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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-10-23, Page 2TOYS OUT OF DEBRIS The toys in this picture have all been made by members of the London Fire Brigade. Since the' bitzkreig on London cane to a temporary stop members of the London Fire Brigade have found time lying heavy on their hands. To while away the hours of waiting, member's of the Eastern District of the London Fire Service decided to make toys and dolls out of bomb debristo stock the nursery centres of the American Red Cross. Their completed work has just been placed on exhibition in a South London school. .,.,.,eaoa.1=1.,4101•.,.6.e,so41111.ao,a.moma. Moderaa Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE 1. Is it all right to ask an usher to close a window 3n church if one is annoyed. by a draught? 2. Is it the woman's place to tell • the head waiter where she would like to sit when having dinner with a man in a hotel? 3. When two women are driv- ing, who enters the automobile first, the hostess or her guest? 4. If one is a member of a club and a fellow member is entertain- ing friends in one of the public rooms, should one join. then? 5. I•Iow should one present a bus- iness letter of introductiop? G. Should the maid of honor straighten the bride's train when abe turns to leave the church? Answers 1. It is more considerate to change your seat. There may be , other people seated around you who are enjoying the fresh air. 2. No; leave it to the man to tell the waiter. 3. The guest. 4. No; if possible, go to another room, or else try to make yourself incon- spicuous in order not to seen to be intruding. 5. The person usual- ly goes to the office of the addres- see, presents the letter and also bis business card, thenwaits to see if he can be received. 6. Yes. From A Soldier To The President The Following Letter Was Written To President Roose- velt by a Soldier At An Army Air Corps Base "Dear Mr. Pres. of the U.S. Com- mander , in Chief of Arniy & Navy: "I hope this isn't out of the way of .Army Regulations. I just thought 1'd write to you telling how Army life is out here. Some ideas con teaming it. "I8 the Army told us boys in each barracks to have a separate container in each Barracks to put their empty Resor Blades & Tooth Paste tubes and other steel and lead objects it would help in No - Ronal Defence. Put Retread tires on any trucks and cars that are being used around camp. As nn =oeuvres they must he pretty good. "The system we have out here for mess can't be beat in any other e. Army Camp. ;it's a system that everybody likee, The food is bet-. ter than I ate at home, "I'm learning something in soliool that would cost me at least ,. 500 dollars if I was a civilian. T can't see why some squawk about H. From what I hear from the Vet- erans of the last war this is heav- en. If you try hard enough and be a good soldier in time a rating comes your way. On top the 510 raise everybody gets practically you'll be making as much as home. 540 no food to pay for or clothing or Board. Heck you can't beat it. When I get released from the Army I expect to have saved at least $000 or more dollars, "If they shouldstrike any more in the airplane factories they should put the Army men who had technical training on the jobs and that will show the civilian that • after all we all must sacriliee some- thing. "I hope this doesn't put me in wrong with the Artny officialai, 1P. Tt (Toes just tear this letter and say nothing more. "Sincerely Thank You "ONE OF YOUR BOYS." In making public the letter, the War Department explained that it was already retreading Army tires to save rubber. A Cold Bed The Nazis have ordered all Norwegians to turn oer their wool blankets for the use of the Ger- man Army. Oleo says the order provides fines and imprisonment up to thz'e years 600' people who don't comply, City of London Stores Up W .t ter Takes Advantage of Lull in Air Raids to Get Ready For Emergency During the Summer lull in heavy raids London has added millions of gallons of water to its "static" supply. Schemes are now being carried out to ensure that the maximum possible amount of water, apart from that actually "on tap" from hydrants, will be available for the fire service when an emergency arises. In addition to the thousands of extra steel, concrete and calves street water tanks, local authori- ties are now hard at work "water-' proofing" the basements of bomb- ed horses to provide additional water storage space,, Many of the great London busi- ness houses and stores are instal- ling large additional storage tanks on rooftops and other sites, .Another development in this re- lay system, one et the moat vital activities et the newly established fire service, is the provision of tons of thousands of additional hydrants at strategic points both in town and country areas. .Analysis of the reports of the local fire brigade chiefs, after. raids, has greatly assisted the au- thorities in deciding spots for these new water precautions. To Prevent Wasting Better Than Saving Better thansaving waste paper would be the prevention of wast- ing paper. As European visitors constantly remind its, the daily waste of paper in this country is appalling. Most at the articles we buy in food shops, for example, are already packaged in paper, but before we carry them home we ex- pect them to be enveloped in wrap- ping paper or a stout paper bag. There is said to be a shortage of corrugated cardboard containers— but nobody dreams of making such a container serve n second time; once it has been used it is burned • us or thrown on the refuse heap. If a small deposit were required on reutilizable packing materials they would bo returned for redemption, like milk bottles. Canadians are scornful of small economies, but no 'economy is small •ben it is multiplied daily by millions. If as a nation we do not learn to be thrifty in small ways we may learn what hardship is in a big way. Spitfire Pilot Has Merry Tag Game Fought Five German Planes, Downed Two, Then Flopped In Channel A Spitfire pilot who played "tag" with five German planes over Bel- gium,' 1-lolland and France, is still laughing about the combat, al- though he had to spend 30 minutes in the English Channel. Two Mess- erschmitts were destroyed and the others just gave up. The chase began near Dunkirk, when the Germans pounced on the low-flying Spitfire. As 'the lead- ing German began to close in, the Spitfire pilot spotted a mass of high-tension wires and ducked un- ' der theca. The nearest Nazi, how- ever, hit the tabes, and exploded. After crossing the Belgian frau- tier into Holland the pilot doubled back' on his course, recrossed Bel- gium and flew into France. Now and then bullets and cannon shells bit Isis craft, but it retained its speed. FInally, their ammunition ex- hausted, three Messersehmitts broke off -the chase. With the odds now even, the Spitfire pilot turned and "polished oft" the remaining German just before his gas ran out. I•Iis plane flopped into the Channel where he was picked up by a rescue boat. HAVE Y®ti 1. , Tho new maid had not been Initiated into the mysteries of the telephone. "Well, Elsie," said her Mistress one. morning, "has anyone rung "IP whilst L've been out?" Elsie laughed' with true Scottish gusto, and replied readily, "OIL well, 'there was a silly gen- tleman who said 'It's a long dis- --tanoe from London;'' but I just told him T knew that, and rang o26!" 'Young Alex was watching a. house painter at.work. Present- ly he asked. "How many coats of paint do you give a door?" • "Two,. my boy;", was the re- ply. "Then if you give it three coats," said the lad brightly, "it would be an overcoat?" "No, my lad," retorted the painter grimly, "It would be a' waste coat." • Two Germans met In Paris. Said Cali to Fritz: "Have you a good job here?" "Yes, I have a very good lob,' replied Fritz. "I sit on the top of the Eiffel Tower all day and watch for the: British to wave the white flag. "And is .it good pay?" asked Carl. • "Well, bet much," answered Fritz, "but it's for Life," ;Thank you for the pres- eats, Auntie." "Oh, they're nothing to thank me for, Bobbie." "That's what I thought, but mother told me to thank you all the same." An R.A.S.C. recruit had been out on an army lorry for his first day's driving, and when he return- ed he had to report a slight ac- cident. "Sorry, serge, and all that," he announced brightly, "but I ran over a fellow." "Good heavens, was it serious?" gasped the 'sergeant. "No, no, just bent the wing a bit and scratched the paintwork." "My word, this tastes good," said the old lady, drinking al glass of beer for the first time. "It's just like the medi- cine my husband -has been taking for the last 40 years." Mose Melonwater went for a ride in an aeroplane. When he came down he said to the pilot, "'"`hank you, boss, fo' dem two rides." "Two rides," said the aviator. "You've only had one!" "No sag," exclaimed the negro, •"Alt bad two—mah first and mah last," Sailor Has Big Sadie To Settle Jacob Van Mazyk, a Nether- lander from Hoboken, N.J., by way of Rotterdam, Who survived the L C. White torpedoing, came ashore at Rio de Janeiro fighting mad. He was 'torpedoed six times in the last war and this was the third time in the present one; he lost his aged mother, four sisters and two brothers in the German bombardment of Rotterdam. Van Mazyk said he would sign up on another ship carrying suppies for Britain. TY 17 ROI M THE SCHOOL WITH ALL THIS ♦ ® O)HE A Group of Students in Locums Room A. :may '' ; 41, Testing Radio R00, .vers in Laboratory No. 1. 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Since Oe. first Canadian Division arrived 'in Britain, there have been Canadian soldier patients in 706 different hospitals in England. A nation- wide network of visitors has been thrown around the hospitals, so" that no "Canadian soldier, saildr or airman may feelhimself isolated in loneliness from all his friends. 'At frequent intervals he.receives friendly visits from some suitable person who can 'chat to him about Canada. When a Canadian goes into hos- pital the registrar' sends a prepaid postcard to the Canadian Red Cross headquarters in London. The par- ticulars . are card -indexed in the records department, which means the man has ceased to be a "case" and has become a personal and welcome .responsibility of the Rod Cross. There is no reasonable re- quirement the men express which the Society is not ready and will- ing to fulfill, if able. He may need invalid delicacies—the Red Cross send them from the store which. Canadian generosity has provided there. He may want a little shop- ping done, some letters written home, personal problems solved, the visitor from the Red Cross does all that, and anything else of a similar nature. - In a further service, the Cana- dian Red Cross is encom'aginr pa- , Rents to learn and practise handi- crafts while they are 111. The men are now becoming adept In making rugs, leather articles, string belts, bags and shoes. The last monthly report from one Canadian military hospital alone, showed, 1,108 pa- tients have been taught one or more handicrafts and have pro- duced a total of 11964 items, in - eluding 669 rugs, 372 string belts, 334 leather articles and 359 pieces of embroidery. New Type Torpedo For Great Britain is Highly Secret And Will Be Manufactured In United States Great Britain has developed a highly secret, new type torpedo which will be manufactured in the United States with money from the second Lease -Lend fund. All details about the new under- water projectile are carefully guarded, but its manufacture will require special productive facili• ties, Although there has been no hint as to how the secret new torpedo would differ from those already in use, naval officials long have talk- ed of the need for torpedoes which would • be invisible when fired— that is, which would not leave the wake of tell-tale air bubbles which, sometimes gives surface ships en- ough warning to enable them to manoeuvre out of the way. Another criticism of present -clay torpedoes is that those fired by compressed air produce a large air bubble on leaving the submarine, When this bubble reaches the sur- face, it guides destroyers and other ant -submarine craft to the sub- marine's position for a depth charge attack. Some naval authorities, warning against under -estimating the Ger- man U-boat menace because of the recent decline in ship siukings, have suggested that the Nazis may have developed a torpedo that el- iminates those objectionable fea- tures. Disclosure of the order for the new British torpedo together with the indication that It differs wide- ly from those now in use led to conjeetut'e that the British, too, may have solved those problems. "h DOES taste good in a piper HANDY SEAL -TIGHT POUCH -155 1/s -L13. "L O!: -T O!,. TIN'— 654 also pecked in Pocket Tins A Mere Matter Of 900 Years Hitler told the German nation recently that: "The decision now being fought out is for thenext one hundred years." On NIay 10, 1340, the day of the invasion of the Low. Countries, Ise declared: "Tele tight beginning today de- cides the fate of the German nation for the next one thousand years." War Sptu°s Search For Magnesium • Urgent need for vital supplies of alloy metals has intensified the search for deposits of these min- erals, such as magnesium, which plays an important part in the production of airplane metal. The Natural Resources Department of the Canadian National Railways long ago completed a survey in the Maritime Provinces ofp os - s sl e ible sites whet such minerals might be located, and informa- tion then obtained is now being put to use. Dolomite, one source of mag- nesium, is found in Cape Breton and the Dominion Government has been prospecting the deposits with a view of erecting a plant for the recovery of metal. Mag- nesium is valued at about $600 a ton. It is one of the lightest of metals and is much used in the manufacture of flares and in- cendiary bombs. • ,M..,,020.I.110„wa®nwa®ae0.1..1 .a., How C laf? BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. How can I make an effective filling for open cracks in floors? A. Thoroughly soak some news- papers in paste made of one pound of flour, three quarts of water, and one tablespoonful. of alum, thoroughly boiled and mixed, Make the final mixtrre about as thick as putty, and it will harden like papier mache. Q, How can I distinguish steel from iron? A, Take a very clean file and file over the flame of an alcohol lamp. if the filed piece is made of steel, little burning and crackling sparks will be seen. 1f the piece consists of iron, the sparks will not erackl', Q. How can 1 clean ta.nished tihinestone pins and buckles? A, Allow the rhinestone pins and buckles to sgt in gasoline for about fifteen minutes and then polish with a flannel cloth. Q. How can I treat a smashed huger to prevent an ugly discolor- ation of the nail? A. Hold the hand up for at least an hour so that the blood drains out of the finger. This will prevent the blood from congealing at the smashed place and causing discol- oration of the, nail. Q. How can I acquire a rich, green color in my !louse ferns. A. Add a teaspoon of household ammonia to one quart of water and pour over the ferns once or twice a month. '" ITE '// [Whit Scree Is DROUGHT -RESISTING WHEAT The Inetitete of Plant Pysiology of the. Soviet Academy of 'Sciences treats wheat to adapt it for growth under unfavorable conditions. The seeds of Spring wheat, for example, are soaked in about one-third their weight of water, After the water has been absorbed they are raked over, piled hip and lett to dry. This operation is performed three times. For some varieties of wheat one treatment is enough. It is reported that when thus treated seeds which normally grow well only in humid regions will do well in dry regions. The yields run ,from 10 to 100 per cent higher than for untreated wheat. in ono experiment the difference was 32 per cent and-inanother 110. • FAREWELL HAY FEVER The rectnt experiments of Dr. Ernest J. 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