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HAVE YOU LIVED BEFORE?

Have we new reason to believe—as men have believed for ages—that we have had other lives and will return again?

By C. J. Talbert

YOU are going back, back . . . three years old … two … one year old… now you are a mere infant . . . but you are still going back into time and space … you will find other scenes of faraway lands and distant places in your memory … now you will tell me … what do you see? What do you see?

Uh . . . scratched the paint off all my bed.

And what is your name?

Bridey . . . Bridey Murphy. Named me after my grandmother Bridget.

Do you know what year it is?

Eighteen something. Eighteen . . . oh 1806. I’m 8 years old.

What town do you live in?

Cork.

What country?

Uh . . . Ireland.

These are selected excerpts of answers that were given by Mrs. Ruth Simmons, in a state of deep hypnosis, on November 29, 1952, as reported by Morey Bernstein in his book The Search For Bridey Murphy (Doubleday & Co., Inc.). Her answers seemed to indicate that this Nebraska-born girl living today was remembering a previous existence in Ireland from 1798 to 1864.

Can this be true? Do we all live previous lives, over and over, as the ancient doctrine of reincarnation holds? Were you perhaps some famous person in history such as Julius Cae- sar, Napoleon, Shakespeare, Newton?

Such is the breathtaking scope of reincarnation—also called transmigration, metempsychosis, rebirth, karma, preexistence and eternalism. By whatever name it has been known in different times or cultures, the idea has existed since the dawn of history.

Buddhism some 5,000 years ago already nourished this many-life concept under the rules of Karma, stating that souls were eternal, inhabiting body after body through the ages until they reached the blessed state of Nirvana. Close to one billion Oriental people today accept reincarnation without question, as part of their religion.

Only the Western nations in general have rejected or ignored reincarnation. Still, an ardent group here believes in multiple lives. They cite certain “proofs”: An 11-year-old East Indian girl, Shanti Devi, remembered many details from her previous life. She described accurately her former husband’s home in far-away Muttra. And she remembered where she had hidden a money-box—and sure enough, it was still there.

Perhaps the most famous was Edgar Cayce, born in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1877. The story goes that he had remarkable powers to diagnose physical ills, leading to cures in 90 per cent of the 30,000 cases he handled. Later, he who recognized the merchant’s name and still owed him money, as the lad stated.

A Hindu youngster named Prabhu listed the entire family tree of his former long life, down to great grandchildren, all of which were on record in a village far from where the boy lived.

An English lady who remained anonymous but was of impeccable reputation had trances in which she was “Nyria,” a British slave-girl in ancient Rome. She recited a wealth of detail about the Emperor Titus which amazed scholars found to be authentic.

Madame Raynaud of France recalled a former life in Genoa. On a trip to Italy for the first time, she picked out the old house she had died in as a consumptive. Church records confirmed that such a consumptive woman had died there in 1809.

A young man visiting England for the first time unerringly found a name scratched on a window pane by a diamond ring, as he remembered doing in a previous life.

A Canadian child named Alexandrina Samons died in 1910 at the age of five. Her grief-stricken mother began to have vivid dreams in which the little girl appeared and promised to “return” as a new daughter. The mother gave birth to twin girls some time later and one of them bore a striking resemblance to the dead Alexandrina; the mother had her christened Alexandrina II.

At the age of ten, before being taken on her first trip to Montreal, Alexan- delved into people’s minds as well as bodies to unearth their memories of previous existence. He informed one man that in his former incarnation he had been an officer in the Civil War, giving the name, rank and battles. Curiously, the man looked up old records and found such a soldier had lived exactly that career. It was presumably himself, in a former life.

Each of us, the Eastern reincarnationists believe, has lived many times in past ages, in different human guises. Our previous existences can vary widely from king to pauper, man to woman, brilliant scholar to dull clod, etc. It is all part of the “Divine Plan” to teach us all the hard lessons and meanings of life so that we may one day be “perfect.”

The believers in rebirth have amassed many eerie cases of alleged reincarnation, besides those already given, notably from the Orient, Djebel, an Arab boy, spoke of being a Damascus merchant some years before. In Damascus, a weaver was found drina II described scenes in that city of which she could have had no knowledge _scenes that had captured the imagination of Alexandrina I.

Has Morey Bernstein’s sensational Bridey Murphy exploration added an important new clue to the mystery of life before birth and after death? Did Ruth Simmons, or her “soul-mind,” really live before as a 19th century Irish lass?

Psychiatrists point out that her outpourings could have been buried childhood memories of stories that Ruth had read or heard about Ireland. And in deep hypnosis, with the hypnotist in full control, the subject often takes a question or suggestion as a command and will very obligingly—and with an amazingly easy flow of speech—invent details to fit the requirement.

Both Bernstein and Ruth Simmons are above suspicion of fraud. Quite obviously they believe they have stumbled onto a genuine manifestation of reincarnation.

Is there any final authoritative verdict for or against reincarnation?

Most of the learned men of the West scoff in total disbelief. Yet Tennyson, Longfellow, Whitman, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Thomas Huxley, Sir Walter Scott, Ibsen, Spinoza are only a few among the glittering names espousing pre-existence in some form or other.

The great scientist, Thomas Huxley, stated that, “None but the very hasty thinkers will reject reincarnation on the grounds of inherent absurdity.”

We must remember the fate of dogmatic scoffers. Simon Newcomb, American scientist, positively “proved” that the airplane could never fly. Professor Erasmus Wilson in 1878 scorned the electric light as a silly parlor trick. And they were dealing with concrete things they could examine for themselves. How much harder to give a flat “yes” or “no” to an intangible thing like the fate of human souls.

You have seen some of the evidence pro and coin. You will have to judge for yourself.

Have you lived before? Could you, with proper help, recall scenes from other ages, other lands, other lives?

MORE ABOUT HYPNOSIS
Interested in learning more about the fascinating subject of hypnosis? Write to the following addresses for information on home study courses, books, pamphlets and recorded lessons . . .

School of Applied Hypnology, 120 Central Park South, New York, N. Y.

Nelson Company, 210 South Clinton St., Chicago, III.

Hypnotist, 1324 Wilshire Blvd., Hollywood, Calif.

Verity Publications, Newfoundland 32, N. J.

Aurea Publications, 156 West 73rd St., New York, N.Y. .

University Workshop, 1625 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

E. Hester, 55 Giles Ave., Jersey City, N. J. Hypni, Box 6097, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Citadel Press, 222 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, N. Y.

On your newsstand now: Fawcett Book 308, The Art of Hypnotism, by Joan Brandon.

WINDOW WASHERS TALK IN BROADCAST
Perched on ledges high above the street, two window washers, one in New York and the other in Chicago, communicated by radio recently in a novel broadcast sent out over a nationwide hook-up. With portable transmitters strapped to their backs, the workmen carried on a lively conversation about their work for the entertainment of the listening audience scattered all over the United States.

BED FOR THE ATOM AGE

CAN’T sleep? Worried about the atom bomb? Where would you rather have it find you than in the Acousticot, a super-bed dreamed up by Colonel Elliott White Springs of the Springs Cotton Mills.

It’s soundproof, air conditioned and even has a bundling board for passengers so disposed. Light from outside is kept out by curtains sprayed with your favorite perfume. You can have spruce and sour mash to remind you of your home in the mountains, mint and smoked ham if you’re from Dixie or fresh fish and decayed aristocracy if you yearn for a tidewater town.

Until full production is realized, Colonel Springs is using the Acousticot to display Springmaid sheets in department stores. But he’ll let you have one now for $3,500.

On the shelf over the headboard are a slot machine, movie projector, air conditioner and pulsator for the mattress. On the headboard are installed an electric razor, turn-and-bank indicator. relative humidity hygrometer, oil pressure gauge, naval clock, compass, manifold pressure gauge, electric toothbrush, speed control, artificial horizon, altimeter, and humidistat. An automatic fire extinguisher is mounted over each berth, and the footboard holds a television set, radio and bookshelf.

Toenail view of the remotely controlled radio and TV sets in the bed’s footboard.

Bundling board in center can be raised or lowered by an overhead electric motor.

“Comet” Plane Navigates Land and Sea But Balks at Air

IN a recent tryout of the novel type of plane shown at the left, which its inventors, Wendel Wobido and Stephen Nagel, of Berlin, call the “Comet” plane, and which was designed to navigate air, land and sea, navigated land and sea all right, but when it came to going up into the air the darned thing balked and refused to depart from safe old Terra Firma, or rather, in this case, since they tried to take off from the water, good old aqua firma. The plane’s reluctance to ascend was caused, the inventors claim, by a faulty engine which went dead.

The chief feature of this novel plane is a cylindrical fuselage, which houses the motor, and through which the air is sucked

to be thrust out the rear. This feature, the inventors claim, permits the use of small wings and gives greater stability.

Your Body Heat Is Sufficient to Cook Pan of Potatoes
SCIENTISTS have learned that our bodies are living machines of the combustion type in which the burning of fuel (food) is accompanied by the consumption of oxygen, liberation of heat energy and production of carbon dioxide as is the case in all combustion engines. Scientists find that the heat from a single person, if properly focussed, would be sufficient to cook potatoes.

Living Statues Are Coated with Special Paint
Various phases of physical education are symbolized by an athletic group famed for its “statuary” poses. In performances given before audiences throughout the country, the team depicts activities of the physical training division of Springfield College in Massachusetts. Wearing tight-fitting rubber caps and trunks, the men are completely coated with a special aluminum paint and glycerin mixture which gives them a metallic sheen to resemble silvered statues. The paint is not poisonous, and washes off easily with soap and water.

Feats of Ancient Japanese Taught to Modern Swimmers

Swimming stunts handed down through the centuries are still taught to young swimmers in Japan. One of the ancient feats was to shoot an arrow from a bow while in deep water, this trick requiring extreme discipline and practice if any accuracy is developed. Another stunt is to wield a fan out of water in each foot while swimming.

Girls Dive Into a Pool of Oranges in Fete Competition

THREE tons of oranges recently floated in the municipal swimming pool of Anaheim, California, for the obstacle race put on in preparation for the selection of its representative in the annual Valencia Orange show held there. Almost a score of girls from Anaheim high school swam 200 feet through the floating fruit in the competition.

Unless a swimmer knows the correct manner to enter the water in a dive, he can receive a stinging slap from the impact of his body hitting the surface at the wrong angle. How good, then, must a diver be to hurl himself headlong into a pool of oranges without getting a black eye or a bruised nose? These girls shown above are doing just that. And none of them was hurt. They made up one of the heats of the race.

Day Dreams Cause “Man Failure”

EVERYBODY must avoid day dreaming, but this is especially necessary for workmen in factories. There are four common kinds of day dreams which make workers careless and inattentive.

The first is emotional day dreaming, like letting the mind dwell continually on the thrills of some strong emotion like love. A second is characterized by worry about imagined misfortunes, most of which never happen.

Third is the kind of day dreaming due to retrospection; looking back on the pleasures or missed opportunities of the past. Last on the list are the day dreams of vengeance, in which the victim goes over and over again in his mind the terrible things that he will do some day to some enemy or antagonist.

Chops Wood With Steel Hands

DELICATE but powerful are the steel hands made by Andrew A. Gawley and his blind father. Though both arms were amputated thirty-two years ago in an accident, Gawley has learned to use his artificial arms to such an extent that today he earns his own living as a machinist.

He can dress himself, tie his shoe laces, use a knife and fork skillfully, and even break stones with his powerful hands. Wood chopping is easy for him, for his steel fingers grip tighter than human fingers.

Portlander Lives Frozen in Ice Block for Thirty Minutes

A SCIENTIFIC experiment that bewildered thousands was performed when A. Moro, of Portland, Ore., allowed himself to be frozen up in a solid cake of ice for thirty minutes at an annual newspapermen’s midnight frolic held recently in Portland. At the end of the half hour of imprisonment, the ice block was chopped open and Mr. Moro emerged bright and healthy, a little chilled, perhaps, but otherwise unaffected.

Mr. Moro is enabled to accomplish this remarkable feat because of his ability to get along with a minimum supply of oxygen for an unusual length of time. In performing the stunt, he crawls into the cavity formed in two blocks of ice as shown at right. Ice is then melted around him to inclose his body in the cavity.

Device Awakens Sleeper With Water In The Face

NOT even an alarm clock and radio will awaken Richard Hess, 21-year-old senior in Columbia College, Columbia University, so he rigged up this odd contraption to overcome his reluctance to get up at 7 a. m.

When the alarm clock sounds, the paste pot weight is released thus turning on the radio and tipping a glass of water perched on a plank over his head, pouring the contents in his face. The glass is tied to the plank so that it will not fall in the sleeper’s face and possibly neutralize the refreshing affect of the water. The device starts to operate when a loop tied around the alarm clock key slips off as the key turns.

Driving Mittens Glow To Aid Hand Signals

Driving mittens with their backs chemically treated to glow in the dark have been introduced for motorists. Besides being useful for giving hand signals to following drivers, the mittens provide enough light to show up the keyhole in a car or garage door. Exposed to a strong light momentarily, they are said to show the ground for several yards around, and still give off light after two or three hours. They are available in several sizes.

Meter Gauges Work in Bread-Slice Units

How rapidly exercise uses up the energy in the food you eat is graphically demonstrated by a device called the “bread-o-meter” at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. When a visitor mounts a bicycle frame and pedals vigorously, a generator produces electricity in proportion to his effort, and figures on a board show how many slices or loaves of bread would be needed to furnish this energy.

Replica of Tank Is Made of Soap

ONE hundred and thirty pounds of soap were used in the construction of a replica of a giant army tank at a recent soap exposition in Berlin, Germany. Cakes and slabs and sheets of soap were used throughout, pieces of soap being carved down to small knobs to represent hundreds of rivets in carrying out the details of the work. Happy soldiers maintain it would be an easy task for an army equipped with such soap tanks to “clean up” any opponent.

SEX GLOSSARY

MONOZYGOTIC TWINS. Twins which develop from one fertilized egg and therefore have identical inherited characteristics.

MONS VENERIS. The pubic mound; the slight prominence above the female vulva that is covered with pubic hair.

MONSTER. A child born grossly malformed; most do not survive.

MORNING ERECTIONS. Penile erections which a man awakens with in the morning. These frequently occur even in men who are otherwise impotent.

MORNING SICKNESS. The nausea which often occurs during the mornings to women in the first months of pregnancy.

MORULA. The “mulberry mass” of cells formed shortly after an egg becomes fertilized by a sperm, when the cells begin to divide and before they become implanted in the womb.

MOTILITY. Ability to move; a term often used in connection with sperm since they must have the ability to propel themselves through the female reproductive tract in order to reach the egg.

MUCOUS MEMBRANE. Tissue which secretes mucus; such tissue lines the urinary tracts, the vagina and other passages of the body.

MUTATION. An offspring which differs markedly from its parents in a particular respect because of a change that has occurred in the hereditary material.

NAVEL. The recession or scar on the surface of the abdomen caused by the removal of the umbilical cord at birth; the “belly-button.”

NECROPHILIA. An emotional sickness in which the sex drive is directed toward corpses.

Small Utility Tools Are Attached To Finger Tips

SMALL utility tools fitted on the finger tips are the invention of Miss Lillian Greneker, New York artist.

This invention, she claims, may well revolutionize the use of the hands and fingers in the arts, crafts and industry. Tentatively named “Fingertips,” the thimblelike devices extend vertically from the finger tips. The tools, in fact, become extensions of the fingers which are thus released as independent agents capable of performing the work normally required of the hand or a combination of several fingers.

Among the objects attached to the fingers in this manner are various sizes and types of brushes, a crochet needle and pencils.

PATENTS Nutty or Novel?

These Extraordinary devices hare all been granted patents by the U. S. Government

One-wheeled Sulky Would Make a Horse Laugh

THIS invention of a one-wheeled racing sulky even made the horse laugh; he doesn’t seem to realize that the joke is on him. What with keeping his balance and trying to steer the horse and dodging out of the way of the revolving contraption above his head, the gentlemanly jockey preserves his poise in a manner to warm the heart of Emily Post. With the addition of a garland of hibiscus and jonquils to the rim of

the wheel and a neckpiece of pink and purple taffeta around the driver’s neck, the ensemble can be pressed into service in Easter Parades and Fashion Shows, thus affording the enterprising race track promoter an additional source of revenue. The inventor doesn’t say just how the jockey maintains his balance, but it would seem from the picture that if he ever faw down he would go pretty much boom.

Parachute Fire Escape

FAITH, hope, charity, and a strong jaw seem to be the qualifications for the chap who essays to use the extraordinary parachute shown below. The idea is that the device is clamped to the head when one goes to bed, so that in

case the building burns down during the night the wearer can step out of a tenth story window and drop softly to the earth like the gentle rain from heaven. A pair of slippers with thick rubber soles is worn to lessen the shock of landing. The gentleman in the picture, appears to be traveling earthward at a rapid rate, as may be determined by the manner in which the tails of his Prince Albert are flapping in the breeze, but such is his confidence in the dependability of his chute that he is already shaking hands with himself.

Mustache Harness

A SIMPLE twist of the wrist, an easy loop of a rubber band around the ears, and this mustache harness is slipped in place where it has the situation, or rather the mustache, well in hand. Its purpose is to do away with the objectionable straining qualities of the approved type of he-man walrus mustache, the guard holding the mustache in reserve while coffee, soup, oysters, and similar liquid comestibles are safely transferred from table to tummy. Persons subject to seasickness also report that the guard has helped them in times of emergency, though it is probable that this particular use was not contemplated by the inventor. The air of confidence on the face of the gentleman in the picture is itself a strong testimonial as to the efficiency of this invention in doing what it claims to do.

Who should play the Mad Greek? What role will Brendan Fraser and Cuba Gooding Jr play? Will there be talking animals?

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Wrestler With a Million-Dollar Gadget

Here’s the blow by blow story of how a wrestling genius-of-all-trades nursed a bright idea into a device worth a fortune— with the help of a crew of grunt-and-groaners.

By Alfred Eris

THE Mad Greek, also known as Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan, has invented a gadget which promises to revolutionize the speedometer of every automobile on the road today! In view of this, why people call wrestler Agisilaki Mihalakis the Mad Greek is a mystery.

There’s a long story behind his Glowmeter invention but, in telling it, let’s call him Mike. Mike’s gadget is a speedometer attachment that lets you know your exact speed without looking away from the road. It projects the speed of your car onto your windshield on a little screen the size of a dime which can be placed anywhere on the windshield without interfering with your vision. The screen changes color like a traffic signal so that you’re conscious of changing speeds without even having to look at the black numerals which are also projected.

Sound simple? Well, in theory it is— but it took years of development sandwiched between Mike’s writing, lecturing and wrestling. Upon first sight the Glow-meter may not seem world-shattering to you (it didn’t to its inventor, either) but soon you begin to realize its potentialties (as did the manufacturers) and it dawns on you that here is a real million-dollar gadget in the flesh.

Would you like to know how a million-dollar gadget gets to be a million-dollar gadget? Well, let’s follow Mike right from the start. Admittedly, this story is a bit extraordinary—but then, so are million-dollar gadgets.

It started in 1935 when Mike was driving a brand-new car along a flat stretch of highway between Muskegan and Battle Creek, Michigan. He tried to keep under 30 mph but was having his troubles, what with trying to avoid running off the road and keeping an eye on the speedometer.

“Why can’t someone build a speedometer,” he wondered, “that’ll enable me to tell my speed without taking my eyes off the road?” Being an inventive lad, his thoughts wandered to a method of rigging up warning bells. But he quickly discarded this idea—it would have to be something completely new, he thought.

First, he decided that the best solution would be to project colors and figures right on the windshield. But he discovered that when he projected them directly, the result was highly unsatisfactory. It was too distorted and the projection could easily be washed out by the sun. So, he started working on a special screen.

Naturally, during this time, he was doing other things. Ever since he was 12 years old he had been turning out pulp stories for the magazines. That’s how he got his name—when an editor wanted Arab stories, Mike became Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan. All in all, he sold some 360 blood-curdling epics before he grew a little bored.

So he turned to songwriting, then switched to photography and repairing pipe organs. But soon his career became stabilized when he decided to devote all his efforts to wrestling and inventing—as unorthodox a combination as possible.

He kept his favorite name—Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan—and fought with a turban on his head. He grunted and groaned all over the United States, Hawaii, Europe, Canada and Mexico. Eventually, the Prince became light-heavyweight champ of the Pacific Coast and beat Hugh Nichols, then light-heavyweight champion of the world. The Universities of Indiana and California, Stanford and Ohio State were impressed with the fame of this Arabian potentate and he was asked to lecture before the awed students on the customs, mysteries and beauties of his “native land.”

Mike loved every minute of it. But, in between falls with bearded terrors, masked marvels and assorted bone crushers, he continued to wrestle with spherical aberrations, optical formulas and angles of incidence. For he was still obsessed with inventions and during this time developed an automotive gimmick which he foolishly turned over to one of the biggest Detroit manufacturers for peanuts. Mike was fascinated by movie cameras, too, and devised the only rear-operative Bolex in the United States. Not content, he developed an automatic turret operated by a button and a positive parallax-correcting device which worked directly through the lens.

Then, the Army took a few years out of his life and soon Mike found himself back in the swing of things, wrestling and working on his inventions. During this time he developed a screen for the Glowmeter, so selective that it reflected a projected image at any desired angle while rejecting all other extraneous light beams.

He became so absorbed in his gadgets that in March, 1949 he found himself stranded in Buffalo, N.Y., flat broke. He hadn’t wrestled for months, $12,000 of his own money had gone down the drain, his doctor had warned him about his heart— and he didn’t seem to be a step closer to production.

At this point, the weirdest phase of a weird career began. A guy like Mike makes lots of friends in his travels and Mike certainly had his share of acquaintances in the profession. Word spread among the wrestlers that their genius was having trouble financing himself. A plan seemed to develop all by itself.

One day, the door of his room in the Buffalo Hotel opened and in strode Steve Stanlee, brother of the mat champion Gene Stanlee. He listened to Mike talk about his inventions, then drew 12 one-hundred dollar bills from his pocket and put them on the table. He took his hat and strode to the door. “I’ll be back to lend you more as soon as I make it!” he said.

That started it. One wrestler after another popped in unexpectedly, leaving money to help Mike carry on. Huge Wee Willie Davis, just back from the Canadian border, lumbered in and he plunked down fistfuls of Canadian money. Buffalo Bill Cody and Dock Len Hall also stopped by every now and then to thrust their earnings on Mike.

Even during the slow season—the summer months—nobody even thought of asking for the return of the borrowed money. Instead, the wrestlers kept on giving. Mike worked in his hotel room sometimes for five consecutive days and nights. He’d eat only when Buffalo Bill or some other wrestler would scrape up enough. money for a few hamburgers or hot dogs.

The room at the Buffalo hotel was unlike any other hotel room in the world during this period. It was more like a vest-pocket engineering lab. Tools and metal parts were filed under the bed. Where Mike’s shirts belonged, there was a range of hardware. A soldering iron lay on the bed and a vise was clamped to the radiator. The writing desk served as a workbench. No part of the room was safe from paint or volatile mixtures.

Mike had drawn a chalk line upon the floor, across which the maid dared not tread. Glenn Cardan, the hotel manager, would drop in periodically to gasp and shudder—but still encourage the fanatic inventors.

Crammed into the small area were always the hulking figures of three or four wrestlers helping Mike. One of them was Wee Willie Davis (maybe you’ve seen him as Garmiskar, the giant, in the picture Sampson and Delilah). He’s a skilled engineer and holds a degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Soon, Mike was ready to try to sell some of his inventions. He considered a tire-pressure valve which would prevent the accumulation of too much tire pressure his most important invention. He attached that, as well as the Glowmeter, to his car but soon found clients fascinated by the tiny screen image instead of the pressure valve. So, he decided to concentrate on the Glowmeter.

At first manufacturers didn’t believe in the magic of his miracle screen. Once, he demonstrated the gadget to the engineering head of one of the top car manufacturers.

“My optical expert says that an ordinary bit of white paper will do exactly what your Glowmeter screen does,” said the man.

Mike said nothing but tore off a piece of white paper and placed it over the screen. Sure enough, the speedometer was projected from the dashboard onto the paper clearly. Then, Mike took a powerful flashlight and pressed the switch, directing the beam on the windshield. It completely blotted out the projected speedometer reading. Mike then threw away the white paper and there was the image on the Glowmeter screen as brilliant as ever—the flashlight couldn’t wash it out any more than could the sun. The engineer was convinced.

Gradually, word leaked out about this amazing gadget and offers started to trickle in. Somebody offered Mike $150 to install a single Glowmeter in his car. Then, one firm bid $10,000 for manufacturing rights and soon raised it to $20,000. But the wrestlers refused. They knew it was worth much more.

The pace was getting faster now and the temptations were almost unbearable. The tiny band of wrestlers was broke—but confident. Mike had to take a few jobs wrestling but his friends still didn’t urge him to sell.

Then, one day it came—an offer of $100,000. The wrestlers swallowed hard, talked it over —and voted no. Now, the highest bid of all— an offer of $200,000! But the company insisted upon 50 per cent of all future profits. Again they discussed the offer, and again the adverse decision was made. The group knew that 50 per cent of the future profits might turn out to be an exhorbitant sum.

Mike walked into the office of the company and shook his head. “Sorry, but we refuse to agree to that share-the-future-profits angle.”

As he hesitantly turned the handle to leave, the manufacturer called out, “You win, Mike —it’s a deal on your own terms.” That’s how the Silver Creek Precision Corporation of Silver Creek, N. Y. came to be the manufacturer and sales agent for Glowmeter.

From that point on, things started breaking right for Mike and company. He had filed his own patent applications without a lawyer and soon word came from the patent office that Uncle Sam had approved 28 interlocking claims. It would have been a terrific achievement for a crack patent lawyer, let alone a wrestler.

Mike now has some of the top patent lawyers working for him and expects many more claims to be approved soon. There’s a slim chance that some 1951 models of well-known cars will be equipped with Glowmeters. However, it’s a certainty that many of the top-notch Detroit buggies will be sporting them in their 1952 edition. In his shop right now, he’s working on two Studebaker dashboards and pilot models for the GM cars as well as for Nash and Packard.

Experts who have seen the Glowmeter in operation predict that some day soon, state Safety Councils and insurance companies may insist on Glowmeters for all new cars.

But that isn’t all for Glowmeter. Movie firms are eyeing it—because it can make daylight projection a reality. And Mike is in the process of working out all sorts of varied uses for the gadget in almost every field.

But this Mad Greek is not going to stop with his first million-dollar gadget under his belt. Not by a long shot. He’s working up such devices as a torque conversation-type transmission, a wireless telephone, a universal joint, a device to multiply traction potential of any car . . . and many others.

Mike says he’s trying to prove that the Greeks not only have a word for it—but an invention as well. •

She Doesn’t Care!

1. Water will leave almost no wrinkles in her dress, thanks to a new fabric woven of resin-treated cotton fibers that tend to return to their original shape after dousing or crushing. This amazing cloth stays clean longer and wears better.

2. Create this fabric, scientists add to a natural product—cotton—a synthetic that becomes an integral part of the fiber itself. In just this same way, Conoco scientists developed Conoco Super Motor Oil, by adding to a natural product —oil—additives that keep your engine clean, protect it from wear, fight acid, sludge, and rust.

3. 50,000 Miles—No Wear! After a punishing 50,000-mile road test, with proper drains and regular care, engines lubricated with Conoco Super showed no wear of any consequence: in fact, an average of less than one one-thousandth inch on cylinders and crankshafts. Gasoline mileage for the last 5,000 miles was actually 99.77% as good as for first 5,000. Proof that Conoco Super, with Oil-Plating, can keep your new car new!

Now in its 77th year, Continental Oil Company is a leader in oil research and a pioneer in oil-perfecting additives, with more than 100 patents on discoveries that improve performance and lengthen the life of your car.

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Glass Eaten With Secret Fluid

EATING light bulbs, bottles and tumblers with relish is the amazing feat performed by “Professor” Paul Owen, of New York City. The secret of his performance lies in a fluid which he swallows to render his intestines immune to cuts by the glass.

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Also, upper right panel, WTF? How does light make the apple move? Why does this involve a Rastus robot?

New Developments in Electricity

This powerful “Stroboglow light,” synchronized with the revolving fan blades, makes them appear as if standing still. Airplane props are studied similarly.

Above — Corn in the container between the two jars of ice was popped in two minutes by heat from high frequency radio waves directed at the kernels.

In reacting the historic William Tell scene, the apple on Rastus Robot’s head is knocked off by a ray of light from the photo electric flashlight in the head of the arrow.

Right — One of the numerous electrical devices invented by engineers to beautify milady’s complexion with ultra violet rays.

A National Monument

THE annual consumption of ice cream, America’s favorite dish, is now 180,000,000 gallons, says the Department of Agriculture. We have pictured this amount at the right; the can that would hold it would tower above Liberty’s head. It would be indeed a national monument to prosperity, of which ice cream consumption is an index.

Sun Light Shower Baths to Pep up Weary Congressmen

CONGRESSMEN in Washington now resort to sun light baths in the turkish baths of the House of Representatives office building when they become jaded. Weary from their intensive work and political worries congressmen find that these sun baths restore their “pep.” The lights, when the treatment is taken for ten minutes each day, give the patient the same benefits as if he were spending a couple of weeks at one of the southern winter resorts. Not only do the lights invigorate, but they also give the patient an artificial tan. These same kind of lights were used to treat the King of England. The busy men do not; find it necessary to disrobe to derive the full benefit of the sun shower baths and seated before the showers the health-giving rays bathe them from head to waist. Masks are worn over the eyes as a protection from the powerful rays.

Insulated Babies Grow Faster

TO MAKE your baby grow faster, insulate his crib against the electricity of floor, walls, ground. To slow down his growth, ground his crib with flexible bands of metal. This is the extraordinary conclusion reached by M. Vies, of Strasbourg, France, who conducted such experiments on two groups of three babies. The insulated set grew more rapidly than the grounded trio, presumably pointing to the fact that the electrification of soil and air has a real influence on human growth.

anti-aircraft fire control… AND FORD INSTRUMENT COMPANY

In World War I, anti-aircraft fire against slow, low flying planes, could be managed by optical sighting and correcting from observed air bursts. Today’s supersonic planes, flying at great altitudes must be tracked by radar and the guns directed by complex computers.

The Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Ford Instrument Company perfected the first successful naval anti-aircraft gun director (Mk 19) back in 1926 and Ford Instrument Company has been one of the outstanding leaders in this field ever since.

Precision equipment for the exacting problems of computers and controls for both the military and industry, has been the specialty of Ford Instrument Company since 1915.

Ever since Hannibal C.: Ford built the first gunfire computers for the U. S. Navy forty years ago, Ford Instrument Company has been a leader in applying the science of automatic control to American defense and peacetime industry. For more information about Ford’s products, services, and facilities, write for free illustrated brochure.

FORD INSTRUMENT COMPANY DIVISION OF THE SPERRY CORPORATION 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City 1, N. Y.

Precaution for Would-be Suicides

IF YOU are figuring on committing suicide, be sure to take this precaution: Use new bullets. Old bullets are sure to be laden with germs, so that they might infect the wound, and cause you to die. If you use new bullets, you might recover from the attempted suicide.

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Crazy Endurance Contests Are The HEIGHT of Something or Other!

These three boys teamed up in an attempt to keep the bicycle moving all summer. The credit here should go to the bike instead of the boys.

Shipwreck Kelly, world’s champion flagpole sitter, has sat on about every pole except the North and South, and he may tackle these sometime.

Minus the comforts of many tree sitters, Lawrence Peters, of Yuma, Arizona, remained aloft in this giant cactus for 118 hours. A desert electrical storm finally forced him to come down.

Bud Morris and Harry Yostrup, of Chicago, were two of the several thousand boys who escaped the squirrels during the summer. After all it’s still a gay, foolish old world!

Jack Skuratosaki, of Newark, N. J., claimed the doughnut eating championship when he ate 36 doughnuts in 45 minutes.