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The Seaforth News, 1957-03-07, Page 2Watchdogs Rout Store Prowlers Many of the largest banks, warehouses, and department stores have made themselves virtually burglarproof — not by any newfangled electronic alarm systems — but by the use of specially trained dogs. Jordan Marsh 'Compan`y, New England's largest department store, has beenusing dogs to discover prowlers for several years and with marked success. One Philadelphia warehouse owner rates dogs ahead of arm- ed watchmen, and a number of banks have purchased them for use as after -hour guards, However, perhaps nowhere have these dogs achieved great- er success than at Macy's sprawling Thirty-fourth Street department store in New York City, which has beer, using theme effectively since April, 1952; Prior to that the store had been invaded regularly by thieves, who hid themselves be- hind counters and in closets just before closing time. More often than not routine checks by watchmen failed to uncover all of them. Those who weren't discovered had plenty of time in which to select choice items from coun- ters and then sneak out of the store as it became jammed with the next day's customers. In fact, sneak isn't the right word. They simply walked out, It was not only neat; it was quiet. This type of thief is extreme- ly difficult to spot, let alone ap- prehend, and when one group (apparently working together) hauled away a rack of fur coats valued at $12,000, Macy's be- came highly indignant. Al- though some of these coats were later recovered it didn't make Macy's feel much more secure. It was about this time that somebody in the store's far- flung organization suggested the use of specially trained dogs as a solution. Macy's had tried something like that about 10 years before with German shepherds, but without success. The dogs appeared to lack en- durance, were difficult to hand- dle, and were abandoned after a short trial. However, Macy's was willing to try again only this time with Doberman pins- chers. It wasn't long until four sleekly beautiful Dobermans came to live at the big store. Somebody (presumably Macy's energetic advertising depart- ment) couldn't restrain itself. The hucksters had to name them: (1) Suzy (for one of the firm's best selling perfumes); (2) Red Star (for the company's old trade -mark); (5) Mom (for Macy's own merchandise); and (4) Cash (for the firm's former cash-and-carry policy). The dogs did the job. In fact, how well they did it can be realized only after a talk with Francis X. Fay, director of se- eurity at Macy's. "Since we got the dogs we haven't lost a penny's worth of merchandise to intruders," Mr. Fay said," "nor has anyone dared break in and pit himself against the dog's skill in flush- ing out trespassers." This may have surprised some executives at Macy's who could ° remember only as far back as when the store tried German shepherds without success. But not Mr. Fay. Here was a man who had gained' his knowledge of what dogs could doas top security officer for the United States Air Force during World War II. Prior to that he served with the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation in New York. Mr. Fay had heard the glow- ing tales lowing`tales told by security officers who worked with Dobermans in • the teeming jungles of the South Pacific. The Army had found this type of dog aggressivebut not vicious, with good stamina and responsiveness, and with a natural knack for learning obe- dience. "We figured that if this dog could be effective in the trap- ics," Mr. Fay said, "he would also be effective for us after store hours, even --though. our air-conditioning system would be turned off. That was our main complaint against the German shepherd, which was hard to handle` during the hot weather." The dogs are never worked for more than two hours at a stretch, except under stake -out conditions, when the canine isn't asked to do much more than patrol a certain area. Otherwise, they are used in teams of two which has proved highly effec- tive for store work. Macy's canine squad, as the teams .are known officially at the New York store, has paid off handsomely. For example, one night Suzy refused to pass one of the company's $15,000 automatic computation ma- chines. As usual, it had been covered for the weekend. With Suzy was Detective Steve Muller, one of six guards especially trained to handle the dogs on their rounds. Mr. Mul- ler looked the situation over but neither saw or heard any- thing unusual, Finally, he pull- ed the cover off the machine. It was only then that he discov- ered that it had been left run- ning. Had it continued to oper- ate through an entire weekend it probably would have done several thousand dollars' worth of damage or possibly have re- sulted esulted in a costly fire. SAINT PATRICK MISSIONARY SUCCESS When Irishment" in various parts of the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17th they commemorate a saint who, according to the Book of Know- ledge, was one of the most suc- cessful of the early missionaries. He landed in Ireland in the year 432, after years of study for his mission and made it his policy to win over the chiefs before trying to convert the people from their druidic worship. He achieved this without ser- ious opposition and Ireland, be- came one of the main centres not only of the Christian religion but also of schools and scholars who kept alive the light of civilization that had grown somewhat dim after the fall of the Roman Empire. Patrick died on March 17th, perhaps in the year 460. A lonely mountain in County Mayo where he is said to have prayed Is still a place of pilgrimage for visitors from all parts of the world. Trying to tell es something. `Definitely s pro-Western Arab.] tAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN? — The northern lights have seen sights and now we have, too. These hooded and muffled crea- lures are girls — coeds at Western Reserve University. With varied materials they fashioned distinctive and effective pro- tection against the area's cold winter. No nose shows in these rigs and male students complain that they can't tell whether the girls are coming or going. • (Department of fascinating oyes.; ,gust a coed in a woolen caged IN HARMONY AGAIN Here are the Andrews Sisters, back together again after two and a half years, of feeding which broke up their million -dollar act. Maxene, Patty and LaVerne, left to right, even 'fought over their mother's estate. The : girls' life story will be filmed with no punches pulled because they Insisted that the movie tell the truth. They're currently beginning a long night-club and personal -appearance tour. TABLE TASKS 0 elate Anc cws Meat loaf has always been the budgeter's best friend, many young homemakers tell me. One of them explained how she'uses the perennial friend. "I sort of weave meat loaf ,in and out of my menu, never hav- ing a set time to serve it, such as Saturday night or the last day before pay day, as some of my friends do," she said. "I don't have my family feeling that it's a last -resort meat. My family really likes meat loaf." Another way this young cook varies meat loaf is by serving different sauces with it, writes Eleanor Richey Johnson in The Christian Science Monitor. "You'd hardly believe how different a meat loaf tastes when it's served with mush room sauce instead of tomato," she said. "I have even served it with cheese sauce, telling the children it was a cheese -burger loaf, That idea went over big!" x * * Here is meat loaf with toma- to sauce baked in. FAMILY MEAT LOAF 1 pound ground beef - 1 cup cracker crumbs (about 12 crackers) 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 1 one Pmilk oon pepper 1 eight -ounce can tomato sauce Combine ground beef, cracker crumbs, onion, green pepper, egg, seasonings and milk. Mia; well. Press mixture together until it forms a round shape. Place in a round 2 -quart cas- serole and cover with tomato sauce. Cover and bake for 1 hour at 350° F. The tomato sauce makes a good gravy for the meat loaf. * * c A ham loaf made snappy with spices is a good meat -stretcher for the budget minded. SPICY HAM LOAF 3 cups ground or finely chop- ped cook ham 1/4 cup fine bread crumbs 4 cup finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper 3/ teaspoon dry mustard are teaspoon each allspice and ground cloves 2 eggs, slightly beaten 34 cup milk Combine ham, bread crumbs, onion, green pepper, mustard, allspice, and cloves. Add eggs and milk and mix until com- bined. Pack into a 1 -quart loaf pan. Bake at 350° F. for 45 min- utes. Unmold and serve hot. Makes 6 servings. Combine cooked rice with * * * meat for an unusual loaf. Serve it with catsup, chili sauce, or it Swiss cheese dressing. BEEF -RICE LOAF 3 tablespoons butter 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped a 35 cup instant nonfat dry milk powder 1/4 cup water 2• cups cooked rice 2 teaspoons salt 4 teaspoon pepper 12 pounds ground beef chuck. Melt . butter in skillet; add onions and . saute until onions are tender. Remove from heat. Add nonfat milk, powder, water, rice, salt and pepper; mix -thor- oughly. Pour over ground meat and stir until thoroughly com- bined. Press into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 -inch loaf pan. Bake at 350° F. for 45 minutes or until. browned. Garnish this chicken loaf with red sliced beets and slice hard- cooked eggs and serve mush- room sauce with it for a party dish. CHICKEN LOAF 3 cups diced cooked chicken he cup mushroom pieces (3 - ounce can) 2 cups cooked noodles 3/4 cup chicken broth or gravy 2 eggs, beaten 3/ oup finely. chopped celery 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon curry powder iia teaspoon pepper (optional) Combine all ingredients. Place in oiled loaf pan 9 x 5 x 3 - inches, Bake at 350° F. for about 1 hour. Six to 8 servings. e s * If you want to give a fresh, new taste to salmon or other fish loaf, serve it with a lemon - Trading Stamp In The U.S.A. Washington economists-"stady- ing the problem say that trad- ing stamps may be costing you money whether you save thein or not. More and more stores have been using the stamps. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics is trying to decide whether they should figure in its Consumer Price Indexes as a rebate from stated retail butter sauce. T,he recipe follows the salmon loaf recipe. SALMON LOAF Vs cup bread crumbs 1 egg, slightly. beaten % cups milk 2 eups flaked salmon 3 tablespoons lemon juice 34 teaspoon salt 3e -teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons melted butter Combineingredients in order given. Pack firmly into buttered loaf pan or small individual baking dishes. Bake at 350° F. for about, 40 minutes. Remove from oven and pour/. Over it lemon -butter sauce. Serve hot. LEMON -BUTTER SAUCE 'A cup butter, melted 2 tablespoons misi3ed parsley .; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 34 teaspoon salt Mix all ingredients together well. * * * Serve the following tuna loaf with a white sauce seasoned with a small amount of mustard. TUNA LOAF 3 cups dry, toasted cereal, finely crushed 13/4 cups milk 2 cups tuna fish, flaked (or other cooked fish) 35 cup sour cream 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped chives or minced onion 1 tablespoon lemon juice 34 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon salt Dash pepper 2 eggs, well beaten Combine cereal and milk; let stand 10 minutes. Add remain- ing Ingredients, except eggs, and beat thoroughly. Fold in beaten eggs. Turn into well greased 1 -quart loaf pan, Bake at 375° F. for 1 hour. prices] and If so how much. The final decision should be informa- tive. About half of all United States families save the stamps, ac- cording to the United States De- partment of Agriculture. . The department says small stores could be put out of business by "Increased competition through the use of trading stamps by some retailers and through price cutting and through other means of sales promotion by others designed to meet the increased competition of users of trading stamps." Food supermarkets giv- ing trading stamps ' increased their sales volume . in the first half' of 1956 by 10.2 " per. cent. Those not giving them had sales gains of only 6.7 per, cent. There may be one, epy of hope for the small shopkeeper, as well as for the non -saving type of housekeeper. The 40 stores in Maryland and Virginia of the Peoples Drug chain are going out of the trading stamp business on Feb. 1 because the plan "has - just not produced enough in- creased sales to justify the add- ed cost" This may the first faint indication that the tide, if not actually turning, is at least about as high as it's going to flow. — Portland (Me.) Press, Harold. BOTTLECAP FOOTSCRAPER In its section on Things ' to Make, the Book of Knowledge shows how a handy:footscraper can be made from 22 metal bottlecaps such as are used on pomp bottles, fastened open -side up to a stout board. "You don't practice what you preach and, for heaven's saes, don't preach what you prac- tice," UNROLLING RUG FOR KING CAUSED HEADACHES By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent Washington — (NEA) — Bring on the official visitors from out- er space. The protocol office of the State Department is ready for them. After arranging the visit of King Saud ibn Abd al -Aziz Al - Saud of Saudi Arabia, rolling out the rug for a Martian would be a snap. Old-time protocol experts who love recounting the diplomatic flap when Madame Chiang Kai- shek demanded silk sheets at the White House during the Roosevelt administration are finally muted The full account of difficulties planning Saud's visit probably will never be told. Here are just a few examples which give an Idea what was involved ,in the visit. First, the official invitation couldn't be tendered King Saud until the election determined who his host would be. Then, preoccupation with the inaugu- ral postponed final planning un- til he was practically on the boat steaming for New York. With a shock, top State De- partment and White House brass then learned - that Saud's official party totalled 65, includ- ing an official barber, two cof- fee -makers, keeper of the jew- els, keeper of the curry powder, an incense -burner, a food - taster, a tailor and assorted strong-arm guards wearing swords and carrying guns. So everybody volunteered to help and that's where the trouble really started. The White House decided to take over from State protocol ex- perts, who might have pulled the whole thing off smoothly if left alone.' Next the Saudi Arabian em- bassy volunteered to arrange details. Finally the Arabian - American O!1 Co. jumped into the turmoil with all kinds of sage advice. It has a $300 mil- lion oil contract with the King. The more advice was muster- ed, the bigger became the prob- lems. Because Sauddidn't bring one or more of his four wives it was decided most social events would have to be stag. Because King Saud doesn't drink, no alcohol could be served. Throwing a party here with- out women or liquor presented an almost Insurmountable ob- stacle. To cap this off it was learned that the King - prays five times a day starting at dawn. This called for elaborate reshuffling of schedules and transportation. A check of files, meantime, re- vealed the frightening informa- tion that Saud's father, the late King Ibn Saud had brought a flock of sheep with him when he visited President Roosevelt aboard a cruiser during World War II. So for several days the plans included building a sheep pen in the White House back yard. Fortunately, an exchange of international cables revealed that Saud was off lamb chops and shish -kebab temporarily. So there'd be no sheep. - Then someone remembered the goat's milk. The king and his party consume it in quant- ity. So eight quarts a day were scrounged hp and stored at Walter Reed Hospital. This crisis was scarcely pass- ed when the lodging troubles made the others insignficant. Blair House — now the Presi- dential Guest House — where Saud wet to stay, can only handle about a dozen persons. That meant sifting out the various coffee -makers, barbers, jewel -keepers and guards -to de- termine who would stay at Blair House. The rest of the party had to be be housed at t h e Shoreham, Hay -Adams, Sheraton -Park and Statier Ho- tels. A king-size bed for the 6 foot 4 monarch had to be brought up from the basement of . Blair House. Incidental headaches were providing 45 limousines, guards for the King's armed guards so they wouldn't get in trouble, guards for the 15 trunks of fabulous presents which the King was bringing, and of course, entertainment for the guard -guards who would not be included in the official parties. When King Saud was four days out of New York on the liner Constitution a report of' final arrangements was wired him. He promptely wired back. that the whole thing was un- satisfactory. Apparently one thing he did. not like was the fact that Presi- dent Eisenhower- would not meet him at the airport. The fact that President Eisen- hower reversed bis airport meeting .policy indicates to what extent the King's other plans were rejiggered at the last min- ute to suit him. The changes. also included cancellation of a trip to Texas after leaving Washington, for no revealed reason. As one State Department pro- tocol man reports from the rest home, "if Saud's goodwill visit doesn't eventually end up with both countries severing diplo- matic relations it'll be sheer luck." • GETTING IN ON -U.S. ACT, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister V. V.. Kuznetsov shakes hand with King Saud' during the .Saudi) Arabian monarch's 'stop -over In New York.