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SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 195&
New Plastic And Aluminum Shapa
Gives Army's " Iron Hat” Style
By JOHN KEATS |
NEA Special Correspondent |
WASHINGTON —(NEA)— The
Lrmyv will soon field-test a new
vlastic helmet, stronger and light
.+ than the last war’s iron pot,
eaturing a drape shape and an
luminum cover.
The aluminum adds somewhat
. the helmet’s strength, but its
hies function will be to serve as
.having mug, cooking pot, foot
ath, or water can—just as the
old iron cover did.
Its secondary value is strictly
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NEW HELMET: “Make it light
er, make it work.”
morale. The Army figures most
oldiers like to have some métal
overing on their heads, and if
etal makes them happier, metal
they’ll get.
LIGHTER
Actually, according to Army
Quartermaster Corps Research
.nd Developments’ Dr. Warren
Stubblebein, the plastic liner alone
is just as strong as the old helmet,
.teel and plastic liner together.
The new helmet is cut low
around the neck to provide better
protection to the neck and base
of the skull, sits a little higher on
the forenead, and is cut wide over
the ears to accommodate ear
phones for tankers, and other radio
men. Metal clips are provided for
attachment of the headphones —
which also are new—and lighter
and smaller than the old headsets.
The helmet will weight around
three pounds, including its alum
inum cover, which is more than a
pound less than the old helmet.
NEW POLICY
The light weight is part of the
overall Army policy, reflected by
the mottoes hung in Research and
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Development offices: “Make it
lighter, make it smaller, make it
work!”
Dr. Stubblebein said there were
two reasons for this. First, the en
tire Army is being redesigned to
be strictly airborne. Next, if a
soldier doesn’t have so much
weight to carry himself he'll get
less tired, and will be able to fight
longer.
So far, 2500 helmets have been
ordered for field testing. Defense
Department spokesmen said there
is “a very good chance it will be
adopted,” since by the time a pro
duct is OK'd for field-testing, and
adjustments in it will be minor.
The design was the work of the
Army Quartermaster Corps and
Dr. Steven Grancey of New York’s
Museum of Art. Dr. Grancey is
curator of arms, and is by pro
fession an armorer. The new hel
met’s shape actually derives from
old Roman helmets.
Helmets aren’t designed to stop
bullets, as much as they are to
protect the head from falling de
bris and shell fragments. Yet a
flat-surface sample of the ma
terial of which the new helmet is
composed was fired on at point
blank range with .45 caliber bul
lets. They didn’t penetrate. Strik
ing a curved surface, they’re even
less likely to penetrate, Dr. Stub
blebein said.
MEDICAL WORRIES
There is still a bug in the de
sign, which worries the medical
corps. The medics complain there’s
no way to trace fragments of plas
fics in the body through X-rays.
Research and Development is
tinkering with ideas of combining
chemicals in the plastic which can
be traced.
Along with the new helmet, Dr.
Stubblebein’s office is also testing:
New insulated lips for canteen
cups—so soldiers won’t scorch
themselves on hot coffee.
Built-in stoves for canteens car
ried*in Arctic weather,
Throw-away plastic trays from
which soldiers can eat field ra
tions.
- (Copyright 1950, by The Wash
i ington Daily News).
| IN MEMORIAM
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thanks and appreciation for the
“acts of kindness, messages of sym
pathy and beautiful floral offer
ings received from our many
friends during our sad bereave
ment in the death of our daughter,
Joyce Delorices Usher,
Hattie Mae Sims (Mother). -
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COURTESY CARD-—The little town of Wytheville, Va. (pop. 5500), has set some kind of a
precedent by erecting the billboard pictured above on its outskirts. This summer, Wytheville,k
‘county seat of Wythe County, suffered the worst polio epidemic in the history of the nation. Noted
for its scenery, climate and vacation facilities, Wythe County was visited by thousands of tourists
from all over the U. S. Wythevillians, while glad to have the visitors, did not want to take any
chanqes on their contracting polio. Hence the sign, asking tourists to include the town in the
vacation plans for next year. Health authorities state that, following this year's epidemic, Wythe
ville will be one of the most polio-free areas next year.
What The
People Say
‘BECAUSE WE ASK NOT’
The Editors: In Ralph McGill’s
Sunday column he urged readers
to pray for the miracle of peace.
Thinging people everywhere know
prayer is our only hope at this
terrible hour.
Christians the world over are
praying in their homes, but if
prayer availeth much at a time
like this, it must be planned on a
broad scale.
Why has the President not pro
claimed a Day of Prayer?
Why have not the Governors
throughout the land ordered a Day
for Prayer?
Why has not every mayor in
every city and town announced
an hour every day for prayer?
Why has not every minister done
something about this? Some have.
“We have not, because we ask
not.”
Athens, Ga. OBSERVER
The Curzon Line was the pro
visional eastern boundary of Po-=
land established by the Supreme
(llg;xszcil of the Allies on Dec. 8,
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
BROTHER RIVALS
SAN FRANCISCO —(AP)—©On
two occasions during the coming
National Football League season,
brothers will be on opposite sides
of the fielé¢. Bill Johnson, former
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Texas A & M star, is a center for
the San Francisco 49ers. His
brother, Gil Johnson, who was a
great quarterback for Southern
Methodist, is with the Detroit
Lions. The two teams will clash
Oct. 8 and Oct. 22.
Dishpan Soon To Join Dodo?
Old Methods Are Obsolefed
MILWAUKEE — Time is run
ning out on that combersome ad
junct es the housewife-~ the old
fashioned dishpan. i
Thanks to the rapid e:&amion
of plants producing mechanical
dishwashers and garbage disposal
units, robots will be handling most
of these chores in mnearly 1,000,000
{;xg\grican homes by the ‘end of
Due to the huge demands for
mechinized kitchens, the new
$10,000,000 plant built by Hot
pdint, Inc., here, is now running
100,000 dishwashers a year. Last
close to capacity production of
year, the plant was up to 85,000
units, and is now reported ahead
of last year's business.
Hotpoint is only one of nearly
10 big-time manufacturers of au
tomatic dishwashing equipment
now running full tilt in the coun
trg. Back before the war, about
7,000 machines a year was the best
the industry could do. This year,
production is expected to run
close to 250,000 units.
Sales of dishwashing robots
merely indicate the speed with
which the kitchen is being out
moded in modern houses, accord
ing to Hotpoint officials. Into the
kitchen, the age of the house is
written. It may be 100 per cent up
to date in other functions, but the
speed of progress in kitchen devel
opments has outmoded the house
of only 10 years’ use.
Homeowners can now buy coms«
pletely packaged kitchens, includ
ing cabinets, stove, refrigerator,
deepfreeze, sink, dishwasher, ami
garbage disposal units. Or the‘{
can build the new into the ol
'And there are even portable dish
'washing units that can be wheeled
inte position or stored out of the
way when not in use,
There are plenty of impressive
figures concerning the time savad
by housewives through the use of
automatic kitchen equipment. One
of the best is a recent Wall Street
Journal estimate that two stacks
of dishes as high as the Empire
State Building are soiled each
year by the average family.
Anyway, the potential market
for rcbot dishwashers is as broad
as the market for refrigerators
and Deepfreezes, which have re
lieved housewives of the ancient
chore of ice storage. And the
automatic dishwasher promises to
do for the woman in the kitchen
what automatic heating units have
done for the man in the base
ment.
Loose or dirty battery terminals
frequently cause automotive igni
tion trouble,
PAGE NINE
SUNDAY :
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. —
(AP) - Dorothy Santone told
police that she had been going to
the movies Sunday afternoon for
the last three weeks and each time
she returned home there was
something missing, The first week
she lost S2O. The next Sunday it
‘was SBO. The third time she evie
dently frightened the burglars
away because she said the lights
flickered on and off as she returned
to the house.
A — ettt e S R Pl
IN MEMORY
In memory of our husband and
uncle, who died August 16, 1949,
We cannot say, and we will not
say
That he is dead, He is just away!
With a cheery smile and a wave of
the hand
He haslwz:!ndmd into an wnknown
and.
We think of him still ag the same,
We say:
He is not dead—he is just away, |
DORA GRIMES, :
MATTIE M. JOHNSON,
HOWARD JOHNSON.
FLORINE HAWKINS.
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FUNERAL NOTICE |
(COLORED)
FAVORS, MISS LILY = of 170
Dublin Street, departed this life
at the residence August 19, 1950,
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later., Mack and
Payne Funeral Home, S