Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1938 — Page 7

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■Weather A Week Ahead ■ * ,By PROF. SELBY MAXWELL. Noted Meteorologist -15J938] V^>y. MMRCH T 12.’ 1938 I fes -/ / - sh ijfc. I ) r AIZ Jr M HOT 8< COLD X & DRY

H TEMPERATURE ANO RAINFALL FOR INDIANA B March 7 to 13. KtttrmeNW portion of Ind will be cool. Moderately cool owr ■so W cwt. portions. The remaining areas will he normal The Keen portions of the state will he wet. Moderately wet over ■Law n...fines The extreme NW area will be normal.

■ tn<i NK tn- ■ M ■rtttnr a"d Wet Weather B in the Southwest ata this spring I «as ■in.' 1 Texas the midst Bp s' An observer at ■idler Bureau tin re said. B" hare any relief from B till we see a storm ap Bl" ,M> V " S'"! HlB. <- m" • 'th r northB: ' to this part l< We ran only get rain In ntn ns i •’ from the it surveys of the upper air f United States show why lof the west is dry. They scientific explanation for Bion expressed by the obit Ama:"..:■> The southwest-: Its are dry because of the rem of the air and the high ntd of Mexico. Charts of er air show that a part of If Stream of the air flows 1 the Plateau of Mexico, comtorn th« Caribbean Sea and If of Mexico, and moving mountains of Tamaulipas era Cruz over the high and then down on the aide to the Pacific ocean.' the winds curve back again ter the United States by if California. New Mexico Jrizona, continuing through fl to the bhio valley states Mi there down the St. Lawlot the Gulf Stream of the ’alley. The winds of this j IWt when they reach Mex-1 it M they climb the high they drop great deluges on the eastern slope of the I «o that when they get lt« plateau they are dry, f desert conditions along tian west coast. They do i *e far enough over the I’a-| pick up more water. As ■ Ho and come back over the I Mountains they are dried! lerond time so that when I •ally descend into New Mex- 1 hrado. western Oklahoma i e Texas Panhandle, they I ‘d a double dose of drying arid conditions. oß 'y when the winds of the ream of the air fall short 1 ’’’ completely cross the I ; Plateau that they have i ,or * e «ern Texas, if the ‘Wroach Mexico but turn be- >’ have lost their water, '«ny moisture from the ' ‘Wo north. Winds which “ been cbtnpletely dried ' »e source of rain for west--I s ’ Ok lahoma. Colorado, ’Kansas and Nebraska. ■tppy to say that winds of tter are now blowing in <

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r ept short wave radio. Ten persona were reported drowned early today when the Santa Ana river went over its hanks north of Riverside and re-I verted to the channel front which it waa diverted in 1882. Santa Ana is 40 miles sonth of lata Angeles. Want Doctors An amateur radio operator said . he had intercepted a message front the sheriff's office in Riverside usk-| Ing for doctors and medical sup-1 plies. ' The message mentioned “casual-' ties” at a school house. Riverside was cut off front telephonic and telegraphic communication with the outside world and without power and lights. In Los Angeles proper, water! ran In torrents through the streets.' Collapses of pedestrian bridges and landslides in the hills that 1 buried homes under tons of dirt contributed to a rapidly Increasing , death toll. It was estimated that from 5,000 to 10.000 families were homeless refugees; that property damage would be between $15,000,00 and $30,000,000. Flood control experts estimated that the crest of the waters was , passing through Los Angeles at

itretne area win i>e normal. ' The map, show total effect of Hot. Cold, Wet. and Dry air to be expected next week. DAILY FORECAST *MAR 1938 ® ( 7, 8 9 10. 11 12 15.141 J_o, g I— Cam wfAiQtoUNStniLp WUWII'.TbSHOQMV WSTORM the southwest. Recently, vigorous . storms of this origin have come up from Old Mexico. For this reason I do not expect serious serious drought in the southwest in 1938. WEATHER QUESTIONS Q. —Please tell me what cycle the moon is now in? Also the sun? (Mrs. W. O'B ) A.—According to the U. S. Nautical Almanac, these are the Chronological Cycles. Dominical letter. B. Epact, 29 Lunar Cycle, I Solar Cycle, 15 Roman Indication. 6 Julian Period. 6651. January 1, 1938. is 2,428.900 Julian day number. (These cycles are used in reck onlng (ime by various people. Ed. > Q. —I am a farmer's wife. I would like to set some hens for hatching eggs. What kind of weather will we have in March and April in Illinois? (G. D.i A.—l believe that thdre will be a number of cold days in Illinois, reversing the present warm weather trends toward the cold side. Q. — Where do the wet storms that visit the Great Lakes come from? The dry storms? (H.W.) A.—The wet storms come from the Gulf of Mexico. The dry ones I come from the western part of the Dominion of Canada. Sometimes I raw wet air comes down from Hudson Bay. !♦ ♦ ' How would you like to tpke a | trip to the Sun and visit a world of fire? Tho air of the Sun is i i fire, the clouds on the Sun are . fire. There is no part of the ; Sun that is not fire and yet, strange to say, there is no burning on the Suu, no combustion, only waves of flowing, white, ' hot gas. The heat of the Sun is one of the mysteries of 1 science. Prof, Selby Maxwell has prepared a most interesting monograph on the Sun. As you read it you will seem to be taking a trip to this fiery orb. Don't miss this paper, it will be given to you free with the compliments of this newsI paper if you will address a 3c stamped self-addressed envel- ! ope to Prof. Selby Maxwell, care of this newspaper. Just ask for “Sun." * ♦ |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1938.

| 4 a. in. PST and gushing to the . ocean, and that the waters would begin receding later in the morning. Back in the scenic foothills, mountain streams had filled flood control reservoirs to overflowing and there was a peril that uny one !of several dams might crumble . and cause a worse disaster. Rams Abate ; Rains abated early this morns Ing and only light showers were I forecast for the day. which was ■ heartening news to the thousands l of refugees crowded into army <amps, police stations, theaters and public buildings. ; Shortly after 4a. in. there was ; a noticeable recession in the wat- ! ers at Los Angeles and it was bei lieved that the worst of the flood ' there had passed. The reports at ' that time indicatd a death toll of I between 35 and 40. Many communities remained to be heard from, but It appeared that i Los Angeles, Riverside and Long Beach had been hardest hit. Mayor William Evans of River- ! side, reporting on the Santa Ana i river flood, said that no bodies j were recovered “but undoubtedly a half dozen were drowned in this j vicinity and the sheriff s office says j the toll may go as high as a doz-

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en.” Mayor Evans said a five foot wall of water swept an area roughly an compassing a large section known | locally as “the Rubidoux ranch.” The river break was three miles north of the city. The Loa Angeles weather bureau said that while squalls might be expected through today that “the crisis has passed.” Many of the rivers — most of ; which are dry through the greater part of the year—still were over their banks as they rushed toward the sea. Officials of various cities estl-j mated property damage might ex-1 ceed $25,000,000. o COURT HOUSE Guardianship Case The current report was filed for Frederick Lengerich Tonnelller. by his guardian. Ed. N. Tonnelier. The report was examined and approved. The trust was continued. Real Estate Transfers Clifton Shoemaker et al to Ollie Feller. 8’' 1 acres in Hartford township for sl. Glen V. Hill et ux to Ernest Egley et ux, 48 acres in Washington township for fl.

MTSTERVSEEN E INSHOOTING Police Investigate Death Os Young Illinois I, Bride Tuesday iDelavan, ill., Mar. 3.—<U.P.> l’o- i lice Bought an explanation today I of the puzzling death of Mrs. Betty i i Crabb, 19, bride of five weeks who,, ■ I police said, apparently shot her- I self to death after attending a be-, | lated wedding party with her hus- . ; hand. i, Sheriff Ralph Goar indicated he I i believed the yonng bride might | I have picked up a gun out of curllosfty and that it might have been } discharged accidentally. ! ( Authorities from the first have ■; advanced a theory of accidental : death or suicide but said theyT

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would not cloße the cane until "perplexing aipects" had been cleared away. Sheriff Goar said the heavy .45 caliber bullet which killed the girl might have been fired from a dis- j stance anywhere between four and i eight inches of her body. He took the gun and fired a doz-; en experimental shots Into a white; sheet hung in the basement of the Tazewell county courthouse. The i tests were conducted to determine the extent of powder burns left by the old weapon and to show if it were possible for the girl to have held the gun heraelf. Goar said Mrs. Crabb could have; shot herself but added that if she did, it appeared the gun would have been held in an awkward position. She died early Tuesday of a single wound above the right breast after returning from the wedding party with her husband. James, 21, son of the president of the Tazewell County National Bank.

Funeral services were scheduled to be held today. An Inquest will be held tomorrow. o ■— Tear Gas Not For Doga San Francisco.—i(U,RJ It may be : legsl to use tear gas bombs on huI man beings, but they don’t go for •dogs. When Alfred M Rich threw fa smoke pellet between two dogs 'to slop them fighting, a neighbor j had him arrested for cruelty to ' animals. Fund Is Established For Unemployment Aid i Indianapolis, March 3—The Indiana Unemployment Compensation Fund has passed the $25,000,000 mark, Clarence A. Jackson, director lof the state Unemployment Compensation Division, announced today. "The fund now contains $25,100,983.78” Mr. Jackson said. “It can be used only for the payment of benefits to workers in the state-who

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lose their jobs after April I of this year; provided, of course, that they fulfill all the eligihiMly re<fliromente set out in the Indiana Unemployment Compensaliun law. HAPPY RELIEF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Caused by Tired Kidneys 1 ' Many of tlione rnawing, nagging, painful bat'kadien people blame on. colda or atr«inn Lire often caused by tired kidneys—>«n«l may be relieved when treated in the right way. The kidney* are Nature’* chief way of taking i exoeae geida and poisonous waste out of th® I blood. Most people purte about 3 pinta a day of about 3 pounds of wnMe. If the 15 miles of kidney tulie* anti filters don’t work well, poisonous waste mutter stays • in the blood. These poisons nifty start nagging backaches, rheumatic pains, lom of pep and energy, getting up nights, swelling, pufiinesg . under the eyes, headache* and disrinrss. Don* wait! Ask your druggist for Doan’s 1 Pills, used auceewfuliy by millions for over 40 ' years. They give happy relief anti will help the 15 miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous ' saste from the blood. Get Doan's Pills.