Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 28

) EEDDETE EXPERTS PLANRADO TEST Theory That Continents Are Not Fixed Solidly to Earth Challenged. Inan effort to test the newly pro- pounded theory that the continents ‘of the world are not solidly fixed to the globe but are cons.antly changing in position, experts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey have arranged a se- ries of co«asvative tests to be car- ried out simultansuusly with scientists from nearly a score of oth:r countries beginning October 1 and ending No- vember 30. ” Checks will be made simultaneously by radlo in the United States, Hawaii, the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, Aus- traliz, Japan, China, India, England, France,* Spain, Belgium, Portagal, Holland. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, ~ Poland and several other countries, ingluding points yet to be selected in Africa. The object sought will be the precise longitude of the points from which observations are taken. If the meas- urements are completed this year, a check will be made against the results in 1931_and if the slightest evidence is found to support the theory that continents move, similar- checks will be carried on until the hypothesis be- come a proved fact or is discarded as untenable. t Most Extensive Survey. This world-wide scientific survey is eaid to be the most extensive ever ‘undertaken by - international agree- ment, and is considered of the utmost scientific importance because, if the theory is substantiated, it will affect all of the theories held in the past as to the origin of continents and the wmuses of the great changes which have taken place in geologic time on the surface of the earth. So accurate- ly will the observations be, according to Commerce Department scentists, » that the distance between a given point in Washington and another in Paris will. be determined within a margin of 24 feet. Determination of a difference of longitude between two points is| achieved by the determination of - the interval of time which elapses be- tween passage of a star over the meridian of a selected spot on the eastern portion of the globe and its passage over the meridian of another point to the westward. In accordance with the plans of the longitude cam- paign, when two such stations have their local time determined, a radio signal sent from a powerful station will be recorded at each of the two points, and a comparison of the local clock at each station with the radio signal will tell exactly when the signal was received. Years of Work Involved. Several years of effort have been required to perfeet this pian of worid- wide longitude determination. The plan first took definite shape at a meeting of the International Gieo- detic and Geophysical Union and the International Astronomical Union in 1922. In the years which have elapsed racio has made rapid strides in devel- opment, making possible practical assurance of uninterrupted communi- cauon. Additienal time since 1922 ‘was required to arrange for the co- operation of ' the' powerful radio stations. MALE STUDENTS LEARN PRACTICAL HOME 'WORK Housebroken ~Husbands to Be Available to Girls in Oklahoma Through New Courses. JSpecial Dispatch to The Star. STILLWATER, Okla., July 17— Perfectly trained, house-broken hus- bands may be expected in the near future. Over 100 men students are already taking a course in home eco- nomics at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and there is a de- mand for an advanced course next ear. y The course includes food selection and table practice, with ' labordtory periods; standnrds of social céonduct, family relationships and economic evaluation in living, selection and appreciation of dre’s in relation to appropriaterfess and right value. The girl who gets one of these boys will have a trained assistant always on hand to help out with the family marketing and table setting, equipped - to meet any social emergency, and always arrayed in the apparel suit- able for the occasion. As Prof. Florence D. Shertz of the home economics department remarks in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Home Economics: ‘“Who can pre- dict the future algng this line? Per- haps the more common understand- ing and appreciation of home ideals and standards among men as well as women will lead toward a family | solidarity somewhat lacking in the homes of the nation of today.”. - TOMATO WILT OVERCOME. Varieties Found Able to Beat Off Destructive. Fungus. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANHATTAN, Kans., July 17—State agricultural experts have been hard at work to save one of ‘the State's most important truck crops. Tomato wilt, which has spread havoc among the truck growers of this reagion, is caused by a parasitic fungus which refuses to succumb to any of the usual methods, of attack. It can only be overcome, says R. P. White of the Kansas State Agricul tural Experiment Station, by develop: 1ng specially resistant types of toma- toes that will withstand the disease. Of the many introduced varieties tested out at the agricultural experi- ment station six have proved re- sistant to the wilt.and by encourag- ing market gardeners to grow these wvarjeties it is hoped that the tomato crop will again assume its normal proportfons. Viking T The anciént rock carvings along the Columbia River, which are trans: Iated by Prof. Oluf Opsjon of Spokane as runic inscriptions made by Vikings in the eleventh century, tell a big story but it is an Indian story and not a record of Viking exploration in western America, ‘according to Her- bert W. Kceger, curator of ethnology: of the National Museum, .who hag Just returned from three months’ stay in the regions of the rock plctures. r. Krieger spent some time studyl the petroglyphs, which are numer- ous along the Columbia River, has a number of photographs, i - FRED HEUTTE, For three years the faithful filfl“lfl of flowers>on beautiful White Pine Camp, who now has the duty of se- lecting flowers for President Coolidge’s table during. the latter’s stay at his Summer home, NATORS 0 HEL .. WEATRERMAN Observgtions Will Be Taken at High Altitudes Rrom Naval Planes. Aviation is to aid the weather man in getting nearer the 100 per cent mark in forcasting, and to prevent him from firing blanks as he did in tailing to predict the.recent three- day rain spell. The Navy has come to the defense of the local weather man in his recent slip, and tells that he couldn’t predict the rain, because of the lack of meteorological infor- mation from high altitudes. This | information the aviators at Anacostia | will get in the future. Sweeps in Over Atlantic. Some of the worst weather that comes to Washington and other cities | along the Atlantic coast, it was ex- | plained, is brought by northeast and ! east winds blowing in from the At- | lantic. But-eeveral times a yvear the | type of storm which is attended by these rainy northeast winds which the weather man calls a clonic depression” or a “low,” forms | over the Southeastern States or moves in from the South or South- west -and passes northeastward along the coast unusually close to Cape Hatteras or the Virginia capes. It was this kind ofa storm .that brought the rainy weather of Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday. The behavior of this type.of storm is one of the most difficult for tl weather man to forecast, it was e: plained, because, not infrequently, when the northeast wind sets in, low clouds and fog shut in the cities along the Atlantic seaboard and mist | and rain falls almost continugusly ; for two or three days. Much study has been given to this type of storm in an effort to determine some means of forecasting how large a region the bad weather conditions will cover and how long they will continue. How Aviators Can Help. The meteorologist can obtain some indication of what the storm will do from the numerous meteorological observations taken on the ground at stations over the country, but #here are times when these observations are insufficient for him to make -a definite forecast. The secret of the behavior of such storms, it was added, undoubtedly lies in the con- ditions of the atmosphere high above the earth. The meteorologist there- fore is looking to the aviator to col- lect the observations of conditions high in the air, and the work of help- ing him already has heen started by the local naval aviation station. AMERICANS IN PARIS < SPECULATING IN FRANCS Bot!; Men and Women Prefer Fi- nancial Game to Viewing Beauties. of City: By the Assoclated Press. ° . ° PARIS, July 17.—Playing French exchange has taken a stronger hold than sightseeing. these days on many American tourists. The historical monuments near Parls, even Ver- sailles 'and Fontainebleau, are. being neglected in favor of the offices of American banks, where some tourists spend hours. watching the fluctuation of - the franc, in order to seize a. fa- vorable moment to- snateh a profit from jts ups and downs. i Paris _has become somewbat of a Monte Carlo for' ‘some American Vis- itors, and playing exchange has be- come almost as exciting as playing the “black and red on the.gaming ‘tables, 2 4 ‘Fven women are watching the ex- ‘change, some of them cheerfully aban- doning -sightseeng trips. 1{ the hopes. of making enough profif to buy a mew hat or gown. . a5t : In 1924, mcordln{ to figures ‘just || mad 1,21 s Did Not Carve Stone in West, : Says Eth_nologist of Natio: | Museum fthe plotures ‘themssives. - Crude as they .are, some of the ob- out on the rocks are’ . Krieger 2 1 829 “Your' choice 'of ‘bed. davenport or ) statiomiary.. 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