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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 017,140 `Ias.te WfCiorY- cleeerVe ViCiierY 'Td �rie NilU9RE• 1,14 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." r`� 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. 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