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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1939
NEW SHELL WILL POEM CLUE CHANGE TREND OF TO MAN
WARFARE TO-DAY WITHOUT MEMORY
But Inventor Says War
Office Ignores Him
Holding Woman's Photo
A Briton who claims to have A well-dressed man entered Lyd- invented a new type of shell ney. · Glos., police station clutching which will affect the entire trend the picture of a woman, and said. of modern war in the air, alleges he had lost his memory. He had that he is, being ignored by the on him a love poem, addressed to War Office, to whom he submit-“Nita,” apparently his wife. The ted plans. three years ago.
first of the eight verses reads:"
"Sweetly singing as the birds in spring,
He said this week that he had Van- now reached a stage in his work -couver when he could guarantee the Victorin perfection of the invention.
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Smiling loving, always gay,
To all who knew her she does bring
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The scientist is Mr. R. M. Coo- per, a Londoner, who after years of experiment, has evolved a wonder shell which he says, will enable army gunners to account for any raiding plane that comes thing." within range.
Other verses refer to "My
my
Sunshine on their gloomy day,
My wife, my own sweet every-
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The shell will automatically ex-wife,
life, my all," and plode the instant it gets near its say that "without her there would [objective.
be nothing in life.”
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"It is a well-known fact," Mr. The man, who is now in hospital, Cooper said, "that gunners firing stated that he did not remember at planes can seldom be sure of whether he was married, or who he accuracy. The projectile may was. explode at 10,000 or 11,000 feet
and the gunners have to trust graphs,
In his pocket were other photo- but mone bore any A laundry mark seems to bear out the opinion that he spent
name.
to luck that, if it does not hit the plane, some particle of it may do] vital damage. With my shell, however, there is certainty. The some time: in Cardiff recently. Cooper Shell does not explode The man is between 28 and 30, until it comes into contact with 5ft 10in in height, brown hair the currents, or rays sent out to brushed back and parted on the it by the metal or other substan-left, bluish grey eyes, clean shaven, ces in the plane at which it is fresh complexion, wearing gold- directed. I can arrange that the rimmed spectacles. Dressed in shell will not, on any account ex-light brown suit, blue, green and plode until it gets within two or grey mixture overcoat and brown three feet. This would mean shoes. that many times the number of raiding aircraft could be shot down."
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He is in possession of anaphots, apparently of himself, wife and children, and the photograph of a woman. He was wearingTM a soft felt hat bearing the name of an Aldershot outfitter.
THE WINGS OF THE R.A.F.
Britain's R.A.F. has a new force of dying machines, which cost next to nothing.
Pigeons, homing pigeons, Hundreds of them!·
"And a national register, of pigeon. owners is being formed of breeders. who are prepared to hand over their birds for use as R.A.F. messengers if war comes.·
The idea is this: Machines sent out on duty will carry a crew of
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Suppose the plane has engine. touble and has to come down; the wireless cannot work on the ground. The pigeons are released, each with a message, giving location of the crippled 'plane, Off they fly back. to their lofts-and the message is opened and telephoned to the R.A.F
R. A. F. TRAINING LOFT
If a pilot is lost and the wireless directional is not working, a released homing pigeon could guide the plane on to its homeward course-because nothing flies" "straighter for home than & homing pigeon.
And, of course, there ARE times when wireless messages from 'planes ver the Hnes could be tapped." And then the pigeons who can't be tapped can do the message carrying.
Pigeon training is now given in special lofts at Calshot.
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