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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11
JUVENILE HELD

Superior Judge r D. McPherrin
Friday certified Harold Scroggins.
Is. to juvenile court for further
action under complaint that the
youth burglarized a Holtville cream
cry plant
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Raymond Clark is reported TO be
improving somewhat in health
His parents Mr.. and Mrs. r. O.
Clark returned Tuesday from Saw
telle where they were visiting their
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11
CORONADO
TENT CITY

LOW COST BEACH VACATTON
BETWEEN BAY AND OCEAN
Coronado Tent City is the ideal
vacation spot Just across the
bay from San Diego on the Silver
Strand 'twixt bay and sea. Fish,
swim, sail a boat, golf at the
waters edge. Accommodations
as low as S1.50 per clay. Weekly
$500 and up. a
For low weekly rates aud rea-
ervatiOns. write direct to WM.
II. GRAY. Manager, Coronado
Bench. California.
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Raymond Clark
Receivers, Folks
Report tuesday
McCABE NOTES

The Fred Sunstroms spent Sun
day at Jacur1ba They visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ubank.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Mr. and Mrs. George Yukawa
spent the weekend visiting theif
daughters. Maries and Eiko. The
former is in Pomona. the latter in
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Southern California Generally
fair tonight Saturday and Sunday
but morning fog in extreme west
portion. normal temperature. mo-
derate northwest wind off coast.
Los Angeles and Vicinity - Fair
tonight, Saturday and Sunday;
morning clouds or fog near coast,
seasonable temperature with little
change. gentle to moderate south
east TO southwest wind northwest
on coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Miss Caroline Paine left on Sat
urday for Berkeley where she will
attend school this coming year.
While there she will live With her
sister, Mildred who Is also attend
ing Berkeley,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11
WEATHER

data ronpIIed by observers to'
! The official United states weather
| Bureau station nj FL Centro)
Maximum Thursday ..=...-.....z=..... 100
Minimum Friday .zsz.z..=z..z=............. 78
Reading at Noon Friday
Temperature zz=.===zz.=# =#=.==z-..z...=..=z==z los
Humidity .....z..- ..-=....#....-...........z.... 81
Reading If } am. Friday
Temperature .z.z.-zz Observation-Disclosures 75
humidity ..= ##=.## #.=##===.........# 81
Reading at ) pm. Thursday
Temperature =.#=z.#== #....sz==...= lob
Humidity #z.===-=#==.= ==.=#.==.....=..z.....s..=# 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Visitors of the Hershell Grandeys
during the week were Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Faulkner of Heber. Mr.. ano
Mrs. Harry Lee of Ell Centro. and
Virgil Lewis of El Monte.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-11

Mr. and Mrs W L. Cook re-
turned on Monday from their va
cation which was spent with rel
atiyes in the Los Angeles vicinity.
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here but well stay a week longer. Then
/ must get back" He added. with the
confidential air he once in great while
used TO Judith about his work, Il have
a new play in mind. grand one"
"Oh, I'm so gladi' she exclaimed
her arms still round his neck. She pat
ted his back, keeping her face hidden
on his shoulder.
/ He beamed at her. She was like she
had been before she became sophisti-
Gated. She was his own little girl and
he would give her this last week even
though he himself longed to go back to
his work But he determined to keep an
eye on her and young Martin.
What ne saw was that they were to-
gether whenever 1t was possible but
their faces told him nothing. They had
plenty Of time for talk in the fishing
boat under the spread of the red sail.
At the end of the week she begged
Bose for just a few days more. He
agreed, but said
Il don't know what there Is between
you and Martin, but If you we're tam
pering with his feelings I shall wish
had never brought you to Cornwall"
She laughed teasingly. But you could
write a play about us. I can give you
lovely material for a play"
I don't need any collaboration from
you. my girl" he answered, rather
stiffly, for he resented the slightest
flippancy about his art. He resented
1t all the more as she had, in truth,
suggested his new play TO him by her
unexpected reactions TO the primitive
life. He strained TO return to London
and the accustomed serenity Of his
study. His nerves felt renewed after
the long weeks by the sea.
The day before they were to leave
there was a high sea, gale from mid
Atlantic. The great breakers thun-
dered on the beach, grinding the worn
stones together, with a deep, crunchtng
sound, flinging back their white names
like flying steeds. The gulls swung low,
now piercing the uproar with their
wild cries, now settling on the waves
with calm breasts. Bose stood by the
absorbing the scene, filling his
mind with it,
AFTER this" he thought, Il shall
come here every year. A part OF me |
will remain here"
The door opened and little Tom came !
rushing in on the blast His strength /
was not enough TO close the door. Bose |
put his shoulder 10 1t and 1t slammed. |
There's a ship in distreSsi" shouted /
Tom. The lifeboat's wanted. Our Mart's
IN his wayl"
Martin came in, ran up TO his room
and down again. His mother chung TO
him for one brief embrace. On the wall
1ung the crayon portrait OF his broth
sr lost at sea.
Where is Judith?" asked Bose.
ION the beach," answered Martin,
md ran out over the cobbles. Tom ran
after him.
A driving rain began to spatter the
1ane. Mary raked the Goals and put
he kettle on. What q girll' she said.
She'll be soaked through"
Shell be here directly" said Bose.
She must have hot drink" he
bought, what If judith got q chill and
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to London and at others dreaded 1t
She had never felt such physical well
being in her life, as she now felt. SHE
( spoke of this one evening to Martin
when the sails shone red in the sun.
set and he lounged, his eyes moving
lovingly across the sea but never or
her.
! "I'm feeling so well!" she said. "Thi.
life has made a new girl of me.
That's good"
/ 7 used to be SO restless and dissat-
isfied."
Were youP"
yes / always expected things to be
so wonderful. Parties and visits and
entertainments and was always dis
appointed
He gave little grunt of faint sur
prise.
Il didn't know what to expect when
came to Cornwall"
Hadn't your father ever talked to
you about it?"
Hundreds OF times. But no amount
Of talk can make you see a place as 1t
is. Has my talk Of London made you
see it?"
mot very clear"
do you want to see London?"
mo"
Il suppose you will be quite glad
L
was a faint culver in her voice.
Il don't mind, one way or t'other"
She looked at him astonished.
Martini What an unkind thing to
sayl"
well" he answered in a low voice.
1t wouldn't do for me TO like you too
well, would it?"
A silence fell between them. They
avoided each others eyes,
Edwin Bose, standing on the beach,
could see the sail Of Martins boat. as
no larger than a lowering red but
terfly. He smiled to think that the boy
and girl were becoming friendly. 1T
is good for Judith" he thought, ito
have this experience of q different life.
Perhaps 1t will make her a bit critical
of some of those anaemic London
friends of hers"
In himself he felt peace. His nerves
were rested, his mind refreshed. The
germ Of a new play was teasing his
imagination. He lay on the cliff max
ing order out Of his ideas that pushed
for dominance. His thoughts, like the
native gulls had come back to their
own place. Now he would write a play
70 equal, his first success. He began
70 feel the urge to return to his study
IN London
When he spoke Of this to Judith she /
lid not attempt to hide her dismay.
But I'm not ready to go! I'm hap /
pier than I've ever been before"
She looked It, he thought. with that /
-osy tan on her cheeks. her yellow hair /
'rinkling in the sea air
We'll, said Bose. I'm give you a week
nore."
At the end Of the week she begged 4
Bose to return to London without her. I
She wanted to stay in Cornwall for an
'ther month, she said.
Il hope you're not gone on young
MARTINI he said almost roughly.
7 Just like him. Hes nice boy to
,lay about with"
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master stood in no awe of his famous
predecessor.
On the way back to the cottage Bose
asked:
Are you enjoying it?"
"Oh, yes But I wish Martin weren't
so shy He can scarcely bear to speak
to me-"
Hell get over that"
That evening Judith asked if she
might go out in the fishing boat next
morning. She saw the flush creep over
Martins tanned face as his father
agreed.
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WHITE HORSES

He does not want me. But I will
come. I will make him want me-"
But It was she who wanted TO be with
him. Now she could not get him out Of
her mind or the image Of him out OF
her eyes. She wanted TO learn all about
the nets.
Every day Judith longed more and
more 10 know what sort Of man Martin
was. Sometimes she longed to go back
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

7 won't have you hurting his feel
ingS"
Hes more likely to be hurting mine, 8"
answered Judith.
Now he spoke sharply. What do you
mean BY that, Judith?"
She put both arms around his neck
Nothing Daddy except that / do
want TO finish this holiday in peace I
may never have anything ike It again 4"
Well, I am not going to leave you
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In the afternoon her father took her
to see the house where she had been
born, standing in its own garden beside
the rectory They went TO the school,
house, with its diamond paned case
ments, and judith was amused to see
how the rugged little Cornish school
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Evening star., 1939-10-29
By Frederick L. Oliver,
Captain. U. S. N. Retired.


Once more Mars has unloosed his
thunderbolts over a hapless world.
and amidst the din and excitement
OF war, one of his shafts makes
headline news every time a torpedo
sends a ship reeling toward Davey
Jones locker.
This potent instrument of destruc-
tion is the result of long years of
painstaking designing and patient
experimenting. In 1864. a Scotch
mechanic named Whitehead devel-
oped the idea of an Austrian and
produced the first successful auto
mobile torpedo-a crude device that
weighed 300 pounds, ran few hun
dred yards at six knots speed and
carried decorating charge of 1S
pounds of dynamite.
The accurate. powerful, long-range
torpedo of today is the direct de-
scendant of Whitehead's toylike con-
trivance. for his rudimentary inven-
tion contained many essential ele-
ments found in the modern weapon
In particular. he devised the method
of controlling a torpedo so that it
will run at a set depth below the
surface of the water.
Designers of many nations took
up the work of torpedo development.
Although they worked in secret and
the results of their labors were jeal-
ously guarded. the various improve
ments always became known in time.
with the result that. in general, the
torpedoes possessed by every naval
power have always been very similar
in operating principles.
Improvements Made.
Little by little the original torpedo
was improved. In 1891 the Chilean
cruiser Blanco Encalada was sunk
by torpedo and in 1894 the Bra
lillian battleship Aquidaban met a
similar fate. For a time, all navies
became exceedingly torpedo con-
scious, and the doom of the armored
ship was freely predicted. But
every new offensive weapon has al
ways resulted in the production of
effective defensive means. and the
development of the rapid-fre gun
and the searchlight proved adequate
for keeping torpedo-boa at a dis
tance.
During the Spanish American
War the torpedo played no promi-
nent part, but few years later, in
the Russian japanese war, it
achieved sensational results. These
triumphs. however, were in a great
measure due to the carelessness and
ineff1ciency of the Russians, as the
| torpedo was still an inaccurate wea-
pom OF limited range.
| These successes served to spur tor
pedo designers to greater efforts,
and by 1914 the torpedo with a
range of some 5000 yards and a 500
pound explosive charge had become
weapon to be reckoned with.
Results Recorded.
Since then its development has
proceeded apace, and although tor
pedo details are carefully protected,
it is known that there are torpedoes
today that will run for $500 yards
at speed of about As knots, and
some 5000 yards at Is or more
knots.
The torpedo has a cigar-shaped
body which is divided into the head,
immersion-chamber, en-
Evening star., 1939-10-29
for many years all torpedo gyro-
scopes were known as Obry gears.
Effort NJ Rot tiOn

for many years all torpedo gyro-
scopes were known as Obry gears.
Effect of Rotation.
The original-and. for the time,
satisfactory-design was a toy af E.
fair that was spun by spring. The
gyro operated a little air engine,
which in turn controlled the ver-
tical rudders. In the modern tor
pedo the gyro is an intricate mech
anism that receives continuous i'm
pulse throughout the run of the
torpedo, and it operates for such a
length of time that corrections for
latitude have to be applied to it
for counteracting the effect of the
earth's rotation.
The gyro is started while the tor
pedo is still in the tube, so that
its axis corresponds with that OF
the tube. However, it may not be
convenient to point the tube in the
direction that it is desired to have
the torpedo go. In order to provide
f1exibility in handling torpedoes
gyros are constructed so they can
quickly be set for any predetermined
angle to the axis of the tube. After
entering the water the torpedo turns
through this angle before starting
on its straight course. BY means
of this device broadside tubes can
fire torpedoes on any course, from
directly ahead to dead astern.
Mr.. Leavitt soon began expert
menting with the problem of OBJ
tanning more work from a charge
of air by heating it. The principle
was a simple one; merely taking
some of the air to support the
combustion of sufficient fuel, of a
high caloric value, to heat the re-
mainder of the air. However, it
proved difficult undertaking, and
many years passed before a reason
ably satisfactory solution was
reached. Torpedo ranges then ran
up to around 5000 yards.
British Found Device.
About 1908 rumors were circu-
lated that the British had a new
device that was going to give their
torpedoes marked supremacy over
ali others. The secret was closely
held for several years-much
longer than such secrets usually
can be retained-but eventually the
details became known.
The scheme was another simple
one. but again there was great diff
ficulty in applying it in satis-
factory manner. In brief it was to
use the entire charge of air for
burning fuel. To temper the ter
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Sensational
Gain Marked
Japan's War
Engineering Skill
Contributed to
Great Success

ance. The torpedo, when fully load
ed with explosive. air. water, fuel
and oil. must be in perfect balance,
both fore and aft and athwart-
ships. 1t must run on an even keel,
for should it heel the vertical and
horizontal rudders do not function
as designed, and erratic runs result.
In most navies the 21-inch tor
pedo is the largest in regular use.
These torpedoes are about % feet
long, weight around a ton and a
half, cost some $4,000 and carry
up to 600 pounds of TINT.
Our capital ships and most of our
cruisers are not equipped with tor
pedoes, but similar types of vessels
abroad include them in their arma.
ments.
Tube Characteristics.
Most battleships that carry tor.
pedoes and all submarines have tor.
pedo tubes of the submerged type,
from which torpedoes are elected by
compressed air. Cruisers and tor
pedo craft carry their torpedoes in
above-water tubes which use pow.
der charge. At one time, air expul.
sion was used with above water
tubes. This method had the advan.
tage of giving no flash to warn an
enemy that torpedo was on its way,
but the powder charge permits the
firing unit to be self-contained and
eliminates the danger of torpedo
tubes being rendered useless should
air connections be shot away in ac-
ton. Torpedoes are released from
airplanes by disengaging the straps
which secure them to the planes.
Modern battle range, so far ex.
ceed torpedo ranges tnat we con-
slider the use of torpedoes by bat
tleships to be problematical. When
low visibility exists. there is always
the possibility of contact with enemy
heavy forces at reduced ranges, but
despite thin contingency, we de.
cided that the weight and space re-
qulred by torpedoes on our battle.
ships should be given over to more
useful purposes. and their torpedo
installations have been removed.
Torpedoes in deck tubes are DO.
tential source of grave danger to
vessels under fire, and for this rea-
son they have been eliminated from
all our large cruisers. 1t is a de-
stroyer's business to carry torpedoes,
and with them the danger attend
ing the use of deck tubes must be
accepted.
New Hull Designs.
The great damage inflicted on
ships by torpedoes during the World
War brought about a redesign of
ships hulls. In new ships the in
terror structure was STRENGTHENED
and more minutely subdivided into
compartments. Such ships have
what amounts to three complete
hulls. one within another. Existing
ships were fitted with false outer
sides called bulges.
To be most effective a torpedo
must explode in contact with a
ships bottom. The Intervention Of
only few inches of water will
deaden and dissipate the force of
the explosion, and torpedo deton-
ating against bulge, a matter of
feet from ships side, will wreck
the easily-repaired bulge, but will do
no serious damage to the ship.
The torpedo is distinctly a weap-
on of opportunity. 1t is useless
unless 1t is at the right spot at the
(See TORPEDOES, Page C-6.)
Evening star., 1939-10-29

rifle temperatures produced water
was sprayed into the fame, and
the gases of combustion. plus the
generated steam. all passed to the
engine and prolonged the length of
time that it would run. Torpedo
ranges again increased, 5000 yards
being obtained.
An amusing yarn went the rounds
about 1910. 1t was to the effect
that one of Britain's jealousy
guarded torpedoes was lost in ta--
get practice. Later it f1oated and
was picked up and taken into a
German port by one of their fish
ing boats Exactly what the Brit
ish did not want to happen!
1t is interesting to note that be-
cause the intense cold produced by
the expanding air caused the
Brotherhood engine to stick and,
often, to freeze up. the engine COM
partment was made on-watertight
so that sea water could warm the
engine. When heat was introduced
into the engine, sea water served to
cool the engine.
Hardest to Solve.
The torpedos reducing valve was
probably the most difficult problem
to solve. All sorts of schemes have
been tried, and for years it was a
seeming impossibility to devise a
valve that could produce a steady
pressure of, say $50 pounds at the
engine, while the flask pressure
varied from $500 pounds down to
$50. Tandem. triplet and even quad
ruple valves we're tried and all found
wanting. Patient effort, over a pc
riod of many years. has at last pro-
duced reasonably satisfactory So
luton of the problem.
Only those who have had dealings
with torpedoes know how tempera-
mental they can be. Unless every
adjustment is perfectly made, and
every jot of the delicate mechanism
with which torpedo is packed is in
perfect condition. there will be
trouble. A tiny air leak in one of
the numerous lines of piping, or a
speck Of dirt in working parts, ma
chined to tolerances of five to 10
thousandths of an inch, will often
prevent torpedo making a success
full run.
The modern torpedo is a marvel of
engineering design. and exception
ally skillful workmanship is re-
quired in It's production. Aside from
the matter of complicated mecha-
nisms within the torpedo, the de-
sign involves intricate questions Of
strength, weight and, above all, bal