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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-05-18, Page 6'PAGE 6 THS CLINTON NEWW-RICO1w. The Waste Paper Stock In- ventory Position of the Mills is Still Critical 1. The shortage of Waste Paper may jeopardize our whole war effort. 2. The mills are operating from hand to mouth-theyrequire 20,000 tons of Waste Paper per month— hence this appeal. 3. This is an essential part of the war effort on the home front. PAPER CONTAINERS DOING A WAR JOB The •tine was, and not so long ago, when a paper box was merely a con- tainer designed to convey its contents to destination without scuff or break- age Today -Paper Containers Have Gone To War "Paper containers, in addition to their hundreds of well known uses for military and civilian purposes, have also been designed for the following 1. To To be thrown •overboard, for landing eperations, floating to shore or sinking to the bottom to be re- covered at low tide. 2. To provide protection for medi- cal kits, Blood, Plasma, emergency' rations, gas masks and for hundreds of Naval, Army and Air Force uses. 3. Paper parachutes, strong enough to convey to earth precious food and supplies for isolated, menand units, are now in use on may fronts. 4. Containers made from :treated paper capable of forming a package liner that will contain and hold high volatile solvent vapors such as naph- tha and aph-ttha'and benzine. 5. Treated paper electrical conduits are replacing metal and wood. 6. Paper containers for shells, grenades, fuses, etc. 7. Paper containers for dehydrated foods, saving the cargo space of a ship. Beef, potatoes, eggs, milk, etc., when dehydrated and compressed and packed in paper containers (cartons), eneans a saving of about 85% of car- go space. 8. Paper containers for canisters are used for transporting powder in shell -filling plants, the T. N. T. tubes and shell components. 9. Ack-ack shells, airplane propel- lers, bombs, require paperboard con- tainers. The Millions of these Paper Con- tainers sent overseas cannot be re- turned for re -use. V Sky Harbour Future Discussed There is much conjecture in Gode- rich and throughout Huron county as to the future of Sky Harbor, which is to be, abandoned as a Common- wealth training' station on July 14th. Since the announcement of closing was made considerable correspon- dence has passed between Govern- ment departments and Huron County authorities.' A delegation to Ottawa was proposed, but this has been rul- ed out on the advice of the Govern anent itself. In the :meantime many phases of the possible use of Sky Harbor have been canvassed by cor- respondence, while the two Federal 'members front the county, L. E. Car- diff and W. H. Golding, have been in direct .contact with Hon. C. G. Power, lion. Ian McKenzie and Hon 0. D. Howe. While no definite conclusion has been reached, it is indicated that Sky Harbor, after July 14, will be known as a "holding unit of the ,R.C.A.F., at which approximately one hundred R.C.A.F. personnel will be located.' Assurance has been given that Sky Harbor, after the war, will have a prominent place in the civil avia- tion, program. of the Government. The possibility of using Sky Har- bor as a convalescent hospital for. airmen or soldiers has' not yet been entertained and is unlikely for'vari- ous; reasons. Eventually buildings and equip- ment will be turned over to the War Assets. Corporation for disposal. However, •Sky Harbor will continue as an airport, with the civil aviation operators retaining such buildings and equipment as, are required. A "holding unit" is just what the name implies -a storage depot for planes and equipment.' The personnel involved will be ground crew, store- keepers, etc. The buildings to be re- served for civil aviation purposes are the administration building, one han- gar and the garage. Correspondence between th Coun- ty and the Government will not be made public until the June meeting of County Council. v Goderich Young p Couple Going to the Arctic Mr. Harald; Taylor, of town, is sett ing out at the end of this month on a ;trip to distant Aklavik, at the mouth `•of the Mackenzie ,River, to, be engaged Ifor five years as a student missionary for the Church of England in Canada. Mr. Taylor has for some years been preparing himself for the service of his church, and he will have the good wishes of his many friends for his success in the work which he is under- taking. He will be accompanied by his wife, who for some time has been engaged as dietitian at Alexandra Hospital enil has now tendered her resignation of the position. They plan to go to their destination in the Far North by way of Edmonton and the, Peace. and Mackenzie Rivers — a journey of over two thousand miles. Goderich Signal Star. Aircrew Recruits Urgently Needed `Winston . Churchill once, said, "Give us the tools -we'll finish the job". You can tell by the news re - I ports that we are making good .pro- gress toward ro-gress,toward finishing the job. But we are not slacking now—inen are, still needed to 'train for Aircrew to. help those wonderful fellows who are right in the thick of the air fighting —each highly trained to do his part as a member of the smooth -working aircrew team. 'Aircrew is the name given to the crew of a fighting plane. Usually there are five members of an air- crew—Navigator; .Air Bomber; -Wire- less Operator Air Gunner; Air Gun- ner and Pilot. After you enlist in the R.C.A.F. as Aircrew, the particular training you will receive as Air Gun- ner or Navigator or Pilot, etc., is determined en the basis of your qualifications and the needs of the Service. `Young men, under the revised, regulations, men physically fit and mentally alert, between the ages of 17i/ and not yet 29 years, can be accepted for any of the categories in the Aircrew team. No matter what type of civilian work you are doing, tTh5 is the biggest and most import- ant job of all—a glorious job that you will look back on proudly when Victory is won. 'When you join up for Aircrew in the R.C.A.F., you will be handling the best equipment in the world, be- cause the British and Canadians and Americans are producing the finest and safest aircraft in the world to- day. 'The question is often asked, what type of man is wanted for these fighting teams for the ,R.C.A.F. If you are a physically fit young man, just look at yourself in the mirror for the answer—You are a Canadian who wants this war ended—Remem- ber nded Remem- ber every one who helps to shorten. the ,war is helping to save lives—We feel sure you wish to save lives, so visit or write to the R.C.A.F. Re- cruiting, Bell Building, London, for full particulars regarding enlistment as Aircrew.' • v Appointed to St. Marys Collegiate The St. Marys Collegiate Institute Board has appointed Bert H. Middle- ton, B. -S. A., at present a member of the staff of Beamsville High and Vocational School to take charge of the agricultural department in St. Marys when ,school' reopens in Sep- tember. His salary will be $1,900. Mr. Middleton, a native of Goda- ricli, attended collegiate in Clinton, the Stratford Normal school and the Ontario Agricultural . College, Guelph, graduating in 1940. A married man with two chil- dren, Mr. Middleton ` has hadthree. years' teaching experience in pub- lic school work and has been in lis present position a year. v A Little Seaforth Auto History While in Toronto last week Reeve J. F. Daly, who is. Seaforth's oldest businessman, and also Canada's old- est Ford dealer, both "oldest's" being in point of continuous service met a man who recalled how Mr. Daly may have first •become interested in auto- mobiles. , Nearly thirty-five years ago this man was motoring from Wingham to Seaforth and ,;when -a mile or two out of town his engine stopped and, fail- ing to get it started again, he came into Seaforth for help. He couldn't find anyone who eknew much abqub automobiles, but somebody suggested he try Jack Daly. So Mr. Daly and the stranger went to a livery stable, hired a horse and buggy and drove. out -,to the car, where the motorist had to explain how to turn on the switch, because Mr. Daly knew nothing about cars. "According to this man," Mr. Daly, says, "I went around to the front ani turned the crank, and the engine started right away,"--Seaforth. News Air Force Personnel Trained in Ground Work Newest and most unusual of all the hundreds of flying and technical schools operated by the huge AAF Training Command is one in which air corps soldier -students are, strangely enough, more concerned with the operation and maintenance of earthbound motor vehicles than with aircraft. Their slogan is "We Keep 'Ern m huin' 'and Rollin' to Keep,'Em Flyin'." It epitomizes the mission of the graduates of the special pur- pose motor vehicle school at Cha- nute Field, hanute•Field, Ill. Their job is to "keep runnin' and rollin'." a wide variety of interesting and sometimes bizarre motor'vehieles, tailor-made to ren- der specialized services to fighter and bomber aircraft at advance bases in all theaters of war. Without these plodding, weather- beaten, often fantastically ugly ve- hicles, America's mighty air arma- das could never rule the skies. Com- bat aviation depends on the effi- cient, never -failing performance of this wingless air corps equipment,' including maintenance trucks, fuel trucks, crane -carrying crash trucks, ambulances, fire trucks, snow plows, mobile -truck mounted heating sys- tems, lighting plant trucks, flat car trailers, tank -equipped fuel trucks, tractors, panel trucks, and the more familiar standard passenger cars. Liberty Ship Named for Kin of Bing Crosby The Liberty ship Nathaniel Crosby —named for an early Columbia riv- er captain who was the great-grand- father of Bing and Bob Crosby. Captain Crosby was a leading fig- ure hi the development of Oregon and is credited by historians with being the founder of at least two towns, Toulon and St. Helens, Ore. Sailing from Maine in the bark Toulon, Captain Crosby first reached the .Columbia river in 1845. He made a number of voyages from Maine to Oregon and brought from Maine ready -cut lumber with which he built the first frame house hi Portland. This house is now preserved by the Oregon State Historical society. With his brothers, Captains Clanrick and Alfred Crosby, he transported sup- plies up the Columbia river and served as a pilot for other ships. Captain Crosby may well be con- sidered an early exponent of mer- chant shipping. He did much to es- tablish a trade with China and it was during one of his trips there in 1856 that he died in Hongkong. 1 Thomas Chippendale Beyond doubt the leading fashion- able cabinetmaker of London from 1750 to 1775 was Thomas Chippen- dale, so much so that his name has long stood for his period in spite of equally talented contemporaries. The finest examples of Chippendale style, most of them made of mahog- any; are peers of any of the great furniture o1 the world. They are soundly yet spiritedly, designed, their joinery is perfection, their carving crisp and eicquisite and their color and texture deep and rich. Chippendaleworked with four mo- tifs, Queen Anne, Gothic, Chinese and French. His first, an improve- ment of decorated Queen Anne and {artistically his finest, showed flow- ing curves. In chairs he replaced the fiddle shaped splat with the deli- cate ribbon back, the cabriole leg and Dutch foot with ball and claw. From this in turn he developed a straight leg of grace and charm. Mighty Man In spite of Paul Bunyan's clever figuring, sometimes mistakes of his strawbosses upset his plans. For in- stance, once Chris Crosshaul,-one of Paul's careless foremen, took a drive down the Mississippi, but found out —when the logs got down to New Orleans—that he had takenthe wrong tow. The owners refused to accept the logs, and it was up to Paul to take them back upstream. No one but Paul could have done the job, because driving logs upstream is impossible. However, Paul fed Babe, the Blue Ox, a big salt ra- tion and drove him to the upper Mis- sissippi to drink. Babe drank the river dry and sucked the water up- Stream, and so the logs went back up the river faster than they came down. Skeptical? Ask any old lum- berjack if this isn't true. Colonial Furniture In Colonial America prior to 1700 furniture was of two types. The primitive type, beginning with the first settlements, was made by local carpenters, wheelwrights or joiners, of the woods at hand, usually crude, always substantial and functional. As the Colonies developed, how- ever, wealthy planters of Virginia and leading citizens of the seaboard cities from Boston to Philadelphia began, to import fine furniture from England. Gradually, too, the Colo- nies developed, or received from Eu- rope, cabinetmakers and joiners who were the equal of foreign craftsmen. Saves Lives Many lives have been saved on the war fronts by the application of Balsam of Peru to wounds. -De- spite its .,name, this valuable anti- septic is raised almost exclusively in the Middle American republic of El Salvador. It gets its name from the fact that in Spanish colonial days Peru was the leading source of West- ern hemisphere , wealth. Spanish traders, therefore, thought the bal- sam originated there as well, • Colored Smokes Identify American Ground Troops Rainbow -colored smokes which puff out\from tiny cannisters in red, orange,, yellow, green, and violet Imes now enable American tanks and other ground vehicles in the battle zones to operate with greater freedom: in areas of intense air ac- tivity without danger from attack by their, own planes. The need for simple yet reliable identification of ground 'forces was recognized as early as World War I, when military movements were relatively, slow and aerialwarfare was in; its infancy. With the swift' moving tanks of World War II, sup- ported by squadrons of planes, this need became imperative, as evinced by the savage attack on a German tank' division hi North Africa aftew months ago by Nazi dive bombers. The Germans, from their high alti- tude, thought they were. attacking British' tanks. Even before our entrance into the War, U. S. military authorities gave attention to the problem of identify- ing • ground units from the air. One proposed solution was to paint a distinctive design in white or yellow on the top or side of the tank or other vehicle, but tests demonstrat- ed such designs made perfect tar- gets for enemy bombing planes. Ac- cording to Brig. Gen. Alden H. Waitt, writing in the Infantry Jour- nal, "It was obvious that there would be more danger in using this system of identification than there would. be in leaving the tank un- painted and taking a chance that it would be bombed , by its own air- planes as well as the enemy's." Iodine Helps to Build Healthier Hog Litters In some cases, pigs born dead or too weak to nurse might have been saved if the sow had been fed a ration containing iodine. Other symptoms of iodine defi- ciency include hairless bodies or poorly developed hoofs. Fall and summer litters are affected to a less- er degree than spring pigs born in February, March and April. These losses may be easily pre- vented by feeding small amounts of iodine in the form of potassium io- dide to the sows during the last two months of pregnancy. Veterina- rians frequently prescribe one level teaspoon of potassium iodide for 50 sows once a week. One gram, or Spray Guns Are Good For Extinguishing Fires By using orchard spray guns or potato sprayers for fire - fighting equipment, many small fires hi"rural communities may now be put out in leu than a minute, it reported. Set the nozzle of the gun for a fog -mist spray,. since the fine' mist absorbs the heat and acts like c wet blanket to ` smother the flames. Steam spreads over the fire and puts it out even before the water comes into contact with the flames. Advantages of using power spray - ere, or even knapsack sprayers, as' fire -fighting equipment are their ac- cessibility, ease of operation,. efi-, ciency, and economy. Only about eight gallons of water per minute are, used by the gun. If all of the power sprayers in the country were put to this new use in an emergency, much rural fire loss could be prevented, it is believed. Although the sprayer may be used for any fire, it is of particular ad- vantage in a hot hay mow where the fog will extinguish the fire without wetting down the total snow and damaging the entire, hay crop. To prevent freezing in cold weath- er, an 18 per cent solution of calcium chloride may be used in the tank water. Wild Game Yields Millions Of Pounds of Edible Meat Hunters who harvested the wild game crop during the 1942-43 hunt- ing season took 255,404,000 pounds of usable meat, according to a re- port by the U. S. Fish and Wild- life Service. " Based on data taken from state game departments and other sources, the tabulation reveals that deer alone yielded more than 59 mil- lion pounds, with elk 9 million, and antelope, moose, bear, mountain sheep and goats totaling 1,650,000 pounds. Among upland game, wild rabbits amounted to 68,735,000 pounds, squir- rels more than 22 million, while rac- coon, opossum and woodchuck to- taled 14,222,000 pounds. Ducks ac- counted for 32,500,000 pounds and geese, 3 million. Upland game birds, including quail, pheasants, grouse, partridges, and wild turkeys, totaled 42,243,000 pounds, with pheas- ants (15 million of them) accounting for 30,377,000 of the total. Doves, bandtail pigeons, and woodcock add- ed 2,405,000 pounds. approximately one-fifth teaspoonful • weekly, is sufficient for 10 sows. Mix- ing potassium iodide in the water or feed each week saves labor and in- sures intake of this goiter -preventive agent. In emergency, this amount can be given every other day until three doses have been given. Week- ly treatment is then recommended. Use Convenience Outlet If possible, use your iron on a "convenience" outlet, preferably one hi tite wall a little above the level of the ironing board, and place the board parallel to the wall. This is the best position to keep the cord from twisting and dragging while you work. Cords, too, are difficult to replaceso give them the best of care. While a light socket or drop cord may be used for the iron, it is not a satisfactorjr arrangement if any quantity of ironing is to be done. Neither one is built to carry enough current to heat the iron properly, which . will mean longer hours of work for you. Eventaally such a connection may cause the socket and the insulation to break down and make the socket unsafe to use. Banana Hands Have you ever noticed how much like a hand a bunch of bananas looks? And how much like fingers the individual -bananas look? As a matter of fact, that's exactly what the people in the banana trade call them — "hands" and "fingers." "Bunch," on the other hand, is the handy name given to the whole stem of hands. You can't put your finger on the exact•number of bananas to a bunch, for they vary. In Middle America, where practically all of our bananas come from, some bunches have been produced with as many as 22 hands, though the average number is nine hands, each bearing about 16 fingers. Don't Pull Cord When you disconnect the iron, take hold of the plug—don't pull on the cord. Pulling may loosen the wires from their connection with the heat- ing element and once contact is broken the iron will not heat. When you put the iron away for the day, always take the plug of a detacha- ble cord out of the wall outlet •be- fore you remove the plug from the iron itself. Pulling the cord off the iron while the current is still flow- ing lowingmay pit, the terminals and even- tually ruin them. If the cord is at- tached permanently to the iron, be sure the iron is cold before wrap- ping the cord around it. Danish Industry Denmark has no minerals or wa- ter power, but it has some. indus- tries. It is one of the world's lead- ing shipbuilding nations. It devel- oped the ocean-going motorship. Nearly half the world's marine Diesel motors are built hi Denmark. Clay and chalk on the east coast of Jutland provide materials for a large cement industry. Cement - making machinery for 700 plants over the world was manufactured in Denmark ' Ripen After Frost Small patches of tender vegeta- bles in Victory gardens can be rip- ened for several weeks after the first frost by the use of a protective covering which will admit some light and warmth but will prevent frost- ing of the edible vegetables. In this way many gardeners can save vegetables which' are not matured at the time of frost. Such vegetables, often the main crop tender vegetables, may include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucum- bers, squash, cantaloupe and so forth. Shortly before the first frost is expected, or even after the first light frost, the vines can be drawn up into a small space and covered with burlap, light blankets, clean straw, or hay. The roots are left intact and continue to nourish the plants. Much fruit, which would otherwise not mature, will ripen in this man- ner anner and the covering can be re- moved at intervals to pick the ripe fruit. The ground should be given occasional light irrigations to keep the plants growing under the cover- ing. Falling Bodies Not the weight of the body but the attraction of gravitation deter- mines the velocity with which arti- cles fall. If there were no air all •bodies, regardless of weight or mass, would fall through a given distance in the same time. But the existence of atmosphere modifies this M the extent that the frictional or viscous drag upon the falling body depends approximately on its area. Conse- quently heavier or denser bodies are retarded less in proportion to their mass. A piece of paper and a coin would fall at the same speed in a vacuum, but in air, paper is more retarded and falls less rapidly than the coin. • Swine Sanitation A sound basis for hog health is the swine sanitation system under which young pigs are raised on clean pastures. Hog cholera, although still a dangerous disease, can be con- trolled with reasonable certainty by vaccination. In spite of the fact that the death rate from cholera is one- fifth of what it was 20 years ago, the disease is still so costly that vaccination is advisable in all areas where outbreaks have occurred \in recent years. It tends to spread most rapidly in areas where swine are numerous. Banana Living Organism Bananas on the way to. the United States from Middle America are car- ried fn air-conditioned. ships. The fruit is a living organism, breathing, oxygen and throwing off carbon di- oxide,. even after it has been cut from the tree. In order that the life • process may go on properly, the fruit must be kept well ventilated and within a narrow range of tem- perature, averaging about 57 de- grees Fahrenheit. To maintain the proper temperature, the holds are refrigerated in the summer amid heat- ed in the winter. THURS., May 18th 1944 Electronics Guard Plants Against War Saboteurs Electronic devices which have been used to catch ordinary crimi- nals or prevent their operations now l protect the secrets of America's war plants and machinery layouts against spies and saboteurs.' The most artfully concealed midg- et cameras, disguised as lapel em- blems or fountain pens, are useless when the spy passes a hidden ma- chine which sprays the camera's film with destructive X-rays, ruin- ous to all photographic negatives which come within its reach. Another electronic device as de- scribed is capable of reporting the presence of intruders m an area as large as a good-sized farm. An in- visible alarm beam continuously scans the desired area. Another instrument, called a "pry-• chointegroamnieter," the newest version of the familiar "lie detec- tor," has been found correct in spot- ting lies over 90 per cent of the 'time. Developed by Dr. Reginald D. MacNitt, head of the department of social science at Wilmington col- lege, it makes use of the principle that during certain emotions the electrical resistanceof the human skin changes, becoming lower when the subject is lying and increasing during moments of emotional relief. The mind cannot control the reac- tion. In addition, the detector re- cords minute changes fn the heart action. . Science Helps Control Parasites Afflicting Sheep Parasites are still the greatest ob- stacle to sheep raising in the United States, but scientific findings are{ helping to control them effectively.;, ;Until a few years ago, nodular - worms alone caused a loss of about? 100 million pounds of lamb annually, and the loss from discarding inter.. tines damaged by parasites amount- ed to nearly six million dollars. Stomach worms have also caused' losses of several million dollars a. year more. Flock owners now have a valuable•. drug remedy, phenothiazine, to aid? in the fight against these parasites.. This drug destroys parasites in in-. Tested livestock and helps prevent disease by removing the source, the department explains. It•may be ad -- ministered in feed, salt, capsules or given as a drench. Pastures may be made safer for• sheep and other animals by sys- tems of rotation, changing the spe- cies of pe-cies'of animals on them, resting and by growing a crop there in order to let animal parasites die out. Besides providing badly needed meat and ' wool, sheep and lambs,. are the source of such war necessi- ties as pelts for special uniforms: and surgical catgut. These uses-,. serve to emphasize the need for. conquering parasites. Professor Lists Bunkers I On the Course of Love - Careless Handling Reason For Worn Bed Linens There aremany reasons why bed linens wear out, says Dorothy J. Xwig, home furnishing specialist, University of Illinois college of agri- culture, and one of the chief reasons is careless or ignorant handling dur- ing use., Instead of yanking sheets off the bed when you are in a hurry, take time to loosen the edges all around and prevent strain—even rips and tears. Check all beds for unprotected springs and spring ends and for bro- ken or splintered parts that may catch and snag the sheets. Angled corners of springs can be covered with gummed paper or adhesive tape, and bare springs with heavy cloth or sheeting. A good mattress pad will protect the sheet from the abrasive action of the rough ticking. Bed linens, like people, need a rest. They wear longer and give more satisfactory service if you let them rest between working times. Put the fresh -from -the -laundry ones at the bottom of the pile each time so that they are used in rotation and the wear is evenly distributed. Mahogany Veneers Though mahogany veneers have been used in increasing amounts for over 200 years, large-scale produc- tion of really fine veneers has been developed only within the last cen- tury, particularly fn the last 50 years. One factor in this develop- ment is a change in the method o1 producing veneers. Earlier veneers were sawed from the block, a method which is still producing excellent veneers today where unusual thickness and lengths greater than 16 feet are required. In sawing, however, usually half the block goes into sawdust. 'This meth- od is consequently wasteful and ex- pensive. xpensive. Slicing is a newer, more econom- ical method, producing the standard thickness of only one 28th of an inch with little waste. In slicing, the block is clamped fn position en a moving plate, on which it is swung down at an angle past the knife edge. Speed Flash Photography - In 1930 Harold E. Edgerton, an electrical engineer, began the task of perfecting speed -flash photogra- phy. His chief contribution is a gas-filled stroboscopic lamp of great brilliance whose flashes can be con- trolled with absolute accuracy. When set for a single exposure, this lamp produces a flash of even greater intensity and brevity. By the dramatic clarity of his work, whether _in motion .pictures, multi- ple or single exposure, Edgerton has brought stroboscopic photography out of the laboratory and made it available to the world Banana Leaves Banana leaves are 8 to 12 feet long and two feet wide. They are not merely ornamental, however, for they serve to protect the plant when the sun gets too hot. In the tropics of Middle America, where most of the world's banana supply is pro- duced, the noonday sun is intense. Without the protection of the gigan- tic leaves, too much of the plant's moisture would evaporate. In cool weather, when increased evaporation is necessary for rapid growth, the leaves curve upward, exposing the plant to the warm rays of the sun. Sweetbreads Favorites Sweetbreads are general favorites and once they are prepared for cook- ing can be served in a variety of ways. Broiled, fried, creamed" or made into scalloped and baked dishes, they make an important coif trlbution to a good meal. Sweet- breads are the thymus glands " of Veal and lamb and consist of two parts, the heart sweetbread and the throat sweetbread. As the beef ani. mal matures, the thymus gland dis- appears. The path of true love never should run smooth, Dr. M. E. John, asso- ciate professor of rural sociology at:. the Pennsylvania State college, be- lieves. A temporary blocking or - frustration of impulses is essential during courtship if any intensity is to develop in the affair, he said. So when you and your sweetheart: quarrel, don't feel too badly about. it. Just remember that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that you'll .probably get together again before long. ,But it is also. true that out of sight is out of mind, if the absence is too long, Dr. John• pointed out. So watch your step, and don't let him wander too far or - too long. Bunkers on the course of love are:: Too strong attachment to parents;. attraction based on social strata or - wealth rather than on personal pref.. erence; an environment of commer- cial recreation which kills the deep- er feelings of courtship; matchmak ers, who often do more harm than good, and the greater seriousness of: girls—which often scares the boys.. Sun Spots Sun spots do not have an every -- day effect on the earth as does the - unceasing flow of light and heat from, the white-hot surface of the sun. Much is yet to be learned about the - spots; but some facts gleaned by. telescopes and photographic plates, and some theory have been pieced' together to explain them plausibly. They seem dark, but in reality aro• only a little less bright than the rest. of the flaming orb. They are pre- sumably made up of whirling gases; that spin holes into the sun's glow- ing lowing surface, reaching down toward the denser material. Some of these - spots or holes or craters are vast,. having diameters many times great- er than that of the earth. Frequently when the spot -craters. are pointed directly at the earth, radio interference, auroras, and magnetic storms follow. But some- times when the spots"draw a bead" on our planet, nothing unusual hap- pens. On other occasions, when no visible spot is pointed our way the - familiar "sun spot effects" occur, Used Rotenone For Bait Rotenone, the insecticide extract- ed from derris root, was called "fish poison" by the Indians in the Middle - American tropics who discovered it-. many years ago. They used to shave the dried roots into their fishing pools, thus killing the fish easily and quickly. When they ate the poisoned:' fish, they suffered no ill effects. That , fact—that rotenone kills "cold-blooded" animals (fish and in- sects) and is harmless to warm; blooded—makes it a valuable re- source of American agriculture. It; . kills •the insect pests that attack. crops without injuring livestock. Made to Order There'sno excuse for soldiers. in Bryan, Texas,; not to write home. Each week a mimeographed "Dear Folks" letter is written, containing the field's news highlights of the - week.' The letter is intended for the men to send to their families and tri rends. When rushed for time, the fixvide man need only to sign his. name tothe letter and put it in an envelope. He even gets free post- age. For men who write home reg- ularly; the mimeographed letter serves as an added news sheet for letters. Furniture Trends The trend toward furniture of smaller size and greater refltie- ment which was observed in the Louis XV period gained in that of1 Louis XVI, resulting hi pieces that are characteristicallyof delicate scale, smaller in structure, simple end graceful hi appearance and oft" refined taste m ornamentation. No particular feats of balance were at-• tempted either fn chairs or larger!. pieces of furniture. Like chairs,`ao-1- fas and other pieces stood on alert I - der, tapering legs free from,;undei'- ('