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Show kT w )e45CV Washinglon, D. C. 'GOOP BOMBS' HIT JAPAN WASHINGTON. The inside storj of how the army and navy are burning burn-ing up Japan's main cities, block by block, may now be revealed at least In part. The two greatest contributions tc the burning of Japan are the B-2S and a new, still somewhat mysterious mysteri-ous fire-bomb known as the "goop bomb." Just how the 'goop bomb" got its name isn't known. However, it's the most terrible fire spreader spread-er in the world. Part of its secret is an oily mush developed, by petroleum petro-leum chemists. This makes the con; tents of the bombs stick in gluelike gobs to anything it bits, making it almost impossible for Japanese firefighters fire-fighters to scrape it loose. However, what really made the bomb the most terrible In the world was experiments carried car-ried out by some of Henry Kaiser's Kai-ser's West coast scientists. They found Kaiser had a surplus of fast burning, white-hot magnesium magne-sium production on his hands, and they also knew one of the greatest difficulties in making magnesium is its high explosive content. So they experimented with mixing magnesium dust in the oil of the bomb. This magnesium dust lights up in a searing blaze as soon as it comes in contact with air. Result is the hottest fire ever known. Most important effect of the "goop bomb" is that no known fire-fighting equipment can douse its flames. Water Wa-ter only adds to the blaze; as do any of the other specialized flre-fighting flre-fighting chemicals. All the Japs do now against the "goop bomb" is to try to confine the area in which it burns, not put it out. This is one reason for increasing increas-ing optimism about an early end of the Jap war. CONTINUED CENSORSHIP With the European war over, everyone ev-eryone expected press censorship ta ease up. In some respects, however, how-ever, especially in the Pacific, it ia getting tougher. Not only are newspapers barred from even speculating regarding certain international phases of the Pacific war, but the navy for some weird reason hushed up the bombing of the airplane carrier Franklin from April 26, when she got to New York, to May 17, when the disaster dis-aster finally was announced. There were obvious reasons for keeping the news quiet while the ship was en route through the Panama canal But once it passed the canal and was safely tied up in New York, aU danger was past, however, the navy still invoked censorship. AMERICA'S'NO. ONE HEEL Former OPA Administrator Leor Henderson is a sad man these days. Every time he picks up the newspapers, news-papers, he reads story after storj telling how Washington has giver some manufacturer permission tc produce again. Henderson recalls how he gained the reputation of being "America'i No. 1 heel," by cutting down th American civilian consumption to al most zero. "If I could only change all that," moans Henderson. "If the Presidenl would only give me a job for one week just one short week in which I could give the people back some of the things I took away from them. Then folks wouldn't think I'm suet a bad guy after all." DIPLOMATIC CHAFF C. South Africa's prime minister Jar Christian Smuts seldom speaks bui when he does, every one listens. C. Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, has been the mos: effective go-between in conciliatinf Russian-western differences. C Sen. Glenn Taylor of Idaho ha used only five gallons of gas sine arriving in Washington an example which could be. emulated by a lo' of other bigwigs. C, Secret service is on the trail of c counterfeiting ring which has cir culated hundreds of thousands o: spurious one dollar bills. . . . Thej all bear the same serial number are considered one of the cleveres jobs recently pulled. !, One reason General Eiscnhowei and his staff have been so upse about congressmen visiting the bat tie zones is that when the German! counterattacked last December, thi Nazis sent a powerful paratrooi i force to take the little towr j of Cernay. Had they landed oni week earlier to the hour, they wouk have captured the entire houst military a flairs committee delega tion then in France. C Correspondents refer to Secretary of Slate Stettinius as "Junior." C Wives of some conference dele gates are having a field day buyini clothes. . . . One woman marchec ; into the hat section of a departmen 1 store, grabbed up 40 chapeaux wit out even trying them all on. C The navy department has done i bang up job convincing delegates o I America's military might. . . . Th navy takes delegates on blimp rides boat rides, and airplane tours o West coast navy installations show Ing them America's striking powe Yrst hand. |