Show observation OF ALASKAN VOLCANISM r the service for continuous observation of volcanic action ti oft in the united states whereby as recently announced lassen volcano in california is to be equipped with an experiment peri ment station will willbe be extended to alaska the work is under a newly established section of can dr T A jaggar in charge of the united states interior inte bior department geological survey hitherto this work has been limited to a station in hawaii national park under the new service the headquarters of volcano research remain under dr jaggar in hawaii at kilauea volcano R ruy uy H finch who has been first assistant at the H hawaiian aw abian station will operate the lassen station equipping it with seismographs mo graphs and making studies also of slow movements weather conditions and underground temperatures ronald M wilson topographic 6 and geodetic c engineer takes charge of the seismographic laboratory at the hawaiian hawaii an volcano observatory and becomes geodesist to the section of can as aid to dr jaggar in physical investigations and all matters pertaining to changing ground levels in relation to tidewater and horizontal movement determined by precise triangulation cr A reconnaissance of the alaska peninsula and the aleutian islands will be made in the near future by dt dr jaggar with aview to establishing a permanent station there |