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Predicts Army Race to Fortify Planet of MarsWASHINGTON (Associated Press): Major James R. Randolph, writing in the United Slates Army Ordnance Association JoumaF, ha® pretl.cted a race among the powers of the world to establish mililaiy outposts on the planet of Mars — using rockets with a velocity of 26,000 miles an hour to span the 40,000,000 miles from earth.Rockets capable ul going to Mars may coine more quieitly than we n3W tttihk possib.c. Aim wnen they come, there will Ix* a race to get there first with an adqeuatt expedition.'1 he said 111 the puo* tication of the Ordnance Associa-t.on, a civilian organisation pledged to a policy of preparedness.Citing American occupation oi World War II bases in remott parts of the earth, such as the Aleutian islands and the lonely teaches of the Pacific, Randolph declared:“In World War III, we cannot limit such occupation to the earih alone. We must extend it out inlo space as far as rockets can go to our neighbor worlds in space.”An attack from Mars, he said wc.uld afford vastly greater op-j.crtunities for secrecy ano ur-pilfe than a sudden assault fro:n tarih against an enemy country.“Money and lives will be saved and victory made more certain by all that we do in peacetime to prepare for such occupation— studying these other worlds, sending expeditions to them, anct devising equipment to meet their special needs.’*He also noted Hit? prospect oS sendiiiK satellite ships*’ to cruist in the vast unknown outside the earth's air bell and circle round ' und round the earth like little man-made moons.SPACE NAVIGATION.The whole problem of space navigation, lie said, depends on the development of a multiple-unit rocket composed of standard-sized rockets, each acting independently and capable ol ^eing stacked together*' to mrtke a rocket of any desired hize and speed. As the propulsion power ol each section is exhausted, it would be cast off. finally leaving only the “pay load,r section to reach its destination.The ordnance lournai, describing Randolph as a noted mathematician and engineer, said hi3 views “may appear at first glance” to be an outline to a Jules Verne story.But in this day of atomic energy, jet propulsion tsnd man-made satellites,'• the magazine said in an editorial note, the possibility of inter-planetary travel comes ever nearer.Randolph said the moon would “look even better than Mars as a b^se from which to attack the earm, except that the moon is an airless, waterless, lifeless world. ^‘‘All materials and supplies, even oxygen, would have to be sent there from the earth.** he naul, “and every ton delivered would require more rocket power than would be needed to send il lo Mars.Moreover, all resistance could fcc used as a brake in landing on Mars, while reverse rocket action would be required in landing on the riirless moon.Randolph, declaring there is reason to believe that Mars is inhabited by “intelligent life com-parable to human life.” envisaged | t3\e martians as living in an old. | settled and verv stable world iniwhich ail people- dressed and tl:ought anc; acted very muc*, ui.’ke.big chests neededIf human bemgs lived on Mars, he said, eventually uisy woulc. Dtcome enormous-chested crea-ti res in order to breathe with the lew air pressure.‘ Their arms arc! legs would be very slender oecause 01 the lessened gravitation.” he wroie. “anc a man who weighs 250 pounds here would weigh 57 pounds on Mars.He* would be correspondingly rr.ore active and could move vastly greater loads with less effort. •Mars is a world somew-hat like clt;:t own. but smaller. It has air. water and vegetation It ulmost certainly has mineral resource* c; rnparable to those of earth, so hat a human colony. onclt;* established there, could in time bnilr up an earth type civilisation and uffume capable of sending rockets back.War department officials said they had little information on Randolph except that he had written a number of “speculative” pieces on rockets.HAS DOUBTS.However, in the same issue of the Ordnance journal. Lieutenant uo.onel Harvey Rivkins, chief of lie Office of Technical Information. Army Ordnance Department, cast doubt on the possibility of sending a rocket even to the comparatively nearby moon, 138.857 miles Ircin the earth.• Rocket to the moon? Rivkins ivjok up the question. “Lieutenant Colonel James G Bain, Chief oi the Guided Missiles Branch, points cut that it would take billions of collars Mid years of research to perfect one.“The tremendous efTort in time nnd money would, at first, result in putting a piece of metal the size of jour fist on the moon.*‘A moon rocket would start off as a monster whose size would make it almost Impossible to handle.Rivkins pointed out that a roc-Vet's range depends on Its speed. Ti e German v-2 rocket, he said, travels around 3.500 miles an hour. It burns nine tons of liquid .:ygen and alcohol. with the burning process lasting about 60 seconds, and generates 2.500 de-a •gree* centigrade of heat in the ’.nil exhaust nozzle.PACE NECESSARY.A rocket would have to travel over seven times as fast as the V-2. or 25.000 miles an hour, iust to -et out of the earth's gravitational field, he said. There are n-) rockets to-day that will travel at that speed Rivkins said that the Germans had preliminary designs for a translation tic rocket with a one-ton pA luad and a range of 3,000 miles. , .,But. he said, that rocket would have weighed 18^ tons of Hun • -in? ana attained a velocity of 11 COO feet a second or approximately 7 *00 miles an hour—com; pared' with the 25.000 m p.h. \c-ccity needed to escape the earth’s pull of gravity.DISNEY NOW USING LIVE CHARACTERS1 By How .irtl C Hcyn HOLLYWOOD lA.IM: When Walt Disney brgan In combine live action with cartoon animation on f»Im. some observers in Hollywood fcreu fr.irful that his engaging cartoon crration*. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, would ultimately disappear from the screen, alnr.s with th«* oth:*r sketched aikl animated animals which Disnfv mai’e popular throughout the world.Tne cost of making 'hor. cartoon films lias been incrcasinc steadily, while revenue from distributors re.nains vir uallv *ac same. Disney himself estimated that the cost of each oompl foot of cartoon Him has doubled since before the war Other c.ir-toon producers concurred, ere: it-.r.g higher labor outlays for most jf tiie increase When Disney placed under contract two Juvenile playeis. Luann Patten 7* and Bobby Dri»oli• 10'. another flood ol rutnors 1 • dieted Tiv end of the cartoon. H it Disney has now declan (. emphatically, that he will not abandon this field.The two children were used in 1 live uction sequence*.; 01 * Song I 1’he South. a feature length film .combining real people and animated drawings Tius picture, re 1 'entlv released in the Unnect 1 St.ites. is about C\' . • '* rent li * iction and 40 per cent cartoon U is based on the Uncle Remus tales, classic ol American southern folklore written by Joel Chandler Harris. and as well-known to children in this country as Hans Christian Andersens fairy tuie.-, 111 DenmarkC LASSICS FOR SCREEN.Disney says he w.l! use animation m evCn wider variations than ever before, and that living players will enable him to bring 10 the screen many classic dramas which could not adequately in animation otner words, real actorsf III I WILD DAILY, S A I I It DAY. \HUI 13, 13«. PAGE IJVf*This Yesr You Maketales anu U* filmed alone. In will supplement. rather than replace the Disney cartoon style.Already in preparation, as all-cartoon features, are “Peter Pan.” and Cinderella. a Disney spokesman reported. ' Alice 1:1 Wonderland,' under current plans, will be largely cartoon am-, mat ion. although Alice herself1 will be portrayed by s. living actress. Fun and Fancy Free, depicting the adventures of ‘ Mickey Mouse with the mythical | beanstalk that grew to the top of the sky. will be preponderantly cartoon, as will the escapade; of Bongo, a circus bear which re-turns to it* natural habitat The producer says live action can be used in cartoon films lor i subjects whose animation would j require more labor than they justify. He also sees in the com- , binatlon of the two mediums an opportunity for expanding the emotional appeal of drama lie situations.Bluenobia Cattle Ergot AffectedSome dairy herd:; in the Bluenobia area are suffering from the effects of ergot.Though it is some years sincethis complaint hu oeeu as pre 1-lent. if is not new fo this aioa. ir. has been proved that molasses. . Be Surethe Most of YourBEAN and PEA CROPjyjow is the time to ro into action with a sowing of these highly profitable*:rops.DON T Fv. LATH . . 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Murwillumbah Tweed Daily
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Apr 19, 1947
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