Word: hille
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Complaints from residents of Boston that the army plane which gave up nightly to secure weather data has been disturbing their sleeping hours are scheduled to be answered because of new apparatus developed at the Blue Hill Observatory...
...present the only drawback to the general use of the radio balloon in place of the airplane is the expense of the apparatus, which, when sent up from Blue Hill, is usually blown out to sea and lost. The average cost of the balloons, weather and radio equipment, and batteries, for one complete unit is about $40, while the average charge to charter a plane for one weather flight...
...first successful balloon demonstration at night took place at Blue Hill Observatory, in Milton, Mass., at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, under the direction of Dr. Karl O. H. Lange, research assistant; A. E. Bent, and R. D. Feiber, who designed and built the instrument; and C. B. Pear, Jr., who managed the radio reception...
...years ago. First day of last week's meet was devoted to the Bench Show, in which dogs are judged solely on build and looks. In this event a 13-month-old black, white & tan Walker "gyp" (Texan for bitch) named Bess, owned by Paul Johnson of Liberty Hill, took the grand championship. Inexperienced, she made no showing in the field trials of the next three days, in which judges picked a 3-year-old gyp named Keno, owned by Robert Spurgeon Guyness of Poteet, as best of the 257 in speed, endurance, skill in trailing and driving...
...Maintenance Department constantly keeps in close touch with the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory where C.F. Brooks professor of Meteorology...