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GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty H0g3ngClCgimC32 11, 1949-PartH 5 THE NEIGHBORS By George Clark BOOKMAN NOTEBOOK By JOSEPH HENRY JACKSON A Weapon With a Secret That Was Really Kept I Mi Al HARTMANN MM 4 Tlma Ok it- i BY ROBERT T. Winston Churchill, ia his latest illumination of events, made a notable comparison of the 13th century Mongol threat and the current pressure from Central Asia which, he said, would have swept to the English" Channel ere now. but for the United States' tenuous monopoly of the atomic bomb. With this distinguished precedent for delving into history to find lessons for. our time, it may be worth-while to consider another secret "weapon which, in the exclusive possession of one power, played an important if not decisive part in the cen- turies-long defense of Europe's eastern marches.

This secret weapon was the dreaded Greek fire of Byzantium, sometimes Constantinople, now Istanbul. THE DISCOVERY Of cdurse, man has used fire as a weapon from the earliest times, probably before he used it for much else. Its most effective use was defensive, and It was in this connection that one Callinicus, an inquisitive Greek architect, stumbled across a formula in 668 AD which melted the hearts of the stoutest warriors of Europe and Asia, and which remains a secret to this day. i Now Callinicus, like some of our nuclear physicists, was a refugee. He fled to Constantinople rom Heliopplis in Syria, a city appropriately dedicated to the sun.

Our history is sketchy, but presumably Callinicus sold his idea to the brass hats of his day. His Teward, here or hereafter, is not record- ed. But his formula for Greek fire as its terrified victims named it became the most zealously guarded secret of the Byzantine court. The basic ingredients of Greek fire were naphtha and sulphur. Nowadays most naphtha la produced by refining petroleum, but then as now it exuded naturally from 'the bitumen bedstar pits in the Caspian Sea region.

It is a little heavier liquid than gaso- and it is a pther special pleasure to see the name of Dr. Angelo Pellegrini of the, University of Washington included. As for writers in general, for? mer Californian Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (whose recent book on Ecuador was reviewed here a few days ago) receives an award to write a life of Ephraim George Squier, American archaeologist and engineer; Arna Bontemps of Fisk. Uni- versity will prepare a three-way biography of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and W.

E. B. Du Bois; Mrs. Rack-ham Holt will write of Sir Wil- fred Grenfell; Dr. Arthur Stanley Link of Princeton will work on a biography of Woodrow Wilson.

ADEQUATE AMOUNT? The total amount involved in all 1949 fellowships awarded comes to $395,000, and individual fellowships are approximately $3000 a year. This brings up a point worth making, it seems to me. The dollar, after all, is quite a different thing from what it was, as all of us know. Most of those who receive the awards, one supposes, are married. Very likely many of them have children.

The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship is not supposed to be doing any other work while engaged on the project for which he has received his award. The question, then, is obvious. Wouldn't it be a good idea for the Guggenheim Foundation to think about this? Wouldn't it come closer to the original intention of the founders if perhaps fewer fellowships were awarded and the amount in each case were made larger? It seems to me that's the only re-' alistic way of looking at It. As I recall it, a dozen or so- years ago a fellowship came to about $2500. Certainly an approximate $3000 does not represent today what $2500 did then.

And just as certainly it could not have been any part of the original Guggenheim plan to penalize a recipient for having a family to take care of. Guggcnheims: 1949 Announced today are the Guggenheim fellowship awards for 1949, and, as has been happening in recent years, they, show healthily large proportion of California names on the list. Dr. Helene Maxwell Hooker, historiart of Los Angeles, receives an award for a projected biography of Francis. J.

Heney, famous California figure in the Progressive movement and in San Francisco graft prosecutions of 1906, and Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court at the time of his death in 1937. Dr. Hooker has done exten-' sive research in the post-Civil War era and on the Progressive movement and its figures. She has been assistant editor of the Hollywood Quarterly and her articles and reviews have ap-' peared in numerous literary journals. Her husband is Dr.

Edward Niles Hooker, professor of English at the University of California at Los Angeles; he held a Guggenheim fellowship for the year 1942-43. SOUTHLAND COMPOSER Mr. John Cage, composer of Los Angeles, receives an award to work on creative work in musical composition, Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Cage attended Pomona College, studied in Paris and organized percussion ensembles, giving concerts; throughout the country, notably in New York's Museum of Modern Art under sponsorship of the museum and the League of Composers. Mr.

Cage is on the editorial board of the New Music Society and has composed for percussion orchestras, ballets and the radio as well as for solo dancers, chamber groups and the piano. Several other Californians in the arts turn up on the list and of course a scientists, mathematicians and so on. Kenneth Rexroth, San Francisco poet; Sally Carrighar, who wrote "One Day on Beetle Rock;" Leon Kirchner, composer of Berkeley, and Wallace Stegnerof Stanford (he's to write a biography of Maj. John Wesley Powell, early explorer of the Colorado River) are among those to receive fellowships, "He says he likes dating me because I'm such a good -sport it doesn't seem like he's out with a girl." FRANK COLBY "Wasn't I oway for two weeks in January Didn't I go fishing in March? How many vacations; do you want? The Notions Department-No Place for a Gentleman taries inspecting the external facilities at Oak Ridge. Greek fire was first, poured, as cruder concoctions had been for centuries, from the walls and battlements of a besieged city.

Then it was found more effective to squirt it from tubes by the siphon principle, igniting it at the. nozzle. The Norman crusaders under Bohemund ran into this tactic when they besieged Durazzo, a Byzantine cuy; by way. of revenging themselves on the Emperor Alexis for his perfidy. While toiling their way beneath the city wall, their shoveling was heard by defenders, who promptly hauled up a flame thrower probably fanned with huge bellows.

When the-, tunnelers broke through they were met by a searing blast which roasted the foremost and routed the This happened in J108, but a good many Japanese met the same frightful fate in their Pacific pillboxes eight centuries later. But it was in its adaptation for naval offensive that Greek fire proved to be the absolute weapon of its time. The Byzantines built special warships pyrophores-t-and fought them with devastating efTect both physical and psychological. A SEA BATTLE Anna Comnena, the Byzantine princess, described a sea fight in the 11th century between the "Roman" pyrophorea and a nosy Pisan fleet near the island of Rhodes. "On the prow of each ship he (the Byzantine naval commander) had a head of a lion or other land animal fixed, made in brass or iron with the mouth open, and gilded over so that their mere aspect was terrifying," she wrote.

"And the fire which was to be directed against the enemy through tubes he made to pass through the mouths of the beasts, so that It'seemed they were vomit-" ing the fire. "The Roman fleet -did not venture upon a regular sea battle with the Pisans, but made a series of swift, irregular attacks on them Then the man called Count Eleemon very boldly attacked the largest vessel at the stern, (and) with great presence of mind had recourse to his' machine and poured' fire upon the enemy. Then he quickly turned G. TURNER What's the Origin? Hollywood: Last night I met a movie actress. "You are gorgeous," I told her, and then we both got to wondering just exactly what the word means.

I still don't know. H. M. Answer: The word gorgeous has as strange a family tree as any word in common use. It began as the Latin gurge, "a whirlpool, an eddy, an abyss." Gurge entered French as gorge, meaning, variously, ''throat; gullet; bosom; a ravine." From gorge evolved the Old French word gorgias, meaning "a decorative handkerchief for the neck." Next gorgias took on the meaning of "vain and luxurious." From gorgias came the French verb rengorger, "to thrust the chin into the throat; to put on airs." When the English gorgeous entered the language, it had the meaning of "the swelling of the throat in pride." In the course of time the word lost all association with gorge, "the throat" and took on the4 irrelevant meaning of "showy; splendid; spectacularly beautiful." It's hard to believe that what you said liter ally to your movie actress was, "You're throaty," but it's true.

The word chartreuse should not be pronounced "shahr TROOSS." The vowel sound of the second syllable is like the in "urn, burn," and the should have the sound of thus: shahr-TRUZ. Chartreuse is French. It orig- -inally was the name of a religious convent This 'is how chartreuse came to have the English meaning of "a brilliant, yellow color." For centuries the Carthusian monks of La Grande Chartreuse, a monastery near Grenoble, France, distilled a amou3 aromatic liqueur, bright yellow in color, which 'in time became known as "chartreuse." Later, dress stylists, who have always been noted for the daring of their inventiveness in naming colors and fabrics, chose the name chartreuse for a certain yellow color of high brilliance. That it is wrong to end sentene with a preposition is a superstition. Mr.

Colby'a leaflet. C-9. cites highest authority on the correetnesa of tb end-ot-sentence preposition. For a cooy. send 5 cents in coin, and a stamped, self-addressed enveloce to him.

ears of the Los Ansreles Times. Copyright, 1949, The Bell Syndicate, Inc. THE VISITING CARTOONIST BY TIMOTHY My wife, who had not been well, asked me to do a chore for her. It was to buy a thimble; she had lost hers in; one of those mysterious ways things are lost at home. It was easy, she said; just ask for a No.

6 thimble. The big store rather confused me, but. I. finally got directed to the notions department, However, there were four counters in that depart- ment, and each was lined with women pawing over boxes of all kinds of small items, some of which were, entirely incom- prehensible to me. Selecting a counter that looked as if it might have waited until a clerk was disengaged.

I asked for a -thimble. She sdi thimbles wyre. ft -mother, counter, two over on the far side. PLENTY OP BUSINESS This counter was really buVy. There were a half dozen clerks, and customers lined up shoulder to shoulder.

1 selected a clerk that looked 'the least busy and waited. She 'was taking care, of an overstuffed woman who bought one zipper, two cards of snaps and one. card of hooks and eyes. She evidently was going to make a tent. All those items had to be in certain sizes or lengths.

It took a long time. when that deal was finished, I asked the clerk, a small, brunette woman with a jerky walk, about the thimble. I said I wanted a No. 6. I had expected some service but she said that the thimbles- were in a box down at the center of the counter; for me to help myself.

Two women were directly in front of the thimble box, but neither appeared to be concerned with thimbles. "Pardon me please," ladies," I said, "but could I just, get my hand into that box of They allowed my arm to come between them, and I started to work over the thimbles. The light was not very YESTERYEAR IN THE TIMES finally learned to tell the sizes by slipping them on my little finger. The clerk with the black hair still seemed my best bet, and triumphantly I went over to her bearing my thimble. She was then engaged with a tall, cadaverous woman who wore slacks and was intent on buying dressmaker's pinking scissors.

There down at the other end of the counter was a large, blond woman in a cerise blouse. She was holding up a garment of woman's wear the use of which, or the part of the anatomy even, was quite a mystery to me. She was opening and closing it, and twisting it around, while two young women looked on with rapt attention. At last they moved on. My heart bounded.

Here at last was an unoccupied clerk. I dashed over to her, and held out my thimble. "How much is it?" I asked. She was very polite. She said, "I am a demonstrator.

You'll have to see that little lady over there." MAY I HELP YOU? The Little Lady then turned to me and said, "Was there something?" Was there something! I held out the thimble and cried, "How much, how much?" She said, "Ten cents." I gave her a dime quicker than anybody ever was given a dime before. "Wait a minute, wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE," she called. "You must have a sales slip. Several women looked around at me, as if I were a shoplifter. The Little Lady took my thimble, and the dime and started for the cash register.

At that moment most of the other clerks started for the cash register. My clerk was little, but she was brave. She had a will power, let me tell you. She nearly got stomped to death but she got in front of the cash register and registered my dime. Then she came back to me and handed me the thimble and the little slip.

"Thank you," she Said, just as sweetly as a snake. his ship round and set fire three more The barbarians now became thoroughly alarmed and they fled." WHO KNOWS ANSWERS? line. A DIVINE FORMULA 1 Set afire, the naphtha burned like sin and the sulphur stuck to whatever it was thrown at and could not be doused. But the most formidable development of Greek fire, which came later, probably included another element or elements which made it easier to ignite, such as saltpeter. In the "sea fire" the Byzantines used with great success in naval duels, it is thought that quicklime was part of the formula; it gave' off fierce heat in contact with water.

None of these elements was unknown in the ancient world, but the sophisticated Byzantines, heirs of a civilization a cut above that of their nomadic neighbors, seem to have kept the to themselves. There was nothing remotely like the common base of scien- tlfic knowledge that exists to- day, and almost no communications worthy of the name. Superstition was so strong that most foes who met up with fire that water could not quench regarded it simply as evidence of divine preference for the city of the Caesars. Privileged visitors, says Historian Harold Lamb in his splendid stopr of the Crusades, were taken to the arsenal at Constantinople and permitted to see an impressive array, of porcelain vessels and. bronze tubes, but neyer got to the mixing 4ooms.

It reminds one of a delegation of oreign dlgni- landed at a dock to procure gasoline. Rear Adm. Fletcher, in command of the Fleet, immediately protested and the sailors were released. The admiral further demanded' that the local commandant salute the American Flag. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IN THE TIMES APRIL 11, 1934: The cornerstone of the new.

Times Building was laid by', Harry Chandler, the publisher." The stone itself weighed ZMt tons. The building was to be occupied in October. Oscar Law-ler and Will Rogers took part, in the ceremonies. WASHINGTON -RussI an Ambassador Troyandvsky gave his first reception in the bished Embassy of Czarist Rus-. sia.

CHICAGO The GAR protested against a bill in the Congress proposing to alter the meats of the stars in the Flag. The GAR had heard the scheme planned to merge the elements of the Confederate flag with Old Glory. SIXTY YEARS AGO IN THE TIMES, APRIL 11, 18S9: Only 48 of the city's 100 policemen were, able to pass the physical examination required by the Police Commissidn. Sells Bros. Three-Ring Circus gave two performances opposite the Santa Fe Depot.

"'Sheridan's Ride" was the featured LONDON An agreement was reached, according to report, whereby the United States, Great Britain and Germany each would send but one war vessel to replace the ships lost in the Samoan hurricane, thus easing the political tension. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO IN THE TIMES, APRIL 11, 1914: Morris Rosenweiq, leader of the vagrants who havebeen threatening riots, pleaded guilty as an idle and dissolute, person before Police Judge Chesebro and was given a "floater" out of town. TAMPICO Mexicans arrested a group of sailors who had HOW DARE YOU ATTACK 1 ittt With each statement or question are three answers. Make your choice, see the correct answer at the bottom and mark your score: 1 Which of the following is an important source of aluminum? (a) Cassiterite; (b) char-cocite; (c) bauxite. 2 What does a telegrapher smean by the number 95? (a) Good night; (b) trivial; (c) rush.

3 What State changed its capital from one city to another in 1911? (a) Arizona; (b) Oklahoma; (c) Nevada. 4 In Treasure Island, who had a wooden leg? (a) Long John Silver: (b) Israel Hands; (c) Billy Bones. Answers: 1 (c); 2 (c); 3 (b); 4 (a). jllp good, and I found the numeral pressed in the thimbles hard to read. The nines, eights and sixes looked all alike to me.

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KECA, 95.5 a.m. to 12 p.m. KFAC.104.3 meg. 24-hr. KRKD.

96.3 a.m. to 9 p.m. KECA-ChUd's World. KFAC-Hour of Music KHJ-Fish Hunt. KMPC-Gdlden Gate.

6:45 P.M. KECA-Price Support Plog. 6:55 P.M. KHJ-BU1 Henry. 7 P.M.

KFI-Contented Hoep. KRKD-News. KMPC-Favorites. KNX-My Friend Irma. KECA-Lone Ranger.

KHJ-Amer. Forum. 570 Club. KECA-Happy Tneater. KRKD-News.

KNX-E. R. Murrow. KMPC-Collec'rs Corn'r. 7:45 A.M.

Hayes. N'X-Fred Beok. re-Good Morning. HJ-Nws. FACN'ews.

8 A.M. KVl'F. Waring Show. vMl'C-News. LAC-News.

Storks. Visits. CFAC-Bkfst. Symp. FCA-Bkfst.

Club. J-Commentary. NX-Songs. 3 P.M. 5 P.M.

KFI-Featnre Wire, KNX-News. -KLAC-Fred KHJ-Superman. KFAC-Sun. Serenade. FOR RADIO ADVERTISING See Page 4, Part IV KFI-Road of Life.

KHJ-Happy Gan. KFAC-Favorites. KECA-Talk Ur Way Out KLAC-News, Snorts. KNX-Arthur Godfrey. KFWB-Unity Word.

KHJiInside Sports. KLAC-Guest Star. KMPC-Notebook. 'KECA-Jury Trials..

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