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Stories of Brooklyn Men and Women in U. S. War Service By d'Alessic THESE WOMEN! Your Wartime Problems By RICHARD KART Hosier, Missing, Now Reported as German Prisoner Special Benefits Pos Wife When Service "If my husband joes Into service I must do some close figuring bout my future," writes Mrs. D. V.

the inaurance payment? He says he to his mother. Can I prevent this? If he Is killed do I get his muster-out pay and would I be eligible for his bonus?" To the average reader this letter may seem unusual but we have received even more cold-blooded queries than this. No wonder some men try to lose themselves in the service, In sheer digust over the type of wife who does such "close figuring" tu Chocolate Real Stake In Fliers' Card Games bring up questions like these, however, with no mercenary notions whatsoever and they are dumbfounded when their husbands resent such questions. Hence we will answer Mrs. D.

V. questions without prejudice. The widow of a service man receives a pension if he dies while In uniform provided, of course, that his death was not caused by tome misconduct. The pension is granted even though he is not killed in action. She receives the pension until she remarries and then it stops.

The extra allowance for her children goes on until they are put 18 years of age, regardless of Whether the mother re- Lt. Brennan, Missing, Wrote It Meant Far More Than Cash-Hope Held He's Alive In the raid on Kiel. Germany, Jan. 4, on his second mission, 2d Lt. Lee W.

Brennan, 21. was reported missing in action. His mother, Mrs. Hilda B. Brennan, 9958 66th heard that four planes were grounded in Denmark and "You should be ashamed, Rollo! You know VERY WELL the folium of Descartes has a plane cubic curve with one crunode" INSL'RANCE HIS CHOICE The Insurance payments are made to the widow, in addition to the pension, if he has made her his beneficiary, but this is not mandatory.

He can make his parents or any member of his immediate family his beneficiaries and the wife has no "dower right" claim on his insurance. Moreover, he has the right change his beneficiaries at any time nd he does not have to obtain the consent of the current beneficiary or beneficiaries. The next of kin in the case of a man's death, who is usually the wife, receives all his unpaid salary, plus six months' pay as an xtra gratuity. The wife's family allowance stops at the end of the month during which the death occurred. She gets his war bonds if he ha named her as the contingent beneficiary and any money he Brooklyn College for a while and then television engineering in the R.

C. A. institute. Navy Casualty List Names 9 Boro, L. I.

Men has in the saving fund. There are also certain burial expenses to which she is entitled. But, she is certainly not entitled to his muster-out pay, and no bonus has yet been granted, so we cannot predict What Congress will do about this. All the paper work connected with these claims is so involved that, It is usually good policy for the widow to ask the Red Cross or some in Sweden and hope raj on une of them. two days fore raid ribed his first mission over Getmi saying he "felt sorrv for the people down below who mast feel so help- oraiies SSLbL Now and then I'd notice a harm less-looking puff of smoke that I realized was flak." He described how his comrades amused themselves when there was nothing to do.

They would plav hearts, he said, and the stake was a shilling the name was calm, we were real lions." Before he enlisted the young navigator was a member of the State Guard He attended Bryant Hieh School. His father. York Brennan, is a major in the guard and was woudeTtwice SGT BALESH DOWNED ON HIS FIRST MISSION cot w-nh on man on a Flying For. res mining since Dec 31 in a raid over France. It was his first mission, He arrived in England Nov.

20. His mother. Mrs. Adele Balesh of 570 5th said that in his last 29 np Cnri-Unas. Mrs.

Bale.sh is confident, however that her son, wnose 20th birthdai was Jan. 4, is safe. A friend of his who was on the same mission, saic the Fortress for some unknown reason, left the formation on the wai back over Spain and may have been veterans' organization to help her with these rather complicated documents. ASIDES TO READERS To ANNIE B. No matter how mad you are at him don't write his commanding officer about your troubles.

If you must get satisfaction write to the chaplain of his outfit, but, frankly, your dispute seems very trivial to me. If you have a problem, write to Richard Hart, care of this newspaper. A stamped, addressed envelope will bring a personal reply. (The Ofice of the Army Emergency Relief, designed to speed administration of cases of army personnel and their dependents in financial distress, it open daily at 146 Pierrepont St between a.m. and p.m.

Telephone MAin 4-1730.) "I have lo go to work now" is the way 1st Lt. Robert W. Hosier referred to his missions when he wrote home The 24-'ear-old bombardier never told his mother, Mrs Raye W. Hosier, of 136 Hicks St. anything about the "work.

Hosier was to be eligible or a furlouuh in a short time before he was declared missing on Dec. 30 and a prisoner a month later. He was captured when forced down on German tei In his la.M letter lie said lie his family could have had as enjoyable a Christmas as he had There was a beer and a steak party and the enlisted men had decorated their huts with green and red. He did not mention, however, that he had received the Air Medal with the oak leaf cluster. Before enlisting in April.

1942. he worked for an insurance company At the same time he was taking courses at Brooklyn Tech, although he was graduated from Erasmus Hall HikIi School. He has a sister. i Gllrano. 78 Prcspect ilso heard that her son.

tarry A Gilrario. is a war in Germany. Park Staff S-. prisoner Marine's Bravery To Aid Buddies Cost Him His Life rckltv.s posed comrades Pfc Wi'iis Beck worth a Browning automatic rifleman with the marines, was killed in action at Queen Augusta Bay. Although prewous.v wounded in the hand.

fused to go bark for to a on'' to his parents, but inlaying. Due partly to an area containing aned out. According worth, 110-29 15th College Point, these details have been verified by General Vandergrift. Berk worth enlisted two years ae.o. leaving a defense job.

He then was 19. Two brothers are in the service. Daniel is in an army replacement depot In North Africa and Walter entered the navv shortly after his 17th birthday last July. Willis was a student at Jamaica Vocational hool and played foot- ball with a College Point NO PHOTOS RETURNED Photograph' Fighters cannot sender. However, pictures and news of local men and women in the armed forces are welcome and should be addressed to Our Fighters Editor, Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn 1, N.

Y. now employed in South BATTLE SOUVENIR A Jap Washington, Feb. 7 Navy Department today announced 184 casualties of the na corps and coast guard marine nu ll in, hide 19 dead, 104 wound- ed and 61 missing, names the fol lowing nine men from Queens and Long Island: BALDl'CCI, Pvt. Thomas purine corps, wounded Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Balducn part.i.. 37-12 Union Flushing BALLABO. Pvt. Matthew marine corps, dead I Previously reported wounded Dec. 29) Mr.

and Mi Nicolo Ballaro, parents, 13' Brooklyn Ave. K('K WORTH, Pfc Willis mi y- dead Mr. and Mi Rosser L. Beckworth. parents.

110-29 1.5th College pn.n CAFFERTY. Francis 2d marine corps, dead Mrs John F. I REAL ESTATE Grace Reveals Progress in FHA Housing Projects Of the 2,107 privately financed dwelling units called for by the National Housing Agency's WW forced down over neutral territory, re-read a telegram which came yes-Balesh was attending City Col- terdav afternoon. sibe for Man Dies L. ''Do I get a pension as Is going to make out his insurance about her future.

Sometimes wives WAR ENCYCLOPEDIA TRAINING A CAMERA-GUN is used in THE TRAINING OF PILOTS FOC AERIAL COMBAT. WHEN THE GUN TRIGGER IS PRESSED A MOVIE RECORDS 90TH THE TARGET AND THE GUN SIGHT, SHOWING THE ACCURACY OF FIRE IF BULLETS HAD BEEN USED. Dr. Brady Says: In moderate asphyxia, anoxia, oxygen deficit in the tissues, cells, organs, blood, from any cause, the action of the heart is impaired by want of sufficient oxygen, blood accumulates in the veins which be come more prominent or distended. and the relative excess of carbon dioxide in the blood overstimulates the vasomotor nerve centers in the lower part of the brain close to the medulla obIongata scueiuary, parasitic existence with- out physical work, play or exertion.

Moderate exercise increases metabolism, increases the absorption of oxygen from the air into the blood. Now bear in mind what the immediate effects of anoxia, oxygen deficit are weakened heart action, accumulation of blood in the veins and prominence of superficial veins, rise of blood pressure. Regular daily exercise, then, tends to strengthen the heart action, prevent accumulation of blood in the veins, prevent high blood pressure. Remember, this means exercise, play or work that is moderate, and not violent or strenuous exertion. The artisan at his trade, the woman doing housework, the white collar people or students walking to and from office, plant or school, Instead of riding.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS It Is Odd My experience with the ambulant treatment (of hernia) now amounts 0 more than 2M cases, and the results have been highly satisfac- iory. i am convmcea now mat the proportion of failures is no greater, as 9reat as the Proportion of nriA ft, inn I have vntired th cases my medical colleagues refer to me for ambulant treatment are patients who are poor risks for surgery because of diabetes, advanced age, heart trouble, etc. If the method is suitable for poor risks why not for patients who are gooa risKS- m. u. Answer Thank you, Doctor.

We doctors are funny that way. Today, of course, the ambulant (injection) office treatment is the method of choice in all but external hemorrhoids, and doctors who still subject Take My Word For It: Frank WORDS TO WATCH ARAB is not "AY-rab." The first Is flat as in arrogant, carrot. The second la obscured. Say: AR-ub. ITALIAN and ITALICS do not begin with the sound of "eye," nor should the prefix TTALO- ever be pronounced "eye-TAL-oh." All three words begin with the short "1" as In "it, Italy." Bue sure to say: l-TAL-yun.

i-TAL-iks, IT-uh-loe. COIFFURE Is a lady-word that Is usually mispronounced "KOY-fewer." The word Is from the French, In which language It means "that which serves to cover or ornament the head: arrangement of the hair." Hence, literally, a hat, as well as a hairdress, may be termed acoiffure. The accepted English pronunciation is: kwah-FYOOR. FINALE is an Italian loan-word much used in show business and by musicians especially, many of whom, I am sorry to relate, pronounce It "fine alley" or "fun alley." The word should be given the Italian pronunciation. The correct English and Italian pronunciation is: fee-NAH-lay.

important announcement: My lege when he enlisted in December, 1942. He has two brothers in the service, Pvt. Theodore, 32, a photog- rapher in aerial reconnaissance, and Warrant Officer Frederick. 26, who nas Ueen sutuenea in uuua lor two years. LT.

LELAND DESCRIBED BEAUTIES OF ITALY The day before he was reported missing in action Dec. 18, 2d Lt. Paul Leland wrote a letter to his mother, Mrs. Jack Leland of 145 Sea Breeze telling her Italy was the most beautiful country he had ever seen. He enlisted in the air corps In June.

1942, and went overseas a year1 and a half later. He attended New members of the Waves Is Dorothy J. Myers of 263 Parkside Avenue. Pfc. Alfred S.

Granese of 1344 85th St. was graduated from Kees-ler Field, as an airplane mechanic. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal has been awarded to Chief Quartmaater Joseph Robertl or 9 Merit Court for "leadership, courage and unfaltering devotion to duty. At his battle station aboard a destroyer when an underwater explosion occured, Robertl, "though painfully wounded in the leg, sisted in rigging an emergency and supervised the rei- toration of the bridge to normal operation," according to his citation. The Brooklyn hero, who has been in the navy 18 years Is now in Charleston, S.

following a tour of combat duty. Abraham Berger. 984 56th stationed at Camp Luna. N. was recently promoted to the rank of corporal.

Following completion of the army primary flying course, Aviation Cadets Berland, 446 E. 98th Thomas J. DaPrato, 319 81st Alfred Nyhlen, 773 55th St. and Raymond Spillenger, 4124 Bedford have been assigned to Enid army air field, Okla. flight training.

basic Willtt KnUhl ADDrentlce seaman Willet Knit'li 173 72d St. has been assigned to Great Lakes naval training station. A gunner on a heavy bombardment crew, Sgt. Abraham Katz, 269-A Vernon is completing last phase combat training at Al-mogordo Air Base, N. and will be sent overseas.

Recently home on leave. Sgt Sal- vatore Zingale, 191 Reid has been shipped overseas with the signal corps. Following completion of training at ine naval training scnooi ior yeomen, Stillwater, Virginia R. O'Brien, 200 Rogers Ade line Demoo. 3602 Avenue Gloria E.

Newton, 1916 51st St and Althea E. Weldon, 935 52d yeomen 3d class, have been assigned to active duty. ten-day furlough from South Dakota School of Mines, Cadet Arnold A. Paget. 2300 Kings Highway, will report to Madison, Wis.

for radar operation. Top man in his class in aviation radio, Murray H. Garvin, 168 Park-ville was awarded a rating of petty officer third class when he graduated from the naval air technical training center Jacksonville, Fla: He finished with an average of 92.79. S. Wsrdet N.

1. I Aviation Cadets Irving Wordes, 2901 Ocean Parkway and Natale J. Gangemi, 136 16th have reported for 18 weeks of advanced study in high-level bombardiering and dead-reckoning navigation at the army air forces bombardier school, Carlsbao, N. M. Both received their pre-fllght training at the air forces replacement train-ins center, Santa Ana, Cal.

In recognition of "technical efficiency Sgt. a Cohen, Weitz. 1569 St. John's Place and Pfc. Charles Hess, 339 Melrose have been awarded the army air forces technician badge.

Sgt Cohen and Corp. Weitz are stationed at McChord Field, Seattle, and Private Hess Is at Geiger Field, Wash. Seaman 2d class Angelo La-Mantia, 7308 17th is home on leave from the naval training station, Sampson, N. Promoted to rank of corrjoral on completion of the flexible aerial gunnery course at Laredo Army 97Fwd'JeX" Emllch' 2792 W. 3d St.

Recently appointed naval aviation cadets, Morris Lehrer, 71 Mauler and James P. Leonard 953 E. 19th have been ordered to the naval air center, tit -tra Pensacola. PI tor Intermediate flight training. SO Awarded a It I about 25 units are now in construe-j pltaI rooldyn 'and tne tion Thomas G.

Grace. State Di- family detached brick house at rector for the Federal Housing Ad- 101-46 48th Corona, to Gus-ministration, has announced. i an(i Pumilia for the Home Owners Loan Corporation. Dwelling units completed plus those undei construction will house Gain in Large Contracts approximately 8,075 persons who Civil engineering construction are either working in vital war tot continental U. 9.

totals $33,523,000 for the week. This Industries or are members of war vohunft not including construction workers families. Mr. Grace pointed bv military engineers abroad, out. "When the quota for the American contracts outside the n-Long Island area is filled.

country, and shipbuilding is seven homes will be available for 8,007 percent higher than in the he said. ing week, but is 57 percent lower This housing is of permanent than tne total for the correspond-construction and represents a Ions- ing 1913 week as reported to En-term addition to the local housing gineci ing News-Record. He is an onry son. lT- LUDWIG FLEW 1 MANY BATTLE AREAS The pilot ol a F'lving Fortress. 2d Lt.

Harry R. Ludwig had flown over Athens, Koine. Maples, mian. rrance ana inwruK, He naa received the Air Medal and wrote home Dec 18 that he'd "be all right." Germanv and his ine next, ua; now to hear that he i.s a semewhere. Enlisting in May.

1942. Lieutenant Ludwig, 23, wen: overseas late in September of that year. MORRIS MISSING I SINCE RAID ON FRANCE ZITJ nT Calais in northern Fr.tm Sergeaii: Morris was based in England, where he had been since the middle Nuu-mUer. and had written home Dec. 29 He never I made any mention of his missions or what hp was doll, his father.

Louis Morris ol fc. 19th St. Young Morris, 20, is a graduate listed October, 1942. "Whether I'm land, when mv tin or on Those words kept ringing in Mrs. Margaret V.

Ashlrvs ear: She'd had a telegram before tcll- ing her that her son, 2d Lt. Robert W. Ashley, was missing in action over northwest Germany near Kiel, but she had hoped he prisoner. Yesterday's telegram notified her the pilot was killed Dec 22. the date he first was reported missing.

Ashley joined the air force about two years ago. When he completed his training and went overseas Nov. 3 he 1 home about the thrill he had when i he went on missions. He was pilot of a B-17 called Steve, The 24-year-old graduate of Manual High School was employed in the Eay Ridge plant of the Sperry Gyroscope Company before he enlisted. Margaret V.

Ashley, mother 442 15th St. ASHWORTH. Sgt. Edwin Miss Edna Ralphs, cousin, 790 Argyle Road. BRENNAN, 2d Lt.

Lee W. Mrs. Hilda B. Brennan. mother, 99-58 5t Forest Hills.

2d Lt. Herbert- Bertha mother, 289 Empire Boule- BRII. Bril var' BRINCAT. Staff Sgt. Prank FENNESSEY, Staff St Edward Mrs Frr.nes.-ev, mother 31 Van Burcn St.

FI FV Ktnff Sot ntr.ro Mrs Constance G. Kelley, mother, 1 Ave Westrmrv. LELAND. 2d Lt Paul-Jack Leland. ther.

145 Sea Breeze Ave. LUDWIG, 2d Lt. Harry Mrs. John P. Albright, aunt, 208 Glen-more East Williston.

MORRIS, Staff Sgt. Harold L.Louis Morris, father, 1373 E. 19th St. VASKEL. 2d Lt.

Alexander Mrs. tain Ave. BAI.ESH, Sgt. Joseph Mrs Adele Balesh, mother, 570 5th St. BECHT.

Corp. Christian J. Mrs went, mother. 72-19 66th Arthur Doris nrrver. sister.

724 Lenox Road. MIKAITIS, Tech. Sgt. Alex-Mrs. Sophie Mikaitis, mother, 66 Powell St.

Arizona Photographs Spur Oklahoma Governor Oklahoma City, Okla. u.R Okla homa may follow the lead of other States in preparing and distribut ing color photographs of State iieauty spots, Gov. Robert S. Kerr has announced. He made the comment after receiving a folder of color photographs from Arizona's Gov.

Sidney P. Osborn. showing that State's scenic beautv. Oklahoma once had a State travel the S'ate to tourists After ears it was abolished. i 3043 i 16 Boro, L.

I. Soldiers Among 473 Missing Cafferty, brother, 1318 McBride Per Rockawav. t'ARBONE. Pvt. Joseph marine corps, missing Mr.

and Mrs. IiOuLs Carbone, parents, 254 Gold Street. OEHL, Donald Frederick, seaman first class, wounded Mrs. Grace M. Oehl mother, 28 Ketcham Amityville.

I'lCCIRILLO. Angelo Jerry, tor-pedoman's mate third class. missingMr. and Mrs. Alexander Pic-clrillO, parents.

144-22 156th South Ozone Park. RAPP, Patric Jeremiah, seamon first class, missing Leonard Rapp. father. 31-23 87th Jackson Heights. Zl'TBAttEN.

Herbert Thomas, ship fitter second ciass. wounded Mrs. Isabelle Zutraucn, mother, 188-30 120th Road. St. Albans.

centJy-formed organization whose purpose is to interest American busines in the postwar development of China, has leased space for immediate occupancy on the 51st floor of the RCA Building. Rockefellr Center, for its national headquarters. The organization has occupied temporary space on the 30th floor of the RCA Building since September. 1943. Thoma.s J.

Watson, president of International Business Machines Corporation, is chairman of the board, and Col. Richard O. Patterson, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, is president. Queens Transactions Broadway Affiliates, Inc. of Jackson Heights, sold the one-family brick house at 3345 70th Jackson Heights, to Charlotte Industrial Lease Bulkley ic Horton Co.

leased through James C. Cooke of its industiial department the 3-story and basement concrete building at 366 Pearl St. for the Home Title Co. to the National Aircraft Co. Inc.

for the manufacture of plastic products. 23d St- on P't 25x119 with an sseo valuation of $11,500. The mortgage in the sum of $8,000 and furnished the title insurance. deal of croaking at night. Their notes are so loud that they can be heard a mile away.

"In wet seasons, they go near houses and lie in wait for baby chicks. Sometimes they capture and try to swallow small' furry animals which are too large for them to handle. "When a person teases one of these creatures, it swells up so much that it might be expected to burst. It will follow its tormentor with slow, awkward leaps with its mouth wide open. When it bites, it holds on like a bulldog." I For NATURE section of your scrapbook.l Tomorrow: Toad Tadpoles.

To obtain a free copy of the illustrated leaflet on the "Seven Wonders of the World" send a self-addressed envelope bearing a three-rent stamp to I'ncle Ray in care of this newspaper. FEBRUARY 7, 1944 now ready for distribution. This 1 have mentioned several times novel and interesting test enables I In these talks about anoxia or oxy-you to test your pronouncing Q. gen deficit the most common causes and that of your family and friends, of the condition, in mv opinion are It's new in every respect, and Is (J) pollution of air by carbon offered today for the first time. See monoxide from atitombile engines If you can make a perfect score of faulty fuel-burning furnaces, heat-100 percent.

For a free copy, send art, implements 2 smoking 3 a stamped (3c), self-addressed en- sedentation, that is, pursuit of a officer's sword taken on Purata1 Fucco 'or occupancy and th one- soId Ab' Goldstein the four-lam-familv house 1707 vri st for l'v brick house known as 55 Bay Sland, USt Off the Bougain- rifle mainland, is displayed by' 'vAarine Sgt. Frank Albert of Jamaica Woodhaven. Uncle Ray's Corner Argentina's Horned Toads Swell Up When Annoyed Washington, Feb. 7 (UB The War Department made public today the names of 473 United States soldiers missing in action in the Asiatic, Central Pacific, European, Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific areas. They include the fol lowing 16 men from Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island: EUROPEAN AREA ABRAMS, 2d Lt.

Jerome Mrs Bella Abrams, mother, 1425 Greenport Koaa, rar Rockaway. ASHLEY, 2d Lt. Robert From Overseas EUROPE Navigator with ing fortress crew, 2d Lt. William J. Milton, 7815 Colonial Road, one of those rescued from the English Channel when his ship the Superstitious Aloysius crashed a few miles off the Britsh coast.

Promotions announced by the eighth air force bomber command include Ralph H. Wheeler. 523 Senator St. and Joseph Vinciguer- i. 232 Johnson St.

Both were rald from -staff to technical sergeant. 528 the eighth air force bomber command, somewhere in England, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal. Tech. 5th Grade Vlncei Gurge of 432 7th St. has rc the Good Conduct Ribbon.

Two more Brooklynites to win the Good rnnrinrt Jerry Quinones of 525 Dahill Road and CoT- 0S-Ph R- Buonfiglo of ion Mm a l. Isidore Prankel of 546 98th St. is now a staf' sergeant in the 15ti army air force. The Good Conduct Medal has been swarded to Sgt. Walter Moore Jr, of 1809 Albemarle Road.

supply, as wen as meeting urgent i artime needs. A large proportion of the war housing is financed through FHA-insured Title VI i mortgages and meets FHA require-j menu for structural soundness, livabllitv and location. in Recent Transactions Charles Buermann and Company sold the one-family dwelling, 1602 iStH lhc Home Owners' Loan Corpora- tion Tank Prezioso. Lease to China Council Commece and Industry, Inr re- brightly colored. Yellow, green ard brown are their chief colors.

Some of them also have red lines on their bodies, A traveler in Argentina brought back an account of these toads and here is part of what he re- ported: "Diii'lrur the breeding season. thev gather in pools and do great BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, TV ungainly HORNED TOAD I velope to Frank Colby, 3221 Hunt Ingdon Road, Houston, Texas. Ask for 1944 PRONOUNCING TEST. How You Can Help: Here are home front organizations that can use your services in the war effort. awvs Tbi Brooklyn Onit.

Ine mm to 18 mar 9 AWV8 st 147 Pierrepont St. TRUnslt 5-8361. VOLUNTEER BOND WORKERS Volun- ipeaken, typist! staff hesdanar-tphone Mrs. Orar the Kinss Ooun TRlantlt W25. KAVT STREET CANTEEN Mrs.

Russell V. cralkshsnk. chairman, asks for thfatn- Ucket. jteorda cakes. TRtanti.

5-6874. Fl'LTON-SUMNER CANTEEN VV kin cdvo. Register at th! 131 Livingston TRlsngla 5-8701. BLOOD DONORRn.il HI 57 willoutnbr t. TRlinsle 8-8040.

S-8140. 180 Pierrepont St. "XHKi 51 wu- 4-6001. the short- lOipltal eUetltlana, Red Crt CDVO. 131 Lltll I kind! of nun 1 Brooklyn nd Military ana-le Camps Telephone TRi- People in southwestern parts of the United States often call cer- tian lizards by the name of "horned Yet these animals do not belong lo the loan f.tmil may better be called "horned Uz- arris." Wandering dry.

sandv plains. these small lizards have tails like those of other lizards. No real toad has a. tail after it passes the tadpole stage. South America has animals which come closer to being real horned though they also are called "horned frogs," larpesi ooutn American horned toads live in Brazil.

They frogs. Each one has two horns on its head. The horns are not made of the I same substance as the horns of cattle or gnats. They are parts of the eyelids which stand out like little horns. Argentina also has homed toads.

I Thev are not quite so large as I Brazil, but are more htln' clamp and cautery" or other crude P-g eln installed in farm surgical atrocity are just plain die-oouses in Eire. 1 hards..