The Paul Gorrell Matter (AFRTS)

For your listening enjoyment, John Lund has... Johnny Dollar. George Post was a dollar. Did you have a good trip? Oh yeah, fine flight. It's good to change that New England weather for your Arizona sunshine.

I hope you feel that way. Well, am I getting out here in a hurry seem to be more important than the tales? So all I know about the robbery is what broke in the papers.

A hundred thousand dollar payroll stolen and two guards killed. How's the basic flight? We'll return to our program in just a few moments. But first, someone once said, necessity is the mother of invention.

In other words, every inventor feels that there is a definite need for whatever he invents. It may be as large as a battleship or as small as a pin, but someone somewhere will find a use for it.

And just to make sure that no one tries to cash in on his invention, Every inventor carefully takes out a patent or copyright on whatever it is that he has invented. Where does he go to get his patents or copyrights?

Probably to the Department of Commerce, since that is the prime concern of the Department. For example, suppose you invent a widget with two handles instead of one. Well, this means, of course, a big boon to widget users, because it can now be operated by left-handed as well as right-handed people.

Having invented a two-handled widget, you and your inventive genius should be protected. So you contact the Commerce Department and apply for a patent. The department also registers the trademarks and labels you use in selling two-handled widgets so that no one else can claim he invented the two-handled widget and collect the money that should be rightfully yours when you make and sell