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From Inventors by Defense Deparfnten
San Francisco W The U. S.
Department of Defense wants to
add to its arsenal of mass de
struction weapons a "death ray"
capable of sizzling enemy foot
soldiers at a range of at least
500 yards.
It also need3 a tunneling de
vice able to bore through solid
rock at a half-mile an hour; an
un-namable gadget that will dig
a foxhole for a Patton tank" in
less than a minute and a method
of snuffing out a burning city.
These requests are contained
in a 34-page blue booklet being
sent to sientific societies, re
search organizations and indivi
dual' basement inventors entitled
"Inventions Wanted by the
Armed Forces."
The booklet is distributed by
the National Inventors' Council
of the U. S. Department of Com
merce on behalf of the Defense
Department.
Needs Said No Gag
It's no gag. The Department of
Defense is in dead earnest when
it asked for a death ray. The
section reads:
No. 450. Destructive ray
equipment of usable size capable
of producing ' destructive or
death rays effective at 500 yards
without excessive power input.
MSitary application to aug-
SOC Students Affend
Leaders Conference
Ashland George Olson, jun
ior first vice president of the
Southern Oregon college student
body, was elected treasurer of
the Oregon Federation of Col
legiate Leaders at a recent con
ference in Portland.
Twelve delegates from South
ern Oregon college attended the
meet. They are Audrey Hite,
past editor of the OFCL publi
cation of Phoenix; Don Floyd,
Phoenix; Rick Pastega, Klam
ath Falls; Pat Urie, Reedsport;
Jim Tacchini, Klamath Falls;
O Bob Semon, Medford; Carolyn
Hedrick, Medford; Jack Brack
en, Lakeview; Rod Isakeen,
Portland; Connie Cleveland,
Roseburg; and Vicki Robertson,
Medford.
Other officers elected were
Jack Barry of Pacific univers
ity, president; Josie Ward, East
ern Oregon college, vice presi
dent; Sandra Rourk, Willamette,
secretary, and Jack Little, Ore
gon College of Education, edit
or. .
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ment conventional weapons. Status-Investigation
to date indi
cates that tremendous amounts
of power would be required
using present techniques and
that a completely new approach
i3 indicated."
If the death ray Is not imme
diately forthcoming, the defense
chiefs will settle for a somewhat
less visionary weapon. What
they immediately need is a wea
pon which would be more effec
tive than conventional infantry
tools in stopping the so-called
"human sea" attack such as
practiced by the Communists in
Korea.
Idea No. 872 calls for "man
stopping weapons. More effec
tive weapons to prevent over
whelming masses of enemy
troops from overrunning posi
tions." Other Wants
The Inventors Council book
let also asks for: an artificial
skin to be used for treatment of
atomic burn cases; a method for
transmitting electricity without
wires; an "ice-proof paint; a
noiseless rocket; a quick way of
"freezing" soils as a base for mis
sile launching pads and a "mine
field boundary detector" which
Cave Junction Asks
Lower Insurance Rate
Cave Junction An applica
tion for lower fire insurance
rates has been sent by Cave
Junction to the Oregon Rating
bureau.
If rates are lowered in the
city, it will be .he result of new
equipment and services having
been added by the Illinois Valley
Rural Fire Protection district,
from which the city buys its fire
protection.
The rural district is due for
lower rates as soon as a new
schedule is published.
BLOOD DONATED
Cave Junction A total of 64
pints of blood was donated be
tween 10 a.m. and Z p.m. Fri
day when the Red Cross Blood-
mobile visited the Legion hall
in Cave Junction. According to
Mrs. Hazel Eggleston of Port
land, assistant chief nurse m
charge of Bloodmobile work
here, 72 persons volunteered as
blood donors, but eight were de
ferred after examinations. Thirty
women and 34 men were noted
on the list xf donors.
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In its request for an atomic
fire fighting method, the book
let asks for development of "a
radical new means of putting
out a massive atomic fire which
may start over several square
miles and be spread by blast
PROSPECT
Pre-Holiday Meetings Held
By MICKIE LARSON
Prospect The December
meeting of the Prospect Home
Extension unit was held Wednes
day, Dec. 11, at the home of
Mrs. Willard Huffman. After
ham dinner a Christmas party
was held and secret pals were
revealed.
The next Home Extension
meeting will be held Jan. 8 at.
the Community hall,
The Prospect Garden club had
a work day at the Community
hall Monday, Dec. 9. Wreaths
and decorations were made for
"Holiday House," and a potluck
luncheon and Christmas party
were held in the afternoon. Gifts
were exchanged and secret pals
revealed.
Bethel lodge 56 held their
election Thursday, Dec. 5. Elect
ed were Deb Dunlap, queen; Su
san Chubb, senior princess
Carol Shepherd Jr., princess
Judy Taylor, guide and Linda
Eccleston, marshal. Installation
will be held Saturday, Dec. 28
at 8 p.m. at the VFW hall in
Shady Cove.
St. Martha's guild held their
meeting Dec. 10, at which-time
officers were elected for the
coming vear. Following the busi
ness meeting boxes of clothing
were prepared tor needy semi
nar students and their families.
Mrs. L. L., Conger injured her
back in a recent fall and is stay
ing at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Archie McKillop.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goode
have announced the marriage of
their daughter, Patricia, to Mi
chael Kaiser, which will take
place at the Eagle Point Com
munity church Saturday, Dec,
21.
The ski slopes at Crater lake
have been the scene of a good
deal of activity the last four
week ends. Members of the
Rogue Snowmen report the ski
ing has been good.
. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pope are
moving to Idaho this week end.
Others moving to new locations
are Mr. and Mrs. James Harring
ton, who will make their home
in Eagle Point.
Frank Hammer is In Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital where
he is being treated for injuries
received in a pickup-truck col
lision.
Babies were born to three
Prospect families recently. Mr
and Mrs. John Davidson have a
baby girl, Teresa Anne; Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Snyder, a son, James
Allen and Mr. and Mrs. Dorian
Woods, a son. named David
Mark.
Miss Jeanette Bard and Rodg
er Powers of Prospect will be
married at the Assembly of God
church in Shady Cove, Satur
day, Dec. 28.
A bridal shower will be given
for her Dec. 18 by Joyce Moore
and Suzanna Rodgers. The.cou
pie will make their home at
Robber's Roost on the Rogue
river.
Mrs. Louis Love of Prospect
is in a Medford hospital with
pneuomnia.
Mr. and Mrs. Verner Matthe
son, of Ontario, Ore., were re
cent week end visitors at the
home of their son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mattheson.
Young Denny Mattheson un
derwent an operation in a Port
land hospital recently and will
be confined there for two more
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arnold of
Central Point visited at the
home of their daughter and her
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Sanderson. Also visiting
at the Sanderson home were Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Sanderson of
Sams Valley.
Mr .and Mrs. Raymond Art
mire helped Mrs. Vesta Bernard
move to Sisters, Ore., recently.
The . Prospect Garden club
will present "Holiday House"
Dec. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. with a
tour of seven decorated homes.
A Christmas tea will be served
at the home of Mrs. Willard
Huffman at the end of the tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Marsh
of Medford visited at the home
of Mrs. Marsh's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pontice, over the week
end.
The play "Arsenic and Old
Lace" was presented by the
Prospect Lions club Saturday,
Dec. 14. A dance followed.
The night to see Santa Claus
in .Prospect is lnursday, JJec.
.19 at the high school gym. The
first, second and thir grades will
provide entertainment.
Students from the fourth
winds of 100 miles an hour."
As to the tunneling device, the
department would like someone
to invent a mechanical mole
capable of "boring through soil
at the rate of 6,000 feet an hour
and through rock at 2,000 feet
an hour without creating a ma
jor waste disposal problem."
grade through high school held
a "music night" in the high
school gym Tuesday, Decl 17.
There will be an alumni bas
ketball game Jan. 18. Interested
players are asked to contact
Dale Chapman, Prospect.
The Prospect Lions auxiliary
had their Christmas meeting re
cently. Mrs. McCluskey and
Mrs. Smither were guests.
Plans for the visitation of
state officers on Jan. 25 are
underway. Prospect auxiliary
will help Shady Cove and
Butte Falls with the visitation.
Kenneth Vannice and Mel Ro
chester attended a meeting at
the Jackson county court house
recently to receive instructions
in the use of the new teacher's
hand book. Mrs. Florence Beard
sley, elementary school superin
tendent was the officer at this
meeting.
Mrs. Mel Rochester is substi
tuting for Mrs. Veda Neville,
who will not be back to school
for some time, it was reported.
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'Sputnik' Leads New Range
To Give Dictionary Editor Fidgets
By DOC QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York (IP) You think
you've got troubles? Consider
the plight of the poor fellows
who have to decide what new
words are to go into our diction
aries every ear. This has been
a nasty year.
"Sputnik" alone is Enough to
give a dictionary editor the fidg
ets. Add to it the whole new range
of gab coincident with getting
out of this word and then try to
decide who many of this batch
of words are going to be with
us for some time. It's enough
to make a many say fooey to
philology and a pox on lexicog
raphy. David Guralnik, chief lexicog
rapher and editor of Webster's
New World dictionary, has solv
ed the Sputnik problem by put
ting it off.
"We're waiting for it to stabil
ize itself. Of course, it's the Rus
sian word for satellite," he said.
"The base of the word is the
Russsian word 'put' meaning
road. This is prefixed by the 'sss'
sound which means with or
along with. The 'nik' is the Rus
sian suffix equivalent to "the
English 'er' or 'ist' as in farmer
or journalist.
A Fellow Traveler
"So, it breaks down to 'one
who goes along the road witfc, a
fellow traveler' hence a satellite.
When the word was first intro
duced in American newspapers,
it was the American proper
name for the first satellite. Then
came Sputnik II. As of the mo
ment, in English, it is the word
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for two specific things. But when
the first American one gets up,
what will it be called?"
The new defense items also
give dictionary men problems.
"We did get Nike and Texas
towers into the dictionary," he
said. "After all, a lot of cities
were surrounded by Nike bases
and the towers were well known.
But then we began to be flood
ed by Redstones and Vanguards
and ICBM's and Thors and Jup
iters. We're following a policy
of wait and see."
I asked Guralnik what would
happen if I made up a word like
"Sputniked" as in "we was Sput
niked" meaning, naturally,
"beaten in a contest in which
you were never engaged in the
first place."
"You start a word like "that,
and we'll record it," he said.
"But the entry into the diction
ary depends on usage. We'd
have to see it in print a number
of times and over a period of
time. And then, of course, the
media in which it appears will
be a factor.
There is one word Guralnik's
dictionary which he figures will
take a bit of definition fixing
before long: "spaceship a hypo
thetical rocket propelled air
ship for interplanetary travel."
Here ara some new entries
scheduled for the next printing,
early next year:
"Bam," a verb, as in "to ham
it up." "Defect," an intranstive
verb, as in "the soldier defect
ed." "Gain," as used in hi-fi,
meaning sipnal strength. "Out
going," in the psychological
sense, as in "an outgoing person
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