The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-28
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BY ROBERT RUARK
 tWaterbury Demosrat- Washington
 CorrespVnde A recent address by; Dr. Charles Stine, vice president of F. I. Du- Pont de Nemotlrs and Co, paints . post-war picture which makes life in the future akin to living in a world of sheer magic. Dr. Stine's Sci- eptiflc post-war world is to be- . thing as far removed from modern life as the present contrasted to the period before World War I. Americas entire economic destiny was changed by the last war. Out of that crucihle came the auto age the development of the aviation in- ] dustry, the radio, motion picture 1 telephone and rayon industries Arnerica,s way of life changed; rnil- lions came to the cities, and woman for centuries shaclsled to the home abruptly burst forth to compete with man in every field.
 This war, says Dr. Stine, will shape our destiny much more strongly than did the last. Science, now de- voting its fullest powers to destrtlc- tion, will turn those powers to con- Structive ends, and our lives will be revolutionized. To quote Dr. Stine:
 More than 8 century was con- surned to. bring the worlds crude rubber production up to a million tons yearly. America alone, now is attempting to do that in two years, by the manufacture of rubber from petroleum, alcohol and coal.
 By the end of 1943, our aluminium production will be seven times l greater than was possible in 1899 after 50 years of development. Mag neSium, extracted from brine and sea water, will amount to more than 100 times that produced in 1889 when the magnesium industry was l 24 years old.
 PLASTICS PLENTIFUL
 The nation will come out of the war with capacities for making plas- tics, synthetic fibers, nitrates, hy- drocarbons, high octane fuels and hundreds of other commodities on a scale that was beyond belief a few years ago. The sea itself, now yield ing only bromine and magnesium as it's chief structural products, con tains traces of every element found on land. Dr. Stine believes we are entering staggeringly bizarre new field of chemistry.
 Crude oil currently is the chem ist's wonderland. Catalytic crack 1 ing processes, giving the chemist building blocks of hydrogen and car bon, are pointing to new sources of acids, alcohols, solvents, esterS pharmaceutics - every imaginable type of synthetic.
 Plastics, comparatively new in- dustry, will give us mass production and materials made of air, water and coal-unbreakable glass anc glass that will float, wood that I won't burn and shoes with no leath- CT, window screens without wire and machinery bearings that contain nc l metal.
 | Our cars will be half as heavy and new cooling devices may end forever the necessity of adding wa ter to the radiator. High octane fuels may give us 50 miles to the 1 gallon, and the tire of the future will be distant relative to the old tire we knew. The motor car indus try, since production stopped, al. ready has aged more than 10 years PLANES POPULARIZED
 Airplane travel will be revolution. ized. Cheap, nearly foolproof planes will be at the disposal of the man who owned flivver few years be. fore. Huge freighter planes, trans. ocean airliners, glider passenger lines-all possible and practical.
 Tn the aviation industry, new steel alloys have seriously challenged the lighter metalS-magnesium and alu- minunl-and future airplane con- struction is a pretty good bet to de- pend heavily on the ever-developing immensely strong alloys.
 | New departures in the fertilizer field may revolutionize agriculture Plywood, plasticS, rustless steels and composition boards will turn the housing situation topsy- -turvy. Yol may be living in a prefabricated mansion whose rooms, at a cost o1 from $500 to $500, are literally but toned together. Your. roof will be stainless steel and your walls will be as strong as stone, but light as paneling. Inside will be automatic lighting, governed by electric eyes and adjustable tc outside variations In daylight. Air conditioning may forever Scourge the twin nuisances of asthma and hay fever.
 Science, which has only recently made strong strides in curative med icine with the Sulfa drugs, will come out of the war with a hundred and one new wrinkles to save your life and keep you healthy. Some where, around scientists corner, Is lurking the cure for cancer.
 It will be brave new world, this thing the scientists see-a world ol wonder and magic beyond the ken of the old fogies of 1942.