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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
BristIes Gathered From Ground

The Chinese hog, foraging in the
forests, sheds bristles in the warm
months as he rubs against the trees.
Most of the half pound of glistening
back bristles per hog are collected
from the ground. Then they are
delivered to village warehouses, and
shipped to such export centers as
Tientsin, Hankow, and Chlngking
where they are sorted for quality,
color and length. About one-fourth
of them may be two inches or short
er; one-haf may run two to three
inches. One-tenth, running four
inches and, over, bring a high mar
ket price. Bundling and sterilizing
complete preparations for export.
Shoemakers and saddlers are steady
customers for the finest imported
bristles. Manufacturers of toilet
and clothes brushes buy top grades.
War uses for bristles include the
carding of wool for uniforms and
blankets and the painting of bar
racks, production plants, planes,
tanks, trucks, ships. Few instru-
ments of war escape the brush.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Educator Claims Children
Not Dumb but Just Slow

Tommy Schoolboy may not be as
"dumb" as his report card indi-
Gates, because Tommy's dumb
ness" may be traced to either the
home or school, says DR.. Emmett
A. Belts, director of the reading,
clinic in the school of education ae
the Pennsylvania State college.
Parent-teacher diagnosis of q
"slow child" has revealed that the
pupil generally is victim Of IN
sufficient guidance or parental de-
velopment, DR.. Belts said.
Heavy homework, irritated par
ents, and mistaken ideas of how .
child should be prepared for school
has built up many emotional
blocks" DIR. Belts warned. Home
work for some elementary school
pupils has made school life living
hell"
The Penn State reading expert
pointed out that parents sometimes
contribute to the homework plague
by "nagging," or educators force
children to adjust themselves to a
questionable school program. Shift
ing of Institutional problems to the
homes makes out-of-school teachers
of parents, he added.
Educational guidance is a pro-
fessional job" DR.. Belts said. 1T
is the duty of educators to show
parents how to prepare the child
by developing his play ability. shar-
ing informal story hours, planning
trips with the children, developing
child personality, encouraging phys
ical fitness, and teaching self sui
ficiency," he urged.
The home and school must work
together for education of the child,
DR.. Belts said. He suggested home
visits by teachers, parent-teacher
discussion periods, and personal
conferences aided by a complete
study of the child's background.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Lost Both Legs in Crash
But Wins Place in Raj

LONDON.-Legless at %, Pilot Of
ficer Colin G. S. Hodgkinson has been
assigned to front-line fighter squad
ron by the air ministry. He lost his
legs three years ago in crash while
blind flying. His determination to
fly again finally won out and he was
fitted with special steel legs and
returned to the fleet arm. After
flying with the feet several months.
the admiralty granted his request
for transfer to the Raj. Hodgkin-
son is the first legless pilot in the
Raj since Douglas Bader was cap
tured by the Germans, who shot his
plane down.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Eagle Saved by Ship
600 Miles Out at Sea

PORTLAND, ORE.-An eagle that
got off the beam and wound up 600
miles at sea returned to land today
via ocean freighter
An officer of the ship said three
eagles appeared over the vessel far
at sea IL days ago. Apparently look
ing for refuge, they Owed for the
freighter
Two landed on the mainmaSt, but
were too weary to hang on. They
fell into the sea, and drowned.
The third landed on deck, and
crew members captured it. A young
golden eagle with a Six-fOot wing
spread, the bird was given to the
Portland zoo. 1t demonstrated its
returning vitality by polishing off
five pounds of meat.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Woman Wins Fame
AS Antique Queen
Now Is Authority on Early
American Furnishings.

BANGOR, MICH.-Are you inter-
ested in antiques, but too busy to
do much more than talk about them?
Read, then, what a country doc
tors wife did with the same interest.
Nearly Is years ago she ran across
some furniture of Civil war days.
She brought it home and went after
more. She's still at it. Now Mrs.
Kathryn Murphy is a recognized
authority on early American furnish
ings and owns a furniture display
depicting the home life of Americans
during the war years from colonial
days through the First World war.
She is known as "the antique queen
of America"
Her display, dressed up by the use
of wax figures wearing authentic
clothing of each period, includes a
colonial parlor, an imperial .parlor,
a Victorian parlor, dining room, bed
room and kitchen; Civil war par
lor, bedroom and kitchen; a gay
nineties parlor and bedroom and a
World war I parlor. Each room is
complete from rugs on the floor to
knickknacks on the whatnot shelves
The Civil war kitchen even has q
bootjack for grandfather to use in
removing his shoes.
A treasured object is a Franklin
stove, built by Benjamin Franklin
himself. Mrs. Murphy says there is
only one other stove by this dis.
tinguished maker still in existence
and it is in Henry Ford's museum
at Dearborn.
AS Mrs. Murphy's collection grew
she conceived the idea Of arranging
complete period rooms. With finan.
cial assistance from DR.. D. L. Cole,
a Bangor dentist, she started her
room-by-room collection. Three
rooms that she furnished for the Mu'
scum of Science and Industry b
Chicago established her reputation
as 'the antique queen of America"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
State, Local Governments
Now Hiring Older Women

Hiring of married women and re-
Taxing of age limits so older and
younger workers may be obtained
for jobs are among steps taken to-
day by state and local governments
to combat loss of employees to the
armed forces and higher paying war
industry jobs, according to informa-
ton to the civil service assembly OF
the u. 8. and Canada.
Several state and municipal civil
service agencies are reaching out
to their high schools for replace
ments.
State and local governmental re-
cruitment activities in Georgia.
Michigan, Chicago and Cincinnati in
dicate extent to which age and other
requirements have been relaxed, the
assembly said.
Georgia's department of health is
using, on a half-time basis for Office
work, high school seniors majoring
in commerce, while representatives
of Michigan's civil service commits
sion speak before high school classes
as much as possible 70 attract grad
uating students to state employ
ment.
Seventeen-year- old boys were used
this summer as life guards at Chi
cago's beaches by the Chicago park
district, which reports there were
no drownings at the beaches during
the period On the other hand, Gin
cinnati recently began conducting
tests for typists between the ages of
40 and 60.
Accompanying this relaxation Of
age limits is the emphasis being
placed on recruitment of married
women, the assembly said. Penn
sylvania'S department Of health, for
example, is making use of house
wives with nursing experience for
part-time nurses.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Step to Rear, Please
Isn't Helping Much Now

Nationwide gasoline II .ioning,
coupled with rubber rationine which
already has brought a 50 rer cen,
increase in bus and streetca . traffic
during the last year, Bring to cit.
les today their greatest ira sporta.
ton problems. l.
Most important of these involve
providing additional facilisas for
riders and speeding up @. traffic
movement. 49,
Passenger traffic in the lies in.
creased from Is per cent il Cleve.
land to 275 per cent Gin. A iarillo,
with greatest increases occu ring In
smaller boom towns" The ondVc.
tors "step to the rear, plea. fails
to help in many cities, 4 new
buses and streetcars. and e en- new
lines, have been added. detroit
which owns its own street ..ailway
system, put on go new vehil''es and
San Diego added 161.
Old equipment-both bus IS and
streetcars-was brought be k into
use in several cities; Detl jit, fol-
example, renovated $50 sire tears.
Despite rising costs of o. Grating
public transit systems, Cal sed by
increased wages and az sitional
equipment, these utilities b We en-
tered a period of prosperity through
greater. paying loads, redu ion If
stops and faster operation. Wage
increases of from three to } cents
an hour were reported by ,me Of
the % cities, but no fare increases
were reported as effected or in pros
pect.
Transportation administrators OF
committees have been appoi 1ted ir
IL of the % cities to handlestransit
problems, and all % have made spe'
cial efforts to promote more effec
tive use of private automobiles, par
ticularly through group riding
School hours and municipal. Office
hours have been staggered IN sew
eral localities and business hour.
in a few, though the chief factor ir
spreading riding peaks, according t.
the survey. has been full 14-houl
operation Of war production r'1nts
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Taking Book for Blind

Fortunately, soldiers who lose
their sight in the present conflict
will have to aid them in adjusting
to their new dark world many more
advantages than had their predeces-
sors of the last war. They can en-
Joy the Talking Book, devised by
the American Foundation for the
Blind, which reads books and plays
aloud; they will find available a
newly improved braille typewriter
on which they can write to their
blind comrades; they will find
games specially designed for blind
people. Better still, they will find a
public vastly more enlightened
in its attitude toward the blind, and
working service infinitely better
trained and equipped to see that
the dark road which they must trav-
Ell is made smoother, happier and
more rewarding in every way.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Bullet of Enemy Gives
Him Free "Tonsillectomy'

SAN DIEGO, LIF.-Myron l..
Kozisr. rs, marine sergeant from
Newark, N. j., received free ton
sillectomy from the Japanese in an
engagement on the Solomon islands
last August z.
He showed his gratitude by helping
annihilate the Jap surgeons while
battling with light machine gun
squad at Tulagi.
Shot in the neck just below the
right jawbone, Koziar said the bullet
neatly cut his tonsils away and
emerged through his left jaw.
Another bullet split my helmet,
knocking me cold for two hours, ="
Koziar recalled. 1.-The one didn't
have my name spelled right because
it didn't even pierce my skin"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Salvaging Leftover Paint

Small quantities of paints, var
nish, enamel and other liquid paint
products, can be thriftily reserved
in good condition for future use by
pouring them into a clean Jar or
container in which there will be left
q minimum of air space, and then
tightly covering the container. The
same paint or varnish left in the
bottom of large container would be
likely to dry up or become too thick
or SKINNY for practical reclama-
ton. Paint which has particles Of
"skim" or other solid matter in it,
can be strained through an old silk
stocking or cheesecloth before be-
ing placed in no larger than 1eces-
sary container with tightitting
cover.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Rabbit Traps Catch Everything Blu,


Appropriately. this rabbit tale is
short one, but it's hardly puff
for Michigan's bunny-catching wild
life researchers. Ruefully, they tell
it on themselves: Examining, meas
uring and tagging live-trapped rab-
bits at the Rose Lake wildlife re-
search station usually yields impor-
tant information about the size and
condition of the current seasons
crop" This year, with rabbits
plentiful on the stations grounds and
Is live-traps out, the game men had
high hopes for a wealth of nnforma-
ton on Mr.. Bunny's private life.
The results: Skunks? Yes. { Wood
chucks? Right! Quail, pheasant,
fox squirrels, bronzed grackles and
rats? Sure! They even caught red
winged blackbirds, prairie deermice
and a stray cat. But rabbits? Nay,
not one! And are those research
faces red!
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
A Murder Dwindles
Down to Lost Nickel

BOSTON. - Patrolman John
Barrett was. certain, from the an
guish in the woman's voice tele-
phoning for help from a theater,
that nothing less than a muir
der had occurred. Investigation
showed she had put a nickel in a
drink vending machine but that
the bottle hadn't popped out. She
got her nickel back.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Camp VOTERS Fox-Holes

First Lieut.. George r. Hatch re-
Gently sacrificed a good deal of dig
nifty in order to prove the superiority
Of demonstration over the lecture
method of instruction. Giving a les
son in the art of camoufiage, Lieu
tenant Hatch detailed some men to
dig fox-holes. He ordered them to
bear in mind the principles of
camouflage. Next day Lieutenant
Hatch gave his memorable demon
stration. Leading his men into the
field once more, he warned: Gen
tlemen, there are camouf1aged fox
holes in this area. Be very care
full :" The rest of the speech
disappeared, along with the ieuten-
ant, in the underbrush.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Suggests Bowlers Display
War Work Profession

Here, bowlers, is q pretty good
idea-one that will allow you to iden-
tify yourself with the work you're
doing to help Uncle Sam bowl those
strikes against the Axis.
Thousands of you fellows-and
girls, too-in all parts of the coun-
try are engaged IN vital war pro-
duction work. Many of you would
like to join up and take q personal
crack at Hitler and his stooges, but
age, dependents and the Importance
Of your work in many cases makes
II imperative that you fight on the
home front.
So, why not get uniform-or bet
ter, some identifying emblem On
your bowling shirt or Uniform that
will tell the world the specific kind
Of war production work you are en-
gagged in.
For example. suppose you work
for giant airplane producing plant.
Your insignia on your bowling shirt
or uniform would be q pair of wings.
II the various departments Of this
plane company have their own
leagues, you can identity the d.
partment you work in-whether you
build motors, wings. struts. fuse
lagos, etc.
If you are engaged in tank pro-
duction, your emblem 10 q tank. Il
you make shells, that's your identi-
tying symbol, and 50 on for enAa,
ships, jeeps, or whatever you .hslp.
produce to make the world safe fbr
the American way.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Chopped Hay Saves Space

Chopped hay requires only one
third to one-half as much storage
space as the same weight of long
hay. To keep we'll. chopped hay
should be cured until there is less
than 20 per cent moisture: other
wise it viii lose much of its green
color and will become a dusty, un-
palatable feed. Chopping does not
make hay more digestible, but il
hay u stemmy. COWS will eat 1t more
readily il chopped.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Musician Cuts Out Seal s

Scaling and other defects In the
finishing of ammunition shell have
been eliminated by an inver ion of
Herbert James, former organ t now
employed at the National Tut COM
pany, McKeesport, Pa. He 1gged
up a multiple acetylene to- h ar
rangement for brazing tool Ups to
tool shanks which has replaced the
old hand torch method and greatly
increased the quality Of the Product.
Mr.. James has been awarded .
Certificate Of Individual PRODUCTION
Merit by War Production Drive
Headquarters.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12

Maybe an "apple for the teacher"
is out of date. but an apple a day
for the pupil very definitely should
not be, and will not be for about six
million boys and gin Is in school this
fall. Millions of pounds of nourish-
ing food, grown to be eaten-includ-
ing apples-and millions Of school
children who should eat the food to
grow, are being brought together by
CommHnity School Lunch programs.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Prime Minister Praises Committee

Prime Minister Praises Committees
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King told the American Federation
of Labor convention meeting in To
ronto that heNwould like to see labor
management committees. not only in
warwar plants but in every Canadian
industry.
Monopoly Of control" the prime
minister said, must give lay to
Joint control in all that pert ms to
industrial relations. Happ y the
principle of partnership of anage-
ment, or workers and the rhmu-
nifty is making steady pl gress.
Where it is tried. it is pro- 1g its
worth"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Pay to Employees Entering Service

Officers and city employees of Los
Angeles who enter the armed forces
after one full years service with
the city will receive 80 full days
extra pay under an ordinance adopt
ed by the city council recently. The
provision was made retroactive 70
apply to all leaving city employ
within two years preceding adep-
ton Of the ordinance, accordihg
to the Civil Service Assembly of the
United States and Canada. To re-
serve the salary Of the absentee for
bis use. his vacated position viii ba
kept open for 90 days.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-02-12
Escape Parking Tickets

CLEVELAND. - The motorists
dream came true here recently-the
police ran out of parking tickets. Be-
fore . new batch arrived at police
headquarters, IN estimated 400 err
ing drivers escaped parking fines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27
Radio Service
Swaps


WANTED One Toggle Press i0O-ton or
more capacity. To lft out g. or more
State price and condition. Presque Isle
Metal Products CO.. rs West 18th St
Erie Pa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27
qIOO GRATIOT
9IOO GRATIO7

CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings IN the biz sunday Times Want a.
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27

BCCKY RYAN says he will pay highes;
dollar for l935-1e3s- ls37-ie3s and 1898
automobiles. Call HO. 1872 11sll Livernois
CARS for junk. pay more Jen Auto
Parts 1916 Humboldt TY 4-9O36.
CARS WANTED-HIGR DOLLAR
HANSON CHEVROLET 1928 MACK
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list.
irgs ia the blg sunday Times Want Ad
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27
Radios and Supplies

tSTROMBERG CARLSON radio, console
commode. $50 IS. RUBY's FURNITURE.
1881 Grand River. open evenings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-27
SeUing Machines
Gold, JeDelry Wanted


CLARINET and book. Boehm system.
metal. like neW--PEiyate-- Hogarth A3oo-
FOR SALE-Mahogany upright piano. or
loan for storage. University 3-24i0.
WURLITZER harp. with trunk: good con
diton. $500 cash, Private, University
Evening star., 1943-03-29

Perfect frames for his or her
service photo for your own pic
ture to the one you love. Tan. brown,
green, navy. wine or black simulated
leather with smart gilt-f finished tool
ing. Check your size at the right.
Kann's-Leather Gooc
Evening star., 1943-03-29

-Servicemen like this
bag for furloughs be-
cause 1t folds fiat when
not In use, Is light
weight and strong,
water = repellent Army
duck With Upper top.
Choice Of khaki or
navy. Is = inch size.
e0inch size, $2.98.
LnggageEourth Floor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-04

came up by q small boat, turned
on its motor and raced in 10 the
shore"
He must have used oars COM
ing out" Barry said I'VE were
around on the other side of the
deck, but we could have heard
a motor
Allison said bitterly TO the
captain. You should have gone
after him, He's murderer
AS long as he's loose somewhere,
Barrys life isn't Safel'
Barry laughed That imag-
ination of yours, He was just
poor pickpocket from Santiago
who saw us tonight and thought
we looked like easy pickings."
He turned TO appeal TO the cap
tain. You see now why !
think YOU should help me per-
suade this young woman TO go
back TO her home?"
The captain nodded. The life
down where you are going is
not the kind of civilization you
know he told Allison heavily.
1t is filled with many such in
cidents as you saw tonight.
And if you 90 fainting at ev-
cry sight of roughness," Barry
cut in dryly, you can see for
yourself you're not suited"
Il didn't faint till the danger
was past Allison reminded
him belligerently. That's a tine
way to pooh pooh me after !
saved your life"
I'm going 10 thank YOU for
that later" Barry said grimly.
Right now | don't want you TO
get heroine complex and think
one lucky incident fits you for
jungle life
Allison dropped back into her
pillows with a grimacc at Bar
ry. She said to the captain,
Sometimes | think | could love
that man, But sometimes he
just bcreS me
Barry was studying his wrist
watch in the flickerlng light OF
her candle. You have just Is
minutes to pack before the boat
sails, he said steadily
(TO BE COntinuedD
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said, alarmed. "Oh, he's in his
cabin, l believe"
She began 10 laugh hysterical-
ly. That's fine. Would you
mind telling me-is he dead or
alive"
The captain looked more
alarmed. OH he said. Hes
alive" II
Thanks" said Allison. She
went ON laughing. Sorry to be
so nquisitive, but when left
him
AT that moment, Barry'S fig
ure darkened her cabin door. His
face was bruised and swollen,
one eye was black. and his coat
sleeve still hung i'm ribbons, but
he looked all in one piece. And
he could grin at her.
Now what are you laughing
about?' he accused.
You" she said graphically.
Il couldn't call you handsome
now"
The rubber men crowded in
after Barry, and the elderly
lighthouse keeper brought in
his first aid kit TO see if Allison,
too, needed treatment
She doesn't need any of
that" Barry said "All she
needs is a good strong antiSeptic
mouthWash. He found the bot
tie Allison had i'm her bag and
superintendent a thorough disin-
.fecting, while he told her what
she had missed of the fight. He
gave her full credit for her part
IN the fray.
Il was just beginning to
count the seconds | could hold
on TO that knife arm of his when
you came to the rescue. Boy,
YOU must pack a mean bite. He
Wil.ed like a daisy in thunder
storm under it, And once he'd
dropped his knife. he lost heart
in the whole mess.
What happened TO him?' AL
lison murmured between gar
giles
Il saw him. the captain
broke in. Just as he got free of
Mr. Fielding He ran across the
deck and dived overheard He
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. SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN c. FLEMING LOIS EBY sla sssvss s ,s

She opened her eyes. The ma
tive had twisted over and she
was beating Barry's head! She
drew back, gasping She saw
that Barry's teeth were gritted
with a hard last effort, his hand
being forced slowly down the
huge black arm that was re
lcntlessly raising the knife over
his back! She threw herself
with a scream upon that muir
derous, hairy hand. Her teeth
sank with frantic viciousnesS
into the flesh of the huge black
wrist!
She heard Barry's yell and
the dull clank of metal on wood
at the same instant. She lesped
up, grabbed the knife from the
deck and ran to the rail 10 throw
it overheard. Then she whirled
back-but she could see nothing
of the Understanding but
blackness. A deep surging void
rose TO engulf her.
She was in her cabin with the
captain taking her pulse and the
cabin boy bathing her head
when she came to- The warm
tropic breeze flowed over her.
She raised herself to a trembling
elbow and pulled the compress
off her brow.
Where's Barry she whis-
pered.
The captain smiled at her
with deep relief Feel all
right?' he questioned
She nodded impatiently. Il
always faint at the most exciting
moment she said Then she
screamed at the captains mad
dening smile. "Why don't you
tell me where he is,'
The captain and the cabin boy
both jumped.
"Mr. Ficlding?" the captain