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Evening star., 1942-05-29
Uncle Roy's Corner
Nv RAMON COFFMAN.

What an odd life the May ny
leads! 1t Is under water for . long
time. then comes into the air for =
few hours before 1t dies!
The May ny starts out by hatch
ing from an egg. The egg has been
lying on the bottom Of some stream,
pond or lake.
Out Of the egg comes little ami
NAL which is in the "larva" stage.
1t stays In that stage month after
month. 1t breathes under water
with the help of gills.
The gills of the larva usually are
In the abdomen, instead Of near the
mouth, where we find the gills of
fish. Oxygen Is taken from the
water BY the gills.
The larva feeds on tiny forms Of
plant life. 1t grows until its body no
longer has enough space inside It's
skin. So 1t splits the skin and crawls
out. In other words. 1t "molts."
The May fly larva is one Of the
worlds champion molters. or skin
shedders. 1t may shed its skin from
IS to 70 times before 1t reaches full
size.
From one to three years pass be-
fore the second stage comes for the
May fly. This Is known as the Sub
Image" stage, and II Is one OF the
Evening star., 1942-05-29
BY LiIIiun Cox Athey

Is raised each year. As soon as the
youngsters are old enough to travel,
that is. when they are about 8
weeks old, they join their parents in
search for food, though not inde-
pendent enough to hunt alone.
Crows are clannish, even in nesting
time, but their gregarious habit be-
comes more pronounced when cold
weather arrives. Then thousands of
them gather, and this vast army
has been known to do quite a bit
Of damage to crops left in the fields
In late autumn. 1t is in such cases
that the great number of hungry
birds have consumed so much food
as to cause loss to the farmer. On
the other hand, an outbreak of one
or another of the insect pests has
been completely eliminated.
Crows distribute millions of weed
seeds, and sample ripening water
melons, fruits and berries, but they
also are responsible for scattering
some important wild fruit trees,
shrubs and berries. The strongest
argument in the birds favor, how
ever, Is that insects, large and small
are consumed by the millions, and
especially is this true when crows
are SO industrious in searching for
the first spring troublemakers which
would otherwise destroy our early
crops.
Crows are extremely intelligent.
1t takes a very realistic "scarecrow
to fool them. The time-honored
straw stuffed human efiigy has lost
its power even to amuse the crow,
who has been seen perching on the
hat OF his would-be enemy. How
ever, noise and unusual mechanisms
have some weight with him. But
the crow has a marvellous way of
making decisions and is soon quite
aware of the camouf1age.
The American crow is almost 20
inches long. The entire uniform is
black, with back, shoulders, rump,
tail and wing coverts CLOSED with
metallic violet, while the outer tail
feathers have q greenish hue.
Crows make entertaining pets.
Their one weakness of character Is
not being able to let another's prop
erty alone. And then they hide
their ill-gotten gains in places
where 1t is almost impossible for
the owner to recover said property.
However. Jim has been known to
bring to light stolen goods in order
to play with them.
Evening star., 1942-05-29

So, instead of starting for home,
as he should have done, he turned
back through the Green Forest and,
stopping every few hops to look and
listen, made his way clear to the
foot of the hill where Prickly Porky
lives. There he hid under q little
hemlock tree and looked in every
direction for the strange creature
which had frightened him so the
last time he was there. But nobody
was to be seen but Prickly Porky
Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Pos
sum rolling around in the leaves at
the top of the hill and laughing
fit to kill themselves.
There's no danger here, that Is
sure" thought Peter shrewdly, "and
I believe those fellows have been
up to some trick"
With that he boldly hoped UP
Evening star., 1942-05-29

distributed being our common crow.
Jim, or the American crow, with
his three close cousins, the Florida,
the Southern and the Western crow,
have a range comprising nearly all
our country East of the Rocky
Mountains, also sections in the
Northwest and along our Western
Coast as far as southern California,
and in some parts of Arizona and
New Mexico. These birds are often
mistaken for one another.
The crow builds its nest at heights
varying from 20 to 60 feet. During
fhe days when the eggs are brooded,
or the young are being raised, the
nursery Is well concealed from
below by foliage. Oaks and elms
of the river bottoms, and in the
west, the cottonwoods, are favorite
sites. Crows nests are built of twigs,
sticks and grasses and are evenly
lined with soft bark.
One brood Of from to Z crows
Evening star., 1942-05-29
NATURES CHILDREN
AMERICAN CROW
(Corpus brdchyrhyrchos.) J

Jim Crow has been given a bad
name, which he is gradually living
down. 1t Is said that no other bird
is of greater Importance to the
farmer of the Eastern United States.
The crows food habits are almost
omnivorous; it is willing to eat
anything, from the most objection
able carrion to the choicest poultry
and the tenderest sprouting plant.
Someone has even counted the diff
ferent items of food enjoyed by the
crow: they amounted to 656. About
one fifth of these items are insects,
among them some of our worst pests
-grasshoppers, caterpillars, white
grubs and their parents.
There are, within the borders Of
the United States, three species of
crow, the most abundant and widely
Evening star., 1942-05-29
T axe Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Dominion

Since the failure of the Cripps
mission in India, scores OF readers
have asked for a clear definition of
the word DOMINION as used in the
British Empire.
A dominion (from the Latin
dominium master; owner') is Of
ficially defined as AN autonomous
(self-governing) community with
in the British Empire, equal in
status, in no way subordinate to an
other in any aspect of its domestic
or foreign affairs. though united by
common allegiance to the Crown
and freely associated as q member
Of the British Commonwealth of
Nations"
The Conference of 1926 declared !:
Every dominion of the Empire is
now the master Of its destiny. In
fact, If not in form, it is subject
to no compulsion whatever" It
added that the governor general of
dominion occupies the same posi-
ton in the dominion as the King
in Great Britain, and he is not the
representative or agent of the
British government.
The dominions of the British
Empire are: Dominion of Canada,
Commonwealth of Australia, Do
minion of New Zealand, Union of
South Africa, Irish Free State and
Newfoundland.
The British Crown Colonies are
controlled by the British govern
ment. Their inhabitants are Brit
ish subjects.
The present status of India is too
involved for a complete explana-
ton in this small space. Suffice it
to say that she is neither dominion
nor colony, and that her affairs are
controlled by the governor general
and the executive council, both ap-
pointed by and answerable to the
Crown,
Evening star., 1942-05-29

Peter hesitated. The truth is he
was wondering If he dared go up
there and see If that strange crea-
tire without head, tail or legs real
ly was around again. He knew it
would be a foolish thing to do, for
he might walk right into danger.
He knew that little Mrs. Peter was
waiting for him over in the dear
Old Briar Patch. and that she
would worry, for he ought to be
there this very blessed minute. But
he was very curious to know what
had frightened Reddy so, and his
curiosity, which has led him into
so many scrapes, grew greater with
every passing minute.
"It won't do any harm to 60 part
way up there" thought Peter. Per
haps I will find out something with
out going way up there"
Evening star., 1942-05-29

the hill and Joined them. whats
the joke?" he demanded.
did you see Reddy Fox?" asked
Jimmy Skunk, wiping the tears of
laughter from his eyes.
did I see him? Why he almost
ran into me and didn't see me at
all. I guess he is running yet. Now,
what's the joke?" Peter demanded.
When the others could stop
laughing long enough they gathered
around Peter and told him some
thing that sent Peter off into such
a At of laughter that it made his
sides ache. That's a good one on
Reddy. and it was just as good a
one on me-" he declared. Nov,
who else can we scare?"
Ali Of which shows that there
was something very like mischief
Evening star., 1942-05-29

strangest things in Nature.
The sub-imago has wings. and
spreads them to fly little distance.
The distance of the fight may be
only few feet or it may be 100
yards.
Finding resting place on a plant,
fence or other object, the insect goes
through the last shedding act of its
life. This time it casts off the outer
layers of its new-found wings, as
we'll as the thin coating over the
body and legs. The shell is left at
the resting place, and now full
fedged May fly exists!
From that moment onward, the
May fly spends most of its time fly
ing, Commonly it is in company
with hundreds of other May flies.
perhaps thousands, which dance"
gayly in the air for a few hours OF
twilight.
Most of the May flies live only
that day, though some enjoy life in
the air little longer. perhaps three
days at the limit Before they die,
the females go back to the stream.
pond or lake to lay eggs-unless
some accident keeps them from re-
turning
CFor Nature section Of your scrap
book
1~>eA Rad
Read Uncle Ray In The Junior
Star every Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Will Eisner
BY R. B. Fuller
Art Huhto
BY Frank Beck
Bud Fisher
Paul Fogorty

going of on the hill where Prickly
Porky the porcupine lives.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

When Reddy Fox put his tail be-
tween his legs and started away
from that terrible creature COM
ing down the hill where Prickly
Porky lives he thought of nothing
but of getting as far away as he
could in the shortest time that he
could, and so, with little fright
ened yelp with every jump, he ran
as he seldom had run before. He
forgot all about Unc' Billy Possum
watching from the safety of a big
pine tree. He didn't see Jimmy
Skunk poking his head out from
behind an old stump and laughing
fit to kill himself. When he reached
tho edge Of the Green Forest he
didn't even see Peter Rabbit Jump
Evening star., 1942-05-29
out of his path and dodge into a
hollow log.

out of his path and dodge into a
hollow log.
When Reddy was safely past Peter
came out. He sat up very straight,
with his ears pointing right up to
the sky and his eyes wide open
with surprise as he stared after
Reddy. why, why, my gracious !!
do believe Reddy has had a
fright" exclaimed Peter. Then,
being Peter, he right away began
to wonder what could have fright
ened Reddy so, and in q minute
ne thought of the strange creature
which had frightened him a few
days before.
"I do believe that was til" he
cried. II do believe it was. Reddy
is coming from the direction of
Prickly Porky's and that was where
got my fright. IL"
Evening star., 1942-05-29

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Evening star., 1942-05-29

Now this daisy there guns flank
and reconnaissance front"
idea, 4smhs Si The armed ,ss invited to send 1t rken osna
him in care Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Selfridge
Visited
BY 10000

Ten thousand visitors who
toured Selfridge Field on Army
Day, the first time the field has
been open to visitors since the
war, have a much better idea
today of what kind of planes their
tax dollars are buying.
Lined up at the field for inspec-
ton were a four-motored Consoli-
dated bomber of the type Henry
Ford will build; a two-motored
Lockheed Hudson of the type
being used extensively in coastal
patrol work; a Curtiss P-40. the
pursuit ship being used by the
American Volunteer pilots ir
Burma; a Bell Airacobra pursuit
ship. being used in England anc
on the Russian front, and a Re.
public P-43, the forerunner Of the
PAT. or Thunderbolt, said to be
the best pursuit ship in the world
In addition to the plane exhibit.
ton, there was massed drill by the
soldiers stationed at the field. The
high point Of the pragram wa:
stunt flying by Capt. Henry Cald'
well. who roared over the head:
of the crowd at nearly $50 miles
an hour and climbed and dove a
the field in stimulation of a plane
attacking troops. Parachute jump.
had also been scheduled, but they
were called off because of the
wind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
7 BdiIiffs Lose
Lifetime Jobs

Two common pleas court bailiffs
had been deprived of lifetime
jobs, today, as a result of being
found guilty of malfeasance and
misfeaSance of office.
Adjudged guilty by Judge Frank
B. Ferguson were Sidney c. Gray
and Emil Raskin.
Evidence showed that they con-
spired last July TO obtain control
of a hardware store at 1892 Har-
per avenue that had been ordered
sold to satisfy a $500 debt.
Gray, former state senator, was
"a prime inStigator of legislation
which made court bailiffs of con-
stables and awarded them life
terms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Detroiters Rush
To Join Navy
On Army Day
Recruiting Office
Does Biggest Business
Since Pearl Herbor

Whether II was provoked by
Army Days marching feet and
martial music or by coincidence
the Detroit Navy recruiting office
had the biggest day yesterday
since Pearl Harbor.
Lieutenant Commander Carson
r. Miller disclosed that his office
did so per cent more business yes
terday than normally. A total Of
100 new men applied for enlist
ment, 100 were shipped out, anc
lbs were rated and made ready
for imminent travel orders.
Miller also announced that nava
regulations had been amended Il
permit high school seniors TO enlist
in class vi OF the reserve. In thi.
class. which previously was re-
stricted to college freshmen ant
sophomores. may continue theil
college education before beinl
called to active duty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Detroit Recruits
Given Send-0ff

"SmiIe, and take IL on the
chin-that's all 1t takes to be a
soldier"
This was the message the arm,
had today for 200 draftees and re
cruits before their departure TO
For Custer. 1t came from Capt
Charles L. Bush, who added:
There Is nothing In the army
that will hurt you. II there
were, I would have been dead
long ago. You are going into a
service that will provide you
with n better opportunity for
education and advancement
than you have very likely ever
had before. I hope every one Of
you comes back q general"
The prospective soldiers wer
guests at a send-off party a
Michigan Central Station. wher
Acting Mayor Eugene A. Van Ant
werp spoke briefly. Entertain
ment was provided by the Radi
Talent Club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Lear's Salute
Some Of Smsrfest Soldiers
From Detroit. He Says

You can take It from no less an
authority than Lieut.. Gen. Ben
Lear, commanding general of the
Second Army, Detroit has pro-
duced some Of the smartest sol
diers in the army.
General Lear. in Detroit for
Army Day festivities, told news
men he had occasion recently to
visit the 177th and 1920 Field Ar
[tillery regiments, National Guard
units that left Detroit a year age
this month.
''They have an extremely high
intelligence rating" he said.
Recent tests showed 81 per
cent OF the enlisted men over 40
points-high enough for off,
GERS"
The two regiments left Detroit
with personnel entirely from the
Detroit area and have sence beer
built up to full war strength
through the addition of Michigan
selectees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Lear Tells How
We Can Help

Detroiters anxious TO do their
part in the war effort today had
the advice of one Of America S
most rugged and successful sol.
diers, Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear, who
rose from the ranks to become
commander of the Second Army
In an Army Day address before
1 $50 members and guests OF the
Economic Club of Detroit. as
sembled in three bathrooms of the
Book Cadillac Hotel, the general
urged:
physically outstanding and
rugged" young men in their
thirties to enlist for active duty
with combat troops rather than
seek desk jobs.
2-Death for saboteurs.
3-No work stoppages among
those producing the instruments
OF war.
mo mollycoddling Of SOL
diers. who are men and not
boys"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07

II Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear has his
way. Detroiters soon will be made
we'll aware that a wars going or
if they don't already know it.
The general. commander of the
Second Army, who was Detroit's
outstanding guest for Army Day
activities, discovered at a press
conference following his noon ad-
dress that the Army Day parade
drew more spectators than have
lined local streets for many years,
and that il was the first oppor-
tunity for many of them TO see
IDetroit-made army tanks.
IF 1 have my way, these
tanks soon will be rolling down
your main street every day,
manned by the workers who
make Them" he told newsnen.
AT high noon, too. With
slogans painted on their sides
Berlin or Bust and so on"
TIME TO END APATHY
The general explained it's high
time some one took steps to COM
bat apathy on the part Of the man
in the street and that he, the
general would take the matter up
with Washington authorities.
General Lear left Detroit for
Washington last night.
another thing" the general
suggested. do you march your
men going into the service down
the street with the ags waving
and people along the sidewalks
cheering?"
Informed that Detroit's army
bound selectees were quietly taken
along side streets to their train
that some local authorities con-
Isidered their destination and time
of departure military secrets
General Lear doomed:
"Why not get out the people
and give these lads a pat on the
back when they leave? They're
not part Of a combat unit so
their destination Is no secret.
After all, they're merely going
To training camp. You'd
better do something about this"
NO SHELTERS YET
Although civilians should be-
come more aware of the war there
is still no necessity for them to
become frantic about the state OF
affairs. the general pointed out
explaining:
The army doesn't want you
people here to build bomb shell
tiers yet. Rather, what we need
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Victory Can Be 'Made-in-Detroit, >
Army Day Parade Informs 100000
Tanks. Troops and Civilians
Bring War Home Impressivek
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS

The Motor City realized today
as never before that it can put the
made-in-Detroit stamp on a United
Nations victory.
II took IAN invasion" of Wood
ward avenue TO cannon home this
notion 10 a city dedicated 10
putting a peacetime world on
motorized wheels.
Detroit's two-mile-long Army
Day parade yesterday told the
story TO an estimated 100000 spec
tators with gun-bristling tanks,
automation-like troops and myriad
civilian defenders. while civil air
patrol planes wheeled overhead.
The occasion-Army Day-was
the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the United States entry into the
first world war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
IMPRESSIVE MARCH

Occasionally they threw paper
scraps and tape and those near
the reviewing stand in front of the
city hall even laughed when the
navy band swung past that point
playing You're in the Army
Now.
But somehow tho impetuous.
surging l. loye parade atmoS-
phere was lacking Even 4 parade
OF wars might had become a
soberizing thing.
AS one watcher said
1T frightens me. II reminds
me that the enemy has weapons.
too. and that he moves In just
such motorized units when he
occupies a country"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
MORE TO LEARN

With the severe military bearing
that marks him every inch sol
dier-he even declined the fluffy
lastly decorated creampuff Offered
him as dessert-the general arose
to tell his audience:
I'VE learned a great deal from
the last war-but We threw the
book away :.
There will be no escape from
this reality, the alternative to
which Is defeat, humiliation and
untold misery for humanity
%. In most lands and states,
the murderer faces death for his
crime. In time of war, the trail
tor Is supposed to be condemned
to death. But what Is a saboteur
other than combination Of
murder and traitor: Did you
ever hear of our executing
saboteur? Why nOte...
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
TAKEN SERIOUSLY

II was grim spectacle which
unfolded for one hour and one-half
and for the most part the crowd
studied IL seriously.
There was mono Of the shouting
audacious. flagwaving enthusiasm
usually associated with the
Yankee Doodle spirit.
Crowds cheered and applauded.
They thrilled especially 10 the
laundering M-3 tanks They gave
the about-to-be-inducted recruits
and selectees a terrific hand. They
followed with admiring eyes the
troops, moving with The precision
OF a line of Rockettcs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
Tell 'Em Wars On
General Lear Wants Public Reminded by ROLLING
Tanks. Slogans and Big Send-off for Soldiers
Photo by Times stan Photographer

now Is TO determine the enemy's
capabilities, what his intentions
are and when he will make them
effective.
"You must have first an esti-
mate of the situation-that's
made before every campaign
and every battle"
VISITS WILLOW RUN
During his Detroit visit, Genera.
Lear made flying visits to Ford'S
Willow Run bomber plant ano
Pratt & Whitney engine factory
at the Rouge. and Chrysler's tank
plant. He expressed himself as
most favorably impressed" with
all he saw.
"You are doing a tremendously
fine job" he said. Its a mar
velous thing the way these big
companies all have aided the
government. They should be
praised by everybody at every
turn OF the road for what
they've done In supplying what
we say we need"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07

But there was no hilarity.
Prominent in the reviewing
stand were Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear,
commander of the second army,
and Gov. Murray D. Van Wagner.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-07
.0PA Will Ease
New Rdtions
To Sell 100000
Severity Of Program
Found to Discourage
Eligible Purchasers
BY PHILLIPS y. PECK

Init News Service star Correspeslea4
WASHINGTON. April 7.-Prica
administration officials today re-
vealed that auto rationing restric.
tions soon will be relaxed to In
sure the sale of at least 800 900
new cars this year.
The OPA, officials say, finds It.
self in somewhat of a dilemma DO.
cause the motor car rationing
regulations have worked too well.
Harassed price regulators now
discover that the seventies Of the
lrationing program have scared
away the very buyers that the pro-
gram was designed to accomnio-
date.
TO AVOID STORAGE
The 100000 total represents the
available new automobiles outside
Of the government stockpile Of
400, 900 cars. OPA wants to get
them into the hands of the public
within a year and avoid the star
age headache and the hazards oe
deterioration.
BY relaxing rationing regula-
tons, OPA does not intend, how.
ever, to create any new eligible
users, but 1t does want to get new
tcars to those entitled to them
flaw enforcement agencies, physis
clans, surgeons, visiting nurses,
ministers, rural mail carriers and
defense workers.
| CARS FOR SEVEN MILLION
All told, OPA wants some T..
500, 900 people to have cars andythe
tires and gasoline to keep them
going. More defense workers,
particularly will need new cars,
IOPA believes, since many OF the
largest new munitions factories
ARE inaccessible except by auton,o.
Ibile.
So far, however, many of those
in the eligible classifications have
Irefrained from applying to local
Irationing boards for permission TO
buy a new car. Afraid that tires
/ and even autos might be corn.
!. lmandeered. the drivers ask:
whats the use Of buying .
new cart" 800
J, OPA officials said their fears
lwere groundless.