The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1947 Page: 4 of 4
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XTOTHINO makes sleep more en-
* ' joy able than clean sheets and
pillow cases, fluffy clean blankets
and fragrant bed spreads, Georgia
Leftingwell points out in nationally*
circulated Capper’s Farmer. '
Listing home laundering methods
that will insure fresh and fragrant
bedding, she writes: *
“Manufacturer's instructions give
• washing machine’s capacity. Be
rare there’s plenty of suds when
washing a quilt, blanket or spread.
Four to sis sheets are a normal
load, but a mixture of sheets and
pillow cases gives better circulation
and cleaner bedding."
Sheets and pillow cases, she addq,
should be washed In water about
130. degrees F., with a rich, two
inch suds. Let wash from 8 to 15
minutes, depending on how soiled
the bedding is. Then give them a
dear rinse and follow with a cool
fin-c
P.i.ning on the clothesline from
tie comers or edges is an invitation
H«w fttMarch May Makt
WarH Entirely Laasa Fraa
The louse has never had such
hard going as in the last five years.
Wars usually have been periods
when lice thrived and multiplied.
Frequently they have decided mili-
tary campaigns by spreading dead- ^ council on medical education
!y l^phus fever to one army or both. , and hospitals of American Medical
This last war oroved different. ; association.
Markttf Inaraata Rapartad
la Admiisiaat ta Haspitals
. During, 1946 one patient was ad-
mitted to a hospital in the continen-
tal United States every two seconds ; Kel>t
and a live baby was born in a hosp>- I them
tal approximately every 15 seconds, | available. Then ^ they__
according to the 26th annual report
Hillary af British Famine
Olsalatai Rita and PHlIna
About 4,000 years ago men in
Britain first began to farm. They
kept flocks and herds and- grazed
on whatever ^herbage was
postwar louse
The figures reveal that
plant crops by pushing a pointed
stick into the ground find dropping
seed into the hole.t
When the Romans came they
com- i taught the Rritons how to farm the
dimmer prospects, according to E. parison wjth jmj 'tj,e number of i fertile valleys, using the plow and
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to tearing, so fold sheets or pillow-
cases from hem to hem with comers
even. Hang s third to half over the
line.
“Blankets and spreads need a bit
more careful handling," she writes
in the magazine read by 1.300.000
farm families. “Use lukewarm wa-
ter and rich suds. “Spots may be
rubbed with two well-soaped fingers
and blanket binding with a soft
brush. Give them three rinses to re-
move every bit of soap. Keep the
wringer loose. e
“Dry the blankets or rayon col-
ored spread^ in the shade or on a
line indoors away from direct heat
or sunlight. Reverse them occasion-
ally as they stop dripping to prevent •
sagging. Blot moisture with a towel
as it collects. When dry, brush both
sides of blanket with clean brush to
bring up nap. Press the binding
with warm iron."
F. Knipling of the department of
agriculture. Knipling savs that it is
time to give serious consideration
to eradicating lict, "from entire
communities, countries and conti-
nents.” Success with DDT makes
possible a louse free world if man
will make the effort, he says.
The louse has lived with and on" I
human beings since long before the
beginnings of recorded history. In |
this association with man, the in-
sect has become so perfectly ad-
justed that it-cannot live or multiply
except as it feeds on human blood.
That Is now its weak spot. DDT can
make deadly every approach the
louse may make to a meal of hu-
man blbod. The DDT may be dusted
on the body, or clothing, or clothing
may be impregnated with the louse-
killing chemical. DDT also is effec-
tive against fleas.
Knipling ha* summarized the last
five years of scientific advance In
louse control. There are four major
steps: (1) The methyl bromide fu-
migation for uniforms which were
developed for the army. (2) Discov-
ery early in the War of the MYL
powder which was mnrt effective
■than any previous louse killer. (3)
Development of DDT as a louse in-
hospital beds has decreased from
1,738,944 to 1,468,714. the number of
adm.sj.ions from 16.257,402 to 15,-
153,452 and the number of patient
days from 512.915.155 to 4*2,400.710.
However, a total of 2,136,373 births
1 was reported for 1946 as compared
with 1,969.667 in 1945. This is the
first year that hospital births in the
United States have reached the two
million mark. •
According to the present survey
governmental hospitals have 1,082,-
734, or 73.7 per Cent of all beds, the
non-governmental group 385.980. or
26.3 per cent. In 1945 'the corre-
sponding percentages were 78 and
22.
oxen. It remained for the Saxons,
however, to establish villages, and
from this emerged the manorial
system with Its three-field plan,
under which the tenants held a
number of strips in each of three
communal fields.
This system remained until the
fourteenth century when the need
for enclosing land for sheep-raising,
due to the expending wool trade,
began the movement which led to
the modem field system. These
fields were either owned outright by
freeholders or farmed by tenants
paying rent.
Enclosure of tl.j land made pos-
sible a further development in
mm
B
# WaaMay far Limp Skadas Makes Reams Brighter
sect'.cide, wifh the army's climak Sj0nS> or 1.7 per cent of'all patients
demonstration of effectiveness at admitted in 1946. In comparison
Naples where R stopped an ept wjth the previous year there was
demic of typhus among civilians— an increase-of 22.333 admissions,
*™ 80 Prote^tw* otir, arj”y'. i with gains reported in all govern-
(4) discovery of several other high- mental and non-governmental clas-
ly effective louse-killing chemicals sifications.
at least two of which are practically
on a par with DDT.
This research, says Knipl'ing,
DOOMS will look brighter when
you establish a washday for the
lamp shades and light bulbs, the
Sural Home editor of nationally-
circulated Capper’s Farmer advises
housewives.
“In the days erf kerosene lamps it
Was pert of the weekly houseele&n-
tag to wash lamp chimneys," she
points out in the farm magazine
lead by 1,300,000 farm' families.
“But not everyone realizes that
electric lighting calls for a regular
Cleaning program.
“Your lamp shades will give bet-
ter service and look much better if
flbey are kept clean.”
Here are her directions for giving
lamp shades e real soap and water
fceatment: g
Remove a parchment or paper
Shade from lamp; go over it with a
Cloth rung quite dry from rich Rids.
Then go over the shade with a doth
wrung out of clear water. Finish by
wiping it with a dry doth. Examine
the shade to see if bindings are
glued or sewed on and if there are
ornaments that might not be wash-
lends support to the hope for com-
plete eradication of the louse.
able. These should be cut off before
washing.
Make up a tub of good rich, luke-
warm suds. Plunge the shade up
and down in the suds. Rub obstinate
spots gently with two well-soaped
fingers. After the shade is bright
and fresh looking, giye it several
rinses'Of the same even lukewarm
temperature.
Stand-the shade to dry on a bath
towel, away from sunlight or direct
heat. You can hasten drying by blot-
ting the shade between the palms of
your hands with another bath towel.
When the shade is partially dry.
reverse its position.
Don't forget, too, that electric-
bulbs should be cleaned regularly.
Do not try to wash the electric bulbs
in their sockets. The best way is to
remove the bulb from the socket
and wipe with a soft cloth wrung out
of soapy water. Hold the bulb by
the metal end while wiping the glass
With the soapy cloth, This mini-
mizes the risk of wetting the metal
part If the metal part of the buib
does get wet, he sure not to screw it
back into its socket until it is com-
pletely dry.
Home Comfort
Old Indian Planting Custom
Shows Valuo of Fertiliior
The early colonists were acutely
soil-conscious.. If their crops failed,
starvation faced them. The Indians
gave the colonists, their first basic
lessons in the use of fertilizer, one
that amazed them.
. In each hill of corn, the Indians
would drop a fish. At first the colo-
nists thought this was some heathen
superstition, some strange pagan
religious rite, that the fish were
placed in the corn hills to placate
some obscure god. -
However, they quickly learned
that the real purpose was soil en-
richment. Where the fish were
placed, the corn grew taller, the
ears were larger. Where possible,
the colonist-farmers followed the In-
dian method, and profited greatly
thereby.
Wherever men lived, the topic of
crops was of personal, vital import,
leaders following
There were 15.153,452 admissions ' arable farming which took place
about 1720. The earth was improved
by use of various forms of lime and
by adoption of a four-course rota-
tion of wheat, turnips, barley and
clover, a system of farming encour-
aged by the great landowners of the
time and designed to keep the soil
permanently fertile. Britain took its
j place as the most successful farm-
' Tng country in the world at thts
time.
j Inventions then came to the farm-
I er's aid, including corn* drills,
I reapers, rujtivators, 1 plows and
|. binders. Livestock was improved.
Many leading breeds of livestock
originated in England.
Ironically, the industrial revoty-
tion—which prompted so many in-
ventions to benefit the farmer—also
was responsible in some part for
the decline of agriculture towards
the end of the nineteenth century.
By then food could be brought from
abroad more cheaply than it could
be grown in England. Between 1867
and 1913 the arable acreage of Brit-
ain fell from 17 to 14 million acres.
lands to relax oarroas
tension, to permit refreshing rieepklt
has helped thousands. Why not gtva
k a chance to help you?
* Try Milas NERVINE
when nervous tension makes you
exclusive of outpatients and new-
born infants in 1946. For compari-
son it may be noted that in the
period 1933 to 1945 hospital admis-
sions increased from 7,037,982 to
16.257,402. The greatest annual
gain, a total of 2,829.088, occurred
in 1943. with subsequent increases
of 662,150 in 1»44 and 220,554 in 1945.
This trend was sharply reversed in
1946, however, when the number of
admissions decreased by 1,103,950.
Mental hospitals with a total of
674,930 beds, had 271.209 rdmis-
An increase in tuberculosis hos- |
i pitalizations is shown in the survey,
, which reports a total of 99.741 od:
j missions in the tuberculosis sana-
' toriums as compared with 86,186 in
, 1945.
Church Bells Prove as
Delicate as Hen Eggs
Six per cent of the world's bell
production is supplied by a French
i founder named Piccard,
i The strange thing about his busi-
ness is that had the French fleet not
been sunk at Toulon during the war.
Legend Credits Princess
With Discovery of Silk
According to Chinese legend, a
little princess dropped a silk rac-
coon into her cup of hot tea and
found that the tough silken coat
could be unrolled Into a strong.
Piccard could never have accepted slender fiber. Silk had arrived to
bell contracts for the huge’ weight
.of bronze going into the bells manu-
factured had to be taken from ves-
sels which were once the pride of
the French navy. -
The bells range from 600 pounds
!n weight to three tons. One of his
most ticklish jobs will be to trans-
clothe royalty, to be sold for its
weight in gold, to be the cause of
wars and many violent deaths. - v
The world is indebted to China for
the most beautiful of all textiles,
silk.
White silk Is spun by the culti-
vated caterpillar which feeds on
port an order of 150 church bells to ! mulberry leaves; the brownish silk
Canada. Bells are sensitive and
| must be handled as respectfully as
i a crate of , eggs; otherwise the
] slightest damage will put them off
tone and give them a false note.
Is produced from the cocoons which
feed on Manchurian oak leaves,
while a yellow variety of silk is ob-
tained in St.eechrnan.
Mexico was raising silkworms ex-
Our leaders following the Revolu-
tionary war had a very special in- present value a pound of butter will
terest in agriculture, in soils and j cost about the same as a pound of
their improvement. They had been
taught well by the Indians, and they 1
saw the answer, and until this day
they have been trying to improve
upon the method of their Red Cous-
ins.
Following a time-old custom, bell
founders still throw silver coins into
the molten bronze during casting.
They insist that this improves the
tone.
Dining-room chairs appear in slip
! covers at the kitchen breakfast bar
; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ford designed
for their farm home in Pottawat-
tomie county, Iowa, Betty Lindsay j
points out in natipnally-circulated
Capper's^Farmer. These red stater- !
proof plastic-coated fabric ones .
leather-seat upholstery.
Comfort and convanianca-promot- 1
Inf Idaas abound in the Ford home, i
in each of the If years Mr. and
Iff. Ford have bean, married, they i
have made aome Improvements ;
Which wttl make farm work easier t
and the heme more comfortable. [
A busy homemaker who tends a
lane garden, prepares an abun-
of food tor freezing and can-
I large flock of
Investment In Tools
Cheap tools are no bargain. A
trowel that snaps in the rrtiffdte'of
transplanting a flat of seedlings or
a hoe that bends while cultivating
spells a loss of time and money. A
few simple, well-made tools are fpr
better than a garage full of assorted
equipment, poor in design, quality
and workmanship. A spade, pointed
shovel or spading fork is needed
first. A metal rake and a bamboo
rake for clean-up or the new all-
purpose rake combining alE func-
tions are next on the list. Stakes,
cord and a hoe are also essential. If
a watering can, a length of good
hose and a. lawn mower are added,.
a small plot or even one of some
size can be managed efficiently. Ad-
ditional tools depend upon activi-
ties, methods of work and inclina-
tion.
Eye Disease
Prolonged emotional disturbances
can cause permanent injury to the
eyes in persons with unstable sym-
pathetic nervous systems, says Dr.
David O. Harrington, assistant clin-
ical professor of ophthalmology In
University of California medical
school. The physician said that,
young men afflicted with these psy-
chologically induced ocular dis- }
eases were found to have inherited
a deficient autonomic nervous sys-
tem which controls certain involun-
tary muscles in various phrta of the
body. In the case of vision, this may
Conservation Gives Results
Where soil conservation has been
practiced it has resulted in at least
a 20 per cent increase per acre in
provided a practical guide to
production. Soil conservation has
greater crop diversification and
has. as a matter of ,record, resulted
Fire-Proof Concrete
A concrete engineered to with-
stand temperatures up to 3,000 de-
gress Fahrenheit has been devel-
oped. The product will fill a need for
• refractory castable in the construc-
tion of industrial furnaces. It also
will aid in construction of large fire-
in greater farm diversification. Soil • proof buildings due to its character
conservation has meant increased which pr/.-ents crumbling when
incoma to the farmer in savings in
seed, fertilizer, labor and power, i
Soil conservation has accounted to I
a high degree for land protection, j
even under the pressures of inten- :
sified wartime production. Soil con-
servation has provided farmers and
ranchers with a practical, physical
guide for shifts in the type and in-
tensity of production that may be-
come wise in the years ahead to
meet possible changes in price and ;
demand for farm commodities.
subjected to intense heat. The ma-
terial has shown excellent-stability
and resistance to spalling, or disin-
tegration, under repeated heating'
and cooling cycles in service trials
and laboratory tests. These testa
are said to have resulted in an ex-
ceedingly small volume change on
initial firing, and in no shrinkage or
expansion under continuous use al
high temperatures'.
give him comfort—he was beyonfl
aid—and in a moment of rare in-
spiration held the little flag to hlg,
lips—the symbol of the nation to
which they both owed tealty. The
eyes of the dying soldier lighted with
pride, as he murmured: “Yes, Old
Glory—nnd New Glory, Tool” Thsa
he added: .
' ‘T am glad I gave my life for
the freedom of the world." Hlg
heart stopped—and Clancy went cm.
Electricity Dangerous
It is dangerous to handle electric
equipment with wet hands because
water is a good conductor of elec-
tricity. Wet ■ hands may establish j monds. What
Fingerprinting Diamonds
, Some day it may be possible to
Identify diamonds aa readily as fin-
gerprints. W. Waters Schwab, New
York diamond expert, says that
there are no absolutely perfect dia-
is lctosely called •
likely to be'touched with wet hands
—they are dangerous in the kitchen
... ... .. and bath room. It is also a safe
contact with the electric currant. ■ “perfect" or flawless diamond la
For safety use ail electric appli- ! one, according to federal authori-
ances far enough away from water i ties, which is without Imperfection
faucets so you cannot touch faucets j visible through a 10-power loupe
or water and the appliances at the ; (magnifying glass). There ia always
same time. Never use an electric ! some difference In the atomic ar-
appliance in the bathtub. Never > rangement, some minute particle
have a pull-chain socket where it is visible, only under, the microscope
turbance is short-lived, these retinal
changes may disappear but if it
laata a long tima the dam
ba permanent
conductors of electricity.
tage map
ahrubs can ba risky business unleaa
pen plan before you prune. If you’re
pruning to promote vigor, teal
* - - - uni,, *
hold an
i’i hame pratect board
actety. Extra mom
•Jj aapJto^^
•»ray ____
Dusts and compounds that are
used to control plant diseases end
peats may ba poisonous. Farmers
an advised to follow the maaufac-
turer’s directions in handling, mix-
tag and applying poisonous mate-
rials. Sprays and dusts of a poison-
ous nature should ba stored In strong,
lagteprsBf containers out of the
mean of ohlldrsn or animate. Hands
'■iifisr
porta at the body
eatesd dim
ohomiegii have ham
This is not a flaw or a defect, but it
te enough to rr\ake identification of
a particular diamond theoretically
possible even after it has gone
through the process of recutting.
Magnesium Skis
Once leaders of the world in pro-
duction of fine skis, the Scandina-
vian countries now are importing
skis from the United States. New
magnesium jnetal skis are an
American contribution to the art of
■kiln*, which originated centuries
ago ta tha snow-covered Scandina-
▼tan mountains. Other products for
tha sportsman now using tha light-
weight mated tncluda catcher’a
masks, fly rad casta, juntbr hi-
cyctea, raff putters and cast heads
Our American Flag
“Flag of the free heart's only homat
By angel hands to valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin domat
And all they hues were born Ite
heavtffi.”
—Joseph Rodman. Drake.
*Wi.h You Wouldn’t.'
Apply lo Parents, To®
CINCE turn about is fair play, any
° list of “Wish you Wouldn'ta” for
teen agers should be accompanied
. ^ ^ " for parents, too^
\ Holly Miller points out in nation-
ally-circulated Capper's Farmer.
Discussing the teen agers’ view-
point. she writes:
“Seems as if 1 wish you wouldn’t
—’ is the prefect to a good many
statements by the older generation.
“The way you dress, eat, walk,
talk — garizooks — nothing seems
to ph ase them.
“But before you get too huffy and
cast their admonitions,to the breeze,
go into a huddle with yourself.
Down deep you muy_Jind the grace
to admit that a Inf of so-called char-
acteristic adolr^rent behaviorisms
are not calculated to make the pop-
ulace love you. And that just be-
cause simply everybody acts a cer-
tain way is not auflicient reason for
anybody as special as you to follow
■uit.”
Among the “Don’ts" which Mi r
Miller says teen-agers might sug-
gest to parents are:
“Don't laugh at us. We re self-
conscious enouRn. Tho our plans
may seem a little fantastic and
some of our actions silly, it’a prob-
ably part of being young. Don’t you
t—fklhaif .....
“Don’t treat us like kids. You can
help us grow up by treating us like
grown-ups. Trust us a little more.
“Never, never aay, ‘I told you ra.’
It’a too curdling. And wo have ta
learn the bard way to mako it
* etick ”
■ *
— - ' •
Jumpy, cranky, clccplrec. ar ghu
you nyfrout htidiohi YtTHf
ha. MIIm Nervtn® — liquid and affw-
vaacant t*Bleu. Try them. Yaor mooag
hack if you are not aal-
lafied. CAUTION—uaa
only as directed. Effer-
vescent tablets, 35c and
75c — Liquid. 25c and
$1.00. Mika Labcrator- _
iaa foe. Elkhart fod. ^
At AU
MILES
NERVINE
Rheumatism
and Arthritis
Dnetore differ as to tha merits af
NUE-OVO. Many users aay it has
brought them relief. If you suffer from
Rheumatism or Arthritis why not
write for literature on NUE-OVO
from Ite ..eh Laboratories, I no,
403 N. \Y. 9th, Portion I, Oregon.
Fd. Adv.
New Glory! .
The Stars and Stripes were car-1
ried into World War I for the first
time at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917.
The honor belongs to Private Wil-1
liatn Clancy, a Texan, who did not
wa^t for America to enter the con- J
flict, but enlisted In Canada. j
Clancy’s regiment was in the first t
line at tKe storming of the rldga.,
He took from his blouse and tied to,
his bayonet the small American t
flag whitk he had borne overseas:
and treasured for just such an op-]
portupity. United States had de-,
dared war on Germany about a
week before. ,
In the desperate struggle up thte'i
Following established custom, the . penmentally in the lR7«s and 80s dope one of his comrades was struck
bells are sold by weight, and at the and now is considering silkworm- ' down at his side. Clancy knelt to
------‘ *------1 “----raising as a national industry which
will employ thousands of rural
workers Cuha and^ Nicaragua also
has been evaluating the possibili-
ties. In California, experiments art
being conducted to produce silk,
equal in quality to that produced In
the Orient.
,v.
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