Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-08 | Page 20 | American's Invention Showers Huns with Literature in Mysterious Way

Americans American's Invention Showers Huns luns With Literature in In Mysterious Way I I I J i j I J I j I I i I K a I JAU Louisville Is Ille Reseal Ky-Reseal Ky Recent t cl di dispatches from 1 Paris Puls told loid of or flocks of ot balloons sent ent up h by th the tha allies on the tho western front t each ch carrying propaganda in literature lit lit- literature forms form which was vas dropped at Intervals Int In- In t r nh behind 1 the German line lIne j and had Its everywhere e that the llio enemy forces forceR employed ed or quartered h Willis II 0 tons of ot liter literature at tire ure were dropped In and around enemy forces not a balloon foil CoU into the possession possel-allon o of the enem enemy and the German Gelman soldiers here werA completely mystified as to the source of or the pamphlets I This was due to the Invention In of oC Leo I i A. A Collins of oC Louisville a i young accountant accountant ac ac- ac I countant whose whoso son Ins has enabled him to turn out a number o of useful mechanical devices ices III Ills propaganda balloon way wa given to the naval consulting consulting con con- board boull which was not lon long lone In making malting use of oC It It The a average C balloon ha hag bag stands about three feet teet in height and In is diameter ItIs It ItIs two and one half feet In Is constructed of or silk lIk or other walerI waterproofed waterproofed water water- proofed material and Is If filled with hydrogen hv- hv drogen en Ja gas An aluminum cup beneath contains a a- a spool wound with a fuse use I which Is regulated according ln to the thc dis- dis disi tance desired to be traveled tra One cn end endo o of the thc fuse protrudes from a hole In Inthe inthe the cut cup to be ignited and the other goes Into the bag baJ of or the balloon Suspended ed from Crom the ha bag ag arc are canvas can straps which form orm a carrier beneath In InI which the pamphlet or or leaflet propaganda ganda IM Is contained The average balloon balloon balloon bal bal- loon carries t twenty pounds pound Hun Work orla Th The fu fuse e Is cut off oCt to burn an hour for 01 Instance if Jr there Is a mile forty tort fort lt wind blowing and it Ij Is desired to send the matter r forty ort miles back When aI a a- flock of oC balloons is Js released the are arc regulated and wind carries them across No o Mans Man's Laud Land 1 to enemy territory all up and anti down own the tho line The fhe simplicity of oC th the e invention and Its adaptability u tt to all 11 conditions make malte it a success Then n too loo It Is Inexpensive inexpensive pen lne sive and thousands can be constructed ta la small mn cost The explosion of oC tho the gas gaR bursts the bag hag which usua usually takes tale file fie and la b destroyed When the bag bag- bursts the strain on the carrier i is immediately re released re- re leased an and the thc printed matter fells falls away carried downward rapidly ly by Its weight The Thc pamphlets rain down own seemingly seem seem- from rom nowhere for tor the balloon travels tra GOOD f t In the air all and cannot be seen It IH is utterly destroyed b by the tha thol l bole m the printed primed d platter matter reaches reache earth it i X f i f I r H sh H f I q y i II I- I r. r S jp-'S m VM mi j 1 ev t Q e o Y r v wY a lo l f i iYe i 1 z I Ye fr 1 1 w r i 7 J I y yr L r I tt r Leo A A. Co Collins with h. h his IS balloon 7 u