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The midland journal., 1946-04-19
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

The twenty-first and last session of
the League of Nations ends the life
of that organization. Lest we forget,
Woodrow Wilson originated that
League and during the days when it
was wheeled into shape he was
double-crossed by the victors of
World War 1.
The United Nations has profited by
Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations
and the present organization is more
likely to succeed than not. Neverthe-
less, the snipers from Russia and
several other countries (that we will
forget TO mention) are undoubtedly
pursuing policies and well-laid pro-
grams which, unless met and smash
ed, will bring about tke same kind of
a collapse that has engulfed and de-
stroyed the League of Nations at
Geneva.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
Such a RriIIiance

+ re was the solution CIV. worked
out Raise wages again, all along
tie me, and boost the price of traps.
Even Joe favored it, and he was
general manager now. 1t was done.
The very next buyer showed an un-
pleasant reaction. Word drifted
back along the line of buyers which
melted down to third of its aver
age length. Joe ran after the GUS
toners but didn't catch many.
That was Friday. Early Monday
morning a man of few words came
in a truck with some unpaid Install
ment notes. He took the spring
winding machine away, leaving the
whole crew wondering where to go
to look for a job. Some say the ma
chine was offered to Dad, cheap,
but he was not interested. By this
time, old crafty Dad was busy with
research on an odorless electronic,
destined, in due time, to put mouse
traps off the market entirely.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
EASTER!

Sunday next, April 21, is Easter.
All the nations of the world, this one
as much as any, need the lesson OF
hope and cheerfulness that comes
with Easter.
This is the season of happiness, OF
faith, Of belief in promises, tnat come
from within our hearts; that will be
promises kept.
The world, the inivdidual, cannot
think of Easter without hope.
Whatever our hopes of a hereafter,
this Easter season gives life to them.
Trees lose their leaves in the Fall,
and become bare. The grass dies,
snow falls, winds blow and the earth
is desolate.
But Easter, Spring and resurrec-
tion follow Winter. Flowers and
birds and warm sunshine return. All
the year begins anew,
Easter is the real New Year. The
time of life renewed. The good things
that have vanished will return, as the
warmth of Spring replaces and
makes us forget the cold of Winter
Hopes that were buried will rise
from their graves, as the Founder OF
Christianity rose for our eternal
happiness.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
TURKEYS EGGS FOR EASTER

AS Easter eggs. turkey eggs are
something special. With the rise of
better laying strains of turkeys, poul-
try specialists of the U. S. Depart
ment OF Agriculture suggest that spe-
cial Easter market might develop as
a desirable way of disposing of eggs
not needed for Matching in futGre
years. Turkey eggs, they think,
would delight children hunting for
Easter eggs, and this might provide
an outlet worth development by pro-
ducers. Large size, attractive spot
ting, strong shells and shells MEM
brane, and good eating qualities
would make turkey eggs desirable as
Easter specials. AT present their over
size makes them an inconvenience in
the regular egg channels, and turkey
eggs have been selling at low prices
that do not reflect food values.
Turkey eggs normally are used on
ly for Matching and, except for crack
ed ones, seldom are used for food and
still more seldom do they reach the
breakfast table. This year, however,
with surplus of turkey eggs, more
tlan usual are going for food. Most
of these, however, are being broken
and used for drying and freezing.
One reason that turkey eggs are not
used more commonly for the table is
that few housewives know how good
they are to eat. In flavor and texture
they cannot be distinguished from
hen egGs-except that they are half
again as large and supply one and a
half as much food. The yolk tends to
be just a little firmer but is broken
as easily. The wkite is the same and
whips as easily and holds up as WELL
A cook uses turkey eggs where
hen eggs are called for.
One objection that may not laways
be an objection is that turkey eggs
have strong shell and tough she'll
membrane. 1t is possible to drop a
turkey eggs two feet to a concrete
floor and shatter the shell completely
yet the contents will not leak.
In color, turkey eggs are attractive
-usaully light to medium brown
brown, some run light in color-a
light ivory-and have inconspicuous
spotting. A very few are really white
with only inconspicuous spots, and a
few hers lay pure white unspotted
eggs.
In shape, turkey eggs are definitely
pointed at one end. Eggs from me-
dium-sized turkey hens average
ounces in weight against ounces for
chicken eggs. Small-type turkeys lay
smaller eggs, average 2,S ounces, but
Broad Breasted Bronze eggs average
3.2 ounces each.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
GOVERNMENT OFFERS MOTOR
VEHICLES FOR SALE

More than 800 motor vehicles, In
Guiding one half and three quarter
ton pickup, one and. a half and two
and half ton cargo types, will be
offered for sale by the Philadelphia
Regional Office, Consumer Goods Di-
vision OF the War Assets Administra-
tion.
The sale will be held at the Indian
town Gap military reservation from
April 5 through April 26. April Is
and 16 are set aside for Federal Ag-
ences, April II through 10 for States,
Counties, Cities and unsupported
groups, April 22 through "a for vet
Grams and April 25 and 26 for deal
ers at Fixed Prices.
Veterans must possess the Smaller
War Pants Corporations or War
Assets administrations preference
certificate.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR
GREY LADY UNIT

Cecil County has been asked fol
about so women volunteers for the
Grey Lady unit Of the American Red
Cross.
Mrs. Henry F. Davis of Elkton
has been named chairman of tie
Grey Lady Unit. There will be a
course of ten lectures for instruc-
tons. These lectures will start abou1
the first of May and will be given III
or 4 meetings. Examinations will
be given and certificates awarded be
fore the uniform can be worn. Aftel
"a hours service tie veil can be worn
The work is varied and is not entirely
with patients.
Mrs. Thomas McIntire, chairman.
of Special Services for Cecil County
named Mrs. Davis chairman of tn,
Grey Ladies. Other chairmen through
cut Cecil County are as follows: Mrs
Leona Peirce of Cecilton; Mrs. Mil
ton litter of Chesapeake City; Mrs
Harry Smith of Elkton; Mrs. Ernes
Biles of Fair Hill; Mrs. William
Rutter of North East; Mrs. FRANK
Rowland of Port Deposit; Mrs. Sam
uel Tucker of Perryville and Mrs
Iva Mckinney of Rising Sun. Any
one wishing further information can
contact any of the above chairmen.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
U. s. A. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
HAVE BRILLIANT RECORD

The part that the schools and col
leges of the United States of America
played in winning the war has been
amply attested to by public officials
from President Truman on down
Cabinet Members, Senators, Congress
men, Generals and Admirals.
They all point to the fact that
American education first of all train
ed the children of the country in
good citizenship which formed the
proper background for wholesome
peacetime living no less than for the
rigorous schedule called for when
war came.
The high level of technical achieve
ment of American civilian and mill
tary personnel has astOunded the
world, yet, when one thinks it over
carefully, he can see that it was the
logical outcome of century or more
of painstaking effort on the part OF
thousands of teachers and students
in both public and private institu-
tions all over the land which produc-
ed the keen alert men and women
who had the technical know-how to
invent the machines and to operate
skillfully the machines thus created.
However, our public educational
system including state universities
did not rest content merely with pro-
ducing a race of technicians. 1t
taught that the machine is but a
means to an end and not an end in
itself. The American public education
al institutions have properly evaluat-
ed the cultural element in life, the
sense of proportion and responsibility
that goes with opportunity and pow
er. But for the work done by oul
schools and colleges, the outcome OF
the war might have been different
All honor to the teachers and profess
sors in Americas schools and colleges
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
CHRIST BROKE THE PATH

It's strange, isn't it, to think of
He was born a helpless infant, just
as we are born helpless infants; that
He grew from childhood to manhood /;
that He ate and drank, shiyered and
perspired that times He got tired
and sat down to rest; that He died
and was buried, like any other son of
man.
He did it, He told us, to be our ey
ample in all things. And that's the
key to His resurrection. If He was
our pathfinder in death, too. We
can't believe that He set aside His
humanity at the resurrection. No, the
tomb was empty. He had His human
body with him. The difference is that
it was now glorified Notice how the
apostles were tempted to believe He
was no longer man; but our Lord
pointedly ate dinner with them to
show that He was still human, be-
cause everyone knows that a ghost
Has IlO oIOhdCh. aAOIhCl bllAC, 11C
had St. Thomas push his finger into
the na.i-holes and drop his hand into
His slit side. You can't feel a ghost,
and Tho seemed to have been sat
isfied that it was his friend, Jesus
Christ, for he dropped to his knees at
once and cried out-"My Lord ami
My God"
Then this is our ordinary human
destiny: to be born, to die, and to
rise again. That is the only conclu-
sion we can logically draw, especially
in view of our Lords many asser-
tions during His lifetime-"I am the
resurrection and the life: he that be-
lieveth in me, although he be dead
shall i've: and everyone that liveth
and beiieveth in me, shall not die for
ever" John 1125, 26).
Our Lord might have switched
He might have changed from man To
God; He might have left His body in
the grave and flashed over the hills
and lakes of Galilee like the light
ming appearance of God in the Old
Testament-but no, He takes with
Him the body we knew, the face
kissed by Judas, and the feet anoint-
ed by Magdalene. 1t is the same Jesus
before and after So that if His pre-
vious life was like ours and pattern
for ours, then tkis present life, this
risen life, is token, pattern, a
demonstration of what We are to ex-
perience in the life to come.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
ON YOUR OWN DOORSTEP

There is more to fire prevention
chan reporting the CORY details OF
death and destruction that result
from carelessness and neglect. Fire
prevention can only be brought about
by the individuals responsible for fire
hazards. So this brings the question
Of fire prevention right down to the
home and place of business of every
person
A furnace, for instance, when pro
perly installed, is provided with in
sulation to eliminate overheating in
flammable surroundings. The same
applies to the electric or gas water
heater. Even the electric iron has
safety devices, but individuals are re-
sponsihle for their use. Electric wire
is made as nearly fool proof and fire.
proof as possible, but again the hui
man element can render it's safeguard
vlaueless by carelessness or neglect
In bui iding new homes and factory
buildings, countless provisions are
made FOR fire safety which counteract
human carelessness to the greatest
possible extent.
A guest in hotel feels much safer
sleeping in a room if he knows a
sprinkler system is ready for instant
use in the event of fire. Recently a
large Chicago hotel had three fires
within a weeks time, any one OF
which could have taken lives if it had
Jailed in providing proper fire pre-
vention measures beforehand. Every
nome and building cannot afford a
sprinkler system, but the occupants
Of such places can refrain from using
pennies or other metal objects in
place OF fuses. The occupants of such
places can see that all wiring and
heating systems have needed atten-
ton and they can clean up trash
lirty rags, paint cans, paint brushes,
oil, ETC., which are all potential fire
hazards.
The same rule goes for fire preven-
tion as for kealth-"an ounce OF
prevention is worth a pound of cure.' .
And nobody but the individual whose
life, property and health are at stake
can, in most cases, provide the "pre-
vention" that will forestall calamity
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
BUTTON COLLECTING Is THIRD
GREATEST HOBBY IN COUNTRY

Collecting buttons is the third
greatest hobby in the United States
surpassed only by stamp and coin
collecting.
Whi'e button collecting is not ex-
actly a new hobby, having been mod
erately popular when grandmother
was girl, it's present popularity
stems from a single radio broadcast
in 1888 VIXEN the producer of a ra-
dio hobby show, having heard about
a fascinating collection of old but
tons belonging to Mrs. T. S. Patter-
son of Malaga, N. j., asked her to
speak about them on the air.
'After the broadcast Mrs. Patter-
son was deluged with mail" an ar
ticle in the April issue of Good House
keeping magazine states in part.
People wanted the answers to such
questions as: What's the best way to
start collection? Is such and such a
bottom valuable? Tell me more about
the different kinds of buttons l can
collect
There was tremendous interest
Immediately, and button collecting
has been growing in popularity ever
since. Two monthly publications. The
Button Review and just Buttons, are
devoted entirely to the subject; sew
eral new button books have been
published recently, and there's even
National Button Society which
brings out an 80-page quarterly full
of the latest information on new and
rare items''
Interest in button collecting is SO
keen that the prices of special but
tons have gone way up. Single but
tons have sold for well over $100
and many are valued from $5 to $25.
Whatever the appeal is in button
collecting, it's certainly contagious.
Every button collector seems to be a
sort of Pied Piper whose enthusiasm
for the new hobby constantly is COM
municated to others.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
lZ0QKZNG
-XIE AAkAD
~ BY GEORGE S. BENSON
y Presidenf--Hardihg college
Searry. .ArkaAsas
An Allegory

In the midst of forest there was
a shrewd mouse-trap manufacture
er who turned eut a dependable
item. His was home industry.
Son Joe worked hard for long hours
making steel springs by hand. Moth
er kept the books and wrote the
letters. Dad did the assembly work
and finishing. There were no sales
problems. Customers already had
beaten a path to his door-and
formed waiting line.
But there was beefng in the line.
Deliveries were slow and service
was bad. Finally one day, in stack
of third-class mail, Nom found an
advertisement for spring winding
machines. 1t was very timely be-
cause Joe's workbench was the
bottle-neck. Nobody else could
make springs and he was always
rushed to keep up with Dad. So
Dad bought Joe spring-winding
machine.
Industrial Unrest
Turning out better trap than
ever, and lot more per day, busi-
ness was fine. Prosperity came.
Dad was flush, declared Saturday
afternoons off, and raised pay all
the way around. About the time the
general good feeling was at its
height, Joe married a cute little
communistic viewpoint. Then it
was that the rodent determination
industry started to undergo COM
plete reorganization.
The little CIV. convinced Joe that
he ought to have half interest in
the business, and there wasn't much
Dad could do about it. After the
$3.50 partnership was formed, the
CIV. started telling Nom off right
regularly, making quips about faxed
accounts, and gifts from buyers, to
shock the F.T.C. Nom had to keep
books with the CIV. looking over her
shoulder, eating an apple.
Industrial Strife
At length the junior partner made
bold to demand a spot on the pay
roll for the CIV, at Mom's pay, with
authority to watch Nom and keep
her honest. That was the day the
spring winding machine broke
down. Repairing it seemed quite
useless to Dad, what with shop full
of headaches, padded payrolls, no
profits, and all departments work
ing at cross purposes. He'd just quit!
Retiring from active duty (but re-
tanning an interesD Dad pulled out
and took Nom on a fishing trip.
New people had to be hired at top
scale to operate the finishing de-
partment and run the office. Joe
missed a few payments on the new
spring-winding machine he'd bought
On credit after junking the old one.
Now nobody but little CIV. could
think up a way out of the dilemma.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

In 1943 Governor Arnall induced
the Legislature of his State of Geor-
gia to lower the voting age to IS.
Since then some public men and wo-
men have advocated the change on a
national basis. President Truman put
his blessing on this movement in a
recent speech in Chicago, when he
urged giving the 18-year-olds the
right to vote-backing up his recon-
mendation by statement that the
18-year-olds are required to serve in
the armed forces, and he declared
that to be proof that youths of that
age are able to vote intelligently.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Doctrine of Atonement" will be-
tie subject of the Lesson-Sermon III
all Churches of Christ, Scientist, or
Sunday, April 21.
The Golden Text will be from i
John 2: -2-"If any man sin, We
have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the righteous; and he
is the propitiation for our sins; and
not for ours only, but also for the
sins of the whole world"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol
lowing from the Bible-John 1925
Il came forth from the Father
and am come into the world; again,
I leave the world, and go to the
Father "
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
Boosting Government Salaries

There are lot of politicians serv-
ing the Government in top posts re-
ceiving $4,000 year. Congress is
putting the OK ON the continuance
of those high salaries. The House of
Representatives recently voted to
give a S40O yearly pay increase t.
each of 9S0,000 Government en-
ployees. A sort of face-saver was
sprung at the same time in Congress;
when bill was introduced by a Re-
publican Congressman from Illinois
that provided for dropping 100000
Federal workers from the payroll.
That is an oft-repeated suggestion
on Capitol Hill but it never goes
througE-apparently just the same
old bluff!
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
REAL ESTATE SALES

Wheeler & Grier, Realtors, of Ok
ford, report the sale of the attractive
home property of Mrs. Florence
Stubbs, located in Fulton Township,
Lancaster County, near Pleasant
Grove and adjoining the Black Bar
rens Fair Ground, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Danielson of Kennett
Square Pa, who will take possession
of their new home on or about May
/.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

The age of a salmon can be found
by examining its scales. According to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica, each
scale shows growth rings somewhat
similar to those of tree. AS seen
through a low-power microscope, a
series of wide rings with another
series of narrow rings indicates one
year in the life of the fish.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
Rise In Prices

There has been a general rise in
prices most of which has come about
through self-imposed unemployment
by ill-advised strikers throughout the
country. Up to the present time there
have been no runaway prices that
some get-rich-quick man or woman
couldn't match.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

More natural rubber is coming in,
but it's mere coincidence that the
chewing gum shortage has eased at
the same time.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

Russian delegate by walking out of
the UNO session must see some ad-
vantages in our open door policy.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

Government says mems shirts will
be moro plentiful In Q months. Just
about the time the last Russian sol.
der leaves Iran,
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

Penguins of Antarctica sometimes
travel on the ice by lying on their
stomachs and kicking with their legs,
according othe Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

Big three are urged to destroy A
bomb. With A-bombs, perhaps?
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

Senators approve giving ~ islands
to the Greeks. They give things by
the dozen-especially when they be-
long to other people.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

More new insecticides have been
released by the Government, but still
there's no effective remedy for some
human pests.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

During the past decade approx
mately 100000 people left the
farms. A wise Congressman told his
colleagues the following eff such an
exodus continues, there will not be
production, and production is vitality
needed throughout the country. l be-
lieve the figures show that since 1910
approximately 100000 people have
left the farms.
perhaps there are persons in this
country who wish to see a grand exo-
dus from the farms l know that the
farmer is the backbone of the Nation
When l look around this Chamber
and see men who were produced by
and on the farms, and when / exam
inc the pages of history and consider
the character of great sta esmen OF
the past wko came from farms, l do
not want to see the source of supply
of American manpower come to an
end
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

whats debtor, Pa"
"a man who owes money"
"And what's a ereditor?"
"a guy who thinks he's going t.
get it."
The midland journal., 1946-04-19
HOME GARDENS AND FAMINE
BY j. E. Jones

Washington, D. c., April 15--De-
spite the irritation caused by ration
ing, "the boys who know their fig
ures" in Washington, repor. to the
press that the average amount of
food eaten by every Individual in the
| United States at the present time is
IL percent more tkan before the war,
including more meat.
| And If there are as many people in
proportion to their population who
are putting in home gardens as there
are in The District of Columbia there
will be an abundance of edibles when
it is time to harvest the crops this
Fall. In the meantime millions of
| people are starving. 1t is the famine
that demands our attention today
Millions of hungry people in Europe,
in India and in China look to us for
deliverance
The immediate task ahead of every
American is to cooperate with the
| Presidents Famine Emergency Com
mittee. One person who saves a slice
of bread meal may not be able to
see just how that saving will help
feed people in Europe. But the Fam
inc Emergency Committee gives as
surance that such savings, multiplied
in millions of American homes each
day will most certainly enable this
country to load the ships with more
of the food that is needed to prevent
| famine overseas.
The midland journal., 1946-04-19

France proposes an oil embargo on
Spain. Why not allow the OPA to
take over Frances butter supply2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-23
NORTHWEST S WEpT BY
 RAIN, WIND
Damage Done < fo Crops, Utilities,
 Marine Graft
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Reports of widespread damage to crops. utilities and small marine craft continued today as the Pa cific Northwest took toll of three days of wind and heavy rains,
 Marine authorities in Vancouver B. C., reported one gillnetter foun- dered off the mouth of the Fraser River, the Vancouver tug c. H. French holed in grounding near Squirrel Cove on Cortez Island, a seiner grounded in the Fraser Riv- CT and the American freighter Patsco sought assistance when her engines broke down in the wind swept Gulf of Georgia. No casual ties are reported.
 An estimated 1900 to 2,C-0 acres of newly seeded wheat was washed cut in two days rains in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties of Washington.
 Along the Cascade Mountain summits. rains turned to snow with the government camp on Mount Hood reporting three-inch fall in four hours last night.
 Telephone and power lines were broken in the area and highway traffic at the summit stalled.