HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-07-25, Page 7High Wind*
Scientists who hove carrelloit
out recent research into wine,
their cause and effects, say
there is reason to believe that
in the most violent stomp tits
speed of wind at the centre May
exceed 259 r041,4.
Gusts of 120 caused the
3,,290-ft, Empire State Building
in New Yeric to sway four
inches, from the vertical during
a hurricane in 1938,
During a' 'high wind at Ilfra-,
eOrnbe in 1923, a Pram contain-
ing a four-month-old baby was
blown into the harbour fifteen
feet below, landing right side
up in the water Two men who
heard the mother's cries leap-
ed into the water and kept the
pram afloat until a boat arrive&
and the baby was rescued.
A British doctor who lived
for twenty-five years in Para-
guay declared that the north
wind that blows in that part aC
the world - a dry, tropical
wind from Brazil - often has ra
strange effect upon EuroPeans.
"When it has been blowing
for some time without changing
it begins to set their nerves on
edge. During the north wind the
number of woundings and mur-
ders is greater than at any
other time." Some Uruguayans
call it "the murder wind."
THE END
The three polar bears Were
sitting on an iceberg.
"Now," said Papa Bear, "I've
got a tale to tell."
"I, too," said. Mama Bear. "I,
too, have a tale to tell."
The lttle polar bear, sitting
on, his part of the iceberg, look-
ed at his parents and said, "My
tail's told."
Negro Migration.
There i a widespread bn-
pression that the problems of
race, segregation and Integra,
tiOn are confined to the South,
ern states,
Such is not the case, With
Negroes flocking to the North
and to the West Coast, the
population pattern of the
United States is changing and
the problems have moved from
the regional to the national
stage..
Chica go, for instance, the
Negro problem is considered
one of the two greatest chal-
lenges facing the city, , .
To clarify the r situation, The
Chicago Tribune assigned one
of its writers, Roi Ottley, Negro
author of books on Negro prob-
lems, to write a series of 10 ar-
ticles. What reporter Ottley
found is revealing.
Referring to the- movement
north of the Negro, Ottley said
history records no comparable
mass movement Within a coun-
try.
World War 1 quickened de-
mand for Negro labor in the
North, but until 1930 there was
only one northern city with a
Negro population of 100,000. To-
day there are 12, with New
York, Philadephia and Chicago
pushing toward a million each.
Detroit, Cleveland„ Pittsburgh,
and St. Louis have nearly half
a million. In 1930, California
had only 80,000 Negroes. Today
half a million live there, mostly
in San Fransisco and Los An-
geles. •
One migration stream flowed
up the eastern seaboard to New
York. A second went from
Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
sipi to Chicago and Detroit, and
a third, out of Louisiana and
Texas, poured into St. Louis and
Chicago.
Nearly 5,000,000 Negroes have
moved out of the South and the
migration continues d ail y.
About one-third of the Negro
population of the Tinted States
now lives in the North.
Ottley points out that the
shock effect of this migration can
hardly be calculated, but the
social and political implications
are profound. The lure of jobs
and "both the fact and myth of
northern equality" played roles
in the migration. .
Edwin C. Berry, executive di-
rector of the Chicago Urban
League, says "Chicago has the
biggest Negro ghetto in the
United States. In that ghetto
they have segregated every-
thing. There are even 23 segre-
gated public schools, although
this is due to residential segre-
gation, not because of school
board policy."
Ottley reported that in the
North 85 to 90 per cent of Negro
children go to schools where
the student body is completely
or predominantly Negro. The
child attends the school nearest
his home. Thus' migration has
changed the school patterns in
the North.
What is the over-all signifi-
cance of this great migration?
To the South, as the trend
continues, it means a lessening
in the intensity of the Negro
problem.
To the North, it means a
mushrooming of problems,
To the American people, it is
now a national problem, So far,
no acceptable general solution
has evolved, - Ashevelle (N.C.)
Citizen,
ONE WAY OUT
In Poitiers, France, stuck with
a 32-room chateau he could not
sell because of high repair costs
and real-estate taxes, Louis Vuil-
leurnier despairingly bought 130
sticks Of dynamite, blew it up.
ture is available the daily use
of water by a short grass crop
is nearly equal to the daily eva-
poration from a standard eva-
poration tank, The evaporation
varies from almost nil during
cool, cloudy weather to over
one-third inch on hot windy
days. The mean daily evapora-
tion is 0.2 inch in June and Au-
gust and 0,25 inch in July. Con-
sidering the main growing
period for May to September,
inclusive, the total water re-
quired for evaporation is about
28,5 inches, of which 9.5 inches
is supplied by rainfall' during
the same period, To produce
optimum growth of grass, addi-
tional moisture must be avail-
able either as stored moisture
or as irrigation.
* • •
The amount of stored moisture
in the soil in early spring de-
pends on the precipitation dur-
ing the fall and winter, and on
the capacity of the soil to hold
water within reach of the grass
roots. Sandy loans can hold
1.25 inches of available water
per foot of depth; medium
loons can hold 1.75 inches and
clays about 2.25 inches of water
per foot. The depth of penetra-
tion of grass roots depends on
the rooting habit of the parti-
cular crop, and on the thick-
ness, height and development
of the stand. Lawn grass roots
are confined mainly to the top
6 to 8 inches whereas those of
pasture and forage crops may
penetrate to a depth of 3 or 4
feet. In the latter case, the
available water held in the root
zone of a medium loam would
be abqut 6 inches.
* *
In many seasons rainfall and
stored moisture provide about
half the water required by a
well-kept turf, and supplemen-
tal irrigation must be applied if
growth is to continue through
July and August. Irrigation is
usually started on pasture and
forage when 50 or 60 per cent
of the available moisture is
depleted. Evaporation losses are
high if water is added in fre-
quent light applications. On the
other hand, heavy applications
causing runoff or loss of water
below the root zone should be
avoided. A grass grown for pas-
ture or forage on a loam soil
with a water use of 0.2 inch der
day should receive 3 inches of
water ,,either as rain...or irriga-
tion every 15 days. On lawns it
would be more economical to
apply one inch of water every
5 or 6 days than to apply the
same amount of water at more
frequent intervals. If a sprink-
ler is used it is a good idea
to check the rate' of application
with a series of •simple rain
gauges, or in the case of lawns,
to read the water meter and
work out the mean depth of
water on the area covered by
the , spray.
NOT MISSED
.
Sources of supply for hashish
were originally in the Middle
East, but more recently it has
been cultivated in the New
World: Jamaica, Mexico and
isolated parts of the United
States.
,Mexican and U.S. anti-narco-
tics agents were unable for a
time to find out where the hemp
was being cultivated until they
turned up the international list
of methods' of concealment used
and came upon the name of-
Russell Pasha.
Russell. Pasha was the British-
born director of the Narcotics
Bureau in Egypt before the war.
One of his first actions was to
ban the growing of poppies from
which opium is extracted. From
opium is derived other drugs
such as laudanum, heroin and
morphine.
' In spite of no visible splashes
of, white and mauve poppies,
along the banks of the Nile, the
supplies of opium and other
drugs remained undiminished,
Staring at the innocent-looking
crops of wheat and other cereals,
Russell Pasha got a hunch.
He chartered a 'plane and
flew up and down the Nile and
soon spotted large patches of
flowering poppies hidden in the
middle of the taller crops.
After reading Russell Pasha's
report in the file, U.S. and Mex-
ican agents took to the air and
were soon destroying large
hemp crops in Louisiana and in
Mexico. And to bring it full
circle to. Russell Pasha again-
in the high mountains of Mex-
ico they found secret poppy
fields!
Addicts pay big 'prices for il-
licit drugs. A British witness a
few years ago told the world
Expert Committee on Addic-
tion-Producing Drugs that one
laudanum addict had paid a
peddler $7,500 for a single
ounce. This was an exceptional
price paid by a man in the
power of the drug.
But heroin sometimes changes
hands at $100 an ounce in Lon-
don's underworld. Cigarettes of
marijuana, called "reefers," are
sold 2s. 6d. to 15s. each in the
West End,
Prices are higher in America,
where drug addicts are esti-
mated to ntitriber 60,000 (Brit-
ish estimates are 4,000 at most)
and where the illegal traffic
arriotints to more than $500,000,-
000 a year. Neroin sells in the
U.S. underworld for $100 an
Ounce. Drugs' are claimed to be
responsible for half the crime
in U.S. Cities.
Spurred by the huge profits
to be Made in this evil traffic,
smugglers will continually think
tip new Smart smuggling girr ,
mielts: But fortunately all such
are Short-lived.
'Tor years," Said the Went-
An, know Where My
htiaband .spent'evenings', One
night I got lion* early am'
there he was."
Barclay Warren. WO,
Suffering as Christians
Peter 1:39; 5:641,
Memory Selection; Casting all
your care upon him; for be careth
for you. 1 Peter ii:7„
illirA1N FRONT
Job,
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n is tuned to the business of learn-
Notional Music Camp's mbriagerie.
relative - the fawn's father.
Smuggled Drugs. In Camel's Hair
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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substitute for tobacco and dis-
covered that it contained the
seed of Indian hemp. It was not
until canary-keeping had grown
astonishingly popular that war-
ders asked themselves why the
birds were half-starving and
the prisoners fighting mad.
Not even the slickest and
neatest smuggling coup is proof
against a slice of bad luck. A
big American ring had worked
an elaborate plan to land V,-
500,000 worth of narcotics, main-
ly hashish and heroin, in an
American port. An important
part of the scheme involved the
reproduction 'of a municipal '
dust-cart into which the parcels
were to be thrown, hidden in
garbage. Unhappily for the
smugglers, a genuine dust-cart
was on the wharf and the smug-
glers threw their drugs into it
and the plot was uncovered.
Shortly before this huge haul
Boston customs officials seized
$75,000 worth of opium on a
ship in 'the Barbour: It had been
hidden in flour bags.
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Everyone has a measure of suf.
„tering during 1110 lifetime. One.
lady I visited was very bitter about
her suffering, As she lay on her
bed year after year and watched
others walk by hCr window she
complained, "It isn't cricket." Her
attitude aggravated her suffering,
It made it more difficult for the
others In the house, too.
My next Icall was, a lady dying
with cancer. Strong drugs were
given her to dull the pain. But her
attitude was so different. She was
thankful that years, ago she had
serrentiered her life to Jesus Christ.
She was trusting In Him now. She
was thankful for friends and all
God's goodness,
Why the difference? The one was
concentrating her thought upon her-
self and her illness. She looked at
God only to accuse Him. The other,
though suffering more intensely,
lied confidence In God's goodness
just as she had when she was well.
The experience was a trial of her
faith. She was true 'in the trial.
There are other forms of suf-
fering, too. Maritial unfaithfulness,
and children's selfishness will
cause severe heartache. Neighbours
may "think it strange that ye run,
not with them to the same excess
of riot speaking evil of you." But
Peter said, "If any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be asham-
ed; but let him glorify God on this
behalf." He also said, "If ye suffer
for righteousness' sake, happy are
ye."
If we live by the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ we can be frt.'
umphant in suffering. Such a VIC•
torious life is a witness to others.
Some, when afflicted, have decided
in a passive sort of manner, to
make the best of it. One lady later
determined to make the most of it
She began a telephone ministry.
She called the sick and those in
trouble of any kind and in a cherry
voice gave them a message of com-
fort from the Bible. She helped to
spread the sunshine of God's Word,
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It is generally known that
young fresh pasture grass has
a higher feeding value than the
same grass at a later stage of
its growth. D. H. Heinrichs re-
ports that an experiment at the
Canada Department of Agricul-
ture Experimental Farm indi-
cates there is a marked dif-
ference between the protein
content of various grasses and
that this difference increases
'with pregressive stages of growth
and maturity.
• • •
The protein content of Fair-
way crested wheatgrass, Sum-
mit crested wheatgrass, brome
grass, intermediate, wheatgrass
and Russian wild ryegrass was
quite similar in May, at the
early leaf stage, varying from •
a low of. 20.1 per cent for Fair-
way to a high of 21.3 for inter-
mediate wheatgrass. At the
shot-blade stage differences be-
gan to show up. Brome grass
had 17.1 per cent protein, Rus-
sian wild ryegrass 16,4, the
Fairway and Summit wheat-
grasses 14.2 and 14.8 respective-
lyand intermediate wheatgrass
11.7. • • •
At the flowering stage the
relative differences were even
greater. Brome and Russian
wild ryegrass had dropped to
10.4 and 11.5 per cent but the
wheatgrasses were down to 6,6.
'This indicates that for good
quality hay the wheat grasses
need to be cut well ahead of
the flowering stage.
• « *
By August and later, Russian
wild ryegrass is well above
any of the other four grasses
in protein content and contains
7.1 per cent even when left
standing until the following
spring. Fairway crested wheat-
grass under the same conditions
drops to 3.4 per cent.
* «
In carbohydrate and fat con-
tent, these grasses differ less
widely but Russian wild rye-
grass and brome grass are less
fibrous and more palatable to •
grazing stock later in the sea-
son than the wheatgrasses. • * *
From the pasture manage-
ment standpoint, crested wheat-
grass will supply good early
spring grazing, intermediate
'wheatgrass and brome grass
good summer grazing and Rus-
sian wild ryegrass, which re-
tains a high nutritive value at
maturity, will provide the best
pasture for late summer and
fall. • • •
Measurements made at the
Canada Department of Agricul-
ture Soil Research Laboratory,
over a 4-year period have
shown that when ample mois-
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The British police officer as-
sisting the Egyptian Govern-
ment in its efforts to curb drug
traffic was very puzzled. Some-
how, in spite of every vigilance,
large quantities of hashish, mor-
phine and .heroin, from Egypt
were reaching. Casablanca and
Tangier. How was this deadly
drug being smuggled out?
For weeks the answer evaded
him: Then he was struck by a
most singular fact: The price of
camels Egypt had suddenly
risen to unwarranted, heights.
Investigating further, the Brit-
ish officer discovered that cam-
els being used to cross the Sa-
hara from. Egypt to Tangier and
Casablanca were only making a
one-way journey. They never
came back!
A few more inquiries supplied
the answer: metal capsules con-
taining the drugs were fed to
the camels before leaving Egypt
and lodged in the creatures' stor-
age compartments. On reaching
Tangier and Casablanca, the un-
lucky camels were killed and the
capsules recovered. Each camel
had been tarrying up to $15,000
worth of narcotics.
After the ingeniout dope
smugglers had been rounded up,
the officer wrote a report for the
the United Nations Commission
on Narcotics so that it could
warn all member nations to be
on their guard against this re-
sourceful ruse.
Instruments used by police in
desert countries to - day t o
"search" camels for narcotics
include mine detectors a n d
fluoroscopes with which police
and 'customs officers can search
inside the animals.
The international list of known
dope smugglers and their tricks
is one of the biggest and most
effective weapons used by the
world's nations in their battle
to stamp out the deadly narcot-
ics.
. Recently, American narcotic
agents smashed a large sinug-
glin ring which had been bring-
ing opium into California from
Mexico. The smugglers packed
the opium in large tins labelled
"Tomato Puree" and took it
openly across the Mexican-U.S.
border in motor lorries.
Each load had several genuine
tins of puree which could be
'opened for inspection if neces-
sary. An alert customs official
noticed that the puree he inspec-
ted wasn't fresh enough and ask-
ed awkward questions r which
led to arrests.
For eighteen, months wardens
in a Canadian jail tried to stop
morphine being smuggled in:
every safeguard was apparently
taken, but still the AddictS in the
priSon. managed to get .their sup-
plies-. The loophole 'waan't spot-
' ted until one prisoner made too
great a fuss because his shirt
had not come back from the
laundry outside the jail.
The morphine had been cein-
ing into the priseri ironed into
the collars of newly-laundered
shirts. tacit collar had a week's
supply of the drug which addicts
sniff.
Much recent smuggling has
been of hashish and its kindred
drug, marijuana: Also known as
Indian hemp, hashish is extract-
ed from the Indian hemp plant.
Marijuana "("Devil's' Weed") is
derived front a South American
plant.
Smugglers have racked their
brains to find new ways of get-
ting hashish and itiatijnana past
vigilant customs and polite-
and Very Often failed:. yet,
ptikitiqi.$ lit the strict-
est supervised jail in America,
the grim AleatraZ, island. prison"
Of San F'rancis'co, were only tee
ObViottaly getting liberal' suppl-
la of hashish., Moreover; they
were 'getting ltitilte openly arid
With the tirietniSCIOUS help of
the governor and WarderS.,
The prisoners' had. been keelj,
'lug Canaria. 'Some Of thent
gall smoking the bird-Seed AS'a
so.
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TRAPPED '00R' i4i1INE''‘DATS - Jean Margetts, 18, "Of75Unnyvare,
Calif., is comforted by, her mother, Mrs. Lavfrence Aargeets, at
General Hospital in Salt Lake Cit, Utah. MiSS"Mcirg6ttt had just
been rescued froM the wreckage of an auto where she had been
trapped nine days without food or water. Her fiance, James. B.
Nixon, Jr., 22, was found dead about 15 feet from the 'car.
When Eddie, the noticeably
slow-moving and inefficient
clerk in a small-town 'general
store, wasn't in evidence one
morning, a customer asked,
"Where's Eddie? Ain't sick, is
he?"
"Nope, he ain't sick," replied
the ,proprietor. "He's just not
working here any more."
"That so?" responded-, the
curious villager. "Got anybody
in mind to fill the vacancy?"
"Nope," said the proprietor.
"Eddie didn't leave no vacari-
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