Science: Double Blanket

For all the fine things devised by Science for the safety and convenience of men, little has been done to dispel the danger and delay inherent in fog. In 1935 it is still the rule, when fog blinds land and sea, to stand and wait until it clears. Last fortnight a great white pall closed in on the Atlantic seaboard, spread over the U. S. as far west as Iowa and Nebraska. When it lifted last week it had lasted four days, the worst since the five-day fog of 1914.

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