MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUSTE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932.
PAGE NINE
PICCARD PLANS
SECOND FLIGHT:
Professor t Will .Construct
Second - Gondola With
Greater Safety Margin for
New Stratosphere Trip
BRUSSELS. (JP) Behind Professor
Augusta Flocard's plana for a second
ascent Into the stratosphere early In
rSuly lies a story of a huband's word
to bis wife not to risk tils life again,
and of her release from his promise
when she realized how badly he wish
ed to try again. ,
Hardly had Professor Plocard land
ed his balloon on the slopes of 7urgl
glacier, In the Tyrolese Alps, last
year, and obtained a telephone con
nection with his wife In Brussels,
before she requested a promise "not
to try again." "
Thankful for the successful ter
mination of his efforts to fly higher
than man had ever gone, outside the
earth's atmosphere, he promised.
Promised So More Flights.
The memory was fresh then of nls
and his companion's narrow escapes
from death, first by suffocation In
their airtight almulnum sphere which
they could not open, and later by
hunger and cold on the Tyrolese
glacier.
At that time neither was In a mood
to make a new attempt..
"Don't think now that I have eaten
my word." Professor Plocard com
mented when announcing that be
would himself pilot his balloon In
his new excursion.
"I promised my dear wife to let the
stratosphere alone, and not to ex
pose her again to all thos terrible
hours of uncertainty and deadly
doubt which were hers while I was
up so hlgrron what, despite our pre
cautions, was a hazardous expedi
tion. , Regretted His Promise.
"When I begsn my preparations for
construction of a second gondola I
did not think of piloting the balloon
myself, but by and by I regretted
having to let someone else conclude
my work.
And then my wife, who followed
day by day the progress of my prep
arations, became Impressed by my
own confidence In the ssfety of this
second undertaking, and one day
spontaneously gave back the word I
had given her. 'It la with her full
assent that I undertake this second
ascent.
"Nobody can say of an expedition
like this that It Is altogether de
prived of any danger whatsoever, but
In this Instance every possible mea
sure t oavold a surprise or a mis
hap has been taken.
Guard Against Mishaps.
The experience of the first ascent'
has led to construction of a gondola
In which possibility of entangling of
the rope connecting the Interior of
the gondola with the balloon's safety
valve has been eliminated.
"We have been able, too, to min
imize possibility of a broken ther
mometer, to combat the heat devel
oped In the gondola by the bright
sunshine of the upper air and to
arrange to keep an auto mm tic rec
ord of the changing Influence of the
cosmic rays during our asoent.
"The mishaps which beset us be
fore are Impossible. I believe, on
this second ascent, I am confident
that the advantura will prove en
tirely safe for myself and my assist
ant, Max Cosyns."
EAST TEXAS OIL FIELD
LONOVIEW, Tex. (AP) In the
year and a half since Its discovery
the East Texas oil field has seen
oompletlon of more than 0,000 gush
ers said to be a record for any one
field in the world.
More than one-third of the wells
are In the area surrounding Longvlew,
center of much of the "boom" excite
ment when the field was first opened
up.
Total crude taken from the field
and moved to market has passed the
160.000,000-barrel mark, with dally
average production recently running
in the neighborhood of 390,000
rtjarrels. .
Phone Service in Jungle.
RESISTENCIA, Argentina. yp)
The Oran Chaco may be a Jungle
wilderness but Its residents can now
talk to the world. Telephone cir
cuits were recently hooked up for a
conversation between this capital of
the Argentine Chaco and Eastbourne,
England.
Hood River. New hospital opened
to public recently. '
PLANE FOR TRIP
IN STRATOSPHERE
Forman With 500 H. P.
Motor and Huge Wing
Spread Under 'Construc
tion Hope for 50,000 Ft.
BILLANCOURT, Franc (AP)
France' hopes within six months to
enter the race for 'the conquest of
the stratosphere.
In the Farman airplane works, on
the banks of the Seine, behind bolt
ed doors and pledged to secrecy, en
gineer and skilled workmen are put
ting the finishing touches to a huge
500 h, p. monoplape.
Goal Is 50,000 Feet
When It is completed, the strato
spheric airplane will be taken to the
airport of Toussua-le -Noble where the
first test flight will take place. It
will be followed by other experiment
al flights aimed at attaining a height
of 50,000 feet above the earth's sur
face. A feature of the new aircraft is
Its enormous wing area and Its all
metal air-tight cabin which can ac
commodate three to four persons.
Its circular connlng-tower sur
mounting the alr-tlght cabin gives it
the shape of a submarine. Inside the
cylindrical cabin Is an instrument
board and a dozen gadget all sug
gesting the Interior of a submarine.
Wing Surface Enormous
In building an enormous wing sur
face, the designers had In mind the
fact that in the thin stratosphere
where the propeller and wings are
much leas effective tban at heights of
5.000 to 10,000 feet a good deal more
lifting power may be required for
successful operation.
If alt the hopes of the designers
are fulfilled, the machine, when at
an attitude of 48.000 to 50,000 feet,
will develop a speed of 480 miles sn
hour which will bring New York
within 6 hours of Paris.
Take-Off Difficulty Seen
It is pointed out that owing to Its
excessive load It Is equipped with
five radiators the new Farman may
experience some difficulty Id taking
off.
The ascension to the thin cold
areas is not expected td begin before
six months, as the new machine will
be subjected to various tests and al
terations made accordingly.
BOMBAY (AP) India Is challeng
ing Japan's claim to the world's
mustache championship.
General Nagaoka goes around Tokyo
behind a frontispiece measuring 20
Inches from tip to feathered tip.
But down In Junagadh. a shrine
doorman named Desoor sports a Up
adornment Just an eyelash over 34
Inches.
EARLY SEATS ON
T
Patronage, . Prestige Play
Important Part in Picture
When Candidates Chosen
Get With Winner, Aim
By BYRON PRICE
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Why does the bandwagon exert
such a pull In the political scene7
It la net merely sentiment and en
thusiasm. The varying facets of po
litical belief, patronage and prestige
all play In the general picture, but
all politics Is local In the last analysis
and local considerations come first.
In 1928 at the Houston conven
tion Senator James A. Reed held out
the Missouri delegation when the
Smith bandwagon rolled lt merry
way up to the nomination. When the
New Yorker became the standard
bearer, the delegation went home,
licked.
Local leaders felt they were left
outside during the campaign and
they disliked to ponder over what
might have happened had Smith
been elected.
Picking the Winner
This time In Chicago, the St, Louis
group served notice It wouldn't be
In the same tlx again. Reed had the
greatest difficulty restraining them,
with the aid of Tom Pendergrast of
Kansas City, from getting aboard the
ballyhoo train for the predominat
ing candidate early in the pre-con-ventlon
activities.
Tammany, under Cleveland and
Wilson, spent 16 Democratlo years
outside the confidence of the White
House and was Ignored on patronage
of the greatest local Importance.
This time John P. Curry, the lead
er of Tammany Hall, went to Chicago
a week in advance, trying to find out
who the winner would be and anx
ious to be in on the kill.
- - Other Methods
The picture has another aide, too.
T,here are ways of seeking customers
for a bandwagon besides advertising
for them.
While the Democratic convention
was In session and Mayor Anton Cer
mak of Chicago was holding out on
Roosevelt, plans were made to put a
Roosevelt sympathiser Into the may
oralty race against Cermek.
Almost the only question asked by
many of the hesitant delegates was
who the winner would be. It paya
back home to be on the winner.
Poland Jolna Ministries.
WARSAW. (IP) The Polish gov
ernment. In an effort to economize,
haa combined Into one cabinet port
polio and ministries of agriculture
and agrarian reform and in another
those of communications and public
works.
Jugoslavia Posts Profit,
BELORAua. (JP) The net profit of
the Jugoslavian posts!, telegraph and
telephone services last year was 3,
000,000, this being reached on an av
erage per capita expenditure of 00
cents a year.
AID OF PILOT LIGHT
PAPIa (AP) A new way of read
ing for the blind which Is claimed
to be a great Improvement on the
Braille system, has bean Invented
by P. Thomas, a Frenchman.
He says his appllence enables blind
people to read ordinary books and
to do It more quickly than with the
Braille method.
An electric lamp passing over the
black letters registers them on a
keyboard on which the reader places
his hand.
Chile Fights White Plague.
SANTIAGO. Chile (fl) The min
istry of health In the Junta govern
ment has initiated a nation-wide
campaign against tuberculosis, stat
ing that the disease has been gaining
ground rapidly In Chile. A special
commission was put in charge of the
drive.
Wet Finland Temperate.
HKLSINOFOR0. (P) Statistics
covering the first six weeks after re
peal of Finland's prohibition laws
showed a decrease of 60 per cent In
arrests for public intoxication and no
murders due to drunkenness.
BUY cane sugar
refined in
U.S.A.
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75c Ruffle Curtains '
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Simplicity Dress Patterns 15c
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100 Women's
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Novelty Curtains 98c
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Bed Spreads
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