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A Berman Lira), claims to have
invented R revolutionary new
leethed or etching flee by using
electrical impulses and .auction
tubes, The uew method is seen
as being of special value for
herrieg and sardine fishing,
In tests carried out at ABR.
over the last • three years catches
of up to twelve tons in eight
minutes .are eleimed. The .pro,
epee, which uses a special en,
;pulse generator, has caused a
sensation in fishing .eireles all
over the world.
Its basic principle is to Attract.
large swarms of fish by an Una
derwater light, the fish being
fleet located by a radar-like de-
vice,
The fish are bemused with
impulses before being sucked elle
in a tube, the diameter of which
is reeler more than that of a
man's body.
One technical obstacle that
had to be overcome by the in-
venters, in addition to operat-
ing the process from a small
power unit, was how to avoid
stunning the fish completely, for
when unconscious they would
sink or float to the surface.
The inventors discovered that
different sizes and species of
fish respond to varying im-
pulses. A herring, for instance,
requires 2.4 volts and a cod
about 1 volt.
As a result, the current can
be varied, it is claimed, to se-
cure the size of fish wanted and
the new method would not con-
travene the International Fish-
eries Convention which lays
down 75 millimetres as the mini-
mum size of mesh which trawl-
ers are allowed to use. The Con-
vention also set a minimum size
limit for fish caught,, below
which they must be returned to
the sea,
More Royal Dogs
Than Royal Humans!
Guests at the British Royal
Palaces get a lot of pleasure
from being "introduced" to the
Royal Family's dogs, When
there's a Royal Family party
nowadays there are often as
many as ten dogs, present, and
Often more royal-owned dogs
than royalties!
The Queen has two corgis, the
Royal children two more, The
Queen Mother owns another
eouple of corgis, in' addition to a
frisky King Charles spaniel and
a dignified dachshund. Two
sealyhams belong to Princess
Margaret.
This Royal love of animals is
almost a family ,tradition. Queen
Victoria owned one of the finest
Pekingese to come over from the
Imperial Palace in Peking. The
kennels in the Home Park at
Windsor housed over eighty dogs
when she died. She kept dach-
shunds long before they were
known to the general public
here. She and the Prince Con-
sort exhibited occasionally and
some of their best show dogs
were deerhounds.
TOPPLED BY TORO — The brute strength of a fit hting bull is
graphically demonstrated in the Madrid, Spain, ring. Picadors'
horses are frequently gored despite padding,
some of the older men became
hyaterieta with relief, Punzel,
had to speaksharply„ "(let out!"
be said, pushing them towar,1
the door. "r)o you want to be
shot? 001"
And they went. AS he climbed
aboard the truck, twenty-one-
year old Nicholas Kremer asked.
Fenzel for his full name and
army number. Kremer wrote
down the details with a nail on
a piece of wood, Then the fire-
men of Differdange were• gone,
In Luxembourg City, they hid
with friends and relatives until
the Franco-German. Armistice of
1940, after which it was safe to
appear again.
Johann Punzel, having betray-
ed his trust as an N,C.0, and a
loyal party member, was now in
the same agony of mind that his
prisoners had been. Somebody
would want to know why the
execution had not been parried
out.. He waited, not knowing
quite what to do, but sure that
within hours he himself would
face a firing squad.
But fifteen minutes before the
time of execution an emergency
order came through - Punzel's
regiment, the 330th Infantry,
was to move at once, forward to
the fighting line,
In the confusion that followed,
nobody gave a thought about the
Differdange firemen - the cap-
tain of military police who had
given Punzel the original order
was rushed off somewhere else,
the judge advocate's office
moved away; Punzel's adjutant
was overwhelmed with paper
work and nobody knew the cor-
poral's secret except his own
men. And they did not betray
him.
After the war, Nicholas Kre-
mer, an ambitious young man,
entered politics. He wanted to
know What had happened to
Corporal Johann Punzel,
He tried advertising, writing
to mayors of German cities, to
soldiers' organizations, to the
police, all to no avail.
It was not until April, 1955,
that Johann Punzel was found.
The result was that in June,
1955 - fifteen years after the in-
cident - Mr. and Mrs. Punzel
visited Differdange as guests of
Kremer and the surviving fire-
men.
The Punzels were overwhelm-
ed by hospitality - and by the
sincerity of their welcome. It
was all the more startling be-
cause Germans, as a race, are
still not popular in Luxembourg,
Now the Punzeis come to
Luxembourg each year and the
highlight of their stay is si
church service at which they sit
in the front pew while the pastor
speaks about human charity and
courage, using Johann Punzel; as
hie prime example.
Fish and Chips
Battles Television
A popular British institution is
threatened,
It's the fish-and-chip supper.
The lure of the TV screen is
stronger. than the pungent smells
coming from the shops behind
the "frying tonight" slates.
"Wagon Train," "Wells Fargo"
and other Westerns are keeping
British viewers from their na-
tional dish - fish dipped in bat-
ter, fried, and eaten with sticks
of potato cooked in boiling oil.
British fish fryers, meeting at
their National Federation con-
ferende in the West Country.,
emerge as men gazing into gurg-
ling cauldrons while customers
sit glued to the celluloid screen,
Only when the Redskin bites•
the dust do crowds rush in to
buy hot fish-and-chips suppers.
"We can always tell when
`Wagon Train' is over because
we get a surge of customers,"
Mrs. Edith Theobald of Man-
chester told me.
Mrs. Theobald urged the fish
fryers to take up the cudgels
- or Whatever fish friers take
up. "We must adapt our meth-
ods," she said.
Mrs. Nellie. Castle of Exeter
thought the BBC and commer-
• eial TV should come to the rex-
' etc of the fish shops. She urges
that the BBC and the ITA should
change the times of their popu-
lar programs to give people time
to go out and get fish-and-chip
suppers writes Melita Knowles
in the Christian Science Monitor.
"Television is the great di&
tator of leisure hours. We should
try to keep the 'dictator in
check," she said, and went on
ruefully to trace the falling
eurves on the sales charts,
To which Joe Nicholls ef.
Blackpool replied: "Ridiculous!"
It was like the BBC "asking us to
change otte frying times to that
customers would riot be taken
from their gets."
So the battle goes oft. Though
the fish fryets haVe at advant-
age over TV in the pulling.
power of the smell which comes
from their shops, this it a sheet
wave of influende.
They must face the challenge
of getting the customers but of
their Mines between Prevents.
The "dilemiria" has been taken
tee in the editorial columns of
the national
eThe piaridets but these
ANTIQUE BUSINESS
WELL established, Good Clientele, 2 piers old brie); building, Apartment, Large Showroom With stone
rn
fireplace,
Smaller shewrOo giazed
large windows, 2, 'bathrooms. Bright
airy basement workshop, walk.in ent-
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feet frontage on highways 7 and 12,
Low upkeep and taxes, Early possek-
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will carry, balaoce on easy terms,
Stock available from owner. Lylia hi.
Mclarien Real Estate. Phone lirooklin.
Oliver 5-4971.
GENERAL store and eqUiPrnellt, 2 gas
pumps, storeroom and garage, also a
5.roomed house, Plus bath and fur-
nace, sell reasonable. Apply to box
No, 22 Port Rowan, Ont,
Gift Shop — Strcithroy
Well established. Good clean saleable
stock, in main business section. Own-
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Apply to.
CAMPBELL MACKINLAY
REAL ESTATE - STRATHROY PHONE 139
CANOES FOR SALE
CANOES, tough rugged fibreglass, 15 ft. long, 371/2 inch beam, easy to carry, only 53 lbs, "$179.00 delivered". Nia-gara Portager, 2041 Carman St., Nia-gara Falls, Ont, Phone EL. 4-9895,
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FARMS FOR SALE
ONE hundred acres, tiled drained choice clay loans, on highway, Perth. County. Barn 45' x 85' steel, stanchions,
2 silos, drive shed and other buildings. 8-roomed brick house, new oil furnace, bath and cupboards, hot and cold water, large lawn with 55 maple trees,
37 registered, accredited, listed, Hol-
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Newton, Ont, Telephone-Milverton 38
R. 2.1,
100-ACRE farm for sale in Huron
county, Ont. Excellent land, young
orchard bearing, good trout stream,
fine buildings, hydro, close to town,
highway, churches, school bus by gate.
Real buy; early _possession. oxB 213,
123-18th Street, New Toronto, Ont.
50 ACRE farm for sale. Sig roons
beanie, good barn, implement shed, hog
pen, hen house. Drilled water. Hydro
in house and barn. On School bus
route. Reason for sale, Ill Health. Ap-
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Berkeley, Ont, This advertisement is
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FARM MACHINERY FOR SALE
EBERSOL'S / MILVERTON
Ebersol Snow Blowers
Ebersol Feed Mixers
Ebersol Electric Hammer Mills
Ebersol. Feed Carts
ESERSOL FARM ELEVATORS
ESERSOL GRAIN THROWERS
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CARRIERS
Ebersol Seed Mixers
Ebersol Thresher Shredders
Caswell Ferro Crates
Caswell Ways Crates
Colwell Cattle Curriers
Contact your Dealer or Write Ebersol
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FLORIDA PROPERTIES FOR SALE
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BABY SHOES! Sizes 0, 1, 2, 51.75; 3 to
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C. H. Baker Enterprises, 408 E. Stough-
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FOR SALE - MISCELLANEOUS
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BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR SALE
SNACK BAR on No, 6 Highway, a years
old could bp year round business.
Living quarters attached. Must sell due
to health. Apply Pool Guerin, Varney, Qnt,
-- —
GENERAL store, dwelling, modern
conveniences, In giatel faulting cont.
Minns', thirty miles northeast of Lou. don, Ont. Price $12,500.00,1959 business
turnover approximately 543,000. Write
to or come and see C. A. MacDoitgeld,
Harrington West, Ont.
HAROLD D. POAPST
Broker
WINCHESTER
MILK contract farm, bulk cooler, stable cleaner, 60 head purebred hol-
hteinS, new power machinery, modern
ome 18 miles from Ottawa. Price
440,000.00, terms. Call Dan Dewar, Ken.
more; Metcalfe 19 R 4.
195 ACRE, natural .drainagf, farm for
sale situated on Highway 7 and 8. be-
tween Kitchener .and New Hamburg,
Plenty Spring. Water and Drilled Weil.
Red Brick 2 storey house, equipped.
with pressure system, three piece bath,
large bank barn. Contact Earl Ronde.
rich,. Baden, Ontario.
FLORIDA -- Top location, main high-way for fish camp, motel, cafe, sight-seeing boats, over famous Wakulla Springs, $15,000 with terms. Box 167,
Tallahassee, Fla.
FLORIDA - (Near Ocala)
CENTRAL Florida, undeveloped high
rolling ranch land. 320 acres. $85 per
acre. 15 acre farm with house $2,500.
Many others. Sun Land Realty of Flor-
ida, 813 N. State Rd. 7, W. Hollywood,
Florida.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN - Inane.
cliately, - 5 day week, Apply - Super-
intendent, Uxbridge General Hospital,
Uxbridge, Ontario.
MACHINERY FOR SALE.
FEED MILLS ellitrieue stock of anew Ternado NO. 15
feed Mills, ball bearing With hop-
per. most sell 149.00. Send for circle. lat. Federat, 185 King E., 'roe:Alto.
MEDICAL •
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General Duty Nurse;
PQR modern 59 bed hospital, fete* once aceennriedinien available, 4e hour
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Starting salarYi new graduates $275,
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YOUR opportunity - Thirty pregnant
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''DES' 71105E for use in outdoor toil. eta Eats down to the earth, saves cleaning, Directions. Thousands el users, coast to coast. Price $1.00 per
can, postPaid. Log Cabin Products, 322 yore Road, Guelph, Ontario.
BABY CHICKS
BRAY featuring new low prices on dayold and started chicks, Prompt Olin. meat. See local agent or write
Bray Hatchery, 120 John North Hamil-
ton, Ont.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SUMMER
CAMP
11RAESIDE (near Parts (lint) a low cost well supervised and enjoyable camp with a well balanced program for children 8 to 15 years, Boys July 18-24,
girls July 24-30 For information and registration forms write Rev, W. Moody, 664 Fennel Ave., E.. Hamilton, or phone FU 3.8745, FU. 3-8081,
BOYS' SUMMER CAMPS .
ENJOY your holidays on a real farm. Boys 10-15 years, Horseback riding, out-door camping, swimming, fishing, qualified counsellor, home cooked meals. Mr. and Mrs, Alex Witty, R.R, No, 1, Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ont,
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
SERVICE station; pew Texaco tanks; store; separate 6 room house in at-tractive Haliburton village close to lovely lake; all year business; good turnover - a real opportunity for general mechanic in growing tourist community; reduced- price due to wife's serious illness; enquire about thisl Fred, H, Reid, Broker Vacation Properties Consultant, 43 Victoria St., Toronto 1.
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western plains knew hardship
and hunger," the News Chroni-
cle recalls in its best western
mariner. "If we want to share
their lives for 30 minutes each
Monday we can scarcely com-
plain if we have to get along
with a cold snack,"
The only solution seems to be
for the fish fryers to take to the
freezer or pull for more high-
brow programs.
Princess Anne is so fond of
dogs that one of her greatest de-
lights is to take a walk in the
grounds of Buckingham Palace
with her mother's corgis. The
Queen has told her that she
owned a corgi called "Dookie"
at the early age of five, but had
to "share" him with Princess
Margaret.
"Life on earth probably be-
gan in hot water," says a scien-
tist. We're still in it.
POLICE SCUFFLE — A • .dub:,,
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AGANTS. WANTED.
CHINESE 01'10114 lamps! Selling? Here's something really different: We want one only, agent in each district. Send $3.00 for your sample IMP and wholesale price list today; (.4. Heiden, Box 516 St. Marys, Ontario.
SIEN and women Demonstrate anti sell our new Jiffy Electric Teapots, Free demonstrator to persons with reforest- ces. urn) ert Agencies, ROckvt116, Yarmouth. Nova Scotia.
ICE cream, soft; Investigate the pos-sibilities in this tremendous business. Can be installed in your present store in addition to your regular business, Small investment; large profits. Box 212, 123.18th Street, New Toronto, Ont.
LIFETIME INCOME! Every $2 returns $130.00! No risk, No work, Everything legitimate, Investors Dream! Details, stamped envelope, Will Taylor, 44 Lil-lian Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island.
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PROPERTIES FOR SALE
TEACHERS WANTED
SUMMER RESORTS
HOLD EVERYTHING!
UP to-July 16th we are offering a die.
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Hills of Mistikoska. Lochlin, Ontario.
ROSELAWN LODGE, BALA
ROOMS, cabins, all running water or
private bathroom, firie food, beach,
sununer sports, friendly moderate,
Write or phone Rosolawn Lodge. Bath
Muskoka.
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the village
Outstanding vacation' Al
Reaseitables Rates
Write Poe Felder It T, CdUilierti
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VACATION PROPERTIES FOR SALE
tree resort; ins
acres; rurnished Main lodge and cot-
lages; 3 large botitlibilses; large dock;
5 boats; ousboardethettiel system; tools'
extras all roe 614,000;, , small
Long with Rrest.notsibilitide. Fred H.
Reid, Vecalleal PatipertieS Censtiltant:
43 Viatoria ail., Toronto, 1.
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ADULTS! Personal Rubber Goods, 36
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COTTAGE for sale. 22' x 24', two bed-room, living room, and kitchen; fenced and landscaped on Georgian Bay, 1 mile from Lion's Head, winterized, hydro, scenic view of Isthmus Bay. Price $4,000, unfurnished. Apply Har-vey Warder, Lion's Head, Ont. Phone
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Defied Orders —
Saved 18 Lives
Every summer for the past
four years a German named
Johann Punzel has spent his an-
nual holidays in the town of
Differdange, Luxemborg, where
he is wined and feted by cer-
tain people who were once his
prisoners.
The story behind this strange
situation is this:
At dawn on May 10th, 1940,
Differdonge became part of the
front line-the Germans advanc-
ing on one side, the French com-
ing out from the Maginot Line
to resist them.
All but eighteen residents of
the town were evacuated, These
eighteen were employed at the
big Hadir steelworks and they
had volunteered to stay behind
and put out any fires in the
works.
The eighteen were led by Jo-
seph Weiler, middle-aged chief
of the Hadir fire bridgade, and
.they included one woman, Mrs.
Wailers, who refused to leave
her husband. The group moved
into the air raid shelter and for
the next two days the German-
French battle raged over them.
Five times, parties ventured out
to extinguish small fires.
On May 13th the French with-
drew and the Germans took over
Differdange. The firemen and
Mrs. Wailers were put to work
as cleaners. Then, a fortnight
later, Differdange was shelled
from the French lines and dam-
age was done to dumps and
stores.
For the next three days the
shelling went on, still with the
same relentless accuracy.
It was obvious that no artillery
could be S4 much on target with-
out "inside information." The
Germans suspected the firemen.
On June 1st, they were lined
up and marched to an interroga-
tion office, passing on the way
a squad of soldiers digging a
large hole. Its purpose was hor-
ribly obvious.
At the office, a captain said
bluntly: '"We know for a fact
that at least one of you has been
sending information to the
French. He will confess at once.
Otherwise you will all be shot."
Nobody confessed and all eigh-
teen were locked in a concrete
garage for fourteen hours, Then
the German captain interviewed
them again. When no one con-
fessed, the captain said: "You
will be executed in an hour."
He returned to the N.C.O. with
him. "In an hour bring these
people out two at a time and
shoot them, Corporal Punzel."
Thirty-year-old Corporal Pun-
zel had never been given such
an order and, though he was a
Nazi, it disturbed him,
He went to the battalion ad-
jutant and asked if he was really
supposed to shoot the Differ-
dange firemen. The adjutant told
him to verify the sentence at the
jtidge advocate's office.
By the time Punzel found the
judge advocate's office more than
half the allotted hour had.pass-
ed. A lieutenant said: "The men
have been duly sentenced, but
I'll look into the matter. Report
to me again in an hour."
More hopefully, Punzel re-
turned to the prisoners. They
clamoured around him, protest-
ing their innocence, but before
he would discuss anything with
them he took Mrs. Wailers out
of the garage.
"She will be all right, I prom-
ise you," he told her husband.
"I would not harm a woman."
Punzel remembered that the
lieutenant had said "the men"
had been sentenced; he saw in
this some justification for releas-
ing Mrs. Wailers. He found an
army truck and ordered the
driver to take Mrs. Wailers to
Luxembourg city and release
her.
"Be calm," he then told the
male ,prisoners ; "if I have to
stage an execution I can fake it
somehow." But he wasn't as
hopeful as he sounded.
Reporting back to the lieuten-
ant, Punzel was told that the
sentence must be carried out, but
that a reprieve of twenty-four
hours had been granted to give
the guilty mail a further chance
to confess.
However, if the French ellen-
ing Ma art all eighteen were to
be shot at Once,
Punzel told the prisoners'noth-
-ing about the proviso, but for
hours he was acutely anxioue,
praying that the French would
not fire.
All that night Punzel fought
with his conscience. He was a
soldier and he had to Obey orders
or face the penalty = a severe
one in the Wehrinacht, He Was
also htimrin, a married man with
children: he would never know
peace if he shot these men,
With two hours to go to exe
Cutioe time, Punzel had a eon-
ference with his ten 'soldiers.
told therii that what he was
about to do he did on his own
authority and that they must do-
deed' that they knew nothing
about it.
Nene Of the soldiers made any
trouble fee hire ee ewe even cone
graeulated him,
Punzel's next move was to"
eeeid for a lorry. He then Went
iii tO the erleohers. "There is it
leery 'outside," he said, "Get into
It quickly, drive down the main
streets and nobody Will correct
e'en."
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