Astounding V29n01 (1942 03) (Dtsg0318)
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> I • | m ’ - .• A ' :' * i»S§ racfc G@3s5 ^«o^5®a®s x V.-Vji RECRUITING STATION VOGT wmmmm B LI CATION How you can catch cold-and what to do about it H SsinS >£ fcolf e 0ne §e su c K,ssiK £ f sc ways il «g « o «ST ' SNEEZ handc fiaa'n «S , before COu«'is Sh°tint yourself always rinse and sne a cold 5 y°ur Listerine. nose or ^ with someone ngth mcmfr witl surfaces. your hands moist hand h«ms thrive c NOTE HOW LISTERINE GARGLE REDUCED GERMS The two drawings illustrate height of range in germ reduc- tions on mouth and throat surfaces in WITH COLDS test cases before and before after to G£S c infection ^lnT after gargling Lis- ateful about terine Antiseptic. Fifteen minutes after gar- : gling, germ reductions up to 96.7% werenoted; and even one hour after, germs were still re- children. duced as much as 80%. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A COLO or SORE THROAT Gargle LISTERINE-QUICK! This prompt and easy precaution, fre- literally millions of the threatening In view of this impressive evidence quently repeated, may head off the bacteria known to doctors as the "sec- isn’t it wise to keep Listerine Antiseptic trouble entirely or lessen the severity ondary invaders” which may set up in- handy in home and office ... to pack it travel to gargle with it of the infection if it does develop. fection when body resistance is lowered when you ... the first hint Carefully conducted clinical tests dur- for any reason (see panel above). In often and thoroughly at ing the past 10 years showed these the opinion of many leading medical of trouble? amazing results: men these "secondary invaders” are Lambert Pharmacal Company That regular, twice-a-day users of the ones that so often complicate a cold St. Louis, Missouri it . result in Listerine Antiseptic had fewer colds, . make troublesome milder colds, colds of shorter dura- the distressing symptoms you know WATCH YOUR THROAT where illness often starts tion, than non-users, and fewer sore all too well. LISTERINE THROAT LIGHT throats due to colds in many cases. Actual tests showed bacterial reduc- You naturally want to know why tions on the mouth and throat surfaces Batteries Included this is so. ranging to 96.7%, even 15 minutes after We believe that it is because Listerine the Listerine Antiseptic gargle ... up to reaches way back on the throat to kill 80% an hour after. 3 1 Case ofthe (JiyingJjfij/e Ann doesn’t cry easily—but that night 1 found her in tears! “I can’t help it,” she sobbed, “All the things we were going to do—buy a car, build a home—remember? And here we 2 3 are— married three4 years, and just barely mak- ing ends meet! I thought our dreams might come true—but it’s no use.” I made up my mind right then to “have it out” with the boss. “Look here!” he said. “I When I learned the boss I’m happy, and Ann’s can’t pay you more unless was a former I.C.S. student, happy, and I guess the boss you’re worth more! And I signed up quick! And what is happy. 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England —! — ! — ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION Contents for March, 1942, Vol. XXIX, No. 1 John W. Campbell, Jr., Editor, Catherine Tarrant, Asst. Editor Novelettes RECRUITING STATION A. E. van Vogt . .. 8 “Men Wanted,” their signs said—men to fight the vast war of the future. But their signs didn’t say that, or that they were recruit- ing by time machine from all the ages of Earth DAY AFTER TOMORROW Roby Wentz ... 55 Fulminate to set off booster charges; booster charges to set off TNT; TNT to set off fifteen thousand tons of Axelite—and that to set off the most terrific force any army ever used against an enemy GOLDFISH BOWL Anson MacDonald . 77 “Creation Took Eight Days,” was all the brief message could say. Meaningless—unless you’d lived and died in the Goldfish Bowl! DESCRIBE A CIRCLE Eric Frank Russell . 116 A straight line is the shortest path—but a circle has its uses for a raided, half-ruined, fuelless spacer! Short Stories THE WINGS OF NIGHT . Lester del Rey . 46 There always have been and always will be men like him—men who see only those of their own race—and inferiors, never non- human equals unless they meet one who can give proof THE EMBASSY Martin Pearson . 72 A recommended little bit. Can’t help wondering what might hap- pen if the FBI should, in these times, stumble on such an em- bassy RUNAROUND Isaac Asimov ... 94 Robots cost money, and should have a sense of self-preservation built in. They should, also, obey orders. But when the two re- actions meet in head-on conflict Article DISPERSION Malcolm Jameson . 104 Dispersion, Jameson tends to show, is a polysyllabic way of say- ing “we can’t figure it out,” when it comes to lobbing heavy shells from big naval guns. Readers’ Departments THE EDITOR’S PAGE 6 IN TIMES TO COME 76 Department of Prophecy and Future Issues. THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY 76 An Analysis of Readers’ Opinions. BRASS TACKS 108 Concerning Purely Personal Preferences. Illustrations by Kramer, Orban, Rogers and Schneeman Cover by Rogers OUT THIRD FRIDAY Monthly publication issued by Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated, 79 Seventh Avenue, BACH MONTH New York City. Allen L. Grammer, President; Henry W. Ralston, Vice President; Gerald H. Smith, Secretary and Treasurer. Copyright, 1942, in U. S. A. and Great Britain by NEXT ISSUE ON Street & Smith Publications, Inc. Reentered as Second-class Matter, February 7, 1938, at the Post Office at New York, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions to Countries in SALE MAR. 20th Pan American Union, $2.75 per year; elsewhere, $3.25 per year. We cannot accept responsibility artwork. Any material submitted must include return postage. per for unsolicited manuscripts or $2.50 YEAR The editorial contents of this magazine have not been published before, are protected by copy- 25c per COPY right and cannot be reprinted without the publisher’s permission. All stories in this magazine are fiction. No actual persons are designated either by name or character. Any similarity is 16 coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. STREET & SMITH PUBLICATIONS, INC. © 79 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK 5 /jumpedfrom $/8aweekfo *50 .<% 0JD —a Free Book startedmetowardthis GOOD MfIN RADIO ONLY i V <‘1 bad an $18 a week job in a shoe factory, "Tha instruction I received was so practi- but desired to make more money and con* cal I was soon able to earn $5 to $10 a ADDRESS tlnne my education. I read about Radio week in spare time servicing Radios. This opportunities and enrolled with the Na- paid for the N.R.X. Course and led to serv- E QUEST) tional Radio Institute." ice work paying for my college education." Xio-ii * < e < e M * t \ IE oo o IOOO ( l^ilw I ‘o o ii'.jJ lie.*: -TTwrl <» o A "Radio servicing permitted me to attend "Later the N.R.I. Graduate Service De- "The N.R.I. 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