Show between the shadow of a benzedrine inhaler and a lipstick To the surprise of San Quentin's guards the figures Mrs Dean gathered when the Inspectoscope was first put into operation showed that 60 per cent of female visitors carried scissors in their handbags This was important news A single scissors blade can be a deadly weapon and is commonly used in prison disturbances But the Inspectoscope has acted like a good police officer Just the knowledge that it is there makes most visitors cautious about what they carry and the scissors figure is now down under 10 per cent The 10 per cent are checked at the Inspectoscope house for the visit ACM EASY SUET 7 11161 rqlIlltmt"ttatoc I i7sAaminnmenre-omm- f4ip 110) 1:- -: ' 1 - One of San Quentin's less bashful visitors was a pregnant woman who begged Mrs Dean to tell her whether it would be a girl or a boy For the sake of an answer Mrs Dean made the same 50 per cent guess anyone else could have made and then forgot about The incident Some months later the woman came around to show off her newborn offspring "You see you were right!" she delightedly told Mrs Dean "It was a boy" The prototype of the present Inspectoscope was first' invented in 1942 by the head of San Francisco's Sicular Inspectoscope Company Early in World War IL Henry Sicular had business at a West Coast Navy Yard and on entering was asked if he carried any weapons or a camera It Itruck him as loose security when the gateman took a simple "no" for an answer So Sicular set Out to make it really tough for spies or saboteurs When his gadget was finally given practical trials its importance proved to be in detecting not only what a spy might sneak into a military base but the staggering items of petty theft that came out of such places new-fangl- el 11:411111 t ' " ''' A' 60011P''' 400' 4 - 7 :: th ub - 4444 t 4:10f ' d 4 " ' I 6 44 e t ° " IIR CS - ' - - i 1:::77-- '" '''''' ''' o0 14 I 4 4 14111' ' ''Z t - -":--: : ' I iti—4 if 4 — - 1 '4- : '' I I a 1 All - oor:: 4 16 I ii - i k ''''''''''''"""' it A tt l' i 1 A - ftIL r )4 - lig Baal A '1 t A 1: 0 4 ' il ' I r 6 4 :- i':' - - 4 ' lr - i I 1 it A ' ONE day in 1943 only one per cent of the civilian personnel of the Mare Island Calif Navy Yard was by the Inspectoscope and was relieved of the following: 4 paint brushes 1 cargo hook 2 carburetor brushes 3 rolls of wire 2 hand drills 1 brace 1 flashlight 1 length of rope 2 file scrapers 2 files 1 1 bag of nuts bag of cloves 3 gallons of varnish a can of ham 1 gallon of salad oil 1 jar of peach jam 2 drill ratchets 2 drills 3 bottles of whisky 4 navy coats 1 bag of towels 3 brass toggle pins 4 cans of sardines 1 pipe nipple and I roll of sandpaper At shipyards and military bases in other parts of the country the results proved about the same "The authorities found" says Sicular "that an average of one person out of ten was carrying out some material This pilferage averaged government-owne- d fifty cents a day per employee A plant that was employing three thousand people was losing about fifteen hundred dollars a day" Once Word of the Inspectoscope's remarkable on page 21 I A fi- x:- : ii' ' - ' I' '''I - ice A t li 40' AI' ' it4 ' q - A ' '6 A -s' -- 4 ' 0 4 Al 1 - t - 0 ' i á 1ER 11'0 - - 6 ' ' ' - 4i k 1 R ict 044446 TA612L- :::-- - 100 - 4 i ail:I104w 7 k- e eoltry 4t (1--' --- 0- - its snooping ways few people resent the Inspectoscope Most prefer it to the indignity of being frisked by hand Some 'extroverts even approach it eagerly in the belief that it takes their pictures !711111111111:"46- irI 4 t loam Liks It DESPITE 01°' t ‘ "'' 1-- '' ) 1 s I t d ' -- A- 174 - ' 6 ''N$ ' - ttte - ''' - - flT:j 741r "MAGIC EYE" at work: subject stands between two booths one of 'which contains operator ' " I '' ' ' 1 ' 4 I': '' —:' '' " '2 - ' — i ' 00'''' tt 3 j : i t'"'m ' ''''"t" sit t t k ' - rIP''461'4 ' 221k1 4 4 4 41 ' IA r v40i:' 4 r I 4 Your answer to a hurry-usnack call — RITZ and a cheese spread like new Cheez Whiz Because RITZ has a very special flavor that brings out the best in all kinds of cheese Only RITZ fairly melts in your mouth with the richer goodness that comes from extra amounts of pure shortening And p 4 ' "' CRACKERS P' ' '''t e AVOI )04 - ft 1 l 'alalftwtrir -- O 4f 4 N 1-- - t ! r it i1 t e- ' - 01 I I - ' 'r- 74 It's Richer! It's Crisper! It's RITZ—baked e s t -- “k t Ai other cracker can possibly match the way this cracker stays crisp under spreads (A new baking process guarantees crispness!) Good suggestion: keep plenty of RITZ CRACKERS and cheese spreads on hand—be ready to serve this tastiest of twosomes quick as you can pick up a knife! no flaky-tend- er j7 by NABISCO Z with- al r NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY -- 7:-- 0 "7Thcit -- -- '11 |