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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-07-06, Page 6GE 6 VIKING AIDEI G UNDER -SEA �R Pr'Oaring to leave on another diving control panel in the patron of leading seaman of the gian submarine, ULA, as she Royal Norwegian Navy is seen at the on a patrol. THE CLl•NTOi: N'. ,RECGIRID 11 THURS.. JULY 6th, 1.944 Norwe- sets out :Rigid Tests for Rootrot (Experimental Naim -News) Possibly no field of research has made a greater contribution to agri- culture than variety improvement. While many practical farmers have tried to improve their crops through: a careful selection of plants, the pro- gress by this method has been liniit- cd, says. R. J. Haslam, Dominion Experimental Station, Harrow; Ont. With the scientific knowledge that specific characters are inherited, the trained plant breeder has been able rto widen the field of variety improve ment to include disease resistance. This phase 'of plant improvement has been very important with respect to the tobacco industry as several desirable varieties have been develop- ed which now grow where old varie- ties failed. ' Any variety improvement pro- gram, however, is not complete with- out a systematic process of rigid testing from the hybrid stage to the final analyses on yield and quality. The whole process may require seven to ten years before a new variety is ready for distribution. At the Dominion Experimental Station, Harrow, Ontario, over a period of years, varieties of barley have been developed through breed- ing and selection to resist black rootrot. This work has played a considerable part in the development of the tobacco industry in South- western Ontario. In recent years the breeding program has been •broaden- ed to include fluecured and dark tobacco so that in the future all types may have some assurance of higher resistance .particularly to black rootrot. THE PRESENCE There is a House of God I know, Beside s. busy thoroughfare; Where weary folk may come and go, And always find a solace there. The Cross upon the altar gleams; Arrayed in beauty are the flowers; While the sublime Ascension seems To bless and sanctify the hours. When in humility we kneel Majestic silence fills the place. His Presence we can closer feel, As quietly we know His Grace, No 'wayward struggle, and, no strife Here with the Cross, and altar - flowers. Forgotten are the cares. of life; And lo, we feel His Hand on ours. Aileen Ward. V Hybrid Corn Ensilage (Experimental Farm News) Corn wish is the most extengiveiy grown ensilage crop in Canada pro- duces a highly palatable, succulent feed and surpasses all other forage crops in actual yield of total diges- tible nutrients, per acre. I Since the introduction of hybrid corn, its use for ,ensilage has increas- ed each succeeding year. Better hy- brids, when compared with open - pollinated varieties of similar matur- ity give an increased yield of en- silage. On the other hand, hybrids have gained more faveux with the farmer due to the fact that, in gen- eral, they possess stronger root systems and sturdier stalks than open -pollinated varieties whiioh en- able them to resist lodging. This latter character also allows them to stand up ,better under attaeka' 0t'±. :corn -borer. The ability' of 'hybrids to resist lodging definitely makes for greater ease in cutting and handling The uniform maturity of hybrids makes it possible tin cut them' at a time when .practically ail the . plants. are at the proper stage to . ensile. However, it should ,'be remembered that not all hybrids have the eliara- cteristie mentioned and theyshould be chosen on the basis; of adaptabil- ity to specific localities with regard to maturity, yield, and\ strength of whelk: Of the many differences between hybrids and open -pollinated varieties a few should' be carefully noted. Be- cause of heavier 'stalks, hybrids should' be out into shorter lengths,; appiroxiinately 1/ to % inches, to facilitate packing. in Mahe silo. Many also get a false impression of matur- ity with hybrid's. At the same stage of maturity, the leaves and husks, of most hybrids. Alt the same state of maturity, the leaves and hesks, of most hybrid's are greener than open- pollinated varieties. For this rea- son hybrids have been often ensiled when they were too mature which, insome cases, has resulted in moul- dy ensilage. Regardless of outward appearance, corn should be cut when the ears are in the medium dough stage' in order to obtain the best product. Hybrids, when harvest- ed at . the above mentioned stage of maturity and given proper attention at time of 'ensiling, will give the maximum yield of total digestible nutrients and good quality, ensilage. V West Was East The late Rudyard Kipling was wrong when he wrote: "East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet." This is brought to light, perhaps not for the first time, by a current local news item. Mrs. West, school teacher at S.S. No. 17, Ashfield, who looked out of a school- house window Tuesday morning to witness an airplane spiral dizzily' to the ground with its. two oceupants was, before her marriage, Miss Sadie East, of Clinton. No charge, Mr. Ripley. — Goderich Signal Star. V Home From Camp The Goderich contingent of "C" Co. Middlesex -Huron Regiment (R), re- turned from two week's annual camp at Thames Valley on Sunday. They were only twenty-three strong and the Clinton contingent numbered but nine. It was the smallest turnout since the formation of the regiment. A great deal of the training period was spent in the operation and driv- ing of Bren gun carriers. and target practice at Cedar Springs. The weath- er was splendid, with cool nights and waren days. Lieut. Frank Walkom was acting O.C. of "C" Co. in the ab- sence of Lieut. R. C. Hays. Other .officers were Lieuts. W. 'A. Suther- land, Ken Waters 'and Charles Kemp. — Goderich Si al Sta gn r. C.P.R. Gun Plan in Foothills Aids Atlantic Convoys Three thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight feet above sea level and 2,600 rail miles from the Atlantic seaboard, the Canadian Pacific Railway's Ogden Shops in Calgary provides an • outstanding example of the switch -over of the entire C.P.R. system from peace to war. Naval guns made there, at one of the approaches to the Rocky Moun- tains, have played, and are play- ing, their part on those other celebrated approaches—the At- lantic approaches to the Old Country - over which supplies for the fighting fronts have to pass. The 12 -pounder ounder gun, inset on OP left, in this picture of men at work finishing: gun barrels in the great foothills work centre, is a- sample of the type of ordnance turned out at Ogden Shops, which now, is preparing to go into production on its fifth type of naval gun mount. British, Canadian and American sea ser- vices all have shared in the ordnance turned out to fight against Hitler's underwater kill - Ogden Shops' floor space of 235,000 square feet, full overhead crane service and geographical location first conyinced the De- partment of Munitions, and . Sup- ply and its advisers' that the Calgary' shop was an ideal place to turn out the naval guns and a request was made for its use late in the Fall of 1940. To. make way for the navy work the shops had first, to be cleared of the major locomotive and mechanical repairs it normally handled for the C.P.R. from British Colum- bia, Alberta and, part of Saskat chewan, with this repairschedule of vital, importance in itself to war freight and passenger move- ments. Heavy repairs now go to Winnipeg and in some eases as far as Angus ;Shops in Montreal and light repairs to smaller local repair shops., Britishers Thought Early U. S. Terrifying Experiment. The Britisi)er ^ who visited, the. United States during 1836460 ,Believed; the American male did little but spit{ tobacco juice an)d• race boats upon the Mississippi,atan inhuman speed,1 adeording;to Mai, Berger in a study;' "The British Traveler in America."; Thousands of Britishers came toy this country during this period in much the ` same 'frame of ,mind as 'Americans who now visit the Soviet Union. Nearly 250, of them published accounts of their travels. They be- lieved, democracy elieved,democracy a great and per haps terrifying experiment, and 'America the system's chief expo- nent. Adding<'to 'the basic alarm overt' socio-economic differences were sur -I ;prise at the, quantity of tobacco cond sumption and the habit many Amer leans had of permitting' servants to sit at table with their masters. This! fraternizing between servant and' master seemingly horrified the Brit=j isher of Tory instincts hush more] than finding slavery existing in they southern states. The English travelers' accounts of, "the face of things" during the ear - ay 19th century showed that opinion' differed as to precisely why the United States was prosperous. The` liberal Britisher declared: "The democratic system is the answer ...' the greatest and most important, fact of the century." The conserva- tive replied: "They're rich because of natural resources—they can't help themselves." New Discoveries Mark Southeast as Oil Area , Production of oil from a two -mile - deep well in the Florida Everglades adds a new page to. a new chapter of the romance of petroleum. The new chapter concerns com- mercial oil production in the Gulf states east of the Mississippi river. It began late in 1939 with the open- ing of the first well in Mississippi, near 'Yazoo City. Geologists for years had been aware that the oil-producing strata of Arkansas and Louisiana are close- ly resembled fn formationand age by sections underlying Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Since 1939 additional Yazoo wells have lifted Mississippi to large-scale production. Florida's first well now adds reality to the scientists' vision. of an important southeastern petro- leum field. Harbinger of a new kind of Flor- ida boom, the man-made hole in the • swamp land northwest of Miami is the first' producing well, not in Flor- ida alone, but anywhere within 170 miles of the nation's Atlantic coast. Florida, by becoming the 25th oil - well state, gives oil states a na- tional majority, P Frighten Sharks Natives who have had considera-' ble experience with sharks do not 'recommend that the amateur swim- mer should fight them off with! knives. If they attack, it is best to make as much noise as possible to frighten them away. Noise under water can be made by clapping to- gether stones, metal objects, or sticks, or even by thrashing the legs. But unless they attack, it, is best to remain quiet so as not to at- tract them. Also, clothing should cover as much of the body as possi- ble, for they are attracted by white flesh. The most important thing for a swimmer to remember about the dreaded jellyfish, or Portuguese Man -of -War, is that its sting is not death -dealing, but exceedingly pain- ful, and one may experience a feel- ing of impending suffocation. This knowledge is of invaluable impor- tance in keeping the swimmer from losing his head and being overcome by fear, Scabby Face. One way to prevent "scabby face" (infectious dermatitis), a skin fn- fection usually beginning at the cor- ners of the mouth and extending slowly . over _ the face and body of suckling pigs, is to move farrow- ing houses from old, contaminated lots to clean ground. It may also be helpful to clip the tusks of baby pigs to, prevent then, from injuring each other, since such wounds are often important sites of entry for the infectious agent, says the department of animal pathology and hygiene, University of Illinois college of agriculture. If thedisease does appear, some of the affected pigs may be saved by, a daily treatment with 3 per cent creosol applied with a medium -stiff brush. However, this treatment must start early, the department warns. - Tin Is, Important In -addition to being used for tanks and ships, tin has -vitally important medical ,tasks to perforin, accord- ing to government reports. It takes 100 per cent pure tin to enclose the small individual morphine hypoder- mic syringe (or syrette) which the wounded' soldier uses on the battle- field. The emergency sulfa , oint- ments which protect him from dead- ly infection in the jungle are encased in tin. That precious blood plasma•. with which countless lives are be- ing saved right at the front lines is safeguarded with tin. ' Tin con- tainers of many kinds are indispen- sable to every branch of the armed forces, because it isthe most per- fect protective .covering. No other metal or substitute will serve as, well. S o.American ' Governments. • Aid Ca operative Movement . VariouAmerican-governn'lent , recognizing the '.values of eo-opei;a- tives in 'promoting national 'econo- mies, actively aid the movement. Colombia has a<'special; fund to help the country's 196 co-operatives, • and also provides them With technical assistance. Peru has a government agency' devoted exclusively to; 'aid- ing co-operatives and the Peruvian Agricultural, bank extends 5 and 10 - year credits to members. In Huan- cana province 20 new co-operatives are' making a vital contribution to the war effort by increased produc- tion of quinine. Venezuela has given direct aid to nlore than 600 co-operative family units engaged in agriculture, and maintains ,a special school for train- ing specialists in co-operatives. The country boasts of six producer co- operatives and 322 credit unions. with over 27,446 members. In 1941 Bolivia launched an elabo- rate plan to promote co-operative Production of wheat, barley, cotton and livestock by exempting co-oper- utivesfrom salesand business taxes; reducingtheir national, state and municipal taxes -to 50 per cent of normal; reducing freight schedules by 25 per for co-operatives and by giving them preference in trans- portation and preference in the dis- tribution of rationed materials: Ecuador likewise gives official aid to co-operatives, and six of these have contributed materially to the. rehabilitation of devastated El Oro province. • Many Mountain Streams Aid Chile's Electrification Chile's announcement of a nation- al electrification project to be com- pleted in 18 years., draws attention to the country's favorable topo- graphic situation with regard to wa- ter power development. Many riv- ers are born on the lofty slopes of the Andes highlands, furrow swiftly westward across the country to Pa- cific outlets, form a many-runged water ladder with its top near the Peruvian border and its bottom close to the Straits of Magellan. Power from these rivers would assure progressive industrial devel- opment, conserve the domestic coal reserves, and activate the country's dormant resources, Water, apart from its conversion into kilowatts', has greatly influenced Chilean life. The sea modifiesthe extremes of climate, changes the course of ships by the strong "set" of the mighty Humboldt Current, shapes plans and fortunes by its winds and tides and fogs, is the source of a sizable fishing and whal- ing industry, and provides routes for the shipment of strategic ma- terials. It gives Chile access to for- eign sources for needed machinery, textiles and oil, and sustains valu- able reastwise trade. Oil Discoveries Drop Behind growing concernover pos- sible exhaustion of oil' reserves is the steady decrease in the rate of new oil discoveries since 1936. Last year, and in each of five years pre- ceding, the United States produced roundly I,400 million barrels (42 gal- lons each) of a total world produc- tion of about 2,100 million barrels. So far, revised estimates of re- serves in known fields plus new oil discoveries have each year exceed- ed the national production, and have raised known reserves to a 1943 level of 20,000 million barrels. New dis- coveries alone, however, have dropped from a 2,000 -million -barrel annual total of a decade ago to 800 million barrels in 1938, and to 260 million barrels in 1942—less than the annual civilian consumption at the current limited rate. Size of the av- erage new discovery dropped from 20 million barrels in 1934, to 11 mil- lion barrels in, 1938, and to 1.2 in 1942. Tanks Built Like Turtle This country's latest armored ve- hicles are based on exhaustive studies of the turtle. This lowly rep- tile, provided by nature with pro- tective armor, is said to have taught ordnance engineers the essential les- sons of "firestreaming." Firestream- iing is destined to enable army tanks,. tank destroyers and motorized artil- lery to shed enemy projectiles as easily as the horny shell of the tur- tle shedp a horse's hoof. Earlier tanks presented their upright,ar- mored surfaces to direct impact, Now the silhouettes are lower and the armor slopes in such a way that hard-hitting armor-pierchig pro- jectiles tend to bounce from the tank's sides like hail from a sloping roof. The lowly turtle is now wear- ing an army ordnance service rib- bon. Change Camouflage Army and navy painters charged with the . responsibility of maintain- ing the equipment of the armed forces, as inconspicuous to the en- emy as possible have a busy time keeping up with the changing phases of nature, both in regard to the sea- sons in fixed locations and in en- countering the rapid changes in ter-, rain which are found with amazing rapidity in'the-world-wide transport which is necessary in the present war. There is no color or condition of the earth's surface on land. or sea, which the modern camouflage painter may not have to do his best to match, and then perhaps change the color scheme the next day to match a different. natural back- ground. Illinois Court 'Trying ; New Divorce., Procedure The dock county. (Chicago) circuit court is using the pre-trial' confer- ence method of settling contested divorce cases as a step toward clearing calendars for an, expected postwar rush: Primary purpose of the pre-trial ,conferences is not reconciliation but ;a settlement of financial differences ,that will permit cases to be heard ;as a` -default -when one person with- draws to permit granting of an -un- contested divorce. Nearly all cases are past the rec- onciliation stage when they ; enter court, according to Circuit Court, Judge Robert Jerome, Dunne, who is using the pre-trial conference meth- od in an effort to speed' up •action' on acases. steadily - mounting . ,number of The procedure is for Judge Dunne to call both parties and, their law- yers into his chambers 'for a dis- cussion as soon as a case is put on the contested calendar, according to. information to the American Munic- ipal.association: After determining that reconcilia- tion is impossible, the judge inquires into the financial situation of the cou- ple and generally suggests! a lump sum payment in lieu of alimony for the wife. Crimea One of Historic Travel Routes for. Armies The northern section of the Pere- kop isthmus of the Crimea is open , steppe country. In peacetime a grain -growing land of rolling fields, it offers no hills or forests as natural defense lines. Farther south, how- ever, where the bottleneck opens up into the broad reaches of the Cri- mea, mountains rise to guard the entrance. The Isthmus is one of the historic travel routes of the world. Over it flowed hordes of migrant settlers, nomadic tribes, conquering armies. The ancient Scyths, the Goths, Huns and Tatars used it. The Greeks built Taphros at what is now the settle- ment of Perekop. During the 15th century under a Tatar Khan, a great ditch was dug across the narrow northern stretch of the isthmus. Later stone towers were built by another Khan to guard the approaches to the Crimea. During the Russian counter-revo- lution that followed the overthrow of the Tsar, Perekop isthmus, like the Siwash railway route, became a path of retreat for White Russian forces defeated by the Red army. Early Explorer Leif Ericson was born in Iceland in the Tenth century, A son of Erik the Red, who was a son of one of the original settlers of Iceland and the discoverer of Greenland, Eric- son spent the summer of 999 in Nor- way studying at the court of King Olaf Tryggvason where he was con- verted to Christianity. On commis- sion of the king, he returned home to Greenland and the following sum- mer to preach the Christian faith. En route he was blown off his course and sighted land in a new re- gion. Because of the grapevines he saw he called the new country Vin- Iand. From descriptions of the jour- ney and observations recorded, his- torians_believe this country to have been New England or Nova Scotia, and as a result Leif Ericson is con- sidered by many to have been the real discoverer of America. A few years later expeditions left Green- land% to explore the new land and make settlements, but they were forced to leave after three years be- cause of attacks from what are be- lieved now to have been Indians. Pan Spinach Another tasty and quick way to pre- pare spinach is to pan it. To prepare sufficient, for four . servings, melt two tablespoons of fat in a heavy flat pan, add a quart of spinach, cover the pan tightly to keep in the steam and cook until barely tender, stirring occasionally. 'The vegetable cooks in its own juices, so none of the valuable nutrients are lost. By using meat drippings as the fat, you can add good flavor to the panned greens, and at the same time save valuable ration points. Vary the preparation by using bits of leftover meat, or a little chopped onion, or slightly thickened milk or cream. Discovered Quinine Quinine, the most powerful ma- laria drug known, is obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree (pro- nounced sinkona). The tree was named for the Countess of Chinchon, wife of Peru's ruler back in the 17th century, who was saved from death. in 1631 'by the bitter liquid which a Jesuit priest recommended. The priest had learned of the drug from the native Indians of the country. Since . that time, millions of lives have been saved by quinine, mostly M the tropical areas of the world, where malaria is most prevalent. Sea -Going Speedometer A sea -going version of the speed- ometer now automatically and ac- curately records the speed, and dis- tance traveled by our hard-hitting battleships. In addition to indicating the ship's speed in knots, this robot totals in nautical miles the distance trav- eled by a ship from a given bear- ing. It also aids in the measuring of the draft and the trim of the ship and other factors that are im- portant for navigation and gunfire control. Install Mechanical Cow On Army Transport • ' A sea' -going • mechanical . • cow, guaranteed to produce 40 gallons of! emulsified milk or cream in an hour, was recently installed on an army transport, The mechanical cow op- erates with p-erates"with equal efficiency fn the • Arctic or the tropics—in high seas , or calm waters. Centrifugal force, cunningly ap- plied in the interior of the robot cow, does the work. Into the gleam- ing cylinder is poured sweet butter, milk powder and water. Gauges are ; - set and milk of any desired butter- fat content is produced. When everything is ready, a but-' ton is pushed, a motor hums softly. <. A• pressure of more than 300 pounds to the square inch is exerted by sen trifugal force. This breaks' up the fat globules, emulsifies the product. The result is pure milk of 5 per cent' butter fat—or cream, from 30 to 35 per cent Milk from the • mechanical cow contains a higher per cent of butter fat than is found in the milk of any , local dairy—and it's absolutely pure. It contains the vitamins and calcium found in raw milk. The milk can- not sour. Products for the making of the milk are easily stored, re- quiring Little space. Grandstands' Fell in - Classic Roman Times Such modern disasters as col Iapsing grandstands and senatorial investigations are not really mod- ern. The "Annals of Tacitus" re- late that an amphitheater at Fidena was not laid in solid ground and that the fastenings of the wooden structure above were insecure, due to some graft on the part of a con- tractor named Atilius. While watching a .gladiatorial show, a vast crowd of human be- ings, intent on the spectacle or standing about, fell with the collaps- ing structure and were buried in the ruins. Fifty thousand persons were maimed or crushed to death in the disaster, Tacitus records, indicating that there is nothing new in ex- , aggeration either. The sequel was an investigation t by the Roman senate, which finally decreed that no person ,with lest than 400,000 sesterces in good lard cash should present a gladia- torial exhibition and that no more amphitheaters should be built except on tested ground. Reserve Tanks Gasoline drop tanks which hold j .- extra gasoline for fighters and bombers on long trips and which are dropped when empty are ren- dered leakproof by slushing 30 gal - ions of a special zinc chromate • primer paint in the interior of each tank by means of a rotating machine as a first step in making them leak- proof. The surplus paint then is. drained out and the exterior of the • tank thoroughly cleaned with a hot cleaning compound • before being passed through a drying oven. Next, without leaving a conveyor, the tanks pass through paint spray booths where two primer coats and a 'camouflage coat of paint are ap- plied to the exterior. A girl puts on, decalcomania markings and a final special protective coating is then sprayed on as a finish coat before. the tanks are sent to the shipping room for crating and shipping. Mark !Hanna Marcus A. Hanna, born in 1837 at; New Lisbon, Ohio, became one of ' the most colorful political leaders - of his time. As chairman of the Republican national committee in': 1896, he conducted the presidential campaign for William McKinley, and later for Theodore Roosevelt. Hanna, as head of the M. A. Hanna company, operating a steamship and coal business out of Cleveland, Ohio, pioneered the use of steel -hulled' steamships on the Great Lakes. In 1897 Hanna was appointed U. S, sen- ator to succeed John Sherman. He' was elected in 1898, and again in,. 1904, the year of his death. Hanna also was president of the Union Na- tional Bank of Cleveland and the Cleveland City Railway company. Soften Water If the water is hard, you'll get more cleaning power from soap if • you soften it with some chemical as washing soda or trisodium phos phate. The army's mobile field laundries—the units that go right up to the front lines to wash the sol- dier's clothing—use a special soap. that will clean clothes in any kind of water. Of course these field laun- dries have to use any water they can get, so a special soap is neces- sary. But for home use it is more• economical to soften the water. Be sure that the.softener is completely; dissolved and evenly distributed: throughout the water before clothes are added for washing. Bleaching Beeswax Bleaching beeswax to white wax, is• accomplished either by repeated melting in water or by exposure to . sunlight'. or by *the application of' mild oxidizing agents. This materi- al is pure white or slightly yellow in color, and odorless and tasteless. Its specific gravity is slightly higher,- than yellow was and it is more brit- tle than the latter. Beeswax is not greasy when touched by the hand. In its molten state, however, . if dropped on paper it causes a perma- nent•transparentspot. Commercial grades of beeswax always contain, small amounts of plant pollen.