1938-03-31 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY,

MARCH

31, 1938,

Scientist Urges Preparation Against

Chemical Warfare

EVERY NATION SPENDING MONEY FOR GAS HORROR

CLEVELAND, OHIO..

DECLARING THAT THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IS THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF THE UNITED STATES' MILITARY AND NAVAL POWER, DR. FRANK C. WHITMORE, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, HAS ISSUED A WARNING TO THE NATION TO STOP "DOING THE OSTRICH ACT" AND PRE- PARE FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE AS A VITAL PART OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.

"Unlimited qualities" of chemicals, particularly hy- drocarbons, he said, leave the country "better equipped than any other" for chemical warfare if it can overcome the tendency to regard the use of gases in warfare as not "nice."

"It is to be feared we are doing the ostrich act and are sticking our heads in the sand by holding down expenses on chemical defence, imagining perhaps that we prevent the use of chemicals in war," Dr. Whitmore said.

can

"Every major nation," he added, "except the United States is spending very large sums on its chemical warfare service."

are two

Dr. Whitmore spoke at Rustard gas and Lewisite recent meeting of the Cleveland important war gases made from hy-

War-drocarbams. section of the society.

the "Just ns

inconceivable

fare, he said, was simply his HYDROCARBON RESOURCES application of all man's abilities,

But the United States' hydrocarbon energies and facilities to

resources are important not only for one objective of war. modern civilization in peace time the manufacture of gases, but for explosives, motor fuels, synthetic is utterly

and

rubber for Kas-nasks and insulating] would be impossible without materials, he pointed out. "One of chemistry, so in time of war we the materials used in the manufacture must become more conscious of of gun-powder and which caused chemistry, rather than Jess." much trouble during the World War Nobody, he said, had considered because of its scarcity was acetone. apparently whether a bayonet Acctone is now available from the in warfare was "nice" or not.

hydrocarbon gases of petroleum Hydrocarbons, of which the United amount inconceivable 20 years ago. States has an almost unlimited quan- ity from its resources of coal, petro- War in the air may depend almost leum and notpral gas, will be of vital entirely on the quality of the fuel. importance in future wars, Dr. Whit- We are in a position to make higher "octane fuels in larger quantities than

is any other nation. These develop

by ments have prown

leaps and bounds Just within the last twelve months."

more

envisaged declared, He quarantine" of the Atlantic and Pa- clic consts by gas, making penetra tion by an enemy force Impossible.

11,000 MILE NON-STOP

New York. "We inust have suprynacy In line of the air to maintain ou battleships."

in

Acroplane fuels, he said, are now available of a quality which would hardly have been dreamed of 10 years ago. Materials which sold for 25 dollars a gallon Ave years ago

and were used only for experimental purposes, are now available for aero- plane use for less than 25 cents a New Plane For U.S.gallon. Superior fuel oils for Diesel engines, he predicted, might in time of war mean the difference between victory and defeat ut sen.

Spectacular developments in motor fuel now under way will give the That was what Mr. Glen Martin, United States a tremendous advant- foremost aircraft designer dikare in time of war, Dr. Whitmore as er in the United States, to the serted. But he urged better provi Affairs Committee of the ston for chemical warfare in the na Naval House of

of Representatives,

tion's defence programme and the Answering questions regarding the development of better explosives, vulnerability of battleships to aerini predicting the rise of a new expio- attack, Mr. Martin revealed that he sive industry within the next few was studying the plans of huge 142-years."

reaching

away,

011

le sald he saw

.

tons fighting 'planes capable of MUSTARD GAS AND LEWISITE

Uniemy 11.000 miles!

Mustard gas and Lewisite, he said,

valuable no ilmit to the are

defensive weapons potential size of military alreraft. which might be vitally important Mr. Martin strongly recommended should an enciny army land in the the Government to lest radically the United States. "Perhaps no nation new "erial mine" invented by Mr. would be foolhardy enough to land Lester Barlow which, he claims, will

evolutionise

air warfare,

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Inefficiency Charge Against The Admiralty

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Talk by Empire

Director of B.B.C. CHILDREN'S HOUR

Radio Programine Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of .845 le's; 9.52 m.r's per second.

II.K.T.

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service from St. John's of intercession Cathedral.

12.30

Songs b Turner Layton

Just Deginning To Cure (S. Simens); I'm Sull In Love With You (Bratton & Edwards); Don't Play With Fire (Grey & Ala).

12.40 Harry Roy & Ils Oreliestra, That Old Feeling-Fox-Trot (From 'Walter

Vogues of 1936'); Wanger's

You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming -Fox-Trot (Friend-Franklin);

(Harry

Gift From Heaven-Waltz Roy): Spanish Juke-Rumba (From Transatlantle Rhythm'); Murgic Quickstep (Davis-Conrad-Robinson); Avalon-Fox-Trut

(Jolson-Rose);

Oh! You Sweet Thing-Fox-Trol (Huzat-Waller).

1.0 Time & Weather.

1.83 Musical Comedy Selections.

(Has- The Crest Of The Wave" sall & Ivor Novello); Ruse Of Eng-. (Baritone); Eline: land....Edgar Haven Of Your Heart....Olive Gil- bert (Contralto); "Glainorsun Night" (Novella) cond. by Drury --Selections

Lane Theatre Orchestru Charles Prentice, Mus. Bac.; "Heten"

Vocal Gems (Wards, Herbert;

Music, Offenbach-arr. Korngold)... Company Columbia Light Opera

with

tion.

Orchestra;

"Fanfare"--Selec-

New Mayfair Orchestra.

130 Reuter

Rugby

ther and Announcements.

Press, Wea-

1.40 Ravel "Bolero" and other Orchestral numbers.

"Bolero"

The Lamoureux Or- Car Parks Conducted by Mau- chestra of

Of

(Wein..

don Symphony

rice Ravel. Schwanda (The Bagpipe The Lon- Player)-(

conducted by Sir Hamilton Hurty with Harold Dawber at the Organ; The Music Of The Spheres (Josef Strauss, Op, 235) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Felix Weingartner,

2.15 Close Down.

8.03-11.0 Chinese Programme. 5.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel.

(b) Bob

(a) Remember Me?; White; (e) Here comes the Sandman;

ing

3.15 Interval of recorded Dance

ADMIRALTY clerks have asked for an independent (0) You Can't Stop Me From Dream-

inquiry, at which they state they would produce evidence of "grave inefficiency" among the higher officials in the Service.

Musle from Z.B.W.

5.20. (a) A Foggy Day; (b) Things are looking up; (c) Nice work if you can get it; (d) The Dipsy Doodle.

5.35 Interval of recorded Dance Music from Z.B.W.

Z

5.45 (a) Am In Love; (b) Be a (d) Wadlin' at the Waldorf.

They allege that the inefficiency of many high offi- cials in important departments is a "grave reflection on Admiralty administration," and offer to produce cvidence good sport; (c) So Many Memories; of maladministration which, they say, persisted at Malta for more than three years.

6.0

Studio The Children's Hour. 7.0 A concert by Elizabeth Schu mann (Soprano) and Mischa Levitzki (Plano).

Ecossaise (Beethoven); Sonata In Mischa Le- A Major (Scarlalii).

The clerks allegations are a reply to an accusation of "in- efficiency of members of the Civil Service Clerical Association, and are made in a letter which the General Secretary of the Assovitzki; Der Vogel im Wald (Tauber, (Curl Bahn)....Elizabeth Schu- ciation, Mr. W. J. Brown, recently sent to Sir Archibald Carter, adapted by Karl Alwin); Wan I' Hab Permanent Secretary of the mann; La Campanella (Paganini-`

Mischit Levitzki; Vogel Board of Admiralty.

Lied, Op. 41, No. 4 (Weingartner); Caprice Viennois (Kreisler).... "WE CAN NO LONGER

Schumann; Hungarian KEEP SILENT"

Rhapsody No. 12 (11szt)....Mischa

"Perfect Girl” Search Is On

Hollywood.

The Hollywood search for the per- troops on our shores, but if it did,fect girl of 1938 is on and it matters

it would be very comforting to have not if she is secretary or society girl Mr. Martin added, "If Mr. Barlow's a considerable quantity of terrain be-so long na she meets the require- device is successful it will be pretty tween the enemy and us thoroughly ments. It ought to have an imme- sprinkled with mustard gas so that

serious. It

The bunt is being conducted by

Liszt)....

Elizabeth

Mr. Brown refers to the allegation Levitziti. that a large number of the Adiniralty 7.32 Closing local Stock Quota- staff were refused an increase of pay tions. on the ground of their "inefficiency" and says:

diate trini." He urged Congress to it would really be neutral territory Pete Smith, Retro Guldwyn-Mayers Admiralty, but now that they have Seaia's Accordion Band

unavailable to an a}~ experimenting with the acrint mine gressive enemy for purposes of advice behind the short subjects. emelency of the clerical staffs we can Waltz Song (Joh. Strauss-11. Boden-

ilat £2,000,000 to £3,000,000 for und entirely

and other ordnance inventions,

14 TONS OF BOMBS

vance.

7.35 Variety.

(Max Humorous-Backscratcher "We have so far refrained from Miller); Impshe (Max Miller).... persuing charges of Inefficiency Max Miller; Accordion Band-Six against bigher oMelais of the Hits Of The Day No. 16....Primo with vocal Bonbons Vocal-Vienna presumed to throw doubt upon the chorus; When she is found, the perfect girl

Gipsy Love (Lehur-Willner- no fanger keep silent. will appear in a screen specialty

ut Given the opportunlly

danzky Joseph Schmidt (Tenor); "Both mustard gas and Lewisite titled "Modeling for Money." To dx

Gay Nineties" are defence chemicals, Such a de-the set of standards, Smith called in independent inquiry we shall pro-Orchestra-"The

that the charges Waltz Medley....New Mayfair Or- Bar-against our members are unfounded chestra with vocal retrain.

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- fantry, but that no matter how helpful the man clay, note artists, and M. G. M.'s and that if this were not true the

$0 mзny Inefficientments. on horseback, in a tank, or in an fashion expert, Adrian.

8.03 Chinese Programme-Studio officers in such. Important depart- aeroplane may be, the final decision i Basing his figures on those sub- always rests with the man on foot

milted

11.0 Close Down. artists and Adrian, menta would be a grave reflection on Concert. usually working with cold steel. He loses his effectiveness in a terrain Smith said the perfect girl to-day is: Admiralty adminstration.

5 feet

fence is effective mainly against in- James Montgomery Flagg Howard duce evidence

wo should remember Chandler Christy, McClelland

He revealed that he had made additions to his plant costing £500,- 000 to be able to build the proposed 142-tons bombers, which, he said, the largest fighting would dwarf

planes now in existence,

They would be able to cruise 11,000 miles at an altitude of 25,000ft. well saturated with mustard gas. speed of 300 miles an hour, carrying

one and three-quarter tons of bombs. Over shorter distances they could

carry 14 tons of explosives,

"Modern war is largely mechan-

sed. This mechanisation In Yargely dependent on electrical devices rang-

Witherto one of the biggest types in from the ignition systems to air-

the

four-

a range of 8,000 miles.

defensive Discussing the relative enpabilities of battleships and war- planes, Mr. Martin told the Commit- teet

and effective

natural js.

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HILLCO

by the

eight

Bust

Waist

Hipa

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2 inches

32 inches

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20 inches

.36 Inches

128

6 inches

13 Inches 13 inches 20 Inches 20 inches

10 inches

presence

*INCAPABLE OF

RAPID DECISION"

"We shall produce evidence in sup- port of our contention that certain

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZEK on Frequency of C40 Kuo- cycles

8.03 Concert Waltzes.

of the higher oficials of the Ad-nd 7.. Willy

of

reason

and even when they frequently

A

at

Richartz); It In Vienna (Ferry Muhr), Orchestra Mascotte; Ever Or Never (Waldteufel)..... Orchestra Mascotte.

8.15 London Relay-A Talk by the Empire Programme Director.

8.30 London Refay-At The Black Dog'.

miralty are incapable of warplane in the world has been, plane and submarine detectors. All

ably rapid decision, Upper nem this complexity of applied electricity Bocinst United States

decisions are taken .. 9 inches Lower arm motored bomber, known as the "Fly. would be impossible without cheap: ive electrical insulation. I

1214 inches Nock

prove to be wrong. ing Fortress." which weighs 15 tons Such Insulation depends almost en- Wrist

6 inches "In support of this we shall in-

stance the maladministration and has a range of 6,000 miles.

tirely on synthetic resins. These in Weight But the United States Navy has turn come from our basic hydrocor-! The height for "Miss Perfection" Mulla which persisted for more than

Mr. Wilker at home in his own been designing a 50-ton bomber with bon supplies of coal, petroleum ant was a compromise of opinions. But three years, and which was only but pa-parlour. Presented by Pascoe

right after the late First Lord of the Thornton and S. E. Reynolds. McClelland Barclay east a dissent Admiralty, following

personal visit

9.0 Military Band Selections. MORE CLOthing neEDED vote on the bip and bust measure-

Mirelin-Overture (Gounod, Arr. ments, which, he contends, should be, to the Mediterranean, repudiated the decision of his higher oftiolais, a re- "In time of war more clothing is the

same.

the hour- to returning

O'Donnell). The B.D.C. Wireless pudiation which was carried further

B. required. Most of our textiles come glass figure so popular years ago.

conducted by Military Rand' from non-hydrocarbon sources, but

by the Industrial Court. For perfect limbs, according to a even here chemicals made from hy cross-section of these artists opin-

"We shall wish to deal with the Walton O'Donnell, The Jolly Rubbers drocarbons come into play. For in- tons, the calf should be twice the Admiralty's administration in Gib-vertura (Suppe). .... The B.B.C. stance, the cheapest acelic nelti comes measurement of the ankle and the raltar, where the same officials have Wireless Military Band conducted by

1. W, O'Donnell. years lo con- from hydrocarbon acetylene, which thigh approximately three timen that Laken two and a

made either from the hydrocar- of the sikle. The upper arm should sider representation about pay and conditions, and have only now made bons of coul, petroleum or natural measure about half the size of the Kas.

proposals which suggest that they are thigh and the neck and rulf measure. While the United States will pro- ments should be approximately the unaware of the war in Spain, or at effects spon bably never have to depend on by game. The wrist and ankle should east of its economle

Gibraltar." The lx United States Army bomb-drocarbons as a food source, other be identical in measurements.

Mr. Brown's letter concluder: era-"ying fortresses"-have now nations are already experimenting To top it all off. Finge gave his

an organisation representing Civil complete their 12,000 miles good along this line, Dr. Whitmore sald, definition of the perfect figure:

"The harmonious rrialton of var-Servants we are reluctant to bring to

"I think it is more Important for the United States to have the Nexibility ufterti Ly aircraft than any other nation.

"We should have a larger per- centage of warplanes with the Ficet

than others."

"FLYING FORTS'" RECORD

New York.

will fight to Iuenos Aires and back. Even in this country, the use of lous body unity according to the size flight these serious charges,

manufacture

of

“A”

but

when They covered the last lap from the drocarbons in the Panama to Langley Field, Virginlu, song would leave more animal fats of the individual. It in Just usa body of higher officials presumes

food

short girl to have a to crlichse the efficiency of our mem- purposes, Gay 2,170 miles, in 10 buura 30 minutes avaliable for

| possible for a on average speed of 204 mph. masks can be made from Thlokel perfect form as a tall girl, although hers we are entitled to ask the Jourd tall. The of Admiralty not merely to consider This is believed to be a record for and Neoprene, two artiflclat rubbers, models generally military planes of their type which can be made from hydrocar-weight naturally would vary accord-the efficiency of the accused, Reuter,

bonn-United Press,

ing to height."

nre

9.15 London Relay-World Affairs'. A talk by J. L. Brierly, 0.1... Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of London.

(Continued on Page 4.)

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