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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Red Cross serum is saving the lives of hundreds
of » wounded sailors, soldiers •and airmen. But
thousands of additional blood donors are needed.
Give a pint of blood to' save a life. Call Red,
Cross Blood Donor Service, •
Safire of BritaAn's rezt Mr Arm
July 2tb, 144"
New Navigation Method Mexican Bank Provides .. , COInmon Mange Infectious; Grindstone Breaks Beet ', . Sports Activity in Brazil i >
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Aids Shipwrecked Men ' Credits for CO -Operatives . . Damageillogs' Skin Seed Cluster; Saves Labor Revolves Around aoccerr
Emerency navigation xnethods For many years the National'pank Veterinarians point mit that there ; Because
Science "put its nose to Brazil is nation of soccer fans. Itt
requirmt nom• struments, except a of Ejidal 'Credit in Mexico, created are two Mods of /leg ' mange, sar- Ithe grindstone," sugar lAket OW- is the people's sport there, much,
gm watch ' ' h ' '
d and a sheet' ,of ' paper by President Laza° Cardenas in coPtic and, derriodectic. The sarcop-.. erSnotthtrbeeetrinniteidonStates:saved more_ the' .same as baseball and. football(' •
, containing simple instructions, , can 193,6, arid its predecessors, ave been tic form, known as.common mange, 'the ill man hours of la are in the U. S. In every state oft
• now tell shipwrecked men adrift at Providing members of ejldos, or co" cloes most of the damage. The mites I bor in 1943—and even more sign..,._i6- the country, the game is strongly or -
sea where • the,', are and in what operative groups'' of small farmers, burrow'into the skin'fi
,' rst around ;cant gains lie ahead.
8anized, enthusiastically followed.
direction they are going. ' So de- with credits for buying implements, the head and neck and from there The probleni arose from the fact Schools, clubs, colleges, societies,
• clares Dr. Charles H. Smiley, direc- work animals, livestock and seeds.,'spread to the shoulders t back, sides, that the seed of the sugar beet is 'and worker's. groups, all have their,
tor of the Ladd observatory, Brown ,In addition, it provides small farm- and harna, causing inflammation and ;not a single cell, but rather a group teams. Many organizations, in acl-'•
university, ,Providence, R. 1. ers with training in scientific agrt- swelling of ' the skin tissues. the of cells held together 4n a cluster: dition to maintaining their own ,
"To navigate by conventional cultural methods, helps them to find skin becomes thickened and devel- IThe seed cluster is a hard, tightteams, also contribute to the support'.
• methods, one needs previous train- and organize markets for their Prod- ops wrinkles and folds. The in- ball, difficult to handle because' it, of professional teams,
ingt, special instruments, and certain uce, attempts to improve their feetion is contagious and spreads is smaller than a pea in size. Although called "Football Clubs," '
tables ,•of mathematical and astro- 'health standards and provides them rapidly in a herd When hogs are When beet seed clusters are plant- these sports organizations also have,
nominal data," says Dr. Smiley. with technical schoOls and other edu- closely confined. .
ed they may send up a number of swimming pools, tennis courts and
."The lack of any one of the three— national facilities. Sarcoptic mange responds readily sprouts, and since the, beet needs gymnasiums, The returns from the -
(training, instruments, or tables—is, One of the chief tasks of the ag- to treatment on the farm. DiPPlog. "elbow room"' to grow and mature' professional games help to defray,
enough to prevent navigation as or_ ,ricuiturai credit, funds and banks in a medicated bath is the most it is necessary to go. along the rows' the cost of these added installa
dinarily practiced."
which preceded the Bank for Ejidal thorough method 'of killing the mange •
n
e standso that only tions, thus performing a definite
• Commenting on the new emergen- Credit was to transform indentured mites. Treated animals should pref-
single plants retrial/1, Thinning has community service.
farm workers into self-respecting erably be moved to clean quarters, ; always required hand work, and Recognizing the importance of,the-
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cy navigation methods, he says:
'You need only watch for the first 'farmers by a fairer distribution of the veterinarians say, or the old en -1 there seemed no Method
the land. Frorr), 1910 to 1936 2,410,- closures should • be thoroughly nating it unless the seed itself could
of anti- fobtball clubs in molding public
• glimpse of the sun above the horizon
.sentiment and building up the health ,
at sunrise, and note the time. Then '896 former laborers were, given title cleaned of all litter and then dis- be changed. '
t or control over 55,216,530 acres of infected. a the people of their country, the •
1 :you must note the time of sunset . ]
Then came Professor Roy Bainer Brazilian government has brought'
land purchased by the government In cold weather when dipping i
'• : "It takes a full day to get your (
for re -distribution. -s lof the department of agricultural all clubs under their supervision.
' bearings,,but if you're lost or afloat :engineering of the University of Cal- Professional teams are under • the
undesirable, a hog oiler or even al
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on ,an ocean, time is the one thingifornia with a novel idea. He rigged' National Council of Sports, a sec-,
Up to 1942 the ejidos, aided by burlap sack fastened around a large ,
bank credits,. had been able to ac- stout stalce and soaked with crude I
you have a lot of. The number of imp a device in which a grindstone tion of the department of education,
hours and minutes between sunrise quire $46,700,000 worth of farm petroleum or crankcase oil enables] ;thrusts the seed against a shearing and all other athletic activities . are
equipment. This included 1,029 tree- hogs to, treat themselves with fairly I
and sunset is enough to deterznine bar, and under the pressure thus under the Brazilian Federation of
one's latitude, and from the time of tors; 539 drills; 24,000 cultivators; good results as they rub against it,l'creaied the cluster splits into single- Sports, also a government institu-
7,600 seeders; 21 cotton gins; 332 but this method will not eradicate: ',unit seeds. These single seeds can tion.
:keel noon (halfway between sunrise
mills and 208,000 plows. •all the infection.
and sunaet) you can find the longi- ' be planted at regular intervals in
In the same period 220,000 oxen,
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tude west of Greenwich. All you ,the row, and the thinning can be
109,000 mules, 114,000 horses and
need is simple arithmetic. The in- 'clone with a long handled hoe, or Find Crude Petroleum
structions and the necessary tables, 116000 donkeys and mules were pro-
ided at a cost of $43,450,000. Live- Victory Ship Benefits , ;with a variety of mechanical tools;
Lice
together with an illustrative exam- V A which require no hand labor ,-; Effective Against Hog
,pstock, costing $30,600,000, included From Greater Speewhat
ever. One of these tools is an adap- Crude petroldum applied as a
1e, cover only one side of a sheet ,
:the size of typewriter paper. These 309,500 cows; 490,700 goats; 114,600
sheep and 136,500 pigs. Chief advantage of the new Vic-] !teflon of the recently developed cot- spray, dip or by a hog oiler is effec-
are printed with waterproof ink on
tory ship over the Liberty ship is ,ton chopper, which consists essen-
five against hog lice which may
waterproof paper."
• carry sfrom
the factor of speed. This will, en- tially of revolving knives. the virus of wine pox
:
Aga441§4gg:ei•
able the Victory ship to do more
Claim Turkey Pullorum work in a given time. Additional
tire herd is affected.
one animal to another until the en
Modern Roads Planned Disease Is Eradicated new ship a more elusive target for 1 Civil War Vet Similar to Swine pox is characterized by
speed will also serve to make the
For Rebuilt London Present U. S. Doughboy
Pullorum disease of ,turkeys, preying enemy submarines and I eruptions which later develop into
which has caused heavy losses to planes.pustules and scabs on the skin cov-
London is not waiting for the war . . .
ering the abdomen, inner surface
Johnny Doughboy of 1943 and
growers in California, may be eradi- Production on 339 Victory ships i. Johnny Doughboy of 1864 have much
plans, according to advices received trol measures, it is said.
cated by the adoption of proper con- now in progress and deliveries of
Civilcommon,inrLdinukge tothecliarycopoyf severe cases, most of the body is
to end before making reconstruction
of the thighs, armpits and ears. In
from British engineers by the Amer -Working with the Ramona Turkey summer of 1944.
these vessels will start in the early Wa War e ar eg et °.
ican Road Builders' association. —
rowers association in San Diego Major differences in the specifica-
of which was just presented to the
_LW One plan prepared by the London
Pennsylvania State College library
County council for study is centered ;county, the college of agriculture of
'Clifornia university started four tions of the two ships lie in the
power plants. The Victory ship is by S. K. Stevens, state historian,
around construction of three mod- !years ago to clean up the flocks of Writing and receiving letters and
ern "ring" roads, highways which its members, whose birds at that powered with a geared turbine en -
exchanging pictures with friends
gine of 6,000 horsepower or more,
in the United States are called belt time had about 50 per cent infection. kept up Davis' morale in 1864, just
while the Liberty ship has a steam
lines. These ring roads would en- In four years, by obtaining eggs only reciprocating engine of approxi- as they keep up the serviceman's
circle the London area, at conven- from free -on -first -test flocks, hatchedmorale today. "Health good and
6 -lately 2,500 horsepower. The speed
ient intervals, with radial roads in a hatchery which accepts only of the Liberty ship is about 11 knots,
spirits fine" ended most daily en-
• serving as connectors to facilitate such eggs, the disease has been en- while the Victory ship will do 15 tries.
travel in and out of any section. tirely eradicated. ° A non-co-operat-knots or more. On the 6,590 -mile He had his griping moments, too,
The inner ring road would sur- ing group wbich had about the same trip to Australia, the new Victory however. For example, instead of
round central London, co-ordinating percentage of infection four years being able to celebrate the day he
ship will save 51/2 days' sailing tim'e
the railroad termini. This project ago, had but 20 per cent of its flockswas made a sergeant—March 10,
over the Liberty ship record.
would include a tunnel under Hyde free from disease at the end of fourCargo tonnage on each ship 1864—he 0 was on guard duty that
is
Park and the Thames river, east years and spent $16,000 for replace- identical; the Victory ship is a few
of London Tower. ment of infected birds. feet longer than the Liberty, a trifle evening.
In common with American dough -
The second ring road would fecal- The disease is found in the repro- boys of every war, he was gener-
tate the circulation of dock traffic ductive organs of the birds, and is broader as to beam.
ous, lending considerable sums of
and industrial traffic. The third ring, transmitted through the eggs when money to his friends and the cap- Old Favorites
road would be several miles farther they are hatched. Fooling Bots tain; and he practiced American Old Favorites
A study» of the reading tastes of •
out. Nine major radial arteries, con- '.• Bot flies are not active after the saleamanship, often selling an arti- eighth grade pupils throughout the •
necting the second and third ring first killing frost but the yellow nits cle of clothing, such as a pair of country shows that the war and the
roads, would extend well into the Athenian Oath
theh • f horse's legs are boots, one day and buying new ones comic magazines have had little ef-
on airs o a
country. •
The Ephebic or Athenian oath of
feet on what today's youngsters like •
civil allegiance was taken by Athe- which future bot flies will develop.
eggs which they have laid and from 'the next.
' in the way of books.
.0` I nian youths after completion of sec- If warm water is applied to them, •Mark Twain's story of Tom's ad-.
• Cookies as Placecards ondary education and before enter- they are "fooled" into "thinking" Only 6 Per Cent More Freight Cars ventures in Hannibal, Mo., placed'
Big six-inch cookies can be used ing trpon• military training. An adap- they are in the animal's mouth or At the start of the war in Europe first in the list of books,the children
as pladecards, mantel decoration or tation of this oath is: digestive tract and hatch out into the the railroads had 627,000 fewer had read and enjoyed.. "Tom Saw -
original gifts to your friends and ' "We will never bring disgrace to cold world to die, The water should freight cars, 15,000 fewer locomo- yer" was mentioned 563 times and
,neighbors. Just roll chilled old.' our city by any act of dishonesty or be about,105 degrees Fahrenlieit. Jives, and 9,000 fewer passenger cars his friend Huck was in sixth place
w fashioned cooky dough, and cut with cowardice, nor ever desert our suf- Tiny bots or larvae already res- than they had at the pre-war peak with 197 "votes." "Hueldeberry
i a .1 six-inch cutter., If you don't have fering comrades in the ranks; we ent in the mouth and tongue and in 1929. This shrinking in railroad ,
Finn," however, was not nearly as a cutter, use the top of a coffee can,' will fight for the ideals and sacred which later find their way to the plant
was due in part o the de- popular as "Treasure Island" and'
pression that began in 1929 and in its one -legged Long John Silver. Rob -
part to the growing competition of ert Louis Stevenson's book got 406
other,agencies of transportation, both mentions.
of which substantially reduced the The 10 most widely read books in .
demand on railroad plant and equip- order of their popularity are "Toni
ment. Since the outbreak of war Sawyer," "Treasure Island," "Lit -
freight car ownership has increased tle Women," "Gone With the Wind," •
only 6 per cent and locomotive own- "Sue Barton," "Huckleberry Finn,"
ership about 2 per cent and the num- "Little, Men," "Anne of Green Ga- ,
ber of passenger cars has remained bles," "Robin Hood" and "Call of
about the same. ' the Wild."
In the magazine field, Life was ,
most popular and Look second. Oth-
Insects Color Conselotte er magazines widely read by the
Night -flying insects,. including the children were Boys' Life, Popular
mosquito, have been found color con- Science; the Saturday Evening Post .
scious. According to the finding by and the Reader's Digest.
industrial research workers, if you
use an orange -yellow light bulb on
your unscreened porch at night, you 4
Supercharge' Calves' Diets
won't be bothered by insects as much "Supercharging" the diet of calves ,
as you will be if the light is bluish. with vitamins A and D has made it
hands, transmitting disease; conta- The investigators concluded that possible to bottled sell
great
gious diseases were not isolated. night -flying insects were most at- quantities of milk formerly fed to
Semmelweiss was aghast at these treated by bright blue light, such as dairy calves, E. A. Keyes, research
conditions, especially at the appal- emitted by mercury lamps, and dairyman of the Pennsylvania State
ling mortality of mothers at child- showed a maximum dislike for red college, says.
birth from puerperal or childbed lights. The experiments were car- Early grain mixtures consisting of
fever. He noticed that it was cus- ried out by stringing up colored ground cereal grains, high protein
tomary in the city hospital of Vienna bulbs to which insect traps were at- meals, and mineral -bearing materi-
for medical students who attended tached. , als which were fed to calves as miilc
these new mothers to go directly to substitutes usually failed to meet the
them from the dissecting room of the '.nutritive requirernents' of the ani -
hospital. Hand washing in that in- Maintain pH Balance ma's, he pointed out, but with the
terim was ignored. However, Test the soil and maintain cor- additionvitamins
through the efforts of Semmelweiss, rect PI! (acid and alkaline balance kind °f
givesatisfactory
results,turymixrof his
it was found that the washing of of the soil) for the crops you Extra allowances of carotene (pro -
hands with soap and water, and oth- wish to grow. For the average vege- vitamin A) and irradiated yeast
er cleanliness precautions, caused a table garden, a pll range of 6.0 to (vitamin D) aid the animals in mak-
startling decline in the number of 7.5 is satisfactory. At this pH range ing a good growth during the first
deaths among the mothers. This a greater proportion of the plant year of their lives, Keyes found. Ex -
was significant because it was the food in the soil becomes available tea amounts of both vitamins help
beginning of the modern hospitals' and maximum growth and yields more than either one, and they may
greatest weapon—supreme cleanli-' are obtained. So do not lime your be added at low cost. However,
ness. soil until you have tested it. Over- calves seem to need large supplies of
. liming results in too much alkalinity vitamin A early in their lives more
and this is just as harmful as a too than extra amounts of vitamin D.
State of Franklin acid condition. Simple soil testing
In 1772 North Carolina offered to outfits are obtainable. at small cost
cede some of its western lands to from garden supply stores. Reef on Farin
the United States, but the inhalii-
, Perhaps the oldest known coral
tants of this area were of different,
reef in the world is on a Vermont •
mind and, aggrieved, determined to Naval Repairs farm.
establish their own state. This they Providing some details on the irn- On a country road about two miles
named Frankland, later Franklin, mensity of the ship -repair job our from the center of a Lake Cham -
cin honor of 'the great Philadelphia yards are doing, Adm. E. L. Coch- plain village is a farm where the
statesmhn. • This awoke in North mane recently announced that this coral reef runs through a pasture
Carolina a desire to regain the lands work during the past year had con- and for nearly a mile is plainly
• SDAFIRE OF 'BRITA'N S FLEET Lr Aim verson of the R.A.F. Spit -
Picture shows:—A Seaire—Fleet :1.e in fl:ght.
111110••••••••••11.
Ar Power -:-Old and New
Involved. General symptoms fre-
quently include weakness, dullness,
loss of appetite and rise in body
temperature. The chief damage is
in lengthening the feeding period,
but deaths may occur and losses are •
sometimes high when suckling pigs
are affected, says the department of
animal pathology and hygiene, Uni-
versity of Illinois college of agricul-
ture.
Hog lice are easily detected be—
cause they are the largest lice found
on farm animals, They feed by
puncturing the skin, causing the pig
much discomfort. They do consid-
erable damage in heavily infested,
herds,
or plop down a bread and butter things of the city, both alone and stomach, must be handled in a dif-
1 plate and whiz around it with a with many; we will revere and obey ferent way, the department paints
knife. Lift the cooky with a broad the city's laws and do our best to out. ,Carbon disulfide, administered
pancake turner. incite a like respect and reverence only by a trained, experienced vet -
When they're baked and cooled, in those about us who are prone erinarian, is effective against bots
put a dab of frosting in the center to annul them and set them at found in the stomach. This treat -
of a paper doily and plunk on the naught; we will strive unceasingly ment is usually given any time dutr-
i cooky. Spell out the person's name to quicken the public's sense of civic ing the months of December, Janu-
on the cooky with lines of frosting duty; and thus, in all these ways, ary or February.
and then space cinnamon candies: we will strive to transmit this city Horses that harbor bots in the
with a toothpick on the lines. With; not only not less, but greater, bet- stomach are more susceptible to col-
a pastry tube and confectioners'l ter and more beautiful than it was ic and other digestive disturbances
frosting, make a simple scalloped' transmitted to us." than those free from the parasites.
edge. Now fasten a red bow with i They also require more feed and
red string and tie it at the backl have less staying power.
through the cooky and doily too. You, Mix With Manure
can.make a hole in the cooky with To get best returns from fertiliz-
a toothpick or use a big darning» er applied to forage crops, dairy- • Pest 'Houses
needle and literally sew the bow to men and poultrymen should ,get su- Hospitals as late as 1865 were
the cooky. If cinnamon candies, perphosphate fertilizer this fall to pest houses, where patients died
• aren't available, use confectioners' mix with winter -produced manure. needlessly as doctors went from one
••letretasaisasatiabbe, • •
Picture taken on an R.A.F. Halifax Bomber Mark III flying past a five -
Bomber station show:—,A Halifax w,ndmili,
sugar. frosting tinted red. Force iti About 300 to 400 pounds of. super- bed to another without washing their
bent. Geaerat McCreell of, 5th Army Corps through a paper cornucopia in redphosphate for each cow, and 600
dots to •forna the letters. ,pounds for each 100 laying birds is
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enough, agronomists say. This
should be used daily» in the cow
Changed Names stable at the rate of two pounds for
Saint Petersburg was foundeli in each cow, and in the poultry house
1703 by Peter the Great, but after at the rate of 29 pounds a week for
Russia entered the First World war every 100 birds.
the name was changed to Petro- This.reinforced manure should be
applied to the land at one-half to
two-thirds the usual rate. This will
cover many more acres of land on
the farm, and improve crop yields
more than heavy applications of ma -
mire and fertilizer to fewer acres. •
Lieutenant General Sir Richard
NicCreely, ConarriandeA
•of a 5th Army Corps. Lieut. General
• McCreery was Chief of Staff to Gen.
Alexander during the battle of Egypt
• and North Afriea, and retained »the
same post under him in the 18th
grad, as the Russians thought the
form ',Petersburg" sounded too Ger-
'man. In 1924, when Nikolai Lenin
;died, the city was renamed Lenin-
grad in his honor, and the Soviet
lgovernment announced that mail ad-
dressed to Petrograd would not be
delivered in the future.
• Leningrad has been the' target for , Liars Club
German bombs and shells for about The Liars club started as a joke
itwo years and the outer sections 15 years ago when, just before the
have suffered great damage but ob- New Year, 1929, newspaper men of
servers relate that less destruction Burlington, Wis., published stories
ithan might be expected is apparent that the police chief and his'cronies
In the central part of the city which got together at the station each New
ihas elaborate defenses in antitank Year's day and told lies for the
• farriers, pillboxes and blockhouses. championship of Burlington. Wire
services picked \up the story, and
the next year asked whether the
Pau -American Highway contest would be held again. It
Within 0a year or two after the has been going on ever sinee. In
end of the war, motorists from this 1935 the group incorporated into a
country in large numbers probably club and now a "world champion
will be driving as far south as the liar" is picked each year about New
Panama- Canal Zone, according to Year's day. The winner holds his
progress reported in road -building. title andhas custody of the "ilia -
Although gaps exist on the Pan mond studded medal" for one year.
In Oct. 1943 he was decorated by
General Eisenhower with the Legion
of Merit (Officer's Class)—one of
A,merica's highest awards.
Picture shows ---General MeCreery
wearinc, the Lego, of Merit (Offi-
American, highway beyond Oaxaca and for three years two govern- stituted 17 per cent of the load on traceable. At some points the reef,
in Mexico, these are being elirnmat- ments tried to rule the territory. Fi- navy Yards, and amounted, in value, remindful of a tropical isle, bulges
ed rapidly by Mexico's accelerated Furnish Humus " tally North Carolina prevailed, and to 60 million dollars. The navy through the earth's surface a maxi -
construction program. Other gaps The gardener who keeps up the the governor of Franklin, /an Sev- yards repaireli 83 large ships for mum of seven feet high.
in the 3,300 -mile long artery to Pan- fertility of his soil is the gardener ier,• was arrested, for high treason. 10 Allied nations, the majority be- Geologists from throughout the. ,
tuna are chiefly in Costa Rica. How- who keeps up the humus content of. During • his » trial he escaped, but ing British. Variations in terminol- world have studied the curious for-
ever, the highway; was to be open his soil by sowing and working into later, when peace was restored, be-'ogy applied by different nations= to mation and conclude from its make.
thts .fall from the south border of the soil cover crops; or if this is came a senator. In 1790 the lands » ship parts was at first confusing to up that it is the world's oldest coral
Mexico through Guatemala, Hdndu- not convenient, furnishes humus in were finally ceded to the, United our workmen, but they now, the formation. It indicates, they say,
ras and Nicaragua to witbin Costa the forin of peat moss, manure, or States and six years later became admiral exPlains, are, 7!aretty well that this northern Vermont region
Rica. humus from his own compost pile, the state of Tennessee, • UP on that phase. once was submerged in the sea.
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