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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI « Two Kinds of Death ft H ello everybody: This is the story of a man who had a choice to make— —a choice between two kinds of death. One of those deaths was certain—and unpleasant. If he chose the other, he’d at least have a chance. But he chose the death that was unpleasant—and certain! Anthony A. Hensler is his name, and he lives in New York City. Tony is an aviator, and one day in the latter part of July, 1927, he had a call from Andy Andrews, who was then senior pilot at Curtis field out in Mineola. Andy wanted to get hold of somebody who could take a blimp up in the air and put it through test flights. There were few men available in the East, at that time, who knew enough to test fly a blimp, and Tony Hensler was one of them. Andy asked him if he would do the job. Tony said it was all right with him, and Andy took him to meet a fellow named Hamza who owned the blimp. The ar rangements were made and Tony went to work. He did a little tinkering with the machinery and finally had the big gas bag whipped into shape for a first hop. The department of commerce lays down certain rules by which va rious types of aircraft are tested, and the rule in regard to blimps was that the first hop had to be a fixed flight. That means that the blimp is sent aloft with a line attached to the ground, so that if anything goes wrong it can’t get away, float over the city and kill somebody or damage property in coming down. Tony Decides on a Second Fixed Flight. Tony made that fixed flight. He adjusted the controls and centered the stabilization. But just to make sure everything was in good shape he decided to make a second fixed flight a few days later while he checked those controls over again. And three days later, oa the third of August, he did make that fixed flight. And it nearly fixed Tony for good. Tony climbed into the blimp all set ter what he thought was going to be just another routine test in a captive balloon firmly anchored to the ground by a land line. But the trouble wasn’t long in starting. No sooner was the blimp in the air than the land line snapped and the big gas bag started shooting upward. “She went up to 6,000 feet before I got the motor started,’’ Tony says, “but the motor, a two-cylinder, high-speed motorcycle engine, finally began to turn over, and for a while everything went swell. But not for long. I was just over Manhattan, with my spirits as high as my ship, They were creating a wind at their own that was slowly turning the blimp’s nose around. when things began to happen. And what I mean, everything happened at once. My controls began to go sour. The big bag began to hog badly. And to make matters worse, a large hole appeared in the nose of the ship. “I shut off the motor for fear of an explosion. I had carried 15,000 cubic feet of hydrogen when I left the airport, and if a motor spark ever got into any of that leaking gas it would blow me and the blimp to bits.” The ship was lasing altitude fast. The city seemed a long way down, but it was getting closer with alarming speed. And then Tony took a desperate chance—did the only thing he could to save himself and avoid crashing on a tall building or in a crowded New York street. He climbed out on the narrow cat- walk and pulled on the foremost suspension cords, doubling the cloth over the hole in the bag’s nose to prevent any more hydrogen leaking out of the balloon. The Blimp Wallowed Helplessly in Mid-air. "After securing those ropes,” he says, “I felt a little better, for I then knew that the ship wouldn’t crash in the crowded city. But I still didn’t dare start the motor, and the blimp was wallowing helplessly in mid air. And what was worse still, the wind was carrying me out to sea.” And right there was where Tony had to make his choice—his choice between two kinds of death. There was a slim chance that he might bring that big bag down safely in crowded New York. On the other side of the picture was the prospect of blowing far out to sea and drowning in the Atlantic. Drowning wasn’t a pleasant thought. It would be much better to try and make a landing in New York—for Tony. But what about those other people down yiere—those scurrying humans that looked like ants as they crawled along the crowded streets? If Tony landed among them there was a pretty good chance that a lot of them would be killed. So Tony made his choice, and he chose the sure, unpleasant death rather than taking a fighting chance and perhaps killing someone else. He sat still and did nothing while the wind carried him out to sea! Tony Recognizes a Woman Pilot. Out across New York harbor he floated—out toward Sandy Hook and the ocean—and his doom! And then, from over toward the Jersey shore Tony saw two planes coming in his direction. As they neared him, he recognized one. It was the plane of Thea Rasch the famous German woman pilot. The two planes came closer and closer. They couldn’t take Tony off that blimp in mid-air. In fact, it didn’t look as though there was much they could do but stand by, or return to the air port from which they had come, and send help. But Tony wasn’t counting on the ingenuity of Thea Rasch. She headed straight for the blimp until Tony thought she was going to crash into it—until he could feel the wind of the plane as it dived under him. The 1 other plane followed suit. They were creating a wind of their own ' that was slowly turning the blimp’s nose around—pointing it back to land. About that time, too, the wind that was blowing him out to sea shifted to another quarter. Aided by that, and by the two planes, Tony finally landed at College Point, L. ll and there he was met by a crowd that would pack the Yankee stadium, including the College Point police reserves. “Nope, I wasn’t locked up,” says Tony. “But if it hadn’t been for the backwash of those two planes I’d have blown out to sea and never found again.” (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Earth’s Motion Interferes With the Law of Gravity If you make a deep hole in the earth you can’t drop anything to the bottom, because the earth moves on and the side of the hole stops the falling object. This has been proved by experiments in the deep shafts of the American copper mines. Tools dropped from the mouth of a shaft were not found at the bottom but wedged against the side of the shaft, and this led the Michigan college of jn<n»s to make experiments. The object being to discover how far the earth’s motion interfered with the usual effect of the laws of gravity. The tests employed included sus pending marbles by threads just be low the mouth of the shaft, the threads were then burnt by the flame of a candle and the marbles allowed to fall. Investigations showed that after dropping some 500 feet the marbles in all cases came to rest on the east wall of the mine. Speaking of Sports Tension Eased As Managers Sign Contracts By ROBERT McSHANE \/I ANAGING a major league base- A 1 ball club used to be a job that made football coaching seem like a civil service appointment. Manag ers shifted as rapidly as the Cub’s standing in the National league. Now, however, it begins to look like the fellows in the managerial positions are going to have a chance to unpack their traveling bags. Not long ago, during a lull in the pennant races, the sudden signing of Oscar Vitt by the Cleveland Indi- DEL BAKER ans and Del Baker by the Detroit Tigers was announced by the pow ers that be. Prior to that, Jimmy Dykes had agreed to a new two-year contract with the Chicago White Sox and Fred Haney was given a vote of confidence by the St. Louis Browns. McCarthy and the Yanks are one and the same. Connie Mack will be in Philadelphia for as long as he wants. Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox is safer than a government bond. Which, in the American league, leaves Bucky Harris of the Washington Senators as sort of an unknown quantity. Observers are looking for his retention. After all, he didn’t have another Zeke Bonura to bat in more than 100 runs. Safe for a Year In the National league things are much the same. Bill McKechnie is already under a long-term contract to the Cincinnati Reds. “Memphis Bill” Terry and the New York Giants are closer together than Siamese twins. When the St. Louis Cards climbed to second place they assured Ray Blades of another term. Doc Prothro has made more than a satisfactory start at Philadelphia. Casey Stengel will probably stick around the Boston Bees and play out a poor hand. “Lippy Leo” Du- rocher, cordially disliked by fans and players alike, is nevertheless doing a bang-up job with the Brook lyn Dodgers. That leaves two managers in the National circuit. Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs and “Pie” Tray- nor of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The wolves, of course, have been after both of them. But it wouldn’t be too surprising to see both of them back in the same position for the 1940 season. Hartnett has been managing a team of crippled old men. The Cubs’ outstanding pitching and de fensive power evaporated this year. It would be next to impossible to list all the misfortunes the Cubs have encountered since the begin ning of the season. Hartnett has done a good job considering the playing material at his disposal. Traynor survived the 1938 season when his team blew a pennant. This year the Waners have slipped a long way, Johnny Rizzo collapsed, and his pitchers haven’t been of much help. So he should get anoth er chance. A situation so favorable to incum bent managers practically is with out precedent in the big leagues. It’s a rare year when all 16 man agers in the two leagues get through intact, let alone be awarded new contracts. * Vitt Reign Continues Oscar Vitt had been long rumored on his way out. Alva Bradley, pres ident of the Indians, re-signed him as manager as an answer to what he considered unfair criticism of Vitt by fans and even players. Bradley announced that he is “more than pleased” with Vitt’s-reign, and would continue to back him up in all future decisions. Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers, made substantially the same statement in regard to Del Baker, who had also been ru mored as through. The best managers need time to build championship ball clubs. None of them can take a weak, faulty team and win pennants. To build for the future takes time. It can’t be done in one or two years. Luckily, club owners realize that. And in re-hiring satisfactory man agers they’re showing sound, logical judgment. Even though the wolves do howL Jack Dempsey Sport Shorts 'T'HE St. Louis Browns, after be- A ing offered a bonus of $10,000 if they finished sixth, $15,000 if they finished fifth, and $20,000 if they fin ished fourth, dropped the next nine games . . . Gus Dorazio, who re cently lost on a technical knockout to Billy Conn, weighed 220 pounds when he was 15 . . . Jack Dempsey fougl'.t in two of the five heavyweight championship fights which have been held in the U. S. on July 4 . . . Notre Dame has lost but one opening football game since 1896 when the Chicago Physicians and Sur geons college carved' out a 4 to 0 victory. Texas won, 7 to 6, in 1934 . . . “Dizzy’.’ Dean has earned about $154 an in ning, based on a two-year salary of $40,000 . . . Umpire Bill Klem has worked 17 World Series . . . The Cincinnati Reds, who recently paid $40,000 for Vince DiMaggio of Kan sas City, could have had him for $7,500—waiver price—last year . . . Dr. L. M. Gullinger, whose Peter Astra won the Hambletonian, never owned a trotter good enough to run on the Grand circuit until this year. What’s in a Name? COME day an enterprising, ambi- ^ tious individual is going to think up a bookful of new names for race horses—and thereby make a fortune. Naming a racehorse isn’t as sim ple as it sounds. No two can have the same names, and to make it even tougher, the name can’t be longer than 15 letters, including dashes, spaces and all forms of punctuation marks. You can’t name a horse after a public enemy and you can’t be sacrilegious or ob scene. To name a horse after some real person you must secure that person’s permission. The 15-letter rule was made, be cause 15 units are the maximum which can be handled in a racing chart without getting the typograph ical layout out of kilter. Before this rule was adopted a horse named Battle of Killiecrankie used to cause a lot of trouble. Owners of thoroughbreds have so many difficulties finding names that haven’t been used that they often send in a list of a dozen or more for each arrival, and the Jockey club uses the first original one. Hal Price Headley has a good stakes winner named “Menow.” Headley had named horses for ev ery member of his family but him self, so he figured it was “now” about time to name a horse after "toe.” So it was Menow. Scrambled Eggs was a youngster by Upset and Goose Egg. Hash was by Questionnaire and Delicacy. Oth er names may go deep into mythol ogy, back into history, into chemis try or any other field of learning. Sky Raider, the son of Man O’ War and Top Flight, was named in a newspaper contest, and the name won from a list that included thou sands. U. S. Television Hits New High In Development | Broadcasts Now on Regular Schedule From New York. Gridiron Topnotchers This is the first ii a series of articles featuring outstanding football players from schools throughout the nation. Watch their records during the com ing season. Win Pederson He’s a throwback to the halycon days when Minnesota teams were dubbed the “Giants of the North,” but he’s an indispensable cog in Bemie Bierman’s streamlined 1939 Gopher machine. His name is Win Pederson and his football story reads a little- bit like a Hollywood scenario. It goes back five or six years ago when Big Win was a stu dent at Minne apolis West high school. Fellow stu dents ques tioned his courage be cause the big, rangy kid did not go out for football, a sport which held little interest for him. That hurt, and to redeem himself he donned football togs for the first time during his senior year. At the end of that year he was named all city tackle and one of the greatest linemen in West high history. * He fully demonstrated his courage last season when he played 420 out of a possible 480 minutes—a playing time equal to seven complete games. And football in the Big Ten isn’t a creampuff affair. His re ward came in being named captain of the ’39 squad. The past summer, determined to make a successful bid for the tackle job left vacant by the graduation of Lou Midler, Pederson found a job unloading farm machinery at a warehouse. He topped the day’s work off with a three-mile run around a nearby lake. The result has brought the huskj Minnesotan the coveted first team assignment with the Golden Go phers, and—almost as important tc him—has answered his schoolmates who thought he lacked courage. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. Television broadcasts in the United States are now on regular schedule and manu facturers have begun the wholesale production of re ceiving sets as the American public begins to realize the value of this new form of education and entertainment. The inaugural telecast in this coun try was produced on April 30, 1939, when President Roosevelt opened the New York World's fair. Since then television has launched into the air an eye-and-ear-witness impression of the king and queen of England visiting the fair, of a canary circus, of a baseball game, a boxing bout, a ballet, a swimming contest, a marionette show, a six- day bicycle race, the docking of the new liner Mauretania, a track meet, and a fashion parade. Experts point out that important differences between radio and its sister science of long-distance see ing place difficulties in the way of a nation-wide television network to parallel radio hookups. Yet, the American people who promptly in vite each new scientific marvel into MASS PRODUCTION. With tele vision sets now on sale at regular retail prices, manufacturers have begun assembly line production of receiving units. This picture shows standard instruments in the process of being assembled. the living room, are showing a live ly interest in television, although the majority of them are still beyond the reach of current programs. Twenty Tubes to Set. Television has put into American homes the most complicated instru ment yet devised for popular use— a radio set plus. It has about 20 tubes. One of them is the giant cathode-ray vacuum tube 27 inches long that creates the television pic ture on the top of its flattened bulb by means of a tiny “pencil” of streaming electrons. It has sound controls for volume and high and low pitch adjustments. It has sight controls for focus, speed, size, and centering adjustments of the pic ture. Television has also put into circu lation a new vocabulary—telecast, to correspond to broadcast; video fre quencies, as differentiated from the sound wave frequencies of radio; “ike,” instead of “mike,” for the Iconoscope, which corresponds to radio’s microphone. Ultra-Short Waves Used. From the giant antenna on the Empire State building a quarter of a mile above the earth, the radio waves that carry the sound part of the program are launched into the air exactly as in ordinary short wave radio transmitting. The ultra- short waves that earry the visual part are of such high frequencies that instead of kilocycles (thousand cycles) they are listed in mega cycles (million cycles). Sound,even that of a symphony orchestra, usual ly is transmitted in a group of fre quencies not more than 5,000 cycles wide. But a good television image requires frequencies jumping from 30 to 4,000,000 cycles within a sec ond’s time. In addition, two series of waves—synchronizing impulses— must be broadcast to keep receiver and transmitter in perfect step. A lag of less than one-millionth of a second in the receiving set would make imperfect television pictures. From the outset it is apparent that television is at least three times as complicated as radio. An added difficulty is the fact that the very high frequency television waves do not bounce between, the earth and a reflecting layer in the sky as do the longer waves used in sound broadcasting. Such repeat ed reflection permits radio waves to reach far over the horizon—in fact, to follow the curvature of the earth completely around the globe. Tele vision waves shoot straight off through the reflecting layer into BEAUTY MAKEUP. The young lady clad in war pa st is not pre paring for a part in a horror thrill er but is merely “making-up” for a regular television broadcast. Spe cial skill in the use of rouge and paint is required to give good pic ture reproduction in telecasts. outer space and are lost. They usu ally cannot be captured by televi sion sets much beyond the horizon. Draw a straight line, representing the path of television waves, from any point on the earth’s surface, and you will recognize that they soon part company with the curving earth. To be sure of “viewing in” on a television program, therefore, a receiving set should be close enough to the transmitter to be within the television horizon. From the lofty antenna on the Empire State building, sets within a radius of 55 miles regularly receive the program, as well as some sets from 125 to 150 miles away. Resembles Ordinary Radio. Outwardly the television receiving set most generally in use resembles a large radio console with an extra row of buttons and a propped-up lid. The television image—a vision indeed—appears beneath the lid, where the televised scene in perfect miniature comes to life on a glass plate 8 by 10 inches. Presiding genius of the television receiving set is the 27-inch funnel- shaped vacuum tube, standing up right like a lily. As a loud speaker translates silent radio waves into sound, this tube translates invisible waves into a visible picture. Its narrow stem contains an elictron gun primed with cathode-ray am munition. Its broad top is capped with a glass plate curved to shield the vacuum within from the atmos pheric pressure above. The under surface of the glass is coated with a chemical mixture, zinc sulfide, which is capable of fluorescing (emitting light) when struck by elec trons. An electrical impulse from the transmitter modulates the beam, or ray, fired from the electron gun; when the electrons hit the fluores cent surface the glass shows a tiny point of light which is bright or dull according to the intensity of the modulted beam of electrons. Two Miles a Second. The electron stream is shot in machine-gun sequence across the face of the plate from left to right at a speed of two miles a second; then it zips back to the left at double quick time and repeats the bom bardment. With about 500 “shots” in a row, it makes 441 trips from left to right to fill in the picture completely from top to bottom. This action is controlled by electro-mag netic force. (Whether each tiny “shot” of the electron bombardment AID IN CRIME WAR. Here it a test telecast being made to deter mine the value of television in crim inal identification by reproducing fingerprints. Officials claim that in cases where speed is important, fingerprints could be broadcast to operatives away from police head quarters, eliminating the delay caused by mailing the prints to a central bureau. registers as light or shadow is de termined by what the television camera has revealed of the object being televised.) The 441 scanning lines for each picture are completed too quickly for the human eye to detect the electron pencil in action, and the resultant illusion is com parable to the illusion obtained from the movies, which project 24 still pictures per second to create the im pression of movement. The televi sion image is created by a rapid succession if 30 complete pictures per second. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Keeping Bread.—Bread keeps best in an earthenware pan. Cov er the pan with a board, and over the board place a damp cloth. * * * After Using Paint Brushes.— Soak them in turpentine for an hour. 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