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U. S. Soldiers' Training
Continues Even Overseus
To prepare for and meet ever-
claanging , battle tactics andcondi-
. tiona, the training of /American sol-
diers overseas is a gontmuing proc-
• ess and will be right up to the day
;of the unconditional surrender of
the Axis, the war department an-
nounced.
Thi training inCludes the battle -
!hardened •veteran just out of the
'lines as well as the soldier just off
a transport and assigned to a re-
placement depot. Naturally, it is
,
not the same for the veteran as for
the new arrival, but it has been
,designed to integrate and co-ordi-
• nate both to produce the teamwork
essential to success in combat.
As a rule, large replacement train -
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Africa Ricb Source d Lighting Needed 'War CansesiChnngns
For :vvinter EvenIngs n States I. cent% Plates
''• • e " ' ' ' -
•'ProteCtiVe COAtingli
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B i)e Noise8 Shiny
While cosmetics, have long been
used to take "shine" from }Inman,
noses, the reverse treatmerit is ed-
sential Am the 'transparent noses of
•bomber planes. The accuracy. , of
aina of the bombardiers, and gam
ners, requires that the nose "bilis- .
ters" or "greenheuses" of.the planes
be as, clearly transparent as it is
possible to make them—free from '
even such tiny nicks or scratches
as might be caused by abrasion! by
buttons or buckles on the clothing of
workers or by hoses or portable light
cables in the bomber factories, says
Automotive War Production.
The big problem of keeping' the
bombers noses shiny during assem-
bly of the planes was first, dealt with
' Furs for .UnitedStats
• '
It'
Most leopard sitins ave cone
from Africth
a, Eiopia alone has
supplied the United States market
with as many as 100,000 in a year.
Southern Asia ' also has , provided
pelts. The common leopard Of In-
dia, Ceylon and China is much the
same in appearance. Asia 'produces
the prized snow leopard whose heavy
fur grows in the. cold Himalayan re-
gion.
Fur of the serval, an African wild-
cat, has been reserved in Africa for
• native chiefs. This tawny animal
has black spots, widely separated on
the sides and running together to
form streaks on the back. The tail
is ringed with black.
Found throughout. Africa, except der of a right-handed person or the enforceirient Officers to identity.
thea- by masking the noses with paper on the Sahara and in deep tropical right shoulder of a left-handed per- Stickers are disliked by car owners
Mg depots are set up in each
ter. Here troops fresh from this and adhesive tape, but this required' ',forests, the wildcat was a sacred son. , and enforceznent officers and cause
country are given the final pblish too mach time. Besides it dark- -animal in Egypt, mummified before It's important also to avoid glare complications in the accounting of -
and become acquainted with the cli- ened the interior of the plane. Even- !
+burial in the tomb of prince or Prin-
matic and terrain conditions under tial solution of the problem was ef- cess.•Less than 2 per cent of the by using deep shades with broad fice. Fiber board has proved sun -
bases which allow the light to cessful for passenger cars accord -
which they will be called to go into fected by the perfection and use of wildcat fur normally came to the spread over a wide area. Small ing to the experience of two states,
inipoite,, tit ,to make sure the Mnitieolored license plates an
lighting ,of the home 'meet's winterfront ,and; Ivor of autanotaps wfll
needs, all but, diaappear in 1944—replaced
4aclimenriber,of the fam,ilY should! by Single plates of steel or plastics,
hove a goo d light for Study, read- tabs inserted in old plates, wincl.
• ing, sewing, er other close work. *shield stickers, etc. These substi-
When your eyes have to work to tutes are the result of experiments
make out eaCh word, soon your by motor vehicle registration ad -
whole• body feels the strain. ' Ministrators to replace steel plates
Portable lamps with 100 to 150- uSed universally before the war.
watt bulbs atonicbe used for 'eye- But, despite the fact new devices
tiring jobe. Don't skimp by using have be caeaper, administrators
smaller bulbs than you actaally, look forward to the time when ade.
need. Next, arrange the furniture quate supplies of steel will permit
and the lights so you can sit within use of two steel plates per car each
three feet of the light source when year. Tabs have been difficult to
you do close work. In general, the' administer, easy to remove and re-
light should shine over the left shoul- place on other cars and hard for
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action.
In reality, these are finishing
schools. In the United States the
soldier's instruction was largely in
the fundamentals of his specialty,
since it was not known at the, time
.he started his training to which
theater he would be sent. Conse-
quently, his instruction had to be
,such as would meet the basic re-
' quirements for any, or all theaters.
an amber colored fluid resin which ,United States from Africa. A year's
hardens into a tough film on contact !import of 200,000 pelts might come
with' air. This protective coating +from' every quarter of the globe.
can be applied by dipping, spraying African mole skins—silver brown
or brushing. ,in color—may be increasingly popu-
At the end of the assembly line, !lar. None have come from Africa
just before final inspection, the film 'recently, the Netherlands supplying
is softened with water and stripped :as much as 80 per cent, in pre-war
off in sheets, which carry away with !years. Moles are plentiful in the
them all dirt, grime and other blem- United States, but their fur is re-
ishcs acquired during the manufac- garded inferior to the imported pelt.
' turing operations. It is stated that
in accordance with the automotive
industry's practice of sharing know- ,
how with all U. S. industries work- ,Jap Propaganda Builds Up
ing for Allied victory, full details Hiro o as Divine erson
More Serum Production
• Checks Hog Cholera
The story of how America's farm
• front fighters have won a nation-
wide
victory over the No. 1 threat
to pork production, hog cholera, was
revealed in a recent report of the
American Foundation for AnimalHealth. Health.
Every authority knew that a dev-
astating wave of cholera could
wreck our whole pork production
effort, the foundation's report says.
"The bottleneck in hog cholera con-
trol was the nation's capacity to
produce serum and virus, with which
to immunize the tremendously in-
creased pig crop, vaccination being
the only known protection against
cholera.
"Two factors saved us: First, the
control program of the department
of agriculture, under a marketing
agreement and order by which pro-
ducers of serum and virus are obli-
gated to have a May 1 reserve total-
ing 40 per cent of the previous year's
sales—much like the 'ever normal
granary' plan. Second, an all-out
production effort which sent this
year's hog cholera serum and virus
output 52 per cent above the total of
two years ago. It was just as se-
rious a production battle as that
of our shipyards and munitions
plants, and we won it, as they won
theirs."
Diversifies Agriculture
Cuba, with aid from the United
States, is increasing production of
food crops and making wartime
strides toward diversification of ag-
riculture, long centered on sugar.
For many years, the name of
Cuba has been linked with the pro-
duction of raw sugar, leaf and manu-
factured tobacco, chiefly for the
United States market. Sugar, even
more than tobacco, rules the eco-
nomic life of Cuba and makes it
prosperous or unsuccessful accord-
ing to the price, the competition of
other producing areas, and tariffs in
the importing countries.
But the growing of peanuts and
toed crops for local consumption is
increasing. This follows the hemi-
sphere -wide trend toward larger
food' production and the growing of
new crops to meet war -generated
demand. In strategic materials, for
In:stance, Cuba is experimenting in
the development of fibers to help off-
set the Western hemisphere's loss of
fiber imports from the Far East.
Poultry Pullorunx
Pullorum disease is a bloodstream.
infection, and frequently causes se -
!rims losses in poults during the'first
ifew weeks of brooding. In almost
I every respect, a pullorum-infected
!brood of poults resembles a pullor-
cum-infected brood of chicks. The
:feathers appear rough, the wings
,droop, and there may be evidence of
pasting" at the vent. Infected
,poults remain apart from the brood,
4frequently with eyes closed, or re-'
!main huddled'elose to the source of
Jbeat. They may die as early as the
second or third day of brooding.
Liaises often continue for 10 days or
more, reaching a peak about five to
seven days after the first fatality. A
laboratory examination is essential
to an accurate diagnosis.
Not all infected poults die, and if
recovered females are used the suc-
ceeding years as bfeeders, they may
,produce infected eggs which trans -
.mit the disease to the next genera-
tion.
of preparation and application of
shades with straight sides are but as far as is known, no state
"light hoarders" so they should be has used it for trucks,
replaced with larger, more open' Half the states will issue only one
types. new license plate of steel in 1944,
Keeping the lamps clean makes a while others will use substitute ma -
big improvement in lighting. This terials for their licenses. Two states,
means dusting not only bulbs but Connecticut and Delaware, have
shades and diffusion bowls which Permanent plate systems. Illinois,
may absorb as much as 20 per cent Louisiana, Montana and Virginia
of the light. Finally, make sure the will issue two new fiber board plates
shade lining is light so it will reflect for each car; licenses for trucks
a maximum amount. Much the] only will be made of steel in Illi-,
same directions apply to other types! nois and Louisiana.
of lighting besides electricity.
FBI `Ciime Laberatory'
Aids Al Police Ageomea
The FBI technical /aboratory has
entered its12th year of serviceto the
nation's law enforcement system.
Representing the highest develop-
ment of the scientific approach to
crime detection, the laboratory has
•grown in 11 years from alone tech-
nician and a single MicrescOple to a
staff of 355 With equipment valued
atmore than $1,000,000. During the
last fiscal year alone the laboratory
completed almost 200,000 examina-
tions to aid in the apprehension of
criminals of all typeS, from'petty
check flashers to Nazi espionage
agents,
The present laboratory' is the ful-
fiUment the original plan of FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover who, at
its establishment in 1932, envisioned
it as a natiohai clearing house to
which all law enforcement agen-
cies could come with their toughest
technical problems. Today it is used
by virt 11
police agency in the United States.
as Well, upon occasion,' as those of
foreign countries..The services of
the laboratory are free and its tech-
nicians are available to testify as
expert witnesses.
• Many of the tools of science used
by the FBI technicians were devel-
oped in the laboratory. In numerous
instances these experts have been
,confronted with problems never be -
',fore solved and they have developed
their own techniques.
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eveopingRawMaterja
Ecuador, with United States ass sistance, is pteparing a large-scale
• e pans" n production of "rubber
quinine, insecticides and other
strategic materials.
.. Machinery and other equipment,
for, the.program are expected from• ,
inheevislIrTpteerd&taitceso,maecrriordin, ofgcatuoittoh.e-.
The newspaper says the Ecuas
dollen Development corporation,..
the government agency directing
the development, has obtained pri-
orities, an the United States for ma-
chinery.
Some Of the equipment is to be,
used at Pichilingue, where the cor-
poration has established an agricul-'
tural experimental station. This sta-
tion is located on the western slopes.
of the Andes, about a hundred nines.
from Quito.
At Pichilingue, Ecuadorian techni-
• cians with assistance from Unit -
•
edStats agriculturalists are con-
ducting experinients 'in the cultiva.
tion of rubber, barbasco, cinchona,.
And other plants native to Ecuador.
Barbasco is source of rotenone, an
insecticide.
These experiments are designed in.
part to lay the basis for planta-
tion -grown products.
Now virtually all of Ecuador's pro-
duction of quinine, rubber and bar -
base? grows wild. Commercial pro-
duction of these materials Ecua-
dor for United Nations war needs
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was initiated after the loss of Far
P
The Japanese propaganda has for
the film have been made available
years skillfully built up the idea of a
to all companies who have need. .Mikado who is different from any
,other ruler in the world in the follow-
ing ways:
1. He is a divine person, descend-
ed from a goddess, and therefore
not subject to any human laws.
2. He is so aloof from mundane
affairs that he does not take direct
part even in the business of govern-
ing his own country.
3. He acts only on the advice of
his ministers and is therefore not
responsible for anything done in his
name.
And, largely for home consump-
tion, the Japanese propagandists
have included the following points in
their Mikado -fiction: '
4. He occupies a throne which is
established forever, and continues a
line of rulers "unbroken for ages
eternal."
5. He is destined to be the ruler
of all nations, when all peoples from
the "eight corners" of the world
will be brought under "one roof."
6. Any war fought in his name is
a holy war, and anyone wise is killed
,while fighting his war becomes im-
mortalized as a god in the Shinto
pantheon.
Precious Stones Prevent
Slipping on Warships
Bluejackets of the United States
navy, manning the thundering guns
of battleships and cruisers, take
their stands on carpets of semi-pre-
cious stones. Naval planes, zoom-
ing from the flight decks of carriers
with their deadly loads of bombs and
torpedoes, take off from runways of
the same sort.
Garnets are being used by the
navy today to cover decks and gun
emplacements of our ships, the
gems, pulverized into coarse grains,
forming part of a new deck cover-
ing manufactured for the navy.
The new covering, known as
"Dektred," is made by mixing the
ground garnets with a special fire-
resistant plastic or synthetic resin
binder that has the ability to stick
to the smooth steel surface of a bat-
tleehip deck or similar structure.
The chief purpose of Dektred is to
prevent slipping, a problem that is
of the utmost seriousness in naval
operations. Slippery decks can
cause accidents, even death. They
can lose battles. The problem is
particularly acute in rough weather
or on small ships whose low decks
are normally washed by the waves
at high speeds. .
Blast Road
A stretch of 51/2 •miles over the
Western Cordillera on the 83 -mile
national highway being constructed
between Cali and Buenaventura is
the toughest toad construction job
now going on in Colombia—if not in
South America. The road must be
blasted through solid rock nearly all
the 'way.
According to information received
by the United States department of
commerce, it will probably take all
of the year 1944 before a motor high-
way can be cut through this moun-
tainous terrain. The gap is about
57 miles to the west of Cali.
This gap is one of four on which
Colombia is centering her road -
building efforts. Until a roadway
can be smashed through the rock,
Shipments of coffee and other prod-
ucts 'destined for the seaport of
Buenaventura from the interior will
have to be transported over the Pa-
cific railroad line. '
Sea Animal
The barnacle, in its youth, is a
sea animal smaller than a man's
thumb, with six pairs of active legs
and described by a British scientist
as "a crustacean fixed by its head
and kicking the food into its mouth
with its legs." In youth, the barna-
cle has a pair of eyes and swims
about in the water, but later it at-
taches itself to the hull of a ship or
other hard surface, loses its eyes,
and Permanently armors and an-
chors itself for the remainder of its
existence. The barnacle combines
the male and female 'sexes and is
named from an ancient myth about
an island where the eggs of a "bar-
nacle goose" grew and were hatched
on trees.
Unless protected with antifouling
paint as much as 30 tons of barna-
cles can accumulate on a single
10,000 -ton ship, reducing its speed
and increasing fuel consumption.
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Bak d S h
• e quas
Winter squash is at its best when
baked and Steamed, some say. For
!baking it is only necessary to cut it
• into sections and remove the seeds
•,and fibrous material. When squash
is to be steamed it should also be
peeled.
Steamed squash is more moist
than baked and lends itself better
to mashing for :casserole dishes of
Various sorts and for pies, puddings
• and custards. Interesting flavor
combinations withsquash for main
• course dishes include pork of al-
most any kind—fresh pr smoked—
,end vegetable flavors :web as green
\ Wear Glasses
Army tests of vision have re-
vealed many shortcomings in sight
of inductees who in civiian lffe had
not suspected that they could not see
as well as. other people. About
one out of every seven men ill our
military forces wears glasses, which
are provided without cost to sok-
diers. Array requirements for spec-
tacles are calling for a larger pro-
portion Of minus lenses than had
been dispensed in civilian life, About
10 per cent of all spectacles dis-
penSed to the armed forces are
designed to correct mixed astigina-
tiana ^ ,
Steam Press
Blends of wool and spun rayon
should always be steam pressed.
A heavy dry cloth is placed next
the fabric and covered with a damp
cloth. The iron should not be moved
back and forth but set gently down,
then lifted as steam starts to rise.
The press cloth is then removed and
the steam beaten out with the hands
or a wooden block.
Like wools, a 'rayon and wool
blend should never be pressed bone
dry. The garment should still be
slightly damp when the pressing is
finished, then hung on a banger to
dry in natural lines. 71 pleats are
lightly basted in place and button-
holes drawn together before press-
ing, the final job will look more pro-
fessional. Hems, collars, lapels and
other heavy parts of a garment
should be pressed first, starting on
the wrong side and finishing on the
right side. When pressing these
parts on the right side, double press
cloths should be used to prevent
ridges.
Alter -Images
If you gaze fixedly for half a min-
ute at a design, as a rad cross on a
sheet of paper, and then turn your
eyes and look sharply at a blank
sheet of white paper, you will see
the object again for an instant on
the blank space. This sight of an
object after its removal from the
range of vision is known as an after-
image.
There are two kinds of after -im-
ages, positive and negative. Posi-
tive after -images resemble the origi-
nal object in color and brightness.
Negative after -images are seen, in
complementary colors. If the object
is red, the after -image will be green.
Psychologists explain this curious
shifting of after -images to comple-
mentary colors by the fact that the
delicate nervous visual apparatus is
easily fatigued Ordinarily such fa-
tigue is unnoticed because restora-
tion of nervous balance is very
rapid,
Leading Editor
Walter Williams, 1864-1935, of
Boonville, Mo., was the first presi-
dent of the Press Conference of the
World and held that position froxn
1916 until 1926. Williams began his
Journalistic career in 1884 as part
owner of the Boonville 'Advertiser.
He later edited the Coltunbia !Jer-
ald, the Saint Louis Presbyterian,
and the Daily State Tribune, and in
1895 founded the Country Editor. He
became professor and dean, of the
schhol of journalism at the Univer-
sity of Missouri, in 1908, giving this
work up • in 1930 to organize the
World's Press Parliament. Williams
also wrote a number of books on
journalism and was the author of a
history of M'sso ri
Gross State Debts Take
Big Dip in Three Years
Gross state debts have declined
increasingly the last three years;
,the total is now $2,909,150,000 as
compared with $3,526,407,009 in 1940.
This decrease, according to 41he
Council of State Governments, is
exclusive of surpluses which are be-
ing earmarked either for special
postwar projects or programs for
the rehabilitation of servicemen and
their families, highway construction
and capital improvements of hos-
pitals and educational institutions.
If.all surpluses were used to retire
state debts—in many states such
funds cannot be used for this pur-
pose, in others state officials do not
want to use the funds in this way—
the actual amount of gross debts
would be much kss, as surpluses
alone are in excess of $1,000,000,000.
Generally decreases in individual
state debts are due to greatly in-
creased revenues and reduced ex-
penditures as well as to the lack of
construction work resulting in a min-
imum issuance and a greater re-
demption of bonds.
Overstocking Cattle
Overstocking exhausts the feed on
a ranch in maintaining cows in con-
dition too poor for profitable calf pro-
duction, and similarly with sheep
and goats, wool and mohair clips are
lighter in weight. Conservatism calls
for adjustment of breeding stock to
minimum range feed usually avail-
able regardless of rainfall. Except
in rare, severe drouth, this leaves
an annual surplus to be grazed by
steers or wethers.
Most conservative stockmen adjust
breeding stock to any likely range
conditions. They take up the slack
with steers or wethers—by winter
feeding if necessary and by spring
grazing in favorable seasons. That
maintains breeding stock in best
. condition and for longer service; in-
creases number and size of off-
spring; maintains range condition;
and produces meat with less risk
and expense and with less overhead
of breeding stock.
Man's Eyes
Because man has two eyes in the
forepart of his head, providing a
single field of stereoscopic, third -
dimensional vision, he has become
nature's outstanding user of tools,
points out the Better Vision institute.
Human progress would have been
retarded seriously if man had eyes
like most other animals, looking at
the sides and giving different fields
of vision.
The arrangement of human eyes
that gives binocular vision is espe-
cially helpful for close focusing in,
the use of tools which can be manip-
ulated by hands left free by man's
erect posture. In nearly all other
animals the fore limbs are needed
for locomotion. By facilitating
manual dexterity, says the institute,
"our eyes have led mankind from
the, simple club of the caveman to
the marvelous mechanical devices
that turn out an abundance of prod-
ucts for modes!! living. Our eyes
have led mankind onward and up-
ward over the pages of history."
Limited Service
About a thousand men a week, a
majority of whom were rejected
for active military service because
of defective vision, now are enter-
ing the army's limited service
school for special training. Men with
visual shortcomings entering the
school, which gives a month's
in-
tenive training, outnumber We to
one the filen with all other defects
combined. These men with poor eye-
sight have only about one-tenth to
one-tWentieth of normal vision. Al-
though one out of seven of the nien
with non -visual shortcomings are re-
habilitated for general Militar
iy serv-
ice, very few of the men with eye
d,efehts are reclassified for general
service. By utilization of the men
from the school, thousands of other
soldiers have been released for eorri-!
Giant Electron Microscope Turin Industrial Hub
Aid to Research Workers Northern Italy
A powerful new research tool with Turin (Torino) is at the foot of
which to attack civilian and war the Alps near the French border. It
problems is now in use by Univer- was peacetime Italyls Detroit. Fiat
aity of California scientists. An elec- automotive factories, among Eu-
tron microscope capable of magni- rope's largest, turned out sleek
fying objects as much as 13,000 times pleasure cars and sturdy motor
has been installed on the Berkeley trucks.
campus. Aircraft production also ranked
taaThaeadmiatcaraodsacompea,rewthhianch seven
nhsfeetaimportant prewar products were
high among its manufactures. Other
high, ordinary is similar microscope inprincipleexcept thattoanit cars, shoes and uniforms. Axis war
chemicals, high explosives, railway
saaubdstimtuategsneetlieactrfioanidbaeamars forlight
to war production, just as Detroit
lords had converted all the factories
lenses for optical lenses. The elec- has been made an arsenal of de-
tron beams pass through vacuum mocracy.
and are focused by the magnetic Turin's position at "head of nevi
fields. The specimen to be ex- gation" on the Po river means lit
amined is placed on a thin plastic tle in its industrial .rise. The Po
-
film within the vacuum and the elee- admits only small river vessels as
tarwo nasas tar eamfluorescent through
tographic plate, screen making or raashphada: far inland as Turin. No American
(600,000) is on commercially industrial city of comparable size
unnav-
The instrument allows research igable water. Waterpower, howev
workers to study and photograph ob-
er, is available from many nearby
jests such as bacteria, pigments, fine Alpine streams.
fibers, plastics, soil and virus parti- Railroads and roads, converging
cies causing diseases in plants, ani- on Turin in greater numbers than
mals and man. The photographs on any other Italian city except Mi -
taken of these objects can then be lan, take the place of water trans -
enlarged to 100,000 times the actual portation facilities. Passes through
size, as compared with 2,000 times
the Alps allow connection with
for the microscope using
beams. light 'France's systems, while a skein of
road and rail arteries covers the
;rich farm and factory area of the Po
valley to the east.
Serving Sweet Potatoes
There are a Variety of ways to
serve sweet potatoes, so why not Swine
try a number of them and then con- Although a fine record has been
tinue with those that are most popu- chalked up in the fight on conta
ler with your family. In order to gious abortion, or brucellosis, in
conserve flavor and vitamins, as well cattle, many producers seem un-
astoes without peeling. Bake them, contagious abortion in swine. There
preparation time, cook the pota- aware of the losses being caused by
steam them or cook them covered in are a few easy practices owners
the smallest possible amount of boil- can take to control this disease in
ing salted water for 20 to 30 minutes, their swine.
or until tender.
Sows which have aborted or given
-Once you have them cooked, it is birth to dead pigs, even though they
easy to dress them up in order to fail to react to a blood test, should
provide variety. They canhe spiced, be segregated. Boars *should also
glazed or served as orange sweet be tested because they are believed
potatoes. Escalloped sweet potatoes to be a major source of infection
and apples, combining the cooked
Pigs should be removed to clean
peeled sweet potatoes and tart ap- premises and kept isolated from
pies, provide an appetizing dish, adult animals. It is necessary to
Sweet potatoes seem to taste espe- exercise extreme care in securing
daily good when served with pork, clean replacement animals when
although they are a desirable ac- purchasing from outside sources.
Icompaniment to other meats, chief -
Since the swine brucellosis or-
ganism is infectious to man, farm
ers who have cuts or cracks on
their hands will need to use care in
Detecting Alfalfa Wilt
handling animals at farrowing time,.
Alfalfa wilt can be detected by the
following signs: stunted plants, spin-
dly stems, small leaves which are
pale in color and sometimes turn Meat Trimmings
yellow, and roots which are yellow Don't throw away meat trim-
mings. Trim the excess fat from
just under the bark.
uncooked beef, lamb, and fresh and
The bacteria which cause wilt live
in the soil and enter the plant cured pork for rendering.
through root wounds. Careful use keep in the refrigerator until
of water is important to aid in con- ready to render. Then chop fine or
trol. grind and render the fat from dif-
Bacterial wilt and winter injury ferent kinds of meat together or '
them
Eastern sources of supplies.
Ecuador established the experi-
mental station at Pichilingue as the
first step toward .development of
plantations and making a bid for a,
share of the postwar world market
in these materials. •
More Than 10,000 Dogs
Served in World War
Dogs were widely used as mes-
sengers in World War I between
front lines and headquarters. They
seldom failed' to deliver. messages,
unless killed on the way. They were;
trained to work in the noise and'
confusion of battle. These dogs could!
carry messages three times as fast}
as men, dashing over shell holes, ,
leaping trenches, swimming streams',
and wriggling through barbed wire.
Dogs were used also to carry hom-
ing pigeons intended to fly messages •
for longer distances. The pigeons .'
were placed in baskets strapped to.
the dog's back. Hot soup for fight-'
ins men at the front reached many
soldiers by "dog back."
Dogs proved great aids to sentries,
at night, when their keener sight?
and hearing enabled them to reveal'
to the sentinel the approach of the,
enemy. These dogs were trained notl
to bark, but to disclose hostile ap-
proaches without making any noise.,
At the time of the signing of the!,
Arrnistice, it was estimated that.
about 10,000 dogs, of all breeds andl,
mixtures, were used at the front.
Shipbuilding Differs
Conditions between World War D
shipbuilding and building now are(
in but few respects similar. The
clue to our current successe.s, be-
yond plain, enormous effort in pro -
dieing and transporting and assem-•
bling materials, is prefabrication.
Prefabrication was applied during!.
the First World war. In the present
instance it has been expanded by
techniques worked out by the engi-
neers and rushed into production,
For example, welding has, as,
compared with First World war ship-.
building practice, largely replaced,
riveting. For the purpose, welding
is faster and it reportedly produces:.
joining that is less vulnerable to tor-
pedo shook.
Hurt Eyes
In spite of warning signs and con—
stant efforts to teach them not
to do so, people will look at a weld-
er's arc. The result is sore eyes, fre-
quently a consequent nervousness)
causing loss of sleep, and sometimes
temporary blindness.
Welders, handling 6500 -degree F.
heat, seldom burn themselves. It is,
the bystander or passer-by who gets.
hurt. People will touch metal re-
cently welded—this also in spite of
the most liberal use of warning
signs.
yields.
en life of alfalfa plants and reduce
are not the only factors which short. separately, , Render em slowly
ble boiler, and strain the rendered
over a simmer burner or in a Jou
Should Swim
The stern nematode, otherwise fat through a cloth. Cool at room Swimming teachers in the nation's
known as an eelWorm, is prevalent 'temperature. Cover closely and
in some areas, and does considera- store in a refrigerator. Use thefatschools must accept the challenge of '
ble damage to alfalfa. This eel- for baking, drying, or seasoningpreparing future soldiers for war-
time emergencies, according to Jack
worm is different from the one which Grind or crush "cracklings" (the E. Hewitt, lecturer in physical edu-
infects potatoes. In some areas wa- crisp,brown pieces left after fat is
• • . d d cation at the U. of California,
especially corn breads or in meat
er table a factor in reducing "Those in command of our armedi
yields of alfalfa.services are aware of the high per -
tentage of men who are unable to
loaves and patties.
Women in Shipbuilding
At present, thousands of women
are at work in shipyards on all
coasts. , They are helping to build
and repair all types of vessels—Lib- ,
erty ships, destroyers, cruisers, and "
subrnarines — and everywhere are r
D • theirjob e
whether difficult, disagreeable, or ,
' dangerous. They are found in the
shops, and outside in the yards br
In the ways in summer heat or be -
•low -zero temperatures. In some
! cases they can be seen walking on
the narrow planks high up on the °
scazzolding, going up and down
ladders, or crawling With their weld-
ing equipment through small open-
lags within the bull of the ship, They r
' may even be seen cleaning out the
bilge, dr doing sandblasting on the
outside of a ship M dry dock .
3 care for themselves in the water,
but there is little chance after in -
Glistening Dessert
ductioh to teach men to swim be-
wayA glistening dessert you can make cause most of the time must be de -
ahead of time is riced lime voted to technical aspects of com-
gelatine made just a little stiff. Run
t through a food mill or a potato bat," he said.
icer at the last minute for the icy
ffect. Make a color scheme with
a pan of red and one of green and Sore Shin Disease
Many tobacco growers have con -
Better
the two colors in the bowl.
Better insert a cardboard partition fused the "sore shin" disease of to-
o divide the bow). while filling it. bacco, often called "rotten stalk,"
t's delidous when one side is piled with the black shank disease and
with cherry or strawberry and the have ordered black shank resistant
ther is filled with drifts of lime. seed in the hope of getting resis-
A pretty and easy garnish is orange tante to sore shin.
slices with a walnut atop. When you Experts say that there are no4
po n out the dessert at the table known varieties of tobacco which are
ass chPled custatcl sauce. Circle n
resistant to sore shin or "rotten
he howl with your prettiest cutout stalk," and that growers should not;
hriatmas cookies and caw twigs order black shank resistant seed.
Snipped from the Christmas tree. with the eirpectation Of getting re-
sistance to "rotten stalk." I'
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