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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-09-17, Page 6id. PAGE 6 THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD THURS.,'SEPT. 17,1942_ t •r .e Gasoline'va or lsio�I-1 ex -Iosive it has been aptly p o Y P P Y called liquid dynamite. Every year the losses of property arta life testify to the gross carelessness of individuals around this most dangerous of fuels. The Ontario Fire Marshall has stated that anyone tak- ing an open flame lamp or lantern near gasoline is trying to commit suicide! Don't drive a car, truck or tractor on the barn floor it is folly. Never use gasoline or kerosene to revive a fire. Don't use gasoline, benzene or other inflammable liquids ' for cleaning in the home. Never fill lamps, lanterns, stoves or heaters while they are burning. Gasoline kept in a building should be in an approved safety container, painted red and plainly marked GASO- LINE. Don't keep more than a gallon—larger amounts should be stored in heavy drums at least 75 feet from the. nearest building. Be your own fire warden. -Treat gasoline with all the respect with which you treat dynamite. It's dangerous stuff! THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: FARMERS' CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WALKERTON, ONTARIO HOWICK FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WROXETER, ONTARIO •I:IAY' TOWNSHIP FARMERS' FIRE INSURANCE CO., ZURICH, ONTARIO EAST WILLIAMS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., NAIRN, ONTARIO e AN "IF" FOR THE C.W.A.C. If you can keep your buttons bright- ly polished. ]And sew your tapes and markers firm i and straight, If you can make your bed -roll in a jiffy, And for parades be• not a second late; If you can tell a femoral from a ulna, And recognizeall those conventional signs, I Y:; Like windmills, churches, cemeteries and bridles. And indicate important power lines .. If you can figure out a simple grad- ient, - And give the answer in a second . or less, If you can recognize friends "Dick" and "Arthur", And not get muddled in a gassy mess. If you can rise at six with muscles twitching, - And think it grand to sweat and toil like And have no aches' or pains or fall- en arches, You're on the road to doing fairly well. If you can eat the meals Macdonald offers, And not'increase your girth or dread spare tire, And laugh at your mistakes and take your medicine, And: reach the goal to . which you would aspire If you can be a friend who -holds no grudges, And keep your head when all seems in a whirl, You'll make your section proud to have you in it, YOU'RE what the Corps is looking for. MY GIRL! Barbara Bullock -Webster (2lLieut) Ste Anne de Bellevue, September 1942 - y WHAT YOUR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CAN ACCOMPLISH $5 may bring down a German plane for it will buy one round of 40 in.m. anti-aircraft shells. r THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN LIBYA: "ALBACOR- ES" OVER THE WESTERN DESERT A. unique picture of a formation of. American-made "Albacores" on patrol over the Libyan desert. Air suprem acyover the Axis air force was es- tablished from the very first day of the second British offensive. Fire Hazards Revealed In Annual Inspection A citywide 'inspection of homes, just completed by the Milwaukee fire department, has revealed many fire hazards which should be elimi nated to insure safe protection of occupants. Since private homes under state law are exempt from fire. inspec- tion, a11' investigations were made only with consent of dwelling occu- pants. Basements only were entered and fire hazards found were,. report- ed to . tenants along with informa- tion on the proper way to correct them. While attic investigations were not made, inspectors informed ten- ants of hazards created by goods stored inattics and said this materi- al was potential fuel for incendiary bombs dropped by enemy planes during an air raid. ' It was pointed out that such material'— old furniture, . bedding, newspapers and cartons -seldom it ever is used and could be disposed of easily. -. All inspection, was done by fire. department members on their days. off duty. They worked in pairs so nothing would be overlooked and to double check advice given to avoid misunderstandings. Among hazards found were rub- bish, 5,386; storage of ashes, 4,842; old newspapers, 1,555; defective smoke pipes, 1,705; defective chim- ney, 560; gas plates, 1,099; electric wires, 4,517; volatile liquids, 334. Anatomist Has New Four Leaf Clovers Can Companies Destroy Now Be Made to Order So That They Can Save If a four-leaf, clover can bring any Rubber is scarce and rubber tires, luck to its possessor Dr. P. W. Wil- as far as the civilian is concerned, son of the University of Wisconsin are scarcer. should have plenty, of good fortune. But the great rubber factories of He has found a way of producing the United States are still intention - four-leaf clovers. And if there is ally destroying a smallquantityof any luck in a four-leaf clover there should be more luck in a five -leaf one. In that case Dr. Wilson should be a most fortunateperson because he also has grown the five -leaf vari- ety. These extra -leaf clovers were pro- duced by Dr. Wilson in a series of experiments he has conducted in growingthese plants under reduced air pressure. He grew the plants in jars in which the air pressure was reduced as low as one-fifth of an atmosphere, a condition which is found naturally only up near the stratosphere. Instead of suffering ill effects ber that go into the tires tested from the very low air pressures, monthly may result"in saving 1,000 under which life would be impos- ' tonsmonthly through a change in sable for human beings, the plants design,. in the type of compound prospered. In atmospheres that used, or other factors. uated that they would The work is being carried on in- tensively'these days with the prin- cipal motive the saving of every pound of rubber possible, Gray says. On the surface, it might appear that tire engineers waste rubber when they go about destroying tires for test purposes, Gray de- clares, however, e-clares,'however, when one consid- ers.that the expenditure of a trivial amount for testing may save tons for the national stockpile, the effort is an important part of the war effort. rubber in tires each month so much greater amounts for the war effort can be saved. The ,story is this, according to tire engineers: To find the correct technical in- formation to make possible future improvements in tire design and construction, current modeltires must be tepted. That means they must be virtually destroyed to add to the sum of tech- nical knowledge. It isn't wasting rubber, however. It is conserving it. For, the 100 pounds of crude rub: support"only six inches of mercury in a barometer tube instead of the normal 30 inches which the air sup- ports at sea level, the plants grew longer and broader leaves and the plants as a whole were larger. Some freak plants developed un- der these very low pressures; some had long -pointed leaves and others developed the four and five leaf forms. Plants which were grown at nearly double the normal pres- sure seemed to differ in no way from the .field -grown plants. Ideas on Hanging One -Story Frame House First Built in Lenoir, N. C. Back about 1841 or 1842, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, one lone frame building marked the site of what was to become a busy indus- trial city, Lenoir, N. C. Soon after the establishment of the county in 1841, the town of Lenoir was located and lots staked off. Surveys were made and the lots sold at public auction. People should be hanged with the knot of the hangman's .noose just under their chins instead of at the back of the neck or just under the ear, Prof. Frederick Wood Jones, famous Australian anatomist, has reported. The reason is that this position of the knot makes even a short drop instantly fatal by breaking the bony joint called the "atlas," where the skull rests on top of the backbone. The victim loses consciousness at once and dies as soon as the circu- lation of the blood can stop. Any other place for the hangman's knot may be just as fatal in the. long run, but'often fails, to break the spinal cord and thus cause instant unconsciousness. Death then fol- lows more slowly, as a result of injury to the base of the brain or from strangulation. Consciousness may last for several minutes and death of the brain may not be com- plete for 10 or 15 minutes. Placing the knot just under the ear sometimes wrecks the atlas joint just as does hanging with the knot under the chin, but is not so certain to do so. A knot at the back of the neck is the worst place of all, having no advantage except the doubtful psychological one that the victim may be less able to see or feel the noose being adjusted. Some Pioneer Farms Remain There are some families left, the department of agriculture reports, who shear, card, and spin wool from their own sheep in pioneer fashion. The Kollmans are an example. George F. Kollman' runs the Mis- sion ranch in an isolated section of Montana. The nearest trading point is Hays, in the Fort Belknap Indian reservation. Thrown largely on their own resources, the Kollmans have revived many practicesOfcovered wagon days. With homespun yarn, Mrs. Koll- man knits all the socks, mittens, sweaters, mufflers, and caps her family needs for cold Montana win- ters. inters. Rancher Kollman. wears a suit made from wool grown on the backs of Kollman sheep, and sent to . a manufacturer to weave., Kallman, now an FSA borrower, once operated'a store. He say's that now he does not mind getting to a store only two or three times a year. Mrs. Kollman cans and preserves home-grown meats and vegetables, makes butter, and is in charge of the family poultry and egg supply. • With the surveying of the new town completed, owners of the vari- ous lots entered into a race for the completion of the first building in the town, writes Nina J. Robinson in the Lenoir News -Topic:' Maj. James Harper was winner and the first building ever erected in Lenoir, a one-story frame building, came into being on a part of the lot now taken up by the Bank of Lenoir. An interesting sidelight on the story of Lenoir's first building is the fact that Major Harper, who donat- ed the 30 acres of land for the town site, paid $400 for the lot upon which he erected the store building. There followed other buildings, many of them of hand-hewn logs; for there were no steam mills in the county then and the capacity of the water -power mills with their small upright sash saws was limited. Itis difficult to even imagine this busy place with only one little frame building within the then thirty -acre space of the town. Army Emergency Relief' In reply to many inquiries regard- ing„ eligibility for aid from Army Emergency Relief, the war depart- ment points out that Army Emer- gency Relief has been organized by the army to give speedy financial help and other assistance to all sol- diers and their dependents who de- serve help, whenever and wherever such help is needed. In proper cases money will be advanced; in other cases medical care, or food, fuel and clothing will be furnished. Sol- diers or their dependents can . ask for help at any army post, camp or air field, or local Red Cross chap- ter, where full information will be available. When applying, depend- ents must give name, grade, serial number, organization, station or last mailing address of the soldier. First Quartermaster Corps Consisted of Only Two Men It was June 16, 1775 -more than a year before the signing of the Dec- laration of Independence—when the Continental congress authorized the establishment of a quartermaster department, headed by Maj. Gen. Thomas Mifflin. At that time the Australian Conservation Australia, like the United States, has an urgent conservation prob- lem. The present crisis directs at- tention to the imperative necessity for taking every possible step to maintain adequate forest resources, and forthe intensive protection and development of these resources. In little more than a century of settle- ment, destruction of the natural for- est resources has proceeded apace. The future of this state is bound up with the retention of forest cover on vulnerable land features in order to safeguard and perpetuate the vital water supplies, without which all la- bor and money expended on pro- gressive engineering works for har- nessing streamflow, and on the reclamation and improvement of land for farming by the introduction of irrigation, will go for nought. Pierre's Son, Stephen Stephen Girard, philanthropist, fin- ancier and merchant, was born in France, May 20, 1750, son of Pierre and Odette - (Lafargue) Girard. When he was 14 he went to sea as a cabin boy and in 1773 was licensed to act as captain, master or pilot. After working for a shipping firm in New York, .he came to New York city in 1776 and married Mary Lum, a ship -builder's daughter, the follow- ing year. He successfully engaged in mer- chandising, foreign trade and bank- ing, and in addition tohis activities in the commercial and financial life of the- country, served his adopted city in various capacities. At his death, December '28, 1831, he left largesuins to charity and provided Become Less Civilized Bolivian Indians have actually be- come less civilized, in many ways, since their conquest by the Span- iards, and their Christian feast days are much like the ceremonies in - honor of the Sun God whom their forefathers worshiped. ' Such cele- brations usually become riotous by night for they like to drown their troubles in drink. Their dress for these occasions are stiff -skin back - and breastplates, which fit over the • head and ;shoulders,; and are bril- liantly colored, Strangehooped, hats are special fiesta finery and the trou- sers are slit up the back of the leg to the knee showing white, under- drawers and brown legs. Pigeons Flout Laws; Protected by Friends The pigeon is a noisy bird, es- pecially when it begins to bill arid coo in the early morning. Its hab- its, : too, are anything but cleanly. 'Ordinances against keeping pigeons in congested districts probably are justified, but their enforcement is, all but impossible. Because the pigeon, like the Eng, lish sparrow and the starling, finds its self-preservation; in the instinct to live with men. The pigeon is a free agent, 'Everywhere there is a building, or a steeple, or overhang- ing eaves, there is its safe harbor.; In the very cities that prohibit the raising of pigeons, pigeons`belong- ing to nobody make free with the city itself. They are the most in- defatigable of squatters. They make friends with men. They are fed by children. They are as tame as pup- pies. For protection, their wings, on which they swoop and curve and lift and drop as animated poems. A sudden noise sends them whirling into the air, but their confidence is soon restored. They cannot be hunt- ed or poisoned or exterminated be- cause they have learned that for his own safety' man cannot threaten theirs successfully. And after all what is more eye filling' than a flock of pigeons in the sunlight, or strutting on a lawn, or driving in wide circles in the sheer joy of flight- against a background of clouds! corps consisted of 'two men, C:en- eral Mifflin and one deputy. From that humble beginning, the quartermaster corps, now headed by Maj. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory, has increased to several hundred thousand officers and, men and is charged with one of the most com- plicated. tasks of the armed forces. Primarily the function of the quar- termaster corps is to feed, clothe, and equip •the army. Among the duties assigned the quartermaster corps are supplying the army with all motor vehicles except combat vehicles; operation of laundries; supply of gasoline and lubricating oils; procurement of horses and mules; operation of schools where more than 70 different' trades are taught; design of uniforms, medals and insignia; storage and distribu- tion of supplies; procurement and distribution of all the soldier's per- sonal and individual equipment ex- cept arms; salvage or repair of materials; supervision of army and national cemeteries. The quartermaster corps has handled considerable of the Lend - Lease work, in the present war. In his will for the founding of Girard Rouse's Summer Dress Putting the house into its summer dress has always been one of the most joyous activities for the wom- an who takes pride in her home. The bright cretonnes and chintzes of the summer draperies and slip covers, the cool freshness of grass mats and rugs, the fresh crispness of cotton bedspreads and curtains seem atune to the season's rebirth. This year we need cheerful house- hold decorations even more than we do in peaceful years, for they will help lift our spirits while our men folk are fighting and working for victory. We must continue to make good homes, clean homes, attractive homes, whether all the, men of the family are on fighting fronts or whether they are making their con- tribution . to victory in their own home' towns. Old Farm Buildings Under farm conditions today, a structure serving no useful purpose and in poor condition might better be torn down and the material sal- vaged for . use in repairing or con- structing other. buildings. Razing of a useless farm build- ing eliminates a fire hazard, reduces taxableproperty and helps clean up the farmstead. Necessary re- pairs to useful buildings can and should be made now while there is still construction and repair ma- terial available, a-terial'available, as ordinary mainte- nance and repair work needed to return a structure to a sound work- ing condition without a change of design is not affected by Conserva- tion Order L-41 under. which expendi- tures for building- construction are now regulated. 'Keep Your Hens Laying,' - Poultrymen Are Advised lecause the war has greatly in- creased the need for eggs, it will be unusually important for poultry flock owners to keep their layers in full production this summer, ff pos- sible, rather than permit them to slump in egg yield as the hot weath- er comes. Layers now entering the last few months of the laying year are pro- ducing a maximum number of large eggs. These are particularly valu- able eggs and their production must be encouraged and enhanced. Feed prices are relatively high so poultrymen should 'be sure that they maintain in their flocks for the sum- mer months only strong, vigorous, healthy hens capable of good egg pro- duction if given the proper chance. There is always a tendency for egg yields to drop with the coming of the summer. months. New pullet flocks are scarcely yet ready for large egg production. . The older Iayers must furnish the needed eggs dur- ing June, July and August. Keep 'em laying. This can be done by providing comfortable quar- ters which are well ventilated, clean, sanitary and well lighted. Fishing Craft Equipped With Ship -Land Phones: C. F: Fauci operates two Diesel, trawlers in the . New England offs shore fishery. In June, 1932, writes;. D. W. Tucker in- Scientific Ameri- can, he had one of them equipped; for radio telephone service and. shortly afterward,' made the fo11ow ing statement: "We use the telephone not only, for routine reports to andfrom the• trawler at sea, but•also for weather', conditions, market information, time! of arrivals,, delays or other changes. in plans:"' While the equipment aboard ship • ' must obviously he more extensive than that with which the telephone user on land' is familiar; operating the equipment•is-]ittle different. To• a great extent, the system works: automatically and -requires, only cas- ual.attention: A loud speaker in "the pilot house; takes the part of the telephone bell" in the land telephone system. The receiver,left- on a fixed' setting, is. turned to the transmitter on Shore: Consequently when a boat is called' its name or number issues from the:. loud speaker with sufficient volume- to be heard in the pilot house. When the pilot' hears the name - of his o'wn boat, he merely removes. the hand telephone set from its hooky and is ready to start' talking. The• only difference between talking over the marine radio telephone and an ordinary telephone on land is that the person on shipboard presses a button when. he desires to talk and: releases it when the other party ta. the conversation is talking. Identify Army Planes Walt Disney, producer of animat- ed motion pictures, is utilizing the facilities of his studios for the Unit- ed States army signal corps in the. production of a training film, "Iden- tification of Unt A y A' craft," the war department an- nounced recently. This film, to be used by the army air forces, will combine aerial pho- tography, animation, and models. Its primary purpose is to facilitate identification of United. States planes under various conditions. Mr. Dis- ney acquired experience in this type of production in his recent flim, "The Weft System of Aircraft Identi- fication," which was produced for the navy department. It is planned to make the army training film available to the armed forces of the United Nations. Unite to es rm ir- Aussie Airmen Lose Kangaroo A group of Australian airmen vis- iting Canada are worried that' their kangaroo mascot will not survive the cool nights of the Province of Quebec. They lost the animal while passing through the city., The airmen were coming in from Halifax to Montreal by rail, with the young kangaroo comfortably berthed in a dunnage bag. At St. Lambert, ..a suburb of Montreal, the kangaroo was placed with other baggage on the rear platform of the train. Annoyed at some, rough handling, the Aussies' mascot got literally hopping mad, jumped from the bag and, clearing the train in one leap, disappeared. Rigger Requirements A rigger in a shipyard -is required to tie several kinds of knots, the following being among those in greatest demand: single blackwall hitch; double blackwali hitch;clove hitch; becket.hitch; single ecket bend; double becket bend; stopper hitch; barrel sling; shorten sling; anchor hitch; single bowline; double bowline; sheetbend; sheepshank; square isnot; timber hitch; two half hitches; catspaw; fisherman's bend. The short splice, long splice and eye splice are required for splicing wire and manila rope. Farmers to Rent and Swap Farm Machinery - By swapping the use of farm ma- chinery or by renting it out to neigh- bors, Massachusetts farmers should• be able to make their present supply- of farm equipment last for the dura- tion, says Roy' E. Moser, extension: economist at Massachusetts State- college. Moser warns farmers to treat their machines as though they were, the last ones to . be made. That means keeping the machines pro- tected from weather and misuse and making repairs at the proper time,. seeing that the machinery has plen- ty of grease and oil, and is not sub- ject to unreasonable loads and' strains. But making farm machinery last longer is only half the job, says. Moser. Machinery should be kept busy' as much as possible because, some machines wear out about as: fast being idle as they do in use.. By using them more hours a day. and more days a year farmers can. save labor, earn more money, and produce more of the food needed in: our victory program. Machines that ordinarily have - been used only a few days a year• can be kept on the job by using them on a larger acreage on the same farm or by swapping or rent- ing them out to neighboring farmers Various Capital Locations The first capital of the United States under the Constitution was New York city. Congress moved from there to Philadelphia on De- cember 6, 1790, remaining there un- til May 4, 1800. Washington became the capital in November of that year. Various cities were used as the meeting place of the Continental Congress and the seat of the govern- ment during the period of the Revo- lutionary war and until the founding, of the national capital. They were: Philadelphia, September 5, 1774; Baltimore, Md., December 20, 1776;, Philadelphia, March 4, 1777; Lan- caster, September 27, 1777; York, Pa,, September 30. 1777; Philadel. phia, July 2, 1778; Princeton, N. J., June 30, 1783; Annapolis, Md., No- vember26, 1783; Trenton, N. J., No- vember 1, 1784; New York, Janu- ary 11, 1785. Time to Think of Milk Dairymen are asked to continue to produce to the utmost as part of the war .effort to help keep Ameri- cans healthy, This works a hard- ship on them during periods of sur- plus production. The peak of pro- duction is reached in June, and it seems only logical then that consum- ers take some responsibility to help relieve the pressure. Those who drink more milk and eat more dairy products help themselves to better health at the same time. Milk is called the almost perfect food, and' the experts say that milk and dairy products are among the most eco- nomical purchases, that the family can. make. For good health they recommend one quart daily for chil- dren andat least one pint daily for adults. college. , Chance for Bragging "State Nights" at Fort Still,' Okla., Dobbin..Goes to the Basement Old Dobbin comes into promi- nence not only as a substitute for gasoline horsepower, but as a dec- orating motif in key with the times. Decorators suggest using a hobby horse purchased from a dismantled merry-go-round as .a playroom mo- tif. Then a gay horse -and -buggy carnival spirit will prevail .over the playroom. Lamp bases can be eas- ily made from worn riding boots stiffened with wood blocks. A sofa can be made of a buggy seat sup- ported, on old -carriage wheels: Use a carriage wheel as a headboard for a couch. Use leather straps with stirrups at the ends fat'odrapery pulls. are giving soldiers a chance to brag. about their home towns, and give the home town people a chance to diers from a selected state handle the entertainment, USO provides' the facilities, and the folks back home send gifts for free distribution. Maternity Expert Mrs, Hattie B. Eggleston, Allega ny county New York, nurse, has. never "lost a mother" in 650 ma- ternity cases. During her long ca- reer, Mrs. Eggleston has cared for the : children and grandchildren of some of the earliest babies' on her list. Ireland's Worst Storm The big wind refers to a storm which began January 6, 1839, and raged for two days and nights along the coasts .of Ireland and England.' It was the most devastating storm in Ireland within the memory of man. Many lives were lost in Dub. lin and Liverpool, the Irish sea was strewn with wrecks of ships, and hundreds of houses were blown down in Galway, Limerick, Athlone and other places. Much additional dam- age was caused by fires stay'ted and fanned by the gale. Army Blackout Orders All -manufacturing plants. and es- tablishments must comply with the blackout instructions issued by the commanding generals of the defense commands in whichthey are locat- ed, even though this means a tem- porary cessation of production, the war department announced today. Certain munitions plants, or portions of them, may be designated by the commanding- general, services of supply, through the office of provost marshal general to continue produc- tion during blackouts. These, how. ever, must provide for the blacking out of all light openings, in order to comply with blackout' regulations issued by the commanding generals of the defense commandstin which they are located,