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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-30
SYNOPSIS

YIconore Lawrence, Air Raid
Defense worker in Sweetsburg -
town humming with war industry
and JUNIORS of saboteurs has a
secret assignment from the Coun-
ter Intelligence Corps which ex-
claimed that one Of its agents,
planted in a group of aliens nearby,
was having difficulty getting re-
ports to c. I. c. headquarters. The
coded messages were to be lett in
discarded cigarette packets at des-
!snated places near the Lawrence
home. Eleonore agreed to retrieve
and mail them to a certain address.
The Lawrence household consists
Of Grandma" Lawrence: Sukey,
Eleonore's small sister; and
Mamie, maid Of all work. Eleo-
nore's brothers, Arthur and Eben,
are in the Navy and Coast Guard
respectively. Eleonore was the re-
cipient Of several spyexpose books,
and secretly hoped the anonymous
sender might be William Steuben,
who had visited the Lawrences
months ago, but from whom she
had beard nothing since. The ad-
joining Wolfe estate, long vacant,
has been leased by B. Stead Jones
OF NewYork, and Eleonore noticed
an attractive blonde on the grounds
r she and Roof, her police dog,
returned from their daily search.
At home she finds the distinguished
looking Jones visiting Grandma.
He explains that his wife is an
invalid and that he is interested
in hunting Fifth Columnists". He
makes an alluring offer for the
rental of their house, which he de-
sires for one Of his friends-but
Eleonore turns it down. Jones
warns Eleonore against walking
along the lonely mountain road
because of the rough crowds en-
ployed at the rubber factory near
oy." A week later, Roof disappears
,.. Unknown to E~leanore, Bill
Steuben is a C.I.C. agent. After
successfully posing as a Nazi SYM
pathizer in New York, he was sem
to the school of sabotage now be-
ing conducted at the Jones man
sion by the mysterious Carlotta.
Bill recalls his first meeting with
the Nazi agent Baalah Jones.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Vaguely the name of Baalah
Jones. the writer, was known to
Stcubcn, and hints of Fascist lean
ings chung around it. Fleir host
IN his early fortics, olivc-skinned.
alert dark eyes under sleepy lids, a
figure of s~artorial smartness-
moved about his library, minghng
with his half a dozen guests. Bill
felt his appraising eyes on him a
number of times.
Stcubcn was invited to visit Jones
alone a few nights later. He bought
Jones books on sociology and asked
him to autograph them, a tribute
which seemed to mellow the writer.
On the third evening spent together
over excellent Scotch, he learned
that Jones had ben promoting tas-
cl4m in an underground way in
America ever since Hitler came to
power. He launched into venomous
denunciations Of democracy. Have
another drink
BIZ put his hand over his glass.
"No more. | haven't the plumbinC.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-30

That blddlng brought The same
contract on this deal at two dupli-
cate tables, and in each case, by
unusual coincidence. West led the
club 10. which both declarers won
with the dummy's A. Then one
South brought forth the heart 8
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-30

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The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Song Birds Most
Popular State Birds

Forty seven states have state
birds, 80 of them designated official
ly. Song birds are apparently the
most popular, having been chosen by
80 states and also by the District o1
Columbia. Most favored of all is the
western meadowlark, the bird of sew
en- states.
Four states have honored upland
game birds - Pennsylvania, the
ruff1ed grouse; California, the Cali
fornia quail; and Oklahoma and
Rhode Island, the bobwhite quail.
Ohio, the only state to class the
bobwhite with songbirds, has the
cardinal as it's state bird.
Louisiana has chosen the brown
pelican; New Mexico, the roadrun-
ner; and Utah, the California gull,
to which it has erected a monument
in Salt Lake City commemorating
the gull's destruction of crickets that
threatened the crops of Mormon pi-
oneers in the second year of their
settlement. Delaware, the only state
to go outside the list Of native wild
birds, has, by legislative action, cho-
sen the "blue hen chicken"
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Find Cucumbers Don't
Cross With Squash

In spite of what many farmers
will say, tests at the college of agri-
culture, Cornell university, have
disclosed that cucumbers can be
grown safely in the garden without
fear of crossing with squash, pump
kins and melons.
According to common belief, if
cucumbers are planted too close to
squash or melons, a cross breed will
result, being neither a squash, a
melon, nor a cucumber, but having
mixed characteristics. Results of
experiments at Cornell have proved
that, although pumpkins and COM
mon summer squash will cross
readily, cucumbers under these con-
ditions will produce nothing but
more cucumbers.
During the tests, several odd and
strengthening mixtures of flat, long
pumpkins and oval squashes were
grown. Although none of them tast-
ed particularly good, they promise
to add variety to any garden, ac-
cording to Prof. w. c. Muenscher
of the department of botany.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Pledge of Allegiance

Originally the pledge to the flag
read: 'I pledge allegiance to my
flag, and to the republic for which
it stands, one nation indivisible, with
liberty and justice for ALL" At the
National Flag conference in Wash
ington in 1924, it was contended
that the pledge could be applied to
the flag of any nation, and it was
proposed that the pledge be
changed to read: 81 pledge allegi-
ance to the flag of the United States
of America so that the
first real pause should come at the
word America" The former prac-
tice of extending the right hand up
ward from its position over the
heart at the word flag" is prob
ably responsible for the pause at
that word, but now, as provided by
an act of congress approved Decem-
Der %, 1912, the hand is held over
the heart throughout the pledge.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Warned Utensils

Frying pans and saucepans, un-
able to stand steady on the stove,
may waste heat, cook unevenly,
and cause spills and accidents.
Since sudden changes in tempera-
ture cause metal to warp, avoid
pouring cold water in hot pan or
setting an empty pan on hot
stove, or burning food in them. The
lighter, thinner kitchenware bends
most easily with sudden heating or
chilling. The cure recommended for
a warped pan is heating and gentle
hammering. Slight bulges may often
be smoothed out by heating the pan
then tapping the bottom with
wooden potato masher or mallet.
Never use metal hammer because
it's weight may dent or break the
pan. Bad bulges may be pounded
out between blocks of wood; use
two smooth sturdy blocks, one small
enough to fit inside the pan. Heat
the wood and the pan. Turn the pan
upside down over one of the hot
blocks and put the other on top.
Tap the top block with hammer
until the entire bottom is smooth
and even.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
ABOVE CEILING SALES COST
AMERICAN FAMILIES

OPA Administrator Bowles says:
"We estimate that above ceiling sales
cost American families $1,00O,0O0,-
600 year. It's made up of the PEN
nies, dimes, and dollars shoppers paid
because they didn't care or couldn't
be bothered to complain, and that
grocers charged because they had
fallen down on the job of price COM
pliance. Food represents 40 per cent
of the average family's budget.
That's why we feel that everyone
food retailers and their suppliers,
CONSUMERS and community represen-
tatives who serve on local War Price
and Rationing Boards will want ia
back the Food Price Compliance Pro-
gram" Present OPA plans call for
Ithree-way drive by grocers, consum-
ers and OPA to bring about more
effective price control of all foods
sold at retail in the groceries and
meat markets of the country.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Concentrated Juice

To "reconstitute" concentrated
fruit juice for use as beverage or
in preserves, it is only necessary to
add water. Since any change in
the chemical composition might be
regarded as adulteration, chemists
of the department of agriculture
tested concentrated apple juice to
answer this question.
When the juice was concentrated
either by simple vacuum distilla-
ton or by freezing-and then redi-
'luted with distilled water, they found
that chemical and physical differ
ences between fresh and reconstitut-
ed juices were smaller than varia-
tions commonly found among fresh
apple jsices, or among those pre-
served by other means. Some aroma
was lost by the vacuum process Of
concentration, but juice concentrat-
ed by freezing kept nearly all its
original quality.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
GUERNSEY CLUB TO MEET IN
BALTIMORE

| Karl B. Musser, Secretary of The
American Guernsey Cattle Club, al
ways popular with Maryland Guern-
sey breeders, will speak at the an
nual meeting to be held at the En-
erson Hotel, Baltimore, March 23.
Mr.. Musser will give a review of
Guernsey activities. He has recently
attended series of annual meetings
Throughout the South and West and
has an excellent picture of the Guern-
sey breed at present from a national
standpoint.
w. w. Fitzpatrick, manager OF
Qualiroots Farm, Rougemont, North
Carolina, will bring an interesting
message. "Fitz," as he is known to
Golden Guernsey National Fieldman
and helped set up teh Golden Guern-
sey work in Maryland.
Dr. Carl Bender of the New Jersey
| Agricultural Experiment Station, will
complete the trio of outstanding
speakers headlining the program. He
i will speak on Grassland Farming and
Labor Saving Equipment. He has
some excellent suggestions on how
dairy farmers can get lot done with
| less back-breaking work.
The business session will start
promptly at 1000 O'Clock. There are
some every important matters to be
discussed at this time.
Following the luncheon will come
the main speaking program featuring
the above mentioned three speakers.
This annual meeting as in previous
years is an event all breeds want to
attend.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Rotenone Use

Rotenone is well known to agrt-
cultural science, largely through ITS
effectiveness in killing certain gar
den insects. Later it was found to be
effective against several livestock
parasites. The latest research shows
that less than half as much derris
or cube powder is needed to kill
sheep ticks as was formerly
thought necessary. This point Is
noteworthy in view of the current
shortage of cube powder. Dips made
with derris or cube powders are not
only easy to prepare, but also save
labor, since one dipping is enough.
Most other sheep dips commonly
used in the past required two appli-
cations about "a days apart. The
rotenone in the new dip kills both
the adult ticks and the pupae in one
dipping, and remains effective in the
fleece for several weeks.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Uruguayan Farming

Most of the cultivated areas In
Uruguay are located along the lJru-
quay river, in the west, and along
the Plata, in the south. Some zones
are very fertile, but not as much
as the nearby parts of Argentina.
This, together with the higher wages
that prevail for farm-hands in Uru-
quay (this is not the case when con-
sidering the wages of the poems en-
gagged in the livestock raising
"estancias''), makes the cost of
growing grain fairly higher than in
Argentina. This is especially true
in the cases of corn and wheat. The
farmers who grow these crops are
protected by two groups of laws: (1)
tariffs that under normal conditions
prevent the import of grain from Ar
gentina and (2) fixed minimum
prices for them.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Ashes MAY Aid Soil

The winters ashes from fireplace,
furnace or stove may help the sum-
mer's crop of vegetables. Hardwood
ashes are valuable for fertilizing
and hard coal ashes for tightening
heavy soil. Ashes left from burning
hardwood, such as oak or hickory,
contain as much as 5 per cent pot
ash and little lime. Such ashes
should be kept dry so their potash
will not leach, then be worked thor
oughly into the garden soil in the
spring. Up to so pounds Of dry hard
wood ashes may be used on a Vic
tory garden 80 by go feet. Ashes
from pine or other soft wood may
also be used, though they have less
fertilizing value. Hard coal ashes,
screened to remove clinkers or Gin
ders, are useful for loosening heavy
clay soil and making 1t more work.
able. Tests show that such ashes are
of special value in growing toma-
toes on heavy clay.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
ARMY RELIES ON COUNTY'S FAT
SAT,VAGE

ARMY RELIES ON COUNTY'S FAT
SALVAGE
Half Ounce Saved Daily BY Each
Family Would Supply Medical Needs
OF 1850 Wounded
Cecil County's 6,771 families tan
fill an entire days medicinal needs
of 2,539 battlefront casualties if each
home will save one tablespoon of
waste kitchen fat, it is estimated by
the nations largest single collector
of this vital war material.
There are few direct ways wife,
mother or daughter can help safe
guard the life of a loved one at the
fighting front, and salvaging used
fats is one of them" said T. A. Con-
nors, head of the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company's national mea.
department. 1.-THE value of tie o.
128,O0O pounds salvaged by our Gus
toners throughout the nation last
year is evident in the fact that 4
single pound of fat will process about
26O quarts of life-giving blood plas-
ma"
The increased tempo of the war
has intensified the need for drugs,
ointments and acid to easse pain and
lessen mortality among our soldiers
as we'll as for synthetic rubber, pro-
tective coatings and other vital war
materials in which waste fats figure,
Connors pointed out. Further, he
said, the OPA has continued it's offer
of red ration points for each pound
of grease turned in at stores.
'Tke Importance of used fats in
the manufacture of the implements
of war and of thouansds of products
for the home front is widely recog-
nized," he said. But little is known
of the miracles being worked by mill
tary medicine with the aid of con-
veterd fats. Cecil County women, in
making their contribution to this sal
wage drive, may take added satisfac-
tion from the knowledge that even a
tablespoon, or half ounce, of used fat
will help make enough smallpox vac
cine for IS injections"
Other vital medication for which
household fats are required includes
tannic acid used in treatment of
burns, some insulin for shock vic
tins, tinctures of opium and gentian
to ease pain, sulfa-diazine ointments
for treating abrasions and fungus
growths, and nitro-glycerine tablets
as a heart stimulant.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
THE COMING AGE OF PLAsT1cs

The last quarter century has wit
messed most of the growth of the
Iplastics industry, and the speed of de-
velopment has been quicker and
quicker as the years have passed,
points out John c. Cwoan of the U.
s. Department of Agriculture in san
article on the subject. Cowan is one
of the research workers at the Nor
thern Regional Research Laboratory,
where several notable contributions
to the development of plastics have
been made.
Although the plastics industry
traces back rs years to 1870, when
Hiatt discovered that camphor and
cellulose nitrate made plastic close
ly resembling ivory, the development
was gradual for the first fifty years,
and by 1920, Cowan notes, plastic
articles were of relatively little i'm
portance in industry or the home"
In 1880, he notes, the industry
produced about 37,50O,000 pounds of
plastics valued at about $75,0O0,0O0,
or 50 pound. In 1910, the industry
had been multiplied by eight, with
an output of 300,000,OOO pounds av-
eraging about 50 pound vnalue.
Estimated production in 1914 indi-
Gates a doubling since 1910 with an
output of about 100000 pounds
valued 10000, 200, or $3.50 a
pound.
| Since Pearl Harbor, plastics have
replaced natural rubber for many
uses, says Cowan. He points out that
Iplastics have contributed enormously
| in the development of superior air.
craft which are decisive factor in
| the war.
| Of the future, he says it is difficult
| to predict, but comments that sit
lis certain that the plastics industry
will continue to have an enormous
growth for some time to come. One
plastic which has not been developed
! fully is polystrene. If natural rubber
or new synthetic rubbers replace
Buna S for many uses after the war,
styrene will be available in quantity
Also by combining sheet metals, ad-
hesives and foam-plastic, unusually
strong and lightweight construction
materials may be used 1t looks as if
we have only seen the beginning of
plastics industry
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
Costly Orchids

Gathering orchids in steam
drenched jungles is no slight task.
Although there are some orchids
which grow in the earth, the tropical
orchids are commonly epiphytes;
that is, they live on the outside of
trees, but are not parasites. They do
no harm to their host, for they do not
take food or water from the tree, but
only obtain minerals from the de-
caying bark. They send out long,
spongy roots which obtain water and
minerals by condensing the moisture
in the air. Since the trees on which
the orchids grow may be six feet
in diameter, and correspondingly
high, and may also be infested by
snakes and biting varieties of ants,
the orchid collector needs to exer-
else plenty of persistence and in
genuity before he can lay his hands
on the priced specimen.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
New Composition Helps.
Hold Fibers in Place

Although numerous different treat
ments to make textiles hold their
shape and dimensions were devel-
oped before the war, the demands of
the armed forces have given marked
impetus to their actual use, and the
postwar future will probably see a
much greater use of these proc
esses in civilian fabrics.
When fibers in a fabric are free
to slip one upon another, they grad
ually wear each other down. Some
fibers also tend to stretch. When
they do, they work out of shape and
pull open at seams. Antislip proc
esses are designed to overcome these
faults by holding fiber structure in
place.
A chemical company has offered
a rather novel solution to the prob
lem with a dispersion of minute par
ticles of silica Originally sandy in
water. When applied sparingly to a
fabric and allowed to dry, the dis
persion leaves upon the surface of
each fiber an almost imperceptible
layer of tiny particles. The result
ing nonskid fibers stay in place,
stabilizing the fabric without stiffen-
ing or seriously affecting the ''hand"
of the goods. If the treatment is
applied to bulk fibers, spinning and
weaving are improved, although
carding is more difficult, since the
.hbers should be slippery at this
stage. In one application, the proc
'ess Is said to make stockings less
likely to run.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
LOOKING
AHEAD
" GEORGE S. BENSON
\ presideht--HardiHg CoHfge
Searry. Arkansas
Mental Hazard

Driving a golf ball over a pond re-
quires a type of skill altogether
different from lifting it across a like
size patch of green grass. / don't
know golf but men who play well
have made me understand the diff
ference. They call it mental haz-
ard, and life is full of them. A men
tai hazard seems to be something
that offers a threat but presents no
actual hindrance.
Observation makes me believe
that the magnitude of many world
problems, currently discussed in
print and on the air, creates men,
tai hazard. Utter bigness causes
people to turn their thoughts away
from facts that concern them vital
ly. Postwar planning is good il
lustration. It is something that needs
the serious attention of millions of
thinking Americans.
Like Seeing Ghosts
I have heard several intelligent
people recently talk as if postwar
planning might be something outside
of their world; job for some mys-
terious committee of mental giants
or supernatural beings. Actually,
only small part of postwar plan
ming needs to be central planning.
It is job for us all and the sooner
we start it the more promptly pros
perity will follow peace.
People who imagine they see
Il. l, , L
as if they really existed. People who
get alarmed at big undertaking
and run away from their part of it,
are in much the same class. Plan
ming is for everybody with a job,
every firm with a business, every
family with farm. Things are go
ing to be different soon, and we will
need to be ready.
Millions Unemployed
Spectres of unemployment shaped
in the smoke of war are scary
enough to frighten even the wizard
statisticians who know how to tame
wild figures. That street corner es-
innate: 900 million without jobs" is
probably 25S high. America has 40
million people working now at jobs
they can keep after the war. After
the war, however, SIS million will
have to work if the nation prospers.
The difference is Is million. This
many will come from our armed
forces and from war baby indus
tries; too many to be idle. Fewer
job hunters than that made 1882 a
very bad year But (not counting
the jobs that will die with the war)
our industries are using 40 million
people now and should use 55 mil
lion in peacetime. 1t does not di-
vide exactly even, but call it gain
of one man in four.
Intelligent Guessing
Men who won the war, men from
uniform and men from munition
plants, are returning to peacetime
pursuits and we must have work for
them. Anybody can plan on one
man scale. The first step is for
each of US in his own shop or Of
flee to figure out about three things
that might happen to his business
when peace comes. Then line up
these "could be" postwar changes
in 1928 order, the most likely one
first.
Step No. 2: Plan what's best to
do in each CT the three cases.
Try to make plans justify four work.
ers where three work now. Nobody
can plan for you Nobody knows
your business like you do. When
war ends, every man should have
quick access to his own deliberate
thinking, and be ready to welcome
peace. 1t is an idea for small bust
ness, but small firms normally en-
IL -
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
MRS. CLINTON H. BENT

The funeral of Mrs. Clinton H.
Bent was held March in Los Ange-
les, California. The former Miss Ma
bel Frederick of Charlestown, is sur
vived by her husband and daughter,
of Los Angeles; her father, William
Frederick, sister and two brothers
of Charlestown. Mrs. Bent's son, Cpl.
William F. Bent died on January 8th
in hospital in Hawaii of wounds re-
ceived on Leyte.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23
REAL ESTATE SALES

Wheeler & Grier, Realtors, of Ok
ford, report the sale of the former
Samuel Smith home in the 9Th Dis
trict of Cecil County, Md, on the
Pennington Road, near Rising Sun,
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Thomason of
near Oxford, Pa. The buyers will
take possession of their new home on
or about April 1.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

Nomination of nine officers for four
star generals will mean more stars in
lthe Army than in the major leagues.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

Young Ohio butcher is the first to
cross the Rhine. Nazis will trumpet
this a. anothsg Of oAr atgoeitiss,
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

"Czechs Leave London"-headline
They have been going out of Wash
iugton for some time,
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

Civilians are to get more chickens.
Eyying 70 make every day sunday
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

A night club may soon be only a
stick carried by policemen.
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

Coal strike threatened April /
Well. it's All Fools Day. isn't itl
The midland journal., 1945-03-23

Nazis put ban on poultry, but not
until after their goose is cooked,
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