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], Vjr £ •,* *•&> ' * * it "•*. », IMS HoHSlTEY PLAINDSAIJEIt •'«'-•'*-+->-* ' ' ' "*> s, "- tfjfr'ltiflNt-ig . ' < i ft r ' ? t e ' i ; Antarctic Chart Jssued by Navy i:"3sC Contcdm Much Data Never • Before Seen on Map. WASHINGTON --A new chart «l Antarctica and the southern polar regions, covering six million square miles, and in preparation several years, has been issued by the hydrographic office of the navy department. Combining all published inform* tion and many data, of the area never before seen on a map, some of it collected by the United States Antarctic Service under Rear Adm% Richard E. Byrd, the map's crea»* tion was supervised by Com. R. A. , «J. English, who commanded the po* lar survey ship the Bear on Byrd's first trip to the region. Antarctica is almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. It has ah drea of nearly six million square miles, almost equal to the combined areas of the United States and Eu^" rope. Its coastline of 14,000 miles is almost completely known, but by far the greatest part of Antarctica has never been seen by a human. : Unknown coastal sections include the southwestern limits of the Wed- ! del sea and a portion of the coast of the Roosevelt sea. The chart also gives oceanic depths to 5,500 fathoms. Almost all the shore of Antarctica touches the sua in high ice cliffs which rise steeply ,at short distances inland. The polar plateau is about 10,000 feet high. Mountain ranges have peaks which tower to 13,000 feet and several volcanoes have been observed. There are few good harbors or safe anchorages and exploratory vessels have been forced to moor to ice floes, with 6team up at all times so that they can be moved quickly if wreathe*'or ice conditions should change. Details for the map were supplied by the United States and ships of the British, French, Australian, New Zealand, German and Norwegian countries. Cake Finally Catchei Up With Yankee Sergeant SAN DIEGO.--Weil preserved in French wine, a fruit cake mailed in Natchez, Miss., finally reached its destination here following a circuitous journey of several thousand miles. The recipient. Marine Sergt. William H. Covington, disclosed the itinerary of the eight-pound delicacy after it had been mailed to him by his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Chisholm, last October. Addressed to a unit from which Covington had subsequently been de- ' tached, the cake was rerouted to the South Pacific base where the marine's former outfit had gone. It fell by coincidence into the hands of Pvt. Robert L. Anway, who knew that Covington was still in San Diego. He sent it back to the mainland. On -receipt of it here, Covington sought out Anway's' wife and gave her a portion of the cake. Mrs. Anway immediately sent it on its travels again -- to her husband across the Pacific. Blitzed Bottle Babies Suffer Pram Shortage LONDON.--Baby perambulators rank as first priority war relief in the Lancashire town of Bottle. So acute is the shortage that $2,400 donated by the British War Relief society of America after the town was blitzed was completely used up purchasing 100 prams, which now are being sold to mothers. "We had to restrict them to mothers of three or more children because of the great demand," Mrs. E. H. Smith, chairman of the Bottle maternity child welfare committee, said. The committee is tn^pg to purchase more prams, but manufacturers say they are unavailable, she added. Dr. F. T. Wood, Bottle medical officer, suggests that the present, system, whereby doctors and midwives issue certificates to enable mothers and expectant mothers to obtain extra milk and eggs, should be extended to perambulators. Indians Get Sulfa and Medicine Man Is Through FORT HALL, IDAHO.--Progress made by the federal government in furnishing medical care for its In dian wards in the last 15 years "has been amazing," says Superintendent C. L. Graves1 of the Fort Hall rescr vation. He said that sulfa drugs have been "a godsend for our Indians." "Sulfa has been the means of practically eliminating the scourge of trachima," Graves said. "It is marked how the Indians have drifted away from their ancient rituals for healing the sick." Mess Hall Job Perils Ex-Sword Swallower MALDEN, MO.--Jim Smith, of Long Island, N. Y., acquired a variety of cuts and gashes in his work at the Maiden army air field mess hall. His superior officer looked into Smith's file to see whether the sergeant was properly classified. He's still wondering. Smith used to be a sword swatlower. Harvest Hands Harvesting the nation's corn crop year calls for more than 21? million manhours. 1• sss* Fashion-First Fall Clothed ^ ; ; Stress Corduroys and Tweeds By CHERIE NICHOLAS i Twice Tffld Tales MM latere*! Tricot Tna fee Files of tfes Platndaalit j efYeanAg* some time but there is now hope for his ultimate recovery. A progressive fanner at Linn, Illinois, has recently experimented in having his entire barn yard paved like a city street. All farmers concede that this method is the best, but the cost of the work stands in the way in most cases. , Butter sold for 24 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. This is an advance of two cep>ts over last week's price. • Ferns 40 Feet High In' the Hawaiian National park ferns grow 40 feet high, with fronds 20 feet long. THIRTY YEARS A<JO SIXTY YEARS AGO While in the act of jumping' from , his milk wagon Anton Freund, the acj commodating young milk man, fell j ansl fractured a bone in his right | wrist. V , ' 5 v I Adolph Tiets, who is a sailor boy - Mrs. Richard Bishop has been quite i Uncle Sam's navy, and at the ill for the past week, however her present time stationed at Newport; friends will be glad to know she is Rhode Island, has just sent his mothshowing signs of improvement. '• . ! er a set of black ;fox furs for a John Hufcman, who was seriously Christmas present. ' injured by a vicious bull a week or : Fishermen are having a gay ";old so ago, is showing sonje signs of'timo these days, big catches are improvement. He had a narrow n^de every day in the vicinity of the escape. -."V-- • dam. I^ast Thursday night two haystacks John Tonyan of Fox Lake and belonging to Homer Clemens, *«re Miss An»a Tonyan of McHenry were burned. From the location of the married at Volo last Saturday. Ifoistacks and-the dampness of the wta-", lowing- the ceremony a large " recepther, there is little doubt but what tion was held at the Fox Lake horne Let Fruits Stand To harvest any but the most tender vegetables before the first frost would be a mistake. Not only do they make additional growth on warm sunny days, but they also keep much better standing in the glirden than they do in a storage cellar which is too warm. In fact, most disappointments from home storage have come from harvesting winter vegetables too early., Vitamins Stored Some of the vitamins are stored in the bo^y and help to keep the peopfr jir good health during the early winter months, when fewer fresh foods (are available. Harmless to Mammals Rotenone, the insecticidal dWTtrfctive of derfis root, is many times:, more powerful against certain in- >, i sects than lead arsenate and m tine. Yet it is harmless to birdsfA^-i and mammals. Those qualities make rotenone valuable on American' farms--it destroys insect pests with- . . out harming livestock. ; .. HOLLOW AXLE SAVES STEEL the fire. FIFTY YEARS AGO Rabbit hunting has been a popular \th^ groom. TWENTY YEARS AGft GeTald J. Carey, who for a number of years was employed in the pastime for the past week. Many of; West McHenry State bank and later the citizens return daily from an! acted4 in the capacity 'as the cashier in the Fox River Valley State bank, is DOW employed by the state as a bank examiner. The Jacob Just-en buildings in the business section of Green street hav< I N PLANNING a fall and winter ap- * par el program that will meet the present wartime challenge patriotically, there'll be many a family huddle this year on the subject of sensible "duration" clothes that will stand up satisfactorily under the strain of intensive wear, at the same tim^ that they maintain a definitely correct fashion poise throughout the testing months to come. This all-important clothes quest seems to naturally lead right up to such sterling-worth materials as corduroys and tweeds, each of which may be depended upon to underwrite a guarantee of satisfactory "duration" wear. Tweeds, always a faithful standby, look more tweedy this year than ever in their sturdy weaves and their handsome rich colors. Fashion has become so tweed conscious that it's smart to be garbed in tweed frogja head to foot. A suit such as pictured to the left in the illustration, often adds a matching topcoat with a glamorous lining, plus a smart hat-and-bag twosome all fashioned of the same tweed. The suit shown is to be worn with either a blouse or a sweater, and is designed for a girl with a job who will dress up her classic jacket and skirt with accessories that tune to occasion. As to corduroy, it comes out boldly this year^ as a decidedly family affair. It's easy to predict that sensible and enlightened families in every walk of life will boil down their wardrobe choices this fall to the new lightweight finely textured corduroys (cordurex for him and cordurella for her) such as will total up perfectly to the 'nth degree of warmth, practicality and good looks. There's tremendously exciting news going the rounds in the realm of corduroys this fall. There have always been good sports and workaday clothes in this fabric, for both men and women, but this season something" startlingly out of the ordinary has happened, in that men are wearing smart looking suits that are not sports jackets and slacks, as 6ne might expect but they are. swank fine-tailored types that are fashioned with utmost finesse as is plain to be seen in the illustration. In the group pictured, you see Mr. and Mrs. starting out arm in arm for an autumn constitutional, brown cordurex for him, packed with casual details of high-style distinction, red cordurella for her, flaunting pockets that are simply crammed with fall 1943 chic. Time was when men considered corduroy a fabric exclusively for sports and strictly utilitarian wear but war shortages have brought about a new appreciation of the use and versatility of this fabric. This season men will be proving in the wearing that a cordurex suit is just the thing for offduty hours, for holidays and to give business worsteds a rest, and they are equally at home in city, suburbs or country. Not a teen-age schoolgirl or a campus queen or a girl in office, typing out a career for herself, but what will yield to the lure of a red cordurella topper such as the blith$ spirit to the right in the group is wearing. In the hit parade of early fall coats this youthful model is just about to "steal the show." You carl get it in a whole list of fashionable fall colors, the new brass tone, deep; velvety green, warm autumn browns galore .and it's smart in gray or beige. And have you seen the new cordu* roy jumper and pinafore dresses? You can get them simply fashioned or all prettied up with cut out felt motifs or gay peasant embroidery on the bib tops or the suspended effects as the case may be. These; corduroy pinafores "wear forever.'* Released by Western Newspaper Union. expedition with a nice string of the game. Professor W. H. Strayer's night school is a success. The meetings are characterized by a good attendance, and great interest in the work j received a ccat of paint which doe? is shown. j much for their appearance. Two hundred and thirty hogs were | Although the permanent greens sold in our markets' yesterday. They i have been closed for the season, there were on the whole in fine condition j are still a number of local golf enand brought five cents a pound. | thusiasts who can be seen on the The electric light committee of j links whenever a nice dpy comes the village council will leave for J along. Chicago today to investigate the i A company of relatives and friends cost of a plant and to gather all; Surprised Mrs. Helena Heimer at her other necessary information on the j home on Elm street last Wednesday subject. WRTY YEARS AGO evening. The event being Mrs. Heimer's Sixty-sixth birthday. Peter Doherty will soon build a house on the lots recently purchased of the Kearns' estate, on Green street. A car load of stone for the foundation was unloaded last week. O. W. Owen celebrated his 84th birthday anniversary last week, several members of his family being present. Mr. Owen has been ill for ott ****** * Daring a visit of railroad officials to Inspect the Pittsburgh Steel Cempany'a new railroad axle plant at Allcnport, Pa., Elaine Robins •Bd Thelma Wanko, company employes, illustrated the 260 peaad difference in weight between the new, lighter -w:ight. tubular axle and the older solid steel type. The two type ax'es suspended from a beam form a scale, and the firis, seated on the tnhu'ar axle, bring the scale into perfect balance. The new tubu'rr axles represent one of the few major changes in railroad chassis r -nstru-tion in recent years, and, In addition to the saving in war r ifled s'.cel, they Offer greater strength, longer wear and increased safety. , In New Style Mood ' o *"• Side-Swept Drapery _ Flatters Figure For that "new" look see to it that your first fall frock adopts the new; side-drape-and-fasten technique ii|. its styling. For figure-flattering* these new side-movement dresset have no equal. In the smart little black dresses, the no-one-side effects are the chief subject of conversation. You will find effects both strictly "tailored and simple, yet for dressy occasion as ornate and artfully graceful as dressmaker strategy can make them. Many of the side, closings are finished off with ruffles and cascades of either selffabric or lace. The lace, theme is especially adding a flattering touch to the now-so-fashionable simple black daytime dresses. In, the tailored effects buttons come in for big play. The new fall dresses coming in simply captivate with ingenious lit^ tie self-fabric trims, which impart outstanding style distinction such, per example, the self-fabric-covered grape treatment here shown. The material for this most attractive gown is forest-green crepe. It is one of the advance frocks that observes the rules for fabric conservation to a nicety in the subtle cut of both skirt and bodice top. Spark. ing diamond clips add a flattering touch. ' Small Hats This Autumn Is Trend Among Designers So far the trend is almost exclusively toward small hats for fall. This year berets in every conceivable interpretation lead the parade. Smart are stitched velveteens and ' corduroys that come in sooty black. Many little snappy hats are no! much nore than mere bands of velvet L*»at are made to fit and am chor firrily on the head. To these are anchored gay feathers, unique fringe or tassel arrangements, and; fantasies too .numerous to cite. There's <ots of passementerie, bugles jet, jewels, embroidery and other Victorian elegancies going into the making of the dressy-type hat this autumn. Vatican City Industry Vatican City's industries include tapestry weaving, mosaics, book hinding, repair of ancient and damaged manuscripts and documents. Sale of postage stamps to tourists was an active business. Nary Cuts Fnel Use In modern naval ships fuel consumption per horsepower-hour is from 25 per cent to 40 per cent lower than in the same types of vessels used in the First World war. Good Dairy Ration ' It was found that a good grade of pea vine silage, when fed with alfalfa hay and grain, makes a good ration for producing cows and growing dairy heifers. However, substituting pea vine silage for a portion of the hay does not increase milk production nor the rate of gain in young animals. The average of two feeding trials With dairy heifers shows that pea vine silage has about a third of the feeding value of alfalfa hay. These Men Fill Mess Kits and Market Baskets On the American food front, as on the indusou front, the accent is on PnJmtthm. Farmers are being called upon by the American •oJdier and the American family to attain, despite wartime labor condition!, grain, meat, vegetable, boner and egg, dairy quotas believed impossible a few years ago. Like their fellow producers for Victory on the production line, fanners have adapted electricity to a multitude of chores once done slower and by hand. Helping raise food for freedom is highly impor ttat among the Wartime jobs electricity is doing BUttrk P*w*r Sp**b F--d PndmtHm v** - * $ - • fhe vast grain and dairy farms of Illinois are j vital sources of the nation's food supp1" * m - • x. • r-J , • - • •» Elevating, grinding and processing feed fo< Milking, traditional bum cho(c, is done today by lhrcttockis a farm job electricity does well tkctriciry; otbet dairy tasks, too, are done with power. Electricity has gone to w*r -- don't wast* it! PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Supplying Northern Illinois with Vital Electric Power for War Production Service Order -- 101 Williams St., Crystal La&e -- leiepnoue JSiuerprise 410&