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Trees That Fly
Visualize it, if you can—a giant
helicopter passing over your
dead, carrying beneath it a
mighty tree, branches, limbs,
foliage, trunk, roots and all, the
roots writhing like snakes in the
wind.
Fantastic? Not according to an
American forestry expert who
predicts that in fifty years from
now logging will be carried out
with specially designed helicop-
ters. Hovering above the tree,
intricate electronic mechanisms
vri11 guide hooks to grapple the
trunk—and then, like a dentist
drawing a tooth, the tree will be
pulled bodily from the soil!
And what trees! Straight, and
tall, they will already have been
seasoned and stained to desired
by foresters using hypodermic -
type needles. And the trees,
thanks to new scientific know-
ledge, will have reached matur-
ity from seed in only twenty-
five years, instead of the seventy
or eighty now needed for most
conifers.
What you'll wonder, will hap -
lien to the tree carried by the
helicopter? It will be ferried
across the skies to a mill and
gently deposited in a storage
site. Every particle of the tree
will be used—the pine needles
for making pine oils, the branch -
ea and roots for pulping and
hardboard manufacture, the bark
:for fertilizers. The sawyer of the
future will use rays of atomic
radiation. With these he will cut
the trunk into boards, each of
which will automatically be
planed and edged at the same
time. There'll be no waste, no
sawdust.
You can see how this will help
the carpenter and builder of the
future. The timber will arrive
ready for instant use. No need to
wait while it seasons. Noplan-
ing or edging to do, no staining.
moreover, special processes will
;Make the timber so resistant to
are that insurance companies
Alli be ready to offer better
*tarns for buildings using, wood
doors and framework than for
army other building material.
L,IET'S REST, FIRST — That rabbit -
chasing habit and a built-in de
*Ire to hop for the nearest
bramble bush when a pooch
appears are put in the shade
ay sizzling midsummer weather,
atund a little rest in a hammock
la indicated before taking up
+Ohe chase, or so it would seem.
Actually, the critters are pets
of the DeLorenzo family.
These Ducks Really
Haifa Golden Eggs
"hurry up, Sam. Supper's
ready," called Mrs. Peters from
the porch of Bad Bottom farm-
house in South Australia.
"Okay, Mary. What's for sup-
per?" shouted Sam as he trudged
up the path.
"Roast duck and green pea..,"
she smiled. "I chose a beauty
from the lot you killed for mar-
ket."
They were about to sit down
when Mrs. Peters glanced
through the window and gave a
cry of alarm—"The big barn's
on fire!"
Dropping his knife and fork,
her husband raced outside. Black
columns of smoke were billow-
ing from the barn's roof.
Frantically, Sam and his wile
dragged the pump and hosepipe
from a shed to the edge of the
pond. But the low level of water,
due to the drought, hampered
their efforts.
The blaze spread with terrify-
ing speed. Soon, the entire block
of farm buildings, except the
farm house, was a crackling in-
ferno. A high wind fanned the
flames. And Sam cursed because
Bad Bottom Farm had no tele-
phone, and was too far from hu-
man habitation for him to sum-
mon help.
By dawn, the fire had died
down. Most of the livestock and
all the well-filled outbuildings
were lost. Seven years' struggle
to produce profit from the farm
had ended in disaster.
The dejected couple. retraced
their steps homeward.
"Come and sit down, Sam,"
coaxed Mrs. Peters. "You're ex-
hausted and hungry, Let's finish
this duck."
Sam made a gesture of despair.
"I guess we ought to sell the
place," he exclaimed bitterly.
"We'd better move to a more
fertile area and make a fresh
start."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Mary
replied. "You achieved a miracle
in these barren fields, although
we could never afford to take on
any farm workers. We've had
bad luck before. But we've al-
ways managed to pay our way."
Suddenly, as Sam ate, he
clutched his throat and began to
cough violently. A hard morsel
of meat was choking him. He
raised a hand to his mouth, and
a tiny gleaming nugget dropped
into his palm.
"Looks like gold!" he gasped.
"But how did it arrive in the
duck's gizzard?"
"Maybe we'll find more in
those ducks you killed for mar-
ket," his wife suggested excited-
ly. In nervous haste, Sam seized
a knife and slit open the birds to
inspect their gizzards. Each one
contained fragments of gold ore.
Sam's eyes lit up. "There must
be more somewhere on the land."
For many days and weeks,
they explored the soil. But they
were unlucky.
Eventually, Mrs. Peters had an
inspiration. "Let's kill one of
the remaining ducks and exam-
ine it."
"Why?"
"I've a hunch," she replied.
"We used up the water in the
pond to quench the fire. So these
young 'ducks haven't been able
to swim or dive for several
weeks. If they haven't much
gold inside them, it proves that
the secret lies at the bottom of
the pond."
Her theory was correct. Very
little gold ore was found in the
intestines of the younger birds:
And when the rains came, the
survivors swam and dived mer-
rily as water in the pond rose
to normal level.
One by one, Sam killed the
birds. Each yielded a small store
of tiny golden fragments. Then
he carefully washed his heap of
YOU WOULDN'T LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT—Eerie under -water
scene shows how radioactive cobalt 60 is loaded under 14 feet
of water into a five -ton steel -and -lead container at Brookhaven
National Laboratory. Bar to left of extension Tamp is one of
four one -pound units which together pack the wallop of ap-
proximately 1500 grams of radium. Exposure of only 15-20
seconds to unshielded rays would be fatal io humans. Largest
shipment of its kind so far intended for industrial research, it's
now in use at B. F. Goodrich Research Center.
treasure and set off for the
nearest town to exchange it for
hard cash.
Next, he used the money to
engage the services of mineral
experts. They drained the pond
and probed the muddy depths.
A rich vein of gold was unearth-
ed, and a contract was signed
with a firm of mining engineers.
In 1937 skilled workmen
brought machinery to the spot,
and Bad Bottom golcimine soon
became a thriving concern.
Sam Peters amassed a fortune.
He and his wife built a beautiful
villa on the site of the burnt-out
farm. And they designed their
own coat -of -arms, incorporating
the figure of a diving duck.
Up
Life
nd Down
Clinlnbing 1,000 stairs every
day for six years may not be
everyone's idea of earning a liv-
ing. But doing this was all part
of the job of 58 -year-old William
Dowell, until recently the guide
in the famous Whispering Gal-
lery at St. Paul's Cathedral, "the
parish c hurch of the British
Empire."
William has now relinquished
the job in the Whispering Gal-
lery to another guide, and taken
over the post of guide in the al-
most equally famous Crypt .of
the Cathedral.
During his career as a guide at
St. Paul's, Dowell has met people
of nearly every nationality, col-
our and creed, including the
Chinese, who thought the spiral
staircase to the Whispering Gal-
lery had been built that way so
the Devil couldn't get up it!
He says the greatest number of
visitors to the Cathedral was
during June in Coronation Year,
when more people wanted to see
the Whispering Gallery and
Crypt than even during "Festival
of Britain" Year.
"I would not change my job
for anything else," says Dowell,
who was born in London's East
End and started his working life
as an upholsterer.
SIGN OF TIME—Probable explanation for this sign in Los Angeles, Calif., is that someone got
!,i speeding ticket and didn't like it. At any rate, paint on the sign warning of a police ambech
was still wet when Officer R. I anchwerth pulled it down, photo at right. One back cf the sign,
which was signed by a "Citizens Committee, were the words, "Resume Speed,'
Criminals Ca ht
By Their Teeth
One of the little tricks of dis-
guise is when a man who knows
that the police description of him
will refer to his perfect set of
teeth, has some removed.
People do not like to lose their
teeth, however, and even a hard-
ened criminal does not enjoy
being relieved of his "pearlies"
He would much rather disguise
his front teeth by blacking out
a couple. It is surprising what
a difference this will make to his
appearance—unless he makes the
mistake of walking about grip- •
ping a pipe --stem between ap-
parently non-existent teeth!
Teeth have been the downfall
of criminals in other ways. In
one case a burglar bit a chunk
out of a bar of marzipan and
left a perfect cast to be recogn-
ized by any competent dentist.
Another revealed his dental
characteristics in a piece of
cheese.
Then -there is the man who
nearly left the teeth themselves
behind when biting into an ap-
'ple which had been cleverly hol-
lowed out to conceal a diamond.
Other rogues have left chewed
cigars or even cigarette holders
complete with perfect tooth
marks for the police to find.
Teeth have also played a part
in. identifying bodies, as in the
Dobkin case when the body of
a woman was found beneath a
war -damaged chapel. The teeth
are among the heftiest parts of
the body, to destroy.
Even dentures resist destruc-
"tion as John George Haigh, the
acid bath murderer, found to his
cost. The acid in which he placed
Mrs. Durand's body had practi-
cally completed its ghastly work,
but it had not eaten away her
dentures, and, by assisting in the
idenification of her body. they
helped to hang him.
No Diet For
- Je nle
Jolly Jennie Brooks weighs
nearly 500 pounds and does not
mind if she puts on even more
weight. This side-show fat wom-
an has been in show business
for five years and loves it.
She admits she is no Marilyn
Monroe, but she has learned to
accept her weight and does not
mind people staring at. her. Her
measurements are: head 22
inches, bust 59 inches, hips 82
inches, and height 5 feet 8 inches.
Her great bulk has its prob-
lems. Beds, chairs and tables
present difficulties. "It's embar-
rassing sometimes," she says,
"especially when I break through
the pews at church."
Jennie, 24, was always stout
—she weighed 151/2 pounds at
birth. She eats five meals a day,
and a 5 pound chicken is just a
snack to her. Of her life with
carnival people she says: "They
are the most wonderful crew in
the world. Just like a big family.
I've learned to love the saw-
dust"
Jennie long ago gave up wear-
ing a girdle. Her last garment
was size 64, and then she de-
cided to give up dieting. She
often gets stuck in telephone
booths and showers, but clothing
is perhaps her greatest prob-
lem. Now she makes her own
and has e liking for man -style
suits, which are easy to fit.
Thane who love the limeti'ht
should remember that tt is both
revealing and blihding.
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!Reluctant
Champion
Impossible though it may
sound, there was a time when
that great Czech runner Emil
Zatopek, the "Iron Man" of
athletics, was not only unknown
but was actually a figure of fun.
The story is told in a new book
about the fabulous athlete.
The occasion was the Athletics
Championships of the Allied
Forces in Berlin just after the
end of the war. Zatopek was the
sole representative of Czecho-
slovakia, and when he appeared
in the opening parade, a lone
figure behind a soldier carrying
the flag of his country, a roar of
laughter greeted him.
The crowd thought it a huge
joke, the soldier bearing the
flag was -nose than a little an-
noyed, and Zatopek himself was
embarrassed.
It didn't help matters when he
missed the announcement of the
5,000 metres and had to tear
across the stadium, ripping off
his track suit as he ran.
But the race itself made up for
all this. As he had done so many
times since, he ran his opponents
into the ground and finished an
easy winner in near record time.
When the final parade of the
meeting was held, the attitude of
the crowd towards the lone
Czech was slightly different
Another story that the author
of this book recounts, quashes
the idea that Zatopek was born
wearing track shoes. Apparent-
ly he was forced into his first
race, and did his very best to
get out of it!
It was 1941 and Zatopek was
employed in a shoe factory in
Zlin. In order to advertise the
products, the employees were
"encouraged" to take part in
road races wearing a vest with
the name of their factory on it.
Zatopek avoided them as much
as he could, but eventually his
lack of enthusiasm was spotted
and he was told to make his
appearance at the next race.
Still he tried to back out. He
faked a knee injury, tried to lose
himself 4n the reading room of
his hostel on the day of the race,
but all to no avail. He had to
run, and he came second.
This success meant that there
was a demand for his services,
but he remained unenthusiastic
and did his best not to enter.
Only very gradually did he
develop a liking for running.
Certainly in those days no one,
least of all' himself, would have
thought of Zatopek as the man
who was to win three Oylmpic
Gold Medals in one week at
Helsinki and astound the world
with his devotion to the cause of
running. He was a very reluc-
tant champion.
Smugglers' Wil'
A Sinhalese returning from
India suddenly developed a
stomach discovered, by thirteen
pieces of gold that she'd swal-
lowed to evade the customs!
Another traveller who smug-
gled diamonds from India into
Ceylon in a inflated football
tactfully left it in the hands of
a playing child. Someone else
thought it would be a "piece of
cake" to hide pieces of gold in
cakes of soap—there is no end,
in fact, to the ingenuity of smug-
glers.
Ban on the transport of arrack,
liquor distilled from rice and
sugar, during the war led. to
many schemes for smuggling it
past the barriers in the East.
One night a car pulled up at a
barrier. The occupants included
two mourning women seated be-
side a coffin. The guards, who
had been tipped off earlier, ar-
rested the occupants of the car
and confiscated the coffin which
was packed with bottles of
arracks.
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