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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE. MEDFOftD. OftEflOy. FRIDAY. AUGUST 6. 1937. PAGE SEVEN SEA REPORTS ON WEATHER OFFERED FOR AIRLINE USE Key Maps Created From 50 Year Mariner Recordings Are Proposed As Index to Worldwide Conditions might run acroea the key which would aolve the mystery." he aald. j "such a a dislocation of the rein-1 bearing wlnda, which naturally would result in a lack of precipita tion." 80 far his atudlea have reeulted more In disappointment." . "However. I'm keeping at It be cause after all sclenoe Is a matter of trial and error," he asserted. "And after all there la still a large portion of the earth about which we have no weather data. For Instance, the meteorological station recently estab lished at the north pole by the Rus sians may furnish us Information which together with our findings from studies of ocean weather con ditions will result In solving the mystery. Who knows?" -A- OVER MEXICO'S EASYDIVORCES Tlaxcala Is New Center for Quick Cutting of Marriage Ties Legality of De crees Is Attacked. NEW ORLEANS (UP) Use of we ther observations made by ship cap tains during the put half century to determine the safest airline for regular trans-oceanic flights Is fore seen by W. P. McDonald, chief U. 8. weather bureau here. Composite maps showing the wea ther tendencies at any point In the seven seaa would be used by pilots to chart their routes. McDonald said. . "These maps, or pictures, would In form the pilot what sort of weather he most likely would encounter dur ing a flight across the waters," he ex plained. "The value of such Informa tion would be enhanced by the fact that it would be based on data furn ished by mariners during the past 60 years. If anyone Is Interested In wea ther, the sailor certainly Is." . Already such a system Is being worked out by the New Orleans me teorologist.' From 6.000,000 separate observations turned Into the weather bureau at Washington, he has worked out charts, maps, and other data to show the general weather tendencies all over the world. Detailed Survey Made Through a WPA appropriation, Mc Donald was furnished a corps of clerks who have spent the last. 16 months sorting and filing these millions of reports under their respective sub jects. With trained meteorologist he now Is able to Interpret the various reports In terms of wind direction and velocity. temperSture, rainfall and even visibility. These Interpretations have taken concrete form In maps whloh ahow the averages of different weather phases at any given part of the seas In any month or season. McDonald cautioned, however, that the value of the reports and maps Say not so much In their use for a speclflo flight as for establishment of nermanent routes or series of routes. "For Instance, companies already are preparing for regular trans-Atlantic service to Europe," he said. "Through such a set of maps as we have, these companies who are plan ning the oceanic flights for a perma nent thing can check over past his tories of weather.condltlons and find the general averages on the routes they ere considering. Then they will know when and where to shift the routes according to seasonal changes." Cover 60 Years i JiIcDonald first conceived the pro ject of exploring the marine data several vears ago wnen ne wee cmoi of the marine division In the weather bureau at Washington, careiuuy stacked away on shelves were record that for half a century had been sent to Washington data relating to . onims. rains, visibility and These report were used only to consult when data was warned rei' i tn storms." he said. "What 1 wanted to know was not only that but what had happened on the day 7hin there were no storms. With the advent of the CWA, Mo Donald petitioned and was granted a corps of clerks to ion ou u v imi observations. But with the de mise of that New Deal agency, the project ended almost before It tart ed. Shortly after he was transferred to New Orleans. corresnondence with WPA head- Buarters at Washington brought re sult and the bales of the old weather observations were shipped to new Or leans. "For the first time In history we now have a composite picture ol ocean ,..ther. aomethlng the world has seeded for a long time," he said. "Al ready our findings are revolutionary and where the whole thing will lead to Is hard to say. nronth Information Sought A a by-product of his duties, Mc Donald 1 attempting to prove or dis prove a theorv he ha conceived con cerning the occurrence of drouth of the plains states. "We realize that certain conditions ere necessary to precipitate rainfall, uch as winds, temperature, raln-bear- lng clouds, and so on, ne expismcu. , McDonald thought maybe some-; thing might have occurred over the oceans to disrupt or dislocate thesf 1 conditions. "Perhaps the trade winds blowing In from the sea were held up In some wav." he said. ! With his corps of meteorologist.- McDonald struck an average oi me dry years In a selected group of states Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ar kansas, based on the dry years of 1911. 191. 1925, 1926 and 1932. He compared these averages with the weather history of the oceans In the same months of the drouths. "I thought perhaps somewhere 1 I OF (Continued from Pnge One.) bill a section which would have authorised the government to build and operate demonstration projects at the rate of 135,000,000 a year. It added a requirement that each, housing project be accompanied by proportionate alum clearance. It specified that not more than 20 per cent of all funds should be spent In any one state. Bl-Partlsan Ordered Membership of the proposed ad ministrative board was reduced from five to three and made bi-partisan In character. A provision . requiring' President Roosevelt's approval of loans and grants for housing construction or slum clearance was added at the re quest of Senator Barkley (D-Ky). The interest rate on government loans for housing - -a Increased one half per cent over the going federal rate (or what the money cost the government) . A section authorizing loans to'llm- itea-proiii organizations -and con sumers housing societies was elimin ated. . Construction of playgrounds in connection with each project was mede mandatory. The senate also added an amend ment by Senator King (D-Utith) to require senate confirmation of all officers of the housing organization making 94,000 a year or more. - Selassie Memoirs Not To Be Printed LONDON, Aug. 6. (AP) Halle Se lassie will not publish his memoirs, it was disclosed today, perhaps be cause British officials feared they would darken the dawn of an appar ent new era of Anglo-Italian amity, Michael Joseph, the Ethiopian em peror's publisher, announced that Selassie had withdrawn bis autobiog raphy from planned publication "on the advice of his political advisers." What the advice was or who gave it was not disclosed. MEXICO CITY (UP) The hither to obscure Uttle Mexican state of Tlaxcala Is rapidly attaining a mark ed reputation as a fast-growing di vorce center. Each letter of the name is pro nounced, and the result Is Tlax-ka,- la. Although It Is not as easy to pronounce and spell aa Reno, mar riagea are Just aa easy to sever as they are tn the famous United States resort. The sovereign states of Chihuahua (Just across the border from El Paso, Tex.) and Moreloa (the capital oi which is Cuernavaca) have received widespread notoriety for quick Mex ican divorces. Now, however, the fa cility of getting a Tlaxalan divorce is becoming more and more evident. Tlaxcala la located off the beaten path and Is hedged between - the states of Mexico, Puebla and Hidalgo. It Is rich In historical background, for Conquistador Heraan Cortes ar rived there from Vera Cruz and made an alliance with the Tlaxcalta cans who were bitter enemies of the Aztecs. With their aid, Cortes con quered the Aztec empire. Lifted From Obscurity. Until recently Tlaxcala's only claim for recognition was through its wool output. Suddenly the papers were filled with mysterious notices sum moning someone (who probably would never have occasion to read that particular paper) to appear at some courtroom In Tlaxcala to answer di vorce proceedings, or else be de clared a "rebel." The divorce center has critics as well as supporters. Victor Velasquez, a Mexico City lawyer, denounced the quick di vorces as being not only Illegal abroad but also In Mexico. Courts In the United States recently com mented ' adversely on the Mexican divorces and Argentine Judges con sidered them without force. . "These divorces are not even legal In our country," Velasquez declared, Court's Authority Disputed, . "The Judges of the state which has easy- divorce laws do not have, neither can they have, the author ity to dissolve the matrimony of foreigners, celebrated in the country origin, and In which they still reside. Our tribunals have no right to Invade the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the plsce of residence of the parties In question." he added. Velasquez reported that several countries have denied the legality of the Mexican divorces, among them Argentina. Referring to a Tlaxcalsn divorce, an Argentine Judge la quot ed by the Mexican lawyer as saying, It la not a legal decree, because the proceedings carried out to reach It. and the decision Itself, Is not a process of Justice, but a mockery of Justice." Continuing, the Argentine Judge In explaining how to get a divorce in Tlaxcala said that all that la necessary Is to present a power of attorney, "the manifestation of desire to get the divorce, and the summoning of the other party by means of 'edicts which are printed tn the local paper, which the de fendant never reads nor even learns about because he Is In the Antipodes. This Is not only Illegal; It la absurd." McMINNVILLE WILL BAN COWS, THOME BOOTHS McMINNVILLE, Aug. 6. (AP) A health program approved by the city council classifies family cowa and outdoor comlort stations as un wanted relics of rusticity having no place in the modern community. Before banishing the cows. It au thorized a survey to determine it the action would deprive children of needed milk supplies. 4 Use Mall Tribune want ads. CRAWFORD WILL SEEK INDIAN MONEY RETURN .WASHINGTON, Aug. . (AP) Wade Crawford, former superinten dent of the Klamath Indian reserva tion, aald on. his departure for Ore gon he would seek recovery of II, 500,000 which he said the Klamath tribe had lost through methods ol sale of reservation timber. Crawford, who was recently dis missed by Indian Commissioner John Collier, said he would return to Washington next January and seek legislation giving the Indiana the right to sue. f Tram Cars Bungalows SAN DIEGO. Cal. (UP) This city boasts of a bungalow court made en tirely of retired ( trolley cars. The cars, minus their running gear, are mounted In pairs on concrete founda tions, surrounding a central court, while each pair contains two three room apartments with bath. ASTORIATore., Aug.6-(AP) The heavy cruiser Astoria will come here for the Astoria regatta if the fleet commander finds It practicable. Mayor John Ten Brook was Informed by wire. An All Time Favorite MODEL BAKERY'S DATE NUT CAKE 30c and 59c Glazed Potato DONUTS Dozen 25c Model Bakery Phone 511 CHOICE MEDIUM HOGS HIGHEST SINCE 1926 CHICAGO, Aug. . (AP) Choke medium weight hogs Kid at 13.(J5 per hundredweight oil the Chicago livestock market Thursday, the high est figure since October, 1920. Continued scant receipts were cred ited with the price upturn. The mar ket opened active and with Immedi ate gains of from 15 to as oents over Wednesday's figures on all grades. Packing sows shared with top class hogs In the quarter price rise. BIRTHS T P Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ward at their home at 725 North Central avenue this morning, a son weighing 8 pounds. 13 ounces. Mother and child are reported doing nicely. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc Oonagle at their home on Kenwood avenue this morning, a son weighing 0 pounds, 8 ounces. Both are doing nicely. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. Use Mall rrloune want ads. SPOKANE. Aug. WrAP) Glfford Plnchot. former governor of Penn- -sylvanla and the first chief of flie I U. 8. forest service, said in an inter- j view here Secretary Ickes' plan to : transfer the service to the interior I department would endanger the whole benefits the west la deriving . from forest resources. j "The nstlonal . forests have been.: admirably handled by the agricul tural department for thirty years." : Plnchot said. ! "Now Secretary Ickes proposes to; transfer them to the interior de-1 nartment which has penv.'.tted the i looting end devastation of almost I I every national resource of which It has had control. . "The interior department has done the west more harm than all the other departments of the govern ment put together." Calfornla Fears Trailers SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Califor nia's latest bugaboo after Indigent Itinerants and parasitic plants Is trailers. The city's health department has declared the state Is threatened with such an Influx of trailers that It constitutes both a traffic and a sanitation problem. A county com mittee will study the problem. ATTENTION MS. STANINGER, DeGraff rep. will be here a limited time only to give you a free analysis of your hair or free Permanent Wave test curls if desired. De Graff The Perfect Summer Permanent. No machine, no electricity, no heavy heaters the MODERN way to MODERN Beauty. Featured For Only $5.00 MEDFORD SCHOOL of BEAUTY CULTURE 235 East Main. Medford, Ore. DRY HAIR Whether due to Sun, Wind, Dust or bleaches or impro per cars of the hair is quick ly corrected with the proper ue of Mann's Hair Medicine (Vitamin "T"). Its nourish ing, stimulating and healing action also corrects Dand ruff. Itching scalp and Fall ing Hair. For sale and guar anteed by Greyhound Salutes MEDFORD TONIGHT 7:00 O'CLOCK In Front of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Building a new Greyhound "Cruiser" will be offioftlly christened "CITY OF MEDFORD" By the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the CRATERS Rerite every prerlout wnrepMon of motor bu trarel ' hen ,roii ee thl new (Miper-roarh . . . It I utterly different, not only in appearance but In merhanlral operation and naenicer com fort. The conventional hood ha disappeared for the motor has been placed In the rear, "mart weeplnc streamline Identify thl treat new roach with It familiar Orey hound color of blue and white and chromium trim. 0 , Come and see this christening ceremony and inspect the newest .. creation' in Highway Transportation. grams? liEwwregwa s v s t" r. I Rk ((; (G m A a i Pme IP II A a X r , ; , i it 1 V f II I 7 fJ'jftj 111 Exceptional at in 2 1 m PRICES SOARING! Slow EuaoffG flGaaim gvgc you save Sim emtgEIq GREAT AUGUST Self or tur- Trim fox Dress and Sports A Sale for All Sizes- The higher price warning sent Ward into action earlier than ever to male possible this great sale! Our buyera searched the market, choee quality woolens and first-catch fun to effect these dramatic savings. The moment Pari launched the 1937 styles, we had these grand coats made for yoo; Nubbed woolens or fleeces richly furred for drew, tweeds or novelties in new sports styles! . Another Feature) Group Luxuriously Furred at . . 24.78 Si COATS Si 98 I nu.ual tallica! Hrml-llllrd or -grr raw to wr.r for drrm or .port. Nrlf-trlmmril. Oood-looklnf twerd. or noveMIr. . Another r'ralur. Cirnup t Sport-Dress Coats 898 9.98 VafuM Soli-trimmed hrMd Of Bonlty woob ia 1937i ! wmOM. BolWd of mo tor. CUror eolUn, ImporUal tlom Uaoil UooUm the Ufa ol toot rwttor out with oi thoMl Telephone
