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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-05-28, Page 2av , G,ellns Pound Beachcomber The air ,jo'urney of nearly a Pillion dollars' worth of diamonds "-front ,lava, ii,nterupted when the • :a?apanese shote ' down a Nether - /ands liner' over Northern Aust- ralia, :has been complete .-thanks to a beachcomber who 'wanted to ,Join the Australian army.. The packet of gems was aboard one of the last .planes to leave Jaya; ..early in March. Japanese fighters attacked the Craft north of Broome, 'killing pine ; passene gers:.including' 'a woman and her child, but the pilotmanaged a ,,Crash: landing on: a°beach: • A search' -failed to turn up , t"he Inlssil diamonds and they were given up for lost until the;,beach- .comber appeared at •Breeme with, ., them ,,stuffed in 'two' ":Lame salt sad pepper shekerte. , He stumbled upon 'them w1i17e `' starching the wreckage for food - gin ' a 160 -mile hide to Bioome, •. to .low the . armed services. s• , • The diamonds now axe inthe vault of the Conimoniiaeal'th Bank of Australia, to which they were consigned, and . thebeachcomber in the army. - .r� oA Growing Plants • ,Without 'Earth To; increase the •war Supply ot fresh- ,:vegetel lesR,„,People • ,in. • Bri. , tarn.. are trying out hydrophonics or the science'• of growing plants - ,. sit water containing chemical •_food , British Industries Biulletin'., reveals. - . _ .._ Several .experiments have ,been caned . out by British scientists with various systems of water Cul- ture; One •inethod.' i§ to' 's'ti end the plants iii a wire tray over a. tank 'containing ,.the nutrient sol- ution, fntct'•which' the roots drop. In other systems which have yield." ed.teed results .planta . are- grown nr saiid, • gravel- or clean cinders to . which the , nutrient solution is • The simplest 'method of all .is . the-•'Barraestateririg-'-sy;tem_ssidehe_ requires tlo special equipment. All that- ;is .needed is a barrel • for the nutrient gplution, u'dniinistered 'by' an ordinary water, .can.. in • measur- ' • ed doses to .'planta ,grown in pure= washed sand' 'in; pots or ,, well- , drained beds. • • • Numerous experiments :bbth,out of . doors and underr glass have eenterita s Fr1 'ale sk ,:3ad eti;1est, „.f1tnSl. Yietilty )-rias been ound`iu getting from eight to' ten pounds of 'tomo- . ' toes per plant: • Equally satisfac- • tory ytefds'.of.. carrots,. turnips,, . po- tatoes lettuce rind 'othe.r, crops' have been. 'obtained.. ' World Challenges Spirit 'O'f' Youth • Theyer . y- fns acu ' rity and • un- certainty'r of the present day world' should 6e "a challenge to the spirit;. of youth",'. Rev,. D. M, , : Grant told graduates of Da'Ihousie University' recently. ,`' •' " "Tou are venturing forth into. - s world which is almost•.roeking on • its: f ourrdations, :in ; an age that is characterize& by bitter strife and turmoil . and in a day that • demands the best in body, mind and heart that youth ciao give," Mr.. Grant said. "If you would contribute as you can and should to the well-being of the'.nation and • tire world,, 'Ye "who are men, serve the "Lord' -and in serving,' Him you serve humanity." , He told the student they, need lever .be -ashamed -of-the history of .the Empire, "but its • greeted chapter is yet, to be written.'' "And *it. remains for youth-- withits boundless optimism,. its buoyant 'hope, its unshakable faith ,God -to write that chapter," he declared. • Armed ' Forces To • Get . New Rations Members of the Canadian Army ,I :and the Royal': Canadian Air Force will cut down on bread- and' meat and potatoes and stock up on foods of hi&her vitamin content under an amended ration scale disclosed by National Defense Headquarters. .The new diet goes into effect June 1. One of'its chief features ' is en increase in the fresh milk ration. Grapefruit juices and fresh • oranges 'have been added, to the old scale. . Ham has been added as an exchange ration, an alternative for beef, a standard commodity. Where the • prevent standard ra- tion now_ calls for 14 ounces of beef, and the same quantity of bread and potatoes daily per man, the new scale calls for only. •12' ounces of each of these : eo,nmodi- ties. On the other hand the fresh (milk ration'has been raised' from lb ounces -per $ 1' n o m t 1 i. The sugar allewahce• : has been cut from three to two'i ounces daily fox each man, but this :'still leaves the service an with . two Donees toiore each week than the civilian )who has ,ala of a :,pound.' OM. CONVQY'SS EYES • IN FOG BLANKET • Hovering protectively over a"U. S`tro-op-ship; ecnneethere-otretire---Atlantic,--'Na •-blifnpehelps_gna1•d convoy. carrying troops and supplies bound for one of United Nations' many battlefronts. • ' (Passed' by censor.) . Japanese • -Volcano Erupts . Violently Asama-Yama, the largest active volcano in Japan, about. 100 miles northwest of Tokio, erupted with great violence not long ,ago, do- ing ~tinestimated •--dam age;•• 'aceord- ing to the Berlin radio'. The • broadcast, quoting ' dis- patches, from Japan, said -the erup. tion was the worst in 'many years and the German -controlled Bruer. sets • radio characterized' it as "a catastrophe." A thick rain" of ashes blanketed the countryside for miles around,, the' Brussels version added ' ' Asama-Yana, regarded as the most treacherous volcano in Ja- . pan,• has a long History of erup- tions, the worst :of which occurred, in 1783,,lasting 88 days and kill-' ' ing thousands; Following. this 'outburst the do1- 1-_cann was comparatively -quiet un- til 19084. When it awoke to re- newed violence. Parties of sight- seers were killed by sudden erug tions' in 19.1e and 1912. . • ' ' Since thenits activity hes been manifested . largely ' in 'occasional. showers of stones and ashes., ' The mountain is 8,2$0 feet high and has, a:.cra.ter three-quarters:oi T'''.'%t4 vel a te-ov'i.`leustid43 U�i•� "8e felt in Tokio and Yokohama, Can in May and December. HOW CAN Q.: How can _ I stiffen scatter rugs? ' A. By stretching them tig• ht . and true, . and then, tacking face • down•le ri k the back S n P, s gener- • ously with a • .solution._ .made.. by.. ;dissolving 'Ja pound of flake glue . in 'ii -gallon" of waters . This should be prepared in a double boiler or -a container surrounded ..by hot water. Allow the rug to dry for twenty-four hours. , Q. How can I make notes oi • alterations on blueprints, or auto- graphs, or memos on snapshots? A.' Dip a pen into a solution of ordinate bicarb'onate'.-of soda; and the ' result wiII be gratifying. Q. How can I make a grainy, cake icing creamy? A. If a teaspoonful idvinegar is • added to grainy cake' icing,it will render it creamy. ' Q. How can 'I ..mend the broken wire of an electric light globe? A. It can oftentimes be mended by tut:pinyon the rrj�urrent and tap- ping light ,; -on- the side of the lobe with the • in e � This f g r. Th s caused' the broken wire to vibrate and touching one of' the other, wires while vib'rating,'' it -becomes weld; ed. Q. How can I give a different flavor to apple pie?' -' A. Try' grating a little orange rind into the sugar. Sprinkle this over the.. apples .in the utual way, and sae what a different and de- lieiops Meet it "ir►tfsar%s: '" Hitler Makes Visit .TO Napoleon's Tomb. • A description of ho.w the Nazis, 'from F'uehrer Adolph Hitler down to the cornn}on soldier, react•. to their first contact with Paris has biouglit`Ifeek -be 'art Ameri- can woman who escaped from 'oc- cupi'ed'Trance. German soldiers, officers "'arid cabinet ministers' are now making' themselves at home, in hundreds of places..which were familiar to.. Americans before 1939. . Hitler, for instance,' she reports, made his first visit to the Historic siteb 'of .Paris between 3 '.and 7 .. . a.m; so ethat hie , whereabouts Would not be kndwn to the public. His visit to, the Opera House at 4 , o'clock '" •one morning almost frightened the. watchman' out of his wits. Hitler insisted on in- specting every corner of the .his- toric' .building, from the mar' e foyers to the dressing, rooms' back :stage. ' Then he gave an order to have the 'edifice scrubbed from' top' to bottom, and issued a state- ment that it was the finest build ing in Europe , Have You •Hea'rd?. There isa story going around of a big tough citizen who being- erenti'y walked, into .a store 'and demanded' a'„new truck tire. For a gag, 'he *as sent to a trucking _.ep cern „ .w.,here _ he _ repeated fila request. • "Sure," he was ptold, , "we'll sell you• e new tire." i he was .hand-. ed one •and told the 'pr'ice would be $10,030, ' ' , "What!.". 'yelled the, belligerent • `buyer, " •"Why, of course," the seller ex• • plained. "That's. $30 for the tire and $10,000' to . pay the Federal fine: he: "Darling, it's just a .yeai today •sinceour honeymoon, when we spent that wonderful day on the sands." • ' He: "We never thought then that we'd' be' spending our' first anniversary on -the rocker."' 7 "Both 'acts offended the French," the woman said. `.'They liked. the lira .Tan'.w-,iT'4f:•i<��`.0=¢i' i=��.'Ha}"3iS'' apologized for the Opera House as a bare jue inonostrosity. • ` ' "Hitler's next calls were at 'the Invalides and 'the tomb of Napo-. leen, his patron. saint. He has had. the tomb raisad from the crypt to the gresiind ever German�soldier-issre ,wand y required by 'military order to visit it, Lines , of these, troops, 'les touristes , 'as theFrenchcall them be seen 'can daily lining up for blocks to carry out these orders with proper awe•• Struck admiration:" r , Jap Planes Drop Prisoners' Letters Japanese planes, flying , high, over . Fort Moresby, New• Guinea, dropped a packet of four 'Hundred letters from 'Austiralian prisoners in enemy -held territory; the 'Mel- bourne radio reported in a• broad= cast heard by CBS. The letters were dropped April 28, the broadcast said,' and since have been forwarded to their ad- dresses by Australian Army au- thotities, Beakers Many British housewives, tein- porarilj+ .relinquishing . the sltruggle to 'replace broken crockery in, the usual manner are '.buying beakers .handleless cups-iu. tead of cups . which are becoming ' more and °morescene.- •- -. -- •. ., - . BIG SALE OF. SED AT: CARS NDERSONS Drastic Price Reductions See last week's paper :for big ,list. Your transportation paid on purchase HURRY! HURRY! ii:flS:ON: • MCLAUGHLIN•BUICK - PONTIAC DISTRIBUTORS • 186$ Danforth Ave. • ', $77 Yonge St. ONTARIO. '• 1041 Bay, St. • TORONTO • Sub -Contracting In War Factories Skill and Accuracy Noce"; Bary. In "Bits-and-Ptecee" Program An interesting example of the --success•.of:.subecontraetfng iii •`guar work, known to the Department Of Xunitions and Supply as the Obits -and -pieces" : program, is • that of an'Orillia, Ontario firm. .b'orin- erly known, for its marine:, en- gine!, this, company has taken on other lines until' •now engines, though still important, are only a :Part of the plant's output. • ' Despite the cry for quantity_ production of • •war • • weapons,. . m.etic`ulous. Measurement is 'the role. As , an example, a 'steel at- tachmerit for a gun turned out on this 'firm's .lathes,;has to be accurate 'wzthiz} 1-10,000th of en inch. No larger a margin' of er- ror is ,possible, for even a hand laid on this. particular •steel bar pori t'liree-`or-faur- minutes• -would cause sufficient' expansion to in- crease its size. • . •, * • • • An " oral exami.rliation . was in progress. The professor picked upon a dumb -looking character for his first questions. "W h o signed the Magna Charta;?" No answer,. • In taking on more of this Gov- ernment• precision work, the Ori)- lia firm asked to be supplied with asset of gauges, in order that the extra checking might be done at the benches before the _official in- spectors' visits. He was informed that only one set of; gauges used by the Government 'inspector;.waa'i. available. in Canada. So the come pang, .received permission:to fabri- cate 'a set. Now it has its own gauges that will measure' down to, i-20,000tii of arelinch. As, rejected parts,' in addition to the loss 6f tide and. effort in their' 'making,, become nothing more than scrap,. the importance of the closest possible Precision la. readily seen. In this Ontario fee:. tory, 'the return of 'defective parts. has become, almost a curiosity, and an event. From a recent' shipment of more than 6;000 Pieces: to a Government' plant, ' for instance, not• one.. piece' was 'rejected. 4, • • This company is now busy on contracts covering approximately fifty different "bits'; andpieces" essential to munitions'. output. They include various parts for naval and field guns, as. well as machinery • and ;: inspection fix- tures. • • • t c'e i;naiffat a urts,._ No answer. "Where were y, ou on Monday?" "Drinking a beer with a friend of mine." "How doetou expect' to pass this course if youdrink beer when you are supposed to be in class?" "I don't, sir. I only caine, in' to fix the electric heater," , At a club gathering held in Concord, - New Hampshire, one Couple , proved to be champion, contestants. The , wife won the rolling pin contest; Her •hu'sband was fleetest in the 30 -yard dash for men. Creeping downstairs in his bare feet, the' householder surprised an intruder packing the family sil- ver into a bag. "By Jove, a real burglar-'? • I say,.wait a minute, will you?" ° "An' you'll call a cop!'' snarled the .'burgler.: "I don't think.". • '''Oh, no; only while I Scall my wife. She's heard' you every night for.20 years, and I'm' sure it will be 'a real pleasure to her to meet you at last." . ' 't'Bi11-"1:hear theyhave taken the early morning train off your route. Do you miss John -"Not sines thy • have taken' it off!" • "Pa," .said the !.toy, looking up from his book, "what does a man's. 'better half' mean?" •. "Usually, my sone' replied the , father from behind the evening paper, "she means' .exactly what' she•'says." - . Teacher: "Now, Freddy, why, does a polar beat wear a fur coat?".. Freddie: "Oh-er, well I suppose he would look funny in a 'tweed one!" ' Fish For Rubber , Eire must fishfor rubber. The supply is so short that coast rest- dents estdents are asked to report all rub- ber washed ;up.. It id considered the; only source of additional sup- plies. RNlieves IYI�NtH[,Y FEMALE P Women who suffer Bain of egttlar Periods With erankY nerousn ess.-• due to monthly functional disturb- • • antes ehoute find Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound ,Tabiete (truth added Iron) very epeotiye to. relieve each ltlatrees. Plnkham'RTab lets made especiang for woman help Mind up resistance 8 ainst such annoying symptoms. Follow label direction, Made in Canada. GROWN IN SUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO What .Science Is Doing RADIUM AND BOMBS . The -Memorial Hospital of New York; •one .of the largest Tinstitii- - teens in the world. evoted to the treatment of -cancer; has decided -note-to-bury to --bury _:its _nine' grams ..of . radium in case of air raids, despite , British• practice. Five grams. will. ,be kept,<.in a safe 'resting on hed- rock in the sub -basement, and .sur-' rounded with concrete two •feet thick. Four grams are in a 600= pound lead container, known as a . "pack," which is also .well pro- tected. . • FERTILIZER Lightning is useful as well as,• "frightening; Pathfinder -quotes t scientists . as saying. • Ito, has been estimated estimated • that the some .4wo• lion lightning strokes annually. re-' lease 200,000,000 tons of nitro- gen from the air in the form of nitric acid, ' to helpfertilize the earth. SHRIMPS . Of the . half a million eggs laid by a single .shrimp in her • time, an average of only two sur=. vive, yet thatis sufficient to sup- port an •industry with a $15;000,- 000 • annual take, according to Lealon- E. Martin'. Jr, , in "Natural History" . LINOLEUM A. young. • English inventor; Frederick, Walton, got the idea for linoleum' when he left, a pot, of paint uncovered, and the sur- face hardened into a rubbery film. shot. In •rn'anufacturing this :small' projectile, only a few •inches long, a dozen operations • are involved, demanding accuracy in weight to within three' .drams and in dia. meter :to within a .minute fraction of an inch. The Orillia factory is ptod'ucin, •g fah mdreds• of --stets a day, and eveine must: be weigh- 'ed•and measured beforegoing go n to the. Government plant .for further testing. A' particularly interesting ma- chine'in uee at the factory calcu- lates the hardness of steel. This is •dono by a diamond to •Which a pressure of 130 kilograms 'is' ap- plied, and! a gauge indicates the penetration into the small block. of steel. • This penetration is se slight It • is virtually invisible 'to the naked '. eye. Air -- indicator 'shows just what pressures are re- 'quired to cut . this particular 'steel; As part`of the big "save paper" drive • one, of Britain's Biggest rail- ways is issuing half-size single - journey tickets, This railway ,uses more than 5,000,000 single tickets a year. ' • ' Modern .Etiquette do g eats at- a hens" or' week -end partCeascertain when they areexpected'•to arise - in . the morhing? • • 2. When . one receives a 'forint' invitation, ' and is',Veitbusy, wouldn't it be all right phone the hostess one's acceptance? 3. Isn't it all right to talk to ,'one's companion while a motion pioture is in progress? 4. What should be the keynote of a wedding ceremony that is •be-' ing performed' soon after a death in the family' of one of 'the''prin elite's? ' 5'. May ' one ever 4eave the spode •standing in the'coffee cup? 6. How should • 'the visiting card of a ,doctor' and his wife Answers 1. It is up to the hostess to let them know when to arise and ' when breakfast and the other meals • are to be Served. The•'tact- ful guest .usually can acquaint, himself very easily with the gen- - eral routine of the house.' 2. . Never. ' A formal invitation re- quires an answer on note paper, acceptance or regrets written in. the third person. 3. No. It is extremely rude and 'ill-bred to • do so, as' it is sure to, disturb other_;' persons nearby who are listening to the play. ' 4. Simplicity;, and only a few 'near relatives and in- timate • friernds -should attend. . There should be , nothing elabor- ate in the flowers, decorations, or the procession. .:5.'No; the spoon should be placed in the saucer. 6. , Dr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Young.' If you are looking for a . ,market that pays 'the last cent for Cream, .whip to • MacF10ETERS CREAMERY TORONTO Shipments, Mild for .promptly.' • 24hp. 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