From the August 13, 1932, issue

ONLY HALF OF LIGHTNING FLASH IS SEEN BY OBSERVERS

Not many years ago, a thunderstorm often meant that the supply of electricity would be interrupted. But now, lightning does not cause power line failures nearly as frequently as it used to; it has been tamed by engineers.

Laboratory artificial power lines that duplicate actual conditions in the field and huge generators with which to give them lightning-like charges have been important tools in the conquest of lightning.