toy industry has been modified for
war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22

Traffic Safety Slogan-Be a good
sport on the road-Drive Carefully.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

First because he was the one Of
ficial most familiar with US.
economy and its capacity in
shipping, production, food and
raw materials. Second because
he has the political savvy to
know what will be acceptable
to the American people. Third
because he has the skill acquir-
ed in Congress to bring oppos-
ing points of view into agree
ment at a conference table.
Byrnes was the first official
to return from the Yalta confer
ence and it was he who gave
Washington its first interpreta-
tion of the Yalta agreement, ra-
tionalizing the necessity for the
compromises reached on the Po-
lish question, reparations, Dunn
barton Oaks voting procedure.
Byrnes emphasized how Stain
had given in on some points to
effect compromises.
BYRNES NO DICTATOR A
POLITICIAN
Because of the drastic nature
of some of the recent Byrnes or
ders on the home front, there
h. been a tendency to label
him dictator. He Is anything
but dictator. Primarily he is a
politician and as such he recog-
nizes the necessity for sacrific-
ing here to gain something there.
He has sacrificed his own am
bitions, plenty, in the interests
Of party harmony.
Right now his primary OBJ
jective is to get the war over
with, to get the boys back home.
to quit Washington and 60 home
himself.
To accomplish these things, he
thinks it necessary to compro-
mise with civilian life-as-usual,
to make certain sacrifices. That
is the reason given for his clos
ing race tracks and telling night
clubs when to shut up shop.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .
Q-What Ia a G-suitf

Q-What Is a G-suit?
A gravity suit" for flyers,
designed to prevent blacking out.
Q-Who Is Georges Bidault?
A-French foreign minister.
Q-What does the medical per-
sonnel of hospital ship carrying
the normal'630 patients include?
A-20 medical officers. three
dental officers oneoptical special
list, 29 nurses. a Red Cross work.
er, IA chief pharmacists mates,
200 hospital corpsmen. The ship
Is manned by 20 officers and 200
enlisted men.
Q-How many daily newspapers
are published in Tokyo?
A-23S. at last count.
Q-What Is another name for
the Palatinate. the Bavarian dis
trict lying ahead Of our troops?
A-Pfalz.
(Which metal Is heavier,
platin4H. or gold.
A-rlatinum; it weighs 21.37
grams per cubic centimeter, as
against 1913 for gold.
-
Q-Has Dresden, Ger, fig
ured in military history hereto
fore?
A-Napoleon's last victory was
the Battle Of Dresden, against
combined Russian, Prussian and
Austrian forces.
Q-What supply tonnage was
planned for the Two invasion?
A-SS0,0O0 tons for the first
60 days.
Q-What is the Gloster Meteor?
A-Britain's jet-propelled fight
er plane.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
A NEEDED REMINDER

There is considerable good sense in Samuel
GoIdwyns suggestion thot the delegates to the Unit
ed Notions Conference in San francisco look at q
motion picture record Of the before sitting down
to work out the structure Of world security orgoni
zoton.
Two or even three days Of such movie going would
be all to the good to U.s. But the films should
be more complete than what in the theoters,
and free from the editing which softens the impact
Of war upon the sensibiIities Of the movie patron.
We oIso think thot the film he'ory Of this war
should be preserved possible weapon against mill
itorisnn in the future, and particularly against any
repetition Of the wave Of sentimental pity for the
poor misunderstood Germans which cropped up some
years otter the lost wor
No soldier or sailor who action in this war
and no civilian who endured bombing attack is
likely to forget thot experience quickly. But there
ore millions who never knew the octuoI experience Of
war, and O new generation will come along to whom
the horrible reality Of war will be beyond inoono-
ton.
So it might do no harm to bolster the future ma
chineY Of international peoce with the vivid and
frehtfuI evidence Of these years. which could be
brought out and shown os warning "preview" If
sober-rottne reIoxed vigilance should again men.
ace the security Of the world.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
Rowing Reporters

What's a man with that handi-
cap going to do?
There are plenty of jobs l
can do around the dairy. I'm not
worried" he says.
And the Army's going to do
all it can to give him a chance to
get back to earning a living.
While he talked he was being
fitted for an artificial arm and
hand. He grinned as he tried it
out. There's no question in his
mind that he will be able to
walk again, either, with two ar
tificial legs. He knows he will.
He has two brothers, one at
home, and another recovering
from wounds in hospital in
England. He is unmarried.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-27
PROTECTING pEMocRAcY's ARSENAL

With the appointment by War Mobizer Byrnes
Of committee to allocate and coordinate food ex-
ports there comes to mind once more too-tom'Ior
question: WHY didn't somebody think Of that be-
fore?"
OnIy the most selfish among would complain
of our governments Jealous desire to relieve the hum
oer Of wor.wrocked Europe out Of the comparative
bounty Of q hord-pressed but untouched America
But certainly any citizen might find toult with the
confusion and overlapping among various agencies
that the announcement Of the committees appoint
nnent revealed.
There is one notable absence from the commit
tee which Foreign Economic Administrator Leo
Crowley will head UkRRA is not represented 1t re-
mains to be seen whether this humanitarian, highly
pubIiczed expensive international relief orgonizo-
ton is destined to do even less in the future than it
has in the post
But at leost members Of the vorous government
departments and agencies concerned with Produc-
tion procurement and distribution Of food are finally
ooinq to sit down together. They will try to find an
efficient and economical way to manage q food sup
ply, now seriously low, os to maintain domestic
health and productive energy and still meet military
and other commitments
It is too bad thot the government had to wait so
long before taking this STEP But that it has been
taken it seems to that should be followed by SIM
or inquiries in other fields than food Domestic
transportation is beginning to show strain at the
seams, and other essentials will surely follow suit it
some orderly provisions are not made soon
Necessity and not any desire for "comfort as usu-
al" suggests these other steps,. We are the only
country fighting two major wars In addition our A.
lies depend heavily upon production. Any break
down at the source Of supply, at time when victory
is almost in sight in one theoter Of war; would be dis
ostrous.
1t is understandable that our Allies might feel at
least on emotional envy Of freedom from civilian
death and devastation. But realistically they should
be- and probably ore thankful that what is in sober
foct the arsenal Of democracy remains intact.
It seems likely that we may eot sufficiently we'll
without scrinnping hungry Europe, and mend our do
mestic machinery without scrmpine the fighting
men, if Washington put an end to divided author
ty duplicated effort and the eo|ouses and secreces
Of nter-deportmentoI strife At Ieost it would help.
Such Utopia hos long been talked about, but it's
really needed now.