Show NEWS THIS WEEK I 1 by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK dr dr I robert tobert IL bod edard NEW dard experimenting with rock ets for or the last 24 years yean and stead ily malang progress pro gresi has had as ai his goal the th pena pa dr goddard of the wits has both feet feel higher atanoa on thu tit world phere ble 1310 aetta catapulting the hosid of messages across the ocean and sundry 1 scientific inquiries to which he has thought his unique gunnery ml supply the answer although much jules vernish stuff has liten keen tw written rItten about his rockets to the moon and about shooting people across c the atlantic la in afew a few minutes u tes hi be has been an aloof and pa alpa alent scientist in intent tent on seeing only what he sees and not making aking any handsome promises so far as ibis courier knows tho the suggestion by maj james a randolph Hin dolph that rockets may replace heavy artillery for loss long range ranee bombardment of cities is the he first official of their possible usa ose in warfare he be specifically cites i the work of dotor doctor goddard at a time when doctor goddard Is pil ingup ap new patents and getting some of his biggest lers under cen arol it Is in also them the time when the tiny we motored plane evolving from the toy and control controlled lid by radio Is absorbing the inter est olf of the army experimenters as 1111 a possible bomb dropper at roswell N M financed by the daniel guggenheim Guge foundation doctor goddard has a unique desert laboratory with plenty i 0 df I 1 elbow room and sky room he now has a giro gyro steering mechanism on his rockets by which they may be accurately cura tely aimed he has gained 30 per scent cent in range over his best shots of two years ago and is now forcing his rockets to a speed of miles per hour ills his most valuable contribution to ln noted by majr major randolph Is his continuous now flow of power instead of the single initial explosion gasoline and oxygen mixing and exploding as they issue froni from a tall tail nozzle i give ive steady propulsion doctor goddard an amiable unassuming boldish baldish man began his rocket experiments at dark clark university in 1914 he is a physicist absorbed in pure scie science fice admitting that we might hit the moon with a rocket if ff we wanted to spend that much power but so tar far he keeps down to earth on immediate ind and specific problems problem s and makes progress IT T DOES begin to look as though scientists will be the lou loudest de ti t of 61 all when Pl beulah Ieulah land rings out at the next songfest sing test fest once upon a time church churchard Chur chand and looked warily test tubes are whenever a man of 0 science clence teaming up opened his mouth because so domany many of them were arguing against a hereafter but sir richard gregory with his it is a just Js t as permissible to assume that another world awaits habitation of an exalted type fyfe of humanity as it Is to believe in thee the eternal existence of individuality is only the latest of manito many to ditth hit the sawdust trail Emerl emeritus professor of as astronomy I 1 on queens college london Is one of his plies present ent distinctions distinction ii and he Is I 1 aask also a former editor of the magazine nature the stars have been his chief guide for most of the beirs years since ho he was born boni li la 1864 how bow much mch their lessons helped him to Us his knighthood chood 1919 and his barons baron s etoy 1931 Is a question but certainly along with his acknowledged interest in Isi heaven theaven they must take responsibility for his chief books the vault of heaven and 1 discovery or the spirit of service of science PROP PROF WALTER B CANNON of harbird avoided a mistake made by howard scott when mr scott Stott appeared ai as the john the baptist of technocracy he cannon cure core started tsung not crammed our measure tor for mown I 1 hrbac j its immediate application pen when professor cannon put out blo bl tracy several years ago asa as a cure for the ills of the ody body b poll tic he madi made it ilear clear that we w could take ak it or leave lt it hence wah a bl Is still in the suspense file professor cannon fanda honor and advancement as the newly elected president of the american association for the advancement of science which ivetich body Is driving tor for some grand scale rationalization of lei ence enbe and so society clety the main idea of blo bl aricy a society which is i not at war with the life force he is ani one ot 0 thi the most distinguished physiologists in america given to novel research he Is the discover erffa arof a method by which we may hear our brains ticking 6 consolidated news service |