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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Monkeys in Soviet Plane
Survive German AT ack

MOSCOW. - Thirteen 1moi seys
flown recently from Leningrt to
Moscow arrived safely after; at
tack on their plane by a &c han
fighter. They belong to the p fsio-
logical institute founded by tn, mot
ed scientist, Ivan Pavloff. -
According to member of TIA in
stitute's staff who accompanied
them, the monkeys behaved well
during their journey. They took
regular seats in the plane, although
they left them frequently to look at
the view from the windows.
The Institutes mascaques, man.
drills and other monkeys had a hard
time last winter in beleagueree Len
ingrad. Their bread ration was
often as little as one-quarter Of a
pound daily. Carrots and Pc toes
were rare. They picked upein i light
and spirits last summer, hoy ver,
making frequent raids on strs Der
~ patches planted by Pro. ssor
Pavloff.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Old Paint Brushes
Will Get Ne,v Life
Must Be Recovered O,Uine to
Shortage of Bristles.. :

WASHINGTON.-Thase used Amt
brushes stiff as boards with last
springs paint and supposedly do, ned
to the trash can, will be gon ! to
the brush laundry instead.
Hog bristles, like rubber and net
ais, have become vital mate ais.
Early in 1912 the War Prodp lion
board restricted the use of the vim
ding stock Of imported bristles Re-
Gently further restrictions wert or
dered. No more than SIS per lent
Of the bristles in new brushe, for
general use may be from the b. :.
The springy-stif bristles that
make the best brushes have ong
been imported from Asia, say the
National Geographic society. Al
though the finest in quality are red
tied to Russia, China has be, q in
recent years the source of n. arly
nine-tenths of the supply.
The resilient, black bristle Z lied
by expert brush wielders, grow on
the back of tough, scrawny, smi-
wild pig that roams the fores 8 of
China's cold inland highlands.
The chillier and leaner the hog,
the longer and hvelier are the. >ris-
ties. This is an axiom with b: site
authorities, who point to the de line
of the Russian bristle volum as
proof. Prior to the first of tn So
Wet five-year plans Russian Pc SAINT
farmers owned the gaunt hogs that
supplied the world both quantit, and
quality in bristles. Collective rm-
ing by the Soviets introduced len
tific feeding and cross-breedn , of
hogs. Pork production incre sed.
The pig went to market, bu Ahis
hair-no longer so bristly-s.4yed
home. The methods that improved
the main product, ruined tho by
product
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Trees Continue to Grow
Until Thew Finally DIE

Ask almost any amateur gardener
How long does a tree grown" Odds
are he'll answer until it reaches
maturity, of course" But he's
wrong, dead wrong, according to
DR.. E. Porter Felt, director of a
tree research laboratory in SIAM
ford, Conn.
DR.. Felt says tree scientists agree
that unlike humans, whose terminal
growth ends as adults, trees grow
until they die. Two factors deter
mine the continual growth of twigs
and trunk-the inherent nature Of
the species and the growing condi-
tons, which include soil, climate,
water supply, food supply, etc.
The process of change in trees is
more gradual than in humans, which
probably accounts for the popular
misconception that trees stop grow
ing while they are still alive.
DR.. Felt points out that a cypress
Of Tule, Mexico, has lived to over
1000 years and has attained height
Of 140 feet and a trunk circumfer-
ence of III feet. This is believed to
be the largest trunk girth in the
world. California redwoods tower to
height of $50 feet.
In older eras, when the hectic pace
Of streamlined civilization hadn't de-
pleted water levels and soil condi-
tons, trees probably lived a whole
lot longer, DR.. Felt saws.
Today" he regrets, they don't
have the same ideal conditions"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Pepper and Salt Shakers

The room which holds the most
interest for Mrs. Leland Foster of
Rochester, N. Y, is her basement
recreation room, for in it are dis
played her two hobbies. The older
Of these is represented by a collec-
ton Of salts and peppers and the
other by small pitchers.
She has more than a hundred vari-
cites of salts and peppers, writes l..
v. Raymond in the Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle. One superb
pair is made of silver in the shape
of owls. Another is made from
shells used in the First World war.
Mrs. Foster recently has become
more interested in her pitcher col
lection. The two collections are
housed in cabinets especially de-
signed for the purpose and built into
one wall Of the recreation room. She
started with single cabinet. Dishes
had to be moved out to make room
for her growing collections.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Dolls From Husks of Corn

Now that toys and knickknacks.
are no longer shipped in from Japan
and central Europe, Ohio farm wom-
en- are expecting an expanded mar
ket for their dolls, made of corn
huSks.
Women near Athens, Ohio. many
Of them wives of Farm Security ad-
ministration borrowers, have sold
hundreds of their tiny dolls, which
they make at cost of about one
cent each. They make the dolls
from clean light husks, dyed and
vanished. Each Mary Ann" wears
a quaint full-skirted dress. long
veil, and muff. Everything is corn
husk except the bit of string around
the waist for belt and safety pin
to fasten the doll to the lapel.
The doll-making program was de-
veloped as one of many experiments
in home crafts now being tested in
areas of southern Ohio where farm
families need extra income.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Meaning of Dark Horse,

The phrase, dark horse, which is
attached to an unheralded or last
minute candidate is associated by
tradition to the horse of an enter
prising man by the name of Sam
Flynn. Sam, Tennessean, was a
horse trader by profession. When
a race was held it was Sans custom
to saddle his best horse, "Dusky
Pete" and ride him into town with
the intention of giving him an I'M
prepossessing appearance. Eventu-
ally the race arrived where the field
was crowded with local favorites and
the betting rose to keen pitch. The
crowd laughed at the old fool who
was betting on his black nag, but
one of the judges, shrewd apprais-
er of horses, looked at Pete and re-
jputedly said: Gentlemen, there's a
dark horse in this race that will
make some of you sick before sup
per-" They were very sick.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Milk for Malta, but Not
Matted Milk Helps Them

The first shipment Of powdered
whole milk sent abroad by tho AZ.
ricultural Marketing administrator
- helping to sustain Allied soldiers
fighting for freedom at Malta.
Enough powdered whole milk was
delivered in June to supply that
garrison with more than "a million
quarts Of milk-a vital food that
means better health and steadier
nerves for people bombed relent-
lessly.
To make" a quart Of milk that
tastes very much Like pasteurized
milk and has approximately the
same food value, all they need to
do is to add Az ounces Of the pow
dered whole milk to a quart OF
water.
In many plants throughout Amer
lea millions of gallons of milk are
being sprayed under pressure into
hot chambers from which swirl tons
Of powdery, dried whole milk. BY
drying whole milk, bigger channel
has been opened into which U. S.
dairymen are pouring part Of their
record milk production.
Drying of milk is old fashioned
not new as many believe. Marco
Polo, the medieval traveller, tells
that the Mongols were drying milk
back in the 18th century, and drying
mares milk in the sun. But it was
not until World War I, with an ac-
companying shortage of shipping
space, that powdered whole milk
production became important.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Best Lunch for Children
Described by Nut1itionist

Patriotism, points out sputritionist
Miss Elizabeth Jensen, University OF
Illinois college Of agriculture. rests
n what goes into q school chil&s
dinner pail a. well as his salutins
the nag at school.
Since the streamlined version Of
the good old-fashioned dinner pail
provides . sanitary, safe. wey. % ear
~ . wide variety Of no,lrishing
foods, 1t Is a school chid's :Vmbol
Of trying to keep healthy and strong
for victory rs he marches down the
road.
Only by having a sturdy dinner
pail can Johnny and Mary carry
to school the bottle of milk, or the
vegetables and fruits and other
vitamin-rich foods which. in addi-
ton to the proverbial sandwiches,
make for keen minds, athletic
bodies and substantial citizens.
Paper sacks may have been a
convenience but so have cars and
yet American citizens are cheerfully
giving up this luxury for victory,
Miss Jensen added. The metal din
ner pail protects more than food !;
it protects the child himself.
A typical school lunch which Miss
Jensen would recommend to the
child attending a one-room rural
school would include substantial
cheese sandwiches made with en-
riched bread spread generously with
butter; a'crisp, raw carrot; tomato
juice in, glass jar, and some
stuffed prunes rolled in sugar. Even
though cheese is used in the sand
wiches, milk is essential in every
luncheon.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Boom in Babies Taxes
Facilities of Hosl tails

LOS ANGELES.-Hospitals shave
had to reduce the period o resi-
dence in maternity cases b ause
Of crowding due to a baby / om."
With the influx of war worke ) and
service men, plus an acceF tated
marriage rate, births in the county
30 far this year are 14,750 egainst
9,737 for the comparable pesfod in
1941.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Contour Farming Requirements


When the department of agricul-
ture began encouraging farmers to
pillow and seed on the contour as one
of the more effective ways of con-
serving the soil on their farms, the
fences dividing the fields were a
real obstacle to adoption of this re-
form, particularly in the Middle
West where they were ordinarily set
at right angles and ran north and
south or east and west. Such fences
had the effect of increasing the num-
Der of point rows" in field. Curv-
ing rows were cut off by straight
line fences.
But, as experience made it evil
dent that the advantages of contour
cultivation outweighed even the in
convenience Of added point rows. a
change has come. Farmers are
learning the advantages of placing
their fences on the contour, too. With
a winding fence set on the contour.
the fence line becomes an enduring
guide to contour cultivation.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Gasoline Companies Combine

Gasoline and oil companies in the
state of Victoria, Australia, have
agreed to sacrifice brands and indi-
vidual marketing interests for the
duration of the war in order to COM
ply with the government policy re-
lating to rationalizing Of transport
and economy of manpower.
In accordance with this decision
IL companies formed an organiza-
ton to take care Of all marketing.
Each company, according to its ca
pacity. will supply a quota Of men,
depots, vehicles and other equip
ment. Gasoline sold by the new
company would be branded Pool
Gasoline. The new organization il
registered as Pool Petrol Proprie-
tary Limited"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Sponge Iron Production

Sponge iron is produced when GER
tain very high grades of iron ore
are reduced to metallic form by
coming in contact with hot gases or
coal. The iron thus produced is a
relatively porous mass which, I'M
like pig iron, has not been melted
during the process of reduction from
ore to metal. theoretically, at least,
sponge iron could be used to some
extent in lieu of steel scrap for steel
making purposes. The process of
making sponge iron has been known
for centuries but chiefly because of
economic difficulties it is not pro
duced in great quantity in this coun-
try. BY far the greatest application
of cast iron scrap is In the manu-
facture Of. iron castings. In reia-
lively small amounts it could be
used for steel-making but its high
carbon content makes this inadvis-
able in any substantial amounts.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Australian Injuries Going

Australia isn't fooling in its war
effort. People on the home front
cheerfully are giving up all the lux
uries and fripperies to help the gov
eminent conserve manpower and
put. the 'non-essential" factories to
work on war goods. While every
day clothing has gone on the ration
ing list, tuxedos and tails" and
dress shirts, fur coats for milady
and similar 'can-do-without' arti-
cles of apparel are banned entirely.
Shoe manufacturers have eliminat-
ed all the fancy stuff and are stick
ing to a sensible last, stressing dura.
bility. Many types of cosmetics also
nave been discontinued. Face pow
der factories now are making the
kind that causes guns to shoot.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Do Mental Jobs Rather
Than Serve in u. s. ARMY

PHILADELPHIA Eleven young
men are doing mental Jobs at the
Byberry State hospital rather than
serve-even with commissions-in
the armed services.
They work nine hours daily for
$3.50 a month and maintenance.
They live together in a cottage they
must keep clean. They eat in the
employees cafeteria and wear the
same sort of clothes issued to pa
tients- =. :.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Aussies Act to Increase
Discipline of Sol iers

MELBOURNE. - Francis NJ.
Forde, Australian army mi ster,
announced that new and astic
penalties have been establisfF~3 for
undue delay within the army i car
rying out orders. Needless felay
has been caused. he said, by -ilure
Of some officers to insist on p ,npt
action from subordinates and, )ome
instances have been traced the
failure of some officers to Z cept
the responsibility for making deci-
sionS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
No Coupons for Cupid

The government is making Dan
Cupid's business more difficult in
Australia.
First. the department of war or
ganization and industry prohibited
the manufacture Of jewelry, includ-
ing engagement rings. Wedding
bands are allowed. however.
Now the ministry of trade and Gus
toms. which has charge of clothes
rationing, has decreed that extra
clothes coupons may not be issued
to brides. So every woman's hope
to appear respondent on her wed
ding day" depends upon her ingen-
uity with needle. thread and materi-
al on hand. =
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Fight Over Scrapping
Bronze Bell' Er led

ORLANDO, FLA.-AN &C try
versy among citizens heres over
whether to scrap a bronze beil
hanging in the belfry of / blic
building appeared ended. A >citi-
zen who helped remodel the ksild-
ing in 1925 said the bell is Nade
of concrete and painted a b ONE
color. ~ meant @ tell folks long
before this but it just slippet my
mind" he said. !. -
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Strikes Cost England
$1,000 Working tay.

LONDON.-Labor Minister nest
Bevin told the house of cor mons
that labor disputes in Sept nber
had caused stoppages costing 5000
working days.
In answer to question Bev said
$4,000 workers had been invoE ed in
1872 disputes. Wages were the main
issue in "a cases and working con-
ditionS in 40. -
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
laps Aid Lady's Wardrobe

The japanese. despite the war,
are still providing silk for Milady's
undertakings.
A young woman missionary, ac-
cording TO letter TO her parents in
Ipswich, Queensland. managed to
escape from Coma, in Papua, before
the japanese arrived. but abe had
to leave hurriedly and without any
wardrobe to speak Of.
Providentially. japanese plane
shot down by an Australian fell near
her jungle camp. In the wreckage
she found parachute. intact, out
of which she contrived to make q
plentiful supply Of parties and
.thirsE $1,000.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Crandfather Pinch Hits
For His Son in HosSital

POMONA, CALF. - POST aster
J. Ransom Casey paced a h spital
floor by proxy for his son. lieut.
John r. Casey, former Sta dford
football player, now q nav fiier
In Australia. ~.
Mother and Johnny Jr., = Nnds,
are doing fine.
So Is grandpa.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
Stuck in His Thumb
And Got Half Dollar

.NARISSA. ILL.-Ralph Dykes
l.teok q bite of his ice cream cone;
then paused to feast his eyes as
well as his palate.
l.. He saw q frozen hump, stuck in
IN thumb q Ia Jack Horner, and
pulled out a half dollar.
With a gamblers instinct, he
spent the money for more. cones,
but was disappointed to find they,
captsned only ice cream. ,.
Evening star., 1943-04-22
Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

Shame is acceptable to in efforts to
personality difficulties
j. DoSei to
Evening star., 1943-04-22

may be red, yellow or ashy in tone.
Each pepper wears his dark-colored
V-mark between the eyes, and there
Is an oblique cross on the back
On the slender legs there are bars.
The underparts are light in color
yellowish toward the back. The
males throat is brown. This is an
excellent field mark-provided, of
course, you are close.
With range over Eastern North
America, this hyla has many
friends. His spring song is cheer
full one. His domain is low marshy
ground in the open, or in marshy
lands or pools. His song should be
YOUR invitation to come out and
review the pussywillows, again. The
gay love song of the red-winged
blackbird and the slow, buzzing
hum of the busy insects are broad
cast for all to hear who love these
enchanted spots. There are violets,
grasses, alders and many spring
flowers to inspect; perhaps few
of them plucked for just small
bouquet for the house or office.
Anyway, our tiny pepper is inviting
us to come out, come out"
These singers have the greatest
fair for hiding right where one can
see them, if nature-wise eyes are
wide open. The song is high
pitched, loud, far-carrying and,
occasionally. strongly triled, sound
ing like a thin, sweet note from
pipe. Only two notes are discern
ible, the first quite low as it slides
into the second and higher one.
The "water-gate" of the singer is
a charming platform of brown leaf
which floats upon the water. His
swollen throat CLEANS like a large
pearl the mouth remains closed
end as the last note dies down
the silver balloon collapses. With
out even a bow to his enthranced
audience, the performer dives into
the water.
In April. the eggs are laid, 4 to
10 of them. Fastened singly on
plants or lying free on the bottom.
they resemble plant seeds. Six to
IL days later-the heat of the sun
controlling the debut-the tadpoles
wriggle their way out. In 7 or 8
weeks, the taddies are full grown
small and delicate, and inch long,
including tail. And even before the
mature form has been assumed, the
head and eyes and nostrils are un-
mistakably those of the grown
pepper.
AS soon as the front legs break
through their coverings, the peppers
leave the water. They climb the
grasses and sedges and float on
leaves, though they still have their
tails. In June, hundreds of spring
peppers are happily situated on
brown leaves or green moss growing
on the banks. Your step will set
many of them leaping into the air.
They had been taking a nap or en-
gagged In tapping up wee mosquitoes.
Evening star., 1943-04-22

VOL, 9:30-song Treasure Hour: 0bsev-
anes Of Holy thursday.
W0P, 9:30-Stage Door canieen: Jeanette
Macdonald and Capt. Gene Raymond.
WRc, 10:30-Mareh Of Time. Secretary Of
the Navy Frank Knox on Nazi submarine war
teehniquss
WT0p, 10:30-1om t. CLARK Of fhs Depart.
menf Of Justice makes a statement on the
future course Of the antitrust division.
Evening star., 1943-04-22
Bedtime Stories
BY THORTON w. BURGESS.

DANNY MEADOW MOUSE slept.
1t took him a long time to go to
sleep. but go to sleep he did, at
last. But even then he could not
get rid of his worry about Nanny
Meadow Mouse. He dreamed he
saw Nanny running from Reddy
Fox, caught by Old Man Coyote,
carried away by Redtail the Hawk.
And always it was through some
fault of his that such dreadful
things happened to Nanny. He
dreamed that he heard Nanny cry
ing because she was lost, and though
he did his best to find her he
couldn't. So he dreamed, and when
at last he awoke he did not feel at
all rested.
It was night. For a few minutes
Danny lay still and tried to think
how he came to be there and what
had happened. Then it all came
back to him, how he had lost Nanny
Meadow Mouse. He scrambled to
his feet. He would go on at once.
That it was night made no differ
ence. He could travel by night
quite as we'll as by day. In fact,
there were, If anything, fewer dan
gers. But the farther Danny got,
the harder it was to think Of re-
turning to his old home on the
Green Meadows without Nanny.
Her absence would be harder to bear
than ever; without her, 1t wouldn't
be home at all.
He was so busy thinking about
Nanny and how life without her
wouldn't be worth living that he
grew needless, and it was just by
pure luck that he escaped Reddy
Fox, who was hunting along that
very fence. AS 1t was, he saw
Reddy only just in time.
So, quite out of breath when both
fright and hard running, Danny
drew nearer and nearer to that
part of the Green Meadows where
he once had lived before he had
moved to Farmer Browns corn
field and had been carried to Farmer
Browns barn in q shock of corn.
On the edge of the cornfield, he
stopped. The field was bare now,
save for the stubs Of the cornstalks,
but 1t looked very familiar, and it
made the ache in Danny's heart
twice as hard. He stopped. He
couldn't go any farther.
Il can't do it. I can't. I can't
go home without Nanny" said he.
IT know what I'll do. I'll go back
to where I lost her. If I don't find
her or learn what became OF her,
I'll never 60 back to our old home
on the Green Meadows. 1t would
only make me think of her more,
and I just couldn't stand it. I
wish I had somebody to help me
hunt for her. I'll rest bit, then
I'll 60 back"
So Danny found a place where
he could curl up in safety, and this
time, because he really was quite
worn out with his hurry and worry,
he promptly went to sleep and slept
without dreaming. When he awoke,
jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun was just
beginning his daily climb up In the
blue sky, the birds were beginning
to sing, Old Mother West Wind was
coming down from the Purple Hills
with her bagful of children, the
Merry Little Breezes, and the soft
spring air seemed to be filled with
the spirit of happiness happiness
for every one but Danny Meadow
Mouse. For a few minutes, he hesi-
tated; then he turned away from
the Green Meadows. He simply
couldn't go back home without
Nanny. He couldn't do it.
Evening star., 1943-04-22
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY,
TOO MUCHNESS.

This weeks slip O the tongue:
"The brothers are both alike" No
The sentence Is redundant, for the
word both" is superfluous. Better
say: The brothers are alike.
The Greek word for redundancy
Is pleonasm," meaning literally too
muchness." Much otherwise good
writing Is marred by pleonastic
phrases using two or more
words when one is sufficient.
Wrong: "Will you please repeat
that over again?" Right: Will you
please repeat that?
Wrong: After a brief pause, he
continued to go on" Right: After
brief pause, he continued.
Wrong: "He entered into the
ROOM" Right: He entered the
room.
Wrong: ''Please refer back again
to chapter three Right: Please
refer to chapter three.
Wrong: Each and every one Of
you must attend" Right: Each Of
you Cor every one of you) must
attend.
Wrong: "It is an actual fact
Evening star., 1943-04-22
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
SPRING PEPPER.
(Hyld pickeringii.)

When the spring peppers of the
Eastern United States broadcast,
spring is really in the air. How
these small announcers do sing!
One expects such volume from a
really robust performer; when con-
fronted by the individual, there is
a distinct shock
Pickering's hyla is the smallest
representative of the genus hyla in
North America. The male reaches
l inch III length, the female IL,
These peppers vary in color from
light fawn to dark brown, but they