Ben Franklin Considered
Bow, Arrow Good Weapon
Washington lU.R) Benjamin
Franklin, a forward - looking
man on most matters, wasn't
keen on fighting a war with
the "modern weapons" of his
day. He thought old-fashioned
bows and arrows might do a
better job.
He wrote in 1776 that bows
and arrows were superior to the
muskets then available in quan
tity. Tesewere surplus f ul2 Lewjs reported
jrum liic ricm.ii onu inuion
While Lewis' book, "Small
Arms and Ammunition in the
United States Service," is con
cerned mainly with the develop
ment and use of small arms in
the U. S. armed forces between
1776 and 1865, it also traces
briefly the history of firearms.
Just when firearms were f:rst
used in battle has not been con
clusively determined, but some
cannon were made in itaiy
which had ended 13 years be
fore.
"A man may shoot as truly
with a bow as with a common
musket." he wrote. "He can dis
charge four arrows in the time
of charging and discharging one
bullet ... an arrow striking in
any part of a man puts him
hors-du-combat till it is ex
tracted. Bows and arrows are
more easily provided every
where than muskets and ammu
nition." Col. Berkeley R. Lewis of the
Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia,
cited Franklin's letter and the
primitiveness of firearms dur
ing the American Revolution in
his comprehensive book on
smallarms and ammunition re
cently published by the Smith
sonian Institution.
IBM Machine Tells
All About Cows
Ithaca, N. Y. (U.R) The
modern farmer is going to be
even more modern.
A new machine that tells him
everything he wants to know
bout a cow at the rate of 70
cows a minute will soon be aid
ing the New York dairyman.
The machine, the IBM 650. is
beine Used by scientists at the
New York State College of Agri
culture here in cooperation with
the New York Dairy Herd Im
provement Cooperative.
Once the machine is fed cer-
tai ndata. or as the scientists
call it, "instructions." it is ready
to go to work on the farmer's
herd. And here is what it tells
him if he has a herd of 35
cows:
Daily and monthly milk and
butterfat production, value of
the milk in dollars, income over
feed costs, grain feed, breeding
dates and day of calving, along
with other useful information.
The machine not only makes
600 calculations per minute but
also makes recommendations on
"how much grain cows should
be fed."
. Scientists hope that the new
machine will be calculating data
on 100,000 cows a month by this
time next year.
Experts visit farmers at milk
ing time to obtain information
on the cows' body weights, daily
milking weights, butterfat per
centage and the amount of feed
used daily.
The information is funnelled
into the machine on cards, tak
ing about two minutes. A total
of 1.800 instructions are pre
pared for the machines on cards
which have 80 digits printed on
them and holes punched in des
ignated spots.
Then the machine goes to
wnrk and brings out information
in 35 seconds that previously re-
nuired many hours ot Drain
work.
Regiment Sets
Living Memorial
Carlisle, Pa. (U.R) The 104th
National Guard Armored Caval
ry Regiment here has established
a special ceremony as a kind of
living memorial to comraaes w no
died while on active duty.
At the end of the unit's weekly
drill the unit falls into formation
and while the troopers hold
"present arms." "taps" is sound
ed by the regimental bugler.
The ceremony was originated
by Lt. William E. Lamason, of
the 1st Battalion.
"Normally we wouldn't play
taps' at the armory drill," Lam
ason said. "We decided to include
the call as a memorial to all
Pennsylvania National Guards
men and militiamen who died on
active service with our units."
Considering that the 104th
traces its history back to French
and Indian War colonial units,
the ceremony honors many comrades.
The first hand firearm was a
crude iron or copper tube, fired
by touching a live coal to the
powder charge through a hole
in the weapon's breach. Misfires
were common.
Lewis credited the Spaniards
with invention of the arquebus,
with its matchlock trigger mech
anism, early in the 15th century
and the musket in the 16th cen
tury. The latter, six to seven
feet long and weighing 60 to 70
pounds, was not quickly loaded.
Tattered Flag
Expert Wanted
Fort Riley, Kan U.R; Want
ed: an expert in the restoration
of tattered battle flags.
The advertiser for this un
usual expert is the 1st Infantry
Division's 16th regiment. The
regiment wants to restore a tat
tered U.S. flag carried by troops
of the regiment during the Civil
War.
The remains of the silk flag
nearly a century old, are faded
and disintegrating.
First Lt. Richard H. Ranee
regimental historian, has been
searching for'an old silk restora
tion expert tver since the ancient
standard was discovered at the
Philadelphia quartermaster de
pot and sent to the regiment
here.
The fla? has only 36 stars
on its blue field and was prob
ably made in 18(f4, according
to Ranee. It was in that year
that Nevada became the 36th
state.
The banner has the legend
"16th U.S. Infantry" across one
of the top stripes. On other
stripes are names of battles in
which the 16th participated dur
ing the Civil War Bull Run,
Gettysburg and Petersburg.
"The old banner is in pretty
poor shape," Ranee said. "The
blue field is in the best pre
served state, but whoever made
the flag bleached the silk for
the white stripes and that weak
ened the cloth considerably."
Ranee wants anyone who
might know how to save the flag
to contact the 16th regiment
here.
The flag should have a place
of honor in the regiment,"
Ranee said. "It was good luck
that we were. able to bring the
flag back home. With a bit more
luck maybe it can be preserved. '
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Students Encouraged
To Walk on Grass
Stillwater, Okla. U-R! Stu
dents at Oklahoma A. & M. col
lege are encouraged to "walk on
the grass" on one part of the
campus, that is.
It's a long path containing
plantings of several species of
grass. The test path is part of a
study to determine the best turf
grass for golf courses. The differ
ent grasses are tested for density,
color and wearability.
In setting up the test path, the
turf researchers firfet chose a
spot where many students "cut
campus. iney tnen removea
patches of grass, substituting
with selected species. Then the
area was fenced in and the grass
watered and fertilized for sev
eral months.
After the grasses were fully
developed, the ends of the paths
were opened and students were
urged to walk on the grass when
ever possible.
More than 75 different species
of turf grass are being tested in
the program, which is sponsored
by the Oklahoma Turf Grass as
sociation, which holds an annual
handicap tournament to raise
funds.
About 92 per cent of the peo
ple of Massachusetts live in
cities, towns and villages.
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NEW Y01KER5 LIKE THEM The New York Film
Critics selected Kirk Douglas (left) as the best actor of
1956 for bis role as Vincent Van Gogh in "Lust For Life."
Ingred Bergman (right), in her first American movie in
seven years, won the award as best actress in the title role
of "Anastasia." Both are shown in makeup for their prize
winning roles.
MAROONED SUEZ SHIPPING MOVES Towed by Egyptian tag Titan (righO,th
Isorwegiaa tanker Eli Knudsen turns around in tfle Suez Canal at H Kan tar a, Egypt
the first of the 13 vessels marooned in the blocked canal to begin moving out
Wcdnaadtfv January t, 3S57
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
State Convicts End
Boycott on Food
Salem (U.R) Hunger
striking convicts in the segrega
tion block of the state prison
gave in to their appetites-- last
night. The six remaining strikers
from the original 20. accepted
dinner, ending the eight ' day
boycott on food.
Prison officials said an end to
the supply of Christmas candy
with which the striking convicts
had been appeasing their stom
achs probably played a large
part in ending the strike. -
Only charge made bys- the
strikers during the course of the
boycott was that food served
them was cold. Prison officials
denied the charge. f l
MEETING IN CAPITOL, Senator Theodore F. Green (D),
P- I., at . 89 oldest member of Congress, gives some
fatherly advice to Rep. John D. Dingell (D), Mich.,
youngest Congressman, age 30. (International Soundphoto)
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