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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
LORE PROGRESSIVE FARMING

The farm population of the United
Gates in 1910 was more than 80 bill
ION; there were 1,O6O,852,374 acres
/ land in farms. That is the basic
JundaUion of the Nations bread
-esket." And yet, the place of trac-
IS is down to number 80 in manu-
oturing, while other agriculture ma
44nery ranked at 81 in importance.
dli-fashioned hosiery, cotton yarn,
lyon, dyes, footwear, canned and
fied fruits and vegetables, and pro-
let's and articles too numerous to
Aention topped the record of farm
machinery.
ol this points clearly to the
act tEat the major part of farm la
or is manual labor. Mothers and the
Joys ard girls, are working almost
vice as many hours as factory lab
rers-and part of their drudgery is
1ilking the cows. Did you ever see
4ectric mixers in action? They milk
COW so fast that bessie doesn't have
me to switch her tail into the milk
pail.
Of course we have all seen farm
ractors-they do more work" with
ne or two men engaged most of the
me in sitting still and watching
nan kalf-dozen farm hands. A mod
IN farm with modern farm machin-
ry looks so comfortable to the unin-
late dcity-feller" that he would be
,empte, to give up his place in town
Ind retire to an easier locale on
well-developed, machine operated
arm. He forgets that the farms of
-ur country have been made possible
~ harG work and frugal living.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
Ieminds kis countyrmen that only
century and half ago the United
States was predominant as an agri-
,ultural nation with out of 10 peo-
pie living on farms and komespun
self-su11ciency, but now less than
people out of 10 live on the land"
While farming was still in the handi-
craft stage at the turn of the present
century, it's power was that of men
and draft animals. The Secretary
says that "the farmer of 1916 is far
more productive than he was even
ave years ago." and he explains the
reason, briefly, as follows: HE is
making wider use of modern methods
modernm machinery, and improved
crops and livestock. He knows the
need for soil conservation and is
making rapid progress in the art of
conservation-type farming. He knows
more about the economic forces that
regulate his markets and his prices,
and he knows how to manage the ma
tional production of food and fiber to
keep it in line with effective de-
mand.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
RETAILERS AND BUSINESS
FIRMS

Chamber of Commerce has invited
Pathfinder Magazine to sponsor a
Meeting of all Retailers and Business
firms in Cecil County on March 18th
1t s p. m. at the Elkton High SCHOOL,
Pathfinder Magazine is pioneering
l movement throughout The country
TO focus the attention of manufac-
turers of well-known trademark
merchandise and supplies on the
leeds of the smaller communities
md to encourage businesses to work
together in an effort to secure better
distribution to a greater extent than
he larger cities. Throughout the war
time period, it has been the smaller
communities that have had to do
without essential commodities and
suppliesf1 AS we go into the readjust-
ment period, a similar condition i;
developing.
Mr.. Arch L. Thiele, of Pathfinder,
well-known authority on merchandis-
ing and distribution, will be guest
speaker of the evening.
The Chamber of Commerce feels
that it has been most fortunate in Sc
curing the interest and cooperation
If Pathfinder Magazine and cordial
y extends an invitation to every bus
ness, person in the County and nearby
communities to attend the meeting.
The Committee from the Chamber
Of Commerce in charge of the meet
ing is Mrs. Margaret E. Cronin, chair
man; Messrs. Harry Croak, ]. H.
Minister, Leslie Pippin. F. F. Boett-
cher, H. F. Dewitt, c. A. Ringgold,
G. c. D'Azevedo, and H. H. Cleaves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
COOPERATION URGED BY DEAN
OF AGRICULTURE COLLEGE

Declaring that we are not goins
back to things as they were before
the war, DR.. T. B. Symons, Dean o
the College Of Agriculture and Direc-
tor of the Extension Service, Univer
sity of Maryland, urged his hearers
to plan carefully for the future whel
he addressed the fifteenth annua
meeting of members of the Southern
States Hillsboro-Queen Anne Mar
keting Cooperative in session Feb. Ia
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Balti
more. This organization operates {
vegetable cannery in Woodbine, Md,
and one in Hillsboro, Md.
"The farming business represents
the largest group of free business en-
terprises in the nation" the speaker
stated in developing his subject. eyes
terday, Today and Tomorrow With
Our Cooperatives. "The promotion
of sound cooperative endeavors be-
tween these businesses is the great
est bulwark in my opinion towards
maintaining the free enterprise sys-
tenn in America.
eff family sized farms, ratker than
large commercially operated units
are to remain the predominant type
of agriculture in Maryland anG
throughout the country, then cooper
alive efforts are essential This is d
day of 'bigness' in our complex eco
nomy. The only way that the opera
tors of small farm units can achieve
bigness is by joining together theii
strength and influence in cooperative
efforts"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
AUGMENTATION OF q. 8.
POSTAL SERVICE PLANNED BY
HANNEGAN

A stream-lined modernization Of
the antiquated United States Postal
Service is being planned by Postmas-
ter General Robert F. Hannegan.
If his plans materialize-and he
has record of achievement in this
regard-they will provide % great
e. c. lvenience for all those who use
the mails; CD better service all
along the line from the mailing of a
letter to it's delivery; CD speedier
service: and ca acquainting the pub
lie through advertising with the
many services offered by their post
offices.
AS presently constituted our postal
department is operating along the
same parsimonious line established
by Benjamin Franklin, the first Post
master General, according to an ar
ticle in the February issue of Cosmo-
politan magazine.
One of the early results of the
proposed stream-lining would in
crease the salaries of postal employees
rom the $1,700 minimum to the
2o,VVV AudAlIhulu do SOOu DIS pOSSlDl0
Liter they have established their eff
cheney. At present they must serve
twenty-six years before they get the
maximum.
Everyone who has ever waited in a
| long line at their postoffice to buy a
| -kree-cent stamp will applaud Post
master Hannegan's proposal to place
stamp-gending machines and mail-o-
| mats in post offices, hotel Hobbies,
stores and street corners.
England now has $4,000 vending
machines in use. Our Post Office De-
partment doesn't own a single stamp
vending machine
But his pet single segment of the
| Jverall plan is the establishment of
fast three-cent mail service which
will utilize planes or trains to get
letters TO their destinations in the
shortest possible time
HE dreams of those thousands of
BITS, B-29's, C-54s and otker great
planes squlatting on coral strips on
Iuam, Saipan, Two Jima, and dozen
Jther Pacific islands," the article
,tates in part. He's thinking about
thousands of unemployed hero pilots
and about the mere 400 planes in
| peration by the commercial air lines
| .Jhich carry our air mail"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
CECIL COUNTY DEEDS
RECORDED

Chalres Bootes and wife to Como
wingo Power Company. Land in the
Ninth Election District of Cecil Coun-
ty, Md.
Villa INC. Sidwell to Conowingo
Power Company. Land in the Ninth
Election District of Cecil County, Md
Edward Jackson and wife to Lew
is Roswell Jackson. ALI that lot or
parcel of land and premises situate il
the Seventh Election District of Cecil
County, Md, near the village OF
Blythedale. Containing 1890 square
feet of land, more or less.
The Real Estate and Improvement
Company of Baltimore City, Corp,
to Randall w. Miller and wife. All
that piece or parcel of land situate in
the Third Election District of Cecil
County, Md, near The Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company's Cihlds Sta
ton. Containing 1888 acres, more
or less.
William M. Pogue and wife to Ev-
erett E. McCauley and wife. All that
lot or parcel of land situate on the
north side of Haines Avenue in the
village of Rising Sun, Cecil County,
Md Containing 1900 square feet of
land, more or less.
Norris c. Patterson and wife to
Lewis Roswell Jackson. All that lot
O rparcel of land situate in the Sew
enth Election District of Cecil Coun-
ty, Md.
Grace I. Terry, widow, to Beverly
Beaumont Martin. All that lot or par
eel of land situate and lying near the
village of Rising Sun, Cecil County,
Md. Containing 1860 square feet of
land, more or less.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

To help newly arriving immigrants
prepare themselves for United States
citizenship as soon as possible, the
immigration and Naturalization Ser
vice has established procedure fol
sending the names and addresses OF
immigrants to public schools shortly
after they enter the country, in order
that they may be promptly informed
of the educational facilities available
to them, according to a statement
from the Department TO Justice in
Washington. 1t is expected that q
large number of the immigrants who
will Immediately benefit from the
new plan are war brides now arriving
in this country. Nearly 100000 OF
them are expected to enter the Uni
ted States within the next five or six
months
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Christ Jesus" will be the subject
of TIE Lesson-Sermo in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
March g.
The Golden Text will be from Jere-
miah %: 5, 6-"Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, and will raise
unto David a righteous Branch, and
IA king shall reign and prosper, and
shall execute justice and judgment in
the earth. And this is his name,
whereby he shall be called THE
LORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Matthew s.:
10-"Blessed are they which are
prosecuted for righteousness sake
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. !"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
III There Were No Strikes

If there had been no labor trouble
there would be plenty of new auto
mobiles on tie highways, calling
back those 100000 people who
were employed in automotive sales
and service activities within the Uni
ted States before the war That Num-
Der of people is more than three
times as great as the number who
held factory jobs in automobile
plants in normal times.
1t is estimated that about 1000
600 cars were worn oat, and vanish
ed from the lines of transportati n
during the past four years. And how
it would have helped if there had
been enough motor trucks to have
taken over the old job of hauling
more than SO per cent of all livestock
that went to the stockyards in prewar
days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

AT LAST THE TAXPAYERS
SPEAK
BY J. e. Jones

Washington, d. c., Feb. 26--One
of the most significant movements
underway in these days of over-or
ganization is the welding together #
some 1000 taxpayers associate rs
throughout the country. 1t rcprese ls
grass roots" movement in an era
when the well-organized few are
trampling on the rights and hopes OF
the unorganized many. 1t has long
been evident that such an upsurge
would come in time and now is the
right time.
In frank warning to Congress, N.
C. Hines, Executive Vice-President Of
the National Taxpayers and Property
Owners Association said that cod
tinuation of wartime controls viii
completely shackle production and
building as hold the line polici s
wer eachieved through promises of
postwar relaxation He speaks for
countless millions when he urges
Congress to restore the competitive
economy that has built the United
States.
The Association cites n five-Sena-
tor report of the Seante Small Bust
ness Committee as follows:
prior to price control, consumer
goods were comparatively produced in
tremendous quantities and were eff
GENTLY distributed and priced. Dol
lar margins of profits above the then
level OF costs were comparatively es-
! tablisheG and were calculated to
yield Z return which in the light of
the risks involved would provide an
incentive to business. Quality stan
dards were high and always tended
to higher levels because of competi-
ton. Research for the development
of improvements was constantly fos-
tered. Profits received from business
actively depended largely upon vol
ume and efficiency of business organ
ization and management.
If the National Taxpayers and Pro
perty Owners Association can help to
restore the above mentioned condi-
tions and bring its influence to bear
on siund, fiscal and other economic
policies, it can report to the Ameri-
can people mission accomplished. y
And it will be mission in the high
est sense of public service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

The City of Montreal, Canada, is
finding its solution of juvenile de-
linquency among boys in the organi-
cation of uIbs-recreational, educa-
tional and religious-under the aus
pieces OF the Y. M. C. A. and the Pro
testant churches. The plan is to or
ganize various clubs, many of them
in the churches themselves, in those
sections where gangs" seem to be
responsible for crime increases. To
date most of the new clubs have been
in the suburbs of the city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

The School Lunch Program is one
CT the best means for disposing of
surplus farm products. The U. S. Gov
eminent contributes to this program
to the extent of nine cents per "a"
lunch and lesser amounts for types
"B" and &C.. Among benefits report
ed by school authorities are better
health, improved discipline, increas-
ed attention to studies and conse-
quently better school work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Church leaders throughout Il

Church leaders throughout the
country are urging that young men,
now released from the armed SER
vices, be placed upon the governing
boards of local churches and of their
missionary and service agencies
and many churches are doing this.
DR.. John Sutherlan Bdonnell, of New
York's Fashionable Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church, in urging APP
pointment of ex-GI's to church posts,
says, "A new and loftier crusade
awaits them; warfare against ig-
norance. poverty, racial antagonisms
and international jealousies and mis-
understandings"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Public Questions

Congress and the Administration
hang tight to the issues of price con-
trolls and wage increases The current
position seems to have boiled down
to what has been called wage in
crease, without denying tie rights OF
industry to plead and beg for price
increases.
The majority of manufacturing in
dustries depend upon steel, and that
will cost them five dollars a ton
more. Manufacturers also pay higher
prices for everything that goes into
manufactured articles How then, in
simple terms of addition and sub
traction, is it possible for industries
involved in strikes to resume bust
ness? Wouldn't they have to gamble
on fringe profits? Or wouldn't most
of them wake-up and discover their
business operating at an absolute
loss?
Is the political management of the
Government and public affairs stupid
enough to believe this would help re-
conversion?
Everybody seems to be repeating
tie slogan, back to work" But very
few seem to be worrying about get
ting back to full-time production
throughout the country on a sound
and reasonable basis that will last.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

No woman ever does really make
a fool of a man; she merely gives
him the opportunity to develop his
natural capacities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

If half the kno king being done t.
day were translated to carpentry we
might yet some houses,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

No corn marketing quotas or acre
age allotments will be set on the
1876 crop during production or mar
keting, during 1916 and ls47.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

General Marshall might ask
Chang Kai-Shek II Ee Knows good
chinese General who could fix things
Up over here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
A MOON'S-EYE VIEW OF THE
EARTH

When and if rockets eventually
take men to the moon scientists ex-
pect to find that the earth-like a
comet-trails streamer of lumi-
nous gases behind it! Read about this
interesting phenomenon in the March
10 issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Nations Favorite Magazine With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your Local NewsdeaIer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
The Housing Shortage

Undoubtedly there should be a
great many more houses built in the
United States to accommodate the
great increase in population.
In many sections of the country
houses and business buildings have
been going skyward in prices since
the war began. New legislation is
proposed by the Administration to
help civilians, including TIE military
service, to finance new homes with
Government money that can be paid
back in installments by young co.'s
pies and by their children, after the
old folks are dead.
A few patriotic souls are putting
UP a big and jutifiable roar against
the Governments do-nothing policy
about making 100000 publicly own
ed homes available for residential
purposes. There are enough of these
buildings in the Washington, D. c.,
area to house hundreds of thousands
Of people looking for places to hang
up their hats, pajamas and night
gowns.
If all these public buildings that
are now practically idle were. thrown
into BODYBUILDING programs it
would put crimp in the real estate
boom that is already out of control.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

The low-down on the New York
IS 9~@~ ss4lsAe seems 10 90 thar IT'S
Tug OF war, and everybody in the city
Is in the same boat,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-05
PLENTY OF WORK IS NOW IN SIGHT;
 ALASKA CONTRACTS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-There is more work in sight for the Far Vests heavy construction industry than ever before. Contracts, too, are being signed at record rate for this time of the year.
 Surveys by H. w. Pyeritz, editor of Daily Construction Service, round out a total of $19.0O0 100000 in en- gineering construction for the Il western states.
 Pyeritz commented that the heavy construction work so far planned would keep the industry working at a rate never approached in peace time, and near the wartime record rate. Manpower problems were di- minishing, likewise
 January contracts included:
 l94t l945 Alaska Hawaii 21,900,000 37l 900
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-05
NEW DEATH
 CAMP HAS
 BEEN FOUND
Nearly 100000 Bodies, Including American
 P0Ws, Located

MOSCOW, Feb 5.--A Polish press agency report said today that l90,- 900 bodies, including those of some American prisoners of war, had been found near the Silesian city of Landinowicze .tLandsdorf).
 The dispatch said the bodies were believed to be those of British, American, French Moroccan and Russian prisoners of war and a large number of Polish civilians.
 U. s. military authorities express cd keen interest in the report be- cause numerous Americans still are unaccounted for from German pri- son camps. The Americans are seeking further information on the report.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-05
GOLD PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE;
 pEACETIhE SWING
Gains in 1945 Are Record. ed in California, 50.
 Dakota, Alaska

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. = The pure gold" mines of the West are hitting back toward their peace time swing
 Although total gold production for the United States during l945 was under that of the preceding year, according to preliminary fi- gures of the Bureau of Mines, the output in states which take most of their gold from ravels or straight gold ores was definitely on the rise at the closing of the year.
 Greatest gains were recorded in California and South Dakota, and in the Alaskan Territory.
 In California, revocation of order 1-208, which forced wartime clos ing of the gold mines. was ac- companied by an immediate up- swing in production, and the total gold mined there for the year was AT percent above that of l944.
 At the years end, California was producing more of the metal than any other state.
 Similarly, as the Homestake Mine in South Dakota went back into production, the gold output for South Dakota rose from nothing to more than 5000 ounces a month.
 Alaska Gold Yield
 Gold yields in Alaska increased 39 percent in 1945, although the lifting of the gold order came too late in the season to permit most gold operators to resume produc- tion
 The overall decline in gold pro- duction last year was caused by the general decline in mining of base metals where gold is recovered as a by-product.
 Utah, where gold is recovered as a by-product of copper mining, led all states in total gold production for the year. but the output there 274,50O ounces, was 20 percent less than for the year previous.
 Colorados production was down 10 percent; Montana's nine per cent; Nevada's Is percent New Mexico's 26 percent and Arizona's B percent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-05
ONLY T PERSONS REPORTED TAKEN OFF
Partial Passenger List
 Aboard Wrecked Yukon

son Rockne. 1910 18th, Bremerton, Wash.
 Mrs. Mildred Erickson, Mrs. Min nie Dobberpuhl. Miss Betty Bige- low. Mrs. Betty White. Mrs. Isabel Smith and daughter Patricia; Ev- erect l.. Taylor, wife, Judith Tay- Tor, daughter Joan and infant, 410 Mckay. San Antonio, Texas.
 Mrs. Cecilia Chandler l243 5th Ave, Seattle; Robert Saban, Rock vale, Colo; Glenn Turner. 5947 McArthur Boulevard, Oakland q, Calf; Wm. P. Harris, 609 Hope, Los Angeles.
 Tom c. Johnson, 820 Thistle St. Seattle; Obie Stapleton, Juneau Andrew Longmire, Vernon A. Bur well, Port Orchard. Wash; Sgt. Leach. Arthur Hammer, Petersburg; i; Donald Peterson, Frank J. Urman, SIT Grove, San Francisco.
 Arthur T. Chindahl, Warren s. Sault, 37 East 39th, New York City; Milan c. Meier, Palmer, Alaska; i; am Stojanovich, Donald Ii. Will ans. wife and two infants and aughter Donna, TeiTabonne. Ore.
 Clinton Meade and wife and sughter, Marilyn. 54 Homestead, an Francisco; Augusta Ann De- Jore, 738 South Mariposa, Los An teles.
 Frederick Siverts. Fairbanks, Me- TO Tomko, Shappton. Pa. Sgt. lcPherson, Fred Williams, Ketchi- gan.
 Phillip J. Darrow. Klawock, Mel in o. Charles, Hydaburg; Fred Mayo, Svend Holm. parkerton, Wyo.; Sgt. Odell. Sgt Phillipse, Sgt. Nedeau, George Marchlewitz, Fountain City. Wis.
 Roy c. Chapman, Woodinville, Wash; Arthur w. Rosekoff, Gran lille, Mich; Robert J. Seaman, 526 Krause Ave, Oakland; Frank Wagner, 604 James St. Seattle; tephen Reynolds, St. Louis, Mo.
 Melvin Hays. Chicago; John R. intner, Rensseler, Ind; Carl D. Watkins, Dallas, Texas, Brazil oaggett, Leesville. So. Carolina; Everett r. Mcclellan. Denver, Colo.
 James R. Loyne. Waco, Texas; Richard J. Addams, Reading. Pa, ienry W. Carrick, Portland, Ore. \. M. Moore, Cleburne. Texas.
 w. Smid, Wichita. Kansas; H. A. Umbach, Haywood, N. J.; Peter Howard, D. Andrews, Roy Sand bank, Ti3 Hawkins, "A Wheeler r-5 Brown, T-5 Perry, Pvt. James Albert.
 : James Anniskette. Klawock, AL aska, James McNeill Jr; M. P. Hudson, Metlakatla. Alaska, C.. Didrickson, Sitka, Alaska; and l32 U. s. Army officers and men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-05
7 PREVIOUS
 DISASTERS

SEATTLE, Feb. 5.--Breaking up of the steamer Yukon in Alaska waters recalled several other disas- ters in Territorial waters They included
 Steamer Islander. lost in Steph- ems Passage, off Marmion Island near Juneau, Aug. l4, 1901, with loss of 42 lives.
 Bark Staf of Bengal, wrecked off Coronation Island, Sept. 20. 1908, ll2 lost
 Steamer State of California, sunk near Gambler Bay, Aug. IT, 1913, with 35 lives lost.
 Steamer Princess Sophia, lost in Lynn Canal, near Juneau. Oct. 20, 1918, with 331 persons drowned.
 Steamer Nevada. lost Sept. 2S, l932, Aleutian Islands, with g lives lost.
 Liberty. Ship John P. Gaines, broke in two off Alaska coast Nov %. 1943, with loss of 10 lives.
 Liberty ship John Straub, laden with high-octane gasoline. sunk Ap- Til l9, 1944, by explosion of un- known orio1n, 55 lives lost