Zurich Herald, 1950-04-27, Page 3Flying Saucers .
Doggie Blood Donor—"Queenie," a sac! -eyed rnong-rel, is the
heroine of an animal hospital. Shown with attendant Hubert L.
Marler, "Queenie" has given her, blood to more than 200 other
animals needing it. The tiny black puppy at the right has just
received sonne of her :ranine corpuscles,
Modern Etiquette Other Payers
By Roberta Lee Pull Boner's Too
Q. I've heard that correct form L t J B U f d
now dictates that one should light
one's own cigarette from z match
first, before lighting his compan-
ions, because of the initial taste of
sulphur -vhen a match .is struck.
Is this correct?
A. No; it is sill the proper
thing to light your companion's
cigarette first. If you wish to a-
void the sulphur taste, wait just a
moment after striking the match
before offering it to your friend..
Q. \Vho decides on the color
scheme and style of dresses worn
by the maid -of -honor and brides-
maids at a wedding?
A. The bride.
Q. Is it proper for a -woman to
send flowers to a man 3vho is ill
in a hospital?
A. Yes, this is always a nice
gesture.
Q. How long before the wed-
ding is it permissible to send a
wedding gift?
A. it desired, one may send it
as early as two months in advance
of the wedding, although usually
one sends it as'soon as the invita-
tion is received.
Q. If a man and a woman' are
in a cro'w-ded elevator, is it per
misbible for the man to ^tep out
first if the woman is in the back
of the car?
A. Yes, provided he is closer
to the door.
Q. Isn't it a breach of etiquette
to spear bread from its plate with
the fort:.,
A. Yes, this is one of worst.
Q. Is it all right to use a hand-
kerchief -virile at the table?
A. Yes, if absolutely necessary.
But above all, be sure that it is
clean and fresh -looking. Never
be guilty of polling out a soiled
handkerchief at the table.
Q. _Is it all rig']it to take several
kinds of foods upon the fork at one
time?
A. This is not good form. Do
not attempt to take upon the fork
more than one kind of food at a
time, -
Q. Can you suggest a good
phrase I, can use when extending
my good wishes to a new bride at
her wedding reception?
A . . One good form is; "I hope
you are very happy, and Pin sure
you will. be."
Q. -Isn't it all right to expect-
orate while walking along the
street,
A. This is an indecent habit
at any time, but to do so in the
company of another person is un-
pardonable, and is an insult to that
person. If absolutely necessary,
use a handkerchief as unobtrusive-
ly as possible, and don't be guilty
o; the vile habit of examining the j
contents of the handkerchief. Dis•
pose of it as quickly as possible..,
A FURNITURE COMPANY
in Hanover, announced it was in-
troduging a special chair for tele -
,vision viewing. Modeled after all
old English cockfight chair, it is
straddled by the sitter, and has an
elbow support and a place to set
a drink.
Ruling by chief magistrate of
.T%Icwark, Neww Jersey: A flirt may
e oy a neon ane
"Dr. Charles DeVol was a guest
of the wen's missionary movement
Monday evening in the church.
Twenty -tight members and five
guests attended."
From Solent (Ohio) News:
After All, It's No Laughing Mattes
"Governor Warren slipped a cont- -
bination engagement --wedding ring
on Barbara's finger. 'Then, without
lifting her veil, he killed her, Site
was smiling but the governor's ex-
pression was serious."
From Wilmington (Del.)
Every Evening
Maybe They Mean Fuselage
"Miss Dee David also was
-wounded in the fusilade."
From N.Y. Herald -Tribune.
That's Real Foresioht
"The ABC Club is operating a
stand 'east of the city limits for
the sale of firecrackers and night -
works. The proceeds from the sale
of the fireworks will be used to help
furnish McKeeney's ne-v hospital."
,Frons Western Kansas World,
Gert Shoots .day
F: W. Moffet, Jr., a farmer,
has invented a gun with which
he has been shooting hundreds of
bales of hay into a loft every year.
Moftet's gun has a pneumatic
cylinder into which a bale of hay
is dropped, piston and rod, and a
pusher plate to heave the bale. An
air tank holds a measured amount
of compressed air -which serves as
the propellant. The compressor is
charged by a five -horse -power en-
gine. At a pressure of 200 pounds,
the gun heaves a fifty -eight -pound
bale a height of twenty-one feet
and a horizontal distance of forty-
eight feet. The gun can be pointed
to take proper ai.nt. -It shoots ac-
curately enough to send bales
through open doors at the rate of
a little less than three a minute.
BURGLARS who broke into a
hom'6 in Elizabeth, -where the folks
were"away, spent so much time
watching the television programs
that .they had to leave before they
coirlrl, steal anything.
Highlight your party punch by
floating lennon slices into which you
have stuck — and lighted — birth-
day candles.
Merry Menagerie -By NXhlt Disney
Real, Or Imaginary
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The ntrytiLery of, the "flying
Weather Balloons. Military an.
y=
saucers" was accorded renewed
thorities believe a good ntany
will boil over this spring.
attention recently, this time even
"saucer" cases are attributable to
of time,
by President Truman himself. '1'lie
weather observation balloons and
Stalfna-Tito private cold -war pre-
President said he was just as
radar target balloons, The Unifted
Minister, Dimitri Chuvakhin, ivho
:puzzled as the next fellow by the
States Weather Bureau and the
ernmeut ratay be only a few weeks
'latest flurry of reports about weird
armed forces have occasion to use
Pavlov, who commands a well -
and wonderful sights in the sky.
various types of these balloons to
-will be applied is the big question
A police chief tit Illinois swore
gather information on atmospheric
Greek Communist guerrillas.
he saw a "strange disk-lik;: object,
conditions. The radar balloons
by one or two of Moscow's satel.•
reddish in the center, with blue
dangle a six -cornered target of
Meanwhile, Tito, who is an ex -
lights on the outer edges." Resi-
altuninunt foil which frequently
'
dents of an Ohio city reported "two
bright lights in the sky",
catches the sun's rays and could
11 for flying disk,
Cominforin in Western ;Europe, A
each
;trailing a streak of orange.. flame,
mistaken a
Planets or Meteors. Among scien-
that border clashes between Yugo-
Other'"saucer" stories popped up
tists there is a strong suspicion
-worked in close contact r, itln tlaz
in such widely scattered points as
that some of the perplexing sights
scope, have increased markedly in
Turkey, Argentina, G e r in a n y,
that have been reported may be
seek to split the Italian Commun-
'China, and Chile, writes Joseph
traced to meteors flashing across
Even more significance is attri-
Nolan in the New York Times,
the sky, or to the planet Venus,
success is perhaps best proven
The reports were reminiscent of
which is the nearest major planet
and policies to Moscow's charge
the ones that made the rounds
to the earth. When one of the
self recently criticized severely by
back in tate summer of 1947. in
mysterious disks was spotted in
inal plot" designed to set up a new
June of that year, a business man
Hentucky, an astronomer was
its functionaries for Titoism. Tog-
named Kenneth Arnold, piloting
summoned and he identified it posi-
"The creation of the Athense
his private plane in Washington
tively as the planet, which at that
against Titoist agents."
State, spied nine shimmering disks
time happened to be particularly
28, "means nothing less than the
crgising along in the vicinity of
close to the earth.
litburo is sharply divided between
Mount Rainier. He told his story
Seeing Things
transforming Yugoslavia into a
to the newspapers and pretty
Optical Illusions. The experts
wiser heads prevail, the extrem-
Noon people all over the country
point out that the sun, the stars
for the Yugoslav people."
were seeing ,"saucers,".. Some of
and the senses are in the habit of
scheduled to arrive in Naples
ithem looked like "shitty chromium
playing tricks oil us. Prof. C. C.
longer, it is asked here, will Mos-
hub caps off a car." Others re-
Wylie, University of Iowa astron-
sembled "an ice-cream cone topped
onzer, gives this example: "In driv-
At the same time, there are
strong indications that Albania,
with, red." Still others suggested
ing west in the morning hours, if
a teardrop, a doughnut, or a ball
an airplane crosses the road some
ine base at the mouth of the
of fire.
distance ahead, the sunlight re -
are announced by'the United Fruit
The United States Air Force in-
fleeted from its -windows may
coming attack against Yugoslavia,
augurated ":Project Saucer" to in-
obliterate the outline of the plane,
popular 17 -day cruise sailing every
vestigate and evaluate the reports.
giving the appearance of a round
the Cominform held recently on
Experts spent two years sifting
or oval and brilliant spot of light
day shore program in the high -
¢]most 400 cases. Their conclusion,
moving in the sky." Sonne illu-
lated by about a million rugged
made public last December, was
sions become eves} more vivid
enough to have another week at
that all of thesis could be accounted
when a person is in an airplane,
trouble spots in the Balkans. Its
for in one of three ways: (1) mis-
Interplanetary Visitors. The
New York which inc,1•iades a com-,
interpretation of various conven-
"saucers" carry scouts from an-
to Italy—is of incalculable strate-
tional objects like balloons, meteors,
other planet, intent on learning the
mala. The fare starts at $465 and
or birds in flight; (2) a mild form
ways of the earth. This theory
Cominform, Albania, once closely
of mass hysteria; (3) pure hoaxes.
was advanced recently by True
comprehensive program of sight -
More •Theories Than "Saucers"
Magazine. It has a counterpart in
Albanians political leaders recently
But if the Air Force figured
stories making the rounds on the
all meals during the visit ashore,
that its official report would put
'Nest Coast to the effect that one
According to these refugees,
an end to speculation, it was under-
of the disks crashed and that a
rates. For example, passengers Mair
estimating the public curiousity
body was throwvn free of the
Premier ],,liver Hoxha has been
and imagfnatioii. If anything, the
-wreckage, the body of a monkey -
Guatemala for Company vessels its
theories have multiplied. Some rep-
like creature about three feet tall.
Although a loyal Stalinist and the
resent an elaboration or variation
The .Air Force insists that its in -
ve•sely, passengers may also em -
of the findings, while others have
vestigations "lend no support to
in western countries and has anany
a distinct Buck Rogerish flavor,
the view that the 'saucers' may
line to vessels in the New York
Here are some of the ones that
come from another planet."
lie secretly asked Great `Britain and
have been put forth to explain the
Despite the frequency with which
celestial crockery:
the flfly;ng disks have turned up,
Secret Weapon. The magazine
most people have trouble discussing
World Report says that the disks
them with a straight face, Soviet
2
�
are aircraft of a revolutionary de-
Deputy Foreign ilfinister :Andrei A.
sign—a combination helicopter and
Gromyko, in a rare 'moment of
fast jet plane. It says well-docu-
whimsy, suggested that perhaps
ns need accounts show these planes
they -were caused by a Russian
to be 105 feet in diameter and
discus thrower who didn't know his
circular in shape, with what ap-
own strength,
pear to be jet nozzles all ,around
_
the outer trim. Indications are, ac-
scording•
cordingto tate magazine, that the
'Warble—ter •War
"saucers" are being developed by
qo®�
rf
the Navy. This story brought em-
phatic denials from the President
and from Defense Secretary Louis
Howard Young, former student
Johnson. Mr. Truman said that if
of zoology, comes' forth with the
a.
there was any such project in the
sad news that the robin's melodic
II
works, he had not heard about it.
spring warble is a :war whoop, Avfale
Igor Sikorsky, noted aeronautical
robins tend to return to the same .
engineer and a pioneer in helicop-
area year after year, and they
h
ter design, commented: "I doubt
come prepared to battle for their
very much that at the present
summer home.. "Tire birds strike
t
stage of our knowledge c•e could
nsafnly with the beak," says Young,
3;
combine a helicopter as d a jet
but one closely observed male "was
plane in this fashion."
clearly seen to rake with its claws."
Could They Be Russian?
Though the fights are usually silent,
Soviet Missiles. Reports of "fly-
ing saucers" in Alaska and in
both a declaration of territorial
Scandinavia gave rise to specula-
aggrandizement and a call for a
i.
tion that the Russians ..might be
mate., Females, too, are adept at
jr
experimenting with some strange
driving strangers from the terri-
1-'
new rockets. Proponents of this
tory selected for the nesting site.
theory recalled that the Nazis
Young says that the females do 'a
were far ahead of us in the de-
little better than the males --vin
velopment of guided missiles, and'
niorc fights.
that some of their top scientists
are now working for Russia, Air
Ad. from Streetsville newspaper -
Force investigators looked into
For sale: new dog -house, $10.
this prospect, but reported they
Suitable for large dog or small
could find no substantiation,
liti.6and,
�«
it
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Doggie Blood Donor—"Queenie," a sac! -eyed rnong-rel, is the
heroine of an animal hospital. Shown with attendant Hubert L.
Marler, "Queenie" has given her, blood to more than 200 other
animals needing it. The tiny black puppy at the right has just
received sonne of her :ranine corpuscles,
Modern Etiquette Other Payers
By Roberta Lee Pull Boner's Too
Q. I've heard that correct form L t J B U f d
now dictates that one should light
one's own cigarette from z match
first, before lighting his compan-
ions, because of the initial taste of
sulphur -vhen a match .is struck.
Is this correct?
A. No; it is sill the proper
thing to light your companion's
cigarette first. If you wish to a-
void the sulphur taste, wait just a
moment after striking the match
before offering it to your friend..
Q. \Vho decides on the color
scheme and style of dresses worn
by the maid -of -honor and brides-
maids at a wedding?
A. The bride.
Q. Is it proper for a -woman to
send flowers to a man 3vho is ill
in a hospital?
A. Yes, this is always a nice
gesture.
Q. How long before the wed-
ding is it permissible to send a
wedding gift?
A. it desired, one may send it
as early as two months in advance
of the wedding, although usually
one sends it as'soon as the invita-
tion is received.
Q. If a man and a woman' are
in a cro'w-ded elevator, is it per
misbible for the man to ^tep out
first if the woman is in the back
of the car?
A. Yes, provided he is closer
to the door.
Q. Isn't it a breach of etiquette
to spear bread from its plate with
the fort:.,
A. Yes, this is one of worst.
Q. Is it all right to use a hand-
kerchief -virile at the table?
A. Yes, if absolutely necessary.
But above all, be sure that it is
clean and fresh -looking. Never
be guilty of polling out a soiled
handkerchief at the table.
Q. _Is it all rig']it to take several
kinds of foods upon the fork at one
time?
A. This is not good form. Do
not attempt to take upon the fork
more than one kind of food at a
time, -
Q. Can you suggest a good
phrase I, can use when extending
my good wishes to a new bride at
her wedding reception?
A . . One good form is; "I hope
you are very happy, and Pin sure
you will. be."
Q. -Isn't it all right to expect-
orate while walking along the
street,
A. This is an indecent habit
at any time, but to do so in the
company of another person is un-
pardonable, and is an insult to that
person. If absolutely necessary,
use a handkerchief as unobtrusive-
ly as possible, and don't be guilty
o; the vile habit of examining the j
contents of the handkerchief. Dis•
pose of it as quickly as possible..,
A FURNITURE COMPANY
in Hanover, announced it was in-
troduging a special chair for tele -
,vision viewing. Modeled after all
old English cockfight chair, it is
straddled by the sitter, and has an
elbow support and a place to set
a drink.
Ruling by chief magistrate of
.T%Icwark, Neww Jersey: A flirt may
e oy a neon ane
"Dr. Charles DeVol was a guest
of the wen's missionary movement
Monday evening in the church.
Twenty -tight members and five
guests attended."
From Solent (Ohio) News:
After All, It's No Laughing Mattes
"Governor Warren slipped a cont- -
bination engagement --wedding ring
on Barbara's finger. 'Then, without
lifting her veil, he killed her, Site
was smiling but the governor's ex-
pression was serious."
From Wilmington (Del.)
Every Evening
Maybe They Mean Fuselage
"Miss Dee David also was
-wounded in the fusilade."
From N.Y. Herald -Tribune.
That's Real Foresioht
"The ABC Club is operating a
stand 'east of the city limits for
the sale of firecrackers and night -
works. The proceeds from the sale
of the fireworks will be used to help
furnish McKeeney's ne-v hospital."
,Frons Western Kansas World,
Gert Shoots .day
F: W. Moffet, Jr., a farmer,
has invented a gun with which
he has been shooting hundreds of
bales of hay into a loft every year.
Moftet's gun has a pneumatic
cylinder into which a bale of hay
is dropped, piston and rod, and a
pusher plate to heave the bale. An
air tank holds a measured amount
of compressed air -which serves as
the propellant. The compressor is
charged by a five -horse -power en-
gine. At a pressure of 200 pounds,
the gun heaves a fifty -eight -pound
bale a height of twenty-one feet
and a horizontal distance of forty-
eight feet. The gun can be pointed
to take proper ai.nt. -It shoots ac-
curately enough to send bales
through open doors at the rate of
a little less than three a minute.
BURGLARS who broke into a
hom'6 in Elizabeth, -where the folks
were"away, spent so much time
watching the television programs
that .they had to leave before they
coirlrl, steal anything.
Highlight your party punch by
floating lennon slices into which you
have stuck — and lighted — birth-
day candles.
Merry Menagerie -By NXhlt Disney
uau a�iuu ;v°
With Thio
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the United States to grant him new
inering feud between loviet Russia
y=
and Yugoslavia, it is believed here,
Albanian refugees report, Premier
will boil over this spring.
Hoxha's purge is only a question
Italian political circles in close
of time,
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The undisputed rulers of Al-
Reds Ready To. Tura On Herat
In Cold War
With Thio
ROME, Italy.—The long -sura-
the United States to grant him new
inering feud between loviet Russia
diplomatic recognitioii, Thus, the
and Yugoslavia, it is believed here,
Albanian refugees report, Premier
will boil over this spring.
Hoxha's purge is only a question
Italian political circles in close
of time,
contact with developments in the
The undisputed rulers of Al-
Stalfna-Tito private cold -war pre-
bania, it is said, are the Soviet
dict that increased Soviet armed
Minister, Dimitri Chuvakhin, ivho
pressure against the Belgrade gov-
once served as a diplomat in Wash-
ernmeut ratay be only a few weeks
Angton, and a Major General N. J.
away.
Pavlov, who commands a well -
Where and how this pressure
trained force of 5000 Russian "tech-
-will be applied is the big question
nicians" and about 12,000 former
mark. Perhaps Stalin will call for
Greek Communist guerrillas.
armed attacks against Yugoslavia
s xr
by one or two of Moscow's satel.•
lites (probably Romania and/or
Meanwhile, Tito, who is an ex -
Albania). Or possibly he will work
pupil of Stalin, is trying despe.r-
through increased internal pressure
ately to weaken the ranks of the
and partisan !warfare.
Cominforin in Western ;Europe, A
But it is regarded, as significant
group of his agents, who before
that border clashes between Yugo-
his break with the Cominform
slavia and the satellite countries,
-worked in close contact r, itln tlaz
unprecedented in violence and
Italians, are now operaiing both
scope, have increased markedly in
its Milan and 'Rothe where their
the past few weeks,
seek to split the Italian Commun-
ist Party.
Even more significance is attri-
That they are achieving tome
buted by persons intimately fami-
success is perhaps best proven
liar with the Kremlin's methods
by the fact that the party of
and policies to Moscow's charge
Palntiro 'Togliatti, who vas him -
that a recent meeting of American
self recently criticized severely by
diplomats in Athens was a "trim-
the Cominform for 'weak leader-
inal plot" designed to set up a new
ship, has had to expel eight of
(. nest of aggression" in the Bal-
its functionaries for Titoism. Tog-
lcans.
liatti also -warned the Italian Com -
"The creation of the Athense
nuutssts "to intensify vigilance
Belgrade Axis," the Romanian
against Titoist agents."
newspaper Pravda said on Marcia
As in France and elsewhere in
28, "means nothing less than the
Western Europe, the Italian Po -
inclusion of Yugoslavia in the ag-
litburo is sharply divided between
gressive :North Atlantic Pact,
"extremists" and "moderates."
transforming Yugoslavia into a
Latest reports say that, unless
base of American imperialism
wiser heads prevail, the extrem-
with all the fateful consequences
ists are preparing an attempt to
for the Yugoslav people."
blow up U.S. Atlantic Pact arms
If Yugoslavia is now a "base of
scheduled to arrive in Naples
American imperialism," how much
sometime this month,
longer, it is asked here, will Mos-
cow tolerate its existence?
yn
k
Low Summer • Rate3
At the same time, there are
strong indications that Albania,
I To Southern, Ports
which is today little more .than a
Soviet armed fortress and submar-
ine base at the mouth of the
Material reductions in the fares
Adriatic, has been designated as
are announced by'the United Fruit
Moscow's spearhead in the forth-
Company for its Cruises and Tours
coming attack against Yugoslavia,
to Havana and Guatemala. The
This role, it is said, was assigned
popular 17 -day cruise sailing every
to Albania at a secret meeting of
Friday from New York will start
the Cominform held recently on
at $360. This fare includes a 3%sr
the Hungarian -Yugoslav border.
day shore program in the high -
A half -primitive country popu-
lands of Guatemala.
lated by about a million rugged
For those passengers fortunate
peasants and mountaineers, Al-
enough to have another week at
bania is one of the traditional
their disposal, the Great White
trouble spots in the Balkans. Its
Fleet offers a 24 -day tour from
geographic position—bordering on
New York which inc,1•iades a com-,
Yugoslavia and Greece and close
prehensive 11 -day program in the.
to Italy—is of incalculable strate-
magnificent highlands of Guate-
gic .value to the Russians.
mala. The fare starts at $465 and
Since Tito's break with the
includes inland transportations by
Cominform, Albania, once closely
rail and automobile as well as a
allied to Yugoslavia, has been
comprehensive program of sight -
completely sealed o'I from the rest
seeing and hotel accommodations in
Albanians political leaders recently
double rooms with private bath and
of the world. But a number of
all meals during the visit ashore,
managed to escape from Tirana.
Other cruises and tours are also
According to these refugees,
available at attractive summer
Moscow's tiniest "People's Detno-
rates. For example, passengers Mair
cracy" is a land of silent terror.
embark at New York and transfer
Premier ],,liver Hoxha has been
either at Havana or Puerto Barrios,
stripped of all power and is v ir-
Guatemala for Company vessels its
tually a prisoner of the Russians.
the New Orleans service, returning
Although a loyal Stalinist and the
to the port of New Orleans. Con -
first Cominform stalwart to attack
ve•sely, passengers may also em -
Tito, Premier Hoxha had studied
baric at New Orleans to enjoy a
in western countries and has anany
cruise, making transfer along the:
ties with the West.
line to vessels in the New York
It is reported that last spring
service with eventual return to that
lie secretly asked Great `Britain and
port.
Twincredible ! ! — Mania Guernsey cow, "Brownie," stares in,
-what appears to be sheer astonishment at heriiewwly-born twin
calves, "Cote" and "Trary." The double surprise was just as un.
expected to farm owvner William Kielman. These do not hainpen
whistle once at a woman without "I got the idea from a St. Ber- 'lo be the tivitis referred to in fliis ww�celc's "Chronicles of Ginger•
injuring her dignity or getting into hard friend of mine who just-f'aritt' sir it uoinid recti! that cOwwr n11li.�t be g'oitlg in for
trouble. arrived fyom Switzerlandl" gtlarttity production.
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Well -Dressed For War --iii ke,epiilg wvitb spring's emphasis on
clothing styles, two mcnwbers of the armed 'forces model what
Clic wvell-dressed airman or sailor will threat to an invasion, Step-
pimg otit of a low --pre stirc chamber, left, an Air !three private
woars a castial onsemble consistitig of three" jackets and two
pairs of (rants (all worn at the st-mie time), with a snappy
oxygen mast: setting, til"l: the liitrh-.ritittttic outfit. The fashloll.
C011sciuus sww•rniiuer, right, show's otl' a Svelte, sea -.green, olle-
Mcre r'tlbber sort iclitc5cmtirig tilt style trend for the Navy"s
nanirlerwrater derltolitioll traii7, -iMack i gibber hilts and gloves cols-
ztrtlitr Ili(- rwrvessorie.4, wridi a. transparent fare made adding the
f nal toach.
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