Provoking a Volcano Tourist guides discovered years ago that a lighted match or even , a cigarette brought close to the l mouth of one fumarole not only provoked that particular one into emitting a denser cloud of steam than usual, but simultaneously ox ■ cited others in the vicinity. Trav elers who have been mystified by : ihe spectacular phenomenon can be assured there is a scientific explanation, having to do with the causes of condensation. Volcanic fires are not far be neath the surface of the entire Naples littoral Vesuvius, which : impartially buried Pompeii, A D. 79. and Allied air fields in 1944. taps this reservoir of hot gases and molten rock. « So, probably, does Solfatara. nearby dormant Mt. Nuovo which witnesses said built itself to a height of 400 feet during three September days of 1538. and the Phlegraean Fields area containing the grotto of the Cumaean Sybil. This ancient soothsayer undoubt edly delivered her prophesies from behind a cloud of steam arising out of a fumarole long since dead but 1 remembered in mythology. No ('otmnon Chimneys But Vesuvius goes through its cataclysms, occurring usually at least once each dozen years, with out discernible effect on its neigh bors. which probably means there are no common chimneys from the fiery depths According to vulcanologists. enough safety valve fumarolcs on Vesuvius could make the mighty dealer of death a:, harmless as Solfatara. In the absence of funui loles. tremendous pressures an* corked up within and beneath the volcano by matter that starts ob structing the chimney immediately after each eruption and build up until they burst. General Delivers Package to P. F. C. HEADQUARTERS, 5th A F.. Ko rea—P.F.C. N. G. Baldwin's career m the marine corps is made—that's for certain. ' A four-star general made a spe cial trip to deliver a package to him personally. The general is U S. Air Force Chief of Staft Hoyt Vandenberg. While m Spain recently. Vanden berg met a man and his wife at a reception and mentioned that he was going to Korea. Considering it a remarkable ' coincidence that their son was serving there, the couple asked the general if he would mind dropping off a package for them for their son, Marine P F.C. Baldwin. The general as sented. When asked what was in the package by P F.C. Baldwin, the general smiled and said he wouldn't want to spoil a surprise. Baldwin said he bad never seen the general before except in pie- j tures Baldwin's home is in Minne apolis. Whole Family Gets Its Citizenship DETROIT—The Holden family believes that citizenship is a fam ily affair. The family came to De troit five years ago from South hampton, England. Recently, the father, Stanley Gil bert lloiden, 54. his w.fe. Brenda 50, and their daughter. Barbara Jeanne. 25, took the oath of alle giance to the Uni'ed States to gether before Judge Frank R. Picard, .becoming one of the few families whose members all be came U S citizens at the same time. •Holden is a machinist at the Chevrolet division of General Mo tors. During World War li. the Holden family maintained %n open house for America GI's at its small es tate in England, known as "Ford ing Bridge.’*

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