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Zurich Herald, 1954-06-03, Page 2TNEFABM FKONT Charges linking DDT with the incidence of human and animal disease like infantile paralysis, heart disease, cancer and x-dis- ease of cattle have been dis- eounated by Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon -general of the United States Public Health Service. The charges were made by Dr. Morton S. Biskind in a U.S. medical journal. .R "In spite of continuous labo- ratory reasearch on DDT in ani- mals and clinical study cases of alleged • 'poisoning' with ,DDT, our toxicologists have been, thus tar, unable to substantiate Dr. Diskind's allegations," Dr. Scheele said. "Some of the 'diseases claimed by him to have increased since the advent of DDT have, in fact; shown no increase. Others are slow reported more frequently because of the changing distri- bution of age groups in . our population and because of pro- cedural changes in morbidity reporting. Certain diseases of man and animals included in Dr. Briskind's list were well known long before DDT was in- troduced to this country and occur in places where DDT has never been used." * * * Farmers, home owners, park superintendents and resort own- ers in eastern Canada are urged to prepare against another in- vasion of tent caterpillars this month. R * According to J. G. Hastings of the agricultural chemicals de- partment of Canadian Industries Limited, the invasion will last from the beginning of May until, the end of June. If not control- led, great areas of forest land and many ornamental and fruit trees in parks and home gardens may be stripped clean of their foliage. Evergreens will not be affected. As weapons, he Suggests the use of hand or power sprayers Something's Fishy - This Hum- boldt penguin just doesn't under- stand the "weighs" of man. Re - gently captured on an island off Me coast of Peru, he being checked in by keeper Larry Shar- man of Brookfield Zoo. "Hum- ble" will be weighed frequently as a check on his health. and 50 per cent DDT wettable powder applied at the rate of two pounds in every 100 gal- lons of water for large areas, or four level tablespoonsful in one gallon of water for a few trees. These rates should be doubled when spraying trunks to control migrating caterpillars. R * M Mr. Hastings says there are two species of caterpillar preva- lent in Ontario and Quebec --- the eastern and the forest tent caterpillars. The eastern species constructs a web or tent in the forks of tree branches which serves as a base of operations. The forest species is more diffi- cult to spot as it has no tent but migrates from one tree or shrub to another in search of food. * * * For summer resorts, wood lots and large forest areas, air- plane spraying is recommended, using a 121/a per cent DDT oil concentrate. Following the example set -by Carleton County in Ontario, farmers in Waterloo County are about to launch their Farmstead Improvement Project in pre- paration for the world plowing matches to be held next fall near Elmira, Ont. * To date some 200 Waterloo County farmers have registered in the contest to "paint up, clean up and plant up." More are ex- pected to enter by the deadline date, June 1. * * * In 1952 some 400 farmers in Carleton County took part in the contest held near Carp., Paint brushes became magic wands which converted once - drab homes and barns into eye - appealing buildings. Shrubs and flowers were planted and lawns trimmed to green -carpet neat- ness. * * * A new anti- bacteria com- pound, if fed : to cows, will re- sult in milk which takes two to four times as long to turn sour as milk from cows fed . ordinary rations. Known as "menadione," the compound produces milk with a lower bacterial count that would remain sweet longer, especially during the period before pas- teurization, without adulteration or changes. One pound of mena- dione is enough for 50 cows for one year, according to experi- ments. KAYAKS AND UMIAKS MALE AND FEMALE These are boats used by the Eskimos of the Far North. Both types of boat are made of walrus skins stretched over a frame- work of whale -bone or drift- wood. The kayak is a small one- man canoe, almost entirely covered with walrus skin, so that the opening is only large enough for the body of the paddler, who sits with his legs stretched out along the botom of the canoe. Kayaks are very light and swift, and the Eskimos handle them with great skill. They are use- ful for hunting seals and wal- ruses, but can not carry heavy burdens. The umiak (woman's boat) is the burden bearer, It is a rather, clumsy, open -topped canoe, brod in the beam and capable of carrying the women, children and household goods when the Eskimos travel by water. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS ` 1.Wrong 60d card game 9. American author 2. Open court 8. Four quarters 4. Not strict 6. Muse of lyric poetry le Grooved . Gives for a time 0. Come in 1, Capuchin monkey 8. Not at home 6. Encamp 8. humiliate 89. Hybrid animal .81. r Tarty 188.1 .; 7. Edible seed 9. Roman official. 00. Trial 8, Honey 6, Bounder 146. Flattened circles 8. Unit of weight 1. Skunk O. Old world 18. Piece out SI. Aeon inat, harem 89, blucharlitio plate 41 !.bibbed Cloth 40. Sailor 81, InrDOWNh 11. Copy 2. Disfigure 8. Southern 4. European ocation 5. Before long 8. 'wild animal 7. Insect 8. Nothing but 9, Coat with metal 10. Made of a certain grain 11. l'ut forth 17. Mean 19.ccomplish 81. Weaken 22. --- Lincoln 4. Vat 1. Crafty 8. Before 80. Town in New Guinea 82. Sweet potato 84. Wink 85. Old musical note 88. Blushing 88. Sweet drink 40, Sot 41. Call forth 42. Farinaceous meal 44. Musical note 47. Gael 49. Engrossed 60.100111e seaweed 52. Mountain 1n Alaska 55. Together with 54. Working hands isiiimemeN �'rtiintirrctirirrrr..�rsv�i Answer elsewhere en this page. NMY SCIIOOL ESSON Vele Sound arsd Fury At 'A Bomb' Games There's more noise than destrucd tion as an "A-bomb" blast goes off during the "Exercise Flash-,. burn" atomic war game. AI circular cloud resembling sky- writing, above, forms above the spectators on the reviewing ,•'':' stand. The; ominous -looking . ?' cloud, at right, was formed by • the aerial explosion of a simul- ated atomic bomb dropped from an altitude of 3500 feet, by an Air Force plane. The oper- ation was held to teach the mil- itary what methods to use in the event of a future war involving the use of nuclear weapons;. "' PLAIN HORSE SENSE.. By F. (BOB) If there ever was a good clean; fight, it was last week at the joint meeting of the Ontario Farmers Union and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture; in Shelburne. By 8.30 p.m. every seat in the auditorium of the townhall was taken, the rear -aisle was full, the staircase crowded; people were waiting in the street and more were coming. It was decided to move the meeting to the Arena and even that was almost too small to hold the crowd. When finally the session started an hour late, close to 600 people filled the hall to capacity. Union vs. Federation The Union had sent its Presi- dent, Albert Cormack of Ar- thur, Ontario, to represent it. Lloyd Jasper, President of Bruce County Federation and First Vice-president of the Ontario Federation, had come to speak for his organization. Mr. Jasper, whose was the first move, took most of his 45 minutes to describe the activi- ties of the Federation in Bruce County. He said that he was prouder to be President of Bruce than of being Vice-president of the provincial Federation; and rightly so, as Bruce along with Grey is well known to have the best Federation setup in the Province of Ontario. Grassroots Movement Mr. Cormack who spoke con- siderably shorter, said that the Union was built from the bot- tom up instead of from the top down and maintained that far- mers were split up into too many sinall organizations like the commodity groups. The Union's aim was to deal with commodities through committees which would all be backed by the full membership of the Union. He dealt at length with provincial and federal problems and expressed the hope to see a National Farmers Union. Hot Discussion As soon as the speakers had swept the sweat from their brows and sat down, questions began to fly, mostly directed to Mr. Jasper who surprisingly often did not have the answer. The main subject was market- ing, particularly producer con- trolled marketing. The new Milk Industry Act was sattacked for taking away from the producers the last vestige of control over the mar- keting of their products and concentrating all powers in the hands of the ggovernrnent. Hog marketing w a s closely scrutinized and the Federation Was called on the carpet for backing the Meat Council which was ,said to be •nothing but an ad. VVISt PILIS g scheme paid for by ewers alone, instead of .A'nal Beef Marketing'' Plan: e`latter is close to the heart of 'the farmers in Grey and Bruce regardless of whether they are members of the Fed- eration or the Union., Their two counties are the heaviest beef producers of Ontario. Cheerful Meeting It : was a cheerful meeting without malice and nastiness. There was a lot of give and take and all was taken in good spirit. Much credit for this is due to the: Reverend Mr. McClary from Grand Valley who was in the chairand who with much pa- tience and humour, kept the dis- cussion moving along smoothly. It was quite late by the time the meeting adjourned and the last post mortem was over. This winds up the campaign and.. from now . on Federation and Union farmers will work to- gether as, good neighbours until after harvest when the battle can be resumed. * o •R This column welcomes criti- cism, 'constructive or destructive, and suggestions, wise or other- wise. It' will endeavour 'to deal with all questions. Address let- ters to Bob Von Pills, Whitby, Ont. Odd Jobs - Very There's Adele Webster, who is in charge of a smell library in London -and John Mellroy, who calls himself a moustache eraser. John reckons he's wiped out about 36,000 pencilled whiskers from advertising posters in Am- erican 'underground stations. And how about Herbert Ross, of New York. It's his job to tour the bakeries measuring the holes in doughnuts. Another gentleman in New York spends his whole lifeblow- ing bubbles. Not soap bubbles. He is a tester for a bubble gum firm. Charlie Yates is a bottle snif- fer -which ineans that he must sniff at every empty bottle re- turned to the brewery to make sure paraffin oil or something equally unsuitable hasn't been put into them. A good day's work for him is 4,000 sniffs. A baldheaded man, Henry C. for sitting each day in a com- fortable armchair outside a hair- dresers, ;Behind him hangs a posterwhich says: "Don't be Iike this man - wear one of our. wigs." Harry Brown is employed at a 'Government research station. as .a basher of radio sets! Por eight home a day, five days a week, he operates a specially designed machine that bashes radio sets more than 200 times a minute to test their toughness. Perhaps theoddest jobs in the world are those found in Hol- lywood, where men and women may be employed at anything from planting dandelions to tightening a film star's tights. To save wear and tear on the vocal cords of stars, Hollywood pays Ezelle Poule $150 a day to scream for them in_ films. One filen technical adviser de- cided he had found his ideal job in life when he was made res- ponsible for checking the length of the harem veils and the flim- sy costumes worn by the lovelies .in a film. Small tykes just learning to feed themselves are often hard on china. Parents can avoid re- placing broken dishes frequent- ly if they select those made from a new flexible plastic call- ed polythene. Ploythene dishes shaped like shallow bowls and measuring six inches in dia- meter are now available for tots too busy manoeuvering a spoon to be bothered with table man- ners. These dishes are odorless, tasteless, non-toxic and come in attractive nursery colors. THE REAL THING It's the first practical cookery book I've seen. Every recipe starts with `Borrow a cup of sugar' or `Borrow three eggs' ". By Rev. R. Barclay Warren, B.A„ R.D. Rev. R. •Barclay Warren,pR..A. B.D. 3 Kings 6; .8-17 lVlelnory Selection: If God p® for us, who can be against 'us Romans 8:31. Elisha .left the plow to become Elijah's attendant and later his successor in the prophetic office. By his hand many miracles were performed. He repeatedly warn- ed the king of Israel as to Ilia location of the king of Syria and his army. This he did without the aid of an intelligence ser- vice. The king of Syria first thought there was a traitor in his `camp. When informed that Elisha was responsible for keep- ing"the king of Israel advised he determined to capture the pro- phet. His army surrounded the cityof Dothan by night. In the morning Elisha's servant beheld the army and was in great fear. He exclaimed to Elisha, "Alas, my master! how shall we do?" Elisha replied, "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes . of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around about Elisha. Then Elisha ask- ed the Lord to smite the people with blindness. He led the army away from Dothan to Samaria. Then the Lord restored their sight. The king of Israel fed the army and the men went home. We have the same God today. We need :not fear when we are on God's side. Red Harper, who had a radio program and was a noted enter- tainer became a Christian through the ministry of Billy Graham. There was a great change in his life. Now he is singing the gospel and giving his testimony. He wrote a song, "It Is No Secret", which has been widely sung. The chorus is: "It Is no secret What God can do. What He's done for others He'll do for you. With arms wide open He'll pardon .you.. It is no secret What God ' can do." Let us discover - our spiritual resources, NOT A HOPE The floorwalker in an expen- sive London shop approached a customer and said: "Good morn- ing, sir, and what is your desire?" The customer looked at him sadly and said: "My desire, if you really want to know, is to kiss Marilyn Monroe, but 'I've come in here because I need a pair of socks." (Upside down to prevent peeking) A Handful Of Death - Children and adults alike have been maimed or killed by playing with blasting caps similar to those illustrated above. There are two types •-- both. dangerous in the hands of the inexperienced. The electric blasting cap has a coil of wire attached to it. The other type is detonated by fire from a fuse. Made of aluminum or copper, blasting caps vary in length from one to five inches and are approximately one quarter of an inch in diameter. They may be m'ista'ken for empty .22 cartridges, firecrackers or pencil holders. If found, they should not be touched. police or other authorities should be nazi- fled immediately: N 3 ©i.: DI ® 31 ad ;. a �d� .7.3 QWvob'.;110173lOd a ,1aa 0. 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