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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Worm That Turns
(New York Times)


 Optmists who have always believed the worm will turn will hail the discovery of fly that catches and eats spiders It found by Dr. B. B. Fulton of North Carolina State College and chrstened Play fultonis in honor of it's sponsor
 It is really as worm or grub that the fly at tacks the hereditary enemies of it's kind After it sprouts wings it becomes vegetarian with special taste for mushrooms As larva however, it is quite worm For thing it carries blue traffic lights both fore and aft It also weaves web which small spiders can't get out Of and devours its prey at leisure At least to novices it represents the first of poetic justice encountered in the insect world
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

Old stuff to John D. Biggers is g bottleneck-he made his industrial
 reputation manufacturing bottles A key executive, he heads produc- ton, one of the vital three-P di- visions-priorities, purchasing. pro- duction-and ranks on the next
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
LOOK and LEARN s&y q GORDON

l. What mammal live g. Of what Aesop of :  g. What a preceptor? A. How does a kiometer with a mile? of Signs?
 ANSWERS: l. The rat 9 g. A teacher. is O. a mil
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

1899, Senator Tom Conally, razor tongued Texan, will be the Admin
 istration's chief sharpshooter in the floor fight for the aid-to- Britain bill. Conally is without peer in the Senate as a debater, no holds barred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y poprpr. FEE

O. When girl has asked her hostess for invitation her escort to dance is
 A. By all and sonally should him your
 When s in a hotel in way call a a A. bel-boy o Q. Are small pickles the ingersp
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

minority in Congress objectng to the power which the aidto democraces legislation will give MT Roosevelt These congressman believe in leader ship all right, but they don't like any leader they can't see every morning in their mirrors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

Congressman Martin Dies is asking Congress to give his committee $l000000 After all his speaking engagements, had hoped that the Dies Committee was becoming self-supporting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
l HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 JANUARY 30 E. M. Goddard Astrid Loken Godfrey Pegues H. F. Stoft Mrs. Fay Bayers Sylvia Novel; David DeLong Susan Jan Boggan Lodema Johnson
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Washington Merry Go-Round

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evening, he thinks he's dissipatin
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Weather: Highest. IS; lowest, IT; clear.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

First distribution plans for South
America call for 80 prints OF the
picture, which will reach an esti-
mated audience of more than two
million people-and it is quite likely
that additional prints will be put
into service. For showings in Bra
zil, the Portuguese language will be
added to the sound track, while
Spanish will be used in all other
South American nations.
Some of the high points which
give the picture its amazing" fla
vor are: mountain range below
ground-a highway that goes to sea
the "Superman" of the North
Woods "A natural bridge that
works for living-the cradle of
the great Mississippi war dance
in Peace Park-the worlds oldest
and largest living trees-a square
dance in the Great Smokes as per-
formed before the King and Queen
of England.
The motion picture was planned
and supervised for Greyhound by
the Beaumont and Holman adver-
tising agency. The screen adapta-
ton and production are by Wilding
Picture Productions.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
Lowell THOMAS
GUEST SPEAKER
New Company Operating at
Salisbury is HonOred by
Chamber of Commerce
CITY'S MAJOR DEFENSE

More than 200 members of the
Chamber of Commerce and guests
gathered last Friday evening at a
banquet in honor of Lowell Thom-
as, newscaster, Senators George L..
Radcliffe, and Millard Tydings and
Representative David j. Ward, at
Salisbury, Md. The dinner follow
ed a tour of the Precision Develop
ment Company, subsidiary of the
Martin and Schwartz, in the after
noon. The new company opened
is the city's first major defense in
dustry and will manufacture pre-
cision instruments airplane parts
and ordnance items for the Glen l..
Martin Co., and the Bendix Radio
Corporation, Baltimore, and the
army and navy. Congratulating
the new company, Senator Tydings
sided with Senator Radcliffe and
Representative Ward in their en-
deavors to interest the federal gov
ernment in advancing the plant to
make it into a giant manufacturing
plant. Everything we do" the
Senator said, must be aimed at
keeping aggression from this coun-
try" Using the relationship of
Germany and Russia and England
and France, he stated that the peo-
Piles of this country must be pre-
pared for any turn which interna-
tional affairs may take. 1--WE must
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
DEFENSE BOND
@ uiz

@. Can my children buy Defense
Savings Stamps?
A. Yes. Hundreds of thousands
of American children are buying
Stamps regularly as their share in
the national savings program.
G. Why should children be en-
couraged to buy Savings Stamps =?
A. Because by buying Stamps
they write their names on Roll of
Honor of Americans who are doing
their part to show the dictators
that united America will never
finch to preserve her sacred liber-
ty.
Q. After my child has collected
enough Stamps to exchange for a
Bond, can the Bond be registered
in the child's name?
A. Yes. A minor may own
Defense Savings Bond. Many par
ents are registering Bonds in their
childrens names to prepare for fu-
ture educational needs.
Note.-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps, go to the nearest post
office, bank, or savings and loan
association; or write to the Treas
urer of the United States, Wash
ington, D. c., for a mailorder form.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

Just because you were in such a
J hurry you tossed all your things
into the suitcase. At the last min.
ute you remembered the sun lotion
and poked it into a corner next to
that very special evening gown.
Then when you unpacked, the
stopper had leaked.
Sun lotions, nail polish, perfumes
and ink, the National Association
of Dyers and Cleaners warns, are
good things NOT to carry in lug
gage. The best plan is to pack
them separately in small kit or
carrying case. If you can't do this,
see that the tops are all tight.
Wrap them in oiled silk or some
other impervious material. Mems
tobacco pouches are very handy.
If you do have an accident don't
waste time trying old-fashioned
remedies or spotting agents. Send
the garment off to a first-rate dry
cleaner at. once and tell him the
cause Of your trouble.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

AS part of its program to pro-
mote cultural and trade relations
in the western hemisphere, the
Council OF National Defense, an
agency of the federal government,
has selected the technicolor picture
This Amazing America" for distri-
button in all South American coun-
tries. This is a 3 reel production
designed to show the most beautiful
scenic and historic areas of the
United States, as seen on roman
tic tour by highway. The picture
was produced for the Greyhound
Lines and was released early this
year for use in the United States.
Many of the full color shots are
pronounced exceptional in the tech
nicolor field.
"This Amazing America" was
previewed by the Council of Ma
tional Defense Commonly known
as the Rockefeller Committee) /,
along with more than 100 other
commercial productions, and was
selected as the most appropriate to
give our neighboring southern
nations a glimpse of natural beauty
spots throughout the United States.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
British Girl Pens Letter
AS Bombs Bring Death

LONDON.-Here is a letter from
18-year-old Ruth Owen to a boy
friend. 1t was found by workmen
clearing the debris of Liverpool
residential district bombed a month
ago:
1.-THE time is now 8:45 p. m. A
warning has just gone, and the guns
are going. l wish you were here
with me. Every time they dive l go
all sick inside.
It am going to read your letter
and see if it will give me bit Of
pluck. Bombs are crumping down
close now.
Il am now lying under the table.
We just had an incendiary bomb in
the yard. My hand is shaking"
The girl, her father, mother, aunt
and friend were killed when a
bomb destroyed the house. Her body
was found wrapped in white table
cloth.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
Stevens Institute Praises Youngsters
Experts Helping Machine Tool Procedure

"It has been my experience that
many young men are better off
and happier with combined use
of their hands and their heads,
rather than merely using their
heads alone to earn a living" re-
marked Professor Barnwell.
Throughout the country, young
sters today are enthusiastic about
getting into Defense industries
and are showing splendid patri-
otic spirit.
'In the past, one of the great
est handicaps to ambitious, me-
chanically-inclined boys was that
books on the subject they needed
most were too costly. Within the
next ten days this new book will
be published and many who live
in places where elementary train
ing is not available, will be able
to learn a surprising amount from
it knowledge that will enable
them to advance much more rap
idly when they obtain jobs in in
dustry. There is an appalling
shortage of machinists and trained
men. Wages are high. Many COM
panies welcome applicants who
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

At Stevens Institute of Tech
nology, George w. Barnwell, Pro-
fessor of Production Practice, has
been instructing and turning out
some very fine young engineers
for number of years. Some of
them today are occupying impor-
tant positions in the National De-
tense program. Just ahead of him
is perhaps an even more impor-
tant task - aiding thousands of
men of all ages who heretofore
have been unable to obtain in
struction, to acquire a sufficient
knowledge of machine shop prac-
tice to make themselves of real
value to Defense industries.
Professor Barnwell has COM
piled and edited book that fills
a great present industrial need
the New Encyclopedia of Machine
Shop Practice "a SIG page vol
ume, in practical, understandable,
on-technical English, with nearly
1000 illustrations and covering
$500 separate items. 1t is within
the reach of everyone, for it will
cost lss than two dollars.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

IRON the dawn of recorded his
1 tory, salt has played a more USE
full and romantic role than gold or
rubies. Religious beliefs, supersti-
tions, explorations, wars-all are
associated with this mineral. Al
though salt is today one of the
commonest of substances in civil
lized countries, it was difficult for
primitive man to get. Originally
obtained by allowing seawater to
evaporate in the sunshine, today it
is chiefly taken from mines and
salt wells.
The Roman legionary of 1000
years ago received an allowance of
salt known as his "salarium," from
which comes the word salary" In
various parts of the world salt has
been used as money: even today
certain savage races are on the
salt" standard.
To spill salt has been regarded
for centuries as a bad omen. The
overturned saltcellar near Judas
in Leonardo da Vinci's immortal
Last Supper is probably the re-
suit of this ancient superstition.
To the chemist salt is more than
a romantic material around which
has centered superstition, intrigue
and war; it is something more than
a crystalline material which lends
a pleasant taste to beefsteak and
French-fried potatoes. To this in
quiring individual, with the labora-
tory his domain, salt is one of
natures most important raw ma
terials, chiefly because it can be
separated into two extremely USE
full chemical elements, and is avail
able in large quantities.
In the du Pont plant at Niagara
Falls, a strong electric current is
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

passed through molten salt, sepa.
rating the hot mass into soft,
light, silvery-white metal called
sodium, and a greenish-yellow gas
called chlorine. Sodium has been
used for years in the manufacture
of dyes, particularly synthetic in.
digo, and more recently in making
the tetraethyl lead added to gaso.
line to prevent knocking" In
combination with oxygen, it forms
sodium peroxide, with which "Turk-
ish" towels are bleached. Another
compound, sodium cyanide, is used
to harden the surface of steel gears
for automobiles, scissors, tools. and
armor plate.
Chlorine, the other element de-
rived from salt, is equally versatile.
1t is employed for bleaching tex.
tiles and paper, for the publication
Of water, and scores of other i'm.
portant uses.
A wide variety Of useful prod
ucts is made by combining chlorine
with other materials. These include
the chlorinated hydrocarbons, typi-
cal of which are triehlorethylene
for metal Decreasing, and the non
flammable and non-explosive Per
Clene" and "Tri-Clene" dry-cl9aning
fluids. Other chlorinated hydrocar-
bons find wide application as re-
frigerants in air-conditioning and
domestic refrigerators. Neoprene,
the chemical rubber which for
many purposes is superior to ma
tural rubber, is another useful prod
uct which demands chlorine in it's
manufacture.
In view of salts many uses, the
Indians were wiser than they knew
in referring to it as white magic"
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

First Churcn of Christ. Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. m, Sunday School IL a. m,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at s p. m.
Subject for Sunday August "a:
Mind" Golden Text: 1 Corinth-
ians PIG. Who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may in
struct him? A Bible Citation from
the Lesson-Sermon: Rom. II: 10,
IL, IA, II, 81. Be kindly affection
ed one to another with brotherly
love; in honour preferring one an
other; II. Rejoicing in hope; pa
tient in tribulation; continuing in
stant in prayer; IA. Bless them
which persecute you: bless, and
curse not. II. Recompense to no
man evil for evil. Provide things
honest in the sight of all men. 21.
Be not overcome of evil, but over
come evil with good. Correlative
from the Textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy: Mankind
will improve through Science and
Christianity. The necessity for up
lifting the race is father to the fact
that Mind can do it; for Mind can
impart purity instead of impurity,
strength instead of weakness, and
health instead of disease. Truth is
the Alternative in the entire system,
and can make it every whit
whole"
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

have some basic knowledge and
desire further practical training"
The book to which a score of
practical experts have contrib
uted, and which is published by
VIM. H. Wise & Co., SO West 47th ST.,
New York, opens with what is in
effect a complete home-study
course in one chapter on the use
of hand tools. 1t then covers the
whole area of metal working by
modern machinery-machine tool
operations, turret and automatic
lathes, thread : cutting, milling,
planning, shaping, gear cutting,
jigs and fixtures, punch press op-
erations, forging, welding, cutting,
brazing and foundry practice and
the use of precision instruments
in the shop.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
HAMS HELP TO
WEATHERMAN
Amateurs Get No Pay But
Play Important Role
For Uncle Sam
WEEKLY CROP REPORT

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has 80
men and women who toll daily for
Uncle Sam without a cent of pay.
They are cooperative observ-
ers" who assist Frank H. Coleman,
weatherman, in compiling data. The
lack of remuneration is apparently
no drawback, for Coleman reports
that there are more volunteers than
openings in the state.
These amateur meteorologists
check on the weather as a hobby,
according to Coleman. They record
the daily maximum and minimum
temperatures, the amount of rain or
snowfall, the direction of the wind
and the growth of crops in their
localities. During the growing sea-
son they send weekly crop re-
port.
The observers send to the wealth
er bureau also a complete monthly
report IL times a year." Coleman
explained. 1.-THE government sup
plies them with the necessary in
struments to make the recordings"
Instruments in Yards.
Most of the observers keep their
instruments back of their homes"
he continues. Each observer has
two thermometers-one to record
the daily high temperature and an
other to record the daily minimum
temperature. F"
The personalities and occupations
of these volunteer weathermen pre-
sent an interesting cross section Of
American life, according to Cole
man.
Emil v. Werncke, n, Hillsboro,
the oldest in the point Of service,
began serving as an observer in
1890, so years ago. A former tele-
phone office manager, he is now in
the real-estate business.
There are two octogenarians,
George Carpenter, 80, Pine River,
with 46 years of service, and George
w. Smith, 81, Burnett, who has been
sending in reports for 81 years. Both
of the observers, despite their age,
operate sizable farms.
Farmers Lead List.
While farmers dominate the list
Of observers, Coleman says that
many other occupations are includ-
ed. He named two postmasters,
several storekeepers, banker, fire.
man, employees of the state agri-
cultural experiment stations and the
superintendent of buildings and
grounds at Beloit college.
The loneliest post is held by
Charles Hall, electric company en-
ployee, who is stationed at Flam-
beau reservoir near Park Falls,
which persistently pops into the
news as the coolest spot in the ma
tion. Two women have taken over
the weather-reporting jobs upon the
deaths of their husbands.
Coleman makes a point of visiting
each of the SO weather substations''
at least once in every three years.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

give to England and to the other
countries opposing aggression what
they want so that they will keep
the fire over there. It's not a fore
gone conclusion that We are going
to participate actively in this war.
We are not in it now. But if we
do get in, it won't be in a casual
manner. We will send troops
everywhere. We will have men in
Africa, fighting in the Far East
and wherever else needed, and the
cost of men and and money will
come high.
IF this country dies" he continued,
''it won't be in Washington in the
government, but will be due to the
indifference of the people. We
must prepare, we must give id. Be-
cause first of all, the United States
comes first"
Lowell Thomas, the main guest
of the evening, preceded the dinner
with his nationwide broadcast and
later addressed assembled guests.
81 side with everything Senator
Tydings has said" Mr.. Thomas
stated. He told of the growth of
his well known baseball team, the
nine old men, which plays many
games with public characters and
once a year for the President. He
confnend the balance of his talk to
his experiences as radio newscast-
er.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
Buried Gold Of Soldier
Of Revolution Sought

AUBURN, MAINE.-A gold rush
is on in Auburn.
The gold, according to the story,
belonged to Noah Waterman, who
fought in the Revolution. When the
war was over, he returned to Au.
burn to his farm.
Waterman received a pension
from the government, but never had
to use it. So, it is said, every month
he took the gold coins up to the
hill and buried them-without re-
vealing his hiding place to anyone
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
Father First Sergeant,
Son Is First Lieutenant

CAMP BEAUREGARD, La
First Sergt. Edward F. Miller
smartly answers Eyes, sir!" when
his son, First Lieut.. Arlyn Miller,
issues an order. This is a reversal
of the situation that prevailed back
home in Tomah, Wis, where the
father was president of the Miller
and Lamson Contracting company
and the son was his foreman.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
NEW LENS BARE
BACTERIAL LIFE
Microscope Proves to Be Fifty
Times Stronger Than Any
Now i'm Use
ELECTION MICROSCOPE

PHILADELPHIA. = Liquid mus
cles, protective armor plate and
multitude of waving arms like those
on the devil fish, or octopus, have
been found in bacteria in the newly
explored sub-microscopic world re-
vealed by the new electron micro
scope which has achieved magnifca-
tions of 100000 diameters, DR.. Stuart
Mudd of the University of Pennsyl-
vania medical school. Philadelphia,
announced at symposium held at
the Chemists club.
Smoke from burning magnesium,
the metal used in incendiary bombs,
was shown to consist of beautifully
formed crystals shaped in millionths
of a second in pictures exhibited by
DR.. R. Bowling Barnes of the
American Cyanamid company's
Stamford, Conn.,. research labora-
tories.
Will Aid in Defense.
So great is the magnification pro-
vided by the new electron micro
scope that if a baseball bat were
enlarged to the same extent it would
be about so miles long and 4 miles
in diameter, said James Hitler, who
with DR.. Vladimir Zworykin devel-
oped the instrument at the Camden
research laboratories of the Radio
Corporation of America. The new
instrument, using electrons instead
of light beams for Seeing" pro-
duces SO times greater magnifca-
tion than the most powerful optical
instruments, he said.
The new instrument is being made
available to commercial as well as
educational institutions, and in the
former may have important uses in
the national defense program in i'm
proving processes and products, Mr..
Hitler announced.
DR.. Barnes, who has been opening
up new realm of research for the
medical world with the new instru-
ment, informed the symposium on
Exploring New Worlds With the
Electron Microscope" that bacteria
of certain kinds are shown by the
enormous magnifcations of the new
instrument to possess solid cell
membranes surrounding the fluid
protoplasm Of the bodies and serv-
ing as protective armor.
Can Detect Movements.
mot only is the means which bac-
terra may use to protect themselves
from harm revealed by the electron
microscope, but their probable
method of moving from place to
place can be seen when they are
magnified to 100000 times their nat
ural size," said DR.. Mudd.
"Outer shells have been found on
streptococci, pneumococci, bacillus
subtilis, coliform and typhoid ba-
cilli. Two types of bacteria, Eber-
thella typhosa and coliform bacteria,
are seen to be equipped with long,
apparently tubular movable arms,
called f1agella.
Evidence has been found that
contractions of the fluid protoplasm
within the cells may produce pres
sure changes in these tubes, thus
causing the arms to wave and the
micro-organism to move.
''Viruses, which cause many dis
eases but are so small as to be in
visible with optical microscopes,
have been photographed by electron
beams"
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
AMERICA ON GUARD!

Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Departments Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original Minute
Man" statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post Office, are vital part
0 AMERICAS defenee preparations
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

We print attractive Sale Bills at
reasonable prices.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

example of how industry with the United States
"A Treasury helping the of defense bonds
Domino Cigarette package which has devoted its entire side
strong purchase of Defense Bonds Stamps
Millions of these packages will market and this idea
the basis similar defense bonds other
companies who produce pagd goods reaching millions of American
families and individual