i .■■■■■>' . ' - Sanitation Factor in Army’s Health Record Adequate and modern plumbing in U. 8. army camps, bases, hospitals, on ships and in war industries is playing an important part in main- taining the finest wartime health record in all history. The decision of military and naval officials to provide good plumbing facilities is based on their knowl- edge that war is 75 per cent an en- gineering and sanitary problem and less than 25 per cent a military and naval one. In his book ‘‘Rats, Lice and History," Hans Zinsser says, ‘‘Other things being equal, that army will win which has the best engineering and sanitary services.” In President Truman’s recent war review message he said: ‘‘Since the invasion of Africa in November, 1942, in all our operations in Europe and in Africa, we have lost about 1,600 soldiers from sickness. In the Civil War, the Union forces, never more than a third as large as our forces in Europe, had 224,000 deaths from sickness. In the three years since April, 1942, the army forces in the disease-infested is- lands of the Pacific lost fewer than 1,400 men from sickness.” Potatoes Grown as Flowers In South American Gardens All are not vege- tables. Technically, they are clas- sified as perennial herbs, and are members of the Solanum family, closely related to eggplant, tomato and peppers. Many of the brothers and sis- ters and cousins of the Solanum family have more handsome flow- ers than the humble potato and are cultivated for their blossoms. For instance, there is the fine Sola- num Wendlandii, a plant of South and Central America. The Solanum Wendlandii flourishes in Costa Rica and has lovely violet blossoms. And then there is the Solanum Jas- minoides, a much hardier vine with showers of small white flowers most of the year through; and the less common Solanum Seaforthianum, with lavender blooms. All of these ritzy relatives of the lowly potato have been imported into the gardens of California, from San Francisco southward where the climate is agreeable to the growth of all kinds of plants originating in the fertile soil of the American tropics. Red Cross Packages for POWs As an example of what a POW gets, here’s a typical package: whole powdered milk, processed American cheese, an army spread (butter and cheese), whole spray dried eggs, corned beef, pork lunch- eon meat, peanut butter, salmon, prunes or raisins, jam, biscuits, chocolate bar (ration D), sugar, cof- fee (soluble), salt and pepper, multivitamin tablets, chicken noodle soup. In addition, each package con- tains four or five packs of ciga- rettes, four ounces of soap, and sometimes chewing gum. The Japa- nese have not been co-operative in providing the necessary facilities for relief supplies to go regularly to prison camps throughout the Far East. But those shipments which have reached our prisoners in Japa- nese hands contained a high amount of protein, as many as five tins of meat, fish and cheese. The Red Cross makes every attempt to give each American prisoner one stand- ard food package weekly. For if a POW gets his package each week, he’s not likely to run into any seri- ous nutritional deficiencies. Besides the standard food packages, there’s a special Christmas package, and a special invalid package with foods especially adapted to the needs of the sick. Learn Homemaking As always, homemaking was the Girl Scouts’ favorite field of interest in 1944. Arts and crafts ranked sec- ond, health and safety third. Inter- est in international friendship, which had taken a great leap forward in 1943, continued to grow faster than interest in any other field, showing a 46 per cent increase in 1944. ‘‘Homemaking’’ means many things —the 41,000 girls who learned about planning and cooking well-balanced family meals, the 21,000 who dem- onstrated, ability to re-make and conserve their clothes, the girls who helped in day nurseries, wrapped Christmas gifts for soldiers, planned parties for shut-ins. DDT With Aerosel Bomb Makes Efficient Killer Addition of DDT to the army’s in- secticide dispenser, known among troops in the Pacific as the aerosol bomb, has greatly increased the ef- fectiveness of the insecticide mix- ture in that now it kills not only mosquitoes but also disease-bearing flies. Composition of the new mixture is as follows: 85 per cent freon; 2 per cent of a 20 per cent pyrethrum solution; 5 per cent cyclehexanone; 8 per cent lubricating (hydrocar- bon) oil and 3 per cent DDT. The original aerosol, developed early in 1943 and containing pyreth- rum, sesame oil and freon, killed adult mosquitoes but only knocked down other insects. With DDT add- ed, the aerosol bomb becomes an excellent weapon in the light against malaria and fly-borne diseases. trial will prove wfeo Mixing Drinks Does Not Speed Up Intoxication Despite the general belief that there is a greater tendency toward drunkenness if alcoholic beverages are mixed successively, it Is re- ported in the Journal of the Ameri- can Medical association, that it is probable that the differences are really quite small and that an equal amount of alcohol, taken in the same total volume of liquid, would produce practically equiva- lent effects. The Journal says in answer to a query: “The concentration of alcohol in the blood and brain is determined chiefly by the amount of alcohol consumed. However, the rate of ab- sorption also affects the concentra- tion reached, since if it is slow some of the alcohol may be de- stroyed or excreted before the peak is reached. Absorption may .be delayed by dilution or by delay In emptying the stomach, since more rapid absorption occurs below the pylorus. The greater intoxicating effect of liquor taken on an empty stomach than that taken after a meal has been often re- marked. Water or foodstuffs taken with liquor may be expected, ac- cordingly, to lessen the intoxicat- ing effect. Excitement or activity may also slow absorption of alcohol. Factors accelerating gastric empty- ing increase the effect of alcoholic beverages. Individual susceptibili- ties may depend on the previous ex- periences and associations of the drinkers. New Instrument Measures Heat Reflecting of Colors An electronic “color detective” that scientifically selects paint which absorbs the least amount of sun is giving the navy a victory over dis- comfort in the tropics, General Elec- tric engineers disclosed recently. This instrument, more technical- ly known as the photoelectric spec- trophotometer, plots an exact curve of the amount of light reflected by a paint sample. Though it can trace down any color, the color red, a ma- jor component of all sunlight, is the particular subject it seeks in this application. Experience has shown that different shades of the same fundamental color will reflect dif- ferent amounts of red. Two shades of “battleship” gray, for example, may look the same to the naked eye but prove to be quite different when seen by the spectrophotometer. When the G-E “detective” finds the gray which absorbs the least red, it presents this information to tech- nicians, and this is the paint chosen to aid in keeping the ship and crew cool whenever intense heat prevails. Automatic Water System The modern automatic electric water system brings to the home in the country and the home on the fringe of the city beyond the water mains the same convenience of run- ning water under pressure enjoyed by city dwellers. • An electric water system is en- tirely automatic and provides a con- stant supply of fresh water, day and night. The pump starts and stops automatically. The system is auto- matically oiled and even the air sup- ply in the storage tank is automat- ically controlled. No attention whatever is required by the water system except an occa- sional'inspection to check mechanical condition and state of lubrication. Thus a modern electric water sys- tem with all these automatic fea- tures provides a water supply that is as dependable as that received from any large municipal plant. Veterans Can’t Get Schooling Four million servicemen who have not finished elementary school will be deprived of the education- al benefits of the G.I. bill unless American communities immediate- ly set about establishing schools or classes for them, Dr. Paul A. Witty, professor of education at North- western university, stated recently. Dr. Witty said that many formerly illiterate men, proud of their edu- cational achievement in the army, and many of the others who did not finish elementary school will wish to resume their schoolwork under the G.I. bill. However, existing facilities for adult elementary edu- cation are extremely limited, have had doubtful success, and are not geared to the needs of the veter- ans. Jap Seamen Youngsters The average Japanese sailor is about 20 years old, the youngest be- ing just above the age of 14 and the oldest now accepted for active sea duty being not above 41. This average sailor is 5 feet 4% inches tall, weighs 124 pounds, has a chest measurement of 33 inches. Sailors, for the most part, derive from sea- side communities. In peacetime, conscripts (40 per cent) served three years, volunteers (60 per cent) five years and petty officers six years. Enlisted men were promoted through the ranks of petty officers to warrant officers. Since 1942, warrant officers have been eligible for advancement to both line and staff officers' ranks. In peacetime, after three years of active service, the conscript became a member of the reserves for 11 years, with five 70-day periods of training during that interval. All reservists have now been called to active duty. haw hawg best and last. He was con- r- ’ vlctqd and sentenced to hng, the MIDLAND JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1048 Afternoon Dress Helps Add Bonds *■m mmSm *■ ft 'ft [ wflr jp' wßmmlSi Beige wool jersey monks’ type dress Is one of the more simplified sewing patterns to be found at local stores. Making your own clothes Is the an- swer to a fat War Bond folder. U. S. Treasury Department American Food Wasted By Average Cooking The food we waste in the United States constitutes the greatest reser- voir of unused food anywhere in the world. It is vitally needed. By preventing all waste, the average family of six can save food enough to feed adequately a starving Greek, or Pole. From plow to plate, we waste 20 to 30 per cent of all the food we produce. Two per cent is left unhar- vested on farms we need more volunteer harvesters! Two per cent is lost in transportation—we need more careful handling I * In storage and in wholesale mar- kets, the loss runs as high as 7 per cent. We need more cleanliness, bet- ter handling, less trimming and sorting! Three to six per cent wastage oc- curs in retail stores, partly caused by customer carelessness in bruis- ing and sorting the produce. Six to nine per cent of food in restaurants is wasted. We need to observe the army rule, “Take all you want, but eat all you take.” Finally, 15 per cent of all food taken into our homes is wasted- one meal in every seven, $2 from every sl4 in the food budget thrown away. The greatest causes of waste in the home are over-buying, and fail- ure to use left-overs. Other causes of food waste in the home are lack 1 of meal planning, improper stor- age, wasteful or careless prepara- tion, and serving too much on plates. ' o CAN NO AIR AND SAVE VITAMINS Home canners are%dvised to fill the jars of tomato juice right to the top to prevent sealing in an air space which will cause loss of vitamin C in the juice during storage, according to Miss Margaret McPheeters, nutri- tionist of the University of Maryland Extension Service. Controversy over tin versus glass or other materials for canning foods to save their vitamin C content, has been strong, but recent tests at the Massachusetts Experiment Station show that air sealed in the container causes the loss of the vitamin, not the type of container. To retain the full vitamin C con- tent of tomato juice in canning, two things are essential, says Miss Mc- Pheeters, little or no headspace or airspace at the tops of the containers, and the least possible amount of air mixed in with the tomato juice dur- ing canning. Tests of tomato juice put up in tin and glass containers and stored four, six and eight months, showed little difference in Vitamin C when proper- ly processed. Among the glass con- tainers those with metal lids proved best for saving vitamin C because of the small headspace required. The best canning method is to pro- cess the juice in the jars, as this helps to drive out air that is in the juice. Heating of the juice in open kettles and pouring it into jars for sealing allows extra air to be canned with the juice. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “Reality” will be the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Sep- tember 30. The Golden Text will be from Lam. 6:19 —“Thou, O Lord, remain- est forever; thy throne from genera- tion to generation.” Among the citations comprising the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol- lowing froun the Bible—lsaiah 44:6 —“Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the first; and I am the last; and beside me tehre is no God.” Japanese may try to excuse their double talk on the plea that they are 1 getting ready lor au election, I r\£OOAr/Jirff\ fO AHEAD 4S#bv GEORGE S. BENSON President— Hunting College Waiting Contest Hard as it may be to get a died- in the wool bureaucrat thinking about winter problems in the sum- mer time, unless something unusual happens, cold weather will come again. One of these days a school bell will ring, a boy will come down the street bouncing a football and after that it won’t be long. More- over winter calls for a lot of things that are scarce now. Let’s take shoes as a down-to- earth illustration. Which is better for keeping a boy’s feet off the frosty ground, a 1942 price ceiling or a pair of good heavy brogues with wool socks in them? That’s the problem before the American peo- ple, with school bells only a few days away. Getting into production on civilian goods is what the OPA is currently bungling. Hold That Price The OPA’s war job was to keep prices of needful things from sky- rocketing —a noble work requiring some stiff Vules. But today, with the war won and war business slack, OPA is still making rules. One of them says: Manufacturers may make things for civilians provided they sell at 1942 prices. There’s the rub, for factory owners now ready to start reconverting, making jobs safe for their employees. The 1942 price rule stops them; nothing else. Workers want their jobs to last. Most civilians have saved some money and want to buy new things. Industry is anxious to serve them but very few factories can operate at 1942 prices. Mate- rials cost more now and labor costs more also. There is only one thing a manufacturer can do, namely, beg OPA for special permission to price- up and go to work. Mail Bags Full The OPA, if you remember, is fa- mous for leaving no stone unturned, and all that sort of thing. It is ru- mored that some men in the bureau have their own private opinions about business people anyhow. Be- fore they grant any firm special leave to change a price, they in- vestigate. That’s all right, but appli- cations to reconvert are coming in fast, more than 500 a day. The bureau will never wind up its red tape in time. The only possi- ble way out of trouble is to make a reasonable rule for all industry to follow, let whistles blow at 6:00 a. m. and ask questions later. Will they do it? Who knows? Employees and customers would probably cheer loudly for any employer who kept his payroll alive and said "Ph-f-v-v-ut” to the OPA, but its dangerous. Formula for Panic Most business men are conserva- tive. They are likely to wait exact- ly as long as the OPA says wait. Un- able to do business on 1942 prices, they may pull fires from under their boners and lay off the crew. Then the waiting contest starts. Bureaus will wait on investigations; employ- ers will wait on bureaus; workers will wait on employers and you and I will wait for everything. Idle workers in the soup-line; farmers without markets let crops rot in the field. An ugly picture. The way to avoid it is to let indus- try convert, sell its products to peo- ple with money and pay the men who work. Inflation can be pre- vented without starting a panic, if OPA will adopt a workable rule soon enough. But bureaus are usually more interested in rules than in reasons—warts on the nose of prog- ress; bunions on the toe of time. i . Make Accessories For Bond Money f' To save extra dollars for War Bonds make your own accessories. This perky cap is knitted of flame red wool, cuffed with navy felt. The matching shoulder-strap bag is for schoolroom paraphernalia. Patterns at local stores. V. S. Treasury Department Traffic Safety Slogan: Hardly a driver is still alive who passed on hills at 65. Drive carefully. o Woolen worsted fabrics recently released to the civilian trade are not expected to appear in the form of jgqn’s suits before late December, TOWNER NAMED TO NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD BY THE GOVERNOR Merle E. Towner, long associated with the organization and develop- ment of conservation activities in the State, has been named by Governor Herbert It. O’Conor to the vacancy on the Board of Natural Resources caused by the death of Edwin G. Baetjer. In making the announcement, Gov. ernor O’Conor stressed the Influen- tial part Mr. Towner had played over a period of many years In the protec- tion and conservation of the State’s natural resources and expressed the highest confidence that he would be a valuable addition to tile Board. “Mr. Towner was highly recom- mended for membership on the Hoard of Natural Resources,” Gov- ernor O’Conor said, “by leaders In tonservatlon and by civic groups in- terested in this Held. He Is past Pres- ident of the Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association and is now a member of its Board; he was one of the organizers of and Is Immediate Past President of the Maryland Sportsmen’s Luncheon Club, and his other civic acttvitels in- clude membership of the Baltimore Association of Commerce, Maryland Development Bureau, and member- ship on the Board of Automobile Club of Maryland. He Is also a mem- ber of the Maryland Outdoor Life Federation, past District Governor of the Capital District of Kiwanls In- ternational, and a member of the Board of the Salvation Army. "In addition to his sound under- standing of conservation problems and his many years of experience in this field, he has also had wide busi- ness experience, having served as General Purchasing Agent of the Western Maryland Railway Company since 1920. “Among the many conservation- minded citizens of our State, Mr. Towner’s judgment is highly regard- ed, anti he has the personal friend- ship and confidence of a wide circle of conservatloinsts.” „ The new appointee will fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Baetjer, which was for six years, from the Ist of June, 1944. He will be one of the six appointive members of the Board, the others being President Isaiah Bowman of Johns Hopkins Hospital; George S. Miles, Norman E. Carr, Ellsworth Leary and Nelson Col- bourne. Ex-Officio members of the Board include Edwin Warfield, Jr., Chairman, Commission of Tidewater Fisheries; Joseph F. Kaylor, State Forester; Ernest A. Vaughn, State Game Warden; Dr. Joseph T. Singe- wald, Director, Dept, of Geology, Mines and Water Resources; E. Les- ter Muller, Chairman, Maryland Pub- licity Commission, and R. V. Truitt, Director, Pfipt. of Research and Ed- ucation, University of Maryland. o THE AUTO USE TAX One of the most welcome state- ments millions of American motor- ists could hear was uttered the other day when Congressman Doughton, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said: “As for the automobile use tax, as far as I’m concerned, we have paid for that the last time. That’s a real nuisance tax.” That’s exactly what Keystone Automobile Club has been saying for a long time. No other tax has caused more protest during war time. When Mr. Doughton, as chairman of the Committee which initiates tax legis- lation, comes out against a tax, it's usually a death warrant. Far less welcome is the latest of- ficial comment on the nation’s gloomy tire situation. According to. a joint statement by WPB and OPA, the end of gas rationing has so in- creased the demand for tires that it will be “many months” before mo- torists get all they need. Right now, more than a half-million unfilled tire applications are backed up in ration boards waiting for replenishment of quotas. Traffic engineering faces its se- verest tests and greatest opportuni- ties in the post-war period now upon us, in the opinion of J. Maxwell Smith, President of Keystone Auto- mobile Club, expressed at the annual meeting of the Institute of Traffic Engineers. “It is unnecessary for me to tell traffic engineers the nature of the problems just ahead,” he said. “You are ready with post-war planning that will insure expeditious move- ment of traffic with a maximum of safety to those who drive and those who walk. There is only one thing that can prevent you from giving this country the finest system of traffic controls in the world—and that is insufficient funds for person- nel and equipment. The public must be ‘sold’ on the absolute need for adequate appropriations. “If we are to meet the challenge of post-war traffic, States and Cities must revise their traffic engineering budgets upward. There must be more 'generous treatment of this phase of the over-all traffic problem than has been shown in the past. No matter how efficient a traffic department, may be, it cannot translate its good intentions into accomplishments un- less funds are provided for the plans on the blueprints.” Foreign nations do not look upon United States as the key to peace as much as to the larder. Dropping of the normal Income tax is urged, apparently as away of re- turning to normalcy. E. KIRK BROWN, SOLICITOR ORDER OP PUBLICATION James Irving O’Neal, Complainant vs. Frances Virginia O'Neal, Defendant 1 In the Circuit Court for Cecil County Equity No. 04X0 i The object of this Bill Is to secure ■ a decree divorcing the Complainant ’ a vinculo matrimonii from the De- i fendant. The Bill states that the Complain- ant was married to the Defendant on the 22nd day of July, 1939, in Clay- ton, Kent County, Delaware, with 1 whom he resided until the 19th duy of August, 1943; that, though the conduct of the Complainant towards the said Frances Virginia O’Neal has always been kind, affectionate and above reproach, the said Frances Vir- ginia O’Neal has, without any just cause or reason, abandoned and de- serted him and has declared her In- tention to live with him no longer, and that such abandonment has con- tinued uninterruptedly for at least elgtheen months, and is deliberate and linal, and the separation beyond any reasonable expectation of recon- ciliation; that two children were born to said marriage, a daughter, Nancy Lee O’Neal, who Is five years of age, and a son, James D. O'Neal, who is three years of age; that the Complainant has resided in Cedi County for more than one year past before the filing of this Bill, and the Defendant resides at Middletown, Delaware. The Bill then prays for a decree divorcing the Complainant from the Defendant a vinculo matri- monii, and for such other and fur- ther relief as his case may require. IT IS THEHEUPON, this 18th day of September, 1945, by the CIRCUIT COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY, IN EQUITY, ORDERED that the Com- plainant cause a copy of this Order, with the object and substance of the Bill, to be inserted in some newspa- per published in Cecil County once a week for four successive weeks, be- fore teh 22nd day of October, 1945, giving notice to the Defenadnt, Fran- ces Virginia O’Neal, who is a non- resident of the State of Maryland; to appear in this Court, either in per- son or by solicitor, on or before the 7th day of November, 1945, to an- swer the premises and abide by and perform such decree as may be pass- ed therein. Ralph R. Crothers, Clerk. True Copy-—Teste— Ralph R. Crothers, Clerk. DDT KILLS BEDHUOS DDT, the new Insecticide, is the perfect answer to the bedbug prob- lem, says the U. S. Department of Agriculture in a statement positively recommending DDT for this purpose. If DDT is applied properly as a 5 percent spray or a 10 per cent pow- der to mattresses, beds and chicken houses, these places will remain free of bedbugs for 6 months or more. Wettable DDT may be used in wa- ter as a spray, but leaves an unsight- ly residue. When a 5 percent DDT solution—- -7 ounces technical grade DDT and 1 gallon kerosene is used, about 3 liq- uid ounces of this spray is needed to . each full size bed. This is enough material for a thorough and careful i treatment of the mattress, pillows, . sprigns and joints in the bed frame. > The spray should be forced into each • joint of the bed and both sides of the i mattress should be lightly treated, i After a few hours of drying the bed ! may be made up and used without . fear of injury to the occupant. ; One and onehalf ounces of 10 per cent DDT powder is sufficient for treatment of a full size beef. It is ap- i plied to the same location as recom- i mended for the spray. It is not nec- essary to treat walls, because bed bugs must come to the beds for meals of blood and are killed when . they come in contact with the resi- , due of DDT on the bed. ■ It is advisable. Federal entomolo- gists say, to wear a mask when ap- : plying the spray to avoid irritation due to kerosene or to excessive inha- . lation of DDT. The risk is not great. . Some ventilation is necessary during treatment, and, of course, one must be careful not to use an oil spray . near a fire. They emphasize that gas- oline must never be used. o A number of the principal Christ- ian churches in Rangoon, Burma, ; were badly damaged by occupying Japanese forces, according to word ; received from the Rev. Clarence E. Olmstead, an American Methodist - missionary now carrying on relief : work under the British military gov- : eminent. The Bible Society building ; at the Immanuel Baptist Church, he 1 reports, received direct bomb hits; the Baptist Press was looted of its . contents; the Anglican Cathedral was ‘‘polluted from end to end” by • the making of rice beer there; the Roman Catholic Cathedral was injur- . ed, but is still usable; the Anglican i “Iron Church” was used as a store ; room, and the Diocesan Girls School ; as a hospital; the Teachers Train- ■ ing College was wrecked; the Metho- i dist English Girls School suffered a • direct bomb hit. It is expected that all these properties will soon be re- [ turned to the former owners. ! With more coal and longer shirt tails, the dread of the coming winter diminishes. 1 Truman asks for a $17,000,000,- i 000 cut for the Navy. Boys, shall we let him have it? i British representatives want loans - without interest. It’s lucky they nev- though oI negative interest.