Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 98

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He said to the officer in gharge, “I'd like to shake hands with the men.” The Navy officer eyed him in astonishment. . *p'm still having trouble with these detonat- ors,” ‘he volunteered, as though that were an #xplanation. The officer knew he was having trouble. But #an one improve explosives by fraternizing with workmen? ( The group of seamen lined up. The pro- Pessor went down the line. Presently as he one of the hands he smiled good- paturedly. “Thou art the man,” he said. “Step there and wait for me.” He completed hand-shaking and the men were dismissed $0 their work—all but this one. ~ ewe'll have to find a different job for this fnan, lieutenant,” began the professor. Then e explained. It had occurred to him that mmmmsmlcwdmhpamlraum. He !curednhatsmtonthehand-dmeenmed gn filling detonator caps would be sufficient fnoisture to affect the explosive. . Soon there came to Munroe another of those ted offers: Would he come and accept chair of chemistry at George Washington miversity? “Away back in my Naval Academy days,” meed Dr. Munroe, “I had visited Washington had fallen in love with the city. I re- golved then that if God ever gave me an op- ity to live and work in that beautiful I would take it. Here, now, came the ity.” Washington has been’ his headquarters ever . Upon arriving at the university he that his appointment included also the p of the scientific school. Soon he was dean of graduate studies in addition. he became one of the active directors of tific education in the Capital. Students wded to his lectures and laboratories. At time all of the chemistry teachers in the schools of Washington were students or -students of Munroe. ! The professor also found time to serve as 1 agent for the Government in charge of census of chemical industries; he jour- to Panama to study the use of explosives -#n the digging of the Canal; he was the con- tant of corporations, manufacturers, engi- eering concerns and the Government; he col- rated with Dr. J. A. Holmes and others in the Bureau of Mines akd became its fef explosives engineer. ‘Munroe has contributed directly to the im- wvement of conditions in mining, particu- ly in connection with the character of ex- plosives used and the methods of handling them. Tests are regularly made at the ex- Dlosives experimental station near Pittsburgh a list of “permissible” explosives is pub- . From the day of the founding of the u of Mines Munroe has been its con- explosives expert. THE SUNDAY STAR, . Strikingly odd; Fr. 38. Russian flogging whip. 40. Exceedingly mi- nute. 41, Hebrew vowel- 43. 44, 46. 48 Act of moving downward. 49. Answered. 51. Backs of necks. 52. Gasping. . 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Are there any new explosives ahead, any new uses of these violent chemicals? “There has been considerable growth re- cently in the use of liquid oxygen in blasting and quarrying operations, especially in coal mine strippings and exposed work of that character,” answered Prof. Munroe. “Instail a liquefying plant and you can get oxygen from the air and turn it into an explosive. Liquid oxygen has been found especially advantageous in unsettled countries, where bandits and out- laws are continually stealing dynamite. They can’t steal a liquid oxygen cartridge—not with- AUTUMN’S WASHINGTON, D. C.,. OCTOBER 4, 193% M Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words ['3 4 2 0 s WalB R B E L Al G g el ot R <ERFs: wlBBEREG E D Continued From First Page out freezing their fingers. Another new em- phnlvnth.thxrowlnclnunm“ miners is liquid carbon dioxide. “As to the future of explosives—I shrink from prophecy unless I have quantitative data on which to base it. I may point out, howeves, that efforts to use explosives as propellants for aircraft are making decided progress. I note that Dr. R. H. Goddard, in his rocket experis ments, has been developing & technique for this use of explosives—and similar experiments are under way by others. “A rather interesting, application of == plosives is being made by geophysicists, both CARNIVAL By Elizabeth D. Hart Though bronze and copper glint upon the sedge, ‘And woodbine’s brilliant streamers deck the hedge, And every sumach flaunts a red cockade— The birds are flying southward in a wedge That splits the sky asunder; frost has laid Black fingers on the asters in the glade; The moon, a ripened pomegranite, swings Through shivering nights where nothing hums or Sings. Brave and pathetic earth, who will not own The presence of the end till it arrives In all its starkness—foolish earth, who strives With painted carnival to hush the moan Of man and beast and bird and tree and flower— Your gallantry deserves a richer dower. Special Type Plane Needed for Forests THEva.lueofthedrplanemrtorutpatml work, not only for fire prevention but also for mapping work, has been well demonstrated, but in the opinion of forestry experts will not reach its full possibilities until such time as an contracts, the contract’s renewal, no has developed a type of plane intended for this work exclusively. The Forest Service, alive to the opportunity offered by plane patrol, has studied the conditions and arrived at a design and list of equipment believed ideal for the work. Maximum visibility and minimum stalling speed are two essentials, in the opinion of Howard R. Flint, regional forest inspector of the Northern Rocky Mountain area. He be- lieves that an open two-place monoplane of stool. It would be placed in a long, deep, bub not too wide cockpit fitted for aerial 3 work. It would be equipped with all instruments such as altimeters, air-speed cator, wind-drift indicator and such The floor of the pilot’s cockpit would parent. The plane would be capable ing a 500-pound pay load to an altitude 16,000 feet, and would have a cruising 6 hours, with a stalling speed as low miles per hour. When this type of ideal plane is forestry experts believe that the will ‘be immeasureably benefited, for % will provide better mapping, closer observation more reliable statistics for the use of and preventing the spread of inciplent ocon- flagrations. il | td gaR d in prospecting for oil and in studying sub- surface structures of the earth’s crust. By setting off explosions and studying the passage of the resulting waves through the crustal rocks, seismologists are seeking new knowldege of earthquakes.” During the World War Dr. Munroe sat in the mediatory position of chairman of an impor- tant co-ordinating committee, with the Army on one side, the Navy on the other and civilian interest somewhere between. I think his gift. for diplomacy was as important as his knowl- edge of explcsives in his selection for this vital appointment. But when you leave psychology and enter chemistry—ah, a chemical formula is different! It is not something to be soothed and bent to meet an opportunist's wish. Dr. Munroe was on the stand as an expert at & congres- mional hearing, when one of the committee~ men interposed a question: “But what's the difference, professor, be- tween wood alcohol and grain alcohol?” “Wood alcohol is CH3OH,” responded the professor precisely, “while grain alcohol is The lawmakers, who had been stewing on the subject for days, looked at one another across - the table. The dead silence was broken at last by the chairman’s voice: “There, gentlemen, you have it.” What followed was the largest laugh in many a day in Congress. The professor is a diplomat. He didn't tell them that the laugh was on ves.* Sheep Raisers Face Problem relationship between various types of 11 agriculture is well illustrated in the case of the sheep industry, which is being seriously af- fected by unprofitable conditions in other lines of farming. It is expected that the marketing of lamb this year will run unusually heavy with a much smaller carry-over of ewes for breeding because of generally unsatisfactory range conditions and low prices. Stimulating marketing activities, the heavy corn crops of the corn belt will make the fattening of lambs an inexpensive proposi- tion, and will probably bring about & lowering of prices, which in turn is likely to discourage plans for extensive raising of sheep for next year. The sheep raisers find little encouragement in prices of other farm products to lure them to other types of farming. The general farmer, on the other hand, finding young sheep so cheap, are likely to establish small herds in order to mect in part the loss of revenue from other sources. The ultimate effect, if this practice becomes general, could be to lessen the market for sheep in the future and a num- ber of years would probably be required to bring about a satisfactory readjustment of the situa~ tion,