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The Seaforth News, 1950-04-27, Page 3Flying Saucers Real, Or Imaginary 'lite toy+t, t V of the "flying , • saucers" Nest, aceunied renewed attention recently, this time even by .'resident Truman hiittself. The President said he was just as puzzled as the treat fellow by the latest flurry of reports about weird anti wonderful sights in the sky. A police chief in Illinois swore he saw a ".strange disk -like object, reddish in -the center, with blue lights on the outer edges." ltesi- • dents of an (Aldo city reported "two Might lights itt the sky", each trailing a streak of orange flame. Other "saucer". stories popped up int such widely scattered points as Turkey, Argentina, G e r ttt a n y, China and Chile, writes Joseph Nolan in the New York Times, The reports were reminiscent of the ones that trade the rotutds back in the summer of 1947. lit ;lune of that year, a bttsiretss than named I<ennetit Arnold, piloting his private plane in Washington State, spied niue shimmering disks cruising along in the vicinity of Mount Rainier. He told his story too, the newspapers and pretty soots people all aver the couutry were seeing "saucers." Some of Ahem looked like "shiny chromium hub caps oif a car." Others re- sembled "an ice -creast cooe topped with red," Still others suggested a teardrop, a doughnut,- or a ball of lire. The United States Air Force in- augurated "Project Saucer" to in- vestigate and evaluate the reports. Experts spent two years sifting almost 400 cases. Their conclusion, made public last December, was that all of them could be accounted for in one of three ways: (1) mis- interpretation of various conven- tional objects like balloons, meteors, or birds in flight; (2) a mild forst of mass hysteria; (3) pure hoaxes. More Theories Than "Saucers" But if the Air Force figured that its official report would put an end to speculation, it was under- estimating the public curiousity and imagination. If anything, the theories have multiplied. Some rep- resent an elaboration or variation of the findings, while others have a distinct Buck Rogerish flavor. ---- Here are some of the ones that have been put forth to explain the celestial crockery: Secret Weapon. The magazine World Report says that the disks are aircraft of a revolutionary de- sign—a combination helicopter and fast jet plane, It says well-docu- mented accounts show these planes to be 105 feet in. diameter and circular in shape, with what ap- pear to he jet nozzles all around th-e_ outer rim. Indications are, ac- cording to the magazine, that the "saucers" are being developed by the Navy. This story brought em- phatic denials from the President and front Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. Mr. Truman said that if there was any such project in the works, he had not heard about it. Igor Sikorsky. noted aeronautical engineer and a pioneer in helicop- ter design, commented: "I doubt very much that at the present stage of our knowledge w e could combine a helicopter and a jet plane in this fashion." Could They Be Russian? Soviet Missiles. Reports of "fly- ing saucers" in Alaska and in Scandinavia gave rise to specula- tion that tine Russians might be experimenting with some strange new rocket,. Proponents of this theory recalled that the Nazis were far ahead of us in the de-• velopnleret of guided missiles, and that some of their top scientists are now working for Russia. Air Force investigators looked into this prospect, hitt reported they could find no subStantiatiou. Weather Beckons. Military -au- thorities believe a good many "saucer cases are attributable to weather observation balloons and radar target balloons. The 'United States Weather Bureau and the armed forces have occasion to 1150 various types of 'these balloons to gather information on atmospheric euU(11000s. The radar balloons dangle a six -cornered target of aluminum foil which frequently eatcltes tilt• sun's rays attd could ht: utistakett for a flying disk, Planets or Meteors. Among scien- tists there is a strong suspicion that some of •the perplexing sights that have been reported may be traced to Meteors tiashing across the sky, or to the pianet Venus, whichis the nearest major planet to the earth,• \\'heft nee of the mysterious disks was spotted in Kentucky, an astronomer was suuttuuned and he identified it posi- tively as the planet, which at that time happened to be particularly close to the earth, Seeing Things Optical Illusions. The experts point out that the sun, the star's and the senses are in the habit of playing tricks on us, Prof. C, C. Wylie, University of Iowa astron- omer, gives this example: "In driv- ing west in the morning hours, if an airplane crosses the road some distance ahead, the sunlight re- flected from its windows may obliterate the outline of the plane, giving the appearance of a round or oval and brilliant spot of light moving in the sky," Some illu- sions become even more vivid. when a person is in an airplane. Interplanetary Visitors. The "saucers" carry scouts from an- other planet, intent on learning the ways of the earth. This theory was advanced recently by True Magazine. It has a counterpart in stories making the rounds on the 'West Coast to the effect -that one of the disks crashed and that a body was thrown free of the wreckage, the body of a monkey- -like creature about three feet tall. The Air Force insists that its in- testigations "lend no support to the view that the 'saucers' may come from another planet." Despite the frequency with which the flfly:ug disks have turned up, most people have trouble discussing them with a straight face. Soviet Deputy. Foreign Minister Andrei A, Gromyko, in a rare moment of whimsy, suggested that perhaps they were caused by a Russian discus thrower who didn't know his own strength. Warble—Or War Whoop? Howard Young, former student of zoology, conies forth with the tad news that the robin's melodic spring warble is a war whoop. Male robins tend to return to the sante area year after year, and they conte prepared to battle for their summer hone. "The birds strike mainly with the beak," says Young, but one closely observed male "was clearly seen to rake with its claws." Though the fights are usually silent, the "load, caroling -song" may be both a declaration of territorial aggrandizement and a call for a trate. Females, too, are adept at driving strangers from the terri- tory selected for the nesting site. Yoang says that the females do a little better than the reales—win more lights. Ad, from Stre.etsville newspaper: For sale: new' dog -house. $10. Suitable Inc large dog or small husband, Well -Dressed tior War—Int keeping withspring's emphasis on clothing styles, two me•mbers of the •armed forces Model what the well-dressed airman r,r sailor will wear to an invasion. Step- ping; out of a loan-!n'esstuc chamber,- left, an Air Force private wears a casual ensemble consisting of,three jackets and two pairs of pants (all worn at the -Saute lime), with a snappy oxygen Mask setting oil' the high-altitude older. '1.11e -fashion- conscious swinutcr, right, shows of( a svelte, ;ea -green, one- piece rubber suit representing Ute style trend for the 'Navy's underwater demolition teams, .Black rubber tins and -gloves colt- rti;tne the accessories, -with a tfatasparentface mask adding for final touch, Doggie Blood Donor—"Qaeenie," a sad -eyed mongrel, is, the heroine of an auitual hospital. Shown with attendant Hubert L. Mader, "C?ucenit:" has given her blood to more than 200 other animals needing it. 'i'he tiny black puppy at the right has just received some of her canine corpttsclee. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. I've heard that correct fortu now dictates that one should light one's own cigarette front a match first, beinre lighting his compare - ions, because of the initial taste of sulphur when a match is struck. Is this correct? A. No; it is still the proper thing to light your companion's cigarette first. If you wish to a- void the sulphur taste, wait just a moment after striking the match before offering it to your friend.. Q. \\'ho decides on the color scheme and style of dresses worts by the staid -of -honor and brides- maids at a wedding? A. The bride. Q. Is it prober for a woman to send flowers to a roan who is ill in a hospital? A. Yes, this is always a nice gesture. 0, How long before the wed- ding is it permissible to send a wedding gift? A. It desired, one may send is as early as two months in advance of the wedding, although usually one sends it as soon as the invita- tion is received. Q. If a man and a woman are in a crowded elevator, is it per- missible Inc the tnnan to step out first if the woman is in the back of the car? A. Yes, provided he is closer to the door. Q. Isn't it a breach of etiquette to spear bread from its plate with the fork. A. Yes, this is one of worst. Q. Is it all right to use a hand- lcerchief while at the table? A. Yes, if absolutely necessary. But above all, be sure that it is clean and fresh -looking. Never be guilty of pulling out a soiled handkerchief at the table. Q. Is it all right to take several kinds of foods upon the fork at one tint e? A, This is not good form. Do not attempt to take upon the fork more than one kind of food at a time. Q. Can yott suggest a good phrase I can use when extending my good wishes to a new bride at het wedding reception? A One good form is; "I hope you are very happy, and I'm sure you will be." Q. Isn't it alt right to expect- orate while walking along the street. A. This is an indecent habit at any time, but to do so in the company of another person is un- pardonable, and is an insult to that person. If absolutely necessary, use a handkerchief as unobtrusive- ly as possible, and don't be guilty of the vile habit of examining the contents of the handkerchief. Dis- pose of it as quickly as possible,., A FURNITURE COMPANY in .(Ianover, announced h was in- troducing a special chair- for tele- vision viewing. Modeled after au old English cockfight chair, it is straddled by the sitter, and has an elbow support and a place to set a driul.. Itulirtg hr chief magistrate of Newark, Nev. Jersey: A flirt may whistle once at a woman without injuring her tiltntity or getting into trouble. Other Papers Pull Boners Too Let Joy Be Unconfined "Dr. Charles DeVol was a guest of the men's missionary movement Monday evening in the church. Twenty -tight ntentbers, and five guests attended." From Salem (Ohio) News: After All, It's No Laughing Mattes "Governor Warren slipped a com- bination engagement -wedding ring on Barbara's finger. Then, without lifting her veil, he killed her. She was smiling but the governor's ex- pression was serious.' From Wilmington (Del.) Every Evening Maybe They Mean Fuselage "Miss Dee David also was wounded in the fusilade." From N.Y. Herald -Tribune. That's Real Foresight "The ABC Club is - operating a stand east of the city limits for the sale of firecrackers. and night - works. The proceeds from the sale of the fireworks will he used to help furnish McKeeney's new hospital." From Western Kansas World. Gun Shoots Hay F. W, MYMoff'et, jr., a farmer, has invented a gun with which he has been shooting hundreds of bales of hay into a loft every year. Moffet's gun has a pneumatic cylinder into which a bale of hay is dropped, piston and rod, and a pusher plate to heave the bale. An air tank holds a measured amount of compressed air which serves as the propellant. The compressor is charged by a five -horse -prover en- gine. At a pressure of 200 pounds, the guts heaves a fifty -eight -pound bale a height of twenty-one feet and a horizontal distance of forty- eight feet. The gun can be pointed to take proper aim. It shoots ac- curately enough to send bales through open doors at the rate of a little less than three a minute. BURGLARS w -ho broke into a home in Elizabeth, where the folks were away, spent so much time watching the television programs that they had to leave before they could steal anything, Highlight your party ptutch by floating lemon slices into which you have stuck •-- and lighted ._ birth- day candles. Merry Menagerie-ByWaliDisaey "I got the idea from a St. Ber nerd friend of mine who just arrived from Switzerland!" Reds Ready To Turn On Heat In Cold War With Tito ROME, Italy. -The long -situ• storing feud betty,:'on Soviet Ruasitt and Yugoslavia, it is believed herr, will boil over this spring. Italian political •circles in close contact with developments in tits • Stalin«'Pito private cold war pre - diet that increased Soviet armed pressure against the Belgrade gen. ernment utas- be only a few' weeks away. Where and bow this pressure Will be applied is the big question marls. Perhaps Stalin will call for armed attacks against Yugoslavia by one or two of Moscow's satel- lites (probably Romania and/or Albania). Or possibly lte will work through increased internal pressure and partisan warfare. - But it is regarded as siguilicatit that border clashes between Yugo- slavia and the satellite ccutttries, unprecedented in violence and scope, have increased markedly ha the past few weeks. c Even wore significance is attri- buted by persons intimately fami- liar with the Kremlin's methods and policies to Moscow's charge that a recent meeting of American diplomats in Athens was a "crim- inal plot" designed to set up a new "nest of aggression" in the Bal- kans, "The creation of the Athens - Belgrade Axis" the Romanian newspaper Pravda said on March 28, 'means nothing less than the inclusion of Yugoslavia in the ag- gressive North Atlantic Pact, transforming Yugoslavia into a base of American imperialisnt with all the fateful consequences Inc the Yugoslav people." If Yugoslavia is now a "base of American imperialism," how much longer,. it is asked here, will Mos- cow tolerate its existence? 5. At the same time, there are strong indications that Albania, which is today little more than a Soviet armed fortress and submar- ine base at the mouth of the Adriatic, has been designated as Moscow's spearhead in the forth- coming attack against Yugoslavia. This role, it is said, was assigned to Albania at a secret meeting of the Cominform held recently on the Hungarian -Yugoslav border. A half -primitive country popu- lated by about a million rugged peasants and. mountaineers, Al- bania is one of the traditional trouble spots in the Balkans. Its geographic position—bordering on Yugoslavia and Greece and close to Italy—is of incalculable strate- gic value to the Russians. Since 'Titre's break with the Cominform, Albania, once closely allied to Yugoslavia, has - been completely sealed of' front the rest Albanian political leaders recently of the world. But a number of managed to escape front Tirana. According to these refugees, Moscow's tiniest 'People's Demo- cracy" is a land of silent terror. Premier Enver Hoxha has been stripped -of all power and is vir- tually a prisoner of the Russians. Although a loyal Stalinist and the first Cominform stalwart to attack Tito, Premier Hoxha had studied in western countries and has many ties with the West, It is reported that last spring he secretly asked Great Britain and the United States to grant l:lttt new diplomatic r'ecognitiott. Titus, the Albanian refugees report, Premier Iloxba's purge is only a ttuestion of tithe. '.file undisputed rulers of. Al - Ionia, it is said, are the Soviet Minister, Dimitri Cltuvakltin, tvlto once served as a diplomat it; \Vasli- ittgtcat, and a Major General N. J. Pavlov, who commands a well-. trained force of 5000 Russian "tech- nicians" and about 12,000 former Greek Communist guerrillas. Meanwhile, Pito, who is au ex, pupil of Stalin, is trying desper- ately to weaken the ranks of the Cominform in Western Europe. A. group of his agents, who before his break with the (on:inform vrnrktd itt close contact t.itlt the Italians, are now opera-. nig butlt in Milan and Rome where they seek to split the Italian L'omrttun- t .'arty. That they are achieving :some success is perhaps best proven by the fact that tate party of Paltniro Togliatti, whu v. as him- self recently criticized severely by the Cominform for "weak leader- ship," has had to expel eight of its functionaries for Titoism. Tog- liatti also warned the Italian Com- munists "to intensify vigilance against Titoist agents." As in France and elsewhere in Western Europe, the Italian Po- litburo is sharply divided between "extremists" and "moderates." Latest reports say that, unless wiser heads prevail, the extrem- ists are preparing an attempt to blow up U.S. Atlantic Pact arms scheduled to arrive its Naples sometime this month. Low Summer Rates To Southern Ports Material reductions in the fares are announced by the United Fruit Company for its Cruises and Tours to Havana and Guatemala. The popular 17 -day cruise sailing every Friday from New York will start at $360. This fare include_ a 3;4 day shore program its the high- lands of Guatemala. For those passengers tortuuate enough to have another wreck at their disposal, the Great White Fleet offers a 24 -day tour front New York which includes a com- prehensive 11 -day program in the magnificent highlands of Guate- mala. The fare starts at $465 and includes inland transportation by rail and automobile as well as A comprehensive program of sight- seeing and hotel accommodations in double roosts with private hath and all steals during the visit ashore. Other cruises and tours are also available at attractive summer rates. For example, passengers may embark at New York and transfer either at Havana or Puerto Barrios, Guatemala for Company vessels in the New Orleans service, returning to the port of New Orleans. Con- versely, passengers may also em- bark at New Orleans to enjoy a cruise, making transfer along the line to vessels in the New York service with eventual return to that port. Twincredible ! !-- Manna Guernsey cow, "Brownie," ,tare in what appears to be sheer astonishment at her newly -born twin calves, "Con" and "Tracy." The double surprise was just as tin - expected to farm owner William 'Kleiman. 'i'hese do not happen to he the twins referred to in this week's "Chronicles of Clinger Farm" :`0 1t would, seem that cow must lie going in i't,r gttattfity prodmrtinn. 15 IT AL1. RIGHT WITH YOU TWO 19I GO ON READING NOW ?