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The Seaforth News, 1938-07-28, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS Romance .0n The Georgian— The 'passenger steamer Georgian would appear to have some romantic. attraction, •ancl itis unfortunate that the interna'tiona 1 boundary .presents an obstacle to the prompt realization of 'Love's young dream. The last two trips 'American '.couples have left bhe ship at Goderich and gone straight to the Court House, where they .have attempted to secure marriage licenses, apparently not realizing they must live here a oertain length of tine. Many Applications— So many applications were made for the position of postmaster of Goder- ioh that 'two days before the "dead- line" the entire stock of application Forms at the postaffi.ce here was taken up. I't is .believed that at least twenty- five wentyfive applications have gone in.—God- erich Signal -Star. Mitchell Man Invents New Carburetor Great interest has been centred the past several days in a new invention, the work of Chester 'Smith, employed at Thiel's service station an Main St. For the past year Mr. Smith has been working on the invention of a carbur- etor and now that he has just corn- pleted it, he has applied for a patent. The results are gaining considerable attention around town, Chester has hooked up his carburetor to different oars to .try it out and has obtained mileages up to 5:1:8 miles on a gallon of gasoline. This test was made with a mileage tester, the gasoline line 'be- ing .disconnected from the tank, and the run was made from a container previously measured. The carburetor follows along similar lines to the one in present use on cars but Mr. Smith has been able to break down the gaso- line into a finer vapor, producing. more pnwer as well as increased mileage. What effect it will have on the stamina of the motor has not yet been determined. The tests were made on Monday of last week on several different makes of cars and there is no reason to doubt that Mr. Smith was pleased with the results. —Mitchell Advocate. Two Barns Burned— Fire, supposedly catised from spon- taneous combustion, totally destroyed the two 'barns on the farm owned by Miss Ames Griffin, Bayfield Road, near Goderich, during the week end. A report was heard a mile away, fol- lowed by a column of jet black smoke, 'before the old barn burst into flames. The new 'barn, adjoining the other building, took fire immediately and the two structures became a blazing inferno, A large quantity of hay and grain was destroyed. Haying opera- tion had been finished a week ago. The loss is partially covered by in- surance. R. C. A. F. Planes To. Visit 'Goderich— Word has been officially received that a number of planes of the Royal Canadian Air Force will be represent- ed at the opening of the Goderich Sky Harbor air. port on Saturday, `.July 30, and Sunday, July 31. Gar Wood will be the commodore of the representation from the United States squadron. iNew Road Supervisor—. Mr. Percy Hewitt has 'been ap- pointed road supervisor to look after the new Provincial Highway from Russeldale to the Blue Water High- way. Mr. Hewitt has been employed with the Exeter Rural Hydro Com- mission. He commenced his new .duties on Wednesday.—Exeter Times .Advocate, _Leaving For England— Rev, A. Page and Mr. Wm. Frayne left the latter part of last week on a trip to England. They expect to sail from Montreal on Sunday. Mr. Page will visit with hie mother at Loftus in Yorkshire and will take in the Glasgow Exhibition. Mr. Frayne will also take in the 'Exhibition and visit in Ireland. Mr, Page and Mr. Frayne made the trip together two years ago. In Plaster Cast— Mr. Nelson Squire of Osborne who suffered the fracture of two vertebrae at the base of the neck when he fell from a load ,ef hay on July 9 is able to be up and around the ward of Vic- toria Hospital where he was taken following the accident. His chest. neck and 'head have been placed in a plaster cast. Customer; 'What is croquette ala Cem'baceres?" Waiter: eet is really Valencienne a la Creme, some thing like Teerne- does pochecs a la Boulagnaise with sauce rapout fin." Custunter: "Uen—brin;.g m" a .,teal:. nt and For Sale ads. 1 w" k ?; . WOODWORK Under the .glossy Mace of your desk, or (behind the silken sheen of the side-' !board at hone, lie hidden a half-doz- en kinds of wood,perhaps gathered together from remote sections of the world, to provide the most durable, most efficient and most attractive piece of furniture that an amazing in- dustry could produce. Amazing industry 'describes well Canada's 'furniture industry and its al- lied organizations. Its materials, are assem'biedfrom many countries; it blends countless preducts of nature into things that combine utility and beauty. In an age when people have been :lulled into a 'belief that the age of craftsmanship is dead it .carries high the 'finest traditions and ideals •of one of •the oldest .guilds .known 'to man. And it can upset more 'popular beliefs and legends than a tall man could shake a stick at. It faces problems that seldom are realized or known by the man who tilts his chair 'back against the wall and 'hooks his heels on the rungs. I faces and overcomes the catastrophe which an unthinking citizen night precipitate by turning the key on his Canadian winter residence and 'blithe- ly hieing himself away to Florida. Even (before the furniture is delivered and installed, the industry must have produced ware which can undergo ex- tremes of temperature and humidity during that process from factory to retailer to you. Popular beliefs? Well, there is the old ane about the nice, wide plank, with a gorgeous grain in it. It will make a beautiful cupboard front or table tap. Will it? 'As a matter of fact, the furniture industry will explain that such would 'be an ideal plank to crack, warp or split. And, of course, countless people will say, ". . . and it's solid mahogany' (or walnut or oak or something else)", Yet •the furniture industry will point to furniture ,built of veneer combinations that costs more, will outlast and is more beauti- ful than solid furniture. At the very basis of all furniture manufacture is the axiom: "The only dead wood is rotten wood; all other wood lives and breathes". Furniture men know this quality in wood by the word "hygroscopicity". It means the condition of any piece of wood, judged on its tendency to absorb or exude moisture. All wood, until it rots, has this faculty. The exact degree of hy- groscopicity of any woad is determin- ed by the amount of seasoning it has had. And the exact degree of hygros- copicity also is the 'biggest 'factor in determining its eventual life in furni- ture. Suppose wood which was too dry were •used. It would seek, under the eventual household or office condi- tions in which it were used, to .absorb moisture, On the other hand, if it were too damp when manufactured, it would tend to exude moisture. In this absorbing or exuding process, it would disintegrate the piece of furni- ture by swelling or shrinking, would crack the finish no matter 'how good the finish might be, and would ruin the glue despite what fine quality glue might be used. Then realize this important fact: Canada offers the greatest extremes of climatic changes, both in tempera- ture and humidity, that can he met by furniture.. Vagaries of climatic changes are assailing furniture from the out- side, are exerting influences on the hygroscopic content' of the wood in- side, and combine with the extraordi- nary conditions of modern desires far warnntth to subject •furniture, which the owner thinks is being well pre- served, to conditions worse than face his automobile which undergoes far less rigorous humidity ranges. So much for that phase, to be re- membered later when considered with other factors. Turn now to veneer. Countless times the average person has heard the expression: "Why, it's only veneer". Yet veneer furniture of comparable quality and price, accord- ing to furniture men, is superior to so- called solid furniture. To realize why, a trip to several moderns furniture fac- tories should 'be undertaken by every THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1938 PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO FOR MILD,COOL SMOKE 'young rmareled couple !planning to set up housekeeping, by every buyer •of office furniture; 'by anyone who wants to know what are the facts. All wood his grain} in it. Its !beauty is primarily determined by its 'grain. Yet the grain, :plus its 'hygroscopicity, can 'be its downfall. Wood will warp or split along its grain: It is startling, and actually'iconoclas•tic, to go into a furniture factory and watch a 'man calmly splitting, or •ripping, 'big 'planks up the middle into narrow •strips. But there is a reason, That plank, used as is, would warp same day, es- pecia'lly if it were en a back, or side, or same other part which. was not covered with climatic resisting finish. So it is ripped into narrow lengths, these 'lengths are carefully taken as they come from the .sa.w, and they are reversed alternately into neat 'piles. Then they are glued together again in their alternately reversed order. The effect is this: That if there is a ten- dency to warp in that .piece of lumber, it would have !been along the line of the grain. With alternate pieoes re- versed, and the whole thing glued firmly together again, bhe grain is constantly reversed on itself and the whole unity, or piece, tends to balance the tendency. If one strip tended to warp up, its two neighbours would tend to warp down. This, of •course, is not a 'veneer angle, but it takes into consideration a factor which veneer also considers. Veneer is thin layers of wood, some as thin as tissue • paper—souse much thicker. A veneered unit niay be formed of five-ply, seven -'ply. , , .even as high as thirteen -ply. It is made up of a core of one kind of wood, proper- ly seasoned, on each side of which are glued the two or more veneer layers. They are glued under terrific pressure, and are of the exact seasoning, or hy- groscopicity, which will provide great- est endurance. But the secret 'of its strength is that same factor of grain. For each 'layer is placed together so that. its grain runs exactly at right angles to its neighbour. In other words, a five -'ply section has wood with grains running two ways, with the outside layers run- ning the lame way as the core, Of course, the final, or 'face layer,is the walnut or mahogany or oak which is to form the :highly finished outside. Few people realize that a strong man can seldom split a piece of ordinary fire -ply veneer with an axe. Yet the same man with the same axe could make kindling in a couple of wallops of a solid plank of equal thickness. 'One thing before leaving veneers.' The ,paper -thin sheets are made in a peculiar way. After it has 'been steam- ed to a correct degree of softness a log is placed in a machine which then shaves a longsheet of wood .from it, The principle is the sante as if you ate corn -on -the -cob, twirling the cob between 'both 'hands and eating until nothing remained. Round and round the log turns, with a long knife peel- ing a strip from it along its full length. Thus veneer can produce'knot- ty effects of unequalled beauty; and exquisite matching is achieved 'by tak- ing two pieces from the onestrip of veneer, reversing one of th'eni and matching the edges together so that grain, knots and 'burls fit together. We have discussed Canada's cli- "'ite, and Furniture that can stand Ca- nada's climate, 'furniture men say, can sand anything. How, then, can this all be protected from that climate? At this point enter the modern la- boratories of finish manufacturers. The finish, after all, is •the same on furniture as on a motor car or your house. If it doesn't stand up, the rest goes fast. If moisture gets into 'the thin edges, whether it is veneer or not, the glue will'let go•, the wood will ex- pand. And you might as well throw the whole thing away as try to tinker (Continued on Page 3). TWO YEARS. OF' SPA'N'ISH WAR The S'p'anish civil war today merles two years of carnage, with the pros- pects scant indeed for any kind of early peace, Foreign pressure for an armistice Cs the best hope of 'ending the conflict, but that seems improbable 'because of the intransigent positidns adapted' by both sides. Meanwhile, Spain is pawstrate: Its. industry has stopped, its manhood shot down, its cities 'destroyed, its fields ravaged. In bhe d'aw'n of July 1118, 19316, 20,000 Foreign Legionnaires revolted in Spanish Morocco. B'y nightfall the war reached the mainland. On one side, Gen. Francisco Fran- co leads an army fighting against what he changes is a 'Communistic tendency. Hes followers contend Spain''a s'alvati'on lies in a corporate state like Fascist Itaily's. Government Spain is fighting to re- sist what it declares would be a Fas- cist dictatorship and for a Socialist - Republic State. . General Fran'co's armies started in the southwest, quickly conquered western Spain and on Oct. 4, '1006, laid siege to Madrid, the Capital. Now they control about 7(0 per •cen of Spanish territory, They 'have soli Government 'holdings by driving to the Mediterranean between Barcelona and Valencia: On the .basis of the best estimates available to date it is known that at least a million persons have been kill- ed during the first two years of con- flict. Another million or more have been injured and from three to five million persons rendered destitute and homeless. The cost of the war and extent of damage caused can scarcely be guess- ed. In the Government's zone, where the big .cities are, all have suffered ex- tensively from shelling or air raids or in the case of Madrid, .from both. On the Front damage has varied from little in the quiet zones to almost complete devastation along the rich East Coast where the present fight- ing is in progress. From the Ebro River south to Val- enciathere is today on the main road. scarcely a habitable town, city, or vil- lage of the scores of prosperous set- tlements there only a few months ago A large 'section of Madrid ties waste; Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante Cartagena all have suffered 'hea'vily in scores and hundreds of aerial:botn- bandments augmented occasionally by spellings. from the sea. Thousands of civilians are being buried monthly in the continued aer- ial attacks ibe'hind the fines; thous- ands more wander down from the ad- vancing fronts seeking haven and shelter in zones already congested with war's refugees whose totals rum well into the millions. The cost in fatalities of the Span- ish War never will be 'known with exactitude. No casualty 'lists are pub- lished, except :here and 'there. The Government in many cases 'has seen whole divisions of troops eaten up and annihilated on an advancing front with none to record how many were killed, injured or captured. Civilian tolls also cannot always be reckoned particularly in villages near the front where clean-up squads can not work because of the approaching +battleiines. Many records of assassin- ations and 'murders during the early days o•e the war have since been sup- pressed and destroyed. Few families in Government Spain have .been untoudhed. 'Every able 'bodied mate between 17 and .34 has been called to fight, Women are tak- ing .factory jobs. An estimated 1,000,- 000 men are in both armies. Government leaders declare they have the means, money, and morale to keep the war going for several years. The 'Government's strength is in man power. Best sources indicate. Government forces total about 600,- 000 with another 12100,000 or 300,000 under call or in training centers. General Franco is 'believed to have no more than 400,000 or 450,000 troops. The Insurgents do not have LONDESBORQ •A very pleasant afternoon was spent at tate 'home of Mr. and Mrs. George Moon. an Saturday, 'July 16,' when members of the Tufts' family, also friends and neighbors, gathered. to hoed their annual reunion. During the afternoon 'Phyllis !McCool pleased, the small children with her pony and buggy, Miss Mary Moon and Mr. Harold Tufts of Toronto capably supervised the many sports which were greatly enjoyed by all, espeoial- ly the 'balloon (blowing contest and life saver race. After an'amusing tug - of war a sen'ptuous 'Punch was served' in picnic style. Mr. IJ, D. Gemmell of. Seaforth tendered a vote .of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Moon •for their kind hos'pitali'ty. This was replied to by Mr. and Mts. Moon in a pleasant manner. Alter .the singing of "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows," Phyl- lis M'cCoo'( entertained with tap danc- ing. The 'following :officers for 10130 were •ap.pointed. 'President, Mr. Wm. Brown, Grand Bend. Secretary, Miss Olive • Moon. Sports' oommittee, Messrs.Brawn, Bob Gemmell, Carman Moon. Mr. and Mrs. 5. D. Gemmell _'kindly offered their •fne hone for.'the annual picnic neat year, giving a hearty invitation to all pres- ent. Guests were 'present from Kirk - ton, Woodham, St. Marys, Grand Bend, Toronto, Exeter, Brussels, Kipper, Miss Marian Tufts, Kinktou, is spending a few days at the home aF Mr. and Mrs, George Moon. .Mrs. Mabel 'Herr, Toronto, visited over the week end with her aunt, Mr. George Moon, CORRI'GAN 'LUCK' TALK Reappraisal of the transatlantic solo flight of :Douglas 'G. ,Corrigan is go- ing on with growin g'appreltension that his adventure, as sheer daring and "'good luck" may have a 'bad ef- fect upon safety in the air: Aviation experts stress that just as there are more losers than winners in the. Irish Sweepstakes, so there !have been mare losers than 'winners iet solo attempts to span the Atlantic Ocean. !Kenneth P. Behr, operations man- ager at Floyd Benmebt Field, charac- terized the Corrigan hop' as "one of the !greatest solo ,fl.ighbs in the history of aviation." "°The effect of this 'flight has 'been almost identical 'with that of Charles Lindbergh, for they have bath stimu- lated popular interest in avietioh to a 'marked degree," he said. Mr. Behr 'held that interest in aria: hien was almost at a •standstill when Colonel Lindbergh made his Paris hop, That flight gave the aviation in- dustry almost a ,110=year impetus, he declared, adding that reaction to the Corrigan 'flight has almost .duplicated that to Colonel Lindbergh's, Another official declared ,the 'Corei- gan airplane, characterized as "an old crate," was more airworthy than most people believed. 'He insisted that far from improvising the 'flight, it was more airworthy than most people be- lieved, He .insisted that far ofrom im- provising the 'light, it was probably well and patiently planned and re- hearsed: While it was true, the official said, that the a0 19 model plane flown by Mr. Corrigan lacked many of the in- struments and safety devi'ce's of the neo•dern aircraft, it possessed every essential for the flight. I't carried two compasses, he said, and had an engine that had been tested and kept in sup- erb condition. 'What was moat important, he said, Mr, 'Corrigan used his 'flight from California to New -York as a dress re- hearsal. On that hop, he said, the Irish flyer tested his airplane, itscon- sumption of fuel, his motor, and him- self, By the time the 'flyer arrived in New York, the official continued, he had obtained all the information nen- essary for the ocean hop save one thing, `"Che one factor that Corrian ap- pears to have left unchecked was that of the weather. There is no record that he asked for reports of weather conditions over the 'Atlantic. I8 he did not, this oversight was a serious 'law in what otherwise would seem to 'be a careful planning of 'the entire flight; 'but he could have obtained weather reports from numerous so'hrces without identifying himself." The sober, 'but undramatic, fact re- mains, the official said, that successful solo flights across the Atlantic from Colonel Lindbergh to Mr. Corrigan have been made by men who have been made by men who have been unusually expert pilots andmechanics and who have laid 'plans with nieticu- lous care .for their ventures. Other- wise, "the odds are no to 1 against suecess," Reports being pioked up from Cali- fornia multiply the ,clews in support of the view that this was a planned Right. Mr. Corrigan, for instance, was said to hare fasted for extended per- iods to see how long he could• function on 15 cents worth of chocolate—his rations for the ocean hop. The 'Irish aviator Fran into a strong tailwind and arrived in Ireland in a little 'better than 38 hours. He had gasoline aboard sufficient .for about 40 hours ,aloft. Had he not encount- ered the tailwind, his time might have been much gamer and his gasoline night well become dangerously low. Did he or did be not gamble that there would be a tailwind or did he know? That is the question, the answer to which will settle finally .for many whether or not Mr. 'Corrigan was a heedless and foolhardy youth or whether he was a courageous,' but heady, aviator of tate clan to which the great 'bulk of famous solo fliers have 'belonged conscnip tion, The Insurgents 'have blockaded 'the northern coast and their 'unceasing air raids on the Mediterranean have brought a new arm of war, the air blockade. The Portuguese booder dies behind Insurgent territory and France has closed its frontiers. Germany and Italy openly Have aided General Franco's cause, 'Germ- any primarily with artillery and tech- nical advisers, Italy with infantry. According to the Government's sta- tistics, its foreign volunteers now fall well below 10,000. There are about 1,000 Americans and 11,000 Canadians, British and other English-speaking soldiers. The remainder are largely French, German, 'Italian and Czecho- slovak. There are no Russians in evi- dence now anywhere in ,Government Spain. It is believed a few Russian technicians remain, however. 'Lates't estimates are that ,between 400 and 11150 'Americans, soldiers and casualties, remain in the Govern- ment's central zone. Another 1,000 are reported .fighting en the Catalan sector, Current Crop Report Crop conditions in Ontario at the first of July were average to above av- erage, according to reports received from representatives in all parts of the province,. Fall wheat has ripened ra- pidly and havestiug has commenced in many districts, with prospects fa- vourable for an above normal yield. In !!Cent and La nbton counties, an av- erage yield of 24 to 30 bushels per acre is indicated. Last year the yield for Ontario was 124.15 bushels. Barley and early 'varieties of oats are now in and are reported as aver- age to above average in condition, with bite exception of several counties in Central Ontario where crops have suffered from lack of moisture. Crops are about four to seven days in ad- vance of usual. In Northern 'Criteria the precipitation . during 'June was Fairly plentiful with the result that all crops have made very satisfactory growth and prospects are quite fav- ourable. Cutting of hay, clover and, alfalfa has been about completed in Western Ontario and is nearing completion in Eastern Ontario: The yield is 'reported to range from onty medium to aver- age, but the quality is excellent, and the feeding value will 'be match higher than last year. In Northern 'Ontario growth of hay was ,rapid during June and production is expected to exceed that of 110317. In Western' Ontario growth and de- velopment of tree fruits, grapes and ras'p'berries bas been good, but hot, dry weather adversely affected straw- berry production in many areas. Sour cherries suffered from a heavy June drop of fruit and yellowing of foliage. Some scab infestation is showing on apple foliage and fruit in dis- tricts, but is chiefly confined to poor- ly -sprayed or amsprayed orchards as y -et. Otherwise, insects and fungus pests have been well controlled by good spray practice. Prospects for fruit crops in Ontario et present are estimated as .follows: Apples, slightly below average to av- erage; sweet cherries, ahtiost average; sour cherries, below average; Bartlett pears, 'below average;lICeiffer pears, average; .peaches, average; plums, be- ', 'A' average; grapes, average. Tommy, aged 1114, set out to get a job, His first call was at alt ,engin- eering works. "What can you do, sonny?" asked the foreman. "Anything," replied Tommy. "Can you file smoke?" asked the foreman, thinking to catch 'the youngster, "Yes, sir," replied Tommy, without hesitation. "If you'll grip it in a vice for nae." Passenger - "'Why ,didn't you sound your horn when you saw the man in the road?" Driver "Well—er—I thought it would be more humane if he never knew who and what hit himl Movie Director; '"The star wants five hundred pounds for playing the part of an radian in our 'new 'film." Manager. 'Offer ..him two hundred and fifty. Tell'him he's -only only got, f ,•, to be a halfebreeri."