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Page Two Mid Ocean Echoes I Are Alert Signals For Big Cable Ship Seattle, Wash. —Echoes from the middle of the Pacific Ocean act as alert signals for the biggest cable [ ship under the American flag the Army Transportation Corps’ Albert J. Myer. When indistinct messages come into Seattle cable terminal from Alaska, an Army technician uses special test equipment to locate the damage in the communication line. Damage to the cable causes a rushing sound—or echo—to come through the test equip ment, and an experienced line repair man can tell—within two miles— where the damage is. Then the 362- foot ship—with home port here— casts off on a repair mission. The Myer steams to the approxi mate location of the damage and drops a grapnel—an “anchor with claws” —attached to a rope. An instrument on the ship—called a dynamometer—indicates when the cable is hooked to the grapnel. The cable then is pulled up on the ship, cut, and the end nearest land is tied to a buoy. The ship steams . for ward, rolling up the other part of the cable until Army Signal Corps ex perts find the damage. They cut the damage section out and splice a new piece of cable in its place. After repairs are made, the Army cable engineer aboard ship tests the line. By using portable testing equip ment, he sends messages to both the United States mainland and to the' terminal at Ketchikan, Alaska. Damages to cable in deep water— breaks, twists or cuts—often are caused by submarine earthquakes or landslides. Also, decomposition of the cable sometimes exposes its core to damage from currents or rough bottom. In one instance, a whale tangled with the cable and twisted it. Cable damage in shallow water— where faults usually occur—are the result of pounding surf at the shore line, a ship’s anchor, piledriving ac tivities, dredging operations and swift currents. Fully equipped Army barg es are used to make these shallow water repairs. Besides complete testing and repair equipment, the Myer also is equip ped with special engines for laying cable and instruments which measure the length of cable as it is being pick ed up or laid. Cable is laid from three huge rollers at the tip of the ship’s bow. Tanks in the hold of the ship carry 1,200 miles of one-inch diameter cable —enough to extend from Seattle to Bakersfield, Calif. The Myer is able to distill sea water to replenish her supply of drinking water held in tanks aboard ship. Thp Myer has a gross tonnage of! almost 4,000 and a fuel capacity of j 7,000 barrels of oil. She operates at 14 knots with a top speed of 15 knots. | Her cruising range is 8,250 miles. 1 www www - v y 'www ww w - w Homes stay cleaner with LENNOX Heating! 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Burns are among the most common of all injuries, causing ap proximately 6,000 deaths in the U.S. every year. - • Burns are classified as first, sec ond or third degree, according to _ • their seventy. F ' ir * t degree bums are usu 2“* no * •? riou *- Second degree J burns cause blistering of the .. skin, ana a third , • iVYJWyrj-V degree burn l\wLf i chars the flesh. Actually, the ENBr'Jside-effects of a severe burn are '• •* •*"• * more serious than the wound itself—although it is only in recent years that science has discovered this. The victim may suffer shock, which causes an es timated 80 per cent of deaths in fatal bums, or a serious infection may enter the burned area. To combat these problems, blood plasma or whole blood may be given to restore body fluids lost in shock, and the body’s resistance may be bolstered by administration of the hormones ACTH and corti sone. Antibiotics such as terramy cin and penicillin are often given to prevent infection. -xt Treatment of the bum itself may be either by covering it with a pressure bandage or by the new, open-air method, which has been i used with success in Korea. In this method, the wound is not covered, but allowed to dry and heal in the open air. But the best cure for bums is still prevention. Although the Army Transportation Corps operates the ships, its move ment is controlled by the Army Sig nal Corps which laid the cable be tween U.S. and Alaska in 1924. The Signal Corps—represented by the Alaska Communication System— handles Commercial as well as mili tary messages to Alaska and between cities in the territory. A private com munications firm may contract with the Army to have the Myer repair it’s damage lines. Crew of the Myer varies from 84 to 100 men, depending upon the job to be done. Most of the men are civi lian seamen. Signal Corps personnel include at least one civilian cable en gineer and approximately 20 enlisted technicians. During a single nine-month period, the Myer was called out only twice to make repairs. When the ship is in port, most of the crew is assigned to other duties. SOLDIERS SPORTS Washington—Eight per cent of all U S. soldiers take part in sports pro grams conducted by the Army. | Last year 127 soldiers performers qualified for Olympic tryouts and 32 | of them went on to the 1952 Olympic ‘ Games. THE CHOWAN HERALD, BDENTON. N. a, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1953. Weekly Devotional I Column By James Mackenzie * “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that thee.” (Genesis 12: 3). The above quoted verse is taken from God’s covenant with the pro genitor of the Jewish race, Abraham; and the blessing and curse entailed here are upon them who so treat his descendants. This blessing upon na tions and persons who bless the Jew ish people, and curse upon all who curse them, is a dominant theme of Old Testament thought, and was re affirmed by Jesus while He was here upon earth. Further, as a student of history, I am constantly amazed as I am confronted with the unerring fi delity with which this curse has been carried out. The histories of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Poland, and, in recent years, Nazi Germany, and post-war England, all bear eloquent testimony to the fact that those nations and peo ple which curse the Jews are them selves cursed. 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Do they not realize that Jesus our Sav iour was a Jew and that He loves this people with every fiber of His being? For that matter, discrimination against any race is wrong! It is wrong because God has made man in His own image, and to despise a man because of his distinctive physical characteristics, or because of his rac ial origin, is, in reality, to despise in stead the God'who created him. Fur ther, it is wrong because it is moti vated by pride, and iio human being, white or colored, Jew or Gentile, has any sensible reason to be proud. 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