Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1953 — Page 11

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953

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Seventeen years ago millions of tiny young cicadas 5 , better known to most people as 17-year locusts, ■went into the soil of Indiana for their long, “childhood.” During these 17 years the young cicadas' have been growing slowly a ! boujt t)wo feet underground where temperatures are much the same year after year. Now they Are nearly full grown arid by next May and June will bgin to dig out of the Soil. ; Thrbugnoi|t Indiana, the eastern half of Ohio, -the southern edge of Michigan and eastern edge of Illinois, enormous numbers of the 17year locusts will next summer be strumming their shrill “song.”' Similar appearances will, occur in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Long Island, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as in the mountainous regions of eastern Tennessee. western North Carolina, and northern Georgia. This insect should not be confuse ■ 4— —r. ■ '.H. KODAK COLOR HIF" We hove everything you need . 10l types of Kodak Color Film, cameras, accessories — .j plus our helpful color process* ~ fag service. HOLTHOUSE f DRUG CO.

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ed With the true locust, commonly known in the United States as, the grasshopper, according to Prof. J. J. Davis. head.of the entomology department at Purdue university. It was this latter insect reported in the Bible as occurring in such vast numbers, and npt the 17-year locust or cicada. : : ' i In 1936 the tiny young hatched from eggs laid in the twigs’ of woody plants, entered the ground, and began sucking the juices from roots of trees and shrubs. Their growth has been slow. For that reason, the sap taken from the roots has not harmed the plants noticeably, though' the cicadas occurred in large numbers. summer they will dig out of the ground, crawl up a tree trunk or fence postj, and emerge from their shell-like case to become winged and fujly developed insects. Professor Davis explains. Immediately after they become full-grown, the males will make their presence known by a shrill, incessant “song,” produced by vibration of two drum-like membranes on the uhder side of the abdomen. Because thri female 17-year locut cannot produce sounds, she is the victim of a well-known verse: “Happy are cicada’s lives For they ; all have voiceless It 1$ the’sc ng and numbers of at work on It that make the periodical cicada notorious, although considerable damage may

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be done by them, Prof, Slav is says. Young trees may be| seriously harmed |by the female, which cuts slits in woody twigs to lay eggs. Almost any woody plant may serve gs a place for eggs altb riigh; apple among the fruit treesL oak and hickory among timber, itrees, are The twigs thi& slit often break over. J ; - Davis suggests that n#t planting trees next spring will , ielp avoid some of the damage/. Tees that are one, two, or three years old should not be pruned :|he bpring that cicadas appear. ?-i Adult cicada live abot ; a month. When the young hatch this summer they will dig theiij way into the ground to reappeaf when 17 years old in 1970. *1 \Good Old Days , I HATTIESBURG, .Mist, t’P ~ I When S. P. Carter, Su-year-old cattleman, paid his Wk> county tax bill this year he showed Sheriff A. B. Payne a yellowed receipt for his first taiMs. It was for |1,38 dated 1888. | ; Absent-Minded | PHILADELPHIA, P< Ut* — George | Morris spent tjiree days making s a burglar alarm for his home. Three days.after it was com“pleted, a burglar broke! in and stole $32. Morris had forgotten to turn on the alarm. 'r ; 111 L I ■. IB ■ _■' .

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Explains Plan To Tax Waiters' Tips Washington, up — Get a go3d thing rolling and sure enough along comes some irieany to spoil everything. Takjd waiters and- waitresses, for example. It is estimated they make about $2,000,000,000 a ybar in tips. But nobody can prove that! \ i At-thj? end of the year, the; government gets. its “due” on a haphazard “bn the avers ge” basis. Mostly guesswork. bfpw ijvhat happens? Along comes a man from New York who has patented what he calls the charge voucher and calculator system. Walter F. Massafra walked in, pitched - some samples oh the desk and Started to explain the/‘fool

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proof. system.” "Take exhibit A,” he said, pointing to exhibit A. The specimen purported to illustrate a filled-in check presented to the customer. handing the check to the customer the waiter of the checker had added the items ‘and inserted hte .card in a calculp- ' \ ' ' / ' The calculator was set to the amount specified on. the check and the lever is released. The information was printed on the check and a certain gratuity suggested. In this case the bill on the dummy check was $6.00. A tip of $1 was suggested and so the total jwould be $7.00. , At any rate the customer gets fits Check and goes to the cashier, ire detaches a stub perforated on the side of the check which shcfrws the amount of the lip he wants to jgive. He pays the grand total and hands the cashier the stub. It has-

the waiter’s number on it and the| amount of the tip. \ According to Massafra, "The true receipts ..as recorded in this new check system would enable the government to withhold a weeklY income tax on tip®—thus establishing a permanent record for tax purposes.” , The New Y oncer tnmks the present system of guessing at the total of tis is unfair to waiters. He also thinks they could be "cheated” on their social security when: it comes ■time to retire. - ; T4' • . -i. Democrat Want Aas Bring Results

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Ike Administration Will Abolish RFC Measure Backed To End Lending Agency WASHINGTON UP — The Eisenhower administration has thrown its support, behind a congressional move to abolish the multi-billion dollar reconstruction finance corporation, it was learned today. I A reliable informant said the administration has already privately endorsed a bill introduced by Sen. Harry F. Byrd D-Va. and four cosponsors, last week to liquidate the depression-born government lending agency established former President Herbert Hoover 21 years a*o. | A cabinet rank administration official will testify publicly in favor of the bill when it comes before the senate banking committee for hearings, this informant said. A large number of Republican senators and conservative Democrats headed by Byrd have been gunning for abolition of the RFC since a senate investigating committee two revealed a tangled web of political "favoritism

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and influence” in its leudinc operations. President Truman headed off the drive by submitting a sweeping reorganization plan to reform the scandal-ridden agency. Congress approved the plan after a sharp fight. Stuart Byington, now a Democratic senator from Missouri, took over as RFC administrator, replacing a five-member board of directors, and conducted » general housecleaning. Inhere has subsequently been little congressional criticism of RFC politicking, but many lawmakers still regard its business loans as an unjustifiable government intrusion into the field of private banking. The RFC has some strong supporters in congress, however. They contend that it performs an essential role in providing capital, especialy for small business, that is not obtainable through private banks. One by-product of killing the RFC would be the enrichment of the treasury by about $700,000,060 through liquidation of the out* standing, loans. These loans would be collected over a period of years, however, and probably "Would have no significant effect on administration efforts to erase the federal deficit.