The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
RESEARCH coNoUERs AGAIN
By ]. E. Jones


washington, d. c., Nov. 24--It is
the stuff of sapphires, rubies and
Oriental amethysts, and will scratch
any substance but the diamond.
Such a material forms the insuL
lator of new aviation spark plug
now being mass-produced for Uncle
Sans air forces and aviation engine
manufacturers. Chief features of the
new insulator are it's resistance to
harmful effects of lead in aviation
gasoline, and it's ability to Withstand
Furnishing heat and highest compress
sions.
When the present war brought
out the necessity for spark plug
suitable for the higher output avia-
ton engines, which have been devel-
Cpd for the larger bombers capable
of flying great distances with heavy
loads of bombs and fuel under the
most severe weather conditions, in
dustrial research again was ready
to meet the emergency.
Research engineers of AC Spark
Plug Division of General Motors had
spent some 10 years perfecting the
machinery and technique for manu-
facture of this new plug. The basic.
material for the insulator is alumni
mum oxide. 1t is mixed with binder
and nodded to shape under pres
sure and heat. Then, for period of
hours, it passes through a butane-
gas-fired kiln hotter than any COM
mercial tunnel kiln ever used before.
When it energies with the binder
burned away, it is a material, chem
stone, that is second in hardness
only to the diamond.
Industrial research marches on.
Valuable Information
A publication, Consumers Guide"
which may be obtained by writing to
the Department of Agriculture con-
tains valuable information for all
members of the family regarding
better health, saving electricity,
Red Blood as valuable brew, and
many items of nutrition that have
been tried and proven by Govern
ment and State scientists.
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Knudsen Nuggets
The three precepts for victory
which Americans must keep before
them in the great national effort now
being made is Work, save--and
fight if necessary, observes Will
liam S. Knudson, Chief of the Office
Of Production Management.
Every one from the large indus
rialist to the average householder
must become inbued with the reali-
cation that to beat Hitler it is es-
sential that we work like blazes"
adds straight-shooter Knudsen.
Save as never before and help 9TH
ers to fight--or fight ourselves if it
becomes necessary" he advises. The
production Manager for National
defense insists that everything must
be done by the public to meet the
growing demand for critical supplies
for our defense industries.
A New Branch In Coordination
President Roosevelt states as his
reason for appointing Harold Ickes
as Co-Ordinator Of Solid Fuels as
due to the fact that the Interior De-
partment has access to limitless in
formation concerning solid fuels.
Hence Ickes is the logical person to
do the co-ordinating. The head of
the same department co-ordinated
petroleum and made q spectacular
failure of the job.
The New York Tribune makes
about the best summing-up of the
matter we have seen in print. 1t
observes that the Presidents method
of reasoning is simply that Mr.. Ickes
is 1.-THE Pooh-Bah on whom this COM
prehensive lot hath fallen--in other
words it is good letter sent to the
wrong address.
How Do We Get That Way.
The reception at the Soviet EN-
bassy i'm Washington on the twenty
fourth anniversary of "The Great
October Revolution" was attended
by 5000 persons. Even the Jap
anese Ambassador was there. There
was plenty of vodka, champagne
and caviar.
Ambassador Litvinov was very
popular when he was here before,
and he will be welcomed back. He
gave better parties than any other