Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON NEW EW YORK much sought after these days is col fulgencio batista chief of staff of the cuban army who in addition to accepting an invitation to strong man of and attending cuba Is much armistice day sought after ceremonies in washington has replied favorably to the suggestion of gen manuel avila comacho secretary of medicos cos national defense that he visit that country next january in both instances the underlying diplomatic motif viz a gesture t u re of operation cooperation co between factors responsible for the development of democracies in our hemisphere is officially set forth in mexico and in washington tacitly while incidentally the interests of reciprocal trade relations in sugar and tobacco have not been overlooked commanding an army of men colonel batista is not only y a soldier but an economist and politician who is efficiently engaged in tubas rehabilitation in both spheres first barber then tailor carpenter penter sugar cane worker rall rail road hand army buck private stenographer and now dictator at 37 he has been responsible for the rise and fall of seven cuban presidents controls the cuban congress and dictates the policies of president federico laredo bru of his army a nippy body of men he says it is committed to peace but Is ever at the service of the united states in whatever armed issue the great northerly republic may ever enter ap 0 THE HE jimson weed and the vinegar fly figure heavily in hopes tor for civilizing human beings that seems a roundabout round about approach but dr A F blake betters weed slee in the news humans next as he hops up aimon doctor tiny 7 flowers to cabbage size by a chemical alchemical shot has found through experiments with the above that we may yet remold humanity to a pattern of decent behavior A west virginia poet called the jimson weed a mean stub born weed of a low poisonous breed relating it to humankind may have been just a non sequitur but dr blakeslee BIake slee found it excellent for gene shuf fling and juggling and he worked strange wizardry in turning it into something else again ile he thinks he might do the same for the rest of us he and dr thomas hunt morgan a biological miracle team have in this country taken the lead in research in genes as determining the pattern of individual heredity profoundly believing that civilization liza tion is conditioned by biological limitations dr blakeslee BIake slee thinks the way to get rid of congenital killers warmongers war mongers dolts bolts and other laggards in the life parade Is to work over the basic stuff of life mainly genes he has plenty of jimson weed and reports progress A native of oswego N Y now 64 years old he was educated at Wesley anand harvard his experiments in biological regimentation have given him high standing in his profession much of his research is in the biological laboratories at cold spring harbor L I 1 R ALEXANDER KLEMIN authority athor DR ity on flying prid and airplanes hay hails ats the approach of the foolproof rotary winged family airplane sate safe as a baby car bold prophet ariage and handy predicts safe tor for 4 a trip down family plane to the delicates r sen or the post office it wont be here just this minute but it is coming says bay dr klemin as windmill flight offers stability which the present mode never can hope to attain his prediction was made ai at the first world CO conference on rotating wing flight at philadelphia dr klemin 50 years old is ta a native of london here in 1913 a former student at 41 M arvi 1 I T naturalized in 1917 with the research department of the army air service and thereafter chairman of the guggenheim school of economics he has bag been one of boldest prophets two years ago he be the next war fought with rocket planes with jet propulsion killing at miles he has prophesied stratosphere flight of 1200 miles per hour at a height of feet he rides high in his own stratosphere the higher mathematics and nobody disputes him a consolidated news features service |