| Show Powered Atomic Bullfrog Will Win Race Brace Or Sleep in Mid-Leap Mid By Inez Robb NEW YO YORK YORK YORK-I R K I always fig fig- figured figured tired that American ingenuity and know-how know would get thaI fastest f us test with the time peace-time uses of atomic energy And Iam I Iam Iam am happy to report today x that my faith has been justi justi- fied lied r a f The h e a I first iI's t f great public dem demonstration tion of the peaceful Inez Robb application of nuclear fission and its products by-products to civilian life and times will be bc held later this month at Angels Angel's Camp Cal in that community's annual annual annual an an- nual International Frog Jumping Jumping Jumping Jump Jump- I ing Jubilee The worlds world's first atomic- atomic powered bullfrog christened has been entered in inthe inthe inthe the jubilee by the Chamber of Commerce of Oak Ridge Tenn where you know who makes what is sponsored by the Oak Ridge C. C of C. C allright all allright allright right but butt but it t is the atomic scientists scientists scientists of that community who will up soup-up with a little of their own made home-made fission Just as goes gocs to the post he will be given an eyedropper eyedropper eye eye- dropper full of radioactive iodine It is hoped that this will do for fOl the Oak Ridge entry what a box of benzedrine might do for example to Citation or Count Turf and that carrying the colors of atomic science will set a new course record No Danger Although will be sufficiently full of radioactive ginger to make a Geiger counter count count- er sound like a metronome on the loose during Minute ui Waltz the frog will willbe willbe willbe be a menace neither to himself nor the spectators No matter how hard he lands after each jump is guaranteed not to go boom and disappear in a mushroom cloud of radioactive radioactive radioactive radio radio- active dust and frog legs This noble experiment may maywell maywell maywell well open up sensational sensation a frontiers frontiers frontiers fron fron- tiers in the world of civilian sports should the up hopped-up justify the faith of his owners and sponsors Give a horse a jig jigger gel of oC atomic juice and it may eventually eventually eventually even even- do more to improve the breed than all the racing associations associations associations asso asso- in existence today Of course the racing associations may still want to do it the hard way at the 2 window Has Doubts But Im I'm not sure that will be bethe bethe bethe the case in the expert expert ex ex- ex- ex pert opinion of Lawton Carver sports editor of International News Service is already as asgood asgood asgood good as dead at the barrier The versatile Mr 11 Carver bases his opinion on the strange case of Mike like former captain in the U. U S S. Air Corps with 70 missions in the Pacific Mr 1 who looks like Valentino on a good day and Mr 3 Carver are partners in a restaurant hard by St. St on 2nd Avenue And considering how many people would eat there on the cuff if possible it is essential for both partners to be wide awake at atall atall atall all times Mike like picked up some kind of oC a bu bug on Okinawa explained explained explained ex ex- Mr 11 C. C And Mike 1 was wasting away to skin and bones which is no advertis- advertis ment for a restaurant Tried Everything The liThe quacks tried everything Finally they gave Mike like big doses closes of this radioactive iodine Oh it cured him of oC whatever he had all right Except that in the middle of a conversation or adding up a customers customer's check checkor or seeing that the bartender didn't water the gin Mike l would go sound asleep in in- Eventually when Ma Ma- nuche swore off of radioactive iodine iodine io io- io dine he stopped going to sleep in the customers' customers faces But Mr 11 Carver is certain that if they give some of this same grog he has no more chance than Mark lark Twains Twain's celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- jumping frog of Calaveras Cala- Cala veras County which you will recall was loaded with quail shot just before the final jumpoff jump- jump off contest Those scientists have holes in their heads all two of them Mr II Carver just snorted as he wandered off to the sports de de- de- de What happened to Mike 1 shouldn't happen to a frog I 1 l I T t 4 I i 0 |
