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Show If Ships Ilad Ribs' Submarine Would Be ..Foiled, Says Utahn Salt1 Laker Suggest. Way of Reducing Undersea Menace. J. W. Thompson of 07 New-boase New-boase building believes that nature 'herself has devised a plan that could well be followed In tba war against the submarines. HWera It not for the ribs In man's body." saya Mr. Thompson," a slight blow delivered on the trunk would be fatal. Aa It la the ribs protect the vital spots and. while It la possible to break a rib. It Is difficult dif-ficult to deliver a blunt blowthat would prove fatal. "Why. not apply this principal to the merchant ship. Protect the vitale with a framework of riba supported from steel girders hung from the side of shins. Such construction con-struction could. I believe, be applied ap-plied without seriously retarding the progress of the ship. Were such ribs suspended from the side of a ship a torpedo discharged from a submarine would naturally . explode when it truck the impedl- , ment. but tha intervening water would preclude great danger to |