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Evening star., 1942-09-03
Lillian Cox Athey

us, but she does not make a mis-
take, ever.
Having found a twig that meets
her needs, she uses her sawlike
egg-placed (ovipositor) to make the
holes through the bark. They are
large holes, too, and she inserts
her clusters of eggs in them. The
injury to the young tree limb is
obvious. 1t is weakened by the
perforations, and ready to receive
the spores filtering through the air
from fungus growth seeking such
wounds.
The eggs are placed in small COM
pound groups arranged in method
ical manner in two almost parallel
or slightly curved Sits. About one
minute is required to place each
egg. Each females quota of eggs
Is from one to two hundred.
The wound In the wood is 50
made that growth ceases and the
eggs are not crushed. Nice work.
The egg is uninjured by sleet, snow
and freezing weather. Stepping out
OF this shell home in the spring, the
insects feed on the juices Of the
tender twigs and leaves by inserting
their beaks and pumping up the
| sap.
The hopper outgrows four skins
before becoming fully grown. Dur
ing these days, 1t Is wingless and Is
protected on its upper side and
along the center with many barbed
projections. AS the little william is
very small, and his presence un-
known, only the bright-eyed birds
check his career.
On reaching his majority, he be-
comes quite interested in finding q
mate, and the story is repeated
There are SO many tree hoppers
succeeding at our expense that you
may be quite surprised to find one
or more types on your favorite fruit
tree or shrub. Once you learn to
detect a moving thorn" or wee
knob" you can follow the cycle
through. There is a funny little
gnome inhabiting bittersweet, an
other the Virginia creeper, and the
one on the sunfiower is really quite
advanced In her ideas. She lays
her eggs In the midrib Of thu
upper lseves and broodss them
j From the moment they hatch unit
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Uncle Roy's Corner
By RAMON CoFFMAN.

II seaport cities used salt wa
ter in their water systems, they
could save many millions Of dollars
in expense. Close to their borders
they have vast supply of water
which would be good for bathing
and some other purposes.
Sea water, however, has not found
a place in the water systems of mod
ern cities. It might be pumped
through special pipes, and could run
out through special faucets, but some
persons would be sure to make the
mistake of trying to drink it.
New York City is one of the sea-
ports which have had a great prob
lem in obtaining enough fresh wa
ter. Through the years, it has found
new ways to get water, but it never
seems to have enough.
Just a century ago this year, the
first "Croton aqueduct" was finished.
Running from the Croton river, it
covered a distance of SO miles to
supply New York with water. 1t
could deliver 100000 gallons of
water a day, and to the people of
1842 it seemed like one of the won-
ders of the world.
AS the years passed. the water
supply proved too small. Changes
were made in the aqueduct, and the
supply was increased somewhat, but
greater needs appeared as New York
grew.
A new Croton aqueduct was built,
and was finished in 1890. 1t also
used water from the Croton river.
New York was provided with more
than 250,o00,ooo gallons of water a
day.
The new aqueduct was in large
part tunnel about IA feet wide A
Evening star., 1942-09-03
BY MiIburn Rosser.
Isss y r....s 7.:ss,ssT. s.na,.s,f...' E.ssl
BY Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
BY Fronk willard
BY Will Eisner
BY Bud Fisher

Huh, huh, huh! It seemed to
Bobby as If he never would be
able to get full breath again.
Puff huh. puff huh, puff-huh. What
a long way it was to the Laughing
Brook! Why wouldn't his legs 90
faster as they used to do? What
was the matter with him. anyway?
He wasn't halfway to where he
wanted to get and here he was so
tired that 1t seemed as If he couldn't t
take another step.
Bow, WOW. ow, ow, wow" How
loud and terrible that sounded
Bobby hurriedly looked behind him.
There were those two dreadful dogs
right in plain sight! He never in
the world could reach the Laughing
Brook before they caught him.
"Oh, deari Oh, dear me! wish
I wasn't so fatl" painted Bobby
Coon as he looked for . good tree
to climb.
Evening star., 1942-09-03

have been developed so that the
hopper resembles some part of the
plant and thereby escapes the atten-
tion of bird foes.
The most important hopper is
called the Buffalo tree hopper be-
cause of his hump" 1t does
stretch the imagination somewhat
to see the supposed similarity in
shape to the male bison, but that Is
the name the eptomologist gave to
it and by which it is known to many.
These insects are common all
through the United States, from
Missouri northward into Canada,
and when prosperity blesses the
hopper, the owners of orchards suf-
fer, for the young trees and nursery
stock appeal greatly to these tree
destroyers.
The female hopper is said to be
very modest and shy. though she
races through the air with loud
buzzing sound as she searches for
a tender tree limb.
She selects twigs that are not
more than years old, preferably
two, for her nursery site. How sir
I can tell the age OF wood Is beyorI
Evening star., 1942-09-03

together and the moonlight cannot
get in between them as it does
here" thought Bobby as he ran
down the Lone Little Path and
finally turned of toward the Laugh
ing Brook. He meant to cross the
Laughing Brook and keep right on
toward the deepest. darkest, most
lonesome part Of the Green Forest
where his cousin, Buster Bear. had
his home. He felt that he would
be safe there.
Now Bobby Coon, like Unc' Billy
Possuln, was very, very fat. Oh,
my, yes He was very, very fat. He
was even fatter than Unc' Billy
Possum. For weeks and weeks
Bobby had had splendid living.
There had been so many good
things to eat that Bobby had done
very little but eat. And because he
never had had to go far to get
these good things L-1had taken very
Evening star., 1942-09-03

as had Unc' Billy, and with very
much the same feelings. But while
Unc' Billy wisely decided to stay
right where he was on the chance
that those bothersome dogs might
not be following on his tracks after
all. Bobby, with equal wisdom, de-
cided to run. Something inside told
him that his tracks were the ones
that those dogs were making such
fuss about and that the farther
he could get into the Green Forest
the safer he would be. You see,
he, too, suspected that there were
men following those dogs, and it
was this that made him uneasy and
worried. If he had been sure that
the dogs were alone he would have
laughed at them, for dogs cannot
climb trees.
"The deeper ! can get into the
Green Forest, the darlnr, 1t will
Be. for there t,as trees / N closer
Evening star., 1942-09-03
It's Hard to Relieve

East Orange; Please give the ori-
gin of the word CANNON.-M. w
Answer: Cannon is from the
Latin word Gamma, meaning "a
reed" Also from Gamma come the
words cane, canal, canyon. chan
mel, and Strangest of all
caramel (from Gamma, plus mel
"honey'o.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
NATURES CHILDREN
TREE HOPPERS.
Family Membracidae.)

Tree hoppers are tree pirates.
They are the most grotesque little
creatures you can imagine, and you
never mistake them for any other
insect-which is help. The reason
for their strange expression is the
notifications of their prothorax,
plus the fact that the antennae are
inserted in front of and between the
eyes. Most of these notifications
Evening star., 1942-09-03
I axe Ny Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
The Articles n and The

I From the letters that reach me.
1T is plain that many readers are
confused as to the proper pronun-
citation of the articles "a" and
Tthe." But the rule has long been
established both in good usage and
BY the authorities.
A, 1t is correct to pronounce the
article "a" with a neutral or OBJ
scured sound, as: uh. Do not say
"ay man, ay boy, ay CITY," but "uh
man, uh boy, uh city" Mote. Do
not confuse the phonetic spelling
"uh" with the interjection ugh!
The symbol "uh" simply indicates
the obscured sound of the vowel
"a" as is heard in sofa (SOE-f -fuh)
avoid (uhVOID) and idea (eye-
DEE-uh).
THE. Before a word beginning
with a vowel, or a vowel sound. pro-
nounce "the" with the long "e'
sound, thus: "thee egg, thee ave-
nue., thee honest man Gin honest
the "h" is silent, therefore the word
begins with vowel sound.
Before word beginning with a
eonsonant, or a consonant sound
pronounce "the" with an obscurec
vowel sound, thus: 'thuh man
thuh house, thuh United States
Omitted begins with the sound of
"y," which is a conSonant),
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Unc' Billy Possum wasn't the only
one who had listened to the voices
OF Bowser the Hound and the other
dog as they followed somebody
tracks. And he wasn't the only one
who had grown more and more
uneasy as he listened. No, sir. he
wasn't the only one. Bobby Coon
had heard those voices ou e5,As soon
Evening star., 1942-09-03

they are full grown, they are at
tended by ant milk -maidens" who
are eager to obtain the excess sweet
secretion (sap) which the young
insect exudes. If your sunflower
seems to be the highway for numer-
Gus ants, a closer inspection may
reveal busy little gnomes and later
the adults.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
NeL t94

III you desire free copy of the
illustrated leafiet Stamps and
stamp Collecting" send 3-cent
stamped, self addressed envelope to
Uncle Ray in care of The Evening
Star.
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
EUery Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
{. C.. Braw|ey Meet
In Finals Of EIks
Ritual Contests

The annual ritualistic contest of
Imperial Valleys Elks clubs has
narrowed down to FL Centre and
Brawley as the two prepared for
ceremonies Sunday morning at II
in the Ell Centro hall.
In past years CaleX.co and Indie
have entered competition to see
which team would be chosen to go
to the southern California finals
at San Bernardino June 81. but
they have not entered this year.
Judges for the contest are all
frcm the Santa Ana area. Chair
men of the contest committee is
Ben w. OSterman, past exalted rul-
er from Santa Ana.
Seven officers from both towns
will be competing against each other
and will be judged on pronuncia-
ton, department, impressiveness,
accuracy and appearance. Nolan
Smith is the exalted ruler CT FL
Centre club No. 1925 and william
F.. Peterson heads Brawley's club.
Ell Centro has won the contest
every year and in 1888 was declared
champion of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Sta. Barbara Dry
Pack Order Issued

SACRAMENTO, dune 6 CUP) -
The state department CT agiicul-
ture today issued marketing order
applicable to dry-pack lettuce
Santa Barbara and San Luis Cbispo
counties to become effective june
IL.
The order, to which the required
number of dry-pack lettuce groWers
and handlers assented, proved for
regulating the quality, size and vol
ume of dry-pack lettuce marketed
from the two counties.
The order also sanctions advertis-
ing and trade promotion activities
Named to the dry-pack lettuce
advisory board by state agricul-
tural Director w. j. Cecil were
producers Eugene Brendlin, San
Luis Obispo; A. B. Hanson, Santa
Maria; T. M. Parks. Lompoc, ana
II. E Pezzoni, Santa Maria, ano
handlers Joe Kanter, Guadalupe
Herman H. Maulhardt and c. {.
Ritchie, both of Santa Maria.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07

Continued - IN Page O1e)
struck by three torpedoeS OF U.
S. submarine, Nimitz said
The fact that troopships were in
cluded in the japanese force made
it clearly apparent that the Japa-
nese were embarked on an import
ant mission, either attempting oc-
cupation of tiny Midway which
points like a dagger to the Japa-
nese mainland 2,588 miles away or
perhaps an even more vital objec-
tive, such as If&arl Harbor or the
U. S. Pacific coast.
Nearly 5000 miles to the south
of Midway on the southern flank
of the Allied Alaska Australian bat
tlefront the sea war was intensi-
fled
A japanese submarine probably
was sunk off the Australian east
coast by Allied bomberS after it had
shattered and sunk an Australian
merchant ship with probable loss
of 39 lives, a communique from Gen
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
FDR Will Decide
u. 5. Gas Rationinq
Policy Personally

WASHINGTON, June up -
President today is studying the
gasoline rubber controversy anC
will decide in a matter of days
whether gasoline rationing as a
rubber conservation measure will
be extended to all 48 states.
His decision TO assume command
of the dispute came after a re
volt by about 100 congressman
against proposals to extend gaso-
line rationing to all states-even
those where gasoline supplies are
plentiful.
Mr. Roosevelt will make his de-
cision on the basis of facts given
him yesterday b. all of the high
officials involved in the matter
They presented the facts on the
rubber situation as they saw them
and the President was reported tc
have listened attentiyely without
indicating what his decision might
be-
Officials said that even If the
Presidents decision is for nation
wide rationing, the program could
not be put into effect before July
Is. and that any delay in reaching
decision within the next week
would push the Inauguration date
back proportionately.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Big SEQ Victory
Cripp|es Enemy

Douglas MacArthur'S headquarters
said.
JAP LOSSES HEAVY
In the last six days the Japanese
have lost seven or eight submarines
along the vital Allied supply route
close to AuStralia'S cOaSt-fOur in
Sydney harbor and three or four
at sea.
1t was the third merchant ship
sunk in the area by enemy under
sea attacks in recent days.
American and Australian planes
meanwhile delivered their fifth at
tack in as many days against the
Japanese invasion base at Rabaui
on the New Guinea coast, a possible
base for the marauding enemy sub
marines, and set fire to wharves,
warehouses and a coaling jetty.
The japanese Imperial command
claimed, without verification from
any Allied source, that four United
Nations submarines have been sunk
in recent days in Japanese waters
including Tokyo bay.
Raj STILL ATTACKS
The British air forces devastation
attacks, launched a week ago to-
night with. the Wrecking of Cologne
V more than 1000 bombers, con-
tinued on a reduced although still
formidable scale.
During the Week-long assaults
that have played havoc with the
centers of Nazi war production Adolf
Hitler's air force has spurned battle
and of the more than 1900 British
long-range bombers participating in
the assaults only 166 planes have
been lost.
Friday night not a single German
/ plane was over the British Isles
while 300 or more Raj bombers
heaped tons of bombs upon war CEN
ters of the Ruhr for the third time
in five days and other bombers
based in the Mediterranean and
+ the Near East struck in waves al
/ the italian industrial city of Naples
Italy's third city appeared to have
been bombed heavily and the Italian
high command admitted that fires
were started in the city proper and
! in the suburbs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07

Imperial Valley will send l6 young
men and Yuma Valley two to take
part in the mass enlistment CT lO0
U. S. Navy recruits in Balboa Park
in San Diego at IL a. m. Sunday.
The mass enlistment will be part
of a nationwide ceremony symbol
izing Americas determination to re-
pay Japan for the disaster at Pearl
Harbor. Men throughout the ma
ton who were accepted for enlist
ment between May 81 and June =
will take part in the ceremonies.
The group from Imperial Valley
will include seven Filipinos. The
three men from FL Centre are
Maurice Leslie Young, Alfredo Ro-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
|. Elwood Workmen
Hunt More Bodies
In Wrecked Plant

FLWOOD, Ill, June 6-(UP) -
Workmen resumed their search to-
day for additional bodies in the
wreckage of a shell-loaded building
demolished by a terrific explosion
at the S30,000000 Elwcod ordnance
plant which may have killed more
than two score men.
Nineteen bodies had been identi-
fled early today, army public rela-
tions officers announced. and 81
workers still were missing from
among the 68 who were in the
building at the time the blast oc-
cured. OF the al others who were
injured, Is remain in the plant hes
pital. two in critical condition.
An army board of investigation
was expected to start an inquiry
into the cause of the explosion to-
day A simultaneous investigation
will be conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation although
Lieut.. Col. Don NJ. Hoffman. COM
mandant. announced there was nc
indication of sabotage"
OUTPUT CONTINUES
The remainder of the plant con-
tinued IN full production. Hoffman
believed the destruction of the
single building of shell-loadine
assembly line will result III only a
Is to 20 per cent reduction in pro-
duction. Construction of new
loading unit. he said, will be started
nc ccDp nc nOcSihla
The ordnance plant is spread
over a 23-Square-mile area and
damage was confined to the group
of buildings constituting a shell as
sembly line. Only the single build
ing was destroyed. Damage to the
others came from debris flying
through their roofs. Freight cars
Gu the siding also was damaged
slightly.
The explosion was heard and felt
for a radius of 100 miles.
Morale at the plant remained
high, army officers reported, and
production was unhampered yester-
day in the feeder assembly lines.
This is just one of those things,
one workman said. I'm a war, some
are killed one place, s.cme another.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Dried Peas, Seeds
Exempt from Peg

WASHINGTON, June 6-(UP)-
Agricultural commodities that were
dried before sale-With the excep-
ten of fruits and berries - were
exempted today from maximum
price regulations.
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son. announcing the amendment to
the ceiling price regulations, said
dried peas, lentils, seeds and hcps
would Ee considered as ''unproceS-
sed and therefore exempt.
However,, all dried imported conf
modities will remain under the price
law.
Dried prunes and fruits sold by
growers to packers were also ex-
empted. All seeds. flowers and
bulbs were redefined By the amend
ment as being raw and unproceSsed
agricultural commodities and were
taken out of the price schedules.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Conferees Approve
S4b Per Month for
Soldiers, Sailors

WASHINGTON, June 6 tUP) -
Senate house conference agreement
on $46-a-month as the starting pay
Of soldiers, sailors and marines to-
day failed to satisfy all proponents
of a $50 minimum.
Sen. Robert M La Toilette. Prog,
Wis, said he intended to continue
his fight for $50, but the confer
ence agreement made his task more
difficult. Rep Lyle C. Boren. d.,
Okla, one OF those who fought for
the higher pay said SAC was a
reasonable compromise"
The figure agreed on still would
be high enough to make the Ameri-
can service man the highest paid
of his rank in the world. 1t W.
arrived at by splitting the diff y
ence between the $42 proposed by
the senate and $50 voted by the
house. Australian soldiers receive
$45-a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Eyacuee Liner on
Wav TO New York

WASHINGTON, June 6-CUP)-
The liner Gripsholm, enroute from
Sweden, will land at New York
June 8 with 1913 evacuees from the
scandinavian countries, the state
department announced late yester-
day.
Nest of the passengers are be-
lieved to be American citizens OF
Swedish and Norwegian national
ity. The liver !" ''"''o'ir~- $3.50"
safe transit agreement with the
Axis.
On its return trip. it is reported,
the Gripsholm will carry Japanese
nationals lnterned in the United
States 10 a port in Portuguese East
Africa TO exchange them for Amer
lean diplomats and citizens now
held in Japan and occupied China.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
3 Ships Sunk by
Nozi 1orpedoes

A GULF COAST PORT, June 6.
CUP)-Survivors from three United
Nations merchant ships sunk by Axis
submarines have been landed at gulf
ports. the Navy announced today.
The entire crews, totaling 46 men,
were saved from two of the vessels,
a medium sized Norwegian freighter
and small unarmed British cargo
ship. Ten of a crew of 35 on med
ium sized American merchantman
lost their lives when a single tor
pedo sent the ship to the bottom
in two minutes.
The 25 survivors reported they
were washed from the ship" as 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Moscow Reports
Transports Sunk

LONDON, June Cup The
Moscow radio reported today that
Russian StolmoVik attack planes
had sunk seven German transport
ships in the Baltic sea.
The radio, quoting a dispatch
from the Leningrad front, said the
convoy first was sighted by a recon-
naissance plane, then attacked by
four StCrmoviks which blew up two
transports Four more Stormovike
attacked the rest CT the convoy and
sent two more ships to the bottom.
Later another convoy consisting
Of six transports escorted by four
Warships was sighted the radio
said. Russian dive bombers sank
two of the transports.
The following morning one Ger
man ship was destroyed in a Rus
sian raid On a German Baltic fleet
base
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07

sank, and managed to reach life
boat. They sailed the boat to Bon
aire, Netherlands West Indies, and
were brought to a Gulf of Mexico
port on June |.
The torpedo v~3 fired without
warning at 100 pm. The submar-
inc was described as of medium size
with one gun forward. 1t cruised
among the men in the water, and
an officer who spoke English asked
the name of their ship.
Among the survivors was Ernest
Henke, master of the merchantmen.
His address was not revealed, nor
were those of the 10 men lost, listed
by the Navy who are: Radio Oper-
ator Walter Fisher, 2nd Assistant
Engineer Erick Carlson, Warren
Wilson, Michael Braemert, Ernest
Haugen, Michael Devito, Philip Cal
afato, deck engineer, James Walser,
emilio Arcay and "WorkaWay' Sven
CederhOlm.
The American ship, carrying a
crew OF 35, was attacked some
where in the Caribbean area on
April 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
Bioff Pals Win
Union BuIIotinQ

COLUMBUS, O.. June 6. CUP)-
The union which George Browne
and William (Willie) Bioff used in
the extortion of thousands of dollars
from motion picture companies will
remain under the domination of the
remnants of the Browne-Bioff ad-
ministration for two more years.
A slate of administration candi-
dates led by International President
Richard F. Walsh of Brooklyn, N.
Y, was swept back into office yes
terday by a large majority at the
closing session of the 36th conven-
lion of the International Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees.
A rump attempt to ouSt Walsh
and other members of the present
official family on the grounds they
were cogniZant of the selling out
of the IATSE membership and the
systematic looting of the IATSE
treasury" under the Browne regime
failed in the balloting.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
1st NyIon Chute
Tested By Woman

HARTFORD, Conn, June Cup
The first parachute jump with a
nylon chute was completed success
fully today by Adeline Gray, "a year
old blonde who is the only woman
licensed parachute jumper in Con-
necticut.
The parachute was developed by
the Pioneer Parachute Co., Man
chester, Corn, where Miss Gray
works as a parachute .rigger. She
jumped at an altitude CT 2O00 feet,
and landed without injury
She said the parachute worked
perfectly and that she felt "all
right" Then she went back to
work
j. Floyd Smith. company vice
president, said the substitute mater
ial works better than silk" in para
chutes, and predicted its adoption
as standard material. He said 1t
was cheaper than silk, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-07
No Food SHORTAGE
Expected for j. s.

Establishment of the foods require
ments committee to control produc-
tiCA and ALLEGATION of all civilian
and military feed supplies will not
mean ''meatless. wheatleSs or ether
less days." department of agricul-
ture officials said today
Although admitting that some
shortages of individual food items
probably will develop, officials said
there would be no overall shortage
of food, and that no further ex-
tension of rationing was planned.
At present only sugar is rationed
to consumers, and coffee, tea ano
cocoa to roasters and wholesalers.