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-
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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) '
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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.
Robert Baccus, Mrs. Eleanor
Jones, Tom Newton and Paul
Gandt supervised the trip.
i
HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH
Students of Hedrick Junior
High school will present the
play, "Curtain Call for Clifford"
April 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in the
school auditorium.
Ted Lawson will play the lead
part as Clifford Llewellan Mum
ford. The comedy plot involves
a group of students presenting a
school play.
'SPOTTY' ATTENDANCE
Owosso, Mich. (UP.) At
tendance at the Owosso High
school is becoming increasingly
"spotty." School officials said
five per cent of the high school's
1,100 students were home with
the measles.
HOT NEWS
Vienna (U.R) A news dis
patch transmitted by the Aus
trian press agency over its wires
from Vienna said: "Our build
ing is burning from the-cellar
to the ceiling. We have to. leave
the house. End of news."
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