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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
8
New York report signals automakers expect 1923 production to reach about 4,000,000 vehicles. Industry notes higher than last year with strong orders, steady gains in November December output, and plans by two major firms to push daily production near 10,000.
National Geographic Society funds a Kweichow expedition led by Frederick R. Wulsin to seek the Rhinopithecus Brelichi in remote China. The 8 million population province, akin to Missouri in size, remains largely inaccessible with tribes amid legends of diverse origins and historic isolation.
Dr. Kr. A. White, director of committee on relation of electricity to agriculture, studies ways to bring electric service to farms. The committee includes representatives from the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Electric Light Association, Isolated Electric Plant Manufacturers' Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the American Society of Agricultural Engineering.
China reverses its earlier stance in a note to the diplomatic corps on the Lincheng bandit outrage. The government dismisses Tu chun Tien Chung Yu the military governor under whose area the bandits acted. Foreigners receive greater security promised by Peking in the latest response.
New York reports Col. Raymond F. Bacon warns that gas in warfare could render battlefields impassable, with artificial barriers and hand to hand combat shifting as gas becomes a decisive tool. He notes the war’s lessons favor continued progress in lethal methods.
The article argues that progress in science cannot be blocked by law or treaty and claims modern gun warfare may be more humane than hand to hand combat with spear and sword. It states attempts to halt scientific advance would hinder the development of a more humane form of war.
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