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...signed a petition to President Roosevelt demanding that the U. S. send no supplies, money or men to Europe, were roundly denounced for "muddled thinking" by Professor Arnold Whitridge, grandson of Matthew Arnold. Said he: "If we wish to stay out of war . . . we should do everything possible to furnish such aid to the Allies as will enable them...
...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...
Against disruption of its rubber supply, best U. S. hedge is reclaimed rubber, which last year furnished 32% of the rubber used in manufacture, could furnish more in a pinch. But with a reduced or interrupted supply of new crude, reclamation would gradually dwindle away. For new supply, the U. S. has little more than a start. U. S.-owned plantations in Latin America are still on an experimental scale, retarded in growth by inadequate labor, poor transportation and the reliance of the U. S. on sources across the Pacific. Rubber-growing in the Philippines, Florida and California is still...
...energy of the sun in New Mexico or Florida could furnish all the power needed for the industries of the United States," he stated. "We are working at present on a machine to utilize this solar energy; we have a very effective one but it needs to be put into wholesale use before it will be practical...
Also, said Dr. Menzel, "Coronal observations may furnish an index that statisticians can use, or perhaps misuse, in attempts to correlate solar activity with terrestrial affairs, such as the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, occurrence of aurorae, biological effects of radiation, meteorological phenomena, and perhaps some day, long-range weather forecasting...