Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1943 — Page 26

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CHOIR TO SING AT ALTENHEIM HOME

Music for the vesper service at the Altenheim (old folks home) at 9 p. m. tomorrow will be presented by members of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church choir, directed by Clarence Elbert, organist and choirmaster. The Rev. Henry Scheperle, Lutheran city missionary, will speak and a duet will be sung by Mary Matthius and Ruth Nachbar, accompanied by Mr. Elbert.

AUXILIARY FIREMEN TO GIVE PUBLIC TEST The auxiliary fire department of givilian defense zone 5 will practice and give a public’ demonstration of the use of a pumper and other equipment at Fall creek and College ave. from.1 to 4 p. m. Sunday. Officials of the zone will be present to enroil recruits, Many are needed to join in the defense of

the area which includes new residential districts.

17 FROM HERE TO BE DEPAUW GRADUATES

Among 240 graduates at DePauw university commencement exercises Sunday will be 17 from Indianapoli§. They are:

Arthur Gustav Allard Jr, R. R. 2; Ralph Canter Jr, 130 S. Elder ave.; Susanne Clark, 4045 Carroliton ave.; Eugene Cotton, 330 N. Mount st.; Charles E. Daugherty Jr.,, 5360 N. New Jersey st.; Mary Eleanor Fenstermaker, 146 E. 44th st.; Mary Anna Martin, 6234 Haverford ave.; Joan Mick, 27 W. 46th st.; Catherine Peet, 739 E. 53d st.; Wilma Rothenburger, 3320 Ruckle st.; James Frederick Sears, 1249 S. Waldamere st.; John C .Siegesmund Jr., 61 N. Campbell ave.; Richard A. Stark, 5306 Kenwood ave.; Tewell Jr., 626 Congress st.; Allan Delker Vestal, {344 Whittier pl; Margaret Rose Zapf, 326 E. 65th st, and Mary Margaret Dyar, 97¢ N. Audubon rd.

Although many of the men are in the armed forces and will be graduated in absentia, aproximately 200 wil participate in the exercices and hear the address to bt given (by Gov. Leverett Saltonstall of { Massachusetts, President Clyde E. | Wildman of DePauw will give the {baccalaureate address Sunday | moming in Gobin Memorial church,

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Men with executive experience in government, business and education are being sought as officer candidates by the navy for future assignment on the military and naval staffs in foreign countries which may be occupied under United States control. Interviews will be conducted at the Office of Naval Officer Procure-

ment, 120 W. North st, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Applicants

30 and 45. Women between 30 and 45 are being scught as directors of the women's reserve in naval districts.

LUNCHEON MEETING SET Naomi chapter, O. E. S., will meet tomorrow in the Y. W. C. A, for a noon luncheon, with Mrs. Della King, hostess. Mrs, Lillian Winget will preside at a business session at

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Cyclonite Is Even More Violent Than TNT.

By DAVID DIETZ Times Specia! Writer CLEVELAND, May 13.—Cyclonite is the name of a new explosive for bombs and shells that goes off with even greater violence than TNT. But, like TNT, it is relatively insen-

sitive. Laymen probably do not appreciate the need for this second quality in war explosives but it is most important. Nitroglycerin and dynamite find little use in war because they are too sensitive. They explode too easily. The hazard of handling shells or bombs loaded with them would be far too great. Dynamite, if it could be safely handled under war conditions, would be ideal. For its explosive power is even greater than that of the new cyclonite.

Hard to Explode

TNT and the other explosives used in naval shells are so insensitive that the shells can be fired through 16-inch armor plate without exploding if the fuse is set in the safe position. Similarly, bombs can be dropped safely if the need arises to unload a plane over friendly territory. These facts were pointed out by Dr. Alberto F. Thompson, assistant professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an address before the General Electric science forum in Schenectady.

Fuse Is Important

This emphasizes the importance of the fuse which must be made as carefully as a fine watch in most instances, Dr. Thompson continued. In shells or bombs designed to explode on landing the fuse contains some substance like mercury fulminate, a very sensitive explosive which goes off immediately on contact with the target. If the fuse has been set to the “safe” position, the explosion of the fulminate is all that happens. But if the fuse is set for business, in what is technically called the “armed” position, then the explosion of the fulminate sets off the explosion of a second substance which is more powerful but less sensitive. This is known as the “booster.” Tetryl is a typical booster.

Hag Four Explosions

Finally, the booster sets off the main charge of TNT or whatever else it may be. Counting the guncotton which propels the shells out of the gun, a shell thus requires four different explosives, each with its own characteristics, Dr. Thompson said. The first explosive known to military science was black powder. It was used at least 1200-years ago and was perfected more than 500 years

explosive available until the growth of 19th century chemistry. Guncotton or cellulose nitrate was made by the Swiss chemist, Prof. Christian Frederick Schoenbein, in 1845. The next year the Italian chemist, Ascano Sobrero, made nitroglycerin. Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel prizes, made dynamite in 1862 by soaking up nitroglycerin in a porous earth called keiselguhr. In 1876 he made the first of the modern high explosives by soaking up nitroglycerin in guncotton.

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