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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
12
A surprising discovery announced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle presents the heart as a powerhouse of negative electricity. The finding was described as a potentially groundbreaking interpretation by the Associated Press Science Editor.
Researchers from Cleveland led by Dr. George W. Crile and colleagues Dr. Otto Glasser and Daniel P. Quiring report that red blood cells carry a negative electrical potential averaging about a volt in animals. They show heart rate alters voltage, connecting brain and nerves as positive while tissues stay negative, linking metabolism to energy production.
Senator Ernest Willard Gibson of Vermont died at age 67 after a week of heart illness. A lawyer, he served in Congress for 16 years. He was hospitalized on June 12 in Washington. A nearby note mentions an electrically operated windshield wiper with variable speed unrelated to the engine.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a cure to “wake up your liver bile” and guarantee two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It promotes the pills as the only effective remedy and lists a price of 25 cents.
In DeWitt MacKenzie analysis the German Italian drive shifts to the Rhone valley with Lyon under occupation and Paris uncertain. The British promise eventual victory while air raids widen across England Scotland and Wales as Britain plans for invasion defense and U S caution in the Western Hemisphere. The piece ponders Trinidad as a strategic naval base near the Panama Canal and Venezuelan oil fields, amid talks of broader hemispheric defense.
Researchers N U Mayall and L H Aller of Lick Observatory report the main body of Messier 33 rotates like a solid wheel, with outer regions slowing. this suggests the Milky Way also rotates and may change estimates of Earth's motion through space from about 100 miles per second to 20.
Anchorage report says Gren Collins, a flying wildlife agent, discovered a pool of warm water in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes last March and enjoyed a dip despite near zero air temperature. He noted the volcanic ash around the craters was hot and pleasant to rest on.
Welfare Commissioner C Ellis Henican announced liberalized CCC eligibility in Louisiana eliminating the need test. Any applicant meeting other rules will qualify, with $22 monthly set aside and $132 payable after a six month term.
A flashless electric machine gun developed by Virgil Rigsby of Hull is being studied by a Pittsburgh firm for possible production. The prototype fires .44 caliber pellets at 400 feet per second and uses magnetic coils to propel bullets. Experts say higher muzzle velocity is needed for combat effectiveness and the War Department may test a more powerful model.
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