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Thursday, August 20,1940 ifff mmw'^ "- ?"? '»,• • >:-'- ,:^'.,;',s i -:v '; *'•*} ;X3-} "V? v'/fv., V>" 1 '*V;" * *i THE Ml RAGE" aw, BS siLiy' takes ttm* and INDUSTRY Tt> Quito BA-rtte ship J BATTLESHIP' 7 PLAINBEALSB Page Sent Gyroscopic Cars ,4 Gyroscopic motor cars, with only afcift front and one rear whs si, have been successfully operated. Poisonous Gas Deaths from poisonous gas are three times as frequent among men as ag&inst women, according to statistics gathered by an insurance company. ^ Chinese Music Chinese music sounds so earsplitting because it originated as a form of advertising, according to Lin Yutang, a Chinese literary man. Their first musicians were mummers and acrobats and they made their music as noisy as possible to whoop up business in the tumultuous city streets and market places, Yutang recently declared. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE » itJDd^TKV AMP DEFENSE" A/AE<?ICAM ihdustrv proouces 93% ' ' OF "THE WORLD S MOLyBPFNUM -- WMICM A\AKES ARMAMENTS TVU6HFR - ' jSk A umnly ax ID INPUSTRIAL uses IN PLASTICS, /9*o will see ABotn /S% MORIE. U.S. U»NP PWNTEP TO soyacivs TMW4 I.A*T yCAR. 1 SAXOPHONE dm ITS NAME f*OM ITS INVESTOR-- WMAif *4X FC#r& so MAfjy uow>v IN LUBON. PORTUGAL WAIRBC* ground rue err/ barf foot, 'fi i f>w was Recevriy PASSFP MAMH6 'T /LIF6/H. FOR WOMFM TO WALtf M T*r STRECTS BAREFOOT-- (yitf uscmfn Fw>Pf me law Bp •MWKWIf QHg Wft PA U ROAD CHnFoMwlCA ii aRsFtS EioAf ro IS y&uisf -- . "V HAV/hG PfRFECTED Memoes or ireatihg thfm QUSNAPSHOT GUILD TWO IN A PICTURE This picture is better because it has a natural "center of interest"--the girl's face. When you have two or more subjects in a picture, make on* more prominent than the others. TWO 'people often yield a better her face is more brightly Hghtajl nictnre than lust one--especial- by the sun, while his face Is mostly .in shadow. All these help to make the girl the center of interest. Every picture should shave such a center of interest. No doubt you »WO -picture Just especially in tbe summer time, wben lots of young romances are budding.. However, to make these pictures most effective, there are a few points you want to keep in mind. Tbe first point is to make one of your subjects more prominent than the other. This keeps the interest from being divided, and it's easy to do. Just have one of the subjects doing something, while tbe other watches. Then the attention will naturally go to the subject who is most active. An interesting example of ithis is shown in the picture above. The girl, dribbling sand from her band, attracts your eye first. Then, when your glance strays to the boy's face, you are immediately turned back to the girl's face, because he :»« looking in that direction. There are some other good, in- • structive points in this picture. J You will notice that the girl's head <is somewhat higher in the picture lspace than the boy's head; also remember seeing group pictures, such as a picture of a graduating class, in which each face was as prominent as the others. Pictures of that type are of course very useful as records, but they do not have the pictorial charm of an informal arrangement--because tfe* "center of interest" is lacking. Naturally, when you're picturing a couple, or a larger group, you do not want to slight anyone. However. for best effect, you shoald make one more prominent than the otbers. Sometimes just a turn of the subject's head, or a slight change of your own position, will do it. And it's a valuable point to remember, because you'll be taking lots of these pictures during the summer--they're the type of. snapshot that adds "lnterest'to y<Wf album. -- John van Guilder FARM TOPICS DYNAMITE USE IS DANGEROUS Big Aid to Farmer, bOt,£ w- \',, * • .Mon fe Required;Sp"; i ' .5#?--' . 3' By E. W. SCHROEDER While dynamite is a valuable ally to the farmer in removing stumps and boulders, it also is dangerous. Caps or detonators are more dangerous to handle than dynamite itself, and fuse caps cause more accidents than electric caps. Misfires are fewer with electric caps and can be corrected as soon ^s the source of electric current is disconnected. Danger from smoldering fuses is eliminated also, and the simultaneous firing of several shots is made possible. About 250 feet of insulated double wire is necessary for use with electric caps, but the cost of blasting with them is no higher .than with the cap and fuse method once the extra equipment has been provided. The current may be supplied by an inexpensive blasting machine, a dry cell, or a storage battery. Whatever device is used to set off electric caps should be removed from the proximity of the wires and caps every time a shot is fired. Medium speed, 40 per cent dynamite, is the kind most Commonly available for farm i*». Most of these dynamites contain some nitroglycerin, but there are 40 per cent dynamites on the market which contain none of this chemical and consequently can be handled without danger of headache, an affliction from which many blasters suffer. Visitors Not Squeamish, Exhibit Vote Shows The public is not so squeamish as some sponsors of scientific exhibit material have feared. In a public exhibition of its work last spring the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, showed in the patio of the Agriculture building realistic wax models of diseased tissues of animals. Most of these represented conditions disclosed in the ctfurse of federal meat inspection at packing houses. This familiar service detects diseased meat and prevents it from getting'into channels of trade. Some members of the department staff had feared that public display of these specimens would prove too gruesome for many spectators. Others regarded them as of interest and having distinct educational value. To settle the question, visitors to the exhibit were asked to vote "Yes" or "No" as to the desirability of further displays of this collection. Of nearly 1,000 visitors who iook the trouble to vote only 34 found the exhibit distasteful and 938 regarded it as educational and desirable for public chsplay. In connection with the exhibit, an official statement showed that most food animals slaughtered in federally inspected establishments in the United States are healthy, only a small fraction of 1 per cent failing to pass inspection. U. S. Farm Families Have Adequate Diets * "The family of a laborer making $500 a year might never see many of the foods served regularly on the table of a corporation president with an income of $100,000," says an article on present-day diets in the United States in the current Yearbook of Agriculture. "Yet in both instances the foods comprising the diets can be classed into the same dozen or so food groups and the food values can be translated into the same nutritional terms," according to the bureau of home economics. After surveys covering diets of representative groups in the various parts of the country, food economists have translated the items into nutritional equivalents and they find that a larger proportion of farm families than city families have fair or good diets,. This superiority of farm diets is traceable io the better supply of protective foods that the farms furnish--milk, butter, eggs, fresh vegetables, and fruits.' In every region of the country families living on farms tend to rank first in the proportion that have good diets. Next in rank as to goodness of diet come the families in the large and middle-sized cities. Diets in the villages rank lowest of all because many villagers do not have much home-produced food, nor do they have access to as good an assortment as is offered in metropolitan markets. Farm Notes Greater use of poultry pastures will lower pullet production costs. • • • U. S. turkeys are evolving towards birds with larger breasts, providing more white meat. • • • Common bafbed wire can be used in an electric fence. In fact, some farmers prefer it to smooth wire because live stock know it and can see it more easily. Toothbrushes There are between 18,000,000 and 20,000,000 toothbrushes sold yearly in the United States. 'Counting Sheep' Scientists say activity required in "counting sheep" deters rather than encourages slumber. Bicycfc for Two There are 400,000 bicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark--one for every two persons. Therbligs,' Basic Hand Motions Usra In Performing Work ST. LOUIS, M0. --So you never saw a therblig? Well, if you pick up a pen, write on a piece of paper and lay the pen down again yoti are using nine therbligs. This little known term, therblig, was one of the major topics of discussion at the opening technical sessions here of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A therblig, explained Prof. Ralph M. Barnes of the University of Iowa, is a fundamental hand motion used in performing different kinds of work. There are 18 basic hand motions out of which all manual motions can be fashioned. By motion picture studies of workers scientists are learning wayB to cut waste hand motion in many industrial operations and obtain more output of work while the worker uses less energy and effort. Therbligs Used In Writing. Here is Professor, Barnes' listing of the steps in writing and their therblig equivalents: St^ps in Writing: 1. reach for pen; 2. grasp pen; 3. carry pen to paper; 4. position pen for writing; 5. write; 6. return pen to holder.; 7. insert pen in holder; 8. let go pen'i 9. move hand to paper. / , Therblig Equivalents: 1. transport empty; 2. grasp; 3. transport loaded; 4. position; 5. use; 6. transport loaded; 7. pre-position; 8. release; 9. transport empty. By keen analysis of motion studies it is often possible to save materials as well as time. Professor Barnes cited a case of revising methods of painting refrigerators in which there was a reduction in time of 50.6 per cent, a reduction in rejections of 60 per cent, direct labor savings of $3,750 a year and *a saving in paint amounting to $5,940 a year. All this was obtained by a sum of $1,040 for developing and installing the new system. Of all 18 therbligs, said Professor Barnes, grasp is one of the commonest and orte of the most time consuming. Wherever possible, in inspections, scientists try to remove the need for picking up the article in question. CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chauncey W. Reed SLOCUM'S LAKE Protest Mounts At the^present writing, it appears possible that the Draft Legislation now before Congress, may result in the adoption of the compromise Maloney Amendment which will postpone any draft of man power until Janua number of old friends. There wera fifty-nine guests present to enjoy the good time and good eats which concluded the day's festivities, with the wishing of many more happy birtfc- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and days Mr. VanNatta. .daughter, Joan, were callers at Crysal Lake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and Lyle, and Willard Darrell attended the Milwaukee fair last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray' Itowell and ary 1st at the earliest. According to daughter, Dolores, attended the state reportj.s_ , tJh.Ve. a j fair a Milwaukee last Tuesday. ceiving such Administration is rea volume of protest The Williams fark Improvement Association at Slocum Lake held its regular election Sunday, August 26, 1940, for the purpose of electing their offices for a term of two years. The following officers were elected: Wm. C. Haiges, president; John Rogers, vice-president; A. R. Knockemus, treasurer, and the following directors were elected from the following dis- o _ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and against its proposal to conscript young ! daughter, Joan, spent last Thursday Jtricts Frank Hass, first district; Geo. merv when the Army is not in a posi- evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 'Strauss, second district; L. M: Lawtion to provide even for the men it,^a^er Grube in Chicago. |son, third district; S. Tallitsch, fourth now has in the service, that it is be- i ^r- an<^ Mrs. Elmer Esping and (district; Chas. Remier, fifth distriet; coming fearful of the polHjcal repro- i Mrs. Joseph Guerra of Island Lake j Wm. Kuehn, sixth district; It J. cussion, and is ready to Ifcry a volun- |spent last Thursday at Waukegan. Neilsen. seventh district: Wm. Btirk- tary enlistment plan. Mothers and Mr. and Mrs. George Staggs fathers of boys of draft age are questioning the wisdom of inducting several hundred thousand of their sons into military service when, by the official testimony of War Department officials', the War Department will not be able to equip an army of 750,000 men before 1942. Charges are being made that Administration draft plans go far beyond what is necessary to j 'Mr* an^ Mrs. Hugh Parks and protect the United States, and fears daugher, Jacqueline, and Mrs, Ella are being expressed that an American Park Ridge were Sunday:; Expeditionary Force will be the ulti- even'n£ calleis at the home of Mr. mate result if Administration eoa-tan^ Mrs. W1. E. Brooks. ' scription desires are carried outi : ;•, { Mrs. Marlett Henry was a caller at Planned Economy v'.Antioch Monday morning. r > The members of the Committee on I Mr- and Mrs- Wm- Burkhart sperr Mfoys and Means have been sharpen- a ^ew ^®ys first of the week a • ing their pencils, adding figures, sub- Mr. and Mrs. Ludermann tracting, multiplying, dividing and i° Chicago. what-not in order, through additional I Mrs. Harry Matthews were excess profits taxes, to devise means ca"ers Sunday afternoon at the home of raising more money for the run- Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Dorwin at Wauning expenses of the government and to date the maximum amounv they I Mr. and ^frs. Arthur Hillier of Barhope to raise bv these taxes is Two rin^ton sPent Wednesday evening at Hundred Fifty Million Dollars. How- ithe home of Mr- and Mrs- G- J- Bur* ever, last Wednesday the House by a ,ne~.„ _ vote of 183 to 144 voted authority to ?r^ Darrell, in company with A. the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-j Smith of Libertyrille and C. Ivertion to supply the Export-Import son of Palatine attended a managers Bank with funds not exceeding Fiye ™eetinK of .the Illinois Fac«i Supply Hundred Million Dollars which they in , a* Peor'a Tuesday. turn mav loan to the countries of i Mr- and Mrs- Byron DeForest of. Chicago were supper guests last j Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett. | Mr. and Mrs. Pete Anderson and son of Cary spent last Wednesday 'evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Neilsen, seventh district; Wm. Burichart, eighth district. The association* will hold a carnival on Friday. Saturday and Sunday evenings, August 30- 31 and September 1. Bingo, six booths of entertainment and games will be enjoyed. Proceeds will go toward tha lighting system which has just been Harold Dowell of McHenry attended j installed along the West Lake Shore, the Wisconsin state fair at Milwau- iA cordial invitation is extended to alL v kee last Saturday. and Mrs. Harry Grantham of Wauconda and guests, Mr. and Mrs. Corliss Pow- | ell of Avon, 111., spent last Tuesday I evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. IW. E. Brooks. I Merle Dowell, Harry Dowell and m We Call It Age of Mountains Told By Semi-Precious Stones NEW YORK.--Garnet and tourmaline, staurolite and zircon, and a host of other heavier-than-average semi-precious stones now have a new use--telling the age of mountains. In the- Big Horn basin of Wyoming, Dr. Marcellus H. Stow, Washington and Lee university geologist, has been tracing the source of the ancient sediments back to the still more ancient mountains from which they came. Piled one over the other, with the youngest on top and the oldest below, the Cretaceous and Eocene sediments of the area were derived from the wearing away of the highest of the ancient Rocky mountains. Thus, the Hell creek beds contain abundant zircon in all samples, suggesting their origin from a zircon- containing mountain. They contain no hornblende, showing that the source of the sediments was hornblende- free. Further studies show that the Hell creek beds were derived from the erosion of sediments. Each bed of the series present in the Big Horn basin was likewise studied for heavy minerals, and its probable source determined. From this Doctor Stow hopes to determine which areas were "up" during each phase of the Laramide period of mountain-building, 60,000,000 years ago, more or less. Deer Seen Only Once Will Be Sought in Burma NEW YORK.--The Black Barking deer, an animal so rare that it has been seen only once by roving explorers, will be sought by the Vernay- Cutting expedition to North Burma. If the American Museum of Natural History, sponsor of the expedition, acquires one of these deer, it will have the only skin or skeleton of the kind in any world museum. The Burmese government has granted permission through the state department at Washington, for the expedition to proceed with its plans. The objective is to collect mammals, birds, fish, and plants in a region of northeast Burma never entered by a scientific expedition. Fireproof Awnings , WASHINGTON. -- A weather-resistant fireproofing treatment for cotton fabrics, of importance in fireproofing articles such as awnings and tents which are exposed to rain, has been developed by Martin Leatherman of the United States bureau of chemistry and soils. Stannic chloride (a salt of tin), a chlorinated resin and a colored metallic oxide are the principal materials required. Glass Insulation BERLIN.--Spun glass fiber is being used in Germany to replace asbestos and other substances as a heat insulation material over.ship and locomotive boilers, city gas tanks, etc. may South and Central America "to assist in the development of the resources, the stabilization of the economies, and the orderly marketing of the products * * " Evidently Uncle Sam feels that the successful manner in which he has solved the problems of Blomgren. American farmers and business men ; ^r' and Mrs. Marlett Hensy and warrants him in using their money to ,son' Marlett, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esassist South American farmers and , Pin*' Mr- and Mrs' Hayry Matthews business men to market their surplus and 80n» kylc» ®nd Willard Darrell production in competition with our were £ae9ts of Mrs. Arlene Zahorick own. Evidently also we are expand- ia^ Island Lake tea room last Friing the Monroe Doctrine to the extent da^ evening. that in addition to according the so-' Sunday, August 25. Mr. and called republics of South America our protection 'i'om European aggressors, we shall now use the money of our own taxpayers to assist them in their domestic probelms. This in spite of Mrs. G. J. Burnett and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler of Round Lake attended a birthday party at the home of Maurice VanNatta at Franklin Park in honor of his eighieth birthday anniand their families were there and also Byes Examined Phone: McHenry 123-J Woodstock 874 the fact that their credit is not so ^r^ary. All his brothers and sisters good. They are now almost Two Billion Dollars in default to American investors. Of course we don't blame them for taking more money if they can get it. We believe the United States should cultivate ana maintain friendly relations with them. But we believe that buying their friendship for cash in the shape of loans which we know will never be repaid, to be used for projects that make more difficult the problems of our own producers, is folly multiplied to the n'th degree. Presidential Candidates Enfagl# Repartee "I am a poorer and a wiser man than when I went to Albany as Governor in 1928." -- Franklin^ D. Roosevelt. "I think it is generally true that people haVe become poorer and wiser since 1928, regardless of the acceptance of public office."--Wendell Willkie. ITS JUST a can of soup. But during a long lifetime, the man who made it found some way to advertise it. At first, just a sign over his little soup kitchen, a few newspaper ads, a few billboards. But as the advertising grew, so did the business. Now the business employ* thousands of workers, helps toi support tens of thousands of| retail clerks and transportation men, and gives the housewife a better, cheaper soup than she could prepare at home. Back of every heavily advertised article is a romantfd story of this kind--the kind olf romance that built America. Courtly Notion'* Dr. Paul A. Schwabe A. R Nye Bid* West McHenry OPTOMETRIST • THURSDAY MORNINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Radium Scarce Radium is worth about $25,000 a jram, and the entire world's available stock amounts to 700 grams, or ibout 24 ounces. Tree Distribution . The United States forest service distributed 3,082,111 trees for planting stock in Ohio in 1939. Our Repair Department, Is at your service for any troubles you may have with your car or truck. It is one of the best equipped garages in Northern Illinois. Drive in and let us check the car and give you an estimate on the necessary work. Have your truck tested at this garage, which is an official testing station, and receive your state sticker. We have a well equipped repair shop to take care of your correction to comply with the law. CENTRAL GARAGE FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200-J Towing Johnsburg Graphic illustration of the way in which one of America's ! menl in use. The 85.000 troops in armai combat mine® Ireatest industries gears its activities with the I'nited tates Army for national defense is found at Little Falls, Minn., where the greatest peacetime maneuvers in the iiistory of the country are being held Aug. 3--Aug. 24. To "keep them rolling" Chevrolet, one of the largest ttippliers of motor transport equipment to the nation's Kned forces, has set up through one of its dealers, the ! rt Baston Motor Co., of Minneapolis, a complete parts vers will use 1,180 Chevrolet transport units, including officers' cars, reconnaissance cars, hundreds IikIs adapted to special uses, and military ambulances. v I'pper left in the phuto shows artr.y transport crewmen servicing an ambulance. I'pper right is the ChevroM' parts and service headquarters tent, where service eiperts are always on duty. Lower left u» Lieut-Col. R. P. Kossberg. of the Minnesota National Gaud Quarter* Industry Ready to "Keep 9em Rolling99 for Defense M. ;,Su •;#S ci wid service headquarters in the military reservation j master Corps. At lower center, an officers* car used tf at little Falls. More than $10,000 worth of parts is mam- • the major-general in cununoiw Lhl!e »•»«»*»£. tained at this depot, where three service representatives | ment Is being serviced. Lower right Is an interior view pf tje on duty 24 hours daily to service Chevrolet eqcip- | the Chevrolet parts tent, showing completeness of stock. •.V.TiSi