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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

An air force man demonstrates
the buoyancy of the "Mae West" life
jacket, which is stuffed with fiber
from milkweed pods. These life
jackets are standard equipment in
the navy and merchant marine.
Filters who range over the ocean,
soldiers and marines engaged in
amphibious warfare, and all other
servicemen who face danger Of
death by drowning depend on these
life jackets to keep them afloat until
help comes.
up to the boys and girls OF every
community to harvest all milkweed
pods in their neighborhood so that
not a single life will be lost for lack
of buoyant life jackets.
Buying of pods will be handled at
Petoskey, Mich, by the Milkweed
Floss division of War Hemp Indus
tries, Inc, a private corporation.
The Commodity Credit corporation
Of the U. S. department of agricul-
ture assisted by the U. S. soil
conservation service will direct the
program. The Petoskey office will
send trucks out to pick up bags Of
pods in other sections.
At least 800 pods must be col
lected to supply one pound of floss.
Fifty-pound open mesh onion bags
were supplied pickers during last
years harvest, each bag holding a
bushel or from 600 to 800 pods and
the open mesh permitting rapid dry
ing. (The high moisture content OF
milkweed pods presents a serious
hazard of heating and spelling un-
less handled property
Scout troops. schools, All clubs or
other organizations may be desig-
mated as the authorized buying
agent and advanced money by War
Hemp Industries. Inc. to pay for
the pods as soon as picked and to
handle them for ultimate collection
by a representative of War Hemp
Industries. Inc. The organization
authorized would be allowed a
small fee per bag for keeping the
necessary records. For this drying
service last year an additional S
cents per bag was paid besides the
IS cents for picking. The same rates
will probably prevail this fall.
After the pods are picked. they
must be handled properly in order
to make the highest quality of floss.
1t is very important that the bags
be hung on a fence, clearing the
ground by at least IL inches. to get
the full benefit of sun and wind, with.
in "a hours after picking. A ball.
park, school or fairgrounds fence, or
some other convenient and ade.
quate location may be chosen. Some.
one must be on duty to check out
empty bags and receive, pay for,
and hang up full bags of pods every
evening and Saturday during the col.
lection season. Also. it is neces.
sary to rehang any bags which fall
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

material giving a very decorative
effect and the rings sewn to the
points of the scallops make it pos
sible to slide the curtains back
and forth on the rods.
The trick in making the seal
Hoped hem is in being sure that
the curved edges follow a sharp,
clean-cut line. All the steps are
shown here in the diagrams. Use
a small saucer or a large cup
for marking the scallops, and
when you turn them right side out,
pull the material out smoothly at
the points with a pin.
NOTE - The graceful corner bracket
that you see beside the window in the
sketch, also the stenciled wooden cookie
box on the unit are made with pattern
No. 266. The shelf is fourteen inches wide
and the box is about seven inches high.
The pattern for the shelf and the quaint
peasant figures and lettering on the box
are actual size. All directions and color
guide are included. Patterns are Is cents
each postpaid. Address:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
The Rambling Rhymster
BY LES PLETTNER
Yesterday

Although full many years have
flown,
1t seems like yesterday,
AS retrospective glance is thrown,
On living sad and gay.
The days way back in district
school,
The days upon the farm.
For moment now they memory rule,
In recollection warm.
The Observation-Disclosures the home,
The old familiar place.
The evenings in the dusky gloam,
Time a erase.
The days when preparations Ger,
You stepped into the world,
To face the battles din and roar,
With banner bright unfurled.
The failures and the triumphs strong,
Which you met on the way.
The sadness and the joyous song
It seems like yesterday.
The thought Of romance fresh and
sweet,
That came along your path
Of her you were destined to meet,
No finer memory hath.
They all come crowding back again,
As old lights round them play
So bright it seems that they have
been
Brought out of yesterday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

room table or out of several book
cases placed end to end with the
shelf side facing in. Cover with a
white cloth. Have all the markings
for sodas, sundaes end yes. even
banana splits. Have prices pasted
up on the wall behind the bar (f
you have a mirror behind you. it's
much more r%ealistic). If you're
patriotic you'll make everything cost
a 10-cent var stamp. AS hostess
wear a white soda-jerker coat and
take your guests orders. They'll
eat it up-and you can take that
literally.
Make Like a Statue-'Member that
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Butterfat Can Be
Increased by Water
Proper Methods Will
Give Better Returns

Dairymen whose cows can have a
drink Of water whenever they want
it-night or day-wil get more milk
and butterfat from the same amount
Of feed and care than the dairymen
who water their cows only a couple
Of times a day. This has been proven
by extensive tests conducted at Iowa
state college.
The cows while being watered by
means Of water bowls drank ap-
proximately 10 per cent more
water and yielded 3.5 per cent more
milk and 1877 per cent more butter
fat than while being watered twice
a day at the outdoor tank.
Conclusions reached from the
tests also showed that the tempera-
ture Of the water was not nearly SO
important as the temperature Of the
air. In other words, if the COW had
to stand outside in near zero
weather, she was likely to drink
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Dog Chases Street Car
And Gets Round Trim

ST. PAUL. MIMI When a small
bulldog nearly ran himself bow.
legged chasing a streetcar here, the
motorman. Clarence W. Olson, Min.
neapolis. stopped the car and let the
dog get aboard. Did it belong to
anybody on the cal. he inquired? 1t
didn't. So the motorman let it stay
on as a nonpaying passenger for the
round trip and brought it back to
st. Paul. There he let the dog off.
All in q days work.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Sulphuric Acid

In peacetime the largest share Of
the sulphuric acid used in the Unit.
ed States is consumed in the fer
tilizer industry. It serve to break
down insoluble phosphate rock, con-
verting it into superphosphate Of
lime which dissolves easily in the
soil and can then be drunk up as
food by plant roots.
The second Target amount is used
in petroleum refining, where it
helps to tear the complex oil to
pieces.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

Your face gets into the Eternal
Triangle, too! Have you a narrow
forehead? A wide jaw and a narrow
face? That's it! Combat it cleverly
by brushing your hair up from the
sides and expose the forehead. This
gives length to the face. Soft hair.
line over the ear. but smooth at the
jawline. Little rouge but that little
we'll blended. Accent on the mouth.
Eyebrows groomed to their natural
line.
Ledger Syndicate.-WNU Features.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER

game Of Statues" you played when
you were younger? The person
who was it," turned his back and
counted 10 and when he wheeled
around quickly you had to freeze
like a statue or you we're ''out."
Try the same thing on the dance
foor-only make it harder and more
hilarious by announcing what the
statues must represent, Just before
each unexpected music pause. For
instance, announce, "Sinatra and a
swooner" for one statue or "A low
er's quarrel for another. Couples
freezing into the best statues get
points and at the end of the Statue
Dance the couple that has the most
points gets the prize.
FOR FRIENDSHIPS SAKE
Everybodyss wearing friendship
rings. The main idea is to have each
ring inscribed with the initials of
the person who gave it to you. Here's
how some of the gals land boys) are
wearing their rings these days.
String Them Along-Popular girls
receive so many friendship rings
that they haven't enough fingers to
go round. 5000 they string their
rings on a chain or black velvet rib
bon and veal them around their
necks as a necklace.
Chain Gang Boys wear their
friendship rings on their watch
chains.
Fair Exchange-Some boys buy
two matching friendship rings-one
to give to their favorite flutterbump,
one to wear themselves.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

down, retie any that have been
opened and, especially after wet
weather, to shake each bag to fluff it
up and help drying. Dew, rain or
snow do not hurt the pods if the
bags are hung up properly. After
two to six weeks, the thoroughly
dried bags are put indoors to await
pickup.
The floss of the milkweed plant
is a very elusive substance. As the
plant approaches seasonal maturity
the leaves drop, the stem gradually
ceases to function and while the pods
cling t~enaciously to the stem, they
lose moisture and shrivel until they
split and release floss and seed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

substitute for kapok, from which life
pr%eservers and Innings for aviators'
flying suits may be made. Early
September is the proper time to
pick the pods. after the seeds have
started to turn brown. Call has been
sent out for farmers, Boy Scouts and
war workers to gather the floss to
fill urgent need of the navy and war
departments.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Spending for War Is
Slowing Down a Bit

WASHINGTON spending
slowed down a bit in the first half
of July.
The treasury's statement for
July IS reported war expenditures
of So, 1888, 272, 293 compared with
So. STA, 277. 635 in the same period
of June. In the first half of July,
1913. the Expenditures totaled 49,
1870, $40, 1888.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Youth and Age

AS I approve of a youth that has
something of the old man in him,
SO I am no less pleased with an
old man that has something of the
youth. He that follows this rule
may be old in body, but can never
be so in mind.-Cicero.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Scalloped Tops for
Your Sash Curtains

uERE is a new idea for your
IL kitchen curtains-or for sash
curtains for any room. Crisp,
sheer material such as lawn or Or
candle may be used and white or
a plain light color will be most eff
fective. The curtains are hung
above eye level on a single rod
fastened to the window sash. The
four-inch-deep scalloped hem at
the top shows through the sheer
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

~ Similar to soy.
bean oil. From
100 pounds of the
seed at least 20
pounds of oil may
be extracted.
In Canada, the
leaves have prov.
en- an excellent
source of natural
rubber.
Perhaps tn
greatest war use
is the floss OF
~:1l,,.-- -
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Bats Employ 'Radar'
To Dodge Obstacles
When Flying in Dark

The flying bat at night employs
natural radar'' to avoid colliding
with trees and other obstacles. The
little animal sends out cries, too
shrin to be heard by the human ear
that help it to locate things in its
path. Dr.. Robert Galambos Of the
University Of Rochester medical
school recounted his experiments
in a General Electric science
forum address at Schenectady.
New York.
"Bats move around almost ex-
clusively in complete darkness"-in
search of food-"except for moon
and starlight" DR.. Galambos said.
That means they would collide with
trees, bushes and fenceposts, unless
they had some way to tell where
such obstacles are located.
Although bats have eyes, they pre-
fer to live and feed in darkness.
The method used by the flying bat
depends on the production Of sound
and the analysis Of echoes. As the
bat flies through the air, it emits a
constant stream Of high-pitched
cries, which permeate the space in
front of the animal. If there are
any obstacles out there, like tree
branches or fe%nceposts, the sound
is reflected or echoed back. The bat
hears these echoes, changes it's
course. and flies into regions which
are echo-free.
Physicists have invented cleo
tronic devices for detecting the
supersonic sounds of bats, DR..
Galambos continued.
when DR.. Donald Griffin and I
were asking ourselves whether
bats produced a supersonic cry, we
took the problem to Prof. G. W.
Pierce, the expert in supersonic
sound at Harvard u, who very
generously turned over to US what
ever laboratory space and equip
ment we required.
1.-THE instrument we needed most
was a so-caIed sonic amplifier, a
device which converts supersonic
sounds into audible ones. With it we
were able to show that so long as
bats fly, they emit a constant stream
Of cries in which f~requencies around
$4,000 cycles were particularly
strong" the doctor explained.
Humans cannot hear much above
about 10000 cycles. And as people
grow older, the upper limit drops
lower and lower, until at go or so,
a person is deaf above about 5000
cycles.
"The bat emits a steady 'tat-tat-
tat of about 80 supersonic cries a
second as it cruises about in the
air." DR.. Galambos said. But when
an obstacle lies ahead, this rate just
about doubles momentarily. then
drops back to 80 again when the
obstacle is passed."
DR.. Griffin and DR.. Galambos
watched about a hundred bats anc
also experimental further to show
the importance of the supersonic cry
in another way. They tied the mouth
of the animal closed and then let il
fly away. Those gagged animals were
helpless in the air. But as soon as
they cut the strings, each bal
avoided obstacles once again.
The physicists also found that
plugged ears were as dangerous as
gags for the bats, the latter bump.
ing into obstacles again. Funda'
mentally the same vocal structure
produces supersonic cries in bats
as produces speech in man.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

LII Ill ally " ~
make your next
party a headline
hit if you make it
a soda Fountain
Fiesta" Send
your invitations
out, written on
wooden ice-cream
spoons - just for
a t m o s p h e r e.
M a k e a S o d a
fountain out of
YOUR long dining
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
ARE YOU A r r

Well, If you're not, you'd like to
be, SO here are some suggestions for
making your next ~rat-race SO cata-
clysmic that all the other kids will
start giving parties. As we've said
before (monotonous morons, aren't
we?), you have to give parties II
you want to 60 to them.
Soda Fountain Fiesta-You know
how much fun it is to sit around the
soda fountain after school and pass
the chatter around. This same in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

All children r urged to watch
for the purplish flowers and fat
green pods of milkweed (Ascle-
pias), making notes on locations
where they r to be found and on
the areas where they are most album
dant. Then, in early Fall when the
seed within the pods begin to turn
brown, the picking can get under
way Immediately in those marked
locations. Picking starts about the
middle of September. knowledge
of the natural distribution Of milk
weed within the United States indi-
Gates that it is possible to obtain
from one to two million pounds of
floss annually.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

A utility egg package, containing
the dehydrated equivalent Of two
dozen eggs in half the space required
for a dozen fresh ones. is an ex.
pected postwar application Of a war.
time development.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

Your unused porch can be trans.
formed into an ideal place to spend
most of your vacation. It takes
little effort, and some ingenuity to
fix up a porch. but it can be done
and in~expensively too.
An open patio can be screened by
running a porch shade out from the
caves. over the patio, to several
poles on the opposite side of the
patio.
An awning ceiling, and roller
shade sides make a second living
room for you. It will afford you
privacy. and a cool spot to loll for
hours.
Ledger Saskatchewan Features.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
Agriculture
In the News
Milkweed Floss

The milkweed has gone to war
and no longer can be considered
a farm pest.
The seeds Of the milkweed fur
nishes an edible oil, chemical
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
FACTS

A soldier requires 40 times as
much wool as a civilian and it takes
2s sheep to provide that wool for one
year.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31
RAZOR BLADES

Is SINGLE or DOUBLE edge razor blades
b. Sales. 223 w. 8th ST., Houston =. Texas.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

It takes a. years food from IS:
acres to feed a bomber. building
crew for the time 1t takes to builc
q single bomber.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-08-31

Fifteen ounces Of snap beans. gar
den weight. are needed to make Is
ounces canned weight.
Evening star., 1944-02-09

bined travelling medicine salesman
and modern hospital.
When he could not treat a marine
he would order him sent to a hos
pital ship. Many q marine argued
faxed good health and pleaded with
Red to be left ashore. Reds word
was law and the marine was sent
back.
His affect on the morale of the
marines was summed up by one
tough sergeant who said:
"You know that guy not only doc
tored my feet, but he gave me a
mental shot in the arm that made
me feel lot better. Guess that's
what they call keeping up the NOR
ale."
Red went on some of the flame
throwing trips carrying his first
aid equipment. We had left our
packs on the beach, carrying only
two canteens of water and q rifle
Run Into Jap Sniper.
One evening Red and I went back
to the beach for supplies. At the
end of the air strip we ran into
a japanese sniper who had a ma
chine gun in palm tree We made
Evening star., 1944-02-09

oIlA SOlIlg SCIOHS '"oA D~'heu'
after the battle, for, with one other
corpsman, he helped to keep several
hundred men on their feet for nine
nights and days to bring vital ma
terial ashore.
For f1ame-thrower assault unit
it would have proved lot harder
battle had not Red" (or "Doc)
been with them.
When the unit was called to 70
ashore the commander wasn't going
to let Red go with them. He was
told he could go in a few days, but
Red hit the ceiling. He screamed,
he swore, and he went ashore.
50-Yard Beachhead.
1t was night when the unit
reached the beach. There was only
a 50-yard beachhead, and behind
that were the Japanese. The men
dug foxholes and went to sleep,
ready for the next days work, but
adventure started that night for
Red.
A lone Japanese bomber few over
the island, and the pilot picked the
spots he wanted to drop his three
bombs We had no antiaircraft
defense weapons set up. The third
bomb fell near Reds foxhole, and
he received a shrapnel wound in
the cheek
My foxhole was near Reds. and
tho rnvf nnt,l1 1ic
was a good feet deeper.
You know" he said, II don't
know where I put that dirt. I just
laid there and dug, and sank, and
dug and sank"
The unit got its flame thrower
gear together and started out to
burn the japanese from their un-
derground pillboxes.
Soon the Leathernecks were COM
ing back to the beach suffering every
thing from bullet and shrapnel
wounds to blistered feet and home
sickness. Red completely dominated
the situation
Tests Water and Rations.
They asked him to sample the
water when it didn't taste right. He
tasted can of field rations when
they thought it might be rotten.
Expecting him to know all the trop-
each one was. expected to treat it
and cure it in few minutes. The
marines looked on him as COM
Evening star., 1944-02-09

for q shell hole, sat down, lit q Gig
arctic and waited for the Jap to run
out OF ammunition, or go to sleep,
we hoped.
In 10 minutes Red stuck his head
against the shell hole and looked
toward the general direction of the
sniper. A slug landed three feet in
front of us. AS long as we stayed
against the side Of the shell hole we
were all right, but the direction we
wanted to 80 was away from the side.
You know, Pepper, we can't stay
here" said Red. TITS getting dark
and this is not safe place to spend
the night"
Yes" I said.
Race 100 Yards.
1t was a good 100 yards across that
air strip to where there WAS safety.
Evening star., 1944-02-09

After one hour. and two packages
of cigarettes. Red said:
"Well, we haven't any more
matches. our water is gone, the guys
back at the front need me, and be-
sides want another cigarette, SO
let's co. And we took of.
How we got across that air strip
I'll never know. Three feet behind
Red, I could feel the machine gun
trained on my back. That Jap must
have been g. lousy shot. After run
ming 100 miles" during three
weeks" of mental agony, we jumped
into a large shell hole. We had
made 1t.
Gee, you know" Red commented.
II used to read about this in books
once. Why this is just like those
times in France during the last
war;"
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Civil Service Head Warns
OF Postwar Job Problems

War veterans must be given Job
preference in the postwar period
because some II ,000, 900 of them will
have been completely out of touch
with rapidly changing events in this
country" Commissioner Arthur S.
Flemming Of the Civil Service Com
mission said last night before the
Bar Association Of New York.
He warned, however, that civilians
discharged from war plants and
Federal agencies likewise will need
employment to keep the Nations
economy balanced.
The commission. Mr.. Flemming
said, will continue to investigate
Evening star., 1944-02-09

" e n t through
the hell of war
to render first
aid to the ma
rines.
An 180-pound
bunch Of energy,
Jack B ar n e t t
has red hair and
a belief, t h a t
God helps those
who help them
selves.
He endured the
entire 76- hour
battle of Tarawa
Atoll and was
still going strong
Evening star., 1944-02-09

Mr.. Temming said the Government
recruited slightly more than 1,000,-
600 new persons in the last six
months of 1943, though total en-
ployment in the period actually de-
clined by 10000, compared with
the preceding six months.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
THE EVENING STAR Washington DC. B.
WEDNESDAY

those to be placed in key war posi-
tions, adding that 30,653 among
190,17l persons investigated from
July i, 1910, through December 81,
1943, were rated ineligible because
of perjury or q reasonable doubt as
to their loyalty to this country.
Discussing personnel turnover.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
ADVERTISEMENT.
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try Penetro, modern medication in .
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two ways at once to relieve these mis-
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25c. Double supply 35c. Get Penetro.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
DC. NaWCorpsman' S
Heroism in GiIberts
Told by Companion

fThe tollotOt',g story ,pas Urit-
ten by Sergt. Jack Pepper, Okla-
honad City, Marine Corps COM
bat correspondent, about Phar-
nlGcist (Second Glass; Jack Bar
nett, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
E. Barnett, 2515 Thirteenth
street NV
Evening star., 1944-02-09

TARAWA ATOLL, Gilbert Islands
Delayed A Navy corpsman usu-
ally is q noncombatant, but have
just spent 13 days with one who