HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-1-9, Page 2Farmer's
eam► Year?
Canadian farmers won't have any
Marketing worries next year if pre-
diction& made at Ottawa's federal -
provincial farm conference recently
comes true,
Chief economist, J. F, Booth,
federal agricultural department, be.
Moves that world economic act!«
vity will remain "at very high
levels",
Other experts predicted heavy de-
mand for most farm products and
firm prices for wheat, beef, eggs,
milk and other dairy products,
Milk production during 1902 is
expected to fall below demand, No
great slump in beef prices is fore-
cast but hog prices may come down
as a result of increased production.
Egg production is expected to in-
crease but demand will continue
strong. Butter production may be
down with Dices remaining firm,
Strong world demand for wheat is
predicted.
C. V. Parker, director of the ag-
ricultural division, bureau of statis-
tics, says that farmers' cash income
will rise, but so will farm operating
costs.
No great shortages of farm sup-
plies are expected to crop up in
the coming year. Certain types of
fertilizers and pesticides may be
limited because of increased defence
production. Prices may be slightly
higher,
Canada's export quota of 233,-
000,000 bushels of wheat under the
International wheat agreement is
expected to be taken up. Additional
quantities may be sold outside of
the agreement.
Most officials believe that des-
pite large sales of wheat this crop
year, Canada will end the season
with a larger carryover than at July
31, 1951.
Total disposable supplies this
year are estimated at 748 million
bushels. That includes an estimated
crop yield of 562,000,000 bushels
and a July 31 carryover of 186,000.
000.
Fair Warning
To Poisoners
Arsenic has been a prime favorite
with murderers for more than 300
years.
Now, a new discovery by a French
specialist has eliminated at least one
of the factors that have helped
poisoners so greatly in the past.
Popular Weapon
Three peculiarities of arsenic have
contributed towards its popularity
among murderers.
Firstly, there is the fact that
deaths from this poison often give
the appearance of death from
natural causes.
Short of a post-mortem it is al-
most impossible to state whether or
not the victim was poisoned.
Secondly, the way that the body
stores arsenic makes it difficult to'
fix the time that the poison first
entered the system.
In cases where the time factor
must be proved beyond doubt this
has often proved an insuperable
obstacle to the police.
Thirdly, arsenic is sometimes pre-
scribed as a tonic. Although it is
harmless, and even beneficial in
small quantities, an overdose of
arsenic may easily cause death,
Arsenic -takers find the effect of
the poison exhilarating, but, as with
narcotics, to start eating arsenic
means that the victim must go on
taking larger and larger doses.
He may he perfectly healthy
while he is taking the poison, but
once he stops he is certain to suffer
symptoms of acute arsenic -poison-
ing, and may die a most painful
death.
These St r an g e properties of
arsenic have confounded the police
in a good many trials.
Early this year a French specialist
decided to tackle the time problem.
He knew that when a person
takes arsenic the body tries to repel
it, and stores it away in the skin,
finger -nails and hair. If he could
find traces of arsenic in the hair of
the victim, he decided, he might be
able to fix the time and thus furnish
the prof that the police needed.
His first step was to take the hail
of a known arsenic victim to the
French atomic pile at Chatillon. For
eight days he experimented with
the hair to make it radioactive.
Then he shielded it with lead and
exposed It, a millimetre at a time,
to a Geiger rounter, the machine
that measnrea rleurees of radioactiv-
ity.
Soon he came to a place in a
strand of hair that emitted rays
from more arsenic than a healthy
person should have in his system.
Here was the rho, he had been
looking for
No Uncertainty
Knowing that human hair grows
at the rate of half an inch a month.
he was able to pinpoint the time
when the victim had been poisoned.
This system will now be a set
procedure in cases of arsenic poison-
ing, and wiil eliminate that element
of uncertainty that tins helped
murderers in the past.
In a hurry to get to the station,
the passenget asked the taxi driver
1f he couldn't go a little faster.
"Sure I can," said the driver, "but
I'm not allowed to leave the cab."
New and Useful
'.9 . Too .' ., -..
Almost Everything
This wilt solve many 'problems.
Weighing only five ouucesr the
eight -in. -long gadget opens corked
bottles, scales fish, punctures calls,
opens soft drinks, squeezes lemons,
cracks nuts, dispenses ice -cubes,
opens screw tops, shells fish claws,
pries -open vacuum tops, and acts
as a corn -thong. It can also be
used as a wrench, hammer, or screw
driver„ Made of gold -tone bronze.
Picture Dominoes
Colored pictures of fruit, birds,
houses and trains, replace tradi-
tional white pips in new dominoes
marketed for childen. Bottom sur-
face is vetoured to prevent scratch-
ing, white tops are plastic -coated to
keep colors fresh. Aim is to teach
co-ordination and logical thinking.
* * *
Slow Record
Measuring 494 inches in diameter,
each side of new record plays 85
minutes. Operates at 16 revolutions
per minute and can be played on
any phonograph with simple, low-
cost attachment. Is designed spe-
cificallytfor voice reproduction.
* * *
Floral Arranger
Plastic flower holder with num-
bered slots allows intricate flor-
al arrangements by following in-
structions in accompanying book-
let.
* * *
Work Clothes
Described as resistant to acids,
caustics, wear, moths, mildew,
shrinkage, snagging and tearing,
new Dynel fabric work clothes can
be washed or dry-cleaned. Market-
ed in shirts, trousers and coveralls.
* * *
Food Preserver
Designed for lockers, freezers and
refrigerators, non -breakable con-
tainers made of Polyethylene, come
in pint and quart sizes. Will not
break or crack. Pastic remains flex-
ible at low temperatures.
* * *
Plastic Poker Chips
Unbreakable, heat -resistant plas-
tic chips are compression molded to
prevent rough edges. Half an inch
in diameter, they are offered in red,
white and blue.
'* * *
Engine Heater
New type, quickly installed en-
gine heater requires no electrical
connections to ensure instant cold
weather starting. Burns low-cost
"bottle gas" front tank in vehicle
trunk to heat engine and check
moisture condensation. Unit fits
cars, trucks, or any motor with
cylindrical block circulation.
* * *
AB -Purpose Heater
Portable infra -red heater fea-
tures heating element that will not
burn out or be affected by water.
Maker states new model uses no
more electricity than a home iron.
Unit is rated at 1,000 watts, weighs
12 lbs.
* * *
Surface Saver
Adhesive felt strips applied to
base of lamps, ash trays, etc., pre-
vent scratches on glass, wood, or
marble surfaces. Strips will not
bunch when applied to circular ob-
i :ts,
* *
Adding Machine
Portable adding machine tabu-
lates two items simultaneously and
is said to be durable and simple
to operate. `Yorks on dial telephone
principle.
* * *
Burglar Alarm Protector
New electronic device said to
eliminate false alarms on photo-
electric burglar alarm systems.
Unit is highly sensitive to light-
ning or other electrical disturb-
ances
* * *
Plastic Syphon Cup
Quart -size Polyethylene bottles
now designed to replace stainless
steel and plastic -lined containers
as syphon cups in sdnitizing spray
equipment used in dairy and food
industries.
*
Dreaming' Of A Non -White New Year -In snow -weary Toronto, Dick Rieger tries to dig his ear from
under a new fall of snow that blanketed the city,:
Here are some real words of
cheer for those who have been
taking a gloomy outlook on modern
day hockey and its future. Here
are three quotations from three
real experts -men who should .know
what they are talking about -whose
names we shall possibly divulge
later on in this screed.
QUOTATION NUMBER ONE.
"The N.H.L. right now is faster
than it has been at any time during
the past 10 years. Some of the
players of 20 years ago couldn't
stay with these kids today. -Hustle,
hustle, hustle! That's all hockey is.
Give the fans the youngsters and
they'll forget all about the 'good
old days' and live in the present -
They said there never would be
another player like I'Iowie Morenz.
But Rocket Richard came along
and he's better than Morenz. And,
great as Richard is today, Boom
Boom Geoffrion may some day be
better."
* * *
QUOTATION NUMBER
TWO. "Players today are much
better than when I broke in.-
Hockey
n-Hockey today is better than ever
before. -And the Detroit -Toronto
games of today are every bit as good
and sometimes better than the old
Bruins -Rangers contests. - The
Boston Bruins, ih a very short
time, are going to be the best team
in hockey."
* * *
QUOTATION NUMBER
THREE. 'The players today are
just as good and some of them are
better than in the old days. Gordie
Howe, of the Detroit Red Wings,
is the 'greatest."
* * *
So, dearly beloved, with all that
optimism floating around, how can
anyone dare to criticize hockey as
it is currently played, or suggest
that there is possible room far im-
provement? Of course, there is the
old adage which runs "The shoe-
maker always says there's nothing
to beat leather." And it may be of
passing interest to note that all
three of those quoted are in a
somewhat similar position to that of
the cobbier.
* * *
That is to say they have a
,direct financial interest in present
day hockey; in fact they derive
their living from the game For the
author of Quotation No, 1 -the
one who boosts Rocket Richard and
Bonn( Boom Geoffrion so highly -
in none other -than Dick Irvin of the
Montreal Canadians. Quote No. 2 is
from the lips of Lynn Patrick, roach
of the Boston Bruins, the team
whose future he regards in such a
rosy light. And Quote No. 3 is
Ki ling Vie Hours -"Two United Nations prisoners -of -war play chess
w'th crudely -cut pieces in a Communist camp in North Korea, The
photo was received from Easlfoto, a Communist source,
by Ebbie Goodfellow who guides
the destinies of the Chicago Black
Hawks.
* * *
Well, let's give Ebenezer credit
for at .least one thing. He didn't
say that any of his Black Hawks
compared with -or topped-Morenz
and other old-time greats.
* * *
Ebbie Goodfellow did more than
that. He pointed out what may be
one of the plain reasons for the
decline in hockey attendasice at
Chicago, New York ,Boston and
Detroit in recent years. "It doesn't
seem that we have the 'name'
players today we had in the past.
Squads are larger today and there
is less emphasis on the individual.
When I broke in we played a 44 -
game schedule. Now it's 70 regular
season games plus exhibitions and
the playoffs, if you make them.
I think the players are spacing
themselves over the season because
of it."
* * *
There, in that final sentence, Mr.
Goodfellow said a full 6 -foot shelf -
full. "I think the players are spac-
ing themselves over the season—."
That is exactly what hockey's
severest critics have been trying to
say. When you play 70 games in
order to eliminate only two of 6
teams from the playoffs -and when
the players know that a team can
lead the league from start to
finish and still get knocked out of
Stanley Cup contention in the very
first round -you really cannot ex-
pect the athletes to give their ut-
most in every game. For example
let your memory travel back over
the past two or three campaigns,
and mentally compare .,the perfor-
mance of certain teams -we needn't
mention any names -during the
regular season and in the playoffs,
and we think you'll get' what we
mean. "Forecheeking in the other
team's zone is effective in winning
games but is spoiling the show for
,the fans," says Walter Brown, new
owner of the Boston Bruins. "Are
ave giving the customers what they
want?"
* * 5 '
With which very pertinent ques-
tion we'll leave the matter for the
time being.
OIL FIRES
Tn tests recently conducted by an
oil company, a tank containing 100,-
000 gallons of flaming kerosene was
extinguished in five seconds. An-
other tank full of blazing crude oil
was under control in forty-five
seconds and extinguished by foam
in five minutes. The new method is
the invention of J. L. Risinger. A
email amount of air at low pressure
is blown into the lower areas of the
tank to agitate the nil. Cooler oil
is thus brought from the lower areas
to the surface in waves that spread
over the burning area and cul down
the vapors on which the flanges are
feeding.
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Son; "1 will, 1 ani, on cash,"
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Why?
Why are horses usually mounted
from .the,left side?
It's only a tradition now, but
long ago there was a good reason
for it, When knighthood flourished,
a -fellow had to be on fhe qui vive
lest an already -mounted enemy
cleave him to the brisket while
he himself was still in the process
of clambering aboard his steed. So
be wanted to have his good right
arum free at all times, ready for
sword play if necessary, and the
only way he could do this was to
mount from theleft side. And to-
day, for most horses.. the left side
still is the "right" side for mount-
ing because they're trained that
way traditionally.
* * *
Wily do insects have three pairs
of legs?
According to a well known zoo-
logist, six legs give insects their
most efficient balance while walk-
ing. Man does all right on two
legs, of course, and other mam-
mals get along on four, but these
are large„anmials and have a much',
longer time in which to maintain
their balance when taking a step.
The insect, however, doesn't have
so much time. He walks by form-
ing first a tripod of two legs on
one side and the middle leg on the
other side. Then, with this firm
support, under him, he sweeps his
other three legs forward simul-
taneously. With few exceptions, the
world's 650,000 -odd know species
of insects all have six legs.
* * *
Why are some animals' eyes in
the front of their heads, while
others are on the side?
Where an animal's eyes are plac-
ed usually depertds upon whether
Nature has made hima meat -eater
or a vegetarian. The meat eaters,
like the wolf or tiger, are preda-
tory. They pursue their food, and
at dinner time they only need to
see in one direction -straight ahead
at their prey. The vegetarian, like
the giraffe or rabbit, on the other
hand, has to look sharp to keep
from becoming a meat -eater's din-
ner. He has to be able to see
approaching danger as soon as pos-
sible for a fast getaway, So, with
his eyes on either side of his head,
the vegetarian can see in two
directions at the same time. At
the first sign of danger, he's off
and away.
t 5 *
Why do you• swing your arms
when you walk?
From some primitive force of ha-
bit, apparently. Psychologists say
you don't really need to swing your
arms far balance; you can walls
just as easily without swinging
them. ft's just a hangover from
the long, long ago when man or his
ancestors walked on all fours and
had to use all his limbs for loco,
motion.
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Anarchy Sets In
The Ford strike andthe thea-
tened walkout at Chrysler 'stand
as terrible examples of what can
Wino when a labour union misuses
its power or lets' a hoodlum minor-
ity get control.
The Ford strike bad shut down
one, of the country's biggest plants, •
was slowly paralyzing a whole city.
Almost everyone was against it,
even the union, except for the hand-
ful of power -mad ringleaders. Their
blockade of the plant shows shock-
ing indifference to legality.
Pet because unions are what they
are, the majority lets the minority
get away with it, and they, their
wives and children, and a 'whole
city have to suffer.
If union leaders can't restrain and
union members are afraid of the
goon squad, the Communist agita-
tor, the labour bully kind the plant
saboteur, it's time for some other
form of control.
Business and the public, includ-
ing the workers themselves, are
entitled to some effective protection.
-From The Financial Post.
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THE Calvert SPORTS COLUMN
• THIS IS THE.FIRST of a series of
columns dedicated to sport, sportsmen, and
sportsmanship,
We mean the sort of sportsmen who
dont cheat, who keep within the bounds of
true sportsmanship. We mean the fishermen
who would scorn to take an ounce of fish
over the legal limit, no matter how well the fish were biting. Or
the hunter who would never think to shoot a bird, or a deer, or
anything else out of season. The golfer who would rather add than
subtract a stroke from his score in case of doubt. The good losers.
The sportsmen,
These conte in all divisions of sport, amateur and professional,
in all games. And one of the finest displays of courage • mei sporting
spirit was given two years ago by Bill Durran, rated by many the
greatest net -minder of all time, when just after he had completed
his sixth Vezina Trophy victory in seven seasons, Ise stepped aside,
in the midst of the 1950 Stanley Cup series, to be -replaced by a
comparative rookie, because ise was convinced his continued stay
in the nets was unfair to his own club.
Never before have we known, in a long nssociatioh wnh
hockey, of a top-ranking player, rated the world's best in his posi-
tion, suddenly deciding that he wasn't good enough to carry on,
feeling that some greatness, some reflex, has suddenly failed him,
and voluntarily stepping down, to hand over the job to a romper-
ative neophyte
It's 'an epic of fine sporting spirit, of team loyalty. And some-
one of mare gifted pen, who can analyse and describe such mental
torments and conflicts could find here the material for a compelling
story of cgnflictipg ,emotions, of the hours of troubled thought
Durran must have given to his own problem, a problem he had to
solve himself with no outside help. Because, to a man at the top '
of his profession, a man with intense pride of craft, it represents
tremendous athletic and moral sacrifice that suddenly he must say
tp, the; world; "I think I'm through, I can't carry on. I want a
younger man to take my place."
Durna'n told couch Dick Irvin: "Pin not playing up to the
meek, Dick,'Mv vision hasn't been really good since that accident
in Chicago. Something has happened to my reflexes, to may nerves.
dt isn't fair to She boys that I should carry on. We've lost three
straight, and 1 don't feel diet my nerves are capable of going' in
there for a fourth game."
Irvin was amazed. Be told Durran to sleep on it, think it over.
But the next morning, as the players Went out for a light skate,
prior;lo the game that night. Duman didn't attempt to dress.
So frvin,sat down, told young Gerry McNetl exactly what had
happelie'd. 'MobielL listened; nodded, started to dress. Then Ile
stoiipeii, "No,"'lie said "I 'can't do this. Bill is too fine a guy to
have anyone push .hint out right m the Cup series, I won't do It,"
But Durran rose to this problem too. Pteaching team loyalty,
he sold hid own ,ibti to McNeil, settled his own problem.
What problem? someone might enquire• That someone wouldn't
of course he very close to the sports picture, nor would that some-
one understand what pride of craft, what team loyalty mean* M
timed who achieve the higher brackets, in part because they possess',.
those very attributes.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
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