The Seaforth News, 1954-03-18, Page 6Dropped Two Miles
Yet Survived
As the pilOt of a Sabre jet
came roaring out of cloud at 450
miles an hour, he was horrified
to see a training 'plane stooging
leisurely along just ahead of
him. With only a split second
to avoid the trainer, the jet pilot
flicked his fighter into a vicious-
ly steep turn.
13ut his swishing wingtip elle-
ed through part of the trainer's
fuselage near the tail. Its pilot
felt a bump and his rudder con-
trol almost jammed, He thought
he'd merely hit an air pocket.
And it was without knowing that
hie 'plane was damaged that he
made a safe landing at a north
of England airport.
And the jet? That also was
only slightly damaged and the
pilot landed safely at the same
airport.
Hardly a day passes but some-
body or other cheats `death.
There are hundreds of people
alive today whose hair-raising
escapes have bordered on the
miraculous.
Take the airman flying over
France recently who used his
ejector seat just as his aircraft
hit a power cable. He was shot
out and fell into a haystack —
the only one for miles around,
.After falling 70 storeys from
the roof of a New York sky-
scraper, a man got up and mere-
ly complained that he had "a
slight headache." He had fallen
head -first into a truck loaded
with mattresses.
A funeral saved another man
from what would have been cer-
tain death.
Strolling across his farm at
Northfleet, Kent, England, he
saw a funeral passing along the
roadway nearby. He stopped and
respectfully raised his hat. As he
did so, the earth caved in in
front of him, leaving a crater
45 feet deep.
Said he: "That funeral saved
my life. If I had not stopped for
it I should have fallen to the
bottom of the crater and been
buried alive."
One of the most extraordinary
escapes on record was that of a
steeplejack, F. S. Sutherland. He
was nearing the top of a 240 -
feet high Chicago waterworks
when a stone gave way and he
made a headlong plunge of 175
feet.
Forty feet above the street he
struck telegraph wires and
bounced off, falling straight into
a heap of slushy snow, six feet
deep, at the edge of the pave-
ment! After a day in hospital re-
covering from the shock of his
fall he was back at work.
In a United States concert hail
an enormous chandelier slipped
from the ceiling and crashed
down—on to the only group of
vacant seats in the hall. Until
five minutes before the seats had
been occupied by a party of 20
people, who had had to leave
the concert before it ended to
e:atch a train home.
Having a pair of tongs run
Into his groin for a distance of
nine inches without injury to
any internal organ was the re-
markable experience of a Mid-
land factory worker. The accid-
ent happened when he was hold-
ing the tongs under a falling
hammer, which had a striking
force of 200 tons. When the ham-
mer fell the tongs were jerked
into him.
"Such an escape from injury
would not happen once in ten
thousand times," commented the
surgeon who extracted the
tongs.
The heel of her shoe prevent-
ed a London woman from
drowning during a seaside hall -
day. She slipped on the pier
landing stage, and as she fell
her heel caught in some decora-
tive ironwork.
For five mimltes she hung
suspended head downwards.
Then she managed to seize an
iron stay and struggle into an
upright position. Her screams
were heard and she was rescued,
Charles Hunt, a Portsmouth
man, owed his life to a sudden
noise. He was working in an old
building when he heard the
noise of cracking girders and ran
into the street. He was just in
tirne to escape being crushed to
death by the collapse of the side
wall of the structure.
To be blown out of his aircraft
at a height of over 17,000 feet
without a parachute—and sur-
vive—was the experience of
Flight -Lieutenant Joe Herman,
of Hughenden, North Queens-
land, during the last war.
He dropped two miles and
then fell en to a man who had
a parachute! the pair completed
the trip to earth together.
Fantastically lucky, too, was a
67 -year-old blacksmith, who ac-
cidentally stepped off a bank of
the River Ouse and collapsed
after struggling through thick
mud for a short distance.
For 15 hours he was impris-
oned in mud, Then a search -
party found him, unconscious,
with only his head showing. He
appeared dead, but later recov-
ered completely from his ter-
rible ordeal,
A doctor who treated hire said
the man's life was undoubtedly
saved by the thick coating of
Litter Queen — Queenie, a beagle, sot the canine world on its ear when she gave birth to these
nine pups. Not only was it rare for a beagle of her type to bear so many pups, but she sup-
posedly set a world's record by delivering In only 50 days. A doctor who helped deliver the
dogs says the lowest previous record was 55 days.
mud which covered the body. It
kept him warns and allowed • the
blood to circulate.
While rock climbing in the
Lake District, a young man was
saved from death by his lunch.
Losing his balance, he fell 90
feet, Luckily, he landed on his
back with his haversack, which
conained a loaf, under him, The
loaf was crushed to the thick-
ness of a crust. "But It saved me
from breaking my neck," said
the fortunate climber.
BLE "AL
Jane Andrews:
From far -away Sweden comes
this recipe for Cornucopias - a
favorite with young and old
over there. Over here, too, with
those lucky enough to have en-
joyed them,
Cornucopias are easily made
from a simple, inexpensive bat-
ter. You can bake a large batch
to keep on hand for those times
when you want a dessert in a
hurry. Just store the cones in
a tightly -covered cookie jar.
They'll stay fresh for weeks.
The fillings are no trouble to
fix, either — just whipped cream
flavored with fresh or frozen
fruit; jam, chocolate, or cocoa.
Fresh peach ice cream makes a
delicious filling, too.
Be careful, though, not to make
the filling too sweet, because the
cornucopias are rather sweet in
themselves. Add the filling just
before serving time, so that the
cones will be crisp and crunchy.
CORNUCOPIAS
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2e e. sugar
ee c. sifted flour
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
2 tblsp. melted butter
Add sugar to eggs gradually.
Beat well, about 3 minutes (with
electric mixer, at medium speed.)
Blend in lemon rind and flour.
Stir in butter; mix well. Trace
6 -inch circles (use saucer or
small plate as a guide) on well -
g r e a se d, floured cookie
sheets. Place about 2 tblsp, of
batter in center of each circle,
and spread thinly to edge of
circle with spatula. Bake in
moderate (350°) oven 4 to 5
minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove circles, one at a time,
and shape into cones immedi-
ately. Work quickly. If circles
become brittle, warm in oven to
soften. Stack them in a glass
Come Into My Parlor No, .Japanese actor Masaya Fujima isn't
beckoning you into his parlor. He's merely practicing his part
as Tschigumo, the spirit of the spider. Fujima is a member of
the Japanese Azuma Kabuki team currently performing in
America,
s
so they wont unroll, Makes 16
cones.
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FILLINGS
Strawberry Filling:
1 e. heavy cream
1 c. fresh or frozen berries
Whip cream and fold in ber-
ries. (If frozen berries are used,
drain them. If berries are fresh,
mash them and all a little sugar,)
Fills 8 cones.
Chocolate Filling I:
I c. heavy cream
1 tblsp. cocoa, sifted
1 oz. semi -sweet chocolate,
grated
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tbisp. sugar
Whip cream; fold in remaining
ingredients. Fills 8 cones.
Chocolate Filling II:
1e. pkg. prepared chocolate
pudding
?z c. heavy cream, whipped
Prepare pudding according to
directions on package. Fold
whipped cream into cool pud-
ding. Fills 8 cones.
5:
Fruit Filling:
c. sugar
1 tsp. grated orange rind
14 c. orange juice
2 eggs
1 c. finely diced apple*
r! c, heavy cream, whipped
I tblsp. lemon juice
Combine all ingredients ex-
cept cream and lemon juice.
Cook in top of double boiler,
stirring constantly until smooth
and thick — about 5 minutes.
Cool.
Fold in whipped cream and
lemon juice. Fills 8 cones.
*Drained tubed or crushed
pineapple may also be used in-
stead of diced apple.
City Street As
Heated May G
Walk up, walk up, and see
what is claimed to be the world's
first centrally -heated street!
In Bremen this winter an idea
has been tried out by the Local
authoritites which sets a pre
sedent for lighting and warming
shopping thoroughfares by gas
fires.
Pedestrians, whether business
people, shoppers, or shop gazers,
appreciate the comfort of an
artificially created warm tem
perature in an open street.
Bremen's famous Soegestrasse
for its whole length has been
provided with a heating system
consisting of gas fires mounted
above the shop windows. On
both sides of the thoroughfare
are mounted infra -red reflecting
mirrors at a height of about ten
feet, . The heat from the gas
fires strikes these mirrors and is
reflected downwards and across
the street, •
The idea, say the authorities,
is not merely to attract visitors
and thereby more custom to the
shops in the street, • but also to
keep the Soegesirasse.free from
snow and sleet in bad weather.
They estimate that the consider. -
able cost of installing the heat.
ing system it already being rap-
idly recovered in other ways.
Riches have wings; the trick
le to get them winging toward
your hank' account,
EEN
THUMB
Cordon Smith
The Center Piecey
The lawn is perhaps the most
important feature in any gar-
den layout and yet it is often
the most neglected. For some
reason or other a lot of people
seem to think that grass will
take care of itself. It is not real-
ly difficult or expensive to
create a really good lawn. Here
are the major points to keep
in mind:
It is much easier to get the
ground level and the top soil fine
before the lawn is seeded than
afterwards, and level and fine
it should be for best results in
the usual location. On hillsides,
slopes should be made as gradu-
al as possible and instead of one
long sharp one, two or three
levels with terraces, rock gar-
dens or shrubbery and steps in
between are advisable.
Use the best seed. Except for
very special purposes like put-
ting or bowling greens, the best
seed consists of mixtures of sev-
eral fine grasses. Some of these
come quickly, some do best late
in the season, some have richer
color and so on. These are
blended together to produce
uniformity of texture and color
throughout the season and for
various regions of Canada. Seed-
ing should be done early, before
the hot weather, or after it in
the fall.
Lawns should be fed, like
any other plant. One good ap-
plication of fertilizer, rich in
nitrogen, is advisable every
year or so.
Permanent Plantings
In- choosing shrubbery and
trees for planting around the
home one should keep in mind
the height of buildings and
fences nearby. With the modern
bungalow or the low ranch
house it would be a great mis-
take to surround with tali
things, though one or two fair
sized trees, 50 or 100 feet away
may add interest. It is also well
° to note the mature size of every
shrub and tree and to allow for
full development. Far too many
people make the mistake of
planting shrubbery right up
against the house wall and then
wonder why it grows scraggly,
if at all, These things must
have room to develop. They
should be at least half as Sar
away from any fence or wall
as they will be high at maturity,
That means at least two to four
feet for most shrubs in the aver-
age Canadian climate. Another
thing to avoid is planting un-
der a low overhanging roof. It
will keep out too much sun and
rain.
In any planting of this kind it
is a good plan to mix in some
evergreens principally because
they will add beauty and shel-
ter in the winter months when
other things are bare.
Shrubs, trees and vines need
-most attention in early spring.
They should be cultivated then
and given a feeding of manure
or other plant food. Spring is
also the time for pruning which
mainly consists of thinning,
shaping, letting in the light and
removing weakened or dead
branches, can be carried on safe-
ly from February to early June
There are a few particular
points to remember. Early flow-
ering shrubs; like the forsythia
and splrea are best pruned af-
ter blooming not before, and
some fruit trees, grapes and
such which "bleed" excessively
should be pruned very early in
February or March, With orna-
mental shrubbery and trees one
is advised to encourage the nat-
ural form rather than shape
drastically.
31 you have nothing else 10 be
thankful for; just look around
and be glad you're not a canni-
bal,
Like To uy An
Island, Cheap?
No early rising to go to work.
No ruslf-hour crowds to battle
against. No noise. No income
tax. No smog, Only blue seas
and soft golden sands to lie on.
That's the sort of vision con-
jured by an advertisement that
an island is for sale. And though
the vision may be somewhat
tempered by the fact that the
island, Papa Stronsay, happens
to be in the Orkneys, it's still
a grand prospect—to be king of
one's own domain.
Papa Stronsay, recently ad-
vertised for sale, covers 156
acres and has a population of
six. Its present owner is Edward
Seator. In the days of the Norse-
men it boasted a monastery
which gave it the distinguished
name of Papa, and even as
recently as 1871 Pap a had
thirty-two inhabitants and a
prosperous fishing port.
A few weeks ago Graemsay, a
sister island, was sold to a doc-
tor from Warwickshire.
Simultaneously, news comes
that Michael Neale, "Prince" of
the Saltee Islands off the Wex-
ford coast, plans to make an air-
field on his island kingdom and
later to have himself crowned
in a coronation chair costing
1800.
Don't imagine even in these
tunes of mass production and
regimentation that one can't be-
come king of one's own island.
Round the coast of Britain there
are some 500 islands, most of
them habitable and going for a
song.
They lack perpetual blue
skies, of course, and the trans-
lucent seas that make an island
so desirable to the prospective
lotus-eater. But there are also
islands to be had cheaply under
the blue skies.
In 1937,' Mr. Gordon Selfridge,
Jr„ went to Yugoslavia and, as
a guest of Col. Radovitch, . one
of the air staff, visited Hoar.
From t h at Dalmatian seaside
resort they took a trip to a de-
serted island off the coast,
which enchanted Selfridge. "Why
not buy it?" suggested Rado-
vitch. But there w e r e not
enough t r e es for Selfridge's
liking.
So they brought over a for-
estry expert, who said that trees
would flourish in the soil. Then
an architect was summoned.
When Mr. Selfridge's wants
were explained he took a piece
Of charcoal and sketched the
design of a house on a flat,
white rock.
"Yes," said Selfridge, well sat-
isfied, "I'll buy It. What's the
.priee?"
Rack came the answer that
the cost of the island would he
the equivalent of twopence-half-
penny!
People still buy islands and
live on them in perfect happi-
ness. In 1937, Miss Mona Allan,
heiress of the Glasgow and Bel-
fast shipping magnate, Charles
Allan, married Robert Suther-
land. The pair abandoned society
and retired to the lonely island
of Shuna in the Hebrides, sa
sanctuary for birds and wild
life.
"Shuna," s a 1 d Mrs. Suther.
land, "is the most marvellous
place in the world and I ask
nothing better than to be
allowed to spend the rest of my
life there, making all the things
that we have planned come
true."
There used to be a popular
music hall song that ran, "Put
Me 'Upon An Island," A great
many people have an urge to
live alone, or with their wives
(or the wives of other men) on
an island. An English paper
that carried the advertitement,
"Wanted; an island, furnished or
unfurnished,". brought 300 let-
ters from people with islands to
sell, and twice that number
from others wanting to know if
there were any islands going.
In 1938 there were five islands
off the coast of Brittany for sale.
These were situated in the De-
partment of Cate du Nord, two
miles from the mainland at
Paimpol. The estate, which con-
sisted of 110 acres, included
the islands Beniguet, Raguenes,
Crouzen, Guiermgore, and Ro-
losquet.
The s c eller y is magnificent.
and the isles contain an abund-
ance of sub -tropical plants such
as are found in the South of
France. On the main island were
a number of furnished villas
equipped with electric light -and
central heating.
There are many "kings" who
own islands, apart from well -'e'--
•
known people like Mrs, Hath-
away, Dame of Sark. Some, like
Louis Rice Wasey, own well -
populated islands. W asey's
Island, Cat Cay, in the West
Indies, belonged to the younger
brother of Field -Marshal Earl
Haig, who was a bachelor and
lived t h e re for twenty-three
years before his death. The
island, together with the origi-
nal deed issued and signed by
Queen Victoria, passed to Wasey
for a nominal stn.
But that isn't the sort of
island that most people want.
They hanker for some small,
isolated .place like Dunk Island
off the coast of Queensland, on
which Mr. Banfield, naturalist
and author, lived with his wife
for twenty-five years. Dunk is ..-s
less than three square miles in
area.
The Banfields spent their days
watching birds, beasts, reptiles
and fish, and became so attached
to some of their "subjects" that
they would not even keep bees
because they did not like the
thought of them being devoured
by bee -eating birds. They lived
a simple, happy life and left
behind them a record of activity
that will be useful to others for
centuries to come.
Out Of The Past -- This volume, believed to be the oldest typo.
graphic book known, probably turned out by Johann Gutenberg
mare than 500 years ago, le new in Pierpont Morgan Library.
It's a 376 -page book containing all the major masses and was
printed for the Roman Catholic diocese of Constance, Germany.
Frederick B. Adams, Jr., director of the library, holds the Cons-
lance missal above a case containing a Gutenberg Bible. Adams
says it is the most important printed book ever acquired by an
American library. Previously the famed Gutenberg Bible had
been considered the first book printed from movable type,