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VALLEY SUNDAY STAR-MONITOR-HERALD
Sunday, November 17. 1940
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NOV. 17TH
ALL DAY
Air Crash Probed At
Salt Lake City
The 3-purpose varnish for (1) furniture
(2) woodwork (3) floors. Water end
alcohol resistant.
SNOW SHORTS
TRANSMITTER
SAN BENITO — Rudy Bendixen.
local Roll Cali chairman received
Saturday a telegram from Norman
ONLY TER MINIX LICENSEES ARE
PERMITTED TO L'SE TER MINIX
not bunched. «re strung separately
for maximum sensitivitv and pre-
ceiver by means of a nitrogen gas
filled transmission line.
Simple, huh?
The Army and Navy, as well as
adjoining countries of Mexico and
Canada co-nperate with the United
States Weather Bureau to make a
FLOOR ENAMEL
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS BEST
The floor enamel made to walk on. For
wood, cement and linoleum. A wide
variety of rich, glossy colors.
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Phone 1044
more foreign ‘hips coming into port
soon and I might need an inter-
preter.
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It (Teana, Waxes,
Polishes In One
Application
JACK CARY
Union Bus Station
Harlingen
70 Fee* of porchea—55 foot of screen poreli. The
Valley's Most Amaeing Value! Every Usee with
two or more expooures Oak Plank Neermi--Tie
drain beards Barbecue Pit Laediea^od OHweot
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Texas Ceut Lumber Co.
Contract Is Let On
New Willacy Office
Laymen At Mission
Hear Quiz Program
controls the value of the audio
frequency
final approval, and will then go to
CAA in Fort Worth and finally to
fair, filling the hall for the three
night's entertainment.
•‘Greenbacks” valued at 92.000 on
the Kiwaman monetary standard,
were sold for five cents each.
Proceeds went to the clubs
derprivileged children s fund.
Bx JOHN L. STONE
“ I at the air-
port station of the U. S. Weather
mega- established principle.
Brow nsville is #nr ef «0 Mation*
in the western hemisphere ae-
lected to make these readings.
Persoimel has hern added to the
airport aution antil the eomple-
WALL FINISH
sherwin-williams Semi-Lustre
FHA Leans Available
TERMINIX
Harlingen
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might be motivated by an intention
to injure this organization.
• We believe you can now clear-
ly draw your own conclusions re-
garding the motives back of this
action We appreciate the loyal co-
operation of our members, who are
aware of the real effort being made
by the officers of this organization
to perfect a marketing outlet for
both fresh fruit and grapefruit
juice.*
pared in double lengths for excess
power
The expansion and contraction nf
the hairs actuate a cam designed to
produce a linear calibration curve
sn that varying portions of re-
sistance to the length of the hairs,
and hence to humidity changes are netvs ork of these daily observations
introduced into the circuit. possible Stations extend southward
Kiwani. In Willacy
Hear Aviation Talk
RAYMONDVILLE — Members of
Kiwams Club at their luncheon
Thursday hear'* G G Bevil of the
. -.i American irways. Brow ns-
ville. speak on ••Aviation.*’ He was
F Bennack.
chairman of the Underprivileged
men. | Child Committee
Newly elected officers and board
| members of Kiwams are R E Scott.
Ottig C. Bobbitt, observer at the IL S. Weather Bureau
airport station in Brownsville, is shown above inflating
one of the large balloons used in sending the raye-sonde
machine aloft for recording bf weather conditions in
the stratosphere.
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of our amazing Sherwin-Williams Paint and Color Style
Guide. Shows you exactly how our Sherwin-Williams
Paints will look on and in your home. Phone us, we'll,
deliver it to your home. There will be absolutely no cost V
or obligotionl
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You’ll find nothing «1bc like thia in
V alley. So drop by Sunday and «e«
juet what can be achieved in the \ al-
ley in Real Home Enjoyment,
for inspection all day Sunday.
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way by 11:39 p. m.
Preparation is made by eondi-
I Honing the recording elements to
. prevailing ground weather condi-
tions. This is accomplished by
placing the radysone instrument,
weighing less than four pounds. in
a spec tally-mounted ground ex-
pose shelter, and allowed it to re-
main until the elements of the in-
BROWNSVILLE—-Extending two
additional runways at the Browns- DROWNS VILLE—Out
ville airport from 4.000 feet to a ° f~ "* “** ”
mil. in Un.ih «h. nt..-*. 1 Bureau here a fellow can run into
more Greek than I found when
I interviewed the crew of a Greek
cuit as meteorological changes oc-
cur
The transmitter employ* a type
19 double triode-election tube.
One is used as a modulating oscil-
lator and the other a* a ultra-
high frequency carrier oscillator.
The oscillating frequency is ap-
proximately one megacycle per
second and the oscillation I* in-
termittent.
The ultra-high frequency oecil- i
introduced into the circuit.
The battery is a dry cell type to Cuba and Swan Island
and supplies 90 volts to the plate
and three for the filament.
The Uiermoshield Is composed
of two concentric aluminum cyl-
inder* that shield the temperature
and preMure and humidity ele-
ments from the remainder of the
instrument and at the same time
provides proper exposure with
liberal sir spare* and ventilation.
Aanouacmi Hsu
opening •*
AIR-LITE VENETIAN
BLIND COMPANY
A piMMue call will bring m t*
your door for estimate nt *ur
modern custom euiit ahnda ar
repa.r*.
IIS E. Highway Flsow* H
Me ALIA.*
Funeral Is Set For
Owner Of Big Ranch
ALPINE. Tex —uP’—Funeral serv-
ice* will be held here Sunday for
A. H Richardson. 52. owner of one
of the largest ranches tn the Big
Bend territory.
Richardson was interested in ex-
tensive oil operation* in Texas an*
Mexico before he turned to ranch- resistors is in the circuit the fre-
ing.
TERMINIX —
TERMITES
weather condition*
and excellent ground equipment
Brownsville ha* been asked also
to train personnel for stations at
Swan Island
If you think it won’t make you
shiver to stand in a warm office
at the airport and watch that com-
plicated machine record a tempera-
ture of 194 below zero; and if you
think it won’t make you dizzy
when you see the machine record-
ing a height of 90 000 feet before
the balloon bursts and allows tie
instrument to return to earth by
parachute, you just make a trip out j
to the a rpo~t station some night
and watch ther The boys will be
glad to have you and if you can
j understand it in one night’s session,
let me know because there «re some
Above City By Balloons: Here’s How Bureau Does Its Job
Intricate Details Of
Bureau’s Work > ;
Explained H 1
From them when made into chart ■
, form, can be determined the cir-
The raysonde box that covers the filiation and tongues of wet and
air masses that invade the
United States.
Cross-section charts of the at-
moophere. marking regions of
mc’sture are drawn. Energy dia-
gram* for individual station* made
to show condition* favorable or
unfavorable fof fo.mation of
thunderstorms stability of the at-
mosphere and moidorr and en-
ergy available for thunderstorm
development.
Chart* for various other use* are
drawn and daily increasing use and
demand of the upper air data is
i making this one of the most useful
aid* to weather forecasting.
It shows a normal relationship of
condition* observed on the ground
tn those found aloft and that the
greater weather changes are found
The Radio ('ircxit
Meteorological quantities are made | EbeTs "exposed
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supper served in the church dining circuit in proportion to their phy-
hall.
At the December meeting, each
member will have a* his invited
guest a layman from another
church, it was planned at this
week’s meeting. E E Marburger,
president, conducted the business
meeting.
Bobbitt casts a wary eye
aloft at the swinging bal-
loon as he ties the ray-sonde
machine to the balloon pre-
paratory to sending it aloft.
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It’s Below Zero In Brownsville! But Reading Is Taken Far
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Neil B. Ward, junior observer at the airport station, is
shown above watching the Friez Ray-Sonde receiving
set recording atmospheric and weather conditions as
sent out bv the small instrument carried to extrema
heights by a large balloon. (Photos by Stone)
Glee Clubs To Sing
At Weslaco Sunday
WESLACO-The vocal music de-
partment of Weslaco high school
will present the senior girl* glee
club, senior boys glee club and jun-
ior girls glee club in concert at 4
p m Sunday at the Stephen F Aus-
tin ward school, according it, Reed
Barringer, head of the department |
Each glee club will present a
group of songs and will conclude
the prr'gram with i joint numb-sr.
"God Bless America.” Spirituals. :
hymns and other songs are includ-
ed in the program.
'Days Of '49' Charity Fete
SALT LAKE CITY -The
radio voice transmitter between th*
1 Salt Lake City airport control tower
and planes in ths air was not func-
fi lends entered the spyit of the af- tinning at the approximate time of
an airplane crash near hers Novem-
ber 4. a Civil Aeronautics Board
inquiry was told Saturday.
Carl F Kusrow of Salt Lake City,
radio operator in charge ot the con-
trol tower operated by the city, gave
{ the testimony to the board which
I is investigating the smashup—fatal
to 10 person*—of a United Alrlineo
transport plane.
Kusrow said, however, that the
failure of the voice transmitter was
not particularly significant at two
| other means of communication were
available.
He said he was notified at 1 a m
the morning of the accident that
the transmitter was not functioning
normally. He cheesed the device th*
next morning, he test.fied. and re-
moved snow from the insulators,
thus clearing up the trouble.
VARNISH
SHCRWIN.WILLIAMS MAR-NOT
steal changes. Audio frequence
modulation of the radio-frequence ,
carrier wave is controlled by vary-
ing resistance in the radio circuit I
Out of these two principle* has
come the radio meteorograph in- i
strument.
It therefore consists of a radio
transmitter tube energized by a bat- |
tery, and the meteorological sensi- I
tive elements, so designed to in-
New Willacy Office troduce resistance in the radio cir- j
RAYMONDVILLE—Contract has j
been let tn Wayne Stephens for the
new office building that will house
the law f’rm of Robinson and
Crowell.
The building will be 25 by
feet, nf Spanish tvpe.
located next door tn the G
Lochrie bu lding, on Hidalgo ave-
nue
McALLEN—The real “Days of ’49 ’ had nothing on the modem ver-
sion the Kiwams Club put on here for three nights, closing Saturday at
Legion Hall
’Greenback'' roll*, big enough to choke a horse, were spent like
water and "whiskey” flowed from*
a spiggot— all for tweet chanty*
sake.
Seasoned gambler* broke the
roulette bank with a snap of their
fingers while the croupier's arm*
stiffened from raking in coin.
Games of chance saw thousands nf j
dollars made and lost in a few rrf i-
utes.
Be-whiskered be-spatted dandies
spent $2 000 lor one brief dance with
the swarms of lovely, beauty-spot-
ted ladies while aged fiddlers saw-
ed out the old tunes.
Crowds of Kiwaman* and their
Kelly's Paint Store
18 1- I Sth St. McALLEN
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Recently stations have been estab-
lished in Canada and the coast
guard vessels in the western waters
of the Atlantic have provided fa- '
I cilitie* for taking the observation*
at sea
These observations become vertl-
j cal samplers of the atmosphere i
i lator operates at 65 rriegacycks per
second These are also intermittent,
being "on” when the modulating
oscillator is "off’ and “off’ when
the latter i* "on ” The resistance
value of the meteorograph circuit
j resistance with varying humidities. |
Human hair* in multiple strand*
NEW RUNWAY
PLAN SOUGHT
FOR AIRPORT
Changes Being Made
At Brownsville
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the transmitter.
As xain as the-e condition* are
met. the instrument is attached to
the helium filled balloon and para-
chute and is ready for release.
The Radio Meteorograph
The Radio-Meteomgraph is an in-
strument which is carried aloft at-
H. Davis, national Red Cross chair- uched to a free balloon and trans-
man. stating "the Central Commit- mit* radio signals which are a
tee today reviewed the greatly in- measure of pressure, temperature
creased work and responsibility of and humidity, through
Red Cross incident to the National i „f lhe atmosphere into the strato-
Defense program. Civilian and sphere.
The balkxin a«cend» at a rate of
200 meters per minute and the in-
struments function to a height of
20 kilometers.
The instrument carried aloft
weigh* les* than one kilogram,
containing everything necessary
for transmission, such a* batter-
ies. radio transmitter, barometry
pressure switch, temperature and
hutrtidity registering elements, in-
cluding a thermokhielded alum-
inum painted case.
The temperature and humidity
elements are located for best ex-
posure and ar* isolated from heat
conduction from th* balance of the
instrument. All parts ar* easily ac-
cessible for check before flight.
The instrument will register tem-
perature a* low’ as minus 90 de-
grees cent’grade • 194 below zero
MISSION Elmo Killian conduct- fahrenheiu, humidity from five to
ed a Dr I Q ” quiz program Thur*- 100 per cent relative and pressure
day night as the program feature from 1070 minibars to 10 millibar*
presented for members of the Lay- j
mens League of the Christian
Church following a covered dish
used to hold the various parts in
their proper place and relationship
during flight, allowing for exposure
of antenna wires, the lift ring, the
ready access to various elements,
protection from weather and a suit-
able container for returning
used instruments.
The United States Weather Bu-
reau pay* a reward of one dollar
to any person finding on* nf the
instruments which is landed by
parachute after the balloon burst*
at high altitudes.
The Rayxonde Receiver
The Raysonde receiver is the next
thing to consider as it record* all
data sent out by th* transmitting
apparatus.
The frequency range of th* re-
ceiver Is from 56 to 95 megacycles. Rt the boundaries of air masses is
normally operating on 65 r*
cycles. Conveniently mounted
th* six-foot high machine, is a tun-
ing meter which is used to indicate ’
the strength of the received
nils and used to determine the
: rect setting of the tuning dial to a
high degree of efficiency.
Terminal* for the output and
antenna imput circuit* are local
ed at the rear of the reeeiv
Additional control* to adjust the
meter circuit and load speaker
volume are provided.
The antenna is a special depole
type and is connected to th* re- i
ply wnth the WPA request*.
On* north-south runway and one
east-west runway are involved in
the revised plans The city may i
encounter some difficulties in com-
plying with th* request Mr. Wash- i
■ qucncy i» 9 cycles per second while
Dismissed By Judge Bryce Ferguson
ALAMO--The suit filed by ten grower* against th* Hidalgo County
Citrus Association asking for an accounting and making 2o allegations
regarding the handling of fruit w as dismissed by Judge Bryce Ferguson
in 92nd district court, accord.ng to a letter sent to members of th* asso-
ciation by Charles J. Volz of Mission, president
He described the suit and said "this action was filed in the 92nd
district court of Hidalgo county and was to be heard this morning We
denied all of the allegations and*
were in court this morning with
our attorney ready to disprove
every allegation they set forth.
"The complainant* failed to go
on with the suit and the court dis-
missed it
"In our prex mus letter ue invited
your iiv’e«t>gation into th* merits
of the alleged claims and we are
also advised you that we feared
the parties making these charges
Defense program. Civilian i
Military programs, nationally and in
chapters, necessitate a very large
membership increase I am con-
fident that you and your associates
w’ill patriotically make an extra i
effort to reach every man and worn- I
an in your jurisdiction with an
invitation to join. Time is short ’
The next two weeks are vital in ,
determining the strength nf the
Red Cross for the critics! month*
ahead."
Bendixen urges the full coopera-
tion nf all persons in this area in
th* membership drive and stated
Saturday that the campaign would
continue through November 30.
ville airport from 4,000 feet to a !
mile in length was the major chance
requested by WPA in the present !
& i 11 veg v i e ew v i le i i e v* asz as vz
92,000,(H'O improvement plans, ac- steamer in port here recently,
cording to W. O. Washington, city
engineer, who began the work of sonde observation stuff,
making revisions Saturday to com- J
and then try to explain it
Radiosonde observations began
at the Brownsville airpert weather
bureau station on August 5 and
are made nightly. Preparation
for the flight begins at 11 p. m.
ington said, a* in both cases the | and the observation* are under
required extension would mean ‘
crossing existing county roads. Other
problems, considered minor one*,
involve levels and drainage
When revised, plans will call for
four runway*, each one mile or
mor* in length, the longest being
close to 9.000 feet When changes
have been made plans will be re-
turned tn WPA at San Antonio for
j strument agrees w ith the prevail- ;
. mg ground or suriace readings.
the War Department at U ashing- ? ,
The receiver is examined to see
that temperature, pressure and hu-
midity elements are recording and
j proper base line, or relation, estab-
j hshed between the receiver and
the transmitter. I
US Red Cross Chief
Pleads For Funds
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RFTLRN FROM FUNERAL
PHARR — Mr. and Mrs W A
Sawyers have returned to their
home in this city, follow ing a visit
to Corpus Chriiii, where they were
called by the death of her sister,
Mr*. Henry Ellis, last week. ■ -■ .
| presented by Dr. G
merit I* raised m seven
Special scientific training i* es-
sential t« successful operation. _
Adding greatly in the successful president; W D Fussell' first vie*
raysond* flight* since inauguration president; M J. Glarner. second vica
! in August are the low night winds. | president, with Fussell serving also
as treasurer and Glarner a* secre-
tary Directon are H A Douthit,
R H Fackelman. G E Bennack,
Jeff Sanders M F Hayes. Gustin
Garrett and Herbert Koepke.
A* the indicating pressure
pointer paaaee ever the insulating
strip to a humidity silver con- i
tact, it short circuit* the thermo-
metric resistor and a portion of
the humidity resistor. The value
of resistance remaining in the
circuit depend* upon the position
of the variable contact arm of
the humidity resistor, or upon the
relative humidity to which the hu-
man hair element is exposed.
At every 15th contact a fixed pre- |
determined resistance known as the
high reference comes into the cir- I
cuit and at every other fifth con-
tact another predetermined resis-
tance is introduced designating the
low reference The intervals of
switching serxes as indications of
the pressure levels passed through
The temperature element eis
precision resistance thermometer
consisting of a fine capillary tube
filled with a special electrolyte
Each tube is individually selected
and calibrated to give th* correct
resistance
Simple, huh*
The Humidity Element
The humdidity. human hair ele-
ment. is a resistance unit varying
,r. Resistors determine the
limits of the audio modulating fre- '
quencies. thus when one of the
with both it becomes 190 cycles per
second
Simple, huh*
The Barometer Switch
The barometer switch serves two
purposes; one as an indicator or
barometric pressure and the other ,
as a switch into circuit in a definite
order nf temperature, humidity and
two reference resistances known as
the high and low reference.
The barn-pointer and contact arm
controlled by a diaphram that dis-
j tends as the balloon rises into lower
I levels of pressure, sweep* over the
commutator, comprising 50 silver
contacts, separated from each other
by insulating strips. When no con-
tact is made the temperature re-
sistor and the full value of the
humidity resistor ar* m the oscil-
lator circuit so that the modulating
frequency is a function of the tern- |
perature to which th* capillary
to chance resistance in the radio ,
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