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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-02-15, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THU RS., kER .15, I..9 r u tin. ved war r tir' . .vii ti .....6 mpie.,. i I Read - And Write -- For You 5}.} T (Copyright) By John C. Kirkwood , Perhaps you have been curious aye- of the artistry of the packages or garding the number of aliene at pies- containers of the things you buy at ent in Britain'. The number of those drug, grocery, hardware and dry actually, internal- is small - between' goods stores. Every year there is 700 and 800. There are 8000 who are held on this continent a. packaging forbidden to move beyond a 5 -mile: exhibition, and at the one held in Jan - radius of their, homes, and who are nary this year there were 30,000 en - required to report at intervals to the' tries! police. Then there is another group,' The public - and this means YOU - numbering over 53,000, who are free' clamours for more convenient pack, of all restrictions and who are treat-; ages and formore informative 'labels. ed as considerably as if they were' Always there is going on an im- of British stock. mense activity, among manufacturers –.--.. WE, in the 'redesigning of their packages or containers; and more and more are Despite the cirenmsttmce of w itr; many, many thousands of Chinese taime es being. packaged you which afore - peasants and workers, both children come weue asupalied' re, without a covering - a hammer, by way of ex - and adults, are going to schools locat- l ample. They are putting bedspreads ed in the ten free provinces of China. The aim of the Chinese government in wrappers with windows h They is to eradicate illiteracy by 1946. phase or pla cheese nwtodo i They are (pouring into pliofilm bags. Ten years ago illiteracy in China They are making. a maple syrup bottle was estimated to be as high as 90 with an opening on the side instead of at the top, to make pouring easier. per cent. As against our alphabet of 26 let- ters, the Chinese must learn 1000 characters. The subjects of -study are elementary arithmetic, music, hygiene, geography and "common sense." The • case of the man who is 4universities have courses on marriage or more years old is giving very many and family Jiving, and many Y.M.C.A. men of good win great anxiety. On and Y.W.C.A. centres have similar this continent several surveys have courses. Here's what one educator been made to ascertain the number says: "We have now come to see that of mien of 40 or more in employment. the best way to prevent divorce is to In one survey it was found that of establish proper foundations of mar - 2,500,000 employees only 33 per cent riage and family living Education of them were over 40. Another sur- for marriage; together with intellig- vey of 3,781 plants, in. Massechusetts ent counselling centres, would un - showed that 230 plants had no em- ployees over 45, and that in 767 plants fewer than 20 per cent oil the ern - /Ames were over 45. Yet there is manifest in these ,present times of industrial revival a growing appreciation of older artisans - men having special spills. Also, there is this: the past decade of Large unemployment has sharply reduced plain near it, at Gander Lake, pro the number of apprentices and skilled voles good landing and take off fan- the workers, and so there is of rlities. The cleared area of the air- necessity a growing reliance .on older men, Here's a bit of information for the shores of the Pacific, A rotating housewives: It has been shown con- clusively that the best method to fol- beacon will projeet two beams of low, in cooking a roast of beef, to' light, one clear, one red. The candle preserve full food value and to keep power of the clear light is 11,000,000 and down exPense, is to cook the roast ' in good weather it will have a long and slowly in an open pan cove'range of 85 melee. The records show that aboutone in every five marriages ends in divorce. So now universities are put- ting on 'marriage courses, On this continent over 300. colleges and questionably curb the rising tide of estrangements, separations and div- orces." Newfoundland is to have a $6,000,- 000 airport. It is to be near the shipping port of Botwood. Botwood itself has no landing field, but the port is 650 acres •in extent, There will be a powerful wireless station which will have a tranemitting radius reaching from the Mediterranean to plete with rack, with no rnoisture1 lternbens and other painters of his added. The use of a stiletto ther- time liked fat women. Today's fash- ion • is an aid to a good result. ion is for women with ultra -slim This discovery was made after idajtvttists, thighs and hips. I saw an number of experiments -qu: roast -r advertisement of a mechanism called ing at a continuously high temperat- „ „ ure, and with lower and higher tem -1 era exerdrele - an electritisernop- peratuies, with covered and uncovered crated contrivance. The advertisement pans says: "Yon just get on and RELAX. It peels off pounds - easily. The ma - At crowded subway stations in chine exercises you." Life gots lazier metropolitan cities having immense and lazier. Machines just shave the populations there are men whose joblfat off and out of you. is to "ease in" passengers into, crowd -1 ed coaches. They get from $30 to New York University gives lectures $35 a week for their pushful labour -Ion economy in car ownership - on and sometimes they get, as a sort of , economy in purchasing, maintaining bonus, a punch in the jaw of eye from and running your car. One sus acts resentful passengers. It takes a pretty that such a course is needed. It is stout man, and a man of good temper assumed, of course, that you own a and much patience and finesse, to car. One thing I fail to understand perform this job, or he has to pre- rs haw so many ,rung persons can vent some passengers from entry as afford to own a car at all, I suspect Well as push in those for whom there that one explanation of the large is seemingly no roam. number of spinsters - permanent spin- sters - in the world is that so many men: own ears, I wonder if you are as sharply aware as you ought to be - you who Far centuries then have been human are mems and you who are women - ailments for which there was no an - "I was just saying how . forgetful husbands are .. . f�gg k; ;d eits "J8& AIN ... and put me to shame!" A 300 -mile station -to -station call after '7p.m. `'t 1 usually osis no and mSunday)ay or thana couple of movie tickets. With rates that low, a fellow can easily keep in touch with his :family when he's away from home. Why not call them up ... tonight? 180 tea 60Ilatfi OF PUBLIC SEwjel E counting. Now medical science has found that a host of ailnreh:ts are traceable to the food we eat, to the pollens, and to other things. So the big thing is to discover the thing which gives us rashes, which makes our breathing difficult, Which makes, us deathly ill. They call the upsetting things "allergy." We are said to be "allergic" . to this and that. Much asthma is allergic; so, too are many headaches; so, too, are hives and eczema. I .'have just read two books on this subject of allergy. One has title, "You. Canit Eat That"; the other, "What's Your Allergy?" So, if you have some inexplicable ailment, it may be due to your allergy. You'll be hearing a lot more about allergy in the years ahead. Letters Praise Hitler But Carry Attack Every. Second Line. Innocent -looking letters apparently praising Adolf Hitler, but found to carry a hidden attack on the Nazi regime when every other line was read, turned up today in the mail boxes of many Germans, in Switzer- land, witzerland. A translation follows: Dear friend: "Dear friend: "Eleven months have already passed _since the Fuehrer "Led us to battle. It was the traitor Benes' fault He "Got us into this mess, for all his pease promises "Faded. His pledges to let us live in peace "Were lies. If only the West- ern powers had seen the light sooner! "But they joined in a merci- less war against "Great Germany, armed to the teeth, fired with an iron will "To fight all its enemies. The strength of the famous Maginot Line'. • t "Which is merely a delusion, is really only a house of cards which will quickly fall "When our. units pass over it. Do not forget that "Behind the lines are thousands of German men, women 'and children "Who are working for our defence. As a result of our sea warfare the English, "Who already are ,short of food and will soon have nothing Left to eat, "Will be crushed. "What shall we do'? We are doing our best to throw off the 'yoke. "Alas! England wants to ex- ternnimate us as she wanted to' exterminate the Fuehrer, but "Hitler, surrounded by his staff — Goering, Goebbels, Him - ler, etc. — lives "Still, thanks to the Providence which protects' him, while Churc- hill 1i-ves "In joy and dissipations, ban- queting, and behind the lines creating "Ruin, and provoking neutrals. The powder barrel will explode into "Chaos without precedent. The people murmur and can do nothing. "With us everything is dif- ferent. Every German citizen is with the Fuehrer. "One fine day terrible things will happen. We shall get rid "All the enemies of Germany. Munich proved once mare that no- thing can, overcome "Hitler and those around him. Then, rat last, we can live in peace. "These are facts which the world must learn. "I think, dear friend, that you must agree with rem "Your old friend Karl." Newspaper Mistakes (Northwood Anchor) Think of this, a subscriber told us that newspapers make too many er- rors . . • don't we all? Can you imagine that, a newspaper making errons? Yes, they certainly do make enrols and heaps of them, and so' da people who criticize the mistakes made by newspapers. "Consider for a moment if you will •.. did you ever hear of the woman who forgot toput the tea in the tea- pot of hot water; the woman who forgot to salt the potatoes or meat; we would also be pleased to run across a lawyer who never lost a case be- cause he made some mistake; the clerk who never made an error put- ting up an order; the doctor who never made a wrong diagnosis or guess; a postal employee who never sent the letter to the wrong address or put mail in the, wrong box, town or rural; a carpenter who never saw- ed a valuable board off at the wrong place; or a druggist who never ...I oh, well, why bother? "That's iihe idea! Why bother to print the entire list? But it, would be enlightening if some of the critics, who make the most of petty, insig- 1 nificant mistakes in newspapers had opportunity to know about the hund- reds of mistakes newspaper people, comet for other persons way year." 'Mr. Semi-Dettieh: "For goodness! sake, Ethel, stop making that alarm clack go off! What's the idea, -anyway ?,o Mrs, Semi -Detach: "I only want to melte the neighbours think we have, a telephone:" Tire Inventor's Centenary This Month. Man who Revolutionized Transport Born in Ayrshire, 100 Years Ago Because an obscure veterinary sur- geon rebelled against the jolts and bumps he encountered during his dog- eart travels about his practice, an invention was ,bora that has; since put the world on 'wheels. The centenary of John Boyd Dunlop is observed throughout the world on February 5th, 1940. He was born in Dreghons, Ayrshire, 100 years ago, and emigrated to Belfast, Ireland, in his early twenties. There, at the age of 48, his .thoughts on the cushioning of, vehicles from road ishodks crytal- lized in the idea of enclasing air und- er pressure in rubber and canvass tube placed between the road and the rim of the wheel, Fired by the idea, he obnstrected a pair of tires on rims and fastened them to the two driving Wheels of his son's tricycle. Then in the bright moonlight of February 28th, 1888, Johnny Dunlop went on test rune, John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic tire. Birthplace of. John Boyd Dunlop, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. little realizing he Was participating in an invention that was to revolution- ize transportation throughout the world and lead to the tremendous ex- pansion of travel by road and by air with which we are familiar to -day. This first trial run demonstrated that the pneumatic tire was faster and infinitely more comfortable than the solid rubber tires then in use. A famous automotive engineer has said, "We could build cars without steel on iron, but we could not get along without Dunlop's invention." The first pneumatic tire perfected for commercial use is still to be seen in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edin- burgh, after enduring 3000 miles travel without a single puncture. But its modern successors are travelling in millions on the highways of the world . . . giving safety, speed' and comfort to millions of passenger, I truck and •farm, vehicles . . and sheathing and wheels of aeroplanes ;ranging in size from ismaIl civilian planes to mighty bombers. Even John 'Boyd Dunlop could never have guess- ed that his invention of the pneumatic tire would enable an automobile - to roar over a mile stretch at a speed: of ' 368.86 m.p.h. as John Cobb did on August 23rd, 1939, at Bonneville Salt Flats. When the first pneumatic tire was proved commercially -successful, a company was formed bearing the Dunlop name, and that small begin- ning has grown and expanded until to -day it has become a huge organ. ization with factories in ten count- ries on five continents, and a range of products that serve the world. The first experimental pneumatic cycle tire made by John Boyd. Dunlop. evessemwsuagauleasammugromeaerocuten LEAP YEAR This is leap year, a year in which an extra day is tacked onto February to keep the calendar eight. Thos 1940 will have 366 days, instead of the usual 365. There is a tradition about leap year, generally known by everyone, that the lady has the right to propose to the man. But this tradition has been usurped by man since the Stone Age When, he grabbed the lady with one hand, and brand- ishing a hefty club in the other, haul- ed her off to his cave. The "cave man" method .still exists in modified form, when the bold lover brings his loved one to het knees by his whirlwind wooing. Some girls like that type and think it is grand to be swept off their feet almost against their will. Others like the > ansantic type of lover, But we are told that both types are fast disappearing, which seems e pity, for both are deserving of success. It seems that this important matter has become matter-of-fact, and he is likely to say "How about it' and she roans back with: "OK, by me." Nevertheless, the lady, whether she likes the cave man or the romantic type, may go to some length to help him propose, leap year or not. Come to think of it, it time take some courage for a young mean to propose these days, espeeially if he hasn't a lot of these necessary worldly goods with which M share with his .lady. So it is no wonder a timid man/s, tongue may cleave to the roof of his mouth, his knees knock together and he merely makes funny noises in his threat when Im triesto propose. That is where the real advantage of leap yea cones in. But girls, don't believe all you; hear about men being afraid of leap year. A great many men are secretly hope- ful. However, girls, look well before you leap, ' 1 GRADUATE 1,400 AIRAMEN MONTHLY About 1,400 air pilots, air gunners, observers and wireless operators will graduate each month when the British, Commonwealth air training plan is fully in operation in Canada, accord- ing to Group Captain Heroic). (Gus) Edwards, of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Group Captain Edwards' appoint- ment as member of the air council Tor personnel was announced Satur- day. Afterwards he talked with news- papermen about the training plan. In addition to the number of men who will be ready to take to the air each month there will be large numbers of ground staff under train- ing, the group captain said. NOW 15 THE TIPAE'fOgyuJ REGISTERED n `m DEPARTMENT; a►r AGRICUL?URE PRODUCTION SEWIICE. PLANT PRODUCTS _AL F rO •dMh.tMhw::.h:wNnhl«!«,ilrts..idtawc4-air.F. s:-,fAwi.zT.wnEtt4:: ::.w:wd..trytDt:.. a" ca"t'4'�"N°g _..._ S UPPLIES of Registered Seed are rapidly• growing leas through feeding and sale through' the grain trades, particularly rust - resistant varieties of wheat and oats Order• supplies now for spring- planting. Registered Seed is pure as to variety. h therefore gives better returns in yield, quality and grade. It requires>nocleaning. Regis- tered Seed is sold only in sealed containers,. government -tagged and government -inspected. Buy.Registered Seed! For information regarding sources of supply of approved varieties write to:—the District Supervisor, Plant Products. Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture for your district, the nearest Dominion Experimental Farm, the ProvIncialt Department of Agriculture, or the nearest Agricultural College, Food :applies are important in Wartime— Tbss year, plant and raise Doily} the best! Agricultural Stipples Board' DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,. OTTAWA honourable James G. Gardiner, Minister tov Fanning Mill Important Implement to Canadian Farmer The fanning mill is one of the most important, yet the most neglected implement on: the farm. In many' in- stances when room is required for crops and machinery it is usually moved outside and left under weather conditions, with the result that it is no longer a tight fitting, smooth running' machine capable of doing the job for which it was intended. When the time arrives to clean seeding requirements the fanning mill is found quite fre- quently to be in a bad state of repair, screens are usually lacking and there is no time to make repairs, order parts and screens', with the result that am attempt is made to make a job with the screens on hand. The fanning mill has a place on every farm for the preparation of seeding requirements, to give grain and seed a rough cleaning before it is taken to a central seed cleaning plant to be cleaned and graded and to remove small weed seeds,etc., from grain before being fed whole, rolled or chopped. Regardless of what make of a fan- ning mill one may have or how old it is, it is possible, in most cases, to re- condition it at small cost so that it will make a reasonably good job. A few -goners spent on screens for the fanning mill is money profitably spent compared to the losses which may be sustained as a result of sowing seed of inferior quality. Farm work is not too pressing at the present time and it is suggest- ed that consideration be given to the overhauling of the fanning mill. Most repairs can be made right on the farm 'although it may Im necessary to write) the manufacturer for parts, etc• A pamphlet on "Reconditioning the Fanning Mill" also ane on "Seed Cleaning" which rccommentls the var- ious screens that should be used are available by writing the crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Parliament Bldgs, Toronto'. The mill should be set where there is an abundance of light It should be level and solid, fed evenly, and turned with a uniform motion as the wind blast is regulated by turning the crank. If possible the mill should be operated by power which assures a steady motion and a more thorough job. The pulley on the shaker shaft should travel at epproximateee, 40 R.P,M. It is suggested that a small motor be used if possible to operate your: mill. In order to determine the size of pulley to use, to get the re -1 quired number of revolutions per min- ute, multiply the diameter of the, pulley on the engine or motor by the R.P.M. of your engine or motor and divide by 40. One quarter or one third H.P. motor will supply ample power.' CANADA BUYING MORE BRITISH CARS Canada bought 20 per cent. more British cars during the first three months of the war than in the same period the year before. Three hunched, vehicles e day, the Society of Motor Manufacturers an- nounces, Were exported to countries throughout the world on each work -Ing day of the third month of war, an increase of 26 per cent. over the year before. Records for any year in the history of the British motor car industry were set -up in exports of British motor ears during September, Octob- er and November to Australia, India And Burma, Portugal and Uruguay. NAMED DIRECTOR YORKSHIRE CLUB W. L. Whyte, well known Hallett township: farmer wag elected a direc- tor of the Ontario Yorkshire Club at a meeting in Toronto last week. Mr. Whyte has been active in the club for some years. Weddings r Snary—Stewart At 2 o'clock on Monday, February 5th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . M. Lovering, Perth Ave., Toronto, Gwendolyn Gertrude, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stewart of Willow - dale, was united' in marriage to Fred- erick Horace Seery of Clinton. Pastor A. G. Bentley of Hope Gospel Church performed the ceremony which took . place in the centre of the dining -room. The bridal pair stood under a pink and white canopy while the nuptials were performed.. Ribbon tulle and spring flowers decorated the rooms. The bride, who was given away by her father, was charmingly gowned in Chantilly lace with fitted bodice, long sleeves and slight train. The long veil fell. from a coronet head-dress of pearls and orange blossoms. She wore a pearl necklace and carried white sweet -peas and red roses. She was attended by Miss Ruth Lovering in dainty .shell -pink tulle over satin with baby blue velvet trimmings at waist and elbows, She wore a tiny tulle hat to match and carried a nosegay of deep pink sweet -peas. Mr. Lloyd Lovering was best man. The wed- ding music was played by AIrs. Charles Jeffries and Mrs. Frank Holliday sang "Because" during the signing of the register. The bride's mother received the guests assisted .by Mrs. Lovering Mrs. Stewart's gown wag of blue flowered chiffon, while Mrs. Lovering wore maroon crepe with black jet trimming. Both had matching cor- sages of sweet -peas. After a dainty luneheon the happy couple left far their home in Clinton amid flowers of confetti and good wishes. The bride's travelling frock was of minuet blue crepe with maroon trimming; her Coat, hat and muff of hunter's green with fax fur trier. All Toronto friends wish them a happy wedded life. OFFICER SETS OWN SHOULDER AFTER MISHAP Night Police Officer Harold Hend-• erson of Walkerton fell when his foot slipped on icy pavement and struck the concete, dislocating his right shoulder. Picking himself up, he crossed the road to a near -by tree and there, . using his own knowledge of first aid treatment, pushed his shoulder again- st the tree, and although suffering much pain, was able to force the blame back into proper position. The process, however, caused him such severe pain that he passed into a weakened state for a short period, . but receiving assistance, was able to retun to his home. Toronto Traffic Gop: Say you—get going—what's the matter with you? ' Polite Driver: I'm just fine, thank you But I think my engine's dead. MIN •ftMEIMIIIMMIONA Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA GOING DAILY—Feb. 17 -March 2, Inclusive RETURN LIMIT: 45 DAYS. TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES at fares approximately 1t/sc per mile. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1%'ac per mile. STANDARD SLEEPING GARS at fares approximately 1%e per mile. Cost of accommodation, in sleeping cars additional. Baggage checked. ASK FOR. HANDBILL, SIMILAR EXCURSIONS from WESTERN to EASTERN CANADA DURING SAME' PERIOD. Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and. All. Information as to Stopover Privileges from any Agent. T28 .