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Show THE Thursday, Decmber 3. 1936 Keeping Up I Mlr vvI' itinajcience 1 I I m I ervcc e Ketone Marvie. WNU Horvlc. Chemical of Sight Made to Rebuild Itself in Tube Visual Purple Now Is Regenerated a chemical VISUAL purple, in the eye, and necessary for seeing, has been made to rebuild itself in a test tube under controlled experimental conditions, in the laboratory of Prof. Selig Ilecht of Columbia university. This is the first time that the pro. cess has taken place under fully controlled conditions, which make Its repetition possible. It Is the first time since 1878 that visual purple has been regenerated at all, although many physiologists have tried wihout success to repeat the experiment of Dr. W. Kuhne of Heidelberg university, who in that year reported having accomplished this very exciting biochemical feat Professor Hecht's associates in his present research are Drs. Aurin M. Chase, Simon Shlaer and Charles Haig. Found In the Retina. Visual purple is a pinkish-purpl- e pigment or dyestuff of involved chemical composition, found in the of the retina, or layer of the eye. Both in the living eye, and when chemically extracted into a glass vessel. It loses its color when illuminated, first turning yellow and then completely colorless. In the glass vessel. It has never been turned back to its original col or again, except in the 1878 ex periment of Dr. Kuhne. But in the living eye the reaction is reversible. that is, if the light Is shut off the visual purple forms itself anew from the colorless product of its photo chemical breakdown. Physiologists regard the success of Professor Hecht and his as sociates in reversing the bleaching of visual purple at will as a very substantial forward step toward the ultimate understanding of the process of seeing, because it is now oossible to perform controlled ex periments in one very vital part of that process, where experiments have been impossible until now. Visual purple for the present research was obtained from the eyes of frogs. The animals were kept in the dark for several hours; then they were killed quickly, and the pigment removed from their eyes by chemical extraction processes, rod-cel- ' light-sensiti- ls More Color Promised for Moving Pictures ROCHESTER, N. Y. Color, brilliantly true to life, promises to be the next widespread change in the cinema world And in laboratories scientists are working on the difficult problem of giving depth or per spective to the movie screen. Death by Rusting 1 Oxygen, as everybody now knows. Is the real essence of the breath of life. If it were to be wholly removed from the atmosphere of this planet, we should all perish mouse and man, toadstool and tree. Some rocks contain oxygen, locked up la Sometimes chemical combination. this combination can be cracked. as by volcanie action. Then the oxygen is turned loose, largely as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide Is still unbreathe- able, but it is eagerly seized upon by plants, which extract the carbon for food manufacture, and return half of the oxygen free. Thus the atmosphere is replenished. May Absorb All Oxygen. But there are other rocks, very abundant, too, containing Iron in the partly oxidized "ferrous" form. This ferrous oxide is thirsty for more oxygen, to complete its trans formation into the "ferric" form. Ferric oxide is most familiar to us as common Iron must, but it is also responsible for most of the common red rocks and soild. Professor Russell suggests that eventually the ferrous minerals will absorb all the oxygen in the air. or yet to be released Into the air. locking it all up in ferric minerals. The earth will then be without the g life as we know it. This stage may perhaps already exist on Mars, the rust-replanet. But It is not due to arrive here tomorrow or the next day. Perhaps in a billion years, says Professor Russell. Many Have Watched Skies. Reports from many watchers of the skies, whether of remote neb ulae and stars, or of the nearer planets and satellites, or of the doings of the earth's own intimate envelope of gases which we call the atmosphere, are found in the new Smithsonian report. e Possibilities of weather forecasting are dicussed by the Smithsonian institution's secretary. Dr. Charles G. Abbot, and by a British "guest writer," Sir GUbert T. Walker. Doctor Abbot's approach to earth's weather is through the sun's radiation, a subject he had studied for many years. Sir Gilbert sticks to earth, finding correlations between weather today in one part of the earth and the weather some months hence In another place. " 120,000,000 Year Old Fish Found in Texas Rock er Germany Berlin. Germany is now the comgreatest aluminum-producinpany in the world. Its output of the light metal during 1935, 70,500 tons, was greater than the combined alu minum production of the United States and France. Germany's vast rearmament program, particularly in the air, is responsible for the sudden leap in aluminum produc tion. Germany has no deposits of baux ite, or aluminum ore, and imports all necessary quantities from Hun gary, Italy, and Jugoslavia. The 1935 bauxite imports amounted to S05,000 tons. g m Dy Indians Use More Than Thousand Plant Foods Simple But Smart Models - s I to VIRGINIA VALE m said that Fred Astaire been much upset over the fact that his radio programs haven't come up to expecta tions. In fact, it's reported that he wanted to drop the whole thing but just try to get out of a contract to broadcast, once you're in it! He's continuing and if they'll just give him the right scripts to work with there's no reason why he shouldn't be tremendously suc cessful. You may recall that Maurice IT'S "Heroes of the Sea" By FLOYD GIBBONS. Famous Headline Hunter FROM William sweU M. Thorn of Brooklyn, N. Y., comes g tale of a story of the sea a g Bill of fine true a and courage. sinking Bhip, epic tells this tale of the wreck of the steamer Sibiria in 1916, and it's one that I wouldn't have missed for a lot of money. Bravery and hardihood aren't such common qualities these days that you can afford to pass them up, and this yarn will bring to light a certain feat of the Lansdowne volunteer crew of the English coast guard that well deserves to be recorded in print. 1916. on was in heart-breakinsea-goin- Pifff Chevalier felt that same way about his broadcasts but they were popularly considered flops right to the last if the opinion of the great American public that stayed home and listened to them counts for anything. Al Jolson was pretty unhappy about his first programs, but he gritted his teeth and went right on. Eill Thorn chief engineer the Sibiria, and November, she was carrying munitions from Halifax to London. She crossed the Atlantic without incident, but the night of the nineteenth was black and wild, with a high sea running. A few miles off to port lay the Kent coast, with do lights showing, due to the danger of air raids. All bands were looking forward to tying up at the Tilsbury docks the next morning, BUT THE SIBIRIA WAS NEVER TO MAKE FAST TO A PIER n Clark Gable abandoned his New York vacation after three days ol being almost torn apart by autograph seekers and enthusiastic fans, and Carole Lombard didn't even start for the East after hearing what had happened AGAIN. The Sibiria Was in Serious Trouble. Sometime In the black stormy night a mistake was made. The look out had missed the North Foreland lighthouse beacon, and now the Sibiria was in serious trouble. Practically at the mouth of the River Thames lie the treacherous Goodwin Sands, graveyard of many a ship. set to trap German submarines. In the same locality was a mine-fielThe Sibiria had blundered in between the two. Lost wallowing through rough seas in Inky blackness her captain was faced with a difficult choice. He could either run her into the mine field, and probably be blown to bits, or take his chances with the dreaded quicksands. "What an alternative." says BilL "But on the Goodwin Sands we had at least a slim chance of being rescued by the English coast guard. d, Incidentally, dur- ing his brief stay in New York a girl who's part of the movie business Clark Gable there noticed a man on the street who looked very much like the famous Clark face, figure, even clothes bore a strong resemblance. The only anncuity was mat ne was DiacKea up she insists that the man was a white man who'd used burnt cork. d The specimen was found near the when theatrical talkies will use color film almost entirely. Engi town of McKinney, Texas, by W. neers point to the recent develop- W. Pruett. It was in the center ment of amateur color film that of a limestone rock dug from under In about a year has made black- - the foundation of an old monument. movies almost obsolete. Breaking of the rock revealed the The difficulty In applying the same specimen. In appearance, the specimen Is process to the theaters is that it has not yet become possible to make similar to that of the present-da- y prints by the color process most perch, except that It was a marine fish living in deep waters. It was widely used for home movies. Usefulness of color films Is not about six inches in length, and was limited to entertainment or amateur a swift swimmer. use. The making of permanent col Linked With Kansas Fossils. or movie records of difficult med The specimen, which belongs to in use of ical operations will be the cretaceous geologic period of teaching future surgeons. The com about 120,000,000 years ago. helps 16 millimeter color to pact, home-typ- e complete the picture of marine motion pictures can be used in this life as it then existed off the coast work. important of this continent, according to C. J. More color in professional motion Hesse, research assistant in the that is forecast by reports pictures museum here. the lenticular type of color film, Fossil fish of the same geologic although now largely superseded for epoch have been found in abun amateur use, is adaptable to large dance in western Kansas, Mr. Hesse theater projection. Present color said. But they are mostly near-shor- e movies are produced by a more fish. The present discovery complicated and costly method. is one of the few deep-watfish of the period to be found in North America. Leads World in Aluminum Production OV1C oxygen-breathin- long-rang- STAR DUST Club when the sun goes out, or in the apocalyptic fires of a Judgment day, may possibly be the event ual fate of the earth. This sug gestion is made by Prof. Henry Korris Russell, Princeton university astronomer, writing in the new annual report of the Smithsonian institution. PAGE SEVEN ! rather and-whi- te t NEPII1. UTAH Adventurers' Minerals May Absorb All tbe Oxygen A BERKELEY. CALIF. fossil deep-watof first perch, its kind to be found in North has been received by Color Is used In some extent In America, commercial productions, but the en the museum of paleontology of gineers look forward to the day the University of California. ' S. mud May Be Eventual Fate of Earth rusting DEATH byby freezing TIMES-NEW- s new radio program on hookup that ought to Interest everybody who has ideas a There's coast-to-coa- st for soch programs. It r?as originated by Octavus Roy Cohen, the famous story writer, and it's called "Agony Column." It is based on letters from people who write In giving problems they want solved. For Instance, here's an example. A boy wrote in, saying that for years he had been searching for the perfect girl. He met her on a cruise. They didn't even tell their names-j- ust used silly nicknames. But the ship was the Morro Castle, which caught fire at sea two years ago, causing the loss of so many lives. He doesn't know whether she was saved or not They were to tell their real names when they landed. So he doesn't even know her name. And he wants to find her. Another Lifeboat Battling Its Way Toward Us. So Captain Swift steered away from the mine field and gray dawn saw the Sibiria on the sands, held fast, pounded by the waves and SLOWLY SINKING." Rockets and wireless messages were sent out mil through the ' night. Finally, In the light of the gray dawn, they saw an open lifeboat headed toward them from Deal. Huddled on the bridge and the boat deck the Siberia's crew watched the boat's crew make a terrific fight against the sea. Imagine the disappointment those fellows must have felt, when, after hours of battling, the lifeboat was forced to return to shore. Couldn't Launch the Boats. last resort the captain ordered one of the Sibiria's own boats launched. It was battered to pieces against the side of the ship almost as soon as it hit the water. "It was now afternoon," says BilL "The As a " deck was awash and on the staircase of the dining salon we could see of us huddled the water slowly rising, one step every hour. Fifty-tw- o on the bridge and the boat deck, waiting, waiting. Our hopes rose as, from Ramsgate, on the north, our straining eyes picked out another lifeboat battling its way toward us. But it was the same story. The high seas broke their oars and almost swamped them. They, too, returned to shore." It was getting dark by then. The masts, funnel and bridge and boat deck were all that remained above water. "We were being drenched by every wave," says BilL "The end was in sight but we hadn't reckoned with the determination of English seamen. They hadn't given up. Again from the direction of Deal came a boat, making a bitter struggle. This time a British destroyer, at the risk of being stood by and illuminated the scene with torpedoed by lurking her searchlights. For more weary hours the crew of that lifeboat fought the mountainous seas. Nearer and nearer they came while we held our breaths every time a big roller hit them. It was a life and death matter to us but it looked this time as if they were going to make it" Then Came the Coast Guardsmen. They did make It! And what a scene that was. The lifeboat couldn't come alongside the ship, for it would have been dashed to pieces. But they came np on the lee side, and, at the uhouted instructions of the boat's coxswain, one man jumped into it each time it swept past on the trough of a wave. ONE MAN AT A TIME that's all they could take. Then, to get in position again, they had to row clear around the ship. Around they went. and a second man leaped into the boat Around they went again and again. There were IS men in that boat.. They were the Lansdowne volunteer crew, and most of them were fishermen. Their names deserve g battle with the to go down into history, for, after a waves getting out to a spot two other boats had failed to reach, they rowed around that ship time and again, saving a life at each trip. If you hadn't realized how rapidly Robert Taylor has climbed the rungs of the ladder leading to movie popularity, just consider the fact that be has signed a new seven-yecontract which will bring him $2,000 a week at first and during the last two years will add $5,000 to his bank account each week. All this as the result of a year's work for until a year or so ago he wai just a minor player. ar Ruth Chatterton's buying a new plane; she just can't get enough of flying when she pilots her own. Incidentally, doesn't she do a grand piece of work In "Dods worth"? Never has she given a better performance. And of course it's an exceptionally good picture the kind that makes audiences applaud when It turns out the way they want it to. '"I- Vf ATRON, maid, heart-breakin- - it or tiny miss your attention please. For as- sembled here are three lovely frocks to brighten your wardrobes. All are designed to be made at home, quickly and inexpensively, and each is accominstrucpanied by a tion chart which makes sewing a real pleasure and recreation. The lovely and graceful day time or afternoon frock. Pattern 1949, features a novel yet simple yoke and collar treatment, a clever swing skirt, and youthful sleeves, long or short. 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There Is only one known way to prevent all these troubles. That Is thorough smoking. Of course everyone knows how uncertain the old smokehouse Is. Other smoking methods, or substitutes for smoking, are likewise risky. How can you tell whether or not the meat la Fine drops of moisture appeared on the hams and sides. The smoke was "condensing" on them. This led to S. S. COLGIN, vbo tHmvrtd FIGARO my discovery that smoke could thoroughly be condensed, smoked? But and simply If you want to "brushed on" the be SURE your come ti densed Smoke has saved since then Years of research, since, have re- and whole-som- e and eatvealed what really causes meat to evbrush able, Note "A." This la photograph spoil. ery square of the the microscope what eye sees when focused on that old Mold is a mold. enemy, green 8W.ft.hrtniwirmim fir. .afe X . - mwM i w WNU SerTice. Founded Cleveland Ohio, was founded in Cleveland, Indians of North Washington. 1796, by surveyors frcm ConJuly, America tasted, and found good for who represented another food, over a thousand of the plants necticut company, which had bought a strip on the continent. This land No less than 1112 species of plants of land along Lake Erie. by Connecticut by used in some way as food by Indians had been claimed charter, but are listed in a new publication com- right of its old British over it to rule had it relinquished a piled by chemist, Elias Yanovsky the federal government and had of the United States bureau of chem sold tha land to the Connecticut istry and soils. The list includes company. The company, in terns, algae, and fungi and shows Land resold farms and town lots that Indian cooks contrived fruit turn, to people in Connecticut, New York soups, breads, and elsewhere, and these settled in jellies, beverages, and other dishes. he city and tht region around it Sleeping Knight Zakopane's landmark is Giewont or the Sleeping Knight a long mountain whose shape resembles that of a knight stretched out asleep on the ground. It is one of the highest peaks in Poland and various legends center about it One tale is that the Sleeping Knight is the guardian of the mountains, and that to the end of time he will protect the mountains and all guests. Another legend says that within the mountains sleeps the legendary king, Boleslaw the Brav3 with all his knights. parties follow may do a modern picture "CamMe," before she gets into costume for "Beloved," which is laid in the time of Napoleon . . . If you think Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd sound a bit breathless when they begin their remember that they've broadcasts, probably been practicing jig steps to Don Voorhees' music by way of warmParamount plans to have ing up Bing Crosby make pictures with plots, and sing just incidentally, from note At least one of the big motion on picture companies has been signing up young actors and actresses on contracts but paying them no money; just keeping them from signing with anyone else, while the company decides whether to use them or not. S Western Newspaper Union. ... ... 30-da-y '., meat What un- meatwill the told hours of through beekbreaking labor FIGARO Con- hot summer months sweet I - S WNU Service. cidness, usually near the bone. It is a bacteria, shown here through the By S. Eugene Colgin smoked more than two billion pounds of meat On my father's farm 80 years ago I discovered what happened to meat during smoking In the old smokehouse. I have 'A.-w- ... to ke easy-to-ma- Bacteria Attacks Unprotected Areas of Meat-Exp- ert Explains Way to be Will Meats Sure Keep Thru Summer It's reported that James Cagney has had so much difficulty with his first picture made under his new affiliations that he'd be glad to bury the hatchet and go back to working for War; ' ner Brothers. Every Man Was Rescued. Which brings up man FIFTYhad been rescued. last until And they didn't stop every the fact that Bette TWO TIMES they circled the Sibiria. Then, with 68 people in their badly Davis has shown overloaded boat, they started a precarious journey back to the shore. that she can take it If It was hard going out, It was worse going back. The rowers After losing her lewere tired. The load was more than three times as great as it with Warner fight gal www bad been on the trip to the sinking ship. Of that struggle Bill Brothers and being we is all the "But made much. it doesn't Thorn way right," say James Cagney forbidden to make be describes it. Yet, I can read between the lines of that simple pictures in England, too. statement, and I guess yon can, that she'd come announced she The Sibiria was under charter to the Canadian government, but her home and go back to work as if Wood-rocrew was American. So it came about that our own President, had never been any trouble. Wilson, was the man who took official recognition of the Lansdowne there crew's brave act. He awarded the coxswain a gold medal and a silver ODDS AND ENDS . . . Crete Car-b- o one to each of the oarsmen. "And, believe me," says Bill Thorn, "they certainly has changed; the ioes to deserved at least that" She occasionally nowadays - A! fungus" ; technically not a bacteria, but Its action Is similar. This parasite attacks the surface of the meat. 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