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...learned paper read before the American Astronomical Society in a cosy Columbia University lecture hall, Meteorologist Edgar William Woolard of the U. S. Weather Bureau explained last week that lowest annual temperatures ordinarily occur in the U. S. in the period from ten to 40 days after the winter solstice (Dec. 21 or 22, day when the sun is farthest south of the Equator). From Montana to Maine and as far south as Memphis and Macon, U. S. inhabitants could well believe him. In two waves real winter cold rolled down on them from Alaska and the Canadian Northwest...
Last week the U. S. got a new No. 1 weatherman-chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Appointed to succeed Willis Ray Gregg, who died last September, was Commander Francis Wilton Reichelderfer, U. S. N., an able, earnest meteorologist whose experiences include flying in Navy airplanes, dirigibles and racing balloons, taking part in the search for Amelia Earhart, furnishing weather information (from Lisbon) for the historic transatlantic flight of the NC-4. Quiet, matter-of-fact, Commander Reichelderfer likes dancing, music, an occasional cocktail, spends much time reading up on new developments in weather science...
Died. Willis Ray Gregg, 58, famed meteorologist, since 1934 chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau,* which he entered 34 years ago; of coronary thrombosis; in Chicago...
Curiosity seekers will and a meteorologist, an herpetologist, an importer (Italian Food Products), a translator, and a budding Caruso on the list...
...weather with almost no snow. The greatest floods on record poured down the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. California orange-growers were hit by a cold snap such as they had not known for years. Dr. Krick bobbed up with a pat explanation for these phenomena. This 31-year-old meteorologist, who was a stockbroker's assistant and once a piano accompanist, predicted last September that Southern California was in for a cold, wet winter. He believes that, although the boundaries between cold and warm air masses are constantly shifting, they tend to keep average positions on the map which...