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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-02-12, Page 6PAGE 6 CANADA'S FIGHTING MEN ines, effected rescues at sea septa several enemy vessels and caused ( ' "Take up -our quarrel with the foe: re teo be scuttled. It has lost To you from failing hands we thsow ships and more than 400 men. The tosch; be yours to hold it high." • Canada's sailors man more th From "In Flanders Fields." 300 vessels—•merchant cruisers, . Canada entered the, war after full stroyers, corvettes, ' ininesweep and free debate and entirely of her converted yachts, and patrol en own volition on September 10, 1939.. —November 2, 1941. Salim's, soldiers and airmen over- seas — more than 100,000. • Total voluntarily enlisted. for •Ser- vice anywhere — about 344,000. Navy — about 25,000. Army — about 230,000. V ' CANADIAN AIRMEN "More than two years of war h. brought a continuoms, repetitionCf . Air Force— about 89,000 'glorious achievements 'of Caned, Reserve Army (given part-time airmen in the First Great War.„ ----1. training and liable to be called out Vice-IVIarshall L. S; Breadner, for home defence) about 170,00- of the Canadian Air Staff., As statistics, relating to the streng-1 Canadian airmen have been engal th of the forces are •te vital interest .ed in combat since the outbreak ( to the enemy, the above figures are war' Many had joined' the R.A.F, b( all approximate. fore war broke out. Since early i Ned or Missing' (late Oetpber, 19- 1940, R.C.A.F. squadrons have bee 41) 4087. ' operating- in 'Britain, and for mor Navy — 403; Army 861;. Air For- than a 'year' the output of the • Ai ce — 823: !Training plan has been swelling th The total Population of Gana& is ranks of Canadians, in both the R.A.F less than 12,000,000. Canada's 344,000 and the R.C.A.F. overiseas. enlisted for service anywhere 'would j Canadian airmen are now fighting be equal, in terms of populatoin to a over Britain, over Europe ,in the Med- strength of about 3,900,00 in the arms Iterranean area and over Russia. They est forces of the 'United States- ; have shot down considerably more Canada drafts men aged 21 to 24, ;than 200 enemy planes. Sixteen R.C.- who have not joined One of the active A.F. squadrons are now organized ov- armedforces; for full-time home de- T erseas. Some of them are on bomber, fence duties with the Active Army-- coastal, fighter or night -fighting du- . .No'vember 1 ,1941. ' ties. By the end of this year the num- ber of trained airmen abroad will be equal to a division of infantry. A total of 823 have been reported as dead or missing- by the ILC'.A.F. "We have a large and 'constantly The British Commonwealth Air growing Corps in, Britain which, in- Training Plan, first announced in dividually and collectively, is the December, 1939, has expanded very re- match for anything it ma,y meet on pidly to keep pace with the urgent de - the -field of battle".--MajorsGeneral mends, of the war. The Plan has now II. D. G. Crirar, Chief of the Canadian virtually been completed. --seven mon- General Staff. ths ahead of schedule. Airmen are Canadian troops have been in 13rit- being turned out at about twice the rate originally planned. The Plan now provides 80 percent of the -pilots, gunners and observers, being trained under the Plan. Of these about 10 per cent are American volunteers. • In addition ,in the past year a consi- derable number ,of R.A.F. schools have been transferred, to Canada. This movement will continue until perhaps 30 or 40 R.A.F. schools are operating in; Canada. Construction for these schools is proceeding at a pace com- parable to that when building for the ' Minister, said of the Canadian Corps, :original plan was at its pealc.—Nov- "There they stand ,and there they ember 4, 1941. have atood, through the whole of, the , • critical period of the -last fifteen mon- I V ths--at the very point where. they ; CANADA'S. AID TO BRITAIN would be the first to be hurled into a counter -stroke against an invader." "All help is vital and the quicker Nearly 10,000 Amesican volunteers you can give it the more help it will be.—Lord Halifax, British Ambassa- dor to the 'United States. Canada, as Britain's ally has sent more than 100,000 soldiers;sailors and CANADIANS ON THE SEA airmen overseas. These troops are equipped and maintained at the Do - "The Canadian Navy is doing- a very minion's expense, with the exception vutstanding job . . . It has been a of service craft for the Air Force, very considerable help to the whole which are provided by Britain as part problem of transport."—Col Frank Fra ---- of the,contribution to the Air,Training Xnex ,Secretary of the United States mom Most of the equipment and supplies The Royal Canadian, Navy has been already sent from Canada to Britain in action since the outbreak of war, have been "lease -lend"' by the Caned - protecting the Dominion's coasts, con- _Ian: people. In the present fiscal yeas voying Canadian and Amen= sup - Canada will send $1,500,000,000 wiosth plies -oat of port and on the Atlantic, I of supplies to Bsitain. Canadians will working in the waters around the 11- provide all the money Britain will need tish Isles, in the Pacific and in other to pay for these supplies. parts of the 'seven seas. The Navy has assisted in convoying ships carrying more than 35,000,000 tons of supplies, sunk enemy subrnar- CANADIAN CORPS ain since the arrival of the First Div- ision in December, 1939. Soon there will he four divisions (one of them armoured) and a tank brigade over- seas. With auxiliary troops, Canadian soldiers ill Britain already number scores of thousands of men. The Canadian Corps in Briteht''a- part from occasional. expeditions, has occupied vital sectors ht Britain's front line and acted as a striking fer- ce in reserve. On September 4, 1941, Winston Churchill, the British Prime are serving in the Canadian Anny---( Nohember 3, 1941. V Navy. CHURCH DIRECTORY THE BAPTIST CHURCB Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor 2.30 p.m:—Sunday School 7 p.m.—Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at 8 pan. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. G. W. Moore, LTh. 11 am. Morning Prayer. 2.30 p.m. Sunday School. 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Mrs. Envoy Wright, 3 p.m. — Sunday School 7 p.m. — Salvation Meeting ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., 13.1). 12.00 ,a.m.--Sunday School. 11 a.m.—Divine Worship 2.00 pan. Tamer's Church Ser. vice and Sunday School , 7 pan. Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED lee,. Andrew Lane, B.A., 11 an.. --Divine Worship 7 p.m.--Fvening Woeship. Sunday School at conclusion of morning service. , PRESBYTERIAN ,CIIIIRCH Sunday School 10 'a.m. Worship Service 11 sm. ' :3 p.m. Worship Service at,Barfield 2 p.m.—Sunday Scheel, Bayfield, To, help Britain. to "deliver the goods' to Canada ,the Dominion has materially reduced tariffs on imports from Britain. British ships are re- paired and supplied in Canadian ports. Canada has taken charge of a con- siderable number of prisoners of war. More than 6000 Britiah children have been given homes for the duration. Canadiasa homes are prepared to ac- commodate at least 19,0,000. Canadian citizens have voluntarily contributed more than $27,000,000 to war charities. A large part of this sum has been used to provide money and comforts fax the victims of en- emy bombing, for Canadian troops ov- er seas, and to purchase planes and other equipment. Blankets clothing, food, mobile kitchens, hos- pital, first aid supplies, blood ser- um, ambulances and prisonors-of-war parcels heve been provided—Novem- ber 5, 1941. . v T.C.A. ORGANIZES PERSONNEL SCHOOL Winnipeg, February— To replace members of its staffs from coast to coast who have been called fax mili- tary service, Trans -Canada Air Lines will shortly open a personnel training school here, it was revealed by 0. T. Larson, vice-president; today, Wo- men aged 21 to 28 years will comprise the bulk of students although male ap- plicants exempt fsom military ,service arebeing aeught.• The, students win be paid to go to school And employment for the dila- tion of the warwill follow successful completion:. ef examinations. Asfax as is known the move is 'unique aiming airlines on this( continent. The 'scheol terra Will"lasOsse mon- ths and provide training lit, airline re- servations ,communications,airpert THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Canine Wired Ern -Soutar Receiving Set on Back an Alsatian .police dog At- tached to the Bemis° Street police barracks, In Sydney, Austell/1a, probably is the only dog in the world who plays the role of foursfooted ee- ilo car. This highly -trebled animal a equipped with a light -weight re- ielving set, which is strapped to her sack. At a recent police show in Sydney, 4oe and her master, Constable Den- holm, put on an act that attracted aonsiderable attention. The consta- ble concealed himself behind a clump of trees, where he talked into the microphone of a small portable broadcasting set. Zoe took up a po- sition more than a hundred yards away in the center of the big field where the maneuvers were being staged. The radio set on her back was tuned in to the wave -length of the broadcasting outfit and she took a series of orders from the mastei she couldn't see. Denholm told Zoe to break into a trot, then commanded her to stop and sit down, She did. She also rolled over at the command of the voice that carpe out of the box on her back, leaped over a low wooden barrier, climbed a ladder, filled a can from a tub of water, fired a revolver by pulling a lanyard with her teeth, and did other stunts -- all by remote control. n would be possible, of course, to recall dogs on a manhunt to head- quarters and to direct their move- ments, to a certain extent, so long as the broadcasting officers could see the dogs, either with the naked eye or through binoculars. • Early History of Sacred Music in China Traced Interesting facts on religious sing- ing during the early days of Christi- anity in China are revealed in an article in Renseignements of the Sinological Office of Zi-ka-wei. The article points out that although there are no authentic documents on the origin of Christian sacred sing- ing in China it is believed the early missionaries in that area used an adaptation of the Gregorian chant. It is understood the chant was in- troduced without fixed rules and used with many variations, accord- ing to the tastes of those in the different localities. The writer recalled the famous Christian pillar of Singan-fu in Shen- si, which dates from the year 781 and bears this inscription: "The wooden things which they perceive give forth a sound of mercy and of charity." It is believed that this might refer fo a wooden bell used to call the faithful to prayer, or to a wooden musical instrument for accompany. ing the chanting. It is known that the Franciscans in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, sang the liturgical chants of the Credo, the Ave Regina Coe- lorum, A Solis Ortu, Veni Senate Spiritus and Vexilla Regis either to their companions or the Court of the Grand Khan, or at Peking, cap- ital of the Dynasty of Yuon. Woman Killed With Fire Catherine Bevan, the youngish wife of a 60-y8ar-old New Castle farmer, George Bevan, who was the central figure hi a notorious murder case of the Eighteenth century, is believed to have been the only white woman executed by fire in America. In the early summer of 1731, Peter Murphy, manservant of the Bevan household, announced to the neigh- borhood that Bevan had died "in a fit." Rumors of family discord gave rise to direct suspicion when it was discovered that Bevan's casket was nailed shut. When it was ordered opened, Bevan was found to have been badly beaten to death and his widow and Murphy were arrested. Murphy was hanged and Mrs. Bevan died by fire, because an Eng- lish law of the period provided that a wife who poisoned her husband should die by fire. Electron Microscope The 'greatest extension of human vision since 1677, when Anthony van Leeuwenhoek first focused apeaMat- ozoa under his crude lens is the electron microscope. The electron miakoscope turns a beam of elec- trons on a world invisible to light, and in experimental tests, has mag- nified it 25,000 times, 10 times the top power of the best microscope. First electron microscope available for immediate practical use in scientific research was announced recently by the Camden, N. J., laboratories of the Radio Corporation of America. The 2,500 useful magnification lim- it of the best light microscopes is imposed by the nature of light itself. Microscopic details smaller than one-half the wave length of visible light are literally submerged from sight. Road Follows Old Trail Jacob's Ladder trail, the climbing highway which crosses the beautiful lower Berkshire hills, is U. S. Route 20, between Pittsfield and Spring- field, in Massachusetts. As the trail ascends, mountain vistas are opened to the tourist and near the top a white pine forest which was de- stroyed during the inc storm of 1920, is restoring itgelf. At the sum. mit, a wooden tower has been erects ed, from which the mountainside may be viewed for miles around Jacob's well, along the trail, is a well-known • wayside spring which dates from oxcart days. ' passenger service and passenger sales. One in seven T.C.A. employees to- day is,a, female. While some ,are en- gaged in speciialized shop work 'tit greatestsnambes is in elerical capaci- ties, in traffiesandpirperteffisess Tn., present elojerAive it to previde,a reses- ve,of experienced personnel since cm. to the..specialized nature of airline op,- crations there Is no trained personnel available elsewhere. ustralians Are Among World's Bashful People ['he name Australia means "South and" or "Land of the South." mong the six continents it was ist to be reached by white men. 'hree hundred and thirty-six years go, a Spaniard named ]De Torres assed near the northern coast of Wstralia, but it seereed that no ending was made. A few months later a number of stitch sailors went ashore in Aus- ralia, but they were met by natives vho rushed to attack them. The ,ailors went back to their ship, then :ailed on, Other Dutch vessels visited the :ontinent in later years and for a dme it was known as "New Hol- land." The Dutch, however, did not are much for either the climate or the people. They were more in- terested in the' islands of the East An English sea captain, William Dampier, visited Australia in 1688. Exactly 100 years later a party of British colonists came and settled there. They were followed by many others, and at the present time the population is just about 7,000,000. Australia has been called "a white man's continent" and it is al- most entirely that. Yei Australia does have people with dark skins. They were there when the first ex- plorers and settlers came, and they are there today. The natives are called "blackfel- lows," and have proved interesting. They are among the most backward people ever found anywhere. Rules for Safeguarding Cars in Storage Outlined With many thousands of men be- ing called into service and other thousands engaged in defense work where their automobiles are not needed, simple rules for safeguard- ing cars placed in storage are out- lined by the AAA. Pointing out that in bygone years "putting up the car" for long peri- ods was the rule rather than the ex- ception, the AAA said that no dam- age will result if the car is pre- pared for a period of non-use. The following precautions are listed be- fore leaving the automobile in stor- age: 1. Take steps to prevent rust and corrosion in the engine, perhaps with a corrosion inhibitor, while the car is in use just prior to putting it in storage. Then leave in clean oil and drain the gasoline tank. 2. Place the car on blocks and relieve tension on any parts. The, hand brake should not be set. 3. Place the battery in storage at a battery service. 14 it is to be left for a long period, acid should be re- moved. 4. Engineers advise leaving wa- ter in the radiator using a rust inhibitor. 5. Have the car thoroughly greased and washed. Waxing and covering with a cloth while in stor- age will safeguard the finish. 6. See that the automobile is safe from any fire hazard and it is de- sirable to have insurance protection. In connection with radios in stored cars, probably the only dam- age will be the deterioration of tubes. 0 Hobby Killing Bears Ewart and Cam Wilson of Pensa- cola, N. C., are probably the only two men in the world who have made bear hunting a life work. In their day they have killed more than 125 bruins and every winter since they were old enough to "tote" guns they have plodded the mountain slopes adding to their score, The Wilson brothers own more than 3,000 acres of land on the side of Mount Mitchell, highest peak in eastern Amexica. It is on this mountain that they have brought down all of their bears, usually with shotguns. The bear hunting Wilson brothers have a knowledge of bear hunting and bear habits that no other per- sons had before them, except their ancestors. Elven without their hounds they could track down a scurrying bear and kill it before the day was over. 0 'Thiokol' for Sealing In the early 1920s Chernist J. C. Patrick of '<apses City, who was looking for a good anti -freeze mix- ture, mixed ethylene dichloride and sodium polystillide, surprisingly ob- tained a gummy mass resernbling rubber. Production of this stuff, now calkd "Thiokol," got under way in 1931. The dichloride and polysul- fide are mixed to form a white emul- sion, in which rub,bery lumps are coagulated by treatment with hydro-, chloric acid. "Thiokol" is opaque, pale yellow, has an odor and low tensile strength, but resists chem- ical deterioration and is insoluble in usual solvents. It is used to seal airplane fuel tanks, for gasoline hoses and nozzles. • Grapefruit Not a Hybrid The grapefruit or pomelo is not a hybrid. It is believed to have origi- nated in southeastern Asia and loeeri introduced into the West Indies by the early Spanish colonists. Appar- ently it was developed from the thick-skinned and worthless pum- mel() or ponspelmous, which has an objectionable sort of quinine tAste. A Captain Shaddock introduced the fruit into England as a curiosity and for a xi -umber of years it bore his name. It was renamed. "grape- fruit" because it grows hi clusters similar to grapes. ' q Jefferson's Collections • • Included `Enormous' Lion Excited as a hungry terrier was Bryan Patterson when erosion re- vealed a deposit of old bones in a pasture near London Mills, Ill. Out of the glacial blue clay came parts of a hind leg, pelvis, forefoot, ver- tebrae, a molar tooth. Back in Chi- cago's Field museum, where he is assistant curator of paleontology, Patterson pieced the fragments to- gether. Recently he announced that he had one of the finest fossil ground sloths discovered in the U. S. since 1796. In that year the huge, ex- tinct beast was first studied and named "Megalonyx" by a great U. 8. paleontologist, Thomas Jefferson. When Col. John Stuart found some fossils in a Virginia cave, he natu- rally sent them to Monticello where Jefferson was known to include old bones among his strange (and, folk said, atheistic) interests. In 1797 Jefferson described the fossil crea- ture before the American Philosoph- ical society (of which he was then president) as a kind of enormous lion because of its eight -inch claws. Wrote he: "I cannot . . . help be- lieving that this animal; as well as the mammoth, are still existing." When Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark up the Missouri river and Capt. Zebulon Pike into the Rockies, he half -hoped they might bag a live one. This was not completely silly. 1VIegalonyx jeffersoni is so recent that its bones sometimes bear wisps of hair. Paleontologist Patterson thinks that cave men helped to ex- terminate the creatures though "an embrace from a sloth would have made a bear's hug look like child's play." In expecting to bag a Mega- lonyx, Jefferson was not "wrong by more than a few thousand years." As bone -diggers measure time, this was only day before yesterday. Chemical Properties of , Seaweed Being Studied It ie only within recent times that the scientists have given serious at- tention to the chemical properties of seaweed. Few people realize what a valuable marine plant this is and how it might be used as a substitute for various essential materials which are likely to become scarce on Account of the war situation. Seaweed is well known as a use- ful source of iodine, bromine and potassium salts which are widely used both in medicine and in indus- try. Experiments show that we can obtain the basic substances for mak- ing paper, clothing and even things like glass and imitation rubber and leather from this plant. Fresh dis- coveries are always being made too, especially in the United States of America, where the government has financed experimental research sta- tions in connection with the great kelp beds off the Pacific coast. In the years ahead seaweed may be- come one of the world's most valu- able and indispensable raw mos terials. VI Advance in Cancer Treatment Science, through the use of sur- gery, now has attained a firm foot- hold in its light against cancer of the esophagus, a disease once con- sidered 100 per cent fatal. Successful removal of the malig- nant growths by surgery has been reported by University of California surgeons. The surgeons stated the success of their treatment should encourage all to look more hopefully on the treatment of cancer of esophagus. Here, they said, as in other parts of the body, if the cancer can be diag- nosed early and surgical treatment instituted without undue delay, means are now at hand to provide a satisfactory ntimber of cured patients. The success of the surgery is due to the highly co-ordinated action of a "surgical team" backed by a corps of laboratory workers and specially trained nurses and mech- anized by highly specialized equip- ment. At present cancer of the esopha- gus is respensible fax about 5 per cent of all cancer deaths. Don't Make Beds Initnedirttely During sleep there is an increased rate of breakdown of the fats in the surface of the body, and also con- siderable insensible perspiration which clings to the bedclothes, and which may penetrate the mattress. The bed needs a good airing for an hour or so each morning after it has been occupied, in order to keep' it sweet, The first thing to do aft- er getting out of bed is to throw the clothes completely off the mat- tress, and open the bedroom win- dows for a couple of hours. More fresh air is needed by the bed in the morning than by the sleeper the night before. The mattress needs a weekly bath in the direct sunlight. • Acid and Oranges University of California scientists find that acid soils are essential for citrus trees. A long -continued satis- factory growth of orange trees was found to be unlikely in soils which are on the alkaline side. It has been pointed out by other scientists that the alkaline soil content is likely to increase with irrigation, some alkali settling out of the water as the lat- ter evaporates. Iron sulphate, it is said, is now being used in place of aluminum sulphate for acidifying soils. The acidity of California soils has been proved to be higher than previously was believed—a cheering bit of news for ar orange industry. THURS., FEB. 12, 1942 Modern Pied Piper Needs • More Than Pretty Tune You're tossing $1.130 down the sewer every time you let a rat live . . . for that's the yearly cost of feeding a rat. This startling fact is disclosed in an article in Coronet which declares that the modern Pied Piper needs more than a pretty tune to bring the rats from their holes. To prove it, Coronet tells about Chicago's "ratzkrieg," the lat- est move in that city's rodent war- fare. One of the biggest difficulties in fighting a rat war, says Coronet, is to convince people it isn't only the poor in the slums who have rats. The rich have them too; perhaps sleeker, fatter rats, but they have them, and most people don't realize the amount of harm a rat can do. He starts fires by eating away in- sulation and causing short circuits. His worms may pass on trichinosis. He leaves his excreta everywhere and through that his parasites and germs. His fleas spread bubonic plague and perhaps infantile paraly- sis, His lice carry the typhus germ. The interest in eliminating rats in Chicago began when the commis- sioner of public works became in- terested in rats as part of the city's sanitation problem, and he selected Charles S. Eaton to be Chicago's Pied Piper. Mr. Eaton chose a bait made from red squill, a dried sea onion and from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, because it will not kill cats or dogs or humans. The squill was mixed with crumbs or coarse meal, moistened to a dough and squirted with oil of anise to remove the human odor. Delaware Auto Tags Are Permanent: Renewal Only The new permanent registration plates issued by the Delaware state motor vehicle department have a black and white motif, The plates, considerably heavier than the present tags, have a black background with raised numerals of white, which can be read at a dis- tance of 100 feet. The name of the state appears at the top. Car owners whose vehicles al- ready are registered will not be af- fected until their present license expires next March, but if a car is sold before the present plates expire the new system will be applied. Thus two types of license plates will be in use. In addition to the black and white, Insets placed in either side of the plate will be of other colors. In the upper right hand side is a small slot in which will be an inset 11/2 by IA inches, which will specify the year. This will bear the state colors, blue and gold, carried by the present tags. On the left side, a larger inset, 21/2 by 11/4 inches, will bear the ex- piration date arid will be of a color to represent one of the seasons of the year. Under the new system, a regis- tration number remains with a car throughout its existence. The law creating this system provides that any time within three months prior to expiration of the period fax which a vehicle is registered, the regis- tration may be renewed for an ad- ditional six months or one year. ' Rugs Do Not Fade Most modern rugs and carpeting will not fade except under direct exposure to sunlight because manu- facturers use fast dyes which will last as long as the reg. When cus- tomers complain about light rugs fading in color it often happens that the rug hag actually Um= aes with dust that it seems grayish and faded. A dry cleaning will almost always restore the original color. Naturally good rugs should have good care. Don't just put them on the floor and forget thern. Use adequate rug pads under them. Turn them every few months so they won't wear in spots where traffic is heavy or heavy pieces of furniture have set. Don't beat the rugs violently. It is likely to break or loosen the fabric. Snow Rub for Frostbite Medical authority today has re- versed the age-old decision that frostbitten ears, cheeks and fingers should be rubbed with snow. Condemning the fact that rubbing with snow or even ice frequently is used as a first aid measure in cases of frostbite, the current issue of Michigan Public Health corroborat- ed the findings of top-flight medical authority by recommending the use of body heat to renew circulation. "Use of the warm hand or other sources of body heat has long been recognized by physicians as the proper treatment, the journal stated editorially. "Yet," it said, "the old popular notion of rubbieg with snow or even with ice per- sists." 'Scissors Cut Friendship' "I'll give you a cent for them," said the recipient of a pair of ex- quisite' embroidery scissors which had been tendered as a gift—thus evading the law of lore. For it is written into the a'rchives of superstition that a present of knife or scissors cutteth in twain the love or friendship between him or her that giveth and receiveth. Among the middle classes during the reign of Elizabeth in England, the staple for wedding gifts was a pair of scissors. Objecf—to arm the prospective huslosnd and wife with a weapon to sever the knot if it binds tao tight. elimumass New Wiping -Rag Rental Service Growing Fast Next time you drive into a serv- ice station for a lubrication job ob- serve the small, tough rags the mechanic uses to wipe off excess grease and oil. Until recently any old rag served the purpose, or may- be a piece of waste. The old- fashioned rags were thrown away, or burned. Not so the new -style rags. When soiled, they're tossed into a sack and periodically are taken back to the "laundry" for rewashing, the same as shirts, sheets and whatnots, And usually the same rags are returned, clean, at the next delivery. Today the comparatively new wiping rag rental service is a fast. growing industry. All kinds of in- dustrial plants are cutting expensea by using standardized \viping raga over and over again—four to per- haps 39 tirnes before they are finally worn out. When the junk, or salvage, man comes to your home or plant, ta carry away discarded rags, he'll probably sell them to a wiping -rag rental service plant, The plant them cuts them into standard sizes, res moves pig tails, buttons, hooks, eyes,. and either sells them or rents them, out to manufacturing and industria plants. The rental /service plants - buy from mills standard -sized long leaf staple cotton or Turkish loop weave towels of various grades and weights, and flannel dust rags to be treated with hot wax. From salvage; men and other sources they pur- chase flour sacks, sugar liners and other types of rags. Black back- ground and scenery cloth is also. purchased from motion picture stus dins. Then they contract with cuss tomes to supply them with towels; or rags, laundering them at speci- fied intervals, for a certain price, Most of the plants operate fieete cm delivery trucks. Tlammenwerfer' Used in Killing Locust Swarm Few plagues are so devastating in their effects as a swarm of lo- custs. When in flight they throw a definite shadow across the face of the sun and, when they land, all' edible vegetation fax miles around is devoured in a matter of minutes, (A swarm may be 10 miles wide and 20 miles long!) One of the most spectacular ways of killing, off such a locust swarm is by use of the Flammenwerfer, or flame gun, used by the Germans against the British Tommy on the. fields of Flanders. A portable cyls inder containing paraffin is carried; on the back and attached to the cyl- inder is a length of hose at the end of which is a nozzle. When the cylin- der is pumped up a jet of flame shoots out of the nozzle for 10 yards. To wade into a locust swarrn with, a weapon is a thrilling and impres- sive experience. The pests are. mowed down in swathes as the roar- ing flame bites into the densely packed devouring hordes. But such are the tremendous numbers that even this mass murder does not greatly deplete their ranks. Poison appears to be the most efs licient killer, In Egypt rice brans. Sweetened with molasses and poi- soned with arsenic, has proved very, effective. c " Isaac Newton Absentminded From time to time, we observe someone who is "absent-minded," or hear about something done by such a person. A few months ago .aewspapers carried the report that go American college professor went to the attic to repair a trapdoor. After working for some time, he thought the job was dote, but could not get out of the attic. He had. nailed down the trapdoor ands couldn't open it. The professor called for help, and his daughter's boy friend came to the rescue, knocking at the trapdoor until it was opened. The famous Isaac Newton seems to have been absent-minded in a big way. Among the stories about this famous scientist is one which tella of a time when he went into the. kitchen to boil an egg. He meant to time it with his watch, but the cook oarne in and noticed he had the egg in his hand and his watch in the water. Study in Science Thomas Edison alweys wanted' his son to be familiar with the rudi- ments of science, and never over- looked an opportunity to use some. everyday occurrence to illustrate. a fundamental scientific principle. One afternoon the two were stroll, ing along the avenue, when they noticed a poor peddler pushing his handcart. Edison cried: 'Now. there's a goad example. I don1/2 suppose you can tell rne why he's, pushing the cart instead of pulling it. I don't know whether the man himself could answer. I'll ask hims My good man," called the inventors turning to the peddler'"Why do you, push the cart rather than pull it?" "Cause I ain'ta da hoss, you fool," was the ourt, if unscientific reply.. Use Choke Less Beginners are apt to over -choke the engine when starting, according to the emergency service depart - pent of the Automobile Club of- gouthern California. It 15 often un- necessary to use the choke at all, especially in warm weather or shortly after running the car. First try to start without choking. If this, fails, usa t!ae choke just a little. Buy The New Y BONDS