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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1944
Page
5
A list of new inventions including a folding bed resembling a chest, a four pronged hairpin for curling, a tobacco saving cigaret holder with interlocking ends, a portable gas generating plant on an Army trailer, a turntable X ray inspection system with lead lined chambers, ventilated face fitting goggles, and a quartz honing tool etched with hydrofluoric acid. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 229 from Science Service for more details.
Nostalgic memories link to frost ripened persimmons, but frost is not needed. Persimmon orchards have declined after a fungus wiped out native trees. Cultivated Oriental persimmons resist disease and may dominate in coming years.
Postwar heating engineers outline new furnaces and stoves that maximize fuel use, cut space needs, and improve efficiency. The designs include compact anthracite units with continuous water jackets, a 100 pound coal stove with near smokeless burn, liquid fuel furnaces for planes adaptable to homes, and infrared lamps as supplementary heat. These systems aim for complete combustion, minimal outdoor heat loss, and easier maintenance.
A family science note explains how moth balls heated in a spoon with naphthalene gas bubbles rise and sink in carbonated water. It details safe handling, flame risks, and how to create sparkling soot coatings on surfaces for recording motion with simple items like a feather or hair.
Dr P A Young of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports subepidermal roots forming inward from potato eyes after four months storage. Over 30 percent of 138 tubers showed inward roots nearly one millimeter wide, discoloring surrounding tissue and reducing market value.
Nutritionists welcome fish liver oils added to peanut butter and cheese to boost daily vitamin A for troops. Dr Rees Davies and Dr E Beyers report in Nature from Cape Town detailing taste preservation and fishy notes varies with oil type.
Field notes by Dr. John H. Brown report that meadow mice pocket gophers weasels red squirrels and chipmunks carry fleas transferring sylvatic plague between localities in rural Central Alberta Canada. The plague affects rodents primarily but can fataly infect humans. Alberta Sylvatic Plague Survey examined small rodents for plague lesions and collected fleas for testing.
In Mesa Verde National Park Colorado an Indian worker and a Merriam turkey staged a luncheon duet. Superintendent Jesse L Nusbaum said the man sang a native tune in falsetto and was answered by a turkey gobble from a cliff above. The duet lasted the entire luncheon period.
Heat efficiency advice from the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers emphasizes proper furnace operation, careful firing, and keeping flues and walls clean. It also urges storm doors and windows, insulation, and weather stripping to reduce heat loss in brick or stone homes.
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