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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
6
A roundup of new devices including a potato peeler for mixers, a chemical windscreen defroster, a bottle opener that prevents spills, an aluminum top sprayer, and an easy.install iron heater. Also notes improved wallcloth with plastic shields, lighter aircraft wire, and water filters with regenerable cartridges. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 334 from Science Service for details.
An analysis notes that nocturnal automobile collisions kill armored or counterattack capable animals rather than shy species. Tortoises, porcupines, and skunks are highlighted as common victims due to defenses and counteroffensive traits.
A 1946 Science Service piece explains peacetime blood shortages threaten hospital banks as wartime donors decline. It notes working capital, donor delays, and hospital charges affect supply, urges local action, and cites famed figures and developments from Fantus to Cohn driving blood banking progress.
Improvements in artificial insemination of queen bees now allow larger scale tests in full strength colonies. Tests show artificially inseminated queens perform comparably to natural matings in honey yields and queen survival, though the method remains expensive and not for general practice.
About 15 million civilians moved to new counties since Pearl Harbor. The North and South saw declines while the West attracted residents due to wartime industries and related economic factors.
A science trick uses multiple pendulums of different lengths placed behind glasses on a rickety table. By syncing a table shake with selected pendulum swings, the performer rings only the chosen glass. Glasses can signal yes or no or spell letters by coordinated ringing.
A Wisconsin nurse who treated injured meat workers conceived a mesh glove to protect fingers from knife hazards in meat packing. A mesh bag maker designed the glove, and it evolved into right handed and southpaw versions now used nationwide in plants.
Science Service describes Lilliputian vinylite plastic brick sets for building model houses. The kits include interlocking bricks, doors, windows, roofing, and landscaping props to create realistic towns and structures scaled a quarter inch to the foot.
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