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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
LEGION HONORS LINCOLN
FEB. IL

National Commander John Stellt
will lead the 18th annual American
Legion pilgrimage to the Tomb OF
Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Hi
nois, on February IL.
After laying wreath on thu
Emancipators shrine, the Legion
chief will broadcast message iron.
the Tomb over NBC network. His ad-
dress will highlight 30-mlnute pro
gram dramatizing the story of Lib
coins life. The first part of th>
broadcast will originate in the New
York NBC studios. Governor Dwight
Green of Illinois, will also speak
briefly from the Tomb.
The zone time schedule for the
Legion broadcast follows:
100 to 1880 p. m. Eastern STAN
dard Time.
1900 to 1890 p. m. Central Stan
dard Time.
11:0O to 1880 a. m. Mountain
Standard Time.
1000 to 1890 a. m. Pacific STAN
dard Time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PLAYER
IMPORTANT PART IN VICTORY

Our Congressional Library played
a tremendously important part AZ
shortening the war and information
contained in its stock of books and
documents will play an important
part in shaping the peace for Japan
and Germany.
While the NaZis were burning
books that did not fit the pattern OF
their twisted theology, our Library OF
Congress was collecting every avail
able written utterance of the Nazis.
These documents, collected by sec
ret agents and smuggled out of Ger
many, constitute an excellent record
for the prosecution of German war
criminals, and provide basis for the
study of how to police Germany, ac-
cording to an article in the February
issue of Good Housekeeping maya
zine.
when Uncle Sam went to war his
library went too" the article states
in part. Every department i'll it was
modified to aid in the war effort.
Thousands of American lives were
saved because the Library collected
data on the latest discoveries of Ger
man scientists on sulfa drugs.
'The army received invaluable aid
in the bombing of Germany and ia
pan from the Congressional map col
lection, and the Chinese air forces
turned to it for precise knowledge OF
China they lacked" the article states.
Few persons are aware of the part
played by the Congressional Library
in shaping their lives through legis-
lation. Each year the library receives
more than 1900 research requests
from congressman on matters thai
affect the lives of virtually every per-
son in the United States.
Without the factual information
which the library affords, much OF
this legislation would be unsound and
thus dangerous to the welfare OF oui
country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
FOOD FUTURES

A rosy future for the housewife is
pictured by F. L. Thomson, market
ing and transportation specialist OF
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In the disappearing era of pre-
cooked frozen foods, he said, meal
preparation for many housewife
twill involve only a pause during hel
reading of the evening newspaper.
Clearing the table and washing the
dishes eventually may consist merely
of bundling all the left-overs anu
paper utensils in the paper tableclotk
and dumping it in the garbage can.
More frozen foods, including meat
poultry, lsh, ice cream and milk anG
other dairy products, as well as th>
well-known fruits and vegetables,
will be available. Fresh foods will be
of higher quality because of more
careful handling, prepackaging and,
IN the case of some fresh fruits ana
vegetables, rapid air transportation
from field to grocery. Prepackaglng
of fresh meat cuts is expected to pre-
cede expanded frozen meat produc
ZION. canned IrulC anu VeSoldulS piO-
duction is likely to decline relative to
the total output of processed fruits
and vegetables.
Home freezing of foods probably
will not be an important factor i'll
the Nations food production, Dr..
Thomson concludes, because industry
can do the job better and cheaper
than the housewife probably better
than the local locker plant even, ex-
cept in some rural areas. Use of home
freezers by city people will be largely
confined to storage of frozen 1000
purchased at the store.
Some developments may bring
somewhat higher food costs than
now. Air transportation calls for a
considerably higher ton-mile rate
than by rail-but fool quality will be
higher. 1t has been demonstrated,
Dr. Thomson said, that substantial.
number of people are willing to pay
more for better quality. He believes
that marketing costs generally cal
be reduced materially IF farmers
consumers and dealers wish to take
the necessary steps"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
MARYLAND'S ASSISTANCE FUNDS
LOW

Increasing applications for State
assistance since the wars end may
cause the State Department of Public
Welfare to be faced with a deficit CT
S66S, 1913 before the fiscal year ends
n June, J. Milton Patterson, directo,
aid.
eff the expenditures continue to h.
IS high in the next five months az
hey were in December, 1915, wher
hey reached an all-time monthly
high of $720,262, We can't help but
un short Mr.. Patterson said And
he indication has been since the ter
nination of the war that the numbe,
f applicants each month increases
here is nothing in sight to show
hat it might decrease.
Suggestions from various source
rave indicated that sufficient funds
nay be transferred by the Board OF
Public works from the States con-
tingent fund to take care of thi
heritage. Mr.. Patterson said it would
De UP to the Governor, the Board oil
Public Works, or the Legislature t.
handle this matter.
The lowest number of demands UP
IN the State Department of Welfare
vas in August, 1913, when total ex
penditures were $4,000.
The welfare group has turned back
money to the State funds nearly
every year, but this time it is diff
erent picture, Mr.. Patterson said.
In the first six months of the pre-
ent fiscal year, the total expendi-
ures from the Department of Public
Welfare were S3,969,481, and the
present indication is that at leas,
S3,653,409 will be spent in the last
six, Mr.. Patterson asserted. He added
hat the 1916 provision of $7,622,-
$40, therefore, was not enough by at
east $66S,163
He credited the big increase to
women who worked during the war
1t factories and were able to provide
efficiently for their children, but are
lot able to do so now; to older per-
sons who worked during the war to
help out the labor shortage; to rela-
ives who were supported by family
members who worked in war plants,
out now do not have the extra funds;
and to the stopping of veterans al
otments to some large families.
One of the biggest increases in the
number of public assistance demands
was in the children's division. In
May, 1914, there were 1851 cases,
and now there are 9,140. The gener-
al public assistance and supplement
.ation branch had 1882 in May,
1914, as compared with 1888 at
present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
IIal.s1ll
Fly" STARS In REVIVAL
good old Mechanical Fly e,

good odd Mechanical Fly eX-
hibl, sponsored by the U. S. Depart
me-, of Agriculture has emerged
had a new coat of paint and varnish;
it's joints have been oiled and read
Justed; accompanying tables OF sGatis
tics have been brought up to date
The Fly is now ready to go back a.
an entertainer and instructor on the
State Fair circuit which is resumins
in 1916 after a wartim ECLIPSE o.
Its own.
Popularity of the Mechanical FLY
(whose truthful theme is Files AL.
dangerous is attested by the faI
that it has visited 16 States and has
played five return engagements -.
Most exhibits are superseded in pop
ular interest after few seasons. Ihe
mechanical Fly continues to hold 1T,
public" j. w. Hiscox, Chief of tn,
Exhibits Office of the department.
abs tlgures for all but three or fou.
of the public showings. More THAI
TWO million spectators have beeL
clicked past the Fly, as compare.
WITH a Total gate OIL more than lou.
million at the fairs. Most of thevis-
itors make it a point 10 study fh,
Fly, which has always had favorabl.
press notices.
In the 10 years since The Fly frs
flexed its mechanical joints at tn.
Ionia Free Fair in Michigan in Aug
ust, 1881, the fly nuisance mas beeL
abated somewhat, but the interest il
The Mechanical Fly persist. Mr.. HI
cox is not even announcing this as t,
farewell tour"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
SUGAR FROM RESEARCH

Scant sugar supplies would Ave
been even scantier during the war
years-and this year, too-but for
| two distinct but related research ac-
| tivities by the U. S. Department of
| Agriculture in the years between the
| wars.
When war disturbs sugar imports,
the domestic supply of beet sugar is
increasingly important. In World
War I, sugar beet production was
| complicated by difficulties in geeting
beet seed from Europe, where most
If the American supply had been
| grown because of lower labor costs.
In World War II, the beet farmer
| had better varieties to grow. For
planting in the West he had the U.
| 5. varieties resistant to the devasta-
ting disease, curly top, that is trans
mitted by the beet leafhopper. This
| was a result of research that is con-
linuing with view to further improve
ment of disease resistance.
The other research made possible
IN ample seed supply of these adapt
! ed varieties grown here in the United
| States. The sugar beet normally re-
| quires growth in two seasons to pro-
| duce a seed crop. The old practice
was to grow beets for season, dig
| chem, store them over winter, re-
| plant them in the spring, and harvest
seed the second summer. This sys-
| tenn called for so much hand labor
| hot unit
| labor costs, essentially monopolized
| oeet seed production.
In cooperative work at the New
Mexico Agricultural Experiment Sta
| ion, State and Federal scientists OBJ
| served in 1922 that fall-planted su-
! gar beets remained alive over winter
| in the mild climate and produced
seed the second year without need
| Tor storage and replanting. By 1928
| the system of seed growing by win
| tering beets in the field had been de-
yeloped, and Federal experimenters
have since adapted the method to
| other areas. Most of the operations
have been mechanical so that beet
seed production costs in the United
States compare favorably with those
| IF hand-grown crops abroad.
The Department of Agriculture
has figured up the costs of developing
this new method of growing sugar
beet seed. 1t cost about 100000 for
part time work of two men in the in
itial period from 1922 to 1928, and
part time work of about 10 men since
then in extending it's scope. The
value of the discovery is estimated
at fully $1,500,000 a year-every
year. This is continuing gain, and
is based, not on the value of the
sugar crop that is result, but only
on the value of the beet seed produc-
| ed as a result of the work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
FOUR MILLION PAIRS OF WOOL
SOCKS

Four million pairs of new cotton
and wool mems socks, scarce civil
ian item, just declared surplus by
the Navy, were offered to dealers in
nationwide disposal sale beginning
Jan. %. it was announced by War
Assets Corporation, subsidiary OF
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton.
Socks originally cost the Govern
ment $1,696,O0O. Merchandise was
offered to priority claimants, veter-
ans and dealers through the regional
consumer goods offices maintained
by WAC in IL cities.
Containing not less than AZ per
cent wool, the socks are 176 needle
and weigh 24h ounces per dozen of
size II. Ninety five percent of the
total stock Is natural color with the
balance in black, Sizes range from
sM to 10,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

Responding to request from ia
pans Christian leaders, brought tt
this country by Bishop James G. Bak
er, of California, and other churcl
men recently visited the Orient, the
American Bible Society is preparing
to print and send to Japan one mil
lion copies of the New Testament IL
Japanese, and 100000 copies in Eng
lish, the latter for use in classes
studying that. language. The first
$4,000 Japanese New Testaments are
already en- route.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
STONE in PYRAMID WOULD
BUILD $500 MILE WALL

If the stone used in building the
Giant Pyramid at Cheops in Egypt,
as it stands today, were utilized in a
stone wall, one foot thick and six
feet high, it would be over $500
miles in length-more than enough
to reach from New York City to San
Francisco, California.
The pyramid is 451 feet high, $50
feet long on each base, and contains
over 100000 cubic yards of mater
ial
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
SUEZ CANAL HAD PREDECESSOR
WAY BACK IN 1900 b. C.

Not generally known is the fact
hat an ancient prototype of the
modern Suez Canal was in operation,
connecting the Mediterranean Sea
With the Suez region, as far back as
1900 B. C. The waterway fell into
disuse, and it was not until about
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
In Unions There Is strength

Strange as it may seem there is
general satisfaction over the second
marriage CT the American Federation
of Labor and the United Mine work
ers. This puts John l.. Lewis back in
the councils OF the ALL, and that
furnishes reason to hope that Green
and Lewis will sooner or later be &C
copied by union labor men through
out the country as safe parentage.
Lewis had tough job to raise
the standards of the mine workers,
but in the end he has done fine job.
Green is usually conservative and
reasonable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

2S5 B. c. that Philadelphus, the Sec
ond of the Ptolemies, connected thu
link SO that the waters of the Medi-
terranean and the Red Seas mixed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
Marriage In Haste

Marriage licenses issued in cities
of the first-class throughout the Uni
ted States increased IL per cent in
1945 as compared with the previous
year And tie rate for 1916 is hotter
STILL Naturally the Census Bureau
lays matrimonial speed to the war
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

1t takes 5000 bolts to hold truck
together, but only one nut to scatter
it all over the countryside.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

Diplomats are clever people who
help us out of spats we'd not get into
If we had no diplomats
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

ASKS Court to Remove Receiver
headline. Anybody who does is Ii
able to get an earful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

You can't weigh a situation will
scales on your eyes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
BY j. f. Jones

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4,-The
orderly processes that constitute
Government have not been operating
very we'll of late. Most of the Con-
gress, and most of the people through
out the land, have not been able to
find anything to shout about in the
Presidents fact-finding plans.
The Senate stalled on the proposal
to create permanent Fair Employ
ment Practices Commission, especial
ly when weighted down with unsoly-
able racial disputes.
But the President really stubbed
his toe when he insisted that the
"compahy's books and records must
be open" to boards and commissions
trying to fix prices of manufactured
machinery. Also, the President was
not convincing in his appeals for a
full employment bill, and increased
employment compensation bene.i.
above those granted by the States.
Congress is rather skeptical about
most OF the proposals from. the White
House regarding labor legislation,
because the CLIO seems to have the
inside track.
Senators and Representatives have
been conservative in their dis u5sions
but the majorities oppoes continuing
schemes that lead up to strikes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

A smile is your window to tell
your heart "a home,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
Farmers Face Initiation

Washington has been warned by
editorial writer's that as labor raises
wages in the cities, farm labor will
fade away from farms. Farmers will
have to raise wages in order to COM
pete with the cities. THIS will in
crease the cost of production of food,
Naturally, just as soon as fool prices
go up, labor will come in for more
wage increases, based upon the cost
of living. So there's kind of iDfla-
ton that people haven't been figur-
ing on. Don't get the notion that
there is going to be any quick return
to normally"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

Son, did they give you balanced
diet in the Navy"
Eyes, mother, every bean weighed
the same"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
SAVING OUR DOOMED BLUE"
RARTES

Remarkable operation developed
by noted surgeon gives new lease on
life to babies otherwise doomed to
die. Read about this new technique
in an illustrated feature in the Feb
ruary 18th issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Nations Favorite Magazine With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your Local Newsdealer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08

He: do you know who was the
first electrician7"
She: mo, who?"
He; Adam. He furnished spare
parts for the arst loud speaksN"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-08
Made Out OF Coal


A Senate Committee in Washing
ton got more information about oil
and gasoline than it was looking for.
when it called in some of the experts
from the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Dir
w. c. Schroeder, director of the SyL-
thetic Fuels Division of the Bureau
told the Senators that the expert
who accompanied him on his tour of
the German war plants found the
coal-processed fuels superior to our
petroleum base fuels!
That is the reason the U. s. Blu
reau of Mines is building pilot plant,
in the coal areas of the East and
West to duplicate the German fuels.
An estimated three trillion barrels
of gasoline can be obtained from our
bituminous coal deposits, the worlds
largest and enough to last us 5000
years. So why worry about future
shortages of Gil and gasoline, as long
as the Bituminous Coal Institute lets
us in OIL the conquests of coal?
Apparently, the best-known coal
derived medicines are the sulfa
drugs, or sulfaonamides. Aspirin, the
sugar substitute saccharin, and nova
caine are derived from coal. Coal tar
once considered useless, produce
carbolic acid and other disinfeotants.
From coal smoke, sometimes a nui-
sance, las come the quinine substi-
tute that played such an importan
part in the South Pacific War.
Silk stockings from coal, air ana
water have captured the imagination
Nylon, in fact, is so much superior to
silk in most physical properties, that
it will probably permanently replace
silk in America. 1t completely replac-
ed silk during the war for military
purposes.
In the plastics field, false teeth,
artificial eyes owe their origins to
coal-and the synthetic resins from
which they are made have gone into
the manufacture of everything from
machine gears to life RATS.
Evening star., 1946-03-06
APARTMENTS FURNISHED.

CoNGENIAL GIRL. $3.50, share a-bedrm
apt. other gentle girls: twin beds; $40
zoo zoo I9as sts i! sT ST. sE ns eE r:Ssd sSss sr,
share 4-rm apt, with another girl Gen
tile home, S?5 ca. AT. 5000 after T. =
16as NEWTON ST. N;W.-sesutiful rm
3 ROOMS, suitable es aduiss. tD0'isiisH iaIS New
New New & YORK ave. NV; $3.50 each. Phone
Iiii GIRARD ST. NV. 1st noor-Bed-
room: Kitchen, sun porch, pvt. bath; suit
ROOMS for weeks or more; $40 per
s;RooM APARTMENff. NJ. newly " decorated
u East Capitol; girls. s25 each. FIR
BEDRooM FOR 2 GIRLS. adjoining bath
share the complete kitchen: good trans
por1asoni Es -. 2s5a 20 month each, 5000 9TH
ss I abt f. ods H snf.s adSs k sse sse rs
$500 Isth ST. N.W.%studio do rm. and
PTSEY ITS Eiri BRAScH M saeh kD AP s%studio Ss2 rm
refrigerstion, range, sink; next TO bath
for HHs employed p6s lady no drinking or smoking
GIRL 70 SHARE APT. with , other girls;
bedrms.. kitchen and bath $50 a month.
THRErkooM iEs En- q Nv .Ih Ih Ss1a sarH
oompIetely furnished Suitable for three three
persons. SlO5. 1871 New Hampshire ave.
WANT JEWISH GIRL. age $3.50. to share
Groom furnished apartment with another
gill: so mo. GE. $3.50 after 4
81 EYE ST. n. w.--Eficiency, apartment:
small living room, bedroom. kitchen din
ette, slassed porch. $50; refrigerator. utili-
ties included: public bath Employed mar
ried couple only; references
1902 FAIRMONT ST. NV rooms and
Kitchen -dinette Ras refrigerator: semi
private bath: S55. utilities included EN-
ployed married couple only. references.
COLORED-GIRL to share apartment with
another girl: $50 per month. 1904 9TH st.
NV RE uf46 after n m
Evening star., 1946-03-06
ROOMS WITH BOARD.

1914 18th ST. N.W.-Two young ladies to
share large triple; excellent meals snd
transportation.
.OIO PIERCE MILL ROAD NV nice
light. connecting rooms for working couple
Southern cooking. DU. 09SO. s
COMFORTABLE ROOMS TO share, with
board, for young men; s47 mo Near
Veterans Administration MI 5174 .
1884 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. N.w.-High-
class guesthouse has vacancy for 3 girls
in triple room. food is excellent. house
clean and definitely above average. Only
better-elsss persons desired. Moderate
prices. Walking distance. MI. h5G7. -
VIENNA, VA.-Free room and board for
man in exchange for help around house
and garden evenings and weekends. JACK
r WITHOUT co General Delivery,
is.5 18th sT. N.w.-Room for Young lady;
switchboard running water, nicely fur
nished; excellent board; downtown. -
OFFERED REASONABLY to refined woman
who is home during day. Call EN-. 5000
DELIGHTFUL, newly decorated triple
room, with private bath, breakfast and
dinners high-class; downtown location;
for 8 employed ladies or gentlemen seeking
nice living quarters. Inspection by an
polntment. MA. 0OS4. -1o
1894 18th ST, N.W.-Dble. rm for couple
or = young ladies; running water; excellent
me ais with home atmosphere 10
Evening star., 1946-03-06
APARTMENTS EXCHANGED.

NEW YORK-5-rm unfurn. apt, residen-
tial BROOKLYN. for mouse or 2 or 3 bedrm
apt; &c, area .: STANLEY; RA. 1888. 81
fdI MUST EXCHANGE snEsx untTrnIshed Washns
WAsHiNGToSS wILMfNGToN. 'iss Del. .
Omcer-veteran will exchange March 10
new 3-rm apt, unfurn in large modern
utils:, for 2,bedrm; apt. or house in Will
J. HAVE A ?-BEDRM. unfurn apt In the
NV. section to trade for 3-bedrm. un-
furn. det4 house in Wash. or vicinity. Call
wAsHiNGToN- oN-CLEvEIAND"5-rm. house.
NV. Washington. exchanged for 2-bedrm
apt; or house in Cleveland. Phone SH
Will EXCHANGE rental e-room house in
ME- ahsoqMS1siafa poUdHGRTY Ex g slai asp0uros Cal
MOVING TO WASHINGTON? will ex.
change my 2-bedroom furnished apartment
M IN Washington n tI for furnished apartment OF
basis This will give us both time to fint
perms nent 1to. places, Call MRS. HoBAN
CAV DELIVER small, modern Richmond
WAsHiHGToN-NEWA VAS nc; YORK FORK star bedroom
apt. Arlington, Va, 10 min. bus downtown
Washington. for l or > bedrm apt, New
Hsn Yerk yGrt 91 tsubsrbs Can 81 452e or il
URGENT-3 vet. bros just returned over.
seas. back with family. will exch. excep-
tional lg. 6-fm. apt, f2 bedrms }, reasonable
rent, mr., 18th and Park rd., for A bedroom
2-bath det. home in NV. dist. CO. 459S
HAVE LOVELY BROOM APT, Northwest
Portland, ores. Cali TIA aOs5. s.