Zurich Herald, 1942-06-04, Page 3THE CANADIAN PSS NEWS
Hard at training in England, Canadian soldiers of an armored unit gather around their BreIp
carrier for a glance through the first edition of The Canadian Press News, a four-page weekly tabloid
•cabled from Toronto and printed in • London for free distribution to the Canadian services.. Above,
left to right, are Tprs. D. S. Styan and F. J. McGregor and Cpl. A. 1 Canadians of MilitarynPhotograph.
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Modern Etiquette
1. Is it correct to cut fish with
the knife?
2. When a woman is introducing
her husband to a person of equal
asocial position, should she call
her husband "Mr. Martin"?
3. es thirty minutes a long en-
ough period for a guest to remain
at a• reception?
4. If a stag dinner is given at
a rnan's home, should his wife
help him welcome the guests?
!b. When a bridegroom's rel-
atives live in a distant city,
should the bride's family send
them wedding invitations?
6. When a frieud wishes to in-
troduce you to someone in whom
you haven't the least interest,
shortld one show this indifference?
Answers
1, No; it should never be nec-
essary to cut fish with the knife.
The fork is used for this. How-
ever, it may be necessary at times
to use the knife to slip back
a piece of refractory skin. 2. No;
it is better to -say, "my husband."
3. Yes.. 4. No; it is bad form for
the host's women font to be seen
at any time during the affair.
5. Certainly; it would be extreme-
ly thoughtless not to do so.
6. Never. One should acknowledge
the introduction graciously. It is
not necessary • to form a friend-
ship merely because one has been
introduced to another Person.
Science Finds World
Is Growing Colder.
The world is growing cooler.
Dr. Chas. G. Abbot, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, and
two of his fellow workers, L. B.
Aldrich and W. IL Hoover, say
that• the sun, from which the
earth derives all its heat and on
which life depends, is approach-
ing another winter in its output
of heat.
The cycle of heat and cold,
which appears to vary through
a 23 -year period,' is due to reach
its coolest point in about 1945.
Thus, they declare, the sum-
mers of the next three years are
due to be cooler and the winters
will be colder with heavier snow-
fall. They suggested that last
winter, which in Russia was the
severest winter in many years
and which turned the tide of the
German advance, may be a fore-
taste of the weather to come.
From clay to day, and some-
times from hour to hour, scien-
tists sent out on the institution's
expeditions have measured the
sun's heat with instruments cap-
able of detecting a variation of
a millionth of a degree change of
temperature, They made their
observations through deep tunnels
hewn out of the soli6 rock where
the earth's temperature remains
constant and does not affect the
solar measurements.
Better No Cuffs
Than No Pants
Alvin J, Steinkopf, Associated
Press writer repatriated from
Germany, was swapping frigid
pleasantries with a German na-
tional for whore he was being
exchanged.
"The United States is going to
pot," said the German. "It's a
place where, you can't get cuffs
with pants --an intolerable situ-
ation undoubtedly breeding revo-
lution."
"In Germany," retorted Mr.
Steinkopf, "a citizen not only
can't get cuffs with his pants—
he cant get pants."
The island of Malta has a iret-
work of undergroundpassaged
and air-raid shelters that have
been cut 100 feet deep in solid
nock.
Britain Expands
War Production
Output Of War industries'
Greatest in- Nation's History
Britain's war production is at
the highest point in history and
will continue to expand until the
limit of manpower and resources
has been reached.
It is reliably understood that the
output of guns, shells, bombs and
other weapons of war for the air
force and army in the first quar-
ter of 1942 was twice as great
as in the third quarter of 1940—
the Dunkirk period when Britain
went "flat out" in preparation for
an expected invasion.
Production will continue to ex-
pand throughout this year, it is
confidently predicted. The extent
of the expansion will be limited
by the supply of labor, raw ma-
terials +and machine tools, but the
flood has not reached its peak.
55 Per Cent for War
The story of British production,.
which in relation to size of pop-
ulation 1s greater than that of
any country in the world, is one
of revolution from pre-war unpre-
paredness to the present position
in which some 56 per ceut of the
country's resources are being de-
voted directly to work for the
Government.
It is a story in which every man,
woman and child in Britain fig-
ures directly or indirectly, for
what was turned over to produc-
tion was taken from the peoples .
Articles considered necessities
in peacetime—automobiles, rad-
ios, kettles, saucepans, refrigera-
tors, greeting cards, electric
heaters, to mention only a few—
no longer are being manufactured
or are being turned out in such
small quantities that they are al-
most unobtainable.
Quality Stressed
More and more the country is
being geared to the war effort.
Less than nine per cent of Bri-
tain's total import of raw mater-
ials in 1941, exclusive of articles
for food production, was for civ-
ilian use. The percentage will be
even lower in 1942.
Keeping pace with the increase
in quantity has been the quality
of the goods produced and Bri-
tain's weapons of war have been
recognized as among the best in
the world.
The output might have been
greater had not Britain adopted
the policy of "quality first," but
the results have home out the
Government's decision in that re-
spect.
Germany's Messerschmitts were
mass produced and thrown into
the Battle of Britain by the thou-
sands. They were met and de-
feated by far fewer numbers of
superior Spitfires and Hurricanes.
And just as the air war over
Britain brought improvements in
aircraft, so has the fighting in
the Middle East brought improve-
ments in taulco.
Train More British
Pilots In Canada
More British pilots will be
trained in Canada as trained,
squadrons become available . to
use flying accommodation in the
United Kingdom, Air Marshal A.
G. Garrod, British air member
for training, told newspapermen
ori his arrival with the. British
mission to the Ottawa air train-
ing conference.
Canada could expect to see
More British pilots, coming here
for training, he said.
"Great. Britain is the fortress,
the front line and the he said. s battle-
field," A more and
more squadrons are formed we
will find it necessary to do more
and more of our training outside."
"Great Britain now is one mass
of airdromes packed as tightly
as they ears be," he said.
Few Tires Available
In Next Two Years
Fewer than one out of every 16
pa.T anger cars in Canada will be
permitted new tires and tubes
during the next two years, accord-
ing to Alan H. Williamson, sup-
plies controller. -
He said that no new civilian
passenger tires are being manu-
factured, and that even with strict
control existing stock piles will
probably be exhausted by this time
in 1944.
"During these next two years
only about 75,000 essential passen-
ger cars can be supplied," Mr.
Williamson said in a statement.
"Of the remaining 1,175,000 cars
in Canada about 800,000 will not
be allowed tires of any kind.
"The balance of 375,000 passen-
ger cars are those in class 'B' or
class C. The higher of these two
groups may be able to buy some
. retreaded tires or have seine of
their tires retreaded. The lowest
eligible group will have to get
along with any used tires e that
may still be available."
Scope of the regulation Malcing
it an offence to destroy tires has
been broadened to include all
scrap rubber, it was announced by
the Department of Munitions and
Supply.
Wheat Science
Is Doing
Have You Heard?
Members of the village worn.,
en's institute were discussing the
program. It was thought that a
glove -making oleos would be in-
teresting.
"Do you think 'that's really'
necessary—at our age, I mean?"
asked one old lady, looking -
titer alarmed.
"What, glove -making?" - she
was asked.
"Oh!" she said, and looked
greatly relieved. "I thottght you
said love -making."
He was reading to his wife an
account of a great naturalist's
accident.
"Reaching for a rare plant, he
slipped over the cliff, and as he
fell he gathered momentum."
"Oh, George," she interrupted,
"tire poor man! What an enthus-
iast he must have been. Fanoy
picking flowers even as he fell:"
OYSTERS
Oysters, like cattle, depend on
the rain. They grow sleek and fat
in rainy seasons, are lean and
make poor eating in drought
years.
The reason, explains Science
Service, is that oysters, like cattle,
are animals and depend on plants
for their food. The "pastures" on
which oysters feed are minute
one -celled plants that swarm in
uncountable millions in the sea,
as grass -blades pack meadows on
the land. As pastures of the land
depend on soil fertility, this micro-
scopic "grass of the sea" depends
on mineral nutrients in solution
in the water. Most of these min-
eral salts are washed down from
. the land. When rains are copious
and rivers are full, the inshore
waters where oysters live are
well fertilized; in droughty years
they receive little of these neces-
sary washings from the land, the
micro -plants dwindle accordingly
and the oysters go hungry.
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SILKWORMS
In spinning the cocoon, the silk-
worm emits a single continuous
thread in a manner forming a fig-
ure 8. This filament is so fine
that several of them are grouped
together for reeliug or unwind-
ing in order to have a thread large
enough to handle. Only part of the
total material Y ' u the
cocoon can
r
be reeled, and the length and
thickness of the filament varies
with the breed and condi-
tion of the silkworm, so exact fig-
ures on the length of thread pro-
duced are difficult to obtain. It
has been estimated, however, that
a single cocoon may contain from
3,000 to 3,600 or more feet of
thread, of which something like
2,500 feet of continuous filament
may be reelable.
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License was issued for the
marriage of Ebenezer Sweet and
Jane Lemon.
The inquiring reporter who got
hold of the copy had a rhyming
as well as inquiring instinct, and
wrote it up:
"Behold how great extremes do
meet,
In Jane and Ebenezer;
For Jane's no longer sour but
sweet,
.And Eb's a lepton -squeezer"
A young private was walking
through the park with his girl,
when he met his sergeant.
"This is my sister," he ex-
plained bashfully.
"That's all right," the serg-
eant replied kindly. "Sheused
to be mine."
As she eyed her small son more
in anger, than in sorrow, Mrs.
Smith said:
"Fighting again! You naughty
boy! Look at the state you're in
—holes in your stocking's and
your suit all tattered and torn.
Now I'll have to buy you a new
suit.,:
Tommy raised his innocent
young eyes to hers as he replied:
"But, mummy. I think that
Freddy's mother will have to buy
a new boy!"
"John, I've been lying awake
for hours waiting for you to
conte home from that wretched
club."
"If that isn't just ike a woman.
And I've been at the club for
hours waiting for. you to go to
sleep."
A ratan slipped on the moving
staircase in a tube station, and
started to slide to the bottom.
Hafway down he collided with
a woman, knocking her over. To-
gether the two continued to the
bottom.
When they stopped, the wo-
man, still rather dazed, continued
to sit on the man's chest. He
looked up at her with an air of
resignation. "Madan," he said
politely, "I'm sorry, but this is
as far as I go."
Nervous Passenger: "What if
a bridge has been hit and the
train falls into the river?"
Guard: "That's all right, air.
We have plenty of trains."
20,000 acres in Panama and
Costa Rica will be planted to
abaca to make up for the Manila
hemp shortages.
Helicopter's
Helicopters may compete more
directly with automobiles than
with airplanes, says Industrial
Bulletin. Airplane trends are
toward greater speeds, greater
cruising distances, and hence lar-
ger required landing and take-
off space. The helicopter is a
machine of low speed, with a
. probable maximum of 120 to 150
miles per hour and short cruising
range of perhaps 200 to 300
miles.
Bible Distribution
8,096,977 In 1941
The highest figure in Bible dis-
tribution for the last ten years -
8,096,07 volumes of the Scrip-
tures—was reported for 1941 at
the 126th annual meeting of the
American Bible Society, says the
Christian Science Monitor. The
total exceeds the number distrib-
uted during any year. since 1931.
Stressing that the increased de-
mand had arisen out of war con-
ditions, the Society told how dis-
tribution of Scriptural volumes to
the fighting forces of the United
States and two war prisoners in
Europe and elsewhere accounted
for nearly half a million copies,
The receipt of 95 per cent of
these war packages has been ac-
knowledged by the Society's Gen-
eva office, it said.
A continuing demand frown
"virtually everywhere in Latin
America" for the Scriptures in the
common speech of the people re-
sulted in a larger circulation in
all save one of the seven agen-
cies for these countries.
Production of a tiny New Tes-
tament that could be mailed for
letter postage was the answer
to difficult transportation prob-
lems in China. More than 1,50,-
000 copies of the Scriptures were
distributed in China, truckloads
amounting to thirty tons being
sent up the Burma Road into
Free China
HOW CAN 1?
Q. How can 1 frost glass?
A. One method of frosting glass
is to apply a solution of six ounc-
es of magnesium sulphate, two
ounces of dextrin, in twenty ounc-
es of water.
Q. How can I make a solution
for cleaning windows?
A. Vinegar and water make an
excellent mixture for cleaning
windows; the vinegar cuts the
grease. It will also help to get
off the dust that has been topped
with a splashing rain. Use about
one -thud of a cup of vinegar to
two quarts of water.
Q. How can I make a pottery
flower bowl waterproof?
A, Warm the pottery with hot
water, and wipe. Then pour into
it a few spoonfuls of melted par-
affin and turn and tip the vessel
until the whole interior is $00 :o
Q. flow Can y1 repair broken
celluloid spectacle frames?
A. By applying a drop of glacial
acetic acid to the broken ends,
then in a few minutes pressing
them firmly together, and allow-
ing to dry.
Q. How can I prevent a cake
from falling when baking?
A. Give the cake a few bumps
on the table just before putting
it into the oven, and it will not
fall. The reason for this is that
it causes all the air bubbles to
come to the top and break..
More Dogs Needed
For War Service
The government is caling for
more dogs for war service—to
guard airdromes and factories
and to carry messages.
It asked dog owners to lend
their pets to the government for
the duration, expressing particu-
lar interest in Alsatians, Aire
dales, Collies, Terriers, Mastiffs
and Bulldogs or "crosses between
them".
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