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tnm F,W TH» HeHXntT FLAINDKALEK Country's Youngest Quads Go Sunning •bSm | Here arc shown the ntflb'i youngest lMnd»«, Joyce, Jeanette, JeriUUne and Joan Badgett, |||ptd for the first time in bathing raits, fleajeytag the cool breexea and suiflfy skies ef Galveston, Terns. ;y*M Refugees Search for Salvage j. v' Unnatural Natural Enemies Out Again, In Again on New Railroad Navy Second in Under-Age T ons Comparison of Sea Forces Shows Strength of United States. Belgian rafa^eee, somowMrt in France, search debris in hope of being able to salvage clothing which they need after hesdl--g flight aefore the German hordes. | - This picture shows three natural enemies of the animal world, a I bird, Cat and dog enjoying a bit of food with the trite remark by the ; photographer, "Hnh, if they can do it, what's the matter with Europe?" 4 _ ^ ' Girl Chemists Discover Perfect Diet Two Wellesley college seniors, Betty Feldmeier, left, and Mary Ella aer, according to a recently completed scientific analysis following a lour-week survey of Wellesley foods, get the perfect diets including the fight proportion of fats, carbohydrates and proteins. The girls analyzed Hfcverj- meal, every day, for four full weeks. WASHINGTON. -- The United States navy as of November 15 ranked second in total "under-age" combatant tonnage, but fifth in the number of under-age ships, the department revealed in making public pictographs, as support for the contention of Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, that a big navy is needed to repel a possible hostile coalition. In under-age tonnage our navy on November 15 was smaller by about 180 tons than the combined fleets of Germany and Japan. In number of new ships Japan and Germany had 305 units compared with 150 for the United States. The principal reason for our low :W':^ f • i!&"' RINGWOOD Mrs. Boy Neal entertained the Scotch Bridge Club at her home Wednesday afternoon. Prices were awarded to Mrs. Kenneth Cristy and Mrs. Cicorski. Mr. and Mrs. James Bell spent Wednesday evening at Zion, 111. Miss Patricia Coyne entertained a few of her schoolmates at a party at her home Wednesday afternoon in honor of her 10th birthday. Games were played and lunch was served. Mm. Mildred Mnnshaw of Elgin was a caller in the George Young home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. George Young entertained the Bunco Club at her home Thursday afternoon. Prixes were awarded to Mrs. Lester Carr and Mrs. Will McCannon. Mrs. Genevieve Dodge and children of Woodstock and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch spent Wednesday at the Dodge house. Mrs. Frankie Stephenson spent the COLUMNS FOR QUICK . .?i "Wi-i*. v. ; rating in total number of combatant j P*8^. wee^ with her sister at Wood' •hips is said to be the preponderant number of submarines and destroyers in some of the other navies where such craft are of particular value. Possible Coalition Weighed. It is the possible coalition situation which stands out more than any other one thing. In the event Japan and Germany allied themselves and attacked us simultaneously, a development envisioned in some quarters, tiie United States would be able to put on the sea modern under-age units of a total tonnage of 1,021.270 Ions as against a combined tonnage df such units for Japan and Germany of 1,021,451 tons, or virtually an equal amount. • In battleships the Japanese have nine and the Germans five, all under- age, a total of 14, the combined tonnage being 354,070. In number of such units the United States also has 14. In aircraft carriers the United States has in commission five units of an aggregate tonnage, all underage, of 154.000, as against six for Japan of a combined tonnage of 113,470 and two for Germany of 38,- 506, or 151,970 for a Japanese-Gern coalition. The United States has in commission 18 heavy and 15 light cruisers of a total tonnage of 294,875 tons, while the Japanese have 12 heavy and 15 light units of a 205,355 tonnage. The German strength is 55,- GOO tons, of which two units are of the heavy and six of the light category. The superiority of the United States, measured against Germany and Japan, is 33,720 tons. Under-Age Destroyers. In 1 under-age destroyers the American total is 55 units of Cm aggregate tonnage of 85,910 tons as against 84 destroyers of a total tonnage of 113,476 for Japan and 34, of 46,466 tons for Germany. Add Italy and the tonnage is increased by 98 iffider-age destroyers of an aggregate tonnage of 110,107 tons. In the matter of under-age submarine strength the United States has 27 units of 41,120 tons while Japan has 35 of 52,432 and Germany, which features smaller units, has 71 of 31,282 tons. The combined submarine strength, measured in underage units only, of Germany and Japan is 84,190 tons, more than twice that of the United States. New tonnage actually under construction fqr the United States, inchiding eight battleships, totals 491,860 tons. The known Japanese total, including four battleships, is 268,660 tons, while that of Germany, including three battleships and about a hundred submarines, is 206,988 tons, a combined tonnage exceeding that for the United States by more than 43,000 tons. For Great Britain the building total, including nine battleships, is 730,095 tons; for France, including four battleships, 271,052 tons, and for Italy, including four battleships, 242,530 tons. stock. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young enter tained their grandchildren, Daniel, Joyee and Billy Weber of McHenry at their home a tow days the past week. Frank Walter from New London, Iowa, was a caller in the Louis Hawlev home Thursday. Mrs. Louis Hawlay and daughter, with Mr. and Mrs. Will Pries of McHenry, spent Wednesday evening at Williams Bay. Mrs. Lester Nelson and children and Mrs. Geonge Bacon of Antioch visited relatives here Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scheutxe and daughter of Milwaukee spent a few days the -past week with the tatter's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn. Mrs. Carrie Wetterer and Arthur Wetterer, Jr., of Chicago, spent Thursday in the Louis Hawley home Mrs. Patrick Coyne spent the past week with her daughters in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Butler and family and Marion Hawley spent Thursday in Chicago. John Doherty and James Wallace attended the Democratic convention in Chicago Thursday evening. Loren McCannon and Howard Shepard, with the young adults of the county attended the boat trip on Lake Michigan Friday evening. They left from Navy Pier. The Sewing Circle met with Mrs. Louis Schroeder Friday. A pot luck dinner was served at noon. Miss Jo Ann Streaver of W. McHenry spent the past week,in the B. T. Butler home. Quite a few fart Hies from around Russian Determines Ages Of Children by Fingers ...MOSCOW,--A method of determining the age of children through X-ray photographs of hands ' is claimed by Prof. V. Kuznetsoff, Soviet medical expert, who was recently awarded the degree of doctor of medical science by the board of the Second Moscow Medical institute. Professor Kuznetsoff photographed ;he hands of 558 children and reported that the ages of juveniles between 10 and 14 may be determined almost unerringly through changes that take place in phalanges of the fingers. He is now trying to extend his method to determining age up to the eighteenth year. Pussy Cat Is Losing ^ Renown as a Mouaer PHILADELPHIA.--After centuries of dominance in the rodentcatching field, the pussy cat is on his way out as protector of the pantry. And what's more, cats never were good mousers, according to J. C. Kopf, manager of an exterminator company. They're lazy, self-satisfied and too much inclined to fraternize with their traditional nibbling, enemies, "he explained. Chemical warfare has supplanted the cat nowadays to an almost overwhelming extent. sip isra m here attended a picnic in Clinton Martin's Woods Sunday, given in honor of Lou Bishop, who is here from Medford, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Turner and daughters and J. D. Smith of Lincoln, 111., were also there. | Mrs. Minnie Coates spent the past week with her sister in Elgto. Mr. and Mrs. James Bell attended a Bell family reunion at Wadsworth, 111., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Chicago spent Sunday afternoon in, the Patrick Coyne home. Miss Grace Schragg of Elmhurst, Arthur Ramaker of Chicago Heights, and Andrew and Dave Ramaker were Sunday dinner guests in the Roy Neal home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gratton and two daughters and grandson of Woodstock spent Sunday evening In the Wm. McCannon home. ) Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jackson of Johnsburg spent Wednesday evening in the George Young home. Nick Young, Mrs. Catherine Young and Mrs. Jacob May left Tuesday morning for Newton, Iowa, to visit relatives. Mrs. George Young spent Friday afternoon with her parents at McHenry. Miss Virginia Jepson spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs, Lester Biers at Diamond Lake. Mr. and Mrs, Clark Huson and Mrs. E. L. Peck and son, Philip, of Elffin spent Monday and Tuesday in the C. J. Jepson home. Arthur Ramaker of Chicago Heights is visiting his brothers in the C. J. Jepson home. Ralph Smith and sons of Harvard, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wurtxinger and family spent Sunday in the Lonnie Smith home. Mrs. S. H. Beatty and Charles Olson spent from Tuesday until Sunday in the Charles Free home at Blue Island. They were callers at Hammond, Ind., on Saturday. Miss Bernice Smith of DeKalb spent the weekend at her home here. There will be community services at the Methodist church next Sunday evening. Herman Will of Chicago will show pictures and lecture on his travels through Europe. The Ladies' Aid Society will serve a supper here Wednesday, July 31st. Miss Helen Ruth Butler spent the weekend with Shirley , Freund at Spring Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merchant. Alice Howard and LaVerne Eagle of Kenosha, spent Sunday evening in the Rat' Merchant home. Miss Audrev Merchant soent the weekend in the Charles Coles home near Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinre and Mr. and Mrv Glenn Treon of Crystal Lake I spent Sunday evenii% with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peet. Frank Harrison is at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harrison and family spent Sunday with the latter's mother, Mrs. Wattles at McHenry. Mrs. George Harrison spent Sunday in the home-of her son, Walter, and family. Queen at II Queen Wilhelmina succeeded her father as sovereign of The Netherlands in 1890 when she was only 10 years old. Queen Emma ruled as regent until September 6, 1888, when Wilhelmina was formally crowned queen of Amsterdam. SPRAY STORAGE BINS AGAINST INSECT PESTS The importance of cleaning empty storage bins and spraying them for insects is emphasized as being most important now that harvest of small grains is under way in most of Illinois. M. D. Farrar, entomologist of | the state natural history survey work-1 ing cooperatively with "the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture also I stressed the fact that the grain is free of insects when it reaches the bins and that insects must be controlled in the bins themselves. The spray materia! should consist of 10 gallons of dormant tree spray oil, 90 gallons pt water and 4 pounds of lye. About 25 pounds of the diluted mixture should be used for the average grain bin. The material can either be applied with a spray ar dashed on the bin with & broom. Farra emphasized that the inside of the grain bin should be thoroughly covered witb the spray. 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