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Hess Had Written To Bats' Flight
Duke Of Hamilton
FROM PAGE ONE
hands of the British security authori- |
in Dark
Interests Aviation
The solution of one of the greatest mysteries of biology iles and no reply was made to Hess.-how hats manage to fly blindly in pitch-dark caves without
The Duke had met Hess on one or two occasions before the war in striking obstacles-was recently reported before the American. connection with sporting matters in Society of Zoologists by Roberi Galambos and Donald R. Grif-
fin of the Harvard Biological Laboratories,
which both were interestedt.
Hess is alleged to have said that when the Duke was the Marquess of The bats, the Harvard experi- į Douglas and Clydesdale he knew himments show, emit super-shrill well and that he bad flown to Scol- cries--far too high-pitched for land and made, his estate his objec-
human ears to hear-to pilot tive as he had valuable information
then through the blackness, to give to the Duke.
Useful Information These cries echo from obstacles This information, Hess sald, would and the echoes warn the bat be of great use to the British iri
With this invisible and inaudible overthrowing the tyranny that now:
sound-beam, the Harvard re- prevails in the Reich.
bats can execute searchers found, complicated manoeuvres through virtual networks of wires without collisions.
Hess averred that he had made the most
painstaking preparations for his flight from Germany. This state- ment was borne out by the maps he had used for navigation, on all of which the Duke's estates were ringed
in circle.
It was a tribute to Hess' capabilities as a pilot that he should arrive in Scotland and Innd at a point in such close proximity to his objective.
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GREATER SALVAGE EFFORT
The Ministry of Supply is starting a new salvage, cam- Some of the newest aviation
paign. The results obtained Inst believed to use Instruments are device similar to the one developed year are regarded as satisfac- It is expected that the knowledge required. so effectively by nature in the bat. lory, but greater efforts are gained at Harvard from the bat may
The compulsory collection of have useful applications in the air armament programme.
salvage, previously confined to Used Their Ears -- the larger local authorities, is to
CAPTOR OF HESS Scientists had suspected for some be undertaken in urban districts
IS NEW HERO
time that bats used their enrs to with populations of between
The experiments re5,000 and 10,000.
guide them,
ported not only showed that hearing
2.
to
IN essential to blind flying, but also The Controller of Salvage, Mr FROM PAGE ONE gave the first proof that the appar-Harold G. Judd, said that housewives ently noiseless flight of a bat is last year helped to save 40 shiplonds. build nhout Hess from England which Bei-acmpanied by a clamour of shrill of paper, enough meint to
cries.
18,000, tanks, and kitchen
waste Lain is using for propaganda pur- To study these sounds the experi-feed 100,000 pigs, About 800,000 tons peses and which already have been menters used apparatus devised by of material was sold back to industry branded us obtained under duress, Professor G. W. Pierce, of Harvard's for £2,200,000. If that material had
Tells of Hardship
It would have filled LONDON, May 14 (Reuter).-Hess
Far too much paper, he said, is being put into the refuse bin. Litter was still disfiguring streets and open spaces, and far too much paper
was being used for fire- lighting,
is reported to, have told farm people of the hardship now being experi- enced in Germany and of the great distress amongst the people there! over the bombing by the R.A.F. and of the suffering of the civilian popu-} -lation.
Von Papen Intrigue Is Suspected
FROM PAGE ONE
bassador, paid the customary call of
Cruft Laboratory of Physics, for been supersonle research.
Uncle Sam Receives A Schooner
100 ships.
Rags Badly-Needed- Apart from newspapers, there was a vast amount of material, such as old books, magazines, music, and office records which should be put out gradually or in response to local The 185-foot racing schooner, remaking into roof felt and window appeals. Rags are badly needed for Atlantic, which after 86 years coverings for bombed houses, into still holds the record for racing blankets, clothing, and certain kinds under sail between England and of
paper.
Mr Judd pointed out that in addi-,
un ambassador returning to his post the United States, has been on to the 250,000 tons of metals
M. Sarajoglu, the Turkish Foreign ment.
Minister,
the Govern-
village dumps and the railings cam- Her owner, Gerard B. Lambert, palgn had brought in thousands of The Turkish Cabinet held ita industrialist and yachtsman, said he, tons. usual weekly meeting later in the was also giving his 50-foot power
must recover more waste day after which M. Saratoglu ad-yacht, Uitle, to the government paper, more scrap metal, more kit- dressed the People's Party secret; session for an hour on the subject or and was breaking up his racinglchen bones, and kitchen waste," be
sloop,
Yankee, and would divert the, said. "Every acap salved" means foreign affairs.
proceeds toward purchase of a Spit-money, labour, and material saved, The Premier, Dr Refik Saydam, are plane for Britain. then gave a resume of foreign deve-
It was understood that the Atlan-needless risk of life at sea avold. lopments, after which the meeting, Inc, which in 1905 set a record of the words of an oMelal communique, 12' days, 4 hours and 1 minute for ended in an outburst of applause. the standard racing
Marconi Memorial run between Sandy Hook and Lizard Light, off the coast of England, would be at-
Planned tached to the Coast Guard Training Station at New London, Conn.
Enemy Shipping Losses
FROM PAGE ONE
WILLKIE'S SORE THROAT BILL
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A granite and bronze memorial will be erected in Washington Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wire. less telegraphy from which modern radio developed,
The memorial will include a bust
Dr D. Harold Barnard of Beverly of the invenior sculptured by Attilio
Scharnhorst and Greisenau, at Brest Hills, California, wants $13,000 for Piccarill.
on the nights of May 3 and 7, and it the 52 days he treated Wendell Mr Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of
Inc., New York
be
Is certain that direct hits with power-Wilikie's sore throat during the 1940 the Interior, announcing plans for ful armour-piercing, bombs were campaign. The bill has been turned the monument, said it would obtained.
over to the Republican, National financed by the Marconi Foundation. On May 11, the German merchant Committee. vessel, Coburg, of 11,400 tons, which has been acting as a supply ship to u German raider in the Indian Ocean, and the Norwegian tanker, Kelty Drovig, of 7,000 tons, captured by the raider, were intercepted by the Australian warship Canberra and H.M.S. Leander,
A number of Norwegians and Chinese were rescued and 18 Cer- man officers and 47 ratings were taken prisoner.
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