Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-06-13
BROWN|NGGU FOR
AIRCRAFT IS 0. K.
/ RATE OF FIRE sYNcHRoNIzED
WITH REVOLUTIONS OF THE
TRACTOR PROPELLER.
BASEBALL CAPTURES LONDON
American Army and Navy Teams
Draw Big crowds-British Officers
In v. s. Give instruction in Gas
Defense.


In U. s. Give instruction in Gas
Defense.
The Browning machine gun has sue.
cessfully undergone a test to deter
mine its value for use with aircraft
This is one of three types of machine
guns with which the rate of fire can
be so synchronized with the revolu-
lions of the propeller of tractor air
plane that the gun can be fired by the
pilot of a combat plane through the
revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revolve at from
800 to 2,O0O revolutions per minute.
The machine gun is connected with
the airplane engine by a mechanical
or hydraulic device, and impulses from
the crank shaft are transmitted to the
machine gun. The rate Of fire Of the
machine gun Is constant and its fire Is
,synchronized with the revolving pro-
ipeller blades by wasting" a certain
percentage Of the impulses 1t receives
from the airplane engine and by hav-
ling the remaining impulses trip or pull
the trigger so that the gun fires just
ut the fraction Of the second when
the propeller blades are clear Of the
lline Of, FIRE.
The pilot operates the gun by means
Iof a lever which controls the circuit
land allows the impulses to trip the
trigger.
'As the latest wonder Of the world
London has taken to baseball" says
IL committee on public information
representative in London. 1.-THE Eng
lish never before had much use for
our great game. They called it an ex-
aggerated form Of FOUNDERS and won
ydered what the noise was all about,
but the American and Canadian SOL
ldiers in England have been educating
them.
"A regular league Of eight teams has
started summer schedule, and the
English public is learning what It has
missed. Big crowds witness the game
which Is played every Saturday, and
] the sport bids fair to become widely
popular. Here is the way Thomas
Burke, the short-story writer. reports
game in the London Star of May
"a.
Last week l discovered baseball.
The match between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse of a
pastime that has captivated CONT
nent. and can well understand Its ap-
peal to modern temperament. Be-
lieve me, it's good goods. And the
crowd! had heard and read much OF
baseball fans and their method of root
ing, bnt my conceptions were nothing
near the real thing The grandstands,
crowded with army and navy fans,
lbristling with megaphopes and tossing
hats and demoniac faces. would have
made superb subject for lithograph
by Sir Frank Bragwyn.
"'The game got hold of me before
the first pitched ball. The players In
their hybrid costumes and huge gloves,
the catcher in his gas mask. and the
movements of the teams as they prac-
ticed runs shook me with excitement.
Then the game began and the roofing
began. In past years have attended
various football matches in mining dis
tricts where the players came In for q
certain amount of Raging, but they
were church services compared with
the furious abuse and hazing handed
20 any unfortunate who failed to play
ball.
There was, for example, an explo-
stve, reverberating "A-h-h-h-h-h" which
i have been practicing In my back yard
ever since, but without once catching
Its true quality. You should have
heard Admiral Sims. as college yell
leader, when the Navy made-a home
run hit, with his Alta boy; oh, alta
way to play ball." and when they got
an error he sure handed the Navy
theirs.
Yes; I've got II. From now on I'M
q fan. I'm going to see every baseball
match played anywhere near London.
l shall never be able to watch With ex-'
(llCluGlit a <(llNhSl "a lVOAhui thNe~As
after this; it'd be like tortoise race.
Come along with me to the next match
and Join me in roofing and in killing
the umpire Il -SS:s. e
In March and April the secretary of
on Recommendation of the
Office Of public roads ard rural ellsi-
approved 80 state roaG-buiid-
ing projects involving more than 2.a00
miles Of highways uGtier the federal
aid road act. The estimated cost Uf |
these improvements to the states is
about $15,OOO,000 The federal aid al
lowed is more than $5.000000.
Bottlers of soft drinks ii the United
States may save approximately 10000 |
tons Of sugar annually BY using other
sweetening materials, according to In
yestigations By specialists Of the bu-