Speedway Flyer, Volume 12, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1943 — Page 3

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Creek Divert Develop > Florida’s Sponge Fisheries Greeks developed the sponge fisheries off Florida’s west coast. Wages of S3OO a month had echoed through the Dodecanese Islands and lured hundreds of Greek divers to the "Aegean village” near Tarpon Springs, halfway down the west •coast. Tarpon Springs became the sponge capital of America largely as a result of the Spanish American war during which the sponge fleet favored the more northern harbor to avoid Spanish warships. The harvest may bring a million dollars in a year. The auction by written bids is held at the Sponge Exchange. Greek divers first appeared at Tarpon Springs in 1905. In Gulf waters they use diving suits. An area of nearly 10,000 square miles is covered with a fleet of 150 boats. In the shallower waters of the Gulf sponges are still hooked with a long pole. Florida rose to first place in sponge production. Cuba and the Bahamas rank next. Most of the U. S. pre-war imports came from Cuba and ther British West Indies, and only small amounts from Greece, Egypt and Tunisia. Total imports in 1938 were valued at nearly half a million dollars. Brazil’s Iron Ore The Brazilian reserves have been estimated to amount to nearly 25 per cent of the world’s known iron ores. The largest ore bodies, running into billions of tons, lie chiefly in the area drained by the headwaters of the Bio Doce in the state of Minas Gerais. The celebrated Itabira mines literally represent a mountain of iron ore. A large part of the Itabira ores are extraordinarily high grade, with 50 to 65 per cent iron. The Itabira ores have low phosphate and sulphur content and generally are richer than the iron ores used in the steel industries of Europe and North America. New War Cry "Gung Ho!” That is the war-cry of Carlson’s Raiders—a band of fighting U. S. marines who made military history during a 30-day period on Guadalcanal when they destroyed fltfe strong enemy bases, killing more than 400 Japs. “Gung Ho” is the Chinese equivalent for "co-opera-tion”—working together for a common cause. It means, in Chinese, willingness to endure hardship and ; pain so that the toughest tasks can lbs accomplished with minimum flosses and maximum effectiveness.

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WHEN YOU AND THE FAMILY “EAT OUT It’s a “special” treat for you and the family when you “eat out.” You will enjoy eating at r. ' special restaurant, like the Hollywood. Hollywood Case 1562 MAIN STREET

Insignia for Specialists A distinctive sleeve patch has been authorized for wear by enlisted technical specialists of the army air forces in the job classifications of armament, communications, engineering, photography and weather. The patches have the same basic design, a 2%-inch equilateral triangle, resting on the point, on a background of ultramarine blue, with individual distinguishing designs in gold within to represent each of the five technical specialist classifications. The distinguishing symbols are: armament: a bomb pointing down to the right; communications: pyramid shaped radio tower with flashes emanating from the top; engineering: a gear wheel centered in the triangle; photography: picture of a camera, with bellows open, lens pointing slightly down to the right; weather: a weather vane with a horizontal cross arrow at the top. Beets Do Doable Job Sugar beets are performing a twofold wartime job for the United States. Sugar extracted from them is helping to relieve the scarcity caused by the reduction of the flow of cane sugar from overseas areas. The beet tops, pulp, and molasses, which remain after the sugar has been extracted, are a valuable cattle and lamb feed, and are contributing meat to fill our increasing needs. Until recent years it was necessary to import beet seed from Europe, a situation which led to difficulties during World War I. Now, however, all seed is produced in this country. Sugar beets are grown in 19 Western and Middle Western states. Wartime shortages have emphasized their importance as a source of sugar and meat, and as a crop in which virtually nothing is wasted. Hogs More Exposed Farmers have more difficulty in keeping pigs healthy now than they did 25 years ago, because land on which hogs are raised has become more thoroughly infested with parasites and bacteria and there also is a freer movement of human b-ings, animals, birds, and livestock which may be disease carriers. Howard Davison, livestock specialist, lists the most destructive ailments now affecting hogs as enteritis, cholera, erysipelas, and influenza. These diseases are caused by specific organisms but it appears certain that hogs which are kept in good condition by liberal feeding and which are protected from parasite infestation are less liable to acquire diseases.

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fix Flows Plow and harrow are two tools that must be repaired or adjusted for early spring tillage. Walking and sulky plows that do not do their work well may have sprung a beam,' or the adjustment of the clevis may have been wrong. Tractor plows are more difficult to check for sprung parts, which usually cause the plow to run "comerwise,” to wear one point faster than another or to wear the landslide or the rear wheel. Usually the tractor plow with the sprung part turns the clean furrow and throws the correctly adjusted plow out of line. The spring-tooth harrow is easy to keep in good condition if the worn parts are replaced each year. Runners should be replaced if they are worn, so that the frame will be protected. All the 'teeth should be set evenly, for good work, and the levers should be adjusted to work easily. The frame may also be sprung out of shape. Could Smell Japs U. S. marines frequently detected the whereabouts of Japs through their sense of smell during jungle fights on Guadalcanal, according to Master Technical Sergeant James Hurlbut, marine corps combat correspondent who has returned to the United States after spending four and a half months on the South Pacific island. “The Japs have a distinctive smell, a rather musty odor—something like skunk cabbage,” reports Sergeant Hurlbut. “Scouting parties on Guadalcanal often reported smelling the Japanese long before they ever saw or heard them.” 1 In a talk to marines, Sergeant Hurlbut told of replacing his blankets, lost during the initial landing operations, with a pair of Jap blankets. "They smelled for two months," reports the Leatherneck correspondent. Inflammation of Udder Also known as “garget” or “caked udder,” mastitis is an inflammation of the udder which may reduce milk flow and ultimately destroy the functional tissue of the udder. It is caused by bacteria which enter the udder through the teat canal and may be either acute (2 per cent of the cases) or chronic (98 per cent). Few herds escape the chronic form, which is mild but persistent, causing k gradual hardening of the udder and loss of one or more quarters. Small clots appear in the milk, and, in advanced cases, may cause it to become bloody or stringy. Washing Machines Work Best if Properly Loaded Mechanical washing machines jften are blamed for excessive wear on clothing but the real cause usually is incorrect operation of the washer rather than any mechanical faults of the machine. Ruth Beard, home management specialist, Ohio State university, says the two most common faults in using a washer are incorrect loads of clothing and wrong timing. Most mechanical washers are sold with a recommendation for the average load to be washed at one time. Busy homemakers either overload or underload the machine and these mistakes cause trouble. Light loads permit the washer to agitate the clothes more than was intended and excessive wear occurs. Heavy loads tax the machine and permit too little agitation. Overloaded motors may be ruined, and sluggish action of the washer prevents efficient laundering. Homemakers can counteract part of the bad effects of light loads by shortening the time of machine operation, but there is no good remedy for overloads. Washing machines should not be left running while the homemaker answers the telephone or the door bell. Long absences might result in excessive wear on the clothing being laundered. The only accurate way of timing a mechanical washer is to run it until the clothing is clean.

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Gabes Is Rich Oasis That Stafiids in Tunisian Desert Gabes, Tunisian port bagged by the British in their chase of Rommel, is a way station on many routes from the Algerian to the Libyan coast. The town, a community of 20,000 people, is midway on the 450-mile coast road from Bizerte and Tunis to Tripoli. It is the eastern terminus of the Morocco-Algeria-Tunisia rail network. A 700-mile chain of chotts northwest of the town makes a natural highway. The chotts are shallow lakes from December to April each year. The rest of the year they are hard-surfaced dry salt flats like those of Utah where automobile speed records have been made. Three oases at Gabes—the only ones in North Africa directly on the coast—yield abundant water. These waters create an island of greenery in the waste of the desert, an area covered with 200,000 palm trees, vineyards, olive and citrus groves and fertile gardens. Dates were the chief export of Gabes. Menzel and Djara are village suburbs of the port. The drainage from the oases flows into Gabes bay, the deepest dent in the Tunisian coast. Even light-draft harbor boats have difficulty in the shallow channel leading to the town’s wharf. Cargoes and passengers must be lightered to and from larger vessels anchored a mile offshore in the gulf. Italians Keep American Prisoners in Mountains Mountain vistas, sunny climate and starchy diet are likely to be the lot of Americans captured in Tunisian fighting and transferred to a new prison camp at Chieti, Italy. British sources report that prisoners are well treated in this camp, 100 miles northeast across the boot from Rome. Chieti is surrounded by mountains on all but its east side. Eastward from its 1,100-foot elevation are seven miles of fertile slope to the Adriatic sea. Thirty miles northwest of Chieti, dim on the horizon beyond the Majella ridge, looms a 9,560-foot peak, the snow-capped Gran Sasso, highest of the Appenines. A three-mile electric rail branch links the city with a main line reaching Rome and other Italian cities. The surrounding region was a popular peacetime vacation spot. The city is capital of Chieti province. It was capital of the whole scenic and historic Abruzzi region in the days of Norman rule, and was the seat of the religious order of Theatine Monks. Tourists were fascinated by its venerable churches and church relics. Its public art gallery has a fine collection of majolica ware. Held and developed for centuries by the Greeks, it contains the remains of an ancient Greek theater and large reservoirs.

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Additional Feeding Needed As Bees Draw on Reserve At this period of the year, bees draw heavily on the reserve supply of honey which they stored up for the winter and supplemental feeding is necessary in most cases. During this period, if there is little or no honey flow, the bees normally take advantage of the surplus honey in the hive to produce thousands of young bees and strengthen the colony so that it can function to best advantage when the honey supply does come. > Often this heavy brood rearing takes almost all of the reserve honey supply, and in this case the bees should be given a supplemental feeding, using sugar syrup. The use of either brown sugar or molasses as a substitute for sugar syrup is not advised as they may cause diarrhea and other serious troubles with the bees. The use of brown sugar and molasses has been known to destroy complete hives. There are several methods of feeding the sugar syrup to the bees. One of the most satisfactory is by the use of the Bordaman feeder, which is a small block of wood arranged so that it will feed into thq_ entrance to the hive and will hold an inverted fruit jar in which the sugar syrup is placed.

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Before our fighting pilots take to the air for stratosphere flying they must be "suped-up.” To do this the pilot just before he takes off pedals a stationary motor driven bicycle to reduce the amount of nitrogen in his blood. Otherwise gas bubbles would collect in hie blood otream. The stationary bicycle is an in* expensive piece of equipment, but the vast quantities of this and other materials of war make it imperative for all of us to keep our fighting men well supplied by greater and greater purchases of War Bonds. . U. S. Trtiury Dtftrlmtnl Baby Oyster When first hatched a baby oyster looks something like a microscopic thimble with a hairy belt about its middle.

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