PARALYSING LIGHT
FRENCH CONTRIVANCE. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, October 3. Military experts, experimenting with a death-ray, accidentally turned it on villagers who were participating in folk dances, with astonishing results. The dancers stopped, rigidly maintaining their danoing attitudes. The ray was immediately switched off, and the dancers recovered, unharmed. The ray consists of a light of tremendous candle-power. The inventor. De Christmas, explained that the human eye withstands a limited degree of light, whereas a concentrated beam of high power causes temporary paralysis. He claims that troops coming over the top in future wars could be paralysed by the death-ray, and then mown down with machine-guns. He added that during the Great War lights were extinguished to protect cities from air attacks, but in future wars, cities would be protected by a curtain of light, which the airmen could not face. Riots could be stopped instantly.
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Grey River Argus, 5 October 1934, Page 4
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147PARALYSING LIGHT Grey River Argus, 5 October 1934, Page 4
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