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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1945)
Till nsi> \V , A IG IS T If., 1915 THE SftNTIVKL. COTTAGE GROVE. OREGON ABCs of Atom Smashing Given By OSC Professor Congress Probably Will Reconvene On September 4tb OREGON S T A T E COLLEGE The princlplaa Ix’hhwl tin- atomic bomb arc not new. as they have been included in advanced physics text* tor eeveral yean, but the practical application of these principle« in the new mid liighly secret development that baa act the wnrld agog over the biggest scientific advance in modern age» Thin in the explanation given by Dr. W. Wenlger. head of the phy- lea department at Oregon State college. In answer to a flood of <|ueatlona that reached him Jus I after the atomic bomb reached Japan. Dr. Wenlger explain* that the three thing* ituw* recently and se cretly are theme, stated In simp lest terms: First, a larger supply of the rare uranium 2.35 has lieen obtained, next, new mean* of handling large quantities of it were devised; finally, a practical means was found of "packaging” It In such a way that the atoms could tie split at a specified In stant, releasing the enormous re sulting energy In the form of an explosion. What ''‘atom smashing" luid been done previously was a labor atory process requiring huge ma chines that literally »hot par ticles known as neutrons Into uranium atoms, splitting the lat ter into two parts Some satisfac tory way has now been found to start this "bombarding" of atoms In the atomic bomb This bomb ardment serves only as a trigger to set off an explosion in the nucleus or cmtciw of the atoms. , The explosion of one atom sets off others In turn much as a farmer blasts out a rill« h b y l u r r y ing a whole series of unconnectr-d sticks of dynamite In wet ground Firing on«’ of these sticks sets off the next one. and so on till all blow up In what seems like a single blast. \ As to where so much energy comes from. I>r. Wenlger explains that in the process of dividing these atoms of uranium, the two resulting pieces together are not as massive as the original atom, and that the difference is destroy ed ax m atter and trans forme« I in to energy It is this energy that gives such enormous simmx J s to the pieces of the atoms that tb« v break or explode the shell. The much smaller explosions of previ ous types of bombs have hern caused merely by combustion or burning, such as occurs when gasoline is burned in an engine to form gas and water vapor. Split ting the atom is the menns by which the mass of an element Is reduced by changing some of it Into energy Latham Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bronner of Grants Pass spent several days last week at the Ben Chllson horn«’ Mrs. Ted Troutman and son "Huck" Barrow of Loa Angeles visited her parents. M r and Mrs. iTtarles Smith and other relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brown and son of Potlatch. Idaho, visited Mrs. Browns sister. Mrs. Merle I’orter. several days last week Mr. and Mrs. Arbin Brand of Garfield. Washington, visited a cousin Merle Porter Sunday. Mrs, Nell Williams of Yoncalla came Friday to visit at the M ur ray Trunnell home Sunday they all drove to Redmon«! where a birthday dinner was served In honor of Mrs. Williams by the families of her two sons. Roy and Ransy. She remained to visit a few days before going to the home of her daughter In Califor nia. Mrs. Merle Porter attended Washington 8enate I><mo- cratic Lender Alben W. Barkley, Ky., announced Saturday that congress probably will be called back Into session on September 4. The house recessed late in July and the senate *>n Aujfusl 1. They had not ex peeled then to return until October H. Barkley made bis announcement of Ihe new date after a 90-min- ute conference with President Truman. Barkley said that the president felt that congress should be re »•N O convened as soon as practicable. r'lCLBt LIKE LC« U K f ■ The president, however, agreed PICTUMBS C A K IS . C A N D I I S, CAMUSO F 0005, with the Kentuckian's point of C O O K IE S , BOOKS. i view that until important legis SFRvrce wWbiiS BANCYfclLírsft, lation is actually ready for pres SNALI OAMe sn». FRUIT, entation to the two houses, there P laying capos . CiGAReTFES. would be “no use" in calling the KNlTIfeO iweAftns. PIPES. senate and house back. r«MPTAnoN ro our in m i t x E T C ---------- E T C --------- THH PRefcCxnS. A BAT v h o f When Barkley left the White -ticfl nona rama n \ f t v - House fi<’ said he would call on various senate committees to farewell party for Mrs. Henrietta sex fly Into the traps where they speed up the bills they ntnv have French, given by the (X’gagc club are exterminated. in process of preparation so that Friday. The recordings revealed that they could be brought to the sen Mr. and Mrs Herald Doffem of the power in the voice of a fi-male ate floor on Sept. 4 He also ar •Portland sfient several days with mosquito greatly cxcec«ls that of ranged to confer immediately with House Democratic Leader John W. Mrs Ash In Cottage Grove, Mrs. the male. McCormack, Mass., to seek simi Ash is the mol her of Mrs. Merle lar sp«’edup of legislative pro Porter and Mrs. Doffem has been TO MAKE SI BVEY quite ill. cesses in that branch of congress. A few families from here at- Transamerica Corporation has tended the auction sale up on appointed West-Marqula, Inc., Pa JET ENGINE LUBRICATED BY Pheasant creek above Anlauf Sun cific coast Public relations agency, AIK OIL COMPANY REVEALS day. to conduct a survey of the econo Lubrication of jet propulsion en A number of Grange people met mic resources of the Far West, it by gines by means of a mist-like Saturday night and worked on was announced yesterday James F. Cavagnaro. senior vice i spray consisting of 95% chilled cleaning the hall and grounds. I president. compressed a ir and 5% oil was Virgil White has sold sixteen described t«xlay by engineers at "Decision to make an exhaus acres including the chest nut.'orch tive survey of the «•conomic stat the Shell Oil Company at Wood ard to J. D. Rice «if Coos Ray. us of the w«»sl resulted from the . River, III., where research on jet Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hull and realization that the greatest m i ' propulsion fuels anti lubricants has family Including their son Law- gration of commerce and popula been under way since late last ton S3. C who Is home on .30 day tion in the w e n t history of the ' year. furlough came from Vancouver, United States is now taking place The spray is directed on the Washington Monday to visit a few In tb«" far west," Cavagnaro stat- ball bearings at either end of the days at the C. S Plaster home. «•d. engine, on which the single long A. R I-and of Creswell Is itudinal axles revolve, the air threshing in this vicinity this cooling the metal and the oil pro B isk Towels w«<ek. Hugh Trunnell is assisting The life of dish towels is usually function is performed, the spray is Mr. I .and short if they are used as pot holders. exhausted into the jet. This meth Once badly scorched, their days of od, they say, is the most effective TOWNSEND ( I.l B MEETS usefulness are soon over. I yet devised. MONDAY Townsend club met Monday eve ning for the regular meeting with a g«x»d attendance, it was voted to hold meetings every two weeks instead of the second and fourth Mondays of the month. IXiring the social hour ice cream, cake and coff«x’ was served by the entertainment commit tm* G«sxl news comes from Minnea polis. M in n , that the city council of that city puss<*d resolutions (Demoralizing congress to enact Ihe Townsend bill into law at the earliest date possible, they eharg«’d that the present stx’ial security act was wholly inadequate as a provider of old age security, they also charged that the present law removed billions of dollars from circulation thus curtailing the flow of money In channels of trade and creating greater stagnation of tax revenues in Washington Now when a city the size of Minneapolis with a population of 435,000 in 1930 comes out for the Townsend plan there must be more in it than erack-pot ideas. Contributed by W. E. Masters. ELECTRIC ‘LOVE’ RECORD- INCH LI RE MONQI ITOEN TO DEATH All is fair in the war to exter-1 minate ins«'cts, even a scientific study of the love life of mosqui toes. After cl<*ctrtcal rccordings were made of the mating songs of moa- quttoes, it was found that the pests could be lurcd to their deaths in insect traps. The re cordings simply are played back a and mosquitoes of the opposite Cut-Rate Prices Every Day Stop in and see our big bargains of highest quality merchandise at the lowest cut-rate prices. Wave Set 10c and 25c $1.00 Kreml Hair Tonic ........... 79c 60 Maurine 49c 75c Bicycle Playing Cards 59c 50c Pepsodent Antiseptic 39c Cory Coffee Maker, complete, 6-cup $3.75 60c Wildroot Cream-oil Tonic 47c 40c Fletchers Castoria .................. 31c Mrs. McDonald's Hand Rolled Chocolates $1.50 All Leather Billfolds $1.00 to $7.00 Lockets (gold plated) $1.50 & $2.00 Rubber Gloves ........... 49c Vacuum Bottles ................... $1.19 Cut Rate Prices on All Tobacco The Only Cut-Rate — T- ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® HOO RAY ! Falling Hair? THE WAR IS OVER ! ! I f d a n d ru ff nr fa llin g hair bother» you. we can stop y o u r troubles w ith «me Gertnieidal Hciilp treatment rtihl we mean what we say. S ke p tica lf W ell just give us a chance to prove it. Home o f the sa iiita ry lather aervice. and now Reddy Killowatt announces the new business name for Leon C. Godard as the Three barbera to serve you. ® ® ® SQUARE DEAL BARBERSHOP Maxine Thomas Chas. H. Boslaugh John F. McKay ® S ® ® ® @ ® ® PAGE THIRTEEN “LATHAM ELECTRIC ?» Everything in Electricity WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. Phone 24F3 Come Out and See Us THE DAY WE HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING. LOOKING AND LONGING FOR * OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT SWELL GANG OF BOYS AND GIRLS THAT MADE OUR VICTORY POSSIBLE. LET’S SHOW THEM THAT THE GOOD OLD U. S. A. IS WORTH THE FIGHT THEY PUT UP. OUR CONGRATULA TIONS, TOO, TO THE GREAT WAR LEADERS OUR COUN TRY PRODUCED. OUR HATS ARE OFF TO THEM. AND LET US NOT FORGET THE WAR WORKERS, LUMBER IN CLUDED, WHO HAVE DONE THEIR PART IN THIS ALL- IMPORTANT VICTORY. God Bless America! *
