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Is that So? Honolulu-Bound, with Japan Air Lines Hi-ho Silver, we re riding a jet stream: What's this jet-stream were riding? It s a mysterious river in the air, rushing around the globe as far as we know at speeds rang ing from 125 to 500 or more miles an hour. Saddle this inter continental speedster and it will whirl you around the globe in 3 to 10 days. Hence, once we know more about this amazing air stream, it may be of tran scendent commercial and mili tary importance. Care to join us in the cabin of this plane for a cup of coffee and a piece of conversation with our pilot, Capt. Dan McCarthy of Hayward, Calif.? He ll tell us about it. Since he started flying at 16, he's been at it for 22 years and has flown just about everything with wings incluflir' tri-motored Fords and Boer remember them? As for the cific, to this former army tuo. pilot it's a familiar lane: he has covered the Honolulu - Tokyo stretch more than 200 times; the shorter San Francisco-Honolulu haul, more than 2,000 times. "About this jet-stream, there's still a lot we don't know about it," he said frankly. "But in the first place, you can't exactly call it a stream. Unlike a sur face river which is confined be tween solid banks, . this stream changes its course from hour to hour almost, whipping around like a shaken rope, if you get what I mean. At times, this fast traveling rope of air may be 40,000 feet high, at other times as low as 9,000 feet. At its nar rowest, it may be only three miles across, and again it may widen out to a comparatively broad, slow stream 50 miles across." "When the air is clear like to day, how in the world do you know when you're in it?" asked the man-across-the-aisle. Flying Smooth as Silk "Remember when we glided through a couple of slight bumps a half hour or so out of Tokyo that was the burbling eddies on its outer side. Right there, I knew we were on its edge. Then, once in, the flying is as smooth as silk. And fast. Although there is no sensation of additional speed, my navigator tells me we are now making good an ad ditional 150 miles over 450 miles per hour. Not many air passengers have ever flown as fast as you are this very min ute," he Informed us. "But how can you tell when you're in this 'shaken rope'?" the man persisted. By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist "Only one way the tempera ture inside is cooler. By about 2-10 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle. But you wouldn't notice because the temperature in here is artificially controlled. I take an outside reading." "Besides getting us to Hono lulu faster what's the advan- JJ1M- UU 5 ige?" asked the man-across-the-uisle, holding up his champagne glass to the kimono-clad steward ess for a refill. Money Saver on Fuel "Plentv. First there is the fuel factor. This jet stream is a mon ey saver. On this trio alone, 1 figure we stand to save JAL at least S2,000 worth of gasoline. Besides, because we figured on latching on to a good tailwind, we are carrying a near-capacity nav-load of air freieht. That means an extra S2,500, or so. Not so much perhaps to a com pany that has to shell out about S9.50 every minute to keep this plane airborne. But every little bit helDS ... "Do you always ride this jet- stream?" asked the wife of tne man-across-the-aisle. "No Ma'am, seldom. Usually it's up from 30,000 to 40,000 feet up where the military planes operate. But once JAL. takes delivery of our Douglas jet liners we'll latch on to this free airstream regularly. "About at what latitude does this jet stream cross the Paci fic?" I pressed. "No one really knows. Our hunch is that it whips across Si beria, cuts southward down through north Japan, and then takes off over the Pacific, gen erally north of Wake and crosses the Rockies anywhere from Phoenix, Ariz., to Calgary, Alta." "Who first discovered it?" Japanese Discovered It "I think the Japanese. During World War II. thev floated bal loons across to the U.S. Some averaged 200 miles and better. Right now, our military services are studying the jet stream. You have heard perhaps about the Gold Hill Man Fined In Justice Court Harold Franklin Thornton, 63, route 2, box 250, Gold Hill, was fined S50 and $4.50 court costs in Gold Hill justice court Friday on a drunk and disorderly con duct charge, according to sher iff's deputies and court records. Justice of the Peace Dale Col lins suspended S40 of the fine pending good behavior. Thornton entered a plea of guilty on the complaint brought by his wife, Ruby, according to the court re port. Sheriff's deputies placed Thornton in the county jail Thursday night after his arrest at Gold Hill. Thornton is an Indian who re ceived thousands of dollars last fall in sale of timberland at Gold Beach. They were married in Portland a few months ago. Russian complaints . . ." ''What causes it?" I asked. Captain McCarthy shrugged. "Can't tell. But we do know that the stream occurs in a belt be tween where the cold mass of air from the Arctic meets the warm mass of air coming up from the tropics. Our JAL weathermen chart it fairly close and before I climb into my cockpit, I'm pret ty sure where I can find it, pro viding it's not too high." He asked the purser to bring him a map. As we crowded about him, he explaind: "This Tokyo Wake run is 2,014 miles. The scheduled time is eight hours. Today we are arriving in five hours and 19 minutes a saving of two hours and 41 minutes. If we continue on this stream to Honolulu, we'll save six hours." ,"And miss a lot of this good French champagne," put in the man-across-the-aisle. "Take me, I'd rather settle for a head wind. And to his vast relief, we lost the jet stream after Wake. It veered north. (Copyright 1956, by Eugene Burns) ' (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer-; ence work in a handsome Sea!-1 craft binding. Each week new; submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address our leter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent WiilJ.J ' Tfiv.n unr f i m Hollywood U.R) After a stand of 15 years, a stage show that's one of the biggest tourist v -"9 attractions of Hollywood has folded. The Turn about Theater opened 4,535 ago in July of 1941. unusual half puppet, half- Aline Mosby live revue be came a durable landmark, and a "must see" for visitors. After 15 years, the Turnabout owners came to the belated con clusion that Los Angeles isn't a good theater town. So the com pany is moving lock, stock and even its quaint streetcar seats to the traditionally more cul tural San Francisco. "San Francisco is a better show town. Besides we were get ting in a rut and we needed a fresh start," explained Forman Brown, one of the owners as he supervised the packing of crates of puppets at the empty theater today. Closing Brings Tears Closing night brought tears of nostalgia from customers in the 184 streetcar seats. During the first half of the evening as us ual they saw a sophisticated puppet show. At intermission the seats were turned around, and a musical revue with live performers began at the other end of the theater. The many stars who have ap peared in the revues arrived on closing night to say goodbye Elsa Lanchester, Gilda Gray, the Duncan Sisters, Virginia O'Brien, Queenie Leonard. Brown, Roddy Brandon and Harry Burnett began as the Yale Puppeteers in the early '20s. By now the group boasts more than 700 puppets, and they claim to be the only permanent puppet company in the country. Bank Account Small They opened the theater on La Cienega blvd. with a small bank account and those street car seats, bought for S3. 50 each from the Pacific Electric Co. grossed $140,000. The theater walls down the years were autographed by cele brated customers. The Pup peteers couldn't remove the walls, so they photographed them to use as murals for their new San Francisco home. "We're even taking some of our customers with us," smiled Brown. "More than 500 have seen our show more than 20 times and several have made reservations for our April 15 opening. "Why, there was one couple from New Jersey who spent their wedding anniversary at our place six years in a row. We hope they'll come to San Fran cisco now on their vacations." The bicycle was introduced into the U.S.' from Europe in the early 1800's. Sunday, April 15, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) KAIL TRIBUNE THREE Order Suspended Concerning FHA Rule Portland U.R) The Federal Housing administration Friday issued an order suspending for 30 days its regulation against use of boards thinner than 25-32nds of an inch in FHA- in sured hbusing. The order brought a tempor ary end to the confusion that hit the west coast' building in dustry when the FHA refused to accept new dimensions adopted by the West Coast Lumber In spection bureau without waiting for the sanction of the American Lumber Standards committee. Sen.- Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said in Washington, "I plan to keep a close tab on the situation to insure that after the 30-day suspension period we are not plunged into another unneces sary crisis." The AL9 committee is slated to meet in Chicago April 30 when it will be asked to adopt officially the new board dimen sion already in production in west coast mills. FHA regula tions are based on ALS dimen- BOOK BLOWN Grand Rapids, Mich U.R) A book blown out of the Grand Rapids Public library by a tor nado last week was found in a nearby field and returned Fri day. The book's title is "Not Without Danger." In Med ford's Schools Jackson School On Thursday morning the sixth graders of Jackson school traveled to the Jacksonville mu seum. Many artifacts were view ed. The rock collection created much interest as did the gun display and the fire hats and buckets. The visit to the museum is part of the course of study in Public Speaking Contest Scheduled "Threats to Freedom and How To Meet Them," will be the sub ject for the 11th annual public speaking contest for high school students of this area, sponsored by Talisman lodge, Knights of Pythias. The contest will be held Wednesday, April 25, at 8 p.m., in Crater High school. Students who will take part should .be at . the school a half hour before the contest for as signment of places. Schools which will be repre sented are Medford High school, St. Mary's school, Talent High school and Crater High school. Committee men in charge are H. C. Hoc-hne, royal vizier, Tom Davidson, Walter Ferguson and Don Lacy Oregon history for pupils in the 6th grade, and it serves to make the material more meaningful. Patsy Owens and Judy Booth played a historic piano that trav eled to Oregon by way of Cape Horn. This piano is a part of the Peter Britt collection. 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