MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKP, OREGOX. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1931.
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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-
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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
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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. A number of
tiny ca-mera. using motion-picture
film, will automatically and tirelessly
"read" dials and clock faces alnvjl
taneouV.y at frequent intervals.
Captain Stevens has made innumer
able hlffh altitude photocrsphs, some
of them, by the use of infra-red rays,
showini mountain peaks more than
300 miles from the camera. Two of
his photographs, of extraordinary In
terest to geographers and astrono
mers, are unluu- One taken from a
plane 21.000 feet over central Argen
tina, is the first photograph ever
made showing laterally the curvature
of the earth. The other, made at ar
altitude of 26.000 feet over southern
loml
Tea
Ivory
for
Maine, in August. 1932. Is the only
photograph which shorn- the advant-i
ln front of the moon's shadow onj
the earth during an eclipse of he
sun. 1
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