New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1925, Page 21

il LIGHTHOUSES OF AR ARE LATEST Rillion Candle Power Lamps Are Used in Them \Washingion, June 2-"Lighting shipsa on thelr way, one of the most anclent adjuncts of navigation, has been revolutionized recently b ships now sall the alr as well as the sea, dnd the classic type of lightlhiouse does not meet the needs of the alr voyagers,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D, C., headquarters of the National Geog- raphle society. “The latest development in the newest lighthouse field,” continues the bulletin, “is the establishment of #*one-blllion candle-power beacon near Dijon in eastern Irance, pri- marlly to facilitate night travel on the Paris-Marselllea line, but also to point the way for the numerous | buszing carriers of passengers, malil | and express, which Irance sees | weaving a network of air routes over the country in the near Tuture, Most Power Lighthouse in World “This most powerful lighthouse | in the world does not rise llke fts long line of famous predecessors from near the pounding surf, but Is &ltuated on a mountain top 260 miles inland from the English channel and the Mediterranean, and 800 | from the Atlantic. It is not, like the | existing aviation lights in the United States, one of a series of beacons Sin the line of a traveled route; and | unlike many great lighthouses of | the sea, it does not mark a region | that is to be avoided or a channel entrance that is to be entered. It is placed well to the side of the much traveled French alr lanes, in such a gituation that it can be seen from a ‘great distance and used as a check on location and direction. The bea. con lies nearly 2,000 feet above sca level and flashes its powerful | beams far above most of the low hills ot central France. Under favor- able atmospheric circumstances it i him with [ off trom Chicago 1,000 miles to the [rising from the sea to m helght of |and other vines. west. “'All of these lights are not shin- ing at one time, For the fiyer only the Chicago-lTowa City di. vision s lighted at first, The planes | are operated on a regular dispatch- As a plane passes over cach emergency field the caretaker there notifies the station In ad | and In the rear by telephone. When the plane lands at the division point all of the emergency flelds passed oves are notified and their are turned off, the ronte passed over is lighted only Ing system, t t-bound Then the portion of 3,700 feet, It is approximately 24 and fantastic formations, At other [the Mexican government, places charming little bays are to Socorro & small group of nee | from which gentle slopes rise, The [sheap and goats forbidding, with patches of lava, [companions abandoned the ashes and voleanic scorfa in evi- |prise, miles long and nine wide, At places |onize the Revillagigedos was made growth of grass. | ‘ sheer cliffts meot the sea and have |In 1869, when John Smith, an Aus- able, however, that the parts of the [those on Socorro, and it foo sup. been worn by the waves into caves [trallan, obtained a concession from fsland high enough to penctrate u..»‘pmm numerous sheep He took |lowest cloud regions obtain enough | men |molsture 1o edged with sandy and pebbly beaches |and women with 25 cattle and 100 |growth of grass and herbs, Smith died soon southern side of th. island is rather |after reaching the island and his| The only othe irsland of import enter- The cattle perlshed but the n “The only effort on record to col- [sea level thero i only &« support & Probably arbor Unlge from the Mexican mainland to kiy [110 fect shecp and gouts for their hides, Near [dicto, . sparse |pletes the Revillagigedos group, The It is not improb- |conditions on Clarion are similar to luxuriunt |of the Revilagigedos has ever b Specimens (jike the now famous Galap: by the little automatic blinking gas 1lghts of the three-mlle beacoms, which pulse thei: signais for weeks at a time without attention, When the plane is ready to take off on the next leg of its cruise, all the beacons of the second division begin flashing to lead it In safely along its way. Problem Different m Rough Country “Between New York and Chicago a second lighted alrway Is now be- rock three miles long, com “No study of the flora and fauna {made. Tt is not impre that, o8, the islands may be the home of inter- {ance In the group Is Clarion, to the esting species found nowhere else in west of Boccoro. The two islands |the world.” dence, half hidden by cactl and |sheep and goats throve, and the ls- |are separated by 214 miles, but be- | e R lights scrub. The northern side is more (land is sald to be heavily stocked |tween them lles Roca an i Inviting, There the vegetation 1s|with them today. isolated pinnacle rock 100 READ THE N.l RALD ( less of n desert character, being! “Occasional expeditiond havo gone |yards long and half as wide, vising DS FOR REST proves Giving | ca before the three b £ |weeks elapsed applied (o the fops: Over the Wire cign ofmice, which met her wiabes arrival in South = ringe uuthority by meuns of cable [America she found the necessary |authority awaitl or there, London, June 12 M — Mar.|and upon her has been ofticlally approved by the British government It was an- nounced recently that the foreign office, upon puyment of the cable | charges, will authorize marriage of- ficers resident abroad to marry | couples whose banns have been pub- | lished for the requisite three weeks | in a British reigster office A bride who recently was forced to leave England to join her flance ing put into operation, with some- what different tpyes of lights. Be- cause of the rough country, bea- cons cannot be seen, as in the west, for 26 miles or more. Lights of the western emergency fleld type are placed from 12 to 17 miles apart, marking emergency landing eites, In between, usually on hills or ridges, are lamps which send out rather | broad beams of falr brilliancy. These | 'are merely routing signals and do not indicate landing fields. To make thelr character clear each sends ver- | tically a constant beam of red light. At ghorter intervals along the east- ern airway are small, blinking lights like those used in the west." ’ UNKNOWN SLAVDS 10 BE VISITED Mexico Owns Strange Isles in {he Paciic Washington, D. C, June 12— Mexico's unknown islands, the Revil- lagigedo group in the Pacific, are 1o belleved that the Dijon light can be P the obiect of scientific study by a seen from near Marsellles in the south, and from the air above Paris, Lille and even Brussels in the north. “The lighthouses of the air have had a radically different develop- ment so far in America’'s vast land areas, Almost the only problem here has been to supply well lighted, hard and fast routes for the trans- continental mail flyers; and this has been so well solved by the post office department, that it probably will serve as a model for all the definitely lighted airways of the future. The most powerful of the air mail beacons are of half-billion candle power. There are five of these, on the division landing ficlds at Chicago, Iowa City, Omaha, North Platte and Cheyenne, from 200 go 250 miles apart. The planes land_at each of these stations and the brilliants flashifig beacons are to identify the landing fields. As the planes approach the carth the bea- cons:are turned-off and the fields are flood-lighted. Way Marked by Pencil of Light “Between the regular landing fields at 25-m intervals, are emergency landing Tields, each marked by a flashing light of &-million candle- power. Normally these smaller bea cons gerve to outline the flying route. Retween the lights of the emergency flelds, approximately three' miles wart. are small, blinking, routing Thus the air mail- flyer his night route marked out for Lcons, paration of food may cooking can, No housewife really knows ———— The Sterling «Kleantop” What a difference a GOOD RANGE MAKES THE best materials, greatest skill and care in pre- ulate and depetd on your oven. While all poor cooking can’t be blamed on the range, most spoiled The good cook who is particular as to what appears on the table wil! be interested in seeing this Easy Payment Plan Each Sterling dealer is prepared to sell you a range on the Sterling Budget Plan. The small initial pay- ment makes it easy for you to own your Sterling at once. The Sterling has 27 special features. Sterlin |joint expedition of Americans and Mexicans. “The Revillagigedos, like other \little known bits of land off the {beaten path in the Pacific, suffer {from hasty classification as ‘desert islands',” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C.. headquarters of the National Geographic society, | "Less even is known of the Revil- |lagigedos than of Ecuador's Galapa- {gos or Chile's Juan Fernandes and ter Islands. On a map they scem asonably accessible, lying 300 miles almost due south of the tip of Low- ler California and 375 miles west of |the nearest coast of Mexico proper. But the fétands are uninhabited and |there ig no redson for even an an- Inual cAft*by . ship such as those {made to Baster Tsland, Many years |go by without Mexicans visiting the |islands} and they are seldom even sighted by man except when some wandering vessel leaves the usual steamer Janes. Mountain Rising I'rom Sea “Socorro, the principal island, is 666 | is a prescription for !Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue. Bilious Fever and Malaria It Kills the germs. | Damage Of $2,000 Done By Clething Store Fire About $1500 smoke damage and about $500 damage to the building resulted from a fire in the Bayo Clothing Store and Tailor Shop in the Bronson building Saturday aft ernoon according to estimates b Chief Willlam J. Noble of the firt department, The fire is believed to have started from a elgar or cigar- ctte butt that had been dropped in the store earlier in the day. The blaze was discovercd by Mrs. Margaret McMahon, while she was in the cellar. She notified Policeman Hanford Dart, who sent in an alarm from Box 42. READ WHAT THE PAPER HAD TO SAY, THEN READ WHAT J “BAYER” HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS BIG SALE OF SUITS —PANTS — TOPCOATS — OVERCOATS —BOYS’ PANTS—GOODS BY THE YARD. 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