TWELVE MEDTORD (OREGON)
Science Comes Up With
To See in Dark, Analyze Motors
By h. d. quigg
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York U.R) Vision, a
quality that is supposed to be the
property of statesmen, enabling
them to stare at blank walls and
see the future, now is being
thrust upon all of us by science.
In hurtling succession, there
have been announcements of
three new peep machines that
will enable:
1. Man to see in the dark.
2. Military commanders to see
the battle without getting shot
at.
3. Auto mechanics to peer into
what ails your motor without
performing exploratory surgery.
TV-Type Analyzer
The auto engine "trouble-spot
ter, an electronic device develop
ed by the Allen B. Dumont Lab
oratories,, is called a "TV-type
engine analyzer." Its diagnosis
of the troubles of a suffermg
engine appears in the form of
patterns of light in a picture
tube screen..,
The battle viewer is a portable
television camera and transmit
ter, developed by the Army en
gineering ' laboratory at Fort
Monmouth, N. J., and nicknamed
"Creepie-Peepie" by some Army
devotee of flimsy whimsy. A
scout with". the transmitter' on
his back and the camera to his
eye can serve a dual role: (1)
deliver a panorama of battle
back to the boss at the command
post, and, (2); give some legiti
macy to that old Army cry of
"Oh, my aching back." ,
Should Have Commercials
The TV transmitter on his
back, complete with tiny anten
na, will weigh 47 pounds, a
backload to reckon : with. The
camera in his hands will weigh
eight pounds. The picture he
serves up to the general, back
among the sandbags, "will be
weighted with action, and if the
enemy is smart, commercials.
But by long odds the most
Intriguing new machine is the
one that will put us on an even
footing or, more accurtely,
eyeing with the owl and the
alley cat. This gadget will "en
able man, at last, to see in deep
dark. That ' is, it will enable
those men who are able to pay
$9,500 per gadget.
Eva Does It
This device, nicknamed "Eva"
because its proper name is "eva
poragraph," was developed by
Bard Associates, Inc.-, of Cam
bridge, Mass.-It .works by pick-.
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1 ing up infra-red rays thrown off
by all objects. You can use it
either .to view directly, or make
a photographic record of, things
that pass in the night.
The myriad uses of this new
boon to mankind are apparent.
Even errant husbands can . bene
Is That So?
The folklore of the earth is
richly flavored with myth, leg
end and simple exaggeration
some of which quite often has a
basis in truth. In fact, sometimes
there ..is more truth than myth
with the result that experts have
been fdrced to retract positive
assertions. One such has ; been
bird hibernation.' Despite the
folklore of some southwestern
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Indians, ornithologists declared
the bird hibernation was pure
nonsense.. Then, within the past
five years, some poorwills. were
found in profound, prolonged
winter hibernation.
Now in my Fact vs. Fallacy
column I stated some time ago
that mother snakes do not swal
low their young for protection
and let them crawl out when the
coast is clear. Although I still
stand by my original statement,
my faith has been shaken slight
ly. I have received literally doz
ens of letters from all parts of
the world stating: "When I was
a youngster '. . ." "Grandfather
saw . . . ," "Our guide told
us . . ."'"My brother .7 . and
stating that these witnesses saw
the little ones crawl in and out
again.
There is a remote chance that
they are right. After all, anyone
who states with positive assur
ance that animals always do thus
and so simply doesn't know wild
animal. : (Tame ones either, , ioi
that matter). But let's look at
this popular belief. In the first
place, it is well-entrenched: you
will find in Spenser's Faery
Queens (1590-6) that a mythical
benign dragon did just this.'
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Machines
fit. Arriving home late at night
with a longing to sneak to bed
without turning on the lights,
they now can for a mere S9,500
navigate the blackness with
out stumbling on the stairs or
knocking over a single piece of
furniture. Science is wonderful.
y EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Also to bolster the belief,
there are several fish both
male and female which hatch
the eggs in their mouths and
when danger threatens open
their mouths for the little fish
to enter and when danger passes
release them. Further, in South
America, there' is a South Amer
ican male frog which carries the
developing eggs and tadpoles in
his mouth. -
" Despite this care which a few
cold-blooded ,' fish and frogs
evince for their young, snakes
are virtually without maternal
instinct ' for - their young. No
snake is known to look after her
babies. . Once born, -whether
alive or hatched from eggs, the
young are strictly on their own.
. Next, snakes have extremely
powerful digestive juices they
even digest the bones of the prey
they swallow. Hence any baby
snake that would dart into its
mother's digestive tract would
find itself in a singularly deadly
sanctuary. (In all mouth-breeding
fish and frogs , there . is a
more or less definite pouch
which has not yet been discov
ered in any snake.)
Not .Unusual Sight .
Now, granted, it is quite pos
sible to see a snake opening its
mouth for a small snake be
longing to another . mother and
from another species. This is not
unusual at all: snakes feed on
other species of snake although
superficially- they may look
alike. ' '
Molested in the act of swal
lowing its meal, some snakes are
very likely to disgorge their
dinners . . . and there you have
a little snake being' released.
Most naturally one would as
sume that the baby was being
released by its mother from safe
keeping. . :
To be sure; many a snake has
been caught in the act of giving
birth and many snakes ' give
birth to alive- young, ; including
our rattlesnakes. Or the snake
may be . gravid, heavy with
young. If vigorously - belabored
with, a club,' her swollen . body
may easily burst, releasing the
young.
Jaws Kept Open' .
When sunning, some snakes,
like the moccasins; have a habit
of opening their jaws wide and
keeping them 'open for long
periods. -V
Now mix all the other mis
leading evidence with" this one
and what do you have? Natur
ally, a mother snake holding her
'mouth open in readiness for her
brood to go .into it should dan
ger threaten
v Finally 1. have consulted Jam
es A. Oliver, on of the world's
outstanding snake men (herpet
ologist) and curator of reptiles
in the New York Zoological
garden and author "of the book,
North -American Amphibians
and '. Reptiles (Van Nostrand),
N.Y.) In substance, he said:
"Surely, if the phenomenon of
swallowing the young is actu
ally as common as the--number
of accounts by 'eye ; witnesses'
would indicate, then surely
some qualified herpetologist
should have been fortunate
enough to view the proceedings.
After all, tens of thousands of
snakes have been born in our
large zoological gardens "and
many have been reared there.
These snakes have been under
intimate, watchful observation.
Besides,- in. the hundreds of
thousands of. snakes preserved
in the collections of our large
natural history museums, there
are many that contain young in
all stages of development. There
are also many that contain other
snakes that have . been eaten.
None has even been seen with
the young of. its own species in
themouth or the anterior part
of. the digestive tract . . :" ;
-, Surely, honors await the man
who first comes up with indis
putable evidence of a mother
swallowing her own young and
then releasing them when danger-has
passed.
(Copyright, 1956, by Eugene
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9 More Senators '
File Protests on
Dam Tax Writeoffs
By SEN. WAYNE MORSE
Washington, D. C (Special)
Nine more senators have filed
with the Office of Defense Mo
bilization protests against the
granting of quick tax write-off
certificates to the Idaho Power
company for its two dam pro
ject in the Hells Canyon stretch
of the Snake river.
The additional objecting sen
ators are Clinton Anderson (D.N.
Mex.), Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill.),
J. William Fullbright (D-Ark.),
Theodore Frances Green (D-R.L),
Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), Robert S.
Kerr (D-Akla.), William Langer
(R-N.D.), Pat McNamara (D
Mich.), and Matthew N. Neely
(D., W.Val.) s
"Not in Public Interest" j
In. his letter, Senator Ander
son, chairman of the Senate Sub
committee on reclamation . and
irrigation, said: "I have conclud
ed that the granting of such cer
tificates ..by your office will not
be in the public interest."
. Senator Douglas summarized
the inadequacies of the company
dams in comparison with the pro
posed 'high Hells Canyon dam
and wrote:
"If maximum development of
power resources is necessary for
national defense,, ODM should
not allow its discretion and au
thority to be utilized to give a
blessing in the nature of special
tax advantages in the name of
defense to a minimum power
development. Whatever mistakes
other agencies or departments
may have made in this matter,
these are no reason for ODM to
abdicate the separate discretion
and responsibility entrusted to
it by law.
Tax Write-Offs
Senator Fulbright, chairman
of the banking and currency
committee which deals with, de
fense production legislation, con
centrated , his comments on the
defense purpose of the tax write
off program. He wrote to Direct
or Flemming: "In your most re
cent annual report to the Joint
Committee on Defense Produc
tion, you discussed this tax pro
gram as one of the financial in
centives available to you to ex
pand the nation's, production
capacity and supply to meet de
fense requirements.. While you
took the position that the extent
of the financial incentive 'was
not entirely, clear," at ' least' it
clearly included the interest on
the funds the government would
have to borrow to replace' the
income taxes deferred by rea
son of the accelerated amortiza
tion. "I understand that the Idaho
Power Company took the posi
tion before the Federal Power
Commission, when its applica:
tion was pending there, "that it
was fully capable of carrying out
its own financial arrangements!
at no cost to the taxpayers. ,
"I find it impossible to imag
ine your approving the com
pany's request for a financial
incentive,, and financial assist
ance, to build these dams under
such circumstances.
Cites "Inconsistency," -
"Accepting your position that
an increase in electric power
capacity is needed for the na
tional defense and security, I
should have, expected ODM
would have supported the high
dam on the ground that the
greater increase- in capacity
would have provided greater as
surance to the national security.
Certainly, it is entirely inconsist
ent with the purpose of section
168, to provide a financial in
centive to reduce the potential
capacity.
"These factors appear to ; me
to be so. conclusive as to compel
a flat denial of the applications."
Moscow Opens First
Spring Fashion Show
Moscow (U.R) A slick
blonde in a clinging blue and
pink dress walked down" 'a car
peted ramp . to the bouncy
strains of "I've Got Rhythm"
Tuesday to open the first spring
fashion show at GUM, the Sov
iet Union's biggest department
store.. ""
Some 500 women and a hand
ful of intrepid males were on
hand to "ooh" and "aah" at the
dresses and .... the - mannequins.
And there ; were SRQ audiences
at each of the succeeding three
shows. .'' . '
The dresses may be bought at
GUM's. They ranged in price
from 400 to 600 rubles (nomin
ally from $100 to $150).
Daily's U-Drive
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CHILD LABOR RESTRICTIONS
All minors under 18 have the
safeguards of Oregon's . child
labor laws. Some basic protec
tions of these laws are those
which prevent excessive work-
time, hazardous work, and work
in environments generally con
sidered undesirable for youth.
These are explained below.
Q. How many hours may my
16-year-old son work?
A. There are three maximums
in work time for all minors in
industrial employment.' They are
an 8-hour day, 44-hour week
and a 6-day week. The only ex
ception is on, seasonal work in
processing perishable farm pro
ducts when a 10-hour day is per
mitted for minors over 16. Be
fore employment, a minor must
obtain a release from school if
any work involves school hours.
Q. Wliat kinds of work are re
garded as too hazardous for
minors?
."' A.' The following are some oc
cupations in which employment
of a minor is -prohibited under
most circumstances. Check care
fully before encouraging a minor
to take work in any of these
classifications:
1. Logging operations;. 2. Saw
mill operations; 3. Operation of
motor vehicles; 4. On power
driven woodworking machines;
5. On power-driven metal-cutting
machines; 6. Slaughtering and
meat-packing; 7.-Mining; 8. Ele
vator operator; 9. Manufacturing
of explosives; 10... tin power
driven . bakery machines; 11.
Work that exposes to radioactive
substances; 12: Paper products
machine operation".
Q. Are girls prohibited from
doing any kinds of work?
A. Additional prohibitions on
the employment of girls under
18 ban the jobs of car hop, house-to-house
canvassing, and maid
m hotel or . motel. No minors,
girls or boys,, may be employed
where draught beer, is sold.
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Hangover Hero of Cartoon Film Showing
What Happens When One Drinks Too Much
London (U.P.) A new film is
coming out with a hangover as
hero. -
Yes, the thing you wake up
with the morning after.
The producer of the film, a
10-minute cartoon, is the World
Health Organization, which al
leges it is neither for temperance
or against drink but only in
terested in education.
"We don't say you should or
shouldn't drink,", said Mrs. Mary
Mapes-Losey, head of the visual
media unit "We just say here is
what '. happens when you do
drink."
One Too Many
"Johnnie," . presumably the
average man, has had too much
to drink when the film opens.
He ties one on," said Mrs.
Firm Hires Workers
On Facial Character
, Kumamoto,: Japan (U.R) A
motor company advertised today
for new employees with these
qualifications: Pimples, round
face, broad fingernails and a lik
ing for tepid tea and lukewarm
baths. , ,.
Company officials said a sur
vey revealed that a round, generously-fleshed
face guarantees a
reliable character; pimples on
the forehead indicate health and
a cheerful disposition; ; broad
nails and a liking for lukewarm
tea and baths reflect generosity,
diligence, endurance and broad-mindedness-
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you visid'i'iie "poroisiee"
tins picture?
in
Mapes-Losey, who originally is
from New York. "When he
comes to he has a headache. He
asks himself, "What is alcohol
anyway?' Various people give
him half-baked answers, we give
him unprejudiced facts."
THese facts were approved for
accuracy by Prof. Elvin M. Jel
linek, 66, consultant to the WHO
on the problems of alcoholism
and was formerly director of the
Yale University School of Al
cohol Studies. ,
"Johnnie" discovers how he
got his "hangover, what happens
to alcohol in the system, how it
is oxidized in the liver, how it
reaches the brain, how it may
develop anaesthetic properties,
exactly what causes drunkenness.-
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May Be Enjoyable
While this is going on au
diences will also learn that in
moderation drink is part of nu
merous social customs and us
agescelebrations of births and
marriages and so on and that
many find it enjoyable.
"We thought," said Mrs. Mapes-Losey;
"it would "be a good
idea to replace, the mythology
of drink with some scientific
facts." , -
The cartoon was drawn by
former Hollywood cartoonist
Phil Stapp and is being produced
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Plans Announced for
CD Radio Training
Plans for establishing a civil
defense .radio operation train
ing program have been announc
ed by Del Wright, amateur ra
dio emergency corps member,
and Dwight Albright, Jackson
County Civil Defense Control
center chief.
Training . problems and plans
for moving a radio tower from
the fairgrounds to the new loca
tion of the control center at
Camp White were discussed at a
recent meeting.
. The American Legion emer
gency group's transportation de
partment will furnish a truck
for moving the tower Sunday
afternoon. ... -
Persons interested in partici- ,
pating in the training program
may contact Wright or Albrght
for additional information. The
civil defense headquarters in Sa
lem has . fufnshed instruction
manuals for the v course. Les '
White, CD radio officer, is ex
pected in Medford March 8 to.
meet with local officials.
in London. The premiere
scheduled for early spring.
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