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The Ocean Floor
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The Swedish deep-sea expedition
with the 1,450 -ton motor schooner,
Albatross, returned to Goteborg
last year. Its cruise around the
world through the equatorial parts
of the three oceans had lasted for
15 months, and its chief purpose
was to investigate the floor et the
deep ocean by methods developed
in Sweden during the war,
Let me tell you the purpose ot
this work, The slndy of the deep
ocean bed is important because it
is the only remaining large area of
the world map which has hardly
beat explored at all. Hidden at this
great depth, from 2.000 to nearly
6,000 fathoms below the surface,
lies 01 formation which will help ge-
ologists and geophysicists to extend
their knowledge of the earth's past
his.ory, writes Prof, Hans Pethere•
son in."London Cnllina,"
Itut it has never been possible to
reach this information, lying ip the
gradually accumulating, sediments
on the ocean floors, and bring it to
the surface, Now, with our modern
research tools, we can do this. So
before 1� tell you anything more
about what we can learn from the
material we have collected on this
expedition, I should like to explain
to yell some of the methods we
used.
Our main tool of research was
the piston core -sampler, invented
by Dr. Kullenberg, of Goteborg.
This is made of heavy steel tubing"
and it raises from great depths
sediment cores from 50 to 70 feet
long.
Then we had a method,worked out
by Prof. Weibull, of the Bofors
armament works, for sounding the
- thickness of the sediment carpet
by recording the echoes froitt
charges exploding .in great depths.
We also had an excellent, ultrasonic
recorder of the water depth made
for us by an English firm, This
drew wonderfully detailed profiles
of the rising and falling sea bottom
down to 4,000 fathoms, and more,
below our keel. Then there were
oceanographic instruments for
aneasuring the temperature of the
water wibh high precision, and col-
lecting samples of it down to
depths of nearly 5,000 fathoms.
With yet other instruments we
could measure the intensity of sub-
marine daylight in different spectral
regions. We had nets, dredges and
trawls for biological work.
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These new Swedish methods had
first been thoroughly tried out in
some waters and then on a special
test cruise to the Western Med-,..
lterranean in the spring of 1946
with the Swedish state research
vessel—the Skagerrak. The results
of these tests encouraged us to take
the much more ambitious oruise
_ around the world, to make use of
the new methods in the great
depths of all three oceans.
The Royal Society of Goteborg
sponsored the cruise and it was
financed by private donations given
to the society, The big Brostrom
shipping combine lent us the Alba-
tross, which is their new training'
ship,„and allowed us to convert it
into a floating laboratory. Into the
empty cargo space, cabins, work-
shops, dark roosts and other lab-
oratories were fitted, all air-condi-
tioned for work in the tropics.
• The raising and lowering of our
heavy core -sampler, with the thick,
wire rope carrying it, was a great
problem, and for this we had a
very powerful deep-sea, ' electric
winch—a masterpiece of Swedish
engineering—which was mounted in
the fore hold of the ship together
with a wire drum with room for
4,000 to 6,000 fathoms of wire rope.
The electric winch was driven by
a special, Diesel-electric plant of
200 horsepower fitted in the aft
hold.
Several Thousand Water Samples
Since I have given you some fig-
ures, let me give you some more..
When we returned to Goteborg, we
carried about 250 sediment cores,
raised by our core -sampler, Their
iota] length was more that one
statute mile, We had 400 oscillo'
gram records, showing the echoes
from exploding depth charges and
so giving us the total sediment
thickness; also several thousands of
water samples, some of them of
large volume, meant for measure.
ments of tine uranium and the rad-
hunt ]u sea water, and many thou-
sands of temperature measure-
ments at different depths.
A very exciting part of our catch
was a lumber of exceedingly rare
fish and invertebrate organisms,
caught by the trawl at great depths
in the Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of
the Virgin islands in the West
Indies, Dr, Nybelin, of the Natural
History Museum of Goteborg, 'who
was responsible for the biological
work, actually raised living organ-
isms from the unprecedented depths
of more than 4,200 Isthonls,
All the material we' 'collected
anw being worked on in ral'in,
scientific institutions iu Stye'
and in other countries,
sten of science — apccirtli.,ts '
physics, radio -activity, ehenlis:,)
mi nerology and biology — are help
tug us in this absorbing analysis,
Fair Sailing — Elizabeth Taylor, 17 -year-old film star, poses
aboard a boat with her fiance, William D. Pawley, ir,, 28, son of
the wealthy ex -ambassador to Brazil, atter they announced their
engagement at the Pawley home. They plan to marry early next
year. The actress denied she ever was engaged to- Lt. Glenn
' _ Davis, former Arnly football star.
As True Today
As When He. Said It
On what principle is it that,
when we see nothing but improve-
ment behind us, we are to expect
nothing but deterioriation before
us?
It is not by the iuternneddling of
the omniscient and omnipotent
State, but by the prudence and
energy of the people, that England
has hitherto been carried forward
in civilization; and it is to the sante
prudence and the sane energy that
we now look with comfort and
good hope.
Our rulers will best promote the
improvement of the nation by
strictly confining themselves to
their own legitimate duties by
leaving capital to Find its most
Lucrative course, commodities their
fair price, industry and intelligeuce
their natural reward, idleness and
folly their natural punishment, by
maintaining peace, by defending
property, by diminishing the prioe
of law, and by observing strict
economy in every departinent of the
State. Let the Government do this:
the people will assuredly do the
rest,—Lord Macaulay.
Near Pc=...et.on — Pat .IJall,
22, Hollywood hopeful, is just
about 'Miss Almost Every-
thing," She has been singled
out as the gal with "the world's
most boa u t if u 1 legs,' "Miss
Good Posture," "Miss Pin Uri"
•• id "1\l.iss 11enurlfui Feet," to
ntent'on a few, Ilia her first
two tries t't movies were west-
erns, ia''tlt the "world's best
legs" under calico.
FAIR EXCHANGE
Two then went out hunting with
their wives one 'day. During the
morning, one of the hunters
thought he saw a deer behind a
clump of bushes and took a shot at
it. 'The other fellow appeared and
shouted, "Hey, wltat,s the idea?
You nearly shot niy wife," The
sorry," and handing his friend his
first hunter then replied, "t'n so
gun, he pointed at his own wife and
said, "Here, take a shot at stint."
Poachers
Outwhttedl
ly ittehur4 atoll WIttrinatil
it hat/petted that young Wen
Lloyd was the only warden on
duty when Chief Fred Mather re-
ceived word that poachers were
doing a wholesale business in
moose meat up in Birchlll county.
Glen was a rookie on the job, As
yet he'd had no contact with either
the hardships or the dangers of a
north woods game warden, Chief
Mather decided to use discretion.
"You go up there and do some
reconnoitering,” he told the youth.
"You'll find a base camp under
a cliff near the headwaters of the
Beaver. Make this your head-
quarters until Warden Loomis ar-
rives. He'll tell you !tow to pro-
ceed" Chief Mather drummed with
his pencil. "Don't take any chances,
son. I've an idea that Moe Stan-
ford's behind this ring. He's a bad
actor "
Glen reached the base cabin two
days later. The ground was cov-
ered with a six-inch fall of snow.
Glen waited two days more and
then decided to take matters into
his own hands, Armed with his
service pistol and a flashlight he
concealed himself near the tote
road on top of a ridge where the
progress of the truck would have
to be slow. It was bitterly cold and
a brisk wind was blowing. Also
there was the promise of snow in
the air.
Midnight came and went and
Glen's spirits ebbed low. Cursing
• himself for delaying action, Gleu
was about to quit his hiding place
when he heard distinctly the roar
of an automobile
FIe waited until the driver was
shifting gears for the final pull,
then stepped out into the glare of
the lights. He held his gun in one
hand. The badge on his sheepskin
coat was plainly visible.
instead of stopping, the driver
bore down on the accelerator. The
truck roared straight at the warden.
Glen stepped to one side, barely
avoiding being bit, and as the
So you'd like to have more eggs
from. the same number of hens, and
from the sane amount of foodl
Well, who wouldn't? So get this—
poultry experts at a great agri-
cultural experiment station in the
deep south say that egg production
will step up as much as 17 per cent,
when you rid your hens of lice.
Louse -free hens will lay that many
more eggs than hens just moder-
ately infested.
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They're not just guessing either.
They released those figures only
after extensive field trials. •
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Next question — What's the best
way to kill those pests, Well, here's
what their tests showed;
Sodium fluoride is efficient both
RS a dust or dip, and costs only 2c
per bird. However, you have to
handle bhe birds individually; it's
irritating to the person doing bhe
job; it will kill chickens if they
eat it,
* *
Nicotine sulfate, painted on she
roosts, cuts the number of lice, but'
doesn't kill many head lice. You
paint it on the roosts; you don't
have to handle the birds. Three
treatments will keep lice pretty well
under control for a year, and will
cost less than sodium fluoride,
d: * A:
Sulfur dust does a good job.
Sprinkle it in the litter, at he rate of
two pounds for every 100 square
feet, Do that twice, seven to 10 days
apart, and you'll get control for
about three months or longer. It's
cheap—$2,50 to $3 per•100 pounds.
It is irritating to the eyes, and the
birds should. he cooped up until
they've all dusted themselves.
*' * *
DDT, either as a 10% dust or a
g of 1% wettable dip, does not do
as good a job as' sodium fluoride,
although you can get good control
by catching the birds and spraying
them until 'they're drenched with'a
5% wetable mixture.
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Benzene hexachloride, painted on
the roosts, gave good control for
a time, but ahs lice returned in
about two months. A 8% dust
scattered over the floor gave good
results, when used at bite rate of
two pounds per 100 square feet, 010
oft -flavored eggs resulted.
• * *
Chlordane, dusted on she floor at
the rate of two pounds per 1100
suttare feet, gave complete control
of lice, but right now It's on the
expensive side.
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The choice of The ba**eteide you
use stili seems to be she one you
prefer to use. They'll all do a pretty
good job if you use them right.
You "pays your money and takes
your choice," But, I know you'll
find it money well spent, and no
fooling.
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And to readers of this column
who go in for growing peaches,
here's something that may be news
to some of you. By packing the
peaches like chocolates, some New
Jersey growers got a. premium of
from one to two dollars a bushel
last season.
* * *
The tree -ripened peaches were
packed in "crinkle cups" in a new
type of consumer carton. Each of
the cartons is partitioned to hold 12
peaches. The package is made of
light cardboard, attractively colored
and features a transparent window.
* * *
Four growers packed 2,460 of
these cartons last season and mar-
keted them through a co-op grow-
ers' association, which made a
number of shipments to chain
stores, commission houses, and
other buyers.
* * *
' The peaches arrived at the retail
- stores in excellent condition. The
pliable paper cups held theta snugly
without bruising, and they got a
grand reception from the mato-
niers, In some of the -shipments
the peaches were packed on their
sides rather than on the stent end.
The high color' and blush of the
fruit showed to particular advant-
age against the green background
of the crinkle cups.
4, * 4,
The average price which the
farmers received amounted to $4,29
per carton of 12 consumer packages
(about a bushel). But although Ala
was a premium of $1 a bushel over
peaches packed in the ordinary
way, naturally the growers had
extra expense int packing them in
sups, So, if you think of giving it
a trial—well, use your own judg-
ment.
"Your Honor, Dear"—Criminal lawyer Morris A. Shenker (hand upraised) pleads for a con-
tinuance of a case he is defending in the St. Louis, City Court. But it so happens in this case, the
judge is Shenker'c wife, Lillian. She is filling in for a vacationing judge. Her answer was `yes."
heavy machine lumbered by ' he
swung himself onto the running
board. Fie clung there perilously
for a -moment, then something 'hit
him on the head, he heard an
angry curse, and went spinning off
into space.
'Fifteen minutes later he emerged
an to the same tote road where it
doubled back on itself, The lights
from the truck were already sweep-
ing up the incline.
Glen crouched behind a boulder,
glad that the darkness was so in.
tense. He waited until the truck •
had crawled by, then ran after it.
He caught the tailboard and hoist-
ed himself up. Two men were
standing up front, leaning over,
the cab. The noise ot the motor
had drowned out sounds of his ap-
proach.
Reversing his service gun, Glen
crept up behind the men, felled
one of them and grappled with the
other. The scuffle was short-lived
Taken completely by .,urprise the
poacher was at a disadvantage.
Stunned by the blow which he tried
to dodge, he fell against the cab
and slumped to his knees when Glen
struck out a second time.
The warden handcuffed bhe two
men to an upright in the truck.
then approached the cab. There was
a sinal! window in its rear. Through
this Glen thrust his gun, splinter.
ing the glass. The two men inside
turned to find themselves staring
into the gun's muzzle,
Warden Loomis, trekking north-
ward to loin vnt,eg Glen Lloyd.
was astonished to find a truck on
the old tote road. The truck stop••,.
ped and a friendly,- boyish voice
greeted him,
"Iii, Joe," Glen yelled. "Put
' some bracelets on these birds in
front, will you? My hand's so stiff
from holding this gun I can't stove
it—let alone pull the trigger."
When Chief Mather heard the
story he wrote a personal letter
to Supervisor Herrick, compliment•
ing the supervisor on his choice of
men..
THE END
A young husband realized that it
was time to start saving money. He
decided that he would not use the
street car any more when going
home from his office. He ran bee
hand the street car, came home
gasping and said to his wife: "Dear,
I saved ten cents by running be-
hind bhe street car!"
"You're a fool," 'his wife shouted,
"You could have saved a dollar and
twenty-five cents by running home
behiato a cab!"
Dark 'Credit River Below Queen Elizabeth Bridge
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