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Show Russian Flyers Feted After Record Breaking Hop Prontosil Steals Show at Medical Meet; Kills Germs New Chemical Remedy Combats Many Diseases to Science Service. WNU Service. Scientist Says It May Be Possible to Fly Around Moon Book, Zero to Eighty, Describes IIow Its Done By JANE STAFFORD Atlantic City, N. J. Prontosil, new chemical remedy that has already saved thousands of lives 'and promises to conquer four of mankinds major germ enemies, held the spotlight at the meeting of the American Medical association here. This red dye and its chemical relative sulfanilamide, were the most Washington. Did you know important and most talked-o- f subthat right now given money jects on the program and around convention halL They even stole enough for the development the a place on the program from an of mechanisms scientists older remedy. could design a space rocket Latest disease to go down before to take a trip around the the attack of sulfanilamide is pyemoon? And that such a flight litis, serious and troublesome uricould be achieved without in- nary tract infection for which there has hitherto been no very successvoking any imaginary physi- ful treatment. cal features or laws of naSulfanilamide Treatments. ture? of pyelitis which were comCases Dr. Edwin Fitch Northrup, one of cleared up by treatment with pletely elecAmericas best known veteran trical scientists of Princeton, N. J., sulfanilamide were reported by Dr, is authority for these statements and Henry F. Helmholz of the Mayo Minn. This was clinic, proves them In his new book, Zero the firstRochester,of the use of the report to Eighty. new chemical remedy for this disLife of Imaginary Scientist. ease. Zero to Eighty is the life story of Doctor Helmholz was to have rean imaginary scientist, one Akkad ported results of treatments with Pseudoman who was born in 1920 mandelic acid, but his results with and achieved the Jules Vernian goal sulfanilamide were so much better of a trip around the moon and back and so spectacular that he made to the earth. Written as an autoe a change in his paper biography, it Is completely fiction; In order to report the sulfanilamide but fiction without one single fact treatment of fancy in it Dr. Northrup merely Meningitis, including the particuchooses the fiction form of narralar deadly variety due to streptococtive because he is wise enough to cus infection of the brain memknow that the layman likes to read branes, as well as pneumonia, gonabout people rather than about their orrhea, childbed fever, and other works. diseases caused by streptococcus inAll the scientific material skillfulfection, all yield to treatment with ly intermeshed with the fiction tale sulfanilamide or prontosil. has been worked out in considerReports of hundreds of similar able detail and is believed to be cases are now ready for publication entirely consonant with current in the Journal of the American Medproved facts and well tested tech- ical Association, the editor, Dr. Moras the author ns nical knowledge, Fishbein, declared. puts it. Chemical Checks Cocci. ' Behind the book is a considerable The chemical is not an antiseptic laof much money and expenditure bor in building small laboratory and does not kill the disease germs. models of rockets initially propelled Its action, apparently, is to keep the germs from growing and multiplyby magnetic guns. ing in the patients body. The bodys Ideas Are Patentable. own fighting forces are consequentBecause Zero to Eighty does repable to overcome the infection, resent much experimental work and ly and the patient recovers. much of the technical material is Sulfanilamide is apparently parpresented for the first time. Dr. effective in checking the ticularly his Northrup takes the precaution in foreword to point out that there are growth of the round germs of the inmany ideas in his fiction brainchild great "coccus family. These clude streptococci, pnpumococei, to and that he reserves the right protect these ideas by patents at meningococci, and gonococci. These bacteria are the causes of Type some future time. III pneumonia, for which there has Dr. Northrup pardon, Akkad been no such satisfactory serum in Pseudoman has little faith the treatment as there is in Types II hope of launching space rockets by and I; streptococcal meningitis, terrific blasts from liquid-ai- r rocket which up to now has always been engines. Scientist Pseudoman uses fatal; childbed fever, which has the magnetic gun method which al- killed thousands of mothers every lows a more gradual acceleration in spite of ail efforts to check to the terrific speed needed to get year the distressing and painful and It; beyond the sphere of the earths disease, erysipelas. All have now once influence. Then, gravitational been treated by sulsuccessfully m space, his space ship uses rocket or fanilamide prontosil. motors to steer it and slow its veThis new chemical remedy was locity once it has journeyed around by a German chemist, A. developed the moon and back to the earth. Domagk. It was first brought to the Dr. Northrup has built small attention of physicians generally by guns in his laboratory e the English doctors, Leonard and gives detailed methods of their and Meave Kenny. Its first construction and how they work. use in the United States was by They consist of a long solenoidal Drs. Perrin Long and Eleanor Bliss coll of heavy conducting wire of Johns Hopkins university. Docthrough which is passed heavy cur- tors Bliss and Long told the meetrents of alternating electricity. ing of precautions necessary in the At 2,000 cycles a second these use of the remedy. electrical waves travel down the barrel of the gun with a velocity Road Magnets Reap At of three kilometers a second. this speed they would circle the Curious Metal Crop earth at the equator in 222 minutes. From the instant the nose of the holWashington. Magnetic low metal rocket bullet enters tire road sweepers or nail pickgun until it leaves the muzzle it is ers used on gravel roads powerfully accelerated, trying ever to catch up with these speed elec- pick up a curious assortment of potential puncture makers, tric waves which drag it along. and save the motorist a conNo Limit to Size. Is no limit to siderable sum of tire expense. Theoretically there But in addition to saving money length which one might build into such an accelerating gun nor 13 and time, this type of maintenance there a limit to its cross sectional is considered an important safety mea-urs . These size. For example, on a trial test of a will draw a nail through about three rocket to a mere 40 8 kilometers inches of loose d rt, and pick up as (28Mi miles') Akkad Pseudoman much as 12 pounds of metal per uses an abandoned Utah mire shaft mile. Here is what one pound of metal over a half mile deep as the is reported to have contained after barrel of his gun. Later, when he takes off for the the magnet had passed over a North Dakota highway: 102 large nails, moon, a larger and more powerful electric gun is employed whose 137 small nails, 30 taiks, 23 pieces base is Mt. Popocatepetl in Mexico. of tin, 8 brads, 11 bottle caps, 5 This mountain, 17,880 feet high, has washers, 38 pieces of wire, 2 a fairly gentle slope on the southscrews, 5 garters, 1 needle, 1 hairwestern side toward the Pacific; a pin, 1 bolt and 1 razor blade. slope that is 275 kilometers long Thus the gun barrel used is 170 Schmidt, North Pole Is miles in length. Address for Scientist Great I ength Possible, Virtue of the electric gun, points out scortist Pseudoman, is that its Washington. Schmidt, barrel docs not need to be rigidly North Tole. ftianht as long as anv cmves in it Tint was all the address there are gentle and of large radius was on one letter m ttie small Thus, at adn i todlv staggering ev mountain of fin mil adhessed to 1 me, the gun 170 miles long and Ac idemici in O J Schmidt, loader with a barrd about 50 indies in of the Soviet Pol ir expedition, Toss r is built. It is n al'v divided has informed Science Service j in o (ie sictnms energiztd with curUncountable ktteis have been rents of ih'Tiiont and mcroas ng mniled by American children to gonig from 1.000 cc!es a Santa Claus at the sime address,' second at the start to 5,000 cyclis a but tins Is the first time one has sicond at the rnu.le of the gun been mailed to the North Tole for a marly 18,000 fiet higher up. mortal man. Jubilant after their record breaking non-stoflight of 6,262 miles from Moscow to a cow pasture near San Jacinto, Calif , three Soviet flyers were feted and congratulated on their remarkable feat. Photograph shows, Andrei Yumachev and Navigator Sergei Lanlin. The flyers, left to right. Pilot Michael Gromov, expedition of three who were m the air 62 hours and 17 minutes, exceeded the record of the Soviet trans-pola- r weeks previous by nearly 1,000 miles. p Co-Pil- Swedish Prince and Commoner Bride BRITISH GOLF ACE last-minut- to tk O UV - vfi vto VtotoO V. ll MJ- Henry Cotton, who was acclaimed as the new British Open champion at Carnoustie, Scotland, recently, after defeating leading amateurs and professionals from all parts of the world. Prince Charles, nephew of King Gustaf of Sweden, with his bride, the former Countess Elsa von Rosen, pictured soon after their recent wedding in Stockholm. By marrying a commoner, Prince Charles lost his title and prerogatives "as a member of the royal family, Families Pick New Homes as Town Starts Moving ' 4 I . g f' .. gn i - "7 f v Zjf electro-m- agnetic Cole-brook- e. r ?r "ST X V. ) Mayor Fred Howell of Shawneetown, 111., right, helps Clifford Durham and his family select their new home on the model of the new town. Fourteen hundred citizens are going to move to a new site three miles to the west and 400 feet above sea level. The project, expected to take two years, was undertaken as a result of last winters floods that completely inundated the community. Air, Not Water, Is Ilis Province electro-magnet- i I i AIRPLANE BICYCLE " au . n $ In view of the facts I have reported and the observations 1 have ... made above, it be- - $ I 1, t k v Court Bill comes perfectly Doomed plain that the V - V ., rl i X V 5? V , 4 1 ? ?. i J . k x A V , ' "if- t J - P : f i t Ar t t - 7 'T N y 7 . ; . would not hold some of ) v , to lie looks ike a deipsii d.ur about to go down, but , bp's an aviator ubout to go up This is Flight I unit M J Adam of the British rojnl fiy.ng corps, being fittid with a special h ,h altitude pressure suit bi fore his rci ent attempt at a hi h aiti'ude ret rd I.ieut Adam reached a height of 53,937 fut, sitting a new high altitude record. The addition of a pronoiier whkh controls the Fpeid of his stre im-- I noil aeroejele makes it piss ble for Doininick Devlnccni of Chicago to drive his bicycle at the rate of 43 miles per hour. President is In a position where he can lose the present court battle with ease In fact, there are many observers who believe the court legislation will have to be abandoned and that congress will be quickly overwhelmed by that annual desire of representatives and senators to conclude their work and adjourn. Let us review the situation as regards the court legislation. The President got off to a very bad start when the original bill to add six new Justices to the Supreme court was presented The original reasons he give for demanding the new power he sought were shat tired within a few d ivs after the draft of the b reached the Capi Ho was forced to abandon tnl them Mr Roosevelt then rime forward with a second set of reasons, namely, that the Supreme court as at present constituted could uot and 11 I - legislation constitutional. 7 reasons was knocked into 1. hat when the Supreme co the Washington state LI , wage law, the Wagner tions act and the sociajj- taxes. Then came the r3 1 of Justice Van Devanter Van Devanter was one 0 whorr Mr. Roosevelt ha OUS as unwilling and unlikely e cial legislation through 1 :p glasses as Mr. Rooseve situation m the country. The Van Devanter r gave the President an opp appomt a new member to fp It also gave the senate a fe mty to burst forth with e ag of its own ideas concernirsg t of man who should succtT 0f Van Devanter and the sen., not backward in promoting fou of the Democratic leadeiver Robinson. But Mr. Roosht f far has failed to fill thety and this failurehas been, T ed by the opposition aid Presidents own party as, ingness to select anyone t cal for the highest cour event, those opposed to 3efo bill contend that the Pres clal 11 111 lay constitutes only anoth as why he should accept table defeat of the cour ftrte program. When it became appare jL original bill for six could not be passed be' hey 1 oad ciary committee reporte ice. with a scathing denunc si late Senator Robinson a ig 'Jim fered a substitute bill in hit u of a compromise. This ) roa bore the authorship of Se i gan of Kentucky and Ha, Mexico. Even the subst for one addition, h year until the Supreme btred eleven members ha the same bitter criticism acterized the first measu. members of the senate sa fight it as long as they v fought the original beca give the Chief Executive the Supreme court just a her one would have done 77 Frankly, the substitute be losing ground becair house of representatives day, Chairman Sumner house judiciary committee Democrat, announced th senate should pass the bill reached his committee, never be reported to the he Sumners is a long time a the house and a highly 0, one. He dominates his c SWUI There were few who beli m u after the chairmans de j the Supreme court bill elg reach the floor of the hou',as There is yet another ph,D(ei picture. I refer to the Ime?asa age that has been drawn ,ack Democratic party on accifl0Ve court legislation It was md which Sumners spoke tvnd t hi never mentioned dire'norn speech. He talked sboi. le w the Democratic party anc i as near as he ever got . as that if the President force f ca bill through congress t no 1 might yet be able to do) result a Democratic pa New Deal party. 5ayJ ed co i sec President Roosevelt vet oar known and little discussejut, other da mf0I Star Route Bill Vetoed known 1 1 h rlgor Provide 1 Renewal of Star Route Co Tew Four Year Intervals Tt urm course, will mean little Kelt those who read these lifhat this was a bill intended to 0ld. tc those underprivileged herc about which Mr. Roosevelt tsj spoken In his fireside clf0r the radio. The men who )ur benefited by this piece rurst tion were the star route cj die the mails the service If, B to the stagecoach i. j America and the sen on which originated the Post wer menta famous phrase, jo t The s xhi must go through. is the only means by whi Bto many thousand persons 8'abe receive mails on anyth! modern basis because th ,ged reaches the out of the rasl towns where railroads sr rith and possibly never will K F 1 t-- K x - Washington. Many times in these columns I have had occasion to write in praise of Great Leader Senator Joe Rob- Passes On 1115011 of Arkansas Democratic the leader in the senate. His magnificent qualities, his capacity as a statesman and the regard with which he was held by Republicans and Democrats alike were such that further praise from this pen would be of little value. Suffice it to say that ip Joe Robinsons death the nation is the loser because be fought the good fight But Senator Robinsons sudden death a few days ago has precipitated a political condition of gravest importance. Although none of us who knew him nor those with whom he was associated in an official capacity could have foreseen his sudden death, I think it is proper to say that the passing of Joe Robininson may have more fluence upon his countrys history than all of his long and distinguished career in public life. That is to say, fate possibly has turned in this instance to the role It sometimes plays the role of master strategist. The answer is simple. Joe Robinson was the field marshal for the Roosevelt administration. Particularly, he was the field marshal in the greatest legislative battle to reach the floors of congress since the days of slavery, and this coincided with the daring adventure of an epochal administration. President Roosevelt leaned upon Senator Robinson to put through the senate a bill that would permit the Chief Executive to appoint additional justices of his own choosing to membership in the Supreme court of the United States. He leaned upon the Arkansas senator for many other things as well, but it seems to be the consensus of opinion that Mr. Roosevelts administration may well stand or fall by the success or failure of his program to reorganize the judiciary of the United States. It seems further that if the President fails to obtain congressional approval for this plan which would give the President domination over the court system of the country, he will have lost control of the legislative branch of the government for the remainder of his term. Few Presidents have been able to carry on successfully without the of the legislative branch. It is too early, of course, to say whether the death of Senator Robinson means defeat of the court packNevertheless, most ing program. of the astute political observers in Washington indeed, many of the Presidents own party in the senate believe that the passing of the Democratic leader was a fatal blow to the Presidents power in congress. This results from the fact that Joe Robinson was able to mold together many groups and cliques and hold them by the sheer power of his lovable personality in a co hesive, workable unit The countrj never will know how well and faithfully Joe Robinson fought for the President and his policies. 1 have said in these col umns heretofore and 1 repeat that I do not believe Senator Robinson favored all of the New Deal poll cies, in his heart. He was progressive but he had sound ideas; he stood by the President and the New Deal with courage and capacity, but on many occasions, I have reason to believe, he fought for those prin cipies because he believed he should either fight as a member of his party or retire. Further, he knew that il he would retire he would not have the opportunity nor the influence to persuade the radi cal wing if the New Dealers to pro pose reasonable policies. In other words, the late Democratic leader was attempting to be a leader in fact as well as in name and many are the Indications where he was able to pull the theorists and the radical New Dealers back from the brink of political destruction. ck tion. I watched this im legis g cul& saw Senator Democrat, of Tennessee, bill In vicious language saw the senate pass It by1,e s nearly two to one. In addition, I know tna Sr rcsentutives of these lit le1 a8l carriers (l.ttle known those whom they direi orl had trud for a number c 0,1 obtain a basis, of pay ft tp thim live They (hulls to convince 1istmaxtu hon frariey that unh s they h d more money the .number go bn ke in carryminut cl tracts would be eml mg tmii ing vote; 1 0 11 Wistern Nejksul |