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av THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929. for him to know the | time. The report explains two reasons |is urgent need for two additional ships, altitude and contour of the terrain, as | for this condition, with personnel and operating funds— | FLORENCE.— Florentines are fas- | topaz, onyx, opal, coral, amber, ame- | 1 him from the rmund over which he is | is adequately charted at the present ;partially relieve the situation, “but there Victory Bridge in Florence. the craftsmen still fsshion rings and | usually interested in the news that they | bridge, 43 yards I GEUDETIE SURVEY passing, it is vital ry ge pendants, bracelets angl necklaces (rom!ne to have a new bridge, a vmor; 5 y-rd'u wl%e, wlth! One is the great change that has |one for work on the outside coast and | tidious, as indeed they well might be, | thyst and Japis-lazuli @t their ancient well as the exact positions of mountain d between | taken place in navigation requirements. | the other for surveys of inland water- | about their beautiful city. The quaint | benches is one of the fiream bridges of g ranges and peaks ant them. The altitude above sea level is | Early surveys were made to meet the | ways,” the report adds. old Ponte Vecchio, bearing its fairy |the world, accordingly shown in tints and shades | needs of light-draft sailing vessels that -lac vherei Z WURK HAMPERED ofm‘een‘uyld Eeowh——one thade of green | worked their way leisurely into 8 com- . burden of jewel-laden shops wherein So the Florentines tare more than representing elevations between sea level | paratively small number of ports. Now- Talkies have become so popular in and 1,000 feet, and another shade of |adays there are scores of im int har- | Edinburgh, Scotland, that it ?soexpeckd WE PAY SECURITY green 1,000 to 2,000 feet. Brown tints | bors, to and into which swift deep-draft | that all theaters will be equipped for " are utilized to designate elevations above | steamers must proceed by the shortest | the ithin a short time, % % Lack of Proper Equipment 3000 feet, the brown color being sheded | possible” routes,” regardiess of weather | * " Wl A B st th ! progressively darker for 5,000, 7,000 and | conditions and visibility. This develop- years? That is a hard ques- H 2 i tit abo level. ment has been responsible for a stead! 2 A & 3 > and Working Corps, Capt. e increasing demand for surveys in nent! 7 /'//'///////Qj. tion to answer, but you can { Railroad lines are emphasized, since at least take every precau- Wi they cover rather direct routes, are free | €f detail and for the extension seaward Yigitetosb = u e Patterson Reports from fol d the tracks are usually |Of such surveys. The other reason is tion to be prepared for that ) ports. o Sollage and e e standing | that by far the greater part of the s 00 rainy day” by systematic- hive it atthinety. = dsrek lines cn & White | Eastern seaboard—practically all of the o d ally saving. H Beld Stireams and lakes are indicated. | C08st south of New York—is subject to Round OR MORE fi d The United States Coast and Geo- 3 . | constant change, making repeated sur- Trip. A it fance detic Survey is considerably hampered | s 08Iaphic and topographic SU- | veys necessary in order to provide cur- \ T : :gtdhm’: - ‘h;"fll "’t Coastal waters |tensively by the bureau along the coast "%:nw%“’;fif;“:‘;' s 7t A oi A Soiiriny ontil n‘:m: “q nd mapping of airways by the lack of |of the Uniled States, in Alaska and in [ i SO, PV QT 180, €00 3 4 proper equipment and & sufficiently |the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands | J0PS: Orihts Stained trom the. Navy eve an S d Cake. '8 patton, divector, whose an. | dUring the past year, the'report indi- | when 1t disbanded lts wartime suxitiary ~ it e - : . R. 8. 5 5 cates. i i : nual report to the Secretary of Com- . fleet. None of these, it says, is entirel i N e Ll S Resurvey South Atiantic Coast, | sultable for survesing operations and CANTON, AKRON, Ohio ATIONAL of ina R e f_‘;}é"‘;‘:&{ An important accomplishment on the | Tateq Jrcaiitios. A mew ahip, mow nnacr || Saturday, November 23 § k Homes” stop Contaglous day Tess in the making of specialized air | Sg i AU GO O me aana, | construction, will soon be available to SPECIAL TRAWN N PERMAN ENT ; i ?r:pst o 'i“"x"?f’ wlgl lhle Fheme:m Veral, Fia., in connection with & general =S == || Lv. Washington oo oo 880 PM, . -~ thn't‘ make mbel:. ifil:o;(enl victims ul{ e cold gelF_n-I fik thlal . time, wth of aviation.. He states resurvey in progress for a number of 2 E ‘ A BUILDING ASS think of your own health. No one can tell what a “small” cold will develop in. bureau is confronted with a constantly | years of the South Atlantic Coast. This IFYOUHAD ANECK || |, . oo teaves CIionEd ING ASSOCIATION to. Take steps to stop any cold immediately. The dependable thing is HILL'S growing demand, so that its greatest | section, because of its expased location AS LONG AS THIS (Euclid” Avenue) ol (ORGANIZED 1890) | CASCARA-QUININE. These famous tablets break up a cold in one day be. possible progress falls short of requ . |and the existence of several off-lying PELLOW AND HAD Coach Lunch Service by \ cause they do the four necessary things in one. 1—Stop the cold. 2—Check B estas doema. {he vatvent, BRoETAES | LTt 8 SonMierec for o e IRt | the fever. 3—Open the bowels. 4— Tone the system. That's the complete ac. "’ s parts of the project. { ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT 949 Ninth St i 1d ires. Ask for the RED BOX. ALL Druggists. 8 Street N.W. tion a cold requires. Ask for the ; £8i of airway mapping will require many | " Research work for the purpose of de- | 3 i z years for completion. veolping new methods and_appliances ] Pennsylvania/Rairoad Just Below New York Avenue 3 Six New Maps Ready was carried on both in the fleld and in i yi \ pA i H l LL A u ¥ ks —_— — , ’ laboratories. Experiments were made oduction of air maps was dele- g-&'vfl'm‘é Survey in 1026, The first | With & new type of echo sounding ap- strip map was issued June 27, 1927, paratus for use in shallow water, and a and mine mote were published 'before | NEW instrument was devised for increas- the end of the fiscal year just closed, |IN8 the accuracy of deep-water meas- Before ¢he end of the present calendar “";g;;’l"s by this method. M year, however, six more will have been le surveys have been made by the T ety from Lousville, Ky, to | Pureau at one time or another during e N k. Buttalo 16 Albany, | the 113 years of its existence along the 4 N. Y h Y. | entire extent of the Eastern seaboard, i SR v Birmingham, Ala, to Atlanta, | ;o4 more than one-third of this region aLL DRUGGISTS - , : g 9x12 Rug With geles, Calif, fo Las Vegas, OPP60600609 S of : B Every Suite ?r:nf Milford fi‘s’.‘&z‘f.‘.’i‘é"én‘if"" nd Sold uperior [l Anthracite The orighaal program contemplated only the production of strip maps of established aivways, but it now appears —is carefully prepared in several sizes to give maximum results at minimum cost in every type of heating plant. | necessary to extend this to include sec- tional aeronautical maps of the United States. This (necessity arises, it is pointed out froin the fact that about 80 per cent of the present annual flight mileage is other’ than on the regular alrways. Work ,is now in progress on the first of thess sectional maps. Both the strip and sectional maps sre being constiructed to the scale of about eight miles to the inch. The strip map cowers an area about 80. miles | wide along the established airways, while sectional maps for general flying will cover an area of three degrees north and south and four degrees east and west. These will embrace the en- tire United States in a series of 82 maps and are expected to stimulate the employment of iairplanes for private use and the establi;hment of landing fields , ©ff_the regular routes. These mapsy are specialized, for the \ observer in a 'rapidly moving plane_is unable to studly complex details. gie ,must be able, to orient himself véry promptly, and for that reason only the relative positions of prominent topo- graphic featuves along the route are emphasized. Larger: Towns in Yellow. ‘The larger towns are colored in yel- low, with their names in capital letters. Phone for a full supply today Smaller towns. and villages are indi- cated by small circles and their names given in small type for ible useful- L- P . Steuart & BI’O. ness in emergency lan . 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