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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

the recent discoveries of clustered scientific
laboratories
And always because they are moiding
Nature 20 their ends the plant breeders have
the very real possibility of hitting the Jack
pot of all evolution the discovery Of some
vastly valuable and important new hybrid kind
Of plant which viii produce a crop rivauing
wheat. oats timothy tobacco or cotton in
world Importance for many Of these useful
plants arose from freak hybuds which are
our heritage from the misty pages Of the
prehistoric past
Hybrids. the rare crosses between exist
ing varieties Of plants and animals are often
the pioneers Of evolution for 1t is from hybnds
that new ana different strains Of plants ana
animals can develop
But often becafise Nature IS SO wastefh
in It's bounty. these different varieties are
worthless mere novelties Of life comparable
10 the giants or the dwarfs and freaks OF the
sde-show at the circus
Yet. because the hybrids are pioneers there
is always the chance that some new and valu-
able plant will develop. This is the goal the
iackpot-in the gamble OF evolution which
plant breeders are now playing
But a common trouble Of interspecies hy-
birds in the plant world is that they frequently
are sterile and Will not propagate themselves
1 By new discoveries however III IS now possible
to add rare hybrids that used TO die out to the
list of living varieties of plants Thus wasted
tragedy Of Nature can now be overcome.
True getting the freak hybrids in the first
Instance is stfll a matter OF luck But making
these hybrids fertile is no longer luck Some
day some scientist is going to discover how to
produce the hybrids at will and then science
will hold evolution in the hollow of its hand.
In the meantime while they are just now
learning how 20 iuggle plant heredity with
chemicals scientists have developed highly the
art Of selective breeding of superior plant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

depressions give US more vitamins In the
older varieties those wrinkles carried dirt and
it was impossible to wash them all clean. AS
a result many housewives peeled tomatoes
what they didn't realize was that no
matter how thinly they peeled them they
were peeling off the Vitamin content which
was richest just under the skin in a layer Of
embryonic fast-growing tissue
with the new tomatoes peeling is dying
out. While It would be hard 10 show that
the vitamin content of tomato is greater
than It used 10 be we can say that the vita
Minis are nov going into-o mouths instead
of the trash can"
Other new gains outlined by Mr. Coulter.
include more "meaty' green peppers and yell
lower carrots. In the latter this means more
carotene. the parent material from which
comes vitamin A. Here is another example Of
how the nutritonal value Of a vegetable IS
often improved by improving the color
Out at the companys experimental farm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

plant diseases given To them by scientists.
only the survivors Of this ordeal of death
are judged fitted for the task Of perpetuating
their strain
Finally comes the announcement that some
new. highly-resistant variety Of tomato. or
cabbage or string bean has been developed.
and you can go to the store and buy its seed
and reap the benefits Of years of scientific
plant breeding
That is the kind of seed you can buy this
year to plant in your garden From such seed
viii come the vegetables you may be eating
this Summer.
=Nelp gardeners this Spring Will find their
plants easier 10 grow than the plants back
in the time of World War /. They are sturdier.
look better and are more resistant to bugs"
and other plant infections. Best of all they
give better yields than ever before.
In fact due 10 plant breedingy some vege-
tables are now So prolific that they are ahead
of the gardener
This sounds impossible but Raymond Coul-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

housewife and money IN
her pocketbook too. No,
don't laugh 1t really
does Most cucumbers are
shipped into your COM
munity. Part of the price
you pay is for shipment.
Where the straight Gu
cumber saves money is
that it packs more to the
box. The curve in the old
varieties took up a lot of
waste space. Lower ship
ping costs mean stores
can pass on this saving if
they wish.
The same kim Of
space-saving has now been
bred into straight-neck
squash.
Moreover. plant breed
ing is aiding health by in
creased vitamin content"
Mr.. Coulter continued.
Modern tom a to q g,
smooth and thin skinned
and without wrinkles or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

par I'll - anu - NtAa
tagious wards" for vege-
tables where deadly dis
eases OF the plant world
are carefully studied un
der quarantine c md j.
tions. the nation ~ now
getting finer and Juicief
vegetables that have
more vitamins taste bet
ter ship better keep
bctter-and are so stream
iIued they ~ a tlAffe
table vegetables Of a.
years ago as outmoaed
as a 1910 automobile.
Science has discovered
a short, cut 10 Nature a
means Of speeding plant
evolution a thousand
fold BY new chemical
methods vegetables and
rare fruits ~ ay soon
grace your table which
would not have been on
1.-THE tables Of people even
I'm a. y. 2g4i II Nature
had been left TO her own
devices TO carry out her
slow progress
Such is the promise Of
the strange bre - Of
scientists. the plant
breeders who are now
turning 10 practical uses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

Turkey - May some Day Be
Commonplace.
at Rochester Michigan. I talked with Gordon
Morrison, plant geneticist, who knows plant
heredty as the OARS know the first fami-
lies Of the American Revolution.
What about this trick of short-cutting
Nature, Mr.. Morrison What about this
wonder drug colohcine that can turn sterile,
freak hybrid plants into fertile strains?
Most people think of colchcine as some
super-powerful kind Of plant stimulant" he
explained but it really is a plant poison 1t
does queer thing. It temporarily stops the
plant cells from dividing but it allows the
Inheritance factors inside the cells-the
chromosomes-to multiply as they normally
would
BY this trick you can do lot of strange
things You can take a normal plant or
flower and double many Of its normal in
heritance factors Since the number of
chromosomes is doubled It may be twice as
large as before. Or it may bear seed only
every second year instead of each year
But where colchicine really helps is with
the freak little sterile hybrids. Many of these
are sterile because they have only half the
number of chromosomes they ought to have.
In tomatoes for example instead of having
may have only =
If you treat such hybrids with colohicine
you can double the number of chromosomes
from II 70 "A and wind up with a fertile.
reproducing strain of tomatoes.
1t would seem that this technique could
be applied as apty to vegetables that are
really flowers which we eat fcauliflower is
one as TO true flowers like marigolds Other
possible applications would include broccoli
and artichokes"
Just what the future holds for plant breed
ing is. Of course, unknown for the work is
really gambling with the odds all on the
side of Nature
Plant wizardry has created the seedless
orange and the seedless grapefruit Perhaps
someday The boys VIII get around 20 develop
ing non-squirting variety.
There ought also TO be a good market for
onions without their odor but with their taste
still left in. A couple Of other things needed
are stringless celery and blackberres that
leave no stains And the soldiers in the train
ing camps have their own special request
They would like 10 see a skiniess potato that
requires no peeltng.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

varieties Here is cugenics
with a useful purpose
out Of each years crop
the plant breeders select
one or two plants which
are the perfect" speci-
mems Of their strain The
seeds from these plants
are carefully saved TO be-
come the Ewes" Of an i'm
proved varietY-
The next year the off
spring Of these selected
plants - the Cams and
Abels If you VIII are
carefully cultivated II
they prove as superior as
their parents We're the
year before they go into
the plant contagious
wards" of the experiment
farms where they run the
ganIut Of a whole host Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

breeding can do. There are countless others
Remember the beets of 5 or 10 years
ago. How rings showed up when you cooked
them and how their red color was spoiled by
zones Of pale pink white Without
sense Of taste you might have thought you
were eating some kind of a reddish onion.
1t took 10 years of plant breeding to get rid
of those zones but it has now been done.
Then there is the Straight-s cucumber,
the prolific kind l was talking about. This
new cucumber is uniformly inches long and
straight not curved like the old-fashoned
cucumber.
This means more uniform slices for the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20
BY ROBERT d. POTTER,
Science EDITOR. The American Meelll4.

~ THE magic Of rare chemical poisons.
e by birth control experiments with Tho
~ most vigorous and desirable plant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

Under the New Breeding Technique, the
Rough Wrinlled Surface of the Tomato
Is Eliminated, as Shown by the Com
parsons Above. The New Varieties Re
quire Less Peeling to Get Rid Of the Dirt
That Creeps Down Into the Wrinltled
Grooves. BY Freak of Planned Evolu-
tion Has Come the New Marglobe Tomato;
Large and Smooth Skinned. At the
Upper Right Is the Eve" of the New
Variety, Little Hybrid Freak of the
Tomato World. This Hybrid Had Only
Half the Usual Number Of Chromosomes
Needed tn Determine HeEedItr-T4tt-
Large Tomato Is the "Ofspring'' of the
Little Tomato "a Juicy Giant Whose
ChromOsOme Number Has Been Doubled
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
HOLD TWO YOUTHS

Two youths, one Is and the
other il, were in custody of Ia
coma police Thursday. following
their attempt to break a gun ma
chine at 1928 Pacific ave. at $40
a. m. II was pointed out that
nothing was broken or had been
stolen. and police said they were
holding the boys TO avoid more
complaints, pending investigation
as 70 home conditions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
Sumner Resident
Dies al His Home

Martin L. Appel. 50, Of 1i10
Langdon St. Summer. died at his
home Wednesday. He was a
Spanish-Ameriean war veteran. a
member Of the Sportsman's club
of Sumner. and the Sumner Chris
tian church. He leaves his wife,
Attic. one son, Benjamin; three
daughters. Mrs. Edith johnson.
Mrs. zelma Ward and Mrs. Leanna
Geiger. all Of Summer. two sisters,
Mrs. Carl Twietmeyer of Danville.
NJ. and Mrs. r. B. Buuch of Oak
land. Calf. and four grandchil-
dren. Funeral arrangements Will
he announced by Sumner Funeral
chapel.
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CON STRUCTION ON BASES
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

Mas piloted four-engined
naval patrol bomber from San
Diego to Honolulu in Ia hours and
f5 minutes, believed a new record.
and surveyed all United States
island bases in the Pacific region.
Although declining specific in
formation for publication on prog
ress Of work at the bases. he said
construction is proceeding ahead
Of schedule.
The Hawaiian islands. he said.
are more powerfully fortified than
Gibraltar.
No navy can get TO the Panama
canal without passing Hawaii and
no navy could get past Hawaii. E"
he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
Offers Lond to City

Louis J. Nuscek. Tacoma attor-
ney and real estate dealer, ap-
peared before the city council
Thursday with a map Of n proposed
residential construction project on
So. Bell st and an offer To deed
to the City S0-foot strip on that
street from SID 20 64th. He said
il is planned to open up the street,
install sewers. water mains and
sidewalks and build 100 houses.
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Building permits were granted
by the city Thursday to c. n. Lee.
for a $3.50 residence at 4lsO No.
30th; l.. f. Richards. for a $4,000
residence at oil No. Junett. Har-
old F. Warren for alterations cost
ing S2.250 at S7t7 No. s6th: the
St Regis Kraft Co. for $1,000
lime storage building At sol
Canal st: and the Derby club. 404
So. 18th st for 5000 in altera-
tons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
100 LATE TO CLASSIFY
Berry Piekers Wanted

pTCKEEs- Over ussk-
eHd and season Warn quarters.
cIean HeId Phone s5S1. ee6 18Th
4 : " PuHaIlun
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1T must he kept available for
the American fleet In event cir
eumstances should compel opera
tons In the far Pacific" he said.
TT Is the only naval base In that
region capable of serving the
American fleet and its capture by
axis powers would drive the
United States from the far
Pacific"
Mas, ranking Republican
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
People in
The News
BY UNITED PRESS

Gov. Bennett II. Maybank and
Former Gov. Olin ID. Johnston will
participate in n second primary
for the Democratic nomination to
the senate from South Carolina.
Neither had a majority of votes
counted Wednesday
New York's Mayor FiorelIo II.
LaGuardia said he would con-
tinue TO hold his post as director
OF civilian defense despite forth
coming campaign for reelection
TO his city post
Secretary Of State CordelI Hull
thanked the Mexican government
for President Manuel Avila ca
uacho's pledge Of cooperation in
hemisphere defense
Rep. Samuel Diclxstein, d. N.
Y, urged probe of the non
interventionist America first com
mittee. He suggested II be con
Quoted by the Dies committee
Services We're held Wednesday
Tor benjamin II. Dwight. 50. chair
man Of the National Tennis UNI
pires association. He died Mon
day
DIR. George Cooper Pardee. 81
governor Of California during the
1905 San Francisco earthquake
and fire. died in Oakland
Lillian Gish, stage and screen
actress and heroine Of The Birth
of a Nation" said she had resigned
from the American First commit
tee. a non-interventionist group
She gave no reason
Federal Judge John Bright post
poned to Sept Is IN Detroit trial
OF George y. Brown. president Of
the International Alliance Of Thea.
trical Stage Employees. and VIII
lam Bioff, west coast colleague, or
charges Of eNtortion backed by
strike threats
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

- you rs not using II. sell ~ with
9 Fast-Aetloa Tnes Want 40.
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ROBBED WHILE ASLEEP

Earl Mcnittie. resident Of Yelm.
reported to police Thursday ne
was robbed Of MS wallet and S6s
while spending the night in small
downtown hotel here.
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HAPPY
Ki;rthday
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER d.

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4
Mrs. Jack Bailey, 1901, So.
SSth ~.
Albert u. Kitchen, aO6 So.
FIFE 81.
Miss Mary Markovich. s5a5
Roosevelt ave.
Mrs. Madeline Fiosche, 101213
Center NJ.
Mrs. Peggie Stewart, 1902 Ea-
X ST.
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Caution Of Traders Brings
Moderate Selling TO Market
Markets OF q Glonce
THIRsDA'

stocks irregulsriy lower In moder-
ate trading.
BENDS irregular
Curb stock. irregular.
Wheat At new 4-year highs on
gains Of / to II. cents a bushel
Corn UP \ 10 =.
Cotton steady.
Silver in New York unchanged.
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Investment Trusts
THURSDAY
BANK TRANSACTIONS

SEATTLE - Thursday. Clear
ings. slo.5a3474 rs: balances. s4.-
$50 .22z2 p: transactions. sl7.eT,-
10000
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D. 5. Must Keep British Navy Base
AT Singapore Out Of Hands Of Axis '
Must Be Available for American
Fleet If Needed. Congressman Says

MAsHINGToNFep Melvin J. Mas r., MINI, said that the
pressing keep
great Singapore
Axisn
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WANT-Elderly man for light chores
Board room. compensation. Write
BIS. Tacoma Times
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Stock sales Appropriated $40
600 shares, the most since $50 900
wers traded Aug. 8 and compared
with 100000 "wednesday. Curb
sales were $4,000 shares against
100000 Wednesday.
NEW yoRk-cauton of traders
pending elarificstion Of the far
eastern situation Thursday
brought moderate selling into the
stock market, and prices made an
Irregular decline in somewhat
moyv active turnover.
Selling came into railroad
shares. with losses ranging 70 more
than q point in soms of the pre-
ferred issues. This weakness had
. dampcning influence on the
g~neral list.
Steel shares steadied after a
decline Of nearly a point in u. 8
etsel. The industry In operating
around the higher, possible levels
with existing equipment. The
American Iron q Steel Institute
Thursday released figures show
ing steel requirements for all In
dustries win amount to around
90, 600. 900 net tons IN 1871. That
b . record high and means steel
operations for the full year at %
Per cent Of theoretical capacity.
Automobile issues held around
The previous Close In moderate
turnover. Oils were steady 10
firm.
Scuotations courtesy Dean Wittrr q
Co, Warrington Bldg. member
New York Stock Exchsnae)
rrt~h tnn fFl1ne
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EXPERT double END Tennsner oper-
ator for furniture factory. Broad :
way 2262
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WANT AID
ROMA1


down for an interview
should make an ideal 4
for Kay. and she could
the bookkeeping and off
II Kay insisted on Twin
the factory. Mary would
stay with her.
Mary was all that
promised and more KAY
Immediately. No two gi1
have been less alike. and
the basis Of their friendsf
was quick-tempered. eithe
in the depths. Mary va
more even disposition, on
tiring. And Ted had .
truth when he called her
petent secretary. She to-
management Of Kays AZ
once.
Wen have to change N
around. How about NOV
office into the plant , There
in the laboratory. II It va
titioned off. Then this q
our living quarters"
Kay did not resent her
tons. She had not liked q
OF having an office take
her living room. nor did sh
cooking in the tiny kitche
the bedroom. Mary seemed
sumo that managing Of Ray's
household would be part of her
job.
They almost FLASHED once, but
strangely. It was Kay who gave in
That was over her fathers old
battered washstAnd. Mary wanted
to get rid OF II and Kay hated Il
part with anything that had be-
longed 10 her dad She finally
agreed that IL was an eyesore
that II had no place In the room
but she felt a queer premonition
when a second hand furniture
dealer paid her a dollar and haul
ed 1t away.
II WAS four days after Wonro-
soaps introduction 10 the public
that the trouble began.
Ted was In the newly arranged
office, filling orders. The telephone
rang Kay answered.
TITS impossible" she spoke into
the phone. TN send Mr.. Andrews
over at once. or course. well
stand behind Wondrosoap. You
can tell your customers that"
She slammed the phone down
on the hook.
What is IL, Kay" Ted asked.
Druggist on Santa Fe street
Says a customer brought Wondro-
soap back and demanded her
money. She said she tried to clean
a spot out Of her husbands coat
and II ate a hole in the cloth"
Il don't believe IT," Ted flared
wait until ! see that woman"
Kay frowned. Wait minute
Ted. We tried Wondrosoap or
brass and on windows and china
Where's that handkerchief you
used to clean the doorknob ?"
81 don't know. In the laundry
I suppose"
II think you dropped it in the
plant. we were 80 excited that
day"
She hurried out to the ware
house. In a minute she was back
Ted read the answer in her face
before she held up his handker.
chief. well sprinkled with gaping
holes.
she was right, Ted. What ar,
we going 10 dc? >"
The telephone really started
ringing then. From 10 q. m un
I'll noon, Kay, then Ted. thsI
Mary, took turns telling dealer
that money would be refunded
that damages would be mad
good.
The climax came when Mix
Flynn drove up.
Come out here" he called, Sc
want you to see my car"
Kay Easped as she caught sigh
Of the Flynn coupe. Each fende
cleaned In shining metallic lustel
without spot of paint to mar It
sheen
Il cleaned those tenders wit
Wondrosoap," Flynn said. 'Toda
! came out TO get into the ca
Every hit of paint is gone-disaT
peared completely.
why didn't you test that stui
before you put 1t on the marke
: You'll have a thousand lawsuit
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member Of the house naval
affairs committee, Ia n marine
corps colonel and has just re-
turned from n tour of active
duty In the Pacific. He served
a. marine air officer In Pa
cific maneuvers aboard the
flagship of Vice Admiral Will
lam A. Halsey for the past
two months.
Mas said that u. S. naval
forces now stationed in the Pa
cific were capable of protecting
American shipping, but that in
event OF a Japanese move toward
the Dutch East Indies-this ma
tons most important supplier of
rubber and tin-the United States
should utilize the Singapore base.
PRESENT NAVAL FORCES
ADEQUATE FOR PATROL
He said that while "our very
life line" in the Pacific would ne
threatened "a hours day in event
of war. present naval forces were
adequate to patrol that ocean.
Notwithstanding recent trans
fers of a portion of the Pacific
fleet to duty in the Atlantic, ne
said that air and sea forces now
available when used in conjunc-
ton with island bases now under
development, would enable the
successful defense OF the Pacific
against any combination of forces
that might challenge our inter-
ests."
He declared that Japan was
"deathly afraid OF the American
fleet when intact" and termed
significant the postponement of
Japan's march into French Indo-
China until portion of the fleet
had been transferred To the
Atlantic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

NEAT depe ndable woman or SRI 20
assist IN boarding houss. III South
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

You help yourself when you buy
L. s. Defense Bonds
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CHINESE HERBS A Adtif. ri. Try
Dr. @ NJ We 1ns colnnhia s.. seattle
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Situations Wanted, Female

TWO cordwood cutters with tools
- per cord 3ii3 So. Puget Sound
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WOMAN for general houseWork No
laundry. Main 22ss. $40 Stadium
way
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

ELDERLY lady or girl 20 care for
school children while mother
works Mrlte B-l. Tacoma Tines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

woman <s wishes
position as housekesper Prefer
motherless home. write B-2
Tacoma Times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05

WANT elderly lady for light house,
keeping liol North KAY
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ERRAND and delivery boy wanted
Johnson-Cox Co. 72e Pacific ave.
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Help: Male and Female

CAPABLE woman for general house,
v-ork. 1877 South 54th
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HOUSEKEEPER for widower: good
home. light work; good pay. 563l
South Kay
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GORDON FLEMING. psychic numer-
ologist. Dependable advice. sos
SCUM LII MAin o2Qe
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WANTED-Forest wood cutters with
draEssw. 1903 South FaWcett
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GIRL 70 assist with housewors stay
nights 1880 South l.