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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-02-12, Page 6U.S.S.R, Soviet land attack to capture oil fields would follow these routes 7 Baghdad Pact Nations (Pakistan not shown) „se Airfields capable of tie headline largest etteteeie 1?0 614er The 44 13ig Wiley" Moves To Cuh4 DEVIL'S SOUP KITCHEN—More than a drop in the bucket to weigh in the balance against Russia's increasing steel pro- duction will pour from this huge, new, open hearth furnace at Republic Steel's works. One of two new open hearths at the plant, it will help add some 788,000 ingot tons of steep capacity annually to the nation's steel-making potential. Dwarfed by the mammoth machine, a steelworker, circled, is about io tap a heat of steel, which will run into the 400-ton ladle below him,. Slag will pour off like hot fat on homemade soup and slosh into smaller bucket. Keeps A Snake To Catch. Mice!: In ,Suffolk County,. Long Island,. New York, there two. flocks. -of geese" which aren't in the least worried about ending up as din, ners. They're too useful to .be- come table birds,. .as they earn their keep weeding strawberry. beds. One farmer,. who finds them cheaper than human labour, says, "When strawberry plants are small you can hoe round them. But after they put out runners it is more difficult. We put the geese in the strawberry !beds in July, They eat all the grass-type weeds and those they leave are not troublesome, And they have never touched a strawberry. One flock. cost $60 and kept a. one-acre plot free from weeds. throughout the year, When men were employed to hoe a plot of the same size three times, wages came to $75, A British oil company with installations in. Kent has a flock of sheep on the pay-roll. They'ee more efficient than a mower at keeping the grass short, and. their costs less than a man's wages. Even snakes' can be of use and save their owners money, In the -East they are often trained to guard jewels, There's at least -one man in England, too, who thinks a snake better value than a cat when it comes to keeping down mice, Not long ago it was reported that Mr. David Brown of Alexan- dra Villas, Brighton, kept Betsy, a six-foot South American boa- constrictor, in his kitchen, where. she dealt with the mice. A Colonial official who died in Narabi a few years ago used -to- spend a great deal of time 'and patience in training wild animals never missing. Ile never went near the station at other times! Doesn't this suggest that dogs possess a certain sense which man canna quite undertandV' Dogs have often, proved them- selves faithful unto death Three Chinese children were once trapped in a. fire in the heart of Liverpool's Chinatown in the top storey of a house. "Their pet dog displayed al- most human instinct and intel- ligence," reported a neighbour. "He barked furiously, waking the mother, then gripped. the children's clothes with his teeth in a vain attempt to drag them from the blazing bedroom. He was found dead beside their charred bodies, although he could easily have escaped on to the roof." "Dogs constantly do things which seem incredible to human understanding," an expert on dogs told me. "They have very retentive memories." Those who think that dog- lovers are sometimes too senti- mental about their pets have evidently not experienced the lengths to which understanding between dog and man can go. Dash, a retriever, was the hero of an amazing feat. His young master was caught by the tide under the Tors at Ilfracombe, Devon, and managed with diffi- ctilty to scramble up to a cliff ledge where he dropped, ex• haunted, Search for him continued vain- ly for hours when suddenly Dash rushed up to the search party and barking furiously led them to the cliff edge to a spot from which it was possible to rescue the young man. "The strange thing is that the dog had not been on the beach. with 'me that day," said the owner. "He had come out on his cwn account, and found me." After he had been gored by a bull on a farm, a man was saved from death by the courage of his collie dog, Prince, who attacked the beast and drove it away. Prince then dragged his injured master back 200 yards to the farm-house and stood by whimp- ering while he received surgical treatment. place one in each hole, cut side up. Serve on lettuce, garnished with pickles, olives, etc. Serves 8. With the Lenten season upon us a few suggestions regarding fish dishes might be timely. The following have all been thoroughly tested and found good. * Nine Year ICI Non-stop Eater the tourist trade into a MO. million-asyear industry. Batista confidently eneets drain off tourists not only from Miami, but from Las Vegas as well. With legalized gambling, I3atisia can offer the tourists something that Miami can't — and, for thousands of Eastern tourists who want a little action for their money, Havaea will be a, great deal easier arid quicker to get to than is Las Vegas., The money has already begun to arrive in big bills, With it has .come a flood of American gamblers, dice operators, hood- lums, and hangers-on, "You walk into one of these new gambling joints," said an experienced American reporter recently, "and it's like walk- ing Onto' the set of a Grades B gangster movie. Every thug you ever saw east of Las Vegan who can get up the plane fare is walking around one of these ' casinos in a white silk evening jacket acting like a head waiter," Among them: Meyer Lansky, old-time New York gambler, one time associate of Frank . Costello, Benjamin. (Hugsy) Siegel, Joe Adonis, Longy .Zwillman. Harry (Lefty) Clark, Detroit- based gambler who left New York State after three months in prison - and a .$2,500 fine for running illegal gambling in Saratoga. Tom McGinty; Prohibition- days bootlegger from Cleveland, once half-owner of a horse-race track at which the bets were taken in the form of "contribu- tions" to get around the gaming laws. Under Batista law, these men — and hundreds of others like them — are pillars of the Cuban gambling world. They make the rules, such as no drinking- at the blackjack tables and no bet- ting unless nu have the money. New casinos in the $6 million Capri Hotel and the $12 million Havana Riviera were opened under the new law, The two men Hogan wanted to question, Trafficante and Silesi, both were angling for the gambling concession in the $24. million Havana Hilton Hotel, which has not yet opened. (The Hilton Hotels chain has set up such stringent standards for its casino that the concession still Las not been let.) The connection c: Use two- with the Anastasia killing was impli- cit. They might well know some- thing about the rumors that Anastasia had been shot down to keep him from moving in on the new lush land of gambling.— From NEeVSWEEK. DRIVE WITH CARET. When the word got around re,, cently that Frank S. Hogan, dis:- blot attorney of New • York County, had sent a Teletype Ines- sage to every police department in the U,S„, seeking the where- abouts of two -of the country's top professional gamblers, there was nothing but amazement in every gambling joint and horse- parlour erne San Fean.ciscots Barbary Coast to Manhattan's West Side, "You. mean Hogan doesn't know where those guys are?" said the fast-buck boys. incredu- lously. Where else would an up- and-coming U.S., gambler be nowadays except in Cuba? Sure enough, that's where the two men were, giving interviews e short while later -with all the injured innocence of • men who can't be subpoenaed, "I speak more in pain than in anger," said one of them,, Santo Trafficante, a tall, calm gambler who wears glasses. "I'm not hide ing. The next time I'm in New. York, I'll be more than glad to call on Hogan." The other gambler, a husky, bright, eyed man of 61 named Joseph. Silesi (but called "Joe Rivers"), was terser: - "Tell Hegan from me he can drop de-ad," Silesi said to re- porters. Hogan explained that he want- ed the two men only to ques- tion them about the still-un- solved gangland slaying of Al- bert Anastasia, "Lord II i g li Executioner" • of Murder, Inc., who was murdered last October in the barbershop of a New York City hotel, The whereabouts of Traffi- cante and Silesi attested to a new way of life among those who know they can beat the odds on a roulette wheel: The big money has moved to Cuba. The reason is simple. Ever hungry for the America dollar, dictator-President Fulgencio Ba- tista put through a law in 1955 that legalized gaMbling — a law specifically. designed to bring in money from the U.S. Under the law, the Cuban Government promised to match, dollar for dollar, hotel-casino construction operations costing more than $1 million. It. waived corporate taxes on such operations for e period of ten years; it waived impart duties on gambling equipment; it granted special work permits to gambling-house employees. Under this program — which will cost Cuba an estimated $600 .enillion,— Batista hopes to build An unusual - combination is diced boiled potatoes with shrimp. If this appeals to you, this is the way to make it. Shrimp Supper Salad 5/ cup ripe olives 2 hard-cooked eggs 11/2 cups chopped celery 2 cups diced. boiled potatoes - 1 cup cleaned cooked shrimp 3/2 cup .mayonnaise 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 teaspoons grated onion .4 teaspoon salt Lettuce Cut olives in. large pieces. Dice eggs, Add celery, potatoes, and shrimp. Blend mayonnaise, vinegar, onion and salt, Add to salad mixture and mix lightly, Serve on lettuce. Serves 5-6. PULL 'EM UPI — Packing• his artillery in the rear, the Three- Cornered Kid is the roughest critter out Moseley, England, way. An expert at the bottom draw, 18 - month - old Alan Goodwin totes a shotgun just in case his gun belt should slip. Small Car Sales Getting Bigger Helga Schultze is only nine years old but she has present- ed the city council of Munich with one of its biggest problems: she can't stop eating. In order to meet hex food bill her father has asked the city council far help and listed the following as a "normal" day's food supply for little Helga: two pounds of meat, six eggs, three pounds of oranges, two pounds of bananas and four pounds of potatoes. After putting this away Helga usually complains that she is still hungry. Surgeons who examin- ed the girl said her digestive tract is too long so that no mat- ter how much she eats she will remain hungry. They cannot operate until she is twelve years old. Perhaps even worse is the affliction of a woman in Muizen- berg, South Africa. She is a non- stop sneezer! Day and night this convulsive habit afflicts her, and her usual score per twenty- four hours is seldom less than 400 shattering atishoos. She has tried all sorts of remedies, in- cluding special smelling salts and putting a magic charm, such as a set Of naive beads er a mon- key's paw, in her pockets, but they all fail. A doctor has suggested that a change of air, some vigorous sea or mountain breezes, might work the trick. Barking Dog Saves Marriage It was such a trivial matter tee the young newlyweds to quarrel about while on their honeymoon, He wanted, to call the little fox terrier, which had been riven to them as a wedding esent, Spot, She insisted that Sammy was a much nicer name. - They argued. So heated did their bickering become that the allele Putney seemed to sense that their silly tiff somehow in- Volved him. He curled up sadly $n the rug near the TV set, azing at them alternately with .oulful eyes. suddenly a dog barked in the ellm the couple had planned to watch on TV before their argu- ment had begun. The set had 'been switched on and they had only been vaguely aware that the film had begun. Their little dog barked back at the film dog and then ap- proached his master and mistress in turn, wagging his tail excited- ly. Each fondled and stroked him. The film was forgotten. The eyes of the young lovers met, each smiled, and then they kiss- ed ;while the puppy snuggled down on the settee between them. The couple now tell their friends they are sure their clever puppy knew what they were quarrelling about and deliber- ately answered the film dog's 'bark to distract them and bring them together again! t Every dog-lover is aware that this is no far-fetched story, that the dog has wonderful wisdom and often seems able to read the :very thought of his master or mistress as well as understand their words. All the world was thinking about a clog soon after the an- nouncement that Little Lemon had been sent hurtling into space in the Russians' second satellite. Everywhere animal lovers are discussing — DOGS. Their „faith- fulness and devotion. Their brav- ery and nobility. The mind and the apparent reasoning powers of clogs. While out for a walk with her pringer spaniel, Mark, recently, Mrs. Irene Berryman, of Cam- 'borne, Cornwall, suddenly felt the ground opening under her feet and she started sliding down towards an old tin mine shaft, flooded with water hundreds of feet deep. Luckily she had Mark -on a stout, four-foot lead, for he ,scrambled clear and held his ground, preventing his owner from falling into the chasm, "Back, Mark, back," she or- dered, and gradually the clever dog pulled his mistress to safe- ty. "He seemed to understand when I wanted him to pull," said. Mrs. Berryman. Can dogs read thought? This question was asked and answer- , red by a Munich dog expert not long ago. He maintains that tele- pathic communication is possible between men and dogs, that dogs have frequently shown that they can think and that they have an undoubted sense of humour. A British dog lover tells the story of his fox terrier which was his inseparable companion when he was living at his coun- try house. But sometimes the owner would spend a week or even a fortnight in his London ]rouse without his pet. , "Although my return to the country was never announced and was at irregular intervals, the terrier would go to the rail- way station one and a half miles distant and wait for me on the platform," said the owner. "No matter what the day or the hour of my arrival, he was REALLY LOADED — In Spain, elbow-bending can be a stren- uous a'fftiir: This eXpert displays the proper way to drink from a "porron," a glass wine jug, at a roadside cafe near Barce- 'sena. The giant container, which , weighs 50 .pounds when full, must-be held at arm's length. The wine is caught as it squirts from the slender spout. The proprietor, offers free drinks to anyone strong enough to handle• a full load. Sales of midget cars are be- lieved to be nearly 5 per cent of the diminishing total of all car sales right now. This estimated percentage in- cludes the American - made Rambler as well as foreign small car imports. It's close to the figure that presumably would interest the major domestic man- ufacturers in tooling up for small car production. Zooming small car Sales at a time when big car sales are slow- ing down suggests that Ameri- can motorists are becoming econ- omy conscious at long last. Sug- gested also is a possible point of ditninishing returns in gaso- line tax boosts to finance ever expanding road projects. Higher taxes won't produce more rev- enue if their only effect is to put more of these- little puddle jumpers on the road. —Daily Oklahoma. $ * * Curry Dressing 'for Seafood Salad 1/2 cup chili sauce 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice ell teaspoon curry powder 1/2 cup mayonnaise Combine all ingredients and pour into serving boats. * * • The Waldorf tuna salad served with bread and. butter sandwiches and Roqu of o r t cheese, is made with red apples used with the peeling left on to give added color. This recipe serves 6. Waldorf Tuna Salad 1 can tuna 4 small red apples 11/2 cups diced celery 2 tablespoons lemon juice Mayonnaise Lettuce Core and. dice apples and add lemon juice and toss. Add diced celery. Peer off oil• from can of tuna and dice. Add tuna to appleeeelegyeeinixture. Chill. Add M.'ayengaise fust-belVelerving on lettuce. * ' * * This salmon salad uses small, cream-colored. shell macaroni as one of its ingredients. Seashore Salmon Salad 4 ounces shell macaroni VI. cup flaked salmon (a 7-ounce can) 1/2 cup diced celery 1/2 cup diced sweet pickle IA cup salad dressing Salad greens Chopped parsley Cook shell macaroni in boil- ing, salted water until tender (about 10 minutes). Drain and rinse in cold water. Combine macaroni, salmon, celery, pickle and salad dressing. Toss lightly to mix well. Arrange on salad greens; sprinkle with chopped parsley, Serves 4. • * * When serving salad in tomato shells, the slice which you have taken off the stem end of the tomato before removing pulp to make the shell may be reserved and used to top the salad. If you prefer, simply pile the salad high in the shell and garnish with ripe olives, slices of hard- cooked eggs or cucumber slices. Lobster Salad in Tomato Shells 2 cups diced, chilled, defined knelt lobster (two 61/2 -ounce cans) (step diced celery des elm mayonnaise eel cup sale cream 2 ealatatetedpetifie pirepeeett Mus- e tomatoes Salt 4 stuffed olives Lettuce . Combine lobster, celery, may- Min-else, tour dream, and mus- tard and mix Well. Cut a elide off the stem- end of ton-lades, scoop out pulp and sprinkle edit inside. Fill with lobster salad. If you want td 'use the slice of tomato to top your salad, det out the center of the slice and replace on salad; cut stuffed otiteS iii half Creseteist /shell to perform useful functions. One of his greatest successes was a zebra, which he rode as a polo pony or harnessed to a trap. He also taught an ostrich to draw a rickshaw. During the last war, though they were never actually used, pigeons were trained in England as suicide bombers. Early in 1944 these birds were taught to fly down the beams of search- lights. Strapped to their legs or at - tached to a harness on that' backs, was a small bomb which could cause considerable damage to- the searchlights. Most fashionable and best-paid animal career of all, of course, is on the stage, screen or tele- vision. Hoosier, a cockerel, was in 1951 given a long-term contract by a Californian radio station. His job was to start crewing at dawn to encourage people to listen to the early news pro- grammes. Another popular ani- mal personality on TV is Archie, an ant-eater, and for quite a time. Laura, a lobster who waved a friendly claw, had a consider.- able fan-mail, In Britain, several' cats, dogs and birds have made names for themselves in show business. These animal stars ever). have then' own, stand-ins. Guest of honour et the recent premiere of a film was a goose. The 8.15Z.A. were in attendance to make sure the bird was happy. Most pampered animal star of all is probably Elsie, the glamour tow, Who advertises e IS rand. of tanned milk. Once elle was gent froth irew York to Holly- Weed' hi a spedat railway car, together With her own 'make-up experts,. who had given' her false eyelashes, rouged lips And A powdered hose, INDIANS 0 WARPATH-Armed tthit 'ang ry IndionS the. Lumbee tribe advance -ore as 'Kit Klux hieffibee. lights -lest,.befare- they Weed shot out by the Indians at .Maictorie, during an eittetek ae KKK rally. The raid wOrs believed to. krive been -Canted :biy. TWO, troSiburiiitias, last week, taut' persons were by strciy. .buifetii, • STRATEGIC POSITION OF tlePitat--brie -reason Britain is Cletelleiliect to hold the Crown Many of Cyprus is that the Jsland contains one of the only four tire befeee in the Middle East capable` of teccoreireddatirig The largest modernbombers (see leleWtitiap). Of the bases, two—at WlibelUS Field in Libya end Dhahran in Saudi Arabia—eite American: The :U.S, has only transit rights at the latter. The Viith bate at Maftet,, Jordan, tot been evacuated. Thus 'Britain' tatteldere Cyprus vitally teat-key to her tahlniitnierits f6 the Baghdad Pact nations and as a deterrent to passiliA aggression, against the world's tidiest. all