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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-06-11, Page 3• •##—,04: Big Ford Plant. Dazzles flussians Hard On Cats In Glendale Glendale's City Councils ba4 „enacted one of the Inas) problem.. ,.tic ordinances in the history or California municipal affairs From now on, the number of 0.13 UAL Ktak,-A ,kR,145.09 4 pne,property, to limited to three. toistelhas metal yr esItlattscitVeiteenda tow hdi ejt tend its sound latent against numerous citizens who, for rea- sons ranging from all the way from sheer sentimentality to legalistic regard for feline rights, . thought it wouldn't work, rsition had had their experi- ences, some ol the op- posit'io'n This correspondent remembers a man who let the number of eats on his property get well beyond the three mark, In fact, the last time he counted, the total was 45, ',Chi', reckoning prompted him to conclude that he had about 45 too many. So he put the oats in bags, put the bags in the back seat ,st his automobile, and set off for some distant woods. On the way, the cats got out of the bags. They climbed up over the back of the front seat. The more affectionate among them draped themselves around his shoulders, He couldn't drive very well, He turned around and went home. Glendale's lawn-misers pro- vided no relief for a man like that. But they did consider that his cats might have kittens. So thty pros'7ided that kittens don't have to be counted until they are four months old, Then kittens become cats, and it is up to the owner to keep the number down to three, Or get a special permit. The Glendale Council was obviously aware that the best laws some- times warrant exceptions. But how does an owner know for sure when cats are four months old? Another case well known to, the writer involved four kit- tens reared carefully - by their mother in deep grass beyond the garden. Weeks passed before their presence was detected. ft only became evident because two of the kittens developed such literary proclivities that, they couldn't hear e typewriter —or maybe it was the sound of pouring milk into .a saucer — without approaching the house. Nobody, not even a member of the California Supreme Court, could have said for sure when they were four months old, writes Kimmis Hendrick in The Christian Science Monitor. Literature is full of allusions to cats which bolster the sus- picion that Glendale's City Council has gone far beyond the depth of ordinary lawmakers. An objective inquirer might ask it that body has read Paul Gallico's "The Abandoned". One pertinent factor, at least in view' of "pussyfooters", is that Glendale lies immediately ad- jacent to Los Angeles, Pasadena, and several other cities, and it will, still be possible for cats to get political asylum by crossing city lines. But does anybody know, really when any ca ts , has more than three cats on it? 'Some peo- ple have not been aware that there was even one cat around when actually the place was full of them. BY ity$ tVariett MO The Times of the Judges Judges 2:16-19; 4:4-9; 5;64 Memory Seleetion; Let the wieked forsake his, way, aid the unrighteous Man his thoughts: and let him return unto the. Lord, and He will have mem upon him; and to, our God, for He will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7, From the death Of Joshua tilt the beginning of the monarchy under Saul, Israel was ruled by judges. The unstable state or government during the period is well described in the last verse in the book of Judges, "In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in eyes," Over and over we read that Israel did evil in the sight of. the Lord and the Lord delivered them into the hands of one of the neighbouring kingdoms. At- ter a period of oppression they would ciy unto the Lord. Ile would hear their cry add raise up a deliverer. When he, by God's help had freed the people, he would become judge Over Israel. Then in a very few years Israel would forget God and. His great mercy, and history would be repeated, The lives of many peopl; to- day are up and down. When we get in trouble we call on God' and He helps us. Then, so often, in our prosperity we forget God — till trouble comes again. It certainly is an unsatisfactory way of living. Among the judges of this troubled period was a woman, Deborah. She reminds us of Joan of Arc. Though she did not lead the army, she stirred up Barak to lead while she went along- The accomplishments of many man are largely due to the urg- ings of their wives, Deborah celebrated the vic- tory in a song. It is a very vigorous Hebrew poem. She chides the tribes who failed to help in the deliverance of Israel and pronounced blessing on the woman, Jael, who put to death,. Sisera, the leader Of the enemy,. How good God is! He will hair& mercy on the repentant who turn to Him, Let us for- sake our sins and find mercy and pardon. GOOD TO BE. HOME — Vice President Nixon looks over a scorecard with his family at Griffith Stadium in Washington where they watched a double header between the Senators and the New York Yankees, The Yanks took both games but Mr. and Mrs. Nixon thought it was still preferable to Lima, Peru, and Caracas, Venezuela, where stones, garbage and verbal abuse greeted them on their recent good-wlil tour. Children are Patricia, 12, left and Julie 9. George Walker, met the group M gold-colored Continental, the biggeet. cat' on the American. road, Thinking the Soviets might think it too- showy, one news- paperman explained r r epologetically: `'We have vets; that Are a lot smaller." Out yOttng,- Vladimir nov, to whom the .renerk addressed, declared einphatieelly in broken English that it was ail right to have small car but he'd like "one like this". There was marked' disappoint- ment when it was learned that Henry 'Ford president of Ford, would not be able to meet them, But the jovial Mr, Welker was a welcomed substitute and. he was swamped by dances asking for his autograph,. Meanwhile some of the girls slipped behind the wheel of his car to have their picture taken. Inside the lobby of the engins. plant, they gathered before por- traits of all prominent members of the Ford family. Who each one was and what his relation ship was to the rest of the Forel' and to the company had to be explained and was. relayed in. Russian, A respectful awe seemed to stead any mention of the men who rank high among those who epitomize capitalism. At the Ford Museum the visi- tors crowded about a portrait or, Henry Ford and posed for pie- tures beside the first automobile he built, Their history books may claim the first auto . was Soviet, but they showed great respect for one of. the first built in this country, writes Everett G. • Martin in The Christian Monitor.. • On the other days of their 'Three-day • stay in Detroit, the women members of . the com- pany,. at least, spent their time shopping. - Mrs. Earl L. Packer, wife of the State Department's repre- sentative on the trip, said she had an exhausting tour of the L, Hudson department store with sveeral of the dancers, They sterted at the toe floor and worked .their way swne methodically looking into every department, but they would only consider buying the 'lowest- priced merchandise, she explain- ed. "They are shrewd shoppers, too," she added. "They could remember if a New York store (,where the tour began) had the same item at a lower price." One . of • the girls bought a chemise-styled suit for .$6. That was about as high as they would go for anything like that, Mrs.. Packer said. Seldom has the Peed Motor Company shown its :fealties let us enthusiastic a, group as the. members of the Moitseyee, Dance Company ,from. Mose-ow. It was certainly no typical plant tour with• visitors staling doll-eyed or nodding in feigned understanding of a guide shouts Jog over the roar of machinery, First off, there were virtually ro explanatioes. The :interpret. ers who accompanied the troupe. from Moscow had too much trouble figuring out how to express American engineering. terms in 'Russian, so most of the time they try, But the Soviet artists, whose ,rigorous, exciting dances inter- preted for Americans the hap- piness and joy of Russian life, could appreciate the steady rhythmic repetition of the as- sembly line culminating in a wondrous automobile. Girls clapped as the brightly painted body swung from a loft .and dropped down to its frame on the line, suddenly turning what had been a mass of black steel into something resembling an automobile. There was more clapping• when the workman at the final point of the• line climbed in and started the engine for the first time, They watched sympathetically when one' wouldn't start and had to be pushed away. Ast though out of pity, some stayed with the stranded car until a workman made adjustments and off it went. The dancers watched with de- light as a Ford engineer .demon- strated the workings of a retractable hardtop. For the benefit of photographers little Ljudmila Butenina, .one of the leading dancers, sat in the driver's seat and worked the. retracting mechanism. She was apprehensive at first as the steel roof came down over her head, but once she learned how it orated • it seemed she would never stop running it• up and down. Long after the rest of the group had passed by the cars several of the girls stood beside it running their hands' over its shiny blue finish. Finally one put both hands caressingly on the taillights, heaved a sigh, and said,' "Like." Outside the plant, Ford's vice- president in charge of styling, llir FAIN FRONT The use of imported insects for weed control, a relatively "new technique, is showing con- siderable promise in Canada. Work on this aspect of weed control is, however, only in its early stages, so much more in- tensive study will be required before it can be considered prac- tical. Nevertheless, according to Dr. J. M. Smith of the Science Service Laboratory, some suc- cess has definitely been obtain- ed in'studies involving common St. johns-wort, toadflax, sage- brush and common burdock. * * fyaNDAY SC11001 LESSON LOWER MATHEMATICS The talented but not-so-bright rookie had put in a fine year and was now arguing contract with the general manager. He de- manded a good raise. "You certainly deserve it," soothed the "and I'm , trig you cloirn for a one-third raise, ht. salary." "One third?" screeched the player, "I don't sign unless I get a one-fourth raise!" hands, De La Rue doesn't worry about its security en route to the country of destination. Local embassies and police look after that, usually employing plain, unarmed panel trucks which move by night over secret routes,. • —From NEWSWEEK. only known area in which ex- pensive control measures are needed. In 1957, 4,000 adults of a certain weevil were collected in the vicinity of Belleville and transported for direct release to west-central Saskatchewan, and in the. Peace River District of Alberta. Although one genera- tion has developed in each of these areas, the ability of the weevils to survive the low win- ter temperatures will not be known until July of 1958. Thousands of acres of sage- brush have been cleared by a leaf-eating beetle in the vicin- ity of Kamloops, B.C, This olive- green beetle was collected in. that area several years ago but only recently has demonstrated its ability to control the weed. The present insignificant sta- tus of some of our weeds may be attributed to insect enemies that check their increase. Com- mon burdock for example, though always a nuisance, could conceivably 'be a serious prob- lem were it not for the fact that most of its seeds are des- troyed by a small white cater- pillar. • * Clipping pastures and the use of fertilizers ar e essential to good pasture management. Clip- ping is primarily done to de- velop a uniform pastUre stand but will also control most an- nual Weeds and if done at the proper time will prevent weeds from going to seed. Unfortun- ately some of the worst pasture weeds such as Canada thistle, sow thistle, milkweed and but- tercup are perennials with well developed root systems and can- not be controlled so simply, Here, according to Dr, J. R. Hay of the Central Experimen- tal Farm, the use of selective herbicides should be considered in conjunction with, other ap• proptiate pasture management practicei. Moneymakers On the corner of Bun Hill Road and Blue Anchor Alley in London's East End, the matter at hand was "a great ruddy herd of dragons." The men concerned were old hands with Goanese elephants and Siamese Garuda birds (which have human heads). But. Vietnamese dragons, even in this weird bestiary, are 3, strange breed, and they were being ordered 100 at a time. The dragons were decorations for the new Vietnamese cur- rency and the men were engra- vers working for Thomas De La Rue, the 143-year-old currency engraving and printing house. By turning out currency and stamps for 50 nations and col- onies (plus such profitable side- lines as fountain pens, playing cards, heating plants, and For- mica), De La Rue grossed $30- million last year, with profits of $2.9 million. Of these earnings, dividends will absorb $549,970 vs $475,434 last year, "on the as- sumption that you will not ob- ject to raising the rate from 20 to 25 per cent," chairman Ber- nard Westall told stockholders, who seemed to be in no mood to object, De La Rue's customer list ranges from the World Bank to the. Windward Islands, and what it really sells, says chairman Westal, is integrity and quality. The need for integrity, since it's a matter of a nation's money, is obvious. The quality De La Rue prides itself on depends largely on printing machinery of De La Rue's own design (used by both the British and U.S. treasuries) and on the highly specialized skills of the craftsmen at Bun Hill Road. Because each craftsman's work is readily identifiable by an ex- pert, and because its highlight; shadings, and fine lines are al- most impossible to duplicate, fine engraving is an important deter- rent to counterfeitees. "There are perhaps a dozen fine engra- vers in the world," says one De- laruvian, "and we have six of them." To hold on to the six, De La Rue pampers its engravers, going so far as to let them work at home if they are disturbed by the' bustle on the company prem- ises, De La Rue has also learned to adapt its product to local condi- tions. For countries where the per capita wealth is low and cur- rency does not circulate rapidly, for instance, bills are made ul- trasthick so that they will last up to ten times as long as a pound note or a dollar bill. Ink- ing on bills for hot and humid countries has to be especially durable, Once the money has- left its Upsidedown to Prevent Peek ma This form of biological con- trol offers many advantages over other control measures, particularly with plants resist- ant to herbicides, or weeds in inaccessible, low value range land. There is a risk of imported insects changing their food pre.: ferences but as yet no record exists of any insect imported.for the control of weeds, damaging any crops. Because of this pos- sibility though, insects irriported must be carefully investigated both before and after importa- tion. a a First attempts to employ in- sects for weed control in this country were carried out in Bri- tish Columbia, against the com- mon St. Johns-wort, a problem weed on millions of acres of rangeland in the Southern part of that province and in the ad- joining north - western United States. Between 1951 and 1954 approximately 100,000 adult beetles taken from the United States were released in seven localities in British Columbia. The seven colonies have sur- vived three to six winters in British Columbia, but only one colony has achieved worthwhile control of St. Johns-wort. Ap- proximately one - quarter of a dense, five acre infestation has been cleared of the weed, Thou- sands of beetles have been col- lected in this colony for distri- bution in oilier weed infesta- tions in British Columba. a * A more recent project has been the investigation of toad- flax. This plant appears to oe kept under satisfactory control by natural agents in all parts of the world except the Prairie Provinces of, Canada, This is the HORSE FEATHERS During the war years, when talent was scarcer than Revolu- tionary War veterans, Leo Dur- ocher had charge of the playing concession in Ebbets Field. One day he heard a knock on, the clubhouse door. gpening it he found a big, good-looking horse. "Understand you need bail players," quoth the equine, "Can you use a .425 hitter?" "Like I can use another ten thousand dollars," snapped .Leo, "Grab a stick." The horse trotted to the bat rack, picked out a bat, and walked up to the plate. Leo served up five pitches. Each one was slugged into the Gowanus Canal. e "You're a hitter," Durochee conceded. "What else can you do?" "I'm a great shortstop." "Get out there and prffkre it." The horse moved to short and Leo started slapping ground balls at him. The equine fielded every one with tremendous grace and ease, "Greet" enthused the Dodger , manager. "Now go around the bases, I wanna see if you can run fast enough." "Run?" neighed the horse, "If I could run, do you think I'd be here?" ISSUE 24 — 1958 CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1 '1"tiltmil Dirtilt .4 t rfit'llr' 17. A ithily ii10:islt V., 19 .Iiii8lc .i.' weseit 55 tees! se. siisreite 37 meek et ..ss. 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Muffin 3' ItJsLnr 9' P:1 tlAt f•AS !J ete allot le Army ,Irrirrt 41 ercittrle. 43 111t vs debt* 41. l'oorn 0."1111,1e9 • 41 Intl. cola 4 , omelets. 13 17 9s fi.:‘,11 r (OW& -Atiewei a met vi' thfii GUTTER BERTH* Back from a 'shakedown cruise, a tiny replies" Of the tiSg Missouri is moored in a fast-flowing gutter. guilt by a local youngster, the craft had clean sailing _ thanks td heavy' rainfall in the area. * The most widely recommend- ed c h e in Ica] treatment for broadleaf weed control in pas- tures, is an ester formation of 2,4-D at about one pound per acre. Herbicide applications made in June and early Sep- teber havesm generally proved the most satisfactory. Complete control is rarely achieved with one application so follow-up treatments are required. These will take care of new seedlings which germinate after the her- bicide is applied. * * Where buttercup is the predo- rninaht vv e e d, MCP is recom- mended in preference to 2,4-D. Woody plants can be controlled with 2,4-D or a "brush killer mixture" of 2.4,5-T plus 2,4-D. Milkweed is very resistant to 2,4-D but good control of this weed has been obtained with aitirfo triazole. This material should only 'be used oil small patches as it will cause damage to desirable species as well as the Milkweed. Although recent tests near Ottawa showed that herbicide will control most Of the weeds to pastutes, they will not hi- crease the yield of forage pro- duced if the fertility of the land is low. On the other hand, when fertilizers alone are applied tti rundown pastures, yields are in- creased but most weeds also benefit. Therefore the best, treatment la that which In- VOlVes the iidditien of fertilizers' along with the herbicide. Thle Will mean increated Yields and good weed controL DOING ' IS DUTY—Italian Pres'i= l71 H dent 'Olevontia bronchi ti shown 'trifling ..filS"hcllot Rorie in in flie national elettieriS, Some 847 Sediti both. liatiadi -Of the legislature were 'at stoke, Rainy Day Friend Umbrellas are very apt to be treated negligently. Left behind on bus or train, pushed wet into a crowded stand, seldom if ever brushed or cleaned, and kept tightly rolled up during a spell of, fine weather. If you give your umbrella a little careful treatment it will remain smart and useful for a long time. The safest way to dry a wet umbrella is to close it, then place it in the sink or a large bowl where the rain can safely drip oil' the covet'. Put e piece of paper Lind& the handle to pre- vent its being scratched. After- wards open the umbrella and stand it in a current of air, tiltri- ing it around occasionally until its- quite dry, A very little Vaseline rubbed. into the frame where the spokes hinge, and on the catch, Will prevent rusting and keep the frame waking sthoothly. The handle can be cleaned and smartened by polishing it with white' furniture cream, Td fleshed tip a cotton cover that begins to lob]: shabby, dis- solve two deseertelsobilitifide of powdered alum in a plot of wes ter, and sponge the eovee well With this. Leave the tittbi elle in a ctirrent of air"to' dry, Silk-covered umbrellas should be given a brisk shake to lekseeti the dug, then carefully brushed with a titan soft elothee-lertish. Never put an tirribrelle away rolled up, OreSsurd fabri6 Cause§ it to wear thi,i1 and split the folda.