Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 15

SCENTISTS STUDY *ATUANTS RODLE hysteries of Lost Continent, : Gulf Stream and Eels ° Probed in Test Tubes. 9By the Associated Press. ¥ WOODS HOLE, Mass., September 12. #—An answer to the riddle of the mythi- wal “lost” continent, Atlantis, may some day come from the laboratories of the new Oceanographic Institution here. From test tubes and glass jars con- Raining sea sediment, strange fish, lankton (tiny sea life); from tempera- Iurc records, soundings ‘and other data [athered by the two sea-going craft, the 3 and the Atlantls, will come | s to many strange problems. ry B. Bigelow, 2o v at Harvara University, is dire: and among other mgmbers of & di inguished staff is Str Hubert Wilkins. H Eel and Gulf Stream Studied. % The institution will try to explain the Power that keeps great ocean currents ike the Gulf Stream flowing. If it is roven that these currents have the ronounced effect on climate that the- rists maintain, more knowledge of their rigin may make it possible to forecast ‘Wweather conditions far in advance. Another mystery is the strange life- Btory of the eel, which travels thou- Bands of miles to a point somewhere Bouth of Bermuda to breed and die. frheir young find their way back to the fivers of Europe and America and, in gurn, follow this puazling life cycle. « In discussing the question of ocean @epths and whether they have changed materially through the ages, scientists at the institution revealed that the yanished comm<nt Atlantis, if it ex- ists, is probably builed beneath no | more than 10 mches of sediment at the Pcean’s bottom. : Soil Held Key to Atlantis. : If beneath the sediment now over- ng the supposed site of Atlantis is und soil of a character existing on dry land, it may thus be concluded that this land was elevated thousands f_years ago. 2 ko ‘might show what kind of fand it was, its climate, whether it was true continent, based on a granite undation, or whether it was volcanic, e the Azores, or if it was of coral gonstruction. ¥ Most of the problems now under in- Westigation are in the fleld of “pure” Science, abstruse, technical questions, which, nevertheless, may have a very geal bearing, the oceanographers say, Ein practical matters in the course of ime. SUFFERING IS SEEN : CHURCH CHALLENGE Duty to Help Stressed by Bishop “ McDowell and Social Worker Before Methodists. [Boecial Dispatch to The Star. “ YORK, Pa., September 12.—-That the ehurch is obligated to the unemployed, #nd that it is its chief duty in the pres- @nt crisis in shouldering unemployment relief work, was stressed by Rev. Dr. illiam F. McDowell of Washington, . C., Bishop of the Methodist Episco- al Church, as well as by Rev. Maurice . Levit, Philadelphia social worker, in @ddresses before the district Methodists t their closing session last night in race Methodist Church. = “Failure of the congregation to heed ::e plea to help solve the unemploy- ent problems at this hour of dire Reed,” was characterized by both speak- ers as “a blot on Christian brother- Bood.” Bishop McDowell pleaded “to ve the world a clearer expression of spirit of Christ, the church must not fail to take advantage of this great opportunity and do its utmost in relief work this Winter.” Churches should “go out of business,” g:e Philadelphia social worker said, “if ey cannot confer with relief agencies, ke accurate lists of the jobless in g:m congregations to determine the cts involved, then see how much can Be_done in the individual's home.” * Basing his assertions on_experiences ined in feeding Philadelphia bread e, Dr. Levit declared, “the church’s rimary objective always has been to rve community and it is hard to Preach Christ to men who are starving.” ‘FLYERS IN NEW ORLEANS Post and Gatty Arrive From Jack- son, Miss., on U. 8. Tour. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 12 () —Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, round the world flyers, touring the Na- tion, arrived here today in their plane Winnie Mae. ‘They flew here from Jackson, Miss. Yesterday they flew to Jackson from New York in approximately six hours. professor of | Groom, WEDS MURIEL M'CORMICK ELISHA DYER HUBBARD, Middletown, Conn., who was married to Miss muriel McCormick of Chicago, 111, at Deep Cove, Me., Thursday. There were no attendants at the wed , and guests were limited to immediate mem- bers of the families. On the license, which was obtained with ex- treme secrecy, the former Miss MeCor« mick gave her age as 29 and Hubbard as 53. The bride is a granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. She is well known in theatrical circles and is an expert yachtswoman. —A. P. Photo. 'BANKER FARM BOARD MEMBER NEED SEEN |“We Handle a Lot of Money,” Stone Says in Urging Appointment. By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Stone believes a banker is needed in the vacant chair at the Farm Board. The Farm Board head, who be- | came chairman after outspoken Alex- ander Legge went back to selling farm machinery, made that statement ter- iia:;(m a discussion of the board’s out- look. | one board member, Cerl Williams, is a director of the Liberty National Bank of Oklahoma City, and Sam H. Thompson, named recently, has served as president of the Broadway National Bank in his home town of Quincy, Il Stone, however, thinks the times call for a man who has made banking his | specialty and not a side line. | ““We handle a lot of money, you know,” he said. “It’s all right to lend money if you get it back. A good bank- er would help us, I ti k® At least a dozen names have been mentioned for the t, but President _ | Hoover has not indicated his choice. Millions of locusts obscured the sun on plantations near Calenga, Angola, recently. 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