The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-04
BY ROGER BABSON

Babson ParE, .Nass., Jan. AT
he close OF each year like to go
through the various interesting In.
vent.ons OF the preceding year.
They always give me inspiration
and make me certain that there
are opportunities enough for those
who will use their heads and legs
! will not discuss atomic bombs or
radar or electronics or plsstics or
other III ngs which have been dis.
cussed in the papers and maya
Zines. Rather. take the apparent
ly insignificant things I'm the belief
that they, in the aggregate. may do
much more for individual readers OF
my column.
Suggestions for Gl, Men
One Of the simplest. and yet may
be revolutionary. IA the develop
ment OF CONNECTIONS. cakes and
other food products by the use OF
starch sponge. To jump TO the other
side OF the spectrum. we find the
use OF fog TO put out fires. May |
continue without comment; Non
breakable incandescent lamp
bulbs Ice boxes with reyoly-
| ing interiors. Electric switches
which work with a delayed action
OF three minutes. windows made
| Of glass strips like venetian blinds
new smoke screens to pro-
tect orchards and groves against
| frosts and insects. Paint mixed
with dot. to kill flies and mos
| quitoes.
A year ago 7 mentioned the new
/ art OF recording music. messages,
etc. on magnetized wire; we'll,
/ this is now on the market. A new
one that hasn't yet been marketed
is truly hole.proof stockings made
/ out OF ram.e instead OF cotton or
rayon. "A machine for project
| ing reading matter on the ceiling so
you can read actually lying down.
new methods OF home heating
/ where the heat radiates through
/ the plaster. eliminating registers,
I radiators. etc new pack
aged Kitchen" whereby the refriR.
orator, stove. incinerator and dish
washer will be a part OF the same
machine. new flooring known
as stonoleum which can be applied
directly over concrete floors avoid
| ing dust and cracking. a new
machine to automatically figure
dividends. pay rolls and do billing
/ .HonA - A mn rNar
Salesmen VS.. Inventors
As the vacuum cleaner put grand
mas whisk broom out OF business
the new electric dust collector de-
stroys the dust so that even bag
is unnecessary. A new type OF
oil Goa ting housewives can use to
prevent fruits and vegetables from
getting moldy is being sold. To
offset this. the vacuum cleaner
statesmen will offer new electric
clothes brushi We will no longer
need to telephone our kilograms but
simply write them and drop them
in a slot and they will be deliy-
cred by facsimile teleyision.
Some G. !. men will be selling
foun. ain pens which need filling
only once In ten years, and new
dry-cell batteries which will out
last two hundred OF the old-fssh-
toned kind. The bedroom windows
will rise and fall automatically by
pushing a button under your pill
low. q already have one); while
old-fashioned window screens will
be seen only in museums. could
write a column on new plans for
the frozen food industry and also
forecast that your grandchildren
will break no dishes or glassware
why? because they can. be brok-
en-. The best opportunities, howev-
er, will come to those who SELL
these things rather than to the in
ventors.
Chemical Products Entieina
Great steps are being taken in
colored pho .ography for amateurs.
] expect soon to have an electronic