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Zurich Herald, 1957-04-18, Page 3pW^.;mop r. More Taller D Monte Carso Prince Rainier of Monaco, like his predecessors, draws the bulk of t 1s income from Monte Carlo's C o, But he himself has no interest in gambling. One of the ntain buildings in the Principal- ity isa well -stocked maritime museum which houses one of the best aquaria I ever assembled. One Prince Rainier founded the aquarium, but the present .reign- ing prince himself collected many specimens in it. He takes great interest in underwater. fashing,,' It is not known how interest- ed the Prince is in the gambling history of Monte Carlo, but if he is he must have found some very remarkable stories of the gambles which failed and those which succeeded. Among, those that failed were gambles that were intended to change the course of history. In 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed and the Em- peror Karl, the Empress Zita and their children had to flee from Vienna.. They went to: Switzerland, taking with them part of the crown jewels, The:. Empress Zita was a very am- bitious woman and her one idea was the restoration of the''mon- archy, with herself and her hus- band once again at the head of it. But there was no money to finance a comeback. Then some- one in their entourage suggested that money could be made on the .jewellery; with that money somebody could go to: Monte Carlo and try to win a large sum of money, sufficient to financea counter-revolution. After niucli discussion, the royal family • raised • £ 10,000 'on the jewellery. Then a syndicate. of four was formed: three men headed by a very beautiful woman. They went to Monte Carlo and booked"in at different hotels. They pretended not to know one another and each was to play the Casino at a different table. Maybe this led to the undoing of ,the scheme because,. as dif- ficult as it may be for one gam- bler to follow a system, how much more difficult it must be for' fourpeople, each one ignor- ant i f what the, others are doing? .Anyway, the Austrian syndicate went bust. We understand the aim was to win £400,000. Fortunately for their plan, just. after the first world war there was a boom in gambling at Monte Carlo and the play of the syndicate did not attract attention. They,vvere suc- cessful so far as that part of their plan was concerned, but nevertheless they ` lost their money and returned to Berne. A South American revolution was once financed by a Chilean merchant who wonnearly a mil- lion francs at the Casino and spent the whole amount at Krupp's, the .famous • German steel works, On munitions for the rebel party which he headed. The revolution failed, however. In 1$98, when Spain went .to war with the United States, two Spanish army contractors were sent to Germany to negotiate with Krupp's for supply of artil- lery and ammmunition. At that time the Spanishtreasury was very short of ready money. The two contractors took' with them only £8,000, all in German 'cur- rency.They began .their nego- tiations and then they took a trip to Monte Carlo: But Spain never saw them again. The two Spaniards began to gamble in the Casino and left all their money behind` them. Krupp did not sell guns and ammun- ition to Spain and this led to a series of dishonest actions by Spanish officials w h i eh con- tributed in no small measure 'to the defeat of the Spaniards by the Americans. Most people know that the Greek shipowner, Mr, Onassis, owns a large proportion of the. shares of Monte Carlo Casino. But it is not generally known that throughout the Casino's his- tory Greeks have been among the foremost gamblers at, the tables. The Greeks are great gamblers; in fact, • the French often refer to a gambler• as a' "Greek." There was one Greek million= aire who became very famous at the Casino. He arrived with a number of private detectives and twelve assistants who were to play under his orders, watch- ed by the detectives. The million- aire never placed a stake him= self, but ha had trained• his assist- ants to act at a given signal and then play according to a pre- arranged plan. Oxlie night the plan was that when the Greek signalled they were to put a certain amount on the red. When •black asserted itself, the millionaire doubled the stake and when red again failed heagain doubled until;. eventually red appeared and he recovered all, his losses together with a profit of nearly' £ 5,000., The' Greek went from strength', to strength and at one time three]` double coups in succession were successful. The millionaire doubled only when he had taken a loss and kept to the same stake when he won. The system is said tobe old,, but there is no doubt that he won several millions of francs from the Casino. Yet it is not Greeks but Brit- ons who have beenthe greatest gamblers at Monte Carlo Casino. They and the Russian grand dukes. The grand dukes lost most of their wealth during the Russian Revolution. But the. British heyday' .was earlier, dur- ' irig the Edwardian era. COMMAND PERFORMANCE -This four -foot -long scale model of the British royal yacht Britannia brought builder John Dennys an invitation to visit the royal palace. The boy worked on the model for five months. Materials cost $14. He sails it on d London lake. His mother sent a photo to the royal family and Prince. Philip invited John to bring it to the palace so he might examine it. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS DOWN 1. Article of 1. Headpiece food - 2. Literary tragmente 3. Omen 4. Scent i Eng. speiltngl 5. Pickens character 6 Assistant 8. Rune dwelling 8 Enzyme 12. Positive pole. 13. Make a mistake 14. Cotton -seeder 15. Ora 16 Wild anima) 13. Flower 20 Wigwam 21, Prophet 23. Legal action 25. Be undecided 26. Vase 27 Abannon 29 Regular .ctistomer 41. Fr. mathetna• ticlah 35. Builds 37. One (Scot.) 48. i'.ibbed tabries 41. Female deer 42. Mntrance 43. Sign of the zodiac 45. Shop 47. Satisfied.. 49. Money fae- tortes 62. hatch comment, 63. Monniain 84. Lind rat necktie Color .A.ttempt 'Haring a thin 9'hltrp tont, 7. Scotch position agar chemist 32, Rhythm 8. Jogging gait 83. Black cuckoo 9. casing 84. Allow 10. Alarm whistle 36. Expensive 11. Finished 38. American 17. Gourd irons] black snake 14. Pressed 38. Wear away, 21. Take the eve- 40. Languished ning meal • 42. Co un 22. Historical "` 44, Reltkious period denotninatlon , 24. Composition 46. Pae Tent- . for seven maker 27. In favor of "• 48.'Correlatite 23. Aurnmohlle of neither fuer 50. Bushy clump 80 Place in 61. 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Glenrlcaught this feathered' duty, which took him' to Copenhagen, Vie. get• photographic evidence proving ring with his milkeach morning, and `. s; ,He alsosnapped a prize-winning in• the Army Times Photo Contest, and wring the International Photographic When ft was realized; that the.. •commercial per varieties,• Bart lett` Clapp Favorite •and Kieffer, •were,• not stitliciently ,,hardy ' for , )astern Ontario, and Ca,teb'ee, the :i'T4rticulturd, Divieiok'Central lIlxperienental Farmt.`Ottarvia, On, tarso; initiated', In.,:breeding, and testing ••progranii This .wOxk2 hal resulted' in the develbpn ent of varieties, • suitable for home gar-.. dens in these areas. In; 1110 th4' hardy • but poor tluajitfl pears; Zuckerbirn andura jr!wre ' Crossed with the ti al- r d s e� u p, its 41,. sty Clapp Favorite 'andemish Beauty. These crosses.' produced many . seedlings' which'., , were grown to study tree' and fruit characters. The most -promising seedlings were propagated for further testing. $y. 19,30 •these tests indicated that ,, five ofthe seedlings appeared to'have suf. ficient value to justify their in- troduction as named varieties. Since then these five • varieties have been tested in .many areas of Eastern Canada, and 'four of them, Enie, Menie, 'Mikey and Phileson, have continued to perform fairly satisfactorily. However, Phileson has not proved so hardy a tree as the other three, and for this reason Phileson' is recommended .only for those areas with a fairly mo- derate climate. i ''', Enie is the earliest . Maturing and is usually harvested at Ot- tawa about the middle of Au- gust. Miney matures a'; ew days later and is followed clisely by Menie. Phileson is a later vari- ety and matures appro;,.'tidinately ten days after Menie. ' * * Miney has the best' , dessert quality followed by Menie, Phil- eson and Enie. Although they are inferior to Bartlett their kuality is acceptable. * * 1 Home gardeners should rea- lize that pears are normally har- vested before they are edible. k"or best results pick the fruit when the intense green color starts to disappear and, the skin appears mottled. Ripen-, thein at 65 'degrees F. and in.. a ,moist atmosphere,,or, if they are to be kept for a week or ,Hiro, store them at 31 to 32 degrees F. and then ripen. Avoid intermediate temperatures such as 40 to 50 degrees F. while the fruit is turning yellow. . Remember that two varieties should be planted to provide :for , cross-pollination , and to' :'ensure a. good ,drop. * * ,, White grub outbreaks occured.` widely in 1951 and 1954 in most: of agricultural Ontario and the Upper Ottawa Valley in Quebec and exceptionally large numbers of white grubs will be a serious problem in 1957, following the .lune beetle record night ' of 1956, in this area. Large populations of second year white grubs are now in the subsoil, awaiting the sterival of early, summer to feed voraciously on the roots of for- estry plants, sod, grain crops, root crops, and flowering, or ornamental plants. It is almost certain that unusually heavy damage will occur to those crop: unless effective control meas- itaks are taken before damage becomes apparent. Entomologist G. H. Hammond, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, says that where chemical control precautions were not ap- plied in 1956, the controlo$ grubs will probably be essential this year. Both chemical and cul- tural control can be applied in the. early slimmer of this year before planting any types of ,hoed crop. When damage be- comes general in midsummer it 'sill be too late to apply practi- cal' control methods until I4ay 1959. * * Fer cultural control, double - disk twice, then plow not over 4 inches deep; two further disk- ings at right angles will give good control at a time when the grubs are in the sub -surface feeding zone. For chemical con- trol use chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds DDT, BHC, aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane or heltach- lor applied to the surface at recommended rates per acre and work into the soil several inches deep. For permanent sod, apply on the surface in early spring and water in if necessary. Rates per acre (actual) will be DDT, 25 pounds; aldrin, 5-6 pounds; heptachlor, 4-5 pounds; chlor- dane, 5-10 pounds; BHC, 3-4 pounds. * * * Choice of cultural or insecti- cide control will depend on many factors. With valuable crops, or in new sod land, it may be desirable to use both. Costs will be in favor of cultural con- trol. It may be necessary to use cultural control where soil insec- ticides cannot conveniently be obtained or where no suitable applicators are available for large-scale . application. Dark Ages Again On Monday morning just a week ago 125 employees .of the accounting department at head- quarters of the Missouri -Kansas - Texas Railroad in St. Louis ar- rived as usual to begin the day.. They found the oftice dark, locked, and an armed railway guard outside the door. Posted was a printed notice which said in effect: This ofiied has been moved to ,Denison, Texas (some 600 miles away). Those w3,o wish to eon- tinue their employment must report to the office at Denison by 8:30 Wednesday morning. The railroad will furnish trans- portation of persons and house- hold goods. Forty-eight hours in which to pull up roots and begin new lives three states away! Some of the employees had worked in the old '>flice between 30 and 40 years.. Many had left personal belongings -spectacles, money,, uncashed checks - in desks which had been sped on their way over the weekend. None of them, had had warning. The company hadrecently denied rumors that any move was con- templated, The M -K -T had elected a young president recently who is faced with the neeessity of mak- ing economies. This, apparently, is one of the ways that econo- mizing is being done. ' An act such as this has one merit: It exhumes a bit of the past against which 'to measure the progress of industry's prac- tices since the 14 -hour day of a .century ago. Management ap- pears as indignant as do unions. The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis immedi- ately expelled the M -K -T rail- road from membership andre- turned in full its current dues. The occurrence may , hate still another merit.: It may help some people to understand why so many workers,: even in the face of fair wages and hours, wish to cling to some form of protective organization of their own. -From The Christian Sci- ence Monitor. • Each driver and each pedes- trian can prevent one accident. - the one that involves him. Opsidedowits to Prevent Peekq 4c ?3 0E1 SEIU A H!1 s b° 1 t+8 0Orl 3 A'3 S 1 [MIZI. J-143 tV O Q Dati©S S El 1 o Y 3LXI ainajj Eld 3 •: 1dpSVd NOjO.LEd aNarj la3aag3s 3 3103 1 dU'1 n a aabdOE -i:.1nelad •N i 9 :t J 3 n s i aSv :J 14 kO aij Egi UNDAY SCiIOOi LESSON By Bev. R. Barclay Warren B,A„ }3.D, He Lives -. Therefore Make Disciples Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20 Memory Selection: All pourer is given unto me in heaven and in earth, Go,, ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing theme in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hely Ghosts teaching thein to observe all things whatsoever 1 have commanded you: and, lo, 1 ads „with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:- 18-20, He is a university graduate. He started attending church. He was surprisjd at the talk of a life after death, "Why," he said, "1 thought that'death is the end just as it is for a dog or cat." How can I prove to this young man that there is a life after death? 1 might argue that' aa - tions . and tribes all around the world, even those who haven't heard the Chrstian message, have 'some idea of a future life. Surely God would not implant in man a longing for immor- tality just to mock him. One of this man's new friends has loaned him a Bible. If ha reads it prayerfully the •light will come to his mind and heart. But the great assurance of a life beyond the grave will come to him when he turns from hie sin and believes in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. Then he will realize that Jesus Christ is a living person. But how can he be living when he died on a cross over 1900.years ago? The answer is, of course, that he conquered death and on the third day rose .from the grave to live forevermore. Those who enter into this saving relation- ship with Jesus Christ never question the. reality of a future life. They heartily sing: "He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives to -day!' He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way. mat lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He 1iv _ ? ld® lives within my heart. Those who have received Christ have a responsibility to take the message of a living Saviour to all the people of the world. Their attitude is lika that of Peter and John when forbidden to teach in the name of Jesus. They, said, "We can- not but speak the things which we have seen and heard." We, too, must tell it. This is our great commission. REIGNING CAT AND DOGS -in Augsburg, Germany, the lion lies down with the Boxer -and a whole family of Boxers, at that. The big cat, "Negus", was a gift to the Willy Hagenbeck Circus from. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Ever since it arrived it has been a close friend of "Daisy", the Boxer. When the dog's pups arrived the lien assumed a friendly "big brother" role, FUNNEL, OF DEATH -The deadly funnel of a Tornado is shown at it advanced on ,,Pallas, Tex> The twister killed 10 persons, injured more than 700 others and crushed at "t~f, '40ecl 800 hones.