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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKP, OREGOX. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1931. L Woman Set Birth Becord STOCKHOLM. (UP) A woman living In Land&krona hai set a pos sible record by giving birth to five children last year. She bore twins In February and produced triplets not long before Christmas. This makes a total of 10 progeny since her mar- the S9 remaining tlck-lnfested par-1 per cent of Pennsylvania's voters cast rlage In 1925. l.hes In Louisiana In an effort to ballou on prohibition "P"'. "udy 8TOCKTON SPRINOS. Me. (UP) NORTH BEND, Ore. (UP) The Strangers calling at the home of city of North Bend made a $440! Howard Colson are surprised to find I profit on two Issues of scrip, printed a red fox In the role of family watch- j on myrtle wood discs. The scrip was dog. The odd pet romps and plays i muali sought by collectors In all wit members of the family but Is parts of the United States. Two shy In the presence of strangers. ' thousand dollars worth was Issued. Germany Get Pencil Wood COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (UP) Shipments of Incense cedar lumber, (led for pencils, are being made from here to Germany, Much of the wood used for pencils In the United wtates comes from western Oregon. . ' maw enure siaie irre 01 nca-m- 01 th November 7 election returns vti A r ignis Jiras lesiea cattle in 1U3. revealed today. Out of 3.992,378 reg istered voters In the state, only a, 447.924 persons voted on the praM- L T NEW ORLEANS. (UP) Nearly 3. 500 civil works administration work era are constructing dipping vats In I 60 Per Cent Voted on Repeal HARRISBURO, Pa. (UP) Only 50 1 btrlon question ! Geographic Society and Army to Co-operate in Ef fort to Reach New Height in Upper Air for Science WASHINGTON, D C.(Spl.) Two stratosphere ascents to the highest point to which It u practicable lor a balloon to lift a man, will be made In the United States during the com ing summer, in the hope of clearing up problems of the upper air thit are sti.l puzzling to science. It was announced by the National Ceo graphic society and the U. S. Army air corps, sponsors of the project The balloon, with a capacity of three million cubic feet, will be the largest ever constructed. It Is estimated ' that It will rise to a height of more than IS miles above sea level. Capt. Stevens Observer. The first ascent will be made In June by Captain Albert W. Stevens, noted aerial observer and photog rapher of the Army air corps, who conceived the project, and Major Wil liam Kepner, balloon expert of the Army air corps. If this flight Is suc cessful, the same balloonlsts will make a second ascent In September, In order to check observations un der similar conditions. The flights will be known as the "National Geographic Society -Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flights." To advise in regard to the scientific plans and equipment, and to direct studies of the data collected, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic society, has formed m committee of outstanding American scientists. The huge balloon to be used in the ascents will have a gas capacity five times that of the bag In which Commander Settle established his ll4-mlle record last November; and nearly 3 times that of the Soviet balloon which in September rose more than 12 miles above the earth. The exact point at which the bal loon will take to the air has not been selected, but It will probably be to the northern great plains region. Such a choice, It Is pointed out, will give ample room for drift to the north east, east or southeast and a landing In open country, so that the bag can be salvaged. Reek Record for Weather Studies; The completed plans for the flights ore due to the efforts of Captain Stevens, who has gathered data dur ing the past 11 months directed to ward the use In stratosphere flights of the largest balloon which it Is practicable to construct, and an as cent to the highest point to which it la believed possible for man to rise la a gas bag, with hope of a s&fe landing. The mere attainment of al titude, however. Is not a primary ob ject of the ascents. It ts desired to reach the greatest attainable height above the earth In order that conai tlons there can be observed. Captain Stevens has penetrated the lower levels of the stratosphere by airplane on numerous occasions, and also has served as observer on a num. ber of army balloon ascensions. Dur ing his high altitude flying he has collected much scientific data. In a flight over Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1928. he reached an altitude of 39, 150 feet and obtained the only com plete record of thermometer readings ever made in America, showing on the same day the "temperature gradi ent" in the region of the earth to the stratosphere. Other such records of temperatures, from the earth to an altitude of approximately 80,000 feet. Is one of the objectives or ine ascents. Such data will be extreme- j ly valuable In "weather studies. I Air to Be Brought to Earth. Another project of importance mhl be the trapping of samples of atratO' sphere air at several levels. These specimens will be analyzed and studied later in physical end chemical labor atories. The preliminary "agenda" for sci entific data to be collected during the ascents, contains 14 other Items, varying from high level photography and the ascertainment of the elec trical condition of the air at vari ous levels, to cosmic ray studies and efforts to determine ozone concen tration. The mysterious ozone layer of the upper air, which some scient ists assert la all that saves life on earth from destruction by ultra-ahort light rays, is though to lie far above the highest point that can be reached by a manned balloon. It Is hoped, however, that evidences of an in creasing ozone content of the air can be detected IS miles up. In order to house the many Instru ments and automatic recording de vices that will be taken aloft, the balloon will have attached to It a spherical gondola of light metal, nine feet In diameter. This Is two fet greater than that of the gondolas used by Professor Plocard and Com mander Settle, and will provide a cubic capacity of more than twice as great. The Instruments, many of them designed and modified by Captain Stevens as a result of trials during high altitude flights, will be largely automatic, leaving observer and pilot free to tajce care of the many activ ities in the gondola that will require personal attention. 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