The Harpooned Angler Matter (AFRTS)

Well, you're listening enjoyment. John Lund has... Johnny Dollar. Philip Park and Johnny. Where to now? Friend. Something wrong with the claim? Well, so what? Don't you ever expect your policy holders to die? Well... I'll be ready in an hour.

Hi, fellas. Care to join me in a quick look at the past? Okay, here goes. Back around 1890, Charles Dudley Warner, who was editor of the Hartford Current, wrote in an editorial, everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

Well, maybe no one did in 1890, but someone definitely has since then our United States weatherman. He's quite a busy gentleman who works for the Department of Commerce. His job is to read thermometers, barometers, anemometers and other assorted meters, which forecast weather conditions, so the rest of us will know what to plan or what not to plan,

like hanging out the washer going to a baseball game. Information about weather conditions is also given to aircraft pilots and ship captains, so they can plan their flights or cruises accordingly. Of course, they need more than just weather data, and the Commerce Department gives them what they need.

For the pilots, the Department issues aviation charts and maps, and sees to it that air markers are laid out so that the pilots can find their way easily and safely. For the ship captains, the Commerce Department issues nautical charts and tide tables to indicate when and where it will be safe to navigate their ships.

The department also inspects the ships to see that they're in perfect operating condition and issues licenses for the operating of the ships. So the next time you look up at the sky and wonder what kind of a day it's going to be.