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The Brussels Post, 1950-3-8, Page 3Case Of Foffedy By Richard 11111 Wilkinson "There's a curious twist to this case, ius:,ector," George Jackson, riresidcnt of the SIedv,Ile National ]tank wrs saying, "Anthony Page, who deposited ,25,111)1) o ith tis on 11onday, dee::leil to use his right name at the last moment." "llis right name? \\'hat do you mean" "Anthony Page is a Belson writer, His real name is Edward Thurston. Recently a distant uncle died and left hitt a small fortune—$25,000 to he exact. Page consulted me about investments. I advised hint not to invest in anything while the market was in its present unstable condition. Ile agreed, and decided to deposit the money in our bank until things looked better. "He came in early Monday morn- ing and trade the deposit, decided to use his real name of Edward Thurston at the last moment. On 'Wednesday, a check for $5,000, signed by Edward Thurston, was presented and cashed by one of our tellers "I have questioned Thurston. He says he left for Chicago directly after depositing the money, and swears he told no one about his decision to use- his real name. He had signed no checks against his account! Inspector Kent Clifford reflec- tively lighted a cigar. - "You say that Thurston made his deposit early on Monday scorning?" "As far as I can find out," the president offered, 'there were only two men in the bank while Thurs- ton was here." He handed the offi- cer a slip of paper. "Here are their names and addresses. Both are well known to all of us, men of high repute." Inspector Clifford studied the names, "Now tell me what your clerks were up to." ,. "Nothing unusual. Getting things ready to start the day. Making sure deposit blanks, pens, blotters, ink, etc. Isere on the lobby counters. .Arranging their cash . , " Simon's eyes grew wide . for a moment he stared as though struck, then impul- sively turned and bolted. Inspector Clifford snapped his fingers. "That's it. Come on, we're going to call on these two Wren," The first call was on a man named Simons in the suburban town of Sharonfield. Mrs. Simons answered their knock, "Harry is away, Is 'there any- thing I can do?" Following previous instructions from Clifford, Jackson said: "We trade a mistake in his monthly statement last week. Do you hap- pen to know whether he has it handy?" "It may be on his desk, Will you ,conte inside?" They followed. her into the house. There was a small den off the liv- ing roots containing a desk, Mrs. Simons began opening drawer's and peering into them, Icor a moment Inspector Clifford stood idly by, Then suddenly he stepped forward and snatched something from one of the drawers. Before the startled eyes of Mrs. Sintous and the astonished gaze of President Jackson, he strode over to a window, studied the thing, "Simon's our man," he said, "This proves it, Now—" He broke off as the forst door opened and closed, As Clifford finished speaking, Simons, a tall spare man, appeared in the doorway, stopped and looked about in bewilderment. "1'm Inspector Clifford of police headquarters," the officer said, stepping forward. "Simons, 1 arrest you for forging Edward Thurston's name to a check for $5,000," Simon's eyes grew wide. The color drained from his cheeks, For a Moment he stared as though struck, then impulsively turned and bolted. Anticipating the move, Inspector Clifford leaped forward. His fingeret caught hold of the tall man's collar, and yanked him backward, "Quite simple when explained,"' Clifford was saying later. "Sitnoos probably ueeded"ntoney, He was in the bank when Page was making his deposit, and picked up the blot. ter Page ,Batt Used when signing hie name. It was a new blotter and the imprint therefore was definitely easy to copy for forgery purposes." Says Thatched Roofs Are Best Of All 'No method of covering roofs has yet been invented which can equal thatch in being both weatherproof and resistant to extremes of tem- perature,' declares William Martin, a thatcher for fifty years, who emphasizes that 'there must be no attempt to cheapen the work at the expense of the craftsman,' During the thousands of years of progress since men first built ousts, it is really rather remarkable that no method of covering roofs has yet been invented which can equalthat in being both weather- proof and resistant to extremes of temperature. Not only does the thickness of the thatch makes the house warmer in winter and cooler and summer, but the reeds have an effect like a cavity -wall, with simi- lar insulating properties, - As a thatcher of some fifty years' standing, 1 have always found the job very interesting, 1 actually started work with my father and grandfather 'when a boy of about ten years of age. It is a highly skilled job, if properly done, requiring a good eye and plenty of patience, but it is work of which anyone can be proud. Now what about the materials? This is where the farmer conies in, for he can produce for thatching practically everything needed on the farm. The timber can he freshly cut from the woods—ash, hazel, fir -poles ,and ao on. The rods and spars can also be got front the underwood—the hazel and withy, The straw of straw -reed, too, is grown on almost every' farm. In the south-western counties of England, the wheat straw reed is very popular. This is wheat put through a special attachment called a reed -comber, which is fitted to an ordinary threshing machine, It comes through the machine cleaned of all corn, and flag and weed and the butts are all one way and un- bruised, This straw -reed is sold usually at about twice the -price of ordinary straw. To thatch an average -size root of fifteen squares with wheaten straw-reed—a square is 100 square feet—would cost $500 to $600, This is the cost of an entirely new roof —if put on to an existing thatched roof it would cost aout $350. If, however, all materials are supplied by the farmer, the cost would not be likely to exceed $150. Aird how long, you may ask, would such a roof last? I should say that, with straw -reed, from thirty- five to fifty years, with the excep- tion of the ridge, which requires renewing about every ten to twelve years. Norfolk reeds will last much longer,•but the cost is very much higher. Very often, when 1 ant working on a roof, people stop and ask ane questions about thatching. They admire the neatness of the thatched roofs, and many ask what is being done to preserve this craft, and why more young men do not take up such satisfying work, It is perfectly true that, during recent years, there has been. a steady decline in thatching, The cause of this, in my opinion, has been the low rate of pay the thatcher received for his work, as a result of which the thatchers' sons refused to take up the craft. At last, however, the thatchers are getting an adequate reward for the service they render to the com- munity, and if thatching is to sur- vive there, must be no attempt to cheapen the work at the expense of the craftsman. There are at present 778 full-time that,.hers in this country, but 600 of these are over forty years of . age. These are far too few in number to cope with the work needed, but 'the Rural Industries Bureau is doing all it can to en- courage young Wren to take up the craft. I am pleased to say we are meeting with a certain amount of BO Leaders In r at British Election Struggle Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Sketch from photo by Karsh, Ottawa. success, as there are now about forty trainees learning the work, but mote are still required. Thatchers' associations, too, are being formed to maintain and im- prove standards of work, and this is a step in the right direction. I am often asked if thatching is a dying craft, and my reply is 'definitely no.' In the south-western countries •of England, I find many people are buying old cottages and having them reconditioned with a coat of thatch put on the old roofs. In litany cases, unsightly gal- vanized iron and asbestos sheeting is being removed and entirely re- placed by thatched roofs. How long, you may ask, does it take to learn to make a good thatcher? This is not an easy ques- tion to answer. As I have already told you, :[ have been thatching myself for nearly fifty years, with all kinds of material, and I ant not too old even now to learn a point or two. Held By Czechs — Aldon, Johnson is one of two Mor- mon missionaries seized by Czechoslovakian officials in Moravia Tan, 27. The Czech foreign office said Johnson and Stanley E. Abbott are being held for trying to enter a prohibited area. American officials in Prague expressed "grave concern" over the case. trp And Atom --Sumner Pike (left), who will take over as act•, ing chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, confers with retiring chairman David Lilienthal. Pike, who had been vice- cha:irtnau, will serve as head of the AEC until President Truman appoints a. permanent chairman. Grandma, Grandpa, Need Milk Too Milk is no longer just for the children. Scientists are finding out new reasons why all the members of the fancily need it. Mother needs it, especially if she's nervous. Dad needs if if he doesn't want to get old before his time. And Grandpa and Grandma veer it. Then they aren't so apt to get laid up with a broken hip. We know that milk furnishes a digestible protein—that's why it's such a perfect food for babies. It also furnishes minerals. Calcium is the mineral that your body needs in largest quantity, And it's the one that your diet is most apt to be short of. It's what makes up the lime part of the bones, Milk is one of the best sources of digestible calcium. Why is it old people's bones break so easily? Experiments point to a lack of calcium in their diets. You can't maintain strong bones on simply tea and toast. It's hard to think of such things as your bones dissolving away, But tests have shown that calcium is leaving the body all the time. And since 99 per cent of the body's calcium is in the bones it has to conte from then. You've heard about the "tagged" atones (radioactive isotopes) that let one trace these particles of mineral as they move through the body. Such bone -building mineral was fed to some white rats. The scientists found that at first it located in the bones. But later it was excreted and had to be re- placed with a new supply, For obtaining this required cal- cium milk is a good food to tie to. ilor example you'd have to eat seven pounds of carrots or cabbage or' 27 pounds of potatoes, to get as notch calcium as from drinking just one quart of mills, One quart (four glasses) of milk a day will furnish all the calcium heeded for the average child, 'l.'he amount of calcium needed by ad- ults is practically as much, In adolescence, children need one and a half times this amount, The pregnant woman needs as much or more than the adolescent. If one is out of the habit of drink- ing this much milk, there are other; ways of working it into the diet. Some liquid milk with the meal is always recommended. Out it can be used liberally in the cooking, too. Bread made with dried milk furnishes the calcium, Calcium goes other things to you besides making harder bones, It's necessary for the 'clotting of blood in wounds. It helps regulate the beat of the heart. And it helps keep your nerves stable. Vitamins of the B complex have something to do with nerves, too. One of these — sometimes called Vitamin B-2, at 'other times called Vitamin G (to stand for growth)— you now generally hear by its par- ticular dame, riboflavin. All adults should want to get plenty of riboflavin, For it is' called the vitamin that "helps ex- tend the best years of life." That 's it helps you keep the qualities of youth—to postpone the signs of age, Sounds like the "fountain of youth" idea, doesn't it? But here's a part of the explanation science gives: Your body cells need ribo- flavin in order to use the oxygen brought 'by the blood. This better use of oxygen is like taking deep breaths. You get a sense of well- being, which is one of the charac- teristics of youth. So, if you feel nervous and run- down, get plenty of riboflavin. Then blue Mondays (we hope) won't scent quite so. blue. The Tale, Not The Tail, Of A Kilt Esther Butler is a Scot, a fervent Scot, and she maintains her Scot- tishness while she is in the South of England by stitching at kilts for dear life. "In thirty-seven years, stated Esther in an air interview, :;I`ve sewn enough tartan to stretch round the world," She was a girl of fifteen, making coats for a Glasgow firm, when the fatuous Variety artist Sir Henry Lauder came in and or- dered a kilt. She was not experienc- ed enough then to make it for hint but later in life she became a kilt maker. She came South fifteen years ago and now sits comfortably and snugly in a country caravan listen- ing to the birds singing outside as she works. By keeping hard at it front early morning till late at night, Esther Butler manages to snake six kilts a week. There are eight yards of tartan in each, every stitch is sewn by hand with silk and match- ing the pleated back and plain front of a kilt is the tricky job, for the check has to look the same all the way round. She has to know more than i„ +r bmnlred different tartans —for each Highland clan has its own tanmt, anu there are dress and hunting tartans, modern and ancient ones. Nine out of ten of Mrs. But- ler's kilts are exported to America. She can recognize her own work anywhere and one day when she was in a London Hotel talking to a friend and they sat near two ob- viously aristocratic Scots, the girl wearing a kilt that Mrs. Butler in- sisted was her work. Her disbeliev- ing friend, bet her a pound that it was not, Mrs. Butler went up to the lady and asked her name, "When she told me I nearly fell through the floor because of my impudence," she said, "hut it was my kilt," "Butter" From Mud" In the latter part of the year 1869 someone applied to the owner of a wharf on the Thames for space on which to erect a butter factory. The extravagant rent offered in- duced the owner to investigate. He discovered that the tenant really intended to make something that would pass for butter, and this from the Thames mud, After some chemical treatment, a pure, white fat could be obtained from the mud, The product sold well, Quiz Question A motorist was 100 yards from an open railway crossing tearing along at 60 miles an hour. A train, com- ing down the track at the sante speed, was an equal distance from the intersection, Problem: Did the motorist get across? Answer: Yes—a beautiful marble cross purchased by his widow from his insurance money. Here's An Idea For Ftl,usy+' Mothers Little Bobby Seaman has been playing Indian for nearly six months—ever since, he was dose months old. Today, like arty good little pa- poose, he enjoys nothing better than being toted around Boston's. Back Bay, strapped securely to his cradle board, Tills papoose -style perambulating started when two active Boston mothers sought to be freed from baby sitting—or pushing. Mr. and Mrs. James Mcl)onougli enjoyed hiking and mountain climbing, but when little Jean ar- rived, they quickly realized they couldn't push her carriage up over the trails. So they scouted around and hunted up pictures and read an article about Indian cradles or car- rying hoards. Improvising a bit, but fallowing specifications closely, they built one for Jean, using an old army ruck- sack carrier and webbed army belt- ing. Discarding the Indian squaw's forehead strap, they substituted tate belting, attaching it so that it slip- ped over Mrs. McDonough's shoul- ders, Shortly after Mrs. Richard Sea- man met her neighbor carrying Jean — papoose style. She, too, liked the idea immensely, since she and her husband enjoyed outdoor sports and also were seeking some method by which Bobby might be included. So they copied the cradle, laced Bobby inside his blanket, strapped the whole contraption over Mrs, Seaman's shoulders—and off they went. Lo, the happy little Indian! AULD SCOTIA (From A Reader Who Enjoysdl 'What Heather Means To The Scots!) Ys tak' ane back tae my Hellen' Hance, Tae a wee Clachan in th' Glens Tae a Heather thack'd Hoose, wt' it's wa's sae white, Like the Sna'-tapp'd mountains that I ken. Whaur th' Heather blooms an' Bracken' grows, An' tumblin' burns roll t'wards th' Sea; Whaur Skylards sing their sangs in Spring, That's whaur i lang tae be. Whaun day was done at set o' sun, We'd sit 'rout' th' auld .state hearth; Write, read or sew, by fire-licht glow, Th' happiest folks on Earth. A thing now rare, we'd say a prayer, Thank God for 3-Iis mercies shown; 'Ere rest oor head ort a ileathet' ked, That t'would a treasure be to own. It's noo lang syne, but wi' tochts • sae fine, Ye've brought tae me o' Hanle-; I've seen this Worl' frac end tae end, But there's naething quite th' same, Like oor heathe''d hills an' bonnie Glens, Oar rugged coasts an' raging sea; Unconquered still auld Scotia stands, By God's will, she'll aye be free, • 'Copter For Cold -Weather Rescues—This is an artist's conception of the first Air Force helicopter designed especially far use in Arctic rescue operations, the Piasecki H-21, Big as an airliner, the craft will be able to land on snow, ice, water, tundra or marshlands. A Hydraulic swivel hoist enables it to haul in litter cases and rnake other pickups at spots where landing is impossible. 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