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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-03-25, Page 30 THURSDAY, MARDH 23, 1943 THEMIXING BOWL By ANNE ALLAN Hydro HomoEconomist FATS FOR SALVAGE — EVERY SPOONFUL NEEDED Hello Homemakers! Fat provides energy — for guns as well as diets. Yet, the fact that provides energy for growth and activity of the human body also provides energy which fires' shells from guns. Be very sure to use available food fats to their fullest extent for keepihg: your family strong and energetic, salvaging every spoonful left over. ,No amount of fat is too little to save, so urgent is the country's need for glycerine. Every pound saved will produce enough glycerine to fire ten rounds' from a 50 -calibre airplane cannon pointed at the enemy. Two tablespoons of fat a day is the requirement for each adult — obtained from, cream, lard, butter, ebottening, pork trimmings or rend- ered fats. A family of two needs 19( lbs. of fat per week including but- ter' allowance (which is amplpe at present)andfat for cooking. Bach child under 12 years requires from ' lb. to' nearly a pound, depending on age and size, Less frying and more broiling means a more thrifty, use of fate. Meals will be pleasantly\ rich and easily digested — the kind the fam- ily enjoys. When food needs ar taken care of, strain your left -over fats into a wide-mouthed can for salvage. It only takes 31 tablespoons of fat to make a pound— one tablespoon a day for a 31 -day month: When a pound has accumulated, take it to your dealer — he will pay you for it and turn it over to a rendering plant to be made into tallow. The tallow is sent to soap manufacturers, for it si in the -soap -making that the glycerine is extracted from the fat. The glycer- ine, in its turn; is sent on to the explosive manufacturers —and ' a sbell will whine its way toward the enemy: with the help' of your fat. It takes time to make fat Into glycerine, so take your tin of fat in today, T.A K E,. A TIP: What to do with your Fats 1. Save all waste cooking fats. Render pieces of fat meat slowly. Clean out broiler pans and roast pans with a scraper or wooden spoon. 2. Pour into clean, wide-mouthed cans, such as coffee tins or lard pails. Strain fats as you your them to remove all foreign matter. oir 3. Keep fat containers in electric refrigerator or cool place until you have collected at least 1 lb. 4. Take your fat to your ]neat dealer, who is co-operating pat- riotically in this drive. He will pay 4 or 41/2 cents per pound for your dripping fats. Bones and scrap fat should also be taken to meat dealers. 11. You may donate fats and bones to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee, if one has been . or. ganized. 6. Don't take less than 1 lb, of fat to your meat dealer; don't take fats to meat dealers in glass or cardboard containers; don't let fats stand near heat where they will become rancid; don't take fats and bones to meat dealers on Fridays and Saturdays (usu ally rush days) and dont ask him for dog bones in exchange. THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. D. E. B. asks: "Have you made porridge using whole wheat kernels?" Answer: Yes, indeed, and like it, too. Do you know that proteins of entire wheat have a much higher nutritive efficiency than that in white flour — good laxative, too. Use cleaned whole kernels; 'sort. the grains, wash thoroughly and soak overnight. Add one and a half cups of water to every cup of wheat. In the morning, add 4 cups of hot water, 1 tsp. salt pet' cup of soaked wheat, and boil gently Ve of an Rout% Mrs, C. M. B, suggests: Add diced sweet cucumber pickle to thick scalloped tomatoes and nee as a -tasty sandwich filling, Want. and For Sale Ads, 1 week 25c THE SEA'ORTH NEWS The Family Air -Car Ten years from now your place of work may be in the same city, But your home may be a hundred or more miles away. The helicopter will be a universal mode of transporta- tion as the streetcar is now, and not in the least more dangerous,. A helicopter school bus will de- scend smoothly and rapidly in front of the door and the children climb aboard, In a minute the machine ascends straight into the air and is off to a school maybe 150 miles away, Likewise you will go to your place of business in your helicopter. If your wife accompanies you, she may leave you in the city and go on to visit another town some miles away. She will be as safe, or safer, than if driving a car. The helicopter "'airways" in the vast expanse of sky all round her will be filled with other women and girls, and men about their business. Probably there will be two or three heights at which they manipulate their machines depending upon their own particular preference. There will also be a few general rules to follow. The helicopter could actually be enjoyed today—in 1943, if the world were not first intent upon the des- truction of evil. The helicopter, to- day, is being used in allmanner of ways which cannot be made public. When one realizes how easy it is for this machine to stand still, or hover, with equal safety in mid-air, how it can lower a rope to, the sea, how it can aid exhausted seamen to climb aboard, one begins to have some idea of the ways in which in this war, this invention of Igor` Sikorsky is aiding in our fight against the Nazis. But it is to the helicopter's use in civil life after this war that the inventor himselfis really looking, Designer of several military and civ- ilian airplanes, and now engineering manager of Vought-Sikorsky, a divi- sion of United Aircraft Corporation, Sikorsky declares with unbounded enthusiasm and not a moment's resi- tation that he believes the building and maintenance of helicopters will. become a flourishing industry within ten years after the war. He says that he can offer, a helicopter which can be used by the average person, with- in a year after peace is declared. There are, it seems, several rea- sons why we shall all take to this strange -looking machine for travell- ing after the war. One is that white most of us would like to travel by plane, it has, so far been too expen- sive for most of us. Again,the speed at which the modern plane flies makes it necessary to have a large runway and airport for taking off. This necessitates locating such air- ports and runways some distance from the cities of America. There- fore, those wishing to travel by plane'must, in most cases, spend half an hour getting to the airport, and the same length of time at the end of the flight to get to the required destination. This, for flights which are not transoceanic or transcontin- ental, is a great deal of trouble and waste of time. If one wishes to own a plane, then the questions of expense, of parking space, and accommodation for the privately -owned plane are serious considerations. But perhaps, more important to the average individual, Mr. Sikors- ky feels, is the ability required to fly an ordinary airplane. Landings, take -offs, steering, unexpected dif- ficulties in the air, make all but the very youngest and boldest fearful of purchasing and piloting airplanes for personal use. With the helicopter, on the other hand, any average, middle- aged person, whose reflexesare none too good, can fly with perfect ease and safey. Anyone, that is, who can drive a car, can fly a helicopter. The direct -lift machine which Sik- orsky envisions as our normal mode of transportation in the near future, has characteristics which can of be claimed by any 'other type of con- veyance. It can hover, ascend, and descend vertically and at any speed which one may choose. It can back ill), go forward, sideways, or stop with absolutely no forward motion, merely by manipulation of a control stick which is as simple to manage as the clutch or brake of a car. The hazards of the unknown al- ways look more dangerous and com- plicated than do those of something with which we are familiar. When we are out on .the roadway speeding along in our automobile we are too 1 ..,. , DEAD or IM A I5 BLED Quickly removed in clean sanitary trucks. Pho ne collect 219 MITCHELL or Ingersoll 21 WILLIAM ' STONE SONS LIMITED rr-//s CERTAINLY WONDIRFUL ,i, _ BREAD% l 'Gus ROYAL /S OERTAM/WY WONDERFUL a ir= YEA$T/ Ro J4sr RFF� 7Fg0T Mad. in C .Ada Just 2c a day ensures sweet; tasty bread WRAPPED AIRTIGHT TO PROTECT STRENGTH. PURE, DEPENDABLE! accustomed to the man who slithers by within an inch of our door, or the one who, comes.tearing over the' crest of a hill in the middle of the highway, to really fear the consequ- ences. Such hazards as these will never be met in our helicopter in the vast skyway. And, according to the inventor, there will be few, if any dangers whatever' to combat or look for. When landing, the driver of the helicopter does not have to gauge height and distance, or look out for telephone .poles or trees or hay- stacks. Foe lib' descends vertically, and needs the smallest of landing places before shutting off his engine and stepping out on to the ground. If the engine should suddenly stop short in mid-air, the pilot is still safe for a clutch automatically disen- gages the engine from the rotor blades which continue to swirl round and round by means of the air pressure itself, and, with all the other controls remaining as was, the helicopter descends safely and calm- ly from any altitude. Designed for mass production, this machine will cost about the same as a low-priced car, and its speed will be about 130-135 miles an hour. It can be housed in any space the size of a, garage, the cost of maintenance will be very small. The medium light two-seater direct - lift machine can make about ten miles to one gallon of gasoline, and by the time 19613 rolls along this fig- ure may well have been bettered. Learning to fly the helicopter will also be a very Simple process. It is likely that when one goes to the man- ufacturer or dealer to purchase such a machine, that the salesman will come forward with a demonstration and offer of lessons which will all be included in the price of the machine. These lessons will not be as compli- cated as those needed to learn to drive a car, and will take only a few hours. The amazing effects of this mach- ine on the general population are wonderful to think about. People will be able to live far removed from the noise and dust of cities; children will be able to go to school even in different countries: and travel to all the most glorious spots in the world will become a reality for everyone of us. So long as one has good eyesight, no particular heart ailment, a desire to see the world and live away from the hurly-burly of crowded cities, the helicopter will be the train, or streetcar of the future. And—for the price of a car, with a garage to house it, and some place to go—it is yours—for the asking! Wright • Kestle — A very chsrming spying wedding took place at St, George's rectory, London, ort March 16, whaii Lillian Poole, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H..1, Keene, of Dxetei', wars united in marriage with Pte, Robert Sydney Wright, only son of Mr, and Mrs, 'll, H, Wright, 110 Wilson Ave„ London, Rev, Johnston officiating. The Cradle of The Storms When the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor the eyes of the world were turned for the first time In 200 years upon the little-known chain of Aleu• tion Islands. Today the strategical position of these islands makes them the posses- sor of the backdoor key to at least four major powers; the United States, Canada, Russia and Japan, China and Manchuria might also be included in the surprising array of neighbors whose houses, fronting on the Seven Seas, have their back yard almost in common on the frozen shores of the Bering, Swinging for . eleven miles bet- ween Alaska and Kamchatka, the al- most constantly fog -bound chain of islands divide the North Pacific Oc- ean, from tfie Bering Sea. The Japanese, to whom the is- lands are probably as well or better known than to the Americans by the frequent infiltration 'of poaching craft from the near -by Kuriles, are well aware of the importance of this area, This was shown when early in June they landed troops on the is- lands of Attu and Kiska, undefended save by "General Fog" who is, how- ever, a determining factor in the Al- eutians. Kiska, which has by far the best harbor in the chain west of Dutch Harbor, is within bombing distance of the secret Japanese base on Paramushiro. Kiska would also be an excellent foothold for an attack on Siberia, but its significance to America is that an airbase here could command the three important new bases . of the Alaska defence system—Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, 630 miles to the east of the latter, and Sitka, about the same distance south of Kodiak. It would also be within reach of Fairbanks, the inland termination of Alaska's new supply route, the great highway at present being rushed through from Edmonton in Canada. This road has been hailed as the "Burma Road" of the far north, and may form a vital lifeline of supply for Russia or even China. It is perhaps not generally realiz- ed that Dutch Harbor, which a few years ago consisted merely of a small Wharf, a few oil tanks and a naval radio station, lies over 500 miles nearer to Tokio than Pearl Harbor and is in the middle of the shortest route -between America and 'Japan. Since 1940 the little Island• of Am- uknak on which stands Unalaska Bay, under a two -thousand -foot mountain which the coastguard sail- ors call Ballyhoo, has been taken ov- er by the military authorities and many thousands of dollars have been spent upon converting the area into one of the most important naval and air bases in Alaska. An American naval attache in London remarked of the Aleutians a few years before this war: "There are few spots in the world of such potential value to the United States in which it is so impossible to oper- ate with naval forces." Indeed an American writer said of Attu Island, the last of the chain: "It is the loneliest spot in the world." It is surrounded by seas recognized. as very dangerous, seamed with tide rips and shoals and currents' which are completely uncharted. And the hurricanes which sweep the islands are of extraordinary velocity, for they lie between the cold Bering and the warm Japanese current. This Aleutian chain consists of some fifteen or twenty larger islands and innumerable smaller islets and rocks. The main islands are moun- tainous, and some are still actively volcanic. They form the tips of a submerged mountain range which probably once linked the two contin- ents, the Russian I{omandorskis, be- yond Attu, being the last of this group. To most people air development means simply airplanes ,— but this is not so; not by a long way. For ex- ample, somebody has had to invent a device for keepink pigeons' feet dry. Sounds silly, you probably think, but it was very necessary. Homing pigeons are good comrades to pilots of the .R.A.F„ particularly when they happen to be forced down on the sea, Then pigeons may be their only link with their base. It is vitally necessary for pigeons to be kept wart. and dry, so a special buoyant, water tight container has been invented for then. A pigeon cannot stand getting its feet wet. It catches cold, and when a pigeon catches h cold l it dies. Oscar, the black pet eat of the German battleship Bismarck, is at present in Northern Ireland, nominal- ly a prisoner of war. After the Bis- marck sank, Oscar was picked up by the 13ritlsh destroyer Cossack and transferred to the Ark Itoyal One of RENEWAL OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BOOKS To all Employers: The 1942-43 Unempioyment Insurance Books expire on March 31st. New Insurance Books for the fiscal year 1943-44 will be exchanged by the Local Employ- ment and Selective Service Office in your area for expired Insurance Books, Do not send in your Insurance Books without completing forms enclosed with circular letter 625, If you have not received this circular letter, get in touch with your nearest Employment and Selective Service Office. Where it is necessary to quote the Employee's Insurance Number, use the number with the prefix letter shown on the front cover of the book: example P-49247, E-22454. Do not quote the book serial number printed on the inside pages of the book. Protect the benefit rights of your em- ployees by following closely the procedure out- lined in the circular letter, and prevent delays by acting now. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANC E COMMISSION HON. HUMPHREY 'MITCHELL Minister of Labour Commssstoners: LOUIS J. TROTTIER R. J. TALLON ALLAN M.MITCHELL the ships sent from Gibraltar to help after the attack on the Ark Royal re ceived a signal from a destroyer on the scene stating that a floating plank had been seen with a cat on it. The position was given and Oscar was promptly rescued, none the 'worse, and taken to Gibraltar. Re- cently a seaman brought him to Nor- thern Ireland and he was handed over to the custody of the manager- ess of a Sailor's Rest. ile1ping to House Canada's War Workers WHEN the huge shell -filling plant came to his town, Charles Hunter got to thinking about the critical shortage of housing ... and about the two large cottages he owned. It wouldn't cost much to mod- ernize and sub -divide them to make comfortable homes for four families. He talked it over with his hank manager, who extended him a $600 loan. With the money, Hunter not only converted his cottages but took part of the loan, along with some of his rental income, to remodel another house to accommodate eight single individuals. With the aid of the bank Hunter helped to pro- vide urgently needed homes for war workers. He has how paid off all but $100 of the loan. A very small amount paid out for interest has thus enabled him to more than double his former revenues. Such modest, highly useful loans typify the con- tributions that the banks make to Canadian enter- prise. The above story is an actual case—only the name has been changed. Mare than 5,000 experienced bank men out of 14,433 have gone into the armed fortes sinee war began. This throws a greater burden on remaining staffs and new employees. Do. your banking early in the day. Pay small bills by cash instead of cheque wherever possible.- It all helps.