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II were reported designed to
send information about cosmlc.
ultra violet and x-rays, tenn
perature and pressure, meas
urements of the earth.
The two radios send on fire.
uuencies of 40,002 and 20,C05
kilocycles with wave lengths of
about rs and Is meters re-
spectively. Beeps on one of the
frequencies were heard in
Tokyo % minutes after the
FIRST Moscow announcement.
The beep lasts three-tenths OF
a second and is followed by a
pause of the same length.
Dog Fed Artifically
A. A. Blagonravov, one of
the Soviet Unions top scien-
lists, said the kissing sound on
the second frequency provides
information about the dog S
condition.
The scientist limited that the
dog eventually may be elected
from the satellite to parachute
back to earth. Mr.. Blagonravov
indicated means might have
been devised to assure the dogs
saftey in dropping.
The dog is being fed artific-
tally and has instruments at
tached to her body to record
and transmit information about
breathing, heart action and
blood pressure, the scientist
said.
He added that the dog is
housed in separate. air-con-
ditioned container inside the
satellite.
The animal is a Laika, one of
a Russian breed resembling the
Spitz or Pomeranian. They
are shaggy and have pointed
noses. Laikas presumably are
ideal dogs for space travel be-
cause they are small, easy to
handle in preliminary training
and have great endurance.
Dog Named Curly
The first living space traveller
is believed to be a female
named Kudryavka (Curly) i.
The Russians introduced her to
a radio audience recently and
said she was one of several dogs
which had been sent up in
rockets and parachuted to earth
in training for the satellite
launching.
The Moscow broadcastS said
information gathered by the
new baby moon will make more
understandable to man the
unfathomed natural processes
going on in the cosmos"
The studies are being made
In conformity with the Inter-
national Geophysical Year pro-
gram, an announcement said.
But Moscow Radio also de-
clared that the dramatic as
sertion of Soviet scientific and
technical progress was dedi-
Gated to the 40th anniversary
of the Bolshevik Revolution. to
be celebrated here Thursday.
Engineer Training Cited
Pravda said Russia's stepped
up program for training en-
gineers had a lot to do with
the satellite launchings.
THE number of engineering
graduates in the Soviet Union
rose from $4,000 in 1850 to II, :
600 in 1856" the Communist
Party newspaper declared.
I'm the United States it fell
during the same period from
$4,000 to 10000
The new satellite had been
ND only a short time when Mos
COW Radio and Tass News
Agency began acclaiming the
pioneering feats as great con-
quests for Communism.
A steady stream Of foreign
reactions TO the new satellite
were broadcast. Scientists, SOL
diers and politicians from
throughout the world were
quoted.
The Soviet Unions own sci.
entists also spoke out. Prof. G..
A. Chebotarev said in a radio
interview that there is real
prospect that man Will reach
the moon "in our time"
This can be accomplished, he
SAID. II the speed of the two
earth satellites can be increased
from 5 miles a second TO seven