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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-07-16, Page 6ii ti I; .4r • 11. tendon Utider ®ing chalive Y• ,,,,,p -, Oatit.., ti ril�c>,�;tre.y ;Pott and-...—Oth-er Grenfell Scientists 'to: Chart Arctic Using Aircraft Photography for flapping • • Ne:ponset,'Mase Setting forth on a •three .montlis' , cruise to' the northern- most section.of. Labrador. for the pur- Dgse of making • accurate maps. and -::harts"of the whole northern 200 miles of the, Labredgr ' coastline, ;the Siren= fell . lortliern L.a r-ador -Charting .ex-: •pedition 'left' La'wley's 'ShipyardT re- cently Aboard the 100 foot sehooner Raman. Dr._A1'bitandex Forbes; of the Harvard Medical',Sc3ioo'1, is'n charge. of the expedtitien„ tyna first .c -on.- ceived "and "augggest d by Sir Wilfred Orehf ell; In .additi "to cgirs,cting charts 'of, ,.,, n S • the•. re on which '� at ' re e nt e gfi. tirely ,'inaccurate, particular. a.ttention yrritl be. paid tb exp'loring the • Ternget' Mountains; .a„rugged, -snow-capped; and ;as . yet unexplored range.. ':Tile •map- ping is being • done bylaser al %l to- graphy;. ,for .which purpose 'two air-- ple,,nes are scheduled to fly from Bop - Aga. ou July •1, arriving at the' scene of operations at.:about the same time:: as 'cowls to. be observed. 'This is because • the.' schooner. • chimneys •hav+j . diseases and chimney. Radio, equipment, supplied 'partite- doctors '.do their prescribing •With. rail, -fur eoinmunicatibn between -tile lengths of -stack ,and beetle of. cowl., 'ship , nd the •WrapAnd.friends .and sponsors .in the. IInfted; ping planes, And wath A 'chimney'�may do its work reguin;rly a and compiac�ently until the east ..wind � States. through schedules with ;ams- .comes along and".then perhaps ft fella. • to it radio stations haa'bees installed by Edwin D' Brooks, Jr., radio amateur and',',Har vara 'student; echo 'is acccin- parrying the, expedition as radio • oiler- ' ator. The, short -Wave equipment will• ;operate on the accustomed ship .Pre • .quencies by special grant of ,the Fed- eral; Radio Commission, and .amateur• • ;contact arranged through the Amer],. shapes. Sometimes• a:'chimney behaves can Radio Relay League' will be'relied uppn pnncfpaliy. for outside,'communi atse'lf, for. years until 'the erection of a • dation. : • taller,buiiding. twits door. On ,the:'departure of..thesscliooner.it Miles upon, miles of old •London• p. was stated that-. ;the :party' was pro- ceeding first 'to Si. Anthony's, New-• foiindland, where seyeral members'bf the. crew will. tee taken aboard. • There Stacks Rapidly Disap- ' ' aring IAn. don, -,-T pee new 'bond on hou is to he. a London without chin►neypots. All,; over .central and west end Landon new buildings are ,going up with. fiat roofs; Gas .:fires • and :electric radiators .are displacing coal $res: 'The traditional, open grata is' passing',and is taking aw with • 'it; those infinitely, • varied; ' leme which 'Still give the old London:ar'skefine-ali'obimneypots ard.: _ stacks and "Cowls. No .other aietropoiitAn'efiltyline' is quite ,like it. Its: Vows upon rows ., of 'red .':pots,• clustering two•;o four or eight, to a chimney; •astonish and• pun: zit}•.every neuycamer, to, Lendom-"pari- titulary newcgmer,.s whd land,h• at Sonttlampton,or down the -Thames, tie cause,•the bolt trains from thee Ports enter "London on" elevated'=atructures` whence the 'newcomer's -first. view 'Of London consists gluiest eccitisivels�'.••of chimney.pots. '. A Ch •M ipl Stuc y 4 - E$cept-in=pars= of-the=astend;' .where the streets a;onsist,'of rows; of. cottages •• exactly a;llke,: there: is'"usual-• lyan •astoniishing variety of pots and, into, an acute depression and refuses to work at all. '. For• an aliment''of this prescribe a tallier stack', witha cowl sort the chimney -doctor is likely to This variety of pote and cowls, each designed to : s<neet its: own particular variety of flue complaint, gives' the old skyline of London its ' fantastic 's'treets'• still- retain`. -thou" 5Cd chimney- pots, but in the heart of London' no iiew ones .are being erected.'And same who . believe that coal •fires: and al Q air r e will of ta c o er -makers of 'fogs` areInst sorry terse e aa• i• t ' .-s ' heir ergot' `youth'.. 71n hats steam yacht, the Strathcona. are the- -With only a• lariat ,pause, the two ves eels wiil:contfnue north to the.i region where. mapping will be. begun. . Islands Off Alaska the Fold skyline disappear. • New, Type Plane May • Explore Stratosphere Roswell; 'N.M., July 4:.=Nevir expert; menta in rockets' and airplane motors, to enable the study, of thesiratosphere, are 'tieing made }sere by tor. Robert H. -G ddard, professor of 'physics at Clark University, Woroester, ,.Mass - He • selected Roswell because of at mospheric .conditions and the absence of storm. areas. • 'A new type of airplane motor that wil enable airplanes to travel in rare atmospheres and at- higher speed than, ever lias been, attained. has. been. de-• ve oped by.Dr. Goddard chid' patented. *eloped - has been estimated'' that . above 60b miles au,•hour, rocket prop-uisi-on for - airplanes will be 'inore effective than any other type and it is on this theory that I have built and patented, this motor,"• he said. - "Although the rocket, jets them- selves have more efficiency than'either. the Diesel ' engine or the steam tur- •bine;;.this. efficiency 'can, not.: be utilized at •lb'wer, or present -airplane speeds, because a;_1arge part__of., the .energy -passes -off -1n the -jet and--6araparative. fly little.is.,,gfi:en-to_the'plan_e The:pr' sent invention, involving the use. of a turbine and propeller, in addition to rocket jets, overcomes the disadvant- age which. exists under 600 miles an hour." , Dr.. Godara's rockets will .carry Have Rocky Surface r` ' -The thousand of islands of s . Alaska's 'southeastern."manhandle" are rugged „,•'� ' and offer few places- Suitable Por lend, planes to alight.. But fqr the 'plane equipped,' with pontoons' there are in- uunierable resting places in bays and covers. ,Harbord: with gasoline sup- Plies .ares- available" at a `number of • • ports -in -this -section -of"'-Alaska; includ- ing'- Ketchikan; Sitka and, Juneau. .Eastward .across. the Gulf of Alaska,' Kodiak Village on Kodiak Island fur- • nishes' the last_ _oasiblase .before the beginning •of the long crescent sweep of the Aleutian Islands, which extend; 'for 1,500 miles. almost to the peninsula of Kamchatka,. eastern Out- post ut post of the Soviet Union: • After the survivors of Bering's'-dis- covery voyage to- Alaska in 1745 re - ',turned to Kamchatka,' Russian adven- turers'• poured into the islands. in , search of furs, exploiting, enslaving - - and -killing, the natives. Few survived andsince that. day''iie"lsian"dii-have sparsely settied,--mai of --them uninhabited. It was because they :were opened up'from the east that the islands are known as the. .Aleutians. The .Dame is' • derived from that of a' (Kamchatkan cape, the National Geo-• _- : - graphic Society says Although the Aleutians are as far north•aCentral Canada, their climate isnot severely cold.. Rather they :niay, be said,: to be always hilly," damp Po thin but • ail Must share 'in th •beauty „of th'e' old he Rose Garden at „ . . ..harden... •. the _arm The.',share=a sort ofunwritten law, in vogue'summer after summer=coin P prise; a dozen roses to each caller. (Froman old diairy.) And the llestew�al carries with it some - , farm; in, t satisfactory, and so than in ,midsumm rden at best. the near -by viiia ring farms posse roses, it is gen2ra neighboring farms possesses. grow in :the 'old John Smith's farm are, many things that •are a�cceptgd Yrarryr-i silk rrariTes�-iire�v i icing or Life' bi's year of • thieg, of a ceremonial. It means much 18130 is at no't'me more than • a' neighborly exchange. more;midsummer with the. There .is. an exquisite graciousness of rose'-gaNearly every- .mariner. in' these daughters of the one ingas and` on house.. , There,is an affection, for tile neighboring possesses: roses; flowers and for'the.oid garden, runlet butte • lly'conceded, inemor'ies of other.. saintlier days, ern on sasses roses;; affection Which :both giver and re- which'gardens on cipient.feel, For. months these friends Texas -s look , forward ,;o, these yearly visit;c. Thea ngs besides; Roses from`the farm gardan''are both roses 't as a matter a reminder. and ..a.fulfillment. ,. ' of .course, in these days. Among the , Texas'�o :n' without quotation: mlriCs,;J' is considered eminently proper ,:and no one' thinks it necessary to exp}ai,n the reason for it. . Not only is he a an of parts_._, the: community, but his farm is one of -the finest in ;:a sec-, tion 'of Michigan which is renowned . for' its x'ettile farming .lands - And• the farm garden l'; It is 'at -the.! rear of' the :spacious, comfortable house, ,at the left of the :d.riveway,•in; closed by•yhite•pic1 ets which, in sea- • son, never succeed: in doing their 'duty Ramblerse..clitnbers and`longisteinmed' "Jacks", refuse•.• to stay within 'the ?in- closure, but lean Over', creep under twine atom' sides,of''thei would-be 'stern, yet really friendi;i; Pickets... -' ' Each morning duting' •June ' an.i • •July the ;,daughters -of ..the house -pre pare for the 'daily visitors, wlio• seldar,-.' fail. to come. Into. the garden early;! before the'sun gets high, come these • . 'two young Women,' with garden s'h° ata - . and I askets. ' Deep palls, filled tl`it't' .cold water;• receive the cuttings, ani during the .day the roses draw their refreshment,' waiting, for what ma: •be -called their presentation hour. • ,,.Sometimes the visitors .arrive sin''' - . ,not. infrequently as many as, five or -six t-elr les ayebe- seen ir-a• ..- p _p along the drivewav, between the. ' farmhouse and 'the great barns which lie well to 'the ease Phaetons aa'l • surreys area the •usual• conveyances, • with an:Occasional:Carryall, and upo;r i are times a high -seated trap, bletek _in..its bodvand S•ellow as'tc kleelse Food F`ro May Be, Possible Dortmund,. Germany: -A scientific discov r, :,is..announced here_which;,^hy use 'af. a little imagination, veins n Tooth Cavities The U:Jae iu i Yak • Fill Themselves ,Agaif .in Demand Ierinl• Torture;at Dent%St's M.ay.Cease Through New Discoveries by Dr. • S: L. Davis Washington.'- Carsfully regulated. eating was ,envasioned.'here last :week as promising. mankind freedom from the misery of decaying. teeth, and.even the he ling of ;those in which decay had made considerable progress. The. successful healirg of' ' yed teeth sorely through treatment th • special diets was reported at a nines give i� tri, ,lienor of'' .Dr. Sherman t. Davis, wha was credi'ed with. recent �ititritional ;discover e ' which may :bring abiint profound changes in the practice of-=dentistr"y," A ;case. of the.'filling" of. 'a, cavity' in a• tooth without mechanical°,assistance in Washington wasedescribeii At least: a :dozen Shrller.:•cnses were said to have' ,been_ reported by •: dentists various parts of the country, and it •vvae held to have been' demonstrated that decay'of the'teeth almost ale Yea4rsecan--be everted -,a dsureal ferny- cases arrested after it has. -made pro- gress through dietary' treatment. Dr. D. 'C...Robinson, ' chief surgeon of the Y ungstown and Inland Steel, Corp'orat on, described•Dr. Davis' ac= complishment'as,,"ogle that. bids' fair to' range with• thae of Louis Pasteur,'. and Dr. M. A. Engli h, a Washington physician, •said he was "so' impressed "from a medical standpoint",that he would insist on every new case of his. taking ari .exaininatiozi to. determine whether there was _teed' for the •nutri- 'tional treatment.. The Washington case• ;of . self- res-toration of , a tootlr:was_deacribed , as that of a m'an'fq�rty-eight years' old, who presented himself for an exam ination Felarm.ry,41, ,1.93q, and `wai British Ex eclltion.:_To Use Vats' np tit .. • ' Mountain Cresco. 'rho yak, 'which is being ufied transport purposes by .the British P7$- ,pedition to Mount .Kamet, is cpnsider. ed -the' most useful animal of the ,nee tives`•°o4. Tibet.' He flourishes athigh Altitudes, and is a strong beast, often furnishing the power by which :their .,,, • grain is threshed. His long black•hair n is woven into tent cloth or. ropes; his • tail serves as a "fly whisk." The milk, which ids .n'ot drunk is turned into..but- ' ter ,astd clrees'e. 'lien :oId, the yak •ie killed and his flesh is dried,, provi meat for a long Buie. IIS hide sub, • _plies leather of every kind. 'The' wild, yak •is. large ;stealing slit ' feet high. a`f the ahoiilder' • This- ape-, Cies is co:nlned.',tb ,the •arid centiai. .•. Sateen of: Ti'bet; ihe-•:domestieated--- type :is'aein'aller .J `EviOntiy, ho.Wever, _the ldge ' between the . wild , and '.do- mesticated yak, Is. difeult to•; draw;. • j_gtlgirig ;from tiro experience of •mous• •,• tain climbers. The Katnet Expedition reterdiy raper a s naii•-stafnpede of the Yaks. 'The Maun:tEvoreat Recon- noissance of 19.21 made the following comments: "The yaks supplied to 'us were .very Wild. Ia. a••few minutesof= `. ter starting we saw the plain strewn with our kitsi and ,stereo•, ,and the• yaks careering oft .•-.in_ .evei•q direr. on.” Again their historian reports that the wild Yaks. "rapidly • got. rid of their I' loads;', but ' also that they are the '• most "satisfactory beast 'of,• burden; • although ' their ,'pace ' .;is; ;slow -about, .• two miles an hour-theypseldom..lialt •• until:•daylight falls." • .•/Because' of .the sound, •f •the yak's name,. and of i. s-conve.ul.erit_._size; the anima).' is alsoitseful in this country. hie place of residencebeing found :in : cross -word puzzles,• and in limericks ,And in nonsense verse* 'and other light • .rhymes. , , • -Rochester; .England, l •. Ancient Historic Episccdes • • Rochester; , that ancient Kentish, ewitti' its Nnrntap cast -leo :Its . cam___. o.'s�as. ,, � tine -old. o;_h u th;edral;.:fs many-, e o d. r ... _ .. _, . and its; Dickensian asspciations, drew" attention to its beauties `by a pageant in' which eight of •-the"inost. stirring • • , evens. in 'its 'his te y • were represented. The njagea beainnh g -.brie ,22; -•last ed a wee , and opene w e ' o-. man E{hperor Claudius establishing hie, camp -on the Present site of :the city" • in A.D. 431: The .nextepisode. showed :Bing ° 1ilielbe•t of: Kent 'visa' ing the 'city. with J'.u.'stus, the first Bish- . " op of the Diocese, and St. Augustine, to decree the building ofra •church on the site now -occupied by the cathedral • Thenfollowed the dedication of the l' `try' Henry I the Garrison oP • whi'ch'six, were new and the others had appeared around good fillings. 'One, a cervical erosion cavity in •the. 'lower right "first „bicuspid; wase left• 'open for observation purposes and a special diet worked 'out by Dr. Davis was. prescribed. •Thiscavity'was',re- for es smaller when- 2xamin her 4, an,1 tied e' tirel,r i+ecercrfieil; 'o`r filled ,up, naturally., on June "42, when .the, patient was last' examined. 6 Dry °Davis told' of 6757 cases over ' aehich_•he, lett maintained • ersonal'su- pervision. After checking them' for a period of six Months,' during which time an average of four carfities .ap- peered in the :teeth of each patient, each patient was exa;.iiined :and placed on a diet deemed.best suited -to indi- vidual needs. Upon examination after another six months period; he' • said that instead of finding the. 2,100 new cavities which ,might have been ex- pected on the'.basis ..of the first six s;dp in the•general :direction :of event- ual niantifaeture of Mood. from coal.• Prof. WilheelM Cludd, director of the• Coal Research Society, told' Membeis of the �orgahiiation today • that Ger- man natural scientists have solved.the• problem•'•of .producing' synthetic albu men from. Coal. Natural science has_already 'ere.; duced dyestuffs, flavoring extracts and. ltquid',.fuel from coal. It was .made plain' that' the .day •has not Set dome when s:tnthetic steaks and chops could be made .froin the surpluses .glutting -world coal•mrarkets; •but the',ekrithetic method- and•had not experienced..a albumen invention apparentlytl was 'a .failure. • ' • ,move in -that direction. Dr. Leo W. 'Solbach, a director .of tl.e Clinic Club, described the method df .procedq,re in 'diagnosis.; Assuming •�` `hat nutrition is of .primary import- i, •4,� ance, he said, the first step should be the taking of X-ray pictures of the mouth. A history 3f the physical. con- dition of the patient in the past, and various analyse.'• should be obtained, he- went- one -to- d terrains sugar a -a-1ba- Mien- and, il�iospliert requ-i-retnents. 4isclesc such -condition -as -anemia, infection.and `diabetes. With the pe-. • tse,nt's needs thus determined, 4 e said; a proper .dieft and treatment can. be • prescribed. . • N anonths"of .,Observation, only_ five were cathedra te disclosed. in the. group. He added ;lint the castle -succeisfully resisting the he had made numerous .test's ,of treat= :final attack of Simon De' Montfort'a ing•hypersensitive teeth With the xnme ariny'In 1264; ,Citaiicer'.Y `arri`val: In Strood_:so.on, after -the .commencement of-wove-u-pen--theeneve-bridge-projects._. ed. by Sir john De• Cobham. and ,Sir Robert Ktiolles In 138,8;: Queen Eliza beth,'s visit in 1573; and Charles, II'a departure from Rochester;o i his jour- ney to London in 1660. • Finally Dick- ens recalled iiia reverie incidents in 'his life characters,•froni.his novels. In this •episode, people who, asp children, • • actually knew Dickens- when' her lived at_`_Gad's _Hill Place, tooklia • Dame w ,Sybil ,Thorudy_ke,-vwho, Ss.'a--native•-of. the.,. city,-impersona:teL a spirit ot.. _. Rochester at- the pageant. p' • c b. had .,ho n so muoh 'interest in the pla'r that , at the• end of it his em .. pioyer ,asked hire' how he liked it. cad Intotb,e shaded. .parlor the rrsrtors • • It u•as his first dap as a caddie and thermometers, barometers, electri•, i�:.]"...'l:;v.-'a' "*.'1.}::7.;: up :C.; measurin'g.apparatus, air traps to col- Come. Their' hostesses, ?Miss Agn>s , • y the c11 v Ior; 1 J k end h e not• strata an i ionto K lett samples at irp�rer airand Tits, F o i *• t' ; - other specially designed apparatus to wait 'jefore the conversation turns t3 Erprt n,ng up rex .:1he' city 'is, gather •• information from the strata 'roses• and, even While remonsiranees' co ,slur juat t rti-t'wmy as• it is, I'm just crazy Strout It,`' replied t r :rn. coarse, z .pr you ee rrr.er the 'un star: "The onl. part this house insis.':L•that .their g-,issts.� ,the cr,1,• ':hat's diffvren'." • a is carrying this beg," and ggy. Fog is ani g ,r • • bete uttered the daughters oy h Of ft t fi 'O g Y • asset to the flyer; but the Aleutian Sphere. led. by a newly developed • ar fog has -the good point, at least, abbe- ing less dense than 'the. fog of more liquid fuel, Dr. Goddard hopes to send. ` southern lands. •' • the rockets 250 miles intb'the air. Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, is the first ' - • , harbor of importance in the islands. Finland to Preserve • ' • 'Folklore of. Country. lielsingfors, .Finland. --Finland pos- sesses one of the largest collations of statinnfor ships dui:ing the gold rush- folklore in .the world, "Brage,' the by `"'a'r�adio station,' Dutclla,Harbor is',society which fosters and guides these ..connected with the rest of the world efforts, celebrated the twenty-fifth ae- o n the shortest route from••Seattle to niversary_of its foundation in March. Tokyo, and with the establishment of i Its members: are"drawn from all parts coaling stations mayconceivably' be -' of • the country Where Swedish is come such a Pacific way station for. spoken, and from all classes of society; ' the northern route' as Hopoltiltt is for and at Ieast one-fourth of those attend - the southern. • ins the festivities were in national .•costume. Traditional part, soilgs and . ' solos Were rendered, pl,d-time dances • The Causes of'War performed •with so much' verve and °Boston Christian Science Monitor; expression,, that all `could' interpret War -is; .in,a large sense, a social econ- i their meaping, and a performance of omit problem. :It is, out of distress, excellent presentation of country life .' unemployment, upheaval and despair i in Bygone"days. . • ' that wars are Made. Millions of melt --'- e slid ' women out .of work, countries plunged into the deepest diffictnities, ruined tradesmen" and impoverished fanners are the *raw materials of con- flict. The profound discontent of pov-' arty, with ail its harmful potential- . Sties; is not oil a ,result but a cause of strife. , Sonia ' -The, hotels of tile. sons of God are r This deep, landlocked harbor is one ' of the finest in the North and has played an important part at a way ea to the Yukon and to , Nome, It is "Babes in the . Wood" 7 • Five.-and-Twdenty. FEVe-and-twenty is the -very harvest- time of life, •to gather precious corn and "fruit• of cur •labors against the cold storms and cloudy days of aged win- ter,. when the body Is weak, the eye- sight decayed, and the hands tremble. - T utleyn,.• Law of History. greater Jura- th-err• •bItsineos-, and- The fUudamental laws, of history is, • 'the ireelbrow n out, nzYt to" lie a cel°-'• that It should neither -dare CO salami's y tiring that,is false, nor fear to say any- , taut tilting'; to Have some sacred lineaments, to show 501110 divine tint thing that is trate, nor give any,' just i suspicion 1 favor . Or disaffection.-- of the Parent lIi'nd .from Which thea" 1 p, .,,,,, ' conte, -Martineau.: p�c.cePro. •• sz, Sx,.....o-'adlcac,'�'A, °`S.".2:;�'gexx• one reason why chi 'Area' get a big" kick out of the . great ,•out-ot-doors. This tiny hare a f13Ct'i5ltioll for 3 -year-old S'bir,ey'Ptitseil,who b04''rein it al. spot of lunch. fawn seems to Porcupine's Record Trip • ' Ignited States . Ranger.. Croglian of .Glacier. National- .-Park'_-recentLLy ported what appears tb, be a record. `movement of the sloe✓ snail -like tray- eler, the 'porcupin -• :, • 1' � - i he 's dullsWit- ted,' it- •ssovmov � r A ,ng °�' ted, ,a' porculnine,..wyflP often; .stover 'a surprising distance by his persist-' •ence,"'•says ,Ranger Croghan's• report, . "The morning of Merely. 5.i' encounter- •• ed the tracks b£ a porcupine on the, North Fork Road in back of Fish .Creek ranger station. Following •thein,. I d•iecovered that the animal had '-• made , a round trip 'from the top ,ef McGee Hill some tints between` e; snowstorm of the, early evenibgliee- ,�, fere and nip arrival at 9 in ther nforn- ing; "He had• diligently ,follo'ved the rigid for a distanr'e Of •ten miles - though his footpril.ts were rarely spaced at more tthan. six inches • apart. +At no place 'was there -any' evidentSeee;_ that he had eaten, nor had he met " any ether e of his -land. Had IC' like So many s.uinmcr visitors to the:patIt's glOrir , made the trip ;for the Sherr joy of it?" 4. _ A Village. Treat . A certain your man ofSparsliolt, in Berkshire, -who shall be liame- less -has thought for, his neighbors. Ha is. about to be married, to a girl •from a neighboring .centre, but the wedding will not take, plac:e, ,at the • bride's honie 'because, as The naively tints It, lie "wants the folic front his own village to have the rare opeer- , tunny of witnessing a wedding cere- mony." It will be a "rare. 4tiportuii•" °�'!' Ity," for it will be the first wedding ' at Spareholt In over` three years; be- • cause of Whleh the centre has beau n reed ' the 'vii'fMiii `ii -rides:" - Awerirm to flip V7i1,0'Iiitire are 11776' `' "eligible girls" in the. Village, and., all the Mon have' to seek elsewhere for •their hri res. /4 ' t' 1. e •