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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C, FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1940
Mass Training of Pilots at 6 West Point of Air’
High over Uncle Sam’s “West Point of the Air’’ at Randolph field, Texas, soars a training plane manned
by a flying cadet and his instructor. Seven thousand pilots will be trained annually in the recently inaugu
rated air corps’ expansion program. Within 36 weeks from the time a flying cadet starts his flight training,
he will be graduated as a full-fledged military pilot and second lieutenant in the air corps reserve.
Poultry, Eggs
Aid Farm Cash
Industry Growing Beyond
The Status of Wife’s
Pin Money.
WASHINGTON. — Farm income
from the production of chickens and
eggs—once pin money for the farm
wife—has developed into a $1,000,-
000,000-?-year industry, according to
a department of agriculture survey.
The farm wife still has a heavy
interest in the industry, but the prin
cipal increase has come from its
expansion on a commercial scale,
the survey states.
Farmers and poultry raisers last
year sold $636,000,000 worth of chick
ens and eggs, and consu ned others
with an estimated market value of
more than $350,000,000. This was
a greater value than either the cot
ton or wheat crops.
Cash Exceeds 600 Million.
Poultry raisers last year received
a cash income of $417,000,000 from
the sale of eggs and $219,000,000
from the sale of live chickens, the
department said. Approximately
$150,000,000 worth of chickens and
$200,000,000 worth of eggs were con
sumed by producers.
Cash income from chickens and
eggs has increased steadily since
the low point of the depression, but
still was 40 per cent below 1929
last year. It was, however, 40 per
cent above the 1910-1914 average.
Chickens and eggs brought farm
ers a cash income averaging $454,-
000,000 in the 1910-1914 period. Pro
duction increased only slightly be
tween 1910 and 1920, but prices more
than doubled and cash income ex
ceeded $1,000,000,000.
Production increased but prices
declined between 1920 and 1929. As
a result cash income from eggs in
1929 was 5 per cent below 1920, but
cash income from chickens was 18
per cent above the 1920 peak.
Egg Sales Steadily Rise
The number of eggs sold last year
was 45 per cent higher than the
1910-1914 average, but the price re
ceived by farmers was 12 per cent
lower. The result was an increase
of 28 per cent in net income from
the sale of eggs.
Farmers sold 43 per cent more
chickens last year than the 1910-1914
average and prices averaged 20
percent higher,the department said.
Income from the sale of chickens,
therefore, was 71 per cent higher
in 1939 than for the 1910-1914 period.
Farmers still are consuming about
the same amount of eggs and chick
ens as they did 25 to 30 years ago,
but they are selling a larger pro
portion of their production, the de
partment found.
In 1910-1914 home consumption of
chickens represented about 45 per
cent of the gross income from chick
ens, as compared with 36 per cent in
the 1934-1938 period. In the case of
eggs, home consumption declined
from 26 per cent in 1910-1914 to 22
per cent in 1934-1938.
Novel School Teaching
Rabbits How to Run!
ABILENE, KAN.—George Kibler
teaches wild Kansas jackrabbits to
run for their lives.
The jackrabbits are trained by
Kibler to act as quarry for hounds
in the National Coursing associa
tion’s races held each spring.
Twice a day Kibler drives the wild
rabbits through the racing course,
teaching them to run from chutes
directly to the escapes at the far
end of the park and to slip under
them.
Rabbits cost from 75 cents to $1
each and each one that fails to
elude the hounds goes down in the
loss column of the association’s
books.
CHICAGO. — Speed, a dominant
factor in modern warfare, will be
emphasized next August when the
Second army sends 65,000 regular
troops and National Guardsmen into
central Wisconsin for the biggest
war maneuvers held in the Midwest
since 1918.
The troops will be equipped with
4,500 motor units and the war games
will give thorough training in swift
movements of troops and supplies.
CHATTERER WISHES HE HAD
STAYED AT HOME
How often when it is too late
We wish we hadn’t tempted fate.
HAT means we wish that we
hadn’t done the things we did do.
It was that way with Chatterer the
Red Squirrel. He wished with all
his might that he never had heard
of those six eggs of Bully the Eng
lish Sparrow. Anyway, he wished
that he hadn’t thought of trying to
get them, but that he had stayed at
home and attended to his own af
fairs. Here he was smarting from
Here he was smarting from the
wounds that he had received from
the stout little bills of Bully and
Mrs. Bully.
the wounds that he had received
from the stout little bills of Bully
and Mrs. Bully, and without even
one of those eggs in his stomach.
And it had all come about through
the fact that he had not realized
what a fighter Bully is.
Chatterer had gone over to the
tree in which Bully had made his
nest, chuckling as he went. He had
spent part of the day before watch
ing Bully and Mrs. Bully, and he
made up his mind that he had noth
ing to fear from such little birds.
Of course it would be best to wait
until only one was at home before
he tried to get those eggs, but even
if the other should come back it
would make no great difference. He
had never yet seen a bird as small
Lieut.-Gen. Stanley H. Ford, com
mander, indicated the type of train
ing that will be given the soldiers
in his first training directive, which
said “the maneuvers will provide
mobilization training, movement of
troops to and from the concentra
tion area, tactical operations and
the organization and function of the
various supply services.”
The directive added that the
troops will be given training in de-
as they who would do more than
scream and make a great fuss when
he stole her eggs. Usually this
brought all the other birds who were
near, and some of them made it
very uncomfortable for him, but
from what Jenny Wren had said he
didn’t think that this would happen
this time. In fact he rather suspect
ed that the other birds would be glad
to have Bully and his wife robbed
of their eggs.
Chatterer was still chuckling as he
started to climb the old apple tree
in which the nest was. He had
seen Bully start for his breakfast
over in Farmer Brown’s barnyard,
and he hadn’t the least fear of Mrs.
Bully. With the first rattle of his
claws on the bark of the tree out
popped Mrs. Bully to see what was
going on. The instant she saw
Chatterer she began to scream, just
as he had suspected that she would.
And then she had done what he
hadn’t expected. She had flown at
him like a little fury. She had flown
straight in his face, pecking at his
eyes so that he was only too glad to
try to dodge behind the trunk of
the tree. But Mrs. Bully was right
after him, and in a few minutes
Bully himself appeared, for he had
heard Mrs. Bully’s cries and had
hurried home.
For a time it seemed to Chatterer
as if the air was full of birds, every
one with a stout bill that hurt when
it struck. Yes, sir, it seemed as if
all the birds in the Old Orchard
must be trying to put his eyes out,
or at least tear his red coat to
pieces, and yet there were but two,
and two little birds at that, for you
know Bully and his wife are not
very big. The very first chance he
got Chatterer darted away for the
old stone wall, Bully after him. Once
he had reached that, Chatterer
dodged out of sight between the
stones and Bully returned to his
home in triumph, boasting loudly
of what he had done.
Now all the other birds had been
watching sharply all that happened,
particularly Jenny Wren, for it was
she who had told Chatterer about the.
six eggs in Bully’s nest. Not one
had offered to help Bully and his
wife, and right down in their hearts
all had been hoping that Chatterer
would get those eggs and break up
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bully,
so that they would leave the Old
Orchard. Now, though they were
disappointed, they had a new and
very great respect for Mr. and Mrs.
Bully. So did Chatterer the Red
Squirrel.
® T. W. Burgess.—WNTJ Service.
Diamond Necklace Gift
To Britain Nets £24,400
LONDON.—A diamond necklace,
given anonymously to the nation
by a woman as her contribution to
the war effort, was sold in 4!£ min
utes at Christie’s for £24,000. The
necklace has 42 graduated gems,
some three-quarters of an inch in
diameter.
The necklace was bought by Fred
Ward, senior partner of Jerwood &
Ward, diamond merchants. He said
he could not disclose the ultimate
destination of the necklace, one of
the finest seen in the auction room
in years. In 1928 Mr. Ward paid
£45,000 for a pearl necklace.
Except for the Portland Vase’s
sale, this was the only occasion in
which a single item had been con
sidered worth an auction of its own.
fense against mechanized attack
and protection of both the front and
rear lines.
This emphasis on speed and rear
line defense is an indication of the
lessons the American army is learn
ing from Europe’s present war, in
which Adolf Hitler’s fast-moving
German troops have demonstrated
the effectiveness of encircling move
ments.
The general headquarters will be
Invalid Law Student
Finishes Cum Laude
OMAHA.—Otto Spiehagen of
fered a helping hand—literally—
to his brother Herbert so that
both could enter the legal profes
sion.
Herbert suffered from a rare
malady that made him unable to
walk. Five nights a week for four
years Otto carried Herbert to the
University of Omaha law school
for their classes.
Both were graduated cum laude
and passed their bar examina
tions.
Lightning Plays a Game
Of ‘Follow the Leader*
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS—A flash of
lightning resembles a swift game
of "follow the leader,” G. D. Mc
Cann, an engineer of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
company, said.
Reporting that his company had
undertaken research designed to
protect electric power lines against
lightning’s damaging effects, Mc
Cann told the summer convention of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers that investigators had
used a fast camera to get data on
how lightning operates.
He said a weak, almost invisible
preliminary stroke, known as a lead
er or pilot, picks its way haltingly
through the air at the “relatively
slow speed of 100 miles per second.”
When the path to earth has thus
been broken, he added, a full-fledged
powerful stroke comes charging
along the same route at nearly 20,-
000 miles per second. On its heels
comes another, and perhaps anoth
er, at the same speed—the entire
process lasting about a second, and
constituting a single “flash.”
| F YOU want bright, alert eyes,
^ take care of them! Exercise them
by rolling the pupils in a circular
motion down, right, up and left,
keeping your head motionless. Use
an eye wash night and morning to
keep the white clear.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Family Has Sinking Fund
In Club for 27 Years
COLTON, S. D.—The parents and
13 children in the Grinde family of
Colton, organized themselves as a
family club 27 years ago, and the
organization is going strong today.
They met recently for one of their
regular five-year reunions.
Activities of the club include the
exchange of chain letters and the
maintenance of the “Grinde fund”
to which members contribute yearly
dues.
set up at Camp McCoy, where they
will be maintained during the course
of the games that begin August 12
and close August 31.
Included in the men participat
ing in the maneuvers will be 20,000
regular troops. The National Guard
will send 10,755 from Illinois, 9,212
from Ohio, 5,994 from Michigan,
5,164 from Wisconsin, 5,089 from In
diana, 2,915 from Kentucky, and
2,098 from West Virginia.
Shortness of
Breath Due to
Several Causes
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
AS HEART disease stands at
JA the head of the list as a
cause of death, and this fact is
known to almost everybody, it
is often difficult
for the physician
to persuade his
patient that his
shortness of
breath and pain in
heart region are not due to heart
disease.
The extra first beats of the
heart is another symptom that
causes alarm, yet “after middle
age they may be considered al
most a normal phenomenon.”
Even swelling of the feet, when
the heart is not enlarged, is prac
tically never due to heart disease.
What, then, are the symptoms we
should look for in real or organic
heart disease?
The one outstanding symptom is
shortness of breath after exertion.
Yet this symptom is
very often present in
those with a normal
heart.
Shortness of breath
on slight exertion is
found in those with
a blocked nose. As
enough fresh air (ox
ygen) is not getting
down to the lungs
to purify the used
blood breathlessness
due to lack of oxy
gen or too much
carbonic acid follows. If these indi
viduals, while exerting themselves,
will breathe in and out through the
mouth, in most cases they will find
that the shortness of breath does
not come on as soon, doing the same
amount of work.
Acid-Forming Foods a Cause.
Another condition causing short
ness of breath is eating too many
acid-forming foods—meat, eggs, fish,
cereals—for the amount of exercise
taken. These are all nourishing
foods and at least one of them should
be eaten every day. Eating more
fruit and vegetables is an excellent
way to prevent acidosis, as this con
dition is commonly called.
If, then, you get out of breath
easily, you should first have your
family physician examine your
heart. If he finds it normal and no
blockage of nose present, there is
no cause for worry, but it would be
worth while to check up on your
daily food habits.
• • •
Is It a Common Cold
Or Is It Influenza?
B EFORE the great influenza epi
demic of 1918-19, a cold in the
head was called a cold, but now it
is not unusual for many to tell their
friends and neighbors that they have
just had an attack of influenza,
when, as a matter of fact, they
have been suffering with just “the
common cold.”
How are you to know whether the
symptoms—sneezing, chills, fever—
are due to influenza or the common
cold?
In the absence of an epidemic of
influenza, it should be remembered
that the common cold is given its
name because it is so common—the
commonest ailment known.
How to Diagnose Each.
The early symptoms of the com
mon cold are sneezing, burning and
stuffiness of the nose, first a thin
watery discharge which “thickens”
and “plugs” the nose, making it
difficult to breathe. Symptoms come
on gradually, and patient is not
greatly prostrated.
The early symptoms of influenza
are different in that the symptoms
come on suddenly; perhaps one or
two days after exposure the patient
may fall from severe prostration.
The cough in influenza is hard
and dry, and little or nothing is
brought up from bronchial tubes
even after a severe coughing spell,
whereas in the common cold, as
noted above, there is first a pro
fuse watery discharge from the nose
and later the patient is able to cough
up thick mucus. The voice is usu
ally more affected by a cold than
by influenza.
The suddenness and the great
prostration then are the outstanding
symptoms in influenza—symptoms
which can be readily recognized.
However, whether symptoms are
due to the common cold or to influ
enza, the treatment is the same—
rest and heat. The same complica
tions — bronchitis, pneumonia and
broncho-pneumonia — can develop
from either a cold or influenza.
• • •
QUESTION BOX
Q.—Recently I’ve been yawning a
great deal and feeling tired in spite
of the fact that I sleep the average
number of hours er night. Could
you suggest a reason for this?
A.—Yawning may be due to some
low infection, a blocked nose, too
much acid food, constipation and
other conditions. It is not consid
ered a sign of heart disease.
Q.—What is the other name for
Parkinson’s disease?
A.—It is also called paralysis agi-
tans and shaking palsy.
WPA Workers Swear Allegiance to U. S.
Taking oaths of allegiance to the United States are Daniel P. Sullivan,
Ernest Verrier, Albert E. Lindley and Frank Oscllo, (left to right).
George C. Lawlor, head timekeeper of construction work on the new
Boston subway, reads the oath. As WPA workers they signed affi
davits declaring their citizenship.
65,000 WILL DRILL IN THE BIGGEST WAR GAME SINCE 1918
TODAY'S
HEALTH
COLUMN
Dr. Barton
HCWfe SEW
ir~ Ruth Wyeth Spears
you have heard quite a good
deal in these articles about
Grandmother, who is just “Gram”
to her family. Also about her
favorite grandson, Bill, and his up-
and-coming bride, Marty — the
same for whom Gram made the
stunning rag rug in Sewing Book
3. Then there is Bill’s kid sister,
Betsy, who streamlined the old
iron bed illustrated in Book 3. You
all know “Mom,” too. She has be
come almost famous because of
her curtains and slip-covers and
“The Rug That Grew Up With the
Family.” And there is “Dad”
who is handy with hammer, saw
and screw driver.
Well, recently the family have
“ganged-ap” on Gram about her
fancy out-of-date buffet. They
think she deserves and can afford
LEGS. MIRROR.
DOOR CARVING
AND HANDLES
WERE REMOVED
SCREW HOLES
FILLED WITH
PUTTY* PLAIN
KNOBS AND
A BASE OF l"X4"
LUMBER ADDED*
CHEST PAINTED
BLUE TO MATCH
CURTAINS
AND
CHAIR
SLIP
COVER
something new. Gram decided to
get rid of the buffet, then Marty
said that she wanted it! This sketch
shows you one of the things she
and Bill did with it. Watch next
week for what became of the mir
ror and legs.
NOTE: That is white rick-rack
that trims the blue chambray cur
tains and slip-cover. The chair
is the one made over from an old
rocker described in the new Book
5. To get your copy send order to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose 10 cents for Book 5.
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Address
ASK ME O A Quiz With Answers
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AJNUlllER » on Various Subjects
The Quest ions
1. What men besides Pershing
fcore the title “general of the
armies”?
2. What state was the first in the
Union to grant equal suffrage to
women?
3. What day of the month is the
penultimate uay?
4. What does the abbreviation
“q. v.” stand for?
5. What are the four living an
thropoid (man-like) apes?
6. In the boxing classifications
which one is the lightest weight?
7. How are the names of our
first line battleships chosen?
8. What line follows: “Shoot if
you must this old gray head”?
9. What makes the Mexican
jumping bean jump?
10. Why does a holly bush have
thorny leaves near thu ground and
smooth ones higher up?
The Answers
1. Washington, Grant and Sher-
fnan.
2. Wyoming.
3. Next to the last.
4. The Latin “quod vide,” mean
ing “which see.”
5. Gibbons, chimpanzees, orang
utans, and gorillas.
6. Flyweight (112 pounds).
7. From the states.
8. “But spare our country’s
flag,” she said.
9. The bean moth larva inside.
10. Holly grows thorny leaves
near the ground to protect itself
from browsing animals. Branches
beyond their reach often produce
perfectly smooth leaves.
Played Her Part
The only person who ever played
a part on the screen that she had
played in real life in a famous
historical event was Madame Ada
Bodart, declares Collier’s. In 1915
she underwent much questioning
by German army officers about her
friend, Nurse Edith Cavell. In
1927 she played the part of herself
in the British film, “Dawn,” which
was the story of this English nurse
who was executed for having
helped Allied soldiers escape from
Belgium.
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