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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

uDN To r1oit up any hiRiN
for tn farmers, though.
First Of all scientific met
genealogical Instruments was an
earthenware vessel devised
1000 years ago TO measure
rainfall. Probably the ancient
Greeks used 70 take II on
picnics; now we call the
Weather Bureau 10 find how
wet we got.
The first wind vane came soon
after. And the wind still is blow
ing.
Maximum wind yelocities
are a problem for the Bureau,
because when the wind h too
strong II blows the cups off
the thermometers, which mea-
sure the air movements. Even
the hats Of Senior Meteorolo-
gists sometimes blow under
cars.
Balloons to measure Yeloclty
and direction Of the wind In the
upper air are sent up from lOZ
stations. The French have sent
balloons up 10000 meters. but 25,-
600 Is the best We can DO IL
doesn't make anybody any warmer
to know II Is colder farther up
but they feel better about H.
Meteorologists usually have
batting average of IS 10 81
per cent correct forecasts But
no meteorOlogist ever headed
off a storm
The most important single fact
for meteorologists 10 remember u
the simplest in the business
weather generally moves from
west to east. Chief trouble Is. We
don't know what 10 do with ths
weather when It gets here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
Youthful Magellan
Experiences Storms
Dwight Long Writes of Perils in
Third Article for Times Readers

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University 81 wsshaxssa sailing he sss k<s~h M wrsr
scae~sHrs>d ~
Pacific ~ M~dr<sNs<aa
starry pest~.
articles. hruE v~a~s ~ hs.1
portion earreaiis under nay. rhis h she laird.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
BUDDHIST SERVICE

The Tacoma Buddhist cents'
will meet Tuesday night Al tns
Buddhist church. i7i7 Faweetl
ave. to study and discuss the sub
ject. Enlightenment and Saliva.
ton"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
Weather Bureau
Starts list Year
First All Scientific Meteorological
Instrument Devised 1000 Years Ago

The United States Weather bureau which maintains
branch in the Fidelity bldg with Fred Myers charge has
just observed its 10th anniversary.
Researchers have found that people "beefed' Just as
much about the weather in the 70s they do in Tacoma
today
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

The coast for the first time and
u was about time
Toward evening we ut into
the gulf stream ard the water wss
very warm. NY thoughts driftei
hack 10 the strenuous days whtrh
followed the hurricane which
wrecked the Idle Hour. I was real.
" lucky 10 b sailing n. same
eost. for weeks after that storm
I didn't think her worth sHivaxina.
SIX boats within half . nils ~
the Ida Hour had broken up iiks
match boxes and we're = total Iaes.
except IN 10 some ~ their hsilsrf
and rigging. In fact the Idle
Hours present mast was renewed
from one Of the wrecks and given
"a me. Americans living outside al
New England never DID realize
the damage done by that hurrt.
cane: seven hundred lives were last
and s4oo, coo.c 900 worth of property
destroyed.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

like TO study weather. sending
In weather data 10 help the
Bureau Weather men get 10
interested In the weather that
even II they could do some
thing about II, they probably
wouldn't
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
Ry DWIGHT LONG

The Idle Hour would make little Roadway down Ambrose
channel and then the coastwsc current would drift back
square the the Narrows Max and the Madas
still bit green about the rls but toward evening the
crew able to take some liquid nourishmcnt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

After soup, fruit juice ard tea
we enlovea fireworks display
over coney island. Incidentally.
| had been In New York City off
and on for six months and tn.
was the closest I ever got 10 this
resort
Next morning the winds con-
tinued very light and the Idle
Hour drif,ed down the Jersey
coast. only 10 be set back At
sunset by the tide toward the
approach 10 New YORK hareor
Again We witnessed Coney isiand's
fireworks. some yachts make
Bermuda during . race IN ~
hours, and here We were sim OFT
New fofk on our second nigh,
out
came the dawn ana the iaie
Hour was enshrouaea IN th'0N
fog. the worst ! han seen since
leaving inc Engiish enanne' the
year oeiore' Fortunately curing
'he hignt y nofsh VINO mao c"ne
up anu We WIRE we" 'o"'n ., W.
pusy appfpsones 70 Nsw '"'A
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r a's VIZ M ~
Squalls OF wind, fog ana rain
drove down on Va, drfunE US
toward the ueacherous coast.
trien pointing ,he laie hour INTO
,he VINO 10 c,a" OFT 'ne shors' ou.
the snort cnoppy seas 's""e'u
our Roadway to zero
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
The Weather Bureau has
gone 10 the trouble Of proving

that when foxes have heavy
coats In the fall IL doesn't
mean a hard winter; II Just
means that any fox with
heavy fur II In good physical
condition. Same with bees and
heavy stores Of honey-just
means they've had a good sum
mer-not that the winter Will
be bad. Animals don't know
as much about the weather a.
the Weather Bureau. and can
do still less about II.
The annual rainfall at Cherra-
punt. India, Is 42s inches. while
the best this country can do ID
13l inches at Olenora, Ore. Death
Valley gets only LAS inches a year.
The Bureau just can't do anything
for Scotty.
World high temperature rec
ord II 1885 degrees In Tripoli,
while Death Valley hasn't
passed 1884 degrees. To cele-
brate the Weather Bureau an
niyersary In 1888 the Their
mometer went to 86 degrees
below zero In Yellowstone
park. The world cold record
IL 1916 degrees below zero at
Nerl<howansk, siberia. Meter
ologists burn just as much
coal as anyone else.
Once II rained III inches in
Campo. Calf. In 50 minutes. and
in Taylor, Texas 231 inches fell
on Sept Q and 10. 1921. Nobody
can do anything about weather
like that
There are about 800 co
operative observers, most Of
them private individuals who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

Meteorologists usually have
n batting average of IS 10 81
per cent correct forecasts. But
no meteorologist ever headed
off a storm
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

AZ sunset the sky cleared and
we were off Atlantic City. Dur
ing the night the wind was al a
minimum but by daylight we got
fair slant on the wind and laft
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Brookings Delays
County Survey Until
After Election
Step Taken to Avoid
Any Possibility Of
Campaign Issue
By BEN H. PEARSE.

The Brookings Institution survey
Of the Montgomery County govern
ment, which has been nearly two
years in the making, will not be
submitted to the Board Of County
Commissioners until after election
day, 1t was learned yesterday.
In order to avoid the possibility
of the report being made a political
issue in any of its phases, as 1t wac
in the election of 1898, institution
officials have decided not to turn
the report, which covers every
phase of the county government,
over to the board until after Nov-
ember 5.
DR.. Lewis Merriam, head of the
institution staff which has been at
work on the survey since November
1898, declined yesterday to reveal
what recommendations would be
made. He said, however, that it was
his recollection that the board men,
bers and officials of the institution
were agreed when the contract for
the survey was signed almost two
years ago that it should be made
public at the proper time.
Report Not Finished.
The report Is being made for the
county board and will be turned
over to the board when completed.
he said. Scheduled for release
early this month, it is not yet
finished due to the illness of two
stan members, he explained. It
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Mother Is Found Guilty
Of Killing Boy, 10
Rx the Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAWAS CITY, Mich, Oct. IL
Mrs. Winnifred Moshier, 34-year-
old farm wife accused of killing q
small boy four years ago because he
threw stones at her COW and called
her names, was convicted OF man.
slaughter tonight by an 1osco
County Circuit Court jury.
The State charged that Mrs.
Moshier, mother of three children
and who faces imprisonment of up
to IS years, had CLAIM 10-year -oid
Bobby Kenyon of Detroit in 1886.
The boys mutilated body was found
in a river.
Several months ago, after the
case long had been listed among
"unsolved crimes. the State an
nounced that neighbor woman
had reported hearing Mrs. Moshler
say she killed the boy. Mrs. Mosh-
ier, in the course Of trial lasting
five days, denied harming Bobby
and repudiated confessions attrib-
uted to her by the State.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Three Washingtonians
Hurt in Freak Mishaps

Three Washingtonians were VIC
tins of unusual accidents yesterday.
Hurvitz Myers, SO, of 724 Otis place
NV, reported that he received in
juries to his spine when a support
strap on streetcar broke and he fell
to the floor He was treated at
Emergency Hospital and transferred
to Mount Alto Hospital.
Minnie Baltimore, so. Of 1T Car
roll street Sc, suffered a broken
right forearm in a revolving door at
the old House Office Building, when.
she said, a messenger boy pushed
the door suddenly.
Mrs. Ida Reynolds. 81, of II r
street NE, declared that as some
one ahead of her closed the screen
door of a store she was about to
enter, the door bounced back and
knocked her down, breaking her
right arm.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
administration at the University of
California during these wears,

administration at the University OF
California during these years.
He was city manager of Cincin-
natl from 1880 to 1887, making a
wide reputation as a municipal budg-
et-balancer and planner. He. has
been president of the University of
Wisconsin since 1887. He has re-
ceived honorary degrees from
number of colleges and universities.
He was an adviser on the so-called
Jacobs Committee studying fiscal re-
lations between the Federal and Dis
trict of Columbia Governments.
Given Leave of Absence.
1t was learned that President
Roosevelt had asked him to become
selective service director when DR..
Dykstra emerged from White
House conference Wednesday. DR..
Dykstra admitted he had discussed
the appointment with the President.
but said he would have to think
it over.
Yesterday he announced he would
take the post, explaining the univer-
sity's Board of Regents had granted
him an indefinite leave of absence.
1t was anticipated in military cir
cleS that DR.. Dykstras nomination
would go to the Senate tomorrow.
Unless opposition developed, in
formed sources said. there was no
reason it could not be approved the
same day.
AS head of the draft, DR.. Dykstra
will receive $4,000 year.
Capt. Ernest M. Culligan, public
relations officer at selective service
headquarters, expressed his grati-
tude to the press and the radio in
broadcast address last night, for
informing the whole Nation of its
duties under the selective service
law. Their voluntary cooperation,
he said, had achieved far more than
any forced support of a regimented
state could have exacted.
Every Possible Means Tried.
AS the final days before registra-
ton pass. every possible means have
been used to acquaint the citizens
most remote from the centers of
population with what the law re-
quires.
Newspapers, daily and weekly, fill
ter into sparsely settled commune
ties. Mail carriers are taking over
tortuous mountain roads and across
deserts notices of registration day
to be posted at cross-road stores or
wherever small groups may gather.
The trapper. hunter and prospector
deep in wilderness may learn, from
a portable radio, or perhaps from
a lone horseman, that the country
is mobilizing its manpower for
whatever may come.
The national Office of the Pomona
Grange asked selective service head
quarters to make sure too many
youths were not taken from farm
ing districts. Many of these young
men are leaving farms to enlist, the
Grange reported, and If more are
drafted, there may not be enough
left to plant and harvest the crops.
It was pointed out that the law
allows local boards to defer the
service of men needed for farming,
on the same basis that other "neces-
sary men" in industry or business
may be placed in a delayed CLASH
fcation.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Southern Railway Buys
Six Diesel StreomIiners
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Purchase of six streamlined, Die
sel-operated trains was announced
last night by the Southern Railway
System.
The purchase of the equipment,
the announcement said, was subject
to the approval of the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the terms
of financing.
The trains will be put into service
early in 1941 between New York
and New Orleans by way of Atlanta,
Birmingham and Meridian, and be-
tween Washington and Memphis by
way of Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1940-10-13

report would deal only with the Or
ganization and administration of
the county government and not in
personalities.
"The purpose Of our recommen-
dations will be to point the way to
what the staff believes to be the
model form Of government for
Montgomery County" he explained.
while 1t could hardly be expected
that q model form of government
could be set up overnight, it Is de-
signed to provide a goal toward
which civic effort may be directed"
The survey has included the ques-
ton of whether some form of subur-
ban government separate from the
rural areas would be more efficient,
and one of the recommendation
will deal with that question, it was
Evening star., 1940-10-13
i. Of N. Homecoming
Attended by 1900,
Including NotabIes
Freshmen Win Annual
'Tue-of-Wor; Float Parade
At Football Come

A crowd Of 5000 persons attended
the 18th annual homecoming exer-
cises at the University of Mary
land.
Among the spectators were Sena-
tor and Mrs. Glass of Virginia, Sen
ator and Mrs. Tydings of Maryland,
Gov. and Mrs. O'Conor, Representa-
tives Cole and Kennedy of Mary
land and Drury and Flanagan OF
Virginia and Maj. Gen. Millard A.
Reckord
At noon the freshman class threw
of the traditional yoke of the soph-
omore class by winning the annual
class tug-o-war over Paint Branch
Greek. BY pulling its upper class
rivals through the water the fresh
men earned the right to throw away
their rat caps and gained the same
social privileges as the sophomores.
The University of Virginia de-
feated Maryland, 10 to 6, on the
gridiron. Between the halves a
group of 18 floats paraded before
the spectators, with the NEWMAN
Club winning first prize with float
depicting the progress of religious
freedom. in the United States.
Other winners were the freshman
class for the most original float and
the Block and Bride Club for the
second best attractive float.
Judges for the float competition
were Mrs. O'Conor, Senator Tydings
and Mr.. Cole.
College Park was mass Of color,
with every fraternity house and
shop decorated in honor of the re-
turning alumni.
In the evening students and grad
uates wound up the program with
the annual homecoming dance and
mixer in the university gym-armory.
Evening star., 1940-10-13

was understood to be In the final
stages of revision, however, and
could be whipped into shape in a
short time.
"The staff has spent considerable
time in compiling the report" DR..
Merriam said, "and hopes that its
work will be helpful in stimulating
a desire for better government. It
is necessary, however, that the dis
cussion over it's recommendations
be carried on without the injection
of extraneous issues and we felt
that the heat of a national CAM
paign was not the best atmosphere
for non-partiSan consideration"
DR.. Merriam said some of the
changes to be recommended might
be termed radical" but that the
Evening star., 1940-10-13

learned. The Bethesda Chamber Of
Commerce last week set up spe-
cial committee of 10 members
headed by Donal L. Chamberlin to
discuss the problem.
After several years discussion, a
suggestion that a survey be made
of the county's governmental set
up was pressed before the county
board two years ago by the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation and
became an issue in the campaign.
Both parties favored the survey in
their final platforms. however, and
the present board controlled by the
organization Democrats contracted
with the Brookings Institution to
make the survey at cost to the
county of not more than IS 1000. The
institution already has spent several
Evening star., 1940-10-13
William w. Cohen,
Once in House, Dies
ev tne Associated press

By the Associated Press. ~
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Willism W.
Cohen, 66, Democratic Representa-.
tive in Congress from the 17th
New York District from 1927 to 1929,
died today.
A stock broker for 35 years, he
sold his seat in 1922 on the New
York Stock Exchange for $4,000. He
was once chairman of Tammany
Halls Finance Committee.
Evening star., 1940-10-13

times that amount in making the
report. 1t was agreed that it should
be allowed two years in whiEh to
complete it.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-15

her home.
The Coterie met with Betty Err
win, Thursday afternoon for their
August meeting, with II members
and six visitors present. The Sep
tember meeting will be with
Blanche Fordham.
The Newton ridge grange will
meet Aug. 27. The deputy master
will be present for inspection. All
members are requested to be pres
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther McKibben
and Ray McKibben and family at
tended the sale at HI. j. Badertsch-
er's, near Sharpsburg, Friday after
noon.
Program of Newton ridge grange
for August 27: Topic, Ohio; roll
call, name county, county seat,
origin of name and describe county;
reading, The Buckeye State, Della
Bowles; music, grange; Interesting
facts about Ohio, Kate Henery;
When admitted to union,, capitols,
and first governor. T. S. Fordham;
song, Beautiful Ohio, grange. What
presidents were born in Ohio, or re-
sided here when elected, locate
birthplace and burial place, Flor
ence White; reading, "Ohio," Lois
| Young; explain "The rainbow comes
down in Ohio" Anna Young; Ohio
quiz, Wade Beamer; reading,
"Ohio," by James Ball Naylor,
Blanche Daugherty; some noted
men of Ohio, j. Harry Henery; In
teresting lakes of Ohio, Blanche
Daugherty; fun, Mary Simpson;
reading, "Ohio," by Lucien Sey-
mour. Howard White.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-15
County Grange Picnic

The third annual county grange
picnic was held at the fair grounds
Saturday with good attendance
There are % oranges in Morgan
county, and all but three of these
were represented. A good program
rendered consisted of readings and
music; few remarks by Past Dep
uty Master G. r. Massey; short
talk by Atty Clair A. Young, and
the main address by DR.. J. T. Wat
son of the 0. S. U.
The picnic next year to be held
the second Saturday in August at
the fair ground. Officers elected !:
President, Oval Hancher; vice pres,
Del Rambo; sec'y, Vernard Hind
man.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-15
DON'T TOUCH BABY RACOON

Division of Conservation game
management authorities declare
that persons who pick up young
racoons are not acting wisely. They
are helping to destroy wildlife and
are liable to arrest and fine of not
less than $25 or more than 5000.
"At this time of the year the
mother racoon takes her young out
to teach them how to forage for
themselves" explains game pro-
tector. "Often she is not very near
the little ones; she may be on a
nearby tree but she is watching
them wherever they are. If hui
man picks up these young racoons
and then liberates them they will
be killed by the mother coon, due
to instinct of protection against in
jury by humans
The thing to do is to let young
wildlife and birds alone in the
wilds, as their elders will care for
them if permitted to do SO, say the
naturaliStS n
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-15
NOTICE OF FILING ACCOUNTS
The State of Ohio, Morgan County,
in Probate Court

Whereas, accounts and vouchers
have been filed in the office of this
Court by the Administrators or Ex-
ecutors of tho following deceased
persons, tO-Wit:
P. H. Tannehill, executor of the
estate of Velecta Wilson Blackburn
Laura Plumley, executrix of the
estate of Georgia Plumley; Karl H.
Van Horn, executor of the estate of
Moses H. Van Horn Grant McCar-
ty and Frank S. McCarty, executors
of the estate of John J. McCarty
Wilma B. Ickes, administrative with
the will annexed of the estate Of
Gertrude McMurray.
Notice is hereby given that said
accounts and vouchers are now on
file in the office of said Court, being
suspended for confirmation, and per-
sons interested in said accounts or
any item thereof. may file written
exceptions thereto, at least five days
prior to the 9th day of September,
1910, when the same will be heard
and continued from day to day un-
til finally disposed of.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
15a3 Probate Judge.