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...with the help of an enzyme, luciferase. The exact chemical nature of luciferin and luciferase varies from species to species-firefly luciferin, for example, is no good when mixed with luciferase from worms. The reaction may occur in special gland cells, or the animal may eject luminous material. Some deep-sea squid throw off luminous puffs to confuse attackers, but this dodge is not always effective...
...Some deep-sea fish, such as the species Photoblepharon palpebratus of the Banda Islands, have headlights powered by luminous bacteria (see cut}. Photoblepharon has arranged a "symbiosis" (mutually profitable living together), providing the bacteria with food and fine living conditions in a sac near the eye. while the bacteria furnish the fish with lanterns...
Died. Zane Grey, 64, best-selling romancer of the open range, record-holding deep-sea angler; of coronary thrombosis; in Altadena, Calif. Native of Zanesville, Ohio (named after his family), former dentist, former baseball player, he had to publish his first book himself, hit the jackpot with Riders of the Purple Sage, turned out 37 novels in 35 years-for over 15,-ooo.ooo readers...
...slump but a record year was 1938 for Sperry Corp. This year working overtime to turn out antiaircraft equipment, searchlights, airplane instruments, and deep-sea gyro equipment, Sperry netted a thumping $2,469,576 ($1.23 per share), up 12% from 1938's record first half, up 49% from the first half of 1936 when the armament boom began. Buttressed against wartime demands for working capital, it had $5,768,158 cash, 31% more than last summer...
...profit of $3,192,000. It built the world's first semicontinuous strip mill for American Rolling Mill in 1926, claims to have produced more of this revolutionary steelmaking machinery than all its competitors combined. President Ladd, a curt, crisp oldster who likes deep-sea fishing and gardening at his estate in Coraopolis Heights outside Pittsburgh, got his job in 1928, immediately began centralizing United's plants and invading foreign markets. He consolidated seven U. S. plants into four, set up affiliates in Canada, England, France, sold complete mills to Russia, Japan, England...