The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

regarding the Army's most
 The airplane detector is an in- vention which no other country has developed. It detectis an ap- preaching air raid miles away and records the number of miles it is distant. The secret is so carefully preserved that the detectors are not kept in one army post, but shifted secretly from fort to fort for fear of espionage.
 The only exhibition of the air. plane detector to other than army officers took place at Mitchell Field, N. Y, some time ago, when the secretary of war, Chief of Staff Main Craig, and two mem- bers of the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee saw demonstra- ton.
 In order to stage the demon- stration, it was necessary to clear the air of all airplanes around Mitchell Field so that the incoming air raiders could be detected. Instructions were sent to air lines to this effect, and this was picked up by The York Times, which sent a re- porter to Mitchell Field.
 The reporter interviewed all people leaving the field, finally got clue that an ariplane detec- tor was being tried out. How ever, he got all the details sur rounding the experiment wrong, so that the story he finally pub lished did not greatly upset the army.
 This story, which was very brief, attracted no attention in the United States, was over- looked by other American news papers. But not by the Bri- tish. They picked up the Times item and featured it in head lines. To the British, an air raid detector might mean salva- tion for London in time of war.
 Meanwhile one of the senators who visited Mitchell Field, or pos- sibly the secretary of war himself, apparently leaked definite word of the secret instrument to Senator Nye. Army officers and the White House still would like to know who did the leaking. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
 Hirosi Saito is no longer Jap ans ambassador to the United States, having been replaced by Kensuke Horinouchi. But Saito, who has spent more of his adult life in the United States than in Japan, continues to live in se- cluded life in Washington.
 He seldom leaves his hotel. What draws him out more than anything else is his fondness for Chinese food. He frequents a Chinese restaurant near the Union Station.
 NOTE-Few Japanese ambassa- dors remain here long. If they report the truth about American policy toward Japan and urge caution on their government, they are almost sure to be busted by the Tokio war lords. Saito was one of the best ambassadors Japan has sent here in years. but eventually the generals decided he was pro-American.
 JUSTICE FRANKFORT
 Autograph hunters take note! You have a fellow addict on the Supreme Court.
 In the office of Justice Felix Frankfurte is a large collection of photographs of the late Chief Justice Wendell Holmes, all in- scribed with personal notes to Frankfurter. The collection dates from the time Holmes graduated from college, is a pictorial chronology of his life.
 Frankfurter was one of Holmes closest friends, was at his bedside when he died.
 MEXICAN OIL
 It looks as if settlement of the long drawn out Mexican oil con- troversy were just around the cor- corner. If so. an anti-New Deal lawyer plus New Deal lawyer will have settled it.
 The New Deal lawyer, Donald Richberg. has left Washington Ito argue case in California" but ac- tually will go to Mexico. The anti New Deal lawyer. has already been there.
 Here Is the tentative formula for settlement which they have worked out:
 l. Management of the oil