The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-25

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pendent, 100000 OF them on federal
relief" he said. by 1860 we viii
have twice that many over sixty
five, facing a burden that cannot be
escaped. regardless OF legislation.
. Unemployment insurance is
only a first line of defense There
Is some danger that II will be
launched with too high hopes. It
will do nothing for those now un-
employed"
Einstein Expounds.
However, as far as the meeting
of the Association for the Advance
ment Of Science was concerned, OF
far more Importance than the dis
cussion OF New Deal policies was
the visit OF the distinguished Prof.
Albert Il. Einstein 10 furnish ele-
mentary mathematical proof that
matter Is just form Of energy,
then pass the whole thing off as too
impractical to be of any use to man
In his search for power, anyway.
Herr Professor said that energy,
although 1t is the basis OF every
thing, even life, is locked away in
the Infnitesimal nucleus of the
atom. and trying 70 get it out Is an
almost hopeless task.
1T is like hunting birds in
country where there are very few
birds. and in pitch darkness" he
said Demonstrated at the Pitts
burgh conference was model OF
the l0.O0OO00-volt Van de Graaff
generator, with which scientific
marksmen hope TO lombard the
atom. The generator releases bull
lets of electricity at speed 100000
times as fast as a rifle bullet.
Some 100 papers, totaling more
than 100000 words, were read and
discussed at the meeting, their rev.
elations including sundry startling,
Informative tit-bits ranging from
the fact that snowshoes and skis
originated In prehistoric Asia to
the undeniable actuality that fish
husband that doesn't mean the
poor fish" who is made the goat
of the party, either-but there, the
animal life is getting all mixed up.
OF more than passing interest to
all economical housewives and hus-
bands who pay the bills was the
"sun cooker" demonstrated to the
1900 scientists by Charles Greeley
Abbott OF the Smithsonian insti-
tute, a great authority on the rays
of the sun. The present Abbott
cooker will absorb enough solar
rays to reach a temperature Of 400
degrees Fahrenheit. A former one,
upon which DR. and Mrs. Abbott
cooked all their meals for three
months. heated up to 365 degrees.
One of Mae Vests ancestors In
the days of the dim, shady, prehis-
toric past may have been a mermaid,
for all Mae or science knows. ac-
cording to information presented by
Prof. William King Gregory Of
Columbia university; he showed
that even fish have hips. This
was discovered when he traced the
evolution of the pelvis from fish to
man. The hip-bones are little rods
ottoobaI fn tho ba cLhoua httf holm
ing to support the rear fins. 1t was
the development of the pelvis
through the ages which made am
phlblans capable of crawling, ami
mails to walk on all fOurs, and
finally man to crawl.
Many Of the findings of the Pitts
burgh meeting were of the most hu-
man nature, close to our daily lives.
For instance, Prof. A. l. Winsor
and F.. l.. StrOngin of Cornell uni
versity came forth with the scien-
tific proof that the best time to en-
Joy a smoke OF tobacco is the most
popular time of all-just after
couple of cups Of black coffee. They
have opposite effects on the human
body. If you inhale. the coffee
soothing the effect Of the cigarette.
The two together do much to avoid
the increased shakiness OF the
hands and quickening of the pulse
which follow ordinary smoking.
n Waa4arp Neuspauar IruIon