| Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK in the village ot of N NEW woodbury ky the son of a chec czecho ho slovakian aklan immigrant was commended by his teachers for his i excellent draw churned butter ings of ships at and latin now sea he had churns oceans never seen any big ships but aed them and had a good idea of what they looked like today tooling the united states fleet flee t of around ships down into the pacific admiral claude charles bloch has converted his youthful artistic urge into a vast and precise knowledge of ships and their behavior barly fighting ships erect ruddy and vigorous quietly emphatic the 60 year old commander in chief of the fleet beet Is a rarely spotlighted personage of tremendous responsibilities technical naval and tive alve as he quietly moves from norfolk not only his vast array of battle wagons but officers and men nearly 1000 planes and all the gear necessary for maintenance operation communications and fighting requirements quire ments on july 3 1898 not long out of annapolis he was an ensign on the iowa when cerveris veras squadron of spanish warships made its historic dash from santiago harbor and was destroyed by admiral sampsons Samp Sarp sons blocking forces he was cited tor for meritorious service in rescuing spaniards from burning ships of admiral cerveris veras squadron in the world war he commanded the transport plattsburg Platts burg and won the navy cross for distinguished service during his 42 years service on land and sea he has held many high posts in the navy As a boy the churning was his household chore his brothers now louisville physicians recall that 4 he used to study his bis latin book while churning and that he paced the amo amas mat amat to the beat of the plunger r they teased him about that and always found him ready for a fight if the provocation was sufficient at any rate studious I 1 reticent and artistic he followed his boyhood dream over far seas THE T HE title of this particular article may well be the effective slogan of the modern world and the end of war if the words of dr robert A millikan are to not too proud be taken at but too scared their face valto go to 0 o war tle addressing a dinner of the merchants association in new york recently the famous physicist said it was the fear of the bombing ot of london and paris carls that prevented the beginning of another world war last september the peoples of all countries including the dictatorships are coming more and more to the realization that such another war can only bring death and dest destruction diction to everybody the end of civilization not the world domination which the demagogic leader promises all ali greek mathematicians to the contrary dr millikan believes that achilles will overtake the turtle that is fleet looted footed science has just about caught up with human stupidity in spite of the batters lat long head start and with its command of new energies will romp on by into the world of tomorrow where there will be no war or rumors of war dr millikan Is possibly the worlds most persistent champion ot of the social salvation inherent in scientific advance and be believes I 1 leves that his runner will break the tape ahead of international wickedness stupidity and folly he believes that hat machines make jobs rather than destroy them and that the only way out Is straight ahead every once in a while he parachutes down from the companionship companions bip of einstein planck heisenberg et ct al to bring a to the market place always hopeful and usually a roundhouse at the demagogues and medd who cramp the scientists style he leaves wide open a zone of divine intervention if anything goes wrong in the laboratories A nobel prize winner of the executive execute ve council of the california institute of 0 technology dr millikan is an active liaison the lay and scientific worlds assur ing both that everything will out all right garnering many med als and prizes enjoying world tame fame he would have a lot to lose in world crack up but his is doubtless no mere wishful think tog ing rele d by consolidated news new lrea feature service |
