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First Woman To
Fly Bomber Across
London. June 20.?Blonde Jacqueline
Cochran, first woman to fly a
bomber acrosH the Atlunllo, arrived In
London today aftor delivering an
American-built Hudson bomber and
instantly became the envy of every
woman in Kngland?ehe brought
three dozen pairs of silk stocking
with her.
It was the American tlior's ftrHt
flight across the Atlantic but she said
she was "at the controls all the way
and had a wonderful trip completely
without incident."
She said her plana were not complete
but added that ahe "probably"
would fly hack to the United States
and "hoped" to fly more bombeVs
across.
"My only companion was Captain
Grafe Carlisle, who captained the
craft and did the navigating." said
Miss Cochran, who in private life Is
Mrs. Floyd Odium.
"The ship was wonderful to
handle," ?ho continuod. "This was
my first trip across the Atlantic and
we had plenty of sandwiches, boiled
eggs and tomato Juice."
Sho said 13 was her lucky inTmtJcr-and
promptly got room 1)13 in a London
hotel.
*'I think British women are doing a
grand wartime Job," she commented,
" and 1 want to meet mjiro of thorn."
AMERICAN COTTON
REPLACING FOREIGN
Scnrlty of war-blockaded foreign
Jute burlap is providing a decided Impetus
to the development of what
may well turn out to be u new and
concrete highway construction, according
to C. K. Kverett, director of
merchandising of The Cotton-Textile
Institute.
New concrete must bo dried slowly
to Insure highest possible strength
and compression. This is known as
"curing" and one common method is
to keep concrete damp for a number
of days by covering it with wet burlap.
either alone or In conjunction
with other materials.
"With burlap growing scarcer, and
consequently more expensive, at a
time of new demands for concrete
construction, the more durable nilcot
Ion curing mat is fast coming to
the fore to relieve the situation, "Mr.
Everett said.
"Miles of new highways, airport
runways and aprons, gun emplacements,
camps, bridge approaches and
floors, concrete buildings and nil the
other types of concrete work must be
properly and yet quickly cured and
the all-cotton curing mat appears to
be the answer to this important potential
national defense problem," he
continued.
Extensive tests, sponosored by the
V, S. Bureau of Public Roads, show
use of cotton quills results In better
concrete of higher compressive
strength which is cured in much faster
time than when the old methods
are employed. When cotton is used,
the uuilts need sltiy- in place only 72
hours. Further, the cotton quilts
need lt-ss attention. Holding water
longer than burlap sheets, they need
be da in pe ned far less often, in some
climates only at tin- beginning of the
72 hour period.
The all cotton curiuu quill development
began in l'.dUl when a relatively
>ni. ill sum of money was made
available to the Secretary of Agriculture
for experimentation in new
ums tor cotton. Experimental quilts
were offered to state highway departments
for test purposes.
(piickly it became apparent that
cotton quilts outlast burlap as much
as four to one, being cupable of re-use
over and over again up to 1 T?0 times
when properly stored and dried when
not in service. They proved of superior
value in materially lessoning the
effect of varying air temperatures on
the temperatures of concrete In the
curing state.
Cotton mats consist of a sturdy cotton
osanburg filled with cotton butts
made of waste or low-grade liber
weighing 1-' oz. per square yard. The
mats are i rosspstitched to hold the
padding in place and tire made In
any size required, the most common
being C feet wide and 12 feet long.
Tiny are laid directly on the poured
concrete or, in the case of walls, fastened
over the exposed surfaces, and
thoroughly soaked with water.
Recently placed orders reported to
the Cotton-Textile Institute Indicate
that till cotton quilts will be used on
various types of construction projects
in such widely separated places
as Alaska, Mississippi, New York,
and New Hampshire. Thirty-eight
state highway departments have upN.
proved their use. and they are now
exclusively required in some States.
Not With Him
Mother: So. son. you are going to
marry a chorus girl. Is she the kind
of a girl you can bring home and
introduce to your mother and Bisters?
Hon: Sure, mom, but I'd hate to
trust her with the old man.
New Detector Mea?ure?
Cloud Heights by Day
A "ceiling detector," which makes
it possible for the first time to
measure the height of clouds above
the earth in daylight, has been perfected
by physicists of the United
States bureau of standards.
Determination of this distance is
expected to be invaluable to both
commercial and military fliers.
The height of the "ceiling" and the
rate at which it* is rising or falling
above an airport *\re of exceptional
interest to a pilot scheduled to land
there in an hour or so.
For the last few years weather
services of United States and Canada
have been able to supply this
information at night, by means of
a so-called "ceiling projector." An
intense beam of light is projected
on. a cloud directly above it. It
forms a very conspicupus spot which
can be seen through a glass a few
feet away from the projector.
Calculating the height of this
oloud thus becomes a simple problem
in surveying, with the length
of the base line and two angles of
the trianglo known. The light is
projected upward in a straight, vertical
lino, forming a right angle with
the earth and the observer can determine
easily his own line of sight.
During the day, however, the
clouds are so bright that the spot
of light is not visible, and hence
ifls impossible to determine the second
angle. The ceiling height has
been entirely a matter of guess
work, so serious accidents have resulted
from bad guesses.
The new instrument, devised by
Drs. Maurice K. Laufer and Lawrence
W. Foskett of the bureau of
standards staff, gets around this difficulty
by shooting against a cloud
*not a continuous beam of light, but
a series of short, evenly spaced
pulses of light.
Gravity on Mars Would
Make Human Lose Weight
If the planet Mars is really inhabited,
the people who live there
must be an exceedingly nimble race.
The average weight of man is about
140 pounds, but the force of gravity
on Mars is so much Jess than on
the earth that the 140-pound man
would weigh only S3 pounds if he
were transported there. "With such
light weight, and still retaining the
same strength, an individual would
be able to run with the speed of an
express train, go skipping over 10foot
walls, and do various other extraordinary
things. <3n the moon, a
man would be even lighter.
But on the feun, our 140-pound
man would have his own troubles.
Instead of being an airy individual,
he would weigh in the neighborhood
of a ton and three-quarters. He
would probably have the greatest
difficulty in raising his hand, for
that member would weigh about 300
pounds.
According to scientific computations,
a man on earth who \yeighs
140 pounds would, on the other celestial
bodies, weigh as follows:
Moon, 23 pounds; Mars, 53 pounds;
Venus, 114 pounds; Mercury, 119
pounds; Neptune, 123 pounds; Uranus,
127 pounds; Earth, 140 pounds;
Saturn, 165 pounds; Jupiter, 371
pounds; Sun, 3,871 pounds.
Virginia's Natural Bridge
Natural bridge, in the heart of
Virginia, is so closely associated ,
with the tradition, history and romance
of our nation that it has become
~arr-American landmark. Before
white men came to our shores,
the Monocan Indians worshiped this
ancient wonder and called it "The
Bridge of God." Thomas Jefferson
bought the bridge from King George
III, of England, in 1774 for the "sum
of 20 shillings of good and lawful
money." Jefferson surveyed his purchase
and made a map of it with
his own hands. The youthful Washington?engaged
by Lord Fairfax,
proprietor of the Northern Neck of
Virginia?included Natural bridge
in his journeys. The initials "G. W."
may be seen today carved into the
southeast wall of Natural bridge, 23
feet above the ground. In recent
years a large rock unearthed beneath
the arch also bore George
Washington's initials, and a surveyor's
cross.
The Revolutionary war brought
Rochamboau and his troops to Virginia.
Reports of Natural bridge so
intrigued them that several parties
of French officers made pilgrimages
to its side. Diagrams and descriptions
were carried back with
them to Paris, pictures were made
and circulated in Europe, and the
fame of Natural bridge spread
throughout the world.
Santa Claus American Creation
Santa Claus is an American creation
of Clement Moore, early Dutch
settler in New Amsterdam (New
York), according to Horace J Gardner's
book, "Let's Celebrate Christmas."
St. Nicholas day is December
6. and the saint is portrayed,as
wearing bishop's robes, with a
miter on his head and a bishop's
crozier in his hand. He is the spc- i
cial protector of children and St.
Nicholas day was celebrated by putting
gifts in children's shoes at
night. Moore transferred St. Nicholas
into Santa Claus. a rosychecked.
plump and jolly old man
with reindeer and sleigh for Christmas,
celebrations. Santa Claus soon
replaced St. Nicholas' in many
countries, although in Belgium St.
Nicholas day is still observed on '
December 6.
Dowh at the tip-end of Manhattan,
where the Hudson and the East riv*
ers meet and flow on out to the aea,
is a large building with a green
beacon, a memorial to the liner Titanic
which went down 29 years ago,
the mast and yards of a ship, and
a gleaming cross high on the roof.
The address is 23 South street, That
nuipYber is known around the world
since it is the site of the Seamen's
Church institute. There sailers, no
matter whence they come, always
And a welcome. Some are able to
pay for bed and board. Others arrive
penniless, Their financial state
makes no difference. The institute
looks after their needs. It banks
money for them, makes loans in
times of distress, looks after mail,
furnishes religious* consolation or
finds a job for the mariner who is
on the beach. Also it maintains a
school wherein sailors may learn
to become officers. And that's only
a few of the many activities.
. * .
Always a busy place is the Seaimen's
Church institute. The war
has made it even busier. The recently
issued annual report shows
that during the year, 23 crews of
torpedoed ships were given shelter
and necessities. In connection with
the report, there is a review of the
year written in blank verse by Marjorie
Dent Candee, editor of the
Lookout, the institute's publication.
In it, she highlights some of the
drama of the institute. For instance,
one day there came a crew
of Finnish seaman. Their ship, the
Wilja, had been torpedoed. Thq .explosion
had cut the vessel in two.
Many men were lost. ' There was
no time to save belongings, merely
scant minutes in which to "climb
down with burned hands clinging to
the ladder." The survivors were
made welcome at the institute, fed,
clothed and sheltered, and in time
they went back to sea.
*
Sailors of many nationalities
reach the Seamen's Church institute.
There was a crew of Japanese.
They couldn't speak the language
and couldn't eat the food.
The institute found an interpreter,
gave them Tice, fish, spices, a stove
and fuel. To express their thanks,
they dressed in silks and brocades
and danced their native dances.
Among their visitors was the Princess
Juliana of Holland. Fourteen
British officers and 38 Lascar seamen
escaped from the freighter
Elmbank when it was shelled by a
German submarine. The master
died of bullet wounds while in a
lifeboat. The rest of the crew, with
the mate in charge, were rescued
by the Pikepool and brought to the
institute.
In the year covered by the report,
children came to the institute?259
of them from London, Oxford,
Coventry. For more than four
weeks they lived and played there,
and in their play forgot the blackouts
and the bombs. Then they
were taken away by foster parents
to live in American homes "for the
duration." And I've been told that
after the youngsters left, the institute
seemed lonely.
Another bit of the drama of the
sea that is constantly revealed at
the Seamen's Church institute: Five >
hundred miles west of the coast of
Ireland, the Norwegian freighter,
Tricolor saw a light blinking
"SOS." Signals rang in the engine
room. Speed increased. When the
disabled ship was reached, it was
found that a torpedo from a U-boat
hod dealt death and disaster to tht
Norwegian freighter Tancred. Lifeboats
had been launched. True to
the traditions of the sea, the captain
had been the last to leave the ship.
The master of the Tricolor greeted
the skipper and men of the Tancred
with tears of joy. He had once commanded
the Tancred and knew
every man like a brother. He
brought them to New York?and the
Seamen's Church institute.
A group of gamins were taunt ng
the chauffeur of an expensive niotoi
rar parked in Rockefeller plaza.
The chauffeur, the redness of his
face attesting to the strain, attempt
cd to maintain his dignity by ignoring
the remarks, which by no means
could be considered compliment..ry.
Just as he seemed to be about to
pop a couple of buttons, a hardboiled
taxi driver came up and scattered
his tormenters with threats of
annihilation.
"S ail right buddie," declared the
rescuer in response to the victims
thanks. "We hackies gotta stick together,
don't we?"
?
Subway eavesdropping: "That
don't mean any more than one
society dame calling another '
'darling.' " I
(Bell Syndicate?WNU Service.)
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Lights of New York
by I. L. STEVENSON
Soldier Is Supplied
With Oversize Socks
DENVER.?Pvt. Herbert Tigar
of Lowery Field is wearing holeless
socks again.
Tigar has worn out his supply
he brought when entering the
army as the army was unable to
find any big enough.
But the Red Cross heard of his
plight, and members sat down
and knitted Tigar two pairs.
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