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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Sun Power Problem
To Be Studied by
Scientists of M. |. T.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-Meth-
DDS of creating ''sun power" by
converting the tremendous
amount of solar energy into
some form in which man can
use it as a source of power will
be the goal of a comprehensive
program of chemical, electrical
and mechanical research to be
undertaken at the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology.
Enabled by a $647,7 gift from
DR.. Godfrey L. Cabot of Boston, the
research will be devoted specifically
to search for direct means of con-
verting the suns radiant energy
into useful power or storing such
energy for future use. Under the
terms of the gift the income from
the fund must be used in these stud
les for at least so years, after which
it may be diverted to other pur-
poses at the discretion of the Insti-
tute's corporation.
While scientists at Technology will
concentrate on direct physical and
chemical methods of using solar en-
ergy, research workers at Harvard
university, which received SINH
lar grant from DR.. Cabot last year,
are making pioneering study Of
the possibilities of speeding up the
growth of trees, and thus stream
lining" the conversion Of sunlight
into forms suitable for human use.
Great Potential Power.
In announcing the gift, DR.. Karl
T. Compton, M. l. T. president, COM
mented on the enormous potential
power of solar energy, pointing out
that heat from the sun reaches the
earth in the temperate zones at
an average rate of approximately
100000 calories per square yard
daily. In the three months of great
est sunshine an acre of land, he
estimated, receives directly from
the sun an amount of heat equiva-
lent to that which would be pro-
duced by the burning of about $50
tons of first-class coal.
''The store of energy in our famil-
lar fuels, while great, is not mex
haustible," he continued, in point
ing out the Importance of such re-
search.
A primary object of the project
will be to determine whether use of
solar energy is economically FEAST
bic and practical. Solar energy de-
vices already proposed and studied
elsewhere will be evaluated with this
point of view in mind. The second
aspect will consider chiefly the fea-
sibility of developing new CONVEX
sion equipment using phenomena
now under study which hold prom
Use of ultimately being useful in the
solution of this problem.
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SYNOPSIS

Sarah Lynn Dana, youngest OF the Dana
women of Danavale, Calf. chafes at the
well-ordered life approved by her mother.
Adelaide, who Is trying to marry her to
Duncan Van Doren. Detroit society youth.
Great-Granny Dana, covered-wagon pioneer.
and community matriarch, recognizes IN the
girl the restless adventurousness OF the
dark Danas," a trait shared by her ana
Cousin Sally Ann Dana. traveller and author.
and pleads with Sally Ann to take the girl
abroad Uncle Lynn. wheelchair invalid.
adds his plea to Sally Ann to save Sarah
Lynn. as does the girls young brother. BILL
Another plea comes from Miss Pennington
Penny" adoring governess OF the gri,
saying she is unhappy and misunderstood
At family dinner party, Sally Ann first
hears of Keaton Dana's ultra-modern wife.
Ardtne. who runs roadhouse caiieo the
Stewed Prune, and Is trying to wangie
flight with Gunnar Thorwald, Norwegian ace
famous for his refusal to fly women. through
their mutual friend, Jim Allison: Gunnar
Thorwald arrives with Jim Allison, ana
Sarah Lynn is attracted to him. Duncan
invites her to the Stewed Prune. Sarah
Lynn refuses to drink anything but ginger
ale. Cousin Mary Dana Webster tells Sarah
she suspects Ardine and her friends Of Tram.
ing on Gunnar, and Sarah Lynn, In an In
creasing stupor, decides to warn him. When
Gunnar arrives, angry at Jim Allison for
missing connections, he hears Sarah Lynn
cry. Go awayl Don't come inl Ladybug,
fly away home" and sees her carried out
20 the ladies' room, unconscious. Gunnar
arrives at the airport. Sarah Lynn. partly
out of her stupor, imagines the sensations
of flying, with Gunnar at the controls. Cum
mar. flying to Los Angeles, senses someone
standing behind him. When he realizes
It Is Sarah Lynn, he shouts, Keep away
from me, drunken fool" will listen to no
explanation. and detours to Fresno. Thrown
out at Fresno like a sack of mail" Sarah
Lynn is greeted by a group headed by a
bride and groom, who recognize Gunnar.
While the bride" drives Sarah Lynn to the
hotel to await her father. one of the party
phones the story to the newspapers. iden.
titying the two fiers. and the bride" as
Kitty Medill. wild stunt hier. Danavale Is
convinced Sarah Lynn has been drugged.
Uncle Lynn promises to get the truth to
Gunnar. Sally takes Sarah Lynn abroad. and
writes Uncle Lynn of her plan to make an
ayiatrix out of her. Sarah Lynn receives
a cable from home, saying her mother is
threatened with pneumonia. Sarah Lynn ar
rives home. Gunnar comes to ask her
pardon and invites her to fly.
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asked the pardon; have taken her
to fly. It is finished"
It must have been almost at the
same instant that Lynn Dana was
tipping to his travelling cousin in
Geneva. "And so, Sally Ann, my
dear, it has begun!"
Sarah Lynn was twenty years old
on the fifteenth of June. Her first
waking thought was, 'Now I'm ex-
actly old enough to begin my fight
training!"
For months she had been saying,
"I'd like to fly" and 81 want to
fly" and finally, ''I'm going to fiyl"
but without any deeper delving into
the proposition.
Sarah Lynn's place at the break
fast table was festive with flowers
and Observation-Disclosures packages.
Her mother made much of birth
days.
Her dark and difficult daughter
opened her gifts with grateful
warmth and ran to kiss and thank
her.
"I'm so glad they make you hap
py, darling. But you haven't looked
at the big box yet" she reminded
her archly.
1t would be from Duncan Van Dor
en-, of course, from the smartest of
San Francisco florists. She lifted
away damp layers Of glistening
green paper and registered anthem
tic appreciation. She touched lilies
of-the-valley and forget-me-nots and
tiny pink rosebuds with her brown
finger-tips. Duncan has perfect
taste"
"Ah, yes, hasn't he?" her mother
said gratefully. ''Will you arrange
them now, dear? The low green
bowls and the little crystal vases
for the Glies?"
"You fix them for me, Mother,
please! You do it so much better
and Penny's waiting. I promised
to walk with her."
Mrs. Dana was wistfully CHEEKY
about it, sure that brisk walk
would do her child good. "But don't
stay away too long, darling!" she
said with the look which meant her
sly, sweet hopes. Happy plans for
the birthday"
Sarah Lynn found the governess
and the greyhound waiting for her.
They set off together through the
increasing loneliness of the day.
Queer! No presents from Great
granny and Uncle Lynn!"
"Ah, well, the days not done!"
Miss Pennington wagged her head
in it's stern, out-dated sailor hat.
penny, where shall we go? The
high meadow? Remember how I
used to tease the ladybugs and
make them fly away home and tell
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Keeping Up
WyiIl6Ssjen{e
Collecting Insects Is
inexpensive Hobby
And Quite Amusing
q Science Service.-WNU Service.

WASHINGTON. - You don't
need to spend a lot of money to
have a lot of fun cultivating a
scientific hobby, at least in it's
beginning stages. If the collect
ing fever really takes hold,
you'll probably empty your
pocketbook on your hobby, any,
way, but you can take a trial
spin at it for next to nothing.
If the notion of making a collec-
ton of insects appeals to you, for
example, you don't even need to buy
a butterfly net. If you are handy
with tools you can make one for
yourself; but in some ways the be-
ginner at "bug-hunting" may even
be better off without net.
Butterflies, for all their attractive
ness, are not the best insects to be-
gin on. They are fragile and hard
to handle, and they take up lot OF
room. The same may be said for
dragonfies, cranef1ies and many
other insects that require net for
their capture.
Beetles Almost Ideal.
Beetles are almost an ideal group
for starting-out purposes. They can
be caught in the fingers as they
lumber along the ground or cling to
trees and bushes. They can be
found by turning over sticks and
stones in the woods, or by digging
the bark off rotten logs with a stout
knife or the point of trowel. They
don't get messy in handling, and
they don't take up much room in
your trays or boxes.
Several other groups of insects
offer somewhat the same advan-
tages. You might prefer to try
scooping up waterbugs, or nabbing
grasshoppers, katydids and crickets,
or even capturing the wild cock
reaches of the woods, which are
quite different animals from the
pests that haunt our houses.
Killing Bottle Necessary.
One piece of equipment is neces-
Sary LOT any KIM OIL insect CoueCI-
ing. This is a killing bottle. 1t is
cruel to carry captive insects
around alive, and to stick pins
through them without first humane
ly killing them is not to be thought
of. So every collector carries a
wide-mouthed bottle with a tight
stopper, into which he puts his in
sects, along with some chemical
whose fumes are quickly lethal to
insect life.
Common pins aren't the best
things for pinning out insects but
they'll do all right, especially if you
try to get thin ones. Don't pin your
beetle exactly in the middle, be-
tween his two wing-covers, but
thrust the pin through one of these
hard, shell-like halves; it will hold
better there.
You don't need expensive special
boxes or trays for your collection.
Cigar boxes will do well enough,
for start.
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STRAIT GATE
BY RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
coPYRI N-cENT VIM

The pilot nodded without undue
enthusiasm.
"How long will 1t take?"
She shrugged. Depends"
She flushed. "Of course. But, I
mean, If I try with all my might
if I'm not too dumb-if I study and
work"
"Just for, a Private, of course.
Private Flying License. That's the
quickest. Ten hours instruction, ten
hours solo flying; that's the mini
num-"
eyes," she said contentedly.
"When is my first lesson?"
Tomorrow"
ooh, not today?"
He shook his head. Physical ex-
amination-lots of details to fix up.
But I'll hop you over to the field,
now, and your folks'n drive over
after you. Ready" With swift
strength he swung her up and into
the cockpit and climbed in himself.
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Corn's Vitamin Content
May Be Increased by
Scientific Breeding

ITHACA, N. Y.-Breeding for in
creased content is indicated as a
definite possibility by experiments
on corn reported by Drs. L. F.
Randolph and David B. Hand of
Cornell university.
The vitamin A content of corn
and other vegetables depends on the
amount present of certain yellow
pigments, the carotinoids. Amount
of the carotinoids in turn depends
on the hereditary makeup of the
plant; it is a Mendelian trait.
Doctors Randolph and Hand bred
strains of yellow corn to increase
the number Of chromosomes in each
cell, bearing the hereditary units or
genes. When they doubled the
chromosome numbers (and there
with doubled the gene numbers)
they obtained marked increases in
the vitamin A activity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
CHAPTER VIII

Soon they were taxing over the
meadow, and Sarah Lynn saw with
a warm uprush of gratitude that it
had been leveled into the semblance
of a decent landing-feld. Great
granny, Uncle Lynn, going to that
extra expense so that she might see
her Ladybug first in the setting of
old memories.
The plane turned, disdained the
browning grass, rose serenely into
the air. Instantly, Sarah Lynn knew
in blaze of ecstasy that she had
never flown beforel Turning traitor
to all earlier thrills, she realized
that a cabin-plane cut in two the
kingdom and the power and the
glory. Now, with nothing between
her and the sky, she was really fly
ing!
"My first fight in my own planet"
she told herself rapturously. 81 can
never be as happy as this again
if live to be hundred!"
She wished passionately that there
were more hours instead of minutes
before her. but the Gypsy Moth de-
voured the miles relentlessly, and
came daintily down at the San Jose
airport.
Men came running with grinning,
friendly faces to help her out, me-
chanics, helpers, attendants. There
was a youth with a camera which
clicked as Sarah Lynn stepped to
the ground.
We'll, Miss Dana, how 40 you
like your boat? Slick job, huh? Go
ing to fly her yourself?" He came
closer. Mind if I get one of you
and Gunnar Thorwald together?"
the reporter persisted. Shaking
hands, huh? Sort Of Welcome to
the sky!'" -. -.
"Gunnar Thorwald isn't here"
she began coldly, but then she saw
him coming toward her. ooh,
please, we'd rather not!" She kept
her head down.
The Norwegian ace reached them.
81 drive you home," he said with
out preliminary greeting.
The young newspaper man man
aged snapshot while they got into
Jordan's car. Thanks a lott" he
called out, his nose looking pertly
triumphant.
They rolled out of the field and
down the road.
ooh, I forgot!" Sarah Lynn said.
"Great-granny and Uncle Lyn n
were coming for me! I'm afraid
must wait for Them"
"We meet them on the road?"
eyes, we could"
"You must go quickly homer"
ooh, no." she discarded the hap
py birthday plans at which her
mother had archly limited. "You
mean"
81 have the earnest wish to see
those large trees"
A muscle twitched in her cheek.
''Then we'll 60 to FELTON,, over the
mountains, an hour, an hour and a
half"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Giant Race Lived i'm
Swamps of the Coal Age

COLOGNE, GERMANY.-A race
Of giants that lived in the Coal age
swamps is described by DR.. P. Gut
horl of the Saarbrucken School of
Mines. They were creatures with
iointed bodies like the Holsters and
insects Of today, and apparently
were evolutionally midway between
the lobster tribe and "thousand-leg-
gers" or myriapods.
But they were very much bigger
than any modern lobster or thou
sand-legger. None of the fossils thus
far found is entire, but from the
fragmentary remains DR.. Guthorl
estimates three-foot length as not
uncommon; and one specimen from
a coal bed in the Netherlands APP
pears to have been five or six feet
long in life.
This particular type of fossil has
never been found in coal beds out
side of Europe. It bears the scientific
name Arthropleura, and it lived
about $4,000, 900 years ago.
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Of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, the biggest
company in the world"
Clifford was born in Salem, Mass,
and entered college at sixteen, grad
uating three years later. Western
Electric sent him to Chicago where
he became acquainted with Jane
Adams of Hull House, who inter-
ested him in welfare work. Later
he was to head the Charity Organiza-
ton society and President Hoover's
national agency for unemployment
relief.
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Diet for Long Life

PHILADELPHIA.-The echidna,
or Australian spiny anteater, in the
Philadelphia zoo, has established a
record for longevity among animals
of its kind. Keepers ascribe its sur
vival for IS years to two things: a
dark box in which to sleep during
the daytime, and steady daily diet
of one raw egg, one pint of milk,
and one teaspoonful of lime water,
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CHAPTER VII-Continued

Conrad Jordan observed him with
satisfaction. "That lad will never
smash up through is own careless
ness" he nodded. He amplifed it
for her-"Most of the crashes oc-
cur on the ground"
81 see," Sarah Lynn said quickly.
He considered her shrewdly. 81
believe you do" They were step
Ping nearer to the plane and he
said above the roar, "You can get
aboard now" He took her elbow
in firm hand and helped her into
Che cabin.
She sat down quickly in the rear
seat, fastening the belt about her
waist, calmly folding her hands in
her lap.
The Hermod TAXED sturdily down
the field and took off trinity. There
were instants when it seemed to
hang in the clear air, suspended
over the field. She could see Con-
rad Jordan waving. Presently he lost
dignity and importance and became
a tiny toy figure in a world Of
playthings and vanished altogeth-
er.
They flew over the Santa Cruz
mountains, brown, green, compact
as if they had been carved out of
wood and painted.
They circled the water and turned
inland again, picking up the noun
tains, Danavale, San Jose, the air.
port, like dropped stitches.
Sarah Lynn caught her breath.
"Quick! Such heavenly quickness!"
He nodded. 81 have named him
for Hermod, the swift one. You
know?"
81 know. Hermes-Mercury."
"Yes. We go down, now"
The west was darkening when
they swooped to earth with a suave
landing and rolled briskly to the
hangar.
The old attendant came limping
to open the door and help her out.
Conrad Jordan was not in sight.
'.He said would you come speak
to him in the phone BOOTH" the
man addressed Gunnar, and the
Norwegian ace followed him in.
The older fier stood with the re-
ceiver in his hand. Hello, Gun
mar! Do you mind? I'm waiting for
this Glendale connection. Will you
run Miss Dana home for me?"
'Please don't trouble" she said
quickly. "They will send a car for
me-" But Gunnar was already step
ping toward the roadster and she
followed him.
He drove a car as smoothly as a
plane. They had licked off a twi-
light mile before he spoke. "You
have no fear"
''No."
''That is good"
After moment she said, 81
want to be flier."
''That is also good"
''Then, you think women should
fy?"
"Why not? Women have courage:
the skill they may learn. In the
ancient history of my country the
women fought often beside their
men,"
"I know" She remembered the
governess' books from the library.
''My grandmother" he began
again, his voice warmer than she
had heard it before, there could
be no more of courage in woman or
man." Presently he said, "Your
grandmother also like"
Sarah Lynn kindled. "Oh, Great
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21

Western Electric promoted him
rapidly and soon A. T. & T. kid
naped him to be statistician in the
Boston Office. By 1916 he was in
New York and before the year was
out became assistant director of the
national defense council. In 1919 he
was made vice president of the
telephone company and in 1925 he
succeeded H. B. Thayer as president.
Unlike most major executives,
Clifford is "hired man" and would
lose his job if he didn't show prof
its.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Glass Cracks Grow

BERLIN.-High speed motion pic
lures, taken at the rate of 10000
exposures a second, have shown
that cracks in glass from the in
slant of impact grow in all direc-
tons from the point of impact at
the rate of more than 1900 meters
per second.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Aforementioned Mine

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRI-
CA.-Air-conditioning of the Hercu-
les shaft of the East Rand Propri-
etary mine, one of the worlds great
est sources of gold, has enabled OBJ
orators to take so per cent more
gold ore from this shaft at no in
crease in operating cost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Crama Grass Cheaper

WASHINGTON. = Blue grama
grass, native species of especial
value for preventing dust storms,
can be seeded now at fraction of
its one-time estimated cost through
machine methods of stripping,
threshing, and cleaning seed from
stands still on the plains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
FOssilized Blood

HALLE, GERMANY.-F
red blood cells, preserved for an un-
known length of time after the death
of the lizard in whose veins they
coursed, have been found near here
by a German archeologist, DR.. E.
Voigt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Dogs Take Naturally to Sea

Dogs seem to take naturally to the
sea. Even the ancient Vikings took
their fierce hounds on voyages, and
swore the pups loved it. They are
especially popular as mascots on
United States warships.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Believed There Were Nine Suns

According to Chinese legend,
there were nine suns until Hou III,
a famous archer, shot and 'killed"
all but one, during the reign of Yao,
one of the prehistoric Chinese en-
perorS.
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vv( n j MI
B IC)GR a Il
WALTER s. CLIFFORD

WALTER s. CLIFFORD
Just before he graduated from
Harvard, Walter S. Clifford wrote
General Electric for a job. But he
inadvertently addressed the letter
to Western Electric and they gave
him a job as payroll clerk at $40
a week. Today Clifford is president
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Pasteurize Coats Milk

MALTA. - Island authorities at
this British Mediterranean naval
base have turned to systematic pas
teurization of goats milk in an eff
fort to wipe out Malta fever.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Contents of the Potato

A potato is more than three
fourths water, only one-tenth to one
fifth starch, an excellent source of
phosphorus and iron, and a fair
source of vitamin G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Naming the Asters

Plants of the aster family have
star-shaped blossoms, hence the
name aster from the Latin astra.
meaning star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Blood Suckers

Leeches, being parasitic to a con-
siderable degree, can usually be
found clinging to the skin of the
hind legs of a swapping turtle. feed
ing on its blood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-21
Original Iron Pot

The first iron produced in this
country was made into one-quart
pot.
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Sir John
Beaten in
Radio Duel

to Italy. If so, it probably was the
only time he ever lost contest.
The tall, bald, grim Scotsman
is upped to the job of running
the Imperial Always, as a civil
arm of rearmament, with a
sizeable hike in salary. 1t is
now $4,000 a year, instead of
$35, 900.
He is an engineer, and in 1916 was
mere with 600 technicians checking
on war material contracts. He
didn't like America or Americans
but eased up on us later on. Run
ming British radio, he has been ex-
ecrated as a tyrant, but he has
held to his line and confounded all
his adversaries. His views on radio
programs were outlined by him as
follows: ''To set out to give the
public what it wants, as the, saying
is, is a dangerous and fallacious
policy"
@ Consolidated News Features
WNU Service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-20

colleges, is established by the
institutions as a welfare for the
boys. The Supreme Court will
uphold the colleges"
Geary Eppley, athletic director
and track coach, Maryland Uni
verSity:
''No. We don't make a cent
on football. Gate receipts do
not pay for football. We must
get help from students. Once in
a long while We break even on
game. American people need
football as a form of relaxation.
The Supreme Court can't rule
otherwise. Football is a definite
part of an institution and a col
lege institution is State char
tered as an fundamentally Of
the State"
Leighton Cornwell, former ath
letic director at Dewitt Prep, now
in Internal Revenue Bureau:
eyes. Ninety per cent of the
colleges use good football teams
to attract students on this COM
mercial plane. Why should they
not be taxed as an amusement.
I have followed this case from
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