12 MAIL TRIBUNE. MtdforJ, Ortgon, Frifjy, August 29, 1958
Japanese Turning To PsycHoIogy as
Next Best Thing To Air Conditioning
By RONALD P. KRISS
UPI Correspondent
Tokyo -HTB- The Japanese
are fighting summer's heat
with the next best thing to
air-conditioning psychology.
In terms that the average,
sweltering man will under
stand, they are trying to think
themselves cool.
This is no simple feat, and
the Japanese have spent cen
turies perfecting an elabor
ate set of gimmicks to help
their mental air-conditioning
systems to function smoothly.
One is the wind-bell, a sim
ple, charming device that cap
tures the faintest breath of a
breeze and magnifies it into
a tinkling little sound. Al
most every home and office
has one.
Most gardens are equipped
with water spouts that release
a tiny trickle of water. The
constant "drip, drip" sound
was used quite effectively by
medieval torturers to drive
their captives mad, but if
you're in the right frame of
mind, the dripping noise ac
tually helps you to think
cool.
Real Cool
In the doorways of many
department stores and large
shops, the Japanese set a
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Gov. Orval Faubus, on the school integration issue:
"You know, I suppose 90 per cent of the people in the
North think I am the most rabid segregationist in the South."
Seoul-Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker, advising Rus
sia and Red China on Formosa:
"If they underestimate or misinterpret the statements of
President Eisenhower and Secretary of Stale Dulles they
will be sorry for it."
' Los Angeles-Madame Chiang Kai-shek, opposing trade
with Communist countries:
"With lime, the Irade balance each year will be increas
ingly in Iheir favor since, by the employment of slare labor,
the Communist bloc, through a policy of dumping, can al
ways undersell the free world."
Santa Monica, Calif.-Actress Margaret O'Brien, on the
death of her mother: .
"Molher and I were very close. II was her seventh time
In the hospital. I visited her daily and came home at night."
New England Area
Expected To Escape
Hurricane This Year
Miami- (ITD -The "educated
guess" of the man who should
know is that New England
will escape a hurricane this
year, and Florida" and the
Gulf coast will get one may
be. But Gordon Dunn, chief
forecaster at the Miami
Weather Bureau's Hurricane
Central, wants to make it
clear that this is only a guess,
not a forecast.
He based his opinion large
ly on the antics of the press
ure and wind patterns over
the North American continent
and over the Atlantic Ocean.
Those pressures and winds
go a long way toward deter
mining the kind of weather
we will have each da. And
recently they have been out
of place, causing the cock
eyed weather that had Flori
dians shivering through one
of the coldest winters in his
tory and now sweating
through one of the hottest
summers.
Here, in a nutshell, Is what
Dunn thinks probably will
happen on the hurricane front
and why.
Less Favorable Conditions
"First of all, conditions are
less favorable than average
for hurricane formation," "he
said.
This is due to two things.
The Azores-Bermuda high, a
giant mass of comparatively
cool air, is riding farther
south in the Atlantic. This is
squeezing the spawning
grounds of hurricanes in the
south Atlantic into a smaller
area, thus reducing the-room
for storm development.
Secondly, the high - level
westerly winds blowing from
the mainland are much far
ther south than usual. This
means that if a hurricane
does come out of the Atlantic
and head toward the middle
or Eastern Seaboard the wes
terlies probably would push
the hurricane back out to sea.
"Because of this, chances of
a storm hitting north of Cape
Hatteras are very remote,"
Dunn said. "Chances it would
hit Jacksonville, Fla., are less
than normal, and chances it
would hit Miami, in the cen
ter of the hurricane belt, are
probably a little less than
normal." -
"However," he cautioned,
"this is not true for the Gulf
of Mexico area."
Fairly Straight Shot
Neither the westerlies nor
the Bermuda high will have
much effect on storms brew
ing in the southeastern Carib
bean. If they form there,
they will have a fairly
straight, unobstructed shot at
the Caribbean islands, Mex
ico, Central America or the
Gulf coast of the United
States.
For the last two years it
has been the Gulf coast that
has been taking it on the chin
from the tropical monsters.
Two hurricanes smacked
into almost the same place on
the Louisiana coast in 1957.
One of them, Audrey, went
down as one of the most de
structive hurricanes in his
tory, killing more than 500
persons and causing more
than 100 million dollars in
damage.
Poor Eyesight Said One
Of Basic Crash Causes
- Chicago How's your eye
sight? If you drive a car the con
dition of your eyes should be
of great concern to you, nat
urally. Yet, according to a
professor of opthalmology,
poor eyesight probably is one
of the basic causes of traffic
accidents.
About 35,000 drivers in mo
tor vehicle accidents in 1956
were reported to have defec
tive eyesight, according to the
National Safety Council. Add
to that the number of acci
dents that result from blocked
vision, and you can see just
how important sight is to mo
torists. In more than a million auto
accidents in 1956, not being
able to see clearly was a con
tributing factor. In about half
of the million accidents, ob
structions on the vehicle
most important of which were
rain or snow on the wind
shield were factors.
Highway obstructions such
as trees, bushes, buildings and
signboards were the culprits
in more than 200,000 of the
million accidents.
How can the problem be
solved? ,
1. Don't drive if your eye
sight's so bad it can't be cor
rected with glasses.
2. Reduce your speed 5 or
10 m.p.h so you'll have more
time "to spot hazards ahead.
larae chunk of ice atop a
stand. The ice often is sculp
tured in the shape of animals
and surrounded by cool-looking
sprigs of leaves.
The theaters do their part
too. At Tokyo's Kokusai
Theater the "Atomic Girls"-
billed as the hottest things in
town when the weather is
cooler cavort amidst water
falls, gushing streams, ponds
and occasional thundershow
ers. The traditional Japanese
Kabuki Theater also offers
summer plots with plenty of
water but the Kabuki has
something even better to chill
the audience ghost plays.
Nearly every summer pro
gram includes the "Yotsuya
Kaidan," a spine-tingling dra
ma written during the 18th
century.
Sad Story -
The beautiful heroine, in
ghastly succession, is poison
ed, finds that her hair is fall
ing out and her' face growing
disfigured, as a result, stabs
herself and watches helpless
ly, in her last moment, as a
giant rat chews her newly
born baby to death.
That's not the end of the
horror, either. She becomes a
ghost and, after learning her
husband has poisoned her and
killed her father, haunts him
until he dies in a final, agony
drenched scene.
The Japanese also have a
few other techniques for
beating the heat. On the
theory that if you whack your
self over the head with a
hammer your headache won't
seem half as , bad, many of
them take summer baths
where the water is just under
the boiling point.
They emerge bright red
and sweat for hours after
ward, but the explanation is
that since it's indisputably
cooler outside the bath, then
the bath is refreshing.
DENYING everything, Mrs.
Horace Dodge II, wife of
auto heir, is awaiting trial in
Los Angeles on uspicion
of battery and drunkenness.
Corvallis Man
Dies in Rescue
Corvallis (UPD A Corvallis
millworker was drowned
Thursday as he attempted to
rescue a six-year-old girl who
was drifting into the main
channel of the Willamette
river while she sat in an in
ner tube.
John Gallaway, 28, appar
ently stepped into a deep hole
as he waded into a Riverside
lagoon near here in an effort
to pull the girl to shore.
The girl, Linda Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Jones, was pulled
to safety by witnesses.
Gallaway was caring for
five children picnicking, be
side "the river when the 'girl
called for help.
After about 25 minutes of
grappling, the Corvallis. fire
department recovered the
body. All efforts to revive
Gallaway failed. Survivors
include his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Gallaway, and a
sister.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Ralph Peterson, 318 West
Jackson st., was taken to
Sacred Heart hospital by Med
ford Ambulance service about
11:50 a.m. yesterday for treat
ment of head injuries and lac
erations suffered in a mishap
at Timber Products company.
Lake Chad, Africa, covers
from 1Q.000 to 20,000 square
miles, according to the season.
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