New Ideas

Time Saver. With $6.50 worth of scrap metal, Marvin E. Brown, a mine foreman for Birmingham's Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., invented a new coal-handling device. The company found that the invention, an angled leg for the conveyor belt, saved two-thirds of the time ordinarily required to shift heavy conveyor pans used to carry coal from the working face to mine cars, eliminated the need for knocking out mine props while the conveyor pans were being moved. For the gadget, the company last week paid Brown $10,000.

Iron-Aid. An ironing pad with an aluminum-foil center that "bounces back the heat" and enables users to iron both sides at once, was put on the market by Boston's Mme. Merkin Co. Price: $3.98.

Dog's Life. Chicago's Quaker Oats Co. will start putting chlorophyllin in all its Ken-L-Ration dog food, guarantees that after seven days of eating only its new food, dogs will be completely odorless--except to other dogs.

Uranium Source. The Atomic Energy Commission announced that it has a number of plants at work and abuilding to get uranium as a byproduct from plants in Florida which are now making phosphate fertilizer. Most of AEC's uranium now comes from the Congo, Canada and Colorado.

Weed Killer. A new weed killer called CMU was put on the market by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. When the powder is applied heavily, it kills all plant life, keeps soil sterile for more than a year, is thus useful for clearing railroad tracks, outside storage areas, etc. Used in smaller amounts, du Font's new product attacks weeds only, permits such crops as sugar cane, cotton, corn, asparagus or carrots to flourish.

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