The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 March 1964 — Page 3

■ THE DAILY BANNER GREENCASTLE, INDIANA FRI., MARCH 27, 1964. Page 3

CENTENNIAL SCRAPBOOK The War for the Union 1861-65 in Pictures

AfVi Paradoxically, the Navy was INO. HUO the first of the United States armed services to adopt a knife bayonet. Credit for the innovation belongs to John A. Dahlgren, the chief ordnance officer of the Navy for 16 years before the war—the same S wedish - American who invented the Dahlgren rifled cannon that was the primary weapon of the Navy in the war years. The latter, cast and machined according to new principles, were superior to any firepower the Rebels were able to mount at sea. Dahlgren, who left his desk job in Washington to command the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-64, understood the need for a Bowie knife type of bayonet for hand-to-hand fighting and a heavy tool for cutting away damaged tackle. He designed and developed a combination which was officially approved. “It was used with the socalled Plymouth rifle, another weapon manufactured according to Dahlgren’s specifications. These new Bowie knife bayonets . . . were unique in the history of American naval weapons,” it is stated in "Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia," by Dr. Francis A. Lord (pub. by Stackpole Co., Harrisburg,

Pa.).

Although sawtooth bayonets had been in use in some European armies since 1809, the

U. S. Army w’as without any in 1864, when a Marylander patented one devised to be useful to engineer and pontoon regiments as a combination saw’ for brush and weapon. An earlier bayonet of saber type was disliked by soldiers because it was unwieldy and also because relatively few’ of the soldiers were willing to fight hand-to-hand with men similarly armed. As mentioned earlier in this series (No. 48) the great frontiersman whose name is immortalized by a distinctive knife, Jim Bowie, regarded such a weapon as “more trustworthy in the hands of a strong man than a pistol." But as Alan LeMay remarked, “Most Americans would rather be blowm to bits than face up to the stab and slice of whetted steel.” It is pertinent to quote again another novelist, Robert Heinlein. He explained: “Many people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia. Idiots wiio drive cars 100 miles an hour on 50-mile-an-hour roads will nevertheless panic at the sight of a bare blade.” Hence the bayonet of any type in the Union soldier's hands was used generally for digging up vegetables, opening a can, as a candlestick or tent pin.

—CLARK KINNAIRD

Sawtooth bayonet patented in 1864 by F. W. Alexander of Baltimore, Md. From Dr. Francis A. Lord s unique pictorial reference on arms and equipment, Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia lpublished by Stackpole SonsJ.

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POLICE CAR, THIS TIME—Body of Pedro Ortiz, 72, a transient, lies on roof of a sheriff s patrol car in Sacramento, Calif., after caroming off the hood. You can see the dent made by the Impact of Ortiz’ body. Officer William Slabaugh blamed the accident on glare of headlights of cars leaving a drive-in theater.

Workmen Will Take Lie Tests LA PORTE UPI — All of the more than 40 employes of the American Metal Products Co. plant have agreed to take lie detector tests in an investigation of a dynamite explosion which shook the plant last Sunday. Detective Gene Christian said 38 shop workers and several management workers agreed to

tests administered by LaPorte County Sheriff Clifford Arnold. The blast blew up several drums of lacquer and paint thinner and buckled a wall but damage was estimated at only $1,000. The blast occured shortly after 20 persons w’ere laid off in a production cutback caused by a decrease in orders, and shortly before a National Labor Relations Board election to determine if employes wish to be represented by the Carpenters Union.

Christian said the first to take the test will be 13 shop employes who moved with the firm to LaPorte from Crawfordsville last year following a

$478,000 BURGLARY—Second trial of showgirl Lillian Reis (above), former Philadelphia nightclub owner, in the 1959 burglary of coal magnate John B. Rich’s home in Pottsville, Pa., is underway there. Authorities set the loot at $478,000, but Rich said P was about $20,000 In cash and jewelry. Her first trial ended in a deadlocked jury.

fire at the old plant. “We feci the man we want moved here from Crawfordsville but we re prepared to give tests to all the employes, if necessary,” Christian said. There were indications that the 20 laid-off employes also, would be asked to take tests. Vote Next Week On 2 Measures WASHINGTON UPI—House leaders have decided to hold votes next week on the controversial food stamp and wheatcotton price support bills. The votes will come on Tuesday and Wednesday. The leaders were not certain they had the votes necessary to pass both bills. The food stamp plan is a modified version of one requested by President Johnson as part of his “w’ar on poverty.” It calls for a nationwide extension of an experimental food stamp program now operating in about 48 areas. The price support vote will ■■■HSRXnH

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come on a motion to accept a Senate-approved w’heat control plan as an amendment to a House-passed cotton bill. Republicans have bitterly criticized the leadership proposal for such a vote because they would like to amend the Senate wheat plan. Meany Assails Stand By LBJ ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. UPI —AFL-CIO President George Meany sharply criticized White House wage - price guidelines yesterday and said they could lead to government control of the economy. Meany challenged the guidelines in a speech to the United Auto Workers convention which heard them reaffirmed Monday by President Johnson. The leader of the giant labor federation said he would ask the AFL-CIO to take a strong stand against the White House position that wages should not exceed increases in productivity.

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DEAD AT 59—This is a recent photo of actor Peter Lorre, the eerie movie villain of past three decades, dead in Hollywood at 59.

INTERFERENCE—NASA's first Gemini-Titan space vehicle rests on Complex 19. Cape Kennedy, during electrical and electronic interference testa. The launch vehicle erectoi is lowered. All electrical and electronic equipment is exercised to determine tl there is interference.

Len Pennyworth Says: Feeble Attempt to Absorb Culture Nearly Produces a Grandpa Moses

My family suspects I am a little short on culture because I appeared unemotional at the exhibition of modern art last Sunday afternoon. The truth is I didn't know how to express my feelings in a way which w-ould be kind to all concerned. When the judges announced second prize, I almost went up to claim the money, for I was sure that the wife, all unbeknown to me, had entered the rag I keep in the basement to clean my paint brushes. The thought occurred to me that maybe I was a Grandpa Moses and was just finding it out. Seriously, the kids who had entered the paintings had put a lot of time and effort into their masterpieces, and just because my capacity for art apprecia-

tion runs to kitchen calendars doesn’t necessarily mean that the paintings were meaningless. I listened in on some of the art-minded conversation and gathered that the point of view has something to do with understanding of the pictures. I took this to mean that maybe I wasn't standing in the right place to stimulate my appreciation. The proper point of view is also important when it comes to selecting an institution to handle your finances. You need to see the picture in proper perspective and for my money. Full Service Banking, like that available at Central National Bank, looks good from all angles.

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STUDENTS OF THE TEENAGER ui Brooklyn, N Y, are puzzling over this case, honor student Yvonne Burgess, 16, who climbed out a fourth floor window in her high school, danced around for nearly an hour while nuns, teachers and her own sister tried to reason with her, then leaped By then police and firemen had a net rigged. She came to New York three years ago with her family from British Honduras.

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