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The Huron Expositor, 1940-08-09, Page 61 • EXP1TQ:. {`e st1 'es' Grp.. ort �. ;'414. first learned that he C., jlli 11 Annul the sky, he has been . of a tte'etap landing. Beginning *bls' t jumpers rs from halloons ' 003,, planes, later ,the routine bail -gut ler a ergenCy', and finally the wary ¢lukonet'tvver designed to land fighters' linlydtid enemy lined -there has been Oat repeated: warning: "Avoid the emain for the aggres- e courage of the d States Forest Ser- 'tlr s+!" . It "sive d, iligetnee a staff dal the U vine to defeat his pbantom. They have proved that treetops are a boon to jumpers - feather -bed landings they now call them in the service. And with this knowledge 'comes an imtovation that will save the Nation millions. ° The money •• value that the waste that fire i+nfitcts•each year upon. Am- erican forests would build, a fleet. of battleships. Yet the ravages of flames do not stop there. There is the damage to the land --the result of burning top ' soil nutriment, There is the -destruction of that interlac- ing ' web of just-beneatb. the surface roots that serve as nature's skid chains against erosion. There is the destruction of replacing growth. And the wounds on trunks of trees' that are badly burned but manage to sur- vive provide a culture bed for blight and insect devastation. The defeat of fire in forests, as in cities, depends •-upon fast action. In urban centers the recognition of this fact has been responsible for the de- velopment o highly efficient motoriz- ed .equipment, in the forests, too, Americans have made long strides toward safety. State and federal „forces are co-epe:•- ating. The tar -flung camps of the CCC have proved most valuable, both in fighting fires and as an organized ' unit for fire prevention. The expand- ing network of Aanerican highways• is both an advantage and a hazard. Its plies 'could be flown to the fighting crews much, time could be saved; much labor, and e;,-pense. But land- ing a plane among forest trees was obviously impractical. Things bad to be dropped. • It was some three years ago that they began experiments.' They tried out various means of packing to cush- ion the impact, various kinds of 'chutes, and unique contrivances• to artificial .irebreak5: There axe obser- catch the air and retard the rate of vation towers at strategic'points fall. The ad opted methods Were sine - Where lookouts keep a. constant vigil ple and effective. A square burlap for those tell-tale threads of smoke sheet is rigged like a parachete, with four ropes. tied securely at the cor- ners and. their loose ends fastened to the parcel to be. dropped'. They are (B+y fail Seyeraat+ce der Bosto Monitor) -like signal fires that warn them of impending, danger. There are thousands of guiles of pr•avate tele- phone tines. There are thousands of trained part-time workers, who serve like the 'old-time volunteer fire bri- gades, that the foresters can call in- to service when emergencies arise. But beyoeidi all that, in the hidden and inaccessible depth of America's most valuable timber areas -the light- ning strikes. A dead tree smolders, falls, and the grass and leaves begin to burn. From his lookout tower on•. a hill or mountain top. the watcher sere the smoke and sounds the warn- ing. Men set out afoot -beyond dead ends of roads and trails, for lightning picks the oddest places! They plow thrcugh .thicket. They scramble up and down ravines. They transport equipment and .provisions on the backs of mules. They arrive exhaust- ed, --before their real work starts. Six. eight, ten . . 'twelve hours of hard travel, sometimes, • before the fighters reach the fire. Six, eight, ten . . . twelve drours-with a strong wind blowing, and a grass blaze that began by creeping slowly through dead foliage may be' lapping at the treetops. Only those who have seen the speed of its progress, the wither- ing intensity ref its heat, can know its portent. Fires, well under way, may burn for days -for weeks. Large crews of fighters must be sheltered, fed, sup- plied. In the Siskiyou forest, July and August, 1938, four fires were burning at one time in remote inter- ior sections. There were 50 camps of .fighters -more ..than . 4,500 men! Tons of supplies had to be deliver- ' eliver' So "smoke jumping"is the out- growth of man's. urgency. It began, quite simply, with a less ambitious aim. Foresters realized that if sup - Can ba 1oWered without injury, er,}en ad in; .glees containers, andeg sa It has been discovered that 'the meet effective padding for these ' . fragile articles dsT -sliced white bread. kt cushions the shock without. injury .to, the bread, which is eaten by the work- ers. So it became a standing joke among the forest crews that they could' order eggs• for breakfast, a pad of 'butter, and sliced bread, and that the package, floating leisurely clown above the flames would cook the egg toast the bread and melt' the butter on the toast ---then break the eggs or the buttered toast, in landing, and the service was complete. The, success and obvious advantag- es of this speedy service sowed the seed for bolder ventuI s. Parachute jumping • w°as in) novelty. But th,e jumper' dreaded' rough terrain and. the'hazard of a tree -top landing. With the valiant s,pi'rit of the pio- neer and a courage born of grim ne- cessity th.e forest service personnel tackled the problem of landing in a forest To their astonishment they found that the crowns of trees pro- vide a downy cushion for a landing that is much superior to the cold, hard ground. It took courage to make that test. And the practice brought refinement inthe designs, of 'chutes to be used for this special service, the uniform to be worn by the jfinnper, and par- ticularly in the method of rigging the harness. But months. of experimen- tal jumps made over a wide variety of timbered areas, have resulted in success and without one injury to the jumper through that hazard of tree- top landing. The tests began early last October at. Winthrop, in northern Washington, whi'ere the Forest service has one of its 76 forest landing fields for planes. There the Chelan National Forest provided an experimental amphithe- ater of remote and rugged county then offers every sort • ofe obstacle "smoke jumpers" ''would be expected to face. There the usual 30 -foot silk para- chute was used, and it, was found that these are seldom torn by 'their con- tact with:the treetops. The shroud lines and support 'eaten securely in the branches and bear all the strain.. The practical alterations in the par- achute were directed to facilitate the ease in guiding, its direction and 're- tarding the nate of descent. Toward. this, the dome of the canopy is sur- rounded by an apron with two flaps and special guide linen to e' used in steering. With this facility 41 was found that the jumper can retard or accelerate his forward drift and alter his course materially to right or left so that he .can pick his landing with remarkable accurace--usually within 50 yards of a given target; this, value lies in fostering quick mobil- -ity; its hazard in the Careless prac- tieee•• of motorists who toss lighted cigarettes into the roadside border of dry grass. Yet is is beyond the reaches of these highways that the •most devast- ating fires still have their origin. To curb this danger, the United States is building costly roads and trails and • Relieve S cratchino Mo `a t For quick relief from itching of eczema, pimples, nth. fete's foot, scales, scabies, rashes and ether externally. caused skin troubles, use world-famous, cooling, anti. septic, liquid D. D. D. Prescription. Greaseless, stainless Soothes irritation and quickly stops intense itching 35c trial bottle proves it, or motey back. Ask your druggist today for D. D. D. PRESCRtPTWCN. UThis. Aor1d Revolution.? (By George Soule in The New Republic) •I believe the peoples of the dem- ocracies have been tricked into a false attitude by the more vehement enemies of totalitarian4sm --those who hated the adversary more than they loved and understood what • he was attacking , In the interest of shaking our- selve.s• free from the delusions that ca.n lead only to disaster, ,a few rough 'theses may be presented, for further discussion. - This war cannot restore the kind of Western world, or the kind of so- cieties within it, which existed: at its beginning. No matter who wins, there will be revolutionary conse- quences every+wliere. . iiehe result need not be Hitlerism if democracies will accept the neces- sary economic means and use it for tlr:eir own, ends. The job does not require political dictatorship, or mystic racism, or hostility to science rolled in a manner that will open when he had jumped from an. altitude quickly. The cost is approximately of some 2,000 feet above the- ground. 40 cents and they are used repeated: Adjustments that lessen 'the rate ,ly. They carry weights between 50 to Of descent have also been found to 100 pounds... be of value, Drifting down at -:"The method is so effective that in- approximate rate of 12 feet' a . second struments, such as radio receivers, the jumper can look around and pick PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. AN APPEAL FOR ARMS The Provincial Police of the Province of Ontario, acting under the direction of the Attorney -General, are co-operating with and advising municipalities now organizing or having organized Volunteer Civil Guards. There is now an urgent need for arms with which to equip such guards under proper supervision and direction. Therefore, this appeal is being made to the citizens of Ontario asking that theyloan for the use of the Volunteer Civil Guards any available 'rifles and 12 gauge shotguns, together with ammunition, for the purpose of protecting the lives, property and homes of our people. Such donations will be gracefully received, oil-ially acknowledged and a proper record kept. Arms may be deposited at the headquarters of the Volunteer Civil . Guard, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, or with any Ontario Provincial Police Officer throughout the Province. Any further information may be obtained by addressing communications to the Parliailent Buildings, Toronto, or consulting with the nearest Provincial Police Officer. M. F. HE BURRN Prima Afinister G. D. CONKNT Attwi a►i -t need • rpr il•, August 6th, 1940 N440 a:. M1< In that it is not fixed, but leaves the way open for continual and repeated revolution, by constitutional means. Its highest value is not its past achievement but its promise. It was born with energy and with ° devotion to the community. Its true essence is not the.• diffuse, the lax and care- less and self-seeking sort of thing about which those who say we shall have to surrender it are now wring- ing their hands. In crisis it bas al- ways demanded, and henceforth. it «ill demand more regularly, the dis- ciplined co-operation of free men in the use of all material and human resources in the service of the com- mon good. The chief present duty of democrats is to end the power of those internal parasites who have kept it weak and "static and have nearly betrayed it to its enemies. At peril of extinction, democracy must resume the historical initiative which belongs to it. This initiative, for mere military purposes, will have. to be expressed first of all in the economic front. It can and must be used not merely to create a stranger military power than any which it may have to fate, but a firmer social structure, a better and more whole- some life for all its citizens. The pur- pose of mobilization must be net merely to prevent defeat, but to win. And it must be not merely to win the war, but to establish a sound and creative peace, more genuinely revo- lutionary in ,its 'answer to the de- mands of, life and the aspirations of the •common man than anything its enemies 'can offer. It is time to stop bewailing what has happened and to stop trydn'g to see how little of what we have we need to surrender. It is time to stop. .wondering how mush of our en- emy'smethod we shall 'have weakly to imitate. It is 'time to stop specu- lating which foreign creed we shall have to accept. This country possesses a more, fer- tile soil and deeper roots for revolu- tionary aspirations in the democratic direction. We shall find within our own history and tradition the inspira- tion for a 'progressive world leader- ship which can be ineornpa.rably more vital than that of ,the Third Reich At the heart of .democracy is the seed .f. abundant life. Its appar- -r.tly suicidal behavior in recent years is th'e work, not of its true sans, but of those who have repressed It, be- cause they were terrified by its gen- us and its Power. , ' or concentration camps, or espionage among :citizens, or terror against minority groups. The Churchill Government in Bri- twin has placed ell industry and pro- perty at the service of the State, while retaining the rule of Parlia- ment, substantial freedom of speech and civil rights of citizens. Labor organization is not destr•oyed,:but, on the contrary,.,.its leaders' have been placed in .positions of reall command. Britain is advancing social .measures even under the pressure of defeat in war, and the, threat of invasion -she is forced to do so as a axeasur"e of defense. Thus she has called to the. support of the State the enthusiasm - of essential democracy. When peace .comes, if it is not a peace of defeat,. there cannot be de- mobilizationto the old basis. Dem- ocracy will be canipelleds to use a mobilized industry for social ends within each, nation. But the turning of this instrument to "Creativeness ra- ther than destruction will depend ab- solutely on. the building of interna- tional order, which will not consist merely of agreements between small and weak States which do not com- prise efficient economic units. There mush be organic political and econom- ic unity in Europe, and economic or- der throughout the world. • The democratic world must recap- ture from Hitler and Mussolini the :evolutionary slogans whiche-largely for -propaganda purposes -they have stolen. The .very mark of democracy ru k- Drivers' S'aty Code Give Other ; slow All the Breaks CM '9, ' 49 s 1 ST. UK' , Thefatal ndshYF rat o for motor otor trunks, per 10,000 vehicles registered. dropped 29 per cent during ills. past 12 years. The ,passenger car fatality rate -on the ranie basis jumped 18 per cent dining the same time, ac- cording to the .National Safety Coun- cil, Chicago. Around these etatistids is being woven an ' intensely. interesting and' significent human pattern of behav- ior. Let sof us have probably' always thought with a take -it -for -granted air, that it's the truck driver who 'gets into and causes most of the truble on the road. Have you ever followed one of those big highway freight cars. along a congested road and found yourself unconsciously blaming the driver for not only the congestion but the heat and all the problems 'of driving and owning a car? You'll know what that universal anti -truck - .driver feeling is then. But as the above figures show the truck driver is actually a safer driver than we passenger car operators. And it isn't just something that's happened. You see, the truck driv- er's job depends on his safety record. As a result he builds up not only skill, but thoughtfulness 'and court- esy, for he finds that it's better to go mitre than half way, and' avoid an ,gccident than to insist on one's. riglits and have 'an 'accident,` and no job. - These truck pilots, relates the Safe- ty Council, have in fact developed• what, they call a defensive sys•tain of driving. , Thie consists, of aptness and habits not only to keep the trucker out of trouble, but to avoid forcing other drivers into dangerous situa- tiona, For example, here's. what one vet- eran driver says: "i try to arrange my stopping so I eat at duslt, when headlights bother most. When I get sleepy I purl off to the side of the road for a nap." ' Another one nays: ."If I see a car coming at me crowding the center lane, I know dre.is travelling fast, for when you're going 60 it's dangerous to keep over at the side, and I give him all the room I can. Every time 1 roll onto a three -lane highway I take extra pains to watch my p's and q's,... d..•try,..t.q cover up for the private driver. Even though they get in your hair it's worth it, just to keep them out of trouble. There's: hardly a day goes by but what I save- some guy a head -'on collision by slowing up as he passes so he can get back into line before a car from the other "'way smacks him-" One driver explains that when. the road is crowded and he finds a long string of cars piled up behind him he looks force filling station. or wide crossing' in which to 'pull out so they Par, go • by. These veteran truckmen\ sum up this 'defensive driving like this: "Obey all the laws but figure the oth- er felldw won't. Give the other fel- low the breaks, but expect none in return," Observing .motorists are noticing, for one thing, that it's the . truck driver who dims his lights for •you at night. They are finding that it's the truck driver who'll put his 'arm out and motion for you to come on when he sees a good space ahead -which you can't sae in which to pass. his. landing. Important improvements have also been adopted that. speed the opening of the 'chute. A 30 -inch pilot plane is released automatically ,as the jump- er pulls his rip. cord. This opens im- mediately, impelled by smiall steel springs. It exerts a pull on the main parachute and accelerates its opening so that` it is • fully spread within a second and a half. ..Another essential alteration was in' the rigging of the' harness. It 'was discovered that when a man hangs suspened from, the crown of 'a tree tree the leg and chest straps of the standard juni,ping harness are drawn so •tight that, he finds it impossible to release himself. So the smoke jump- er's harness is not made an integral part of the riser straps and' shroud lines. It is a detachable unit, and he simply snaps a hook. He passes a rope through a ring provided for that purpose, and lets himself' down: Special suit. have been designed. These are of light -weight duck, pat- terned in two pieces instead of one. They are.heaviln, padded to protect vulnerable spots. They have conven- ient zippers` so they may be removed with speed.. The jumper wears, a leather football helmet, a high, pad- ded collar, and a .convex mask of heavy steel wire mesh to shield his face. - One other important feature: it has .been found that the density of the air has little bearing on -the force of landing. Test ju:m+ps have ,'bean made from high` altitudes in our western mountains -8,000 'to 12,000 feet above sea level, with the earth 2,000 feet beneath the plane. The jumper lands with about the same impact she would experience at sea So the trick is -simple. The look- out sipotsc a fire_ A plane takes off. Ten, 15,' 90 minutes later the pilot circles above the smoke. He checks the wind' direction;' he estimates the rate of drift. Then the dauntless smoke jumper steps boldly into space. He' j-erks anripeurdr' He settles Slow- ly, softly on the treetops -a feather- bed landing He hangs dangling some 10 to 15 feet above .the ground. He lets himself doWne Before the fire can gain serious, 'headway -he has it out! If . he needs 'help, other jumpers follow. He carries a port- able .radiophone to comtnunicate with his plot and report .conditions -to `his base.. It. is a $50,000,000 target --$50,000,- 000 a year that go up in useless smoke.. Forest experts are confident that nine times in ten they can stop a fire with little damage or expense if they can reach the apet'within an hour after the blaze has started; the qu4eker the better erten there is a stiff wind blowing amd the woods are dry. Smeke jumping will do just that. It will also Mean huge savings in the expense a ,par4iig 4p_d, maintaining ,crew's to fight giant et nfisgratione. It elina4nates the weary .pkodding for many miles with the burden of heavy portage. • MEAT CONSUMPTION IN CANA®IAN CITIES Canadian farmers are able'to pro- duces meat of all kinds and of the best quality, and for the people of Cana: dian cities meat is one of the essen- tial foods. To diseover tow Much meat is consumed by various groups in cities.and what factors affect the consumption of meat, the Economics Division, Marketing Service, Donii:l- ion Department of Agriculture, grade studies 'of meat consumption in St. John,. Montreal 'and Vancouver. In- formation was obtained from a total of 2,960 families. lit was found • that the average amount of meat, including an kinds, eaten per person 'annually 'was 144 pounds in Montreal, j.26 pound in St. John and 110 pounds in Vancqu- ver. One and, for the difference between the three cities was that more fish was used in the two sea- board cities. Differences in climate also may 'have caused differences in meat consumption. In each city a little less meat was eaten.in summer than .darning the remainder el the year. Within each city, consumption was very closely related to income. Those who had the highest incomes ate the mast meat and, as• incomes became lower the amount eaten Icer person decreased, until those on relief con- sumed about half as much as those having family incomes of $4,000 'or more. The average amount of meat eaten in families -whose annual in- comes were less than $1,000 but who were- not on relief, was from 70 to 80 per cent. of the average amount eat en by those whose family incomes were $4,000 or snore. Thos statement refers anlly to quantity and not to the quality of the meat. 'Looked at in another way, if all persons, living In Canadian cities ate as much meat as, those who have the highest in - tomes the average rise in consump- tion of Meat per person would be about 40 pounds a year. This would mean that the supply ef meat needed for city families in .Oaeada would ;have to be Increased by more than 35 per cent. The families were divided into groups according to the occupation of the„ chief wage earner of the .family. Different ,occupational groups were found) to differ in pounds of meat eaten per person. Since meat is par- ticularly valuable as a maple-build- ing usaple-building food, it .night be supposed that .unnkliled • laborers• and their families woirld eat more mieat than thorie en- gaged in less strenuous .occupations, but 4t was found that their average consumption arae the leant and that the managers owfiavge firma and pro- fessional workers and 'their favi lies need the mush, meat per prtireen. In other WOO, ooctypatiionat groups 'Which had wage-earners obisa1Oingthe largeer incomes used the, most Meat nor person and /!hose whose tiilcomett � 'mile or Two • Husband (looking over household 'aoounts) : "What le 'this item of 116 shillings for overhead e:zpenses?" Wile: "Oh, there a new umbrella 1 bought, dear. I left my old one as a bus." • Smith: "What was reading confined to?" Brown: ' "The -milometers; restau- rant menus and hotel bills." . • The much preoccupied customer walked into fhe hasher shop and sat in a +chair next to a womlan who was having her h+aw°i •b'oblbed'. "Haircut, please~'` ordered the cut- • tomer. "Oeeitainily," said the barber. "But your vacation would you mind taking off your hat first?" The man hurriedly " removed his - 'halt. "I'ma sorry,' he apologized as lt• looked around: I didn't realize there was a lady 'present!" • • "I'm afraid those soles I bought from you yesterday were not fresh," said Mrs. Young .to the fishmonger. "We 'had them for dinner, and Day' husband said they weren't at all nice - "Well, ma'am," replied the flsh- momger, "that's your fault. I've of- fered 'em to you every day this week' and you could have had 'em on Mon- day if you'd liked.", • The Arctic explorer knocked at the door .• of the leskhno's house. The ski- rfro answered the summons. "Hello!" greeted the explorer. "Can you direct me to the North Pole?" "That's easy," returned tine l sk4- mo. "You're at the North Pole now.' The explorer's eyes widened. He pointed at the icy waste. "You mean," he cried, "that this is the North Pole right here?" The Fl kinb nodded solemnly. "It -is," be asserted. ThTheexplorer, waved his arras wild- ly, "Hooray! Hooray!" he shouted. The Eskimo blew on his frost-bit- ten. rost-bit-ten. fingers. "Stick around' awhile,' he chatter- ed, "and sere ll change your mind.' were lower used the least, Other factors which might affect meat consumption• in city families were• also studied but taking all things into consideration it would ap' pear that the "most important factor in determining the amount •of meat used in cityr.xhousebolds is the income. of the faintly. • Opposition strengthens . the manly will -Alcott: The will of the people is the best law. -U. S. Grant. " The originality of a subject is in its treatment. .. Patience a ,s , sorrow's salve. - Churohil1. An 'honest man's the noblest work of God. -Pope. There is •a prodloend charm in mys- tery. -Chatfield. Trust not too much to an enchant- ing faces -Virgin It ie 'better to throw a, stone hap- hazward than a word. He who tells all be knows Will al- so tell more than he knows. The fervent spirit is always heal- thy and hlappyt. Independence and comfort a re largely den ndent upon, frugality, If a man constantly aspires, is he nut ' elevat ?-Thoreau. LONDON and WINGHAM - NORTH A.M. Exeter - 10.34 Hensall Kippen 10.52 Brucefield 11.06 Clinton 11.47 Londesboro 12.06 Blyth 12.16 Belgrave 12.27 Wimgham 12.45 SOUTH Whnghem Belgrave Blyth Londesboro' Clinton Brueefield • Kl'PPen Hensall Exeter P.M. 1.50 2.06 2.17 2.26 3.08 3.28 , 3.35 3.45 3.58 C.N.R.- TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. Godierlcih 6.15 2.30 Holmaescillle 6,31- 2.48 Clinton 6.43 3.00 Seaforth 6.59 3.16 St. Oolumbawr; ' 7.066 3.23 Dublin 7.12 3.29 Mitchell 7.24 3.41 WEST Mitchell,. .. 11.06 9.20 Dublin 11.14 9.30 Seaford), 11.3Q 9.47 Clinton ' 11.45 • 10.00 Goderich 12.05 10,25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST P.M. Goderich • 4.20 Menset 4.24 McGaw 4.32 Auburn 4.42 Blyth 4.52 Walton 6.05 McNaught 5.15 Toronto 9.09 WEST A.M. 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