Dr. G.M. Sykes
Toronto Daily Star, 30 September 1930
The September 30 1930 edition of the Toronto Daily Star contained this fascinating photograph of a man who claimed that his Weather Control Bureau could control whether it rained or not.
The American Heritage website has an article on Dr. G. M. Sykes - or, to give him his full name, George Ambrosius Immanuel Morrison Sykes. He was actually from Burbank, California, and he was hired in 1930 by New York's Belmont Park Raceway as a professional rainmaker. I suggest reading the article to find out more (spoiler: it didn't work).
Created April 26, 2025.