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Evening star., 1946-03-03

Defeat of Germany and Japan
will have reverberations in the Antarc-
tic Ocean-home of the whales. Those
two nations which used Whalers to aid
them in girding for war have been re-
moved as factors. This means that
Norway and Great Britain will continue
TO be unchallenged leaders in whaling,
unless Russia cuts into the business.
Japan did not use whale oil at home,
but sold it on the international market
She used this credit to buy petroleum
at Aruba and at San Pedro, Calf Her
last catch was reported to have been
sold to Germany and transported
through Russia.
Japan did not have time to bring in
her last catch by tankers to sell in Lon
don, Holland or elsewhere before the
war.
Germany went into the whaling busi-
ness because of financial difficulties
She needed whale oil for edible fats BY
operating her own factory ships and
purchasing additional quantities. Ger
many was able to accumulate a con-
siderable stockpile at the outset of the
war.
There are no figures available on ia
pans whaling catch. Tokyo did not
join the international convention that
conserved whales, preferring to oper-
ate free lance. 1t is known. however
that just prior to the war she operated
six factory ships The Germans oper-
ated a similar number.
Whaling stopped with the opening Of
war. There were insufficient conVoyS
to protect Whalers from the rowing
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Tall, Romantic Stories
Spring From Whaling Age

Then came the glamorouS age of
whaling, with its romance and its tall
tales OF gigantic mammals taking a
whole mouthful of boatload of men,
OF WhalerS caught in the treacherous
ice fields and crushed of fortunes made
in New Bedford and Nantucket. The
depletion of whale stocks in the Arctic.
turned attention of whalers to the
Southern Hemisphere.
Dr. Kellogg says that in the heyday
OF whaling as many as 500 to 600 ships
hunted sperm and southern right whales
in the South Atlantic and Antarctic
Oceans
Invention of the swivel harpoon gun
by the Norwegian Svend Foyn. nearly
80 years ago ushered in the era of
modern whaling, DR.. kellogg asserts.
The great furrow -throated whales could
now be subdued by the explosive head
fitted to the harpoon.
The floating factory made its debut
in 1904, when an energetic, enterprising
Norwegian started operations around
Spitzbergen, says the scientist. The
year following, the steamer Admiralen
started Antarctic whaling operations in
the Falkland Islands area.
Evening star., 1946-03-03
End Of the War Spells Whaling Reviv;
Huge Floating Factories Eclipsing Harpooners OF
Century Ago to Hunt Monsters Again

frequently saw whales cavorting among
the whitecaps. Some testify they have
seen as many as 20 or 80 a day out of
Lakehurst, N. j., where Rear Admiral
Charles E. Rosendahl, chief of the
Naval Airship Training and Expert
mental Command, has his headquarters.
To men familiar with whaling 20 to
30 whales daily is nothing. Authorities
say that upward of 10000 whales
season are killed by the industry in
hormal times. The real home of the
whales is in the Antarctic, south of 40
degrees south latitude. 1t is doubtful
if there are sufficient whales in the
North Atlantic to make a whaling
project commercially feasible.
Because the United States has SO many
war-built ships, some may be converted
to the whaling industry. Some say
makeshifts will never do.
ReconverSion needs will find a solu-
ton in the whalers' harvest. Whale
meat is not only canned for human
consumption, but is utilized for animals
as we'll. Fertilizer is by-product. The
oil will aid industry. Some cosmetics
have their genesis in the whale.
Three Washington Authorities
Know Whaling Industry
Washington has at least three author
tiles that know something about whales
and whaling firsthand. One of the
worlds greatest experts is DR.. Remington
Kellogg, curator of the Division of
Mammals, United States National Mu-
scum, Smithsonian Institution.
Comdr. Quentin R. Walsh, United
States Coast Guard, on duty here, has
travelled the Antarctic with whalers and
has witnessed the business first hand
The Coast Guard, by law, supervises
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Louise Home, Force School
May Be Lost to Progress

persons anxious to know things at
present hidden from them. Her con-
sultatlon fee to both ladies and gentle
men is extremely moderate. Call at her
house on the south side of Massachu-
setts avenue between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets-the only house
there"
Just when the Force School Building
was begun, the record does not state;
there seems to have been no corner
stone laying, nor any ceremony at all.
Exactly when the building was COM
Evening star., 1946-03-03

American whaling, insuring enforce
ment of regulations.
Commercial operations are under the
Secretary of the Interior. Dr.. H. j.
Deason, special assistant to the direc-
tor of the Fish and Wildife Service,
takes part in that activity.
DR.. Kellogg warns: We are now wit
Messing what. without much doubt, is
the last phase in the history of whaling
for after the elimination of the present
exploitation OF the Antarctic seas, where
in the past 90 years more than 100000
whales have been killed. no unexplored
seas are left to be harvested"
Unless intelligent conservation meas
ures are employed, the famous Smith
sonian Institution scientist foresees the
day when the last remaining stocks of
whales will be so depleted that it will
be economically impossible to operate
the great floating factories"
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charge 3 seconds after the harpoon has
left the gun.
The harpoon contains barbs that open
up, The aim is to harpoon the whale
under the pectoral fin The whales
lungs are thus injured and it usually
dies in 10 to 20 minutes after an ef-
fective strike.
When the whale is hit. it runs. exert
ing tremendous pressure on the at
tached line. The line runs from the
harpoon TO a pully and down to i'm
mense springs in the hull of the small
craft, permitting it TO take this punish
ment. Otherwise it could never outlaSt
titanic struggle
After the kill the whales tail is
lashed under the bow and towed to the
factory ship The whale is taken along
side ard air is pumped into the carcass
TO prevent it from sinking In the old
days many a whale sank to the bot
tom, before the whalers could process it.
Carcass Is Processed
By Factory Ship Grew
1t is no unusual sight TO see half
dozen whales moored alongside a fac
tory ship, awaiting processing, Each
bears a flag, showing the number Of
the boat that took it
ramp on the factory ship facilitates
hauling the whale aboard Blubber is
removed from the animal on the flensing
deck. Later the carcass is taken to the
cutting deck forward, and is cut up and
boiled. The oil is extracted from the
meat and bone and the molten residue
is blown overheard.
The flesh is cut up into white blocks
and put in a big tank. Hot steam causes
it TO dlsintegrate. The oil comes to the
surface and is drawn off.
There is no odor if whale is worked"
within "a hours. But if the carcass Is
allowed to stand for five days, then
that is something brother The man
who cuts up the blubber is called a
"fenser.'
A winch. wire rope and toggle are
used to aid IN stripping the blubber.
Trained men know which joints to
cut through and can do the job in half
an hour. Two hours suffice to process
good-sized whale A steam saw cuts up
the backbone
Evening star., 1946-03-03

whaling season is usually from early
December to early March
Indians in canoes attacked the whale
along the New England coasts long be-
fore the white man came. Settlers on
Massachusetts Bay supplemented their
income by whaling. 1t is said that when
the Mayf1ower dropped anchor near
Cape Cod, the Pilgrims saw whales.
Evening star., 1946-03-03

species, barring the killing of females
accompanied by calves, as well as all
right and gray whales.
Factory vessels were prohibited from
operating on the calving grounds Ships
were required to utilize to the utmost
the carcass of each whale taken, ex-
plotting its full commercial worth. The
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Species Are Protected
By International Pact

The protocol of June, 1898. modified
whaling practices, DR.. Kellogg recalls,
including the protection of decimated
stocks of humpbacks in Antarctic wa
ters and establishing a whale sanctuary
between the Ross Sea and Cape Horn
The International Conference for the
Regulation of Whaling, held in June
1887, in London, dealt with this general
subject, Dr.. kellogg says it laid down
conservation measures including min
imum legal size for whales of each
Evening star., 1946-03-03

U-boat. Whales have been practically
unmolested for years
United States naval officers on duty
in the blimps that operated on patrol
duty over the Atlantic, watching for
U-boatS and hostile craft generally,
Evening star., 1946-03-03
BY John Clagett Proctor

RADUALLY, but unfortunately
y many of the old landmarks of
" the District are disappearing
from view, their places being
taken by more up-to-date and more
modern, though often less attractive,
buildings. And this may soon prove
true in the case of the Louise Home
To dispose of this property, however.
will require the sanction of the court,
and just when the court will take this
matter up is question that may not
be answered for some time Then, of
course, provision will have to be made
for the dear lady guests, for whom w.
w. Corcoran set aside a goodly part of
his fortune This must, and unoues-
tionably will be done by those author
lied by law to carry out Mr.. Corcorans
intent
The building now stands on the south
side of Massachusetts avenue between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, where
1t was erected in 1871, the building and
grounds costing at that time 100000,
and further sum of S250,000 was set
aside by the donor for its upkeep and
maintenance.
The home is for women of refine
ment and culture who have become re-
duced in circumstances in their old
age. The institution is named Louise,
after both the wife and daughter of
w. w. Corcoran. ana is a testimonial
ito their devoted concern for the poor
and unfortunate"
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Well-known Washingtonians
Once Pupils at Force

The results in the long run were
typically American, and today some of
those who were rich are now poor, and
some who were poor are now rich, but
all of them alike regardless of origin or
conditions, are grateful of the oppor-
tunity to attend this school and look
back over the years fast receding with
the fondest memory for this old build
ing and the teachers under whom they
studied.
If there ever was list kept of the
scholars who attended this school. the
writer never saw it. though he has been
told that the following persons did
attend there, and we might as well
commence with the name of one of the
biggest men in American history today,
namely, Gen. Douglas Macarthur. In
deed. the military branch of the Gov
ernment is more than represented in
its graduates, as taken from list given
to the writer some years ago, quite
likely by Principal Patterson. The mill
tary titles are of an early date. They
are: 1t Col. Dean Halford. @. M c.,
retired: 1t Col Frank Halford, U.
S. M c., retired; John Hudson Poole,
former major. U. S. A.; Philip Sheridan,
son of the famous general, died during
the World War; Gen. John F. Myers,
U. S. M. c., to whom the Spanish flag
floating over Guam was surrended dur
ing the Spanlsh-American War, and
Gen. William M. Cruickshank. Robert
Wallach, son of Maj. Richard Wallach,
became an Army officer, and another
scholar, David D. Porter-descendant of
line of eminent naval officers-led
detachment of Marines over the Island
of Sumar without a commiSsary
Fleming Newbold, vice president and
manager of The Evening Star News
paper Co., and his four brothers,
Thomas, John, Henry and William, also
attended here, as did Craig and James
WadSWorth, cousins to former Senator
Wadsworth; the sons of w. S. Patton;
Charles G. SaWtelle, jr., Army officer,
and his brother Edward, sons of Gen
Charles G. Sawtelle; Ewing Cockrell and
brother, sons of Senator Cockrell; Ran
dali Hagner, Murray A. Cobb, John c.
Armstrong, w. Spencer Armstrong; Miss
Evening star., 1946-03-03

Bertha j. Armstrong, sisters to the
Armstrong brothers, taught at this school,
and left here when she married Michael
M. McNamee, who saw service at San
Juan Hill and elsewhere during the
Spanish War, one of his last
assignments being commandant at Fort
MVer
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Death of William Corcoran's
Daughter Louise Eustis

AS the ReV. Dr. Elliott once said:
Look around you! Yonder, art
has her costly shrine, and her more
costly offerings. Yonder, science tells
her secrets to heal and bless mankind.
Yonder, within your sight, is the Louise
Home
"'Where griefs wan cheek shall wear
smile at last,
And weary age forget its sorrows
past"
Mr.. Corcoran's daughter Louise mar
rled George Eustis, a Representative in
Congress from the State of Louisiana.
They resided for several years in Paris,
whittier her father frequently went to
share in the social atmosphere for
which her home was noted.
Representative and Mrs Eustis were
blessed with three children which add
ed to their many joys But the dark
days of sickness. and finally death
bedimmed the sunshine of pleasure, and
Louise Corcoran Eustis passed into the
great beyond, at Cannes, in December.
1867.
Evening star., 1946-03-03
By William A. Millen

.HE whaling industry, stif1ed by
six years of war, is coming back
with promise of rich rewards.
Evening star., 1946-03-03

pleted is also point the writer Is not
so sure about The columns of The
Star were scanned for the missing links
but even this repository of knowledge
strange to say, seems to have failed to
record this information
However according to the minutes of
the school trustees for l880-8l, the
building was first opened for educa-
tional purposes on September 81, 1881,
and received the name, Peter Force,
from WashingtonS 11th Mayor, who
served from 1886 to 1899. and who is
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
Among the principals at this school
were Maurice P. White, William B. Pat
terson, Miss Frances Farlee, Benjamin
w. Murch, Stephen E. Kramer, Miss
Janet McWilliams and, no doubt, others
Maurice P. White, who was probably
the first principal of this school, left
here to become assistant superintendent
of public schools in Boston and. in
cidentally he took with him Mrs. White,
formerly Helen I. Schimmelfennig,
teacher at the Force and a daughter of
Brig. Gen. Alexander Schimmelfennig.
who served with Maj. Gen Schurz at
Gettysburg.
Mr.. Patterson came to Washington as
. very young chilG and attended our
public schools. afterward graduating
from Dartmouth College. Early in the
school year 1883, he received an ap-
pointment in this city as temporary
teacher which, on September 16, 1888
was made permanent and he was as
signed TO the eighth grade, boys, in the
Force School,
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Children of Prominent
Early Families

Mr.. Patterson continued at the Force
School until October, 1892 when he was
transferred to a like position in another
district and the duties temporarily
taken over by Miss Frances Fairlee
Stephen E. Kramer, late superintendent
of public schools was also once princi-
pal at the Force, as was Benjamin w.
Murch, who died in 1927.
In the very early days of this school,
when there was much vacant ground,
especially to the north, and it was not
just safe to walk through the nearby
dark streets at night, the scholars were
from families in different circumstances
of life. Some were poor, some in mod
crate circumstances and some rich and
influential. However, this section soon
grew into Importance and the classes
became filled with the sons and daugh-
ters of Presidents diplomats, military
and naval offers and men of distinction
in other WAYS
Evening star., 1946-03-03
5000 Whales Produce
100000 Barrels of Oil

the backbone
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The midland journal., 1946-12-13
Newly-Elected
Officials Take Office

Ralph R. Crothers, reelected
Clerk OF the Circuit Court, was sworn
into Office on Monday afternoon, Dec.
2, by Judge Floyd j. Kintner.
Mr.. Crothers in turn swore in the
following employees of the Clerks
Office: Miss Lucy Stapp, chief deputy;
Walter Appleford, MRS. Nellie l.. NC
Intire, Miss M Elizabeth Harvey,
Mrs. Hester D. Garrett, Miss Doro-
thea Eder, Miss Mary A. Reynolds
and Richard M. litter.
Elwood L. Boyd, newly elected
sheriff, and chief deputy, Albert e..
Buckworth were also sworn in by Mr..
Crothers, together with W. Andrew
Seth and Miss Bessie Hartnett, regis
ter and deputy register OF the Reg
lister of Wills office.
On Dec. 8, the newly elected Coun-
ty Commissioners, Thomas Kay, Ira
Moore and Frank l.. Rowland, were
inducted into Office by Clerk of the
Court Crothers.
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
NINTH DISTRICT
FARM GROUP
MEETING

Tie Ninth District Farmers Club
met with Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Crothers
ON Wednesday, Dec. 4th. Mr.. Ray
Rockefeller, the president, called the
meeting to order by requesting the
singing of "Joy to the Word"
Roll call was answered by "a pro-
fitable improvement on my farm. "
Three members absent. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. G. Macdonald and Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy McGrady were received as new
members.
Other business being attended to,
pointed Rev. Powell of Zion, asked
the blessing, after which fine din
ner and social hour were enjoyed by
members and guests.
In lieu of hosts essay, Mr.. Crothers
instrouuced his son, j. Alex Crothers,
who gave very interesting talk on
some of his experiences in the 3 1a
years of his war work overseas.
We were pleased to have Mr.. SUIT
ton, the new County Agent, with US,
and appreciated his short talk.
Miss Helen l. Smith, former Cecil
County demonstrator, was guest
and psoke of he present activities.
The officers elected for 1947 are:
President, VIM. Reynolds; vice-pres-
ident, Chas Morris; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Ray Rockefeller; cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. Guy Nc
Grady: treasurer, Mr.. Elisha Kirk.
After singing "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing" we adjourned to meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM G. England
on March 9Th, 1947.
Mrs. T. X. Mcdowell,
Cor. Sect'y
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
Won First Place In
Hybrid Corn Show

William T. Dinsmore Of Rising
Sun, won first place in the hybrid
corn show conducted during the last
month by Southern States Rising Sun
service, Rising Sun, Md, and south
ern States Cooperative. His entry OF
lhree ears OF 959 corn were judgeu
pest in the competition. He received
a blue ribbon and bushel of Hybrid
corn for l947 painting.
Second place and red ribbon was
won by Zed Barton of Port DeL osit.
tte had crop of U. S. 13. MIR. Barton
also took third place with an exhiD-
II of U. S. 13.
Honorable mention went to w. j.
barIett OF Port Deposit and Maurice
y. Brown of North East with tteir
exhibits of U. S. 13 corn.
The show, entries i'll which were
limited to farmers in this area who
raised a corn crop grown from hybrid
seed corn servlced by Southren States
cooperative and it's Agencies was
judged by Mr.. w. Warren, Indus
trial Arts teacher, Port Deposit, NC
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
Hybrid Corn Winner

w. e. Wallbeck of Charlestown,
Md, won first place in the hybrid
.orn show conducted during the last
month Dy Rogers Farm supply, Nortn
nasI, Nd, and Southern states Co
operative. Ills entry OF three ears of
U. s. 13 corn were judged pest in the
competition. He received blue rib
Don ana bushel of U. S. Ii hybrid
.orn tor 1947 painting.
second and third place were taken
ny Mr Walpeck with exhibits OF u
D. l3 also.
honorable mention went to Mrs
Pearl Euschell, kalph Baiiiff, John
mcall, Robert j. Jones, North East,
ana j. u. keedy and Clarence Moore
nerd, OF Elklon. Zach OF these pers
sons had an exhibit of U. S. 13 corn.
The SHOW, enrrles in which were
4lmlred TO farmers in this area who
raised corn crop grown from hybrid
seed corn serviced by Southern States
cooperative ana it's Agencies, as
Juaged by Richard Sutton, County
agent, Elkton, Md.
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
CHRISTMAS PRO-
I GRAM AT LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL

Tie pupils of the Rising Sun Jun
ior and Senior High School will pre-
sent their annual Christmas program
before the PTA and other friends of
the school, Thursday evening, Dec.
10 at 500 o'clock, in the high school
auditorium. Mrs. Sara S. Boyd and
George B. Prettyman are in charge
of the program.
The feature of the entertainment
will be a three-scene play. 1.-The Hea-
vns Sing!", which tells in dramatic
form of the writing of the famous
and popular carol, "Silent Night"
Those pupils having parts in the play
are: Robert Cherry, portraying the
priest, Joseph Mohr, who wrote the
words to the hymn; William Graham
Franz Gruber, who composed the
music of the carol; Lois Fitzgerald,
Maria, the housekeeper; Ethel Delp,
Anna, Il little girl who brings Christ
mas to the household. The play,
while based on historical fact, takes
certain dramatic liberties, as to time,
exact place, etc. The action is supple
mented by an unseen group Of carol
ers. Roger McCardell and Richard
Bicking are in charge of scenery.
In addition to the play, Mrs. Boyd
Music teacher, has arranged glee
club choruses, featuring Nativity
songs.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this program.
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
New GaMent>es. -.
BALTIC.
Factery~m~ :
o.
Operation
More Workers Needed At Plant OF
Rising Sun Improvement Co.

More Workers Needed At Plant OF
Rising Sun Improvement Co.
The wheels are turning at the new
garment factory of TIE Rising Sun
Improvement Co., Incorporated, loca-
ted on Buckley Avenue, in this town.
Production is being increased daily,
as the workers become more familiar
with the operation of their machines.
Work clothing is being manufac-
tured. More operators are needed, as
several of the eighty or more electric
sewing machines on the floor are now
idle, and the company is putting
forth e, cry effort to increase produc-
ton.
An appeal is being made, by adver-
tisement elsewhere in our columns,
for more girls. A visit to the plant
will convince one that working con-
ditions are ideal. The large room is
painted white, brilliantly lighted, and
surroundings bright, cheerful, sani-
tary and up-to-date in every particu-
lar 1t is seldom that such ideal
working conditions are to be found in
a plant the size of this new factory,
which was built through the efforts
of a group of our local progressive
business men, who furnished capital
for the enterprise.
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
Fire Sweeps Bay
Shore Industries

Fire early Friday wrecked two
buildings and damaged another at
the plant of the Bay Shore Industries
about mile north of Elkton on the
Glkton-Childs road.
The Elkton Fire Company respond
ed to an alarm but the firemen were
nampered by lack of water. The
cause Of TIE fire was undetermined,
and unofficial estimates set the loss at
nearly $4,000.
The Bay Shore Industries manufac-
lures rubber goods and novelties. Its
plant occupies the site Of war time
naval ammunition works. Two of the
buildings destroyed had just been
completed and were being equipped
with machinery.
Another fire, earlier, slightly dam
aged the residence and law Office of
rlarry u. Barnes, attorney, ON North
street. The blaze was due to an over
heated fireplace.
The midland journal., 1946-12-13
Heads New Board
OF Commissioners

The new Board of County Commis-
sioners, thomas kay, ira moore ana
FRANK l.. Rowland, after beng sworn
INTO once by Clerk of the Court
nalph Il. Crothers, organized by
elecJlng Thomas Kay preslaent.
Miss margaret smith was named as
temporary secretary ana MISS Lucy
oCapp vas continued as secretary oI
me Liquor board.
]. Albert honey, J.r, was elected at
torney to the Board of Commission
ers, and James Weinroth was conrln-
0ed as attorney to the Liquor Board.
The Commissioners unoer the present
Jaw act as members of the county
liquor hoard.
W1liam Vaughn and W. S. Bou-
chelle were again named day anu
night Janltors respectively, and Mii-
Ter Magraw was continued as elevator
operator.