0 _, _ .., r ..... ,.....,.. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1930 TIDE MTC-TC;^-A T)K NT- V V~ A MP F71)1TP a a a r~ ara a .. a c 1 v. A-% ! V tJ A L j.. I - ' YEtCL '1'! IA I~J~fS ENGINEER WORKING WITH MODEL PLANES FINDS LIGHTNING BOLTS MAY STRIKE PLANE IN FLIGHT t+ } + By R. P. CRONIN, JR. (Associated Press taff Writer) AKRON, O., ich. 10-Man-made lightning has convinced one engin- eer that an airplane may be struck in flight but that lightning hazard may be eliminated oy insulation. Arthur O: Austin, of Barberton. 0., says his experiments show light- ning will strike protruding parts of a plane. These, he says, may be protected. The radio aerial and air speed in- dicator tube were shown to be the most likely parts to be struck. Un- der certain conditions lightning striking a speeding plane might cripple the ignition system or burn out a bearing, Austin found. z In his outdoor laboratory Austin explodes synthetic bolts on model planes, wing sections, fuel tanks, motors, ignition systems, and one full-sized plane. Lightning shot at a wooden pro- peller, in motion, followed to the base of a metal sheath and jumped across to the top cylinder ,The motor, however, continued to func- tion.I Bolts of 3,000,000 volts are shot in the laboratory, and Austin plans to double the voltage. The labora- tory, a maze of electrical machin- ery, includes three of the largest transformers in the world, each rated at 900,000 volts. The transformers feed into each other to create the high voltage used. Overhead are transmission towers, insulator strings, oscillators, and' a large cage aerial in which the electrical charge is stored. Austin became interested, in the research after the crash last fall of a Transcontinental Air Trans- port plane. Aviators and scientists lightning is nu hazard to planes in :','. > . ,'y. .. . yea i j. :'$'' : j +, I'x , FOU MA 4 I NY 14, 15,16,.17,'30 ' hILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR CONDUCTORS OORE Musical Director i STOCK Orchestra Cond. MARTER Assistant Cond. EE Children's Cond. WOLD FOWE SOO S EARL V. MI FREDERICI ERIC DELA! JVA HIGB i Arthur 0. Austin (lower right), Ohio engineer, experiments in out- door laboratory (upper left) to learn the dangers of lightning to air- planes. How synthetic lightning strikes a model plane is shown (center). 9 rI1 11bAr11 I piYlli111r1 rMalY 1®11 W Iw iNli! flight and that metal planes, even if struck, would carry away the charge without damage. EUHREFLECTIONS, WELL KNOWN C- ><>ooc=o What's Where. Rihani Makes Talk Before Group! Closing today are "Dynamite" at ofStudents at Sunday the Majestic and "Fast Life" at the of Wuerth, both reviewed below. Night Banquet. i George Arliss' "Disraeli" opens to- j morrow at the' Michigan, as does RUTHVENGIVES ADDRESS "Hearts In Exile" at the Majestic, to be reviewed in Thursday's Daily. Nationalism with an intellectual 'Navy Blues" is at the Wuerth. ne~llanDraa The engineer plans a public dem- onstration 8f his experiments in the summer.y ENG'INEER TO TA9LK' ON SALVAGE wQR, John C. Niedermair to Deliver JnIllustrated Lecture ei on Submarines. RAISED FAMOUS WRECKS John C. Niedermair, who was in renaissance as its dominant note Enough matrial f six melo wa the theme struck Sunday night dramas has been inserted by De- at a banquet of the newly-founded Mille in- "Dynamite," a rapid-fire Arab Students' union. The meet- succession of tense . situations.C ing was gives in honor of Ameen There's amurderer sentenced with Rihani, prominent Arab writer and amy sister haningonihusad a society girl buying a husband statesman. from his wife, a prison marriage, The keynote of the meeting was oa wildhrevel of ther 400," a little struck by John Khalaf, '31, presi- '.yid run over with the subsequent dent of the Arab Students' union ife and death race for the special- Peaceful nationaliity by means of ist, and finally a mine disaster, y y A~nd, believe it or not, all convinc- education was his principle theme ngly depicted by this domestic Ameen Rihani who gave the mai: negaphone wielder, who has easi- speech of the evening stressed ly adapted his technique to suit the nore particularly the need for bet- ali picure ter relationships withth Arb Unusually fine acting is done by1 the Arabs ooth Conrad Nagel, and Charles "Understanding," he said, "is the Bickford, the latter soon to be seen cornerstone of sympathy." n Garbo's "Anne Christie." Kay President Alexander G. Ruthven Johnson has the female lead, and and Prof. William H. Worrell, o) while not especially devastating to the semitics department, spoke laze at, is a competent actress. for the faculty of the University. Scarcely a word was heard from! Each stressed the English debt to I packed second-show audiencel the Arabs and to Arabic culture. Sunday night, proof enough of itsl Among the other distinguished gripping tenseness. As is the habit guests was El Humani, Arabic poet :f more than one instructor, Screen and member of the privy council of Reflector grades "Dynamite" twice: Prince Abdullah of Transjordania, A~- while witnessing it, B on? who recited impromptu some po- thinking it over. etry in his native tongue. This Younger Generation. Unity of the Arabic speaking Despite a good cast, "Fast Life" F peoples and ultimate independence tails to live up to expectations. Thel as a nation is the aim of this junior Fairbanks, Chester Morris, movement of which the Michigan and Loretta Young are featured in organization is the first unit in this story of a fast young set. America. At the present time there This film had a long run on are 20 students of Arabic descent Broadway and does have its inter- in the University. esting moments, but only rates a C on the whole. The best spot on the? THOMAS W. LALLY current . Michigan program is a; hilarious Laurel and Hardy comedy DIES IN DETROIT 1-two would-be drunks in a night) .club. Thomas W. Lally, 72, retired i- -B. J. A. spector of the Detroit police de- ._ partment, and the father of MissNe Death C a br Adele Lally, of Ann Arbor, who was New Chamber' fatally injured in an automobile accident near Ypsilanti. Feb. 18. for CaninesProves died Sunday evening at his home Proves in Detroit. Inventor s Downfall Mr. Lally was born Oct. 8, 1857, 1___ in Detroit, and joined the police (By Associated Press) department in 1881. He resigned HAMMOND, Ind.,March 10- The in 1887 to enter the United States vogue for bigger, better and more customs service but returned to thej csientific dog catching has reach- department in 1890. ed Hammond. He is survived by the Widow. Skinno Summers, conductor of~ Adele; two sons, Thomas B. Lally the local dog pound, decidedthat and Lucius Lally, both of Detroit;I Hammond should be second to two daughters, Mrs. Felice Christie none. So Summers constructed a of Yonkers, N. Y., and Miss Gret- new and improved "death chain- chen Lally of Ann Arbor. ber" The new chamber completed. Chinese Brigands Kill Summers picked out a group of Three Finnish Women doomedldogs, put themin the little Thre Finis Wo en1room, turned on the gas and, wait-j ed. (By Associated Pres) Several hours later a policeman SHANGHAI, March 10.-Three noticed a nair of familiar feet pro-! charge of the technical work in I connection with the raising of the submarine S-51 and the S-4, will give an illustrated ,lecture on "TheE Salvage of Submarines in the Open Sea," at 8 o'clock Friday, March 14, in theNatural Scienceauditorium. Niedermair is a senior engineer in the Design division of the Eu- reau of Construction and Repair, of the Navy department. He was a member of the technical staff of both the Special committee on Stability and Loading, and the American Delegation to the Con- Terence for the Safety of Fife at Sea. When the Submarine S-51 was rammed and sunk offmBlock Island in 1925 by the steamer "City of Rome," Niedermair was called in to take charge of the technical sip f raising the sunken vessel. .[_6ai, } in 1927, when another tragedy of the sea was enacted in the sinking' of the submarine S-4, it was Nie- dermair who was appointed to oversee the salvaging. Niedermair is a graduate of Webb Institute, a school in Ford- ham, New York, which was found- ed by an old ship-builder, and in which instruction only in ship- building is given. News From Other Colleges Finds Prehistoric Fish. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-Sam i Quay, of the geology department here has found a fish near Dallas? which authorities say is no less than 37,500,000 years old. The specimen, which is broken in only one place, will be put on display soon. Panhellenic Formal Planned. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA -The Panhellenic Society of the University, has decided to hold its annual spring formal sometime inn May and also to hold a wom-l an's sing sometimes. this month. Committes were appointed for I both of these affairs and will an- nounce their complete plans in a) short time. I Fraternities Arrange Luncheons. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA { -Inter-fraternity lunches will i again be held this year as a result of a decision made at a recent { CLAIRE flUX European Opera Companies DUSOLINA GIANNINI European Opera Companies NANETTE GUILFORD Metropolitan Opera Company ETHYL HAYDEN Distinguished American Artist MERLE CC Metropolitan Opera Company ''THRYN MEISL 3 Chicago Opera Company PAUL ALTHOUSE Metropolitan Opera Company DAN GRIDLEY Eminent American Singer RICHARD BONELLI Chicago Opera Company CHASE BAROMEO Chicago Opera Company PAUL LEYS SAC New York Civic Repertory Theatre N RUGGIERO RICCI Nine Year Old Wunderkind SOPRANO SOPRANO SOPRANO CONTRALTO CONTRALTO SOPRANO TENOR TENOR BARITONE , BASS NARRATOR VIOLINIST PERCY GRAINGER Renowned virtuoso GUY MAIER One of the inseparable two LEE PATTISON The other of the two PIANIST PIANIST PIANIST Lil ORGANIZATIONS THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL CHORUS 300 Voices 70 Players 400 Voices CHORAL WORKS meeting of the Inter-fraternity council. The exchange luncheons were started last year because KING DAVID MAGNIFICAT orFni IiIM HONEGGAR BACH ;t '[ 7vr "t T'k I