The Clinton News Record, 1942-03-05, Page 6GE 6
New White Bread Retains...
All Essential Vitamins
Here is an announcement that will
•be of interest to the modern house-
' wife. A riew kind of white bread
'Containing all the vitaminsand
nler
' r• • als of whole wheat, This is
,aninimportant step ahead in bolster.
Mg the national diet.
Since the British government, as
• a public • health measure, recently
ordered all bakers touspevic
itrn
ain
flour Mr baking bread, public
at-
tention has again centered on the
• much-discussed vitamin Bl, and the
other vitamins and minerals natural
to whole wheat, usually eliminated
in milling white flour.
This new vitamin 131 bread, made
from the recently developed white
flour, retains all
• min )31, vitamin G,
theessential
calcium and
iron of the original wheat. The flour.
• has, been accepted bythe Council
on Foods of the American Medical
• Association," and the bread wrapper
• carries the approved seal of accept-
ance of the council,
In line with the majority of scien-
tific and medical opinion, which pe_
fens the restoration of natural vita-
• min contents to processed and pre-
• pared foods, the new kind of white
bread is described as being. neither
medicated nor fortified, but as con-
taining all the natural amounts of
vitamins and minerals of whole
wheat in the flour from which it
is made.
School authorities and nutrition-
ists generally are indorsing the new
bread as being of importance in
making available an adequate sup-
ply of the vitamins to children to
whose health and growth they are
essential.
Discovery of Artificial
Life Bears on Heredity
Life has been caused to develop
artificially in a surprising new way,
it was learned at California Institute
of Technology. Discoverer of the
new method that has a bearing on
heredity is a noted woman scien-
tist, Dr. Ethel Browne Harvey of
Princeton university.
Fragments of sea -urchin eggs
containing no nuclei, and thus no
chromosomes, have been caused by
entirely artificial means to develop
and multiply until, from one cell,
500 have been produced. In her lat-
est research, Dr. Harvey explained,
she has been able to develop this
queer form of life to the point where
the freak sea -urchin creatures are
almost able to swim. Efforts to
carry the development of individu-
als further by treating the unique
living forms with vitamins and hor-
mones have failed, she admitted.
The Princeton woman's work
proves that, contrary to previous
belief, a cell requires no nucleus to
be made to start dividing and so
multiplying into additional individu-
als. The former idea was that no
real development of a new individ-
ual could Occur without the aid of
bearers of heredity contained in the
parent nuclei.
Age and Physical Fitness
Physical fitness declines rapidly
with years in young men of military
age, according to results of a study
by Dr. Samuel J. Kopetsky, colonel
and chief of the medical division of
the New York selective service or-
ganization. There were 82,565 regis-
trants in the group studied, of whom
37,329, or 45 per cent, were in the
age group 18 through 25; 25,900, or
31 per cent, in the 26 to 31 bracket,
and 19,336, or 24 per cent, 31 to 35.
In the youngest group 19 per cent
were found unfit for military serv-
ice; in the middle group, 24 per
cent; and in the oldest group, 29
per cent. There was, therefore, a
50 per cent increase in defectives
accompanying a 10 -year increase in
the age level. Thoge accepted com-
prised 59, 48 and 46 per cent, re-
spectively, of the ascending age
groups. Those placed in the de-
ferred classification for partial mili-
tary service were in these age
groups, 22, 28 and 40 per cent, re-
spectively.
Owl -Faced Plane
An owl -faced plane of new design,
said to be incapable of spinning or
stalling, combines a variety of at-
tractive features for private fliers.
Handled like the wheel of a car, a
control wheel steers the all -metal
craft by operating its rudder and
ailerons simultaneously. On. the
ground, the same control turns a
nose wheel for taxiing. Transpar-
..,nt panels give all-around and over-
head vision for take -offs and land-
ings, and for keeping out of the
way of other planes in the air. A
tricycle landing gear and special
air -cushioned shock absorbers help
set down the two-seater machine
gently. Hydraulic wheel brakes
3ring it to a full stop within 200 feet,
ao that any small field may serve
as a landing place.
'A Mountain I See'
Montevideo is not only the capital
A Uruguay, but is a popular sea-
3ide resort as well. The city, spread
out , along the sandy shore of the
Atlantic, boasts that it has 225 sun -
ay days in every year. Uruguay's
lelightful climate ranges in tem-
3erature from 32 degrees to 88 de-
grees.
Situated on a peninsula, Montevi-J
leo faces a picturesque mountain,
he Cerro (that's Spanish for hill,
:eally) in connection with which the
lame Montevideo ("A mountain I
ee") is derived.
Deplores Handling First •
• * • Offender Like Crinuniti,
Every major city in the United
States has its detention prison where
men, accused of crime but not yet
convicted, are held pending court
trial. Most of them are obsolete
and ,unsanitary. Worse, they do
not provide for segregation of those
waiting for trial from hardened
criminals. Clogged court calendars,
legal red tape, and probation de-
partment delays hamstring rapid
trials and prisoners often remain in
these detention jails frorn two
'months to more than a year before
they are even brought to trial.
Many are ultimately acquitted or
receive suspended sentences, but
in the meantime these men have
been thrown into contact with the
worst type of criminals.
Bad as these conditions are, the
worst thing about the jail, according
to Warden Henry 0: Schleth, war-;
den of a Brooklyn, N. Y., jail, is
the fact that while over 70 per cent
of its inmates are eventually acquit-
ted or placed an probation, there
is no way of separating first of-
fenders from "repeaters," To
quote d S hl th:
"The truth is that the facilities
of the jail for many years have
been inadequate and obsolete, and
under such conditions even a cursory
study of the men detained is im-
possible. Remember, a jail is a de-
tention prison where a man is held
pending trial, that he is not guilty
of any crime, only accused of one.
Engraver's Mistake on
U. S. Flag Discovered
An engraver's mistake made
nearly a century ago recently was
uncovered by the General Land Of-
fice to reveal that the official pic-
ture of the American flag appearing
on military land bounty records is-
sued in 1850 shows 12 stripes in one
section of the banner and 13 stripes
in another.
Drawn to represent Old Glory fly-
ing from a staff in two rippling
folds, the section nearest the staff
contains the 12 stripes, while the
second fold portrays an addition-
al stripe. The oddity of hand en-
graving also depicts the banner
flying from right to left, instead of
from left to right, as customarily
shown. Dusty files contain no ex-
planation of the errors.
Records of the Land Office dis-
closed that perhaps more than half
a million of these unusual flag pic-
tures were issued, since the same
plate was used for other forms, and
in one classification ,alone, 566 vol-
umes containing 500 sheets each,
have been assembled as evidence of
the military land bounty transac-
tions
to
Did Voltaire Sell Place?
The French philosopher, poet, and
historian, Francois Marie Arouet
Voltaire, once accepted an invita-
tion of Frederick II of Prussia and
remained three years at Berlin.
Voltaire had ever sought to ingra-
tiate himself with the great. As a
character, he was despicable, cow-
ardly, unpatriotic, and a shameless
liar. Irreligious to the core, he
lost no opportunity to scoff at Divine
Revelation and Christianity and,
during his stay in Berlin, offended
many by mocking all things sacred.
One day, while at a publid dinner,
he sneeringly remarked that he
would sell his place in heaven for a
Prussian dollar.
A courtly magistrate, disgusted at
the Frenchman's skepticism and
buffoonery, turned to him.
"Herr Voltaire, we Prussians are
practical and level-headed lin busi-
ness. We never buy unless we know
a claimant really possesses or has
a right to ownership. If you can
prove, after our public examination
of your moral character, that you
have a right to a place in Heaven,
I will buy your claim for ten thou-
sand Prussian dollars,"
Voltaire was disconcerted. Later,
he incurred the displeasure of
Frederick II and had to leave
Prussia.
Modern Guatemala
More than 30 volcanoes—many
still active—mar the magnificent
landscape of Guatemala. Guate-
mala City, the capital of the coun-
try, was founded in 1776, but as the
beautiful, up-to-date metropolis of
the present day it dates from 1918.
For over six weeks—from Christ-
mas Eve, 1917, to January 31, 1918—
the city was shaken by an almost
continuous series of earthquakes,
laying the city in ruins. Rebuilding
is still in progress.
Guatemala, largest of the six
Central American republics, is
about the site of New York state.
The national emblem of, Guatemala
is the native quetzal, a bird "with
an emerald -green silky plumage,
dashed with a golden luster above,
with a lovely purple hue below, and
a tail three feet long."
No Auto Tags Here
Automobiles bear no license tags
on this island of North Carolina's
"Outer Banks," Ocracoke.
Neither do the owners of the half
dozen cars on Ocracoke pay the
North Carolina gasoline tax.
The reason is that there are no
highways on Ocracoke—only trails
in the sand and driving is an art.
With half the normal pressure in
tires, however, it can be accom-
plished.
Ocracoke has no jail or city hall,
no police officer and no mayor. It
has less than 100 population. •
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the Moral of • the 'Canadian troops
during the coming winter. They had
much more interesting training ahead
of them. The men haVe anr extraor-
&foamy high standard of intelligence
and: crime is far less than in the last
owair, only a small fraetion. Ha was
not anxious about the troopa this win-
ter. The scheme of education helps
to put in their spare time. and proves
beneficial as well.
Not long before that, there had
been an expedition: to Spizbergen
Island in the Arctic. The inhabitants
had been taken off and the coal mines
destroyed so that the enemy could
not use them. The Canadians ran
that expedition. Jit was useful in many
ways. Britain, Norway and Russia all
asked for it.
A Dagger at the Heart of Berlin
In the end, the Canadian Corps' is
a dagger pointed at the heart of Ber-
hn. In fighting value and range of
action, we have an edge on the Ger-
man panzer divisions. The 5th Can-
adian Armoured. Division is stronger
than any the •Germans have. The
first Canadian tanks were then being.
received. They would be severely
tested before going into action. There
was no need to doubt their quality,
nor the quality of any other Caned-
ian-made equipment, Breis guns. from
Canada are as nearly .perfect as any
gun ever turned out and they 'came
through their trials with flying
aol-
ore.
Summed up, the General said that
Canada's: great problem was the de-
velopment of its, manpower to the
best advantage. It might be that the
recent census would help. There is a
big job to be clone.
As the editors rose to leave after
spending. nearly two hours at the
Corps Headquarters, General Mc-
Naughton shook us each by the hand
again. We departed; feeling that we
had niet one of the greatest of all
Canadians and one who had' been
perfectly frank and outspoken. Under
his direction, the Canadian C'orps can
be depended upon to give a good ac-
count of itself.
Since then, the General has taken
a rest because of ill -health due to
overwork. Now he has recovered and
has come to Canada to confer with
the Government and Army officials
here about plans for the future.
• Explosion of Sun Would
4 Destroy Life on Earth
A scattered few' celestial "fire.
cracker stars" which exploded in
space many million years ago were
described recently by Dr. Edwin
Hubble of the Carnegie Institution
of Washington.
Should the still ever pass through
this explosive stage, he said, all life
on earth would be wiped out within
a few minutes "and then evolution
would have to start all over again."
Dr. Hubble, astronomer at the Mt.
Wilson observatory in California, de-
scribed stars which would make the
brightness of the sun appear- like a
penny candle in contrast.
These are the novae and. super-
novae, stars which suddenly flame
into brilliance, apparently because
of some internal disturbance, and
then dwindle back into celestial
.obscurity within a few weeks or
months.
Ordinary novae, or new stars,
which are the penny firecrackers of
the universes outside the milky way,
"blow up" with the force of about
1,000 miles per second, he reported
and attain a brilliance approxi-
mately 300,000 times that of the sun.
The super -novae flame into a bril-
liance greater than 100,000,000 suns
and during their brief life can be
seen with the naked eye in broad
daylight.
These super "fwecrackers" are
extremely 'rare, Dr. Hubble said.
Only 37 have ever been observed.
'Super -Insect' Perils
Crops, Warns Scientist
Efforts of American agriculture
to control . harmful insects, which
cost the industry millions annually,
may boomerang and lead to the
emergency of a super -race of in-
sect pests.
This is the belief of Dr. Harry S.
Smith of the University of California
citrus experiment station.
Paradoxically, the scientist de-
clared, it will be the most intelli-
gent grower, "the one who is the
most painstaking and conscientious
in the control of his pests," that will
be confronted first with the problem
of the new super -pests.
"Insect species," Dr. Smith ex-
plained, "apparently have the abil-
ity to produce more resistant races
if conditions are favorable. Isolat-
ed individuals of these races may
appear at any time but will become
dominant only if some favorable al-
teration in environment occurs.
"The regular application of in-
secticides," he pointed out, "may
cause such an alteration and allow
new races more resistance to these
insecticides and replace those
races less able to survive,
"Thus, continued, intense pest con-
trol operations may result in devel-
opment of insect races which be-
come harder and harder to kill."
Coronagraph Simple Device
The principle of the coronagraph
(which resembles an anti-aircraft
gun) is simple. A metal disc is
placed at the focus of the telescope
lens to cut out the bright sun image.
A second lens focuses on photo-
graphic film the black disc and flar-
ing corona, and a powerful spectro-
graph breaks up coronal radiation
into its component colors. A mov-
ing picture camera can also be at-
tached to the telescope.
Coronagraph recordings may have
great practical value.
Coronal observations may furnish
an index that statisticians can use,
or perhaps misuse, in attempts to
correlate solar activity with ter-
ritorial affairs, such as the amount
of ozone in the atmosphere, occur-
rence of aurorae, biological effects
of radiation, meteorological phe-
nomena, and perhaps some day,
long-range weather forecasting.
New Noses
People whose ears are slashed off
in auto accidents, or whose noses
are eaten away by cancer, cannot al-
ways have new ones made of flesh
and blood grafts. At the Mayo clin-
ic, Dr. Arthur H. Bulbulian, a
trained sculptor, molds artificial
noses and ears so rosy and translu-
cent that only an eagle eye can spot
them as fakes. Dr. Bulbulian uses
"prevulcanized liquid latex," a
creamy rubber compound, which
can be tinted delicately before it
hardens.
Dr. Bulbulian takes pride in
matching flesh tints, in decorating
his noses with tiny pores and wrin-
kles. Both noses and ears are
glued on with a liquid adhesive
made of mastic gum dissolved in
chloroform or benzene. Like false
teeth, false noses and ears can be
doffed at night.
Arithmetic Before Mathematics
Although the Guatemala of today
is a most charming country, it is as
the home of the Mayas during the
first 1,000 years of the Christian era
that the now . modern republic cap-
tures and holds our interest. The
Mayas, the first civilized people in
the Western hemisphere, developed
a calendar and had a system of
arithmetic 2,000 years before math
-
emetics came into general use in
Europe. They erected magnificent
cities and joined them with well-
built roads. The culture they creat-
ed proves them to have been the
"most brilliant aboriginal people on
the planet." For reasons unknown,
in about 1000 A. D. they emigrated
to Yucatan. There and in Guate-
mala the ruins of their massive tem-
ples and handsome cities are today
coming to light in.the jungle,
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with minimum manpower, the prodigious quantities of foodstuffs required
by an Empire at war.
Equipment bought to do more work in less time and at less cost during
the years of drouth and depression has taken on greater importance now
that our war -time program in men and munitions has created a shortage
of labor and materials.
The importance of farm equipment has been recognized by the highest/
material priority rating for civilian goods, yet even with this preference — so
great is the manufacturing program for war purposes—it may not be possible
to meet the demand for farm equipment this year.
It will be necessary, therefore, to take extra good care of your present
equipment. Check it over to see that it is in good working order. Replace
damaged or worn-out parts new. Use your machines carefully, paying par-
ticular attention to frequent and thorough lubrication of working parts. If it is
essential that you have a new machine, it is to your interest to place your order
as early as possible.
Through its extensive network of branches and local dealers, the Massey.
Harris organization is prepared and equipped to give that prompt, reliable
service depended upon by generation after generation of Canadian farmers
since the pioneer days. Never before was modern farming equipment so im.
portant—your local Massey -Harris dealer is ready to help you keep your
equipment in good working order.
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