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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-10-02, Page 6Radio Stations in Far North Aid Forecasts, Says Col. Forde As Weather of the North American Continent is Made . in Arctic Regions -Radio Proves Invaluable Montreal.—Enthusiastic about the cervices rendered by the Canadian government's radio stations on the prairies and in the Northwest terri- tories, erritories, Colonel E. Torde, D,S,O., assist- ant director of signals, has returned to Ottawa aftera 9,000 -mite inspection trip, in the course of which he visited proposed district headquarters and signal units in military ;districts Nos. 10, 11, 12 and 13, and a number of pro- jected air mail stations. Colonel Forde's farthest north visits were et Altlavid and Herschel Island, at which are situated the most north- erly ofall the government radio sta- tions. These stations, in the far Northwest, he explained, are invalu- able in providing weather reports. In this area the weather for the greater Part of North America is made, and reports from the district enable the meteorological stations to make accur- ate forecasts. Development of civil aviation lie the district hras given the stations au addi= Bonet value in supplying reports to pilots,as discovery of minerals on the shores of the 'Great Bear,Lake has led to a large increase in the number of planes operating in the district. To complete the chain of stations which stretches north along the water- way system of Lake Athabasca, Great Slave Lako and the Mackenzie River, Colonel Fords sthinks a new station at Fort McMurray is needed. It is a na- tural jumping-off place for air tragic, and to get weather reports from the north' at present it is necessary .tie communicate with Edmonton by wire. Besides the northern stations which were erected primarily for meteoro- logical and commercial purposes, Colonel Fordo visited the many sta- tions in the northern sections of Sas- katchewan and Manitoba Which have been erected in recent years to serve the growiug air traffic in those areas. Girl Guide News The Marguerite The Marguerite grows it, the fields and flowers chiefly In the late Sum- mer. It has an irregular shaped leaf, and a long graceful flower -stalk, at the end of which the flower bud opens Into a large, flat head, We cannot call it a flower, as it really consists of a fiat head of little yellow flowers, surrounded by a ring of long white florets, each of which is also a true flower, although they look like petals. They are very hardy flowers and live a long time in water. I once read in a book that the Mar- guerite is the wisest of all flowers. F. H. Martin of the 5111 Leyton Com pany has sent us the following story of the Marguerite. D. Rudyercl-Helpman. Legend of the Marguerite Once upon a time there was au East- ern princess who had always seeu only the dark-haired, brown -faced babies of her own country. One day Miltani, her wisest couueillor, came to her 'with the story of a marvellous vision he had had, in which he had seen a little girl -child quite dilleretit from' any children he had ever seen before. She had short, curly golden hair, and her face was the color ot the most de-' l litaie rose. She wore a most exquisite gown of silver, and her beauty far ex- celled that of the Princess herself. The Princess, although kind and geed, was a little annoyed because the wise man had announced the child as being more! beautiful than she, n -ho was named by all "tliarquita." which means "-The most beautiful of Lotus bud," Never could she imagine a baby with fair hair, or with a rose -pink romplexiou. Three years later Miftani came once again to the Princess to tell her of a vision, This time he had seen a beau- tiful lady weeping, for the child had died. Now elarqutta, like all the Pea. ple of her land, believed that when a mortal died he Icft his soul in the keeping of a flower, and she at once commanded her slaves to seek for the flower in which was the soul of the beeutiful little girl. Again three years passed by and Mnftani had a third vision. This time he sal: an Island in a blue, blue sea; m beautiful island, named England, In its gassy fields fair-haired children plated among the flowers, but Miltaui aloticed only one blossom, in which he knew must be the soul of the little girl, for its centre was the same enter las the curly hair, and the silver petals reminded him of the wondrous crown. As soon as she was told, Marquita and all her attendants came to the island. As site was walking slowly through a meadow, the Princess heard a tiny ;whisper which sounded very much like her own name. Bending down, she found the flower she sought -at her feet., "Did you call me, little Golden Head," she asked gently. "No, no," answered the dream -child. "I whispered my own name which is Marguerite." + "If we let a criminal select his own ;way to die most of them would choose to die of old age." -Lewis E. Lawes. ; a I "A man only becomes educated when he knows why things happened when they [lid.,"—Arohbishop of York. Economy Corner Ham Baked In Milk Slice of ham 1 inch thick, 1 table- spoon flour, .1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1 cup milli, It cup water. Bake in an oven until ham its tender. Hot Vinegar Will quickly reduce the pain or swelling' caused by a sprain or bump. Cold In Chest A flannel dipped in boiling water and sprinkled with turpentine laid on the chest as quickly as possible will re- lieve the most severe cold or hoarse- ness. Oatmeal Water Put 1 cup of oatmeal in a stone jar; add 1 cup of sugar and the juice and rind of 3 lemons cut thin. Cover with 2 quarts boilir,_ :+,ter and let stand until sugar is ;i -.,rived and the water is cold. Strain and. chill. Good Cure For Colds An excellent cure for cold is to cut up a Spanish onion in thin slices and betweeu each lsyer place brown sugar. The syrup resulting from this is of great value to heavy colds. A mixture of turpentine and vaseline., It is invaluable to rub ou the chest in treatment of colds, Chopping Walnuts When using Walnuts put them on a piece: of oras paper and roti them wtth rollfug pia instead of cutting them up. It is much easier and the wax paper eaves the oil is the nuts. Crows Reverse Migration Under Stimulus of Light Washington.—Why birds fly north in spring and south in autumn may be answered as a result of tricking crows into a reverse migration. Dr, William Rowan, of the Univer- sity of Alberta, nn reporting to the Na- tional Academy of Sciences his experi- ments with crows, says the supposed- ly invariable migratory instinct ap- pears due to some hormone. This ie an extremely important chemical sub- stance released in the blood stream by one of the glands of internal secretion which is believed activated by the length of day. Through use of artiflotal lights he changed the "seasons" for a group of crows so far as day and night were concerned. Released from their epe- ciaily equipped aviary, the birds, for the most part, took an opposite route from that followed by another group of crows held captive under natural conditions and set free a few hours earlier. White Signal New Curb On Lightning Damage Schenectady, N.Y.—The latest man- made curb for lightning destruction. is a small white signal. It jumps into view on high tension line towers whenever lightning strikes or when for other I'Oaeons the electri- cal power get out of hand and flashes outside insulators, The white target is a signal for a lineman to climb the tower and look for lightning damage. It is operated by instruments capable of measuring in split millionths of a second the ex- tra surge of power that comes over alone when lightning strikes. Largest Radi Show in Canada Will B Held September 22 Montreal.—The largest radio show ' in Canada, the seventh annual radio ;exhibition, will be held borefromSep- Member 22 - 27, according to a recent Announcement made by E, M. Wilcox, Manager. ' Three large halls In the Windsor Hotel will be used to display the latest models of sets, and it is anticipated that, following the experience of pre- ' vious years, many thousands of peofri.z from Montreal and eastern r _nadr. will visit the exhibition. As this marks the opening of the irallio season in Canada :neje will be a large attendance of dealers from On- tario, Quebec and the Maritime Pro- vinces. In view of this several manu- facturers have arranged to hold con- vections during the exhibition, and one firm has announced that 200 deal- ors will attend the conference they are planning. All the new models of sets, with the improvements effected during the last year, will be on view, and thus the public will be brought up-to-date on the developments in the radio busi- ness, now one of the largest on the ,:entinent, since the last radio exhibi- tion. Arrangements have been made for several special features by the man- ager, ,vho stated that broadcasting of Policemen, with tiny balloons on their bats, fight with canes, one of tea- entertainnients will be a daily feature, tures of recent mounted police tournament and horse show in England. The King in Scotland After holidaying at Cowes, the Ring and Queen made their first visit to Scotland In tura years. Above—The Ring stops to chat with Major R. D. Hunter, commander of guard of honor at Ballater station. Praise Ho made hie little world a place, Where mignonette in safety grew. He edged the narrow yard with grace, Built shelters for a bird or two. His neighbors knew hint as a friend, The children thought him "lots of fun." What more than this at life's long end Do we repeat of anyone? The needs of life he understood, He faced the world with smiling eyes, Must one be brilliant to be good? Must one be famous to be wise? Perhaps man's greatest praise can be, When all the toil of life is done, He loved all things of land and sea And children thought him "lots of fun." —Edgar A. Guest. !'r IT I8 SAID -- Peach is one .of the most popular colors in home furnishings, and it some blues beautifully with orchid, reseda green or yellow, and peach and blue is regarded as especially smart. Percale is fast becoming a favorite fabric for summer draperies and is shown in both large and small designs, Brass articles and faucets will look. like new if rubbed with vaseline and polished with a soft cloth. Vitamin B Found Short In Fruits and Vegetables Berkeley, Cali:,—Changing food liebits of American families cause the lack of Vitamin B which stunts chil- dren's growth, believes Dr. Agnes Pay Morgan, of the Univvtsity of Califore nia. Dr. Morgan passed a year in study of diet of undernourieeed chil- dren between the ages of eleven and thirteen years. "This change in food habits," Dr. Morgan Days, of the American people has in. general been looked on as physiologically not injurious, because the supposed increase in the use of milk, fruits and vegetables was thought to overbalance any nutritive loss involved in the substitution of sugar for cereals, and particularly for wheat products. "But the protein content of the aver- age succulent vegetables and fruits is practically negligible as compared with that of cereals, and our work has shown that vitamin B of wheat pro- ducts cannot be replaced by the minute amount of vitamin B in vegetables and fruits." Mistaken Friends How many good but mistaken friends love to tell us what martyrs they area They' are the cause, not the effect, of martyrdom, English "Bobbies" at Play Two of the : North's Five Poles Britain Builds Still Attract the Explorer Fastest Boat Pole of ,-.Cold May Be : ' in Siberia—While Greenland May Coastal Defense and Protec- Prove to Be Centre o Winds'tion for Trade Routes - A Canadian flying expedition has ,just succeeded in charting with aerial cameras the North Magnetic Pole area, which was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in .1831 and relo- cated by Captain Roald Amundsen, who made exteesive observations from 1903 to 1905, just before finding the Northwest Passage, There are five poles in the Arctic regions to stimulate the imagination of explorers. One is the North. Pole, visited by, Peary, by Byrd and by tate Amundsen - Ellsworth - Nobile expedi- tion. Another is the Magnetic Pole. The third is the Ice Pole, known as the Pole of Inaccessibility' until Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile fiew over it in the dirigible Norge in 1920. There are also a Wind Polo and the Polo of Cold. The Wind Pole may possibly be In Greenland, where British and. German expeditions are now conducting meteorological observations, The. Pole of Cold is still to be located definitely, Soma of these poles are shifting in character, though they can he placed fairly well upon maps. Of tlhis:type are the North Pole and the Magnetic North Pole. The former, at the tip of the, axis on which our earth rotates, moves about in a circle with a -radius of thirty to forty feet. The Magnetic Pole The Magnetic North Pole, which at- tracts the needle of the compass be- cause it is at the axis of tate great elec. tric dynamo constituting the earth, moves over a considerable area, slow ly but measurably over a period of years. The position generally given is near Lat. 70 degrees N., Long. 97 degrees W., on the Canadian mainland at a place called Boothia Felix or Boothia Peninsula, In Summer this is a green and grassy lowland; in Win- ter it is no longer green but has the appearance of a cold prairie. Many ships have visited the region,. some coming to grief on jagged rocks just below the surface of the Gulf of Boothia. The Ice Poles, so named by Amund- sen because the term "Pole of Inac- cessibility" no longer applied when he crossed it by dirigible, lies between the North Pole and the Alaskan shore, fuming a rough triangle with that pole and the Magnetic Pole, It is at the centre of the great field of float- ing ice, covering 1,000,000 square miles, on which the North Pole lies. Location of Ice Pole Because the warmth. of the Gulf Stream clears the ocean of ice to with- in G00 or 700 miles of the North Pole on the Norwegian side, the centre of the ice mass—and hence the location of the Ice Pole, is 400 miles away from the North Pole on the Alaskan side. When Amundsen passed over the Ice Pole he saw nothing below him but solid ice, so thickly packed that not even a rift of water appeared. No man has ever set foot at the Ice Pole. The hardships of reaching It by dog sledgehavebeen considered too greatce, anddirigible theor plAmundsen party re- ported that the condition of the ice was such as to prevent a landing by spliane, Yet, cold as this territory must be in the dead of Winter, explorers do not believe that the temperature there, or at the North Pole itself, ever falls to the level of G8 degrees below zero, once reached a the village of Glad- stone, near Havre, Mout. To find. the polo of cold, ,therefore, scientists must look elsewhere. In fact, they must have to look for two or more cold poles instead of one. Ono pole of cold—that having the lowest Winter temperature of which there is record, has been fixed tenta- tively on the mainland of Asia, near the Siberian 'village of Yerkboyansk, some 1,400 miles from the North Pole. Tho coldest Winter temperature that can ever cceur there is something be- tween 90 and 95 degrees beyow zero, while the coldest possible at either the North Pole or the Ice Pole ie believed to be about 30 degrees warmer. High and Low Temperatures But in Summer the temperature at Verkhoyansk sometimes rises to the 90s, once reaching 93, with plenty 02 humidity, and various cereals and vegetables ma be cultivated in the re- gion. So if the pole of cold is con- sidered onsidered as that place having the lowest Summer temperature or the lowest average tempe•'ature, it must be some- where else upon the map. In this connection it is suggested that certain northward -facing meet - '.pines In the Himalaya' 1VIountains might be the coldest all -year-round 1 spots, They are far, from the warm oc'ea'n and high above it, though not so veryfar from the' Equator. If there 1 are such places anywhere near the ' five -mile altitude on which the Maslen never strikes, they aro Nicely to de - 1 Mand•strong consideration as the Pole of Cold and may have a better claim than, either of the Poles lying at sea ' level in the Arctic, Or perhaps the Pole of Cold is in. Greenland, Which may be every bit as (cold in Winter as Verkhovausk For the greatest Winter cold is produced by three conditions working together -*distance .from the Equator, distance from the ocean,, and altitude. The pla- teau of Central Greenland answers all Iof these conditions, whereas' the North. Pole and the Ice Pole meet only the first—distance from the Equator. Per- haps the German and British meteoro- logists now in Greenland may be able to learn definitely whether that ice- bound island contains both the Pole of 1 Cold and the'somewhatlegendary Pole of Winds. The British expedition is engaged in surveying the ice cap. of Greenland, I with a view to determining whetherit would be possible to use the island as a way station for airships used on the proposed route' between Britain and Canada, and the German 'expedition. is also acquiring meteorological data re- lative to flying as well as to storm con- inions in the transatlantic shjp lanes. By Pole of Winds is meant that centre— if there is only one—where the chill winds of the Northern Hemis- ' phere originate. Scientists refuse to credit the'polar regions with as many icy blasts as the poets suggest. There is in -Greenland, however, a peculiar situation which makes Itpossiblefor scientists to discuss whether there is a' sort of wind pole there. The island is cold, particularly in the interior, and has a hump on itsback near the cen- tre. The air undoubtedly becomes very cold and thin, some experts say. It would, therefore, have a tendency to, settle down upon the dome of interior Greenland and flow down -hill in every direction, as water does when poured on an inverted bowl. The result might be that there would usually be little wind near the centre of Greenland's I dome and frequent winds blowing from the interior' to the coasts. Such winds, of course, would contribute to the interacting system of winds throughout the Northern Hemisphere and hence would be highly important to meteorology. Electrical Change Felt Instantly Around World Washington.—A recently observed electrical phenomenon that sweeps the entire world at the same instant 'be- tween G and 8 p.m., Washington time, is described to the American Geophysi- cal Union by Dr. 0. H. Gish, of the Carnegie Institution. It is a change connected with the earth's electrical charge. This charge, says, Dr. Gish, tends to acquire a high value during the hours named. The cause is not definitely known, but is ascribed to some still "elusive, un- known" factor that maintains the earth charge. Existence of this charge is shown by study of atmospheric electricity. The same studies show that the charge fluctuates and have given some indica- tion of the universal time schedule of these changes. I{itty: `Is this really a live-hor e- powar boat, Tom?" Tom: "Yes." Ihitty; "Well, then, I guess it ought to hold two people" Latest News Printed in Paper While It Is Being Delivered London.—Somethiug new to Lon- doners in the way of fast delivery' of late news to readers has been accom- plished by the London evening news- paper, Tho Star, which is regularly operating a "Stop Press" printing es- tablishment in its largest delivery van. Tho equipment comprises a com- plete composing frame and type oases, and a suction -ted printing machine capable of printing anything up to three 30 -line news items at a Filmed up to 10,000 copies an hour. - News items are 'received by radio from the offices of The Star and aro set-up and run off in the . so-called blank "fudge column" as fast as they are received. The printing can be done as the van is rushing deliveries to the more distant suburbp, but It Is More customary to Install the Van outside big horse -race, football, or other sports meetings, enabling the spectators as the meeting breaks up to buy Loudon papers with the very last -second news in them. The van is also equipped with a special amplifier and two public ad- dress loud -speakers through which broadcast microphone announcements can be made. Chief Purposes of Craft. London—Plying boats which aro said to be faster than any others in the world of equal size and pay -load 1 carrying ability, and which •havq been ' designed and constructed iu the cue- ; 'binary secrecy with which the Brit, I -ish Air Ministry surrouuds all of, its developments, are being suceesefully flown 'by British operators, Possible future military necessity is, seen 13 the purpose for' wbich the craft have been produced. Coastal de- fense and long-range protection for trade routes are said to be the main objects behind the use of these new flying boats, while as civil aircraft they give increased comfort and great- er carrying, capacity. One of Lhe new service types of this design built by Short Brothers, ot Rochester, has four Rolls-Royce water- cooled engines developed as a result et the experience gained in last year's Schneider Trophy race. They are ma- chines of exceptional size, having many gunners' positions, and yet aro easier to handle and faster than some of the single -seater fighters now used by the Royal Air Force. The engines are mounted intandem, the front motor driving tractor air screws, while the rear' one drives Pusher propellers. The civil 'ma- chines of this type also have Pour en- gines and a commodious cabin and are much larger than the cabin .flying boats which heretofore have been in general use on the water airlines of Imperial Airways. Britain already has established a definite lead in Europe for large -size flying boats and these new ships are Iikely to increase the lead. Mean- while, an invention which, it is said, is capable, of increasing"the spend of planes which are fitted with radial type engines is now being mounted on the standard planes of the Royal Air Force. The invention is an adaptation of the Townsend ring, used during the war. et was first tried in model form in comprehensive wind tunnel teats and Is said to have added twenty-five miles an hour to the top speed of Planes. These results were borne out when the ring was adapted to full scale planes. The device consists of a 'wider ring air -foil of cambered sections which completely encircles the radial .engine. The purpose of this is to keep the flow' of air past ..ho projecting cylinder heads smooth and close to the body of the plane. Without the ring the air flow becomes broken and fortes num- erous eddies. These eddies increase the drag or resistance, thus reducing the speed. In the full-scale tests it was found that 27 per cent, iess•power was needed to thrive a plane at 145 utiles an hour with the new ring than without it, London Air Traffic Has One -Way Route Air Ministry Takes Steps to Prevent Plane Collisions London—The air over London has become so crowded that the Air Mlnis- try has issued one-way traffic regul- ations. They affect virtually the en- tire Loudon flying area, and include Hanwodth, Staglane, Northolt and Her- mondsworth Aerodromes. The nor- mal flight between Hellon and Han- worth takes but a few minutes, and the distance is only three and one - hall miles, but the new one-way route necessitates a trip of thirty-five miles. Captain V, H. Baker, Chief Pilot at the Heston Airport, said the ruling cer- tainly will be a safeguard in bad weather, Air Ministry olilcials stat- ed that it was essential to avoid the possibility of frequent collisions. :lags Have 1. ramps As Well As Hearts? Whether animals think and reason has long been a moot question. Most naturalists now aro of the opinion that the so-called lower animals have a limited capacity to think and reason and that their minds differ from those of human beings merely in degree and not in kind. It is the high develop- ment of man's brain that separates 1t from that of the ape, the horse and the dog. Many animals show considerable Intelligence in certain matters, especially in obtaining food and escaping from enemies. Instinct experienced through many generations, plays a much larger part in animals than it does in humau beings, and rea- soning capacity varies in different individuals and different species of anmals just as .it does in different in- dividuals ntlividuals and different species of man- kind. That the dog possesses an im- agination and can picture mentally absent objects is incticatett by his grief over the 1039 Of 1111 t eeler 21 his capacity to dreaii:t. ' delleidee. able degree of intelligence is exorcis- ed when •the baboon throws a missile at an intruder and when the elepbani breaks off a twig and uses it for a ill brush. Reeetlt exjrefiments ludic, that crows in the wild state Iia 'e the ability to count up to three or tour, A friend is a person who keeps CM laughing at our stale jokes-