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The Brussels Post, 1955-08-17, Page 7HOUSE OF ANTENNAE—It looks like the folks at Round Hill mansion in. South Dartmouth, have gone TV crazy. But actual- ly, these aren't TV antennae at all. They're being used by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop long-range, point-to-point radio communication. The giant "corner array" 'antenna is beamed at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1100 miles away. The dish antennae are for UHF transmission, of, voice signals. These new broadcast methods are being developed to supple- ment presently overcrowded conventional transmission bands. Water Bombs Away! The college prankster who somehow thinks it funny to drop a paper bag filled with water on or near s'omebody can find a future in' that sort of thing now if he wishes. Canadian for- est rangers have found that an enlarged version of the water bomb, using a laminated paper• bag and dropped from a low- flying airplane, can check or control a small forek blaze un- til ground crews can reach the fire to extinguish it. The bags, each holding 31/2 imperial • gal- lons (about four U.S. gallons), are often dropped in "strings" of eight. Now, using a different type of plane, the foresters believe they have improved on the 'first system. They have equipped a plane with a 240-gallon water tank which can 'be tipped to dump the load in three or more installments where needed. The water is said to be the more effective because it reaches the ground in the firearea as a fine rain. Now, watt' till, the rain- makers get hold of that idea! From The Christian Science Monitor. COALMINE EMPLOYERS BACK IN THE AIR — First German-made,. aircraft since the end of World War II is exhibited at the Fifth Annual German Air- port Day at ,Bremen. Called the "Motor-Raab,"-it's a glider-type plane powered by a Valksvvagen engine. It flies for five hours on five gallons of gas. tions due to external factor: which are impossible to control have also developed. For exam- ple, in one particular instance, four 'fields of red clover were laid out and varying numbers of honey bee colonies were intro- duced to them. One colony was placed in one field, two in anoth- er, three in another and five col- onies in the fourth field. In the first field the harvested seed yield was 115 pounds per acre, and in the second field the red clover produced a yield of 226 pounds, per acre. In the field where three colonies had been added the yield dropped "off to 195 pounds per acre and in the five-colony field the yield was 186 pounds per acre. A check field where no honey bees had been introduced produced a yield of 60 pounds per acre. * * At first glance' these figures appeared to indicate no advan- tage in adding more than two colonies of honey bees to this specific acreage of red clover. However, closer investigation „, proved otherwise. It is believed that seed yield would have con- tinued to increase with the in- crease in honey bees had it not been for competitive crops such+ as buckwheat in the area. Pos- sibly other factors sh6uld also be considered as responsible for the drop in seed yield at' the three colony level. Harvesting loss could in some cases • be as high as 50 per cent, and the density of the red clover stand could have varied somewhat between the fields. At any rate there was a decided increase in seed yield where bees had been introduced over the check field, of red clo- ver. * A Another factor contributing 'to higher seed yield is the control of injurious insects by the use of insecticides. Control of these in- sects by the application of toxa- phene ' appears to encourage' honey hees to forage for nectar and pollen, resulting in greater seed set. Cured By a Tickle A 13-year-41 French boy who has been mute for ten years re- gained his speech 'after being tickled by his foster-sister. He, is Robert Pignot, of Montaigu, near Poitiers. At the age of three, the boy , suffered a physical shock and became mute. Doctors who ex- ' amined him could not find any physical cause.. What in the beginning looked like a passing phase, however, developed into a chronic "condi— tion. Robert was brought up in a school for the deaf and dumb ,at Poitiers. • In September, 1952, a warm-, hearted well-to-do lady, Madame Devallois, adopted him and an- other orphaned child, • Odette Fouganey, three years his junior. One day, while playing with her foster-brother, Odette start- ed teasing him, and tickled him under the arms. While laughing heartily until tears streamed , doWn his cheeks. Robert cried: "Stop it, Odette—stop it! You are hurting me!" The girl ran to her foster-mother, crying: "Mother", mother, Robert can speak!" "I didn't believe her at first," said Madame Devallois, "until Robert hurled himself into my arms, crying, 'I can speak—I can speak!'" Robert now goes to an ordin- ary schodl like other children. SM 521 -5al a A a O N a N 9 3 3 N N 5 azi 3 3 3 a 5 Zi V 3 5 35 .1. H O a 3 O S d I 3 3 3 3 H ZI J. 3 11s 0 - W A d, 5 3 3 9 TO VISIT RUSSIA — Shah Mo- hammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran is prOnning to make his first visit to Russia / at the Kremlin's invitation. Covemen Of Norway Deep under the mediaeval for- tress of Akershue, overlooking Oslo harbour, there has just been completed one of the biggest air- raid shelters in the world'. -Blasted. out of solid rock with the help of terelve tons of dyna- mite, it is more than 600 feet long and can give shelter to 3,000• people. Above the shelter is a layer of rock averaging about 60 feet thick. In peace=time the authorities hope to use the shelter which has cost $200,000, for exhibitions, storage, and other purposes. An- other big underground shelter built in Oslo recently is now' housing. Norway's biggest furni- ture exhibition, and last Decem- ber a dhristmas fair was held there! A third vast Underground warehouse being built at Eke- berg, Oslo, will be ready next' auterine. More than 6,06,000 cubic feet' of rack have been blasted out to *lake theSe under mountain' cheinbeiS. Altogether there will be 48 storage rooms of )here than 6,06 square feet each Immediately outside' the entrance ere Otiaye and road and tail deriinetnicia-, tides. The niiciergreetid warehouses Will be let to merchants, who will, of course, have to evacuate them "if they are Wanted for Mere Intent purposes. Faille IS the eeelitiese Sufi'' flower • with gaudy crown Of gOlde but friendship is flit breathing rose,, SWeett hi every 011eek Fitotti4 .FRAGRANCE' Seri Walker, 6, Will have to Waif: the lee -Melts befeeti get.. Ong a whiff this AuStralialt native 416We.6 The 111964i Was shipped` iii 'e Bieck ,;or :lee ter . at thebierirnOnWedith, Exhibition and ,Meirktit She*. fit Landeri., The Dizzy One Tying The knot ^4,4•••,44 It, barcla, • Warren 0.0. A solid- matrimonial 'tie should certainly result •f.roro. the way in which a wedding was carried. out neat' .Christchurch ,recently. In the, small town. of .1'0i0reit the :registrar found that he .had, to perform the ceremony In five • languages' The groom ybras. a Greek who knew only 0414 two words of English; he had lived most of his life in 13.11Ssla. and. Germany, and• had only .0erroan. identity papers, The bride. had been .born and brought up In China, had lived in Russia for a number of 'years, and had even. less command of failed and, the Italians retreat- The only available witnesses" to. the tying of the nupital knot were Cypriots and Poles. SO in order that everyone present would understand what he. was, talking about, the registrar :per* formed the .ceremony first in. gnglish„ and- then in German, French, Greek, and Russian, the last-named language,. fortunately, being understood by the Poles. The bride wore blue., ••!••••••••••71!" Loyalty Under Difficulties. Psalm 137: 1-6: Daniel 3-1843 Jerome nermart Peano better known as "Dizzy" to admiring baseball feria all over the Owl- try, is. even better behipd, the Mike than he was on the mound pitching for the old St, Louis. Cardinal gas-house gang in the thirties — and higher praise than that bath no diamond enthusiast. Ted Shane has dug up a Dizzy Dean anecdote most feins never heard before, Seems the Dix once bet a crony two bits he could fan Joe Di IVIaggiO's big brother, Vince, every time he faced him one afternoon. Vince obligingly whiffed his first three times up, but On his "fourth trip to the plate, lifted a harmless little pop back, of,the plate. Dean hollered to his' catcher, "Drop it, or I'm ruint!"-Then.he burned over the next pitch for 'strike three. Dizzy Dean thinks he knows hew Red Russia could, be brought into line, "I'd: get me a bundle bats and balls and learn them kids behind 'the Iron Curtain how to pray baseball instead of totin' rifles and swallerin' lies. And if Joe Stallion ever learnt how much dough there was in the concessions at a ball park, he'd quit commanism and get into a honest business." Several methods of growing Pullets have proved satisfactOrY. Such details as sufficient space In pee-and range shelters and plenty of hopper space are, per- haps, more important than the actual method of rearing, provid- ing the birds are reasonably well fed. Pullets are being grown en- tirelyindoors with satisfactory reatiltai The use of shelters on grass range, however, is more iopular than confinement rear- ng with pullets hatched in the spring. I Experimental work shows that, it is not necessary, and may even be harmful, to force the growth and development of pullets with very high, protein feeds. On the other hand, severe restriction of feed may be equally harmful. If aOme feed restriction is practised it is necessary to dispense the feed in measured amounts in 'troughs or on the ground, since restriction on the basis of length of feeding time is relatively in- 'effective in retarding feed can- sumption. * I * , DOWN UNDER A visitor from Australia walked into the Rolls-Royce showroom and paid cash on the line for the most expensive li- mousine model. "Ship it to my sheep ranch outside of Sydney," he instructed the sales, manager. A year later he was back to order another car. "Best model I ever saw," he exclaimed, "and you can quote me on that. I particularly approve of the glass partition between the front and rear seats. Most ingenious fea- ture of the whole car." "Why do you say that?" inquired the Rolls-Royce representative. "It's like this," explained the. Austra- lian. "I roll that window up,. and I'd like to see the damn sheep that can lick the back of my neck while I'm driving it •to market!" MelnerY Selection: He with deliver us out of thine band, U king, Rut if not, be It knOWIN unto thee, 0 king, that we svild not serve thy gods, nor wor- ship the golden image wait* thou hest set up. Daniel 3:17-18. Only one who has been an exile can fully appreciate Psalm 137. "To hang your harp on the willow" is a well-known saying. `Mow shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" The exiles were loyal to their home country. They lived in Babylon but their hearts were in Jerusa- lem. As the years went by •their longing for 'home increased. A letter from Jeremiah warned them against the false prophets who said the time would. be short. He urged the people to build houses and plant gardens , and adjust themselves to the land. "Seek the peace'of the city pray unto the Lord for it: for in peace thereof• shall ye have peace," God meant this exile for their good. "I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord: — they shall return unto Me with their whole heart." 24:7. The faithfulness of the exiles' to God must always come first. Their co-operation with Baby- lon was not to be a compromise. When the Hebrews were requir- ed with the others to bow to the god when the music sound- ed, three young 'men refused to bow. They were given another chance. But they would not be— come idol worshippers. They an— swered in the bold words of the memory selection. Their iiVes were preserved in the fire as one like the Son of God walked with them. Another testimony was given pagan Babylon. God was with , the exiles. It was a' better people' who later returned to Jerusalem. They had been refined and purified in the furnace of affliction. We still have this faith: that God through affliction blesses His people. We learn some lessons there that we can learn in no other way A satisfactory method of rear- ing pullets with a minimum of labour, is followed at the Can- ada Department of Agriculture Experimental Station at Freder- icton, N.B. The method involves full feeding of mash and' grain On ranges, with free access to oyster shell, grit and water, Large, well constructed feed hoppers which require little at- tention, are used on range. Mash, oats and wheat are fed in sep- arate hoppers, or in separate compartments of each hopper. The birds balance their own ra- tion, and a much larger propor- tion of grain than mash is usually eaten. The pullets are housed and fed a laying ration before egg production exceeds five per cent. the top, turn them• upside down and make hems at the other ends. They will look like new because the end near the roller is rarely soiled. Q. How can I make a liquid glue? A. An effective liquid glue• can be made by putting naphtha into a bottle and dissolvnig shellac in it to the consistency desired. Q. How can I give aid to some- one for sunstroke? A. A first aid remedy for sun- stroke is to loosen the clothing, get the patient into, the •shade, and apply ice cold water to the head. ...Q. How can I get rid of ants? A. When bothered with ants, try taking, some camphor' gum, breaking it nito small pieces and scattering it around the haunts. It will keep them away. Seed yield of red clover defin- itely increases up to a certain' point as the numbers of honey. bees working the field for pollen and nectar increasee. A repOrt frOm the Bee Division; Canada Department of, Agriculture, in Ottawa: substantiates this rela- tionshin between seed yield and honey bee populations. It is em- phasized,' however, that recom. mendations cannot as yet be made as to how many bees are needed to produce the largest possible seed set. 4. Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Observations have been made on honey bee activity in red clo- ver over the• past few years, and although some 'satisfactory sults have developed, complicit- 13,278 of the 18,050 persons employed at coal mines last year worked underground. The 4,772 surface employees worked an average of 237 man-days 'dur- ing the year, while under- ground workers averaged 191 mart-days. "No thanks, I won't have another—I'm flying." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking How Can 1 ? • By ANNE ASHLEY What puzzles us is how a fool and hii money got together in the first place. Lives With Bullet, Imbeded in Heart "Between death and Amedeo Galli," wrote an Italian journal- ist, recently, "there exists a non- aggression pact." This is hardly an exaggeration., Amedeo Felice Galli, a fifty - eight - year - old bookkeeper, has had a bullet in his heart for the last forty years, and is still going strong. He sustained it during the First World War. In May, 1916. he was a soldier in an Italian In- fantry regiment, ordered to make a bayonet charge against an Aus- trian position. The attack was heavily.repulsed, and the Aus- trians maintained a bombard- ment even when the Italians had retreated. Galli was one of the few sur- vivors, but was left lying on the battlefield, unconscious and ap- parently dead, when the attack English than her fiance.- ed. To the village of Goria Minore went a message that, Galli had fallen in action. The Austrians, too, believed Galli was dead. Indeed, they were just about to bury him when one of their doctors noted that his heart was heating; very faintly, but definitely still mov- ing. Galli knew nothing about all this. When he eventually opened his eyes with the familiar words, "Where am I?" the reply, from Professor Steinmaurer, an Aus- trian surgeon, was. "Vienna Hos- pital, my friend. You are alive by a mirqls amend Iait ought to ffi be put in a useum." Galli remembered his name and the circumstances of his wound,, but his surprise was enormous when he discovered that he had been unconscious for almost a year: the month, in fact, was April, 1917. Steinmaurer, who was intri- gued by his case, took the 'oppor- tunity of the arrival of new X-Ray equipment to give him an examination. At first- he could not credit what he saw, and looked twice more before he could believe his eyes.. Yes, there was definitely a bullet in Galli's heart, wedged in the right-hand ventricle. The bullet is still there today. Now and again, he becomes un- conscious for a couple of hours, when the bullet takes a certain position less beneficial to his constitution, but on the whole he is a remarkably fit and active man for fifty-eight years—and a miracle for a man with a bul- let in his heart. He is married, and has children. CROSSWORD ...PUZZLE 7, Bed eatotiles DisC4114t 9.0n the stimmit • 10. Gambling game 11. Not this 16. :Tiihabitantk suffix 29: Great lake 22. More sensitive 23. Gentle stroke 24: Ma filer 25, Bothet 27. Surrade of cloth 2, t4 teectling nights • 2, Party 4, N*VtilitS 5, AotS Out Of sorts Bi Graft 28. Article' 29. Doleful` 31. 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Massage with al- mond Oil, or ,a gOod face cream, and keen regplarthabits.- Q. How „can I make candles took antique? 4 A. An antique'' effeet can be obtained by brushing bierevri floor staineaVer white candles. Q. How,. cat I clean photo- graphs that are soiled from dust and handling? A. Wipe thein, with a Wad of cotton dipped in a solution' of ware) water" and ammonia. Wring, the cotton before aPply- nig, Then dry the. photograph With. a elean. eleth, Q. Ho* can I remove Perspir- ation stains', A, Try sponging with gad white vinegar then Wiping dry with a SOft clean 'elOth. It the persPitation hea changed the tel. ,,of • the fabric try touching, • With ammonia. Q. HOW can easily Skill ea. tetoeat A. Beibre peeling new Pete. teee,Or Peadhee,, plunge them iii bailing water for about a half. Minute, then drop than in cold Water. The peelings will Slid Olt easily. How can I tot More Wear hilt of window Shades? A„ If they net washable;, take' the shades Off the teller * 14011'1AUNDit it Hottest laandry bperatiori' Is at the Atdrille Energy' Hanford, filditt, Water 'absorbs atomic kddialintt coming from handling equipMent which being repaired. Hooded and masked "laundresses" Cii•eactudlly- re idle fethiiialant and sciefitiiiii etiiployed" by General 'E lectra.