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Abandoned Fort Turned
Into National Monument
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porarily reoccupied by American
troops during the Spanish-American
war. Since 1900 it has been a ward
of the Navy department. As a
al monument it will be open to
itors. Already a force of relief
ers has cleaned up part of the
yard and is installing quarters
those who come by boat or plane
wish to remain overnight. Fort
ferson is one of the least-known
of American domain, because
navy rule it was closed to all
and not even airplanes were
to fly over it.
“The Dry Tortugas possess a
many attractions for fishermen
naturalists. More than 600
of fish abound in the clear waters
its enveloping reefs, and Bird Key
long been a national bird and
refuge.
“The Dry Tortugas owe the last
of their name to Ponce de Leon,
discovered the islands in June.
Tortuga is Spanish for turtle. The
mous explorer captured 170 of the
tiles there to replenish the larder
his ship. In 1565 that sturdy
bethan, Capt. J. Hftwkins,
bound from a profitable voyage in
bidden Spanish waters, visited the
lands. He loaded his pinnace with
of species that still breed there by
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Fort Jefferson, Off Florida,
Has Glamorous History.
\\ ashington. — Fort Jpfforson, ftn
Abandoned fortress on one of the tiny
]irv Tortugas isles off Florida, recent-
lv turned over by the United States
vivv to the National Park service, has
r ‘ “at glamorous,
fl t jator.v that is once
tragic, and futile,” says the National
Geographic society.
•The Pry Tortugas lie some sixty
miles to the west of Key West, like an
Afterthought to the main Florida
Kev«.” continues the bulletin. “These
Isolated isles are nothing wind-swept more shell than
seven low bars of
8n d coral sand, sparsely covered with
tonal! bay cedars and palms, encircled
l,v dangerous reefs, and uninhabited—
except for a few faithful lighthouse
keepers, and thousands upon thou-
iinids of nesting sooty and noddy
terns. brick
• The fully bastioned and stone
walls of Fort Jefferson, on Garden
Key, once earned for it the nickname
•Gibraltar of America.’ Long obsolete
as a means of defense, the haary
stronghold now has become a pation-
a! monument by Presidential order.
Futile Military History.
••Despite its resounding nickname,
however, the dismantled and decaying
Fort Jefferson has played a futile part
in military history. Built in 1846, it
was supposed to guard the ship lanes
between Cuba and Florida, but even
before it was completed the vast
citadel was agreed to be a military
mistake. It was garrisoned, however,
early during the Civil war and iieid by
federal forces throughout the conflict,
serving as a prison after 1863.
“No enemy gun ever poured shot
and shell into its barracks. A Con¬
federate gunboat sailed cautiously with¬
in range in 1861, but it was frightened
away when the commander of the fort
trained upon the warship his full com¬
plement of guns—scarcely a dozen of
which were loaded!
“Although it never figured in a mili¬
tary action, the grim old stronghold
is no stranger to horror and death.
Within its moated walls yellow fever
suddenly appeared in August, 1S67.
“All officers, including the surgeon,
died, and for a time direction of med¬
ical affairs rested with a prisoner.
This was the unfortunate Dr. Samuel
A. Mudd, who had been imprisoned at
t the island fort because, when awak¬
ened in the dead of night, at his Mary¬
land home below Washington, he had
set the broken leg of a stranger who
turned out to be John Wilkes Booth,
assassin of President Lincoln. Doctor
Mudd courageously tended the sick
and dying until he, too, was taken ill.
He recovered, and, because of his
heroic efforts, was granted a full par¬
don.
Used in War With Spain.
“Fort Jefferson was finally aban¬
doned In 1873, although it was tem¬
Plan to Explore Stratosphere by Rockets
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Professor to Use Projectiles to meantime Doctor Goddard is
Go 150 Miles. out preliminary experiments on a
four miles from here, aided by a
Roswell, N. M.—Rockets equipped of assistants.
with will The Guggenheim foundation is
automatic recording devices ing the unique tests. Roswell was
be shot into the stratosphere to a dis¬ lected for the site of the
tance of from 40 to 150 miles from the because of unique atmospheric and
earth’s surface from an especially con¬ matic conditions.
structed 60-foot tower near here this The type of rocket to be used is
spring in science's latest attempt to feet long and approximately 2 feet
penetrate the secrets behind cosmic diameter at its widest point. It
rays, light rays and radio waves. equipped with a parachute designed
The experiments will be the culmi¬ be released at the highest point of
nation of months of work on the part flight.
Dr. R. H. Goddard, head of the de¬ There is no danger of the
partment of physics at Clarke univer¬ causing injury, Doctor Goddard
sity, Worcester, Mass., who expects lieves, as he calculated it will
J bey will yield data of great value to to the earth almost vertically, and
science. One immediate beneficiary flight will be under control from
would be radio broadcasting. tower at all times. The tower site
The tower is rising in a shallow val- 15 miles from the nearest settlement.
tey 25 miles from Roswell. In the Advantages of the rocket
over stratosphere balloon flights lie
STUDYING THE BRAIN the fact that balloons, to rise
14 miles, must be of such great
and at the same time such light
that construction dangerous to passen
gers results, according to Doctor
dard. He pointed to the fatal
of the 72,000 feet stratosphere
cension of three Soviet Russians.
The date of the projected tests
depend on the results of ground
ments now being conducted here.
“There is a long period of
before any practical results are
tain," Doctor Goddard explained.
will probably spend several months
the laboratory before any test will
made.”
775 U. S. Planes Are Now
Equipped With Radios
Washington.—A recent survey by the
bureau of air commerce show’s that
there are 775 radio-equipped airplanes
in commercial and private operation
throughout the United States, whereof
345 are owned by the scheduled air
lines, 246 installed in private planes,
135 in ships used by individual firms
lor business purposes and 4!) in craft
employed for air taxi and ehaiter
flights. Government-owned aircraft,
student with electrodes connected such as that operated by the army,
J ’ his head to the apparatus—show- navy and bureau of air commerce it¬
U '* ow Dr. Herbert H. Jasper, and self' many of which carry radio equip¬
j )r lLeonard Carmichael, of Brown ment, w’as not included in the survey.
tTi- 1 'T Sity department of psychology, A considerable increase in the em-
' “ “action currents” froi# the brain. ployment of airplane radio among pri¬
_ coming is
*• new apparatus is capable of pho- vate owners during the year
- aphing amplified “action currents” anticipated as a result of developments
Ten by the human braid. that have been under way for some
DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1935
Non-Freezing Lake
Gives Farmer Idea
Geneva, N. Y.—Farmer L>ell had
a great idea.
The farmer’s inspiration came
from a peculiarity of Seneca lake,
one of the state's most famous
beauty spots.
The lake seldom freezes, despite
the fact that surrounding waters
are sheets of ice. Only in the most
severe cold spells will the lake de¬
velop more than skim ice.
Farmer Dell’s idea, as he later
admitted, was to fill the radiator
of his automobile with I>ake Seneca
water, and save the cost of pur¬
chasing non-freezing agents.
To his surprise, the water which
would not freeze in Lake Seneca
turned to ice so quickly during a
zero cold wave that the radiator
burst in several places.
sands, took the flesh and eggs of great
sea turtles, and set down in his log
notes that read like a page from Rob¬
inson Crusoe.”
Cupid’s Assistant
Morrilton, Ark.—Justice of Peace R.
A. Baird likes to see young people get
married and will help Dan Cupid in
his matches this year. A notice in
local newspapers promised he would
perform all marriages free during 1935
and would answer calls at any time,
night or day.
Germany’s Quota of Sugar for U. S.
Going, going, gone!—all the sugar Germany will be permitted to import
into the United States in 1935, all 79.8 pounds of it! C. W. Cole, auctioneer, is
shown turning over the entire bag to B. F. Welch, after several minutes of
feverish bidding. The sugar was purchased by Lamborn and company. New
York brokers, at the Northern Sugar Refinery, Frellstedt, Germany, and brought
to Chicago for exhibit during the convention of sugar refiners.
time with the “homing” radio compass.
This device enables an airplane pilot
to tune in either on Department of
Commerce airways radio stations and
course beacons or on regular radio
broadcasting stations and fly directly
toward them from any point of the
compass.
Moon Looks Like Green
Cheese, Asserts Expert
Washington.—Sweethearts may find
romance in the moon, but it’s just an¬
other piece of green cheese to Dr.
Harry Burton, astronomer at the naval
observatory.
Doctor Burton views the moon
through a 26-inch telescope. He said
the celestial body is made of pumice
and volcanic ash.
Explaining why he thought the
moon looked like green cheese, the as¬
tronomer said its upper quarter is full
of holes, which are really extinct vol¬
cano craters. This part resembles
SwMss cheese.
Near the center and the low’er half
of the orb, he said, the surface is
smoother and a darker green. This is
caused by the setting sun and shad¬
ows cast by mountains. To Doctor
Burton it looks like green cheese mold.
Find College Students’
Honesty Nearly Perfect
Delaware, Ohio. — Ohio Wesleyan
university students are “almost per¬
fect” in the matter of honesty, believes
Charles Hamilton, Y. M. C. A. presi¬
dent.
The “Y” has been selling examina¬
tion hooks at a cost of one cent each.
The books are placed on a table and
students asked to drop their pennies
in a box nearby. Although several
thousand hooks tiave been sold, an av¬
erage of only one in 100 is unaccounted
for, Hamilton said.
Fortune in Stamps Is
Revealed in Waste Paper
Burlington, Wis.—An old receipt
hearing a canceled stamp blew against
the feet of Jay Land here and tie
picked it up. Trying to trace its source,
tie discovered that it came from s halo
of paper which a junk man had taken
from an old express office in a neigh¬
boring town.
Land bought the bale for 75 cents
It contained many more stamps of
the Civil war period. He already has
sold $150 worth to dealers and has
made one rare find that may he worth
as much as all the others sold.
NURSERY BLOCKS
CROCHETED RUG
By GRANDMOTHER CLARK
This crocheted rug called “Nursery
Blocks” Is made up of small blocks
In different color combinations, as¬
sembled and then a border crocheted
nil around. Each block measures
about S inches and outer border 4
inches, making a finished size 33 by
50 inches, and requires about 5 lbs.
of rag strip material.
A rug made of blocks and then as¬
sembled enables you to make a rug
in any size or color desired. Make
the blocks in any size. Arrange color
scheme to suit particular room in
which it Is to be used, or make It
of hit and miss colors and use it any¬
where. Either way It remains a
practical rug, and easily made up In
spare time.
Full instructions for this rug and
25 others can be found in rug book
No. 25, containing crocheted and
braided rugs, also Instructions for
crochet stitches used and how to pre¬
pare your rag materials for use.
This book will be sent* to you post¬
paid upon receipt of 15c.
ADDRESS, HOME CRAFT CO.,
DEBT. €., Nineteenth & St. Louis
Avenue, St. Louis.
Inclose stamped addressed envelope
for reply when writing for any in¬
formation.
Steps in Fight
on Tuberculosis
Periodic Examination Most
Favored of Methods
in General Use,
“From the public health aspect
school program Is distinctly
ary to the effort to control active
berculosis in the general popula¬
tion,” Dr. William Paul Brown says
in an article on “The School and Tu¬
berculosis” in Hygeia Magazine.
“The periodic examination and the
contacts of known active cases is
much more productive of results in
controlling the disease than the
school study of all pupils. No spe¬
cial study of tuberculosis in the
schools is warranted unless a good
program based on these two more im¬
portant phases has had consistent
promotion.
“The school physician might detect
a few active cases in children, if con¬
ditions allow careful auscultation of
the chest and a careful history of ex¬
posure to the infection. However,
many children with demonstrable dis¬
ease may be missed, for at the time
they may be negative to auscultation
and give a negative history.”
Among the benefits of a school pro¬
gram for childhood tuberculosis un¬
der public health control are the fol¬
lowing :
1. An appreciable number of chil¬
dren are found in need of treatment,
and adults with active tuberculosis
are discovered.
2. Families who are not utilizing
regular medical supervision are giv¬
en occasion to choose a physician for
this prevention service.
3. Uliiildren, apparently well, whose
parents have taken meager steps to
correct overfatigue, dietary errors,
neglected teeth and other defects,
have therein a rather spectacular
reason for correcting these general
health hazards before symptoms of
tuberculosis have brought a belated
warning.
4. Physicians are aided In Increas
ing their function in preventive medl
cine through the reference to them of
such considerable groups of children
who are apparently well but wh give
A
WHAT DO YOU THINK/ AND THE
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is now only 25 ^a pound/
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test.
5. Diagnostic service of a high
quality is accomplished through the
local sanatorium staff and is imme¬
diately made available to the family
physician who is actually supervising
the patient
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