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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-07-23, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JULY 23, 1942 BRITISH WARSHIPS REPAIRED IN AMERICAN PORTS Twenty flour British warships, including the battleships "Resolu tion" ,' "Malaya" and "Rodney", have recently undergone refitting in American ports. Britain's thanks for the hospitality showered upon theirpersonnel in''the United States were voiced by Mr. A. V. Alexan- der, the First Lord of the Admiralty, en November 15 " The "Malaya", the gift of the Sultans of., the Federated Malay States ,which has figured in many important actions since the war, is here seen leaving New York harbour after refitting A FAMOUS 13RITISH GENERAL Chosen in November 1941, hi the reassignment of Britain's Army, Chiefs, for a special appointment. Lt. -Gen. Sir HeirryPownall, I{.C.$, C.B., D.S.O., M.C. was formally Vice -Chief of . the Imperial General Staff, He is one of -Britain's most experienced and bthtiaot G.nerale. SEA RESCUE SERVICE OF BRITISH AIR FORCE The Air Sea Rescue Service of the British Royal Mr Forco ie responsible for saving the lives of many pilots and air crews, both enemy and British - ` • The Lysander aircraft has drooped a rescue rubber dinghy to a pilot in the sea, and then directed the high-speed rescue launch -be pick up the pilot y • mga Abundant With •_e Herring; Health, Spot Saratoga is an Indian' name and was applied to one of the favorite hunting and fishing grounds located on either side of the Hudson and extending' for many miles in all di- rections. '-Several meanings have been ascribed to the word. One is that it means the "hillside country of the great river"; another, "the place of the swift water," in allusign to the rapids just above Schuyler- viile; a third, "the place where the track of the heel, shows," from de- preesions' resembling heel prints in certain -rocks;- and perhaps most probable, "the place of herrings," because of the great number of these fishes that swim to the outlet of Saratoga lake and thence into the lake itself in.the spring of the year., The fish weirs that the Indians constructed were the source of much strife between the Iroquois and Al- gonquins. • The Indians have known of the, medicinal value of Saratoga's' springs since time immemorial In; the winter of 1777 or 1778, General Philip Schuyler, one of the heroes! of the Revolution, moved to Sara-' toga with his -family. He had heard, of the health -giving properties of a, spring in the wilderness a dozen( miles west of his new home and! personally investigated. As a result,! he determined to cut a road fromt his residence through the forests to! "High Rock," as the spring was then' known. This he did in 1783 at his own expense. POLISH TROOPS AS DEFENDERS IN I3RITISI "INVASION" MANOEUVRES In•a mock invasion exercise which' tooklace recentlyin Scotland P Polish troops played the role of .dlefenders`while the British soldiers took the part of the invaders.." A, polish trench -mortar" section prepares for action. Sunshine States Have e1 Little Tooth -Decay Studies have shown that certain southern states with abundant sun- in shine have less tooth decay than states, where old Sol doesn't beam so generously. And we know that the ultra -violet in sunshine helps build up, vitam in D in the human body. Maybe that is one reason that one county in Texas was discovered re- cently where teeth were .almost per- fect. They have 3,000 hours of ,sun - India's Game of `Poona' Dutch English Indian Glass some eacn year. Another reason might be that peo- ple living in such a sunny clime have sunny dispositions and do not suffer from upset emotions. In Deaf Smith county, according to a report to the American Dental association by Dr. Edward Taylor of the Texas state department of health, 43 native-born people rang- ing from two years to middle age were picked at random, their teeth examined and no cavities found: This remarkable condition was attributed, in part, to the high per cent of calcium carbonate in the soil in that locality. Calcium being one of the minerals important in tooth formation. Other minerals also are high in the soil and water in Deaf Smith county. Wheat ground into flour there is found to contain six times as much phosphorus- as that found in ordinary flour. Milk samples test- ed there were as' much as 30 per cent higher in phosphorus content than accepted standards. Vege- tables and meats also probably are especially rich in minerals. All these would add essential ele- ments of calcium and phosphorus to the "tooth diet." Precious Gems Cheap in Ceylon Before World War A jumble of scattered rock cov- ered with moss is all which remains of Anuradhapura, ancient capital of Ceylon which was once as large as the London of today. Anuradhapura, which flourished between 457 B. C. and 1109 A. 11, was built in an inner and outer circle and comprised 236 square miles. Most of its people were Buddhists who spent their time in spiritual contemplation. They de- pended on the people for support and, as a consequence, declined. The ruins display a high degree of craftsmanship and provide an in- sight to the formation of the. Buddhist religion and culture. Before the war sealed the inter- national boundaries, travelers were able to purchase precious and semi-' precious gems in the country at low' prices. Those stones which could' beobtained for $50 in Ceylon brought hundreds in New York. The jewels were cheap because they were mined from "poor man's, diggings," from the surface opera- tions rather than from lode forma- tions. Salt on Fire Bombs An efficient and economicaleagent for extinguishing incendiary' bombs has been found in ordinary table salt. Tests begun at Columbia uni- versity and carried out in demon- strations by the New York state po-' lice show that salt is at least as. effective as the finest grade ofdry' sand insmothering magnesium bombs commonly used as incendi- Three advantages are claimed for salt. It can be purchased in any', corner grocery store, it is cheap,' and it is packed in sizes which make it easy to handle. Sand is common-, ly obtainable only in 100 -pound bags which present a serious problem of handling and storing. Salt on the other hand can be purchased in 25 -pound bags which can be readily stored and, in case of an air raid,easily carried to Where they may be needed. Tin Can Plays Important Part in American Life "Should we lose our can opener we sure would have to give up housekeeping." This remark, tossed off by the bride in a one -and -a -half apartment, tips off the tin can's paramount im- portance in American families. Ev- ery item of family food, from soup to nuts, is obtainable in tin contain- ers, making it possible to prepare three "balanced" meals a day for any family without recourse to "fresh" foods, according to the United States Steel News. It is esti- mated that this country depends upon the tin can for 60 per cent of its food supply. The article, "The Tin Can—Boon to Man," sets out some interesting information about tin cans,„The list of odd uses for tin cans, which crop up in the most unexpected, places, is almost endless,” writes, the author: Among the examples he cites is the experience of Roy Chape man Andrews, the' famed explorer. Traversing the desolate wastes of the Gobi desert, deep in inner Mon- golia, he glimpsed a monastery with a glistening "gold" roof. He found, • kerosene cans, hammered flat. Rust from the untreated edges gave it a golden appearance. Block houses in Manchukuo are made bullet proof by a new sort of armor—baled tin cans. The cans are dried by heat, then crushed into tight bundles by large presses. In San Francisco, Chinese morticians use tin cans to ship back to China for burial the ashes of cremated Chinese who die in 'Frisco. , , Diamonds Rival, Grew Into Our Badminton Names Reflect New York . 0, Once Measure of Wealth' late years has grown rather Popo- The concluding chapter of the 10- Mix sand and lime and soda to - Asia gave the world a game which , lar iii the western world. The game volume "History of the State of New gether, cook by a hot fire, and the is badminton and it pew out of an York," published by the Columbia diamond's srival—glass—is made. In! . older' game called' "battledoor and University Press, under the auspices sparkle and color, glass is similarhi' cock •' association, is devoted to e' origin h. And tf used in imitation ofthem. ht t d td th shuttlecock," or simply. "shuttle of the New York State Historical 'enough to diamonds to be mire A battledoor is a racket with a of place names. English names, ac- clear white sand were as ':scarce, long handle. Usually it is 'strung cording to the publishers, make up as diamonds, glass ornaments might with catgut, like a tennis racket: A the largest' group, with Dutch names very well be as precious as the jew-` shuttlecock is a cork with feathers second and Indian third Oddly els. stuck in it, or around the rim. All enough, English place names be- At one time glass was very value, the feathers are' pointed in the gan to invade the state before the able, indeed,. and a man's wealth same direction; they follow the cork end of the Dutch regime in 1664 was .umber, of! when the shuttlecock flies through, such names as Easthampton, South -'glass windowsmeasured heby hadthe inn hi dwell the air. arnpton, Chester, Rye, Hempstead, ing, " And though diamonds are Shuttlecock' can be played in'sev- Jamaica. much harder and much more valu-!, eral ways. Sometimes a player sees The names of 20 of the states 62 able, glass has become one of the' how many times he can knock the counties are Indian, either of Iro- most useful of modern products. shuttlecock into the air without let- quoian or Algonquian origin. Cohoes,, Without it, many industries could: ting it fall to the ground: for example, means "a canoe fall- hot. exist, and our daily lives would m In another form, two players bat g,' and is derived fr9m an acci- be entirely changed. the shuttlecock back and forth. The dent in•which a loaded canoe went • For many things, from window! batting may be done with or without over the falls. panes to bottles and from eyeglasses a net between the players. France claimed about two-thirds to the finest microscope and camera Thisgame appears to have been of New York for a century and a lenses, glass is indispensable. With- pp half haand the result is a survival of played' out window panes we- would live in in India as much as 1,500 years ago. In India it had the name a number of French place names, darkened rooms as our ancestors of "Poona." as Orleans and St. Lawrence coun- did. Without bottles and jars, medi- A form of shuttlecock was played ties. The Dutch, on the other hand, eines and preserves would be in France about two centuries ago. held political control for only about scarcer. Without lenses, many of: A picture made in 1760 shows shady -55 years, but left many more place us would have to forego even the and a gentleman of France batting names—the counties of Orange, Nas- joy of good eyesight. .And as for the a shuttlecock back and forth. They sau, Rensselaer, Cortland, Schuyler, distant stars and microscopic ani - are using rackets with much shorter Bronx (although Jonas Bronck, who mals and plants, they would still be handles than those employed in the gave his name to the county, bor- quite unknown to us as they were to modern game. ough, cocktail and cheer, was a ancient people. About 70 years ago, British of- Dane). German survivals are few, -Window glass is a simple kind of', facers returned to England from although the services of Baron von glass. Its three ingredients, white India. With them they brought Steuben and the gallant stand of quartz sand, lime and soda, are rackets and shuttlecocks which they General Herkimer at Oriskany re- mixed together in huge earthen pots had used in India while playing suited in counties being named aft- and melted by a very hot flame. Poona. er thein. When finally the whole mass has People in England began to take melted together, the opaque sub- stances which were placed in the Famous Richmond Va po c spec in parent First Use of Castor Beans Castor beans came into promi- nence during World War I in re- sponse to the demand for more suit- .. isle lubricant for aircraft engines than the petroleum oils available at the time. Several thousand' tons of the beans were produced in the 'Famous Silversmith Family' The Richardson family of Phila- delphia silversmiths was active for a century and a quarter, beginning with Francis Richardson (1681- 1729);. his son, Joseph Sr. (1711 1784), and ending with is two`grand- sons, Joseph Jr. (1752-1831) and Na- thaniel (1754-1827). Joseph Richardson Sr. was a Qua- ker and like all members of that sect he was a great lover of peace, writes Raymond A. Dego in"Ameri- can Collector." To aid in cementing friendship between the colonies and the Indians the Quakers formed the Friendly Society for Propagating Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures. To further this purpose, in 1757, they had silver medals made 'which were presented to friendly In- dians. The die from which these medals were made was designed by Edward Duffield, famous Philadel phis clockniaker (1720-1801). Uses of Silver Silver has been prized as a pre- cious metal and used for personal adornment ever since' the Bronze age; in fact, around the eastern Mediterranean, where deposits of na- tive silver were scarcer than 'de- posits of native gold or the natural gold -silver alloy known as electrum, silver was more precious than gold. The large deposits of native silver in Spain were discovered about 1300 B. C., and in the next 300 years they Were thoroughly exploited and the Metal was distributed throughout the Mediterranean area by the Phoeni- cians, who, according to tradition, used silver.anchors. Silver has been used as money since. at least 1500 B. C., and for coins as long as coinage has been known, writes Frank ` T. Sisco in "Mining and Metallurgy." Bimetal. ism has been practiced at least 3,000 years, • up the game, and no one seemed to like it better than the duke of Beau- , ,, t h to clear trans s a es or s purpose 1918-19. The Texas Agricultural Ex - 1 d in fort. This duke lived in a home; which was named "Badminton." ely pass. • Church's Background glass, through which light may eas- Roasting Meats Better When Left Uncovered Low temperature, evenly con- trolled oven heat for roasting means tenderness, flavor, minimum shrink- age and all the available nutrients of meat. Tender cuts of meat for roast- ing are placed on a rack in a shal- low uncovered pan. (By shallow, we mean not over two inches high on the sides,) In this way the roast basks in the gentle circulating fresh warm air currents of the oven. The fat side of the meat is placed upper- most so that as the fat cooks the basting job is done without the touch of human hand. A lean piece of meat may be larded by the butcher,. brushed with oil, spread with sof- tened fat or topped with strips of bacon. For true roasting, meats should never be covered. Roasting is a dry heat method of cooking and neither pan nor oven should retain steam. The brown- ing results of uncovered low tem- perature roasting are extremely at- tractive. This browning takes place in the latter part of the roasting period without any increase of oven heat. periment' station was !nee ve this work and conducted tests with varieties of castor beans at several places in the state in 1918. The yields in these tests ranged from nothing for some of the varieties at all places to 62 bushels per acre for the best variety at Troup. Although, the tests were conducted only one year, the yields obtained indicated in a general way the possibilities of growing the crop, Superstitions About Bible Under an old Scotch superstition the Bible was consulted before breakfast on New Year's morning. The Book was opened at random and a finger placed on the page, and the verse to which itpointed sup- posedly predicted the happiness or misery of the person for the coming year. Other common New Year super- stitions are that a death will • occur inthehouse during the year if'a candle or lamp is taken out of the house on New Year's day and that misfortune will dog anyone Who throws away on New Year's day anything at all no matter. how worthless. Gypsum Does It The California state department of agriculture classes gypsum as an agricultural mineral, but the alfalfa and Ladino clover growers in many parts of the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento valleys oe California comic'. er it to be a very -effective and eco- nomical fertilizer for their crops, as well as a soil amendment. The extension service in one Cali- fornia county ran lengthy tests with various simple and combined ferti- lizers on both alfalfa and Ladino, 'and, in both cases 500 pounds of; gyp- sum to the acre stood well towards the top of the list. For 80 years the mother church of Richmond,. Va. Methodism has stood as a prominent landmark' at Broad and 'Twentieth streets. Many marvel at its needle spire. Richmond's Methodists formed a pastoral charge in 1798. Having no church they met in the oldcounty courthouse and the house of dele- gates, writes Virginia Kennedy in the Richmond Times -Dispatch. Lat- er they gathered to worship in the Parrot family's stable. Early in 1800 the 28 worshipers formed the First Church, The building was erected at Nineteenth and Franklin streets, where a to- bacco warehouse now ,stands. At Fourteenth and Franklin streets in 1828, a more spacious church was built in what was thought to be a de- sirable and convenient location. A fire demolished it in 1835, but in a year it was restored. The tide of population was flowing to more attractive sections of the city andthe decaying church real- ized this. The congregation was di- vided and two •larger, handsomer churches were planned, Nine trus- • tees for one of them were elected in 1858. On Christmas day of the next year, ; the father of Dr. William Parker was appointed to find a site for this church. He chose the north- east corner of Broad street at Eleventh street, and Broad street Color for women Methodist was built. The remain - K wi th t 1th h mg communicants of the First ensity o • Army 'Hutments' Conversion of permanent tent con- struction to "hutments," to provide more adequate protection for troops, has been undertaken in 24 U. S. army camps. The tent camps to be transformed —at an estimated cost of about $25,000,000 — accommodate several hundred thousand troops. Six are located in the West coast area; 11 in the Southeastarea and seven in the Southwest area of the United States. The term "hutment" is used to designate a solid sheathed roof with a two-by-four bracing placed over the standard tent frame. Two sec- tions of the screen wire are replaced by plastic screen which is weather- proof, but which admits sunlight. Over the other sections of screen wire, hinged plywood shutters are installed. Valuable Food Wasted Thousands of tons of proteins, minerals, and other valuable food substances are wasted each year simply because the by-products of milk are not'flnding their way to the nation's dinner tables, according to Dr. G. A. Richardson of the dairy in- dustry division of the University of California college of; agriculture. Dr. Richardson says,, "Once the consuming public has become fully conscious ' of the value • of the pro- teins, sugar, mineral salts, and •vi- tamins in milk,.there'will-be no;occa- sion to quibble over•whethera prod- uct derived from milk is q by -prod- c - For Ski Troopers A new development in equipment for the army's ski troops has been announced by the war department. The items have already been tested by quartermaster corps technicians and have been devised to take care of a ski -trooper's repairs. A repair tip, carried as emergency equip- ment by one out of every four to eight ski -troopers, is made of a light. metal and fits any ski. It is de- signed as a makeshift to get a ski- trooper back to his post when the tip of his ski has been so damaged that it cannot be used. Also includ- ed in the new equipment is a re- pair kit containing a bag of tools necessary to repair skis. The en- tire repair unit weighs less than eight ounces: Cast Own Soldiers Lead soldiers will be scarce in South Africa, but boys will be able to make their own or else play with rubber soldiers. American manufac- turers of toys have been sending rubber soldiers, mostly painted in drab khaki and gray, which are to be seen in many Johannesburg store windows. A new device on sale is an outfit which includes a mould of • a soldier. Little boys can cast their own soldiers,and when they have knocked them out of shape with heavy machine-gun fire, they can put the mangled corpses in to the mould and send their armies forth to b g rubber there Potatoes on Vines Potatoes now grow' above the, ground on vines in Roswell, N. M. L. B. Boellner, jeweler and amateur horticulturist, reported a new vege- table by crossing potatoes with to- matoes. The hybrid plant, he said,. produces potatoes on a vine above. the ground. "I don't have to dig: for 'em like other people do," he said. "But there's one catch. So far my biggest potato -tomato is the size of e marble. But next year, in the second generation, they'll be big- ger." Boellner said the- tiny pota- toes grow in clusters on the green. tomget tomato -like vine. "I'II add a water- melon for size if they don't bigger next year," he said. Dolly Madison, Hostess Dolly Madison acted in this ca- pacity. As a young widow Dolly Payne Todd married Congressman James Madison who became secre- tary of state in 1801. This made his. wife an important social figure} and since President Thomas Jefferson was a widower. he frequently asked, Mrs. Madison to preside as hostess at the' White :House during' his two terms. •In •1809 ler husband be- came President and served tw x - attle, a ain.Ae, terms.