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Prestaeat MassachBtts lasatat aff Techaalafy ' ' , - fWrtttea expressly fr lateraattoaal Hews Sarriea) Cyrtt 1S3. aercaai to Whaia e to Part atrJett fhlhHa. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts-(INS)-In tha half-century ahead w mar expect from scienc a c51den stream of new ideas, new products and new processes which will improve our health, prolong life, raise eur standards oi living and open new vistas to man's spirit A new age is within our reach, with this proviso: If we associate with advances fat scienc a com parable advance in the techniques of using scientific results humanely. I recently polled a group of my colleagues to get their Informed view of forthcoming developments In science and engineering. Let me describe some of their predictions, based on current developments. Three Dinar mtoaal Obvious developments, will in clude flicker-free three dimension al television, planes that can carry us from coast to coast in three hours, and new ways of storing or cataloging information that may revolutionize our libraries and our files. ; ! '. -1 Most encouraging is the promise that the next fifty years will see great advances in biology the science of life. Each day is bring ing us closer to unravelling one of the greatest mysteries of all the difference between living and non living matter. ' i New research tools are unlock ing doors formerly closed. ! Today tremendous magnifica tions of minute phenomena are possible. Further developments of electron microscopes- and similar devices can be expected to enable vs. to see down to the dimensions of the smallest living organism; With a further improvement (in ways of seeing the unseen, equal to that which microscopy has un dergone in the past 20 years should Kelp a great deal in solving the riddle of life. Defenese-Against Disease ' Each step along this path helps us to be more effective in promot ing good health and in combating disease. It is expected that re search In the relatively near fu ture may uncover some of the (acts concerning the way in which the human body; defends itself against disease. With the information now at hand, science has made tremend ous progress in developing disease combating chemicals such as peni cillin and the sulfa drugs. It is expected that the next few years will see these multipled and may see . the synthetic production of antl-bioUcs. The time is in sight when infectious diseases as we know mem may be brought com pletely under control. j As the battle against infectious disease approaches the day of vic tory, attention is turning toward the study of old age and the de generative diseases. . Within the past two decades, life expectancy has been increased has been in creased by about twenty years. Diseases of old age, therefore, pro- Tide the next big challenge The heavy artillery of medical research is being directed at such degenerative diseases as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and heart disease. That many forms of can - cer will be controllable in the next half century seems within the realm of possibility due to the concentration of research on this - . disease. " : BonMM Stady Vital Finding out how hormones act m the body may represent a great- r advance in the control of dis ease, and the prolongation of life , than the discovery that microbes cause disease. Already hormone therapy has brought almost mi raculous results, especially in the treatment of arthritis. Use of hor- . mones suggests that mental con ditions may be sensitiv to this - treatment.. Research in brain chemistry and the effect of hormones on the ner vous system is in its early infancy, but from what is now known it seems certain that further knowl edge of the inter-relationshipr be ; tween the nervous system and the glandular system which supplies v. the miracle-working hormones, will affect tremendously man's control over his physical and men tal health. Man's health and welfare are not solely dependent on advances in biology and medicine They de pend also on the supplies of food, water, 'materials and power which are available. Science is progres sively . developing ways of - ex panding our supplies of these ne cessities. ?. j. The world's food supply Is being increased by the development of new fertilizers and. new insecti cides such as DDT and 66S, which have increased agricultural yields. The developments of plant hor mones promises further increase. Synthetle Foodstuffs Then there is the possibility that we will be able to discover how plants through the green pigment chlorophyl succeed in storing en ergy from the sun in chemical form by synthesizing organic com pounds such as starch and pro teins. This knowledge might make it possible to produce synthetic foodstuffs. A development of this kind would carry us a long way feeding an ever-growing popula tion. To meet the power require ments of our scientific and tech nological progress new primary sources of energy are being ex plored most notable at present nuclear energy. Perhaps we might see nuclear powered ocean-going vessels before the end of the cen tury, s Ways are also being developed for using solar energy, particularly for heating houses. Tapping the earth's internal heat as a source of energy provides another possi bility which is also being explored. The first half of the century has seen a revolution, brought about by the development of syn thetic products by the chemical industry. ' Textiles, pnarmaccutl- calav refrigerants the flow to be endless of new products which can now be created in the test tube. If synthetics provided the most revolutionary technological devel opments of the first half of the century, it Is probably electronics which win provide the most rev olutionary : technological changes in the future. Already automatic control equipment is making possible the mechanization of many business and industrial processes. Machines that can receive Information and take action without human inter vention are no longer a novelty. A sample is the thermostat .which when it learns that the tempera ture of a room is too low, turns on the furnace; or the electricjaye which upon learning that some-i one wants to go through a door. opens it for him. Now vastly more complex pro cedures can be handled mechani cally. A limited number of indus trial processes are already being operated through control systems which are completely outside the plant. Computing machines . are handling In a matter of hours in tricate mathematical - problems that would take years to solve through ordinary methods of cal culation, i Increased Employment Contrary to some Bloomy pre dictions, the growth of automatic control and compvtatipn can in crease rather than decrease em ployment, Some physicists believe that In the next fifty years we may look forward to important syntheses of knowledge; especially in physics. Despite Einstein's brilliant contri butions, we have not yet achieved ITlpk to sofv. to. problem of i ultimate theory "luui irrn giv iusu uoani im age of what the world Is like. This may com in the next fifty years with profound effects on our philosophical and spiritual out look. An even more profound re sult might ensue from th discov ery of some presently undreamed of biological principle which might luumlnate the riddle of life. The department of agriculture says there are about 1.S50 farm era' mutual fir insurano com panies in the UJS. EnemvA over m North of Taega (Story also on page one.) TOKYO. Sunday. Auc 20-P- The Korean reds north of Taegu appeared to he regrouping their power today for a smash. The main mass of their troops still was lo cated between Waegwan, 12 miles northwest of Taegu. and Kunwi, 25 mile north of Taeeu. . The fury of the fighting which broke the -thrust from the north and erased the Changnyong bulge was- emphasized by a report from General MacArthur. He said that in a 24-hour period the reds suf fered 5.884 casualties. The red fourth division, routed at Oiangnyong, had been sent down from the Manchurian bord er. Associated Press Correspondent Jack Macbeth said a communist prisoner told U. S. 24th division officers that the division required 37 days to get to the Nektons line from Manchuria because of inces sant air attacks. ; : The word of a new communist massing, apparently on the front c ; Americans. He said the reports oft 4 major buildup m the Cfiinlu area led to fears that -Che attack might develop into an offensive. JUements of the U. S. marine first brigade and the 24th Infantry division, who- cracked the shell of the c omm u n i s t Changnyong bridgehead Friday, continued to smash at the retreating reds Sat urday with considerable help from the- air. ' Strafed, IUketed Enemy troop Heeing from the marines end infantrymen were strafed, rocketed and bombed-by marine and fifth air force planes aa they swam or forded the Nak tong in their effort to rejoin the main body of North Korean units on the west side of the river. Some reds escaped under cover of a smoke screen.- AP Correspondent Don Huth re ported after a flight over the bridgehead in an observation plane that the U. S. troops appeared close to their coal of throwing the reds back across the river. Huth said American artillery and planes had set fires in six vil lages on the west side of the river. Landing on In the first allied action of Its kind in the wax. South Korean troops made a surprise landing Friday on Tokchok island, . 35 WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 -UP) The air force announced tonight that it had lost 55 planes to ene my action in the Korean war. This figure does not necessari ly cover all plane losses. The air force said it covered only losses known to the enemy. Any opera tional losses that may have oc curred in American-held territory; where the enemy could not ob serve them, were not reported. The announced figure included losses from fighter attacks, anti aircraft or small arms fire from the ground and enemy strafing and bombing. Two C-B4 transports were lost by strafing. and bombing. Other losses were sax b-ZB light bomb ers, one B-29 medium bomber, 24' F-51 piston-engined fighters. 17 F-SO let fighters, four F-82 night fighters and one T-d target spotter. The air force said that crews of the far east air forces have claimed the destruction of 70 com munist planes. In addition to these claims of planes definitely destroyed, the w. S. fliers have claimed 17 co unist planes probably destroyed and St others damaged. Welfare Board To Distribute DP Orphans The state public welfare com mission will be the clearing house for all foreign-born orphans brought into Oregon under pro vision of the new displaced per sons bilL Governor Douglas Mc Kay's committee on displaced per sons decided at a meeting here Friday. Although 5000 displaced orphans wfll be permitted to enter the United States under terms of the new legislation it is not likely that more than 50 will come into Ore-! con. committee members said. Persons desiring to adopt one of the children must make applica tion to the welare commission in Portland. Following approval of such application by the commis sion the necessary papers will be sent to the displaced parsons com mission in Washington, D. C fori processing. before Taeeu. main American for ward base, came from an uncon firmed prisoner-of-war report via General MacArthur's headquar ters The headquarters summary ear ly today (Sunday) said the red first third, 18th and 15th divisions were reported preparing for a new assault to breach United Nations defense lines. Ares Net Located The summary did not-nredselv locate the area, but said the enemy was probing In search of soft spots along the Naktong river. That Is in the zone west -of Taegu. contact wita the enemy was broken off on the northern front a dozen or more miles north of Taegu, the summary related, and petrols penetrated four to six miles without finding red resistance. AP Correspondent Don White head had placed the red third; I3tn end lath divisions on that northern front in fighting Friday night (the implication was that they might have shifted farther southwest. Baildae Keperted An enemy buildup also was re ported on the U. S. 25 th division front In the southernmost Korean war sector. The Tokyo summary said pilots spotted enemy troop concentrations in the vicinity 39 miles west and southwest of Ma- san. That la about CO air miles southwest of Taegu. in a Saturday dispatch shortly before the communications cut off, AP Correspondent Stan S win- ton reported from that southern front mat the red sixth division was continuing to smash at the TaeStartocaneaa. Sdetau 6reocSodqT. Ancjttet 3,15-1 1 miles southwest of Inchon on the Korean west coast after brief shelling of the island by British cruisers and destroyers. ' Significance oh the move was not explained by the spokesman at MacArthurs headquarters, who announced it They did not dis close whether any Reds were found on the island. In allied hands, the ; Island could become an observation point covering ' enemy movements . of troops and supplies by water from North Korea to ports on the south western coast of the Korean pen insula. Sixty U. S. B-29s blasted rail yards, iron works, and port and dock facilities Saturday at dung iin.60 miles south of Russian ter ritory on the northwest coast of Korea, with 550 tons of bombs. Thirty other B-29s hit Him hung, ISO miles north of the 28th parallel. These blows by a total of 90 B-29s represented the second largest air strike of the war en Korea. The largest was the blow by almost 100 B-29s earlier this week at red troops in the Waeg wan area- of the central front Police Locate Stolen Auto An auto reported stolen last Monday from Claire R. 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