Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1941 — Page 23

BODIES REBUILT

Sculptor Devises Plastic for

Use on Soldiers; Defies |

.. Detection.

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3" DETROIT, Oct. 10 (U. P). —

. Peaver Edwards, a sculptor who

for years has attempted to humanre rock and metal, began teach=-

ing the Army today how to human-

ime mutilated bodies of soldiers.

Mr, Edwards has returned from rashington, where he told the eon General that with his fatex plastic substance he could estore the shell-shattered parts of soldiers. He said he rejected a

| . commission as a major, but had

‘been engaged as an Army technical

‘»T wouldn't have given my secrets to anyone else,” he said, “but I felt it was a citizen’s duty to give them to the Army.” Difficulty at First . The sculptor has devised a ruberoid plastic which, he said, defies detection when used to simulate a missing anatomical part. 40%] had a lot of trouble in the peginning,” Mr. Edwards said. “Ev‘éfy part had to be a different density, flexibility and translucency. For example, I had difficulty on the first ear I ever made in keepFi ‘more light from shining through it than shone through the real ear.” 22The problem of affixing the manmade members also required much yesearch. Mr. Edwards solved it with a special adhesive, which he suid is non-injurious to the human system. Became Guinea Pig “In finding a safe adhesive, made myself the guinea pig.” said; “Each night for months, went to bed with a third ear glued to my head to study the ill effects 4f any. “Mr. Edwards’ plastic can replace an entire face, he sad. He even Jues hair on his artificial arms or Jegs. His studio-made hands are ‘capable of holding a pen or a hand of cards.

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Air Propellers + Get 'Nerve Test'

<* DAYTON, O., Oct. 10 (U. P.).— A group of “nerve specialists” at Wright Field, Dayton, ar€ using the most modern devices to make “¢ertain that the new high-speed ‘combat ships and huge bombers will not go to pieces under flight ‘and combat conditions.

* Principal stresses on a propeller ‘are those caused by the engine, by _ gusts of air, and by the air “wake” ‘when the propeller passes near

. such obstacles as the landing gear

and fuselage of the plane. + Propellers are .tested in a |

tionary position, suspended elastic sling to find their na

“vibration characteristics. The

step is to revolve the blades attached to a Stationary el motor,

impulses and records them wavy line on sensitized film. By interpreting the film, e eers can determine at what in the propeller vibrations peeup, They even are able to dete whether outside factors induce,

CONVICT BLINDS GUARD IN PRISON

Bucket of Lye Hurled as Vengeance for ‘Solitary’ Penalty.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Oct. 10 (U. P.)—Indiana State Prison doctors said today that Anthony Luge, 43-year-old guard, may lose "the sight of one or both eyes from burns received when a vengeful convict

Jhurled a bucket of concentrated lye

in his face. Mr. Lupe’s condition was reported serious. He was attacked in the prison soap shop yesterday morning by Howard Morton, 34-year-old Negro inmate whom Mr. Lupe had disciplined Monday. Prison -officials said Mr. Lupe had reported Morton for stealing soap and that the prisoner had been placed in solitary confinement for two days. When Morton returned to work in the soap shop yesterday, he seized the bucket of lye and dashed it in Mr. Lupe’s face. He then started to beat the guard on the head with a hammer, but was overpowered by other guards and inmates. He was returned to solitary. Officials said Morton was serving a 5 to 2l-year sentence for assault and battery with intent to rape, and came here from Terre Haute June 10, 1940. He has served three previous sentences, they said.

EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IS NEARING JURY

HUNTINGTON, Ind. Oct. 10 (U. P.).—~The fate of Mrs. Pauline Fairchild, one-time Huntington County treasurer whom the State charges with embezzling more than $23,000, was expected to be turned over to a jury of seven men and five women sometime today. Mrs. Fairchild, testifying in her own defense yesterday, denied that she had taken “any county money for myself or any other person.”

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Exciting HATS Exeiting VALUES...

Ahead!

mittee, who met with officials yesterday, are:

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The Indianapolis Fair Rent Committee will swing into action’ ina few weeks as a rent ‘stabilization agency under the far-flung emergency organization of the Office of Price Administration and. Civilian

Supply. Meeting for the first time yesterday at City Hall, the committee was given an outline of its function under the OPACS fair rent program’ by Tom Tippett of Washing-

Mr. Tippett said the primary purpose of the local committee is to prevent rent gouging, made possible here as where by a short» age of adequate dwellings as a result of defe boom conditions. The commit —would become a buffer "between dlord and tenant. Operating fall time, with an office in some convenient public building, the committee would receive complaints of unfair rent practices from citizens. These complaints would be analyzed in the light of the rental history of the property in question. After conferring with both landlord and tenant, the committee would make a finding. The finding, under the present set-up of the committee, would

‘ton, agency representative.

merely be a recommendation which | this

Seeking to stabilize rents here during the defense emergency is a local committee of citizens named by Mayor Sullivan at the request of Federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson. Members of the comSeated, left to right, Miss Mae Belcher and Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, chairman; standing, left to right, are Remer O. Jefferson, W. P, Snethen, Tom Tippett of Washington, Federal Rent Representative, Mayor Sullivan, Thomas Grinslade and Adolph J. Fritz,

Stabilization Group's Duties Explained by Tom Tippett

the committee would have no power to enforce. However, legislation is now pending ‘in Congress which would give legal backing to the committee’s decisions, Mr. Tippett explained. OPACS is seeking the organization of municipal fair-rent committees throughout the nation in preparation for this legislation. The Fair Rent Committee was named several weeks ago by Mayor Sullivan at the request of Federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson who is charged with developing the fair rent program. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks is chairman, Other members are Miss Mae Belcher, Adolph J. Fritz, Thomas E. Grinslade, Remer O, Jefferson and W. P. Snethen,

SWIMMING VICTIM'S CONDITION IS CRITICAL

The condition of 14-year-old Betty Ridner, whose spine was severely injured in a dive into shallow water last summer, remained critical aid ¥nchanged today at Riley Hospital. The injured girl, a resident of Kokomo, is partially paralyzed. She was brought to Riley Hospital from a Loganepory hospital by ambulance wee

Often Inspire Reports Of Fatal Plunges.

WRIGHT FIELD, Dayton, 0, Oct. 0 (U.P). — When some

Joe.” “Joe” is the long-suffering, much-abused rope dummy used by the air corps parachute testing or Bgl at the field. He ‘has several dozen brothers, some in the 115-pound class and some heavier.

he was made of wood in the form of a man, with hinges at arms and leg joints, and was covered with cloth. Mr. Manson recalls when one of the field employes sprinted a half-mile across the field when the dummy’s parachute failed to open, believing he was witnessing a live jumper falling to his death,

Inquiries Received Daily

In fact this grim mistake still persists among persons passing Wright Field. Telephone calls from surrounding areas about fliers parachuting from their planes are an everyday occurrence. The rope dummies were devised after it was discovered that the wooden dummies smashed to bits

They are made of heavy four-inch rope ‘looped in the figure of a man with short arms and legs. Lead shot bags and additional rope are used to add desired weight for special tests. Early parachute tests were made with square blocks of lead; but these were found ineffectual for testing the harness. There was no way to determine whether arms and legs would get caught in shroud lines. The problems of wind resistance in dropping due to difference in surface area, caused a varied rate of descent. The lifelike rope dummies were the result. -

: Rubber Dummies Fail

Recently the parachute laboratory tried to improve on the rope figures by using hard rubber ones that had a still closer resemblance to a real aviator. Actual drop tests, however, showed that the rubber men upon striking the earth would bounce high into the air and sometimes up into the canopy, fouling the shrouds and tearing the silk. So the army went back to the rope dummies. : Recent tests have shown that live training jumps can be made safely from altitudes as low as 1200 feet; but records show that in dire emergency several fliers para¢huted from a plane at a 150-foot altitude and landed without injury.

"CHUTE SAFETY |="

Wright Field Experiments

“Bob Stiff” or just plain “Dummy

when dropped from high altitudes.

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