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Illin o is V a lle y N e w s , T h u rs d a y , J u ly 28. 1949 S I< L T S < < IE LAWN MOWER W ITH SELF-EJECTING . . . MAHONEY Minneapolis Lady Asks AboutW altzing Mouse . . . BLADES PRESENTS NEW PROBLEMS By H I. PHILLIPS 'ANSWER MAN' Q — M iss Sapho Hosley, Cos Cob, Conn., w rite s in to fin d out If the re Is such a th in g as a la w n m o w e r w ith se lf-e je ctin g e x tra blades, and, if so, where she should th ro w the old ones. A .—A n engineer In C leveland Ohio, is said to have Invented a look-sharp-feel-sharp-be-sharp law n m ow er w ith a pack o f 18 blades. We fo rg e t his la st nam e, b u t his f ir s t nam e is Esau. O ld la w n m o w e r blades should be th ro w n o ff a bridge, ne ver put In a m ed icin e cabinet. Q .—E d g a r W oofbaum o f D e la w are W ater G ap asks, “ H ow m an y h a irs are the re on the ba ck o f a bee, and is it tru e a bee like s them pa rte d In the m id d le ? " O W that the Chrift is risen, Now with the darkness gone, The road lies out before us, Upward, and on and on. Ef'l> There are His sandal footprints, There is His form ahead, Straight and Strong and compelling, The Christ that they left as dead. Nothing can dim His glory, Nothing can Stay His feet, And countless are they who follow Him dow n ea< lane and Street; And I would be one among them, Along the Glory Way; v'35~ I would arise and follow The risen Christ today. Grace Noll Crowell A .—There a re said to be 234,- 582 h a irs on the back of an a d u lt bee, p ro vid e d it has n e ve r had d a n d ru ff. D rones p a rt th e ir h a ir in the m id d le . Busy bees have no tim e to bo ther about such things. • • • Q —A la dy in M in n e a p o lis asks: "H o w m an y tu rn s does a w a ltz in g mouse m ake per m in u te , and is food a fa c to r? ” A. — A cco rd in g to the la s t q u a rte rly re p o rt o f the W a ltzin g M ice Research B ureau, these c re a tures average th re e tu rn s p e r sec ond. T h is is som etim es slowed down by m ice c u ttin g in d u rin g the w altz. A p a s try d ie t Is bad, too Q —A m o th e r in Hoboken, N .J., asks: “ Is it tru e th a t tatto oe d wom en are b a rre d fro m M iss A m e ric a con tests?" A .—No, but th e re seems to be no dem and fo r the m . The rules are, however, v e ry broad. A w om an in D e rby. Conn., dyed h e r skin red. w h ite and blue, and on ly lost the v ic to ry in a M iss B a rb e r Pole of 1948 contest by th re e lengths. Q.— A seam stress fro m T allah as see. F la ., w rite s to ask: “ Can corn s ilk be used to s tu ff a sofa?” A .— Yes, c o rn s ilk can be used, and it is good fun, too. S hort lengths o f c o rn s ilk m ake it m ore e x c itin g G olden B antam corn is best. Some people have done w onders s tu ffin g sofas w ith lin t collecte d fro m black pants. • • • A .—I ’ m glad she asked th a t question. The c u ra to r o f the In te r na tion al C la m ra k e M useum and O yster F o rk In s titu te says i t was designed by an E n g lis h m a n nam ed Z ilch , patented by tw o F rench m en and b u ilt by a C anadian c la m tr a p per. T h is m akes It a R ussian in vention. I Send in yo u r question to ou r answ er m an and get the im p o r ta n t fa cts o f life cle a re d up so you can go on ab ou t y o u r du ties.! UNREST ON CRUSOE'S ISLAND ("U n re s t is re p o rte d sweeping Robinson C rusoe's isla n d in the South P a c ific ." —News ite m .) Crusoe—F rid a y , you don’t seem co-operative today. W h a t's wrong? F rid a y —I'v e been F r id a y long enough. I wanna be T h u rsd a y. Crusoe—W hy? F r id a y —I t shortens the week. Crusoe—Come, come, you mus» be jo kin g . F r id a y —N ot at a ll. I m a y even w ant to m ake it seem sh o rte r by having m y nam e changed to W ednesday. Crusoe—We’ re the o n ly tw o m en on this island. W e've been g e tting along fa m o u sly. You’ ve been m y rig h t-h a n d m an. F r id a y —Yes, but I feel a p u ll to the left. Crusoe — N ot here, su re ly. We’ve been ve ry happy togeth er, have we not? F rid a y —T here m u st be a c a p ita lis tic plot behind it some how. I 'm so happy it m ust be w rong, one way o r another. • • • Q. —A m an In B a ltim o re , M d., asks: “ W ill a h a lib u t liv e in ca p tiv ity , and w here can h a lib u t bow ls be b o u g h t? " Crusoe—Now ru n along and fetch m e some coconuts. A .— A m an nam ed Krossshie- m o v itrz o s k y In B utte, M on t., once kept a m ale h a lib u t in the ba thtub of his hom e fo r seven m ouths under the im p re ssio n it was a salm on. The b a rra cu d a Is p re fe rre d as a house pet If w h a t you w a n t is ad ven tu re. F rid a y —There you go e x p lo itin g m e! Crusoe—Look, we are both in the same boat. How could one e xp lo it the other? Q.—A young w om an in Houston, T ex., w ants to know who invented the cla m ra ke ? F r id a y —I f I had a copy o f the D a ily W o rke r I could te ll you. T his island is so rem ote I d o n 't even get P ravda. The Fiction * * GREAT M A N ★ ★ Richard H. Wilkinson Corner STAGE SCREEN RADIO BY IN E Z G E K IIA R D LT H O U G H she now has three n e tw o rk p ro g ra m s on the a ir. ( “ K ale S m ith S in gs," “ K ate S m ith S peaks," both on M u tu a l, and her tw o-h ou r “ K ate S m ith 's M usic R o o m " on A BC ,) M iss S m ith can s it down and ta lk w ith you as if she were Just a com forta ble , hom ey wom an who knew a lot about cooking and housekeeping. A KATE SM I 1 11 U n lik e m an y of ra d io 's wom en stars, she is not so obsessed by her ow n ca re e r that an a b s e n tm in d e d look comes in to her eyes w henever a n yth in g else is m entioned. P e r haps it Is tha t w a rm , hum an q u a lity th a t m akes her the m ost listened to wom an on the air. When selecting “ The Ten O u t standing Voices in the W o rld " the N a tio n a l Ac tein y of Vocal A rts nam ed Ben G ra u e r's as the “ M ost A u th o rita tiv e " and Dan S eym our's as the “ E rte n d lie s t," because of its w a rm th and com plete n a tu ra l ness.” F PROFESSOR A AR O N CHES- was fam ous he was not aw are of this fact. He was too busy w ith his exp erim e nts in the fie ld of ch e m is try , w ith teaching the un de r graduates of M a p le rid g e College the ru d im e n ts of e le m e n ta r y science, w ith w r itin g papers and books in w h ich he s e t fo rth (In an alm ost ap ologetic style) the resu lts o f his e xp e rim e n ts, and w ith re a d in g a v id ly the w o rks of such g re a t scientists as Mons. O li ve r D a v illie r and Senor A lfre d o V alle Indan, both o f whom had long ago won his respect and a d m ira tio n . He was an unpretentious looking little m an, this Professor Cheswick, w ith pale blue eyes and h o rn rim m e d glasses and a pasty com p lexio n He w a sn't one to a ttra c t a tte n tio n o r to assert h im s e lf He went about w ith a p e rpe tu al fa r aw ay look In his eyes. I w ick in te rv ie w w ith the gre at m an. He He was so overcom e by awe was con stantly being pressed fo r in tha t fo r a m om ent he ju s t te rvie w s. W hat was it the A m e rica n stared. Senor Ind an frow ned w anted to see h im about? A p ro b im p a tie n tly and Professor Ches lem ? Ah. yes, Senor Indan was re w ick found his voice. He stated quested to solve so m any problem s. his question. The Senor's brows I t was very, v e ry do ub tful if he arched in surp rise. w ould g ra n t an in te rv ie w for such a s lig h t m a tte r. How ever, if the "A n unusual question, Senor.” A m e ric a n w ould care to t ik e his he said. “ F ra n k ly , I cannot answet chances. Senor Ind an was to appear it. T here is only one m an in the a t a rece ptio n on Tuesday night. w o rld w ith enough know ledge and P ossibly there w ould be an op po r le a rn in g to find the answer. He is tu n ity to ask his question . . . one of y o u r own cou ntrym en . My P rofessor C hesw ick attended the good frie n d Mons. D a v illie r is at rece ptio n. He stood in line fo r this m om e nt in A m e rica seeking an hours, a qu ie t, unassum ing, u n im p o rta n t lo okin g litt le m an. w a itin g in te rv ie w w ith th is w iza rd whom fo r his chance to speak to the the whole s c ie n tific w o rld respects gre at Senor Ind an I t cam e at last. and a d m ires, yet who is so ab At la st the M a p le rid g e school sorbed in his w o rk th a t it is d iffi tea cher and scie n tist stood before c u lt to persuade h im to appear in the m an he respected m ore than pu blic. I re fe r to P rofessor Aaron C hesw ick of M a p le rid g e college.’’ anyone else in the w o rld OSSWOHD PUZZLE T here cam e a tim e when a p ro b lem presented its e lf tha t challenged hts s k ill and knowledge He labored ove r It fo r days The days became weeks and the weeks m onths At last, w o rn and haggard, the little m an was ready to a d m it defeat. ACROSS P la usibly flue nt Expression o f sorrow In fre q u e n t Famous Germ an composer Egress C h ill* and r im e a fte r tim e he re tu rn e d to it, only to find h im s e lf de feated. lie visited e v e ry lib ra ry w ith in m ile s , read e v e ry book by D a v illie r and In d a n , as wi ll as o th er g re a t seientlsts that was a v a ila b le , but w ithout find in g the answer. tn the end l ’ rofesor Cheswick had an idea I t was s u m m e r He needed a vacation. Why not take a m onth off, visit Europe and p e r haps c a ll on D a v illie r and Indan and ask them personally to c le a r up the m a tte r tha t so burdened his m ind? A week la te r Professor Cheswick sailed fo r F ia n c e The litt le school teacher was a lonely fig u re He stru ck up a few acquaintances He w a sn't the type to a ttra c t people But he enjoyed the trip . T h is was som ething he had never done be fore. P rod uctio n halted m o m e n ta rily when Jean Dean walked onto the “ A ngels In D isg u ise " set at M ono g ra m fo r her fea tu red role In this la te st of the Bow ery Boys series Leo O orcey. H u n t/ H a ll and the He was glad when the boat crew could ha rdly take the r eyes o»T the gorgeous red head, who was 1 docked E a g e rly he looked Rhead to the o rig in a l V arga g ir l model. his m eeting w ith Mons, D a v illie r But a las' The next day P rofessor F o rm e rly under c o n tra c t at M G M . th e plays the fe m in in e lead ui ■ C hesw ick learned tha t M ons D a vil- . tie r had gone to A m e ric a fo r his “ A ngels ” sum m er h o lid ay and was not ex- | pected to re tu rn fo r another m onth R e alisin g d u rin g th e ir tra ve ls The little scie n tist was depressed th a t the tra ffic s itu a tio n is becom I and disappointed His tim e was in g worse e ve ryw h ere, the M a rch j short. M a d rid , where liv e d Senor o f T im e e d itors decided to do some Indan was a long w ay off. Yet it th in g about it They consulted e x could be reached, he thought sud perts, got solutions and re c o m | denly and e xcite d ly, by plane In a m endations and “ Stop Heavy T r a f ve ry short w h ile f ic “ i t the re su lt I t shows how bad tra ffic can be, and the m ethixls I T WAS D E L IG H T E D to learn used by some towns to w o rk out O the p ro b le m i Yes. It w as d iffic u lt to ob ta in an fever 13 M usic note 14 D ry. said o f wine 18 S pigot 18 Tree 20 L ig h t ca va lry soldiers 23 C oloring agents 25 Chum 28 R iver (C h in.) 2? D rin k in g vessel 29 Alcohollg liq u o r 31 Jewish m on th U Loose. hanging po in t 35 A measure 18 A bunch 41 Guido'« highest note 42 Unit of 43 45 48 49 w e ig h t S ilent Clo*e to Broad D rin k * tn 51. Tow n • Eng.) 52. Journey 53. Tear 54. A ffirm a tiv e votes DOW 'S 1. O ily 2. N o t s tric t 3. F low er 4 Species o f pepper plan t 5. O uter dress (A ra b .) 8 L o ite r 7. Sharp 8. Scissor* 13. Craze 15 Crown 17. Greek letter 19 IAST ANSWER Garment border 21 Scold per s is te n tly 22 A fa s t g a it (colloq ) 24 Soapy w ater 28. Gun is la n g ) 30. Bom 31 D ivisio n o f a p lay 32 Device for causing a ir cu rre n ts 34 Precious stone 38 Seizes 37 Measure (A ra b .) 39 Join 2 WEEK S A n s w e r to r a t t l e N e. * 40. Covered w ith ru s t 44 Bog 4? P ut on, as clothes 48. Conclude 50. H e rb (H a w a iia n ) 9 4 d y / .» 9 • fy s y 20 24 21 II M 19 ’z z / '4 z Z // W J f//c It ry y / 44 »4 49 44 If •mall «m ounts ri zzi.F >o » »? * Jim Corbett's spectre wails on view? W here Jefferies hooks and old Filz swings O r Louis spins his follow through ' W here is Jack Dem psey’s crashing fist I zlj Tuuney holds the foe at bay? S ':'l looking through the fogs and mists \ W here are ghosts of yesterday? The Ezzard Charles Rating Since the m e la n ch o ly spectacle in C hicago know n as the N B A. h e a vyw e ig h t cha m pionsh ip , va rio u s exp erts and noncom batants have been busy a tte m p tin g to ra te E z za rd C harles, the w inne r. The best ra tin g w o uld seem to place Charles som ew here between the post-Tun- ney and the p re -Lo uis period. I t is d iff ic u lt to m ake any cle a r cu t e stim a te since he was fa c in g an opponent who refused to fig h t, the same being Jersey Joe W alcott. C harles is a b e tte r bo xer than M ax Baer, P rim o C a m e ra and J im B rad do ck. He Is no b e tte r a box er tha n Jack _ Sharkey or M ix JB n "T:. ™ S c h m e l i n g hap pened to be. He c a n 't punch w ith Baer, B ra d d o ck or S chm eling. That post-Tunney, pre- Louis pe rio d was a G ra n tla n d Rice sad one fo r the fig h t gam e — e sp ecially the h e a vy w e ig h t gam e. T his new era, now ro llin g in , w ill be ju s t as sad or possibly even sadder. The w in n e r o f the C h a rle s— Wood cock vs. Savold contest w o n 't re q u ire m uch on e ith e r side. T h is is ju s t as w e ll since n e ith e r side has m uch to o ffe r. A t the v e ry best, such a m e e tin g should be w o rth perhaps a $10 top, if you happen to have $10 you d o n 't need. There is no c o m p la in t about the N .B A. c a llin g the Charles- W alcott fia sco a cha m pionsh ip fig h t. I t was a te r r ib le fig h t to w atch fro m s ta rt to fin is h . J e r sey Joe W a lco tt sta rte d a t a ra th e r b ris k pace but. a fte r the second round, suddenly decided th a t he was throu gh fo r the evening. He had collected three p re tty f a ir purses in a row- and he had been around 19 years. He had squeezed about a ll he could out of j m e d io c rity . You c a n 't keep on m a kin g lem on ades out of one lem on. C e rta in ly the he avyw eig ht situa | 3 i IR > IN C A S E Y O U « , tio n doesn’ t w a n t any m ore o f J e r sey Joe W alcott. T h is rece nt show was one place w here the p ro m o te rs had to w o rk w ith o u t any w o rk in g m a te ria l. The fig h t m ob fo r years had been accustom ed to fe llo w s lik e Dem psey, T unney and I.o u is who could box and also punch. Tunney was no s tic k of dyn a m ite but he could cut you up and h u rt you. The fig h t m ob had become too accustom ed to Joe Louis to s ta rt cheering fo r an Ezzard C harles o r a Joe W al c o tt, m in us any p a rt of p e r sonal appeal. O r even im p e r sonal appeal. ChaTles was at least w illin g to fig h t, w h ile to W a lco tt the tho ugh t of h ittin g someone o r being h it was de cid edly a b ho rrent. W a lco tt would have been an id ea l so ld ie r in the W ar of the Roses. • • • More About Charles Charles is a serious, earnest young fe llo w who is a good boxer and who is w illin g . B u t he is never overanxious. He is ca re fu l. He trie d to m ake a fig h t of it b u t his pu nch ing was too fe a th e ry to m a ke h im dangerous. Charles is not m uch of a puncher, even w ith a f a ir shot a t some an tagonist. Here was W a lco tt in fro n t o f h im fo r 15 rounds and y e t W al c o tt em erges w ith o u t a knockdow n o r a scratch outside of a s p lit upper Up. T his isn’t the type o f fig h te r who is going to re v iv e the la g g in g fig h t gam e and s ta rt the m u ltitu d e che ering loudly. F o r a ll of th a t E z zard Charles is v e ry lik e ly the best h e avyw eig ht fig h te r le ft in the w o rld today. He should have no g re a t tro u b le handling e ith e r Wood cock o r Savold. Woodcock n e ve r was v e ry m uch and Savold is w e ll over the h ill. Charles la rk s any touch of fir e o r fla m e . He is m e re ly a p re tty good w o rk m an who is in vo lve d w ith in fe rio r m a te ria l. Louis has been throu gh fo r sev e ra l years. His title was w o rth at least a m illio n d o lla rs to some a m b itiou s fellow who could le arn how to box and punch. The in d u ce m e n t has been the rich e st prize in s p o r t T he rin g gam e has had a t least six years in w h ich to develop ju s t one fig h te r, one good fig h te r. The net resu lt has been E zzard C harles, who, in baseball parla nce, would be rated a .270 h itte r. Gene Tunney stopped T om Heen ey and re tire d in J u ly , 1928. M ax S chm eling won fro m Jack S harkey on a foul in J u ly , 1930 - TO£ R X - IT ] 4^ \ — By Harolrt A rn ett Th'IMBLS P lN U L R G ETS SORE F R O M YOUR T H i.V B L E W HEN YOU S E A TR.Y USING A MUCH L A R G E R T H IA 1B LE AND P A D i f w it h T“ in FELT. THE F E L T CAN BE h e l d in P l a c e by m e a n s op RUBB E R . C E M E N T O R ANY O T H E R H O U SEH O LD CEMENT ¿4 I* 4» i/KZ' -- d »7 IF YOU HAVE CHICKENS AND FEED THEM BEETS, <4 ai r/s / •** .By GRANTLAND RICE. 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