HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-04-29, Page 9AMERICAN RIFLEMEN IN TUNISIA
Among the palms and sand dunes of Tunisia, an American soldier •
EE)raws a 'bead on his target with his Garand rifle.
W 1 SCIENCE
IS DOING
ELECTRIC "TRHEAD"
Stitching metal? Why not?
Airplanes and railroad cars and
ell sorts of things are being made
that way out of stainless stsel —
even masts for ship".
Sewing is done .vith an electric
thread, but no needle pierces the
metal. Instead, two pencil -like
electrodes clamp the steel sheets
between them. Suddenly a young
lightning bolt is shot across them
—clean through the metal. It all
happens in a very small pert of a
se. ond.
in that flash of time some of
the metal in the path of the cur-
• �' It
so
heat.
cur -
relit conies to fusion
happens -that the greatest heat is •
generated just where the sheets
are faced together, and a little
spot of one sheet becomes fused
tc another little spot of the other.
Both sheets are then joined to-
gether by a stainless steel' con-
nection. In stainless steel it is a
eteong connection—much stronger
than would be a rivet of the same
size.
But the connection cannot be
seen. It is between the inside sur-
faces of the sheets.. "How do wee
know they are joined, and-• how
strongly?" This is answered by a
simple little device called the re-
corder. This instrument actually
measures the amount of current
•iised—even if for so 'brief zt flash
-and also the time during which
the current is applied. Both read-
ings tell the exact amount of
electric heat used, and the amount
of the heat in turn tells how much
metal has been brought to fusion
•""e the size of the weld.
The value of each weld is also
recorded on a piece of tape by the,
recorder. If any one weld fails to
come up to specification, a bell
rings and shuts off the welding
machine. That bell is sometimes
known in the shop as the "rasp-
berry." You can well imagine
that the welder does not like "to
have the "raspberry" .loudly ad-
vertising his failure. .
How Can I??
Have Y You Heard?
Gus Edwards, Mechanic's :Plate,
is one of the Navy's most seasoned
tale spinners. One day he was
sitting with a group .of l!inglish
tars, discussing the relative merits
of British and American ships,
"Pm curious about your "How
tiers," one British tat' said,
fast are they?"
Old Gas looked at hien . and re-
plied, "To tell you the truth, I
don't know. We've never really
opened 'then. up. All they've been•
required to do so far is to keep up
with the planes."
Gracie Fields in New York
told the story of her • Cousi;n
Alf who was milking his cow
when a neighbor passed by.
"You slacker! Why aren't
you • at: the front?"
"There isn't any milk at
that end," replied Alf pa-
tiently.
The barmaid was a flirt, and,
when the corporal went out tobuy
a paper she leaned invitingly o
r
the bar with her face -close to the;
private's.
"Now's your chance, darling,"
she whispered.
The private looked round the
room. It was empty.
"So it • is," he remarked -- and
promptly drained the corporal's
glass.
By Anne Ashley
Q. Should stockings be washed,
if one has not worn them, and
they are to be stored away?
A. Yes; the washing will re-
move the excess dye besides pre-
serving them for a longer time.
Q. How can I keep moths out
of garments?
A.'if whole cloves are sprinkled
in the folds and pockets of the
garments which you are storing,
the moths will be kept away. '-
Q. How can I improve the
flavor of French dressing?
A. Half a lime, with as much
lemon, nixed With the French
dressing, will add an unusually
pleasant flavor.
Q. How .can I remove tea
stains from linens?
A. A little glycerin is very ef-
fective for this purpose.
Q. How can I make the scales
of fish come off easier?
A. When cleaning fish, first
dip each one in hot water for a
moment, and the scales will then
come off much easier and quicker.
Q. How can I exterminate
roaches in the pantry?
A. Washing the pantry shelves
with a hot solution of alum water
will drive away all roaches and
insects.
MRS
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Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. When a man who has been
invited to dinner sends word a
few hours hi advance that he will'
be unable to attend, what should
the hostess do?
2. How far in advance of et
theatre party should the invita-
tions be extended`.
3. From whom should one ask
for a letter of reference, when
applying for a position':
4. Should a young married wo-
man identify herself over the
telephone to a .social acquaintance
by saying, "This is Ruth Martin,"
or, "This is Mrs. David Lee"?
li. How should the invitations
to graduation exercises be phras-
ed?
6. Should a man offer his hand
to help a girl out of a car?
Answers
1. Telephone an intimate friend
and ask him to .fill in. This friend
should never hesitate to do so, if
at all possible to accept. 2. Net
later than a week in advance. 8.
Only from one whom you know
intimately. 4. "This is Ruth
Martin." 5. The phrasing of the
invitations is usually determined
by the customs of the school. 6.
Certainly,
ge.4, salt
5 3t, -a
fays
tt ten,.ds
Try These
in critical company "R•zz-J•itlV"
when you say it means Rsltev,
Russia.
.1.s to Rabaul, in New Britain,
South Pacific, you say it l;tah-
iA.IT-Poli
If the speaker says "MalyRlii'd'
for that beleaguered line in Tun-
isia he's right,
Don't try it too often but of
you have to talk of Dnieper opet-
eovsk in Russia. say it "DNEB1-
pro-,1leet-ROVSI ."
There's plenty of buzzing in
Bizerte, worth Africa, but the
bees are comparatively gntet --
It's "Bee-ZAIRT,"
Ambolna, that Dutch ]lia.st In-
dies island, is properly pronounc-
ed "A f-13Oy-utt."
Mr. Spriggins (gently):
"My dear, • a man was shot at
ley a burglar, and his wife
was saved by a button which
the bullet struck."
Mrs. Spriggins:
what of it?"
"Nothing, only the
must have been. on."
In the smokeroom of the big
hotel the Scot had been boring
everyone with, tales of the great
deeds he had done.
"Well, now," said an English-
man at last, "suppose you tell us
something you can't do, and, by
Wove, I'll undertake to cla it my-
self."
"Thank ye," replied the Scot,
-"I canna pay ma bill here."
"Well,
button
To a destroyer whose lights
were visible a nearby ship
signalled: "Pardon me, but
your ship is showing."
> i nty's Method.
"Winkling ,OutfF
Mulock Defends
Postal Services
Overseas Olgare".its L o s t
Only email Fraction•af Total.
"Thoughtless and • uninformed
individuals" have- blackened the
eleracter of Canadians. • in the
ariny postal service through state -
n ents about cigarettes not being
• delivered, stated --Postmaster-Gen-
eral Mulock recently.
Col, Mu.locic gave figures show
-ing 21,149,074 - parcels of cigar-
ettes and tobacco were sent to
;!hen overseas in 1942, and • of this
number 61,889 were lost as a re-
suit of enemy action.: Complaints
of non -receipt of cigarettes and
.tobacco in the year namberecl 3,-
581, and of these the Post Office
was able satisfactorily tr. account
for 3,547.
. Since the start of the year, 62,-
425 tobacco parcels and 29,412
ordinary parcels had been lost at
sea due to enemy action, and non-
•arrival of. such parcels was a po-
tential source of complaint.
Defense Minister Ralston said
that Canadian military headcivar-
ters had reported bona fide com-
plaints of non-delivery of cigar-
ettes were .comparatively • negli-
gible -•and . were continually dimin-
ishing.
In the first three months of
1943, when about 500,000 cigar-
ette parcels would have been sent,
84 complaints had been received
by Army authorities and of these
76 were satisfactorily accounted
-. for.
One of the reasons for com-
plaint overseas was the army
order limiting a man in the forces
to not more than 1,000 cigarettes
a month through the mail. Some
organizations sent cigarettes over-
seas in bulk, by freight, and the
Post Office had no control over
eueh. shipments.
Shipments by freight were
chiefly made through the Buck-
shee Fund maintained. by the
Canadian Legion and the Over-
seas Tobacco League of Canada.
With other organizations counted,
the cigarette shipments were
about 8,000,000 a month. prob-
ably less than 10 per cent of cig-
arettes shipped overseas.
The cigarettes sent by freight
were distributed by the army
auxiliary services and issued free.
There had been instances of pil-
fering in transit. A close check
was made by United Kingdom
authorities who gave the privilege
of free entry to the cigarettes.
Cigarettes lost were only a small
fraction of the total. Pilfering
was to be expee'ted even in peace-
time and cigarettes were hard to
get in the United Kingdom at
- present.
Montgomery's 'Forces Follow
Plan of Humble Periwinkle
General Sir Bernard Montgom-
ery has originality not only In his
tactics, which have . repeatedly
routed Marshal Rommel, but in his
verbiage, which has on occasion
made the newspaper correspon-
dents reel, says The Kansas City
Star. .
.Receutly the hunter of the "Des-
ert Fox" reported in a. commu-
nique that "winkling out" was
proceeding. Americans,' at Ieast,
were puzzled by the word. -
By using it, General Montgomery
displayed a whimsical knowledge
of the marine life on the shores
of his native British Isles. One
form of shellfish is the periwinkle,
commonly called the winkle. This
ereature, with a beautiful spiral
shell, :subsists upon oysters and
clams.
These bivalves tightly close
their shells and are notoriously
hard to get at. But the winkle
knows how to do the. trick. He
drills a hole through the shell.
and presto! He dines upon the
bivalve.
German strong points retraining
in. Southern Tunisia closely re-
sembled the tightly closed oyster
or clam shells in the difficulties
presented in penetrating and elim-
inating them. So General Mont-
gomery's
ontgomery's forces have adopted the
methods of the humble periwinkle.
One by one they penetrate the
strong points and destroy the,gar-
risons.
""Winkling" it is, and a very
good tes'nl, if anyone should ask.
Axis Gets Earful.
Of Artillery Music
A recording of the British
Eighth Army artillery barrage
which smashed the 'Vf'areth Line
,in Tunisia was broadcast recently
to Axis -occupied countries of
Europe by BBC, the London • RL .-
dio said in a report heard by CBS.
Potash is used in making gun-
powder, hand grenades and av
ation gasoline,
R,ommel's Retreat
Longest, in History
Marshal Boinmel's retreat from
Egypt, which has covered some
1,600 miles and is lengthening
rapidly, already has exceeded in
distance all other famous retreats
of history.
Two famous retreats which in-
vite comparison with the Axis
flight halfway .across Africa are
Napoleon's withdrawal from Mos-
cow in 1812 and the retreat of the
10,000 Greeks under Xenophon
in 401 13, C.
Napoleon left Moscow Oct. 18
and the pitiful remnants of his
army, some 20,000 out of the
original 600,000, reached Vilna,
700 miles away, on Dec. 6.
Xenophon led his Greeks from
the battlefield of Cunaxa, on the
Euphrates River, to Trebizond, on
the Black Sea, covering some 1,-
500 miles in five months, a dis-
tance and period comparable to
Rommel's flight, which Is now in
its sixth month. But the Greeks
were not pursued by the same ad-
versary throughout, their fighting
being against local tribes and ban-
dits along the route.'
L
Most Embarrassed
Man In Tunisia
$1.22 SENDS 3
"BRITISH CONSOLS", "LEGION",
"MACDONALD'S MENTHOL",
"SCOTCH BLENDS" or "EXPORT"
Cigarettes
or 1 Ib. Tobacco — BRIER SMOKING or any
MACDONALD'S FINE, CUTS (with papers) also
DAILY MAIL CIGARETTE TOBACCO Postpaid to
Soldiers In the Canadian Army OVERSEAS and
CANADIANS IN UNITED KINGDOM FORCES.
Mail Order and Remittance to:'-
-
ThIsellesubleottoanychanieln GovernmeotRegulations
Sgt. Worden 1F. Lovell of Mal-
den, Mass., a United States army
photographer, is the most embar-
rassed man in Tunisia.
Scurrying along in a jeep to
catch up with an advanced unit
of the 8th Army in the Gabes
area, he asked a group of soldiers
in battledress for direction. In-
stead of answering, a soldier
asked him why he .canted to
know.
• "I was in a helluvah rush and
in no mood to Barry on a conver-
sation, Lovell related. "I told him
so very plainly."
They swapped a few personal
remarks and the soldier walked
away.
"That fellow must be a sergeant
the way he talked to me," Lovell
remarked to a British photo-
grapher nearby.
"Oh, no." said the Briton,
"that's Montgomery."
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Doctors In Uniform
American troops have nearly
three times as many doctors per
thousand men as the Axis forces
have. So declared Dr. Emerson
Crosby Kelly of Albany, N.Y., at
a recent General Electric Science
Forum address. American troops
have an average of eight doctors
per thousand leen. This compares
with an Axis average of three per
thousand.
Over 5,000 tons of cork was gath-
ered In Morocco's forests last
year.
2 Special Remedies
Fay the Makers of Mecca Ointment
Mecca Pile Remedy No. 1 is for Protruding
Bleeding Piles, and is sold in Tube. with pipe,
for internal application. Price 75e. Mecca Pile
Remedy No. 2 is for External Itching Pilea. Sold
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