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Clinton News Record, 1944-06-15, Page 6THE CLINTON NEW$ -RECORD I '. Flay will be ready to cut within the next week or two. It is an abundant crop—one of the heavi- est in years. Help is needed immediately to save the hay crop Offer your services today to the Farm Commando Brigade in your town or city. The need is urgent right now. TUNE 1N "HELP WAITED'" A C.B.C. presentation produced with the co- operation of the Ontario Farm Service Force EVERY FRIDAY 7.30 P.M. C.B,C. NETWORK Starting from April 7th tkfarND A /MHO/ Every citizen of Ontario must face the - unpleasant fact that Canada's stockpile of grains, dairy products and vegetables . of which we had a great surplus four years ago ... is almost exhausted. For four years, Canada has been a "store- house of food" for her Allies. She must continue to fulfil heavy obligations to them. But the surpluses in the store- house are gone. They must be replen- ished. Otherwise, Canadians on the Fighting Fronts ... and at home .. . '. THE FARMS are likely to be faced with the prospect of short food rations. THIS YEAR the crops on Ontario Farms give promise of the heaviest yields of grain, hay, vegetables and fruit in years. BLIT THEY MUST BE HARVESTED AND SAVED ... AND THIS IN SPITE OF THE MOST ACUTE SHORTAGE OF FARM WORKERS IN OUR HISTORY. • EVERYONE MUST HELP! JOINThe Farm Commando Brigades, the Holiday Brigades, Business Men's Groups, Service Club Groups, Neighbourhood Groups, or one of many other organizations, that are preparing to help. For three years such organizations have supplied thousands of volunteers to Save Food for Victory. This Year Many Thousands More Volunteers Are Needed, PLEDGE YOUR SERVICES NOW Register your name, by mail or in person, with your nearest Selective Service Office, or with any of the Groups listed above which operate in your town or city, or with The Ontario Farre Service Force, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, or with your nearest Agricultural Representative. For Peace Sake — PITCH IN! Lend a Hand on the' Farm. Smelt Have Moved North? It is reported that the smelt, so plentiful in this district two or three years ago, have been taken his spring in Thunder Bay. They had not prev- iously been heard of in. Lake Su -1 lienor. It was three years ago that they invaded the rivers of this dis- I trict and 'were netted in immense quantities. Two years ago there were not 'so many, Last year there were Very few and this spring they sem practically to have disappeared. Com- mercial fishermen are not sorry, for the smelt are believed to be detri- mental to the existence of other more valuable fish. v Djeath of Archie Robinson The death occurred in Clinton on Saturday, June 3rd, of Archie Rob- inson, after a lengthy illness, during much of which, he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Orval Phil- lips, Mitchell. He had just returned to his home last week. He was born in Clarke township, Durham county, 75 .years ago and on April 6, 1892, married Essie Fluker of West Wawanosh. They resided on the Bruce farm there, later in Au- burn, then moved to the Clarke farm, 13 con. of Hullett;where they lived for thirty years, retiring to .Clinton eight years ago where he was a mem- ber of Ontario St. United Church. He Was a conservative in politics. Besides his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Fred ,Schoell (Mary), Mrs. Vir- gil Bokinger (Lavern), Mrs. Lester Greunisen (Edna), Detroit; Mrs. Or- val Phillips (Luella), Mitchell; two sons, Frank, Toronto and Archie Hullett township, Auburn; six grand- ehildren and one great-grandchild, survive. The funeral was conducted Wednes- day afternoon by Rev. G. G. Burton, at his late home, Clinton, with inter - Ment in Ball's cemetery, Auburn. Pallbearers were Herb Mogridge, Dave Lockhart, Ezekiel Phillips, Au- burri; Amos Theil, Mitchell; Dr. Fow- ler and Chas. Shanahan, Clinton. Friends and relatives were present from Brantford, Toronto, Lueknow, Auburn, Detroit and Mitchell. v Enormous Hay Yield An- , ticipated in Huron The farm labor situation in. Huron county is bad, stated E. R. Hill, manager of Selective Service, and farm hands are to be brought from western Canada to relieve the saute - ton. The first batch will arrive June 15. They will return west in time ;to harvest' the wheat crop there. Huron farmers 'are facing a big job with prospects of one of the largest crops' ever, of most every- thing. The hay yield will be enor- mous and seine of it will go uncut. Operators of one-man farms visit- ing the Selective 'Service office in Goderich say they are becoming tuck- ered out under the continued strain. v Port Albert To Be Closed It is reported that a large outdoor swimming pool, the same as those at Ilagersville ' and other airports in the Commonwealth Plan, is under construction at, Centralia,. which gives. rise to the blief in some quarters that this school will be kept in oper- ation even after the War. Clinton Radio School is another said to be scheduled to survive the war, but according to the dopesters'and gues- sers Port Albert will be closed before the present year is out, OUT OF THE CRATE AND INTO THE AIR e When supplies of crated Spitfires arrive at Casablanca, gangs of skil- led workers—airmen and local work- men—are there to meet' them. The complex mechanism is unpacked and the nomponents assembled. Each man' has 'his, job, and long practise has made him perfect at it. In, record time the fighters take on recognis- able form,' complete with their wea- pons in fighting trim: Test pilots take over and put then through their, paces in a. seriesi of .searching tests. Finally ,the ferry :pilots fly them to the place where Allied air -strategy can use them to best purpose. Picture Shows:—A fitter with the help of a local workman (in tepee) begins to fit the exhaust, manifolds, while other fitters, loosen the bolts Army Fliers Are Taught To Use Corner Vision Because the outer region of the eye's retina sees better in'dim light than the central part, American and British fliers are taught to look out of the corner of their eyes in making observations in night flying, accord- ing to the Better Vision institute. Pilots using side, or peripheral vision in dim light can see' and judge movements of enemy planes' much better than by looking directly at them. Sharpness of corner vision increases immensely after the eyes have adapted themselves ,•to dim light for half an hour, or more. For this reason fliers condition their eyes by remaining in dimly lighted rooms or by wearing special light reduc- ing goggles before takingoff at night. , nJIl5RS,, JUNE 15th, ` 1944, States Provide Cities With Revenue. Sources Municipalities of a dozen states were benefited this year by the pas- sage of legislation providing for pew or increased shares of state collect•. ed taxes and the development of new sources of.independent local reve nue, the American Municipal asso- ciation reports. Cities and counties in Arkansas will receive for the first 'tune -a share of state sales tax collections. Allocations wily, be based on popula- tion except in the case of towns of less than 500, which will receive a flat sum of $200 a year. Alabama cities have been granted 20 per cent of the profits of the state liquor mo- nopoly to be allocated on the basis of the ratio of profits earned by a municipality's store to total profits of all state liquor stores.'., The 1943 Kansas legislature pro- vided for distribution of 75 per cent of net revenues from cigarette stamp tax collections to cities and counties. Amounts will be paid monthly to counties according to population ra- tfo; half of the money will then go to cities within the county. Oregon cities will receive allocations from road -users revenues for the first time, and municipalities will be giv- en approximately $135,000 extra an- nually from increases in customer liquor permit costs. South Carolina cities and towns will receive about' $300,000 a year from motor vehicle license fees, and Washington munici-' palities will share state collected liq- uor and motor vehicle excise taxes.i A new Wisconsin measure allocatesj to municipalities 75 per cent of driv-; ers' license fees when examinations! are conducted locally. The North! Carolina legislature re -appropriated' to municipalities $1,000,000 annually, of state collected highway funds for construction and maintenance of city! and town streets. A sort of game is used to develop proficiency in side vision. Voliey balls are tossed from man to man'as the cadetfliers trot around in three concentric circles, the largest of which is 45 feet in diameter, . The men in the inner and outer circles !run in one direction, and the men in the middle section move in the op- posite direction. The only rules of the game are that a player must catch a ball that comes near him and toss it quickly to another man in any of the three circles. With a little practice the players are able 'to see the balls coming in rapid suc- cession from every side and are able to keep them going without muffing. Ordinary Solution Used To Destroy Fall Webworm Careless burning of fall webworm nests is liable to cause more dam- age to the tree than to the caterpil- lars. A solution made by mixing two pounds of lead arsenate and eight ounces of ordinary wheat flour with 50 gallons of water readily kills these insects, it is pointed out. On small trees, the best method of con- trol is to remove the webs by hand or to cut off and burn infested branches. Becoming most abundant during late August and September, fall webworms feed on a great variety of trees, including box elder, ash, poplar, elm, chick cherry, syca- more, willow, linden, birch, oak, hickory, walnut and a variety of fruit trees. As soon as the caterpillars hatch from the eggs, they make their way to the leaves, enclose one or two within a tent -like web and feed on them. As they grow, the larvae en- large the web until a branch of con- siderable size may become enclosed. These larvae can be identified by their pale yellow or greenish color with a dusky stripe along the middle of their back and a yellow stripe on each side. Their bodies are covered with long, gray, silky hairs which give them a shaggy appearance. States Aid Cities California and Washington enact- ed legislation providing for direct appropriations to local governments to enable them to meet emergency war conditions, and the latter state abandoned the entire field of admis- sions taxes turning over $1,000,000 a year to cities. Florida authorized municipalities to impose and collect reasonable charges for garbage and refuse disposal and for the use of all municipally owned facilities while Minnesota and WashingtonThave au- thorized cities to impose reasonable rates for garbage collection. Other financial aids provided for cities this year include a- Wisconsin act requiring thas state to construct and reconstruct all portions of the state trunk highways system locat- ed within cities and villages; a Ten- nessee measure exempting cities from payment of taxes on gasoline bought in 3,200 gallon lots; and an Arkansas act allowing issuance of free automobile licenses for vehicles owned by counties, cities and incor- porated villages,, Crested Wbeatgrass Because crested wheatgrass starts early growth in the spring and fur- nishes plenty of grazing three weeks earlier than native grasses, it fits into proper range management. It makes an ideal pasture for cows and calves after the calves are old enough to take care of the increased milk flow. It is estimated that hav- ing such a pasture available in the early spring will add considerably to the weaning weights in the fall. The ideal situation would be for the farmer or rancher to have enough crested wheatgrass pas- ture to carry his stock until the mid- dle of June, thereby making it pos- sible to keep the animals off the na- tive grass until it has made a good start. Crested wheatgrass can stand a tremendous amount of heavy graz- ing during the spring, and it also provides late fall grazing if there is enough fall moisture. - • Sweet Clover as Fiber Several . experiments have been made using sweet clover as a fiber ,material to increase the mechanical strength of the potato plastic. Sweet clover was chosen as a fibrous ma- teria/ because it grows profusely in this territory and can be produced on,low priced marginal land. Many problems,remain to be worked out in perfecting the pre -forms in mold.,• ing this type of potato plastic. The' materials produced experimentally. range from the insulating type build. ing board of light, weight to a tough,. hard, dense material which may have limited possibilities for bear ings, friction blocks, etc. Eyes' Color Perception Still Remains a Mystery There are more than a dozen the - pries Advanced to explain how the, human eye sees colors, yet none of them are entirely satisfactory. It is. generally believed that eon-iplex. chemical changes take place inthe, retina of the eye, and until more. complete knowledge is obtained in; respect to the chemistry of vision, ,the question will remain unsettled. One theory of color perception as- sumes that there'' are three basic color sensations—red, green and vio- let—and that there are three kinds, of nerve cells, each with its special photochemical substance. Thus, red light rays excite one set of cells, and the green and violet rays other• groups of cells. Other colors, as: yellow, resuait;from mixtures of the three basic, color sensations. This. theory does: net, explain very well how we see• black objects. Another- theory, of color vision, while also assuming the presence of three photochemical substances in the retina, concludes that they give six different, qualities of sensation. One set of cells,according to this theory, gives white and black sensa- tions. The other two cell groups yield red -green and ,yellow -blue col- or sensations. A third theory, holds that colorless sensations—white, gray and black— arise in the rods, : of, the retina and that color sensations are• produced in the cones, with both cells utiliz- ing the same . photochemical sub. Cure Onion's Outer Scales Before Storage Onions must be cured before they are stored, so that the outer scales may dry and harden. If the weather is reasonably dry, and as long as there is no danger of frost, the cur- ing may be done in the garden. First pull the bulbs and leave them on the ground with the tops attached. After a few days the tops will have dried and the curing will be complete. If a sharp frost threatens, or if there is much rainy weather, the cur- ing is better done in a shed or ga- rage. The onions are spread on the floor or are kept in slatted, well - ventilated crates. After curing, the tops are cut off and the bulbs are put in storage. Unlike most other vegetables, onions keep well only in a dry place. Most cellars are too damp, but a frost - proof attic usually makes an excel- lent storage place. At a tempera- ture of about 40 degrees, the onions will keep in a dry place until late next spring. Bulbs that have thick necks, or show soft rot, should be kept sep- arate and should be used first, as they will keep only a few weeks. Albania Grows Albania is slightly larger than Sicily, or Vermont, and supports a million people. Less than one-tenth of its area has been under cultivation. It normally exported olives, cheese, cattle, hides, bitumen, copper and oil. Oil production increased from 10,000 to 619,000 barrels a year in three years, lifting Albania to sixth among European nations in crude oil production. The Italians built a 45 -mile pipeline from Petrolia to Valona. Several district tribes comprise the Albanian "nation." Separated by high mountains, these tribes are in some instances more foreign to each other than to peoples living across international borders. -Con- stant feuding is a tradition of high- land life. Great strides toward moderniza- tion have been made in recent years. Albania has mineral wealth, large forests, ample water power and oth- er natural resources to support in- dustrial growth. First Floss Plant Petoskey, Michigan's new $165,000 milkweed floss processing plant is the first of its kind in the world. Purchase of a factory building in south Petoskey and its remodeling, and the construction of a 90 by 150 - foot concrete annex was approved by the new company. Processed milkweed floss, used as a substitute for kapok, now unavail- able because of Japanese occupation of former island sources, will turn out millions of pounds of milkweed pods for use in life preservers, life jackets, and airplane wings for the navy. The navy will require from eight to ten million pounds of the pods in the next three years. The Petoskey plant will have a capacity of drying out 25,000 pounds a day. Refuge From Heat Frascati is foremost of the so- called Castelli Romani—villa-sur- rounded towns that dot the Alban slopes at a thousand feet above sea level and provide refuge from Rome's summer heat; Normally the villas are occupied in season by wealthy Romans or by tourists from abroad. Some belong to the state. In this class since World War I is Villa Falconieri, outside Frascati on the road to Tusculum. Until that ware it belonged to Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, who made it his vaca- tion ,home on many occasions,'' stance. Develop New Chemical For Copper Electroplating Less than one ounce of a new • chemical per gallon of copper elece troplating solution reduces by one-. third the copper required for electro- type printing plates, and cuts in half the scrap resulting from manuface ture of these plates.: The chemical so increases the hardness of the copper deposit that • a much thinner Iayer will give equal service. It allows a pound of copper to cover one-third more square - inches of surface. It also -assures a smooth finish, and speeds the plat- ing of the electrotypes. The agent eliminates inferior plat- ing on the edges and corners of the printing plates. That permits a re- duction in the width of "safety bear- ers," and accounts for reducing to half the copper scrap usually re- sulting from eleptrotype production. This new chemical is especially timely for electrotypers. They fore merly used about 2,200 tons of cop- per anodes annually, and their sup- plies have been drastically cut der- . ing the war, • Soften Rough Knees lifter grubbing around in the Vic- tory garden all summer Milady is:: likely to have mighty rough knees. That may not matter so much while socks and roll -down stockings are being worn, but once the full length, hose become a part of daily attire it;: will be a different story. When gar- ters are fastened the stocking fits..• very snugly over the knee, and rough • skin patches may start a run that ruins the stocking for future wear. To soften the knee skin, give it.:, some extra attention daily, either in • connection with the bath or separate- ly. Scrub it firmly, but gently, with - a•brush or washcloth dipped in sudsy water. Rub the knees for a full twc. • minutes, and then rinse and dry with. a soft clean towel. If stockings are • to be •donned after the scrub -up, rub in a little vanishing cream or • absorbent hand lotion. If going to , bed, cold cream may be used ' • stead of the lotion. The same treat- ment is good for rough heels which. also are a menace to delicate— hosiery. Trick Eyes Characters in animated iIluminat ed signs, atop buildings on the main.. streets of American cities, seem to move because they trick the eye. The illusion of movement of the • lighted figures and designs results . from the fact that any visual im- pression lingers for a fraction of a , second on the retina of the human eye, When the flashing of the lights.. is timed correctly, the fading ret- inal picture of one light fuses with the incoming picture of another light. This gives an illusion of movement, making possible the - novel advertising signs of playful cats, swinging children and other• animated characters. The principle of this interesting optical illusion can be demonstrated simply by two flashing lights, placed. eight or ten inches apart, If the. lightsare flashed on and off alter- nately at just the right speed, the• eyes will see a single light moving• back and forth. • • Watch Underarm Cleanliness Modern ideals of, daintiness call for the use of anti-perspirants and • underarm deodorants. But neither type of preparation, the manufac- turers point out, is a substitute for cleanliness. Armpits should be - washed thoroughly with soap and, water before applying the underarm• preparations. Since hair surfaces of, the body - retain odors more readily than-; smooth skin, men need to pay par- tieular attention to the under -arms. Most women keep this area free of - hair, but men rarely do, so daily washing is imperative. Those who, do, heavy work ' that causes much. ;, perspiration need to be particularly :• careful in this regard.