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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-02-12, Page 7THURSDAY, PEORUARX 12t 194 THE SEAFORTH NEWS z PAGE SEVEN He Has Opened 100,000 Locks Firorpen who answered 011 alarm that brought them 10 41fire heading fol' a shed on the Brooklyn (N.Y.) waterfront found the doer locked and they feared to break it down because the plaoe was filled with dyi unito, While they poured water on the names and fumbled with what to do about the door they might have all been blown to kingdom come if a sharp eyed man working on a ship nearby hadn't been attracted to the scene. In four minutes he picked the loelt, in time for the firemen to curry out all the dynamite before the blaze roadbed the shed. The slick -fingered gentleman? Charles Courtney, miracle man of the locks, master keyman of all keymen, who has opened a hundred thousand locks, freed $50,000,000 in wealth; whose hands are insured for $100,000 and whose eyes are so keen he can -peer into. a keyhole and gage the teeth of the lock, to the fraction of an inch to make the key. Courtney lives in New York City but he has been around the world op- ening locks that other locksmiths can't budge. A grandnephew of Jules Verne, famed' writer of fantastic sea tales, Courtney has opened treasure chests on the bottom of the ocean and twice examined the wreckage of the Lusitania, torpedoed by a German submarine in the Atlantic. He has saved lives of persons trapped in vaults. And he's been beaten almost insensible because he wouldn't open a. safe for a gang of crooks. When Courtney gets a call of "Locksmith come quick:;" he has t go. Some one's life may be imperilled or it may be just a woman calling him out to open a jammed zipper on her pyjamas, That ,happened once. The federal trade commisslolle summoned Courtney to Washington and lie opened in less than nine min O had heard Courtney, had pulled the tripper as ordered, but had been too weak to acknowledge that fact.. Half - 'frozen, nearly asphyxiated, he was taken out in time to save itis life. rn If Courtney makes a call personally he gets $25, but he won't go abroad for legs than $3,000, utes a good lock that a company had advertised as "pickproof." Yet there is a lock which baffles even Court- ney, It is set like an alarm clock, dropping a tripper that will remove itself only at the ex'ilct hour for which the time lock has been set. Only then can the lock be worked by the com- bination method, Courtney was called to the ' cold storage vaults of a furrier one Sun- day. An employee had accidentally been locked in the vault whioh had this tripper arrangement and was set to open the next day. The man had been yelling but his galls had ceased by the time Courtney arrived. It was feared he had perished: Over the telephone, Courtney , had ordered those at the scene to break the ammonia pipe leading into the vault to stop further freezing, then•he drove to the furrier's like mad, Once at the vault, he shouted through the broken pipe to tell the man to pull the tripper from the inside, He got no answer so he set to work desperately trying to operate the combination. He could have drilled the lock but it would take too long. The man would be dead before lie could complete the job—if he were not frozen to death already, All at once Courtney "felt" the tumblers turn, and he opened the door. At his feet was a pile of furs, and beneath the pile lay the man lie J. 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Name Address SAMPLE COP} -ON REQUEST Let hint desoribe one of these trips: "I watched the Statue of Llberty fade behind me. An hour before I had been sitting in my office, Then came the trans-Atlantic telephone call that sent me racing to catch this boat. "At London, a clipped voice said, 'Mr. Courtney, I'm from Lloyd's, A plane is waiting for you at Croydon.' "Then I was roaring over Europe, skirting the Arctic Cirole. Finally, at Moscow, I stood before a half circle of sharp-eyed men and I knew I was face to face with the most powerful international jewel syndicate in the World. "There 'were 16 chests, "One by one I opened them, and when the sixteenth lid was lifted, the room was filled with the dull gleam of trillions in precious stones. Breath- less, I stood and looked at the fortune of the family of Romanoff-the crown jewels of the ex.ozer of Russia." The syndicate that had bought the Russian crown jewels from the bolsh- eviks, who had taken command of the country, had found no European lock- smith who could open the chests con- taining them, The syndicate had to send half way around the world for Charles Courtney! He never really had to learn about lock -picking, He seems to have been born with this gift and has been skill- ed at it ever since he filed a key out of a soupbone and opened the clumsy lock on his mother's .jam closet. He did, however, spend three years in his mother's native Germany as a lock- smith's apprentice, and be the time he entered the amarines in 1909 he was an expert. In 1932, Courtney was- invited to try for the gold—some $10,000,000 worth—that rumor said lay in the British cruiser Hampshire, sunk by he Germans in 1916. "I slid beneath the surface with hree other helpers and sank down beside the dark hulk," he recalls. 'Slowly we picked our way to the onipartment where the bulliin was kept. As I forced the door I was hor- 'ifled to see the skeletons of two dead fficers rise from the table where hey had been imprisoned for Sixteen ears and float past me into the sea. "I forced a rusty lock and sent 50,000 in gold to the surface. I forced nother, but the ship lurched and we were thrown against the wall, closing he door on •our telephone and light. wires and nearly cutting off our oxy- eln. "We were stunned and lay helpless or almost an hour. After what see- d an age, the ship moved again, the Dor swung open, and we were freed o be drawn to the surface. Two of the divers later died, and a hind suffered from the diver's disease to "bends." Colu•tney suffered four raptures and his hair turned from lac,: to white in that ordeal. Courtney once wrote some books on lo • but when police told hint that rooks were using them he burned all it a dozen copies. On a New Year's eve two men carie to his shop with guns and ordered in to come along and open a safe, •omising hien "five grand." When he fused they beat hien outrageously, In spite of Courtney's feats, his -eat interest is not in opening locks, t in making them safer. "People can be safe from burglars," says, "14 they will get good locks c1 have them properly installed." t t c 0 t Y $ a g t e d t t t1 r b 1 c in hi pr re gn bu the an BRITAIN'S SEED CROP Great Britain's extensive sugar beet war crop haEE been harvested this year entirely roil seed grown et home. Before the war, almost halt' of the country's sugar beet seed came from abroad; the war has so devel- oped home production that Britain will continue to support herself in sugar beet when peace returns. • This year, with fewer workers and remarkably bad weather, she is pro - lacing a large acreage of all ]rinds of vegetable seeds than ever before, The ,emend, for them, when every house- holder is "digging", where he can, "for victory,'" is without precedent. The most popular seed is onion, with carrot, beet and parsnip follow- ing closely. Moreover, the need for shipping space has caused a great' increase in the sale o seeds for animal feeding stuffs like. mangolds, turnpis, swedes and kale. Scientists and Government depart- ments have co-operated with the far-' mers and distributors in setting up this year's record for British seed production. "My wife used to play the piano a lot but since the children Carle she simply hasn't time for it." "I know. Children aro a comfort,. aren't they?" ]3aliish Wrinlcles ! It is always easier to avoid wrin- kles than to eradicate them. An ounce of precaution will save you many hours of effort later on. Far too nanny women 'defer proper skin care until lines actually appear, Then they add other lines through worry- ing about them! Begin now to take regular Dare of your skin. A few minutes each day will accomplish wonders ! Here are some specific hints if you already have tiresome lines; For the shin about the eyes and on the temples, take a dab of Three -Purpose cream and pat it in very gently with the linger -tips, working outwards. Wrinkles on the brow require a more vigorous mode of treatment. Smooth a cuorse with the linger -tips along the lines of the wrinkles, from the centre of the brow to the temples. Do this frequently during the day. At night massage with cream it the sane way. These simple rules will go a long way to help you PREVENT aging lines: First, wash regularly with gentle palmolive soap and warm water. Follow with a cold rinse. Sec- ondly, make it a daily habit to give Yourself the "six -minute makeup treatment" with the aid of the new Three -Purpose cream that is at once a cleansing cream, a foundation base for powder and a skin cream. Use matching rouge, lipstick and powder. If you have any personal beauty problem, write me for confidential ad- vice, and enclose tour one -cent stamps for my booklet on Beauty Dare. It will help solve most of your beauty problems. Write: Miss Bar- bara Lynn, Box 75, Station B., Mont- real, Que. A fresh batch of 7.2 Howitzer shells is made ready for shipment in one of the numerous Canadian plants now making ammunition of all kinds. 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The British East India Company, founded in 1600, had developed by the end of the eighteenth century a large trade with China, which went to and from India through the Straits of Malacca. They established trading posts at each end of the Straits, Pen- ang at the northern end in 1786, Singapore at hte southern in 1819. "You're a failure!" nagged the wife. "When you courted me you said I should always be the flower of your life, and now— "Youire still the flower," said the hen-pecked one, "but no rose—I should say 'snapdragon'." Q�YS • YOUR LOCAL NEVUSp� These Combination Offers are the Biggest Bargains of the year and are fully guaran- teed. If yon already subscribe to any of the magazines listed, your subscription will be extended. Send us the Coupon TODAY. BIG -FAMILY OFFER This Newspaper 1 year, and Your Choice Any THREE of These Publioatione CIHECK THREE MAGAZINES—ENCLOSE WITH ORDER 1 1 Click (The National Picture Monthly), 1 yr. [ ] American Fruit Grower, 1 yr. 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An hour before I had been sitting in my office, Then came the trans-Atlantic telephone call that sent me racing to catch this boat. "At London, a clipped voice said, 'Mr. Courtney, I'm from Lloyd's, A plane is waiting for you at Croydon.' "Then I was roaring over Europe, skirting the Arctic Cirole. Finally, at Moscow, I stood before a half circle of sharp-eyed men and I knew I was face to face with the most powerful international jewel syndicate in the World. "There 'were 16 chests, "One by one I opened them, and when the sixteenth lid was lifted, the room was filled with the dull gleam of trillions in precious stones. Breath- less, I stood and looked at the fortune of the family of Romanoff-the crown jewels of the ex.ozer of Russia." The syndicate that had bought the Russian crown jewels from the bolsh- eviks, who had taken command of the country, had found no European lock- smith who could open the chests con- taining them, The syndicate had to send half way around the world for Charles Courtney! He never really had to learn about lock -picking, He seems to have been born with this gift and has been skill- ed at it ever since he filed a key out of a soupbone and opened the clumsy lock on his mother's .jam closet. He did, however, spend three years in his mother's native Germany as a lock- smith's apprentice, and be the time he entered the amarines in 1909 he was an expert. In 1932, Courtney was- invited to try for the gold—some $10,000,000 worth—that rumor said lay in the British cruiser Hampshire, sunk by he Germans in 1916. "I slid beneath the surface with hree other helpers and sank down beside the dark hulk," he recalls. 'Slowly we picked our way to the onipartment where the bulliin was kept. As I forced the door I was hor- 'ifled to see the skeletons of two dead fficers rise from the table where hey had been imprisoned for Sixteen ears and float past me into the sea. "I forced a rusty lock and sent 50,000 in gold to the surface. I forced nother, but the ship lurched and we were thrown against the wall, closing he door on •our telephone and light. wires and nearly cutting off our oxy- eln. "We were stunned and lay helpless or almost an hour. After what see- d an age, the ship moved again, the Dor swung open, and we were freed o be drawn to the surface. Two of the divers later died, and a hind suffered from the diver's disease to "bends." Colu•tney suffered four raptures and his hair turned from lac,: to white in that ordeal. Courtney once wrote some books on lo • but when police told hint that rooks were using them he burned all it a dozen copies. On a New Year's eve two men carie to his shop with guns and ordered in to come along and open a safe, •omising hien "five grand." When he fused they beat hien outrageously, In spite of Courtney's feats, his -eat interest is not in opening locks, t in making them safer. "People can be safe from burglars," says, "14 they will get good locks c1 have them properly installed." t t c 0 t Y $ a g t e d t t t1 r b 1 c in hi pr re gn bu the an BRITAIN'S SEED CROP Great Britain's extensive sugar beet war crop haEE been harvested this year entirely roil seed grown et home. Before the war, almost halt' of the country's sugar beet seed came from abroad; the war has so devel- oped home production that Britain will continue to support herself in sugar beet when peace returns. • This year, with fewer workers and remarkably bad weather, she is pro - lacing a large acreage of all ]rinds of vegetable seeds than ever before, The ,emend, for them, when every house- holder is "digging", where he can, "for victory,'" is without precedent. The most popular seed is onion, with carrot, beet and parsnip follow- ing closely. Moreover, the need for shipping space has caused a great' increase in the sale o seeds for animal feeding stuffs like. mangolds, turnpis, swedes and kale. Scientists and Government depart- ments have co-operated with the far-' mers and distributors in setting up this year's record for British seed production. "My wife used to play the piano a lot but since the children Carle she simply hasn't time for it." "I know. Children aro a comfort,. aren't they?" ]3aliish Wrinlcles ! It is always easier to avoid wrin- kles than to eradicate them. An ounce of precaution will save you many hours of effort later on. Far too nanny women 'defer proper skin care until lines actually appear, Then they add other lines through worry- ing about them! Begin now to take regular Dare of your skin. A few minutes each day will accomplish wonders ! Here are some specific hints if you already have tiresome lines; For the shin about the eyes and on the temples, take a dab of Three -Purpose cream and pat it in very gently with the linger -tips, working outwards. Wrinkles on the brow require a more vigorous mode of treatment. Smooth a cuorse with the linger -tips along the lines of the wrinkles, from the centre of the brow to the temples. Do this frequently during the day. At night massage with cream it the sane way. These simple rules will go a long way to help you PREVENT aging lines: First, wash regularly with gentle palmolive soap and warm water. Follow with a cold rinse. Sec- ondly, make it a daily habit to give Yourself the "six -minute makeup treatment" with the aid of the new Three -Purpose cream that is at once a cleansing cream, a foundation base for powder and a skin cream. Use matching rouge, lipstick and powder. If you have any personal beauty problem, write me for confidential ad- vice, and enclose tour one -cent stamps for my booklet on Beauty Dare. It will help solve most of your beauty problems. Write: Miss Bar- bara Lynn, Box 75, Station B., Mont- real, Que. A fresh batch of 7.2 Howitzer shells is made ready for shipment in one of the numerous Canadian plants now making ammunition of all kinds. Malaya, a Land of Tin and Rubber The strategic geographical location of Malaya, and its immensere- sources in vital raw materials (es- pecially rubber and tin) illustrate graphically and emphatically why Axis marauders cannot be permitted to maintain possession of this por- tion of the earth's surface. British Malaya is the southern end of the peninsula that separates India L'ronn China. Its area is 52,500 square miles, a little greater than that of England without Wales, There are ranges of rugged mountains running from north to south, and much of the interior is inaccessible from east to west, The low coastal territory, thir- ty to forty miles, wide, 'bordering the Straits, is the part most largely de- veloped. It has three good harbors, Penang, Port Swettenham and Singa- pore, and an excellent system of roads and railways. It •is one of the richest territories in the world. The British East India Company, founded in 1600, had developed by the end of the eighteenth century a large trade with China, which went to and from India through the Straits of Malacca. They established trading posts at each end of the Straits, Pen- ang at the northern end in 1786, Singapore at hte southern in 1819. "You're a failure!" nagged the wife. "When you courted me you said I should always be the flower of your life, and now— "Youire still the flower," said the hen-pecked one, "but no rose—I should say 'snapdragon'." Q�YS • YOUR LOCAL NEVUSp� These Combination Offers are the Biggest Bargains of the year and are fully guaran- teed. If yon already subscribe to any of the magazines listed, your subscription will be extended. Send us the Coupon TODAY. BIG -FAMILY OFFER This Newspaper 1 year, and Your Choice Any THREE of These Publioatione CIHECK THREE MAGAZINES—ENCLOSE WITH ORDER 1 1 Click (The National Picture Monthly), 1 yr. [ ] American Fruit Grower, 1 yr. 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