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TOSSING MOUNTAINS OF SPRAT, wind and waves slap Sansallto, Cal., waterfront as fierce storm
lashes California closing highways, delaying rail schedules, causing landslides. (International)
Moon Questions Answered
- By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer. Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
. We answer here a few ques
tions which often are received.
1. "What was the matter
with the new moon last evening?
It looked like a complete round
moon with nearly all of it in
eclipse. I never saw anything
like that before."
This is a phenomenon which
may be observed any month
when the "thin slip of the new
moon" is in a very clear west
ern sky which is growing dark.
It is called "the old moon in the
new moon's arms." The moon is
a globe of about one-fourth the
diameter of the earth. It is all
"out there" even though some
times we seem to see only a thin
crescent. But when sky condi
tions are good and the moon is
still young, we see . the entire
disk of the moon that is turned
our way. '
The dim part of the moon is
the night side; the brilliant cres
cent, the day part. Most of the
lighted half is then turned
away from us. We see the night
side due to earthshine on it.
When the moon is new to us, the
earth is full to it, and gives it
about 50 times as much earth
light as we get from a full moon.
It is so strong that we can see the
night moonscape dimly lighted
by it.
In the writer's youth when go
ing home from a wedding one
winter night we saw near the
eastern horizon a phenomenon
which might put the question
above in reverse. Someone re
marked that it was very unusual
to see a new moon in the east
during the evening. No adult in
the group seemed to realize that
a real lunar eclipse was in pro-j
gress.
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"Is there any justification for
the ideas of some that the
weather for the coming month
can be predicted by the tilt of
the new moon?"
None at all excepting that we
can expect the general weather
to be somewhat the same for a
certain month year after year.
We are sometimes told that a
crescent moon that is so tipped
that it would spill water if it
were a dish, is a wet moon, and
that one which is lying pretty
well on its back so as to hold
water is a dry moon. Some evi
dently believe that there ' are
years, when the new moon of
March will be "dry", and other
years "wet."
Tip Always Same
The tip of the new moon for
any certain month is always the
same year after year. In March
it is always "dry"; in September,
always "wet", with varying
stages between for other months.
Look for the new moon in the
western twilight around the
middle of this coming week and
behold a crescent lying almost
with its points up. But instead
of holding water in its arms, it
will be holding the "old moon"
faintly illuminted by earthshine.
LONG TENURE ENDED
Theresa, N. Y. (U.R) A 100
acre farm has been sold aften be
ing in one family more than 125
years. Ivan Schell, a great-great-grandson
of the pioneer owner,
Conrade Zellar, sold the farm to
Walter C. June.
STRONG WINDS
Los Angeles (U.R) The weath
er Bureau here today warned
drivers not to drive in the desert
area from Ontario to 'Riverside
or Colton because of windstorms
that will "sandblast their cars."
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COMMERCIAL LOOP STANDINGS
W. I
Morning fresh ?4
Eagles 9f
Darling Real Estate
Mack's Drug Store
Domestic Laundry
Quality Market
Sam's Sport Goods ..
Table Rock Lumber
.21
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COMMERCIAL LOOP RESULTS
Sams SpL Gds. Morn. Fr. Bread I
Boone
467 Sacchl
326
469
519
336
459
Clement
Laden
Vessey
Goode
Handicap
481 Spain
450 Beck
S72 Hawley
527 Doty
48
2345
2309
Quality Mkt. 3 Domestic Ldry. 1
Kyker 441 Rosborough 297
Lubbers 478 Monroe 434
Lubbers 474 Dumas 433
Huston 419 Schroeder 461
Henderson 496 Wilson 485
Handicap 120
2308
3352
Table Rock Lbr 3 Eagles I
Neece 323 Weber 469
Carrigan 439 Baker 439
Genaw 362 Tripp 414
Cannon 391 Beach 411
Freeman 441 Hagen 484
Handicap 163
3217
2341
Pennywls. 3
Darling M. 1st. 1
Wilson
470
400
477
428
333
Olsen
447
Willson .
Piercey
Smith
Tennent
Callaghan
Vallee
Jones
Hadley
Handicap
369
396
304
448
31
3183
2310
THURSDAY TRIPLES STANDINGS
W. L
Rogue Equipment ..,, ... 3' 3
Sugar Pines . 22 14
Snider's Dairy , , , m 17
Moose Lodge 1" 17
Oil City 17 19
Chabot Splits i 21
Trail Creek Lumber
..14 33
Rogue Service
7 38
THURSDAY TRIPLES RESULTS
Sugar Pines 3 Snider's Dairy 1
Allen 430 Knapp 469
Henson 485 Loucks 399
Allen 467 Laden 491
Handicap 63
1339
1463
Trail Creek Lbr. 3
Harmon 393
Jantzer 403
Jantzer 484
Handicap 27
1307
Moos Lodge I
Keener 363
Abs. 402
Webster 433
1319
Oil City 4
Lane 437
Van Sickle 467
Deivert 438
Handicap 36
1378
Rogue Service
Tripp 413
McElhoe 414
Thompson 388
1117
Rogue Equip. 2 Chabot Splits 3
Straus 328 Martin 500
Bevan 433 Bollinger 451
Goode 530 Chabot S31
Handicap 3
1493
1479
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20-30 Club
American Legion ...
Brown's Insurance
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Barnes Chevrolet
Home Appliance .
Edxerton Motors -
31
32
33
Henry's Drive-in
First National Bank .
Brown's 4
Boone 493
Guldan 486
Knapp 488
Jones 461
Abs. 444
3373
F N Bank 9
Shaw
416
337
477
367
372
319
3308
Abs.
Dimick
Lane
Ayres
Handicap
20-38 Club 4
Rome Appliance
Straus 426
Knox 400
Jantzer 447
Jantzer 488
Balding 437
SITS
Curl
473
447
Allen
Bevan
Allen
Paschke
Handicap
423
481
444
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Floods Feared
As Nevada Town
Sandbags Streets
El. Nv. (U.R) Residents
of this famed Kennecott Copper
Company mining town worked
against time Saturday sandbag
ging the community s main
street into a makeshift canal to
handle a feared flood from
spring runoffs of a record snow
pack on surrounding mountains.
The town of 9,000 persons, site
of one of Kennecott's biggest
operations at the Ruth Copper
nit. lies at the mouth of two
huge canyons through which
tons of water would cascade
should a quick thaw hit the area.
Nevada's worst winter in 60
years has left almost six times
the normal water 'content im
prisoned in snow drifts around
the town.
Warm Spell Forecast
A period of cool weather with
no rain might alleviate a flood
threat and produce a slow runoff.
But due to the lateness of the
season a warm spell is more like
iy to come, sending up to 750
feet of water per second roaring
into the town whose drainage
Amer. Legion 4
Laden 514
Goode 486
Farrar 459
Harmon 468
Slead 480
3407
Edgerton Motors 0
Abs.
Henson
Keener
Ament
Webster
Handicap
371
424
436
441
60
3169
Barnes Chev. 3 Henry's Drive In 1
Wilson
314
Knapp
348
488
442
MaggenU
Shama
Baker
Wilson
323
548
403
362
3334
Bollinger
Morehouse
Minger
Hampson
Handicap
409
490
69
2446
COPCO LEAGUE
Short Circuits 3
Bish 478
Norris 448
Kight 414
Deverell 466
2006
Top Flight Reps 1
Duff
436
419
438
Cummins
Wyatt
Hussong
Handicap
42G
6
1825
Kilowatt Kglrs 4
Hanson 461
J. Thompson 376
Sterton 449
C. Thompson 514
1800
Atom Splitters 0
Gardner
392
A. Leavitt
B. Leavitt
Barry
Handicap
385
329
511
54
1671
Hi-Voltage
Boomer
Stinson
Fisher
Unville
Circuit Brkrs
Anseth
Browne
Davis
Brock
Handicap
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307
351
376
445
73
487
428
401
463
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CUBAN STRONGMAN FORMS NEW CABINET Gen. Fulgenieo Batista (center, at end of table)
neeta with his newly formed cabinet at the palice in Havana, Cuba. Meanwhile, in Mexico City
Hex., exiled Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarra said, "The force of Cuban public opinion is
capable of deposing Batista, and that is the way democracy most return to my country."
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War Danger
During Current UN Meeting
Paris (U.R) Finn Moe, Nor
wegian chairman of the United
Nations key political committee,
said in at interview that the
danger of war has lessened dur
ing the current assembly.
Neither East nor West have
made the slightest attempt to
understand each other, however,
he added.
Moe warned that the world
situation remains tense and that
the "violent language" used in
the past months has increased
fear and anxiety.
The middle-aged, good-humored
Norwegian, who led his com
mittee through stormy weather,
said the East and West did not
agree to establish a disarmament
commission. They- remained
"miles apart" on the basic ques
tions of arms reduction and
atomic control, he thought
"There is no outstanding
achievement in this session," he
said, "that will mark the place
of this assembly in the history
of the United Nations."
Scents Danger
Moe pointed to the surprising
ly large support which Russia
mustered in favor of the mass
admission of new members to
the organization. He cautioned
that despite strong support for
the western-sponsored principle
of collective action against ag
gression, discussions revealed a
"certain reluctance against too
automatic a procedure in this
matter.
He listed the existence of
states which purposely follow a
neutral policy and pointed to
the increasing influence of the
Arab and Latin-American blocs.
"Many delegates feel," Moe
said, "that the atmosphere has
been somewhat better than in
previous sessions, and almost
everybody considers the danger
system can handle only 150 feet
of runoff at" a time.
Mayor M. E. Broadbent said
the only place the water could
be channeled without ruining
the town is right down the main
street. So the sandbagging opera
tion began.
"We don't know when this
thing will hit, but we are doing
everything we can to hold dam
age to a minimum," Broadbent
said.
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Scon Lessoned
of war as less now than a year
or two ago.
"One was, however, reminded
of the tenseness of the situation
through the Soviet accusations
of the United States' alleged
preparations for war against
China. There was the American
delegate's warning against the
consequences of possible Soviet
aggression in Southeast Asia,
and (Russian delegate) Malik's
declaration that the U.S.A. has
already started a third World
War."
"The violent language," he
continued, "is disappointing and
it is quite evident from it that
there has not been the slightest
attempt by one side to under
stand the other and the more
violent the language becomes,
the greater our fear.
Some Progress
"Unless we can have the dis
cussions on the reasons for our
respective fears brought down
to the level of calm and objec
tivity, it will be impossible to
clarify the differences.
"It is from this point of view
that I consider as the greatest
achevement of this session the
unanimous decision to establish
a disarmament commission, even
if it is evident that the opinions
on dsarmament are miles apart.
"This has been the first unani
mous decision for a long time in
the United Nations. If all differ
ences could be discussed in the
same quiet way, we should have
taken the frst important step on
the road towards the relief of
tension in the world.
"Nevertheless, I think it cor
rect to say that even if the ten
sion between East and West has
not been eased, this session has
not shown any increase in the
tension.
"It is Interesting to note that
the strong will to peace in all
countries, especially in those
which do not belong directly to
one or the other camp, expressed
itself forcefully in several votes
at this session."
JUDGE XNOWS STUFF
New Haven, Conn. U.E) A
lawyer argued, "You've got to
grant my motion. I made the
same one last year and you ap
proved it" Replied Federal
Judge Carroll C. Hincks: "Are
you trying to imply, sir, that I
have learned nothing in a year?
Motion denied."
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CHAKBEX SPEAKER
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Oregon Power company, will be
guest speaker at the Tuesday
luncheon of the Ashland Cham
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nounced today by A. W. Wood
ward, program chairman. He
will review prospects of future
electrical development in this
area, particularly in respect to
industrial development.
LOCKED OUT. THEN IN
Hartford, Conn. (U.R) Asked
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bonfire in front of his house,
William B. Carwin explained,
"My wife locked me out and it
gets pretty cold out here.. Police
obligingly placed him in a nice
warm cell.'
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