Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, June 11, 1942, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text- Op?n Sem-ne’ and Farmer Gets Rain When Wan’ rd Missouri farmers who, like their brothers throughout the land, are forced in time of drouth to depend ■upon old-fashioned prayer or the ex pensive and unpredictable efforts of a professional rainmaker, envy the ability of H. F. Eisenreich of St. I-iOuis to get rain for his crops all summer, any time he svants it. Mr. Eisenreich carries on his agri cultural activities in an old railway tunnel on the outskirts of the city. Measuring 473 feet in length, 15 feet in width and 40 feet in height, the tunnel has only an entrance and an exit. This fact, together with Mr. .Eisenreich's working knowledge of some of the secrets of Mother Na ture, forms the basis for his unique and successful experiment in mush room culture With this in mind, Eisenreich boarded up entrance and exit, thus maintaining a constant temperature inside without the use of costly heating or cooling devices. He had checked the tunnel temperature and found that the average winter reading was 50 degrees, and in sum mer closer to GO. So, when he want ed rain, he merely opened the door. In rusned the war summer air, met the cool tunnel air, condensed, and from the solid rock came the expect ed steady drizzle. Eisenreich’* homemade “sprinkling system” was a success right from the start. Now, his large mushroom crop is pla ntod, watered, raised, harvested and sold at a neat profit, without its owner being dependent on outside weather conditions. Convicts in Stale House Have Own Eating Signals Shaking a knife at someone across the table is not considered impolite »r. the lowa State penitentiary at Fort Madison. It merely means that the shaker wants the turnips. Silence is enforced in the prison dining room but the men have signs that signal their needs. Seated eight or nine at a long, nar row table, they pass their plates to the end, where waiters serve the food. The man on the end passes the filled plates back. He also sig nals the kind of food the waiters are bringing. When the end man beats the table with his spoon, his comrades know that fruit or dessert is on the way. The reason behind all these regu lations for table etiquette is the ban on talking by prisoners when they are eating—and the guards keep a .sharp eye on the boys when they are signaling their meal-time wants. Science Saves Holly If your sprig or wreath of holly hold its leaves longer this Yule, credit it to science. If on the other hand, they dropped too soon, blame »t on a "gas attack.” Dr. J. A. Milhrath, plant patholo gist, and Henry Hartman, horticul fiiuuraiist at Oregon State college, dis covered that ethylene gas emanat ing from ripe fruit causes holly and similar plants to drop their leaves prematurely. Unfortunately much of the west ern holly is shipped to eastern and mklwestern markets in refrigerator ■c«rs which also contain ripe- fruit. Result—the leaves come tumbling down before St. Nick's rendezvous. Dr, Milhrath and Hartman decided to do their bit to preserve the holi day spirit. They developed a hor mone spray which counteracts the ethylene and keeps holly green and fresh and well leafed. The treat ment also preserves holly which has been exposed to ripe fruit, excess moisture and even to illuminating gas which contains ethylene. i Many Immune to Paralysis There is less than one chance in 1,000 for a city resident to get in fantile paralysis and the other 999 are immunized without knowing that they have picked up the in fection, said Dr. Louis J. Wolf, city health officer “ The past experience with out breaks of poliomyelitis reveals that U\e greatest number of cases usual ly occur in the latter part of Sep tember and October, thereafter de clining rapidly. “The risk of the city dwellers in contracting this disease is certain ly much less than one chance in 1,000. The virus is not spread by inanimate objects, but from person to person, probably chiefly healthy carriers and the 999 or more persons become immune in this way with out ever showing any signs of symp toms of the process having taken place.” Farm Chemurgy No longer are farm products raised only for consumption in their old familiar forms. Chemists re port that 86 agricultural products supply 133 basic raw materials man ufactured into 240 different products which have more than 400 uses! Translated freely, farm chemurgy means putting chemistry and relat ed sciences to work in industry so as to benefit the farmer in particular and society in general. In less than a decade this new approach to utilizing farm surpluses has changed the agricultural aspect of the South. Cotton has ceased to be the undisputed King. Soy beans and peanuts have become profitable crops; forest management achieve ments have convinced farmers that their pine forests can be treated as « reliable crop. AIR WARNING SERVICE -SCHEDULE FOR WOMEN , Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ba.m. to Mrs. Tyler Bates Mrs. J. 0. Coleman Mrs. L. F. Cater Mrs. D. H. Smith Mrs. J. L Beavers Mrs. Frank Moody 10 a. m. Mrs. Jack Miller Miss Martha Cooper Mrs. A. P. Whipple Mrs. Grady Daniel Mrs. E. Holtzclaw Mia. Tom Cater 10 a. m. to Mrs,A.C.Pritchett Mrs. F. M. Houser Mrs. B. H. Andrew Jr. Mrs. G. C. Nunn Mrs. W. F. Norwood ss Norine-Swanson 12 m Mrs. J. L. Galletnore Mrs. Mayo Davis Mrs. C. E. McLendon Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr. Mrs. H. E. hvans, Jr. Mrs. Tom Mobley 12 mto Mrs. H. E. Evans Sr. Mrs. E. M. Beckham Mrs. W. A Curtis Mrs. W. B. Roberts Miss Leonora Houser Mrs. R. A Anderson 2p. rn. Mrs. A. A. Anderson Sr. Mrs. A. C. Cobb Mrs. R. H. Roughton Mrs. H. P. Dobbins Mrs. H. H. Averett Mrs. J. M, Tolleson 2n.m. to Mrs. C. C. Pierce Mrs. M. M. Dean Mrs. H. D. Gordy Mrs. W. E. Marshall Mrs. WE. Beckham Mrs. RE. Brown to 4p. p.rn. Mis. Max Moore Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield Mrs. Henry Parker Mrs. Joe Mitchell Mrs. Albert bkellie Mrs. Nathan Gilbert 4p. rn. to Mrs. Eliza Massee Mrs. Drew Harris Mrs. P. M. Satterfield Mrs. W. V. Tuggle Mrs. C. P. Gray Mrs. G. P. Hunnicutt (j p. m. Mrs. Cecil Moody Mrs. Parks Houser Mrs. J. M. Satterfield Mrs. S. A. Nunn Mrs. J. M. Hol.oman Mrs. Dan Bledsoe Gp,m. to Miss Frances Foster Miss Margaret Salmon Miss Phoebe Harper Mrs. C. E. Andrew Mrs, C. C. Chapman Mrs. P* M. Stripling -Bp, m. Miss Eva Borom Mrs. J. S. Heller Miss Frances Ccuey Mrs. W. G. Riley Mrs. S. P. Houser Mrs. Grace Boler — ■■■-'" ■ —"rr--- !"!!”■”* ——t—'»— rt — ■ ~k * What y/c-r* Buy 'li/iiU WAR sms [_* The giant four-motored Navy Pa trol Bombers are the world’s most powerful planes. They cost approxi mately $7OO 000 each. The Navy also has a lighter Bomber called the Scout Bomber which costs about $143,000 apiece. The battle for Britain was almost lost because England had none of these giant four-rnotored planes with which to fight back. We need thou sands of them and they are coming off the assembly lines in our pro duction plants at a high rate ol speed today. You can help buy these for your Navy by purchasing War Bonds and Stamps every pay day. Put at least ten percent into Bonds or Stamps and help your county go over its Quota. V. i. Tnasury Uepmtmtnl Psychotic Coed Changes Mind The maladjusted coed shows a greater tendency to change her mind than the normal coed, accord ing to a study just made at the Pennsylvania State college by Dr. Clifford R, Adams, assistant profes sor of psychology. As compared with normal female students, the maladjusted women were not so quickly aroused to feel ings of annoyance or irritability, had a greater tendency toward emotion ality, and exercised the feminine prerogative to change their minds more often. Maladjusted men rationalized less than normal men, he found. They also made fewer excuses, showed less emotional range, and lacked flexibility in adapting themselves to new situations. As a whole, seriously maladjusted students tended to be more intro verted, less sociable, less suggesti ble and co-operative, less cautious with little fear tendency, less tol erant of others, and less likely to think constructively about their problems I Have You War Nerves? War hysteria which causes you to have a nervous stomach and the de sire to tear your mule-headed neigh bor apart can be avoided by the ap plication of a few simple rules to maintain a normal and healthy men tal balance. L. B. Hoisington, chairman of the University of Oklahoma psychology department, advises participation in normal pastimes, hard work at one’s , job, and avoidance of lopsided views and inflaming rallies. ' The psychologist said that contin ued normal recreation would help keep Americans rational, level-head ed human beings and prevent peo ple from falling into habits of moody thinking. He urged confidence in the na tion’s political and military leaders and said that bickerings over poli cies might spread to dangerous pro -1 portions. i Uses Highway Safety Plan 1 Engineers of the North Carolina Highway commission are clocking curves to determine safe speed. Moving to reduce the state’s high way accident toll, Governor Brough -1 ton decreed speed zoning and sug gested that the legislature meeting in 1943 will be asked to reducs the slate’s 60 mph speed limit. A pio neer good roads state, North Caro | Una has $600,000,900 invested in its highway system. i Cleaning Playing Cards Playing cards will last longer and look better if well cared for. As soon as any spots or stains appear, i wipe them gently with a cloth dipped • in warm water. Pat dry with a clean cloth and lay on a flat sur i face until the cards are perfectly j drv. > i Greeley’s Writing Bad i Horace Greeley’s handwriting was • so bad he couldn’t read it himself, and often had to call in Jack Robin son, one of his proofreaders, who could decipher it quicker than you could say his name. The No. 1 Life Insurance Policy Diabetics Gel Special Ice Cream A new ice cream for diabetics has been produced at the University of Illinois, containing about 40 per cent as much sugar as the standard prod uct. Scientists at the institute sub stituted a mixture principally of milk proteins for the glycerine used . previously in efforts to freeze a low sugar ice cream. One out of each . 2GO persons in the United States is , diabetic, the scientists say. Agricultural Area Hap of Georgia —, HEY MtfAoe f I catoosa / twjwjl tammim I UMION ( tohms J rasom J I ( *-i // j L__, r 1. Limestone Valleys and Uplands. I / / / '' lLM ' s "\ > r> 2. Appalachian Mountains. ■ / J / I /*'Vi 3- Upper Piedmont Area. \ V 4- Atlanta Cit y Area - I /jl pitKtß»\ N. omm S^V s. Lower Piedmont Adjustment Area. 1 "jwj j~ Tl. —6. West-Central Georgia Area. l/ vl>< J * A * T#H crttßoKtc \ jf 7. Eastern Upper Coastal Plain Area. 1 I r i y 8 - Western Fall Line Adjustment Area. | r - H Southwestern Upper Coastal Plain I I 0> Eastern Middle Coastal Plain Area. j g 11, Western Middle Coastal Lower Coastal p - lain Area * L-mAjj l wkw — -'° M9 -w Bats Have Supersound System Bats, those night flying mammals, do it all by a supersound system, it has been revealed by the Amer ican Association for the Advance ment of Science. They use a “su personic system” whereby they emit hisses inaudible to the human ear. These sounds, the investiga tors say, reverberate from obstacles* in the path of the flying bats and j aid them ; n avoiding collisions. ”* *1 'kJliai f ljzu Buy WAR RUMS * i These huge 60-ton heavy tanks cost $120,000, and America’s auto motive and locomotive plants are turning them out on a never-ending assembly line. Our army uses light tanks, weighing 14 tons, and me dium tanks of 23 tons also, but we j favor the medium tank over the other two. These heavy tanks are needed for certain phases of modern warfare, and with their thick armor and heavy-gauge guns they are almost | unstoppable. They are considered | superior in gun power, in maneuver ability and in the power of their huge tractor motors to Axis tanks. Americans everywhere are helping { to pay for these monsters of war j through their purchase of War Bonds. Invest at least ten percent : of your income in War Bonds every j pay day. U. S. Treasury Defartmtnt j Dog’s longue While the dog’s tongue is not ex- | actly smooth, yet it is not as rough as in many other animals. | Principal Crimes Principal crimes in the United States in 1940 in order of their fre quency were larceny, burglary, as sault, driving while intoxicated and embezzlement or fraud. Poor Sleep Neurotic Sign Poor sleep does not cause a no,, rotic condition, Dr. Donal A Laird author declares. On the contrary’ poor sleep is usually a sign of a neurotic condition. It is not the sleen that needs treatment, but the neu. rotic condition which causes it U ' Optical Illusion Causes Accident Drivers who survive after crash ng into the rear end of a slower moving truck or automobile, usually explain that they realized too late the real difference between their speed md that of the vehicle ahead, ac cording to the Automobile Club of southern California. According to eye physicians, there is an optical illusion which, especially at night, makes the car ahead seem to be farther away and traveling faster than is actually the case. Intellect Based on Chemistry Scientists have found that the water balance of the brain is inti mately bound up with the acid base equilibrium. The epileptic brain is I an alkaline brain, it was discovered. ! Recent experiments at the Univer i sity of Maryland indicate there is j a “chemistry of human intelligence.” ! It was further learned that the dia j betic brain is an acid brain and, if | not balanced by proper treatment, results in retarded mentation and stupor. | Prevents Steel Becoming Brittle | Manganese prevents steel from j becoming brittle but it also increases l the milk mother rats have available ito nourish their babies. Lack of 1 manganese in the bones of chick ens results in a bone disease com monly known as “slipped tendon." These are only a few of the findings made by University of California in vestigators with the aid of radio active “tagged” manganese atoms.