Will New Electrical Gadget Fool
Fish? Angler Says No, No, No
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
(United Press Stiff Correspondent)
Washington, Feb. 8 (UR) Rep. Clare Hoffman, (R., Mich.), prob
ably the greatest fisherman on Capitol Hill, looked at a new gad
get for catching fish and wasn't surprised at all.
Science has come so far, he said, that he wouldn't be surprised
to wake one day and find:
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1. That some- Pf
body has invent
ed an electric
device to attract
fish into a net
right off shore,
while the fisher
men sit around
in sports clothes
lapping beerf
and p
cards.
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body has """" w
thought up an electric rod, heat
ed by a battery, which you can
ram down the gullet of a fish
and "cook" it a couple of min
utes after it is hauled aboard.
Hoffman made his predictions
after reading about the invention
1for fish-snaring conceived by a
German scientist. The gadget is
supposed to draw the biggest
fiph in the drink into a fish net.
It's the brain-child of one Dr.
Konrad Kreutzer, who claims
)r he can magnetize a field of water
and play Pied Piper to all the
best fish in a given area. The
thing is described by the Na
tional Geographic Society.
An electrode attached to the
net is supposed to head the fish
in its direction by emitting a pos
itive electric current.
Dr. Kreutzer claims that:
"Moved by the pulsing electric
ahocks, the tails of the fish pad
dle the unwilling bodies into
the waiting trap."
The department of the inte
rior, which is interested in fish
ing and isn't surprised either,
thinks that maybe the gimmick
to be .tested extensively abroad
this month, -may revolutionize
commercial fishing,
Up to now about 90 percent of
the German fish catch is too
small for commercial use.
But Kreutzer declares that
with successful electrical fish'
Ing only the large, commercially
important fish would be caught.
"This is managed," he says,
"theoretically, by synchronizing
the rapidity of electric shock
with the normal tail movement
of the desired fish. A large,
alow-moving fish, for example,
would not require as frequent
electrical shocks or pulses to be
guided into the net as would a
small, quick-moving fish."
The scientist says that a big
fish taps higher voltage than a
little one and reacts quicker to
electrical stimulus. Hence: by
adjusting the strength and fre
quency of shock to big fish
only, the young fish which can
grow up and be eaten later
are protected.
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Rep. Hoffman, who has his
fishing gear all spread out ii
his office for visitors from Mich
igan to see, said he wouldn't
be surprised at anything he sees
these days.
After all," he said, "my
granddaddy never used a tele
phone, listened to a radio or had
inside plumbing. In fishing, I'm
strictly a rod and reel man, but
I like new things. Right now
I'm trying to get one of those
electric fish-sealers. I'm almost
75. I don't mind wading hip
deep to catch 'em, but rubbing
the scales off is too much for an
old man."
Col. Warren Hardenberg, aged
87 once one of the best fisher
men in the country, was a little
skeptical of the German's new
fish-catcher.
"It won't work," he said, "I
never knew a man who was as
smart as fish. My brother
and I once stalked a wily troui
up in New Jersey every day for
three months. So far as I know
that fish is still up there, laugh
ing at silly fishermen."
Guam Inspected
By Chiefs of Staff
Guam, Feb. 8 VP)-The U.S.
joint chiefs of staff inspected
Guam today on their tour of the
western and central Pacific
.Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the group, said the chief con
cern is for welfare and housing
of personnel on this typhoon-
lashed island which he described
as an important U.S. base.
He flew in late last night from
Okinawa with Army Gen. J
Lawton Collins, Air Force Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Adm
Forrest P. Sherman, chief of
naval operations.
(In Tokyo it was announced
they flew to Kwajalein this aft
ernoon on the way home from a
tour of West Pacific defenses.)
Forum Dated
Sunday Night
"Christian Ethics in Social
Action" will be the subject dis
cussed during next Sunday eve
ning's forum at the First Con
gregational church.
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The speakers will be Dick
Neuberger, author, and .state
Democratic senator from Mult
nomah county; Phil Hitchcock,
Republican senator of the 17th
district and moderator of the
Oregon Presbyterian church
synod, and Dr. George Hoffman,
professor of political science at
V. nport college.
Dr. Hoffman served in the
navy with the North Atlantic
convoy and in Alaskan and Pac
ific waters and at one time was
attached to the fleet training
school at Bremerton. He was a
teaching fellow at U.S.C. from
1940 to 1942.
Exiled Lama Seeks
To liberate' Tibet
Hong Kong, Feb. 8 (U.B The
columnist new China News
agency said today that the
youthful exiled Panchen Lama
had asked the Chinese com
munist government and army to
"liberate" Tibet.
An agency dispatch from
Chinghai province, where the
Panchen Lama now lives under
communist influence, accused
the reiging Dalai Lama of join
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Bateson Gets Applications
For Census Enumerator Jobs
Persons employed as enumerators for the 17th decennial census
in Marion county will earn about $8 to $9 a day it is an
nounced by Cornelius Bateson, census district supervisor, whose
office is located at 1020 Market street, Salem
The enumerator s "pay scale is based on the payment of piece
prices, so much per name, per
farm, or per dwelling unit enum-
erated' in the census
Applications for' enumerator
jobs now are being leceived by
the district supervisor's office.
Approximately 112 positions are
to be filled in Mar'on county,
of which 40 will be in the city
of Salem. Competent persons in
the outlying areas of the coun
ty are especially urged to apply.
Most of the enumerators will
be employed for a period of from
two to four weeks. They will
be expected to complete their
work within a limited period
of time without regard to the
customary number of hours
worked each day or week. Eve
ning work will be necessary in
order to reach occupants of
dwellings who are lway during
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daytime calls but no overtime
will be paid.
Enumerators must have a high
school education or equivalent
experience, be in good health
and of good character, and be
tween the ages of 25 and 45
years. Applicants will be re
quired to pass oral and writ
ten tests to demonsirate their
ability for the work The tests
will indicate which applicant
can best comprehend and follow
the detailed and exacting writ
ten and oral instructions given
to enumerators as the train for
their assignment.
Veterans will be given pref
erence over non-veterans pro
vided they are otherwise quali
fied. Enumerators in rural areas
must furnish their own cars
The method of paymert and rata
of pay will provide for the ex
pense of operating cars on of
ficial census business.
Persons receiving federal re
tirement pay, state and local
government employes, and law
enforcement officers are inelig
ible for employment as enumer
ators. Neither can close rela
tives be employed in the same
local census office.
Clothing Starts Fire
Amity The Amity fire de
partment was called to the Frank
Chambers residence at 11:30
o'clock Tuesday morning. A
small fire started from a clothes
dryer. The fire was soon ex
tinguished; damage negligible
except for smoke.
Phil Hitchcock
ing an imperialist "conspiracy
to sell out Tibet against the
wishes of the people."
The Panchen Lama, 16, was
sent into exile by the predeces
sor of the present Dalai Lama,
who is about 14 years old.
Coast Taking Milk
Willamina The Valley Maid
dairy reports that it is now
taking a portion of its regular
mi'it supply to Tillamook and
having it packaged by the Tilla
mook dairy. It is being packaged
in paper cartons to supply Val
ley Maid carton trade in Sheri
dan, Willamina and Grand
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