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...huge, super-secret "betatron"-which generates an X ray so powerful and dangerous that the entire apparatus must be enclosed in three-foot concrete walls-was completed a couple of years ago. Wartime security kept it hidden until last week. Even then, General Electric Co. did not tell quite all. But G.E. did give a fair description of how the great gadget works, and some broad hints about a few of the things that it will...
...Edged Sickle. Italian Communism is a two-edged sickle: 1) the Party, as represented by longheaded, Comintern-trained Palmiro Togliatti, Minister of Justice in Parri's coalition cabinet; 2) L'Apparato (The Apparatus), a secret organization, set up for strikes and possible violent action. L'Apparato is reputedly bossed by Italy-born, Russia-naturalized Ruggiero Grieco...
...photographic gelatin, which resulted from what was perhaps the greatest photographic overexposure ever made in motion pictures. The circles of spurious light in the last four pictures are not ghosts from the nonreflecting coated lenses, but light leaks through a hole designed for a clock or other auxiliary apparatus to be photographed through the side of the camera. The hole had a cover proof against ordinary daylight but not against the super daylight with which the bomb engulfed the camera...
Shortages. In Omaha, Michael Urkovich, 18, wound up in police court when auto inspectors found he lacked: a windshield, a muffler, proper lights, workable steering apparatus, sufficient brakes, and a driver's license; besides, the right front door fell off when it was opened...
Atomic Silver. The Treasury announced with some pride that 14,000 tons of its silver had been used in the manufacture of the atomic bomb. Its function: to replace critically short copper in the electrical connections of the manufacturing apparatus. WPB, acting for the War Department, was the borrower. WPB will have at least six months after the war is officially ended to get all the silver back...