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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Good Planting Methods
Aids Survival of Trees

Efficiency in planting in the field
wlndbreaks of the Prairie States
Forestry project has aided a high
survival of trees in spite of drouth,
grasshOppers, jackrabbits, and other
hazards of the prairie plains, he
forest service of the federal depart
ment of agriculture reports.
Under approved procedure t..e
roots Of young trees are not exposed
70 the air for more than 90 seconGs
from the time they are dug from
the nursery beds or river bottoms
until they stand in the Windbrea AXIS.
Although every care is taken of the
young trees. hiGh-speed planting has
been maintained.
AT the nurseries. the little trees
are packed and wrapped so that
their roots are guarded from injury
by wind and sun. When the trees
arrive in the field, they are IN
packed by WPA workers under SUI
pervision of trained fOresters. The
young trees are placed roots down
in tin or wooden carriers and the
roots covered with water or mud or
both.
Trees are not watered at planting
time nor afterward and must depend
upon soil moisture and future rains
if they are to survive For this rea-
son the trees are all grown from
seed collected locally, SO that they
inherit their capacity to withstand
plain environment 1t has been
found, the forest service explains,
that trees develop capacities for
survival in a given environment and
transmit these capacities through
the seed
More than $4,000, 900 trees in $500
miles of new windbreaks were plant
ed last year Paintings since 1885
total more than 127, 90, 600 trees in
over II, 900 miles of field windbreaks
en- 10000 farms in eastern counties
Of the Dakotas, central and western
Nebraska, central Kansas and Okla
homa, and the Texas Panhandle.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Damp Closet Remedy

Closets are likely to become damp
during prolonged wet periods, ana
this will frequently result IN MIL
dewed clothing. Several methods
of absorbing dampness are avail,
able, but one of the cheapest ana
most effective is by turning on
an electric light in the closet and
letting it burn continuously with the
door closed until the trouble has DIS
appeared. Quicker results are Cd
tanned when the light is placed near
TIE floor, as this position aids CIR
culation of the heat. A lamp OF %
watts is usually sufficient for the
average closet. The home owner
should avoid placing the bulb where
it would come in contact with CLOTH
ing and thus create fire hazard.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Offer to Give Away Sons
Brings Father City Job

COLUMBUS, OHIO. - Fred Nc
Neil, WPA worker who offered to
give away two of his five sons be-
cause he was not making enough
money to feed and clothe them prop
erly, will go to work for the city of
Columbus, starting next Tuesday.
The new job, given Mcneil after
Mayor Floyd F. Green learned of
the family's plight, will enable the
Mcneil family to stay together.
McNeirs new job in the city en-
cheering department will pay him
from $50 to 500 a month and will
offer him a chance for advance
ment.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
~ Years of Blindness
Ends for Canadian Man

After % years of blindness, the
veil of darkness has been cut away
from the eyes of William Hunter,
69-year-old news agent of Vancou-
yer, B. c., by the magic of a sur
geon's scalpel.
For the first time since the mist
came over my eyes in 1918" the
onetime soldier can see again. He
is reveling in his rediscovery of a
world whose imagery had dissolved
through the long years through lack
of prompting.
1T was a miracle" he exclaimed
happily, telling of the operation that
restored his sight ION the fifth
night after the operation l had a
hemorrhage in my right eye
Il thought / had lost my sight
forever. To be quite honest with
you, | cried.
But then the doctor examined
me and told me was going to be
all right. Then they took off the
bandageS.
Il walked to the hospital window,
not daring to hope for too much.
But / looked out and for the first
time in q years saw green grass.
1t was wonderful. l think l cried
again"
Now the days are a series of as
founding discoveries: That the cars
are shaped differently than he re-
members; men wear strangely-cut
suits; the new buildings don't have
curves and domes, they're built on
the square, with sharp corners and
straight lines-everything is differ
ent.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Gold Filling?

A human skull, unearthed near
Rattlesnake Bar, Calf, during min
ing operations, was turned over by
the finder, who didn't like bones, to
a Chinese miner. The Chinese didn't
like human skulls either, but some
thing glittered through the eyeless
sockets and he took it down to the
nearby stream and washed it. The
dirt about the skull contained an
ounce of gold and inside the skull
was nugget weighing 10 ounces.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Passengers Say Boulder
Saved Train in CANYON

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.-The
story of how huge boulder pre-
vented a derailed train from crash
ing 800 feet to rocky canyon bottom
was told here by passengers of the
train who were being brought by
boat from Vancouver.
When the train was travelling the
White Pass and Yukon route rail-
way. passenger and baggage car
was derailed in the Skagway river
canyon, seven miles from Skagway,
Alaska. The rock, lying beside the
tracks, miraculously held the entire
train on the edge of the cliff.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Brutal SealerS

Seal pirates" who operated
around the Pribilof islands for two
years after the United States pur-
chased Alaska from Russia, were
so cruel that they often skinned the
animals alive. In their hurry to
slaughter, they often only stunned
the animals with clubs, then skinned
them before they recovered con-
sciousness. These pirates were soon
put out of business when the United
States government leased the sealing
rights to independent companies, ac-
cord1ng to the American Wildlife
Institute.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Tin Roof Should Be Painted

Most roofing authorities recon-
mend that the tin roof be painted
Immediately upon installation and
every two years thereafter. In
cases where galvanized sheet metal
is used, the roof should not be paint
ed for at least six months after In
stallation, as this period of condl-
tioning is necessary to free the sur
face from acids which otherwise
may tend to loosen the paint. Peel
ing paint should be removed with
steel wool, sandpaper, or a wire
brush before new paint is applied.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Wiring Military Maps

Maps, key to all successful mill
tary operations, were transmitted by
wire to field troops for the first time
in history at the recent Plattsburg,
N. Y, maneuvers of the United
States army. Using standard tele-
type machines, commanders scout
ing enemy" positions were able to
wire maps covering their exact tao
teal situation within seven minutes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Amateur Paper Hangers

Hint for amateur paper hangers:
When patching wallpaper. tear the
piece you need out of the roll in
stead Of cutting it. This will give
it a feathery edge that will not show
as much as sharp edge. Also. if
in cleaning your wallpaper, you
have taken the color cut, you can
successfully touch it up with water
color paint.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Alabama's 'COw-Eaters'

Coyotes are fostering new
legend OF the supernatural in east
Alabama. Negroes are telling tales
of huge, voracious beasts that will
Jump on cows back" and the
coyotes have come to be called
"cow-eaters." The legend began
about 10 years ago, when fox hunt
ers imported what were supposed
to be young foxes from the West
releasing them in the east Alabama
woodlands for future sport. Too
late, it was discovered that the ami
mails were coyotes. Despite efforts
to exterminate them, the "cow-eat-
ers" have multiplied.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
IgloO With Electric Lights

An igloo with its own electric light
plant is one of the sights at Aklavik
diminutive arctic metropolis at the
mouth of the Mackenzie in Canada's
northwest territories. The proud Es-
kimo owner of the plant tells his
neighbors that he has the moon at
his beck and call by simply turning
a switch.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Stocking Saves Her $50
But Mems Pants Riffed

NEW YORK.-A backstage thief
flched the weeks wages of every
male player in THE Weak Link" a
Broadway drama about bank rob
berS.
But he didn't find the wages Of
the only woman in the cast, Peggy
French, ID years old.
II always keep my money, while
acting, in the First City bank" she
explained.
She pointed at her stocking, with
$50 in bills inside.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Inside Down Writer

, George Hottie, nine-year-old OAR
win, Australia, boy, who writes up
side down, is puzzling doctors, psy-
biologists and educators. He writes
upside down, from right to left, with
his left hand. He turns his writing
book upside down and writes as
legibly and as quickly as any other
pupil in his class.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Indignant Robbers

Jess Cobb, Spokane, Wash,
walked into police headquarters
dripping from ears to toes. He ex-
planned two robbers had accosted
him and, indignant because he had
no money, had thrown him into the
Spokane river. which flows through
the city.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Demand for Chemists

The demand is for better, not
more, chemists, according to Prof.
Henry c. Sherman of Columbia uni
versity, in study prepared for the
American Chemical society. So far
as numbers alone are concerned, the
supply seems to have caught up
with the demand, he says.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
She Didn't Feel a Thing

RICHMOND, VA. = Pistol shots
rang out in the shopping area early
today-and smartly clad figure fell
to the street, a bullet in her abb
domen. Police caught the gunner
lettering near a store, but they
didn't explain whose stray shot
plugged a clothes dummy in the
show window.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
IapaneSe Goddess of Mercy

japanese may remove a giant
statue of the Goddess of Mercy from
a hilltop. Naval theorists believe it
would constitute an ideal marker
along which enemy warships might
sight to lombard nearby naval
base
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
German Fertilizer

Sewers and sewage are receiving
increased attention in Germany.
Sewage sludge is being used for
fertilizer on farm lands. Scientists
are interested IN sewer gas as a
motor fuel.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Italian Power Plants

A royal decree-law published in
the Italian Official Gazette REQUIRES
that all new power plants be built
SO they can use gas, solid fuel, or
electric power.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Bermuda's Economic Soundness

There have been but two economic
depressions In the history of Ber-
muda. both of them before 1860. The
worldwide debacle which began in
1929 was not felt in the. islands.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Ancient Swiss RihIe

Conception abbey. at Conception.
No, has in its library Bible print
ed In Latin in l475 b. Bernhard
Richel in Basic. Switzerland
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Ivory Ry-PrOduptS

Nothlng Is wasted IN the use of
IVORY. scraps and shavlngS are
carefully hoarded and made into
DUST Ior polishing, India ink and
even 1000 IN the form OF ivory Jelly.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Rat Killing Chamninns

Two brothers. Raymond and
Wayne Swartz, claim the rat killing
championship of Missouri. They
killed 40 in one day at Bethany.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Wet Artificial Logs
Swell, Burst House

LEWISTON, IDAHO.-A large
warehouse was almost hopelessly
ruined when 500 tons of artificial
logs made of compressed saw
dust were accidentally flooded,
began to swell and pushed out
the sides of the building. Cause
of the freak accident was attrib-
uted to a faulty sprinkling sys-
tenn.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Vegetable Pear

South Louisiana farmers grow a
squash-llke vegetable of the cucum-
Der family called the vegetable pear
or mirliton.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
It's Worth II

In order to produce one ounce IF
radium, which is worth 500, 900, IA.
200 tons Of ore are required.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-07-05
Hungarian Language Acc.r,s

In the Hungarian language. as in
no other, all words are accented an
the first syllable.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Greenbelt High Whips Laurel
By 81 to q Score

The Greenbelt High School "Grizzlies" smashed
their way to hard-fought victory in their second
game of the by score of Q-23 Laurel
High School.
The game was played on Friday, January IL, in the
Greenbelt gym. Greerbelt beat laurel in both games
played last ye and hence it not especially
feared team this year, but at the lfway ma TX
things looked peculiar IF you have of h,or,
because the score LILO in favor OF laurel
This score was evened in the second half however,
and Greenbe1t pulled, slowly, but fwiously out in
front.
This the first victory of the year for the
"Grizzlies", having lost their first game to oxon
Hill, with chalhup of 1914.
The "Griszlies" have pretty full schedule from
here on out. On Wednesday, January II, they play
nadensburg in the Greenbelt gy at $500 P.N.; on
Frid ay, January 49, they play Maryland Park in the
Greenbelt gym at $500 PM. on Saturday, January 20
they play Kensington in the Kensington gym at $500
PM, and on Tuesday, January q, they play Sher-
wood in the Sherwood gym at 3:OO Pm.
The Greenbelt cheer-leaders, Frances Hardy, Bobby
Bonham, and like Lotus, will be present at home
games of the team, and most of the games played
elsewhere.
for the game looked like this.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
kANN is REP VICTIM
IN CLOSE SCORE

Breaking a tie three times in the last quarter,
the Greenbelt Reps, paced by Captain Jack Cain, who
scored points, put that last minute spurt and
defeated the S. Kam basketeers 81 to q in a very
exciting game Last Saturday nj gt at the School Gym.
Trailing IL to IS at half time, ,Greenbelt that
lead increase wi tn the second team in there, the
visitors entered the final quarter with a IL to 20
advantage. This short lived, Cain and Com
pay started to move, tying the and then going
to win by three points.
In the preliminary, the Greenbelt eyball team
played heir first game with out of town team,
and were beaten to by the Treasury DEPARTMENTS
Secret Service Uni formed force sextet. scores
were 1919, 9-l5s and 1910.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Greenbelt Bowling League

Under avalanche of pins at College Park last
Tuesday evening, January 9, 1870, the MSKETERs,
leaders In the League went down TO crushing g de-
BUCKEROoS. The sixth place CRESCNTS establi shed
new high team game Of 573 in their match with the
STARLIGHT II team, but dropped the odd game. The
SCRI3ES moved up notch when they took out of
from STARLIGHT #2, who lost the first game by
100 pins when the SCRIBES rolled 542.
In the other games of the evening, two shutouts
regi stored when the CONSUMER SERVICES and HoLI-
RM LERS blanked the AMERICAN LEGION and ROMANS
ectively; the CARDINALS took out of 3 from the
LIONS: the EAGLES nosed out the JAGUA1S two to
in their match; and the BLUES took the odd game from
the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS team.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Table Tennis Champ
Will Prelim Hoop Game

On Saturday, January TO-, 1870 at 7:3o P.M. in the
School Gym, the Greenbelt Table Tennis team will put
exhibition against fast team brought from
Washingto DC. by the Recreation Department. This
team will be led by Eddie zap, former illinois state
champion and seventh ranked nationally. His team
mates will be Sonny saderigli, Ben Whiting and
Charles Peas. The Greenbelt team will be Bill Ran-
chard, Abe Chasanow, Joe Cosby and Marvin Wofsey.
Hannah Copperman, U. S. Government wmen's champion
will also play set against Polly Wofsey, Greebelt
titleholder.
Imnedia tely following these matches, the Green
belt A.C. Representativ Quintet will engage the
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Greenbelt Women BOWlerS
Begin Second Half

On January s, at the College Park Bowling Alleys,
amid the din and raucous noises of larger crowd
than usual of spectatorial smpathizers, the
Bowling League inaugrated bowling in the year 1870
wi tn the second-half of their bowling schedule.
The battle for the lead has been, thus far, nip
and tuck, wi tn the ARCADE SUNSHINE team top
week only to give place to the STARLIGHT team the
following week. HoLRooK continues to hang to
the heels of the leaders, continually for
opportunity to hamstring those ahead and slip into
at least temporary leadership. the OUTLAWS present
some new faces in their lineup, namely, blanchard,
A5rahims, and Schultz, hoping to be strengthened
season ends.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Athletic Club Banquet Tickets
Now on Sale

The Greenbelt Athletic Club, through its Commit
tee, Is planning hold its Second Annual Banquet
February lo, 1910, and the tickets for this
went sale La st Monday, January IS.
The price Of the tickets has been reduced 33-1/3
per cent, from $3.50 to $l.Co, but the hig stand
ards set for the first banquet Will be maintained
and every effort will be made to make the second
bigger and better than the first. The Committee
everyone that the va lue returned Will be
than the amount paid.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18

The Greabelt High School GIRLS Basketball team
journeyed to Bowie Last Thursday and played
very fine game of Basketball, although they de-
feated 1914. Up until the Last two minutes of play
the tied most of the time itn first
Greenbelt leading and then Bowie. This was the
game of the for Greenbelt. Their team looks
very promising for tn future, with such br II liant
players their manager little Helen zoellner and
captain Mildred Zoe1lner to help guide them. The
team accompanied by Hiss DUNCAN, their coach,
and Hiss Smith, their faculty advisor.
We would like to Greenbe1t play Bowie in
their gym. Bowie has very small gym, Wh ich
is la I'd to play in.
THE LINE UP For THE GREEIIBE1T TEAM
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
Ladder Badminton Tournament

The Moments BadIninton Tournament Will end Thurs
day, January l3 at the close of gym. Those at the
top of the ladder will be declared the winners.
The present standing of the team is follows:
l. Bowman and Sansone
2. Walker and Underwood
3. Wofsey and Martone lowered two runGs for not
playing)
l.. Colletti and Ketchan
5. Dennard and Fncney
O.. He3se and Brennon
7. Goldfaden and Talbot
3. Kyle and Platner
9. Olsen and Dobbin
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
RECREATION NEWS

The elementary school basketball league started
Thursday, January IL at 3:l5 P.M In the first game
Donald BreWers team defeated Donald Fitzhugh's team
by the of q to 5. Donald Brewer the out
standing player the winning team while Donald
Fl tzhugh the best for the losing team.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
BOX SCORE


Sunday afternoon, January Il, the Reps travelled
to laurel to engage the laurel Motor Quintet, and
emerged victorious by the score of 81 to 80 for
the attack the Motormen with IL poi nts scored,
while Nepser and Giersch each accounted for
points.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18

GREENBE1T uH1" Girls LOSE FIRST GAME
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18
STANDING OF TEAMS

Starlight, ST; Holb brook and Arcade
Sunshine, 488.
starligh ght, 1oo4; Arcade Sunshine, 1863
Dove, 89-l5; Martone, 84-o.
Wofsey, l28; Timnons, 123.
Wofsey, 2l3; Dove, 2o5.
Ahasey 90; Green, 81.
Dove l.; Wright and Wof sey, 3.
Dove l8; Sansone, IS.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-11
White Pair Jailed
In Dynamite Blast

ANDERSON, S. C.-(ANP)-TWu
brothers, white, are in jail here fCi
allegedly assaulting a Negro, VIM
testified against them back
1897 after one of them and an
other white man had blasted ms
hcme with dynamite. The two
brothers, George and Fmman
Smith, were jailed and placed uf1-
der bonds Of $1,000 each after Ma
poleon Johnson, so. whose home
was wrecked in 1887, charged the
two with beating him and lnJurlng
him badly.
In the 1897 case, Johnson, a
Westminster farmer. testified
that dynamiting Of his home fol-
lowed his refusal to let Holbrooks
and Smith erect still on the
premises. Between 2 and O'Clock
en- the morning of September II,
1886, johnson said that he was
awakened by dogs barking. Look
ing out of a window, he said, he
saw Hclbrooks ana Smith running
across a field. A few minutes later
the explosion sounded which shat
tered the house Several witnesses
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-11
$45O,OOO Stowe
Teachers And
Jr. College Opens

ST. (ANP)-The new
Stowe Teachers and Junior college
for colored students, the first
building for the preparation Of Ne
gro teachers exclusively to be built
in st. Louis, opened last week
The recently completed school, a
ree-story building erected at a
cost of $450,O 900 with the Public
Works Administration furnishing
As percent of the funds, will ac-
commodate nearly 400 students.
Two hundred and thirty-fiye are
enrolltsl in the. teachers college
and 119 in tine two-year junior COL
lege. * faculty of 2G serves both
units.
The building is of brick and
stone designed along modern lines.
There are seven classrooms. three
laboratories, an art room, gymna-
SUM, library, four offices, a lunch
room, recreation room, six storage
rooms. and an auditorium equip
ped for the projection of sound
movies and with a public address
system. SIS
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-11
Provisions Made
For Grapes Of
Wrath LabOrers

BELLE GLADE, Fla.-(ANP)-
Housing provisions for 35S families
of migratory agricultural workers
were made this week when a fed
leral camp, constructed under a
farm security workers program,
was opened here. %
Nlnety-three families began liv-
ing on the new site Tuesday when
the camp, the second opened for
occupancy since the State board
began a cleanup of living condi-
tions among itinerant workers in
the Lake C&eechebee area, was
thrown open.
The camp replaced makeshift
quarters condemned as unfit to
live in. Three other camps, two
near Pahokee and one at Pompano
are to be constructed soon.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-11
Benefits Choir
Serenades U. S.
Legislators

WASHLNGTON.-(ANP)-The
famous Bennett College choir of
Greensboro, N. c., composed of
AZ attractive and talented girl
singers and directed by Nathan
iel Dett, widely known composer
and director, arrived here on
Monday en- route to the M. e.
general conference at Atlantic
City, where they will appear
for a ten-day engagement. John
G. Turner, manager of the
group, accompanied them.
They called at the office OF
Con. Arthur w. Mitchell list I'll.
Dist, began to sing and soon
the Mitchell phone buzzed with
requests of other congressman
that he open his doors so that
all could hear.
A number Of Mitchelps assO-
ciateS and their aids haStened
to the imprOmrtu program and
were highly pleased with the
singers performance. The chOr-
isters promised to return here
on their way home, when real
concert will be presented.