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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
11
A 1943 Science Service article explains building a simple balance scale using nails, strings, tin can tops as pans, and a cardboard indicator. Weighing weights are created from bagged pebbles and split contents, with accuracy within a fraction of an ounce if fish line is used.
Latin American nations accelerate tung oil development for paints and varnishes. Argentina leads with plantations and a 1937 census showing thousands of trees across hundreds of farms, while Paraguay and Brazil expand nurseries, with Sao Paulo foreseeing multi million pound output this season. The growing area spans Argentina Paraguay and southern Brazil near Parana and Rio Grande do Sul.
Modern study of the heavens marks Copernicus quadricentennial with ceremonies May 24 sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation. The article recounts Copernicus life from Krakow to Bologna, his heliocentric theory, and the slow embrace by science and church. It notes Mount Palomar telescope plans and ongoing debates over an expanding universe, reflecting Poland’s pride and international cultural ties.
Harold V. Coes of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers predicts postwar inventions will transform daily life. He envisions television like X ray based gas detection in tunnels and factory automation that prevents breakdowns, plus homes heated by radio high frequency furnaces and cars with long life synthetic rubber tires.
Scientists at Cornell University's psychophysiology field station seek to cure gun shyness in dogs. Thirteen dogs supplied by sportsmen aid a study aimed at easing shell shock and war neuroses in humans.
Dr. O. E. Baker of the U S Department of Agriculture warned at the Academy of World Economics meeting that births will fall and world population will decline in the postwar era. He contrasted this with two centuries of rapid growth, noting shifts from farming to cities and rising food supply.
Victory Garden winners already enjoy radishes green onions and peas with early lettuce gaps. Replant vacated spaces promptly to maintain soil fertility and steady harvests. Plant cool weather crops like radishes beans beets and carrots. add corn and tomatoes with staggered plantings. renew soil mixing fertilizer and remove weeds. Plan autumn plantings for storage and green manure to build soil for 1944.
A roundup of new machines and inventions includes identical trailer designs by 25 makers for war workers with standardized parts, light plastic salt and pepper shakers for airplanes, a compact telegraph code tape perforator, and test shipments of 500 bags of Cuban sugar in six ply 200 pound bags. Additional items cover plastic plane parts tested at minus 67 degrees, stratosphere conditions for Air Forces research, a compact dust collecting machine with a cyclone separator, and a screw threaded tobacco pipe bowl with grooves milled for cooling. For more, send a three cent stamp to Science Service for Gadget Bulletin 158.
The old rhyme warns to avoid poison ivy leaves three in the woodlands. Remedies vary in effectiveness, but staying away from the plant prevents blistering and itching, while claims of poisonous vapor at a distance are not proven.
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