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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-11-28, Page 3Black Cat Trips Cat Burglar Some people should never turn to crime, for they are just naturally jinxed` from the start -would -be crooks like the one who recently broke Into the home of a wealthy Johannesburg gold -mining magnate. The burglar had cased the house carefully and had assured himself that this was really a push -over, He even went so far as to spend a shilling on a piece of raw meat for the dog. Then while he was ;busy in the drawing -room, a. budgerigar began to chatter furiously from under the black cloth covering its cage. He ignored the budgie and continued his efforts to open the small wall safe which he be- lieved contained plenty of cash and jewels. He was still hard at it when the light in the room was snap- ped on and the householder stood there in dressing -gown and holding a revolver. In prison to -day, the burglar is doubtless ruminating over the budgie. For it was the little bird's chattering - unusal in the middle of the night - that brought the householder down to find out what had disturbed his pet. Robert C. Elkin, an elederly New Yorker, parked his new car in busy Fulton Street in Brooklyn while he hurried into a bank. Two men who were loi- tering near by moved casually over to the car and glanced. in. Elkin had left the keys! While one stood by and then climbed casually in behind the steering whel, the other slipped into a restaurant, held it up, grabbed what cash he could and made a dash for the car. To all intents and purposes the theft of the car and the hold-up was like taking money from a blind man's hat. But as the busy thieves sped from the scene, the car lurched drunken- ly in a wild curve. As the driver tried to brake he became more and more confused, and he final- ly piled up against a lamp standard where obliging police assisted the two dazed thieves out. Mr. Elkins arrived minutes later to stare disconsolately at his battered new car. "I couldn't see where I was going!" the bandit moaned. "I'm not sufprised," retorted the short-sighted car owner. "My windscreen's made of spe- cial glass, ground to my own prescription so that I don't need spectacles when I drive!" In Paris police quickly found the man who had broken into a house and stolen some articles. He had dropped his prison dis- charge form on the the floor while burgling the place! In ,Sydney, pollee were just as quickly on the trail of a petty thief who brokeinto a house and' stole two watches. The next morning he walked into a pawn- shop and tried to "pop" them, He was arrested on the spot. The pawnbroker owned the house which was burgled. The watches were his and his wife's! Bad luck? Don't talk to one forger about it. In 1935 he forged a cheque in New York and walked into a bank with it only to be arrested right there, for by one of those freak chances the man whose signa- ture he had forged was stand- ing right behind him as he pre- sented the cheque! He got twoyears and was deported to his native England. Here he cashed threedud cheques and a few days later. walked into a shop to cash the third. Talking to the shopkeeper at that moment was one of the men who had cashed one of the other duds for him. For that he got' twelve months. Out of prison again, he de- cided to give Canada a try and to get his fare swindled a num- ber of dealers in Sussex and Kent. He slipped off to South- ampton and obtained work as a ship's steward. On the day when the ship was due to sail he went up on deck for one last look at Blighty - and found himself staring into the face of one of the shopkeepers who had cash- ed one of his bad cheques for him. He got three years this time. What happened to him during the war is not known, but in 1947 in Cape Town he once again appeared before a judge, this time on a eat burglary charge. At his trial even the judge had to smile at the manner in which the little man was caught. Then he slapped him into prison for four years. He had broken into a rich home and was helping himself quite liberally when he began to make his exit and tripped over something which kicked up such a row that the house- holder carne charging down fir- ing a shotgun. The housebreaker decided to give himself up ra- ther than face another blast from the gun. What had trapped him with its squawking? A black cat dozing near the door. A polythene bag over the head gives good protection when put- ting on a dress. The bag pre- vents lipstick and powder from marking the dress. SOME GIZMO - A one-man helicopter, dubbed the "Gizmo", is tested. Powered by a simple two-cycle outboard motor, the all -frame 'copter weighs slightly more than 200 pounds. it can hover, fly in formation, turn sharply and scoot forward at speeds up to 70 m.p.h. The Gizmo is designed to serve as either a courier -liaison or tactical vehicle, permitting its use by ground forces during assaults behind enemy lines. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 5, wandering 7. Poles 13. Equilateral • rectangle 14. Flight 15. Center of a wheel 15, Low voice 38. Dry 19. Chin. measure 20 More com- petent 21 Tear apart 22 God of war 24. Glut 25 Earth (comb. form) 27. Forgive 20 More rigorous 32 Image • 34, Split oz Became exhausted 33 !Plower of forgetfulness . 91 High railway 42. Part of a'plan t 44. Gambling game 45, Levee 48. Comb wool 00. Note of the scale t1 Sour 02 Co. in N.Y. state iia Rail 04. Remain long 66.211 will 00. Chargers 150, 'Pitted DOWN 1. Squared 80011e 2. Rnight's attendant 3. wash 'vessel 4. Sun god 5. Asiatic native 5. Shouts 7. Not so long 3. Tellurium symbol 9. Edible seaweed 10. Shoot 11. Margin 12. More unhappy 17. Social affairs 20, To one side. 23 Send out 25.wicked 23. Rocky pinnacle:: 30, flail forth 31. Nerve network 83. Epistles 35. Parts worked with the feet 30. Bring to light 37. Game animal 311, lTnfasten 4e, Flew high 43. Crtpnles 45. (Cattle 47. 13rdniC 40. Location 83. Large receptacle 515 Short for a titan's mune 07, 13e11010 I. 2 3 6 :1:" 7 13 9 10 11 12 13 ti ,14 15 \t :i�6 17 ' ;16 19 `�th 20 : 25 22 23 24• 25 20 ♦ 1 36 3e 41. y K 4 9 i1■I MNketNIk ��bt; •nseiet elsewhere on this page. uNoAYsrnoot LESSON BY THE YARD Shades of Jack and the beanstalk. This giant plant may never reach the sky, but its giant green beans can practically be Ticked by the yard rather than by the pan. Little Debra Allgood, 3, meaures out enough for a meal in the garden of Joe Lewalski. Some of the beans have grown to a length of 2Ys feet. Across the vast alkaline flats of the Chott el Djerid, from the strange underground dwellings near Foum Tatahouine, Erg. and from the date groves of Homer's Land of the Lotus -Eaters the men and women of Tunisia have watched' gigantic black clouds come whirring and crackling out of the Algerian desert to the west. And today this newly inde- pendent land is fighting one of the bitterest battles in its near- ly 30. centuries of recorded his- tory. ,, This struggle whose outcome will determine , the food''`stipply for several million individuals, is against a rose -hued insect only three inches -long. For, de- spite its size, this insect -the red locust -is one of the most voracious eaters of which we have knowledge. • * •* And so severe is this on- slaught that six countries, sev- eral of whom are in bitter politi- cal opposition to each other. have temporarily suspended their disagreements to prevent a widespread natural disaster. * e * Locusts first made their ap- pearance in Tunisia this year, several weeks ago when, by the uncountable billions, they were borne in vast clouds to this land by hot winds from the west and at once began devouring every- thing in sight. Trees, plants, grains, shrubs - even the un- appetizing cactus - were strip- ped or even consumed before the eyes of farmers and vil- e,: Since locusts know nothing about national boundaries and fly where the wind takes them, there was every probability that Libya and Morocco would soon be drowned in a sea of locusts. Entomologists here began to .worry lest a shift in wind cur- rents would even bring this pest. to Europe's southern Mediter- ranean littoral. w * a The full extent of the locust plague can be seen from tire fact that, two years ago, when an infestation occurred which was regarded then as the worst in history, the cost of combating its spread was $1,000.000 and took 1,700 tons of HCH powder. Thus far, the cost has been $2,000,000 and it has taken 3,500 tons, According to Mustapha Filali, Tunisia's young Minister of Agriculture, the red locusts have destroyed 50,000 date, olive and almond trees and wiped out. 40 per cent of the date harvest, writes Arnold Beichman in The Christian Science Monitor. • 5 a, To get an idea of what billions and billions of locusts means, it was recalled that during a minor plague last year, locust -eating inhabitants of a village In south- ern Tunisia sacked and dried three thousand tons, estimated to be 740,000,000 insects. And this in one small area alone, * * * Mr. Filali blames the war in Algeria for. the locust plague which has threatened a country where .very bit of food counts. Locust control is a year-round job and control measures can never be eased for a moment. But the struggle in neighboring Algeria between the French and Algerians has made it impos- sible to wipe out the locusts in their breeding stages. The Tunisian Government 'is undertaking the development of an antilocust research center at Sidi Buzid where it already runs an entomological laboratory and agricultural schools. 51 *, . In the meantime, throughout the western and southwestern regions of Tunisia bordering on Algeria, a round-the-clock war against insects goes on. From Le Kef south through Thala Gafsa to Tozeur and Sbe'tla and Tebessa, Piper Cub planes with spray equipment and land spray equipment on trucks are coating the land with powdery insecti- cide. * x: *, For weeks it seemed as if nothing could stop the invasion from Algeria as billions and bil- lions of the insects kept flying int driven by a wind from the west, But there is hope now that the pest will be eliminated be- fore the wheat and other crops turn green, since locusts eat and kill only what is green. Upsideduwn to Prevent Peeking 03N01SG033.1. S V kI21 3 9 N I "I iji3-111kA93123k4V'13S-13-81.°:17111113;! OO lb'S S32IV 3 1 N n NMI 3 3 1 1 0 3 3 3 9 a a 721 3 b 2i 3 1 1 0 J_ 1 9 11 v 23 9 3 S 3 d 1 HE SEA b v n O d�! 1 S d By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B,D, Paul Writes to the .Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1:1-3, 10-15, 21-25. Memory Selection: 1 deter - rained not to know any thing among you, :Ave Jesus Christ, and hint crucified. IL Corin- thians 2:2. During this quarter we shall study three of Paul's letters: 1 Corinthians, Philippians a n d Philemon, • An article in the Saturday Re- view entitled, "What Makes A Genius?" lists Paul among the thirty-three persons from all history whom the writer con- sidered to be qualified to be termed geniuses. Brilliant in intellect, skilled in logic, trained in all the subtleties of Hebraic tradition, endowed with master- ly powers of oratory and rhet- oric, capable of experiencing heart -bursting emotion - all this Saul possessed even before the light of heaven blinded him on the Damascus road. There- after, to his human endowments came the empowerment of the One who had singled him out as , x chosen vessel to bear his name before the Gentiles and kings and the Children of Israel. We shall profit from studying his inspired writings. In Paul's first letters to the Corinthians he deals delicately but forcefully with some un- wholesome existing conditions. There was a divisive spirit in the church. Some said, "I am of Paul"; others, "1 of Apollos"; others, "I of Cephas"; and still others, "I of Christ." Paul asked, "Is Christ divided?" There are things to be said for and against the divisions in Christendom. A study of church history reveals • that individuals and groups have been expelled from churches because they con- tended • for some sacred truth. Refusing to compromise they had no alternative but to organ- ize a new body. That God has blessed those who have thus gone forth has been illustrated o'er and o'er. Jesus and Paul were both cast out of the places of worship by the religionists of their day. On the other hand some divi- sions have stemmed from pride and stubbornness rather than from a holy desire to preserve the truth of the Gospel, Heresy, too, always finds a following When division results for akir of these reasons the devil is gleeful. Christ is not divided. If w* are to be Christian we must lova our fellowmen. We may dis- agree with their doctrine but ww must manifest the Spirit of Christ, 411 any man • have net the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Romans 8:9. Dave Garroway Extolled Merits Ontario Fruits Dave Garroway's morning' T.V. show "To -day" emanating from the fountain at the Cana- dian National Exhibition on Thursday, September 5th, at Biot miss showing Ontario grown fruits and vegetables and sing- ing their praises to some 16,000,•- 000 viewers. The Fruit Branch, Ontario De- partrnent of Agriculture, realiz- ing the potential impact of such a program, quickly agreed tq set up two floats, one of fruit and one of vegetables, when given the opportunity by Jack Perdue, Agricultural Manager of the C.N.E. Ken Hunter, Lew Howe, and George Benson of the Fruit Branch worked through the night to have the displays on wheels and ready for the show- ing. Doug Williams, Associate Director of the Branch, visited the early morning show, gained the ear of lovely Helen O'Con- nell, co-star of "To -day", and made a few suggestions as to the dialogue which might bee used in connection with the produce. As a result, Miss O'Connell and the casual Dave Garroway, each eating Niagara grown plums and enjoying them, stood in front of the attractively ar- ranged fruits and vegetables and for two minutes millions of ,americans from coast to coast were able to appreciate that On- tario can grow fruits and vege- tables second to none. A young man had just got back from Hollywood. He had been dazzled by the film colony. "Everything is done on a tre- mendous scale," he enthused to his friends. "I attended dinner at a producer's home one eve- ning and, instead of using diet/ ger bowls at the end of the meal, all the guests took showy baths l" TOURISTS IN RED CHINA - louring American youths get a first- hand look at some antiquated farm methods and implements during a visit to a collective farm near Peiping, China. Coolie in foreground is carrying his produce in baskets suspended from a pole carried over the shoulder. DON'T SHOOT - it's tirrse for a shot and judging from his expression Tick doesn't appoor tole happy about being "shot" with a needle as big as he is. Vhe one -year-old Chihauhuo In owned by Clarence R. McNaugton.