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Wednesday, December 19, 1945
ATOMIC POWER
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(Scientific American)
New that the first burst of enthusiasm—misguided,
and otherwise—regarding atomic power has simmered
down somewhat, it seems appropriate to scan briefly
some well-founded opinions on the subject.
At a recent meeting of the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers, members of the Gas Turbine Coor
dinating Committee rendered a preliminary report on
atomic power. Looking upon atomic energy as an addi
tion to the world's supply of fuel, the committee goes on
record as saying: “It is felt that atomic power certainly
will not replace present fuels but will supplement them,
as oil supplements coal.” They look forward to the pos
sibility of power-plan units (about 200,000 kilowatts),
wherein both the gas and steam turbine are utilized in
the same plant, using both present fuel and atomic
power to achieve the greatest efficiency.”
Because the heat evolved in atomic fission offers an
intriguing lure to the power engineer, the Gas Turbine
Committee warns: “Possibility exists also that radio
active by-products of the atom-spiitting process might
make the air unusable in a gas turbine. It appears from
this consideration that a semi-closed cycle might be
preferred, using the heat created but eliminating the ra
dio-active by-products from the gas turbine.”
All informed sources stress two important aspects of
atomic power: Cost of material and time of develop
ment. Cost will undoubtedly be extremely high for
years to come, and the necessary development work will
pursue a long and arduous path. Thus, to central power
stations, railroads, and other businesses in which the
generation or use of power is of extreme importance,
General Electric engineers put it this way: “Were we re
sponsible for conducting the affairs of such organiza
tions, we would go right ahead with our plans for the
years to come on the basis of present-day commercially
available sources of energy; namely: coal, oil, and water
power. Only as research and development proceed shall
we learn the limitations and possible practical commer
cial applications of nuclear power.”
Dictator—A man nobody noes.
A POLL THAT WOULD CHOICE A «OR5E
HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
HOT T.VWOOD—What’s detain
ing television0
Well, according to the experts,
a lot of things.
Equipment, for one thing—home
receivers for another . . . The
emblem of making television
he-irns gp around a corner—and
othf'r cimnle-but-maior things.
Like radio, television is bossed
bv the Federal Communications
Commission, a national govern
mental agency that at times gets
pretty tough—and at times seems
to be a hindrance rather than a
helper.
Now the FCC wants television
stations to operate at least six
Hours a day . . . The televisors say
they can’t do it, account of it costs
too much.
Television experts also point out!
that oeople who watch their shows (
naturally compare them to the'
movies, wh:ch they say, is unfair
at this stage of the game.
They can’t compete with the
movies in splendor and grandeur,
casts and stories—unless they tel
evize motion pictures and features
made by the movies for television.
The television sharps do say
they are now broadcasting full
color pictures with the new high
frequencies . . . that’s a big for
ward.
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But as for universal television
from coast-to-coast—a set in every
home—that is still around the cor
ner and quite a few corners at
that!
* * *
We’ve had “the Body,’’ “The
Face,” “The Look,” “The Legs,’’
and other pet names for glamour
babies, and now it’s “The Curve”
—that’s the title hung on Kathryn
Grayson since she has been mod
eling form-fitting “gay-ninety”
gowns for a new picture.
* * *
Star-Dust . . . Rita Hayworth
has an orchid named for her by
the Northwest Orchid Growers ...
Lina Romway is writing songs and
has had two published . . . John
Carradine had his hair cut for his
“Dracula” role, but he doesn’t try
to rib the coppers . . . Sabu is
taking singing lessons and will
break out in a musical at any mo
ment . . . Richard Dix now has a
diary ... If you can believe press
agents, George “Gabby” Hayes
now has his whiskers fireproofed
after they caught fire the other
day—and now I’ve heard every
thing.
Most actresses have “scream’’ (
stand-ins to do their screaming for
them, and thus save their voices
. . . Not Ginger Rogers—she loves
to scream . . . When you hear Gin
ger scream in a picture, it’s Gin
ger, and not an unseen substitute.
* * *
Why do the film lovelies wake
up in their cinema beds in the
morning, all made-up?
Photographer George Barnes
explained why, after shooting
scenes of Joan Fontaine, as a
bride, on the morning after her
wedding.
“If the girls wore no make-up,”
Barnes explains, “they wouldn’t
look like they had no make-up on.
They’d look like they were badly
made-up instead.”
That explains it—or does it?
* * *
Joan Crawford has a lot of
IMPROVEMENTS IN
OUR FAIR CITY
There’s a new sign over the N.
C. ‘‘Cat’ Department. Also a new
loyal fans ... In fact her fan clubs
are among the oldest . . . One of
her loyal fans, who has long be
longed to her fan club, just sent
in his dues for the eighth consec
utive year.
In fact, he paid up ten years in
advance, having great faith in
Miss Crawford’s future.
The fan? Van Johnson.
attractive sign over the Diesel Oil
Sales.
Joe Wallace reports that the
new extension built onto the west
side of the Wallace Hotel is now
complete and ready for occupan
cy, also that the older portion of
the building has been completely
renovated and new stair and hall
rugs installed.
The Wien Building upper floor
is completed, according to Rich
ard Webb, local manager of the
Wien Alaska Airlines. The Webbs
will move in as soon as conven
ient.
NO. 2-ENERGY EQUALS MASS
AP Newsfeolures
FIRST key to eventual splitting of the atom was the Einstein
theory, developed 40 years ago, which showed mathemati
cally that the energy (ergs) within an atom was equal to the
mass (weight) of a substance in grams, multiplied twice by the
speed of light (186,000 miles per second) measured in centi
meters. Since everything is made up of trillions and trillions of
interlocking atoms, this meant that a pound of anything, lead or
feathers even, contained latent energy equal to 10 billion
kilowatt hours of light socket electricity. (That's equivalent to the
entire U. S. electric power output for about two weeks.) Only
way to get at this energy was to split the atom, but no one knew
how.
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