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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940
Inventors Turning to War Devices
National Council Mustered
To Develop New Ways
To Aid Defense.
WASHINGTON.—Patterned after
an agency which turned up dozens
of devices for use in the World war,
among them a mystery weapon
which is still being kept secret, the
National Council of Inventors is
mustering some of the keenest in
ventive brains in the country into a
search for new tools for the army
and navy.
From their research laboratories
in every part of the country dozens
of scientists, long schooled in the pa
tient and painstaking work of track
ing down peacetime inventions, have
sent offers to the government to help
devise more efficient equipment for
war.
In addition to the skilled inventors,
the aid of amateurs is being enlisted
—and the general call for ideas has
brought on a brain-matching contest
which already is bringing several
hundred defense suggestions a day
into the offices of the council.
The council is modeled in many
ways after the naval consulting
board of the United States, which
functioned under the(direction of the
late Thomas Alva Edison during the
World war. He was responsible per
sonally for the development of more
than a dozen devices which were
used then and have been used more
widely since
Studies of 1929 Recalled.
Lloyd N. Scott, late captain of the
army, who acted as liaison officer
to the board and the war committee
of technical societies, said after a
study of its work in 1929:
“Everyone expected that the
board would evolve some invention
that would conquer the Central Pow
ers with one fell swoop, and, had the
war lasted another year, an impor
tant and confidential device proba
bly would have justified this expec
tation in a degree at least; and other
devices evolved by the board, such
as wireless controlled bombs, de
vices for the automatic introduction
Two-Piece Suit
This two-piece suit in gray tweed
features an all-around pleated skirt.
It is topped by a fitted jacket boast
ing square buttons marching up the
front. The suit is highlighted by a
large hat in red flannel that sits far
back on the head.
War Prisoner Loses 66
Pounds in Three Months
VICHY, FRANCE.—Louis Wehrle
of Fort Wayne, Ind., former Amer
ican volunteer ambulance driver
who said he lost R6 pounds during
his three-month confinenent in a
German prison camp, arrived here
with another captured volunteer,
Murray Shipley of Cincinnati.
The two were captured after Ger
man parachute troops dropped
around them in northern France in
mid-May. They were held at Hoyers-
werda, near Dresden, along v/ith two
others, Alfred Raymond of Chicago
and Marcus Clark of Hollywood. All
were released August 23.
In the same prison, Wehrle said,
were 6,000 French officers, including
nearly all officers belonging to the
seventh and ninth French armies.
Approximately 20,000 other French
prisoners and 4,000 Belgians passed
through the camp en route to work
in labor gangs in Germany.
“The food wasn't so good, but
there were no complaints about our
treatment," Wehrle said. “We got
ersatz (substitute) coffee five times
weekly, a porridge made of corn
flour twice weekly. Other meals in
cluded potato and cabbage soup,
black bread, sometimes codfish, but
very rarely meat. On that diet I lost
66 pounds in three months.”
of all the factors in the aiming of
machine guns on airplanes, as well
as others, gave promise of such re
sults.”
Captain Scott gave no clue to what
the mystery weapon may have been.
Nor is it discussed with any more
expansiveness nowadays. One offi
cial said he knew of the weapon and
that it was being further developed
and perfected. At that point he quit
talking.
Wireless-controlled bombs are no
longer a secret. Nor is it a secret
that the defense forces have a fly
ing bomb which will track down an
enemy airman without so much as
his name a.^d address. All it has to
do is hear him and it follows the
sound of his plane.
Edison’s Aides Solved Problems.
Most of the inventions came from
the experts on the naval consulting
board, and many of these after they
had been asked to find the answer to
some particular problem. Edison
and the engineers in his employ
made 34 different studies.
He worked out a method of detect
ing a submarine from a moving ves
sel, of turning a ship quickly to
dodge a torpedo, of camouflaging
ships, of rigging sailing lights which
would be visible to convoying craft
but could not be seen by subma
rines, of high speed signaling with
searchlights and of putting out fires
in coal bunkers, and designed a gas
mask and an undersea searchlight.
Two other Edison developments
which helped to blaze a path toward
present-day efficiency were a direc
tion finder which would spot an ap
proaching plane and the direction
from which it was coming by the
sound of its engine and an appara
tus which would spot the location of
hidden guns by their sound.
Young China Prepares
The war in China may not last until these boys are ready to bear
arms, but if it does they will not need much training. These little fel
lows built the tanks in which they are playing in Chungking, China, the
beleaguered capital of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s forces that daily
bombing by Japanese planes has been unable to subdue.
Dog Is Exonerated on
Charge of Biting Mailmen
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS. — Mars,
of the few dogs ever to face federal
charges, is now a free canine.
Taken before the board of select
men to answer charges preferred
by Postmaster Wilkinson of the
Lynn postal district, Mars charmed
the whole board with the friendli
ness of his ceaselessly wagging tail
and won complete exoneration.
Wilkinson complained that Mars
chased and bit mailmen.
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FARMER BROWN’S BOY DIS
COVERS THE THIEF
O LD GRANNY FOX trotted back
to the Green Forest where Red
dy Fox was waiting for her, and
all the way there she chuckled to
herself. She had led Bowser the
Hound straight to the home of Old
Man Coyote in the far comer of
the Green Meadows, and Bowser had
called his master. Farmer Brown’s
Boy, over there.
“Now I guess he’ll know who has
been stealing his chickens and will
stop hunting Reddy and me,” mut
tered Granny. “I’m even with Old
Man Coyote at last, and I guess he
won’t bother us again very soon.”
Perhaps Granny wouldn’t have
had such a comfortable feeling if
she could have heard Farmer
Brown’s Boy exclaim as he came
up to where Bowser Vue Hound was
frantically trying to dig open the
house of Old Man Coyote. “Hello!
Here’s a fox den! It must be that
those foxes have moved from up
near the edge of the Green Forest,
and I hadn’t once suspected it. Pret
ty clever of them, I call it. No one
would ever think of looking over it
“Hello! Here’s a Fox Den!”
without seeing it. Ha! there are
some chicken bones! We’ve got to
put a stop to this, Mr. Fox or Mrs.
Fox, whichever you are!”
But presently as he looked about
more closely Farmer Brown’s Boy
began to be in doubt, and there was
a puzzled look on his face. “If a
fox made that it is the biggest fox I
ever heard of,” he muttered as he
stared down at a footprint. “He
must be the king of all the foxes.”
Now Farmer Brown’s Boy has
learned one thing that a great many
people never do learn, and which is
most important. It is this; Never
make up your mind that a thing is or
isn’t so until you have thoroughly
looked into it. So while at first he
had taken that track for the foot
print of a very large fox he was not
absolutely sure. The more he looked
at it the less sure he was. “Looks
almost like the footprint of a small
dog,” said he, “and it isn’t exactly
like that either. Now I wonder—”
He paused and looked very hard at
the footprint Then he hunted until
he found another and near it a
brownish gray hair. “My gracious!”
he exclaimed, “I do believe that I
have found the home of that prairie
wolf I have heard howling! I’ve nev
er seen him, but I know his voice,
and for a long time I’ve been sure
that there is one somewhere on the
Green Meadows or in the Green
Forest. This certainly is his track,
and he is the one who has been
taking my ducks and chickens!
Good Old Bowser, to bring me
straight to his home!” H" stooped
and patted Bowser the Hound, who
had given up trying to dig his way
into Old Man Coyote’s house, but
was doing his best to tell his mas
ter that Old Man Coyote was at
home that very minute.
“It’s all right, Bowser, old fel
low,” continued Farmer Brown’s
Boy. “It’s all right. He’s safe
enough in there just now. We can’t
get him out, but we know just where
he lives and he is as good as caught
this very minute. We’ll set some
traps around here, and then I guess
Old Man Coyote will wish that he
had left our ducks and chickens
alone. I’m glad that it wasn’t Red
dy Fox, after all. He is such a
handsome chap that I would much
rather see him running around than
to shoot or trap him. But this fel
low isn’t so handsome, and we’ll
soon make short work of him. You
keep watch. Bowser, while I go
back to the house and get some
traps. He’s eaten his last chicken.”
All of which goes to show how lit
tle Farmer Brown’s Boy knew about
Old Man Coyote.
© T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
No Navy
Switzerland is the only country in
Europe without a navy.
Woman Can Collect
If She Only Whispers
OMAHA.—If Mrs. Ruth Norsiki-
an doesn’t talk above a whisper
for the next 9 Vi years, she can
collect compensation estimated at
$9,535, Judge Lawrence Welch, of
compensation ccurt, ruled.
He found her suffering from
hysterical aphonia and ruled that
she is permanently disabled.
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By V.V. %
r\ O YOU have long fingers and
want them not to look quite so
long? If you use bright polish it will
have the effect of shortening the
fingers. You may also keep a wide
white margin at the tip of the nail.
Fingers should not look so long that
they give “stringy” proportions to
the hand.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Bluebeard Castle Hotel
Put Up by Ickes for Rent
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Blue
beard’s castle is for rent again, the
department of the interior an
nounced. Secretary Ickes is offer
ing it on a three-year lease, begin
ning December 1.
The castle is really a hotel at
Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands,
built around the reputed stronghold
of the pirate who killed wives dis
pleasing to him.
According to the prospectus, the
hotel has a spectacular view of the
Caribbean, palm-shaded terraces,
copper screens, parquet floors, hot
and cold running water. It paid a
tax of $1,625 last year on a valua
tion of $130,000. The lessee must
put up a $5,000 bond and assume
other financial obligations.
Ride Toboggan Down Sand Dunes
Waving the French and English flags, two pretty Canadians toboggan
down the giant sand mountain near Tadoussac, Quebec. The imm«.n««.
sand dune is 500 feet high. Toboggans slide down its 45-degree slope at
speeds exceeding 50 miles an hour.
FRENCH WAR PRISONERS HELD NEAR PARIS SEEM DAZED
PARIS.—Some 11,000 war prison
ers are quartered near Paris in
Meaux camp, which is operated by
the French under efficient German
supervision.
This camp—there are two others
and a hospital in the vicinity—is
termed a “model camp” because of
its French management and because
it is comparatively clean. Soap is
scarce, and for the men in their
present circumstances it is consid
ered more precious than gold.
Most of the men wander around,
their faces impassive, blank, as if
they were of another World. They
do not seem sad or happy. The
Frenchmen in charge of the camp,
however, are alert, probably be
cause they were not idle.
Uniforms of the prisoners are in
a bad state of repair. Some wear
the leather lining from helmets on
their heads. Occasionally one may
be seen still wearing a “tin hat”
he had used in the recent conflict.
On the day the writer visited the
camp the smartest and cleanest ap
pearing prisoner was a young Eng
lish aviator with a freshly washed
blue shirt under his gray tunic. He
said there was another English pris
oner in the hospital.
The writer’s party stopped in front
of the office and delivered private
parcels which the soldiers helped
carry into the building. A bar of
soap and a towel were presented to
a French colonial, who almost wept
with joy. He had requested the
articles and thought at first they
had been forgotten.
The men crowded around us.
Their expressions changed a little
to sort of an animal-like curiosity.
Some of them asked to have letters
taken out for them, but this is for
bidden.
Jeanette Nolan
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
S AYING that the first fea
ture-length film made
by the March of Time is im
portant is like saying that the
history of our country is im
portant. “The Ramparts We
Watch” is living history; the
nonprofessionals who appear
in the story that is played out
against the background of the stir
ring events of 1914-18 are just people
like all of us, thinking and talking
as we do now.
1 Since the film was released in a
limited number of cities a new end
ing has been given it, one so dra
matic that the picture is made dou
bly effective. Despite protests of
1 the German embassy, sections of the
Nazi propaganda film, “Feuere-
taufe,” (“Baptism of Fire”) have
been incorporated at the end of the
picture.
The Nazi film, designed to “soften”
countries such as Norway, Holland,
Belgium and France which Germa
ny was about to conquer, was seen
by the March of Time as a warning
of what free countries were up
against today. But UFA, German
state film trust, imposed impossible
demands for censorship. Then it
was learned that the British govern
ment had confiscated English lan
guage copies of the film at Bermuda.
Full title to the film was transferred
by the British government to the
March of Time.
In this German film, a Stuka
bomber dives on a railroad station
—and you seem to be in it. War
saw is razed, the German war ma
chine moves relentlessly. Your daily
newspaper’s headlines come alive
for you.
*—
Jeanette Nolan was the victim of
one of the worst things that can hap
pen to a radio ac
tress, the other
day. Of course,
the worst thing is
missing a broad
cast. The next
worst is an attack
of hiccoughs.
It happened to
Jeanette just be
fore she was to
broadcast on the
Court of Missing
Heirs. She drank
water. She held
her breath. People beat her on the
back. And still she hiccoughed.
Finally Director John Loveton had
an inspiration. “Just heard that
John didn’t show up for rehearsals
at ‘Meet Mr. Meek,’ ” he remarked
casually. By John he meant John
McIntyre, Jeanette’s husband. She
was so frightened that she forgot
her hiccoughs.
The American Federation of La
bor had decided tentatively to pro
duce a motion
picture based on
the lire of the
great labor lead
er, Samuel Gom-
pers, who for
many years head
ed the A. F. of L.
Paul Muni is slat
ed for the leading
role. It is said
that Mr. Muni
will be paid $25,-
000 for his work.
The picture will
in all probability be made in New
York city.
*
Most of the big stars of Holly
wood are married or past 35, but
among those who will qualify for
the draft are John Howard, Orson
Welles, Broderick Crawford, James
Stewart, Lew Ayres, John Carroll,
William Holden, Bob Preston, Eddie
Albert, Jeffrey Lynn and Dennis
O’Keefe. Wayne Morris still doesn’t
know whether he’s married or di
vorced.
*
Thursday night will soon become
more important than ever so far as
radio is concerned. You can hear
Fred Waring, “Good News,” the Al
drich Family, Bing Crosby, Rudy
Vailee, and after October 19 West-
inghouse’s Musical Americana will
join the ranks.
How would you like to stand by
and see somebody fireproofing the
clothes that you were going to wear
a little later? That’s what happened
to Ray Milland, William Holden and
Phil Brown, of Paramount’s “I
Wanted Wings,” recently. The pic
ture is being filmed at the govern
ment flying field at San Antonio.
Brown, a flying cadet, crashes in a
basic training plane, and the other
two rush in and pull him from the
flaming wreckage.
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ODDS AND ENDS
H The Record Play err. a company o{
acton headed by Wendell Holmes (of
radio’s “Big Sister” and “Myrt and
Marge”) it being formed to record the
great plays of the ages o/><! distribute
them to schools and cultural groups
throughout the nation. At first a limited
number of recorded plays in album form
will be distributed free. Holmes’ idea is
to make the mprld's famous plays avail
able to every’nome or group having a
phonograph, and to open a new field for
actors and actresses.
«. Paulette Goddard is testing up after
"Second Chorus.”
Paul Muni
HCWiq sew
4- Ruth Wyeth Spears
AX^HENEVER I make a trip to
' ’ New England I like to bring
back something to remind me that
there have been about 15 genera
tions of homemakers in America
since John Alden and Priscilla set
up housekeeping in Plymouth col
ony. This time my treasure was
the pair of ancient flat irons you
see here in use as book ends for
my work-room library of loose leaf
binders. Setting them up remind
ed me that I have been wanting to
show you my method of fastening
booklets in ring binders.
I use %-inch wide gummed tape.
Pieces 2%-inches long are folded
in half. The fold end is stuck to
gether and punched. These tabs
are placed on the rings of the bind
er and booklet stuck between the
open ends. We are inveterate
booklet collectors on all sort of
subjects. Frequently we cover
binders with fabrics or interesting
papers so they look attractive on
the shelves in any room.
NOTE: Here Is a'good suggestion (or
keeping the series of sewing booklets
which Mrs. Spears has prepared (or our
readers. There are five booklets avail
able and a new one Is published every
other month. No. 5 contains direcUons
for 30 different homemaking ideas, in-
Perseverance
The old saying is that all things
come to those who wait. Change
this so as to make it declare that
nearly all the good things are pos
sible to those who will persevere
long enough in seeking them, and
you will have an important state
ment which does not at all exceed
the limits of truth. If, too, you
should turn it around, the converse
of it would be equally true; for
without perseverance we need
have no expectation of either ac
quiring much or being of much
service to our fellow-creatures.
eluding new fall curtains; useful holiday
gifts, and description of the other book*
lets in the series. When you write for
your copy of Book 5 be sure to enclose
10c to cover cost and mailing. Send
order to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
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Enclose 10 cents for Book 5.
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