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By LEMUEL F. PARTON
TU EW YORK. Radio, automo
biles, airplanes, moving pic
tures virtually all the other
technical ten-strikes of the modern
. . _ world came in
Dives in Cellar, between the
Brings Up Our first and second
Television Set Chicago world’s
fairs. About all
that is brand new at the New York
World’s fair is television, which took
its bow with ajelecast at the inaug
ural ceremonies.
Unlike Britain’s garret inven
tor, John Logie Baird, Allen B.
Du Mont, putting his by-line on
the new television set, came
along through the “channels” in
which promising young techni
cians are grooved these days.
Out of Rensselaer Polytechnic
institute in 1923, he was em
ployed as a lube engineer with
the Westinghouse company in
Bloomfield, N. J., until 1937,
when he became chief engineer
of the I)e Forest Radio compa
ny. But, when he caught the
television germ, he did just what
Baird did, the only difference be
ing that he holed up in a cellar
instead of an attic.
It was in 1931 that he quit a good
Job to play a hunch. The hunch
was that the cathode ray was the
joker in the flickering television
deck. So hq dived into his base
ment, built his laboratory and stayed
underground until he was ready to
come up with a cathode-ray tube
which is pretty nearly the works in
television.
In 1937, Mr. Du Mont rounded
tip some capital and built a siz
able two-story laboratory at
Montclair, N. J., employing 42
men. By 1938, Paramount pic
tures had declared itself in in
a big way, and, at last accounts,
Mr. Du Mont’s enterprise was
virtually a subsidiary of this cor
poration. That is interesting in
view of the fact that, in Eng
land, they already are televising
events for the moving picture
screen. It is indicated that the
Du Mont rig may be subject to
the same development.
pOL. EDWARD STARLING, who
confers with Albert Canning,
chief constable of Scotland Yard,
about guarding the British king and
. ... queen on their
Chameleon-Like visit here> is an
Sleuth to Guard American o f
British Royalty tl\e“ Dead wood
Dick tradition
which the British like to think is
typical of this country—a long, lean,
reserved, tight-lipped Kentuckian,
with a sombrero, the guardian of
five Presidents, camera-eyed and a
crack pistol shot. He will be there
when their majesties go to the White
House, but he will not be conspicu
ous He merges with the scenery
like a chameleon.
lie saved Clcmcnceau's life
during the Paris peace confer
ence. Guarding Woodrow Wil
son, he rode in an automobile
immediately behind the “Ti
ger's” car. He saw an assassin
level a gun. Shooting from the
hip in a lightning draw, he
craeked the killer's wrist.
He is the one man the President
has to obey, an advance man who
interviews police, maitres d'hotel,
transportation officials and chefs,
even editing menus, and, on occa
sion, speeches, if they indicate too
much of a tax on the President’s
receptive energies.
" At 17, he was a deputy sheriff
of Hopkinsville, Ky. As a spe
cial agent for the railroads, he
touched off his first national
headlines by trapping the "Cali
fornia Kid,” a desperate ma
rauder who had long eluded cap
ture. President Theodore Roose
velt gave him special assign
ments which routed him into the
White House secret service de
tail in 1913. In 1935, he be
came head of the detail, which
congress had authorized after
assassination of President Mc-
Kinley.
He is six feet tall, gaunt and se
rious, graying now, the better to
fade into the crowd.
♦
lOHN R. STEELMAN, the govem-
ment’s special mediator in the
Appalachian soft coal dispute, was
once a “blanket stiff,” riding the
it di i i ci'a rods .with the
Ex-Blanket Stiff hoboes to get
Boils Down Our from Arkansas
Labor Disputes to , the western
wheat fields.
There, in the post-war boom days,
he earned $9 a day and invested his
savings in a Henderson college A. 8.,
a Vanderbilt M, A. and a University
of North Carolina Ph. D. Heading
the government conciliation service,
he smoothed out 4,231 labor dis
putes, involving 1,618,409 workers, in
the 1938 fiscal year. He was an
Arkansas farm boy, working the
southern logging camps. He is tall
and dark, and friendly and easy
going in manner.
Released by Consolidated News Ft iturcs.
WNU Service.
Artificial Flies for the Nation’s Critical Anglers
With the old-fashioned worm fishing becoming a thing of the past, thousands of fishermen are using
various kinds of flies to attract their prey. Here workers are busy in a Freeport, Maine, factory, one of the
country’s largest, turning out flies made from the feathers of bright-colored birds imported from all parts of
the world. The feathers must be correct as to color, size and weight for the fish they are meant to lure.
Feathers shown include peacock, ostrich, kingfisher, African jungle cock, and Mexican macaw feathers.
East Side Kids Model Latest in Informal Attire
What the well-dressed East Side boys and girls will wear this summer, as modeled at the annual fashion
show of the New York Children’s Aid society’s children’s center in New York. Left to right: Margaret
Callahan in a blue play suit and cape; May Wagner in a beach play suit; Grace Callahan in a blue sun
suit; Billy Collins in a blue sun suit, and Catherine De Lorenzo in white slacks and cape. Only bit of trouble—
the children didn’t want to take off the new clothes.
And It Really Isn't Done With Mirrors
This is the kind of fishing the not-too-energetic angler dreams about.
Ilomcr Harris and his son, Bill, of Atlanta, Ga., don’t bother with hooks.
And it isn’t done with mirrors. Fishermen take their boats to the lair
•f a school of trout in Jackson lake, and as the fish make their quick,
arching leaps out of the water, the side of the boat is tilted and the fish
falls to the bottom of the boat. In two hours these men caught 18
pounds of unhooked trout,
French Babies Protected From Gas Attack
In the event of war and threat of gas attacks, French babies under
two years of age will be protected by means of a respiratory device
which is connected with the gas mask of the mother. Not strong enough
to open the air vents in a regulation gas mask, they are protected by
this means. The baby’s covering is made of fireproof silk. Professor Le
Mee, left, invented the device. I
JUNGLE STYLIST
Osa Johnson, famous African ex
plorer and producer of wild animal
films, is shown demonstrating a
high-powered elephant gun which
she will carry on her next safari.
Mrs. Johnson’s clothes are especial
ly designed for use in the jungle.
IN THE BAG
Sir John Simon, England’s chan
cellor of the exchequer, seems to
have Britain's budget in the bag. It
was no laughing matter, however,
to the house of commons when he
set before that body a staggering
budget swollen by the cost of war
nreuarations.
REMEMBER . . .
"It’s All In The Examination”
Dr. L. N Hull, 64 Broad Street
Healey Bldg, Atlanta A Spe
cialist in Eye Refractions for
over 30 years, and a State Board
Examiner for Optometrist since
1923, leads the South In eye ex
aminations.
Let Dr. Huff take care of the
only pair of eyes you will ever
have.
|T -'1
DR. L N. HUFF
Above Loch Lomond
Scotland’s Ben Lomond, over
3,000 feet high and covered with
grass to the top, can be ascended
between steamer calls, a little more
than two hours going up, less com
ing down. Loch Lomond, at its
foot, is the largest lake in Great
Britain.
Bathe Before Dinner
Since it is a Japanese custom to
6athe before dinner, many Japanese
hotels are equipped with elaborate
common bathing rooms, profusely
decorated, sometimes with varie
gated tiles, fountains, or aquaria
set in the walls and ceilings.
Greatest Jumping Mammal
The greatest jumping mammal is
the Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsoni
us, of North America. This little
rodent, having exceptionally power
ful hind legs, is able to leap 40
times its own length.
The Conservatory
A conservatory is a small green
house or glass house usually at
tached to a house. The same term
is applied to a greenhouse where
there is a display of foliage and
flowering plants.
Sweet Limes
The honey usually served with
breakfast rolls and coffee in Czecho
slovakia has a unique fragrance:
thet of the lime trees from which
Czech bees get the material for
their product.
Resembles Pig and Elephant
A tapir is a large thick-skinned
mammal with the nose prolonged
Into a short trunk. In appearance
the animal somewhat resembles the
pig and the elephant.
Formation of Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was
formed while the Green river was
eroding its valley, which happened
in the glacial epoch—or fairly re.
cently in geologic time.
‘For All Who Wish to Learn’
“For All Who Wish to Learn” Is
the motto inscribed on the building
occupied by the Opportunity school
in Denver, Colo.
Universal Languages
Some of the so-called universal
languages are Esperanto, Volapuk,
Universala, Kosmos, Idiom, Neu
tral, Ro, Ido and Anglic.
Many Refugees Left Russia
About 1,500,000 refugees are esti
mated to have left Russia during the
war and turmoil of the years 1917-
>920.
Called Mustard ‘Nah-Poo*
The great Greek physician Hip
pocrates, the Father of Medicine,
called mustard "Nah-poo,” mean,
ing “that’s the end of that,”
China Has Much Coal
China is one of the foremost coal
countries in the world with, reserves
estimated at 243,669,000,000 tons.
Mangosicen Delicious Fruit
The mangosteen, a fruit of deli
cious flavor, is a native of the
Malay peninsula.
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First Y. W. C. A. in C. 8. 4
The first Young Women’s Chris- [ |
tian association in the United States
was organized in Boston in 1860.
Bedouins Eat No Salt
The Bedouins of southern Arable
do not eat salt.
Happy Thought
On every height there lies repose
—Goethe.
Monetary Unit of Argentina
The monetary unit of Argentina
is the peso, worth about 33 cents;
nickel and copper coins of 20, 10,
5, 2 and 1 centavo are in circulation.
Size of One-Cent Piece*
There never has been a time in
the history of the United States coin
age when one-cent pieces were
struck the same size as a dime.
Heat Given Off by Body
Even in winter a human body
gives off enough heat in an hour to
raise two quarts of water to boiling
point
Mexicana Adds That
Smartness to Linen
Pattern 6317
Mexico, land of excitement and
color, served as inspiration for
these fascinating designs for lin
ens, Bright prints from your
scrap bag form the easy applique
patches while simple embroidery
adds the finishing touches. You
can turn out a delightful tea cloth,
towel or scarf quick as a wink!
Pattern 6317 contains a transfer
pattern of four motifs averaging
5% by 8% inches; patterns for ap
plique patches; materials needed;
color schemes; illustrations of
stitches.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
cle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
14th St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
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No Place for Weeds
Ground covered with trees
breeds no weeds. Neither does a
mind occupied with good thoughts
nave room for bad ones.—Bascom
Anthony.
SA wonderful aid for boils
where a drawing agent
i« indicated. Soothing
and comforting. Fine for
children and grown-ups.
Practical. Economical.
Dominion of Reason
Temperance is the firm and
moderate dominion of reason over
passion and other unrighteous im
pulses of the mind.—Cicero.
Malaria • Chills • Fever Igft
Take reliable Oxidine. Stops chilli end , tVX >
fever, deem blood of melerie. Famous 1OXIOIH( ‘I
Angry Defenders
Truth often suffers more by the
heat of its defenders than from
the arguments of its opposers.—
William Penn.
A Turn Is Well
As turning the logs will make a
fire burn, so changes of study a
dull brain.
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