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Evening star., 1940-03-04
Natures Children
american Three.Toed Woodpecker
(Picoides americanus americanus)
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.


No use asking anyone where these
birds got their names-woodpecker
or ladder-back or even three-toes-
since they make their living pecking
at the solid wood, routing the grubs
hidden in 1t; their black and white
markings remind you of ladder
back chairs and there are the three
toes for you to count.
We find that the ladder-back
woodpeckers have been divided into
three regional varieties: The Amer
lean, Alaskan and Alpine or Arctic.
The American is not seen so often
as the Arctic woodpecker. 1t is a
bird of Northern North America
and Is known from Central Ungava
to Northern Minnesota, Southern
Ontario, Northern New York. Maine
and New Hampshire. 1t is some
times seen in winter from New
Hampshire to Massachusetts.
The threetoed is quiet bird
compared with some that try to
attract your attention by drumming
during courting days. Searching
for food, the methodical worker
makes only the pecking sound of
his race as he knocks at the door
Of the slumbering grub. If the fat
fellow is buried deep in the solid
wood, the three-toed must, of course,
knock more vigorously to ascertain
the exact location of the sleeper.
The woodpeckers are not migra-
tory unless food is simply not pos
sible to obtain in their territory.
This woodpecker is a hardy fellow
Evening star., 1940-03-04

pure white eggs are laid in the dark

pure white eggs are laid in the dark
room.
This woodpecker Is about 81 inches
long. The upper colors are black
and white and the under parts
white. the sides Of the breast and
planks broadly barred with black.
The sturdy bill is horn -colored, with
a grayish tint, the nasal tufts, mus
taches, are a light grayish- brown.
The males have a wide yellow band
on their foreheads, but the females
have no golden crown at all. But
we know that the mothers must not
attract attention to themselves and
we can see the decoration was not
withheld without a plausible reason,
though woodpecker mothers are US
ually out of sight during the days
when their eggs are being kept warm
and the babies are small.
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and one that seems to have learned
all the subtle ways of the grub, for
the bird can be seen rapping at the
cloister of some hideaway for the
winter. In the crevices of the bark,
where other birds have looked and
seen nothing appealing to them,
the three-toed will peck away and
find all it needs to keep it in food.
We have found the larvae tucked
away for the cold season in solid
wood awaiting the coming of spring,
where no one would suspect they
were domiciled, but we have been
surprised to see the industrious
three-toed confidently drilling away
and finally pulling forth his prize.
Now how in the world did he know
the exact location of his dinner?
Usually an evergreen is selected
for the nursery tree. the small apart
ment being located about IL feet
from the ground. AS rule, four
Evening star., 1940-03-04

smart top hat-maryeous in tone $l0o5
and perl forndnce- unusually low priced ~
Another contribution to better radio reception and perform
once by RCA Victor engneers-The Opera Box" For it
has the appearance and performance Of larger radio
packed in table model set Of convenient sze-it brings
you symphonies swng vocoists variety with equal
brilliant reception and clarity. Five etubes-AC-DC-buIt-
in Magic Loop Antennoe it is encosed in an oIwood
cabinet finished all around
RADIOS, FOURTH
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
Youth With \. Y. A.
Work Experience Get
Help In Securing Jobs

y n Brewer. EYA DlStrict Sup
erEts0r al HasilesbufK announced
Laat plan6 are besIsg rushed 70 pro-
Efte caxuuaefe mofk feaaza8 or al
youth with NYA work experience
These records VIII b heie IL reani-
meas 50 uAAt they may be- furnished
the M~isSS1ppa State Employment
Service on = moments notice. With
The gearing q the HYA ouf-of-
Sehool Eurk program 10 national
defense needs. the advantages OF
such additional cooperation between
nle Employment Service and the
NfA have become increasingly
evident
This report Will nor affect the
present arrangement Of cooperation
% the National Youth A6minissrA-
ton for M1ssasxippi and the En-
pl0ynnenf Service
Since the EYA considers that
private employment Is tile ultimate
objective o. al youth on NyA work
protests, they viii continue 70 e
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

T1ze g-nnnkxxtv1Fg Pra<rAm gwen
b Our Laos & Victories Scnooa wAt
sen satisfactory Nn1 aey w1zn 70
thank a. inosc vino helped II any
VT 80 make Il . sacceS& 4 cor
Fsrtlan should be m2de In the list
az aae cast Of Characters NOTING
that James Lxrfs tao& Eae place Of
Thomas Moore
TFa snrsors 9ut tneir rings Tues
cay Not - ard So were veTy happy
20 have them
TIE sodaasty distributed Thanks
gtvIaz baskxts 70 me needy q the
city. ttks basnR AZ annual affair
%
me Socialists arr making great
efforts 20 get blue capeS 70 wear on
Sodaiify SunSay along with their
white vcilx We hope 70 have them
b. December
paseaE0aia intends % attend The
Christmas dance al the Bay "a larg-
er numbers Lhzn last year We hope
everything turns out satisfactorily
50 that these plans can BE- carried
through.
The Coast SodAlity Union Meet
ing waS held At Pass Christian
Thursday. November IL Among
those who attended we're Sisters
Mary Aoelesth and M Joseph. Mrx
Ire A DelmMs. Mrs Charles John
son. Mrs J IAuchausee. Dot Kreos.
Mathilde Delmas. Eiotse Wilson,
El0aSe westphal. Pauline McPher-
son. Marie Krebs. Catherine Shank
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
Annual Meeting OF
Baptist Train'g Union

TIE annual meeting o. the Jack-
son County BApstst Training Union
VIII be held IN Moss Point II the
Baptist Church there. Monday.
December 2
This meeting wia follow practic-
ally the same plan q lne State
Convention which Is now In session
IN Laurel
fue UnI1n t. made I'D Of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union and
the Baptist Adult Union.
Rey. james Taylor. Moss Point Is
baptist Training Union Director for
Jackson County Association which
IS part Of District No 70. Of which
Wallace HArreli. H~attiesburg. Is
President
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
Four Legged Chicken
Raised AT East Side
By Will Wortm an

VII Wortnaaa * Fast SIZE
bru1ght 70 Ese CflrcnEeStnr offer
on Mcndzs. a genutnx freak IN the
form d q foGr~iegsro rooster 4 faE
aiooce1 barred rdsks Whkch Was
hntehec On the San day q NAY
tzix year Tae chicken i nornnnI IN
every way. exnep that he has four
aess-twc where ahey ougnf 70 BE-
falg deveioped and fwo smaller
iegx further hehin6 the good legs
which NeeTn 20 b. % no Service 70
The owner, ard not In has cray af
all Mr. Wortman SAYS tire rooster
scratches and eats iike ans other
rooster. and w1l1 fight A. QUICK ~
ans rnostev and usually coEnes or
ahead fn . eAAnken noht This
plymouth ROCK Is indeed . curiosity
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

olllre ali youth 70 register At the
local employment office To accom-
pilsh this objective. tine NYA Is pre-
pared 20 furnish specific informs-
ton on the Work experiences gained
b. such youth during their employ
ment on NYA projects by The use
Of = special workers record prepar-
&C Jointly by the Bureau Of En-
ployrnent Security and the National
Youth Administration
Al RYA project furemen win be
requested 20 report 20 the EYA dis
trlet office the work record OF al
youth who are ready Tor places IN
pirate employment
i Is the policy Of the National
Youth Administration that al
yoslih who wish 70 apply and waao
are eligible for NYA project en-
ploymsnt should file an application
REGARDLESS OF sne number OF assign.
meuts currently possible. C0nss-
Qnently. any unemployed youth be-
tween specified age limits and
meeting other similar requirements
may apply TO the NYA for consider
alton.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
MARITIME COMMISSION
QUELLS ERRONEOUS
aEXCHEQUER" STORY
Ignorance OF Shlphuilding And Ships Equipment Leads To
Measurements Which Create False
impression To Readers

NssAl supervisors coai1 ea nothlnx
for fRe monIl4x &s the p9s1 o. tire
GaM q Mckee not saF ffnm Neu
0TlcanE although ire Navy rad
requsAlieFiea ire E1eheGaer before
Aa1e va mare than 3 sxeiason hail
skl1 d1xn - The Maritime Com
mAssaou Launched Ia June. nse IN.
ehacseT had not been completed for
delivery 70 the Navy wilen this was
ETl.ten
The fscx are tnea
i. NaxAl inspectors we're not as
signed 70 tf5e gards o. the INGALLS,
Shtp6uildin9 Corporation. PKsea.
RcuaR, MkSG NaVAl inspectors dc
nos supervise construction o. TIE
s S Exch1qaes
2 Construction Of s S Ex1hequ-
ef gas not delaye1 ktxtg daFE Ire
contract between uae builder and
1bf Maritime Commission called tcr
completion u go Says. she wA
actually completed seveufy-nine
a4s4 ahead Of the contrast date
3 ne tx1sf drills. which form
the bass Of the story, saefe paF-
chased b. une Maritime Commits
Non to De carried aboard the s s.
Exetnquer ~ part a heF equipment
Anc vert not acquired fM Use IN
connection with her construction
4 The twist drills weFe rStGctad
d y Maritime Commission tnspee-
90 who called a. uhe plant Of Morse
Twist DILL Company. New Bedford.
Mas On August Z. 1870, approx
uately c1e rear after tne keel OF
TINS vessel had been laid They weFe
rejected Tor failure 70 meet sDeelfi-
cAi1onA After compliance with the
specifications. the twist drills were
accepted on September a. 1870.
foTty-fiee days later
5 DeHEdte tlse original rejection
these txlSi drills sere delivered ~
PascARoUla. Mlss. several WEEKS be-
fore they were needed
6 Tstst drills are not machine
tools
T. The Morze Twist Drill Com
panE Is not 3 Unit Of the machine
tool industry. II Is II what il tech
uically known as tl1e cutting tool
industry.
g. s s. Exeheqaef wRa delivered
70 TIE United States Navy Al ingalls,
SnipbuiicinE Corporation PasaA-
Eoula MtsSs October IS. 1870. Until
that cate sire wae under tire turis-
ascilou oi tar United States Mari
time Commission
This information Is made avail
able % you IA the pubic interest
VERY truly yours.
CARLTON SKINNER
Acting Director. DIVISION Of
Maritime Promotion and
Information
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

MlsasSippl Export locomotive In op-
GRAFTON The taking Srrspt which
accompanied Il told OF the opera
tor o. the road
They report that Pascagoula and
this section generally. IL receiving
much notice nov and h pretty vel
known. especially In railroad circles
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

Hotel
They were surprised with the mo-
tee tf1at the Minsfzspu Rxport
Railroad received y artlcuIa rly
through the acquisition recently. Of
their new D~sesel-electric locoxno-
tive During OF the sessions
motion pictures WERE shown Of the
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
Mississippi Export
Railroad Attracts
National Notice

J II Luce. Lncedale. executive
vtoe-prcsident and W nj Dutton
hosk Point, general manager. Of
the Mississippi Export Railroad re-
turned last weekend from Chicago
where they attended a meeting Of
tie American Short-LAne Railroad
Association he'd IN the Morrison
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
OUR LADY OF VICTORIES SCHOOL

Vera stigletA Mar L CnAztant
Tess johnson feoaa Krwh4 laura
Mae LaEh&Esses. Wilbur Wilson.
Arthur sprafley James borts ard
CuriEs1e Waite
Tns Rosary awarded for the best
4~fzErsance ~ the Octooer Deyo-
fauS a&s wun b. James L1r1s II
"a q close racH James winning
ever Ire Others hy one half q y
poent We aTe glad 70 rcfe that ere
have scg8e very active boys IN oar
Ead&litY
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

Teachers fruA vaucleave attend
inE lhe Jackson County Teachers
Association meeting - PaseaRos1ia
Thursday night we're S1pNffntenn-
enf s s Wal Misses Snd1s Tncsn-
as Mar5H Potter. Ruth EtreNd
fparusay Emznitt ard Susie W
VAUGHAN
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

REV. p o nix returned Sunday
night from Meridian. where ne at
tended the Methotist Annual Con-
ference Mr. Nix has been trans
ferrec 70 Virgins ard Rev T. r.
Hoh srnsn WieRfne has been assign
e3 e the vmnnaease charge
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

AsYx - ~ Ramsay Miss Kufh
Stirred and verth Ramsay spnnf
the weekend In 1uifp0rt visiting
Afr. and Mrs Kebis Ramsay and
III and Mr wallace Ramsey.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22
vANCLEAvE


@ c RohertA wbu b 3 stacent
a. Fmney University. Atlanta Ca
rsesst fne weekend wstn HE father
Ynatsser ard SISTER. NJ anc Ars q
c. Roberts ST. ard Mies Aaryun
Rn&NrtS
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

Mr. and MrM IAurin n Ware n
tsrtained ~ dinner sunday in hon
o. q tue birthdays % their child
ren FluFzan. who wss ten Or Nov
ezansr u. and Eva Mae. vito was
tfve on November fs T1e guests
were nj. Wares mother. brother.
ard sister. Mrx Iaurin u Ware
Philip Ware and MIS- Annie Laurie
Ware Ire table xas beautifully
decorated, the two pima birthday
cakes occupying the positions Of
honor, The yong. Happy Birth
0ay Wa sung, after which sae
candies were lighted and many
beautiful gifts presented.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-22

The Dramatic Club Of Tire Van
cieavc High School. Under the d.
reetton Of Miss Ruth Streed. o.
FRIDAY evening. November Is. pre-
serted two plays. His Brothers
Keeper. and ~Threeia = Crowd 70
8 large and aDurciatsvt audience
The actnrS Ia the first play were
Maine Roberta Wesia MA. Edward
Wilson. Toby Carter. David Nix.
Gift Dees ard johnson Ware. Those
II the second play were: David
NIX Frances McRAney. Adelaide
Hawley. Robert Holden and Mar
land Maiiete. There were also read
iuEs b. Carol Garter and Eva Over
ton Refreshments were sold By the
Senior claE and . neal sum realized
Ter the educational tour.
Evening star., 1940-03-04
= RRo1es have :~><z 1o@a%:~ >x<szga1A2q

80 cents day. considering your
country environment. But that
what you must expect of large
dog. And if you try to economic
you'll make up the difference in
veterinary bills. Let the puppy have
canned food once in a while for
variety. but don't make it a habit.
Here's list Of alternating puppy
dishes with which you can vary
your baby dogs diet. Remember, it
gets milk as food. not as drink.
Also that up to 4 months of age
milk forms one-third of its diet,
then recedes in prominence. Food
may be served warm but not hot.
Let puppy eat until she's full but
not bursting. Here goes:
Chopped and boiled green vegeta-
bles.
Stale white bread moistened with
whole sweet milk.
Oatmeal with milk: cook well.
Soup stocks, non-greasy.
Puppy biscuits Oook at label on
box.
Egg beaten up in milk.
You know enough about food to
figure out which is which on the
diet list. And don't let 1t scare you
into overworking the can opener.
Evening star., 1940-03-04

or mothers and sons banquet.
Spend an evening at skating rink
or bowling alley. Visit radio studio
to watch a broadcast Take a trip
to museum, art gallery or some
place of historical interest in your
neighborhood. Watch the papers for
announcements of lectures, concerts
shows and other forms of entertain
ment which you could attend as a
group.
Invite an occasional outside speak
er to one of your meetings to
talk on subjects of interest to your
members. For instance, you might
have department store buyer ad-
dress you on coming styles If you
are interested in clothes. A group
Of high school seniors might get a
college man to tell them about fra
ternities. Before Christmas you
could get hints on efficient shopping
from a local merchant. A beauty
parlor operator could give girls hints
on makeup and cosmetics, and so
on.
In short, put your minds to work
for new places to 60 and fresh things
to do. Youn have fun in big red
letters, and your club Will be twice
as good as ever before.
Postscript On
Party CrASherS.
One of our readers is frightfully
upset about our recent TRADE against
the OATS who crash parties. She
thinks good hostess should greet
unexpected callers politely, ask them
to join the party and see that they
have good time. She considers our
suggestions for dealing with party
crashers as shockingly i'll hammered.
Apparently we aren't talking
about the same thing. If some of
your friends who don't know you
are giving a party happen to drop
by, of course you should ask them
to join you. But we are discussing
the teams or gangs of teen-age aoons
who make habit of deliberately
attempting to crash any party they
hear about. And, as far as we are
concerned. everything we said about
them still goes.
II you're looking for a job we'll
have help for you in next Tuesdays
column. Don't miss 1t!
Evening star., 1940-03-04
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

DEAR HELEN:
About that new puppy of yours.
I wish to goodness you could be
positive she's pure bred. It's aw-
fully nice to know that when the
dog of your heart grows up it's not
| going to resemble cross between
wolf and the Peruvian llama. Be-
sides, you're not the type to whom
well-bred dog would give an in
feriority complex. But the puppy
looks pretty good, and they told you
it was all one kind, so we'll just con-
slider her that way.
Suppose it's shepherd puppy.
Bear this in mind. Up until a few
years ago members of that breed
were known, roughly, as police dogs.
Which meant that for generations
they've been bred and trained to pur-
sue and overcome criminals. So il
one acts suspicious around your pup
or runs. even in pursuit of bus,
her background is liable to pop out.
Therefore you must keep a strong
hand and an alert mind in handling
her. Train that puppy to the nth
degree. She must be controlled
absolutely must!
Now, then about food. I'm not
goin to join the battle of tin cans
But I will say this for the thou
sandth time: You don't live on
canned food exclusively, neither
should your dog. OF course. country
dogs eat and need more than city
dogs, and your dogs in the country
But you might as well realize that
even if it's only a few months old,
it's going to cost money. II you'd
paid 500 for it you'd expect to keep
expenses of no mean sort. Expect
them, anyway.
A menu composed by one of the
veterinarians of the A. S. P. C. Hos
pital of New York City reads as
follows:
Breakfast-One and one-half cups
of milk.
Lunch-One- fourth pound of raw
grou id beef.
Dinner-Meat as above, tomato
and lettuce salad, the tomatoes to
be sliced and the lettuce shredded
Supper (about 10 p.mD-Teacup
of milk, IL pounds of raw ground
beef.
That's scheduled for a healthy
country shepherd puppy of about
months of age. which comes pretty
close to your latest possession. 1t
is applicable, cut according to size,
to any puppy of corresponding age.
And you needn't faint away at
the salad. AS to the meat, it's a
must I know everything seems
troublesome, but the more care you
take the better the grown products.
When you journey down to buy
that meat, don't state that it's for
your dog. Just buy it. Some BUTCH
ers will gather up old meat and sell
it for the same price if you're spe-
cific. AS the puppy grows to
months cut its meals to three day
At year drop them to two.
She'll eat more as she grows
You'll be lucky if you squeeze under
Evening star., 1940-03-04

Pajamas in this quaint, frilly
Victorian manner are so popular
that we've created this brand-new
design for you, with a cool, plain
square neckline that you'll appre-
ciate as the weather gets warmer.
You'll be delighted with 1928 be-
cause it fits unusually we'll on the
shoulders, and the trousers are ex-
ceptionally we'll tailored. But, of
course. their chief charm is the fat
tering. Victorian look of them. with
cute gathered pockets which, like
the yoke, are frill trimmed.
They're SO easy to make that
you'll have your first pair finished
almost before you know it-and
you'll never be satisfied with Just
one pair like this. They are charm
ing trousseau and occasioned gifts,
too, if you have any brides or birth
days on your mind. Choose batiste,
lingerie crepe, satin or seersucker.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1928
is designed for sizes II, IA, 16, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust measure
ments 30, 81, "a. 36 and 38. Size
IA (32 requires ~ yards of 36-inch
Evening star., 1940-03-04

that should make the burden little
easier to bear. It's merely a hair
brush. and good one. but the in
teresting part is that it's very tiny
and still efficient. So small that you
can easily carry it in your purse, 1t
nicely brushes your curls and leaves
your hair looking soft, smooth and
silky. and should encourage you to
brush your hair every time you comb
(which would mean so much to
your appearance and the health of
your tresses. Maybe you're very
faithful about brushing, but most
of us aren't. So, wouldn't it be
wonderful if women would adopt
this important article of beauty and
learn to use it just as often and
as carefully as lipstick? Oh. hap
py day! but. need we add, NEVER,
NEVER in public?)
Evening star., 1940-03-04

it's no wonder that we try to rush
the warm weather. In fashions, early
spring ensembles are selling like
mad, and in the beauty world. wise
women are needing the words of ex-
perts and preparing faces and figures
to correspond with flattering new
styles.
All this and more We discovered in
a recent chat with an English beauty
firms representative, who is in town
this week to help you achieve that
rose-petal complexion. The prod
ucts she represents are outstanding,
and have long been leader abroad.
Since their introduction here, they
have attained great prominence be-
cause our American beauties have
tried the "Ya-gotta -show-me" tech
nique on them and found them
strictly up to standard. At the
moment, the firm is offering time
saving. uncomplicated beauty routine
which should make your facial
"spring cleaning" a pleasure.
Formula Very
Simple One.
The process revolves around the
use of special lotion. a pinky beige
liquid which is painted on your face
with camels hair brush and left
on overnight. 1t dries into delicate
mask, and while you sleep helps to
rid you of those unpleasant black
heads, enlarged pores and UNDER
surface bumps" In the morning
you massage your face with their
wonderful skin cream, then wash it
with the bland facial soap. Two or
three times q week at first for the
lotion, then once a week is plenty.
And we promise that you will wake
up with your skin feeling like fine
piece Of velvet!
Speaking of good ideas, we recent
ly stopped in to see a new process
which should be just the thing for
busy people like you and me. It's a
sort of Turkish bath that you can
take at home quickly, conveniently
and safely. Here's how it works: ::
The apparatus consists of a large
sheet, rubber lined; an electrically
heated gadget in which YOU pour
water to make steam, and q bottle
of pine oil. The problem in simple
arithmetic is adding the three to get
an answer that should spell pounds
off your figure.
First of all, sit on little chair or
low stool with the sheet wrapped
around you. Then place the heating
apparatus under the sheet. This
will allow the steam from the heated
water to come up under the sheet.
Presto! A miniature Turkish bath.
The pine may be poured into the
water and hence will pleasantly
permeate the atmosphere at the
same time that the steam is helping
to get you into condition.
Tiny Brush
Available.
Because one Of our pet peeves
Is the lack of hairbrushing, We were
somewhat delighted to ind Z gadget