Zurich Herald, 1942-07-23, Page 7War Department Builds Giant 5 -in -1 Headquarters
Four buildings 'within a building form War Department's new headquarters, under construction
Arlington, Va, Pentagonal in shape, structure will be largest office building in world.
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Have You Heard?
After six months at a new fac-
tory, the superintendent developed
feeling that he wasn't popular,
so he called aside an old worker.
"Bill," said the superintendent,
"how is it the men don't seem to
like me? Why, at the last place
-they gave me a silver teapot when
I left." "Only a silver teapot?"
said the candid worker. "If you'd
only leave here we'd snake it a
whole silver tea service."
Jock: "That lawyer chap
you told me of is not a man
of his word." Mac: "Why,
what's happened?" Jock:
"Well, he told me that I could
talk freely to him, and this
morning he sent in his ac-
count."
An East London man who had
been advised by his solicitor upon
the matter of making everything
over to his wife in case he was
killed in an air raid, later wrote
to his legal adviser thus:
"Dear Sir—Having as you ad•
wised; put all my possessions in
Iny wife's name, regret to say I
;tow have no money to pay you
ter your services."
Mother announced that •x
prize would be given ,each
Saturday to the most obedi-
ent member of the family
during the week.
Almost with one voice the
five children protested: "Oh,
that isn't fair. Daddy will
win every time."
After much thought, an Aber-
4leen couple decided to adopt an
&Dtphan boy.
"I wonder, Mrs. McFie," re-
marked a neighbour, "that y.
Edna choose a lassie. Now you're
*y in years she would have been
helpful tae ye."
"Maybe," replied Mrs. McFie j
°'but, ye see, we had a guid gien-
akary bonnet in the hoose."
Something went wrong in
the cookhouse and the pie•
crust was as hard as a brick.
The mess wag sent it back
with a message:—
"Give us the tools and
we'll finish the job."
And so the gay suburbanite,
Expending his last nickel,
Proceeds to carry home at night
One hoe, one rake, one sickle.
His garden is well under way;
And if he keeps on working
Itte'll have on some summer day
One beet, one squash, one gher-
kin.
Doris: "Mother! what did
you do when a boy first
kissed you?"
Mother: "Never 'mind,"
"That's funny; I did the
same thing, mother!"
Help Wanted Female
GIRLS
FOR
WAR WORK
EX,.PERIENCE
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Employment Office
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Council relative to those now
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Predicts End To
Shortage Of Beef
Packers' Head Cites Rea-
sons For Optimistic Outlook
Mr. James S. McLean, president
of Canada Packers Limited, de-
clared last week that the crisis in
the beef situation had been reach-
ed.
New policies instituted last
week by the Wartime Prices and
Trade Board will have the effect
of easing the beef shortage and
the situation will show immediate
improvement, Mr. McLean assert-
ed.
Reasons for his optimistic out-
look were:
1. Absence of any beef soar.,
city in the country.
2. A lowering of the ceiling
price, enabling civilian needs to
compete with the military mar-
ket.
3. Resumption of business by
drovers, who had stopped buying
for a brief period because of the
confused situation.
Mr. McLean could not produce
a silnilar bright picture regarding
the pork situation which, he said,
would probably remain a scares
commodity until war's end. Ex-
ports to Great Britain under Gov-
ernment contract have cut deeply
into pork products remaining for
Canadian consumption, he assert-
ed.
"The sale of beet to the mili-
tary authorities had been a big
factor in keeping up the price and
causing a shortage for civilian
needs," said Mr. McLean. "Under
the new arrangement of the War-
time Prices and Trade Board, the
military contracts have brought
to the ceiling level which has been
set at 16% cents per pound.
"This is a long step down, be-
cause at one timeprices paid to
farmers to fill military contracts
were a full cent above the ceiling
of 19 % cents," Mr. McLean con-
tinued. "Three weeks ago the
price started to cone down and
recently it dropped to 181/s cents.
The final price set is at 16%
cents."
Packing plants had lost money
on beef bought above the ceiling
price, Mr. McLean asserted.
"The reaction to bringing down
the price has been bewildering to
the farmer," he stated. "He had
been selling all along at a price
above the ceiling, and I don't
blame hien for doing that because
those were the prices offered to
him. However, the new pries is
still a good one for beef.
"Last week, drovers bought
cattle at higher prices than they
could sell them for," said Mr.
McLean. "This caused them 'to
lose money, and they stopped op-
erating. The present extreme
shortage is caused by this fact.
However, they are operating again
and the situation will soon be back
to normal. There is plenty of
beef in the country and condi-
tions will soon be relieved."
HOW CAN 1?
Q. How can I kill dandelionsl'
A. An ice pick dipped in gaso.
line and thrust into the heart of
the dandelions will kill the weeds
with little damage to the sur-
rounding grass.
Q. How can I keep the teeth
and gums in good condition?
A. Try using salt occasionally
on the tooth brush, instead of the
usual toothpaste. It invigorates
the gums, and if used with cold
water, is an excellent mouth wash
or gargle.
Q. How can I prevent spots on
the surfaces of mirrors?
A. Be surd to protect the mir-
rors in your home from receiving•
the direct rays of the sun, which
cause spots and other blemishes.
Q. How should a linen suit be
pressed?
A, When pressing a .linen suit,
dampen with a cheesecloth which
has been dipped into water; then
press the linen on the wrong side.
Q. How can I make tender
doughnuts?
A, Doughnuts will toughen if
handled or kneaded ton much.
Roll out only a small quantity of
dough at a time and tut it into
doughnuts before rolling out
inoro, Fashion the holes into the
doughnuts with the fingers, with.
out re -rolling.
Modern Etiquette
1. When a verbal invitation has
been extended to a person, isn't
it rude for this person to Say,
"All right, I'll come if I can"?
2. If the wedding is to take
place in church on a summer
morning, is it permissible for the
men of the bridal party to wear
dark blue coats and white flannel
trousers?
3. When a man meets a woman
on the street, with whom he is
well acquainted, should he offer
his hand?
4. Which is better, to have s.
dozen real friends, or be like
some people who seem to be
friends with everyone?
5. Is it ever permissible for
the parents of a young man who
is to marry, to announce the en-
gagement?
6. When a man is the guest of
.another man in a restaurant or
hotel dining room, should he leave
a tip for the waiter?
Answers
1. Yes, this indicates a lack of
"'good breeding. One should say,
and without hesitation, "I shall
be delighted to come," or, "I am
very sorry, but it will be impos-
sible for me to accept your kind
invitation." 2. Yes. 3. No; this
is the woman's privilege. 4.. It
is preferable to have a dozen real
genuine friends. The old proverb
says, "A 'friend to everybody is
a friend to nobody." 5. No; only
the parents of the girl are entitled
to do this. 6. This is not neces-
sary; it is the duty of his host.
Aussies Capture
Museum Specimen
When the Australians were in
Tobruk, recalls Australian Press
Union, men of a famous R,A.A.F.
fighter squadron spotted a fast
super -streamed saloon car scoot-
ing along below them. Their bul-
lets killed the driver and the
ground troops captured the pas-
senger—a Nazi general.
An A.I.F. photographer whose
car had been shot under him,
claimed the car as a replacement,
but later the authorities decided
that even with its bullet holes it
was too good for him and that It
should go to the War Museum in
danberra.
So the car arrived in Australia
and here the authorities decided
it was too good for the War
Museum so the staff got it after
all. Now it is showing 95 m.p.h.
paces to Northern Australia. It
was ducoed in the desert, dressed
with sand and ducoed again to
fix the sand. It will go to the
War Museum later.
Production Affects
Canada's Income
The Dominion's war effort
gathered tremendous momentum
Iast year, says The Edmonton
Journal, Mr. Ilsley's balance
sheet for 1941-42 provides the
folowing demonstrations of how
the national income has been af-
fected by the harnessing of the
Dominion's powers of production,
all increases being a comparison
of 1941 with 1940:
Direct income taxes paid up
186%; other forms income tax
up 111%; all forms Dominion rev-
enue up 70%; total Federal ex-
penditure up 50%; general em-
ployment up 22%; manufacturing
employment up 30%; retail sales
up 20%; sales tax receipts up
32%; exports, mostly war sup-
plies up 50%; agricultural subsi-
dies, etc. up 46%.
ITC
STOPPED
!X a ✓j/f%/
.or Money Bank
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What Science
Is Doing
LIBYAN SAN))
Sand from the Libyan desert
has been specially sent to the
Research Laboratory of the Lon-
don, Midland and Scottish Rail-
way for tests on the air filters
of the diesel shunting locomotives
to be used in the deserts of the
Middle East. The filters were
placed in a wind tunnel and the
sand blown past them in order
to imitate actual desert condi-
tions,
A related problem was to give
a better supply of cooling air to
the engine gear -boxes of tanks
operating in hot climates. The
model of the after part of a tank
was erected in the laboratory,
and by making various alterations
in the circulating fan and the air
ducts, an improvement of 90 per
cent. was achieved. The results
of these experiments may be used
in future tank designs.
The research department has
recently devised another novelty
rather like a pistol, with which
pins that have been recovered
from old correspondence are pick-
ed up magnetically in exact pack-
etfuls by a pull on the trigger.
Seven cwts. of pins, clips and
fasteners were recovered In the
first year.
Most of the work of the Com-
pany's scientific staff is directly
concerned with the war effort,
either on the Railway's own war
problems or for Government De-
partments. Substitutes have to be
continuously sought for as regu-
lar supplies become unobtainable,
and a good example has been the
discovery that the wool grease
retrieved from the sewers at
Bradford can be used in lubri-
cating oils in the place of fatty
oils previously imported for this
purpose.
The research department's in-
strument shop has also been car-
rying out investigation on barbed-
wire entanglements, steel helmets
and armor plate,
The introduction of spray paint-
ing has been accelerated, enabling
II wagon to be painted in six min-
utes as against 40 minutes re-
quired by brushing. The work
las been so simplified that it has
been quickly mastered by women
who have taken the place of
painters called up to the Forces.
The 100 odd painters in the
painting department of a Canad-
ian aircraft plant use 18,000 gal-
lons of paint per month, or
enough to coat the hull of the
Queen Mary half a dozen tines.
ITDOES TASTE GOOD
INA PIPE
Reserve Army To
Be Fully Trained
The Reserve Army will not be
"found wanting" if called ou to
defend Canada, Major-General Bev-
erly W. Browne, director-general
of the Reserve Army, said in a
broadcast address last week.
"If and when we are called upon
to face the enemy forces on this
continent, General Browne said,
"we will be fighting as the people
of Russia have fought from houses
and ditches in forest and moun-
tain, battling the enemy every foot
of the way with everything at our
disposal.
"This is the sort of warfare
which needs ingenuity as well as
courage. I believe that if we are
called upon to meet this final test,
the men of the Reserve Army will
not be found wanting."
The Reserve Army has a vital
role in this war—a war different
from the "old fashioned wars we
used to read about in the history
books," The Reserve formed a
link between professional soldier
and civilian, served as liaison be-
tween military authorities and
"the pulse of the nation."
Equipment Promised
"I'm proud of the men in the
Reserve Army," he said, "and quite
apart from their importance from
a military point of view, I believe
they are doing a great deal to
maintain and mould the morale
of this country."
War had brought new and great -
ter responsibilities to Canada's
second -string fighting force. A
direct and large-scale attack on
the Dominion was no longer a re-
mote possibility. The Reserve
Army traditionally lacked equip-
ment but modern fighting equip•
went has been promised.
"I am glad to be able to report,
as a result of a recent tour of
Reserve Army camps, that this
flow of equipment has begun in
considerable volume," he said. "I
have seen Reserve troops training
with motors, Bren guns, with am-
ple mechanical transport available
—weapons beyond the fondest
dreams of the old militia days."
Watch Russia
Watch Russia for the key to the
future of the draft, says News-
week. If the Soviets hold, it may
be unnecessary to draft many
family Hien. If they don't then all
bets are off and the Government
may have to take almost everyone
able to carry a gun—except those
engaged in vital war work—to
raise an army of 12,000,000 to
15,000,000.
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