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Show rs MINUTE MEN CAP Rapidly Expands Services Since Outbreak of Korean War Since the outbreak of the war Jn Korea, enrollments have rocketed to a new peak in the Civil Air Patrol, the volunteer civilian pilots organization which helped fight German submarines off our coasts with frail puddle-jumplandplanes in the early years of World War II, and also gave basic school training to many thousand highschoolers who later became military pilots. Today the flying minute men of the CAP are giving basic training directly to over 22,000 cadet members, aged 15 to 18; besides this their ground school program Is Installed as an accredited course in hundreds of public high schools; they are in training themselves and are training new members for defense problems, participation in rescue work and antisabotage patrol. Their service pay consists of the privilege of buying their own uniforms and of contributing dues to cover their regular operating expenses. all-tim- j e er ; 1 I . civ-ilia- air-sear- n ch TOTAL MEMBERSHIP of CAP has topped the 175,000 mark and is still climbing. There is a rapid shift of inactive senior members to active status again. The CAP radio communications network, available for either civilian or military emergencies, has expanded from 538 stations thinly of the covering some area of continental United States in 1948, to approximately 6,500 stations blanketing the United States and extending to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The network is equipped with government surplus radio telephone material, serviced and operated by CAP instructors and their cadet radio communications students. two-thir- ds SOME 6,000 CAP cadets attended summer encampments at 32 air force bases for intensive study of jet engine operation and maintenance, radar detection work, and other ground school training sub- - Large Area jarred As Meteor Explodes In Sky Near Paducah NASHVILLE, Tenn. The area from Paducah, Ky., to Nashville, Tenn., was jarred recently by a meteor which flashed through the sky and apparently exploded in the air., The Illinois Central railroad dispatcher in Paducah said reports from all along his line to Memphis told of a jar of an explosion. He said a railroad signalman at Covington, Tenn., 40 miles north of Memphis, told of seeing a ball of fire in the sky getting larger and larger, then exploding. At Murray, Ky., William Barnett, a filling station operator, reported a piece of the meteor fell on his farm. Observers said the object was about the size of a mans head. One report of the sky flash was given in .Memphis by American Airlines Capt. H. J. Garman, of Dallas, Tex. Garman had just landed a DC-- 6 with 41 passengers from Washington. We sighted that thing about 1:30 a. m some 50 miles east of Nashville, Garman said. I was flying at 18,000 feet and it looked as though it came right across our nose. I tell you, I never saw such a brilliant flash of light before. It wasnt clear light. It seemed to be burning with an orange, yellow and blue flame. I cant say for sure whether it burned out in the air or hit the ground. Ive seen hundreds' and hundreds of meteors, but that was the lowest I ever saw one. It lit up the whole sky. Patrolman Albert K. Yancy nt Paducah said witnesses reported the meteor lighted up the Paducah area about 3 a.m. so brightly that you could almost read a newspa per by Roger C. Whitman jects. The cadets were ferried in PAVING A SARD air force transport planes from their home states to their encampWe have a small Question; ment location, and back again. in our yard that is unpaved. In the peacetime years space We want to cement it. What sort since VJ day, CAP volunteer pilots of solution could we pour into have done a large share of the the roots of rescue flying, to locate lost this earth to deaden the wild greens that grow up planes and crash victims; they come have logged hundreds of hours of there? We fear they might forest fire patrol; have participat- up through the cement after it is ed in haylift operations after laid. -- so-call- ed air-sear- ch western blizzards; have flown medicines into flooded areas. In a number of such emergencies the CAP radio communications network has been the only means of outside contact with flooded or storms wept Answer: If the cement is properly laid with several inches of d thickness over earth, I do not see how ordinary weeds, etc. could break through the ceareas. ment: Lacking air and sunlight In 1948 congress gave CAP per- there will be no growth. I do not manent status as an auxiliary of see that you have any reason to the air force, which provides an if the cement is thick liaison headquarters with worry and properly laid. How a compact air force staff in each enough AF-CA- well-tampe- P ever, if you wish to kill the growth before-hanpour on a strong solution of rock salt or calcium chloride. There are also weed- - killing preparations on sale at garden supply stores. d, eiKMTGH) HrjE O TO POP TENDER ii -- fc DELICIOUS i women 0,0,7 mrrt J7 M ifUOW 2 Lydia E. pffijKfc Compound to r.ll7, Regular use of Plnfcham! build up resistance annoying middle-ag- e dlitaSfl AT ALL GROCERS V LYDIA E. state to coordinate activities of the civilian volunteer organization with those of the military men. ATOMIC (38-5- you suffer from hot nervous, 'A' J f I 1 PINKHmC , f r. TESTS N.Y. Indian Bjlyi I Color! Era T raced JEN jes. American Indians inhabited New York state as long as 5,000 yearsago, instead of the 2,000 years ago as previously estimated, according to the New ALBANY, N. 101 jl and w Y. They jtile way! York science service. The announcement said hunting and fishing Indians were living in the state about 5,000 B.C., around the time the great pyramids on the Nile were built. The announcement was also described as one that would revolutionize archeological thinking. The new findings were made by scientists of the school for nuclear studies at the University of Chicago and resulted from measuring the amount of radioactivity remaining in samples of charcoal excavated from the fireplaces and cremation Indian vilpits of the oldest-know- n lages in the state. The measurement showed that the trees from which the charcoal came had died between 4,950 and 5,380 years ago. New Method Used The studies were based on an earlier finding that the bombardment of the atmosphere by cosmic rays created a natural radioactive form of carbon which is a part of the carbon dioxide in the air taken in by plants and animals. As long as these plants and animals are alive, this radioactive carbon is replenished, so that the amount in the body remains constant. When the organism dies, no additional radioactive carbon is accumulated, and that which is present in the body begins to disintegrate at a constant rate. After 5,720 years, the evidence of this radioactive carbon is only one-haas strong as it is at the time of death. With the aid of special instru-ments, scientists at Chicago Universitys nuclear studies school have been able to determine the amount of evidence of radioactive carbon Cranl Expert say Cookery lf 1 in the remains of formerly living things such as charcoal, mummy cloth, basketry and seashells. Establishment of a ratio of this radioactive evidence to the amount present in the living body makes it possible to determine how long ago the living thing actually died. Nomadic People Samples of charcoal taken from fireplaces found in the village sites of the oldest-knowIndian groups in the state and similar samples from cremation pits used by the first Indians to become acquainted with agriculture were sent to the n jjr J Easier to use says Ida food radio Bailey Allen, world-famon authority and and television personality. 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