Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1940 — Page 10

TIN SHORTAGE "MAY BE ENDED “BY NEW ALLOY

!P-M-G’ Is Finding General ‘Acceptance as Substitute; Briton’s Discovery.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (u. P)— Consternatioxz over the Shortage of

tin in national defense prepara-|

tions may have been over-empha-sized with the general acceptance of a substitute metal. “P-M-G” like tin, is a new metal hardener, an alloy of silicon, copper and iron. Compared to ordinary tin bronzes, it has a lower specific gravity, greater strength and lighter weight, and higher resist-

ance to corroding. effects of air and water,

An added advantage, is said, fs that the metal comes out of casting with a clean surface, and either the wrought or cast methods of production can be used on it. A Story of on

The story behind “P-M+G” is the story of scientific search for a substitute of nature's resources. When a tin scarcity faced England during the latter part of the first World War, Armstrongs, Ltd., = ship-

builders and munitions | manufacturing concern, began a research for an effective replacement. He was William B. O’Brien Goudielock, who had recently finished his studies at the Glasgow Technical

College and Birmingham's leading].

technical institute. | He was still deep in sxhetientation when the 1922 Washington Disarmament Conference restricted the tonnage and size of naval vessels. The pact, however, made his work assume added importance. The British Government recognized that by eliminating much weight in constructing parts for ships, there could be |either increased speed or added armament without violating rules of the conference. “P-M-G” consequently was employed in countless British ships. I. Came to U. 8.

Not long after, Goud {stock came to the United States. An American copper products corporation, Phelps Dodge, obtained exclusive licenses for his discovery in Fr United

States and Canada. The United States became interested in the metal after seeifg various tests of its application. It now has official approval for certain phases of naval construction, including castings, shafting, shell-hoists, torpedo tubes and other metal parts for vessels. The “go-ahead” also was given by the Army ordnance department for use in fire control [instruments, sighting equipment, od a bush-

overnment

ings, bearings, rods and bolts. Industrial uses for fhe metal include valves, coupling| elbows, do-

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School News—

JURY WILL PROBE ILLINOIS ELEGTION

CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (U. P)—A Federal Grand Jury was to begin an investigation today of alleged vote-buying, vote-manipulating and disenfranchising practices in last week’s Illinois election. U. S. District Attorney J. Albert Woll announced the investigation would center in Chicago. The inquiry will be the first by the Federal Government into Chicago elections. “The conduct of a national election is of vital interest to the Federal Government,” Mr. Woll said. “For this reason I have decided to call a number of persons before the regular grand jury now sitting.” He said approximately 50 persons interviewed in connection with election fraud complaints would appear before the jury and that election commissioners and precinct election workers would be subpenaed.

DRAFT CAPSULES AMONG SOUVENIRS

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14 (U. P.).— Among the souvenirs of Mayme Long are several capsules which were among those used in the World War draft lottery drawing. Miss Long, who was an employee of the Selective Service Bureau at the time, was a witness to the ceremony in which President Woodrow

mestic water heaters, tunnel conduits and river bridges.

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Wilson, blindfolded, drew capsules

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At Press Time for The Daily Echo

William Lodwick, Bettijane Mosiman, Robert Hendrickson and Patty Peterson (left to right) . « » check the Shortridge Daily Echo before press time. 3

Shortridoe and Most Other

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By EARL HOFF

There’s no direct connection with book larnin’, but no high school is complete without athletic teams, a string of clubs and a school band.

Every high school, to be typically American, also requires a school newspaper. Indianapolis schools are no exceptions. Nearly every high school in the City, public and parochial, has a newspaper. So have 45 grade schools. With the exception of the Shortridge High School Daily Echo, one of the few school dailies in the country, the publications are issued weekly or bi-weekly, a few monthly. The Daily Echo is also the oldest school newgpaper in the City, having been founded 42 years ago. There are five separate staffs, each assigned to a different day’s publication,

Printed at School

Four pages in size, the paper carries ads by local merchants and is printed at the school with the aid of a commercial linotype operator. The senior yearbook, issued once a year, is The Annual. The Manual High School Booster was founded in. 1912 as a successor to two small publications, The Argus and Hand and Mind. Issued bi-weekly, The Booster has four pages ‘and is printed commercially,

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It is issued by one staff, changed each semester. A January issue is devoted to creative writings of English classes. The yearbook is called The Senior Booster. The Tech High School Arsenal Cannon, started in 1914, is a successor to Hear Ye, printed first in 1912, Two staffs alternate in publishing the 16 issues each semester. A separate staff publishes the magazine issue of the Cannon which this year will be printed only in June instead of at the end of each semester. All the printing is done by pupils in the Tech print shop.

Ripple Has Its Paper

The Broad Ripple High School Riparian was founded in 1921. Issued weekly, the newspaper is a four-page edition of high school news. Commercially printed, it contains a few ads of neighborhood merchants. The Broad Ripple senior annual also is called The Riparian. The Washington High School Surveyor first appeared in 1927 without a name. The title was chosen by a popular vote of the student body. : A five-column, four-page paper, it is issued six times a semester. It is printed in the school print shop. The senior annual is called The Senior Post. Cathedral High School has two publications. One is The Memo, a weekly mimeograph publication. The other is a monthly magazine, The Megaphone. The latter, which is a literary publication, is commercially printed. Cathedral has no senior annual.

Tudor Hall Has Two

Tudor Hall also has two publications, one a Christmas magazine called The Tudor Crown, the other the senior annual, The Chronicle. Both are commercially printed and edited by students. The Tudor Crown originated as a newspaper, but 11 years ago was converted to a yearly magazine, - Park School for Boys’ Red and Black is a monthly publication edited by students and printed commercially. It is edited by a staff appointed each year. Park School has no senior annual. The Crispus Attucks monthly publication is called the Attucks Crier and has been published for six years. It is student edited and is printed in the school print shop. The senior annual is called The Attucks. Howe High School issues a biweekly, four-page newspaper founded in 1939. Two student staffs alternate in editing the publication, which is commercially printed. Subscription is through English fees.

Howe Plans Yearbook

Howe is planning a yearbook for the first time this year. The Ladywood bi-weekly publication is called Lady-Lore named after the school’s two buildings, Ladywood and Loretto. The newspaper is five years old. It is a mimeograph publication as is the

| Commutor, a monthly paper.

The girls this year voted against having the publications printed instead of mimeographed since they enjoyed doing the work themselves. St. John’s and .St. Agnes Academies have no publications. A weekly mimeographed newspaper, Chatter, is issued at St. Mary's Academy.

MAP COAL MINES FOR PLAYGROUNDS

CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (U. P), — Worked-over strip coal mines may provide camping ground for more than 20,000 underprivileged Chicago children next summer, Dr. Melford E. Zinser, chairman of the Outdoor League, has announced. The league has been offered 30 worked-over mines, now reforested and with fish-stocked lakes, by the Illinois Coal Strippers Association. The league is inspecting the proposed camp sites and may conduct “adventure camps” on the -relandscaping mines.

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LABOR PEACE SOUGHT

IN LUMBER INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (U. P). —Union leaders and members of the northwestern lumber industry are scheduled to meet tomorrow with Labor Department and national defense officials in an attempt to settle their labor dispute. The names of government officials

who will participate have not been revealed but it was expected that Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, Labor Department conciliators and Sidney Hillman, labor co-ordinator of the Defense Commission, would be ‘present. The commission, in identical tele-

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union leaders, had urged that any further tie-up in defense production be avoided pending the meeting “in the hope of bringing to an end the month-old dispute.”

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CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (U. P.).—Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard asked the convention of the American Association of Land Grant Colleges’ yesterday to help strengthen democracy “spiritually” by dispelling the ignorance concerning democracy which inspires fear. “Democracy is prepared productively for total defense,” he said, “but, spiritually, democracy must get busy. “Fears about democracy spring from the thing which always inspires fear—lack of knowledge, I charge you to put in the front rank of work to be done the job of helping our adult citizens and young citizens educate themselves in the essentials of American democracy.” With respect -to agriculture, Mr. Wickard said it is imperative to in-

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45-Pound Fish on 3-Ounce Tip Pole

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Nov. 14 (U. P.).—Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the New York Daily News, hooked and boated a seven-foot, 45-pound sailfish yesterday on a threeounce tip pole with a six-thread line—a feat fishing experts said probably was a record for light

SLOAN URGES 6-DAY

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (U. P).— A recommendation that the present five-day work week be supplanted by the six-day week to speed up the national defense program as soon as the “slack of u employ« ment has been taken up and the

been utilized to the fullest practical extent” was made last night by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. chairman of General Motors Corp. Speaking before the Academy of Political Science, Mr. Sloan said that “the penalty for | overtime should be cancelled during the emergency to encourage |a longer work week” and he urged that any wage increases wait upon rising living costs so as not to provoke in-

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