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-- Black Cat Trips Cat Burglar Some people should never rn to crime, for they are just naturally jinxed from the start -~would -be crooks like the one who recently broke into the home of a wealthy Johannesburg old-n g magnate. ? The burglar had cased the aouse carefully and had assured himself that this was really a push-over, He even went so far as to spend a shilling on a piece -of raw meat for the dog. Then while he was busy in the drawing-room, a hudgerigar began to chatter furiously from » under the black cloth covering Its cage. He ignored the budgie and + continued his efforts to open the small wall safe which he be- lieved contained plenty of cash and jewels, . He was still hard at it when the light in the room was snap- ped on and the householder stood there in dressing-gown and holding a revolver, : In. prison to-day, the burglar Is doubtless ruminating over the ~budgie. -* For it was the little . bird's chattering. -- unusal in the middle of the night -- that brought the householder down to find out what had disturbed his pet. Robert C. Elkin, an elederly New Yorker, parked his new car in busy Fulton Street in Brooklyn while he hurried into a bank. Two men who were loi- tering near by moved casually over to the car and glanced in, Elkin had left the keys! While one stood by and then climbed ¢asually in behind the steering whel, the other slipped into a restaurant, held it up, grabbed what cash he could and made & dash for the car. To all intents and purposes the theft of the car and the hold-up was like taking money from a blind man's hat. But as the busy thieves sped from the scene, the car lurched drunken- ly in a wild curve, As the driver tried" to brake he became more and more confused, and he final- ly piled up against a lamp standard where obliging police assisted the two dazed thieves out. Mr, Elkins arrived minutes later to stare disconsolately at his battered new car. "I couldn't see where I was going!" the bandit moaned. ~ "I'm not surprised," retorted the short-sighted car owner. "My windscreen's made of spe- ¢lal glass, ground to my own : Jr tion so that I don't need ectacles when I drivel!" _ In Paris police Tuy found e man who had broken into a ouse and stolen some articles. e had dropped his prison dis- ag charge form on the the floor while burgling the place! In Sydney, police were just as quickly on the trail of a petty thief who broke into a house and stole two watches: The next morning he walked into a jpawn- shop and tried to "pop" them. He was arrested on the spot. The pawnbroker owned She house which was burgled. The watches were his and his wife's! Bad luck? Don't talk to one forger about it. In 1935 he forged a cheque in New York and walked into a bank with it only to be arrested right there, for by one of those freak chances the man whose signa- ture he had forged was stand- ing right behind him as he pre- sented the cheque! He got two years and was deported to his native England. Here he cashed three dud cheques and a few days later walked into a shop to cash the third, Talking to the shopkeeper at that moment was one of the men who had cashed one of the other duds for him. For 'that he got twelve months, Out -of prison again, he de- cided to glve Canada a try and to get his fare swindled a num- ber of dealers in Sussex and Kent. He slipped off to South- ampton and obtained work as a ship's steward. On the day when the ship was due to sail he went up on deck for one last look at Blighty -- and found himself staring into the face of one of the shopkeepers who had cash- him. He got three years this time. What happened to him during the war is not known, but in 1947 in Cape Town he once again appeared before a judge, this time. on a cat burglary charge, a ! At his trial even the judge had to smile at the manner in which the little man was caught. Then he slapped him into prison for four years. He had broken into a rich home and was helping himself quite liberally when he began to make his exit' and tripped over something which kicked up such a row that the house- holder came charging down fir- ing a shotgun. The housebreaker decided to give himself up ra- ther than face another blast from the gun. What had trapped him with its squawking? * A black cat dozing near the door. A polythene bag over the head gives good protection when put- ting on a 'dress. The bag pre- vents lipstick and powder from TOURISTS IN RED CHINA -- Touring American youths get a first marking the dress. hand look at some antiquated farm methods and implements during a visit to a collective farm near Peiping, China. Coolie de In foreground is carrying his produce In baskets suspended from a pole carried over the shoulder. : CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2, Knight's attendant 13. Wash vesse) 7 4. Sun god ACROSS Wandering Poles Equilateral rectangle - Flight Sint. 6. Shouts Center of 3 1. Not go long a wheel | , Low voice bry Chin. measure More -com- etent ear apart God of war u arth (comb. form) Forglve More rigorous B Split Became exhausted . Flower of forgetfulness High rallway . Part of a plant Gambling ame * evee Comb wool Note of the scale C3230 INSEAD ANd eid DANDI ARNE COR Ue °0 ior oa AY oven va A man Fes BD SES QQ 1) 5) Zz - . Remain tong J will 8, Chargers 80. Pitted DOWN 1. Squared stone 8, Tellurlum 23 Send out 28. Rocky n 5. Asitic native 30, Call forth 31. Nerve 33. Epistles 35, Parts worked symbol 9. Haible with the feet meaweed 86, Bring to Hight 10. Shoot 37. Game animal 11. Margin 39, Unfasten 12, More unhappy 40, Flew high 17. Soclal affairs 43. CHphies 20. To one side. 46. Cattle 47. Brink 49, Location 63. Large receptacle 65 Short for a man's name 67. Behold - 25. Wicked fnnacles network Sa Answer elsewhere on this page. ed one of his bad cheques for FAIRY TALE-This Is a "lived h ated from her pups at birth, The kitten apparently was abandoned b GANGS IEE FOL x pily ever after" story from Nice, France. The dog was separ its mother. So their common woe was enough to make them forget the traditional.cat-dog hatred. Looks like "all's well that ends well. . Across the vast alkaline flats of the Chott el Djerid, from the strange underground dwellings near Foum Tatahouine, Erg, and from the date groves of Homer's Land of the Lotus-Eaters the men and women of Tunisia have watched gigantic black clouds come whirring and crackling out of the Algerian desert to the west. Ld LJ * . And today this newly inde- pendent land is fighting one of the bitterest battles in its near- ly 80 centuries of recorded his- tory. * * * This struggle whose outcome will determine the food supply - for several million individuals, is against a rose-hued insect only three inches long. For, de- spite its size, this insect--the red locust--is one of the most voracious eaters of which we have knowledge, LJ LJ * And 80 severe is this on- slaught that six countries, sev- eral of whom are in bitter politl- ¢al opposition to each other, have temporarily suspended thelr "disagreements to prevent a widespread natural disaster. L LJ LJ Locusts first made their ap- pearance in Tunisla this year, several weeks ago when, by the uncountable billions, they were borne in vast clouds to this land by hot winds from the west and at once began devouring every- thing in sight. Trees, plants, grains, shrubs -- even the un- appetizing cactus -- were strip- ped or even: consumed before the eyes of farmers and .vil- lagers. LJ J . Since locusts know nothing about national. boundaries and fly where the wind takes them, there was every probability that Libya--and Morocco would soon - be drowned in a sea of locusts. Entomologists -<here began to Dave Garroway Extolled Merits Ontario Fruits Dave Garroway's morning T.V. show "To-day" emanating from the fountain at the Cana- dian National Exhibition on Thursday, September 5th; - did not miss showing Ontario grown fruits and vegetables and sing ing. their praises to some 16,000,- 000 viewers, The Fruit Branch, Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, realiz- ing the potential impact of such a program, quickly- agreed to set up two floats, oe of fruit and one of vegetables, when given the opportunity by Jack Perdue, Agricultural Manager of the C.N.E. - Ken Hunter, Léw Howe, and George Benson of the Fruit Branch worked through the night to have the displays on wheels and ready for the show- ing. Doug Williams, Associate Director of the Branch, visited the early morning show, gained the ear of lovely Helen O'Con- nell, co-star of "To-day", and made a few suggestions as to the dialogue which might ba used in connection with the produce, As a result, Miss O'Connell and the casual Dave Garroway, each eating. Niagara grown plums and enjoying them, stood - in front of the aftractively ar- ranged fruits and vegetables and for two minutes millions of Americans from coast to coast were able to appreciate that On= tario can grow fruits and vege tables second to none. worry lest a shift in wind cur- rents would even bring this pest to Europe's southern Mediter- ranean littoral: » * * ~ The full extent of the locust plague can be -seen from the fact that, two years ago, when an infestation occurred which was regarded then as the worst in history, the cost of combating its spread was $1,000,000 and took 1,700 tons of HCH powder. Thus far, the cost has been $2,000,000 and it has taken 3,500 tons. According to Mustapha Filali, Tunisia"s young Minister of Agriculture, the red locusts have destroyed 50,000 date, olive and almond trees and wiped out 40 per cent of the date harvest, writes Arnold Beichman in The Christian Sclence Monitor. ' * * * To get an idea of what Aliont and billions of locusts means, was recalled that during a minor plazas last year, locust-eating abitants of a village in soiith- ern Tunisia sacked and dried threp thousand tons, estimated to be 740,000,000 insects. And this in one small area alone. ° [J * [J] Mr. Filali blames the war in Algeria for the locust plague which has threatened a country where every bit of food counts. Locust control is a year-round -Job and control measures can never be eased for a moment. But the struggle in neighborin Algeria between the French an Algerians has made it impos- sible to wipe out the locusts in their breeding stages. LJ LJ ° The Tunisian Government is undertaking the development of an antilocust research center at Sidi Buzid where it already runs an entomological laboratory and - agricultural schools. * * * -. Inthe meantime, throughout the western 'and southwestern regions of Tunisia bordering on' Algeria, a round-the-clock war against insects goes on. From ~ Le Ket south through Thala Gafsa to Tozeur and Sbeitla and Tebessa, Piper Cub planes 'with spray equipment and land spray equipment on trucks are coating the land with powdery insectl- - cide. . Ld + For weeks it seemed as 'it nothing could stop the invasion from 'Algeria as billions and bil-- lions of the insects kept flying in, driven by a wind from the west. But there is hope now that the pest will be eliminated be- fore the wheat and other crops turn green, since locusts eat and kill only what is green. A young man had just got back from Hollywood. He had been dazzled by the film colony. "Everything is done on a tre- mendous scale," he enthused to his friends. "I attended dinner at 'a producer's home one eve- ning and,-instead of using fin- ger bowls at the end of the meal, all the guests took shower baths!" Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking .[a[3IN[O[LISS|a[3[3] 1/8 301 [VINER 3][9[N[ 1] diViAl3|\ [33a 1D al EIGZEIR ERK 3 ALS 333134 1jojal A[3 Li 1[W i - (i Va] OS s|ddVv] ov Heating Houses Without Fuel How would you like to heat your house without fuel? And without chimneys, flues, and various other bulky equipment? The electric heat pump will do it, or at least it is doing it for thousands of families through- out the United States. Heat pump installations in that country have reached a total of approximately 10,000, But this year, heatpump sales are ex- pected to more than equal the figure for all previous years. And by the end of 1959, the in- dustry anticipates a minimum of - 100,000 heat pumps in operation. But what is a heat pump? Ks- - . sentially, it's a device for ex- tracting heat from one place and discharging it into another. It doesn't care where it gets the heat. But the pump has the amazing faculty of pulling heat out of the soil, out of water, and even out o! the air when the thermometer registers zero. Heat is eVerywhere. If it weren't, water would freeze solid from top to hottom, And in winter, there is plenty of heat : in the outside air, Heat also lies deep in the ground. From these sources of "free" heat, thé elec- tric heat pump gets its fuel and pulls it into the house. The heat pump could he termed a conventional air con- ditioner with a built-in arrange- ment for reversing the direction of the flow of heat, 50 that th machine serves at differen times as an air cooler and al® heater. The major cost of the heat pump, of course, is the price of electricity, which in some lo- calities is higher than other types of heating. : ~ But major economies lie in the savings in construction and home equipment costs, as well as in maintenance -- which is négligible with heat pumps. A heat pump system is op- erated -' entirely as electricity and contains exactly the same equipment you would fnid in your home refrigerator--a mo- tor, compressor, evaporator, and condenser. Just as this equip- ment removes heat from your refrigerator, a heat pump re- moves heat from water, soil, or 'air and brings this heat into the . home or commercial building writes 'W, Clifford Harvey In . The Christian Science Monitor. In the summer, the heat pump takes the heat from inside the building and discharges it out- side. And In the winter a heat pump system turns itself around and takes heat from outside the space and discharges it into the room to be warmed. Heat pumps By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Paul Writes to the Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1:1-8, 10-15, 21-25, Memory Selection: 1 deter- mined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I Corin- thians 2:2, During this quarter we shall study three of Paul's letters: 1 Corinthians, Philippians and Philemon, An article in the Saturday Re- are about the same size as the standard warm air furnace. They operate all year long, au- tomatically. The principle of the heat pump was first announced more than 100 years ago, but until 28 years ago, the. heat pump re- mained essentially of laboratory interest. Today, there are 13. firms in the U.S.A. making units for use in homes and small com- mercial buildings. The least ex- pensive is about $1,000. " While the initial cost of the heat pump is somewhat greater than that of a standard heating unit, it compares favorably with a year-round, heating-air con- disioning system, in addition to permitting several cost-saving building techniques. Heat pumps use no combus- tible materials and thus elim- inate the need for chimneys, flues, and fuel lines, Screens are] not needed, for homes condi--- tioned by the heat pump need never have their windows opened. Heat pumps generally require less * floor space than conven- tional heating-cooling systems. Some models can be installed In "unused" areas such as In attics, crawl spaces, in the bottom of a closet, or suspended from the basement ceiling. : Many regulations which exist with flame-type heating and cooling units are eliminated important with the heat pump. =a view entitled, "What Makes A Genius?" lists Paul among th thirty-three persons from history whom the writer cone sidered to be qualified to termed geniuses, Brilliant intellect, skilled in logle, in all the ZibHleties 3 He tradition, endowed w ly powers of oratory h Ip oric, capable of experie heart-bursting emotion -- this Saul possessed even befory the light of heaven blinded him on the Damascus road. Therer after, to his human endowmenty came the empowerment of One who had singled him out a chosen vessel to bear his before the Gentiles and and the Children of Israel. shall profit from studying inspired writings. In Paul's first letters to Corinthians he deals delicately but forcefully with some wholesome existing conditl There was a divisive spirit the church. Some sald, "I of Paul"; others, "I of Apoll others, "I of Cephas"; and s others, "I of Christ." Paul ask "Is Christ divided?" \ There are things to be said and against the divisions Christendom. A study of ch history reveals that individu and groups have been expell from churches because they cons tended for some sacred trutly Refusing to, compromise the$ had no alternative but to organs ize a new body. That God h blessed those who have th gone forth has been illustra o'er and o'er. Jesus and Pa were both cast out of the ge of worship by the religionists their day. . On the other hand some divi. sions Mave stemmed from prid; and stubbornness rather th from a holy desire to prese the truth of the Gospel. Heresy, too, always finds a followi When division results for a of these reasons the devil gleeful. Christ is not divided. If wn are to be Christian we must lo our fellowmen. We may dlgs must manifest the Spirit Christ. 'If any man have n the Spirit of Christ, he is no of his," Romans 8:9, ,_agree with their doctrine but 4 BY THE YARD -- Shades of Jack and the beanstalk. This giant plant may never reach the sky, but its giant green beans can practically be picked by the yard rather than by the pan. Little Debra Allgood, 3, meaures out enough for a meal in the garden of Joe Lewalski. Some of the beans have grown to a length of 2% feet. DON'T SHOOT -- It's time for a shot and judging from his happy about being "shot" with a needle as big as ha is » ' oy a We FERS owned by Clarens® R. McNaugton. RT foo expression Tick doesn't appear too . VHa one-year-old Chihauhua is