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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-05-30, Page 611-4•14. • -«•i.«w«.:i.` • N.. 1, .iHH �H::MW4+41 i, H•41+ w!A:•1+M«tW H�w� H «s�{.�«s'W.V. V PAGE 6 TRE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., MAY 30 1940 VySiM1iY�i'.V'eY.`.'.SNf■"■".°aYe.w ... •. ,'.'.•� .W: �.Yr`i .w.w.v.,, 1 Read - And Write .- For You (Gep/right). By John C. Kirkwood �LY�1°�9Ji'.'a"1�"'iY.Vii'.'i':.'L"i'!■'iL'.t'iic.SY.".'.M1'.`.W ':.'_ti•.'.'LW�M1r.� If the human brain continues to Miss Reubens sought a position in a stationery store - behind the greet - grow in size, men may come to have the bulbous -domed, small -faced, short jawed head that cartoonistsalready draw for the man of the far future. Thus declares Dr. Weidenreich, of Peiping Union Medical College, China. This anthropologist says that. human evolution since the beginning has been in the direction of produc- ing a "brain man", and that further progress is likely to continue he the same 'direction. "Our senses," he says, "of seeing, hearing, tasting and smelling have suffered in intensity, while we substituted these defic- iences with a higher faculty of combination which took place in oth- er sections of the brain. With the aid of tools and instruments invented by the brain power we have over- compensated all that we may have lost of the direct sharpness in sense." If any of us have funny faces, perhaps the reason is that we have a superior brainy The educated man''in this century is one who has acquired six specific skills - these: (1)• ability to speak one's own language correctly and ef- fectively in conversation and on one's feet before an audience; (2) ability to read one's own language with reasonable speed and comprehension; (3) ability to write clear and well - 'organized exposition in one's own language; (4) ability to read a for- eign language with facility; (5) abil- ity to think clearly from a given set of facts; and (6) ability to work and live with other people. So says W. H. Cowley, president of Hamilton College. "College stud- ents", he goes on to say, "are no longer children, but not quite adults. They are -struggling to grow up, to learn to live equally with their fel- lows. At heart they are profoundly serious. They seek fervently for a formula for their lives. They stand on the threshold of manhood and womanhood with raised thumbs, like hitch -hikers, awaiting the driver who will carry themalong the road of life 'to a . more abundant, more I , fruitful life." ing card counter - in order to get understanding of the greeting card market. She found (1) that nine out of ten buyers were of the working- class type; (2) that nearly all of them bought verse, and the same kind of verse; (3) that verses con- taining the words 'worry', dreary', 'trouble', 'sadness', etc, remained un- sold. She learned that in England alone there were sold every year be- tween four and five million Christ- mas cards. So she 'concentrated on the working-class market, and her work began to sell - not, because her poetry was good, but because it spoke a message of sincere senti- ment, such as would be sent by a working girl to her sweetheart or special chum. Seventy-two percent of the earth's area has remained uninvestigated -• so says a famous volcanologist: he means that the ocean -covered area of our planet remains unstudied. "Tire earth .is mostly unexplored," says Dr. Thomas N. Jagger, of the United States National Park Service at Hawaii. "Not a rock has been col- lected from 72% of its area. Is ra- dium. there? Is the floor of the ocean volcanic or, granite - old or young? Is not lava oozing forth? Is there coal or petroleum in the ocean bed? Are there precious fer- tilizers, metal ores, metallic lavas, or strange bacteria?" "There is 100 times as much vol- canic action under the sea as above it," declares Dr. Jagger. Portland and Seattle, principal cities of the Pacific Northwest, are growing smaller rather than larger - which fact troubles them. Many fain - lies who, aforetime lived in them have moved and are moving to the neighboring countryside. For the first time in 60 years, the 1940 cen- sus of these cities has failed to re- cord an increase in the local popula- tion. Improved highways, faster automobiles and an increased interest in gardens and truck -farming have attracted city -dwellers to the sur- rounding valleys and hills. A Seattle newspaper attributes the decline in the city's population to the fact that Seattle people are demanding and getting 'lebensraum'. The last decade the paper says, has seen thousands of families moving from crowded neighborhoods to more agreeable surroundings. A trend towards decentralization is evident in the Pacific Northwest. In- stead of constructing factories at Portland, large industrial concerns have selected sites in much smaller communities. Aida Reubens, London, England, makes her living - quite a good one - selling sentiment: she writes the text which goes on greeting cards - for Christmas, birthdays,- and other an -1 niversary or sentimental occasions.1, Miss Reubens has made an average' of $3700 per year for the past fif- teen years writing, sentimental. verses. N?' AL7.yl+egks nor chicks armee og• ht�e I 'way to bec`tinihig money -making Fall arid Whiter layers, Keep them - gbink in ilia tight direction by feed- ing Roe Complete Growing Mash —the feed that has helped hundreds of thousands of Ontario chicks grow into sturdy, strong, productive pullets. This complete feed is of a medium texture, high in nutrients -with the correct balance of proteins, minerals and vitamins your chicks need to pay you big returns in Fall and Winter eggs. Ask your Roe Feeds dealer. GROWING MASH Sold by H. CHARLESWORTH Clinton 413 lqr VITAMIZED FOR HEALTH.,. FARM PROVEN FOR. RESULTS Community Effort To Control Warbles The spring treatment of dairy and beef cattle for warbles will return good dividends. Warbles not only injure the hides and cause extensive losses when the animals are butcher- ed, but result in poor gains, lessened milk production and general un- thriftiness. Experiments in warble control conducted over a long period of years have shown that the applica- tion .of a standardized derris wash two or three limes during the spring will give excellent results. The individual farmer can greatly reduce the number of warbles in his here'), but the value of community action cannot be too strongly empha- sized. Studies by scientists of the Dominion Department of Agriculture have shown that where a herd has been treated over a period of years, the heaviest infestation consistently will be found in those animals which graze in meadows adjoining settle- ments where warble treatment is not given. One farmer in a thickly set- tled district, who does not treat his herd, will be responsible for the treated cattle in adjoining pastures being reinfested. It is therefore ad- visable for co-operation within a community to be one hundred per cent. An effective wash is composed of Standardized Derris.-1 pound; powd- ered soap,,—r/, pound; and water one gallon. When thoroughly mixed this wash is applied to the backs of infested animals with a cloth or a brush. It is important to be sure that the wash is well rubbed into each cyst, the main batch of wash being stirred frequently. The broadcast appeal of the Met- ropolitan Opera for a million dollar fund to enable it to give its broad- cast Sunday programmes - an S.O.S. appeal - was responded to by over 152,000 persons, located in The Unit- ed States, Canada, and the countries of South America. The average con- tribution was $2.15. Newsy Notes from England BY AN OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENT THe1+ww«e�Jw.+«A+-«r iA.wi+.......t.:s..� Gray Paint and "Skipper" Turn Fisher Craft Into Naval Units Ottawa—When the deck's covered with fish scales the gas powered fish boat looks useful but not beautiful. But dress her tip with a coat of grey paint, give the commander the rank of "Skipper" and she becomes one of the units of the Royal Canadian Navy and is proud of it! From a drab she becomes a lady with a certificate of character. Proudly she flies the naval ensign and with her engine beating its slow explosions over the tide, breasts the waters of a coastal port on her way to do a little job for His Majesty. Up the sharp indented but lengthy fjords of the Pacific Coast she noses her deliberate way, to see all if pos- sible, to hear all and report "All's well" to headquarters. Every fishing village, Indian village, lumber town, mine centre and logging camp knows her now. The skipper's white -topped naval cap will gleam in the sunshine, his normally uncaring crew in the smart uniforms of regular naval ratings will "tie her to the wharf", gaining new and unaccustomed pres- tige from their familiars of other days, when they were merely "hands," That's what a war can do. It can trim the sloppy—used in no deprec- iatory sense—craft of the fisherman into smart naval units, ail analogous procedure on the sea to that on land, by which the peaceful toiler is turned out, in battle dress, as a soldier. And as the landsmen can be made to com- plete his military evolutions smartly and efficiently, so the fishermen's boats can manoeuvre together on the water. In line abreast, in quarter line, in. line ahead, these vessels chug -chug they way on order, emul- ating as smartly and as proudly, their bigger sisters of the service. They can scout, manoeuvre, sweep for mines or lay depth charges against submarines. Their Lewis guns or rifles will shatter the drift- ing menace of a hostile mine or take care of their own defence. "Fisherman's Reserve" that is what they become in official terms. Each has its number and its job. W'ar called them from peace to a job they could do for the country, and there they ate, spread from Cape Flattery to Alaska, alert and resourceful. Not wishing it out loud perhaps, but in- wardly hoping that if there is any dirty work by the enemy, they will be there to cope with it. In the boats with which they are familiar, for in most cases they own them, the skippers set out. That is their rank, "Skipper" and officially their boats are "reserve boats." Their crew usually includes a petty officer and two, three or four seamen depending on the size of the vessel. These may be reservists with naval experience, but generally they are the hands who have been accustomed to working with the "Skipper" and his boat in peacetime. They all re- ceive as much training as is possible to give them. But this is incidental. Their great values lies in several other qualities of which may be cited, nobility, manoeuvrability in shallow coastal waters, the know- ledge of the personnel of the coast, bays, and harbors and the familarity with all that pertains to the sea. The Fishermen's. Reserve was an. inspiration and its ulility in this war is no less pronounced than the pride of 'the men in being able thus to serve their country. You may, or may not, have heard of Curley Eagles of Hollywood. He's a specialist in horses, not hum- ans. He suppies Hollywood. studios with horses when horses are wanted. Curley isa man with a history - an up and down history. In the early part of his life he organized his own Wild West Show - which went broke. Then he tried again - and again went broke. He dug po- tatoes for a living. • He went about the country riding trick mules. He rounded up wild horses. Then, in 1933, he was hired by Metro -Goldwyn to take charge of all its horses. He has been with M.G.M. for the past seven years. You will see a Curley Eagles horse in the film which we may be seeing soon - "Florian", the story of a stal- Iioii', The book, "Florian", is by the anther Of that beloved book, "Bambi." One of four Lippizanis imported from Austria, Florian bears the crown and crest of the Emperor Francis Josef, for he was bred in the Royal Stud Farm and trained at Vienna's. famed Spanish Riding School. Florian, Curley says, is the finest horse he ever saw. Ifyou are looking for an unusual and an adventurous vacation 'this summer, then you would probably find it by going to Lima, Peru, and taking a motor tour from Lina across the Andes and down to the very edge of the torrid Amazonian jungle. The journey would be 190 miles • long accomplished in four days. From a level of 16,000 .feet above thesea, you would pass into tropical heat. You would go through awesome gorges, through picturesque 1 Indian towns; you would see Plamas and perhaps alpacas; you would travel along snow - and ice - border- ed roads; you would travel onthe highest paved road in the world; you would descend from freezing altit- udes to levels where calla lilies grow in wild profusion;, you would travel past coffee and sugar plantations; you would •see •orchids growing wild in jungle trees; you would sleep in beds covered with muslin to keep out mosquitos. SELF SEALING PETROL TANB British Planes Have Foamed Rubber Armour Against Machine Guns Foamed rubber,,as an armour for aeroplane tanks is a striking adap- tion of British industrial research to war service. In peace time this special prepara- tion was applied to a wide range of upholstery from the seats of Lon- don's fleet of 'buses to the fauteuils of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford -on -Avon. It, is produced from the , milk of the rubber tree brought in special tankers from Malay which, after be- ing eing chemically treated, is beaten up by a machine like a huge egg whisk and then run into moulds.. The inclusion of the material in the covering of a 'plane's petrol tank gives a novel protection against ma- chinegun bullets. When a bullet hits the tank the leaking petrol sets the rubber swelling almost instantly and seals up the bullet's hole. BAGDAD'S NOVEL, BUSES Electric Fans for 1st Class Passengers Bagdad is to have one of the most modern fleets of motor buses in the world, with equipment specially de- signed for the climate of Iraq. A big British motor engineering works which makes London's buses has had an order from the recently formed Baghdad Metropolitan Trans- port Board for 50 single deck oil -en- gine buses. This is the first order given by the Transport Board which is mod- ernising public transport facilities in Bagdad. "The buses are of the very latest type, embodying all the most recent developments in public service road transport. But in addition there are special features designed to suit them for their particular service," said the engineer in charge of the work. "They will have two compart- ments, first and second. The first class compartments will have electric fans, and a special ventilation system will operate throughout each vehicle. The inner and the outer panels of the bodies will be insulated against heat by means of a new fabric which will not be visible. "The first class sections are to have upholstery of hide, and the sec- ond class seats will be on cane mesh. There will, of course, be left-hand steering, and each vehicle will seat 31 persons in addition to the con- ductor and driver." ONE GALLON OF PETROL LASTS 150 MILES On Britain's War Time Roadsters Bicycles in Britain have recently taken unto themselves tiny aircooled engines of one horse power. More than 10,000 of them were made last year and when war broke out a doz- en British manufacturers producing these motorised bicycles were flood- ed with orders from overseas. These economical infants of the war time roads are improved pedal Use Iron Sulphate To Kill Dandelions cycles rather than inferior motor cycles, and are officially known as "autocyeles", although they are of- ten nicknamed "Wilfreds". Their extreme economy does not make so strong an appeal abroad ,as in Britain, but people overseas have been quick to realise their other good points such as ease in handling. They, can be propped against curbs, parked in potting -sheds, pushed through nar- row doorways and lifted up steps. Yet they are certainly not toys, for they will carry .a 170 -pound rider up a gradient of 1 in 15 without pedal assistance, travel up to 30 miles an hour, and achieve up to 160 miles to one gallon of petrol and lubricating oil -mixture. The power unit used in most makes is produced in an imposing model factory which has made more than 500,000 two-stroke engines now giv- ing good service to men and women in all five continents. Some of the best overseas markets for British autocycles are Ihdia, Borneo, Australia, New Zealand and Kenya, while before the war one maker alone sold large, quantities to Poland and Norway. Machines have also been sent to Canada, South Am- erica, Gold Coast, Ceylon, Palestine, Malaya, South Africa and Nigeria. A Challenge To Democratic ' Devotion Canadians today are being asked to buy War Savings Certificates. What does this mean? It means this: That our answer will be the measure of our real devotion to democracy- To freedom. We have been told that democracy is decadent. That our ideals of free- dom are meaningless. That our way of life cannot compel the devotion that goes to the totalitarian creed. War Savings Certificates can an- swer, and powerfully, to that indict- ment. To the extent that we buy them we will tell whether or not devotion to democracy and liberty does exist; whether there exists the reality of democratic responsibility, of democratic loyalty, of democratic unity. Iii France today the watchword is: Advance or die. In England, Mr. Churchill exclaims: "I offer you blood, tears, toil and sweat". And he adds: For all that Britain means, I appeal to you ... We must save ourselves from the black night of barbarism". In coaling weeks, the people of this country have the chance of showing FOREIGN EXCHANGE ACQUISITION ORDER SPECIAL NOTICE Subject to certain exemptions, the Foreign Ex- change Acquisition Order requires every resident of Canada who had any foreign currency or foreign currency deposit in his possession, ownership or control on May 1st, 1940, regardless of amount, to sell the same to an Authorized .Dealer .(chartered bank) on or before May 31st, 1940. Unless an extension has been granted by the Board, any resident who has not complied with the terms of the Order on or before May 31St, 1940, will be in default and subject to the penalties provided in the Order. The Order does not require the sale of foreign • securities. Further information and particulars may be obtained from any branch of a chartered bank. FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL, BOARD whether their thought of freedom's meaning, their understanding of the meaning of this terrible conflict, is as deep and real as that of the peoples of Britain and France. The real challenge of War Savings Certificates is the challenge of whether the fibre of democrary is as strong as the fibre of dictatorship The challenge of whether the discip- line of the lash is as powerful as the discipline of freedom. Let Canadians, by buying these War Savings Certificates, by ans- wering with all and the least of their means the great cry for help that goes up, show how strong is the discipline of freedom. Let them determine that it will be remember- ed in years to come that Canada did not vent its anger at brutality and injustice solely in words and gest- ures, but that it turned at least a part of it into sacrifice for freedom in freedom's hour of dire need. SUPPORTING EMPIRE PLAN The advance party of the Royal Air Force who will organise the Em- pire air training scheme in Southern Rodesia has arrived in Salisbury, the capital. The party consists of 100 officers, pilots and technicians. The development of the scheme in Rho- desia and Southern Africa will pro- vide a complement to the plan which is now under way in Canada. The Empire air armadas will have pilots trained for combat under tropical as well as northern climatic conditions. r� v CANADA'S ASSURANCE CHEERING TQ CHURCHILL'. The knowledge that Canada is be- side the United Kingdom in the de- termination to triumph in the war ,- "will strengthen our resolve," Prime • Minister Winston Churchill said in a . message to Prime Minister King. Mr. Churchill's message was sent M reply to an assurance cabled Mr. , Churchill early in the week by Can- ada's prime minister, in which he sent assurance of the Dominion's • whole -hearted support in the war. Text of Mr. Churchill's message: : I am very grateful to your apprec- iative reference to my broadcast . speech on Sunday. At this grave hour the wholeheart., ed assurance of Canada's support in the trials which lie before us is a• very real encouragement. The crisis of battle will but spur us to yet greater efforts and the knowledge that you are with us in. •, the determination to achieve the triumph of justice will strengthen our resolve. FISHERMEN SERVE COUNTRY From Cape Flattery to Alaska, on Canada's Pacfic eoast, fishermen's crafts, now proud units of the Royal Canadian; Navy, ply in and out of fjords, nosing into nooks of the in- dented coastal line to see all, hear all and to tell all only to headquart ers. There is a lesson in that for - every citizen, Apply directly to the weeds in- stead of spraying if lawn consists of percentage of clover. How can I get rid of dandelions in my lawn? This is a question frequently asked of the Crops, Seeds and . Weeds Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, Toronto, The spud may be used for scatter- ed plants. Each plant should be cut off well below the crown and the area reseeded immediately after. By following this practice each year at the same time maintaining a thick healthy sod it should be possible to keep this weed under control. Iron Sulphate is now being used extensively to eradicate dandelions, This chemical can be purchased cheaply at -any drug store and should be applied at the rate of 1 or 11 lbs. per gallon of water. Mix the solution in a wooden bucket and spray it over the infested areas.'It kills the dandelions and may cause the grass to appear injured but ser- dour permanently harms the lawn. After a few days the dandelions may be raked out and new seed sown over the bare spots. Iron Sulphate will injure clover, so in lawns consisting of a percent- age of clover it is best to apply the sulphate directly to the weeds and not over the entire lawn surface. Instead of having dandelions smother out the lawn one's aim should be tohave the lawn smother out the dandelions. Sowing seed thickly, fertilization, proper moisture and soil .conditions will assist great- ly. If a lawn is badly infested' con- sideration should be given to digging it up, improving` the soil condition. and reseeding with a good lawn seed mixture, GENEROSITY FOR TROOPS 1 When the news got out that a certain unit of the C,A,S.F', in the Ottawa. Area was in need of a piano for recreational purposes, the re- sponse was•,quicic.; five citizens im- mediately offered their pianos to the troops forthe duration. Cheek Over Your Stock at N{IT1G Don't Let It Get Law Remember us for all your printing requirements, including COUNTER CHECK BOOKS. The Clilitoll n ews-Record PHONE 4 —