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IN THESE UNITED STATES
Squash logo about one third of
their carbohydrate» in three rnqjitha
of storago and over SO per cent
when stored six months.
Mail-Order Idea Extends
To Citizenship in South
New Chemical Curbs
Many Fruit Pests
Tests Show Fungicide
Effective In Orchard
Characterized as effective against
• wide range of fru it pests and dis
eases. a new dinitro fungicide and
insecticide for orchard use now is
available com m ercially under the
trade name at DN-289. It Is a stable,
clear
solution
containing
eight
ounces
actual
dinitro-sccbutyl-
phenol in eaqh quart and is readily
miscible with water.
" AITRESSES AT SCHOOL . . . Boyce Campbell, one of the profes
sors at the foodhandlers’ school, delivers a lecture on bacteria and
disease. His student body is warned of the need for proper washing
and sterilization of common eating and drinking utensils.
EVEN DISHWASHER ‘EDUCATED’
~~
Waitress Hits the Campus
.4s Health Schools Spread
WNU Feature
AUSTIN, Tex.—The waitress and—of all things—the lowly dish
washer are eternal sophomores these days, treading their way through
campus grounds to collegiate classes.
It all started here in Austin, where the Texas Board of Health in
1937, in a desperate effort to reduce disease—spread via public food
preparation and catering, inaugurated what it termed the first “Food-
handlers’ School” in America. Since then, schools have been firmly
established in almost every state, in thousands of cities and ir
innumerable private industries. Attendance by foodhandlers ip
many cities is mandatory ^>y mu- "
nicipal ordinance.
taurateurs alike.
Idea Termed Fantastic
H* irHtiated the issuance of
DN-289 has proved effective as an
Insecticide for use in the dorm ant
period against a variety of insects
such as rosy apple aphid, currant
aphid, black cherry aphid, m ealy
plum aphid and viburnum aphid,
eye-spotted bud moth, cherry case-
bearer. pear psylla and oyster shell
scale on apple and lilac. Promising
results also have been shown in con
trol of San Jose scale, scurfy scale
and the eggs of the European red
m ite.
BAIUN ROUGI'.', La.- Here in
I’he course consists of two sim
Ihe United Stales, where you can ple textbooks, "Our Constitution
buy anything from a ball of twine and Government” and "Federal
to a 10-room house by mail. It’s Textbook for Citizenship." Stu
not surprising to realize that citi dents are permitted a helper, who
zenship can he attained the same may be a relative, friend or the
neighborhood schoolteacher, to
way.
assist
them in thoroughly under
Operating in Louisiana for the
the lessons.
past year under supervision of standing
No
time
limit Is placed on the
State Department of Education course. Some
students have com
this ’’citizenship by mail" pro
gram is helping hundreds of for pleted the entire course in less
than a month while others have
eign-born residents to prepare for labored
over their lessons for a
citizenship in the United States. year.
From the Federal Immigration
Completion of the course and
and Naturalization Service, the passing of final examination en
Department of Education receives title tlie student to a certificate
a list of names of people who are from the Department of Educa
seeking citizenship in Louisiana. tion. But more than that, it pre
Circulars then are sent to these pares him to cope with questions
people explaining the advantages ! he will he asked when he goes
of the free course and Inviting into naturalization court to re-
them to register for it.
I ceive citizenship.
More Fathers
Get Training
In Child Care
2P
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’A V IA T IO N / N O T E S
Moat Unusual County
Boundary county, Idaho, la the .
only county In the United States bar- *
dered by two states and a foreign
country.
H id in g K in g A lfre d
A atone pillar near lioroughbrldge
village, England, commemorates
the hiding place of King Alfred.
SILENT CAL
One Sunday idler President
Coolidge hid returned to Ihe
White Ilonas from church, where
he had gone alone, Mrs. Coolidge
Inquired:
“ Was Ihe sermon good?”
“ Yes," he answered.
“What was it about?"
“Sin."
“ What did the minister say?"
“ He was against it."
One Way Out
“ Whatever made your husband
taka up scouting long enough to be
come a scoutmaster, Mr». Rugg»?"
“ Well, Mr». Frump, you know we
have a lot of lawn to lie mowed in
the summer, and miles of sidewalk
to shovel in the winter."
NEW YORK Training in child STILL "HEDGE-HOPPING”
care and maternity care for
The dream of every active army
fathers—not just mothers is a air force pilot—all the "hedge
definite trend.
hopping” he could possibly do—
"Classes for prospective fathers has come true for two veteran
Amount of the compound required
were sort of.like man-bites-dog 10 combat filers of the European
to attain good control ranges from
years ago when the Idea was first theater. They «re now engaged
started but now they are becom in a different kind of "blitzing”
ing the accepted thing,” declares as key men in Pennsylvania gypsy
Miss Hazel Corbin, director of j moth control work by airplane in
forest areas of Luzerne and Uick-
Maternity Center association.
The classes are particularly im awanna counties.
portant now, she said, because of
Skimming dangerously close to
the increased responsibility placed the tree tops, their bomb loads
on fathers when mothers and ba are tanks ol DDT solution. Their
bies are sent home from over attack guns are spray jets which
crowded hospitals three or four force a fine mist that deals death
Photo shows an apple protected
days after the child's birth.
to caterpillars engaged in devour
by I)N-289 (left) and cluster a t
enf in^ r in the restaurants. But these are
ing foliage from invaluable forest
e Texas health board, the not issued unless a minimum of tacked by rosy apple aphid.
Men Were Bewildered
trees.
“fantastic” idea was presented to 80 per cent of the employes have
Maternity Center association
Dr. George W. Cox, director of received their "diplomas" from a one quart to two quarts in 100 gal was
They are pilots of planes used
first to give fathers’ courses in early
the board. Dr. Cox, a veteran foodhandlers’ school. The pro lons of water. Aphids are controlled in child
morning and late evening
and
maternity
care,
be
doctor and currently serving his prietor, therefore, actually be with one quart while two quarts are cause the demand from bewildered in cooperative efforts of state and
needed to k ill bud moths, case-bear
tenth term as director for a new
federal agricultural departments
a sanitation truant officer. er and the pear psylla. H eavier con men showed tne need for them. to
wipe out the destructive gypsy
record, grasped the possibilities come
Since
that
beginning
other
organi
With
the
war,
and
the
myriad
centrations m ay be needed to con
immediately.
moth
on 28,000 acres of the 600-
problems arising as a result, the trol oyster shell scale.
zations h a v e started similar
infested area.
The first school was or ! foodhandlers’ school really came
courses in Flint, Mich., Philadel square-mile
The
two
ex-army DDT fliers
Research
workers
are
conducting
ganized at University of
into its own. Dodson was loaned
phia, New Haven,* Brooklyn and are Robert E.
31, of
extensive
tests
to
find
other
insects
Texas in Austin. There was
many other cities. Miss Corbin Garrett, Ind.. Frownfelter
to University of Michigan to set
and Val Mackie-
no paid tuition; textbooks
up a similar school; Cox prepared and diseases that m ay be controlled reports.
28, of Northampton, Mass.
were free to all “students,” I a complete blueprint on his school with the chemical, which was devel>
Maternity Center association wiez,
Frownfelter made 221 combat re
and a “diploma” was pre
now graduates four or five classes connaissance
and was swamped with requests oped by Dow C hem ical company.
Hights» while Mack-
sented upon graduation.
a year, and has trained approxi iewicz flew a B-17
f o r it. Schools mushroomed
flying fortress
mately
2,000
men
in
the
ways
of
everywhere.
The foodhandlers’ school, which
on 50 combat missions from Italy.
Packaging of Poultry
the
nursery.
*
•
»
imphasized protective methods to
Even the army borrowed
Is New Developm ent
avoid spread of disease, embraced
This begins with the prac
the system, installing two
Contrary to general opin
the whole field of personnel, from
tical details of baby bathing,
schools in Texas camps. The
F arm ers of tom orrow must be
ion, airline stewardesses wed
bus boy to chef. Concentration
at which fathers are often
USS Wisconsin adopted the
poultry merchandisers' as well as
"Just Joes”—just like every
IF YOU have a dainty lingerie gift
was accentuated on the dish
more deft than women be
Texas idea aboard ship. In
producers if they are to compete suc-
one else. A survey of 100
to make for one of yolir friends fry
washer, a key figure. Sanitary
cause they are eager to learn,
every case, new ideas and in
cessfully with the new “ broiler fac
Pan American stewardesses,
this romantic puffed sleeve ’nighty.
precautions, including use of
Miss Corbin says. They learn
novations were added, until
tories.” Progressive poultry raisers
disclosed that the glamourous
You can turn out a pretty special one
to handle the child so he will
single-service paper cups, was
several universities actually
must keep attuned to the times if
beauties seldom, if ever, wed
if you use pastel flower-sprigged
stressed. Employees were aca-
feel secure and not in danger
had included similar courses
they are to m eet the challenge of
millionaire passengers they
rayon silk or satin and velvet ribbon
of being dropped as well as
as a selective undergraduate
new developments in the industry.
meet on Hights. More than
R
ties in orchid, lavender, American
how
to
sterilize
bottles
and
curriculum!
half
the
girls
do
their
eenter-
W ithin a short tim e the consumer
prepare formulas.
Beauty or magenta color. Makes a
aisling with airlines person-
It is estimated that more than w ill have a wide range of selection
very
expensive looking gown at not
n“l—pilots,
airport
managers,
The
child
care
end
of
the
courses
125,000 foodhandlers have gradu for poultry and m eat products. This
too great an expenditure!
traflie men anil pursers. The
ated from the seven permanent w ill necessitate better m erchandis also includes the growing child.
rest marry ehildhood sweet
The classes also teach fathers
To obtain templet« pattern. flnlahln» In
foodhandlers’ schools established ing on the p art of the individual
hearts. They do marry, how
struction* for the O lft M shtjow n (Pattern
embryology—the baby’s develop
throughout the state and two poulirym an.
No. 40341 akes 14. 1«, is Included, «end 30
ment before birth, so the father
ever—ami fast. On tlie aver
“traveling schools” for small
cent* In coin. Your Name. Add re«« and
One of the principal means of
will know why his wife needs pre
age, PAA stewardesses last
Pattern Number.
towns.
meeting this challenge is for the
natal care. Then he will not com
Due to an unuaually large demand end
9.7 months before the love
poultry raiser to start selling chick
current conditions, illth tly more time la
hug bites them.
plain because he thinks she goes
required In Dlllng order* for a lew of tbe
ens under brand names in an effort
to the doctor too often, may urge
mo«t popular pattern*.
to promote his product lo r trfe tim e
Send four order to:
her to go if she neglects it.
CRACKUPS WANING
when consumers again w ill be
They
teach
the
physiological
Accidents
among
former
mili
’’choosy.”
'
and emotional changes that take
£ ’ S C , E N E K f J L m .n a K
To accomplish this, good packag place in a pregnant woman, so tary pilots Hying light planes hack
430 Situili W ell* w .
Chicago 7, 111.
home
are
waning
after
reaching
Enclose 20 cents fo r P attern .
ing is essential. Modern transparent
that if her temper is sharper than an alarming point during the
No________________
usual or she is prone to tears, summer.
NORWICH, N. Y.—The yellow,
Nam e______
the prospective father will be
glittering stuff looks like finely
Many of the 250,000 returning
Add ress__________ __________________
equipped to meet the situation war pilots wanted to continue Hy
j ground gold — but it isn’t—in
with tact or diversion.
stead, it’s furacin, a new, powerful
ing. But when they tried to fly
drug which promises to take its
ordinary light planes as they had
place alongside the world’s most
their fast, lighting ships,
Middle Class Tots it flown
effective germ killers.
just didn't work. Although they
It is being manufactured in
were good pilots, they were crack
Are More Inelined ing
« !>
laboratories in this picturesque
up all over the lot.
Chenango river valley town. Un
Watching craekup figures spiral,
TOPICAL WAITRESS . . . Leota like penicillin, which is made from
J o rhumb Sucking Civil
Aeronautics hoard was con
Hartkoff, 19-year-old waitress at i mold, furacin is a chemical
DETROIT,
Mich.
—
Thumb
vinced
that last year's total of
an Austin cafe, is typical of un i compound.
sucking is three times more prev 4,562 would he passed by about
trained waitresses. Before at
Its common sources are plain,
alent among children of middle 2,000 this year.
tending the foodhandiers’ school, ordinary oat hulls, which come •
f a le m w
ttb fa .
class
families than among chil
CAB urged former military
she carries water glasses with her from the great plains of the mid
dren
of
the
poor,
according
to
pilots
to
submit
to
cheek
flights
//b qeobf a y w
<»iigers rubbing the drinking edge west.
Dr. Martha Ericson, psychologist in light ships.
of the glasses.
Furacin already has established
at Merrill Palmer school here.
itself for effectiveness in treat
The reason, Dr. Ericson ex
The juice of a lemon in a glass of
demically taught the various types ment of infected battle wounds.
water, when taken first thing on a n t
plains, is that youngsters on the
of disease which they, through It is credited with saving a leg
ing, is all that most people need to
Gold Coast are nursed less by
their own ignorance, might unin or an arm for many a soldier who
insure prompt, normal elimination.
their
mothers
and
are
bottle
fed
tentionally s p r e a d . Trained returned home with a wound that
No more harsh la x o tl vat that irritate
shorter periods than the "tene
Good packaging, as demon
teachers were engaged, movies would not heal.
the digestive tract and impair nutri
ment
child.”
strated
by
this
cellophane-wrapped
used, and every modern tutoring
tion ! Lemon in water is good for you I
As a dressing, furacin also has chicken, is good advertising.
Other
findings,
gleaned
from
in
device employed to quickly but proved itself a weapon against
G eneration« of American« have taken
terviews of 48 middle class and
efficiently train all personnel.
lemons for health—and generations
infection in skin grafting opera packaging of ready-to-eat poultry 52 lower class mothers in Chicago,
of doctors have recommended them.
Renew Education
tions,
in
the
treatment
of
dia
include:
They are rich in vitamin C: supply
Even after graduation, they betic gangrene, furuncles, surface w ill increase sales and profits.
1. Children in middle class
valuable amounts of Bi and P. They
Tests conducted with the same
were cautioned to renew their ed ulcers
and infections resulting grade of poultry, half being sealed families are expected to assume
alkalinize; aid digestion
ucation every three years. All from burns.
N o t too th o rp or tour, lemon in water
in flexible packages, the others with responsibility in the home earlier
this among a student body, which,
Credited with developing the out covering, proved that demand than the lower class children.
has a refreshing tang — clears the
on an average, had an I.Q. equi new
drug is Dr. Albert B. Scott
mouth, wakes you un. I t ’s not a
2. The school and work ex
valent to the eighth grade in pub of West Virginia. He admits he for the packaged birds was one to
purgative — simply helps your sys
pectation
for
middle
class
chil
lic school.
tem regulate iteelf. T ry it 10 days.
is a conservative and that is why three tim es as large as for the un dren show that children are ex
The school was an overnight he insists that furacin is not a wrapped ones.
USI CAIIFORNIA sunkist limons
pected
to
prepare
themselves
for
success. Although the legislature “wonder drug.”
IN BRIGHT BLUE YONDER. . .
F o r packaging, cellophane, trans
a
profession.
The
lower
class
did not officially make it manda
In one of the first operations of WNU—13
16— 4i
Accepted by the American Med parent regenerated cellulose film or a
tory to attend, Cox cleverly con ical association, the drug has rubber hydrochloride film are avail parents would like their children its kind, 49 purebred greyhounds
to
become
professional
workers,
¡T O
ducted a public education cam been used in various hospitals and able. They are moisture-proof, a ir but high school graduation is were shipped to Paris from Ire
paign that drew almost unanimous several laboratory tests are be proof, strong, flexible and resistant usually the actual celling level for land recently in a TWO cargo
support from the public and res- ing undertaken.
plane. The high-strung dogs a rt
to liquid and grease.
most of the low class children.
y LOW-COST WAY
shown aboard the plane.
Gift Nightgown
As a fungicide. DN-289 has been
used successfully for control of sooty
blotch on pears.
Drug Developed
From O at Hulls
Proves Effective
j m u HATS
Library's Collection Spirals In Value
ALBANY, N. Y.—Ranked as
In charge of this vast store
one of the best state libraries in house of special and general
the nation, New York’s state li knowledge is Charles F. Gosnell.
brary consists of books and manu The state librarian says the li
scripts that cost 2 million dollars brary, although not as well known,
but now are worth 25 million dol is second in many respects only
lars. Its service varies all the to the Congressional library in
way from helping a backwoods Washington.
physician diagnose a rare disease
Among the rare items is a col
to providing aid for a billion- lection of letters and autographs
dollar concern in a knotty engi i of men who signed the Declara-
neering problem.
tion of Independence,
P ullets Termed Better
Layers Than Old Hens
F u rth e r evidence of the im por-
tance of keeping only pullets for
layers and selling a ll old hens is
contained in tests conducted at
western Kentucky substation.
Average results over 11 year«
show that annual production of
B arred Rock pullets was four dozen
eggs per bird greater than that of
hens. In the case of W hite Leg
horns, pullets laid three dozen eggs
Der bird m ore than old hens.
School Children Get
Fewer Report Cards
,
* » »
FLYING MECHANICS
¿P A C K A G E KILLS UP TO 100 RATS
STEARNS’
Kais cost money. K lop
costly rat destruction
to feed, livestock and
p ro p e rty . K i l l ra ts
with Stearns’ Used by
farmers for 09 years.
Hard on the winged heels of
£L£CTRtc:'
the plane piloting “flying farm
RAT & ROACH,
NEW YORK—New York City’s ers”
comes the “flying farm re
PASTE
200,000 elementary public school pairmen.”
_
When a combine,
children are getting a break this tractor or other
35< 8 $1.00 at DRUGGISTS
piece
of
equip
year in that bugaboo of child ment stalls in the midst of an
hood the report card. They will important farm operation, Wil
receive only four this year. Last liam E. Vulgamott or Oliver R. Jhn. ófa&L QtwßAim&nL
year they received six, and in pre Bowers,
implement dealers of
vious years they got one a month.
í - | t Cerro
Cer' Gordo, 111., rush to the res- ß u i/. a n d d fo td IJ oua .
The new cards, however, include
fie icue. They land in a field near 1
• space for notations by teachers
rs ¡the
machine and quickly rush W.
S a v i n g f io n d i
of personality and appearance. ’• I the Idle
renairs.
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5.