European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 the stars and stripes november Ftfe Satu new wrinkle in weather forecasts i to reduce delays in air traffic by science service up Over switching Pas Senger planes to different and cancellations of flights be cause of weather conditions at the destination will be greatly lessened by a new method of calculating the weather risk now being weather Bureau with the support of the govern ments air navigation development Are developing the method at the Washington National air port they believe that Airfield controllers will be Able to know the percentage of Chance of poor visibility and wind and aircraft icing conditions for periods up to six hours in the such forecasts would be used for determining the rate at which aircraft could land and take off and six hours it would be advisable to Send new dam in British zone the new Leda shown above in Model is be ing built near British at a Cost of 000 it will enable the reclamation of acres of land for Neucom bulletin explains Soldier insurance a Chart outlining a soldiers program for insurance and savings is shown in the Neucom information bulletin for 12 As a guide to enlisted men plan Ning their financial the Chart is included in an article on your insurance Sav Ings and retirement which lists the four types of savings Avail Able to members of the armed the bulletin termed these As life insurance liquid i Long Range or business invest ments and Frozen in one single package at minimum Cost to the government insurance program of the armed forces offers a Way of protecting your loved ones against your untimely death or total Dis ability while at the same time building up protected savings for your personal use in times of the bulletin the bulletin recommended the Purchase of savings Bonds As the most popular and safest form of present Day liquid Sav Long Range investments in business enterprises Are the same for members of the armed forces As for other citizens and Are Only mentioned in passing by the bul Soldier much attention the the fact that Soldier deposits May not be withdrawn until re lease from Active retirement or Transfer to the classify them As Frozen the bulletin As Frozen they pay a much higher rate of interest than savings Bonds or savings in a civilian this Type of Deposit can be an advantage or the bulletin on the credit Side is the Assurance that your Money is earning High interest and available in an in creased amount when you Are ready to leave the it can not be spent or other Wise dissipated for any reason until that on the other should an emergency you would have to seek some other source of ready the bulletin recommended that soldiers study the insurance and savings As it will show you How you can approach the problem in such a Way As to use your in come to the Best advantage to take care of your responsibility to your dependents and to Predgen sight aus zit aus or sight Besser aus als Ehr zit Besser aus Der Alss Dehr Leer Erist fallen Ich muss Ihn Tinte die Lehr Ehr is Lehr Fullen looks it looks better than that one empty its fill Ich muss Ihn ill have to fill it Tinte dih Konsten Sie Mir Auch Konsten Zih Mihr Etwas Tinte Geben auth Ett Vass Tinte Gehben Ink could you give me some Ink too editors note the daily German lessons Are taken from the Basic course in spoken German prepared by the editorial staff of the armed forces Institute planes toward a certain the method is based on find Ings of formerly at the weather bureaus Airport station in los Thompson found that variations in weather conditions at certain localities in California and Arizona had a relationship with whether it was going to rain in los by noting these variations and plot Ting them on a he was Able to predict rain slightly More accurately than by the usual meth and also much More within two minutes after receiving data on his he would have a what is Thompson was Able to Tell the per cent Chance of rain within the 36 hours after he made his matter of experience the problem was to pick six variables out of All the hundreds of variables in weather phenom in the los Angeles expert this was a matter of a Weatherman Thomp son plotted on a graph the Altitude at which 700 Millibars of atmospheric pressure could be found Over Oakland against the differ ence Between the Sealevel pres sures in san Francisco and los the wind direction Sandberg against the pressure differences Between los Angeles and now Thompson is working at the Washington National k trying to find a new set of weather variables from which he can predict the percentage of Chance in conditions of icing and winds six hours in and Vance at that he Hopes to have a reasonably Good set of variables by next but he expects these will constantly be next step is to work out a Gen eral theory of selecting based on the experience at los Angeles and once that is it is the Hope that reliable variables could be worked out for every major Airport in the Thompson believes that the method of numerical forecasting has application wherever Man has to take a calculated risk with the an industrialist with open to the Rains knows that it will Cost say to cover it and that his loss if he did not cover it would be if he is told that there is a 20 or 30 per cent Chance of he can calculate whether it is Worth while to spend the Money protect ing his since most military operations Are calculated Thompson believes the numerical method of forecasting could be applied As Well on the Field of years 1946 president Truman pledges his cooperation to the Republican controlled Congress and asks its cooperation in 1947 is making Sample atom bombs and has already one off in a test in it is re ported in a Prague dispatch to the Paris evening citing information transmitted from Moscow to confidential 1948 the banking government re ports that nationalist and communist troops Are locked in the Battle for strategic Kangsu 1949 Secretary of state Dean Acheson arrives at Rhine main Airport after completion of the big three foreign ministers con Ference in a special seven Day pilgrimage to Rome for Augsburg personnel has been arranged for by chaplain Edward Mcdonald 2d army Cav regt Catholic the which will consist of an audience with the Pope and guided Tours of Rome and the Vatican is being offered at a rate to interested the Lour party will leave Augsburg on the morning of and on the evening of the total tour Price is including full payment for guides and with the travel display Hilltop Lodge special services club in Oberammergau captured first place on Garmisch military Post the pier bus Sci tour Booth contest promoted by Neucom Jacqueline club gives Cpl John Brubaker tips on Italy Nancy club hostess in charge of tout won a tour to Italy and is there now along with winners in other military Post Booth contests As guests of pier photo trans world airlines substantially reduced its to mile operating while increasing the total volume of to produce a net income of or per share after income taxes of in the first nine months of according to Board chairman Warrenj Lee Pierson and president Ralph this compared with last years Tacoma of or a share through sept when there was no deduction for income taxes because of previous tax new twin engine Martin aircraft in service on Domestic routes and delivery of additional constellations have enabled Twa to serve More passengers within the and the addition of four engine planes on transcontinental Domestic service is expected to make air freight a heavier contribution to Revenue in the next Pierson and Damon Ann Smith right a 1950 graduate of the University of visited Salzburg while on a bicycle tour of Europe this past she decided to remain to assist at the Ufa Mirabell service club As a recreation i her Home is photo Gail formerly assigned to and Pattle Kay i formerly at have been assigned to the Arrowhead service club at Erding air base As recreational direct Caroline formerly director of the Circle Charlie club in Stutt has gone to Grafe Wohr where she is director of the open Hearth club As Well As directing preparations for five summer tent t sgt James of the 36th fighter bomber Fursten was the Winner of the october Swiss tour offered by the Swiss National tourist he was chosen As top Man among the contestants in a Genera knowledge quiz contest held at the Furstenfeld Bruck air each travel approved by the Neucom leave activities Section offer free Tours to pos level contest bom inn any Amo e ii b Zor Tot to i Gei the stars and stripes 8 207 editor chief managing editor sports editor november it col Henry 3 Richter Ken Zumwalt Phil Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice Kirkwood Louis b Brown news bureaus 7252 Bremerhaven 3104421363 Deutsche 75543 190 Berlin 846681 b47330 the european edition is published daily at Darmstadt for the occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and 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