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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

A sauce for holiday puddings
may be made by creaming a
half cup of butter or margarine
with one and a half cups con-
fectloners' sugar; an egg is - |
added and the whole thing beat
en- well. Next mix in a table
spoon or two of boiling water
and a half teaspoon of vanilla.
Cut half dozen marshmallows
IN quarters and arrange them
over a chocolate bread pudding
shortly before it is to come from
the oven; serve rot with thin
cream.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Inyents Mole Tunneler

A mechanical mole" that bur-
rows through ground and under
mountains much as the mole tun-
nels under lawns and In gardens
has been announced by the USSR.
Soviet officials say the mechanical
moles will be useful in searching for
coal seams and other mineral de.
posits and examining sites under
consideration for construction prof.
ects. The mechanical mole has d
toothed drill on its nose which loos.
ems the earth ahead of it. A con-
veyor revolving around the body
packs earth into the sides, top and
bottom of the tunnel so that it need
not be removed. The motive power
is furnished by fin-shaped blades at
the rear which work like the hind
legs of swimming frog, reaching
forward and pushing back.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13

The new regulation makes avail
liable to state and federal game
agencies millions of acres of ex-
cellent wild life habitat that needs
only management to maintain
them at high level of production.
In the final days of the session,
the Congress passed and sent to
the White House a bill containing
the largest appropriation ever al
located to the Fish and Wildlife
service. The record budget of
nearly % million dollars should
permit that agency to operate
with increased efficiency during
the coming fiscal year.
The Congress also passed the
Taft -Barkley stream pollution
control bill after rephrasing it
$ld striking out some of its most
forceful provisions. The bill pas
sed the House in its final form
over the protests of Representa-
i've Karl Mundt SD one of the
staunchest strong anti-pollution
law.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Oranges TO Look At

In Grandmother's day, an orange
was the supreme joy in her Christ
mas stocking. So rare was this
golden fruit that it often was kept
just to 'look at" Today, it is a
daily necessity in millions of Ameri-
can homes. Since 1909, citrus fruits,
of which the orange is the biggest
member, have increased in per
capita consumption from A pounds
to 116 pounds. The Orient once had
a corner on oranges. Some so years
before Columbus made his famous
voyage, the sweet orange made its
first appearance in Europe. A CEN
tury later. it was being cultivated
by the Spanish settlers In st. Au.
gustine, Fla. From there, it mi
grated slong the gulf coast and
throughout most of California,
where it is the No. fruit crop.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Automobile Paint

The more permanent automobile
finishes usually are obtained with
baking japans or enamels, which
are dried and hardened in ovens at
high temperatures. These and other
special finishes, which are fairly
durable, can be applied only in fac
tories. The materials sold for re-
finishing automobiles at home are
usually colored pigments ground in
japan for fiat-finish undercoats and
colored varnishes or enamels to be
applied and dried at ordinary tenn
psratures. Sometimes finishing
coats of clear varnish are used,
but colored varnish usually makes
more durable finishing coat. Spe-
cial heat-reSistant paints for engine
hoods and radiators and special
preparations for tops are also on the
market.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
start Of Hitchhikinr

Hitchhiking started long before
the advent Of the automobile. In pio-
neer days two men often would
make long journey with only one
horse. Since riding double for long
stretches was uncomfortable, one
man would mount and ride while
the other started hiking. At a speci-
fed time, the rider would stop. hitch
the steed to roadside tree and
walk on ahead. Soon the first man
would arrive, mount the horse and
ride on past the second until his
time was up, when he would hitch
the animal and 60 along on foot
again.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Crickeis and Grasshoppers
Eat Their Weight Daily

Steaks would be scarcer than
they were under wartime point ra-
tioning, if steer had an appetite
that compared with that of a grass
hopper or a Mormon cricket and
did not make more efficient use Of
his feed. This is evident from re.
cent studies by department of agri-
culture entomologists. A beef ami
NAL on food range will eat his own
weight in grass in seven or eight
days. These insects consume green
forage roughly eight times as fast
In proportion to their weight. An
adult grasshopper will eat its own
weight in about 16 hours and Nor
mon cricket in about 10. II human
appetite was on the same scale, the
worldwide food shortage would be
far more acute, with a 150-pound
person devouring $50 pounds of food
daily.
"A migratory appetite is the i'm.
preston the Mormon cricket leaves
with western farmers and ranchers
who have had experience with the
pest. This cricket does, not fly--as
do some of the equally active feed
ers among the grasshoppers--but it
gets around by hopping and crawl
ing. A cricket invasion can cause
havoc to wheat, alfalfa, sugar beets
and garden crops, and is able to
practically strip range lands Of
grasses and weedy forage so that
cattle and sheep may go hungry. 1t
is on this account that ranchers
favor cricket control by spreading
poison bait in the path Of migrating
cricket bands.
A cricket that eats a bait of bran
mash poisoned with sodium fIuosili-
cate ceases to eat crop and forage
plants and that leaves the plants
for harvest or grazing. For batting
grasshoppers, sodium arsenite was
formerly used widely, but crickets
dislike this chemical and viii not
touch arsenite bats. Sodium fluo-
Silicate bats are effective against
both Mormon crickets ard grass.
hoppers, entomologists report.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13

Eel PATIO Popular Game

e PATIO is popular but danger
Gus game played in Argentina and
some other South American coun.
tries. The players, mounted on
horses, compete for the possession
of a stuffed leather-ball-like object
fitted with six protruding handles
and about the size of a basketball.
The game usually covers five or
six mile course, the first one TO
reach the end with the ell patio in his
possession is the winner. There are
no rules, anything goes, including
dragging opponent from his horse,
using whip or club on horse or
player, or tripping his rivals
mount Most of the players ride al
full gallop during the entire game.
The game has been outlawed in
some sections on account of the
heavy loss in lives.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Survey Shows Increase
0f part.Time Farmers

The trend is for an increasing
number of people who are not full
time farmers to live on farms, sur
vey conducted by the Cornell. N.
Y, agricultural experiment station
shows.
In the survey district, represen-
tative of most farm areas, the re-
port shows that half the farm occu-
pants are either part-time or resi-
dent farmers. They occupy one-fifth
Of the land while the owners do Is
per cent Of the farming business in
this area. The part-time farmers
utilize most of their land. while
60 per cent Of the crop land on the
resident farms is idle.
Greater concentration of land
among a smaller number of farm
ers, making more small farms and
homesteads available, may have
helped bring about this trend. Many
small farmers flnd that they can do
better at other jobs and work their
farms part time rather than COM
pete with the larger farms, the sur
vey points out. 1t also was point
ed out that some people felt farm
would be security in case of another
depression.
The housing shortage is another
reason for people moving to rural
areas and in some cases retired
farmers still lived on the old home
stead. Other residents found that
buying farm was cheaper than
buying city home. Better trans.
portation and more non-rural occu-
pations in the country have made it
possible for more people to live.
there, the study points out.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Stop Sticking Drawers

Damp weather often causes wood
to swell as a result of absorbing
moisture. The wood in the drawer
and in the adjoining partitions
swells as a result of absorbing
moisture. The paint or varnish also
may become sticky during pro-
longed wet spells. Sometimes the
overlooking of the drawers makes
them warp and bind. Remove the
drawer and lay it on a work bench
or on the floor and plane the bottom
edges or the sides until the drawer
slides in and out easily. Never
plane the top edges, as this would
spoil the appearance when the
drawer is closed. Then apply paraf-
fin TO the runways and to the bot
tom edges of the drawer to make il
run smoothly.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Food Taste Changes

What was good enough for grand
father is definitely not good enough
for the average American today,
especially when it comes to food.
According to a department. of agri-
culture survey, the nations food
tastes are showing drastic changes,
and the average diet of 81 years
ago is strikingly different from that
of today. The use of milk and milk
products, for example, has jumped
from 1853 quarts per person to 257
quarts. Consumption of tomatoes
and fresh greens and yellow vege-
tables has shown steady rise, while
the use Of potatoes has dropped so
per cent. The nations taste for
fruits has shown a decided increase
during the past 81 years. Apples.
however, once this country's favor.
ite fruit, have felt the pinch of
changing times, and have yielded
to our rapidly increasing use of cit.
rus fruits.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
V3kF
Scientists Scan Problem
OF Atomic Power Piles

Low-cost atomic power will not be
available before 1860, according to
predictions of atomic experts.
The two big engineering problems
to be solved are getting structural
materials which will withstand the
high temperatures Of the atomic pile
and developing methods of getting
the heat out of the system.
Atomic power piles will not ex-
plode like an atomic bomb, they
claim. The first atomic power piles
will not compete with coal or oil,
and they undoubtedly will be used
for special applications where the
cost Of power does not prohibit use.
An estimated so or rs tons of shield
ing material would be necessary for
a 10000 h.p. atomic engine.
These scientists believe when
atomic power is perfected, a plant
big enough to supply city of 10000
persons could be housed in rela-
lively small two-story building.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
PAGE SIX
Crappie Family

The chief difference between the
black and white crappie is that the
white variety has six spines in the
dorsal fin and plain anal f1n while
the black has seven spines in the
aorsal and strongly reticulate anal
IN. Outside of these two exceptions
the two crappies are almost identi.
cal in appearance. Each reach a
maximum length of IL inches and
weigh slightly more than one
pound. Like other members Of the
bass family. crappie are nesting fish
and their spawning habits are SINH
lar to those of the bluegills.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Foot and Mouth Campaign
In Mexico Makes Progress

The campaign to eradicate foot
and mouth disease in Mexico is max
ing steady progress, according to
DR.. B. T. Simms, u. S. department
Of agriculture. The slaughter of ami
mails that might spread the dis
ease has been going forward at
the rate Of several thousand day.
The only known way to keep this
highly infectious livestock disease
from crossing the border from Mex
leo into the United States is to kill
every infected animal, as well as
all those that have been exposed to
the infection. Owners of these
slaughtered animals receive indem-
mites. based on fair market or util-
ity valuations, provided they have
complied with quarantine and 9TH
er requirements.
Veterinarians, technicians and 9TH
er trained personnel from the Unit
ed States are aiding the Mexican
authorities in mapping the strategy
for this international campaign and
in conducting the field work essen
tial for its success.
Main steps in the eradication pro-
gram are inspection to determine
the presence Of the disease; killing
and burying the animals in deep
pits, after first treating their car
casses with lime to hasten decom-
position and prevent illegal salvage,
and cleaning and disinfecting the
premises from which the animals
were taken.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Crude Oil Products

The oil industry has helped de-
velop approximately 5,400 different
products from crude oil. Petroleum
is used as the base for thousands Of
essential products, ranging from lip.
stick to DDT and from candies to
candles. A partial list Of such prod
ucts used in the home includes Gel
lophane, rust preventives, sewing
machine oil, cleaning fluids, laun-
dry wax, insecticides, disinfectants,
dyes, roofing materials. timber pre-.
servatives. furnace oil. gas for the
kitchen range, and the now famil-
lar plastic items in use as fittings,
wall tiles, luggage frames, jewelry
and gadgets Of all sorts.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
HOOlsworm Infection

There is danger that the tougher
variety OF hookworm found in the
Pacific islands may establish itself
In southern states in which the
American hookworm already is an
unwelcome guest, says American
Medical association. Hookworm in
fection results in intestinal
disturbances, abdominal pain,
fever that comes and goes, progress
sive anemia, pallor and emaciatian.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Real Manufacturer

The hen is capable of manufac-
turing one or more pounds of eggs
from. every FIVE pounds of feed con-
sumed, and at the same time main
tain her body. Feedstuffs which
have comparatively little value for
human food are converted into one
OF natures most perfect foods. Eggs
contain all the nutrients required to
transform tiny germ into a baby
chick.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
CONGRESS PASSES BILLS TO
AID DUCKS and Wild LIFE

price hunting the 1948 open
will dollar ConServations in favor of bill
introduced Congress the So but the law
makers failed the disappointment the
lovers of migratory waterfowl
dollar paid by hunter would have
creased the million dollars had been suggested the
million be turned Ducks Unlimited Inc for strengthening
its in of
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13

The Congress, however, passed
three bills which should help in
crease wild life. The Burke
Wherry bill will provide that sur
plus war lands be turned over to
the states for Wild Life service
where the land has particular
value" for a migratory bird pro-
gram.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Don't BE Hooked

When choosing q design for q
booked rug, remember to use
shades of no more than three col
ors and to emphasize one color more
than the other. housing and design
spstisIssts advise.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
Dogs Ride the Air

The st. Bernard dogs at Sun Val
ley. Ida. like to ride the fleet OF
eight electric ski lifts. They would
rather sit on passengers laps. The
valley Is on the edge Of the great.
est wilderness area in Atr1srita.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13
First Electrical. Paper

First electrical publication to be
printed in America was the Journal
OF the Telegraph, which frst an.
peared December 2, 1867.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-13

NUWEAVE - Remember tn e
name when needing anklets-
girls women's, boys, infants
none better-Wilkins Store.
8-9-Mtf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
REPUBLICANS
 WILL CAUCUS

Plans for a Juneau District Re- publican caucus were announced to- day by Ed Garnick, Republican Pre- cinct Committeeman for the Ju- neau District. with April l set as the tentative date.
 Matters to te considered at the caucus will include consideration of extending an invitation to the Re- publicans of Alaska to meet in their biennial convention at Juneau, the 1946 convention having been held at Anchorage.
 The changes in the primary elec- tion law recently announced by the Attorney General of Alaska will al- so be considered together with eff forts to enroll the largest possible Republican vote at the April pri- maries
 Republican candidates residing in the Juneau district will be requested to address the caucus in the inter- ests of their candidacy.
 Definite time for holding the cau- GUS and the meeting place will be announced later in The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
RUSSIANS USE NAzI
 METHODS
Marshall Makes Aetusd lions Against Sovieis in
 Speech Made Today

BERKELEY. Califs March l9.--4R Secretary of State George Mar shall today accused Russia of us- ing high-handed Nazi methods in the Communist drive to engulf free European nations.
 Before University of California audience, Marshall stated the Soviet threat to America in these words.
 Never before in history has the world situation been more threat ening to our ideals and interests than at the present time.
 "A depressing aspect of the situ- ation is the duplication in Europe of the high-haisded and calculated procedure of the Nazi regime"
 It was Marshalls first puolic ad- dress since President Truman ap- pealed Wednesday for Congress to enact universal military training and a temporary draft. and to speed action on the European Recovery Program.
 But Marshall went beyond his Chief in further detailing what he called today the general strategy" of meeting the Russian challenge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR E BREWING E COSTA RIGA REPORT

SAN JOSE, CosJs- Rica, March 19. -4Ri-The week-old rebellion in Costa Rica is said to be building in- to a Central American war. The war term is applied by Costa Rican War Minister Rene Picado Michalski
 The Republics political caldron boiled over last Saturday after sim mering since the February 8 cleo tions. The lid blew off when the War Ministers brother, President Teodoro Picado Michalski, proclaim ed martial law.
 President Picado's government says that despite several victories by its forces, the opposition has taken control of some 2,000 square miles of Costa Rican territory. And a rebel broadcast has announced that the opposition is going to con- quer all of Costa Rica for the so- called legitimate President, Otilio Ulate.
 The rebellion was touched off by an act of the Costa Rican Congress which annulled Ulate's election af- ter finding the voting fraudulent.
 The spreading rebellion is said to have involved four neighhor na- tions thus far, and the War Minister says it eventually will involve all lof Central America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
FBI Ceases Crime Work
 In Alaska

The Federal Bureau of Investi- gation has been ordered to cease investigation of criminal cases in Alaska, according to advices re- ceived by The Empire.
 The crder has been received by Clinton w. Stein, special agent in charge of the FBI in Alaska, with headquarters in Anchorage, from the Attorney Generals office in Washington, D. c.
 The order means that from now the FBI, formerly the backbone of crime investigation in the Terri tory, must deal only with these two tyes of cases. CD general in- telligence matters and (2) violation Of Federal statutes.
 The order clarifying the FBI's jurisdiction signifies that hence forth the United States Marshal's office must do the work the FBI has done previously. In Juneau, the FBI has taken the initiative in many cases of a criminal nature, but now crime cases must be handled by the U. s. Marshal's office.
 The Attorney Generals ruling said in part. the authority of the FBI to serve processes, make arrests, and seizures it strictly con- fined to those cases in which the offenses. involved are violations of the laws of the United States {.
 " the FBI has no jurisdic- tion or authority to investigate criminal matters ."
 This means that the FBI will handle only cases such as theft Of government property, crimes committed on government reserves, or fraud against the government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
VOLUNTARY
 ENLISTl ING
 0UICkENED
Army Officials Receive En- touraging Reports for
 Scattered Cities

WASHINGTON, March l9.-R- First reports from a few scatter ed cities show a quickened interest in voluntary enlistments in the army.
 Army officials noted this today, but said it is too soon for anything like complete reports to reach Washington. Thus they could not say what the national trend of re- cruiting might be after President Truman's call for draft law and universal military training.
 One of the reports received was from Minneapolis. Enlistments moved up there from an average of about five day to 30 immed lately following MT. Truman's mes sage to the Congress.
 The Washington recruiting office, Army officials said, reported a large number of inquiries about enlistment yesterday. But they said no corresponding upswing in the actual number of recruits was noted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
KRUG IN B05TON
 TO DEDICATE U. S.
 RESEARCH VESSEL
Declares Nation Is Behind
 Russia in Scientific Ex- pIoring, Fish Grounds

BOSTON, March 19-lR-Secre- tary of the Interior Krug said today the United States lags far behind Soviet Russia in scientific explor" ation of fishing grounds.
 Here to dedicate the first fisheries research vessel this nation has own ed for 16 years, Krug told fish pier audience.
 Before it is too late, the Amer ican people must awake to the need and value of such research and put into operation a fleet of research vessels that cannot be topped by any other nation in the world
 Russia's fleet, he said, includes the most modern and best-equipped ships of their type in the world to- day" With them Krug added, she expects to increase her catch in the Pacific two and a half times by l950.
 For many years to come, the Secretary said, the United States will have to supply protein foods to hungry peoples. There must be more and cheaper food here and through out the world.
 "Yet the United States has slept while other countries operated whole fleets of research vessels and ex- plored new fishing grounds
 The research ship, the Albatross 3rd, is equipped with the latest war developed devices and will carry seven sea-going scientists and crew of 18.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SERIES OF
 TORNAD0E5
 KILL MANY
Hundreds Reported Injur- ed as High Winds Strike
 from Texas 10 Ohio
(BY THE ASSOCIATED pREss)

(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
 Between 12 and 29 persons were reported killed, more than a hundred others injured and damages of hun dfeds of thousands of dollars caus- ed today by series of tornadoes that hit from Texas to Ohio.
 Twelve were known dead. The re- ports on the other fatalities were reported to Illinois State Police and Red Cross Headquarters in St. Louis.
 The winds struck communities in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Oklaho- ma, Kansas and Texas,
 Nine of the known dead were in Illinois. in the communities of Fos- terburg, Gillespie and LitchfieId
 The Illinois State Police said they were notified l2 victims had been found at Bunker Hill, H.
 The Red Cross at St. Louis said four more additional victims had been reported at Fosterburg, Ill
 High winds also blew off the roof of high school at Rising Sun, Ind.
 Five children were injured when the roof of Campbell School caved in during a storm at Sandusky, o.
 Heavy rains accompanied the wind in Illinois, flooding some commun- ities and disrupting rail and high way travel as streams left their banks. Power lines were down in many areas.