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Show kAAAAAAAA&AA4AAAAAA kAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWHO'S WHO'S WHOS WHOtS ' NEWSTHIS NEWS HEWS HEWSTHIS THIS WEEK . . ' , . By Lemuel F . Partonmr Parton PartonTYTTYYTTVVVTTTTTTTTTTTVT Y mr TYTTYYTTVVVTTTTTTTTTTTVT TTYTVVVTYTTTVYTTTTTYVV TYTTYYTTVVVTTTTTTTTTTTVTProphet mrProphet Prophet Who Predicted U . S S.Trailer STrailer . Trailer Craze . NEW N TSJEW EW YORKThe YORK -The The - The report report- reporters report--L report L - . - ers gave due attentIon attentionto to Aldous Huxley Hu"Cley HuCley . " when he lie hecame liecame hecame came m in from Englandre England re- re recently recently re recently - - cently , but they overlooked overlookedhIS overlookedhis overlookedhis hIS interesting mterestmg compamon companion companionGerald , Gerald Heard , British au- au author author au author - - thor , critic and broadcaster . Mr Heard is a prophet and nnd phIl phIlosopher Philosopher philosophcr osopher , which isn t hot ne\ ne news nes netts \ . s per per- perhaps perhaps perhaps - haps , but the ship news men prob probably probably probably ably would have run him down had hadthey hadthey hadthey they recalled that , in 1923 , he qUIte qUItedefimtely quitedefinitely quitedefinitely defimtely definitely predicted the tr-ulcrcraze tr ulcrcraze trulcrcrazeHe tr1.ller tr1ller tr-iiler tr iiler tr1.llercraze triilercraze - . - craze crazeDc crazeHe He Dc has an nncinny unC'1nny unC1nny uncanny ' wiy w\y w y w'ty wty ' \ ' of puttingtwo puttingtwo putting ; two and tuo tno tiro together-not together not together - not necessar necessar- necessarIly necessarily necessarily - ily a house and an automobile automobile- automobilehlCh automobiletthicli automobilewhich - - \ which \\hlCh hlCh tthicli has made him 111m hum a ' \ z star of both boththe boththe boththe the British ntlsh broadcasting broaclc\stlng broaclc stlng ' \ : and ana . fore- fore forecasting forecasting forc-castmg forc castmg - casting ' companies compaDles , so to speak ills His illsforhllghtl Hisfortnightly Hisfortnightly forhllghtl fortnightly ) 1 i-idio i idio 1dio izdio \dio dio ' \ - program , "This This "ThisSurpnsmg "ThisSurprising "ThisSurprising ThisSurprising " Surpnsmg Surprising World , " has long been beenan beenan beenan an important feature . . 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Heard team tenm . , In step stephere stephere stephere here on an important enterprise , IS ISnot isnot isnot not impelled by the European prop prop- propaganda propaganda propaganda - aganda surge They Thcy expect e'Cpect eCpect ' to go goabout goabout goabout about quietly , and the fact is it would wouldtake wouldtake wouldtake take a man like hke the late Wlliam Wlham WlliamJames WlhamJames WlhamJames James to report then theit mission prop prop- properly properly properly - erly After a trip west , , they wIll wIllcheck willcheck willcheck check at Duke university on those thosestartlmg thosestartling thosestartling startlmg startling experiments and findmgs findings findingsin 111 in telepathy which have been the thesensatIon thesensation thesensation sensatIon of the year among psy psy- psychologISts psy- psy psychologists psychologists - - chologists chologistsThis This writer has read the Duke Dukedata Dukedata Dukedata data and conclusions They CInch CInchup cinchup cinchup up the fact of telepathy to a degree degreewhich degreewhich , . whIch makes a correspondent hope hopehe hopehe he will soon be able just to thinkhis thInk thInkI thInklus thinkhis I lus his stuff , with nobody paying paymg WIre WIreI wiretolls wiretolls I tolls , and no wear and tear on the thetypewrIter thetypewriter thetypewriter typewrIter . Mr l\Ir l Ir \ . , Heard Is not identified ldenh1ied wIth wIthfuzzy withfuzzy withfuzzy fuzzy pseudo-science pseudo science pseudo-sClen'e sClen'e sClene - - ( ' , and it Is as asan asan asan an mtcllectuil Intellectu\l Intellectu l intellectual ' \ and not as a mystic mysticthat mysticthat mysticthat that he docs does oes his prophesying prophesymg . TIe He TIeIS Heis lieis IS rated in 10 England as one of the themost themost themost most important liaisons between betweenSCIcnce betweenscience betweenscience SCIcnce science and psychology , and It IS ISnUh iswith iswith nUh with the res reserve resersc en e of the scientist sCIenhst that thathe thathe thathe he has examined e.anuned eanuned . psycluc phenom- phenom phenomen phenomcnz phenom-cni phenom cni - en\ en cnz ' \ . , enIn In his numerous books booJ.s booJs . , , he has hastraced hastraced hastraced traced a continuing contmuIng pattern pattcrn of psy psy- psychologIcal psychological psychological - chological not physiological , , evolu evolutIOn evolution evolution tIOn There was the pre mdlvldual individual individualthe , the individual mdIvldual , intellectually mtellcctually effec eITec- eITec eITechve effec- effec effective effective - - tive hve but "mor mor "morally morally "mor1.lly mor1.lly mor1lly " . illy monstrous , , " and andnow andnow andnow now there is emerging emergmg a super con con- conSClousness consciousness consciousness - ; sciousness SClousness , , within wtthm some l life e or- or ordained ordained or ordained - dained rubric of growth , , whIch whIchgIves whichgives whichgives gIves hope for the attainment whIchI of a areal areal areal I real civilization cIvIllZlHon : That seems to be beMr beMr beMr Mr Heard s mam main idea , , advanced advancedI advancedthrough advancedthrough advancedthrough I through his ' ' Narcissus , , " 'The The ' The As- As AsI Ascent Ascent As Ascent - I cent of Humanity Humamty , " 'The The * ' The SocIal SocIalSubstance SocialSubstance SocialSubstance Substance of Religion , " Science 'ScIence ' ' m in mthe inthe inthe the Making " and other bookslie bookslie books booksHe He lie is forty-eight forty eight forty-elght elght - - years > ) ears old , Cam Cam- Cambndge Cambridge Cambridge - bridge bndge bred , a ! : > bmall small maJl , alert man manwIth manwith manwith wIth eager eagcr blue eyes and blonde blondehair blondehair blondehair hair . At the risk of being bemg too flip flIp- flIppant flippant flippant - - pant , it may be observed that lIe lieis heis 15 is one of the main mam intellectual intellectualspark Intellectualspark intellectualspark spark plugs of England today . Heand lIe hie lIeand hieand and \ Mr l\Ir l Ir . Huxley lIu.Jey lIuJey . \ vierc were ere the guests of oflUrs ofMrs ofDIrs lUrs Mrs . Leonard Elmhirst Elmlllrst , 1172 Parlt Park Parltavenue Parkavenue Parkavenue avenue . They will st start shrt trt collaboration collabora collabora- collaborahon collaboration - tion hon on a book on their westeln westein westelntnp westeintrip vvesteintrip tnp trip . . . . Scientific War Curve Curve.DUT CurveDUT . BUT pUT BUThen , , \ when \\hen hen it comes to prophes prophesy prophesying prophesyLJ ) ing mg , here's heres ' Professor Pitinm Pitirim A ASorokm ASorokm ASorokm Sorokm of Harvard , , also in the thenews thenews thenews news , who has maintained mamtamed that thatneIther thatneither thatneither neIther a man nor a nation can l lift liftthe liftthe t tthe the veil beyond today or tomorrowAs tomorro\\ tomorro tomorrow tomorroAs tomorrowAs \ \ As the head of the Harvard de department department department partment of sociology , he sa says savs ) s a agreat agreat agreat great deal of sociology is hokum or orJust orjust orjust Just a "clerical clerical " exercise e'CerClse eCerClse ' " Currently , he catches c:1tches c1tches : national at attenHon attention attention tenHon tention with his report on wars The Thefirst Thefirst Thefirst first quarter of this century , he hefinds hefinds hefinds finds , was the "bloodiest bloodiest " period m in mall inall inall all history " Supplementing rc re rcsearches researches researches searches v/hich v hich whIch / he conducted in 1933 1933wIth 1933with 1933with wIth General N N Golovin Golovm , , he offers offers of [ fers the first scientific war curve curvecovering , covering 902 wars from the year year500 500 B C The World war svar was eIght eIghttimes eighttimes eighttimes times bigger than all al1 the rest rolled rolledmto rolledinto rolledinto . mto into oneProfessor oneProfessor one oneProfessor Professor Sorokin Sorokm is no merely merelybookish merelybookish merelybookish bookish student of wars . la In the thekickback thekickback thekick-back thekick back kick-back kick back - of war , he was jailed jailedsentenced , sentenced , and awaiting aW\ltIng aW ltIng awziting ' \ the firingsqud firingsquid firing : squid squ\d squ d ' \ . That wa was in RussIahere Russia , \\here here where wherehe \ wherehe herehe he had opposed tho the olsheiks Bolshe'iks Bolsheiks Bolshe'iksPreviously BolsheviksPreviously olshe\ olshe \ ' iks iksPrevIously PrevIously he had been arrcsted arrested arrcstedonce arrestedonce arrestedonce once for being bemg too cons conservative consersztlve en entlve \tlve tlve ' \ and andonte andonce andonce onte once for being too radical LeDIn Lenin LeDInsn Leninsased Leninsaved sn sased : cd his life hIe on condition that he lie heleve lielevee heleave le\ve le ve levee ' \ the country . He lIe came here In in1923 1923 , joined the Harvard hdarvard arvard faculty facultyand , and anti in 1930 became an American AmericancItizen Americancitizen Americancitizen cItizen . Looking over the Martian MartInn box boxscore boxscore boxscore score , he says to believe in peace peaceIs peaceis peaceis Is to believe m in miracles . . While he heIs heis heis Is much gloomier about the future futurethan futurethan futurethan than Mr . Heard , he has written one onesentence onesentence onesentence sentence which seems to put them themfor , for the moment at least , , on com com- common common common - mon ground . . He demands , , "a a " lib liberatIon liberation liboration eratIon of imagination imagmatlon , , intuition mtUltIon and andspeculation andspeculation andspeculation speculation from the prison pnson chams chains chamsof chainsof chainsof of the tact fact finders fmders " Consolidated Consolldted Consolidited , Neva Nc\\s Nc s Ness \ \ Features Fcaturea FeaturesWNU FcatureaWNU FeatureWNU * WNU Service . , |