VESUVIUS IS SCHEDULED TO
BLOW ITS TOP IN OCTOBER
MUSHROOM CLOUDS galore spouted from Vesuvius in 1944.
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By Jack Brusini
A? Newsfealures
NAPLES— Want to see a vol
cano erupt? Come to Naples in
October, 1952.
Prof. S. B. Alfano, director of
t he Volcanoligic Institute o f
Mount Vesuvius said his calcula
tions show an eruption of famed
Mt. Vesuvius will take place next
October “unless something very
important has gone wrong in
heaven or under the earth.”
The volcano eruptions follow
regular cycles, Prof. Alfano said.
His records show Vesuvius has
followed a set pattern in erupting.
Precise records have been kept
for about two thousand years. The
first and most important eruption
was in 79 A.D., when Vesuvius
buried the cities of Pompeii, Her
colanum, Stabia, Sora and threw
lava all the way to the sea.
Its activity continued until 1037
A.D. when, after a last explosive
bursf, Mt. Vesuvius stood quiet
until Dec. 16, 1631. On that date
ten rivers of lava swept away the
Vesuvian villages, an enormous
quantity of molten stone reached
the sea.
Since then, the professor said,
Mt. Vesuvius has behaved better.
Every so many years it erupts
and then quiets down for a short,
period.
According to the “Vesuviolo
gists,” the volcano is due to re
sume its activity in October, 1952
—102 months after the end of its
last eruption in 1944. This period
is longer than the regular 86
months rest period, because the
eruptive period between 1906 and
1944 w'as of 38 years, six years
more than the previous eruptive
period.
If the now smokeless giant!
keeps to its rules, its eruption will
not be of a devastating nature,
Prof. Alfano said. The most terri
ble explosions took place only af
ter the centennial periods of rest,
when an enormous quantity of ac
cumulated energy blew off the
top of the mountain.
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John L. Lewis
Heads Probe Of
Mine Explosion
WEST FRANKFORT, 111., (/P)
—An investigation to determine
what caused the nation’s worst
mine disaster in 23 years began
Wednesday deep in the wrecked
workings of Orient Mine No. 2.
Thirty-six investigators headed
by John L. Lewis, United Mine
Workers president; Jack Forbes,
head of the U.S. Bureau of Mines;
and Walter Eadie, Illinois Mine
Department director, descended
into the mine.
Lewis would not confirm or
deny speculation the nation’s
miners may stage a work stop
page as a memorial to the 119
miners who died in the West
Frankfort explosion Friday night.
The investigation was conduct
ed jointly by union, federal, state
and company officials. The in
vestigators planned to remain un
derground for possibly eight
hours, walking through the debris
strewn workings which extend
for miles some 500 to 600 feet
below the surface.
As to the reports the miners
might go off the job around Jan.
1 in a memorial work stoppage,
the s haggy - browed Lewis told
newsmen:
“Go to the people who said it.
I didn’t say it.”
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Nyrop Reappointed
As Head of CAB
WASHINGTON, f/P)—President
Truman today reappointed Don
ald W. Nyrop as chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Board for 1952. j
The White House also announced
the President has redesignated
Oswal Ryan as vice chairman for
the same 12 month period.
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