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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, April 11. 1957 They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo NEWSALESM4M, 6BJGGED IT UP 8IQ WHEN WE BROUGHT Ihl MIS FIRST (P.S.,4MO OHLY ) SALE SO F4R HOWS THAT FOR At ORDEf?? NOT 8 AO TU ATS J A GPOSS OF OUR NUMBER 4 ff 4SOJT 4 &S0O f Hr COPPU65TED STEEL POST- ORDER FPOM 4tf k V HOLE INSERTS-FLI88ERT : OUT OF TOWM I IplPtei BJQ ordersWoomV 1 imJ-7FTy S4mpLeTIot asat - 17 you se out lsst Yf s n-ieeeRT free sImiesme V " 1Uj0( Wo 4 TIP OF THE rtdTUJ to UlClLE 40 W 7Z ST., NEW VfcX?K Z.J, N.y. Js That So? With every day now getting longer by the minute, let's get a foretaste of summer by con sidering the world's all-time heat records as accepted by our weather bureau. Bear in muid, the world's average temperature day and night, summer and wint er is right around 59 degrees. Fahrenheit of course in which all the following figures are given. In considering official records, three factors must be borne in mind: first, the hottest places on earth are not likely to have a thermometer handy. Who, after all, would want to run a weath er station in a climate which even lizards find uncomfortable. Second, the reading must be taken in the shade. A bare rock exposed to the midday sun is a lot hotter than the temperature of the air above it. (That's why it is possible to fry eggs on the pavement on a not too hot sum mer afternoon to the embarras sment of any local chamber 'of commerce this side of Hellfire past Egypt.) Similarly, the ther mometer must be where the sun's rays cannot heat the glass and mercury but merely measure the temperature of the air which is .the same in the shade or out of it! And third. Just how accurate is the recording thermometer. Many'are not properly calibrated or the glass slips. Bearing these things in mind, the world's hottest day ever of ficially recorded was in the town with the wonderful name of Azizia in northwestern Libya, about 25 miles south of Tripoli, North Africa. It was 136.4 de grees on Sept. 13, 1922. The temperature of the desert floor at that time was around 180 degrees only 32 degrees short of ordinary boiling. On that day,' Azizia was sizzling! Not Accepted Ai Official . Hotter temperatures have been reported. At the Dalol Sulphur mines in northeastern Abyssinia, a temperature of 145.4 degrees has been reported. Also readings of 158 and even "nearly 170" have been reported from this same area but not one of these have been accepted as official by weathermen because they lack ed details upon both accuracy of the instrument and its exposure. (So, if you want to help establish a world high, you might move down there with the proper in struments including a good sup- jly of dry ice.) As for the hottest spot on this earth, day in and day out, you couldn't do worse than go to the Red Sea port of Massawa in Eritrea where the annual aver age and this is for every hour of the year, including night time is 86 degrees. As for the highest reading on the American continent, that o dubious distinction goes to sunny California. At Greenland ranch near Death Valley, the thermo meter read 134 degrees just 2.4 degrees short of the world record at Azizia. The state with the second high est reading is Arizona, at Park er. July 7, 1905, when it was 127. Overton, Nev., on June 23, 1954, registered 122; and on July 24, 1936 at Alton, Kan., and July 6 at Steele, N. D.. in 1936 the temperature was 121. Highest Average pAlthough every state and pro vince in North America has re corded a temperature exceeding 102 degrees, the highest daily summer average goes to Cow Creek, Calif., with 98.8. For the highest mean year round temperature go to Key West Fla., with 76.6; which also has the record for the highest winter average with 71.4. To cool off a bit, let's' con sider the greatest temperature variation in a single 24 hours ly EUGENE BURNS Rjnger-Natunliit ' within the U.S. This was an even 100 degrees and occurred at Browning, Mont., on July 23- 24, 1916, when it dropped from 44 to 56 below zero! And the swiftest change re cording in the U.S. really a freakish one was a rise of 49 degrees in two minutes at Spear- fish, S. D., from 4 below zero at 7:30 a.m., Jan. 22, 1943, to 45 degrees at 7:32 a.m. Outside of a jet plane, that's hard to beat. (Copyright, 1957, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges wilfaward each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observations the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous ref erence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. HELLO HOLLYWOOD Italian film beauty Sophia Loren waves a greeting as she lands at International Airport in Los Angeles. She is Hollywood bound to make a motion picture for Para mount Studios. Opportunities To Be Outlined for Seniors Corvallis Career opportuni ties that come with college training will be outlined for Or egon high school seniors April 26 and 27 at Oregon State col lege when annual "senior week end" is scheduled. Courses of study offered at OSC will be discussed at a gen eral assembly and students will then have an opportunity to visit schools in which they are interested and to talk with staff members. Special educational exhibits are being prepared. Seniors will be housed in col lege living groups, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, and cooperative houses, and special social and sports events are planned to give students a com plete picture of college activi ties. The senior week end program is scheduled each year by the state system of higher education to provide a brief college orien tation for high school seniors. NO WAIT Fort Worth, Tex. (U.R) Frank Ivy was assured of fast ambulance service whe he slam med a car door on his hand Wednesday. Ivey was riding in an ambulance when the acci dent happened. Governor Presides At SF Conference Salem Gov. Robert D. Holmes will head a delegation of about 30 Oregon education leaders to the western regional conference on education beyond the high school which started Wednesday in San Francisco. Governor Holmes flew to San Francisco Wednesday evening and presided at the all-morning session on human resources to day. He is scheduled to return to the capitol tonight. Representatives of education groups, school systems and the public have been asked to par ticipate in the three-day session Cooperating agency for the con ference is the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Educa tion of which Oregon is a member. Governor Holmes was moder ator for the Thursday morning session at which Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, president of the Univer sity of Oregon; Tracy E. Stre- vey,' dean of the college of let ters, arts and science at the Uni versity of California, and John Jacobs, president of the board of regents for Arizona, were speakers. Among committee members planning the session of 13 west ern states and territories are Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford, chairman for the commission, and John R. Richards, chancel lor of the Oregon state system of higher education. Also a dele gate will be third member of the Oregon commission, Mrs. Edna Scales, of Sandy. The Family Council Editor's not: Tb Funlly Council consists ot a Judse, m psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family CouncU does not give advice: it merely reports on problems that hay been dealt with by responsible agencies and connselors. Mrs. D. R. My daughter-in-Icw pushes me off. Sue R. I don't .vant her to do my work for me. Mrs. D. R. I am a widow in the late 50s. I have one married son, near whom I live. I have tried to be a very good mother-in-law, but I can't seem to make the grade with my daughter-in-law. It's not that we don't get along. It's just that I can't seem to get close to her. For instance, I have asked Sue to let me know any time she or tlie baby is not feeling well. I would be more than happy to come over to help out. Yet time and time again, she has called upon neighbors to help in spite of the fact that I could walk over to her home in ten minutes. There are many things I could do for her shopping, mending, baby sitting, yet she keeps push ing me off. Sue's mother lives in another city, and I would love to be a mother to Sue. She is very young and needs advice. How can I convince her that I only want to help, not interfere, or criticize? Sue R. My mother-in-law seems to think I am against her if I don't want her to be doing things for me, but the fact is that I am very fond of her and do not want to impose on her. If I let her, she would be ready to work her fingers to the bone for us. I don't think that's right. Another thing. Mother is so anxious to please that she never does anything for me without asking: "Is this the way you want it done?" It's very kind, of course, but I don't like to be in the position of telling her how to do anything. Then, if I tell her, she will painstakingly do things my way, although I can see that it is the hard way for her and she doesn't fully ap prove of my methods. My husband and I are very unhappy about the whole thing because we see that Mother feels hurt and we know she' is lonely. I would be glad to let her stay at the house all day, but I don't want her doing my work for me. The Council: The real problem here is that Mrs. D. R. is trying to make a career out of being a mother-in-law and grandmother. Unfortunately, this is not a sen sible career. The daughter-in-law who would permit, it could only be piaced in the position of ex ploiting another woman's lone liness and feeling of uselessness. Mrs. D. R. should realize that under happy conditions, being a mother-in-law and grandmother is a wonderful hobby to be enjoyed at leisure when the mood is on. Under present con ditions Mrs. D. R. is asking Sue to supply her with the active life she misses. Mrs. D. R. needs to find that her daughter-in-law will wel come her help, if it is given sparingly and judiciously. Mrs. D. R. is making another mistake when she tries to be "a mother" to Sue. This is rarely possible, even under the best of circumstances. She will probab-. ly be unable to establish the very special intimacy that exists between mother and daughter and she dooms herself to frus tration by attempting too much. It is enough to have a very warm and friendly relationship, which may deepen as the years go on. (Copyright 1957. General Features Corp.) Baby Sitting School Teaches Child Care Worcester, Mass U.R) Par ents relaxing for an evening away from the household soon will feel more secure concern ing the care of their children. The Worcester County Safety Council has announced plans to organize a six-session baby sit ting school to teach prospective sitters child care, safety, pro cedure for emergencies, first aid, ethics. and employers' obliga tions. The Safety Council will also provide the names of sitters to parents who desire them. CHEAP TEETH Manil (U.R) A 25-year-old woman reported to police Thurs day her houseboy sold her $85 false teeth for a measly $2.50. WHO RATES SALUTE? Chicago (U.R) The leader ship of Post 428, Jewish War Veterans, is all in the family, as far as Mr. and Mrs. Leo Herz are concerned. Herz has been commander and his wife, Esther, vice commander of the post. cash! a mviskw of none mwee PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central Phene 3-5308 Am4- W- HMUDKD) AND SMALL APPLIANCES MIEIPiIIIHl ! 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