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y. S. Continues to Sell Ships Abroad:
ShipYords Still Idle os Strike Holds

During the past week, the u. S.
maritime commission made the
following announcements with re-
gard 70 transactions involving
American ships for sale to aliens
with transfer to foreign registry.
Approval granted - Texaco.
transferred by the Texas Co. Of
New York TO a subsidiary company
under Psnamanian registry; CALI
fornian and HISTORIAN. sold by
the American-Hswaiian Steamship
Co. with transfer TO British regis
try; Marsvsl. privately owned
yacht sold and transferred to
Newfoundland registry; F. d.
Underwood. Edward Z. Loomis
and Milwaukee. freighters of the
Grant Iron & Metal Co. OF De-
troit. sold to q Canadian concern
with registry transferred; Corsair,
yacht OF J. p. Morgan, sold and
transferred to British registry.
Applications still pending Sea
salvor. San Francisco tug. to
British registry; Southern Seas,
yacht owned by Panama Always.
Inc. transfer to Panamanian
registry without sale; Louisiana,
transfer by the Texas Co. of New
York to . subsidiary company
under Panamanian registry: West
kedron. J. II. Winchester 4 Co.
Of New York, to British registry;
Kainalu. Matson Navigation Co,
to British registry; San vincente,
States Steamship Co., to Philip
pine registry; Ramona. Ramona
Steamship Co. of Seattle, to Pan
amanian registry; American
oriole. American Foreign Lines, to
British registry: Clearwater. Great
Lakes Carbon Corporation, TO
British registry.
sHIPYARD STRIKE CONTINUES
No progress was reported FRI
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Idaho Dean Appointed
Presbyterian Official

PORTLAND Appointment Of
DR.. James Millsr. dean Of religious
education at the College Of Idaho,
AZ field representative In Oregon
and Washington for the Presby-
terrain board OF Christian educa-
ton was announced here today.
He succeeds DIR. Walter l. Van
Mugs. retired, who served for 20
years.
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Exchanges, Swaps
BY Lichty

TRADE 80 Chev: 81 Olds.: 80 PIvm-
outh or repair work for furniture.
1898 jefferson
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New First Pull Last
Moon Quarter Moon Quarter
June 8 June "a juno 10 June ~
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CLEAN hskrg. rms. and sleeping rms,
90 wk. up McChord. l007ia Pacific.
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CALENDAR
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
OF WATER DISTRICT

FOR
OF WATER DISTRICT
Notice Il hereby given that sPE-
CIAL ELECTION will be held on
June 40. le4o. for the pur,
pose of voting upon the question OF
OF water district TO be
known and designated as the WICK
RY-PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WA
TER DISTRICT" and for the election
OF three water district commissioners
TO hold offices for the terms of one
two and three years. and until thetI
respective successors are elected and
qualified.
The boundaries OF said proposed
water district. as finally adopted. are
described as follows. to-wit.
Beginning at the East y cor
ner OF Section 2. Township 10
North. Range 3 East W. NJ. which
II at the intersection OF Gehring
and Knapp Roads.
Thence East along the South
limits OF Sawyer and Bowen's
Amendatory Addition TO the In
tersection of the East line OF the
West \ OF the Northwest !. Sec
ton |, Township 10 North.
Range East:
limits of Sawyer and Bowen's
Amendatory Addition. 10 the In
tersection OF Township line 10
North and Sawyer Street:
Thence North TO the Northeast
corner OF Southwest of the
Northwest "a OF Section 30.
Township 40 North, Range 3
East:
Thence West to the Northwest
corner OF the Southwest J. OF the
Township 20. North. Range .
Thence West TO the NV cor
ner OF swL of NEA OF Section
IS. Twp. 40 North. Range 3 Z.
W. M;
Thence South along the East
limits of the waller Road TO the
intersection with South corner
of Section IS. Township 40 North.
Range ; East and Mueller Mahan
County Road:
Thence South along the east
limits of waller Road 10 the in
tersection with center OF Section
2. Township 10 North. Range 3
East. W. NJ. and Knapp Road.
Thence East TO the point of
beginning"
The above described district II
within the boundaries %
Grant precinct. a rural precinct OF
Pierce County. Washington.
Polls will be open from one O'Clock
p. NJ. 70 eight O'Clock p. NJ. on said
Saturday. June 2eth. 1870.
The polling place will be:
Dean Harrington Residence.
Goth and Knapp Road on viekery
Dated ct Tacoma. Washington. thi;
10th dsy OF May. 1910.
(Signed) q. n. MELTON.
Chairman OF the Board OF County
Commissioners.
(Signed) THOR c. TOLIEFSON.
Prosecuting Attorney
(Signedl s. CLIFFORD DAVIS,
County Auditor and Secretary OF
PIERCE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF VESSELS
NAME.
Notice Is hereby given that undel
the Act of Congress approved Febru
airy 10 1870 and In pursuance o
authority granted by the Director o
the Bureau OF Marine Inspection ant
Navisation on the application of II. o
Foss. secretary OF The Foss Launch
A. Tue Company. owner. the name o
the oil screw HUSTLER. lis gros
tons. official number 726722. has beer
changed to EDITH FOSS.
SAUL HAAS.
Collector OF Customs.
Seattle. Washington,
May ~. 1910.
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PORTER APARTMENTS. newly dec
grated Broom apartment; adults.
35th and Mckinley ave.
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SHIPPING ACTIVE HERE

Shipping maintained brisk
pace In Tacoma's harbor as the
week approached its close, with
seven vessels on berth Friday and
another due before night. and three
more arrivals expected Saturday.
The eight ships OF Fridays
roster comprised vessels which had
arrived over the holiday, several
Of which remained idle for the oc-
casion.
Those due Saturday included the
new government-built Grace Line
carrier Flying Cloud. on berth here
for South America, which will lift
a large consignment Of sacked
flour. lumber and general mer-
chandise.
The freighter w. r. Keever, en-
gagged regularly in the Northwest
Gulf trade. although scheduled for
Saturday arrival, Is believed 10 be
en- route here for berthing Friday
p. m. She brings cargo of
sulphur for discharge at Shaffer
No. / before proceeding to load
lumber at local mills.
The steam-schooner West Coast
called the Cornelia on her last
voyage here's slated to lift full
cargo OF Tacoma lumber commence
ing with her arrival Saturday.
PORT CALENDAR
Vessels In Port: Montanan,
Baker: Workman. ST. Paul mill;
F. Mccormick, Sperry;
Amur. smelter: James Griffiths.
smelter: Onomea. Defiance mill;
Heian Maru, Port piers.
Vessels Due: Friday p. M,
Milwaukee No. 2. Sat
urday: Flying Cloud. sperry: w.
r. keever. Shaffer No. 1; West
Coast, Harbor mill.
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Wanted 10 Buy

aAGS-Bring them to 2ls So. 23d st.
We pay SC ID. Main 1858.
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LOST? Don't Despair;
Try o Lost" Ad
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BROOKS-Thoughtfu and kind ex-
pressions OF sympathy from our
friends In our recent bereavement
are gratefully acknowledged and
deeply appreciated. lSignedD
MRS. JESS BROOKS and Family.
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Special Notices

WILL not be responsible for any
debts contracted by anyone other
than myself. Harry W, Diseth. $500
East X.
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PEA PICKERS wanted. NJ. CASH
Rt. /. Box 76e, Puyallup. Inquire
Firwood store.
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FOuR-ROOM house, furnished, ais
per month. Inquire downstairs.
1851 So. Tacoma ave
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St&At y univ - sAAtA - etts~ .
washington's forecast - Light
showers Friday night and Satur-
day: cooler in the extreme east
portion Friday night: moderate
southerly wind off the coast; light
southerly wind over inland waters
Of the state.
Rainfall in Tacoma for the "a
hours ending at 8 a. m. Friday.
SO inch: since May l. 2.72 inches,
an excess of go inch: since Jan. !,
1900 inches, shortage of SO
inch.
Wind at s a. m. Friday, north
east 3 m.p.h.; barometer at 1924
and rising steadily .05.
Sun rises at 4:1s a. m. Satur-
day and sets at 1857 p. m.
Tacoma's weather on May 81,
1899 - Fartly cloudy, no rain,
maximum temperature 50 degrees
and minimum ~. Highest wind
velocity IL m.p.h. from the north.
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furnished Houses for Rent

COMPLETELY furnished modern five
rooms. fireplace, double garage,
Gardenville, s25 Main so45
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ga ACRES. improved; small house,
furnished complete; fine garden.
Write Q-5. Times.
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1918 FAWCETT-3-room house. fur
nished; garage; adults. 4-room un-
furnished flat
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Five ROOMS. ESQ month. s5Ss
South L.
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EOUND-Child's heavy horned rim
med GLASSES. Sixth Avenue dis
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5 ROOMS, furnished. near Jason Lee !
$500 Hendry. MA il02 MA 7223.
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KEYSTONE APARTMENT HOTEL.
Single apartments, close in, $40,
&12. 72lh Commerce,
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Situations Wanted. Male
Situations Wanted, Female

FLOWING. grading. excavatine. gen.
eral teaming done. BR 47i5.
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unfinished Apartments

VERY nice 4-room apartment. just
modernized. 1910 So. 23rd, MA 683s.
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EXPERIENCED colored girl. 10. wants
housework or care OF children, ref
erences Main 6e2e. evenings
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2ao2 NORTH 7TH. Z rooms. hsths
ADULT. 1850. Agents. BR Ass.
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SINGLE housekeeping rooms: clean.
coy. All utilities furnished, walk
ing distance. 236 Broadway.
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Pets, Dogs. Birds. Etc.

TRADE-B SELL with Times Want
Ads. DORA z. MccALEB. 1926 No
33d St. call at The Tacoma Times
office for two free tickets To the
Temple theater. 5-3i-4
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Unfinished Houses for Rent

TWO ACRES, seven-room house,
chicken house. small barn. brooder
house, woodshed, garage, IS fruit
trees. s25 month. 6605 East B.
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oST-Sleeping bag between Univer-
sity Place and Sixth and Proctor.
Reward. Finder please notify J. d.
Elliott. Proctor 3053-R.
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COOMCY Transfer and Storage.
- We offer fast. courte-
MA 3ll9 Gus. responsible service
at minimum prices.
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CLEAN one. two and three-room
apartments, $40 up. 1912 South
Yakima.
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THREE-ROOM house, garage, chicken
coop. garden spot, cheap. Inquire
Edgewood store
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OST GLASSES advertised without
charge Call Caswell Optical Co
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ONE male and female. 5-months-old
pointer pups. l2l 6th St, S. W.
Puyallup.
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TALKING PARRoTs-PET SUPPLY.
746 Pac.. MA 1921: open ewes TO
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THOMPSON APARTMENTS - Three
rooms with private bath. 806
South Yakima.
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WAKEFIELD Apartments-l and
rooms furnished. 1851 Tao. Ave.
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COCKER puppies reasonable. Sired by
Wadsworth Pepper. 1910 North 10th,
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NICE light rooms. private bath: suit
able for two. Alb So. X ST.
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NICELY FURNISHED. heated apart
ment; suitable for two: reasona BILE.
704 So. Yakima.
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fMPERIAL-Clean apis; hot and cold
water. ol9h So Yakima
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-07-25
Britain Keeping Watch
For Modern Mata Hari

LONDON.-Great Britain is keep.
ing a close watch these days for a
modern Mata Hari.
British soldiers are warned to ''be.
ware Of woman spies at dances"
"She" may, or may not be, Mata
Hari, they are told by commanding
officers at many camps and bar.
racks. The British Tommy attends
lectures on the danger of German
woman agents, and is told that most
Of the suspected women operate in
the London area.
He is told that the "spies" circu-
late in small hotels and dance halls
in the suburbs close to the homes
Of soldiers on leave and some have
joined the air raid precaution serv-
ices. 1t is understood that there are
$4,000 women Of German birth free
in England.
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New Orleans Air Conditioning

New Orleans, city built on wood
pilings, may cave in on itself while
trying to keep cool, according to
Charles Evan Fowler, a widely
known building expert and consult
ing engineer. Shallow wells in the
business district are constantly
pumped for air-cooling purposes,
Fowler said. He added that this
eventually will lower the water Ia
BILE under the city's area and cause
wood pilings, which serve as sup
port for some Of the largest build
ings, to rot. Already one large build
ing has had to be underpinned be-
cause of sinking. Fowler, author of
some 30 books on engineering, made
a survey across Lake Pontchartrain
for a proposed 24-mile causeway. He
issued designs for reinforced con-
crete pilings Of four, eight. and IL
vanes, the last having an increased
geometrical ratio Of FRACTIONAL pow
er over the first. Increased fric-
tional power. Fowler explained,
means increased supporting power.
GET WISE. WANT ADVERTISE
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Real Income of American
Up IL Cents on Dollar

MINNEAPOLIS. - The real in.
come" Of the average American or
January ! was IL cents on the dollar
higher than on January l, 1899, the
monthly income study by Investors
Syndicate reveals.
Cash income was Is cents on the
dollar higher than year ago, large.
ly in reflection of food of dividend
payments-extras, increases, re.
sumptions-all of which came as the
result of higher corporate earnings
and attesting to the proftableness
of the 1889 industrial upswing, the
syndicate said.
Food prices, always major item
in living expenditures, declined two
cents on the dollar, the syndicate
added. but total living costs were
up three cents from the correspond.
ing 1889 level.
These food quotations, the syndi
cate pointed out, are for December
however, and therefore do not rep
resent changes in price levels tina
took place in the last week or so il
fresh fruits and vegetables followin.
a series of successive cold wave.
that swept over the Southland, leav
ing dead and injured crops in theil
wake"
Real income" is an average rela
tive figure of income and outgo de
signed to show how the cost of living
affects the adjusted dollar income.
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PAGE SEVEN

Albert Quistorff, Mrs. Hugh Hoes
sly and Marcella Magnuson visited
Monday evening with Emil Quis-
torff and family.
Marcella Magnuson and Bert
Puariea visited the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. c. M. Magnuson,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hultgren
and daughter, Blanche, and Gust
Anderson were Sunday afternoon
visitors at the Fred Hultgren home,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hector, 10.
ann and Charles and Mrs. B. Hec-
tor visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Hultgren Thursday evening.
Miss Beverly Ireland is employed
at the Mike Ahrens home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hultgren
and daughter, Blanche, visited at
the latter's sister, Mrs. George
Flynn, at Osakis.
Bill Herdlicke was a Saturday
overnight guest and visited Sunday
with Arnold Quistorff.
Albert, Orville, John and Marcel
la Quistorff were callers on Mrs.
G. M. Magnuson Sunday afternoon.
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Fairy Lake News

Mrs. G. M. Magnuson and daugh-
ter, Marcella, visited from Wednes-
day until Saturday with her sister
in-law, Mrs. Sophie Germundson, at
st. Paul.
John Quistorff visited with his
brother, Albert Quistorff, Sunday
evening.
Miss Shirley Magnuson visited
with Miss Phyllis Neal from Sat-
urday until Wednesday.
Mrs. Mike Ahrens and family Wis
tied with Mrs. George Sukke and
family, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard johnson
and family, Bill Herdlicke and Ar.
mold and Marcella Quistorff visited
Thursday evening at the c. M. Mag,
nuson home.
Gerhard Johnson was a caller on
George Sukke Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff are
the proud grandparents of a six
pound baby girl which was born
Sunday, July 14th. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Trierweiler. Mrs. Quistorff is Wis
iting with her daughter, Mrs. Trier-
weller, and she said mother and
baby are doing nicely.
Joe Stanswyck visited with
Charles Magnuson Sunday.
Percy Forest was a caller on Bill
Herdlicke Wednesday evening.
Beverly Ireland was an overnight
guest with Marcella Quistorff Tues,
day.
Gerhard Johnson and sons called
on Mr.. Hooper Sunday.
| Mrs. George Sukke and family
were business callers at Long Prai.
RE Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes Hoessly, Or
vile and Shirley Magnuson, Bever
ly Ireland, Bill Herdlicke and AL
bert Quistorff enjoyed a fish fry
at the Emil Quistorff home Sunday
evening. .t..a.
Bill Herdlicke helped Arnold
Quistorff shock grain a few days
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Norton
! anu ldIilly, Dill I1cIuuChc, Aiuci'
Quistorff, Raymond and Art Warn,
err, Adrian Johnson, Johnny Du.
Bots, Joe Stanswyck, A. M. Bird.
sell and Evelyn and Bernice
Thompson and Donald Emblom
helped Charles Magnuson celebrate
his birthday Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sukke and
family visited with their relatives
at Fergus Falls last Sunday. y
Mrs. Mike Ahrens was caller
on Mrs. G. M. Magnuson Sunday
Arnold Quistorff helped Orville
Magnuson put up hay Monday.
Sidney Engle, who has been en-
ployed at the Mike Ahrens home
is now staying at home.
William, Muriel and Gerald John
son visited Thursday afternoon
with Richard Ireland.
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Dangerous Devices
Hit by Drug LaaU
Quick Action Stops Sale of
Quack Corrections.

WASHINGTON. - The food and
drug administration Of the depart
ment Of agriculture reports that en-
forcement of the food, drug and
cosmetic act of 1888 drove several
dangerous cosmetics, drugs and de-
vices from the retail markets last
year.
Quick action was directed against
the widespread sale of dangerous
eyelash dyes, "slenderizing" prep
arations and many misbranded
medicines.
The administration reports that its
investigators seized the products of
several eyelash dye manufacturers
and that tests made of many war
ranted prosecution. Some were
found to contain dangerous ammon-
iacal silver salts, phyrogallol and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
AS it had given advance warning
Of its attitude toward sales of "slen-
derizing" preparations containing
dinitrophenol or equally dangerous
dinitrocresol, the administration
was unable to find any interstate
traffic in the sale of the compounds.
The report points out that since
the 1888 act provides for the inves-
tigation Of applications for all new
drug products before they are Of.
fered for sale, there will be no re-
enactment Of the tragic "elixir of
sulfanilamide" case. It's manufac-
turer pleaded guilty in two federal
courts to charges that it was poi
sonous and was fined a total of
$26, 100.
In its report, the administration
states that the only proved cases
OF botulism were traced to under
processed, home-canned foods.
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New Scientific Device
Records Heat of SUI

DR.. John D. Strong, California In
stitute of Technology physicist, has
utilized a newly invented optical
pyrometer to record accurately the
temperature on the face of the sun.
According to him that temperature
is approximately 1880 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The pyrometer, DR.. Strong ex-
planned, measures the heat thrown
of from the sun by recording the
intensity Of its light waves. Hereto
fore this was impossible until the
physicist introduced the principle of
the infra-red ray in his pyrometer.
With the aid Of these invisible rays,
1t Is possible to gauge accurately
the intensity of the light rays given
off by the sun.
"Once we have captured the in
tensity Of light of the suns rays it is
quite simple to measure-by COM
pairing with previously proved for
mulas-the degree Of heat existing
at its source" DR.. Strong said.
The optical pyrometer used in the
experiments is similar to that used
to measure the heat of molten steel.
In the steel industry the variously
colored heat waves record the tenn
perature Of the molten steel when
viewed with an optical pyrometer.
DR.. Strong made his measurements
OF the SUMS heat by gauging the in
tensity of infra-red rays emitting
from the sun.
DR.. Strong found several other
interesting facts concerning ozone
heat that are much closer to home.
Experiments with the new pyrom-
eter revealed that the official wealth
err bureau temperature is not uni
versal throughout the area in which
the temperature is taken.
For instance, the physicist found
that when the official Fahrenheit
reading was 72.5 degrees, it was 87.8
degrees on the ground, 1913 degrees
on the surface Of oak trees and 81 q
degrees on the south walls of build.
ings.
The sun temperature test regis
tered heat 1900 degrees hotter
than that recorded by a thermo.
couple attached to the 100-inch
Mount Wilson observatory telescope.
1t is the first time that scientists
have been able to check accurately
this intense heat.
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Measuring Lights Speed
Is Basic Scientific Study

Next to the final week of your va
cation the fastest moving thing in
the known universe is light, which
has velocity in round numbers of
1860 miles a second.
Scientists measured the speed Of
light about $50 years ago, but they
keep on measuring it even today be-
cause improvements in technique
keep on making it possible to do
a more exacting job Of measuring.
Science has good reasons for want
ing to know the speed Of light within
the precision Of a gnats eyebrow.
1t is the very cornerstone Of no end
Of basic, practical researches in 9TH
er branches Of science.
The more precisely the scientists
refine their experimental determine
lions Of the velocity Of light the
more trouble they get themselves
into. For it begins to appear that
possibly light itself has no fixed We
locity.
The whole perplexing question has
been reviewed in Scientific Ameri-
can by Douglas w. F. Mayer, a
physicist. Twelve years ago a Lon
don scientist named Gheury de Bray
assembled all the results of all the
determinations Of lights velocity
previously made, and pointed out
that these indicated that every year
light seemed to move about three
miles second slower. When deal
ing with such small amounts as
only three miles in 1866 it is ex-
tremely difficult to make sure that
the changes noted were not due
merely to imperceptible variations
in the method Of measurement.
Therefore, the question hangs fire
today-with the feeling among sci
entists that If future tests substan-
tate the suspicion that the speed Of
light, long supposed to be the most
fixed thing in the whole universe, is
not absolutely fixed, they will once
more have to start all over again
and revise q large part Of science.