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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

colossal size of the great sea mammals.
And since, according to some authorities,
mans brain seems to have outstripped his
body anyway and IN so doing threatens to
land the entire human race in the scrap heap,
a little whale food to help improve the chassis
and build up the bulk might even save any
thing that is left of mankind when the world
decides to cease firing"
Anxious housewives and hungry husbands
who have looked over the greatly magnified
examples of weird but miniature hobgoblins Of
the they appear on this page may yet
be little undecided about sending in an order
to their grocer for can of zooplankton stew
or phytoplankton pie, when and If he ever
has these on his shelves
For their reinsurance it might be well to
say that little digging in past history dis
closed at least one instance where people ate
plankton and raved about it. And, of course.
every ocean swimmer gulps from 100 to 1000
of the small organisms in every mouthful Of
water.
Then, too, no lesser person'than the Prince
of Monaco once recommended this food as
life-saver for shipwrecked sailors. something
Robinson Crusoe overlooked for his larder,
unless memory fails us.
It is to a Norwegian yachting party of
1891 that we owe the recipe both for catching
"a nice mess Of red copepods.
Sir William Herdman a weil-known scien-
fist of that time and party of friends were
out in a small yacht enjoying the beauties Of
the midnight sun. Someone with a yen for
victuals, probably with an appetite all set for
some good pickeed herring, started talking Of
breakfast and Sir William, who made a spe-
cialty of collecting plankton, not for his
stomach but for his microscope, dared his
seven guests to breakfast on some of his
specimens.
Better still, he suggested, they would col
lect fresh specimens for the breakfast After
dragging the usual collectors net of finely
meshed cloth behind them for about twenty
minutes they gathered what amounted to
about three tablespoonfuls of a large (prob-
ably about one and and one half inches long,
red copepod
This they took down TO the galley. washed
it in a fine collander, boiled il for few min.
utes with butter, pepper and salt, and poured
it into dish TO cool and stiffen.
II any of those guests longed for p-jacks
next morning none of them mentioned the
fact but with faces grim or otherwise, they
sat down and spread their tiny allotment of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09


fish eggs, too, make up part of the great
planktonic horde.
All these ocean drifters have been on the
bill-of-fare Of swimming creatures ever
since sea life began-but man has eaten
this strange food only indirectly. Fish eat
plankton 49, or other creatures that have
partaken of it--and man. eats fish
Certain whales although they could
make a meal on such a wide variety of
seafood that it would make mans mouth
water with envy, skip all the larger creatures
and exist on the nearly invisible plankton
alone Nature has endowed these whales with
a SPECIAL fringe of bone on their jaws to strain
tiny creatures from ocean water.
Now, after millions of years. man is seri-
ousy considering the idea of aGding planSton
to his own pantry shelves-robbing the whales
of their food.
All England, today, is talking about the
possibility Of Swimming nearby waters, If need
be- for necessary eats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

It was Sir John Graham Kerr, a distin-
glished Member Of the British Parliament and
Fellow of the Royal Society who first brought
the matter up by his recent suggestion before
the House of Commons of a "Platterful of
Plankton" for every English man, woman and
child This was no mere political slogan but
a serious suggestion Yet more CONSERVATION
probably could not have reigned had he rec
commended nice juicy Loeb Ness Monster for
every table
But other scientists came 20 Sir Johns
assistance in championing whale food for man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

whales uOn wear DellS'
Yet many OF those
Giants OF the Deep soon
may go barging around
their briney bre a X ( a st
hooks complaining about a
food shortage, and worry
ing about how 20 keep the
shark from the door
Because right now men Of
science are plotting and
scheming over the best
ways TO strain whale food,
so small II can scarcely be
seen. out of the ocean and
serve IL on your table.
These tiny candidates
for modern menus are called
plankton. They are the
myriads OF small plants and
animals that float laZily
through every cubic inch Of
water i'm the ocean. Because
of the transparency Of each
minute form. the floating
mass is usually invisible TO
the naked eve.
Bizarre and fascinating
are these specks of living
things from an almost un-
seen world. Among them
are jewel like one celled
plants called diatoms, many
kinds Of algae, small
shrimp like crustaceans,
most edible Of which are
copepods and "krills," and
many other minute adults
OF the sea.
Then there are the tiny
shell-less babies Of a host Of
bottom-living creatures
such as clans, oysters,
crabs and prawns. which
spend their precarious
naked infancy on the sur
face OF the water. Small
LII. Erh nnn LLAMA and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

the crustacean paste on a bit Of bread and
butter. Yumm! 1t tasted like delicious lobster!
The only kick Sir William ever reported
at least in any scientific journal-was that
there wasn't enough of the dainty dish. That
three-tablespoon haul, which took twenty min
utes to catch, might have furnished nourish-
ing enough meal for one person If he ate
plenty of bread with it, but for eight people
1t was mere tidbit.
But even at that early date Sir William
wrote: TT would, apparently in these seas,
be easy to gather very large quantities, which
might be preserved in tins dishes, like
potted shrimps"
And now, fifty years later, that is what is
being proposed
To send small boats out in the ocean, now
in wartime, to net this food would be haz-
ardous The yield would not be great each day
with such small equipment and one expert
insists that it would be not only unpalatable
but actually spoiled after a short ocean
voyage.
Anyway the favored places to net the
creatures of the plankton are where the laden
waters run strongly with the tide Very fine
silk sleeves with tapering ends must be used.
In spite of the small mesh, the familiar abb
of fishermen You should have seen the big
ones that got away must be reversed in
plankton fishing and will refer to the small
ones that were not caught.
Professor Hardy who has spent many
years in netting plankton, suggests that huge
filter nets be set in the many long sea arms
or lochs along the country's coasts. These
would work with the tides, fishing both in the
flow and the ebb. They could be arranged to
fish near the surface at night and deeper
down in the water during the day, for plank
ton moves up and down in the water.
Using ten such nets for a 12-hour day it
is estimated that the yield would be about 525
pounds of plankton-dry weight-or enough
to feed 357 people.
If this venture proved profitable, 1t Is sug--
gested that one hundred fleets" Of ten nets
each, with each fleet tended by two men,
would supply a little over 20 tons of dry
plankton per day.
The work of Professor Hardy and other
British scientists on this problem may become
of far reaching Importance not only in the
introduction OF an abundant new food supply
but also in new methods Of preservation.
If successful on large scale, factories
will be built at convenient points on the
coasts since such delicate organisms could
not be transported in their original condition.
Plankton can be preserved in paste form in
soup or dried and served in loaves
nutritive powder
Man. although not equipped with an ocean
straining mug. which certainly would be his
faces misfortune, will not have to develop
new whale-like style in "uppers" in order to
cope with plankton products
And If this wartime suggestion proves sue
cessful, in peacetime bleak, sparsely inhab-
tied lands of the Arctic and sub-Arctic might
become the focal points for the processing of
the new plankton products and soon be cen
tiers of worldwide distribution.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
By PROF. HAROLD o. WHITNALI,
Colgate University, Hamilton, ~. Y.

A F-STARVED whale tightening his
~ belt to ease the pangs of hunger would
be-we admit-one Of the worlds
large-scale sorry sights But mere man prob.
ably ia destined never 10 see one. because
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

Professor A. c.
Hardy of University Col
lege, England, who is an
expert on plankton, has
found that il is very
nutritious; full of inn
portant proteins, fats,
carbohydrates and prob
ably some very neces-
sary vitamins. Many
minerals vital to mans
health are found in
ocean water and prob
ably exist in all the
ocean-bathed plankton,
too. These minerals
would be passed on to
any human consumer.
But any nation plan
ming to feed it's people
on the contents of the
ans great "vege-
table-meat" soup will
first need to devise a
good way to skim out
the plankton in large
enough quantities.
A British scientific
committee has been sug-
gested TO work on this
problem, investigating
spots where the most
plankton can be found
and how it can be re-
moved without having
Hitlers submarines join
the fishing party I'M
invited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
G0OdEdtS for theWhale-

UncounfobIe Tons
Of Edible. Even Mi.
croscopic. Stuff
the Big SEQ Beasts
S +r ain Through
Their T e e til All
Ready to Take the
Place Of n u m q n
Fodder Cut Down
by w ara d
T h O S e w h o'v e
Tried II S oy IFS
Pretty Tasty At
That
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

time for ocean Swimming and the Nazis will
need 10 grab off some unmolested waters
themselves before they can enjoy meal of
either "phyto" or ZOO"
One thing England is taking in its stride
and smiling about-is the possibility that eat
ing whale food might turn Englishmen into
a race of whoppers. If pankton adds to
whales avordupois how does man know
what il will do to him ?
That's another scientific point TO be ironed
out but it is a safe guess that not in our time
would any human plankton-eater reach the
hv American Wenklv Inc Great Britain Rights Res.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

Because Der Fuehrer, too, has made
an exhaustive study of the possibility of
turning whale fodder into food for hungry
Nazis His experts have announced that
phytoplankton - that means the tiny
plants-mght be used when all the rye
flour runs out. Zooplankton-the animals
they say, might help out any meat
deficiency.
But right now Axis U-boats haven't
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by American Weekly Great Britain Rights Reserved
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

Again bad luck dogged the Richard. A sudden squall now fill. ed her sails, and she shot ahead of the Serapis-a fatal move when your guns are mounted for side acc ton. seizing the opening, Pearson lufEed the Serapis across the Rich. ards stern to pour 6 broadstde full into the American.
 But Jones was 6 veteran Of bat- tie. He called to his helmsnlan to bring the Richard about, swung grappling irons to the Serapis side. Now the cannonading dou. bled in intensity, guns almost muzzle to muzzle. Sharpshooters in the Richards tops swept the decks of the Serapis. The noist and smoke were appalling.
 quickly the Serapis, her master hoping to keep the advantage dis tance gave his guns, cut the from free. "Lay all aback for'ard ant Shiyer her after sails" roaret Pearson, hoping again to brint the serapis astern of the Richard
 Here Jcnes saw his chance Helm hard-a-weather Mir Sta cey," he beloved at his sailini master. The Serapis was cofninl too fast to turn aside. Her jib boon plunged through the Richard mizzen Shrouds. Tn Q flash, lone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
BOWLING ALLEYS
 TO BE INSPECTED
Boys Under I6 Years of Age Prohibited From
 Working

A statewide inspection of bowl. ing alleys designed to stamp ou employment of pin boys under 10 4 now under way, Deputy Labor Com. missioner John Q. Ready revealed Sunday night.
 Acting on orders from State La. bor Commissioner Danaher, the en- tire staff of Labor Department in- spectors, 26 in all, will visit every bowling alley in the state within the next few days, MT. Ready said, Prosecution will follow in every caSe where boys under, i6 are found eIn' ployed, in violation of the Stats Child Labor Law.
 Preliminary investigations made in Hartford last week were the re' suit of the appearance in police court of two under-age boys who testified in e morals case to the efs feet that they were employed eve- nirgS in local bowling alley. Sev' eral infractionS of the law wers discovered and warrants Issued aa result of these investigations, MT. Ready aid. "rhe investigations will continue until every bowling alley in the state has been visited. Some laxity has developed recently in tha employment of children as q result of labor shortages, and while we find the majority of the operators observing the law Scrupulously, we intend to have 100 per cent ohserv- aace."
 Brazil has prohibited the shipping of rice out of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
BY DEBs MYERS

DIX DED0 N EkNS
 United Press stan CorrespOndent) Houston, Tex, Sept. 29-(UP)- Ellington Field is a great slab of concrete on the sprawling Texas prairie.
 It has almost everything that 1t needs to become one of the Ta- tion's finest aviation training fields everything but enough airplanes
 This camp, located 2S miles from Houston, Is to be the "Bombard- ment Academy of the Air" When operating at full capacity, 1t should have at least 400 airplanes.
 The camp is two months behind schedule. Construction has been delaped by rains and mud. Worse of all, airplanes in adequate quan- tity simply have not been available They have been sent to the forces fighting aggression abroad.
 But despite these handicaps, camp authorities are optimistic. They point out that huge camp is being built out of the mud. They believe that by october they will be over the hump. The camps chief boast is a concrete flying apron 7,479 feel in length and TAO feet in width Camp officials call 1t the larges single slab of concrete in the world
 Cost to Exceed ! Million
 At 0 cost estimated at more thar $7,000000, Ellington Field will have total of 30l buildings by the frs of the year. Of these, 226 already are completed; IA are under con. struction and the remaining 6l are still on paper.
 An inaugural class of 722 aviation cadets will be enrolled at the fiele this fall. There are no flying stu. dents among the 4,234 soldiers or the field now. Most of these mer are learning basic information ir maintenance and mechanical tech. nique as members of ground crews When the aviation cadets arrive they will pilot training flights arle bombing missions on the range at Matagorda Bay along the gulf coast
 Officers say that morale here t good. They expect 1t to continue to improve as the camp swings into expanded operation.
 stern Task Emphasized
 Remember" said one oflcer 'That we're training an army, not a Sunday School class. We have to teach men to take care of them- selves, no matter how tough c spot they may be in. That sometimes takes strong medicine"
 Some of the selectees questioned individually expressed the wish they could return to private life, bui most of them seemed resigned to q long hitch in the army.
 "The most interesting thing around here" said one selectee, "ii the secrecy that goes on when they install these bomb sights in the planes. They guard those bomt sights as though they contained ( message from President Roosevelt.
 TOMORROW: The Naval All station at Corpus Christi. Tex.).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
Ministers Attend
 Dedicatory Program
Bunker Hill Congregational Church Holds Impressive Ceremonies; Community Night Program Arranged

of Hartford Theological seminary preach on "The Mission of the Meeting House."
 Several gifts, including stained glass window presented by St. Pauls church, Brooklyn, N, r., were dedi- cated ct the afternoon services. Among them were an oak com- munion table, gift of Mrs. o. w. Childs; several deacons' chairs, gift of. Mrs. Emily c. Blakeslee. Other gifts were a new pulpit and lec- turn. and chancel furnishings, from the Women's society; a hand-fash- toned cross by Charles Swick; brass candlesticks by William Bunk; and painting "Suffer the Little Chill dren"' given by MT. Owen in mem- ory of his wife.
 A Community Night" program will be held at the church tornor- row night. The speakers are ex- pected to be ex-Gov. Charles A. Templeton, Mayor Vincent A. Scul- ly, Rev. David F. Gaines, Rev. Ed- ward l.. Morrison, John A. Coe and Ralph w. Darlington.
 On Friday evening a special mu- sical program will conclude the events of the dedicatory week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

was smooth, weather perfect. A harvest moon was rising in the west to light the battle The men of Yorkshire and their families gathered on the cliffs to watch the serapis make short work of the up- start colonials.
 "What ship Is that2" beloved Captain Richard Pearson from the Serapis.
 Come e little nearer and I'll tell you," bawled Jones.
 "What are you laden with2" yelled Pearson.
 Round, grape and double-head shot," shouted Jones.
 A broadside from the Serapis greeted this answer. Jones set his always-tight lips tighter. Backing the Richards topsails to swing square to the enemy, Jones called for broadside reply. Then came the first of a series of accidents that score of times almost cost the battle. Two of the Richards s six 18-pourders blew up, killing their crews and blasting the deck above them skywardS. Jones shouted an order to abandon tho rest. His heaviest, most damaging armament was out of the battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
HARVEST SUPPER
 DATE DESIGNATED
St. Michael's Ladies' Aid to Discuss October l6
 Event This Evening
ERVILLE COrrespOndent--Mrs. K. W. HeniOn, Telephone 3-6462

Waterville, Sept. 29-A meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Mich aels church will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. in the Parish Hall with Mrs. William Rooney, president in charge.
 Plans will be discussed concerning the annual Harvest supper, which will be served Thursday evening, October 16. Rev. Francis c. Higgins and Rev. James J. OBrien are the general chairmen, with Mrs. Rooney assisting. At the meeting tonight the Repection committee will be named, also the hosteSses, and those to be in charge of the door, and the other committees.
 HOspltalized
 Ronald Burns, of Burlington, formerly a resident of Thomaston avenue, is at St. Mary's Hospital, where he underwent an operation fcI appendicitis week ago.
 Miss June Cook of Stafford street is a patient at St. Mary's Hospital.
 Mrs. John Burger of Sprague street had with her over the week. end, her daughter, Elizabeth an in- structor in secretarial science at Hillyer Junior college, Hartford: her son John, sophomore at RenSse- laer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.: and a guest Schcuyler Bentley, of White Plains N. r., seudent at Rensselaer,.
 FairmOunt Farley
 The monthly business meeing of the Fairmount Community Club will be held Wednesday night October 1 at 8 o'clock at the Club Rooms on Essex avenue, with Harry Sizer pre- siding.
 The Women's Society for Chris tan Service of the Grace Methodist church will meet Wednesday eve- ming at 7:30 o'clock an the churc,l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

Army surprise of the year. A year ago at the State Armory in Waterbury, Conn: hundreds Of men in need of man-power Arobus young chap, who labored in one of the brass mills knew he was eligible for the draft so he decided to what the Army had to offer He had knowledge of auto repairing and the coast art lery units needed mechanics He enlisted as private few weeks later he promoted to "buck sergeant bound for active duty at Camp Edwards Mass, with Battery of the 208th Within months time he began climbing the ladder of and his military qualities leader quickly recognized and thus he was pro- noted to staff sergeant. Then came the opening that all enlisted strive for the top kick cheons This soldier recommended by the officers to take the test and he through with flying colors. The man and soldier members of Battery G hold in high esteem functions very smoothly under his military guidance and they respect him with the greatest of admiration And that kind of leadership is not bought and that why Battery O. today ranks of the outstanding units in the 36th brigade
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

himself lashed the boom fast to the Richard. Here was the position Jones had jockeyed for. This time the serapis was fast to stay. AMERICAN vs.
 AMERICAN
 Now the battle was coming to a climax. The Richards topSmen were raking the Serapis' decks clear. The British ship answered with a stream of fire into the AInerican's gun decks. Clouds of fire and black smoke filled the skies. Now the Richard, her after tirnbers shot clean away, began to take water. A master-at-arnS. acting on his own authority, freed the British prison- CTS in the Richards hold.
 Man the pumps" bawled Jones, as the prisoners raced to the deck. "Let the ruddy pirate sink" called one prisoner. Jones pistol shot only once. The men went to the pumps.
 Just then the Alliance, which had been far in the rear, came Into the battle. Exactly what cauS- ed the next move Is Q disputed point In history. Some say that the captain of the Alliance had G per- sonal grudge against John Paul Jones. Others maintain his fire lust wasn't accurate. In any case, when the Alliance opened fire on the battling ships, locked together in death grips, most of 1t poured on the Richard rather than the British enemy.
 The confusion on the Richard was indescrihable. Her fire ceased for a moment. A seaman, thinking the jig was up, yelled to Jones to ask for quarter. Jones knocked him galley west with his pistol butt. But Capt. Pearson heard the word: quarter"
 Have you struck?" he hollered to Jones above the battles din.
 "No," shouted Jones, livid with anger. T have not yet begun to fight"
 OVER.ZEALOUs POWDER
 BOYS LOSE A BATTLE
 Then came the turning point of the battle. A man, whose name Is not known, took O bucket of gren. ades and crawled far out on the Richards main yard, which shook periously over the serapis' deck. After two or three tries, he dropped a grenade down the main hatch. over- r-eager powder boys on the Ser. apis had piled ammunition behind the guns. There was al1 ear-rend. ing explosion. The Serapis shook, battle lanterns went black and the only light came from the Richards s guns and the serapis aflre. It was the beginning of the end The battle went on for half an hour more. But 1t was no use. At 1:30 that evening the rnainmast, weakened by fire and shot, crasll- down. Captain Pearson walked aft and hauled down his colors.
 The tradition of on always vic. torious American navy waS be. gun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
MISSION FOR MEN FORMALLY OPENS

A weeks mission for men was opened last night at the Church of SS. Peter & Paul. Services will be continued daily through Sunday.
 Conducting the mission are two Dominicans, Fathers Madden and Gilligan. The worneIl's mission, whlch had been in progress week, was ended yesterday afternoon with the granting of the Papal blessing.
 Mission Masses for men are being held each morning at 5:30 and 6:30. The evening services are held at 7:30.
 A mission for childen of the parish will also be llesd this week.