| See erin WWhithig. with, your vite Yea le Gate Bal ed Derails pte Bt eet Casta aan cee eas Sere rs See Tee Tape ee eaters ees eee ec orate ni di er iene pee es ee see ees Borie irre es Indications ate dat dhe dea can ear 29 tere and, by comparing the paeme me cn ois ake wih te terns of comet spect, fer dee Patecas of vise speech ako provide 4 ncn foc amng tn eng wud Pecan sib one sate sible visu telephony for the desl. This ie but one of many contributions ty Bel Telephone Laborstoris tothe sanding tnd contol uf sound. Timpeove BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES cipi:iny ond investing, Dering ‘end Pefsing tov Coninved Inproreents and, Conon I Telephone Surrey POPULAR MECHANICS Popular Mechanics Magazine HH. WINDSOR, Founder Next Month THIS month's color story of the Build. Yourself House’ will be followed by an article in the May Craftsman section, taking you in- doors to admire the built-in tests, the pine-panoled recreation room, fand the spacious elossts Jacques Brownsen built: behind double doors, The article will guide pro- spective home builders through the first steps of planning their homes. MOST of us are very happy when ‘our nuraber comes up on g newt car from Detroit, but out in California isalittlo coterie of folks who sneer at factory jobs. Nothing less than fan outofthisworld custom-de- Signed car will do for them. The resultant dreams on wheels, which purr along Sunset Boulevard to the accompaniment of swoors from the sidewals. eg pictur you next month in “They Tair lor Pheir Own Cars.” GOING camping next summer? ‘Timely tips in a May feature, “Cet Ready for Camp,” will save you @ lot of last-minute headaches. ANOTHER piece pointed for the outdoorsman appears in next month's Craftsman Section, Its the how-to-bulld story of a motor driven surfboard, with “bull of pontoon construction and sn out Boarei motor housed in alow blister. THE EDITORS had to be shown before they would ‘believe the Story thoy present nest month the story of one of the most revo + Iutionary ‘airplanes. ever built ‘There's nothing like It in the iri DARKROOM denizens will tum to the Craftsmen ection ia May for the sory of an electrically con- tolled ‘unit for processing color photo prints at home, RADIO experimenters will find a oseription of a compact all-wave Ssell-powored four-tubs set in the Radio and Electronice pages, APRIL 1947 1H. H, WINDSOR, Jr, Bditor and Publisher = Tara Tar W.ciydetommey Wayne lacey” John. Sheek” A. Youngcus In This Issue Report From Antarctica: - - + 90. Who Says It’s a Sissy Game?- - + 100 The Popular Mechanics Build-It-Yourself House - - - 105 Death Valley Patrol - - - - - 116 Synthetic Metals to Order - - - 126 ‘Age Doesn't Counton the Speedway. 134 Smartest Ship Afloat» + - + - 141 Hobbyist of the Month + 2148 ‘The Land Comes Back “= ++ +187 947 Bont Show + «+ oe » 168 Dinners Without Drudgery +> 174 For the Craftsman A Home of 1000 Addresses Odd-Job Tractor + Zinc Plating in the Home Workshop 229 Radio and Electronics» ++ + + 233 Table of Contents Continued on Page 8 aeCrew member of eerasher Norihwind hoes owl aboot th wh Sanna which wer Wapped by ice pack REPORT from ANTARCTICA By Tom Henry (Comenpondent withthe Byrd expedition) PART | ABOARD the USS Mount Olyeupas (By Navy Radlo)—The greatest exploring ‘expedition In history is now at work on this planets largest unknown teeritory— the sbx million square miles of land around the South Pole. Prior to this expedition science had more accurate maps of the foo than of this frigid land the ist experzne n mna roy uetion exploration, as different from past Inborious male-by-nle progres ‘beyond Known frontiers as an old handicraft shop iffers fromm am fustrial plant ‘Thirteen "Navy ships, ‘numerous. aircraft ‘and 4000 men including a small regiinent of photographers are engaged in outlining un- 1nd gold has been by far the most Aifficult part of the world to penetrate. Few APRIL 1947 have ever ventured beyond the towering blue wails which face the sea and constitute ‘nearly impassable barrier. ‘Out of the war came new exploration tools. Some of these were sod in air op- erations fo study enemy territory; others for plotting undersea conditions to combat Lett oral Adal Byrd hermon end Cruze dy s ie ones te ‘ie wetd