The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-06-20
BROWNING GUN FOR
AIRCRAFT IS 0. K.
RATE OF FIRE sYNcHRoNIzEp
WITH REVOLUTIONS OF THE
TRACTOR PROPELLER.
BASEBALL CAPTURES LONDON
American Army and Navy Teams
Draw Big crowds-srltish Officers
In v. s. Give instruction In Gas
Defense.

| Draw Big Crowds-6rltish Officers
In v. s. Give Instruction In Gas
| Defense.
The Browning machine gun has sue
cessfully undergone test to deter
mine It's 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 q combat plane through the
revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revolve at from
| 800 to 1000 revolutions per minute.
The machine gun In 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 Ii
| synchronixed with the revolving pro-
peller blades by wasting" a certain
percentage of the impulses 1t receives
Ing the remaining impulses trip or pull
the trigger SO that the gun fires just
at the fraction of the second when
the propeller blades are clear Of the
line Of IRE.
The pilot operates the gun by means
| of q lever which controls the circuit
and allows the impulses to trip the
trigger.
"As the latest wonder Of the world
london has taken to baseball" says
committee on public information
| representative In London. "The Eng
lish never before had much use for
our great game. They called 1t an ex-
aggerated form of FOUNDERS and won
dered what the noise was all about,
but the American and Canadian SOL
diers In England have been educating
them.
"A regular league Of eight teams has
started a summer schedule. and the
English public Is learning what 1t has
missed. Big crowds witness the game
which Ia 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
n.
"'Last week | discovered baseball.
The match between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse Of Q
: pastime that has captivated CONT
, nent, and can well understand Its ap-
peal to a 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, but my conceptions were nothing
near the real thing. The grandstands
crowded with army and navy fans
Y briatling with megaphones and tossing
! hats and demoniac faces, would have
: made q superb subject for Autograph
! by Sir Frank Bragwyn.
/ "aThe game got hold Of me before
i the FIRST pitched ball. The players In
r 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
b various football matches In mining dis
r tricts where the players came in for I
I; certain amount Of Raging, but the,
/ were church services compared witt
7 the furious abuse and hazing handel
= to any unfortunate who failed to pla.
! ball.
IS "'There was, for example, an expo
l. sive, reverberating "A-h-h-h-h-h" which
Z have been practicing In my back yart
: ever since. but without once catching
2 its true quality. You should hav'
! heard Admiral Sims, az college vel
: leader, when the Navy made home
n run hit, with his Alta boy oh. alta
q way TO play ball." and when they 60
C an error he sure handed the Nav.
D theirs.
Eyes; I've got 1t. From now on Tn
fan. I'm going to see every baseball
match played anywhere near London
I shall never be able to watch with e1
element a cricket or football mate
after this; it'd be like tortoise racs
Come along with me to the next mate
.. and join me in roofing and In KILN
the umpire"
= In March and April the secretary Q
q agriculture, on recommendation Of tn
is ONCE Of public roads and rural eng
n neerIng, approved 212 state road-built
e, ing projects involving more than 2,50
OF miles Of highways under the feeders
~ aid road act The estimated cost {
- these improvements to the states
70 about S15,0O0,OO0. The federal aid q
M lowed is more than 100000.
Of
es Bottlers of soft drinks In the Unite
e. States may save approximately 5000
OF tons Of sugar annually by using oths
~ sweetening materials. according to Il
~ vestigations by specialists Of the b
r. reau of chemistry, United States d
If, partment OF agriculture. The bures
ne. of chemistry Is preparing to furnis
IL bottlers with sweetening formulas th'
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