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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
11
A gadget bulletin lists new items for wartime and everyday use. Reflective surfaces for bicycle wheel spokes warn drivers at night, while ventilated welding masks supply fresh air. Other items include a tire-bead remover, a key case, pocket ash trays, liquid-filled wrist compasses, tiny glass ring jewels for instruments, buckwheat hull insulation for dry ice, and novel packaging for fish Aslets.
The canned tuna is a long finned albacore caught mainly by commercial fleets from San Diego and San Pedro. It weighs about 15 to 30 pounds on average and serves as a cheaper cousin to the larger prized tuna fished by charter boats, with some specimens reaching substantial fractions of a ton for the very wealthy.
A Science Service report details how both women and men over 70 work to produce 3,000,000 surgical dressings daily for Army hospitals. It explains dressing types abdominal packs combination pads and sponges and notes inmate and prison labor contributing to national quotas for overseas relief since Pearl Harbor.
A simple home science method uses hydrogen peroxide and whiting to generate oxygen. The frothing shows a catalytic effect and oxygen release. Demonstrations include lighting a splinter and observing combustion, plus beef oxidation and collecting oxygen for experiments.
Plastic eyes are now successfully produced in the United States, rivaling glass in popularity. They offer the advantage of being non explosive, addressing rare cases where glass eyes have exploded due to temperature changes. Before the war most artificial eyes were blown from a velvety glass only available from a German town, but the German monopoly is broken and both glass and plastic eyes are now made in America.
A 1943 Science Service feature describes building a simple backyard merry-go-round from two cross-planks, a central pivot, hobby horses or boxes, and half roller skates for glide. Instructions cover pivot, raceway, bracing, and safety notes for various heights and materials.
An article by Martha G. Morrow explains how to identify and prepare wild edible plants found along roadsides and in woods. It lists dandelion, lambs quarters, pokeweed, purslane, chicory, wild onion, milkweed, Jerusalem artichoke, prickly pear, and May apple with simple preparation ideas and cautions about poisonous roots and bristles.
A 45 degree tilt tests gyroscopes used in electronic automatic pilots. The tilt table aligns the top with the Earth's axis to ensure the gyroscope spins parallel to it for accurate operation. Tests are conducted on units from Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company at a war plant.
Dr. Walter J. Hamer explains that hydrogen ion concentration, pH, governs color changes in dyes and affects textiles, paper, foods, and metals. He notes acids and alkalines influence leather aging, canned milk texture, crackers browning, and electroplating hardness and brightness.
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