Show I THE LAST FRONTIER 4 4 ny By DAVID D. DIETZ NEA N EA Sets Service 10 1 Writer A direct connection between weather conditions in fn North America Amer Amer- America ica and the amount of ot heat radiated ed by b the sun has hos been worked out oU This hl Is today's todo most Important I from the frontier of ot science sc It li is Important because l an eventual understanding of ot the tho connection between the the- sun and our weather will enable us to forecast tho the weather as much as a year car In advance Dr H II II If Clayton Claton former head of ot tho the Argentine weather bureau shows that a n change chango In the tho amount of ot energy radiated radiate by the sun af af- affects at- at affects the barometer and thermometer eter readings In northern Canada on the tho same day da Th The The effect Is felt along the At At- Atlantic Atlantic lantic coast at Boston Roston and New W NewYork NewYork York about three days das later 1 Strangely enough a decrease Inthe In Inthe I the tho energy nerg radiated by b the sun nun Is accompanied by an Increase In earthy temperature Just why d hy this paradox should exist i Is le not known As a test lest of ot his theory theor Dr Clay Clay- Clayton Clayton ton has been making a forecast of or the thc temperature of or New York l ork City several Ial days das in to advance for tor the Smithson Ion Institution at Wash Wash- ington The rhe institution reports that on the average he comes acmes very close to predicting the actual temperatures which later occur In New York on the day specified In his forecast The great American banana m myth th Scientists arc talking about it now It Is not as ont one on might except a a scientific Investigation of ot the once popular song about the alleged banana shortage e. Its It's a discussion precipitated by b the finding finding- of ot fossil banana seeds In a coal mine In Colombia Certain scientists declare that this proves the banana originated on the tho American continent But Dr W. W E E. afford Safford of ot the U. U S. S department of ot Agriculture dis dis- agrees ag Safford rd says that th the banana was unknown on this continent when un Columbus arrived rl here h and that the home homo of ot the banana is the Malay Archipelago Scientists have known for tor a long time that mineral minerai matter valuable to the human system was removed from many vegetables by cooking Recent experiments conducted at the University of Wisconsin however how how- however ever show that the losses are much lower when the vegetables are steamed Professors C. C A. A Hoppert and W W. II Peterson carried on the research work |