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BLOOD DONORS
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One of the ways of serving one’s
country these days is by giving
some blood to be stored until such
time as it is needad by our wounded
Dr. Barton
soldiers. The trans
fusion of the blood it
self or concentra
tions of the blood
bring many a
shocked soldier back
from the brink.
There are what
are called profes
sional donors, or giv
ers of blood who are
“on call” from vari
ous hospitals, and
the giving of a pint
of blood every cou
pie of months causes no faintness
or weakness at the time or after
ward.
Such, however, is the demand for
blood and so willing are men and
women to help in the war that many
are volunteering for this service at
the Red Cross or other blood depots.
As some of these "new” donors
are high-strung or nervous individu
als who have conscientiously felt
that they should give blood, a few of
them may faint during the giving of
the blood or Aen after they return
to their work. It can readily be
seen that a man or woman who
faints after he or she returns to
work is not likely to encourage oth
er workers to give their blood.
It is agreed that those who faint
from other sights or events in life
are likely to faint when they give
up some blood, but fainting should
not ordinarily occur in others who
are not in the habit of fainting.
An article in the British Lancet
states that factors which do seem
to contribute to fainting are fatigue
and hunger; persons who hurry to
their appointment to give blood are
likely to faint, as are those who
have not eaten for three hours or
more.
"It is stated that the temperature
and moisture of the room are not
important, but it should be airy and
light, with beds rather than couches,
and no screens used, as there is
comfort in the knowledge that others
are going through the same ordeal."
In general blood donors should re
main lying down for 15 minutes,
and after refreshment should sit on
a chair for another 15 minutes, leav
ing the hospital not sooner than 30
minutes after giving their blood.
These points should be kept in
mind by those giving blood for oth
ers. First, do not hurry to the ap
pointment; second, go within one to
two hours after eating; third, lie
down for 15 minutes after giving
blood; fourth, sit down for another
15 minutes before returning to work.
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Pain in Shoulders,
Arms and Neck
During the last war among sol
diers and civilians there were many
cases where the patients suffered
with pains back of neck, in shoul
der and down the arms to the hand.
It was thought to be a form of
rheumatism or arthritis, and teeth,
tonsils, gums, gall bladder and oth
er parts were carefully examined
but often no cause could be found.
Finally an X-ray of the neck, chest
and shoulder showed in some cases
• "short” or extra rib which was
causing pressure on the nerve which
accompanies one of the muscles run
ning from the top of the first rib to
spinal bones in back of neck. The
removal of this spur, or short rib,
gave instant relief in these cases.
In Archives of Physical Therapy,
Dr. K. G. Hanson states that this
group of symptoms called cervico
brachial syndrome (name of the
nerves involved) may be due to:
(1) high first ribs which do not give
the muscle and nerve room between
the bones of the shoulder, (2) extra
rib or a rib or spur on the neck
spinal bone where there should be
no rib or spur, (3) pressure on the
muscle running from first rib to
spinal bones in neck, (4) poor pos
ture, standing or sitting which
makes a pull on the bones where
this muscle is fastened at back of
neck. It is this pull that causes the
pain in practically all cases be
cause the patient lets himself sag.
The treatment, naturally, would
be to remove this pressure and this
is obtained by rest and support dur
ing the acute or severe stage. Then
(exercises are given to hold the
shoulders high—arms in line and
above the shoulders, rolling of shoul
ders—arms at full length in line
with shoulders; standing and sitting
erect, shoulders high and back,
chest out, chin in. Heat is applied
before and after exercise. This will
help 85 per cent of the cases.
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QUESTION BOX
Q.—Will you please tell me some
thing about arthritis?
A.—Arthritis is the new name
for rheumatism. Can be caused by
infection, wrong food, injury, ex
posure to cold and dampness.
Q — Is there any help that can be
given for eyes affected by diabetes
after the disease has been brought
under control?
A.—Would depend upon what dam
age had been done—cataract, inflam
mation of the retina, etc.
Convicts Work in Behalf
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Of Others’ Freedom
Men who will never again know the freedom of the poorest
American citizen are laboring night and day on behalf of free
dom for others. They are the thousands of convicts in Amer
ican prisons who are helping to bring victory as effectively
as those in the outside world who are unhindered by striped
suits or iron bars.
Behind the walls of the Ohio state penitentiary 3,550 in
mates constantly produce war products at IVz cents an hour.
At these wages they purchased over $20,000 worth of war
bonds. Seventy-five per cent of these convicts gave blood
to the Red Cross.
/Victory
V Parade,
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Topi His release is a long way off but he helps America by
buying war stamps regularly.
This man learned radio in the
navy. He now instructs fellotv
convicts in all of its branches.
Two of his pupils are these am
bitious short-termers who hope
to get into the armed forces.
Another convict supervises a battery of machines which dry and
roll Osnaburg cloth in the cotton mill. The army has given the
prison a contract for 150,000 yards of this material which is used
for target ranges, sandbags and camouflage.
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Impr 1 soned
women also are
pitching into war
[ work. At the New
Jersey reforma
tory they make
navy work shirts,
roll bandages,
work in nearby
war plants on pa
role and produce
foodstuffs.
Above: Women inmates
prepare vegetables for mar
ket. Left: Part of the day’s
output of navy shirts are be
ing prepared for shipment.
Approximately 350 of these
shirts are finished every day
in the sewing department of
the reformatory, which is
operated on the honor sys
tem and has no bars.
A busy scene in the field of the
reformator y farm. Many of these
j inmates cultivate victory gardens.
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STA<3E~5CRE
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
JOSEPH C. GREW, former
.U. S. ambassador to Japan,
says “To beat the Japanese
and to do the job thoroughly,
we have got to understand
them thoroughly.” The latest
March of Time, **. . . And
Then Japan!” does more than hun
dreds of books and newspapers could
do to help the public to do it It
traces the gains Japan has made,
and shows how she is converting her
newly won wealth into armaments
and weapons; other scenes show the
people, at home, in night clubs, and
at work. It’s a valuable background
for current history.
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Shirley Mitchell’s had plenty of
experience in being a sweetheart;
she’s done it on the air with Gilder
sleeve, Rudy Vallee, Groucho Marx,
Red Skelton, Jonnny Mercer, Wil
SHIRLEY MITCHELL
Ham Bendix, and currently with
Fred Brady. She got her experi
ence when she did daytime serials
in Chicago on “First Nighter”; had
a different one each week!
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If you’ve wondered, when you
heard Vera Vague on the Bob Hope
program, just what she looked like,
prepare to see her in the All Star
Comedies that she’s making for Co
lumbia. She’s working now in the
first of a series of four.
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When Paramount hired Victor
Young to write original music for
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” they
had no intentions of causing him to
be mistaken for a messenger boy,
but that’s what happened. Victor,
who also conducts the music on John
Charles Thomas' Sunday program,
bought a motorcycle to convey him
self to and from the Paramount lot
and NBC, carrying his orchestra
tions in a messenger's dispatch
case, slung over his shoulder. So
far as the general public was con
cerned, he was just another mes
senger boy.
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It’s a publicity story that just had
to come along—all about the flve
year-old tot who got so worried about
what Fred Astaire would do for
dancing shoes that she sent him her
shoe coupon. Her name’s Dorinda
Hastey, and Astaire sent the coupon
back.
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Carol Ann Beery, 12 - year - old
daughter of Wallace, made her de
but in films when Robert Benchley
carried her across a ship’s deck
in “China Seas.” Bent on being an
actress, she’s taking another whack
at it in "Rationing,” in which her
father stars.
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Harry Sherman, who tops the list
of producers of historical outdoor
j pictures with more than 100 to his
credit, now has eight leading actors
for his U-A releases. The newest
addition is Rod Cameron, who’ll get
the same kind of roles that car*
ried William Boyd, Richard Dix and
Albert Dckker to fame as Western
heroes. You'll see him first in
“Wherever the Grass Grows.”
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Comedienne Cass Daley has a new
hobby; like Gracie Allen, she’s a
one-finger pianist, only she’s discov
ered that she does better on a pipe
organ. So she’s acquired three pipe
organs, all antiques, placed them in
her bedroom, living room and den—
and Husband Frank Kinsella, hear
ing her practice and glancing at the
check stubs, is trying to switch her
to collecting stamps.
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Charlie Spivak, “The Man Who
Plays the Sweetest Trumpet in the
World,” just can’t understand Holly
wood. His drummer doesn’t believe
in making faces; just placidly
drums. But the 20th Century-Fox
folks felt that in order to look like a
swing drummer in “Pin Up Girl”
he ought to grimace so that he’d
look like a “drummer”—and hired
for him a tutor—who’s never played
a drum!
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ODDS AND ENDS—CBS is inter■
ex ted in a girl vocalist for John Cart’s
Trio—he’s the lad who started Dinah
Shore . . . It’s rumored that RKU will
sign Victor Borge’s lovely wife to a
contract . . . Max Mnrcin, the “Crime
Doctor” author, will appear in a quick
flash in the next Columbia production
of “Crime Doctor” . . . The amusing
chatter handed out by the guest stars
on the Bing Crosby program are the
result of the joint efforts of Crosby and
his writer, Carroll Carroll; Bing can
think up some swell insults for the
guests to hurl at him . . . Gale Page is
coming out of retirement to replace
Birutie Barnes in "Perpetual Emotion."
Grain-Eating Insects
Should Be Destroyed
Pests Spoil Millions
Of Bushels Annually
When every bushel of grain is
urgently needed as a war material,
it is more important than ever to
see that as little as possible is
eaten or spoilt by insects that in
i test granaries.
To assist farmers in combating
these litUe saboteurs, the Univer
sity of California has published a
bulletin entitled "Insects Affecting
Stored Food Products." This book
let describes many of the pests of
the South and Southwest and gives
the methods for their control.
Among the most common is the
granary weevil. It is chestnut
, brown, about an eighth of an inch
long, and hard shelled, with a long
snout. The adult female bores into
a grain with her beak and deposits
an egg in it. She can lay about
200 eggs in this way. The young
hatch in a week or two and eat
out the inside of the grain enclosing
! them. Three or four weeks later
they become adults, and In turn lay
| eggs, so under favorable conditions
' seven or eight generations sre pro
duced in a single year.
In the household the granary wee
vil may be controlled by locating
and destroying the infested materi
als, and by protecting other food
Granary Waaril
Ltutr Gram lonr
Confuted Hour
Bootlo
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i products from it. In two or three
j months it should be eradicated. In
storage and warehouse, fumigation,
1 heat, or cold treatme*' - are usually
required.
Grain Borer Nnlsance.
A serious nuisance in the South is
the lesser grain borer. It is some
what less than an eighth of an inch
in length, and has a cylindrical,
stubby body. The larvae hatch in a
week or two from eggs attached
loosely to the grains. Wooden struc
tures that have contained infested
grain should be fumigated or
sprayed to kill the adults.
A somewhat larger beetle is the
cadelle. It is often more than a
quarter of an inch long, and black or
dark brown. It attacks stored grain
as well as cereal products and
shelled nuts, and often damages
wooden storage bins.
Because of its long life and rapid
reproduction, the saw-toothed grain
beetle is one of the worst of these
destructive insects. Its slender flat
tened body is about an eighth of an
inch long, loosely jointed, hard
shelled, and brown. A row of spiky
projections along the sides of fts
midsection give it its name.
Common Grain Eater.
Another common grain eater is the
confused flour beetle, a reddish
brown Insect, about an eighth of an
inch long, with a hard, cylindrical
body. It is found in large numbers
all over the world. It prefers flour
or other processed cereal, but will J
attack grain too. Eggs hatch In a
week to ten days.
Other grain-destroying insects are:
the flat grain beetle, reddish brown,
and a sixteenth of an inch long;
the broad-homed flour beetle, simi
lar to the confused flour beetle, but
slightly larger, the yellow meal
worm and the dark meal worm, both
dull black in the adult stage.
Heat is simple means of killing
these pests. Flour heated to 130 de
grees will be freed of it, yet the flour
will be uninjured. Fumigation is
most satisfactory in large establish
ments.
Ring Worm on Calf
To stop ring worm on a calf's
neck, first remove the scales by the
use of a stiff brush, soap and wa
ter, says J. A. Arey, at N. C. State
college, and then paint the spot with j
tincture of iodine.
Ring worm Is a parasitic disease
and occurs on the calf’s head, neck,
shoulders and rump. The hair
comes out and a gray scaly crust
is formed over the hare surface.
The stalls should be thoroughly
cleaned aad whitewashed.
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SEWIN<3 CIRCLE
Smart Two-Piecer.
CKILLFULLY designed two-piece
^ that can be wom to innumer
able places for all its simplicity.
Immensely flattering.
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Pattern No. 8483 U In sizes 12. 14, 16,
18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14 takes, with
short sleeves, 4?fc yards 36-inch material.
Midriff Frock.
UOW the junior crowd loves
* frocks with well-defined mid
riff section. This one is so colorful
with dramatically placed contrast
ing details.
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Pattern No. 8465 is In sizes 9. 11, 13. 15.
17 and 19. Size 11 takes 3',i yards 39-lnch
material. 9 yards braid or rlc-rac.
Wartime canning jar rings are
made of unelastic reclaimed rub
ber. Stretch them as little as
possible.
• • •
Water the compost pile occa
sionally to keep it in a moist con
dition. When the pile has cured
for a sufficient length of time to
decompose thoroughly, fork the
pile through and through so as to
have all the material well mixed.
• • •
Hang blankets over a line with a
half or a fourth on one side, and
without clothespins. A blanket
dries quicker if two lines—near
together — share the weight.
Squeeze water from the ends oc
casionally and shake the blanket to
fluff the flap.
• • •
Hulls of lima beans make good
soup if they are put through a
coarse sieve or colander. The pods
cook quickly, and are rich in their
taste of the bean.
• • •
Grape juice frosting is delicious
and different. Put three table
spoons grape juice into a pint
bowl, then stir in one to one and
a half cups of confectioner’s sugar
till mixture is thick enough to
spread on your cake.
• • •
Should the clothes closet become
moldy, air it with an electric fan.
An electric lamp kept burning for
a time will help dissipate the
moisture.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required In filling orders for a few ot
the most popular pattern numbers. ,
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
S30 South Wells St. Chicago.
Enclose 20 cents In coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No.Size..
Name. '
Address. i
SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
Rubber shortage will cause
motor trucks to be operated
this year only 60 per cent off
their 1941 mileages, accord
ing to OWI. Ton mileage haul
in intercity service, however,
was up 10 per cent early thU
year.
Rubber latex, a milk-like sub
stance, contains from 30 to 40
per cent solids; cow's milk has
only 12 per cent solids.
Add lettuce to the list ef rub
ber producersl Tests ef throe
varieties of lettuce by the Uni
versity of California, It has
been reported, showed high
content of rubber latex.
Mow's Corn Flakts am re
stored to WHOLE GRAIN NU
INITIVE VALUES of Thiamin
(Vitamia Bi). Nlada tad Iron
grams) by a normal serving ■
of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and
a normal amount of milk (4.0
grams protein) is a valuable
contribution to daily require*
ments... helps make up for
scarce protein foods and
1 their vitamins.
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