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The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

E. J. Baton arrived in Peters burg during the week.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Paul Tveten returned to Pe-
 tersburg from Seattle where he has been attending the Univer- sity of Washington. He took pas sage on the Aleutian to Ketchi- kan and from that port came to
 Petersburg on one of the Ranger boats.
 Mrs. Shepard of Seattle is T
 local visitor. Fred Waller arrived in Peters :
 burg from the Capital City. R. D. Baker Of Seattle has
 been in town for several days. c. H. Milton is a recent arriv-
 al in Petersburg. -X- Born to MT. and Mrs. Frank |JameS a hahv girl. Wednesday
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Mrs. Louis Wick and Mrs. Chris Wick will be hostesses at the next
 Tuesday meeting of the Com munity League. Weather per- mitting the League will have a
 bon fire on Reservoir Hill in the
 evening.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Ellen Jackson, who has been in the federal tubercular sanita- rum. returned here this wee.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17
PLASTIC SURGERY

If you want to look twenty years younger, come to Dr. A. Brown Kearsley, Wrngell, Alaska
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

FORE SALE-2O-ft. gasb0at with 8 horsepower Regal engine also folding gasoline camp stove Inquire the Bureau School.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Dick Burch an dole Johnson put up the first sockeye pack of salmon in this district. This was only for personal consumption and not for commercial use.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

R. D. Baker Of Seattle has been in town for several days.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Loren Sisson, Mrs. W. J. Sisson and Betty Sisson of Seattle were registered at the Arctic Hotel.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Mrs. Garner, of West Peters burg, was over for the day, We'd nesday.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Mrs. Daisy Peters, (nee Daisy Jackson) has been a mighty sick girl in the Juneau hospital.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

w. B. Chapman of Straits Is land was in port for 3 few days.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Herve Jorgenson who has been with c. o. Parks on Coney Island, is now employed at the Knutsen Brothers Sawmill accroSs the NarroWS.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

U. s. Deputy Marshal and Mrs. lC. V Brown returned from Ju- neau this week.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

MT. and Mrs. F H. Buttner and Miss Elsie Craig of San Francis co are visitors in Petersburg during the time thelr daughter is in the Petersburg Hospital for surgical care.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Fred Waller arrived in Peters burg from the Capital City.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Frank Preuschoff of Lung Is land was in for mail and SUD- plies.
The Alaskan., 1932-06-17

Oscar Nicholson returned from Seattle where he went to line out plans for the operation of a cannery in the Petersburg dis trict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
SEARCHERS WHO
SEIZED WOMAN
ARE RELEASED
Girls School EmpIoye RuI-
ing Withheld by Judge on
Husbands Charges.

Two employees of the Indiana
Girls school appeared before Mu-
cipial Judge William H. Sheaffer
today on assault and battery
charges filed by Harry Metzler, r.
R. l, Box n, Bridgeport, Ind,
whose wife was seized by one Of the
men Tuesday night while they
were searching for a girl escaped
from the school,
Judgment was withheld by
Sheaffer in the case Of Floyd Muir
dock, o. who admitted grabbing
Mrs. Celia Metzler as she and her
daughter, Bernice, II, were walk
ing on the Rockville road near
Stop 61a. Charges against Oba
Farmer, SO, who was with Muir
dock, were dismissed.
Runs to Wife's Rescue.
Metzler, who operates a filling
station on the road, ran to the
rescue of his wife when he heard
her screaming for help. Armed with
knife, he forced Murdoch to re-
lease Mrs. Metzler and held the
two men until arrival of deputy
Sheriffs.
Murdoch, who admitted that neither
he nor Farmer had credentials to
prove their authority, said they be-
gan the search when 17-year- old
girl was reported to have escaped
from the school. Both were dressed
roughly and gave no warning as they
leaned from their automobiles, Mrs.
Metzler charged.
Runs Screaming to House
Murdoch seized Mrs. Metzler while
Farmer darted toward Bernice, who
ran screaming to a nearby house.
Mrs. Metzler struggled with the
man. screaming for her husband
Farmer was dismissed for lack of
evidence when Mrs. Metzler and her
daughter testified that he did not
modest them.
A woman whose name was not
learned testified that the two men
were employees of the school and
that it was their duty to search
roads near the school when prison.
ers escaped. She said Farmer has
been employed ten years and Muir
dock three years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
UNCLE SANS
NEW TAXES
WHERE THEY HIT YOU
AND HOW!
This is the eighth of twenty daily
irticIes explaining the new federal taxes.
BY ROBERT TALLEY
NEA Service Writer
Copyright. 1882, NEA SERVICE. Inc.)

Copyright. 1882, NEA Service, lne)
A RE you an outdoor sportsman
IA who likes the woods and wa
tiers?
Hunter or fisherman or yachts
man, you now must pay tax to
Uncle sam to help him balance his
budget under the new 1882 revenue
law
There now is a 10 per cent sales
tax on firearms and all ammuni-
ton, 10 per cent tax on fishing
equipment of all kinds Except that
used by commercial fishermen in the
conduct of their business.
If you use a boat more than
twenty eight feet long you must now
pay tax of so much a year for use
of said boat; if you rather would be
economical and paddle your own
canoe, you will find 10 per cent
federal tax on canoe paddles.
Except for the tax on the use Of
boats, all these taxes are manufac-
turers excise taxes, which the
manufacturer adds to his sale price
and which usually are passed on to
the ultimate purchaser.
The annual license tax on boats is
$40 on those of from % to so feet
in length, $40 on those from so to
100 feet, 500 from 100 to $50 feet,
$3.50 from $50 to 200 feet, 5000 for
200 feet and over.
This applies to the use Of every
kind of pleasure boat and is ex-
pected to yield 100000 a year.
Using very modest prices, let's
see what a fisherman would pay in
tax on a new outfit: Figure his rod
and reel at $40, half dozen cast
ing bats at Sc, a fly rod at $40, a
reel for the same at 50, flies at 81
and tackle at IS.
That's total of $35, on which the
tax is 10 per cent of the manu-
facturer's sale price, though many
merchants collect it on the basis
of the retail price.
The hunter pays about $25 for
a double-barrel shotgun, on which
the tax is 10 per cent. On days
hunt, he may shoot box of shells
which cost him about 81 and on
which the tax is also 10 per cent.
Apparently, Uncle Sam doesn't
overlook the gangster, since the tax
on firearms specifically includes ma
chine guns. Pistols and revolvers
are exempt from this tax, since
they are covered by an older tax.
However, the new tax applies to
ammunition for all weapons. Treas
ury experts estimate the new tax on
firearms and ammunition will yield
100000 year.
NEXT: Golf, tennis and other
sporting goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
MACHINE VOTE
SETS PACE IN
MISSOURI RACE
Howell FORCES Into Lead in
Democrat Primary Sem
ator Race.
BIZ Lniled Press

BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-Charles M.
Howell forged into the lead for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator today, with approx
mately one-third of the states
4,2O5 precincts reported in Tues
days primary.
Kansas City, the stronghold of
Thomas J. Pendergast, Democratic
political machine boss, gave How
ell a 10000 lead in that city to more
than blaance Bennett Champ CIark's
early lead from other parts of the
state
Pendergast Candidate Leads
At a. m, 1885 precincts re-
ported from over the state gave :
Howell, 90,702; Clark, 61,414, and
Charles M. Hay, 29,247.
Francis Wilson, Pendergasts cam
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor, took an early
lead and increased it as returns
from 1897 precincts were received.
Wilson has total of 1921 at
3 a. m, while Russell Dearmont was
trailing with 1885. Two other can
didates received only scattered
lew. Most of Wilson's advantage was
gained in Kansas City.
The Republican contest for the
gubernatorial nomination was close,
with the advantage shifting between
Charles U. Becker, present secretary
OF state, and Edward H. Winter,
Lieutenant-Go Governor.
Ex-Mayor Out in Front
Becker lost an early lead; returns
from 1,161 precincts gave Winter
36,474 and Becker 34498.
Henry w. Kiel, former st. Louis
mayor, appeared to have a decisive
lead over the field for the Repub-
lican nomination for United States
senator.
Returns from 1901 precincts gave
Kiel 1896 while Robert j. Kratky
and Dewey Short, college professor,
virtually we're tied for second,
Kratky with 1859 and Short with
1906.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
RAPS PooRHoUSE PLAN

Cost of Old Age Pensions Much
Less, Says Speaker Here.
Maximum cost of old age pensions
in California can not exceed 81 a
day per pensioner, but Marion
country pays $3.50 month for
each poorhouse inmate, William H.
Jackson said in addressing a Fiji
tenth ward meeting of the Liberty
party held Tuesday night at the
home of Lee Mayweather, 1923
North fremont street.
A Marion county meeting will be
held tonight in the assembly room
of the English.
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HIGH SPOTS OF WEDNESDAY
NIGHTS PROGRAM.

6;45-Columbia-,Colonel stoopnagle
and Budd.
7OO-Columbia-Guy Lombardo and
orchestra; Burns and Allen.
NBC (WEAF) - Jewellers:
countess Albani.
7:3O-NBC (WJzl-George Olsen's
orchestra and Jack Benny.
COLUMBIA-Crim Club, EFT.
Terror Murders" Part 2.
8:00-Columbia-R Etting and
Shllkret's orchestra.
NBC (WEAF) Corn Cob Pine
Club of Virginia.
6:t5-C u m i a - Adventures in
Health, DR.. Herbert N, Bum
desen.
8;30-Columbia-Isham Jones and or
chestra.
MIC (WJZ)-Tish "Tish Sees
Her Duty"
e:15-NBC CWJz)-Cesare Sodero
and concert orchestra.
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BANK AGENT, MISSING
WITH $4,000, FOUND
Richmond Man Is Held in Jail at
Forsyth, Mo.

Richmond Man Is Held in Jail at
Forsyth, Mo.
By United Press
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug, 3-Joe
N. West, who disappeared from
Richmond Monday night with $10,-
900 of funds from the American
Trust and Savings bank, of which
he was liquidating agent, is in jail
at Forsyth, Mo, authorities were
informed today.
West was found wandering, APP
parently dazed, about fancy county,
Mo, the telegram here said. The
auto in which he left Richmond was
found near Forsyth,
Thomas G. Inwood, deputy bank
examiner, who is examining the
banks records, said the $4,000 was
all that was found missing Bank
officials said Vests surety bond
would cover any loss that might be
sustained.
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In response to requests, Kate Smith
will offer an all-Irish program in her
broadcast over WFBM and the Column
bia network Wednesday, at $3.50 D. m.
Her numbers will include my Wild Irish
Rose" Mother Machree" and "And
They Called 1t Ireland" She will be ac-
cOmpanied by Nat BrusiIoff's orchestra.
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Fishing the
Air

singin' Sam will ask and answer the
question. Where Did Tosti Go When He
Wednesday, from 6:15 to $50 p. M, over
WFBM and the Columbia network Singin'
Sam also will take from his book of
memories Il Wanna Count Sheep"
Home" and Roses of Picardy."
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George Burns and Oracle Allen. who
have. learned about scenarios as a result
OF the pairs recent trip to Hollywood,
wlli enact the roles in a detective"
script when they appear with Guy Lom-
bardo's Royal Canadians over WFBM and
the Columbia network Wednesday, at
Never Be the Same,'' "Tell-Tales" and
Song of India"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
ANNOUNC MEMS
Death Notices

\
CARR, THOMAS A.-Beloved husband Of
Hannah Courtney Carr. passed away
Tuesday. Aug. 2. 1:20 a. m. age as
years. Funeral services at residence. s34
Elm St, Friday. SIS a. m. at St. Pat
ricks Church. 9 a. m Friends invited.
Burial Holy Cross cemetery. VIM. E.
KRIEGER IN CHARGE.
CONNER, JOHN-Passed away Monday
evening. age AZ yrs, Funeral services
Thursday. $50 a. m, at the residence
of son. VIM. B. Conner. 537 N Bel
mont Ave. and a. m. Holy Trinity
church. Friends invited Burial Holy
Cross. Friends may call at above ad-
dress. CONKLE SERVICE.
DANIELS, DOROTHY-Age 81 years
sister Of Mrs. R. NJ Goodale, Mrs Silas
Ballard. passed away Tuesday. Aug. 2
at a. m. Funeral private on ac-
count of CONTAGIOUS disease at SHIRLEY
BROS. CENTRAL CHAPEL. 946 N Illi-
nois St. Thursday. Aug. 4, 2 p. N.
Burial Grown XIII.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
LEGALS
Legal Auctions and Sales

TO BE SOLD at Auction. August II, for
repair charges amounting to s65 one
Erskine roadster, 1925 model. motor No.
S-F20-224 at Andy's Tire Slope, 1872 W.
S0th st.
TO BE SOLD at Public Auction on August
F TS 1 ss9 oo ddF Na s 6eqy bd
storage amounting to s72 III one Ford
truck. motor No. 1926. held for stor=
aalge. amounting to q, So q one Ford
age amounting to SO. o. one Ford
truck. motor No l496S266, held for stor-
age amounting to S72. ~ one Ford
truck, motor No. l047182l for storage
amounting to S72. (1l one Ford truck,
motor No. l4960277. held for storage,
amounting to So. ~ one Ford truck,
motor No. l4e14S5s, held for storage
amounting to s72. o. P WHEREIN
NER. 81 N. 6th Ave. Beech Grove
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
WLW (7OO) Cincinnati
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY
PM
4;o0-Treasure box fNBCl
415-Melooy three tNBCl
4;30-DandieS of Yesterday fNBC).
4.45-Lovell Thomas tNBCl
S.0O-Amos N Andy tNBCll
5.l5-Josef Cherniavskys orchestra.
5.S0-Bob Newhan
S,4S-Southern singers.
6,00-Blue moments
eil5-Chan6u the Magician.
6.So-Melooy moments tNBC.
1.00-1sland Boat Club dance (NBCl.
l,30-Canada Dry tNBCl
s,o0-Quarter hour of loneliness.
6.l5-Absorbine program tNBC)
S.SO-Banos Of distinction
6;45-Mike and Herman.
9.00-Zero hour.
s;30-Ihreesome and organ.
S.45-Headllnes OF Yesterday.
i0.00-Rancheros
io;So-Moon river slumber music
'00-Deu Coon'S dance orchestra
y -So-Reo Nichols dance orchestra.
1900 Mldnight-Sign OF.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
Legal Auctions and Sales

BIG Auction Friday Aug. 5th. Inspection
of merchandise Thursday, Aug f. BIG
FOUR, UNCLAIMED FREIGHT STATION.
Corner CAPITOL Ave. and South St
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
AutOmOtive Services

AUTOMOBHE-Rep SIS; repairs. re-
build; at new low rates. get esti. Fair
field Ga, 1150 Fairfield. Wa. 5l61.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
LOOK-FRFF

WHY be oyercharged? Have your tires.
batteries fixed by specialists at low
prices. Rear 2217 N CaDitoI Ha 1Q13-W
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
Business Services
Moving. Transfer, Storage

BAND and orchestra instrument repairing:
expert guar work. PEARSON PIANO
co. 1913 Penn Ii 55l3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
Times Ad Will Help Your Lost Riley 1851
ANK0URcEMEKTS
Death Notices


GooDEN. BUENA vIsTA-Age u yrs. be-
loved mother Of Mrs. Luke Smedley. Mrs.
John sechrist. Mrs. Fred A. Clements.
Mrs Robert Cliff and Charles Gooden.
passed away early Tuesday al residence
Of son. 1852 ". Mich. St. Funeral serv-
ices Thursday. z p. m. at CONKLE FL
NERAL HOME. 1884 W Mich. St. Friends
invited. Burial Floral Park. Friends
may call at funeral home after II noon
Wednesday.
PIERCE. CHESTER C.-Beloved husband
Of Marguerite and brother Of Edward
and Charles Fierce, Mrs. Emma Shinn
and Mrs Nina Davee, passed away at
his home, 2i1I West Morris ST.. Tues
day morning Funeral services at the
home. Thursday, Aug 4. at p. N;
Friends invited. Burial at Crown Hill
cemetery.
PREHN, HELMUTH C.-Of 2426 Stuart
St. beloved father Of Alice Prehn, Eli
son. and grandfather of William Ellison
departed this life Tuesday, Aug. 2, age
Y years. Funeral wednesday. Aug; 3
at MOORE & KIRK FUNERAL HOME,
1880 Station St. 1870 D. m. Friends in
vited- Burial Cincinnati. Ohio.
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NEXT: Golf, tennis and other
sporting goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03

IF YOU DON'T FIND what you are look
ing for in the want ads today. it may
be advertised here tomorrow. Read Times
classified ads daily
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-03
HREPRooF STORAGE
Paperhanging and Painting

TIMES WANT ADS make interesting read
ing because interesting bargains Of many
kinds are listed here daily
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rum and unfurn. rms and ants.
houses: fine locations. He. 1898.
IS W. 21ST-2 large connecting rms. well
lighted continuous hot water; PR. ent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-10
PROBE INTO
FREIGHT Rate CASE
State Railroad Commission De-
cIares Record Available
Is insufficient

The state railroad commission has
ordered reopening Of its investiga-
ton into the case to determine
whether intra-state class freight rates
shall be placed on the same basis as
increased rates prescribed by the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
interstate application.
The new rates sought by the rail-
roads would bring about increases av-
eraging about 30 per cent, according
to the North Dakota commission.
Several hearings were held by the
board last December at Bismarck,
Minot, Grand Forks and Fargo, but
the commission has found the record
insufficient to permit an intelligent
disposition of the matter" The date
and place of the reopened hearings
will be set later.
The investigation was begun on the
commissions own motion and covers
all classes and commodities moving In
carload or less-than carload lots in
translate. Grain, grain products,
seeds, livestock, Ignite coal or Ignite
coal briquettes. however, are not in
cluded.
The investigation covers freight
rates, classifications, rules, regula-
tions, charges of practices of rail-
roads serving North Dakota.
"At the hearings already held"
members Of the commission said,
"only a limited number of shipping
and receiving interests appeared and
testified, and their testimony was
largely of a cumulative and specula-
tive nature.
Certain shipping interests did fur
nish the commission with specific
data of the amount Of tonnage ship
ped by rail and by truck, but most
shippers merely testified that while
they were very friendly to the rail-
roads they would be inclined to ship
by truck If the rail rates are in
creased. Some Of the most impor-
tant shipping interests Of North Da-
kota failed to appear at the hearing
and submit any evidence whatsoever.
Defects in the record, from the
carriers standpoint, have been point
ed out to the railroads, and they will
be prepared to furnish additional EVIL
dence at the further hearings"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-10
MANDAN NEWS
Transients Blamed
For Fire in Mandan

TranSients in Mandan are believed
to be responsible for a fire which
damaged a deserted shack on East
Main street at GAS p. m. Thursday.
The fire was extinguished a few
minutes after the Mandan fire de-
partment arrived.
Transients, using the building as q
temporary shelter, are believed to
have started the fire with cast-off
cigarette butts.
approximately 1000 spectators fol-
lowed firemen to the fire. according
to Mike Heidi, chief of the fire de-
partment. He said the crowd ham,
pered his department in extinguish-
ing the flames.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-10
Threshing in Canada
Proceeding Rapidly

Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 10.-R}-
With weather clear throughout the
west and drying winds generally pre-
vailing, threshing operations are in
full swing throughout Canada's three
prairie provinces, says the 14th crop
report of the Canadian Bank of Com
merce. In some parts recent heavy
rains caused some deterioration of
the crop but damage is not expected
to prove heavy.
Manitoba's crop is more than two
thirds threShed. An average yield Of
IL to 20 bushels per acre is expected.
While the northern section of Sas-
katchewan has suffered some damage
from rain and high winds, more than
80 per cent of the crop has been cut
and threshing is proceeding apace
with an estimated average yield of
from 20 bushels per acre in the north
ern most areas to 10 bushels per acre
in the south, which has had less rain
this year.
Alberta reports some frost but very
little damage caused by 1t and, with
IS to IS per cent of the crop already
cut, the estimated average yield is 20
bushels per acre for the whole pro-
vince.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-10
Balloons Make Daily Flights Here
---0BSERVED THROUGH THEODOLITE-..
Enabling Experts to Measure Wind

figures to a man in the bureau every
minute. These figures are placed on
chart and the angles figured out,
preparatory to working out the prob
lem.
When wind velocities and directions
are known for various heights, avia-
tors can be intelligently instructed
regarding the best strata in which to
fly.
The balloon system has been used
here since March /. according to o.
w. Roberts, meteorologist.
Velocity of surface winds still is
figured with the use of the anemome-
ter, the instrument which has four
dippers connected to a main shaft.
The wind rotates the dippers. Through
an electrical connection, the whirling
Of the main shaft indicates the winds
velocity on a graph in the office. The
direction Is determined by q wind
yarle
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-10
District Governor
Speaks to ROtarians

Club policies and problems were
discussed in Mandan Friday when d.
rectors OF the Rotary Club conferred
with DR.. Leal Headley, ninth district
governor of Rotary International.
In the city for an official visit to
the local club. DR.. Headley met with
officers and the board of directors of
the organization at the Lewis and
Clark hotel Friday morning.
AT luncheon following the confer
ence. he spoke on "Selfishness" in
making plea for the support of civic
enterprises for community welfare.
DR.. Headley is dean of the Educa-
ton department of Carlton College.
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Bismarck has become the balloon

Bismarck has become the balloon
center" of North Dakota-with bags
making ascents from the Capital
City three times each day.
The balloons. however, are not
large enough to carry passengers.
Neither are they sent up for the
amusement of children.
They are set loose by the federal
weather bureau here to enable OBJ
servers to determine the direction
and velocity Of the wind at various
levels-mainly for the convenience of
aviators.
With the aid of these balloons
measuring the wind is just a simple
problem in trigonometry.
These balloons, which are two to
four feet in diameter when released,
carry no instruments. AS they
ascend at uniform rate, their
heights can be obtained easily at any
time from the number of minutes
which have elapsed since the bal
looms left the ground.
Observed Every Minute
AS they rise they are observed every
minute. while they remain in sight,
with surveyors transit-theodolite
which indicates the horizontal and
the vertical angles.
From these angles and the COM
puted height. it is possible to draw
a trajectory showing the apparent
path of the balloon. and from this
wind velocity and direction for all
levels Of the atmosphere up to the
plane where the balloon disappears
from view can be determined easily,
since the balloon drifts with the
wind.
Z The bags are sent up at $50 a. m,
1880 a. m. and $50 D. m.
:. They are filled with hydrogen, the
lifting power being 140 grams.
e2 On Top of Bureau
The theodolite is on an open plat
form on top of the weather bureau.
One man observes the balloon
through the theodolite, telephoning