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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-08-04, Page 3rr 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. 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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. STOPPED IN A JIFFY or money back Very first use of soothing, cooling liquid D.A.D. 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