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From where I sitJy Joe Marsh
That Ring Around the Bathtub
Jeb Crowell blew his top the other day. Seems that for weeks he’s been trying- to get his youngsters to scrub out the bathtub after using it. And this night he sees two rings around it—one where young Sonny left off, and another about Pinky’s level. He raves and rants—and takes it out on the missus for her lack of discipline. And later that evening he sees her quietly polishing the hardwood table that’s right by his chair. She’s removing the rings he’s left there with his evening glass of beer!
From now on, Jeb’s careful tc put his glass down on the table cover—like the missus does. And I hear he’s a little more forgiving about rings around the bathtub. Just keeps on patiently reminding. From where I sit, there are little annoyances in every family—conflicting habits and opinions in every community. A little patience —a little more “forgive ’ and let live” is the only antidote.
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Arrow-Tip Poison As Aid In Surgery Cleveland', O.—Curare, a South American poison used by natives to tip arrows, is being studied for its possible use in improving administration of anesthesia, par-,
ticularly in such operations as for v '. en ^ .I- 0 South America to ex-
The action of curare was first descriSed about a century ago by the famous French physiologist, Claude Bernard. By experiments with frogs, Bernard reasoned that
curare paralyzed nerves.
Not much was done with curare until tpe ’ 1930’s, when Richard Gill, a cripple whose spastic muscles had been helped by curar«,
cancer, stomach ulcers and gall-
stones.
The investigation is being made by experts in the Western Reserve University School of Medi-
cine.
The growing importance of the drug curare to medicine and surgery has interested Dr. Harold F. Chase, assistant professor of pharmacology, in trying to find components of it which have definite and predictable action. To that end, intensive research is being done on curare and its
properties.
Curare, whose history dates from the time Sir Walter Raleigh obtained the substance from South America where Indians had used it to tip darts and arrows, has had a reputation for variability. “This has limited its potential valuable uses,” Dr.
Chase said.
In surgical operations in
region of the abdomen, curare may be given to relax the muscles so that the surgeon’s hands can move with greater assurance,
Dr. Chase pointed out.
Dr. Chase explained, however that curare “in its present state of relative impurity may be given in amounts that are either too large or too small to produce the desired effect.” Too much of the drug may paralyze the muscles
in breathing, he said. Mixture of Alkaloids
Curare is a mixture of severai alkaloids, and the' object of the research has been to extract a pure compound from this variable mixture so that the effect of any definite amount perscribed
will be predictable. 4
plore its source. He learned what plants crude curare was extracted from and other secrets from In-
dian medicine men. Gill turned I then tell her
his knowledge over to American drug house's, which have produced curare from the plant Chondodendron Tomentosum. Although still only partially purified, the drug is now suitable for use by experienced physi-
cians. j
One of the more recent uses of curare has been in the shock treatment of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. In certain forms of shock treatment, fractures of the spine have occurred. Curare, causing temporary paralysis, reduced the violence of
the muscular reaction.
Dr. Chase has been investigating a series of synthetic drugs which might be as useful as curare and give more accurate retu,, I suits. So far, nothing has been
’ S found.
i o Dancing Mates Divorce Cure-All
would divorce a dancing husband, no matter how ill-tempered he might be at the breakfast table.
Morgan even believed minutes of jitterbugging quiet the most nagging wife.
“It’s just impossible to be mad at anyone or anything when you’re dancing,” he said. “Like oil and water, rythm and anger
don’t mix.”
But Morgan warned that the secret of appeasement through dancing lies in knowing which step will quell the various forms
of annoyance.
The tango, for example, is Morgan’s answer to battles over
budgets.
“Hubby and wife ought to whip into a tango at the first growl over budgetary matters,” he saidl “The tango has the idea cheek-, to-cheek position and the proper tempo to make this type of situation agsolutely harmless—except to father’s pe*t corn.” For the husband who comes home from the office spoiling for a spat, Morgan recommends a quick
waltz.
“An invitation to jitterburg ought to drag any husband from behind his evening newspaper,” Morgan said, “and the furnace would be a lot easier to stoke if papa rumbas before he tackles
the task.”
Morgan prescribed the Schottische—or any other type of folk dancing—to calm the ire of husbands who discover the little woman has bought an unsightly hat
for $25.
“Instead of threatening divorce, the husband ought to count 10 and then invite the missus to dance,” he said. “While they are dancing, he ought to whisper a few sweet nothings in her ear, and
in soothing tones,
town. Other residents remember stories of a bank clerk who became wedged in a sewer in one , of the ravines, and no one bothfew j ei ed to get him out. Hie skelewould | ton is probably among the relics
beneath the town.
Construction crews demolishing an old hotel recently uncovered several rooms which had been sealed for years. The rooms were completely furnished, but decayed tables and chairs crumb-
led at a touch.
A sawmill, cannery, newspaper office and blacksmith shop were
of course—what he thinks of the hat. That’s the surest way to avoid a divorce—and to get wives to take hideous hats back where they got them.”
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among the buildings partially destroyed in the fire and later covered when the ravines were filled. Tons of wrought iron and huge cedar logs, still in prime condition after 50 years, are known to be buried in the under-
ground city
Byrd To Make' Polar History
reports: * Harvard University —virtual-
ly none of the veterans have flunked, 'the number on the honor roll is steadily increasing.
Indiana University—The mar-
ried veterans have l^fce highest academic average of any group.
Georgia Tech — As a group,
the veterans are making better grades than those of the
highest group before the war. Vanderbilt — Estimated that
90 per. cent of the veterans are passing their semester examina-
City Under City Yields Old Relics
New Westminster, B. C.,-^-The pot of gold isn’t at the end of the rainbow in British Columbia—it’s under the streets of New' Westminster, along with a newspaper office, the remains of *a sawmill and a skeleton stuck in a sewer pipe. In the days of the gold rush, two deep ravines ran through the middle of the town, forming a valley in which many buildings were located. After the “great fire of 1898,” which leveled much of the business district, the valley was filled in and the town rebuilt on top of
it.
Chicago, 111. — If the little they neglected to remove woman spends too much money, f r0 m the ravines many objects don’t threaten to divorce her. which have since become inTake her dancing at' an expen- creasingly valuable. Fascinating sive night club instead, and all glimpses of life before the fire your troubles will disappear. are revealed whenever excavaThat’s dancer Frank Morgan’s j tions are dug for new buildings,
remedy for the unprecedented U. S. divorce rate. He said today that any couple can dance their domestic disagreements away in
five minutes.
Morgan, director of a large
but townspeople think the best
is yet to come.
There’s the gold, for instance. Old-timers swear that an Indian once hid a fortune in gold dust in a tunnel dug beneath what is
dance studio,- said no woman now, one of the main streets of
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^URRENT low prices of onions invite the homemaker to use more of them in her meal preparation and help keep the food budget down. Onions are plentiful this year and that is why the prices are low. This season’s onion crop was the largest on record. In our meal-planning include onions for two reasons. They are superb for flavoring other dishes and as 'a main dish in themselves. The onion deserves a great deal more appreciation than it gets, for not only does it have flavorappeaji but it is important from nutrition and health standpoints. Onions contain Vitamin C, mineral elements calcium and iron, and small amounts of the B complex vitamins. Like other vegetables, onions add useful and satisfying bulk to the diet. It is well to keep plenty of this useful vegetable on hand as dry onions keep well, particularly at this season of the
year.
There are numerous dishes which can be accompanied by onions prepared in various ways and their zestful flavor satisfies the palate. The ever-popular steak or hamburgers and onions head the list. Grilled onions is a “must” with either beef or calves’ liver. Creamed onions make a tasty addition to, a vegetable plate. There is the old favorite onion soup for those blustery winter
days, aqd in contrast what is a . tangy spring green salad without • ®
a bit of raw chopped onions. So there we have the lowly onion brought to the limelight. Practical housewives can best take heed and use this economical product and at the same time serve praise-winning dishes.
Swiss Steak Dinner
No finer dinner is there than a savory Swiss steak smotherfed in anions and served with browned potatoes. To tenderize the lean beef found in the markets* right
There’s no finer treat in the world than savory Swiss steak smothered ’neath a blanket of tasty onions and served up with delicious
browned potatoes.
and arrange 1 Va cups sliced onions on top of steak. Cover and simmer gently for 2 3 /2 to 3 hours or until tender; or cook in the oven at 325 degrees F. for about the
of bacon on top of each onion
before baking.
Pork Upside-down Pie Here’s rich pork sausage at its
steak. Make gravy from pan
Stuffed Onions
Here is an onion side dish that’s bound to be popular at any table.
6 large onions
% cup ( Va pound) sausage meat
1/2 teaspoon salt
Vs teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon melted fat.
1 tablespoon ketchup
Peel onions; cook 15 minutes in large amount of boiling salted water. Drain, cool, and remove
_ centers from stem end, making now, use long, slow, moist cookery, little cups. Chop centers and comMix cup flour .with 1 teaspoon bine with sausage, salt, pepper, dry mustard, 1% teaspoons salt, fat, and ketchup. Fill onions with Vi teaspoon pepper. With the edge mixture and place in greased baknf • heavy saucer pound flour ing dish. Bake in moderate oven mixture into a 2Vfe to 3-pound (375 degrees . F.) 45 minutes, or nmnd or arm steak until all flour until onions are tender. Makes 6
is absorbed. Brown steak slowly servings.
In hot lard. Add 1 cup hot water Note: If desired, place % slice
same length of time. During last best "' itb onions, tomato.andbakhour cook whole potatoes around l"* ' p ““L d
bulk pork sausage into patties. Place in cold skillet. Cook over low heat until patties are wellbrowned and thoroughly cooked. Pour off excess fat as it accumulates. Remove patties to casserole. Slice 2 medium onions into rings and brown slowly in'small amount of sausage drippings. Place onions in casserole and pour 1 can condensed tomato soup over meat and onions. Make one recipe baking powder biscuits and lightly roll out dough to size that will fit casserole. Place on top of meat mixture. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuit dough is well-browned and done throughout Turn out on platter so meat and onions are on top. Cut in wedges. Serves 6.
Little America
Richard E. Byrd made his jet-assisted skiplanes ready today for a flight across the South Pole which he said may ' make “the most important geographical discovery remaining in the world.” “We don’t want to lose any time starting out on our new
flights,” Byrd said.
Mechanics removed the wheels from the dual wheel-ski landing apparatus used when the six converted DC-3 transports—known as Navy R-4-D transports—flew to the icecap base yesterday from the carrier Philippine Sea. Exuding enthusiasm about the discovery possibilities, B y f d traced a line with his finger across a map of the vast ice fastness on whose edge the Little
America base stands.
“I’d like somebody to get into that vast unknown area on the other side of the pole,” he said. “What a reward It would be if, for instance, they found a big volcanic area there with boiling water coming out of the ground. That would be of tremendous importance biologically, geological-
ly and geographically.
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Ohio State — Estimated that 90 to 95 per cent passed the first semester exams, with the veteran having a slight edge over non-vets in scholastic record. University of Missouri — Disabled veterans leading them all. University of Texas — About 90 pei* cent of veterans passed
first semester exams.
University of Pittsburgh—Virtually all veterans passed first
Semester examinations.
Washington and Lee — The Admiral | veterans are making a remark-
able record.
South Dakota State College— Estimated 99 per cent of veterans passed every subject. Two typical faculty comments: Dean William Huntley, of the Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, said: “If there is any immediate problem, it is the possibility that the vet is working too hard.” Dr. Finley Foster, professor of English, Western Reserve: “Be-' fore the war, the student writing a theme had to struggle to use his imagination because of his leek of experience, but the veteran has a wealth of material to
v/rite about.”
Several thousand veterans have dropped out' of school. Many of them quit after making unsatisfactory grades. Others resigned because of offers of employment, while still others just couldn’t readjust themselves. But the overall picture shows that the veteran, a serious minded student, is taking higher education in the same winning stride that carried American boys to victory in war. o— 1
He emphasized his belief that the Antarctic is an “untouched reservoir of natural resources.” The 58-year-old explorer, greying and ruddy faced, did not say whether he planned to fly across the pole himself. He is the only man ever to cross both the North and South Poles by air. He is directing his fourth Antarctic ex-
pedition.
There was a possibility that under proper conditions the skiequipped planes might land at the South Pole. Byrd said he hopes by aerial reconnaissance to discover whether Antarctica is one gigantic land mass, or two, separated by a body
of water.
He said he plans to work a sea - borne task force into trie southeastern part of the Billinghausen Sea. From; there, patrol planes will scout the unexplored territory between the Ross and Weddell seas. The search might prove, he said, that the two seas .are actually joined, thus forming a waterway across the “continent.” o GI Joes Are Good Students
il'THAT LITTLE CAME”
New York. — This is a progress renort on how the 1,500.000 former GI Joe s are doing in college after one full semester. They are doing fine. A United Press nationwide survey of some 200 colleges and universities showed today that at least 90 per cent of the former servicemen are making better
than passing grades, and have 1 ing paint, the cosmetic probably conquered the tricky problem of'li s a safe bet for Mrs. America’s
adjustment from Army to cam- f ace , he said.
. In another test, a serum is pre-
Most of these young men in pared with liquid taken from I 10 1 ^ P er c F nt | rou P go on ra 5bit cells mixed with lipstick, through then four-year-course, roU g e or powder. This is filctid some may finish ahead of , tered and injected into the rab-
Cosmetics Tested First On Rabbits
Chicago, 111. — A chemist revealed today that rabbits, rats and guinea pigs are being used in cosmetics laboratories to help make women more beautitful. Harry Hilfer, chief chemist of a large Chicago cosmetic firm, said some scientists had found that if a rabbit can wear lipstick, rouge or powder without endangering his epidermus, it’s more than likely that the average woman can 'paint her face without fear of breaking out in
a rash.
“In most cases a rabbit’s skin is more sensitive than that of a woman,” he said, in an interview. In a speech before the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society, Hilfer said he regarded the task of keeping American womanhood lovely as an “engineering job,” as well as a matter of chemistry and style. “We have to build the products from start to finish, with the appearance of the product on store shelves, as well as on women’s faces, as our chief con-
cern,” he said.
Hilfer explained later where the rabbits, rats and guinea pigs pigs fit into the construction of a woman’s face. • He said one way of using the animals involved shaving their stomachs and applying various types of make-up to the bare skin. If the rabbit’s skin is still as' fresh as a newborn bunny’s after 10 days or more of wear-
still in the mill. He said they wouldn’t be ready until next
week.
“We are simply broadening somewhat the provisions under which landlords seek rent increases oh financial hardship,” McCullough told reporters. Other OPA sources indicated that the smaH operator — with scattered or single apartments or houses — may be the man who
gets the new break.
Herbert U. Nelson, executive
vice-president of the National | bill 1 th Association of Real Estate Boards, I all old
has been during the past five map. Flint sickle blades set in
, probably institutions
time, their professors report. The survey further shows that a small percentage of the former GI Joes are dropping out of school, but that new students, fresh from the Army, are taking
their places.
The colleges and universities now have about 2,000,000 students—including the non-vets— and the peak is not expected to
taper off until 1948
1949, and in some not before 1950.
The survey showed that married veterans, even those with children, are making the best grades of all. This particular group is found on the honor rolls at virtually all schools. The GI Joes are taking the tough courses, such as chemistry, other sciences, including medicine and engineering. They shy away from the cultural subjects. They want technical education and a good-paying job, when
they graduate.
Here are some typical survey
bit.
If nothing happens, he said, it means that women probably can wear the cosmetics tested without fear of harm to their skin.
Rents Now Are On the Way Up Washington, D. C. — Some rents are on the way up. How many, and how far up, OPA was not prepared today tc
say.
The boosts will come under new, liberalized “hardship” provisions announced yesterday by Maj. Gen. Phiilp B. Fleming, director of the office of temporary
controls.
Fleming, making his announce-
ment after a conference with President Truman, jumped the
gun on OPA rent officials. Price Chief Max McCullough said the new regulations
believed the change “won’t make much difference.” Nelson said his group would continue to fight for an across-the-board 15-per cent increase in rent ceilings. Fleming, who with President Truman has called for retention of firm rent controls, indicated that the new liberalized policy was no break ill the line. But hereafter, he said, reasonable doubt will be resolved in favor of the landlord. “Hardship” increases are not new. OPA has always allowed rent boosts where landlords showed financial hardship. But landlords have complained that it was difficult to show hardship to OPA’s satisfaction., The record shows that few hardship increases actually have been granted. Though approximately 1,000.000'dentte have been boosted since 1942, most of the increases have been for other reasons. o — Piccard’s Son To Make Balloon Test Minneapolis, Minn. — Don Piccard, 22, son of strafe-sphere explorer Dr. Jean Piccard, said today that he planned to make a free balloon ascension Feb. 9 to test a new valve and newly designed basket. The ascension from Northrop Field, scene of the University of Minnesota football games, will be sponsored by the Minneapolis Daily Times in cooperation with the Army ROTC LTnit at the University, where Piccard is a stud-
ent.
Piccard ‘said he intended to test a new aluminum basket and a valve invented by his father to reduce the fire hazard when gas is released from the bag for the descent. Th aluminum basket is 20 pounds lighter than the usual wicker basket attached to a free balloon and is designed to give greater protection on land-
ing.
o More Farm Security Predicted By Expert
Worchester, Mass. — A less profitable but more secure future is in store for farmers in the next 25 years, according to Dr. F. J. Niederfrank of the U. S. Agriculture Department’s ex-
tension service.
Speaking at the Union Agricultural meeting, he said that “farming will not be as profitwere able during the next 25 years as
. . . but ]t will be a safer bet and more endurable than it has
ever been before.”
State Bill Aimed At Negligent Children Indianapolis, Ihd. — The In-
diana House of Repi’esentatives today was scheduled to hold a special order of business on a
at would create a lien for age assistance in the state. The measure, presented yester-
day to the House on a routins second reading, found itself the center of a heated debate that
split the Republican majority. Under the measure, the state
would be empowered to recover old age benefits upon the death of the recipient. Restitution to the state would be made via lienplaced against any real estate owned by the deceased person.
However, should a surviving
spouse occupy the real estate, the state would hold its claim
in abeyance.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Rosoce N. Kitt, R., Huntington, and Rep. Laurence D. Baker, Rt, of Kendallville. Debate broke out during the second reading of the proposed law when Rep. Albert B. Thompson, R., North Vernon, labeled the issue “an insult'’ against the needy aged of the state. Baker, co-author of the bill, said it was not aimed at the aged but rather upon negligent chil-» dren who despite being in healthy financial situations toss their needy parents upon state welfare rolls for support. He said that should the measure pass, more than 60,000 old age pensioners would eliminate themselves from relief rolls because their children were able to support them. “Triese children this bill is aimed at,” said Baker, “insist the overburdened state budget should care for their parents. But they are eager to reap the benefits of the real estate they will inherit upon the death of their
parents.
“Children able to support their parents should support them and not beg support from their neighbors through state funds,” he
said.
o Stone-Age Men Not So Different Berkeley, Cal. — Members of a tribe of stone-age men who roamed the hills of Palestine about 8,000 years ago could not be distinguished from the modern man if they were dressed in modern clothes, a University of California anthropologist said today. Dr. Theodore D. McGown, who assisted in excavating the skeletal remains of the Natufians, as the tribe was named, said they were of medium height, slender but wiry white men. • The scientist said that the Natufians may represent a transitional culture state between' the savage hunters of the ice age and the adoption of agriculture by
bone handles, crude mortars and pestles indicated they Were reapers, possibly of wild grain growing on the plains, he said.
Hermit Keejis His Family On Mountain San Diego, Cal. — Thifee children of a poet-hermit', who kept his family in a hut atop Ghost Mountain for fifteen years, were to receive their first hair-
cuts today.
Mrs. Tanya South, 46, who divorced Poet Marshall South, 61, said that haircuts were number one on her program to “get back to civilization.” Mrs. South won her divorce on grounds of exteme cruelty and the tall, prophec-like South, whose own gray hair h^ngs to his shoulders, was ordered to pay her temporary support of $25 a month. ,, The tanned, healthy children, Rider Del Sol South. 13, Rudyar Del Sol South, 8, and Victoria Del Sol South, 6, have lived all their lives on the bleak mountain, miles from the nearest neigribor, with no modern utilities and no transportaion. BlttTttDAY DINNER
Just when Mrs. Dora Landis was thinking she would be aldiie on her birthday, Sunday, she was surprised by relatives, who came to help hei' celebrate hefi 72nd birthday. In the group were Ml*, and Mrs. Leon Landis, of Hartford City, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams and family and Mrs. Faye Harris, of Muncie, Miss Connie McClure, of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed McClUrC.
a.
Record show that the largest whale ever hfirpooned weighed
294,000 pounds.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “Spirit” Was the subject of the wesson-Sermon ih all Churches of Christ; Scientist,-on Sunday, Feb-
ruary 9.
The Golden Text was: “This is the word of the Lord unto ZerUbbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6); Among the citations which Comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the . following from the Bible: “NoW the God of hope fill you With all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another” (Romans 15:13, 14). The Lesson-Sfermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “In the sacred sanctuary of Truth are voices of solemn import, but we heed ? them not. It is only when the so-called pleasures ami pains of sense pass away in our lives, that we find unquestionable sighs of the burial of error and the resurrection to spiritual life” (p. 232). ;
“IT ISN’T ANTIQUE I” SAID “G1BLET STEW’-“IT’S JUST PLAIN OLD ra H 3tr
“That’s the guy I’m laying for," muttered the ben as the farmer crossed the yard.