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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
6
A roundup of device innovations including a fold away sunlamp with automatic timer, a plastic valve for controlled floor wax release, a children’s savings tube, a fast auto washing machine with seven rotary brushes and air drying, a golf grip finder, a dash line drafting tool, photographers transformers for 2,200 volt output, and a shoe polish applier with integrated polish reserve.
The piece contrasts celebrated fringed Gentian with the closed gentian a flower that nearly opens yet remains shut. It hints at hidden beauty within the budlike corolla and invites curiosity to reveal its treasure, suggesting a still-surviving poetic voice could compose an ode.
Winners of the Seventh Annual Science Talent Search arise from high schools nationwide. Top participants include Clifford Swartz in nuclear physics and Evelyn Pease in biochemistry, with scholarships of 2400 dollars from Westinghouse. The program, run with Science Service and Westinghouse, highlights young scientists and links industry to education.
Arizona experiments dyed four small lakes with aniline dye to suppress aquatic weed growth. Darkened water reduced light and lowered temperatures by up to ten degrees at 15 feet, slowing weed proliferation and benefiting fish habitats. Reports by George Eicher note the effect persisted and could aid larger ponds though costly.
A Science Service report cites Metropolitan Life Insurance data showing more boys under five killed by motor vehicles. Analysts link higher birth rates to more young children. call for stricter supervision and safer play environments.
Dr. John B. Calhoun of Ohio State University compared present sparrow wings to museum skins noting a slight size increase since introduction about a hundred years ago. Wing length rose about one twentieth of an inch with colder home environments producing larger birds and survival in extreme temperatures. Size change occurred before 1908 and has since stabilized.
A 1947 Science Service article explains building a triangular water filled prism from four slide covers and shellac joints. When light passes through, a full rainbow appears on a white background, demonstrating white light as a mix of colors.
Harvard College Observatory scientist Dr. Carl August Bauer reports that tiny helium in iron meteorite fragments results from cosmic-ray bombardment during space travel rather than slow radioactive decay. This challenges prior assumptions about meteorite ages and solar system genesis.
The article notes a shift from overhead to underground coaxial cables for telephone and television transmission. It highlights capacity growth from two to eight units per cable, early usage milestones, and a cross country plan from New York to Los Angeles with extensions to the West Coast. Cable laying uses Mickey Mouse and rooter plows drawn by tractors to bury four to five feet deep.
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