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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1945-11-22, Page 6STRIKE BRINGS OUT HORSEY SET Here's the New 'Reconverted' Obsolete materials and parts, once used in making13-29! Corpor- ation's Marietta, Oa., plant, had been sold to salvae firms np carloadsl lotses s. But, t eBell believing thatt Bell em- ployees could make good use of the discarded materials, the firm recentlyopened a retail Salvage Sales Store, Now workers flock in to buy the "junk." Photos below sow some of the many practical uses to which they put it. Their ingenuity and skill produced scores of scarce household items. The Occupational Therapy section of Atlanta's Lawson General Hospital uses a good deal useful objects which they can send home. of B-29 salvage, Convalescing veterans find relaxation and learn new skills in designing and making S` z 'P� When strike of street car and bus operators in Washington left 500,000 persons without pubFc transportation, A. L. Wade showed unusual enterprise by riding ,.is horse to work. Unheralded trans- portation walkout started when members of Local 689 of Amalgam- ated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees (AFL) voted to stay in continuous meeting until Capital Transit Co. acted on their demand for a 30 -cent increase in hourly pay. ARMY HAS SELF -LIGHTING CAMERA 1rT!ew�t.i ur eyep+e76 x)517:-- '._.,". /''they<fari magazine tvioi n control knob! cu$ 1QClCft#g 4.110, '�i �,.s:Er".dye:?a;z:<:�t�`:�:•sr"��"s}�:w; • ...... .�...,, ..v,,�x..:�uxx>»4sr. •r „:W.T+?ai".,,�16;:,''`,.��'.�s«."„'`c� a''�,',w,,:'.o��r,';�,�z ���'raa.;r. A transparent "blister" canopy from a B-29 makes a fine bathtub for little Jean Clair Bretherick tured with her mother, Mrs. Homer I. Bretherick, in their Atlanta, Ga, home. Inset shows a weather- proof davenport built from salvaged B-29 parts, by pic- tured frame and broad, plexiglass arms. William Davis, Bell Aircraft worker. It has duralu- min ?ower line Many a wounded or i11 soldier owes his recovery to the newly - revealed Army "secret weapon" pictured above. It is a revolu- tionary surgical camera, with a built-in light source --a quartz vapor tube flash unit that produces .up to 50,000 flashes more bril- liant than sunlight at 1/25,00th of a second duration. Developed by the Signal Corps, the camera uses 35 -mm. film, weighs 5',/s. pounds and is operated from a 27 -pound portable pack that may be plugged into any ordinary current line. PALESTINE—Po-HD-EAST'S PRIME PROBLEM ARABS 1921-500,000 .'.,' l945 -._i,100,000 120% Increase Acre Be hsaige ' M Seo,,( ililee Nablus o Ophre ©Atc ® T}na 0 Both El • High on the Truman and ington is the tion of Jews list of � tough problems to be tackled by President Britain's Prizne Minister Clement Attlee in Wash - Palestine question. Map shows geographic distribu- in Palestine. Inset chart shows relative numbers of Jews and Arabs. Pvt. John B. Lemoine, Columbia, S.C., displays hot plate he made from B-29 scrap. Such work helps his "comeback" in Lawson Gen- eral hospital. "Don't fence me in," says chubby Daren Sewell, but her daddy, Joe Sewell, Bell Aircraft worker at Marietta, G ' , did — with salvaged B•29 metal. CpI Raymond Watson, patient in Lawson General Hospital, Ga., beats the electric fan shortage with fan made of aluminum scrap. a LAUGHS ON HIM Constitution gives the horse laugh to his famous cousin, Shiroiyuki, Hirohito's horse, which Adm. Wil- liam `Bull" Halsey wanted to ride. New York veterans purchased Constitution from Cal Thompson, Nebraska rancher, and will pre- sent him to Halsey. We Recommend: CHESG I + S LWE (No Personal Liability) ENQUIRIES INVITED W. R. arming and C_l Manning Chambers, Toronto Relieve that cough k y NOW before it be- , comes serious. p'C Syrup sally acts instantly to relieve distressing cold and bronchial symptoms in ch$- drenan25cd adults. AT ALL DaeecnsTB 1.03 f19ADE•S illi +1 ORIGINATORS OE: Yo ; GIVE HEM A REAL WELCOME �. with good job Contributed by AWS BLACK HORSE