HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-05-29, Page 2JUST IN FUN
Business With Pleasure
Flave you heard the one about
the Scottish doctor who took up
golf and who was told by the club
pro -thatif his name was stamped
on' his golf balls and he lost them,
they' would be returned to him if
found?
"Good," said the Scottish nfdico,
"put my name on this ball." The
pro did so,
"Would you also put 1I.D after
my name?" the doctor asked. The
pro complied with the request.
"One thing more," said the Scot..
"Do ye think ye could squeeze
'Flours 10 to 3' on the ball as well?"
4 Tiring Experience
The receptionist of the Domestic
Agency was taking down . particu-
lars'of the would-be maid,
"Have you any preference for
any special kind of family?" she
Asked.
"Any kind except the high -brow,"
answered the domestic. "Mylast
place was with a pair of 'em, and
'int and 'er was always fightin', an'
it kept me runnin" back and for-
ward from the key -ole to the dic-
tionary till I felt proper worn out,
so I says never again."
Her Meaning
The teacher was giving the class
a lesson on gardening.
"Now who can .tell me what a
herbaceous border means?" she
asked.
There was a pause, then a small
voice said: "Please, miss, it's a
lodger who doesn't eat meat."
Quick Change
Little girl (at church wedding):
"Did the lady change her mind,
Mommy?"
Mother: "Why, no. Why do you
ask?" -
Little girl: "Cause she went up
the aisle with one man and came
back with another,"
STUFF AND THINGS
"You're sure he's got a sense of
humor?"
Naturally
A motorist had been haled into
court and when his name was call-
ed the judge asked what the
charges were against the prisoner.
"Suspicious actions?" queried the
answered the arresting officer,
"Suspicious' actions?" queried the
judge. "What was he doing that
seemed suspicious?"
"Well," replied the officer, "he
was running within. the speed limit,
sounding his horn properly, keeping
on the right side of the street, and
not trying to beat any of the stop
lights—so, naturally, I arrested
him."
And About Timet
Four-year-old Donald was en-
tranced by the icicles sparkling on
the eaves. The first warm day
when he saw the icicles dripping,
he ran to his mother exclaiming:
Winter is defrosting!"
"ELIZABETH OF THE AIR"
Not she inside of a tunnel or a Quonset hut, but the interior of the
world's largest landplane is what you see above. Britain's build-
ing it to go after the trans-Atlantic airiane:luxury trade,
Bristol, Eng.—Britain is about to
do for the airplanes what she did
for the sealanes with the Queen
Elizabeth. She is readying for
trans-Atlantic air service the
world's largest passenger land
plane, the 126 -ton "Barbazon 1;' -
Powered by eight giant engines,
the Barbazon will wing its way
from London to New York with
a pay load of 70 to 100 sleeping
passengers on the night run or..
120 sitting up on daylight trips.
It will have a crew of 13, including
five stewards.
* * *
The Barbazon is being assem-
bled now at the Bristol Aeroplane
plant in suburban Filton. Devel-
opment and production cost $10,-
000,000, The builders hope to have
the plane ready for test flights- by
May or June. After that they will
go to work on three more Barba- ,
ions which British Overseas Air-
ways hopes to have in service by
1050.
Some idea of tise new sky giant's
size can be gained by comparison
with the XB -30, the U.S. Army's
giant bomber, Both have a wing-
span of 230 feet. The XB -30 has
only six engines. The Barbazon I
tops all other American land
planes. The Army's giant C-74
Globcmaster has a wingspan of
173 feet. The Douglas DC -0 pas-
senger plane now in service is only
117% -feet between wingtips.
Neither a race horse nor a slow
poke, the Barbazon is designed to
cruise at 250 utiles an hour at 25,-
000 feet. The 143 -foot cabin will be
pressurized, humidified and air-
conditioned, and will have, as ae-
cessories, a dining saloon, lounge,
bar, dressing rooms and a movie
screen.
To build what England is call-
ing her "Elizabeth of the Air"
took 12,000 drawings, 30,000 feet '
of sheet metal to cover fuselage
and wings, a million and a half
rivets, 35 miles of wiring.
* * *
It has outgrown the biggest
aviation workshop in England, in
which the wingspan is limited to
the inboard engnes. Fnal assembly
will take place in the world's big-
gest assembly hangar. This hasn't
been built yet, but it will be larger
than London's Houses of Parlia-
ment and will cost $6,000,000.
To get a runway big enough for
._the plane, Fitton Airfield has been.
extended to 8250 feet. Engineers
had to demolish a village to get
that much space for the 13arbazon's
take -off rim,
A cocoon of scaffolding surrounds England's big new passenger
plane in its construction shed. To get, room for its wings to grow to
full size, they're building world's biggest assembly hangar.
THE STRANGEST THING
THE SCARLET FLAMINGO AS
SEEN STALKING ABUT IN
FLORIDA LS THE ONLY ONEOP
ITS FAMILY FOUND INAMERICA.
ITS DOD LOOKING' DILL IS .45
NATURE PROVIDED FOR IT, A
CONTRIVANCE FOR STRAINING
/73F000, THELlPERPARTBEINO
FITTED W/THHOLES. FOR A
NEST IT USES A TALL MOUND
OF MUD WHICH IT SCRAPES
UP, WITH DEPRESSION IN
THE TOP IN WHEN TO LAY
ONE OR P4O EGGS
— Eervliam.
iT IS SAiD THAT ALFALFA ROOTS HAVE MORE NITRATE
\PRODLK'!NG PLANTS MAN THERE ARE/d4AQ/fACTURING . -
PLANTS MACITYTH£SIZ£OF•CHICAGO. THE FREE
NffROGEN IS DRAWN FROM THE AIR AND STORED IN . ,
THE PLANFROOTS CALBED BY CERTAINBACTER/A • '
FORMED IN NODULES ONThrROOTS. IT /SEST/01T£D
THATlTTAKES1000IBS OfGRAIN TOPRODUCEIOD1BS
OF BEEF WHEN USED WITH HAY OR CORN FODDER BUT
,f THAT IF ALFALFA IS FED WITH THE MAIN THE a
AMOUNT OFGRAINMAY BERF.DLC£DABOUTOIIf-HALF
IN PRODUCING JAME AMOUNT OF BEEF. „
Trumpeter Swan
Protected in U.S.
The trumpeter swan, a huge
white bird with a wingspan of eight
feet and often confused with the
snow goose, was thought to be ex-
tinct 40 years ago. But in 1907,
when a small flock was discovered
in the Red Rock Lakes and Yel-
lowstone Park regions, efforts were
made to protect the species by the
Federal overnment, As a result,
their number increased to 73 in
1935. Now there are 963, according
to a count made jointly by the
United States Fish and Wildlife
and the United States National
Park Services. The birds were al-
most exterminated for their breast
skins and down in the late nine-
teenth century.
More than 1,000,000 • separate
hand -trade knots of wool may be
found in some 0 -by -12 • Oriental
rugs.
Flaxseed Rushed
To Great 13ritarn
There is a prospect of new paint
for British homes and oil cake for.
homebred cattle in a cargo of -.
250,000 pounds of flax seed on
board the Queen Elizabeth, which
has just docked at Southampton,
writes Melita $praggs from Lon-
don, England.
Freight trains were waiting dock-
side to rush the seed on the last
lap of its 5,000 -mile express jour-
ney from Minneapolis, Minn., to the
flooded fenlands of Great Britain's,
East Coast,.
500 Tons Allotted
This is part of 500 tons spared
froth' the Meagre flax reserves - of
Canada and the United States in
response to Britain's last-minute
appeals. Seen was needed for late
sowing in reclaimed areas to recoup.
depleted linseed supplies,
The February floods meant that
60,000 acres could not be planted -
with important crops at the normal
time. Flax can be planted in May
and will ripen quickly.
As the Queen 'Elizabeth rushed"
the seed across the Atlantic, trac-
tors workipg clay and night exposed
the soggy soil of the Fen district
to fitful rays -of the spring sun to
dry it for flair planting.
Priority Cargo The Queen Elizabeth's cargo,
which had priority over one of
jewellery, furs, and other luxury
goods, added to two consignments
from Canada, is expected to yield
nearly 500 tons of seed—sufficient
to plant from 20,000 to 30,000 acres.
Two varieties of flax are grown
as farm crops in Britain. Oge gives
a poor yield of linseed and a good
quality flax. The other gives poor
flax but a good linseed yield. It is
this latter type which the govern-
ment has bought.
Britain has been and still is short
of linseed with which to make paint
and other preservatives. This is -one
reason for the shabbiness of houses
and public buildings. -
It is hoped to get much-needed
foodstuffs for diminished. stocks of
home-bred cattle from crushed. seed.
With the extraction of pure oil, it
also is planned to make paint to
give Britons brighter houses.
Now, Wait ---
Don't be alarmed—it's just a fight scene rehearsal for the film,
"Daybreak," being made •at Daventry, England, Scantily' clad
actress Ann. Todd watches serenely as Eric Portman` makes ready
' to slug Maxwell. Reed. -
Heatless Summer
A new 'government order went
into effect in Britain banning the
use of gas or electricity for heating
residential quarters until Sept. 30
and the use of any kind of fuel to
heat non-residential premises until
Oct. 31.
The order is designed to save
2,500,000 tons of coal against
Britain's needs next winter.
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Nice For Teacher
A glue strong enough to hold .a
100,000 -pound locomotive has been
it vented. We hope no one 'ever
sits down on any.
—Edmonton Journal
Eckner's Gem "
The criticism of Hitler by Dr,
Hugo Eckner, famous German
designer, builder anti flier of air-
ships, is a gem of brevity. The
elderly scientist remarked.
"When Hitler came to power he
was 90 per cent ftroi and 10 per
cent criminal, but when he ended
he was 90 per cent criminal and 10
per cent fool."
—Kitchener Record
Lusty "Big Three"
The big Ontario revenue prgduc-
ers: Gasoline -taxes, $$44,000,000;
Corporation taxes, $08,500,000;
liquor taxes $20,400,000, Three
lusty youngsters!
—St. Thomas Times -Journal
Hard to Answer
"It takes all kinds of weather to
make a season," observes the
Stratford Beacon -Herald, All right; '
and now that were having them
all, what season would you . call
this? (In printable language,
please!) —Ottawa Citizen
Main Reason
Our chief complaint ' about the
younger generation is that we no
longer belong to it.
Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph
A Born, Queen
And an Empress
•
.During -a visit to Paris in 1855,
Queen Victoria went to the Opera
in company with' the Empress
-
Eugen,ia of France. A Frenchrspec-
tator, who happened not to be an
admirer of- the ' latter, remarked to
Englishman seated an Eng
t side hint
d bes
"Did you notice the difference be-
tween your 'Queen and our Empress
when the ladies - cnter,ed the box?"
Why, no," 1\'as the reply. 'What
was it?"
The Empress, as she sat down,
looked around to see if there was
chair ready for her, But your
Queen—a boni- queen—sat down
-without looking. She knew a chair
must be there."
Spellboilnd
Other summer insects had •better
get chummy with a spelling :bee.
a newly -developed insecttclde.'will
wallop the little imps with HEXA-
CHLOROCYCLO13E ti NE,
Customers of a certain restaur-
ant
estaurant in Lansing, Mich., could easily
be ,spellbound. The proprietor's
name is PAPPA VLAFIODiMI-
TRAKQPOULOUS.
-Pathfinder
Quite A Record
An Iowa woman has been in the -
news as "American Mother of
'47." That beats the Quebec
records, which rarely rise above
18 or 20.
Peterborough Examiner
Morning Chores
Britain exhibits a "robot valet"
that turns on a heater, boils water,
brews tea, wakes you up and starts
the radio playing in the morning..
We refuse to get excited until it
also puts the dog out and brings
in the morning paper.
—Windsor Star.
Less Housing
For More Money
In the NewYork City' area, as
the Building Trades Employers'
Association reports, bricklayers get
$17.50 and cements' Masons. $14.70
for a seven -hour day; plumbers, as '
much as $15.75 and steam -fitters'
$10.10 for a sevn-hour day; plas-
terers, $15, and electrical workers
$13,50, both for a six -hour, day.
Even ordinary •labor demands $12
for .an eight-hour clay, or $60 for
a forty -hour week.
The scarcity of housing has pro-
vided an enormous backlog of work
for all building labor, but high
hourly rates and short days 'add'
incentive to the quest,;, for labor-
saving materials made for economy.
Golden Doors
Something of a sensation has been
caused is Italy by the disclosure that
the bronze doors of the world-
famous Baptistery at Florence —.
hidden away during the war for
safety — arc really made of gold.
They - have been for centuries one
of Italy's great art treasures,
U.I. Fashion Centre
In the men's clothing trade,
United Kingdom styles have tra-
ditionally set the world's fashion
and do so still, United Kingdom
designfor women's wear has much
improved in the last ten years and
Sir Stafford Cripps' "Working
Party" for the heavy clothing in-
dustry recontniends a design centre
in London - which - could make
Britain the leader in all clothing
design and fashion throughout the
world.
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