SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, February 14. 1956
Is That So?
Notwithstanding its shortness,
February can well be called the
gnowiest month of the year in
America with such widely separ
ated weather stations as Gander,
Nfld, Blue Hill, Mass., Mesa
Verde Park, Colo., and Lake
Tahoe, Calif., consistently re
porting this their heaviest month.
Besides, during this month the
snowpack over most of the land
is at its seasonal peak with about
four feet in northern New Eng
land, five in southern and east
ern Quebec, and as much as 20
or more feet in the High Sierra.
It is here on the windward
slopes of the High Sierra that
the greatest American snowfalls
are recorded. Here falling snow-
'2-13-56
flakes unite in the air to come
down in masses two inches
across, easily piling up several
inches an hour the heaviest, in
24 hours, being five feet which
was recorded at Giant forest
Regularly the seasonal snowfall
at Tamarack, Calif., averages
451 inches (37 feet, 7 inches) and
once during the winter of 1906-
1907, an all-time high of 884
incheS (73 feet, 8 inches) fell. Of
course this is the total season's
accumulation, but even so, at
one time during the winter the
snow pack stood at 348 inches
(29 feet).
Although some snow is light
and fluffy and may take up to
15 .inches to melt down to an
inch of water, another sleety,
crystalline snow may take less
than IVz inches to melt down to
an inch. Averaged, about 10
inches of snow make one inch
of water. Hence, the 884 inches
represented 88.4 inches of rain,
perhaps more because the Sierra
pack tends to run heavy.
FewSpots Free of Snow
From Mexico northward, few
spots in America do not have
a one-inch cover of snow for at
least two days of the year al
though about one-fifth of the
U.S. is not subject to regular
'snowfalls. Roughly, this snow
less area lies south of a line
which runs across from Raleigh
(mid-North Carolina) to Birm
ingham (central Alabama) to San
Antonio (south central Texas),
and thence along the Mexican
border to almost the Pacific
coast where it veers northward
sharply to Eureka (northwestern
California).
Ignoring mountain peaks,
north of this line the depth of
the snowfall rises steadily up to
about 140 inches at Fort William,
Ontario, near the U.S.-Canada
border. Thereafter, it tends to
taper off until it reaches the
Arctic where no more than 50
inches fall. Farther north, near
the North Pole, there is still
. less.
Again omitting the mountain
peaks, the longest snowbound
area is in Yellowstone . Park
where the snow lies on the
ground for fully half the year;
but in northern Canada, on Baf
fin Island, the snow cover may
last IOV2 to 11 months, even at
sea level. Parts of Greenland,
of course, have perpetual snow,
forming glaciers.
Br EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalitt
ping the snow before it, we have
blizzards and on this continent
the most blizzard-swept area is
north and west of the upper
Great Lakes where a season sel
dom passes without an average
of one a month for the five
months, December through
April.
Occasional Thaws
As days grow longer in Febru
ary, there may be occasional
thaws-but not as often as in
December or March. Then, con
trary to popular belief, the sun
may not be the efficient destroy
er of snow as its reputation af
firms. Fact is, on a clean surface,
most of the sun's radiation is
reflected straight back, into
space. With a dirty surface, it's
another matter then each little
dirt speck acts as a heat re
ceiver and transmitter, hasten
ing the melting of the snow.
And while we are at it, let's
combat another popular fallacy,
that which says a heavy rain
melts snow quickly. Actually, if
unaided by warm, windy weath
er, rain seldom succeeds in melt
ing the snow appreciably. For
example, a heavy 5-inch down
pour with a temperature of 9
degrees above freezing, is un
likely to release more than one
third of an inch of snow water.
But it's another matter entirely
when such a heavy rain . is ac
companied by a w a r m wind.
Then look for a heavy run-off,
and if the ground is frozen, per
haps . a flood.
During the bitter cold of north
ern winters, the snow of course
is a wonderful insulator to plant
life and to the earth to. say
nothing of hibernating animals.
Should the ground be frozen,
the snow blanket will prevent
the soil from being frozen any
deeper. . But should the ground
be unfrdzen when the snow falls,
then the melting snow-water of
spring will drain into the soil.
And with it, the . snow brings
down from the sky fertile ele
ments, especially nitrogen and
sulphur, to enrich the soil as it
absorbs the winter's snowfall.
(Copyright, 1956,
by Eugene Burns)
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Gov. Knight Reported
'Definitely on Mend' " '
. New York '(U.R) Gov. Good
win J. Knight, of California was
reported, "definitely on the
mend" today from an attack of
influenza which has confined
him to a .Waldorf-Astoria hotel
suite since last. Wednesday
night.
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of bed most of yesterday for the
first time with' a temperature
down to about 99 all day. They
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Raids Break Up
Call Girl Ring
New York (U.R) Police
today held a platinum blonde
and a brunette ex-show girl,
picked up in two. raids that
broke up a SlOO-a-date call girl
operation.
The 21-year-old blonde, who
identified herself as Jane Stacey
of Buffalo, was arrested yester
day as she and a male "date"
cavorted in the nude in an ex
pensive hotel suite. The girl told
reporters she was a Vassar stu
dent taking a holiday in New
York. Vassar denied she was
registered there.
The brunette, Jane Cook, 33,
was charged with running the
love for money ring. She "was
arrested in a police raid on her
fancy apartment, which featur
ed a plush, custom-made bar.
Arranged for Drink
Police said they learned of a
telephone call in which Mrs.
Cook told the man she had a
"nice one for you this time."
Mrs. Cook arranged for . the
"date" "and Miss Stacey to meet
at the Cook apartment for a
drink before their tryst, police
said. '
Shortly after the couple left
the Cook apartment for a $20-a-day
suite in the nearby Sulgrave
hotel, police launched raids on
the hotel suite and Mrs. Cook's
apartment.
A few hours later police also
arrested Frederick Rosenberg,
26, who they said was living
with Mrs. Cook. He was charged
with living off the proceeds . of
prostitution and with possession
of narcotics.
Mrs. Cook was. booked for
procuring and Miss Stacey for
"loitering for purposes of prosti
tution." Police said Mrs. Cook
was arranging for a number of
girls.
Man Shot in Head,
Klamath Coroner Says
Klamath Falls '(U.R) Coro
ner George H. Adler said today
that Edison Duffy, 50, whose
body was found a mile" and a
half north of here last week-end
by two young boys, had been
shot in the head.
Duffy's frozen body was
found at the bottom of a 25-foot
embankment alongside Highway
97. It had been there several
days.
Duffy was a resident of the
Klamath Indian reservation.
( Sheriff Murray Britton was
conducting a full-scale investigation.
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stewardesses of the United
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Alabama University To Appeal
Lucy Case To U.S. Supreme Court
Sackelt Purchases
Labor Paper String
Oakland, Calif . U.R) Shel
don Sackett, prominent West
Coast newspaper , and radio sta
tion owner, has purchased the
Olvmtiic Press. Inc.. of Oakland-
publisher of 11 northern Cali-I
forma labor papers.
Among his numerous enter
prises Sackett owns the Coos
Bay (Ore.) Times and radio sta
tion KROW, Oakland.
The Oakland publishing firm
was purchased from Joseph
Bredsteen and Winnard Tosh. It
publishes the Labor Review, of
ficial weekly paper of the Bay
Cities Metal Trades council, and
nine other labor weeklies .and
one monthly in San Mateo, San
ta Clara, Contra Costa and
Marin, Monterey, Merced, Santa
Cruze, Solano, Napa, Sonoma,
Stanislaus and- San Joaquin
counties.
Sackett named Langdon Post
as editorial director of Olympic
Press. Post was former regional
director of the Federal Public
Housing authority and was
northern California manager of
Sen. Estes Kefauver's presiden
tial campaign in 1952.
Corvallis Masons
Set Emergency Session
Corvallis U.P.) The Masonic
lodge of Corvallis will meet in
emergency session tomorrow
night to plan reconstruction of
the temple gutted by fire Sun
day. ' .
Latest damage figure was
placed at $300,000, including,
expensive regalia used in rites
of the Masonic order. Most of
the loss was covered by insurance.
Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) The
University of Alabama Monday
night announced its intention of
appealing the "Autherine Lucy
case" to the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Attorney Andrew Thomas
said the university definitely in
tends to try to overthrow a fed
eral district court decision under
which it was forced to admit its
first Negro student.
Separate Action
The appeal is a separate ac
tion, however, from two federal
suits, brought by the student, 26-year-old
Autherine Lucy, protest
ing her exclusion from the cam
pus because of danger of further
mob violence.
The university trustees barred
her from further classes after
three days of rioting last week,
saying she would be reinstated
as soon as officials feel it would
be safe to do so.
When she brought dual suits
for immediate reinstatement and
for full use of campus facilities
the university declared it would
leave the question of her return
to class entirely to the couFts.
A hearing is set for Feb. 29.
Thomas said the university
will . appeal the basic decision,
handed down last fall by Federal
District Judge Hobart Grooms,
under which Miss Lucy was ad
mitted at first.
The decision was upheld Dec.
30 by the : U.S. Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals. Thomas said
it was the university's intention
from the start to appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court in this
event.
University Granted Injunction
Grooms granted the univer
sity an injunction barring Miss
Lucy from class until final de
termination of the case by the
Supreme Court and the Circuit
Court of Appeals upheld the in
junction. However, the U.S. Su
preme Court overruled the in
junction. Thus was set the stage for
Miss Lucy's three days of class
work starting Feb. 3. There
were nightly mass demonstra
tions and finally, hails of stones
and eggs aimed at the Negro
woman herself.
A legal observer said that so
long as all court decisions to
date stand Miss Lucy cannot be
barred from classes solely be
cause of an appeal to the Su
preme Court. '
Barring her for her safety is
an entirely different matter,
however,
said.
university authorities
PAROLE OFFICER QUITS "
Roseburg U.R) Jake Leicht,
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Cambridge, Mass. CLf.R)
Anxiety mounted today for the
safety of a college freshman who
disappeared four days ago dur
ing a fraternity initiation.
Thomas L. Clark, 18, son of
Bell Telephone Co. executive
Alfred R. Clark, of Harvey, 111.',
vanished after he was left in an
isolated A wooded section near
Lincoln Friday. Members of the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity
said he had been in "good spir
its" when they last saw him.
The youth, a student at Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, was instructed to return to
the school by 8 p.m. Nine other
pledges returned without dif
ficulty, school authorities said.
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