Show Gadget Maker Says Inventors Are Half Nuts SEATTLE April 4 More p than hat half of the worlds inventors are nuts Albert Burns ot of Oakland Cal president of the National Inventors Inventors' congress declared Wednesday as he surveyed new inventions on display dis- dis play here Although numberless devices have bc been n created some useful some worthless the world is still waiting for tor many needed inventions Mr Burns sid said Saxophone manufacturers want a reed which will last forever Of course there also nIso is a considerable demand for lor a device which will prevent prevent pre pre- vent a saxophone from making an any noise at all aU The country needs a new finish forr fOl playing cards A fortune fortun awaits the man who can invent some pIa playing play play- in ing cards that can be washed w of off after each game especially when gin in s 's are served cd while contract bridge is being played Celluloid cards like Ilke celluloid collars have been tried but nobody wan wants to use them |