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Arizona sun., 1947-01-24

train of thought that led him first
to the invention of a stock ticker
and an automatic telegraph, thence
to the phonograph and later to the
motion picture camera.
Earns First Money.
With the idea planted in his mind
Of constructing telegraph apparatus
that would automatically send and
record messages, Edison invented
and patented an improved stock
ticker. 1t, was so much better than
the crude tickers which antedated
his, that a telegraph company paid
him $4,000 for 1.-THE first money
Edison ever received for an inven-
ton. e.
With the $4,000 Edison estab-
lished a shop in Newark, N. j., in
1870, and began the manufacture of
stock ticke&. He was %, and for
the first time in his life he had
enough money to experiment with
the hundred and one ideas that
coursed through his agile mind.
One of a score of telegraphic pat
ents he took out as result of his
experiments in Newark was on an
automatic telegraph, which could
send and record messages on a
strip of paper tape at rate far
beyond the speed possible in send
ing and receiving by hand. In seek
ing to improve his first automatic
telegraph, Edison experimental
with a machine employing turn
table covered with a paper disc.
Perforations in the paper disc sent
|. out dots and dashes when the turn
table was rotated. One day, how
ever, the 'turntable was operated
at an excessive speed and, instead
of dots and dashes, the result was
a musical hum. Edison was quick
to sense the possibilities of his dis
covery, and on July 18. 1877, he
made the following entry in one of
the $500 notebooks he filed with
scientific data and reports before
his death at "a on October 18, 1881:
Gust tried experiment with
diaphragm having an embossed
point and held against paraffin
paper moving rapidly. !, The
speaking vibrations are indent-
ed nicely and there is no doubt
that 1 shall be able to store up
and reproduce. automatically at
any future time the human.
voice perfectly"
Less than month later he did
just that. E
First Movie Was 'Talkie.'
Ten years later, in 1887, Edison
set out. as he later commented, Ito
do for the eye what the monograph
did for the ear The result was
the birth of. what today is probably
| the most glamorous industry in the
world-the motion picture industry.
Thus it was that the germ of an
| idea which took root in Edison's
| mind when he was fired as tele-
graph operator ultimately led to in
vention of the stock ticker. the au-
tomato telegraph, the phonograph
and the motion picture camera.
Edison probably is best remem-
bered as the inventor Of the first
practical incandescent lamp. The
lamp was handy symbol OF
achievement seized upon by the pub
lie, but actually it constituted only
small portion of his work in the
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24

field Of electric lighting and power
distribution.
From 1868, when he received
his first patent for an electrical
" energized voting machine, u1-
til his death 63 years later, Edi-
SON created 1,O97 patentable in
ventions - by far the greatest
number of patents ever issued
to any one individual by the
United States Patent Office.
The wide range of his accom-
plishments is almost un-
believable.
The carbon transmitter that made
Alexander Graham Bells telephone
a commercial success was an Edl-
son invention, and for many years
the names of both Bell and Edison
appeared on telephone instruments.
This same transmitter later was
adapted to radio and served as the
first broadcasting microphone.
Perfects TeIegraphy.
Edison patented system of teleg-
raphy through space six years be-
fore Guglielmo Marconi made the
instrument that earned him the title
of Father of wireless Teleg-
raphy."
Edison invented, built and oper-
ated the first electric railroad in
America. Some of his patents
caused revolutionary changes in the
cement industry, and as early as
1908 he was building cement houses
with prefabricated molds.
He invented an electric automo-
bile, a helicopter, method OF max
ing plate glass. He patented a
method of preserving fresh fruits
and vegetables in glass containers;
he devised machine, called the
micro-tasimeter, for measuring
minute heat fractions, and another,
the odoroscope. for registering the
presence of odors, however slight.
Indefatigable Worker.
Before introduction Of the type
writer, Edison invented an electric
pen which cut stencils of handwrit-
ing SO that one letter could be re-
produced in illimitable quantities.
It's modern counterpart Is the
mimeograph machine.
These and scores of other Gre
ations, some of great inn
portance and some, like his talk
ing doll, hardly more than nov
elites, came out of EdiSOn's
mind.
He rued the fact that the day con-
tanned only "a hours, because it did
not give him enough time to do
everything he wanted to do. His IA
vorite motto - and one which he
displayed prominently on the walls
of his laboratory and of1ces-was a
quotation which said: There is no
expedient to which a man win not
resort to avoid the serious labor OF
thinking"
Although Edison lived to be "a, he
continued to put in long hours OF
study and work right up until few
weeks before his death. When
friends chided him about not re-
firing to a life of ease, his reply
was that '"There'n be plenty Of time
to think about retiring when !
reach 100"
Tom Edison has reached 100''
and he has retired" but his mem
ory lives on in a thousand creations
Ahat have benefited mankind.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24

AKFRSFIELD CALF. = Hyp-
notism, long considered good stage
trick but also utilized in medicine
and in curing mental ills during re-
cent years. found a new use in den-
tistry here.
When Mrs. Violet Nicola went to
a medical-dental clinic to have two
teeth extracted. it was discovered
that she was allergic to all types of
: anesthetics. The dentist called two
ioctors and q psycho-therapist into
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
ASK Me -.
ANOTHER {
The Questions
A Cenerol Quiz

/. What queen of England had
the most children?
2. Do giraffes ever. make any
sort of audible noise?
8. What was the cause of Cleo
patra's death?
4. What was Americas best
year for church contributions?
S. Where is the largest rose
bush in the world?
6. Does any bird line its nest
with snake skins?
z. What is so different about the
way the white-tailed deer runs?
8. Where has the first all-alumi-
mum bridge been built?
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
EDISON CENTENNIAL
EDISON CENTENNIAL
Early Efforts Backfired but
Lessons Brought Lasting Fame

Two highlights in Thomas A. Edi-
sons amazing career are shown in
these pictures. Top, Edison is shown
demonstrating his first phonograph
at the White House on April 18, 1878.
Lower, the inventor is shown oper-
ating an early and crude model Of
his first motion picture machine.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
Egg Production

Three-fourths Of the eggs are pro-
duced before noon. Eggs should
be gathered at 10 a. m, noon and
4 p. m. and then be placed in cool
place and marketed frequently.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
For Your Future Buy
U. S. Savings Bonds
Ring Around Bathtub

A good way to train children not
to leave ring around the bathtub,
is to place a bath brush for tub
scrubbing in easy reaching dis
tance.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
Reserve Accessories

Keeping a supply of clean, snowy
white accessory touches on hand for
basic dresses will eliminate the
danger of having nothing to
wear" for a last minute date.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
Ironing Aid

Placing clean sheet on the floor
under your ironing board saves
damp trailing pieces from picking
up floor dust.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
Green Vegetables

Leaty and green vegetables are
needed in a well balanced diet. The
thinaer and greener the leaf, the
higher its vitamin A value and iron
tends to be.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
Wash lee TRAYS

Ice trays should be washed with
soap and hot water at least once
week.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24
NEEDLEcRAFT PATTERNS
Odds and Ends in CoZorfuZ Afghan

Six crocheted triangles Join to form 2
hexagon. You can combine woods of diff
ferent weights IN this afghan. Pattern
1923 mas directions for afghan.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current conditions. slightly more time Is
required in filling orders for few OF the
most popular patterns.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-24

n CHECK If WE SAY Substitute
MATCH COVER COLOR. ORDERS SllItI'k,
WITHIN - ilOiRS ~ SIiiSrITi Tl0NS
PERMITTED
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26
New Fisk Prexy
To Speak Here

Or Charles S Johnson, now
ly-dcslgnatod president 81 FISK
University, VIII be tho guest Of
Plvmouth ConEgc Eatton j
Church and the Fisk Alumnj on
Sunday MAY :. which is Fisk
University Day at Plymouth.
johnson viii assume has ncw
post on July ! Since 1928 he
has been head of tho sociology
department at FISH where he
has become one OF the out
standing experts on race prob
lens. A delegate TO the recent
conference Of the United Ma
Ftons Educational, Scic ntific,
and Cultural Organization he
was placed on many important
committees
HIS carly professional expo l.
ence was with the Chicago Ur-
ban League. and as a tcchnl-
cian with the Chicago ComnNS-
sion on Race Relations and the
! Governors Committee on Race
Relations
In 1921 he went to the Ma
tional Urban League as director
Of research and INVESTIGATIONS.
and in 1923 founded "Oppor-
tunity' magazine
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26
SAYS FATHER DIVINE
PROMISED NEW BIRTH

NEW YORK Father hi.
vine. cult leader promised his
wealthy sister rclncarnation. Dr..
William Hills Sheldon told Sur
rogato's Court here as he at
tempted to break her will which
cut him of with only $500.
The wealthy woman. who died
last October. was Mary Shell
don LYON She left S500.000 TO
two corporation. said to be con-
trollcd by the man who has
convinced his followers he is
God,
Sheldon charged that Divine
had "bv his speech and actions
installed in the mind ~ the de-
cedcnt that he was God" had
induced to pay the rent on a
"hcaven p IN Manhattan. and
had placed an agent in her
home 70 further his designs.
Divine promised Mrs. Lyons
that ne would cause her spirit
TO be cncaScd in a new body"
Sheldon charged.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26

rilNbfN illif' Sl'Ifit iifiiI'i
responsibility and nWlllngnc
20 buck tho greedy interests
that oppose decent democratic
housing and sensible community
planninr
Advocacy ~ Fl decent houNnr
program takes cnuraEG II
means meeting hcad-on thc
problem ~ the Negro ln ID
troit taking stand against
segregated puhhc housing and
opposing restrictive covenant
II moan, ncuung Tho WJa'n
and opposition OF rcul cstatc
interests vino arc among the
most Influential determines "
CITY policy
Tho senc truo ~ planning.
Good planning IS poison 10 the
great real estate and industrial
, baron Of any II 81 niiv for y
disiurbs the status QUO undor
uhch thcv thrive il suggests
that the results ~ ihea Dlan.cs
activities have bccn unsa. sfac-
tory and that q community hos
the rgh 20 detcminc the ,inos
along Which the Business n
dustriI and dental areas
shall be developed
A citizens group devoted to
housing and planning must be
prepared to huCl those .nilu-
CncCs II cannot hone 90. large
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26
Ottley Writes
About Detroit
In NY Times
BY Judah Drob

An account. full NJ sweetness
and light about Dctyolts race
relations appeared on Sunday
in the New York Times mag
azlncs section. under the sigma
turc Of Roi Ottley, war CORE.
Spondcnt and author OF New
World AComin."
Ottlcy's story is built around
the Community Barometer, cs.
tabAShcd after the riot bv the
Detroit lnterracial Committee
1t suggests that most Of De.
troits race tensions have been
relieved, when as A matter OF
fact It was only a few shor;
weeks ago that the Intcrracial
Committee cited employment
housing. and restaurant dis
elimination as major sources Of
/ tension in the city
CRATE ON THE EYE
The article is full OF minor
inaccuracies. that CRATE on the
eve Of the informed Detroiter.
Ottley calls George Schermcr, a
social worker and ncglects %
label him a director Of the In.
terracial Committee.
The illustrations for the arti
Gle are most unfortunate One
shows Paradise VALLEY" AS one
Of Dctroit's ghetto alleys, in.
stead Of the amusement area
that is really meant by the
name The other purports to be
taken at a housing project with
mixed occupancy although there
is none anywhere in Detroit.
TELLS OF POLICE
The article does a good job
in its description Of the police
department shake-up after the
riot under the direction Of Com
missioner John Balenger, and
commends the local Negro press
for notable restraint and &C.
curacy in reporting details of
intcrracIal conflicts lie adds
mat there is, however, no re.
treat on fundamental issues. To-
day they arc campaigning az.
grcsslvcly for better under.
standing between the races.
Ulysses w Boykin. editor Of
the Tribune. illustrated one
technique they use lie showed
mo a clipping which told the
dramatic story Of Steve Yako,
a white excl who lost his lite
in a vain attempt TO rescue two
drowning Negro boys !"
The article also quotes. ap-
provingly, a bit Of dubious so.
ciologv, handed out by the pre-
tcntiously UNIFORMED Rev. Hor-
ace A White.
MISSED STORY
II is too bad that Ottlev did
not get the real story Of De
troit Had he studied our prob.
lens and progress more care.
fully, he would have found that
the current reduction in ten.
sions is accompanied by no sub
stantial improvement IN hous.
ing, recreation, or civil rights
and by few tangible employ
ment gains.
DetroIt's tensions must be
erased permanently by more
concrete actions, along the lines
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26

lanes T. Harris. personal mas
seuse Tor Lionel Hampton. who
travels with the great band
leader. and helps TO keep him fit
for his strenuous schedule. Har-
us attended the Los Angeles
College Of chiropraeiors. where
he finished phYsio-iherapY and
MASSAGE before his induction
into the army. During the war
he served as warrant officer
IN the army medical corps from
ls42.4S. He has been with Lii
onel Hampton for the past two
years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26
Reward Isbey

An award for intcrraclal har-
monv was presented last week
80 Frank n lsbcv. chairman Of
the 1916 brotherhood Week IN
Detroit. by tho Plobus interna-
tIonal organization,
Speakers AZ the award han
ouct m Beth FL Temple includ-
cd former governor Harry T.
Kelly. tho Rev Paul Morrison,
and Rabbi Roland Glttelsohn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-04-26
EDITOR HITS HOUSING AND
PLANNING COUNCIL MACTION
By ULYSSES w. BOYKIN

The punch seems % have gone ON u tho Ctzens
Housing and Planning Council a voluntary organiza-
ton Of citizens originally designed 70 push for construc
tive programs in housing and planning it has gradually
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
TW0-CENT HIKE IN MOTOR FUEL
 TAX E SOUGHT

The Alaska Senate was boiling up a secret brew this morning with doors locked in Executive Session over an hour One witness seen to enter during the period when press and galleryites were excluded was Frank Boyle, Auditor of Alaska.
 The Senate has only a very light calendar-two memorials-before 1t today, but recess was taken until ? o'clock this afternoon and it is expected that another locked door confab will be ordered then,
 Two more bills and two memor- ials hit the upper chambers hopper this forenoon.
 Senate Bill 42, by Senator N. R. Walker, would increase the motor fuel tax from one to three cents per gallon and would direct pro ceeds of the tax into a fund for airfields and water fac ilities, to be expended equally among the four divisions. It was referred to the Taxation Commit tee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
pNA MAKES TRIP
 TO JUNEAU, WEST

Pacific Northern Airways yester- day brought th-ee passengers from Anchorage to Juneau, and carried IA out to Yakutat and Anchorage
 Eastbound. the ship under Capt. George McCracken, First Officer Phil Smith and Stewardess Louise Leitner brought Richard Cox, Larry Cairns and E. o. Connez from An chorage to Juneau
 The Westbound plane. flown Ly Capt Maury Heating, First Off cer Chuck Davis and Stewardess Helen Roth carried the following passengers.
 To Yakutat-Jack Ellis, Wesley Rose.
 To Anchorage Trelly Berling Gerald Berling, Pearl Frost. Harry Frost, Clarence Rader, Genevieve Birch, c. B. Setter, Helen Cass, Tcny Frank, Daniel Paulk, Howard Mills, Frank Marshall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
NOSE DIVE, CHINESE DOLLAR, STOPPING
 TRADE OVERSEAS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l5.- Fluctuation of the Chinese dollar has brought American trade with China to a virtual stop. San Fran cisco importers said today.
 Imports from China have been hardest hit, with American firms generally cancelling orders said Harry Radcliffe, executive secre- tary of the National Council of American Importers
 The situation has not yet cauS- ed drop in shipping, but this Is expected within a week unless the Chinese dollars is firmly begged
 Al we can do is hope the Chi- nese government gets things all strengthened out, or that our own government recognizes the dollar mas three different values in Chi ma" said one San Francisco ex- porter
 The first value of the dollar IS the official foreign exchange rate of 3,350 yuan CChinese dollar)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
PRESIDENTS MOTHER HAS
 BROKEN HIP

GRANDVIEW, Mo, Feb. l5.- Mrs Martha E. Truman, tiny 94- year-old mother of the President day quietly in led today in her little white cottage, mcomplaining and cheerful in spite of fractur- ed right hip.
 It was nothing new for the little white-haired lady who is the moth- CT of. the nations President. Three times in the last seven years she has suffered hip fractures as a re- suit of falls at home. The last fall came Thursday night as she was preparing to retire.
 Today she was caImly quiet and was reported resting comfortably as Miss Mary Jane Truman. the Presidents sister, ministered to her
 The injured hip has not heen set, and Dr Joseph w. Greene, the Truman family physician at Inde- pendence, said no attempt to set it would be made for a few days. He said Motker Truman did not ap- pear to be suffering from shock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
DIDN'T TELL ALL,
 NINETY DAYS !N
 JAIL, SAYS JUDGE
Benjamin Fields, Public Relations Man, in Con-
 tempt, House Com.

WASHINGTON, Feb 15.-Benia- min F. Fields, Washington Public Relations man, today was sentenced by Federal District Judge Alexan- der Holtzoff to 90 days in jail and fined S250 for contempt of House committee.
 Defense attorneys announced they will appeal to the U. s. Court of Appeals and Fields was released on $500 bond.
 Fields was convicted February ) by a District Court jury of failing to give the House Surplus Proper ty committee last year all his fi- nancial records in connections with the sale of surplus bronze screen wire to c. B. Warr, an Oklahoma City builder.
 The Government contended Fields failed to submit documents in re- sponse to committee subpoena, showing division of $4,40O com mission received for sale Of the screen. The government said that Fields made .59 percent profit on the transaction.
 Fields had given the House com mittee last August memorandum showing one-third of the commls- sion was to be paid to Glenn A. Dies. an associate: one-third to John Doe" and s400 to another John Doe" with the remainder to himself
 In 1881 Fields was sentenced to Is years by a Federal Court Tn Oklahoma for using the mails to defraud in the sale of oil stocks He was paroled in 1888 and the sentence commuted in l940.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
A(CA Officers
 AreChosef1 at
 Night Session

Douglas Chapter of the Alaska Crippled Childrens Associa- tion met in the Council Chambers of the City Hall last night to elect officers and outline a program for the newly formed organization.
 Elected to the Board of Trustees were Dr. John Clements, Victor Power, Norman Banfield. pr. H.. Harris, Frank Herman, Waino Hen drickson, Mrs Frances Paul, Miss l. Hartung, Mrs. John Mccormick, Mrs. Frances Grant of Douglas, Mrs. Edith Walker, Mrs. Marcus Jensen of Douglas, Mrs. Jake Crop ley, Jake Cropley and Robert Aker- wick.
 The following officers were cleo ted by the Board of Trustees;
 President, Mrs. John Mccormick; Vice President, Frank Hermann; Secretary, Mrs. William Paul, Sr.; Treasurer, Norman Banfield Pub licity, Gene Vuille
 Meetings will be held on the third Monday of the month at the Coun- cil Chambers in accordance with the program. The membership drive was started last night at the meet ing and S35 raised among those attending. The drive will be con- ducted through the various or ganizations and groups of the city as we'll as neighborhood canvass. Membership dues are S1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
KING MAY
 CUT SHORT
 HIS VISIT

CAPETOWN, t'eb. l5. The Nationalist newspaper Die Burger said today King George VI might find it necessary to cut short his visit to South Africa because of the economic crisis in Britain and, re- turn to his people in their hour Of need"
 In the first public comment on hitherto private speculation about the Kings role in Britain's coal problems, the newspaper said the luxury in which the royal family will be received in South Africa is in sharp contrast to the misery in which the British people are living
 Capetown's residents, in holiday mood, are paying little attention to such reports South Africans are spending fortune to extend an un- precedented welcome to the royal family, due here Monday aboard the battleship Vanguard. Yielding 10 public pressure. authorities decreed the closing of Capetown schools Monday. making the day 100 per cent holiday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
Bv JOHN A. PARRIS, Jr.

LAKE SUCCESS, N. r., Feb. l3 Russia was expected today to pro- pose formally that the United Ma tions Security Council ban immedi- ately any further production Of atom bombs.
 There was a possibility that So- viet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko would make his formal motion when the council reconvenes Tuesday to debate the whole atomic question.
 In an address to the council yes terday. Gromyko demanded that the United Nations ban production of the atomb bomb as the first step toward an international atomic con- trol system but made no move upon which the council would be required to act
 The Russian diplomat sharply criticized the United States for con- tinued manufacture of mass-de- struction weapons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-15
50 INJURED
 WHEN TRAIN
 JUMPS TRACK

MANTLE, Fla, Feb 15.-An es- timated 30 persons received injur- ies, mostly minor, when the Sea- board Air Lines northbound Orange Blossom Srecial.1 Miami 10 New York streamliner, was de- railed on the main line about a mile south of here last night.
 Six sleeping cars and diner left the tracks State Highway patrol men said about 30 persons were given first aid treatment at the scene of the wreck and 20 more were taken to Jacksonville, 22 miles northwest of here, for medical at tension.
 Hospital attendants at Jackson vile said only two of the persons admitted were believed injured ser icusly. Several were given emer- gency treatment and released.