Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1926 — Page 17

MAY 21, 1926

RADIO ACTIVITY IS OUT EARTH’S AGE Studies So Far Indicate World Is Hundreds of Millions of Years Old. Times Washinoton Jiiireau. 1322 New York Avenue WASHINGTON, May 21.—Radioactivity in rocks is furnishing the scientists of the United States Geological Survey and others, with a new “lowdown” on the ago of Mother Earth. Studies which have so far been nuido have shown that her age must bo computed in hundreds of millions of years, greatly extending former estimates, a statement of the Survey said today. Somewhat as the hardening of the bones of a human being indicates his age, the accumulation of helium and lead in certain minerals indicates their age, but on a scale of millions of years, it was said. . This is based on the fact that helium and lead are the products resulting from radioactive decay of the elements uranium and thorium, and the age of the rocks is computed from the rate of such decay jgnd the quanities of these substance the rocks contains. , Geologists have sought for many •years for a reliable age measuringstick, using the depth of deposits, the fossils and attempts to determine the time of formation of sedimentary rocks and the cutting of valleys and gorges. Although the study of radioactive elements has only begun, it furnishes what may be the most valuable method yet found, the Survey statement said. A table of minerals, showing their age computed by this method, has. been published, and more chemical analyses of rocks are being made all the time. PLANS FAST AIR LINE Route Is 8.000 Miles From Berlin to Vladivostok. KU United Press MOSCOW, May 21.—The world’s record for long distance commercial flying will be established when the Aero-Lloyd, a German aviation company, and the German-Russia n stock company start their contemplated airplane service from Berlin ’to Vladivostok. The company plans to cover this • distance |of approximately 6,000) • miles within fifty hours by day and 'night flying in fast planes. The first lap in the journey, from Berlin to Moscow, will he covered in one night. The passengers will change planes in Moscow. Other bases for • the trip are being organized in Omsk and Irkutsk. YOUNG GIRL SEA HEROINE Seven-Year-Old Child Rescues Playmates in Ocean. 7)1/ United Press lIILO, Hawaii, May 21.—Violet Kauka, a 7-year-old Hawaiian girl, has been hailed here as a community heroine, following the rescue of her younger sister and a playmate who had drifted out to sea in a rowboat. The two children were playing in the boat and did not notice that it started to drift away from shore. ,The servant girl in a neighboring beach residence Art saw the predicament and started for help. In the meantime the Hawaiian youngster stripped off her clothing and plunged Mn for the rescue. She successfully negotiated the quarter-mile swim, seized the rope, and towed the children to safety. ENGINES IN AFRICA GAPE TOWN. —Two Americanluiilt engines, Pacific 4-6-2 and Moun- 1 tain 4-8-2, have just beon installed on the South African State Railway. The engines pull through passenger trains between Cape Town and Johannesburg, 956 miles, making about thirty-three miles an hour.

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