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&-:V r v L:;>i ' • V : v' *X r -J&-.. il. '¥• .<* ' c5 .,V' • Washington •Letter •Mortal cience Science Scrvicc.--WNU Service. 'Dosing' of Oil Wells Produces Salts That Ruin Refinery Units "Washington, July 24--Despite the factional heats and extravagant postconvention talk it is not expected that the Presidential campaign won't hit its full stride until Labor Day. Attention is about equally divided this week between foreign and domestic affairs. ^„rPtr^;«Tuf:f HBnVZ | NEW YORK - Widespread its implications for this country tern- use of acids to boost production porarily divert minds from strictly from oil wells has brought m partisan subjects. j its wake a major trouble for Politics is by no means adjourned j the petroleum industry in the or at a breathing spell. The Chicago i form of thousands of miles of . convention is entirely too recent to be | rujne(J pipelines and hundreds sidetracked Predictions as to the ef-j Qf ruined refinery units, petrofect of the Democratic conclave knowi . J , ITwk The early .kirmishe, W-l 'eum engineers report here tween the major parties indicate both are hoping to profit by schisms following the spirit of rancour--a convention aftermath. The Willkie forces are wooing the Democratic dissidents among the anti-third termers and conservative wings. The New Deal campaigners are devoting equal solicitude to the G. 0. P, dissenters. The Republicans must necessarily depend heavily upon a switch of substantial number of voters, who were found in their rival's ranks in 1932 «nii 1936. The New Dealers cognizant Salts, 50,000,000 pounds of them, produced largely as by-products of the acid "dosing" of wells, are eating the walls of expensive pressure piping and plugging refinery tubes, exacting a stupendous economic toll, they reveal. They are in addition lowering the value of residual oils and tars, eating up in waste a considerable portion of the increased income earned by the use of the acid process which increases the wells' yield. Greater even than the cost of replacement parts and labor is the loss caused by equipment being out of the deep resentment evidencedby servjce while repairs are made, their conservative colleagues at Chi- Petroleum engineers are turning cago are desperately striving to patch increasing attention today, however, up matters in the interest of unity. to thip problem and report a num- The Congress has been marking ber of desalting methods. time this week awaiting the return of Methods of Removing Salts, members from hurried visits to their Heat, pressure and the addition bailiwicks. The legislators now on Qf fresh water remove some of the duty are comparing notes as to sentiment at home as tb the two tickets and their own candidacy. Many are so engrossed in these political aspects that they welcome the failure of the Senate and House to settle down to serious law-making chores. They have plenty of unfinished business to handle before tax legislation becomes the problem of the hour. Our statesmen and diplomats are focusing their attention on the Havana conference because it is considered a major ftiove in foreign policy. Some are disturbed over the hazy cartel plan advocated by President Roosevelt as a counter-move' against economic invasion of Latin American republics by totalitarian governments. The intimate, relations of some countries below the border with Germany is a source of concern to those who hope for solidarity among the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Resistsalt from commercial crude oil, increasing the life of piping and refinery equipment greatly at a low cost. A Michigan installation, described in Petroleum Technology by Dr Gustav Egloff and a group of petroleum engineers of the Universal Oil Products company, reduced, the salts in the incoming crudes from 220 to 5 pounds per thousand barrels. Incoming oil was mixed with about 10 per cent of water, then heated to 250 degrees under a pressure of 60 pounds. The salt removal, 212 pounds for each 1,000 barrels of oil handled, reduced corrosion from a continual cause of breakdowns to a very minor maintenance factor. Chemicals to break up the shell of emulsion which protects brine globules from the surrounding oil have been used with some success. Once this protective coating is destroyed, water particles settle out ance to the idea will probably be in-1 of the mixture very rapidly, car'ryfVITtVpfA/) OO fllo terpreted as the THT 1it+llenrr iinn/f1lnu/et«nicnen;' lb%u» t4» I Al_ -- _ _ 1£ JlL iL T"\ Z Of ? A. the truth is the cartel scheme has never been satisfactorily explained by its Administrative sponsors. The prime purpose is to pool exportable surpluses of all hemisphere countries, which will attempt to distribute them to other world markets or through intttchange of goods. The Advisory Defense Comthission k still trading blows with the Treasury Department over the proposed tax program now 'in a formulative Stage. Anxious to speed up production of essential war materials the defense officials are doing their utmost to sell the Treasury on a formula for amortization of investments in' plants, machine tools and vital readjustments throughout the industry. The excess profits legislation, which will shortly be submitted to Congress, involves a long series of hearings with consequent delays. The national defense executives would like to see the amortization item made a special and „ separate order of business. These responsible preparedness officials feel that existing laws regarding this i phase of taxation must be modified immediately so that thousands of industrial executives will know defin-' itely how far they can go towards providing private capital to finance the necessary expansion of plant and equipment. In other words, their primary concern is not a question of profits, but an opportunity to get back the cost of these facilities they install for exclusively war-time purposes. It was pointed out that where private capital is used to build new plants or extend present equipment there is no certainty that the contract will run beyond a year or more with the possible exception of ship buildfag orders, which require a longer -lime. ^ There is a problem which must be Ifttled soon if the defense program V from a production angle is to proceed with the necessary progress. Unless the President steps into the picture tae Treasury Department in its scramble for revenue may hold the tipper hand against the Defense Commission. Neither government tax ekperts nor industrial leaders want the new excess profits tax rushed through Congress. They realize that . the ill-digested legislation will result to bad repercussions and a flock of (expensive law suits which might retard the defense program. It is fcnown, of course, that the intensified legislative activity on behalf of comjwlsory military training will stimulate a demand for drastic revisions of ; laws against profiteering. There is also some concern that the ideology j back of the support for excess profits I taxes at this time is to recapture' wealth and spread money by increasing employment and purchasing pow Even the government tax experts art not agreed on the basic methods of calculating these taxes. ing the salt with them. Different chemicals are needed in each oilproducing area, and the search for a general desalting chemical agent, suited to all types and mixtures of oil coming to a refinery, is still going on. . Electrical desalting, in one plant, decreased the salt content of the crude oil from 200 to. 8 pounds per 1,000 barrels. This particularly corrosive crude oil, from an Arkansas field, wafe mixed with water, then subjected to an alternating potential of 16,000 to 32,000 volttL Snpersoiiic Waves Break Solids by Vibrations PORT HURON, MICH.--Supersonic waves--sounds too shrill in pitch to be heard by the human ear-- will soon be used to break up solid particles into new degrees of fineness. Sound's new use has been developed from research of Dr. Karl Soellner of the department of agronomy at Cornell university. He found that /high-frequency sound waves not only make sediments, gels and precipitates disperse--as previously had been known--but also that certain solids having a laminated structure could be broken into fine bits by the intense vibrations created. Materials on which the supersonic waves work well include graphite, mica and steatite. As soon as production changes are completed, colloidal graphite will be made of much finer particle size and longer suspension than has heretofore been available to industry. Ears Reveal Paternity, Says a German Scientist Harley Lewis of DeKalb was a visitor at the home of - and Mrs. Harry Matthews last Friday. - Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | Raymond Lusk at Maple Park last Saturday and were accompanied home by Mrs. Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Baker of Williams Park and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Roberta of Mundelein spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Webster. ' Mr. and Mrs. Leo Clarence of Elmwood Park were dinner guests ' last Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burkhart. Harry Raeburg of Belvidere spent Wednesday night and Thursday with his wife and son at the home of Mrs. Celia Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkhart and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Burkhart of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Burkhart at Williams Park. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and Robert Matthews were guests last Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews and Mr. and Mrs. WYsi Ekhoff at Blue Bell cottage at Lake Conrio, Wis. Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Maple Park returned home Wednesday evening after spending four days at the home of'Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Miss Frances Davis and Martin Baur and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and children of the "Flats" were supper and evening guests last Monday in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Oak Park and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Eichoff of Forest Ptark were supper guests Saturday at the home of Willard Darrell. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rice of Marengo were callers Sunday at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and Willard Darrell. Mrs. C. H. Hansen spent last Thursday at Highland Park. - Mr. and Mrs. S. Swanson and Mr. and Mrs. H. Swanson from Highland Park and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Other afternoon and supper guests were Mr. and Mrs. Axel Nerstrom of North Chicago. Arthur Wackerow spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner at Waukegan. He also called on Miss Roberta Eatinger at the General hospital. Carroll Larabee of Bristol, Wis., is spending a two weeks vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Mrs. Arnold Burkhart is spending this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burkhart at Williams Park. Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, and guest, Carroll Larabee, were callers at Diatnbnd Lake last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Grace J. Kerns and children of Independence, Mo., and Miss Alice Johnson of the "Flats" were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brpoks. Mrs. Geo. Lundgren of Wauconda; Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park; Mrs. Harry Matthews, Mrs. Elmer Esping and Mrs. Raymond Lusk of Maple Park were guests of Mrs. John Blomgren at a one o'clock luncheon at her home WednegjJay. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner and son, Gerald, were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Wagner at Wauconda Sunday evening. It won't be long until Miss Carol Wagonseller will be hack home again, after spending a long vacation with her aunt in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Thompson, mother of A1 Thompson, passed away last Thursday evening, from injuries due to a fall some time ago when, she broke her hip. JOHNSBIJRG The dlances are 30,000 to 1 that weather on the earth pulsates in unison with changes on the sun. This conclusion was reached by Dr. Theodora E. Sterne, lecturer on astrophysics at Harvard university, who submitted to statistical analysis the data collected by the Smithsonian institution stations in various parts of the earth where the heat of the sun is being measured in constantly maintained observations over a long period of years. Dr. Charles G. Abbott, secretary of the Smithsonian, has announced as a result of the study of these observations and weather observations made at the same time, that there are cycles in the earth's weather and that these periodic changes are due to the variations in the sun's heat. He found cycles with periods of 7, 8, 9.75, 11, 21, 25, 34, 39.5, 46 and 68 months. In the Harvard analysis Dr. Sterne found that the magnitudes of the cycles with periods of 7, 8 and 34 months were of such a value that they could bte attributed to errors, but that the magnitudes of the remaining cycles were so large and the evidence in favor of their existence so strong that the odds against them being due to error are SO,000 to .1, or higher. The Smithsonian observations cover 15l years. The overall average shows that the earth receives from the sun 1.941 calories a square centimeter a minute, or about two horsepower a square meter. The variation in the sun's heat stays within 4 per cent above and below the average. v <NM#rinto' Now U«e# For Dog Identification A dog's nose is about his best friend if he ever gets lost--even if he can't smell his way home, young David Hoggan of Salt Lake City has decided. And his paws keep him in comparative safety of not missing supper, even if he doesn't know which direction to take. Nine-year-old David's pup Mugs is smart, but David was forever in fear that Mugs would geVlost, so "he took the pup around to the police station to give the force a look at her, just in case. Sergt. Albert Rogers promptly becalmed David's fears and assured him that all the men on the force wouldn't have to. see the dog--the department could identify her any time she was picked up. » • The sergeant took Mugs' noseprint and pawprints, and filed the cards in the increasing collection of the Salt Lake City "Dog Identification bureau," and David took Mugs home satisfied. The file is not large enough to determine whether there is a possibility, of duplication, but Rogers has not found two prints alike yet--and has never failed to return a lost dog which had been printed. . FRANKFURT-on-the-MAIN, GERMANY.-- Possibility of determining a child's paternity from the shape of his ears appears in a report from Dr. Thorc&r Quelprud of University Institute for Heredity and Race Hygiene. The shape of the human ear, Dr. Quelprud says, has a number of personal peculiarities which appear well-developed in the infant. Left and right ears of the same person are often markedly different, iso Dr. Quelprud examined both ears in his study of 5,000 persons. Twin and family studies, including studies of fraternal and identical twins, were made to determine hereditary characteristics. Shape, length and breadth of ear,, height of concha, length and form of ear-lobe, helix and tragus, length-breadth-index of the ear, scapha and other characteristics were investigated. Goaruit Asked why a ship is always refe^ed to as "she," Read Admiral Chester W Nimitz of Washington, replied: **Because it costs so muck to keen we in paint and powder." '.X" Cf . y a K & y S f c . . - : - . - 1 WANT ADS P'"'w'-.ip Mrs. Evelyn Schaefer of Waukegan spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Mrs. Joe Karls is spending tine week with her mother, Mrs. Margaret Can dre. Miss Thelma Lay, Miss Dorothy Michels, Miss Jeanette Degan and Miss Anna Schaefer called on Miss Marie King at Genoa, Wis., Monday evening. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin visited Sunday in the home of her mother, Mrs. Wm. Althoff. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski and family of Woodstock, Mrs. • Rose Hoffine of Genoa spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller. Elmer Meyers and Donald Michels called on Mrs. Irvin Schaefer at Waukegan Tuesday evening. Bill Marz was a Long Lake caller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weber attended the chicken dinner at the Spring Grove picnic Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frett of Chicago spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. Delia Miller. Miss Peggy Landre of Chicago is spending a week with Mr. and Mrs, Joe Karls. ] Mrs. Roy Schaefer of Chicago spent a few days in the home of Ben Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. John Bahnen and son, Jackie. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bahnen and son, Tommy, of Wilmette, were callers here Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zoellner of Chicago spent the weekend with Arfr Peters. Joe, J. Freund and Tony Schmitt were Chicago callers one day this week. Joe Karls and son, Mrs. George King, and daughter motored to Chicago Saturday. Mrs. Albert Huff and children and Frank Kempfer of Twin Lakes was a caller here Sunday. Mrs. Joe Mickels spent Thursday with Mrs. Frank June Jit Spring Grove.r * Mrs. Carlson and daughters and Heating With Son Rays A small cottage may supply the knowledge necessary to reduce the costs of power, heat and air conditioning by use of the sun's rays, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists believe. Prof. H. C. Hottel, director of the experiment, explained the workings of the cottage. On the roof is a shallow, black, metal-lined box tb absorb solar heat. A series of metal tubes is heated by the box and in turn heats water circulated through the tubes. Several glass covers on the box allow the sun's rays to pass to the metal lining--and at the same time imprison most of the heat generated. When the water has been heated by the "heat collector" it passes through carefully insulated pipes to a basement storage tank. There--depending on the size of the tank--water can be kept hot for periods of a few weeks to half a year. A flow of air around or through the tank would supply heat for the house --or by using the heat for power, could operate all air conditioning plant. The ninth bunco party was held at Mrs. W. P. Einspar's house July 1st. Mrs. Sipspar celebrated her silver wedding anniversary by having the P. T. A. bunco and a luncheon. Those present were Mrs. L. Bransford, Mrs. R. Beisecker, Mrs. L. Ericksen, Orra Belle Bettray, Mrs. L. Nielsen, Mrs. C. McDermott, Mrs. W. Swanson, Mrs. A. Seyfferth, Mrs. L. Sansone and Mrs. F. Weiler. Prizes were award ed to Mrs. Nielsen, Mrs. McDermott, Mrs. Sansone, Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Weiler. The next P. T. A. bunco and meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Art Skelly on Wednesday, July 31st. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sarle, Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. Glone and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Frecaw, all of Chicago. Mrs. Thoma.s Kabaugh and daughters, Jeanne and Kathleen, Mrs. Fred Dasch and Mrs. C. O. Swanson, Josephine Dasch, Lois Swanson and "Pat** Babin were Woodstock visitors last Thursday. ' The Lily Lake Ladies'; League held a bunco party at Berates' Casino Wednesday afternoon. Prizes were award*' ed to Mrs. Thomas Klabough, Myra Lipson, Mrs. C. O. Swanson, Mrs. George Wegener, Mary Hubbell and Mrs. Helen Rob-, inson and son, Billie, have returned to their home in Chicago after spending three weeks at their home aft Lily Lake. s Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Miller ot Cicero spent the Weekend at their Cottage. Mrs. John Cusick is the proud mother of a 5 lb. i pt. baby daughter, born Thursday, July 18. 1940 at^> the Garfield Park ifospital, Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blum of Chicago spent the weekend at their homei Grace Hubbell of Chicago is spend* in<r a week at her home at Lily Lakk Mr. and Mrs. George Esser and Mr. and Mrs. ^Williams and daughter* Shirley, of Chicago, spent the week-, end at their summer home. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klabough and daughter, Kathleen, were Chicago visitors Saturday evening at the home of her mother, Mrs. Nora McCalla. Mr. and Mrs. Janfts Klabough find baby son visited the home of Mr. and; Mrs. Edward Kennedy Sunday in Chicago. ' SETTINGS FOR PICTURES CI Maybe boys shouldn't climb tress--but here, the tree make* a nieft - snapshot setting. Chooss good locations for your subjects. •* Firemen at Gardinerr,, Me., extinguished a small blaze in*a church as a wedding was about to take place Then they stayed for the ceremony at the request of the bride, who discovered that only thirteen persons were present.. tlfHEN you're taking pictures of * * a person, there are two "most Important" elements in each sbot-- - first, tbe subject, and second, the petting ot location. Many snap- , shooters give all their attention to the subject, neglecting the background arid surroundings .. . and ^s a result, the picture is often not . jas pleasing as it might have been. The proper setting greatly helps Ba picture. For example, a shot of $rour small daughter Just standing by the house may be all right; but % shot of her by the flower bed. - plucking a bouquet for the table, or ' a picture of ber wadihg in a pretty brook, will generally be much better. Here, the settings give a reason for the pictures--and at the same time provide attractive surroundings for the subject. If you can, imagine a theater ; movie without scenery--Just characters acting their parts on a bare tstage! Think how much would be ' . lost. Proper surroundings are est sentlal for fine pictures--still or movie--and if you take care to se- ; lect them/ your pictures will be far more effective. Choose a setting that is familiar, ' and in harmony with the subject^' dally activities. Get a shot St Grandpa tending his garden; snap Dad at the basement workbench where he works on his ship moi» • els. If Johnny insists on climbing the tree by the back porch--whlcfc he shouldn't--at any rate get ft snapshot of him there before yes^ order him down. In brief, picture people in surroundings they likfc, and you'll get natural, true-to-UiS snapshots. t Before taking a picture, look bfr yond the subject and study ttio background. Make sure that spots or objects in the background donl interfere with the subject--for e» ample, don't let a prominent tree appear to be growing out of the subject's head. Often, a shift of few Inches to right or left win', solve such problems. Form the habit of putting yottf picture subjects * into appropriate, settings -- see that backgrounds don't Interfere -- and you'll gpt clearer, more interesting pictures. John van Guilder USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOE QUICK RESULTS WE TH^PEOPLE CORNERSTONE OF OUR GOVERNMENT LAID »Y GEORGE WASHINGTON English Railroading Hasard • '-'4 Fog, that thick pea soup kind for which England is noted, interferes so much with the operation of railways that special means have to be taken to cope with it. Fog signal men are placed at important points. They live near their work and on their own initiative go to thein posts when fog descends. Or they may be called from signal boxes. They use 300,000 detonators, or "torpedoes," as they are known in America. The noisemakers tell the engineers the position of the signal hidden from view by the fog. As an additional safeguard one railroad has its own system of automatic train control. If the line is clear a bell rings by the engineer's side. If not, a siren blows and brakes are automatically applied. The device is operated by signal men through an electric ramp at each caution signal on 2,186 miles of track and 3,250 engines. it1 This illustration appeared orUtinaliy on Standard Oil poster board* in 1938. Tbe loir tost of Red Crown P*r mile i« even more outstanding today Colors of the'Rainbow The colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet, but the colors of individual rainbows may vary. Red and violet can nearly always be distinguished and greens, blues and yellows may all bo present. There is, however, much mixing of colors because the rainbow is not a single spectrum but a series of overlapping sgiectra. Low cost per mile ! • Keep yOUl* driving costs down with Red Crown Cos Arrested for drunkenness, William LeFeen of Salt Lake City pleaded: "I'm the father of ten children, and n»y wife has just given birth to twins. I took a drink or two, tb celebrate and recuperate." 2»1 Miss Edna King were Elgin callers, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkie of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas of Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of.'JMfc^eiad Mrs. Peter F* Freund. i : theatol choice 3 fins Gasolines--priced te seit yeer perse--«•* ... tr*««ier^rica4 I»IW> (premium qoaKty)... (bargain pric>4) •fr--fir""! fittif cvsStibte stetc ter esj isle. IN JOY A NATIONAL CIIDIT CAID1 APPLY TO ANY STANDARD OIL DIALIK CLEAN RUT ROOMS # CAREFREE, eisy-ridiag miles... Iocs of 'em in every gallon! Flashing pick-up aaa t Smooth follow-through! That's the kind of Jong miUmidwest motorists really go for, judging by their 2 to 1 preference for Red Crown over any other brand of gasoline. You, too, will like the way Hed Crown shortens the miles and levels the hills. And, if you're a thrifty soul, that fiist tsnkful of Red Crown will convince you you've foead At buy among regular-priced gasolines. SMCIAl SUMMIK SASOIINI MOM VOUI STAND A RS 011? DIALRR ' ' v • am