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Evening star., 1943-06-23
British Advice Bureaus
Will Aid Housewives

Housewives In Britain are to be
aided by advice bureaus set up in
London and large provincial cities
The government will know all the
answers when women inquire about
problems of household manage
ment. food, fuel saving, care OF
clothes and furniture and similar
matters. Demonstrations, lectures
and exhibitions are part of the plan
Some bureaus will be in empty
stores. A few staff members will be
paid, but staffs will be mainly vol
untary and will be provided by
Women's organizations. Existing
borough committees that give advice
on food and fuel are to be enlarged
and probably will be named House
hold Economy Committees. The
bureaus will give practical help in
Evening star., 1943-06-23
Uncle Rays Corner

Two or three times during the
past year 1 have talked with man
or woman who supposed that the
word animal" should be used only
for the furry animals known as
mammals.
Actually the animal kingdom in
cludes many types of living beings.
A fish or bird is just as truly an
animal as bear or rabbit Snakes,
lizards and alligators also are ami
mails.
Even the insects are classed as
animals by scientists. So are many
strange and lowly forms of life
which live in the sea
The sponge is not the lowest form
of animal life. but it is one of the
very low forms. 1t has no head or
Evening star., 1943-06-23

on many a good breakfast on cab
bage worms, and when I get here
what do I find?"
"What?" demanded Sammy Jay.
THAT they've been poisoned,
that's what" snapped Old Mr.. Toad
so of course 1 can't eat 'em. See
that stuff on those cabbage leaves?"
Yes" replied Sammy, that is
what was staring at"
We'll, that's it," grumbled Old
Mr.. Toad. That's poison, and when
the worms eat it they die. I don't
like dead worms. and if I did I
would be afraid to eat these"
That's it," cried Sammy Jay,
excitedly. That's what is the mat
ter with Peter Rabbit"
Old Mr. Toad looked at Sammy
suspiciously. I've never heard
that Peter ever eats worms he
grumbled.
Sammy laughed right out. "He
doesn't, but he does eat cabbage
leaves when he can get them, and
he ate some right here in this gar
den last night and now he's sick. "
said Sammy. Il guess it was that
poison that made him sick"
II don't guess; I know" replied
Old Mr.. Toad. II hope he didn t
Evening star., 1943-06-23

feet and it stays In one place as if
1t were a plant.
Yet the sponge is correctly called
an animal. 1t eats and breathes
and certain parts of it keep up a
strong motion in the water.
The sponge has no single large
mouth through which to take food
Instead it has thousands of tiny
mouths" The tiny mouths are
known as pores and water keeps
passing into them.
The water is brought in through
the motion of "hagella" or whip
ping cells" Located about the
sponge pores. these cells move back
and forth, whipping the water at
high speed.
In the water are tiny animals or
plants which serve as food for the
sponge. There is no special stom-
ach. but the cells of the sponge
take what food they can from the
water which passes by They also
take oxygen from the water and
that is how they breathe.
A number of openings much
larger than pores exist in the
sponge's body. These openings serve
as exits" for the water from which
food and oxygen have been taken.
Sponges are fastened to the bot
toms of seas and oceans in many
parts of the world. They are most
common in the tropics, but are
found far to the north in the At
lantic and the Pacific.
There are many kinds of sponges.
Some reach height of no more
than half an inch Others grow
sntil they are 2 or feet high
Sponges used for washing win
dows and other purposes of the
kind belong to special sponge
family. Their skeletons, when dry,
are soft and perhaps even silky.
Many kinds Of sponges have hard
skeletons and among these Is
Venus flower basket. This CLASSY
sponge is a native Of waters around
Evening star., 1943-06-23

long. This species is colored deep
glossy green. The undersurface and
inner toes are a beautiful yellow
The black webs are margined in the
same shade. The younger genera
ton is adorned with large splashes
OF blue on the webs of the hands,
feet and behind the armpits.
In common with all tree frogs, the
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eat great deal Of It," added he,
anxiously.
Il hope not" said Sammy, look
ing very serious.
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eastern Asia. In former times some
travellers called its skeleton the
work of skilled Chinese carvers."
Today We know that it is one of
natures products.
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grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that dav.
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Campbell, Consul Of the Chilean Embassy, Bolivar
Pagan. Resident Commissioner OF Puerto Rico
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Evening star., 1943-08-15

I tried 10 chase down q wild pig
with club, but he got away from
me.
II decided 10 try for another island.
II took me all that day to reach Il.
II was the same story when I landed
there near nightfall-no food, no
fresh water, no life.
MY diet Of coconuts and coconut
Juice was beginning to affect my
digestive system. I was suffering
from diarrhea. A mosquito bite on
my left hand had become infected
and a red streak appeared from my
wrist to my shoulder. My right
foot also was infected.
Couldn't Down Juice.
"The next morning my left arm
was swollen to twice its normal size.
I realized blood poison was devel-
oping, so I cut open the source Of
infection with my knife and bathed
my arm in salt water for more than
an hour. I was relieved somewhat
and decided to move on. That
morning I tried to drink coconut
Juice but just couldn't get 1t down
LAS I padded along the shore
saw what appeared to be a red
rooted house near the end of the
island. I padded with all the
strength that was left in my body
I didn't care whether the house
was occupied by natives, Japs OF
whites-I was nearing the end OF
my endurance.
THE house proved greater dis
tance away than I had estimated
when night fell I still was several
miles from 1t. But I had something
to look forward to-and I slept bet
ter that night.
II reached the beach near the
house at mid-afternoon of the mex,
day. I hid my raft in the bush
and approached the building, fear
full that it was occupied by Japs
I saw a sign that read Solomon
Evening star., 1943-08-15

found no life1 only cliffs and noun
tains. However, there was plenty
of fresh water-my first In approx
mately q days.
Il finally decided that would
retrace my steps and try TO make
it back to the first island on which
I landed. started out the next
morning and barely made it back
to the plantation house. The infec-
ton in my hand had cleared, but
my foot was swollen from infection.
Prayed For Direction.
THAT night I planned what I de-
cided would probably be my final
attempt to contact life. Why I
reached this decision I'll never
know, but as I lay there on the floor
of that abandoned plantation house
I prayed to God Almighty to send
me in the right direction.
Tomorrow, I decided, I'll set out
again. This time I'll make for the
other side of the big island. BY day
I padded along the shore line In
and out of small islands. Near dusk
on the fourth day, as I had barely
enough strength in my arms te
paddle, a storm broke and gradually
I was carried out to sea. The las
I remember started to scream, anc
then I passed out!
IT was told later that high wint
1 t>1a1rf ~ etx
gained consciousness I was In th'
| arms of a native.
"'You American or Jap?' the ma
Evening star., 1943-08-15

Developing Co, sydney, Austria
liza I soon learned that the
building was part OF an abandoned
coconut plantation. Just when
decided there was no life there,
heard a cackle from an clubhouse.
It startled me first. l hurried 10
the small building and found an
old hen setting In a nest. ] gave
her poke with a stick and she
scurried of. Before me in the nest
were a dozen eggs. I lost no time
IN breaking one open and gulping 1T
down. That egg was my first real
food since the morning I took of
from Henderson Field I had lost
count of the days, but it must have
been around the goth day. AS I
ate the second egg l remembered
how I had griped during my early
days II the service about having to
eat c2nned meat and beans. I
vowed then that If I survived I
would never complain about any
thing
Hen Outran Him.
II tried to catch the hen.
wanted to kill her and eat the raw
meat, But she took off to the
underground nearby and I was too
weak to chase her. I found an
orange and a lime tree near the
house. I couldn't chew the oranges
SO I squeezed the juice and let 1t
trickle down my throat.
II stayed at the plantation house
five days. Each day I ate two eggs
one In the morning and the other
at night. On the sixth day gath
cred some lines and oranges and
started travelling again. In the
distance I could see the tip of a
large island, with the peak Of a
mountain rising above the clouds
I decided to make this island my
next objective.
When I landed ! soon found that
I had made another bad move.
Evening star., 1943-08-15

I reached the beach OF the coconut
grove island ! realized I made a
grave mistake by tossing my shoes
overheard after the storm. My socks
were the only protection for my,
feet.
II can't describe the feeling that
/ experienced as I showed the raft
onto the beach. Here I was on
South Pacific island, hundreds of
miles from my base, with no food
and with little clothing. I thought of
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and how
he floated for IS days in raft,
refusing to give up. I decided then
there would be no giving up.
II gathered two coconuts, cut
holes in them with my knife, drank
the juice, then broke them open
and ate the meat. 1t was the first
liquid and food ! had had in nearly
Is hours.
Lips Were Parched.
MY lips were parched and my
face burned by the sun. It took all
the strength I had to pull my raft
to the edge of the coconut grove to
hide 1t from Jap planes. I curled
up In the bottom OF the raft and
tried to sleep, but mosquitoes
swarmed over me.
II stayed on this island three
days. It was uninhabited, and I
knew I would die II stayed there.
Far away I could see q larger
island and decided on the fifth day
to strike out for 1t. I was growing
weak from the coconut diet.
II examined my automatic pistol
before I showed of and found 1t
was so rusty that 1t wouldn't fire,
SO I threw 1t away.
After hand-paddling along the
coast all that day with q blazing
sun baking me, I made the next
island at dusk. II was studded with
coconut trees like the first island.
After making short trip along
the beach and finding nothing. !
returned to my raft. That night
the rain came down in torrents.
slept in the raft in water that al
most covered my body. I really
didn't sleep. I merely closed my
eyes trying to rest. In the morning,
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tive inquired In his bes, pidgin
English.

tive inquired In his best pidgin
English.
I'm American" I told him.
American, you good he replied.
Those we're the best words I
believe I have ever heard In my
life. / knew then that I had been
rescued.
Il couldn't walk. MY rescuer car
ried me to his hut not far from
the beach. asked the date and he
told me 1t was May Is. When told
him l had been lost since April l3
80 days--he hardly believed me.
He told me that white men could
not live that long on the sea and
in the jungle. The native was a
converted Seventh Day Adventist
He had been taught English by mis-
sionaries.
Sent After Food.
"As he carried me in his arms
said to myself, Bill, this Is the
happiest moment In your life He
sent his two sons after food ane
they returned with yams anc
papaya, and fish. The fathel
peeled the yams and papaya anc
placed them in a bowl over fire
He squeezed the oil from the COCO
nut meat. In another bowl he boilet
the fish in coconut oil. I was unabl,
to eat. the yams and papaya, but
drank the liquid from the fish.
Il felt stronger the next day. B.
the third day I was able to wal
once more. They decided to take m
] In a canoe to their village, wher
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Marine Flyer Missing in Action
For II Days Returns to Base
Survives Coconut
Diet and Storms;
Natives Save Life
BY STAFF SERGT. HARRY
BOLSER,
y. o. NJ. c., Louisville, KY. Marine
Corus Comhat Correspondent

y. D. M, u, LOUISVILLE, ny, marine
Corps Combat Correspondent
GuADALCANAL, June 26-(De-
layed) Missing in action for 70 days,
smiling Bill Coffeen, jr., Marine
Corps flying staff sergeant, has re-
turned-long after his comrades de-
cided he had perished.
Shaggy and lean, ne stepped out
OF Navy rescue plane yesterday.
He told of surviving storms, blister
ing sun and infection and living for
80 days on coconut diet. The last
10 days he was missing, friendly
natives cared for him.
Today Staff Sergt. Coffeen, %.
whose parents live in Chicago, is at
a Naval base hospital being treated
for malaria and malnutrition.
II got of on the wrong foot that
morning Of April 13 and ended up
the same way" remarked Coffeen,
telling of his adventure. MY plane
barely missed the treetops as took
of from Henderson Field. A guide
light at the end of the strip blinded
me. We we're to escort Navy tor
pedo bombers on a mission.
Within sight of land between
Kolombangara and Choiseul Is
lands, I suddenly noticed my en-
CINE smoking. My oil line was leak
ing.
Losing altitude rapidly and fear
ing the motor would explode. de-
cided to bail out
'It seemed that I hit the water
just a few seconds after my para
chute opened.
"I pulled the cord on my life
Jacket, but it failed to initiate. 1t
had been punctured. I pulled my
rubber raft out and inflated It..
The paddle was missing.
Raft Turned Over.
THE water was calm, but 80
minutes later storm hit. High
waves tossed my small rubber raft
about like tooth pick, and over
turned it. Into the water went all
of my medical supplies and emerg-
ency rations. All 7 had left was the
clothing I was wearing, and my
hunting knife and pistol.
after I righted the raft I started
padding with my hands. I still
was in sight of land. In mid-after-
noon I heard the familiar drone
of our fighter plane motors-it was
my fight returning from the strike
on which I had set out that morn
ing.
Several of the planes flew low
and almost directly over me. ] fired
five shots from my pistol and waved
the white raft sail, but they failed
to see me.
st started padding with my
hands toward land. On the way,
sharks swished by the raft.
ST slept in a sitting position that
night. Long before daybreak ]
started again for land. The sea
was calm. Near sundown the Sec
ond day out, I finally reached the
shore of small island. I was ex-
hausted, hungry and thirsty. When
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I was given American food--eanned
meat and potatoes. on the second
day In the village the infection In
my foot was ianced. The ulcers that
covered my body we're baihed with
an sntiseptic.
During my stay In the native
village I was stricken with malaria.
l was given 'queenie.' native name
for quinine. My body was bathed
in fresh water and lime. Within five
days the fever disappeared. While
with the natives I regained 20 of
the 10 pounds I had lost. When ]
arrived at the native village ]
weighed about lis pounds.
"On the 72nd day after I had
parachuted into the sea. Navy
rescue plane landed on shore near
the native village"
Evening star., 1943-08-15

Counting three to = family. more
than half million people will read
this issue Of The Star. II you have
a want" tell them through Star
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Walters Is Star
SPORTS PARADE

he still packs dynamite in his fists
Such proof brings joy to the breast
of any man. There is no greater
feeling of primitive satisfaction for
any man than the sight of an op-
ponent slithering in the dust as the
result of his blows. And this Ella
ton naturally magnified the last
of the fighting Zivics.
YOUNGEST BROTHER
Fritzie is the youngest and last of
five fighting Zivic brothers-the last
of family that took great pride in
it's heritage of hard hitting" There
was brother Jack, for example, who
was the only man ever to register
a knockout against Lew Tender,
best SouthpaW ever to step into any
ring.
Zivic, who had knocked out five
other opponents in the first rounds
of his previous 176 professional
fights, said Il knew he was gone
when I hit him. You can feel it
in yolT fist, and up through your
arm when you have hit man solid
ly enough for kayo. But
thought he would get up at least
once, because he was young and
tough"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Dark Horses Meet
In Sen,-Fina|s

PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, Sept. II
fUP)-Four golfers who were out
side serious consideration before
the California State Amateur Golf
championship began met today in
36-hole semi-final matches on the
Pebble Beach course.
Sixteen-year-old Bobby Rosburg
of San Francisco squared off
against Ralph Hall, Oakland city
champion. Elmer Cites, Stockton
public links player who yesterday
eliminated national amateur cham
pion 1t. Marvin Bud" Ward of
Spokane. Wash, met Phil Stearns
war manpoWer commissioner mana
ger from San Bernardino, in the
second match.
In quarterfinal matches yester-
day, Rosburg defeated Ray Sloppy.
Los Angeles. l up; Hall defeated
Bill Fritz, San Francisco 3 and 2;
Stearns eliminated Bill Ogden, Jr.,
Sacramento, l up. and Cites out
lasted Ward to win on the goth
hole.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
BY JOHN w. DUNLAP

EUGENE, Ore, Sept. IL tUP) =
The University of Oregon, like
three of the other northern
division, Pacific coast conference
members planning intercollegiate
football this season, is awaiting the
opening of the practice season
Sept. Is before determining the
potential prowess of the grfdiron
group.
Coach John A. Warren, starting
his second year as head coach of
the Webfoots, believes he will
have enough men to fill some 35 of
Oregon's lemon yellow and Kelly
green uniforms. But the ability of
the players will be far under
normal coast conference caliber.
Actually, none of the four north
ern schools-Oregon, oregon State,
Idaho and Westinghouse dead
sure of having sufficient manpower
to compete in football, and only
time will tell. 1t looks like Wash
ington Is horse of different
uvlor, thanks to the much-coveted
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
San FRANCISCO
SEwS UP SECOND
SPOT IN LEAGUE
By UNITED PRESS

The San Francisco Seals clinched
second place in tile Pacific coast
league pennant chase yesterday by
nosing out the Portland Beavers,
81 and the Beavers we're assured of
fourth place when Hollywood split
a doubleheader with San Diego,
losing 1874 after taking the opener
81.
The Beavers and Seals will meet
in Portland next Wednesday and
Thursday in opening games of a
best four-out -of-seven Shaughnessy
playoff series, it was announced to-
day, and will resume play in San
Francisco Saturday. Los Angeles
and Seattle, first and third place
winners, will start play in Seattle
Tuesday and Wednesday and move
to Los Angeles for weekend games.
Seattle took 81 decision over
the Angeles yesterday, and Oakland
made it six straight over Sacra-
mento, winning 20 and 81.
Bob Joyce won his Goth pitching
victory of the season for the Seals
in a mound duel with Earl Cook
that was won largely on four Beav-
er errors. Portland's one-run lead,
made on homer by Spencer Har-
ris in the fourth, was wiped out in
the sixth when two errors by Rookie
Bill Kruger and single by Harry
Rosenberg allowed Logan Hopper
to score. The Seals clinched it in
the seventh when Hooper drove in
the winning run. Portland leads
the series, four games to one.
The Seattle Rainiers evened their
series with tn champion Los An
geles Angels at two-all by slamming
Red" Lynn for 10 hits and three
runs while Carl Fischer was limit
ing the Angeles to three hits and
one run. Singles by Stanley Gray
and Len Gabrielson set up the WIN
ming run in the fourth.
Cy Blanton faced only 27 San
Diego Padres as he pitched five
hit ST. victory for the Hollywood
Stars in the opener, aided by five
twink double plays. But Merkle
gave up IL hits to the Stars. In
the nightcap, San Diego scored in
every inning, including nine tallies
in the second lambasting four
Hollywood. pitchers for II hits and
1874 win. The Stars lead the
series, four games to one.
Earl Jones, Oakland pitcher, had
no-hit no-run victory against
Sacramento within his grasp in the
opener, but with two out in the
ninth, Scion second baseman Jack
Angle got clean single to center
to spoil Jones day. Pedro Gonzalez
triple in the third gave the Oaks
their 20 win.
Mickey Burnett, Sacramento
shortstop, pitched three hitter in
the nightcap for his maiden ap-
pearance on the mound, but lost a
close 2-1 decision to Cotton Pippen,
who scored his 10Th victory of the
season.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
Manpower Needs
Congress Subject

WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.-tUP)
Congressional leaders returning
from Summer recess left little doubt
today that new survey Of the en-
tire manpower neeGs of the mill
tary and war industry will be the
first order of business when con-
gress reconvenes next Tuesday.
Sen. Charles L. McNary of Ore
gon. republican leader in the SEN
ate, placed manpower problems at
the top of a legislative schedule
which includes taxation, foreign
relations and price control roll
back subsidies.
Senate democratic leader Alben
w. Barkley of Kentucky also is
believed to favor a speedy review
of the entire manpoWer situation.
He is expected to rturn to Washing
ton today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-12
BUCkY DEFEATS
PIRATES UNDER
CR0SLEY LIGHTS
BY GLEN PERKINS

NEW YORK, SPIT. 11.-CUP)-
Baseball players who have had to
face Bucky Walters under the
lights of Crosley Field agreed today
that the big Cincinnati highlander
is the best after dark pitcher in the
business.
Why Bucky is so effective under
the lights is anybody's guess, but
the fact remains that of the IA
games he has won this season, sew
en- of them have been under rays
of Mr.. Edison's invention. He has
yet to suffer defeat in a night
ball game, his seven wins being
consecutive.
The converted third baseman
came through again last night,
beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 10
in the second game of a double
bill, to give the Reds a split for the
evening.
The Pirates won the opener, 9-6,
assisted by Cincinnati errors which
led to four unearned runs. Wally
Hebert received credit for the VIC
tory.