Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1934 — Page 7

OCT. 1, 1934_

It Seems to Me HEYWOODBROUN ' I "HE complaint often Is made that labor agreemenu are feeble devices since union groups may fail to live up to them. This charge is commonly made by business men and indeed it received semi-official sanction in the criticism which General Hugh 8. Johnson made of the textile union. But commentators, editorial and otherwise, failed to note the very - bad record of American Industrial leaders In the matter of keeping promises. The textile strike is pert inent. Here we find the owners breaking the agreement on which the strike was settled within twenty-four hours. We find mill owners blacklisting individual organizers and also refusing Jobs to whole blocs of workers who were engaged in the late strike Some critics have said that Francis J. Gorman was naive *n calling off the strike on nothing more than the verbal assurance of fair play. I imagine it must be admitted that he was naive.

He made a grave and tragic error. He was fooled by folk who professed to be interested in recovery, in patriotism, and in the welfare of the United Btates. And I think it is deplorable that this counter revolution of the employers should be taken with such calmness by all the authorities, up and down. m m m Strong-Arm Hoys Hack Home \ SMALL amount of efficient l\. mass picketing in Rhode Island scared Governor Green out ot his wit*. He got President Roosevelt on the telephone and assured

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him that there was need for federal troops. The Governor professed to see Reds behind every tree and bush. He ordered the arrest of every Communist In the state and he declared that his commonwealth was facing, not a strike, but bloody rebellion. Fortunately for the honor of the federal government no troops were sent, although it seems some reassuring words were poured into the ears of jittery Governor Green. But now the Governor of Rhode Island is perfectly calm and so are the executives of North Carolina and South Carolina. George A. Sloane, president of the Cotton Textile Institute, says that the owners haven't decided whether they will take ail the strikers back without discrimination. Thousands of workers are locked out in spite of the hullabaloo whirl* went up that unless they returned to their jobs prosperity would be shoved still farther around the corner. The militia has gone back home. The various strong arm boys who were sworn in as special deputies have come back to their haunts in the underworld of New York City. Just what force will be used now to protect the employes in their undoubted rights? The situation is a direct challenge to the good faith of the administration and the integrity of the NRA setup. # mam What About the Other Side? NOTHING ever can be done to bring about any sort of economic tranquility until labor actually is protected in its right to bargain. Force without stint goes to mill owners as soon as a few window panes are broken. But when an employer breaks the body and soul of thousands of men and women by plain chicanery in keeping of agreements not a w heel nor a hand in the official setup seems to turn. ... If the militia Is to be used to disperse a picket line why can't equal force of the same kind be brought to bear on business men who follow up an agreement with all kinds of chiseling Is plain nonsense to call every union man a Red. The fact is the labor groups in America are far too conservative for their own good. They continue to a touching faith even in those institutions which have failed them. The breeders and makers ot Communism, oi course, are the stiff necked, the violent, and prevaricating among the industrial kings and capitalists. What right have they got to cry out for respect for law and order when they contemptuously and candidly flout it on every occasion? The Reds of America still are small m number and weak and powerless. The forces of the white guard are great and bloated and certainly in the saddle at the present moment. It is the terror of reaction which the good American citizen ought to fear and fight in this year of 1934. The menace of the moment is Fascism, not Communism. (Coprrißht. 1934. br The Times!

Your Health UR. MUKRIS LISIIBLI.N —

DISTINCTION between a mentally defective ■ child below the age of 3 and a normal one is exceedingly difficult. If a child hears no sounds or words lor a considerable length of time, It may seem to be a deaf-mute. Some of the mental defectives we see are children who are born mentally defective because of insufficient development of the brain. Such defectives have to be clothed, led. housed, and waited on throughout their lives. About this type of mental defectiveness there can be no doubt. There are, however, various degrees of mental defect, from complete failure of the brain to develop mentaly to minor degrees of inferiority. Therefore, mental deficiency is not a disease, or any combination of diseases, but an indication that portions of the brain have not developed as they should. a a m THE inferior brain development of these defects e* makes them usually undersized, below average weight, and diminishes also their general resistance to disease. Most mental defectives do not live long. They do not react to disease as do normal children. Occasionally. however, there are cases which seem to live beyond the average expectancy, perhaps because they are given excellent care. Most mentally defective children also show signs of imperfect speech and of insufficient development of their vocabulary. If they develop speech, it is usually very late as compared with a normal child. Such children are also very late in development of clean habits in relationship to their bodies. a a a IN many foreign countries, and in some of our own states, there are now wide discussions on the subject of sterilization of the mentally defective, to prevent multiplication. There seems to be some evidence that certain types of mental defects are hereditary. Nevertheless, the decision as to who should be sterilized and who not is far from being established unequivocally. Voluntary sterilization certainly is inefficient, since but few of those who should be sterilized volunteer. Compulsory sterilization has not been adopted in most countries. At present, the problem of the mental defective usually is turned over to an institution In which these unfortunates are cared for and given opportunity to make the most of brain power as they possess.

Questions and Answers

Q —How many watts constitute one horsepower? A—746. Q —State the number of Roman Catholic churches In ths United States and their total membership. A—Churches. 18.940. and membership. 18.605.003, enumerated in the 1926 religious census. Q —Which is the largest fort in the United States? . A— Ft Sam Houston Texas. Q—Which city is called "The Pittsburgh of the South"? A—Birmingham. Ala. Q —Can an American citizen retain his citizenship If he enlists in s foreign army? A—Not If ha takes the oath of allegiance to the foreign government, which is generally required.

EUROPE’S ROYAL RELATIONSHIPS

Maze Further Tangled by Match Between George and Marina

BY MILTON BRONNER SEA SwTtt* SUB Corre.pondent LONDON, Oct. I.—Forsak.ng the examples set by his brother, the duke of York, and his sister. Princess Mary—who married British "commoners’’—Prince George, youngest living son of King George and Queen Mary of England, by announcing his engagement to Princess Marina ot Greece, has joined the closest union in the world and the oldest—that of the intermarried royalties. If he and his bride ever have children, their youngsters will be related by blood and marriage ties to pretty nearly every reigning house In Europe and to many which have lost their thrones through revolution. Strangely enough, the last ruling family of Greece, to which Marina belongs, is of Danish. German, and Russian blood. Not a drop of Grecian blood runs m their veins. It is something more than a coincidence that Prince George is a grandson of a Danish princess and Princess Marina is a granddaughter of a Danish prince who happened to be sister and brother. So there is a degree of consanguinity between them, but not enough, according to eugemsts, to be harmful, as is the case when first cousins marry.

So far as his royal family Is concerned. Prince George is largely of German princely blood. His august great-grandmama, Queen Victoria, was almost wholly German, her father being the Duke of Kent, whose father was George 111, that English king who never spoke English well and who was so largely responsible for England losing what' nowr is the United States. THE ancestors of George 111 were the rulers “electors” they were called—of the German principality of Hanover. They got their claim to the English throne through the fact that the first George of England was the son of the Elector of Hanover, whose wife was the grandaughter of King James I of England, who in turn was the son of the celebrated and unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. The House of Hanover, which came to the throne of England, thus had only a thin strain of Stuart blood in its veins. Queen Victoria herself married a German, Albert, prince of Coburg and Gotha. Her eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, married the man w'ho was destined to sit on the thrdne of Germany for ninety-nine days as Emperor Frederick 111. Their eldest child was the exKaiser Wilhelm 11, now T in exile in Doom, Holland. The former German potentate is, therefore, a

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON, Oct. I.—Jesse Jones’ latest formula for paying off depositors of closed banks has the financial czars guessing. On the surface the RFC chairman's plan looks like a bona fide Christmas tree. But knowing Jesse’s proverbial tightness they are wondering if it isn’t just a canny campaign maneuver.

Jesse Jones’ plan has been laid before depositors of the First National bank of Detroit, largest closed bank in the world, also before the Union Trust Company of Cleveland. It provides that RFC shall ad-

vance sufficient funds for an immediate 20 per cent “dividend” to all depositors. \ But this cheering proposition has a catch in it—for the larger depositors. While nominally all depositors would be entitled to the 20 per cent payoff, actually, under a deft reservation included by Jesse, the larger depositors would be paid only 10 per cent. The remaining 10 per cent would be used to pay off IN FULL the many thousands of depositors with accounts of S3OO or levs. In other words, Jones, in effect, Is saying: “The government will put up the 583.000.000 necessary for a 20 per cent pay off. But it will do so only if you large depositors agree in advance to allow 10 per cent of your share to be paid out in full to all the little fellows.” “The large depositors of the tw'o institutions now are being privately canvassed on the proposition. But the inside whisper is that some of the big corporations, with large accounts tied in the Detroit bank, are balking. They contend that the frozen money belongs to their stockholders and that without their express approval they must oppose Jesse Jones’ wizardry. a a a F. C. HUBER, agent for the United States Ordnance Company, was before the senate munitions investigation committee. It had unearthed a letter regarding sales of tear gas to Chile in which Huber claimed to have the ear of President Alessandri through “an inside secretary.” “Kindly tell us,” boomed Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri, “just what you meant when you referred to this ‘inside secretary’.’” Huber fidgeted. The committee waited. Finally young Gerald Nye spoke up with a hopeful suggestion. “Perhaps the ’inside secretary,’ ” he said, “means the secretary of the interior.” a a a OF all the provisions of the NIRA none has caused more dissension, upheaval, and controversy. than Section 7A —the clause giving labor the legal right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. Yet there is another provision tucked away in the recovery’ act just about as potent. Obscured from sight by the heat and turmoil over Section 7A, the public has 'completely overlooked its twin provision—Section 78. This empowers the President to encourage the making of collective bargaining agreements between employers and unions, these agreements, when approved, to have the standing and authority of a code. a a a TOURISTS in Washington get a certain thrill from standing on the marble star laid in the floor of the crypt which marks the median point of the Capitol building. They never miss it. They stand there, “just to see how it feels.” But for an act of the Virginia assembly a hundred years ago. however, there would be no star on which to stand. There would be an opening in the floor instead—an opening through which they would peer down into the basement at two identical sarcophagi. one containing the re-

mains of the father of their coua-

first cousin of King George of England. OUEEN VICTORIA'S daughter. Princess Alice, wed a German ruler, the grand duke of Hesse. Their daughter, Alix, became the last czarina of Russia. Her husband, by the way, Czar Nicholas 11, was also a first cousin of King Geoge V of England, his mother being a sister of Queen Alexandra, who was King George’s mother. One of the grandchildren of Princess Alice. Lady Louise Mountbatten, is the present Crown princess of Sweden. Queen Victoria’s son Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, married the only daughter of Czar Alexander II of Russia and became duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Beatrice, married the German prince of Battenbprg and their daughter, Princess Victoria, married the present dethroned King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Queen Victoria was succeeded on the throne by King Edward VII, whose bride was Queen Alexandra, daughter of Denmark’s then king. Their daughter, Princess Maud, is queen of Norway, having married the present King Haakon VII. Prince George's bride-to-be, Princess Marina, also has connections with a great many rulers and ex-rulers. The genealogy runs thus: In

try, the other the remains of his wife. Congress had passed a resolution providing for the removal of George Washington’s remains from Mount Vernon to Washington to be entombed within the Capitol building of the country he founded. The consent of Mrs. Washington had been obtained. The consent of George Washington Parke Custis also was obtained. But the general assembly of Virginia objected. So his body remained at Mount Vernon. (Copvrißht. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

ROTARY BANQUET TO FEATURE REVUE Wives, Sisters, Sweethearts to See Musical Comedy. A musical comedy written by Dr. Arthur C. Burrell and featuring choruses directed by Miss Dorothy Jane Atkins and Miss Clemence Marie Dow will be the featured presentation at the Rotary Club banquet in the Claypool tomorrow. The revue, open'for the first time to wives, sisters and sweethearts of Rotarians. will follow a dinner to be served at 7. Election of eight directors will precede the dinner. Soloists will be Mrs. S. E. Fernstermaker and Mrs. J. Htfrry Green. The revue is directed by Ralph Edgerton and managed by Don A. Morrison. The revue is entitled “Jim Jams” and is a satirical comment upon retiring officers. U. S. SUPREME COURT READY FOR 1934 TERM Policies of Government Confront Highest Tribunal. By United Prex* WASHINGTON. Oct. I—Confronted with questions involving fundamental policies of the government. the supreme court was ready to meet here today to begin its deliberations for the 1934 term. It is expected that the court will be obliged to commit itself on major policies of President Roosevelt’s administration. Several questions touching on monetary and industrial control policies already have been presented. Others are expected to find their way quickly to the court. CITY MAN ENDS LIFE WITH CARBOLIC ACID Ludwig Wamkel Commits Suicide, Coroner Reports. Ludwig Wamkel, 45, of 270 South Temple avenue, ended his life last night by drinking carbolic acid, according to police reports. Relatives said that Mr. Wamkel had Been drinking for several days. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Sudie Wamkel. and a step-daughter. Miss May Garrty. Coroner William E. Arbuckle investigated. Fifteen Cars Reported Stolen. Police scored heavily over automobile thieves this week-end, their reports today showed. Fifteen stolen cars and trucks were recovered. Only seven new thefts were reported.

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1862, when the Greeks decided to have another king, their choice fell upon Prince William, a son of the Danish king and a brother of Queen Alexandra, who was grandmother of Prince George of England. 000 PRINCE WILLIAM chose as his title George I, king of the Hellenes. He married the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia. He was succeeded on the throne by his son, King Constantine, who married Dorothea, sister of the exKaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. He was succeeded to the throne by the present exiled King George 11, whose wife is Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the late King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rumania. King Constantine had a younger brother, the present Prince Nicolas of Greece. He married the Grand Duchess Helene, daughter of the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, cousin of the late czar. They have three daughters. One of them, Princess Olga, married Prince Paul, a cousin of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Another of their daughters is this Princess Marina, who is to marry into the English royal family. 000 lOYAL Britons, enthusiastic ' about this royal match, hope that it will break the hoodoo that has preyed on the Greek royal family since its first member ascended the throne at Athens. An evil fate has followed them, leaving in its wake heartaches, disappointments, semi-poverty, mutiny, assassinations, exile, and revolutions. Despite the luckless star which seems to hover over the princess’ family, however, a vociferous welcome was given Marina when she arrived in Scotland for presentation to the British royal family. Cheering throngs greeted her and Queen Mary kissed her affectionately on her arrival at Balmoral castle. And Prince George, meeting his fiancee after a four-day separation, kissed her in Victoria station, as cheers of the admiring throng which looked on rang to the roof.

FLOWER MISSION DRIVEJHJSHED Citizens Urged to Respond Speedily so PWA Funds May Be Obtained. With $11,500 of the $54,228 needed for the Flower Misison tuberculosis hospital in the campaign coffers, every effort was being made today by drive chairmen to hurry contributions in time to qualify for the $38,500 government grant. Frank B. Flanner, campaign chairman, urged the need for citizens to respond in the campaign if it is to be successful and the public w’orks grant obtained from the government. He pointed out that there is no place in the county where advanced tuberculosis sufferers may receive hospitalization. Bronze tablets on < the doors of rooms of the proposed hospital will bear the names of large donors. ‘AMERICAN TRAGEDY’ MURDER TRIAL BEGINS Pennsylvania Youth Charged With Slaying Sweetheart. By United Prcxx WILKES BARRE. Pa., Oct. I. The denouement of the real life “American Tragedy” began today when Robert A. Edwards, 21, went on trial charged with murder. He is accused of slaying his sweetheart, Freda McKechnie, 26, so that he might be free to woo another girl higher placed in the social scale. Just two months ago today, Edwards first was accused of re-enact-ing Theodore Drieser’s novel, “An American Tragedy.” The body of Freda, an expectant mother, was washed upon the shore of Harvey’s lake, July 31. Like the main character in the novel, Edwards first denied he had been to the mountain resort with Miss McKechnie. Then, police allege, he confessed slugging the girl to death with a black jack.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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Princess Marina of Greece in her latest portrait.

THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP 000 ana By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON, Oct. I.—Next steps in the Roosevelt recovery program may be determined by the American Federation of Labor convention which meets in San Francisco today. If labor decides on a fight to the "finish for the thirty hour week, the administration may seek to forestall congressional action by immediate compromise steps in that direction. Eighty per cent of the NRA codes now in effect provide for a forty-hour week. President Roosevelt

has power, under the recovery act, to shorten hours arbitrarily if he sees fit, and may undertake to bring about a general thrity-five or thirty-six-hour week. Final action in the cotton garment industry, where such a reduction was ordered six weeks ago, has been postponed until just after the A. F. of L. convention closes. Employers refused to make the reduction voluntarily when President Roosevelt asked them to last spring, and they won their fight for adjournement of congress without legislation on the subject. a a a THIS year, however, the A. F. of L. is polling all congressional candidates on the thirtyhour week and other matters. If its convention votes a united stand for candidates who will support the thirty-hour week, it has an excellent chance of electing enough to put its measure over. According to latest estimates, organized labor controls between one-third and one-fourth of the votes in a national election. The thirty-hour bill passed the senate in the last congress. Only formulation of the recovery act kept it from passing the house in 1933. Last year house rules were man pulated to prevent a vote on the floor. Labor believes a reduction in the work-week can bring about a substantial reduction in the amount of unemployment. Industry has argued it would work the other way, closing plants that are now operating.

POLICEMAN'S SLAYER EXECUTED IN CHAIR Richard Perkins’ Last Minute Appeal Denied. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Oct. I. Richard Perkins, 39, Negro, paid in the electric chair today for the murder of Carl Heckman, Indianapolis policeman, during a holdup in January, 1933. He was the second man to die in the state prison chair in a week. Perkins was executed at 12:12 a. m., less than six minutes after he walked from his cell. He accepted calmly a last minute denial of an appeal for commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment. During the afternoon he ate a fried chicken dinner.

ANGELO HERNDON TO TALK HERE TOMORROW Negro Communist to Speak in Phillips Memorial Temple. Angelo Herndon, Negro Communist; Mrs. Ida Norris, mother of Charles Norris, under sentence of death in the Scottsboro case, and Richard B. Moore, International Labor Defense field organizer, will speak in Phillips Memorial Temple tomorrow night. The speakers are on a nationwide tour to raise funds for appeals in the Scottsboro case, and the case of Herndon, who was convicted on a charge of inciting a riot in Georgia. Local speakers will include Sol Larks and James Woods. THREE COUNTERFEITING SUSPECTS ARRESTED Lcvial Police Aid U. S. Agents in Capturing Trio. Two men and one woman are being held in Marion county jail awaiting trial on counterfeiting changes as a result of their arrest Saturday night by federal secretservice operatives and local detectives. A large quantity of counterfeit $5 bills was found in their possession, officers said. Those held are Lee Baker, 29, and Miss Louella Wood. 36. both of Columbus, O.; and Guy R. Blair, 2048 Central avenue. Baker is suspected of being a member of a Columbus counterfeiting ring which recently was smashed by the secret service, police said. A number of arrests were made and counterfeit money and plates used to manufacture it were confiscated. Indianapolis Tomorrow Salesmen’s Club, luncheon, Washington. Gyro Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Rotary Club, election of officers and annual revue, 6 p. m., Claypool. Mercator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. Architectural Club, luncheon. Architects and Builders building. Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. Phi Gamma Delta, dinner, Athenaeum. State conference on social work, all day, Claypool. \\ ....

Fair Enough fMBPKPEGIfIt NEW YORK. Oct. I.—The New York Giants finally last the National League pennant on their home lot yesterday afternoon in as sad a spectacle as their worst enemies could have wished to see. The Brooklyn daffiness boys, of whom Will Terry, the Giants’ head man. had tauntingly inquired last winter "Are those guys still ih the league?” reared back and passed another miracle of vengeance They beat the Giants, 8 to 5, while the score-board crew, working unseen in their dangling balconies on both sides of the grandstand, were

hanging out, from time to time, the numerals which finally spelled another victory for the Cardinals over the Reds in St. Louis. Either the Giants’ defeat or the Cardinals' victory would have settled the issue which was raised last spring with the Giants as the defending champions of the two major leagues. The Giants were licked physically and spiritually. There was nothing big or brave about the morale of the expiring champions and though they started the game with a lead of four runs they were overtaken and finally mashed flat by a leer-

ing and impudent upstart from the depths of the second division. The blow was painful enough for all hands on the New York club, for they had lost a lead of seven full games and finally the pennant and their world series purse in the last three weeks of the season. But it was especially humiliating to Will Terry. A proud and slightly arrogant man. Mr. Terry had ridiculed the daffiness boys and lived to regret the day he overspoke himself. The newspapers revived the incident in the minds of the Brooklyn customers and players and steamed up a feud for the final hours of the local season. Yesterday there were 44.000 head in the big steel New York stands and though there were occasional cheers for the Giants the noise was mostly hostile and contemptuous. Moreover, some of the Brooklyn patrons had come to the ballyard with placards reading "Are the Giants still in the league?” m xt a That Troublesome Mr. Koenecke THE Giants came apart weeks ago and disbanded an hour after the game, a rueful crew- of beaten and repudiated heroes. Their own public had turned on them snarling and Terry’s parting word to the mythical legion of loyal fans was this: “From the sound of the fans I thought I was playing for St. Louis.” Casey Stengel strode to his post behind third base with a military bearing as the game began. The head clown of the daffiness boys had Just received word from Kentucky that the Governor had commissioned him Kentucky colonel No. 204,328. He thought it must have been an act of revenge. The Governor, himself, gave no reason for his action. “I don’t know' why he picked on me,” Mr. Stengel said. “I never did anything to Kentucky.” As the anxiety over the happenings in St. Louis approached the jittering point a great roar of derision arose from the mob. A glance at the scoreboard revealed the reason. The Cardinals had scored two in the first and the New York patrons were enjoying another good rousing hysteric at the expense of their own ball team. Moreover, at this particular moment, the Daffies were clocking another run for themselves in their fourth inning. Len Koenecke hit a double to left and Leslie brought him in with a single to center. Both athletes ■were former members of the Giants, so there could have been something vengeful in their pleasure at this instant. Terry was saluted with a resounding boo as he came up to hit with two out and nobody on in the seventh. There was a countering round of cheers and Terry hit a long fly to center. Upstairs, during the eighth, word again went along the w'ork bench that the Cardinals were preparing a commotion to be sprung on the patrons in a few minutes. The wires said they had three runs in, a man on second and none out in the fourth inning. 000 Neither Justice Nor Sympathy AT this point, Mr. Boyle of Brooklyn got another hit for himself and took second on Frey’s infield out The troublesome Mr. Koenecke then popped a double to short left field, scoring Boyle with Brooklyn’s fourth run. He rolled into second safe under the throw. The wretched Fred Fitzsimmons just here decided that there was neither sympathy nor justice in the worst of all possible worlds. He walked sadly away. Hal Schumacher relieved him and Just as he flung up his first practice service the crowd went crazy at the sight of the scoreboard. Those three runs for St. Louis had been hung up at this trying moment. The Giants exploding into small, pathetic fragments. The wire reported a score of 9 to 0 in St. Louis as the Giants came to bat in the tenth, trailing 8 to 5. Terry came to bat amid more jeers. He was an easy out and Mel Ott closed the tragedy with an infield tap. The Giants tore for their clubhouse amid a soggy silence but a crowd of Brooklyn customers ganged A1 Lopez, put him upon their shoulders and toted the Cuban catcher of the daffiness boys to the showers. The mob halted beneath the Giants’ dressing rooms and serenaded them with a final chorus of sneers and boos as night closed In. (Copyright 1934 by United Features Syndicate Inc.)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

WATER worth $1,000,000 an ounce—twenty times as costly as radium—is the latest discovery of science. As yet no sample of it has been prepared. Nevertheless, scientists are aware of its existence and Professor Hugh S. Taylor of Princeton university has calculated that it would cost $1,000,000 to prepare an ounce of it. This $1,000,000-an-ounce water is the heaviest possible water Its existence became known as a result of the latest discovery of Lord Rutherford, the famous physicist of the University of Cambridge, the discovery of triple-weight hydrogen. Water, as every school boy knows, is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. Each molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Until 1931, every one thought that told the whole story. Then Professor Harold C. Urey of Columbia university discovered the existence of double-weight hydrogen. a a a DR. WASHBURNS view proved correct and he found a concentration of heavy water in the residue of water left in the electrolysis apparatus. By ingenious methods, he was able to increase this concentration to a very large degree. The process, however, is still cumbersome and difficult. At Princeton university, for example, thirteen tons of residue from commercial electrolytic plants was obtained. These thirteen tons represented the residue from the electrolysis of fifty tons of water. From these thirteen tons, the Princeton scientists obtained one pound of the purest heavy water. But the work of Professor Urey and his associates and that of Washburn and his associates and that of Washburn and his successors, does not tell the whole story of heavy water. Early in 1934 Lord Rutherford announced the existence of triple-weight hydrogen. a a a PROFESSOR TAYLOR reports that experiments in the Frick chemical laboratory at Princeton university showed that approximately one out of every 200,000 molecules of heavy water consisted of the heaviest possible water. Undoubtedly, it will not be long before Princeton or some other laboratory undertakes the task of preparing at least a few drops of this newly discovered w But the story does not even stop here. There are. as a matter of fact, three kinds of oxygen atoms, of atomic weights, respectively, 16, 17 and 18.

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