“Eva” Will Take
Color Pictures In
Complete Darkness
BOSTON, —A costly instru
ment nicknamed “Eva” — which
can take color pictures in com
plete darkness—has been exhib
ited to the public for the first
time.
“Eva,” short for evaporograph,
enables photos to be made of a
blacked-out city, a house a mile
away and even hot gases pouring
out of a chimney.
Only recently declassified by
the U.S. Signal Corps, the $9,500
instrument was demonstrated by
Dr. Bruce Billings, physicist and
general manager of Baird Associ
ates, Inc.
Not an electronic device, Eva
gathers the heat radiation sent out
in varying degrees and wave
lengths by various objects. The
radiations are focused on a very
thin, uniform film of oil.
The film is maintained, inside
Eva, on a plastic membrane. Heat 1
radiations are focused on the oil
film. Molecules evaporate from
the oil surface in proportion to
the temperatures focussed on the
various parts of the film. Color
pictures of the image are taken
by a little camera built inside the |
instrument.
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'Soviet Aviation Expert
Proposes Exchange Visits
MEXICO CITY, W) — A Soviet
aviation expert has proposed ex
change visits of Russian and Mex
ican pilots and aviation enthusi
asts to better relations between
their two countries.
Lt. Col. Alexander Lavarnov
made his proposal during the first
Latin - American regional confer
ence of the International Aero
nautical Federation, which open
ed here this week. Delegates from
most American nations and Eu
ropean observers are attending
the meeting.
Executive Order
Puts 26-Year-Olds
Bevond the Draft
WASHINGTON, 0P>— President
Eisenhower has put fathers and
men past their 26th birthdays
practically out of the reach of
draft boards unless there is a
sharp increase from recent man
power demands.
An executive order, signed be
fore the President left for his
Georgia vacation and made pub
lic by the White House today,
puts childless registrants aged 19
through 25 at the top of the list
in a new order of call-up.
With an estimated 1,347,000
registrants now in that seven
year age bracket, yearly addition-;
can be expected to approach
200,000.
A Selective Service spokesman
said calls were 6,000 men tor
February, 16,000 for March.
At the highest of those rates—
16,000—the annual call-up would
be under 200,000.
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Official Visitors
Here From Dept.
Of Public Welfare
Miss Mary Elizabeth Jolley,
district representative, Depart
of Public Welfare, announces an
official visit from the central of
fice staff in Juneau.
Miss Marjorie Morris, director,
Division of Social Services, is re
viewing local office operations as
well as information supplied by
agents of the department in the
outlying villages.
Special attention is being given
to the lien provisions of the Old
Age Assistance program. The first
Old Age Assistance law, which
was passed in Alaska in 1937, did
not contain a section providing
for liens on property. It did pro
vide for the filing of a claim by
the territory against the estate at
t the death of any person who had
received payments from the Old j
Age Assistance fund.
The 1949 legislature revised the I
law and added a provision where
; by the territory has the right to a J
lien against the property of a re- |
I cipient of old age assistance in an !
amount equal to what the-person:
has received in payments. For a
i number of years the Welfare
Board required liens to be placed
only on property that wa< valued
at more than $1,000. It was not ^
possible to determine accurately
the value of property as it fluctu
ated in value, so about a year ago
the board changed the require
ment by removing the limit on
value.
During the past year, the statf
has been reviewing the property
of the various people receiving
old age assistance, and there are
many liens now being filed on
.properties valued at less than
$1,000. The fact that a lien is
placed upon property does not
take that property away from the
person who owns it. It simply in
sures that the property will not be
sold during the person’s lifetime.
No lien is foreclosed during the
lifetime and need of the person
who owns the property.
Miss Susan Aunet, child wel
fare supervisor, is reviewing the
activities of the district office as
far as they pertain to child wel
fare.
She is discussing with Miss
Jolley the proposed standards for
foster care in accordance with
Chap. 17, SLA 1951, which gives
the Department of Public Wel
fare the responsibility for setting
standards and licensing foster
homes, boarding homes, day care
centers, and children’s institu
tions.
Standard-setting is a necessary
part of insuring adequate care for
children in the territory; and it
gives protection not only to the
children, but to people who are
caring for the children. Broad
standards are being set which are
applicable in all parts of Alaska.
Miss Morris and Miss Aunet
will leave Nome on February 21.
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Ketchikan Wins Federal
Approval For Elimination
Of Slums and Blights
WASHINGTON, WV-Ketchikan
Thursday won federal approval of 1
its program for the elimination of
slums and blight.
The Housing and Home Finance
Agency, announcing its approval
of the program, said the city |
would file an application soon for
survey and planning funds for a j
redevelopment project.
The housing agency previously
approved a similar program for
Sitka.
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