The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 9, 1954, Page 5

ie By RENNIE TAYLOR AP Science Reporter SEATTLE (#—The first substan- tial evidence of the existente. of Stable “matter in reverse”? — a Particle from outer space which “annihilates ‘the basic material of all earthly substances—has been found by a University of Chicago Scientist. ¢ From somewhere out in the Milky Way or perhaps from some more distant island ‘universe this strange bit of matter came to the top of the earth’s atmosphere last .winter. With tremendous energy it struck an aluminum-covered film pack being carried by a cosmic.ray research balloon high over Texas. The space particle went‘ through the film pack like a bullet through a deck of cards. In doing so it produced a scientifically thrillling sequence of what appears to be the SPECIALS White BATHROOM SET. . . $185.00 COMPLETELY TRIMMED OUT Colored BATHROOM SET . . $245.00 COMPLETELY TRIMMED OUT STEEL SINKS . . (PORCELAIN FINISH) C.C. CLOSET (Whitg). . . . TOILET SEATS (White) .. . 20 Gal. GARBAGE CANS OIL WHITE PAINT INTERIOR - EXTERIOR 39.95 4.95 3.59 2.98 ».-« 7gal conversion of earthly matter into energy and then a reconversion of this energy into another form of earthly matter. A report of the event was made before a meeting of the American Physical Society here yesterday by its discoverer, Dr. Marcel Schein, one of this country’s foremost cos- mic ray scientists. It’s An Antiproton Dr. Schein said the only con- clusion he could make so far was that the strange visitor was some- thing which nuclear. scientists have been seeking for years — an anti- proton. The term antiproton is an excit- ing word even among atom scien- tists. It is their way of describing the basic particle out of which re- verse matter presumably is made. This is called “contra-terrene mat- ter,” or “matter against the earth.” Theoretically, an antiproton is the counterpart or “‘opposite num- ber” of a proton. The proton is the core of the hydrogen atom and the main substance out of which all Friday, July 9, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 No Trace Found Of Missing 10-Foot Python In Maryland HAGERSTOWN, Md. (#—Hey! You, Harry Albacker: Up there in ‘KEYS ... PIPE... FITTINGS PLUMBING SUPPLIES PAINT . .. HARDWARE. . . GLASS Rental Equipment Paint Sprayers nt, Hardware, Plumbing Supplies KEY WEST SUPPLY POWER TOOL RENTALS 3123 219 Simonton St. Oe PE leds ERaeee ==. 8 | ar" "Te @ Famous “Shampoo” washing action. © Famous “Centric” agitation duplicates hand leundering, © Simplified mechanical drive. © Automatic leg equalizer—lessens vibration. @ Warm and hot water temperature controls, © White porcelain top and gloss lid. @ Red signal light indicates washer Is In operation. © Full 9-lb. capacity. Easy Payments Available OVERSEAS Radio & Appliance Co. PHONE 2-325i 617 OUVAL ST. Lorain, Ohio, still no trace here of your 10-foot python, Gertrude. No action on that $190 reward you offered when you reported Gertrude, all 60 pounds of her, stolen from your ear here on June 20. Anxious mothers have stopped calling police asking what they can do to keep Gertrude from eating their children. Four days after you were here with your show some people found a crate out on the edge of an old stone quarry. Had some strange looking stuff in it. Like - bones. They took it to Washington County Hospital. Doctors said it looked like the remains of a large snake. That didn’t satisfy police, though. How about the suitcase Gertrude was in when you say she disap- peared from the car, there in front of the hotel? No trace of the suitcase, The cops reason like this: A sneak thief who specializes in hooking bags out of cars usually heads for the nearest alley. He juick as he can, to guy who finds him- wv 0 feet of snake on his hands is going to transfer it to a it: out to a rock Albacker says his 60- snake numbered card tricks and needle threading among her accomplish- ments. He didn’t give away her methods. —~ Gertrude, says the 29-year-old entertainer, was a friendly type of python who would go to the door when the bell rang and slither over to callers, darting its long black double tongue in welcome. “I don’t think Gertrude really knew she was a snake,” he said. “I had her for 11 years and she didn’t try to squeeze anyone,” Pythons aren’t poisonous, but they customarily crush their prey and swallow them. Albacker fed Gertrude a live rabbit or chicken every two or three weeks and that apparently kept her satisfied. In acts Abacker performed around the’ country, he said, Ger- trude would select cards from a basket asked by persons in the audience. The only result he got from his reward offer, Albacker commented, was a telegram which read: “Hubby spotted your snake in back yard. He dashed out, aimed with an ax, and began swinging. Kindly forward $12.95 for a new garden hose.” BAREFOOT DRIVER JAILED IN OHIO PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (#—Driv- ing a car with his bare feet has put 19-year-old James S. Osborn of nearby Rarden in county jail. HOLLYWOOD NOTES By HUBBARD KEAVY (For Bob Thomas} HOLLYWOOD # — I have: just talked with a man who holds a unique distinction: he has been to “The Drunkard” 183 times. “The Drunkard,” that theatrical phenomenon, was 21 years old last night. Seymour Hess, an extrovert whose business is reviving ailing business firms, was there — for the 7,816th performance and his || 183rd. For the benefit of a few folks lately arrived from Siam and for some more who have learned to read since my last annual report, “The Drunkard” has astounded ev- eryone by running so long. It is not improbable that a play would go on for 21 years; it is impossible. But “The Drunkard” has done it. It paints in the broadest melodra- matic terms the evils of drink. Hard drink, that is. Beer is served free throughout the performance to all spectators over 21. I will not try, again, to explain “The Drunkard.” Maybe champion Hess can: “There is nothing else like it in the world. It is a play in which the audience takes part by cheer- lain.” Ilse gave him a gold lifetime pass. Now he gets in for free, but he always takes guests. Last night, he got in for free but bought 48 for his friends. Why does he go so tator, he takes part in loving way in the Through the years he has i 11 ways to cheer the actors amuse the other spectators. When the heroine spreads a shawl over her baby, Hess yells: “Don’t smother it!” When the same girl, in dismay, clasps a hand to her breast, Hess pops a paper bag, To the hero taking a final drink, he shouts: “You'll be sorry!” Every- one, including: players, likes Hess’ comments so much that an actor delivers his once-spontaneous lines when Hess isn’t in the audience. It occurs to me in writing this that this innocent fun must seem aw- fully childish. If Hess were young- er and indulged in the same fun at a movie, he'd likely be thrown out on his ear. But “The Druak- ard” is different, Officers said he was perched Pp the driver’s seat manipulating the steering wheel with his feet. Un- able to pay $50 and costs for reck- less driving, he was placed in jail to serve out the fine. ordinary matter it made, When an antiproten and a proton collide they Premmapbiy destroy each other. That apparently was what happened, Dr. Schein said, when the space visitor hit the film pack. It collided with a proton in the aluminum Covering of the film pack, For scientists the implications are far-reaching. They suggest that somewhere in the universe there exists a means of annihilating or converting into energy all the vari- ous kinds of matter known on earth. It also lends support to some- thing else which scientists long have suspected — that somehwere within the realm of creation there may be forms of matter made en- tirely of contra-terrene particles. Danger 's Negligible There is no danger that anyone will corral a lot of antiprotons and destroy the planet. They are too scarce and hard to handle. If they ever are produced artificially they will come only from the biggest atom-smashing machines and will be used to check nuclear theories. In this way they could lead to a new unde! of matter and forms of atomic energy. | The story of Dr. Schein’s particle | is told by a picture of tracks made | by the debris of the collision. First the proton and the supposed antiproton vanished and a shower | of photons or X-ray impulses ap- peared. The two particles thus presumablyy were converted into -| ray energy. The X-rays in turn produced pairs of electrons. This is a common occurrence in high- energy atomic activity. Since electrons are considered material substance rather than energy, there was a double con- version, first from matter to en- ergy and then back to matter. The picture, which shows only the electron production, is unusual. It shows electron tracks only. In pictures of ordinary atomic disin- tegrations the tracks of particles other than electrons usually ap- pear. The fact that a pure elecron beam was produced is one point in favor of the conclusion that the particle was an antiproton. Dr. Schein calculated the energy of the space particle at 10 million billion volts. No other remotely ap- proaching that energy ever has Good Used Furniture? 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