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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1941-12-31, Page 2RT HO"I'E1 P,o. CANADA WINTER HoupAY l canted l*l& lu the l,uurontlawl, this lnxur, lou$ hotel with new ad- dltlous otters you the maxlinnni lu holida7 Idensure$. Ski nehool $ki torte . . . licca -iii monotone bon. decks and dnneLug W the 'kerritce Room. 10. striated. 'Write for ,,kit., ratan and reservations. CHAPTER 06' He dismounted, as did his eom- panions, They examined fresh tracks of a horse headed down- hill. The length of the stride showed that the animal had been going fast. "Blaze on his way home,"' one of the men commented, "And hell bent to get away from here in a hurry." Jelks looked up at the sharp slope at the Gap, and a chill fore- boding swept over him. Not far from here his friend had been shot down from cover, His face set grimly. "They waylaid Red from the rock," the third man said. He was a cowboy in shiny leather chaps, and ` a polka-dot bandana. "That's right, Chips. Red never had no chance." Rufe said nothing. A lump had choked np into his throat. He looked away, so that the others would not see his face. . The crack of a rifle snatched them from the gloom settling over. them. They looked at one another. "Some one shooting, and not at us," Chips said. Again a gun roared, this time from the slabs of sandstone to the left of the trail above them. Rufe let out a yell of relief. "Red's alive!. They haven't got him yet. He's back of those rocks. Come on, boys!" Before he mounted he fired his rifle, to let Silcott know help was at hand. They left the trail at a sharp angle, taking advan- tage of cover as they made a half circle of approach. Some seat - tering shots were fired at them, but at a distance too great for accuracy. When they came out into the open at last it was at a spot sixty or seventy yards below the sandstone slabs, They left their horses out of sight 'dnd climbed the last stretch on foot, dodging from one scrub pine to another. The enemy did not interfere with their progress. "Looks like they have done lit out," Chips said, "so as not to be recognized." Rufe nodded agreement. "I'm gonna make a sprint for the rocks," he said. "You boys cover me, in case they're playing pos. Anm.'" Silcott called down to them. "I think they have hit the trail, boys, but don't take any chances." His friend did the last thirty yards in a rush. Jim was sitting on the ground, his back against the stone wall. "Better lights stranger," he said with a grin, "and if you have a spare cigarette feed it to me." Jelks did not speak for a mom - ant. He was still panting from the run uphill. With a look of disgust he masked the apprehen- sion that fear had etched on his face. "Hell, I might a-knowed you would be all right, you old mosshorn," he said presently. "We bust a trace to get here in time, and you're camped here pert as a nigger in a watermelon patch." As if by an afterthought, he add- ed, "Don't tell me they didn't pump a single hole in you." "One," Silcott answered,. and Every sailor, soldier end airman needs Mantiml'etum for domehs of minor ail- ments. Small in cast but very valuable in use. QUICK RELIEF FOR HEAD 001.DS CHAPPING TIRED. AND ACHING FEET SUNBURN INSECT eats r, CUTS. AND BRUISES and oilier ton. ,Mone ISSUE 1---'42 A pointed to the improvised tourni- quet, "But the patient is resting comfortably," he added with a wry grin, "And I got one of them in the arm, So it's even steven. How about that cigarette?" A Good Little Scout "Hmpl You don't deserve it," Rufe's voice waa sharp, a reac- tion from his great relief. "Of all the durned crazy galoots I ever saw you take the cake. One of these days the Hat T warriors will bump you off slick as a whistle, and we'll pat you down with a spade where we -won't have to worry about you any more." He tossed a sack of smoking to- bacco and a book of -papers at the wounded man, then wigwagged the news to the two men below that all was well, after which he gave his attention to the leg, washing the wound with water from his canteen. The others of the rescue party arrived and watched operations. "You wore lucky, Red," Chips said, "That busted leg won't keep you from riding -far as the Berry !place, will it?" "Far as Blanco," Silcott cor- rected. "Yea, I efure was lucky." They guessed he was suffering a good deal, but they offered no sympathy, It was expected of a cowman that he be a stoic when occasion called for endurance. "Spill yore story, follow," Rufe growled. His hands had been deft and gentle while dressing the wound, but none of this consid- eration reached his nainner. "And it had better be good." Jim told them briefly what had taken place. Chips was watching the pass above for signs of the enemy. It was getting dark and the sharp outline of the rocks was blurring to a more vague black mass. "They have done lit out, don't you reckon?" he said. Silcott thought they had. "Soon as they saw you fellows, after firing two -three shots at you as a warning not to crowd them. Couldn't afford to be identified. But I think we'd better not in- vestigate too closely. Some of them might be there. No we for us to get on the prod.' "How about that rifle the buz- zard dropped when you hit him?" Rufe asked. "Trouble about getting that rifle is that one of them may have the same idea as you, Rufe," Jinn said. "He and you might meet up there." "That would be tough on one of us," Jelks said. "But I'm go- ing after that Winchester. I'II promise to be a regular Injun and not throw down on myself." The protests Silcott made were brushed aside by his friend. "You're a fine guy to talk about playing safe," Jelks jeered. Rifle in hand, he slipped away into the gathering darkness. "I would like to bury my dog, Chips," the wounded man said: "He's out there about forty yards. Do you reckon you could find him? They can't see you from above now." "Y'betcha1" With his pocket knife Jim scooped a shallow grave. When Chips brought in Pixie, Silcott buried his canine friend. They heaped stones on the grave as a protection against coyotes, "He was a good little scout," Jim said, his voice empty of feel- ing. "If it hadn't been for Pixie I would have been ready for burial myself. The little 0005 got a bullet they had been saving for mc." Child Cures Fear Of Hun Air Raids Three-year-old Janet, who was in a Bristol hospital when it was bombed, cured herself of fear of air raids by talking to her dolls. For three weeks after the bomb. ing Janet woke up terrified every time the sirens sounded. At the end of that time she was heard telling her dolls how the bombs fell the night the hospital was bit and how the windows were shattered over them, She told the story night atter night and grad- ually her fear of the' raids lessen- ed, Now, Janet wakes only when the barrage is particularly heavy. The Shark Yields Valuable Vitamins Hap Now 13eoom0 $ource of Revenue, SaYa the St, Thole - aft TImea•Journal • Until quite recently sharks have been regarded as the meet useless of denizens of We sea. They are anathema to ilehermen because their presence scares fish away train the fishing grounds, and when the larger species get caught in a net they thresh about so nitwit that they seriously .damage the gear. 'Usually they have been sold for fertilizers. Thanks to ohenlcal research, however, the shark has now be- come a valuable fish, There are many species of the sharp fam- ily but the welcome types are the dog -shark, the soupfin, , the' blue, thrasher and mud shark. Their liv. er is discovered to be richer in vitamin A than any other BUb- ertance, From the 'Canadian west coast down to' San Francisco, fish- ermen are now going out for sharks only, -and •the aggregate -, value ofcatches is something like $75,000,000. a year; money wilicli was .formerly discarded. Recently, a Warman boat out of San Fran- cisco brought in a $7,000 catch JR five days, malting over $1,100 for each man. The average 1s $700 to ;1,300 a week for three men. Oil for Planes The boom is due to a San Fran- cisco druggist who begun using shark's liver to fortify feed for poultry. He found that the liver of the soupfin shark contained 20 times as much vitamin A as the liver of halibut and other fish. It yielded 100,000 units per gram compared with 5,000 in the others. During this current year the Uni- ted States Government has bought four trillion units. Much of this has been sent to Britain and Rus- sia under the Lease -Lend Act. The rest has been "fed" to the Ameri- can army, navy and air force. Vita- min A is exceptionally valuable for night flyers, and 1t is also being given to people who are near-sighted, It has a remarkable effect on eyesight, Experiments have also demon- strated that shark's Liver produces a remarkable oil for use in strato- sphere planes, the lubricant being unaffected by extreme or rapid changes of temperature. This oil Is valuable also in the finest mech- anisms. The British Government is also using it to fortify margarine. • Camouflage The latest Nazi camouflage trick reported by Russian military des- patches: Gemma fuel trucks supply- ing panzer columns are being moved up to the front covered with hay and straw, arranged to simu- late the appearance of a Russian peasant cottage. Twelve million meals a day are served outside the. home In Britain. Stopping the heart for five sec- onds may cause unconsciousness, but it is possible to restore Life after the heart has stopped beat ing for 15 minutes under some cir- ol mietances. Twenty-seven beavers were ship- ped recently from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the 'United Stales for breeding purposes and to meet the increasing demands for "nut- ria" fur for women's coats. Seventy miles of road in Britain will have plastic white lines to aid drivers during blackouts. To save refrigerator cargo space in shipments to Great Britain, the Australian Government proposes to process the entire egg export surplus as egg powder. Teu egg - drying plants will be operating be. Pore the end at the year, 1941. Five tons of nails per day are used by a Canadian plant in drat. Canadian Merchant' Navy -sea- men who brave enemy submar- ines, surface raiders and aircraft in order to transport troops and war supplies overseas, will now be entitled to wear the badge pic- tured above. The insignia draws attention to the fact that these hien of the merchant fleet are vir- tually part of Canada's fighting force. The government Order in Council authorizing issue of the badge states that it is to be worn by the personnel of ships of Can- adian registry "When on shore leave in civilian attire, in order that recognition may be accorded to the national importance of their .contribution to the sea transport of troops, munitions and supplies, and the carriageof ex- ports to overseas markets." ing military vehicles for shipment to the British armies. The Hong Bong police furnish' antipiracy guards for British ves- sels on the China coast. • Animated cartoons are being pre- pared to teach the men of the armed forces strategy, gunnery and other training subjects. Canada is one of the leading manufacturers of rubber .goods produelug rubber commodities val- ued at more than 83 million dollars at factory prices In 1940. The first estimate of the late field crops of Canada in 1941 places potato production at 39,- 290,000 9,290,000 cwt. Palestine has decreed that any article which can be produced in that country cannot be shipped in for sale from other countries. Well Built Plants Deep In Interior William S. Knudsen said that the production goal for giant fdur-motored bombers has been increased from 500 a month to 1,000 an announcement that un- derscored the opinion of defence officials that the • Pacific war must be won by bombing Japan. The director of the office of production management said now bomber productionfacilities would haveto be built and that every plane factory would have to adopt the 168 -hour work week. In a war which apparently is to become increasingly a battle of bombers, Knudsen said the new aircraft facilities would be placed "inside the mountains" -deep in the interior beyond the destruc- tive range of Ars planes. Further, preparations will be made so that machinery from air- craft plants now -concentrated in danger areas of the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards can be moved if necessary. This recalls Russia's "knock down" factories, which have been carried backward be- yond reach of Nazi bombers. Churchill Cigars One of Mr. Churehill's cigars— they are a special Havana brand called Enormes—takes two and a half hours.tosmoke. It is just about the right size for a man who has so much leisure on his hands. FUN TO CROCHET — LOVELY TO OWN — BEGIN NOW SAYS LAURA WHEELER COP?. 1911, NEEDLECRAFT SERVICE, INC, FILET CROCHET CHAIR SET PATTERN 2999 Whether it's for a Christmas gift or to beautify your own home, you'll want to crochet this adorable kitten set right away! Ilse fine cotton for this filet crochet chair or buffet set. Pattern 2409 eon. tains charts and directions for making set; illustrations of it and stitches; materials required. ' Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., loon 421, 7,1 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern nuiirbc., 1000 sero.) and ad- dress. REVEL IN WINTElt;r+- 411111i5 lur:urluoa 14.0' Oudot, - ovakiulght trout Toronto null Ontario, 10 the lata. tine i.nurentlun$.. , 00 r001r00111/1.,. 'ltb. Or wlthOnt,privete pa-ths ".. c01100,4nble lounges : , , cosy *worths . , . exeellent bible nod even, an-te-tutu cowman -nee, x. ekl•ton$ tmd -"UM 00" on the prcln.rty well mucked die . ofalelul ek,l School. 4unudlan tout European Inatrueters1,11 .. winter aetivitica. ncatrbeted Clientele, nk11. dC rules—write' Ste. alerguerlle Station, p.tt.. No Watch Runs In Perfect Time Even Railroad Tinie-Pleces Vary From Otte -Half to Ane Second Every Day No Watch keeps •perfect time, Clarence Woodbury writes in Am- erican Magazine. Eine American raiload watches will run from one- half to a full second fast or slew every day, and one of the most expensive watehes you...cau buy— a little number which retails for around $5,000—Will bo off ; one - eighteenth of a second every day. If your watch happens to be- come magnetized by a dynamo or an Xray machine, there's a ,simple, way to take out the juice. Expose 4t to the same magnetic field again, and twirl it round and round, debonairly, as you retreat from 1h. The same watch will keep dif- ferent time in winter and summer, indoors and out. In zero temper-. ature, the average watch will lose ten seconds in twenty-four hours, andunder a blazing sun it will gain ten, When you set your watch, turn- ing the hands backward . won't hurt it a bit. Only in striking clocks must the hands be moved forward. "Don't wind it too tight or you'll break the spring!" That old warn- ing is meaningless today. The strongest man on earth couldn't wind moat modern watches hard enough to break the mainsprings., Manufacturers have made them muscleproof. Tiny watches are justas occur - ate as big ones when they're prop- erly adjusted, but they can seldom take as muoh punishment. If you simply must open your watch and let Junior see how the wheels go round, perform the op- eration in an air-conditioned r00% Otherwise, you may have to pay for a repair job. Infinitesimal par- ticles of dust can clog the works, and i8 damp air gets into your watch, the moisture will condense later and may cause rust.. Rust ruins more watches than all other cause% combined. The life expectancy of any good modern watch is far greater than that of its owner. If it is cleaned and oiled regularly once every two years, the average 21 -jewel time -piece will tick on through at least two centuries. Late Arrival Club Has Few Members An Honor to Belong to Club Whose Badge is a Little Foot With Metal Wings It's an Honor to belong to the Late Arrival Club, which was start- ed not long ago in the Middle East. You can't become a member just `by paying a subscription and being passed by a committee. Before you can wear its badge, a little boot with' metal wings, you have not only to belong to one of the Allied air forces operating out there, but you have to have returned on foot from a machine which has either crashed or had to make a forced landing. There are about forty members in the Western Desert. The latest of these is an Austra- llau pilot officer. Having been chased by four Messerschmitts, he had to fly his bullet -riddled machine so low to get away from them that he landed with a terrific smack, tearing or the under- carriage and the propeller. The shock of the bump catapulted the wrecked plane 500 feet up in the ah- before it finally came to rest. The pilot, considerably the worse for wear, scrambled out to find himself thirty miles on the wrong side .of the Libyan-ligyptian 2 011- tler. With a little food and a bottle of water (most of which got spilt on the way) he set out on his long trek, walking only at night for there were Gelman patrols abort. After two and a half days one oI GUI• own patrols picked hhn up,' exhausted. Iles^now back with his squadron. That's a typical "Late Arrival," Lard Was Answer To Shipping Space Frozen Lard Proves Best In. solation For Protection of Fresh Foods Chicago packers have put over a fast one on hitter by devising a new insulator for frozen meats. • The insulator is itself an export, the old reliable export that has survived moat handsomely the •de. cline of international trade in Corn Belt foodstuffs -- that is, lard. ' Uorman submarine warfare cut seriously into the available supply of refrigerator ships and refriger- ated epee.) on general cargo boats. Iiefrigerator ships are costly to build, both in time, money and in materials and slcilled labor need- ed for arms and munitions. Re- frigerating machinery takes up valuable cargo space. So the packers stepped in to provide a substitute method of shipping fresh. foods. As a part of that search, they experimented with all manner, of substances to insulate shipments of frozen food. Frozen lard proved to be the best insulator. Fat -hungry Britain cries for lard, so thus we have not one bird, but a whole flock of traffic trouble birds, killed with one inventive stone, a, packaging material that is itself a food. War enters the picture of this latest triumphin preservation and transport of food. But the stim- ulation of war has played a great part in the development of the food industries. The art of can- ning is a Napoleonic war baby, as are beet sugar and cheap soda. Oleomargarine is another food born in barracks. A Boy's Solicitude An American mining engineer just back from southern Rhodesia, told about a thing he had seen in the little village of Guela. A native boy arrived there after a trek of 200 miles across the veldt carrying a 1.60 -pound sack of "mealie," the native food. The boy deposited the sack'ron the porch of the British Commissioner. He explained that he had heard that. the Germans were trying to starve the English. He thought that the "mealie," if it could be delivered, - would keep the King and Queen front going hungry for quite a long time, $t. Lawrence Starch Co. Limited