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with forts pillboxes and barbed barbedwIrealready barbedwirealready barbedwire wIre-already wIre already - - already guard the r borders bordersAlpme bordersAlpine bordersAlpine Alpme Alpine troops includ ng the French FrenchChasseurs FrenchChasseurs FrenchChasseurs Chasseurs and the Italian Itahan Bersag Bersagtierl Bersaglienl BersagIleri tierl lienl are trained tramed and equipped for forthe forthe forthe the peculiar and exacting exactmg duty of ofmountam ofmountain ofmountain mountam mountain operations Sk lied skIers skiersthey skiersthey I Ithey they learn the tricks of the trade tradehow tradehow tradehow how to meet constant danger from fromnature fromnature ' nature in m a land of glaciers hld hid hldden hidden hidden den crevices and avalanches how howI howto howto howto I to conceal themselves from the en enemy enemy enemy enI I emy and how to shoot to the best bestadvantage bestadvantage . advantage m in their the1l " special field of ofaction ofaction ofactionThey I action actionThey They leam learn to balance themselves themselveson on skis wh Ie le carrying carrymg arms and andheavy andheavy andheavy heavy packs By constant prac practIce practice practice tIce these mountain soldiers be become become become come adept at jumps lumps and racmg racing racmgperlormmg racingperforming racingperforming perlormmg performing stunts on the ice and andsnow andsnow andsnow snow as spectacular as the flyer s stncks stricks stricks tncks tricks in m the air During Durmg the World Worldwar Worldwar Worldwar war when ski fighters were first firstused firstused firstused used on a large scale the Italianforces Italian Italianforces Italianforces forces saw cons derable Alpine serv servIce service service Ice in m the east Then France was wasItaly wasItaly wasItaly Italy sally sallyToday s allyToday ally allyToday Today as Italy arms her frontIer frontieron on the western ranges of ot the great greatmountam greatmountain greatmountain mountam mountain chain cham that rings rmgs about her herentire herentire herentire entire northern border it may be berecalled berecalled berecalled recalled that it was from the west west west.somewhere westsomewhere , . , somewhere in m this region that Han Hanmbal Hanmbal Hannibal mbal marched against Rome 200 200years 200years 200years years before belore Christ ChristA A Dramatic \ Military J\lIhtary J lIhtary FeatH FeatH Feat FeatH H stonans storlans storians d sagree about the ex exact exact exact act pass over . which v.hlch vhlch the Carthagml Carthagini Carthaginian Carthagmlan an general transported his men and andelephants andelephants andelephants elephants m In a military feat all the themore themore themore more remarkable because it was wasperformed wasperformed wasperformed performed late in m the year aga nst nstthe nstthe nstthe the menace of mcrea increased ed snow and andJce andice andice Jce ice The pass of the Little St Ber - 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Here lughon highon high lugh on the rugged Al Alpme Alpine Alpine pme pine border are pictured French Frenchtroops Frenchtroops Frenchtroops troops staging an imaginary Imaginaryraid raid raidon raidon raidon on an enemy This Tins picture uastaken nas uas nasta1.en uastaken ta1.en ta1en taken . on the site of oj the possible possibleextenSion possibleextension possibleextension extenSion of 0/ 0 0the / the Maginot Magznot Sieg Sleg > SlegfrIed Siegfried fried lmcsI linesnard lines lmcs linesnard I nard however leading leadmg from fromFrance fromFrance I IFrance France south of o1 her towering towermg Mont MontBlanc MontBlanc MontBlanc Blanc has many points in m its lavor favor lavoras favoras favoras as the most log cal route of the theI theCarthagmlan theCarthaginian theCarthaginian I Carthagmlan Carthaginian invaSionSome invasionSome invasion invasionSome Some 2 2000 000 years later Napoleon Napoleonalso Napoleonalso Napoleonalso also marched over the western Alps Alpsmto Alpsinto Alpsmto mto into Italy this time by way of the theGreat theGreat theGreat Great St Bernard pass at the south southwest southwest southwest west corner of Switzerland In Inmodern Inmodern Inmodern modern times tIXDes railways and good goodmotor goodmotor goodmotor motor roads cross the western Alps Alpsat Alpsat Alpsat at various points pomts on the way from fromthe fromthe fromthe the giant ice capped peaks of o1 the theSWISS theSwiss theSwiss SWISS border to the sunny RIvIera RIvIeraof Rivieraof of the Mediterranean One of the theearliest theearliest theearliest earliest Alpine tunnels-Mount tunnels Mount tunnels - Mount Ce Cemsp Cenosp Cems ms-p ms p nos-p nos - p erces solid rock for e a ghtV ght ghtV robe robej gs V 7 7robe j V K Ki bOOIt bOOIta a yPn yPnF F 'r r 'ro ' - 'iQr iQr ' o t . t SITE OF NEW NEWFORTIFICATIONS i FORTIFICATIONS t tThe / 4 + 1 1The The map mapabove above shows the ex exact exact exact act location of oj the proposed proposedItahan proposedItalian proposedItalian Itahan Italian FrenchortlficattoTl French fortifications /ortlficattoTl ortlficattoTl / $ IJ Ii IJcarTled Iicarried Icarnedout ) carTled carried carTledout carriedout out the moiewill motewill mote motewillamount , will willamount amountto amount amountto amountto to an extension of oj the Vaginotline Uagznot Slaginot Uagznotlme Slaginotline lme line south from Su ItMerlandall SuiLerlandall SuiLerland Smt ItMerland erland allthe all alltile allthe tile the uay nay tray to the Mediterranean JlIedlterranean Mediterraneanmiles Mediterraneanmiles miles in the route between Modane Modanein Modanem m in France and Bardonecchia Bardonecchla In InItaly inItaly inItaly inItalySince Italy ItalySmce ItalySince Since Smce Hannibal Hanmbal made his precanous precan precart precartous I Ious ous way over nature s rugged path pathmen pathmen pathmen men have built many strategic hIgh highways highwais I Iwa wa ways ) s m in and across the western westernAlps westernAlps Alps Napoleon constructed four fourgreat fourgreat I Igreat great mil tary roads and planned plannedothers plannedothers plannedothers others othersUpper ; Upper Air Azr Observatwns Observations ObservationsWill ObservationsWill Wzlllmprove Will Improve Accuracy Accuracyof AccuracyOf Of Weather Forecasts ForecastsThe The word probably will be seen seenless seenless seenless less frequently m in daily dally weather weatherlorecasts weatherforecasts weatherforecasts lorecasts forecasts as a result of Increased Increasedupper increasedupper increasedupper upper air observations in the opm opin opmIon opinion opinion Ion of F W 1V Reichelderfer chief of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United Umted States weather bureau bureauHe bureauHe bureauHe He refers particularly to the use of ofthe ofthe ofthe the radio sondeThis sondeThis sonde sondeThis This instrument mstrument developed by the thenatIonal thenational thenational natIonal bureau of standards trans transmlts transmrts transmits mlts mrts radio s gnals which indicate indicateair indicateair indicateair air pressure temperature and hu humIdIty humrdity humidity mIdIty mrdity every few tew hundred feet up upto upto upto to 60 000 or 70 000 feet feet , . , so that the theground theground theground ground observer knows these Impor Important important important tant forecast items as fast as the theballoon theballoon theballoon balloon ascends ascendsAlready ascendsAlready ascendsAlready Already m in the United Umted States there thereare thereare thereare are six weather bureau burcau two army armyand armyand armyand and tv-o tv o tv.o tvo two . - navy radio radJo sonde stations stationsThe stationsThe stationsThe The radio sonde weighing weIghmg less than thantwo thantwo thantwo two pounds and carried carned by a bal balloon balloon balloon loon five or s x feet m In diameterattLr diameterafter diameter | after attLr mflat milat moat on rises at a rate ofabout ofabout of | about 1 300 feet leet a m nute flute At a aheight aheight aheight height of nearly 15 miles the bal balloon balloon balloon loon bursts and the Instrument Instrumentcomes instrumentcomes instrumentcomes comes to earth by parachute A Alarge Alarge Alarge large per cent of the instrumentsare mstrumentsare mstruments instruments are recovered recoveredIf recoveredIf If we can understand the changes changesthat changesthat changesthat that take place in m the thousands of offeet offeet olfeet feet of o1 atmosphere above us most mostof mostof mostof of ofhich \ which \\hich hich take part in m the manurac manufac manuracture manufacture manufacture ture of ot weather says Mr ReIchel ReIchelderfer Reichelderfer Reichelderfer derfer we can satisfy satisry the demands demandsof of the publ pubi c tor for pos tive tlve Live fore- fore forecasts forecasts tore-casts tore casts - - casts |