Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1938 — Page 8

MERRY CHRISTMAS The Yuletide Season brings joyous Greetings to all our customers and an appreciation for the considerations we have enjoyed during the past year. Our Good Wishes to you and yours. ELBERSON SERVICE STATION SEASON'S GREETINGS At this Holiday Season we feel prompted to tell you how deeply grateful we are for the consideration you have so kindly extended us in the past year and to wish each of you a Christmastide of happiness and a year of health and prosperity. LAFONTAINE HANDLE CO,

to everyone I Our Sincere Wish at this r Joyous Season is a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I * I ■ GENERAL ELECTRIC DECATUR WORKS

Weather A Week Ahead| A* For-e««t Rv poor FFI RV MAWWFI ( M»t»orolnol«t &-&K. L IF aF HOT 8( COLD i z a, DRY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR INDIANA December 26 to January \ 1939. The East portion of Indiana will be cold. The NW and W. cen portions will be moderately warm. The S. cen. portions will be warmer. The S.W. area will be normal. The greater part of nldiana will be wet, with a small dry area in the extreme South portion. The S. cen. area will be normal. Copyright 1938, John F. Dille Company.

THE END OF THE WORLD (?) BY FIRE Does the study of astronomy or weather tell us anything about the popular supeistitlon that the end of the world will eventually come by fire? There is no evidence in the 1 rocks that would indicate that the world has ever been greatly disturbed by celestial fire. All the information we have of past I weather indicates that the world has pursued an even course of evolution, and there has never been a time when all the oceans ‘ were boiling hot, or were all turned to ice. But if no catastiophe by fire has ever befallen the earth, it has befallen other stars, and of this we are sure . Every few years a new star, or "Nova.” flares out in the sky where no bright star was seen before. The brightest of these new stars to appear in recent times was Noova Aquilae, in the constellation of the Eagle. It burst forth in June 1918. and for some days was as bright as the planet Venus looks to us. A cloud of flame certainly enveloped any planets that may have existed about this star.

SHOULD AN ASTEROID HIT THE SUN A GREAT SHELL OF FLAME WOULD LEAP FROM THE H MOVING AB OUT SMWBH 90 MILLION MILLS PLS. DAV MV jCvWS NOVA SHELL OF ',XM3S| t|RL WOUU) ENVELOPE ■Mg. \&... LAP. TH ONLY BMEI MKMHHB A FLVU MINUTES QSs EARTH'S AIR. BBBj IS AN INSULATOR ~ SSIJaXXJLDKH? HIM Os ET OF AnE.ArtGHT'FEELBUT UTIIE OF THIS HEAT.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1938.

The map* show total effect of Hot, Cold, Wet, and Dry Air to be expected next week. DAILY FORECAST . | Tec 1938 ® JAN 1939 26 27 28 29. 30 « 1 2 J Cl oJl IND ' I Astronomers believe that a 1 "new star” is caused by an asteri oid, or small wandering body in • space, striking a star We know ■ that the space is filled with dark ■ meteors, ranging from specks of ■ dust to moderately large worlds, i and it is possible for one of these • objects td Strike a star. When : the isterold strikes, it penetrates > deeply into the interior of the star, and there its substance is ■ violently converted into a great ■ flare of flame. I Estimates of the probability of any star meeting as asteroid in I space show that this must occur 1 on the average once every billion

years. We know tnai the earth has been in its present form for over four billion years. If the average of other stars applies to the Solar System, the sun may have struck asteroids four times since the earth took shape. Not all such Nova explosions were j necessarily as violent as the one of Nova Aquilae The heat of such explosions may have effected the earth for a few years, but It the sun ever was a Nova in the past, it did not have an effect upon the earth’s weather great enough to be detected now WEATHER QUESTIONS Q What sort of weather tnay Japaness troops operating around Hankow and west expect, in comparison *o what they would experience in their homeland? C.E.B. A. Winter weather In central China is much colder end drier than In Japan. Severe cold waves from Siberia often sweep the country. y Why does the sky seem bright on some nights when there are manv stars out? B.G P. A. When cold air from aloft moves down to the ground, It evsporates water vapor and blows around dust awsy. Then the sky appears bright, with gleaming stars. y. Will an object lens other than 72 inch focus work in a telescope? E. S. A. Yes, but keep the length of the telescope as great as convenient, as length means power. y. I always thought that all heavenly bodies followed their regular orbits from year to year, I that being the law of gravity.; Why then is the moon so erratic and seems to follow such spasVoice Returns /O' I’ 0 IY' K. < ■ Jr aft, i | ife - 5-*~, J. After two years without use of her vocal cords, Ann Merlo (above), 14, of Elizabeth, N. J., can speak again. Physicians were unabie to help. The ! girPs mother attributed the miracle to her faith in religion.

modic motion? E. N. A. The moon Is acted on by both the sun and the earth'* equatorial bulge and by the planets Venus and Jupiter. This o lVe * the moon a very complicated track as each of theae bodies disturbs its orbit about the earth. OXYGEN, THE LIFE GIVER Every minute of our lives we breath oxygen and if this lifegiving gas is shut off for much more than a minute we suffocate. Science shows that the whirl ot the earth acts like gigantic centrifuge, making the equatorial regions poorer in oxygen than the areas north and south. This may affect people In northern and southern places. Inan interesting story written by Prof. Selby Maxwell you will find facts about oxygen that you should by all means read This story will be sent to you tree with the compliments of this newspaper if you will address your request to Prof. Selby Maxwell, care of this newspaper enclosing a 3c stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. Copyright 1938, John F. Dille Co. o — Muskrats Hint Cold Winter Port Clinton, O. — <U.R> —The weather prophets here predict a severe winter, having observed that muskrats in nearby marshes are building their dome-shaped houses much larger thin usual.

• I Woman to Woman By Mary Morris

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I love the Christmas season, and I hope I always do, for so long as I can get a thrill out of a wreath of holly, a Christmas tree, or a sprig of mistletoe, I shall know I am not old. And —or so it seems to me —most of us need this joyous reminder of One who came unselfisniy and gladly on the greatest mission ever recorded. In honor of Him, let us make Christmas always a season of giving; an unselfishly happy time of the year. Let’s mean it when we say •‘Merry Christmas!” ZWICK’S.

tfhjdadjnjaA, We’d like to exchange gifts with you — something that we value very highly—our friendship and service for your continued good will. We want you to know we’ve appreciated your re- » gard and that we’d like to keep it. P. KIRSCH & SON

w. j..!,. tend to you the compliments of the I HAPPY season and express -m-r our sincere wishes ■ J >1 for your prosperity <7 tI) in the coming year. -“J We hope to continue the cordial relations between us. R. N. RUNYON GARAGE-