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?"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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, Come and see this christening ceremony and
inspect the newest ..
creation' in Highway Transportation.
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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;
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