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THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1135
TODAY and
TELEVISION hopes
For years radio engineers have
been beaming of the day when
folk be able to see as well as
to hear over the radio. Thousands
of research workers have been try
ing to find the practical way to
project light as well as sound by
the use of the ether waves. In
the laboratories, some remarkable
. results have been achieved. Still
unsolved are the questions of cost
and of the distance to which mo
tion can be projected.
The Radio Corporation of Ameri
ca announces that it will spend a
million dollars on commercialized,
experiments. A transmitter will ,be
set up in the tower of the pmpire
?tnt Knilrlincr and a dor or more
ivu' v ,v.- 0 , r '
receiving sets placed in several
nearby spots.
The day imj come I believe it
will come when people can sit in
their hors anQ twist the dial to
see a ,rseball game or a horserace
or H prize-fight. Long before that,
c-.e theatres will be equipped to
V such scenes on the screen
navit.
and
no
ur
they are actually happening.
even that is a long way off.
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thenilNES .... improvement
veyohear interesting reports of new
hfYiirs of engines which may revo-
joe 'nize the automobiles of a fewj
on ?s hence. One big concern hasj
Berti experimenting with a "hot-.
Joto" engine, using a mixture of
Wiloline and alcohol for fuel. Aj
Wot-spot" engine is one that de
M.ds upon high compression to(
anuite the charge; it has no spark j
Iplugs or ignition system and uses
plectricity only for starting and
dighting.
brl heard the other day that an--plther
big car builder is developing
a engine to operate an acetylene
Or. You make acetylene gas by
jnuring water on calcium carbide,
wjhich in turn is made by mixing
69ke and lime in the electric fur
ice. The "prestolite" that used to
t a used for car headlights was
Compressed acetylene carried in
nan tauKs.
I don t know how soon cars
nninnpH with pithiPr nf theSP new
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.ngines will be on the market, but
jjhe fact that they are being talked
pt is another proof that nothing
stands still. How silly for anybody
to imagine that it would be either
possible or desirable to standardize
development at any given point.
COMFORT .... being attained
Twenty-odd years ago I proposed
a plan for making the guests in
the first hotel built at El Centra,
California, comfortable. El Centra
is in the Imperial Valley, 66 feet
below sea-level, and the thermom
eter goes up above 100 degrees
and stays there. My scheme was
to put in an artificial ice plant and
circulate ice-water through pipes,
like a steam-heating system, in
every bedroom.
The other day I saw in a New
York paper that not only the Bar
bara Worth hotel in El Centro but
that many other hotels throughout
the country are installing air-conditioning
systems in their guest
rooms. So are hundreds of small
town movie theaters; the big city
movie houses have long had such
aids to comfort. Many office build
ings have part or all of the office
space similarly protected against
excess heat and humidity.
I have touched on this subject in
this column before. Air-conditioning
is a big and growing industry,
with more than 100 concerns in it
now. It is one of the things that
is going to lift us out of the de
pression. RESEARCH . . new industries
A couple of weeks ago a con
ference was held at Dearborn,
Michigan, in which eminent indus
trialists, scientists and farmers took
part. It was called a "Chemurgic"
conference, the word meaning,
roughly, putting chemistry to work.
The purpose was to find new ways
to adapt the products of the farm,
or products that could be grown
on farms, to industrial use.
In that line of research the As
sociate of State Universities, in
cluding the Land Grant colleges,
has pointed out that the major de
velopments in the application of
scientific methods in agriculture
have been the result of research
conducted in those tax-supported
institutions.
All the folk who talk about stop
ping where we are and not trying
to go any further in any direction
of standardizing everything at
its present status are talking plain
foolishness. Out of the research
laboratories are coming, almost
every day, discoveries which are the
seeds of new industries for the
future, and which will eventually
make life easier, richer and hap
pier for everybody. Who wants to
stop that ?
CAPITAL . . unhampered profits
A headline in a New York paper
the other day reads: "$76,418,490
Sought in New Securities." I look
ed over the list of important busi
ness concerns which are asking per
mission of the Federal Securities
Commission to sell bonds to raise
capital. A large part of this new
capital is being sought for the very
purpose I have just been talking
aHput in this column; that is, to
linatic?. cw--fridu'sfris based upon
new scientific and tecfoifcai ' fis
coveries. There is plenty of capital look
ing for investment, but its holders
want to put it where they have a
chance to make important profits;
they are not interested in lending
it at 5 or 6 per cent on the old
fashioned kinds of securities. Most
of the rich men I know are look
ing for a chance to gamble for big
money by putting up capital to
commercialize the new things which
will be the big money-makers of
the next few years.
I think that private capital will
loosen up whenever it is shown a
fair chance of big profits unham
pered by the fear that the Govern
ment will confiscate profits, if they
are realized.
EXPAND CCC
FOR VETERANS
To Include Veterans of
Either World War or
Prior Wars
CHARLOTTE, N. C.-James S
Pittman, Manager of the North
Carolina Regional Office of the
Veterans' Administration, Charlotte,
N. C, announces receipt of infor
mation that the President of the
United States has directed the
prompt expansion of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, to include vet
erans of either the World War or
prior wars; that the Director,
Emergency Conservation Work, has
authorized the expansion of the
Civilian Conservation Corps during
the period June 15-August 31, 1935,
which will include the normal July
replacement program to maintain
the Corps at full strength.
He calls attention to the fact that
in addition to veterans of the World
War, veterans of such wars as the
Spanish-American War, the Philip
pine Insurrection and the Boxer
Rebellion (of China Relief Expedi
tion) are to be included in the pro
gram of expansion as it relates to
the Veterans' Contingent, Civilian
Conservation Corps K and that ap
plicants therefor muVst meet the
following requirements (a) service
in the armed forces of vlhe United
States during war; (b) honorable
discharge from such service; (c)
veteran is unemployed; (d) Veteran
is a citizen of the United States;
(e) physical fitness and (f) Vood
character.
Mr. Pittman states that white
Headed Ak Armada
HONOLULU , v Commander E.
W. Tod (above), was in charge of the
43 U. 8. Navy flying boats which
made up the greatest air armada ever
to make a 1,188 mile water hop. The
feat was part of the Navy's Pacific
war game maneuvers, veiled with
great secrecy.
definite figures for the North Car-
olina quota of veterans are not im
mediately available, it is contem
plated that the number of war vet
erans to be selected' will be from
500 to 600, including both white
and colored, and he adds that an-
plications oJL all veterans per
manently residing in North Caro
lina should be forwarded as
promptly as possible to the Man
ager, Veterans' Administration,
Charlotte, N. C, that applications
(Form P-130) must be submitted
IN DUPLICATE:
AH veterans who may be interest
ed are reminded of the imoortance
of making inquiries or forwarding
their applications at the earliest
possible date. The Charlotte office
of the Veterans' Administration will
give prompt attention to individual
inquiries of veterans, by letter or
otherwise. However, veterans are
cautioned that it would be inad
visable to incur any expense for
personal visits to the office of the
Veterans' Administration in Char
lotte for the purpose of filing their
applications, for the particular reas
on that it is essential that applica
tions must bear the endorsements
of two responsible persons who
can vouch for them; and at least
one of these signatures should be
obtained from an official of an ex
service, welfare or relief organiza
tion, and the other should be ob
tained from a responsible citizen or
notary public who is acquainted
with the facts upon which applica
tions are based 1
Upon the other hand, veterans
should make their personal con
tacts with the nearest office of
such organizations as The Ameri
can Red Cross, Public Welfare,
County Relief, or any of the veter
ans' organizations, such as The
American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars, Disabled American Vet
erans of the World War and the
United Spanish War Veterans, as
well as the National Reemployment
Service. To those veterans who
desire to handle their cases by
mail, Mr. Pittman states that all
that is necessary is for them to
address a postal card to the Char
lotte office, requesting "application
Form P-130 for a war veteran," and
that all such inquiries will receive
prompt attention.
A Boom
Stoekson You say your mining
stocks are worth three times what
they were when you bought them?
That's astonishing. How do you
account for it?
Bonds Waste paper has trebled
in value since 1 made the purchase.
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DUSTRY. .
MUST KNOW ABOUT
THE CAROLIN AS
Instead 6f concentrating great industrial
plants in a few large centers.
manufacturers and government officials anticipate a steady trend
toward establishing future manufacturing plants in smaller
communities and rural areas.
9n the CaholinjoA TWUionA 4 (knsA a;tses!e SS
power, transportation and labor facilities, the Caroltaas have every
reason to expect sound and constant industrial development, provided -,.
we inform the nation of our oooortunities. i
That's the Purpose ef The Carolines, Inc. "TO TELL THE WORLD"
7k CAROLINAS
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Box 60, Charlotte, N. C.
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cerning Carolina!, Inc., and copy of the Carolina
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have donated the space for ths and a series
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purpose of bringing facts about' the Carolina
before their people, that they may be better
informed as to the resources, history and
industrial importance of the Carolina, and
that they may know bow they can assist
in the broad movement to advertise to the
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