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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-05-14, Page 6PAGE 6 TRE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., MAY 14, 1942 New Machine Does Away w With Tipsy Driver Alibi. The automatic alcoholorneter, a panzer policeman invented by two Yale scientists to trap drunken driv- ers whoehave gazedtoo long upon the ivine when it is red, was recent- ly accepted formally by the state police' of Connecticut. "This machine will do away with / the old "two beer' alibi of tipsy mo- torists," confidently o-torists,"'confidently crowed Edward J:. Hickey, commissioner of state po- lice, hailing the latest victory of ma- chine over man, as Dr. Leon A. Greenberg, assistant professor of applied psydhology, • and Dr. Fred- eric Keator, assistant professor in the department of mechanical engi- neering at Yale university, proudly put their mechanized Anthony Com- stock through its paces. The alcoholometer does scientifi- cally what wives have been doing instinctively for centuries: Deter- mines the alcoholic content of old Adam after one good whiff of his breath. The driver who has been }licked up for weaving his way in and out of Sundaytraffic' like a maypole dancer or for wrapping his jalopy around a telegraph pole breathes for 10 or 12 seconds into a :libber tube connected with the ma- chine. l At the end of eight minutes, by tiieans of an electric eye, a light beam and a test tube filled with a clear solution of starch. and potas- sium iodine, a gadget like a gaso- line gauge on' an automobile dash- board Will •quickly tell the judge and jury whether the accused is as innocent as the driven 'Snow, harm- lessly squiffed or really cooked. Year's Best Fish Story; Finds Pipe in Stomach Capt. Nedebiah Moses, a Casco bay, Maine, fisherman, was hand- lining andlining for codfish off Jacquith island, near Harpswell. He was smoking his -pet meerschaum pipe, which he had been coloring for years. Suddenly he had a good bite that threw him off balance for a moment and he exclaimed "Gosh!" As he did so his beloved pipe fell from his mouth into the water and quickly sank from sight almost before Cap- tain Moses could realize his loss. The fish got away. A week later, still mourning his loss, the doughty fisherman had an- other sudden and vigorous bite, but this time he was well set and snubbed back hard. Soon he drew to the surface a 70 -pound monkfish. Since monkfish have little com- mercial value, Captain Moses took this fellow home to cut up into lob- ster bait. In the process, to his surprise and great delight, he found ine the creature's stomach his be- loved pipe. The captain cleaned it up and found there wasn't a crack in it and now he's mighty careful that, come what may, no fish is going to throw him off balance again. He says the first smoke in his old pipe was pret- ty good. Bread for Toast What kind of bread makes the best toast? By this question is meant whatage bread makes the best toast? It used to be held by home experts that fresh (moist) bread did not make good toast. But, although factory -baked bread retains nearly all original moisture, it has been "out of the oven" long enough to toast perfectly by the time it reaches the housewife. Thus research on sliced, but mois- ture -proof bread, shows that from the time of wrapping until the bread is 72 hours old, only a 2 per cent loss of moisture occurs. However, the home -maker should recall this point, that slices must have uniform moisture distribution in order to pro- duce uniform toast. This means— keep the bread wrapped tightly un- til you wish to use it, so all slices will be equally moist all over. Geeing Husband in 'Two' ti Easy Lessons Told Here Many a Plain Jane reconciles herself to going through life without a mate because she believes she lacks the face, or the, figure, or both, which would move some male to propose marriage. But if Dr. Robert M. McMurray of Chicago knows his psychology, there is. no reason why, any woman' —homely or not—cannot find a hus- band. The trick, says Dr. McMurray, is to "achieve moral dominance" over some man, The. Chicago psychologist offers the following specific directions to avoid -spinsterhood: 1. Having picked your man, begin to point out some of his more obvi- ous weaknesses—always on the pre- tense of being helpful, 2. Give him the impression that, you are the only one who under- stands him, gradually leading him to become more and more depend-' ent upon you. 3. Always take the offensive. Nev- er let the boy friend get the upper hand. The first step in this direction is to create situations in which the man will be led to make 'statements - or indulge in acts—preferably -a kiss—which can be looked upon as compromising. The significance of such a triviality can be magnified. "The next step," says Dr. McMur- ray, "is to apply moral pressure— always with dignity and restraint. Make no scenes; the prevailing note of a campaign should be one of quiet bravery. " Famous Rhode Island Chowder Really Had Clams' Sarid clams, also galled "soft- shelled clams," have thin shells. Sometimes they are called "soft clams." Sand clams are common from South Carolina up to New England and Nova Scotia. Greenland has some of them, and San Francisco bay has colonies of them. Those in San Francisco bay were "planted" there years ago. Puget Sound has sand clams Which are natives of the region. Sand clams like mud flats about the mouths of rivers. They usually choose spots which are between the limits of high tide and low tide. Like mussels, the sand clams are able to dig, They get into the sand or mud, and may reach -points from eight to 12 inches below the surface. tlie. Sand clam has a shell about equal in size to the palm of a man's hand. A tube, or "siphon," can bel made to extend from the shell. When a person walks along a beach where these clams are buried, they may be- come alarmed and pull their tubes downward. As this is done, water shoots out of the tubes. • More than 300 years ago, the Pil- grims used to eat sand clams. John 1Winthrop, a Pilgrim governor, made a note about "white clams," saying, "Their broth is most excellent." When the famous Rhode Island clam chowder was invented, sand clams were placed in it. They still are popular in many fish markets. Perfume Smells Subject To Reactions of Woman Perfumers who know their chem- istry say that each perfume smells differently, according to the chem- ical hemical makeup of the fair lady who puts it on. What might entrance, on Greta Glamour, might horrify on Miss Jones, who teaches dietetics at Newton Center. Redheads, again, are said to give out a human vari- ety of the musk scent that con- quered the conqueror when he called upon his future empress, Josephine. Some men, it is said, grow deliri- ous on smelling this natural musk odor, whereupon the scheming siren works her wiles upon the helpless male. Recognizing this danger, English law -makers once tried to put through parliament a law stating: "That all women of whatever rank, profession or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows, who shall from and after such act seduce or betray into matrimony any of His Majesty's subjects by scents, false hair, cosmetics, artificial teeth, bol- stered hips (they liked 'em plump in good olde1770) shall incur the pen- alty of the law now in force against witchcraft." So did our English fathers in 1770 try to rob poor, weak women of their rightful weapons. Loveliest Garden Galsworthy said that the loveliest garden in the world is the Magnolia Gardens on the Ashley river, 12 miles from Charleston, S. C. They were laid out early in the Nineteenth century by the Rev. John Grimke Drayton, who brought the first azalea indica plants from the Ori- ent. Now there are millions of azalea blossoms, camellias, wis- taria, roses, magnolia grandiflora, live oaks with Spanish moss and pools, artistically arranged to bring out the beauties of the gardening. Galsworthy said: "Nothing so free and gracious, so lovely and wistful, nothing so richly colored yet so ghostlike exists, planted by the sons of men. Beyond anything I have ever seen, it is other -worldly. To this day,I have seen no garden so beautiful as Magnolia Gardens," Wasting Space Are you wasting space in your kitchen by having the shelves too far apart? If so, either take them out and " redistance them, or add one in between shelves as they are now. You will find that a narrow• shelf for cans of spice and season- ing built in just underneath the cup- board above the work table will be a great convenience, Make it just the width of the cans: One layer. of space for cans is the best as far as quick use is concerned, and does not interfere with the working space. Extra table space can be provided in the kitchen by having a hinged shelf on., one wall, or . a drop leaf attached to the kitchen table. ews n General Liquid Manure Answer To Fertilizing'_ Problem You can simplify your fertilizing problems by processing your own supplies of liquid manure. This may' be accomplished in, your backyard' and at a relatively small price. You'll discover that liquid fertilizer - is not -bothersome to use, that once prepared it will last for, -quite some ,time and that it might save you considerable time and labor in your ordinary gardening routine. The only equipment required is a standard size barrel that has been made water.. tight. The first step is to fill this container with water. Then empty the contents of a sack { of barnyard manure in this barrel. The resulting extract is liquid fer- tilizer. At first this should appear ciu;te dark in color, a condition that indicates a'strong solution. As the extract is drawn off keep adding more water until it becomes so light in color that more fertilizer will have to be added. Barnyard manure is not the only substance suitable for this purpose. Sodium nitrate is another possibil- ity and should be applied at the rate of one-third teaspoon per gallon. Dried bloodmeal also may be used at approximately the same ratio. If you choose, liquid fertilizer may be processed from ammonium sul- phate. This is especially valuable for lawns. To make this job easier, obtain a proportioner that has been manufactured for this express pure pose. It's a real time saver. • Initial Carving Proves London Sinking—Under Water in 5,000 Years London is sinking at such a rate that 5,000 years from now -all its height -limit or 80 -foot buildings will be under water, according to F. H. Mackintosh, a British writer. The land on which London stands, he estimates, has sunk at least 80 feet during the last 5,000 years and the present rate of sinking is about The site of Cardinal Wolsey's pal - an inch or two every five years.1ace, built on the embankment some 400 years ago, has sunk at least eight feet, the palace wharf now being that distance under water. There was one town, ancient Win- chelsea, that actually has gone to sea. Engulfed ing 1287, it now , lies under the waves, off Rye. Only 10 per cent of the history of the British Isles, accordingto Mack- intosh, has been spent above water. At one time the islands were 1,000 feet higher than at present. And right now a tide five feet higher than any recorded would flood much of London, including the ground floor of Buckingham palace. Such a tide, Mackintosh asserts, is within the realm of possibility. It could be produced by the simultaneous oc- currence of heavy western gales, rains and .high spring tides. Serpent Sacred Protector The Egyptians long venerated the serpent as the sacred protector of the home. The snake, the scorpion and the centipede were regarded as the incarnation of certain diseases, but once they had been rendered impotent by divine intervention they were employed on amulets and charms as preventives of the very diseases they represented' — and. all other forms of evil also. A sort of ancient variant of the hair of the dog being good for its bite, as it were. The raven, or crow, tearing at the Eye with its beak, together with the panther and dog about to pounce upon it, were held by the ancients to possess strong protective powers. The dog in particular, as it was the favorite animal of the goddess Hekete, patroness of sorcery. and magic. "Blankets" for Britons"' are supplied` by the Canadian' Red Cross' by the thousands ''for' bombed, out civilians and shelter sleepers. 'Knocked Into Cocked Sat' They say "Knocked into a cocked hat" because the old-fashioned three -cornered hat that turned up on one side and sat jauntily on the head could be crushed and carried under the arm without damage to its shape. It generally is supposed that the slang phrase arose in the boxing, ring where the knocked -out antagonist was derisively compared to the doubled -up hat -physically and figuratively. .• There are authorities, however,. who claim the bowling alley as the birthplace of this phrase. The play- er who with a single . ball rolled down all the pins of a frame ex- cept the two corner pins and head pin, leaving a triangular arrange- ment, was said to have "made a cocked hat," which the three- cornered figure resembled. Lust for Power One of the most famous of all Frenchmen was the Due de Riche- lieu, stone -faced Cardinal of France who held more power than the kings he advised. According to his biographers, Richelieu` altered the course of European history and perhaps that of the entire world. He imperiously swept aside all opposition to what- ever ideas he had and unwittingly divorced the church and state, no easy task in the Seventeenth century. In poor health while a youth, the cardinal had much time for schem- ing and dreaming of the days' when he would come to power and rule France, although never sit on the throne. Brunk with the lust for power Richelieu, once a bishop, became cardinal, duke, secretary of state, and possessor of immense wealth. His palace was more magnificent than that of the rulers of France. Diagnose With X-rays Use of X-rays to help diagnose a recently discovered and sometimes fatal ailment called toxoplasmosis was reported by Dr. L. M. Sante of St. Louis and Diet Cornelius G. Duke, Dr. Abper Wolf and Dr. John Caffey of New York, at' a meeting of the American. Roentgen Ray so- ciety in Cincinnati. Inflammation of the brain and pa- ralysis, with ho sign of lung involve- ment, are ,the chief features of, the disease „in $babies and small chil- dren, Dr.`• $ante pointed out. In adults, however; the disease may re- semble Rocky Mountain 'spotted fe- ver.. and symptoms of:acute pne'tl-' monis are prominent, ;, Dr,, Sante described several types of cases. Boon for Weather Data The "fools' . names and fools' faces" adage used to discourage boys from scribbling or cutting their names in public places has backfired. Dated initials and ro- mantic inscriptions carved by young people in the sandstone rock near La Jolla are proving a boon to sci- ence, according to Dr. K. O. Emery of the University of California's Scripps Institute of Oceanography. By measuring the rate of weather- ing of hundreds of these inscriptions he is determining the rate of weath- ering of the entire cliff. He esti- mates it takes wave spray and rain six years to obliterate the carvings, the majority of which are much less than an inch deep. Thus it will take 600. years to cause the cliffs to re- treat one foot. Limestone grave- stones, on the other hand, require 6,000 years to be worn down one foot by the weather. In European graveyards it frequently is impos- sible to read inscriptions which were cut more than 300 years ago. Civil War Song The popular Civil war song, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" had an it that spark of universal appeal that caused it to be adopted in many European countries, so that at the time it rode the crest of its favor, it was an international hit. The authorship of this song is generally credited to Patrick S. Gil- more, better known under his nome de plume of Louis: Lambert. A great bandmaster, and projec- tor of the Boston Peace Jubilee of 1869, and 1872, Gilmore also wrote other songs, particularly the war song, "Good News From Home but it was the rousing refrain of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home ` Again," published in 1863, that made his name a byword both in the United States and abroad. Millions for Perfumes When the grandmothers of the- women of today were in their prime they . bought only seventy million dollars worth of perfumes' year- ly. Their granddaughters buy two hundred Million dollars worth. And then turn round to buy another two hundred million dollars worth of cosmetics. The French may excel us in perfumes, but, when it, comes to cosmetics, .we;.make as good pow - dere soape and such aa -may be had anywhere'. It's the old story of the automobile. Europe used to surpass us until • Areerican machinists put their shoulders' to the wheel. So, in cosmetics, when' American chemists really, went, serious over, botadoii products, 'they producet(" the best or as good -as clic"rniats°'pfdduced anywhere, at any time. "YOUR 'HOME STATION" CKNX 920.kcs. WINGHAM 326 meters WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY, MAY 15TH: 8 a.m. CKNX Breakfast Club 10 a.m. Almanac News 11 a.m. At Home With the Ladies 5 p.m. H. V. Pym -organ SATURDAY, MAY 16TH: 8.25 a.m. Overnight News 9.30 a.m. Kiddies' Studio Party 12 p.m. Farm and Home Hour - 7,30 p.m. Marshall Hatcheries SUNDAY, MAY 17TH: 11. a.m. Ohureh Service 2 p.m. Cranston Hour of Spend Music 4,30 'p.m. CKNX Program Gossip 6 p.m. Venus. Radio Concert MONDAY, MAY 18TH: 8.30 am. The Early Birds 10.30 a.m. Church of the Air 5.15 a.m. Tarzan of the Apes 7 p.m. Odgen's Hoedown TUESDAY, MAY 19TH: 11.30 a.m.' Tues. Morning Varieties 5.30 p.m. Kiddies' Carnival 6.30 p.m. Hyde Tractor Program 8.30 Jean, Harold and Scotty WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH: Save One for Me •st was three o'clock in the morn- ing, and First Sergeant Frye dozed peacefully in the 76th Infantry or- derly room. The sergeant was tak- ing his turn at "charge of quar- ters." A rap on the door interrupted his somnolent vigil. "What do ya want this', time o' night?" he asked. He gulped as he opened the door to admit three young, very pretty ladies. "Please, colonel," said one of the girls, "don't get sore. We are being initiated into a sorority and part of the intiation is to visit Camp Ed- wards at sunrise. ' We're a bit ear- ly, but would you mind showing us around the place in the meantime?" Frye grabbed the telephone and called the M.P. on guard at the main gate. "There are three nutty dames up here," he bawled into the mouth- piece. . "I don't know how they got up here and get rid o' TWO of 'eml" 9.15 a.m. Sweethearts 1.15 p.m. Songs of Bradley Kincaid 6.30 p.m. Goderich on the Air 7.45 p.m. The Lone Ranger ThHURSDAY ,MAY 21ST: 8.45 a.m. Hymn, Time 5.45 p,m. The Book Review 6.40 p.m. Fur Market Quotations —v CANADA'S SOLDIER BUTCHERS Are Aptest Pupils in London Army School Men from Canadian Army units stationed in Britain are the brightest pupils among the Empire and Allied troops learning to be regimental butchers as Smithfield, London, in peace time the world's greatest meat ( distributing centre. , This is the verdict of the instruc- tors at the London County Council's Smithfield Meat Trades Institute, which normally, trains students of the meat trade from all over the world. ' Some of these young Canadians are former employees of such enterprises as Canada Packers, Swifts., Burns and Safeways. There is along waiting list of men for the three -week's course, the object of which is to save meat, and incident- ally, shipping, by using economically all of it which comes to the Army cookhouse. Can Linings Cans are called tin, but in reality they are made of steel with tin plat- ing because tin is too soft a metal to be used alone, and it is also too expensive. The finished can con- tains more than 98 per cent steel and less than 2 per cent tin. Most foods are satisfactorily canned in the usu al tin can, but for some foods an enamel lining in a can is necessary in order to retain thegood appear- ance of the food. At the present time . there are three types of enamel used for can linings and they are not inter changeable: One type is used• prevent red fruits and beets from losing their color, another is used to preventdiscoloration by certain With 33 hours of instruction each week, the students learn about the use and maintenance of butcher's tools and equipment, characteristics of the various breeds of cattle and sheep and of fresh, chilled .and frozen carcases, method's of slaughter and flaying, division -of quarters and carcases into various joints, cutting, boning and general preparation. Much importance is attached. to the using up of fats and trimmings„ and thestudents are taught to make fresh and cooked sausages and galantines, brining, curing and seasoning. Hy- giene is not neglected, instruction being given on methods of prevent- - ing contamination in the handling and transport of meat. } This opportunity of studying at the Mecca of the world's neat trade will be useful to these soldier butchers when they return to civil life. The " Smithfield Institute claims that the meat trade never has a real unem- ployment problem, meat being the last commodity to be affected by de - vegetables and seafood, and still an- rpression, other was developed for citrus prod- ucts: roducts. Parchment paper linings, V which *ere formerly used for some products such as shrimp to prevent "CUT-THROAT RAZORS discoloration, have been almost en- tirely replaced, by enamel. ' Andrew Johnson Too The story of Abraham Lincoln's struggle to get an education has become classic, and rightly so, but he was not the only American Pres- ident to teach himself what others learned in -school. Andrew John- l son, according to biographers, could not read nor write when he was married at the age of 19. He strug- gled against great odds to get an education - after lie was a grown man, and his wife wasmuch help to him. He, like Lincoln, was an apt student, and eagerly devoured many books „after he learned- •to;; read. While he ran a tailor, shop he_ .paid, -people •to, read aloud; to him while he' worked, and thus ,bee came acquainted` with much of the history and geography of the world. He was a self-made man. i Are Having A War -Time Boom A boom in "cut -throat" razorsis one interesting side line in the grow- ing contribution which'is being made by Sheffieldi cutlers to the war effort. Apart from the curious fact that this 'longhandled type of razor norm- • ally maintains a considerable vogoe among Naval men, . safety razor blades are from time to ti/ne to -day in short suppty in Britain because the cutlers are ^allowed to produce only 25 per cent 'of their usuat output'for 'home 'us'e • lefany civilians. are :there- fore taking to the long handled ra-zer, and the'edeuld rs'that the handfulal firms who make it are now_very busy indeed. Maybe you think your small change cannot help .. i that "total war" means "somebody else." Maybe you're one of the thousands of housewives who haven't yet started to put even, 50¢ a week into War Savings Stamps just a neutral... There aren't any neutrals in this war! You're a help or a hindrance to victory. You can't get out of it. If you spend thoughtlessly you'll deny our fighting forces the arms they need and imperil your own future. If you—and 2,000,000 other housewives in Canada— put only 50¢ a week into War Savings Stamps, it means $1,000,000 a week to help win the war. Whiclt side are you on? Buy War Savings Stamps from tanks, post offices, druggists, grocers and other retail stores. National War Finance Committee. 5.5 In peace time the saying ran ,thatworks and colliery canteens, feeding Sheffield shaved the British Army centres and A.R.P. depots, Sheffield is and todaythe call for razor blades producing an immense range of other cutlery for the Forces at home and in is of course colossal. As fast as the the Dominions. It includes table factories get their allocation of steel strip, the stamping machines, mostly knives, cooks' knives, scissors for use worked by girls, turn it into blades by in hospitals and at balloon barrage the thousand. depots, as well as spoons and forks although strickly speaking, these do In addition to meeting very con- not come within the category of cut• siderable calls for equipment from lery. • CHIEF ENGINEER ABOARD A BRITISII MINESWEEPER—A DANGEROUS AND EXACTING JOB One of the mast arduous duties in an ar•d'ous .and dangerous service is that of enigneer in a minesweeper. Laver since war broke out Britain's minesweeping fleet has carried out immensely im- portant work in keeping the sea lanes clear for Allied shipping. Picture shows: The Chief Engineer 01 a British minesweeper oiling the ship's engine. Spring Round Trip Fares to Western Canada FROM ALL STATIONS IN IN EASTERN CANADA Going Daily May 22 to 31,Inclusive 1942, RETURN LIMIT: 45 DAYS. TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES, in Tourist Sleeping Cars or in Standard Sleeping Cars. at Special Reduced Rates for each class. Cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional. BAGGAGE checked, Stopovers at All Points enroute. BIMIIJ.AR EXCURSIONS from WESTERN to EASTERN CANADA. DURING SAME PERIOD, "NOTE:' GOVT: REVENUE TAX EXTRA. Tickets, ;Sleeping Car Resen'atiees and All Iufogmation. • frmn an'v Agent. • ASK FOR E WDBi2i'NADIAN ' NATIONAL.