Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1937 — Page 10
9
1
Newly Discovered Form
|
In Separate Experiments Are the Same; If So Where Does It Fit in Present Conception.
(Copyright, 1937.
by
Science Service)
| WASHINGTON, May 7.—Scientists today are asking: | Are there two new; mysterious atomic particles or building blocks of
the universe?
Or are the particles, intermediate in weight between elec-
tron and proton, discovered at California Institute of Technology and at
arvard the same?
Probably they are the same, but the thing that worries physicists is that such a particle does not fit into existing theory,
The new form of matter discovered by Nobelist' Dr, Carl D. Anderson | impossible to believe but made real |ship. When it hit the
and Dr. Seth Neddermeyer of California Institute of Technology came to
public notice Service dispatch | last November. Cautiously | the dicoverers delayed full scientific publication, but their report is now to 'appear shortly. : | An unusual penetrating particle in cosmic rays was reported to the American Physical Society meeting ere by Drs. J. C. Street and E. C. Stevenson of Harvard. Both Poles Noted
| | The Anderson-Neddermeyer particle carries the same amount of electricity as an electron, but both sitives and negatives are found. mass it|is intermediate between
through a Science ¢—
space is soon distributed among a large number of electrons and photons. , How these so-called “showers” or “bursts” of cosmic rays are developed and the way the showers are absorbed was ‘the detailed function of their report. While the Carlson-Oppenheimer theory is considered the best of its kind at present, no scientist doubts that it will be extended and perhaps modified in the future. Whether the supposed “new” halfway particle or partieles just reported will fit into a modified theory is, of course, as yet unknown. First, its true existence
- Both occur in cosmic radiation and
I electron and proton. The Streettevenson particle is described as being neither electron nor proton.
will have to be certified to by much independent work. And in the mean- ] time the physicists advise caution. the Harvard studies indicate that 80 per cent of the cosmic rays reaching sea level are the new particle. | The new, particle, or particles, fie its or their reality, do not i
U.S.DEBT EXCEEDS | LIMIT SET BY F. D. R.
By United Press WASHINGTON, May 7.—The national debt rose today beyond the Boor Siate of a nls pe fixed by Presivhen comes to expla e | ; . ord collision of | particles at the | While Cpngress struggled with | enormously] high energies encount- | economy nd the nation prepared | ered in cosmic rays. | [for higher taxes, the Treasury state- | There is now complete Pr en! fo p day Jovani om the na- | ent among scientists that all the tions ae reache e unpreceevidence points to. outer space as dented high mark of $35,039,956,- | the origin |of- cosmic rays. When | 335.49 on. May 5. | ese rays | strike the upper "layers | The indebtedness figure represent- | of the earth's atmosphere, there are ed an upward movement of $52,terrific collisions with the air atoms | 052.439.07 from the previous resent, It is generally recognized | resulting rincipally from another : a . | 3 . yt . "ino | BE I doi Rian ae ounting from the top, there 1s] —— much absorption and that what SAVAG occurs and|is measured by scientists | | n the earth is merely the tremen-| SINGAPORE. May 1. — Temiar | ously complicated debris of a whole | tyibesmen|{ in the jungles of the: eries. of violent collisions, set off | Malay State of Kelantan have orby the primary cosmic rays. | ganized their own corps of :'G-Men” | Theory Behind Experiment | | to prevent Chinese tin miners from ! i Uni ethraies of some 400.0200 0 { abducting their women. Armed | p to oS $ 0:20.00 electron-volts scientists are fairly
fit into present theories. But this 5s not-as sensational as the statement might indicate. Rather, it is an indication of the comparatively
day, |’
| the patrols station themselves at |§
EYEWITNESSES
Of Matter Is Puzzle to DESCRIBE SCENE Atomic Theory Experts
cientists Studying Two Mysterious Particles Found
AS NIGHTMARE
Jersey - Aviation Head Says ‘It’s Miracle So Many - Were Saved.’
By United Press LAKEHURST, N. J, May 7.— Scores of witnesses who watched the flaming hulk of the dirigible Hindenburg fall, described the scene today as like a “horrible nightmare,”
by the screams of trapped victims. William Von Meister, vice president of the Zeppelin Co., and Harry A. Bruno, press agent, were standing directly under the nose of the big| ship as it settled close to the ground. “Suddenly there was a terrific explosion under the tail flippers,” Bruno said. “Flames shot through
always longed.
tg ai Bassi SRS oe i
the ship in a fragtion of a second. “I saw two passengers hurled out of the window. “We turned and ran as fast as we could to get out from under the big hulk that was enveloped in flame and was descending on us.” From a hospital bed, 22-year-old Theodore Ritter, mechanic aboard the dirigible, called out in broken English: ! “Gertrude, Gertrude, Gertrude.”
I'lash of Flame
Authorities sent for an interpreter. ‘Ritter, slightly injured, explained that he wanted his sweetheart back home in Halle-Schwae-bisch, Germany, to know that he
had survived. “I was in one of the engine gondolas,” he said. “There was no indication that anything was wrong. “We stopped the engine. Sud-
with blowpipes and poisoned darts, | confident [that their present the-|
ories give at least an approximately gorrect picture of the happenings So occur, But they admit that in | the emergy range above 4:0.010,900 the theory is woefully behind experiment. |The particle or particles recently reported may represent additional evidence of this fact: ! Other discoveries in the next few years, each ‘of which, in turn, may reveal a “mystery” particle, are exec.ed by research workers. ll The favored mathematical theory of the moment which was quoted by many scientists presenting osmic ray papers at the American Physical Society meeting here, is that of Drs. J. F. Carlson and . R. Oppenheimer of the University f California. Last Feb. 15, Drs. Carlson and Ogp:enheimer published their paper “On Multiplicative Showers.” Their mathematical report is considered one of the best attempts to link the theory and experimental facts in the high energy fangs encountered in cosmic ray studies. 3 | Drs. Carlson and Oppenheimer ointed out then that quantum thery indicated that for very high particles striking the upper atmosphere, for example, it might be possible to have the formation of pairs of particles and energy losses Which would no longer depend [on the energy in the incoming radiation. | Energy May Be Distributed | | Thus, at least in theory, it might Je: conceivable that the secondary “debris” produced by either a photon - of radiation or by an electron, might be almost as penetrating as the primary effect. In the, intricate conglomeration that is observed jon earth, the primary energy which
strategic points along jungle trails
and river banks.
le CANCER ON INCREASE, ST. LOUIS, May 17.— Deaths from cancer in St. Louis totaled 1495 in 1936, the largest number in the city's medical history, according to Dr. Ellis Fischel, chairman of the St. Louis committee of the American Society for the Control of Cancer.
his
JAH
came onto the earth from outer
SCO
FOR SATURDAY
LOVELY CREPES
$299 S$
Each
@® GRAY ® POWDER BLUE ® LUGGAGE
Drastically Reduced | Fur trimmed and untrimmed. Others to $13.59.
:
27 N. ILLINOIS ST.
DRESSE
400 GORGEOUS PRINTS,
DRESSES FOR
'® THISTLE '@ BEIGE |® GREEN '@ NAVY ® YELLOW
COATS—SUITS $699
Oil Range
This 5 burner Savoil range is yours for only $1.00 down on Peoples Easy |Payment Plan. Make cooking this [summer a real pleasure on this stove! and have the added en_joyment of delicious meals.
g-9%
denly there was a flash of flame. “Our gondola was ripped from the ground, I I picked myself up and ran as fast las I could.” Another Herbert 1 O'Laughlin of Lake Forest, Ill., was lin a Newark, N.J., hospital. He had |been in his cabin preparing to disembark, when he felt the Hinden- | burg swing dizzily. > “It’s all like a nightmare,” he said. “A light lit up the whole ship. Fire
survivor,
A Word About... 1 PEOPLES EASY PAYMENT PLAN
Here is a simple easy way tor everyone to enjoy the thrill and pleasure of having the things for the home for which they have I'here is no fuss or bother about opening this deferred payment account—you are able to have the merchandise you choose immediately—your terms are arranged to suit your convenience and—best of all—you pay nothing extra whatsoever for this service.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
' seemed to break out all about the
(crash. The heat was terrific. { sounded like the fuel tanks were ex-
ground. “There wasn’t much time to think. “I know I jumped out of the ship. It wasn’t far to the ground. "Then I ran away. Somebody stopped me and I was taken to a plane.” “I don’t see how anyone escaped,” said 14-year-old Walter Galliford, who was standing 200 yards away
| from the ship when it burst into
flames.
“The stern hit the ground with a It
ploding one by one.” Harry Thomas, a naval electrician, was one of the first to brave the heat ‘and flames in an attempt to pull survivors from the wreckage. Stares Horrified “I saw a man pinned in one of the gondolas, screaming,” he said. “I helped pull the man out and carried him away, He was a German electrician that I met over here last summer. He had a broken leg and burns on his face and body.” Bruno told of seeing Capt. Ernst Lehmann, veteran dirigible commander, pick himself up from the
ground and stare in horrified amazement at the mass of twisted girders
a
ov
that was the Hindenburg. “He began walking over toward
AT CE
us,” Bruno said. “He was very badly burned. o “He kept repeating: “‘I don’t understand it. understand it.” ~ Gill’ Robb ‘Wilson, New Jersey State Director of Aviation, said the Hindenburg appeared to be -functioning perfectly before the explosion. “As the fire swept forward,” he said, “the rest of the ship settled. As it did passengers and crew were either thrown, blown or jumped from parts of the ship in which they | were standing. “It’s a miracle that so many were saved.” Harry J. King, baggageman for the Zeppelin Co., was inside the landing circle when the ship struck the ground “in a cloud of dust and smoke and flame and scattering fabric.” “Two bodies came hurtling out of a cabin window,” he said. “One man came running toward-me, his hair in flames. I extinguished ‘the fire. He kept calling for his family. He wanted to run back to the flaming ship. I stopped him.
“It Was Nightmare”
“The two people who were blown out of the window must have perished when the ship fell on them.
I don’t
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937 The cries of the injured and dying had his camera to his eye when were terrible. It was a nightmare.” | flames shot out from either side of Murray Becker, a photographer, | the ship.”
4
Your Charm Is in Your Eyes
Poets have called your eyes ‘the windows of | your soul.” Be sure that your eyes are at their lovely best, free from squints and strain-soreness and heddaches. Let us fit you with attractive, corrective eyeglasses.
Oculists’ prescriptions filled. Broken lenses replaced. Evenings and Sundays by appointment at no extra cost. 5
Dr. J. BE. KERNEL TRACTION TERMINAL BLDG. | STREET FLOOR, COR. MARKET AND ILLINOIS STS.
Hours 7 A. M. TO 6 P. M. LI. 7600
One woman shrieked hysterically.
NO INTEREST NO CARRYING CHARGES
“You Pay Only a Small
Amount Down.
The Bal-
ance Will Be Ar-
ranged to
Suit
Your Budget.”
| Will - Hol ] Any Garment”
EXTRA COST.
No Carrying Charges
Electric Light
Included At No Extra Cost
8 3'x106"
9x12 iH 3"
LOVELY RUGS
Summer-ize the floors in your home this year. Make them bright and colorful and see the tremendous difference it'makes. You can get all the rugs you need for every room in your home NOW if you use Peoples Easy Payment an.
Ca ernvenhii canine essi. 24895 up crear tnsinniiiaia deere aitne.. 24:95 UD X12 i either, 49.50 up
PAY ONLY 1.00 DOWN
TUDIO COUCH
Here's a redl comfort in a studio couch for either one or two persons. mattresses will give you hours of pleasant, restful sleep and during the ‘day you can use this bed as a modern couch.
Soft innerspring
245
PORCH SWING
_ Put a new porch swing up this year and| pre- ~ pare yourself tc enjoy > pleasant, cool summer 49 4 evenings. Complete with ° chains. ;
ICE REFRIGERATOR
NOW is the time to get your new refrigerator and you'll be all prepared for the summer months. This excellent box will keep your foods perfectly and in .addition be attractive in your kitchen. A clever electric light is included at NO
gs:
PAY ONLY 1.00 DOWN
GLIDERS
Plan on spending a lot of time outdoors this summer and be sure to have one of these gliders to help you relax and be comfortable.
THey're gay and colortul and
solidly constructed. The smooth
rolling glide will add to your enjoyment. Buy one on Peoples
Easy Payment Plan,
PAY ONLY
1.00 DOWN
"BRAND NEW AND TUBES.
U. 'S. ROYAL TIRES QUANTITY LIMITED