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completion of tlid m8soh durifig which thb Bthplogrhbnt is pdtfdrmed nnd (b) to
employees tlerving at isolated posta outside the States of tho Unibd Stntos and tho
Di&ritt of dolurnbia within one yeat after the emploginenb is porfondekl.
fieads of departments nnd agendibd mag deloghte tu hhy oftlcdr or emplo~iee adthority
to order or approve overtime in excess of the ndminiwtrativo workweok and
to elect to grant compenmtory bime off frdm dutj without 108s of pity in Iieii of
overtime compensation as provided in this section. No wertime in e.TCpn8 of the adminiRlratine
workuieek slid1 be vrderrd or approved e.xccpt by un o flitvr or rrnployrr lo
uhrn nurk aiithoritfy I w hen BpedJir.ntE!y tldegntrd by thr Itrd rfl ihr t?iyjr,nrtrrirri/ or
ugertql.
~y ttie direction of tbd Commision.
FLIGHT ADVISORY WEATHER SERVICE
Flight Advisory Weather Service (FAWS) is being established by tho,
Weather Bureau at each of 23 Airway Traffic Control Contors of the Civil
Aeronautics Administra~on. This new service is bojng established to
provide Air Traffic Controllers with such detailed advices on current and
pending weather as may be required for the most eflicient contra1 of air
traffic and to initiate *eathbf. ddvidek Whidh Wfll be bf direct kid to air-
craft in flight. Five experiended aif.w$fr fotbbbtera ai6 beihrf nRei@wd
to each o# tho unit8, the locationfi of which are a8 folfows:
Albuquerque CIevelafiCl Kansas City St. Louis
Atlanta Denver Memphis SUlt Lala Wits’
Boston Dbttbit Minnoapolib San Antonio
Burbank Fort Worth LaGuardia Seattle
Chicago Great Fall8 Oakland Washington
Cincinnati Jrnlikorioillb Pittsburgh
The Airway ForocdElt and E’ligHi Advisory Wekther Services are being
combined wherever feasible una kttd ltxdtad in it room hdjheblit to the<
controllers. Where the space Bitdatiofi preveilts this oambination, or ab
centers where Weather Bureau dirWay forecast facilities are not dvhilabh
the FAW8 units aru being estbblished in the mine room with Airway
Traffic Contfol.
Traffic control boards have been set up by the Flight t;‘ontrol (?ommad
of the Army Air Forces in the same ofEcos with the weather 13urcau a d
C, A, A. services.
RAda ANI) PIBAL STATIONS
Rhdiosonde equipment bas been infkalled during tho currant f
year It the following Weltther Burenu stations!
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Bfg Sprjng, Tex.
Little rtbdk, Ark.
Dodge City, Kans. Louievide, ky.
Greensboro, N. C. Ogden, Utah
Batteras, N. C.
Ragid City, 8. Dak.
One raob IH beifig m&de daily podding clJhilability of wfllciont radio-
sondcR for the regular twice-daily schedule. ?he fbllowing table shows
the total numbor of Wmther Bureau raob and pibal tati ions now in
operation :