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ffcf* Four - - f t •, ., **-*•- >•</? •: r?fv * i. ' J >-. '*'•» ^ ,'.V« THX"MoHEraT PjJURDZALIK , Dumber 7, 1944 Few Pedisi Sourest Are AnilaUl for £ ^vclopmenl Although pidle widely dis- • ! |f tributed in the plant fcingdom, there ;. tare only a few sou _es at present ' capable of commercial development. These are in citrus and in apple pomace. In this latter source it occurs with natural starches and • Coloring materials which are seldom completely removed in the commercial processes. In citrus fruitsT the pectin occurs mainly in the white peel portion (albedo) which lies Just beneath the pig- «mented and oil-containing outer -rind (flavedo). The pectin in the al- , bedo is associated mainly with cellulosic substances from which it - can be separated in relatively pure condition. The greater portion of pectin in fruit exists in a cold-water insoluble form, known as protopectin. Conversion to the watersoluble pectin takes place readily in • the presence of a slight acidity and Mb aided by heat. Hence, commercial extractions are usually made . by hot milky acidic solutions. After clarifications and usually after concentration, , these extracts are treated with alcohol to prepipitate the. pectin, whith is later alcohol . washed and dried. Sometimes the concentrates after ' -{her purification are sold c\ Cv 'or use by jelly and jam r> . " ; rers. ^ Pectin which , , ; "e in pharmaceutical ani pplications must be of, grt ;ty than is ordinarily Bvailai'. r . commercial , purposes. The bulk of the pectin now - being used for medicinal purposes •; . is prepared by a process which makes use of the fact that certain ions withJlarge positive charges precipitate the negatively charged pectin. The colloidally precipitated mass is washed repeatedly with acidified alcohol, rinsed thoroughly with pure alcohol and finally vacuum dried and ground. Steel Huts Homes to U. S. Fighting Meii When our navy lands troops on a foreign shore, steel huts, produced in tens of thousands by the American steel industry, working under navy direction, must be erected at once. Some are needed as hospitals, some to house radio equipment, others to serve as galleys, mess halls or sleeping quarters. All in all, there are 85 uses for this most versatile of all buildings. The navy has dubbed the steel arch-rib hut the Quonset hut. It derives its name from Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where the first ones were made at a naval station. Though many changes in design, size and construction and improvements have since been made, the Quonset name has stuck. So useful did the Quonset hut prove in navy installations the world around that the army and the air forces have also 'ordered them in large numbers. While steel, is the principal material used, the interior construction also includes plywood, masonite, canvas, screening and chemically treated insulation fiber, each being used to advantage where it will do the best job. For riorthern climates, insulated plywood panels are used for the ends of the building. For the tropics the • ends are simply screened, the roof providing a fourfoot overhang at either end to serve u e canopy against rain orsua. State War History The 48 stated are compiling their war histories today, collecting and preserving information giving as complete a picture as possible of their participation in the present conflict, the council of State governments reports. Object of this early start is to avoid mistakes and confusion followi ing other wars in which the United States participated, when historians found that little or no effort had been made--until it was too late--to compile or preserve records showing rosters of men and women serving in the armed forces or state participation otherwise in the war effort. "Even today," the council said, "some states have no complete roster of those who served in the earlier war or anything like an adequate collection of material bearing on the effort of the state as a whole, without which a satisfactory history eas-, not be written." LaMrn Grasses Lawn grasses--especially the blue . grass and clover types--grow best in slightly alkaline soils. Bent grass does well in somewhat acid ground. Bettor Spark Plugs " Better sp?.rk plugs are made possible through incorporating heatemissive materials, such as barium oxide or strontium oxide, in the por- . celain material feeing the "gap", in the plug, as thta arrangement in- ^--greases the heat effectiveness!. Refuel 'On the Marck' ' Operating far from bases, our fighting ships must refuel with unfailing regularity. Because the enemy may be watching from sea, air or under the sea, the operation must be carried out whiie the ship is in motion. The maneuver between a tanker or oiler and a fighting ship is often carried out in heavy seas and requires extremely skillful seamanship on the part of both vesiels. Pigmy Forest A pigmy forest, only\one erf its kind in the world/ is found near Fort Bragg, Calif. Two species of evergreens,, a cypress, Cupresses pygmaea, and a Pinus, Bolanderi, are both dwarfed 'by the acid soil of the pine barrens; mature individuals of the cypress are frequently "only 9 to 10 inches high and bear miniature cones. When these species are transplanted and given adequate water and soil, they^re no longer dwarfed but may become very large. J - The area containing the foresfof tiny trees is three miles wide and twelve miles long. It is also one of the show spots of California because of its numerous rhododendrons and azaleas and is one of the few places in thejstate where a true sphagnum bog may be found. A visitor to this district may likewise see the sundew plants which trap insects, catching them by means of a sticky honey and spiny leaves. Shipbuilders Greatest Consumers of Steel Th* Shipbuilding industry continued in 1943 to hold rank as the nation's leading wartime consumer of steel. Almost 11,509,000 Jtons of steel products were reported as shipped during 1943 from steel plants to the yards of naval and merchant shipbuilders. That tonnage represented 19.3 per cent of total steel shipments of 59,760,000 tons of semi-finished and finished steel products which were obtained from the 89,000,000 tons of "raw steel" or ingots produced in 1943. The tonnage of finished products shipped to shipbuilders last year was substantially above the total of 9,440,000 tons of steel delivered to that industry in 1942. Contrasted with the increased shipments to shipbuilders last year , was a slight decline in the total ton- j nage going for such other war uses ! as ordnance, projectiles and tanks ' and for export to allied and friendly j nations. The decline resulted chiefly from reductions* in the lend-lease steel export program. - • ' " • ' Hog Treatment I ftttatment of individual swine with pneumonia often pays dividends. The best treatment is Ms gr. of sulfathiazole per pound of. body weight per day over a four- tci five-day period. Find Few Municipal Airports Make Profits There is little uniformity in methods of charging for services at municipal airports and comparatively few of them are breaking even financially. Among the cities reporting a profit on 1942 operations--the year covered by a study--were Austin, Texas, $12,585, with a gross income including merchandise sales of $72,371; Cleveland, $4,000, with a gross annual income of $52,000; Dallas, )$20,000; Fort Wayne, Ind., $19,210; Los Angeles, $8,900; Memphis, $71,000; Minneapolis, $4,000; Oakland, Calif., $5,600; Rochester, N. Y., $48,000; Waco, Texas, $3,000. General tax revenues were not considered income in determining profits, aacording to the survey. Memphis, which showed a large profit in 1942, received $69,271 from gas tax and $34,458 from concessions. In Utah the state levies a 4-cent a gallon gasoline tax on aviation gas and three-fourths of the revenue from this source is returned to the airport where the tax is collected. The $50,000 cost of operating the two Salt Lake City airports is met entirely from this gasoline tax, the airlines paying nothing for service®. War Washing There are two effortless means of washing clothes which leatherneck ingenuity has conceived in the Marshall Islands. Copying the system of sailors on ship who tie their clothes to a rope and throw them overboard, the marines secure theirs to big rocks and leave them in the surf until the waves have beaten the dirt out of them. Cleverer, perhaps, are wind-propelled washing machines, with windmills supplying the locomotion which makes the machines function. Those in a hurry merely grab their pants? wade out in knee-deep water, and swing their clothes overhead and down into the water until the dirt yells "uncle." I Unlike the States, there are never any worries about getting one's laundry back -- unless the breaks Indian No. i. ^ j Harvesting Peas ! «™rieq£ire? less than 18 hours ol 1 nan labor to grow and harvest a I C?ey cann® according to a 1 Need Rubber Stamps? Order The Plaindealer. •~r-- --1~~ -- -- -- -- --i Help ducks and young birds grow and deveI-_ op. Give them TONAX in" their mash. Especially after an attack of any disease. And as a tonic and doner. Contains mild astringents to help relieve Enteritis; also blood building aiaments. Tonax helps control parasites. It provides trace minerals audi reliable stimulants. For layers too, laexpensive and convenient. 24b. can enough for 400 chicks foe a month, 73c Bolger's Green Street Store McHenrf Carry Polio Virus ^ £Hes have repeatedly been shown ' to carry the infantile paralysis virus. , Primer Paint • . Primer paint, composed of zinc chromate in sp&r varnish, has been reported as valuable in retarding corrosion of metal under water and protecting the anti-corrosive and anti- fouling paints from blistering and scaling. Subscribe for The Plaindealer Artist and His Seal Order your Snbfei Plaindealer. itatfips at tTie Check Seasickness Five rules offered to check seasickness include: Do not overeat before or during the journey, particularly of fats; in breathing, inhale quickly through the nose, exhaling slowly through the mouth; lie down --the sooner the better; if you can, try dancing in rhythm with the ship's movements; eat heavily of fruits and alkaline fooQb to prevent acidosis of the stomach. Subscribe for The Plaindealer CLARENCE'S SHOP SELECT CHRISTMAS GIFTS NOW Children's Toys, Wagons, Wheelbarrows, Barns, Tables, Chairs, Etc. * Genuine Leather Ladies' and Men's Belts, Billfolds and Purses. Also have Wash Baskets, Market and Shopping Baskets, etc. CLARENCE JL SMITH Johnsburg, 111. Roman Cure The ancient Romans believed that taking an ocean voyage and getting seasick served as an excellent remedy for nervous ard mental ailments. Cuts Tire Life A tire five pounds underinflated cuts tire life 32 per cent. NEW DISCOVERY FOR MASTITIS 0V9 to Streptococcus Agalactia• About 9*% of all Maatttla, or Garget, la rananrt by Streptococcic aftalactiae. Tlu n«w discovery. Bee be G-Lac, (Tyrothricta) •top* the action of Streptococcus agalactia*. If Mastitis, dus to this microbe. Is catting inte the milk production of your best dairy cows, act now! Get Bee be G-Lac! Easy to inject. Goes right to work. Dao't lot Mastitis rob you of your profits. Got Boabo G-Lac today. Ask about • WATTLES DRUG STORE McHenry, Illinois. ! ALL M&M IN THE SERVICE OF TH^fe COUNTRY , .•> : (gmttnga - Knight's Refrigeration Service M'HENRY, ILLINOIS W;-i •>>:*' f- '• . Spence Wildey, creator of tbe 1944 Christmas Seal, displays a poster 'showing the modernistic postman he drew for the Seal which will be. sold from NOT. 30 to Christmas to support the 1945 fight against tuberculosis. Home Comfort. . . SAVE FUEL THIS WINTER---REDUCll DRAFTS COOLER BEDROOMS IN SUMMER Johns-Manville Rock Wool "BLOWN IN" WALLS AND ATTIC* ' Guaranteed Not To Settle During Life of Building . 1mtailed by WALL-FILL CO. IS 'Tears Experience 1 For Information--Write or Call Leo Stilling INstriet Manager 200 E. Pearl St. McHenry 18 OR YOUR LUMBBR AND BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER " m ire lers 311 E. Elm St., McHenry Phone McHenry 421 > 24-HOUR SERVICi SPECIALIZING IN FARM TRACTOR TIRES AND TRUCK TIRES GOODYEAR TIRES AND TUBUS GOODYEAR BATTERIES • g • » 9 * M!L • IfiSES RSTltE&DED-l • • pr '- wpi SERVICE * e » • • • • • • • • » ^«v tsfciAD YOUR SMOOTH TRACTOR TIRES Tirestone GROUND GRIP TREAD DESIGN FOR MAXIMUM TRACTION Let our factory-trained experts retread your tirea. 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What a relief to her weary Doctor* when he found Xi Your Doctor will come as soon as he can . . . bat today there's only one doctor for 1,500 civilians. Many it doctor is carrying the load of four. Yet medical car* C&n be expanded, if one member of every household will learn how to help. Be prepared to take care of your own! Don't call your Doctor unnecessarilv! Learn what to do till he gets there.. . how to help him after he's there ... when he's gone. It is now .every American woman's war-duty t& be a Every American woman owes it to her family to take a RED CROSS HOME NURSING COURSi able to safeguard the health of her own family* Enroll in a Red Cross Home Nursing course . . . learn i{> just a few classroom hours!* (Name of Local Chapter to lie act heflgi ' <Address) I am interested in enrolling In i Ked Cross Home Nursm* course. Please send me further infocmatioo, ^ meeting place for classes. ^ . Name...-. AiMwi.. City--- .Sta -- -- •IIIIIUI.-- ll -- -- I J