New Britain herald., 1930-12-29

They consumed oxygen and they gave off carbon dioxide as do other living. breathing things.
 They showed the power of rapid movement, 50 that sometimes it was difficult to keep them under the field of the microscope. They took vital stains which is a method of using dyes to make tiny objects vis- ible.
 Shows Brain Possibilities
 ''Tihs experiment" said Grille, revealed clearly that the brain liquid is unique in being the pos sessor of a structure that has the power of organizing the proteins of any organ"
 By feeding, these cells were kept alive and active for two and cne- half months.
 But cells from other organs of animals gave "only feeble reactions and no power of organization" The artificial recreation did not work on all brains. It failed on dogs which died Of distemper, and partly failed on rabbits that died of exhaustion.
 Ultra violet radiation killed the rejuvenation power and Grille says:
 Tt would seem that the lethal effect of radiation must be exerted on the dipoid (faD elements of cancer cells.
 "The lipoids and proteins extract ed from a cancer when mixed with solution of the ash of the same cancer did not produce cells but a bizarre structure characterized by the appearance of many fatty drop lets"
 Show durability
 They also showed durability, which is the scientific word for one of the outstanding characteristics of living things. This irritability was manifest by the fact that poisons placed in the ether killed the life like activities, just at 1t would cause death of live cells.
 This autosynthetic cell, as pr. Krile named it, is another step in many years exploration in his laboratory for the beginnings Of life and the causes of death. It is not Dr. Krile's first cell with limit ed life-like characteristics.
 Two years ago he reported that a combination of apple juice sepa- rated from pure distilled water by a celluloid film made use of oxygen like a living apple. That is the laboratory cell "breathed' after the fashion of an apple. He sug- gested that the concentration Of the juice in the right manner might ex- plain the life-like prenomenon.
 Photography Exhibited
 Photography by something that is not light was exhibited by Austin H. Clark of the Smithsonian Institu- ton of Washington.
 Butterfly wings-one of them from a creature dead 50 years took their own pictures upon photo- graphic plates in total darkness. They also recorded themselves fair ly we'll upon a smooth silver plate.
 Glass between the wing and the photographic plate prevented any picture, showing, said Mir. Clark, that the emanat4on is not light. Quartz likewise prevented photog- raphy. indicating that invisible ul- tra-violet radiation is not the source.
 Through a sheet Of cellophane, however the wings photographed themselves, suggesting that gas em- anating from the wings makes tn" image.
 The dim tracing on silver is taken as evidence that sulphur gas may be the cause. Whatever it is the rad!- ation apparently comes from the pig ments composing the brilliant col ors. Some physicists think that ra- dloactivity may be envolved and Mir. Clark said the experiments will con- tinue.
 storm Tracks Traced
 American storm tracks were trac- ed by Dr. Eric Miller, meteorologist of the L. s. weather bureau Of Madison. Wis. The number of cen ters of storms and fair areas, he said is greater in the interior of the con- tinent. Middle and northern plains states have twice as many as New England.
 They migrate in yearly round trips from the Gulf states in January to the Great Lakes in July and August and back in autumn. This, he said makes a double maxima of fre- quency" which may explain the we'll -entrenched notion that there is an equinoctial storm.' The minima of frequency in Cali fornia, Florida and along the Mexi- can border" he said, "are doubtless important factors in making those regions popular as winter resorts" Seven Inmates EscaDe