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;: - v.! :riLY, keietford, n. c fripay,' September 25, me. PAGE THREE ' -VI , 1 IUf' 5oU r:.3 Frcia Ans&er r,: ;.. pi,;-- , . Washington. An atom gun shooting atomic projectiles at speeds t 15,000 miles per second, with energies of 11.- 000,000 volts more than doable -the power of any atom smashing device yet created by man, and capable of transmuting every element existing In nature was 4 announced here 5 oefore the , annual , meeting of the National Academy of Sciences by Prof. Ernest u. Lawrence and Dr. J. M. Cork, of the University of California, T4 s t 'With, this new "atomic "Big Bertha," Doctor Lawrence, and his co-workers ay they have succeeded at last In realizing, on. a small scale, the al chemist's dream of creating gold eat ot. another,, metal. The Quantities made, however, .,. Doctor . Lawrence re marked, are not ot a 'magnitude to affect thfr treasury. The feat was achieved, by the boa bardment of platinum with water, er rather with the hearts of double-weight hydrogen atoms taken from heavy wa ter, known as deuterona.. .New Substances Created. ' The California alchemists converted the platinum not only lata gold, trot created out of It other substance j'J.'. inai oo not even exist m nature. ' T iThese. Include radkwctiv tans of platinum know as radlo-pJatJirasa, . and. raoHMrridiunv wWc also Is a roAio- acnve eleoteat new la nature. The , new atom ' gon can snoot a Stream tit ritmran knlM m Mm m time ont Into the opei ir.'wlteut the need of any vnecmaa tube. This stream of atomic hnllets, which easts a oerto groeniahIno sw of pwtersataral as pect, iW. the niest. concentrated and moat amfM tiM t mAMVm 'produced hyodence.;- - Radng one's longer in us pam oor an instant would cause Its loss. Doctor Lawrence said, and great precaution sonst be taken not to ejoaw too dose to It-,,'-' The beam In air has the relatively enormous length of ; centimeters, about ten Inches; : the most powerful high voltage X-ray- machines have not created a beast even one-fifth ot this giant bta onergy even in a vacuum Professor Lawrence expects to enclose the giant in a vacuum tube jacket. (where 1 lti power Is expected to be ;much greater. , More Powerful Than Radium. ' The 11,000,000 volt bullets, however, were created by Doctor Lawrence not out of heavy water atoms, but out of the hearts of atoms of noHua gas, known as alpha particles, which weigh twice as moea as the hearts of the heavy water atoms. The alpha parades, which consist of two protons (cores of ordinary hy drogen atoms) and two neutrons elec trically neutral particles) are nataraWy emitted by radium, but the energy the natural particles does not exceed 8,000,000 volts and cannot be controlled da a beani.4'..r;.v."'.. .w ; Doctor Lawrence's artificially pro duced 'alpha particles thus are about jone-thlrd more powerful than the neu tral radium particles, with the addi tional advantage that they can be made to go wherever wanted to do man's bidding.. Population in 10 State . Drops During Five Years Washington. Population shifts that left ton states with fewer residents In 1935 than In 1930, despite a gain of aoarly .e.OOO.OOO fo the naUon as a , whole, were reported by the Census bu- ifcS.:'-' .-. .". The total population, for the United States In 1935 was estimated et 12V 1121,000 several months ago." ., - The ten states which registered ac tnal decreases were: Michigan, Wiscon sin, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana,. New Mexico, Arizona -and California, . . t .New Xork Is still the' most populous state, with 1285,000, while Pennsyl ,vanla "continues -to rank second, with 10,066,000. ,' i.' s . , , Among states gaining' the most In the first year wlod were Bouth Caro- l Una, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. - , "BiS Bertha" Ordered Frankfurt-on-Maln. In this time - when everywhere tablets are erected Yfor persons once connected, with Ger many's army, or in commemoration of military events, the burgomaster . of .Frankfurt has ordered a memorial tab let to-be affixed at No. 8 Helster street, ..where Prof. Frledrlch Helnrlch Eau senbergeri constructor of "Big Bertha," tfre gun which shelled Paris during the ;World war, 'was born. Bausenberger Find Spanish Coins ;' cf 1C 13 ia Oregon - Mohler, Ore. August Grab , dug up 12 Spanish coins on his dairy ranch, all dated around 1648 and tamped with the head of Queen Isabel. The find revived Interest in an In dian legend that a ?anluh galleon once wcj 1 oa the Kehalem coast Cui a f ' t with pirates acl f ( 3 vrcs tsrieJ socc.'.l-s ci I,.'--M"a moun tain. .' ' T' 1 ' "T It T'" l v'i t"-8 c i i V J I. V" e ; i : t r Czh -THE most primitive moans of 1 iransportaitoa used to carry the InstrumenU of the most mod ern mean! ot communication to the heart of India. The above pnoto graph i depicts a . camot caravan con voylng .a ohlffSn. radios past the river Wu t the Bute or Hts Highness the Jam' Shaheb of lju Mvto f Baluchistani. Thl ta Totihf ;A&o Deaths Fought By SctehHHc Exhamt Test Every year the deadly traffic toll reaches now figures for highway deatha. This Is the sixth of a series of articles to combat a now com mon enemy, carbon monoxide gas, more deadly and Insidious than any "poison gas" employed In warfare. By L. T. WHITE Highway 8afety Export M1 ILLlONd of Americana recently j read an article entitled "And Sadden Death," which painted viv idly the horrors, of, accidents, the inevitable mangling of bodies, the incredible ' pain of steel crushing flimsy bones. ; Doubtless many drivers, as a re anlt of reading that article, chock ed their brakes and tires carefully, oven cut their normal speed 10 to ISO miles en hour. But the moat po jtont friend of deatb-on-thoroad stlU roams 'ar large ra many-vcars on many highways carbon monoxide! The. man behind the wheel be eomes oowsy acoidentl.Ho gets n headache he applies his brakes too slowly occldentl He beoomes ear sick swerves - too suddenly he's Off the road! Maimed victims, oven fatalities. 'all due to carbon monoxidol ,'.'.' For an Improperly adjusted mo tor, plus lack of enough fresh air Amelia Tackles . i i us li J V Carry KzClzz to tI:o another example ot the way In which the entertainment and educa tion facilities ot the civilized world are being brought by radio to the most remote sections ol the world. Only recently another Indian poten tate. His Exalted Highness the Ni zam ot Hyderabad; announced his decision to place a radio set in each of the 20.000 village that consti while driving, allows poisonous gas es odorless, colorless, tasteless to seep in and attack the driver with frightening speed. Probably a million automobiles on the road to day are-exposing their drivers to the deadly dangers ot sufficient car bon monoxide to make them phys ically unfit to exercise prompt and proper judgement, particularly In cases of emergency. Science, fighting this dread ene my of even the moat cautious mo- . torists.' has 4 devised the Power Prover as an Infallible tester of a motor's exhaust gases and consump tion efficiency. The elimination or carbon monoxide la readily accom plished when the sources of seep age are' exposed." " :The day Is not far distant when such tests, at periodical Intervals., will be part ot a compulsory exami nation of the safety devices of au-! tomoblles. Already several eastern states are considering Including this new phase of motoring Into their laws. . New Piloting Job t-' t her bar i ci a new L. J cf f''jix way oi t.e xexs centewu.i m-o tiat of a constaLie from "Jud;e Uoy Orient " A ft: . - J tute his domain, and to construct -four modern radio stations that will break down the age-old cultural Isolation ot his people. Radio also offers the American short-wave lis-, tener contact with the most inac cessible quarters of the globe, and, brings Blot understanding of for eign people whose customs have remained unchanged since the dawn of httor. 7,000-Mile Journey of Newly weds Covers Desert Sydney, M. S. W. A 7,000-mile hon eymoon caravan tour of Australia has ended eight months after the bride and bridegroom set out The honeymooners were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blrtles of Sydney, and In the course of their trip they traveled up the Australian east coast, across the north snd down the center, through tropical jungle and sandy desert Their caravan was fitted with a re frigerator, wireless, a sink with running water, water tanks and a portable bath. It was as heat and fly proof as It was possible to make it. Eight months' supplies of groceries were taken by the couple when they started from Sydney. With rod and gun they kept themselves supplied with fish and meat The bride hod to prepare most of her cosmetics herself. She Invented a face cream which also proved use ful for polishing the car which hauled the caravan. Taylor Theatre EDENTON, N. C. WE HAVE THE PICTURES PROGRAM FOR WEEK Today (Thursday) and Friday Regular Admission Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Jean Hersholt "His Brotfoi Wife" News Act Saturday Wny Regular Admission Bob Steele in "The Last of the Warrens" Rex and Rmty No. 9 Comedy Monday Only Regular Admission Robert Montgomery Madge Evans "KccadSly Jim" News Cartoon Tuesday Only Regular Admission Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay in "Public Enemy's Wife" ON THE STAGE 8:45 P. M. Fall Fashion Revue Presented by MERCHANTS OF EDENTON Wednesday Only Regular Admission O George O'Brien in 'The Border Patrolman' Act ' ' Comedy BANK NIGHT Thursday and Friday, Oct 1-2 Shirley Temple "Poor IittleRich Girl" Monday", Tuesday and Wednesday, October 5, 6 and 7 William Powell MyrriaLoy Louise Rainer , Virginia Bruce 1 In ' "The Great Ziegfeia C0.4ING SOON , - Z i Vaudcvilb On Stage V WITH 13 PEOPLE p SPORTS TALK , By.-WhitiC Well, the Perquimans Indians will open their football campaign playing Aulander, at Aulander, . this Friday. This will be the first game that the Indians have played outside of prac tice, during . scrimmage. Last year the game between the Perquimans boys and the Aulander eleven ended in a 13-13 tie. The Aulander eleven will probably play a return game here on the local field later on in the season. As a whole, the Perquimans boys look lots better this year than the teams have for the past few years. The team is in good condition and is working into fine shape. The In dians are in high hopes of taking the game from Aulander on Friday. In the back field this year we find Don, Nixon, a veteran of last year, who will hold down the quarterback position on the Indian eleven this season. Don has been doing some nice kicking and passinc during practice. He will also be called on to carry the pigskin lots this season. Rex Gould, a new comer to the squad, will be a big help to the team this year. He is taking care of the half back position, and boy! is he fast? This boy is going to be plenty hard to stop. The other halfback will probably be Zack Harris. The fullback post will be filled by Cam pen or Reed. .The linemen will be picked from the following: Winslow, Sumner and White, of last year's squad, tnd Broughton, Tucker, Wat Winslow, Ward Elliott and Thach. Saturday is the day when Duke meets its first big rival, Colgate, at the Duke stadium. 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Rob Morris, of Hertford, arid Al Ward, a new resident here, are playing on the Fork Union team this year, Morris taking care of a line spot and Ward holding down one of the end positions. What will the girls' basketball team of P. C. H. S. do without the services of Nancy Woods, who turn ed out championship teams for sev eral years for Perquimans, and who did not return this year? J. W. PERRY COMPANY SUFFOLK, VA. Good Place to Sell Cotton I oeooooooooooooo Famous sealed-in-steel General ElectricThriftUnitin bothFlatop and Monitor Top models. Has exclusive forced-reed lubrication and oil cooling that give longer life and lower operating cost it i "1 '
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