The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1932, Page 8

B0 T g 3 - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932. 4 KARNES LEAVES TO TAKE DRIVE INTO INTERIOR Democratic Candidate for Commissioner of Edu- cation Goes West To ¢ his drive for votes into the interior, A. F. Karnes, Demo- candidate for Commissioner ation and Superintendent iy Schools left here last night on the steamer Yukon for Sew- ard. He spent several days here and visited Haines and Skagway since coming from Ketchikan a week ago. & M| Karnes was cordially receiv- ed hee and was pleased with the reception. He held a number of conference with local Democrats on the campaign with highly grat- ifyinz results. Mr. Karnes will cover Seward, Anchorage, and other rail points. A veteran of the World War and member of the American Legion, he will attend the annual conven- tion of that organization in Fair- banks next week. He plans to go over Steese Highway to Circle, visiting mining camps enroute, and to return to the coast by Rich- ardson Highway, covering all of the ccmmunities on that route to Valdez. He will return from there to Ketchikan and complete his campaign by mail He is confident he will be elected with the 1est of the Democratic ticket. e MURPHY T0 GET TOUGH BATTLER IN NEXT FIGHT Dick Gord—;: Bellingham Boxer, Meets Local Champion Labor Day Miles Murphy, claimant of the| Alaska middleweight crown, will stake his title on Labor Day in the main event of the American Legion’s usual card in a match against Dick Gordon, Bellingham, ‘Wash., battler who has fought his way to ¥he forefront of the 160- poun division in the Pacific north- west. Gordon, who was offered the maten several days ago, yester- day wired his acceptance of the terms, it was announced today by “Red” Campbell, who is now matchmaking for the Legion- naires. Murphy has already start- ed his training for the bout, Camp- bell said. Richmond Gets Return Young Richmond, who was kay- oed by Granney Hulse in the Fourth of July smoker, has been given a return bout with the lat- ter oa the Labor Day bill. Rich- mon1 kad a slight edge over Hulse up to the lethal punch. This bout, which will be the semi-windup, and the main go will be six- rounders. Another member of the Murphy family, Eddie, a younger brother of Miles, is to make his debut on the same card. He is matched againss Pierre Cooper in the spec- jal event. Cooper lost to Jim Thomas on the Fourth of July after staging a game exhibition. This will be six rounds of two minutes each. Nelson Meets Popovich Sammy Nelson, who hasn't fought in several months, comes back to the ring on the card. He is matched to fight George Popo- vich, who is rates as a good fight- er and has done considerable bat- tling in and around Seattle. Dick Harris and Leonard Stokes, both well known Tocal youngsters, have been signed in the curtain raiser. It and the Nelson-Popo- vich go will be four rounds. Tickets will go on sale some- |~ time next week. LOUIS ODIN RITES SET FOR TOMORROW Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning for the late Louis Odin, who died in this city last week. Requiem Mass will be said at 9 o'clock in the morn- ing in the Catholic Church. In- terment, under direction of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary, will be in the American Legion plot in Evergreen Cemetery. More Advertising Urged by Professor CHICAGO, Aug. 17. — Increased advertising was urged today by Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, professor of marketing at Columbia University, New York, in an address before the Tnterstate Merchants Council. “Mo.t retailers must advertise,” “To stop advertising , is like trying to stop ' breathing. Certainly when business is de- clining 15 no time to quit.” CANNED FOOD SALE | Large cans Apricots, Peaches, Pears, can..18¢ GARNICK’S—Phone 174 W.WWW‘* Sciéncé Charts Twelve More Total Eclipses for United States [Nation May See 13 Be- tween August 31 and Year 2073 By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The to- (tal eclipse of the sun in New Englasd August 31 is only one of | about 8,000 which astronomers have | located from 1208 B. C. to the year 2162 A. D, | Thay foretell eclipses or dig up | past ones by the same tables 01" mathematics which include such things as the Saros, nodes, perigees; or months of odd lengths with |the queer names, sidereal, synodic, | nodical, draconic and anomalistic. ;» A dining table and a plate il- |lustrates the problem. The table |is the plane in which the earth | revolves around the earth. A plate at the edge is the moon's orbit jarouna the sun. If the plate lay flat on the ta- |ble, 25 a correct hostess would set |it, there would be a total eclipse | {of the sun once a month, every (time the moon swung between the edge ol the table (the earth’s sur- face position( and the center of the table, (the sun's position.) But this plate is tipped at an angle—of about five degrees. One side is higher than the table, the |other lower, as if the plate were |just tilting to fall off. So the! rim of the plate (the moon'sorbit) [ |cuts the table only at two points |—which astronomers call ‘the “nodes. A total eclipse can happen only | when & point of intersection with the table happens to be in direct teenth will be seen in the United After the August 31 total eclipse, 12 more and possibly a thir- map above shows the approximate paths of the eclipses, while be- low shows a total eclipse in various stages. ‘Next One After This Year’s Will Cross Alaska in 1943 2017—Crosses entire United States from about Cape Blanco, Ore. near Denver, Nashville and Wilmington, N. C. 2024—Comes in from Mexico en- tering U. S. southwest of San Antonia, passes north to Jackson, Miss, and to sea at Atlantic City. 2044—Begins' near Bismarck, N. D., pesses into Canada. | 2045—Enters U. S. between Los Angeles and San Francisco, ]‘ pisses south of Grand Can- ¥ycn, New Orleans, and across 1 Gulf of Mexico at Fort My- | evs, Fla, |2052—Crosses Florida near Tampa traveling almost due east. 2073—Passes close south of Brown- ville, Tex., to New Orleans end out to sea at Charleston, 8, .O; The paths of the eclipses are| approximate, as they have not| /been computed down to the last ‘wo miles. i S e CAPITOLS BEAT COLISEUM PETRICH LEAVES FOR CONVENTION Veteran Department Ad- jutant of American Le- gion Goes to Fairbanks Enroute to Fairbanks to attend the annual Department Conven- tion of the American Legion— August 22-23—J. T. Petrich, vet- eran Departmient Adjutant and left last night on the steamer Yu- koa tor Valdez. He was accom- panied by his son Keith, Mr. Petrich will join other Leg- jonnaites enroute and the entire party will proceed to the interior metropolis over Richardson High- way. Several members of the Legion Auxiliary unit have left here with- in the past ten days enroute to thé convention. They traveled via Bkagway, Whitehorse and the Yu- kon river route. ———————— Mrs. Ted Doogan of Douglas, is the mother of a son born yes- terday in St. Ann’s hospital in this editor of the Alaska Legionnaire, When Help Is Are Favored BASEBALLERS; SCORE, 6-2 | By defeating the Coliseums yes-| terday by a score of 6 to 2, the| |Capitol baseball nine captured the | |series between the two teams. | | Arrangements will probably be | made for another five-game series,‘ |before the chicken dinner winners |will be determined. | States up to the year 2073. The line between ‘“earth” and ‘“sun. | But there’s worse to come. The‘erllpwx in the United States, and plate is slowly revolving like a'2® thirteenth one that may touch | coin which has been spun. it It takes 18 years for the moon orbit tqr the plate) to make one of tnese revolutions. That time is the “Saros.” It results in the points of intersection advancing so that they complete a revolu- tion in 18 years. These are part of the motions These eclipses and their paths, according to the German authority Oppoizer, follow: ‘ 1943—Enters Alaska at Kavak Is- | lsnd and Bering Glacier. | 1945—Starts east of Boise, Idaho, | passes into Canada. near the | Montana-North 'Dakota line. | astronomers reckon with in pre- | 1954—Starts near Grand Tsland, | dictivg eclipses. After "August 31 Neb.,' crosses Mississippi riv- | the first in the United States will er between Twin (Cities and | be in 1943—in Alaska. Up to the Lacrosse, exits into Cannda‘ year 1976 there will be 12 total near Marquette, Mich. 1959~ -Starts at sea, just east of Long Island, probably miss- ing U. 8. i 1962—Enters Alaska near mouth of Yukon river, passes south of McKinley National Park, and crosses New England near site of present eclipse. (Op- polzer's predictions revised by U. 8. Naval Observatory.) 1970—Crosses Florida near Tampa and Orlando. 1979—Enters U. 8. near mouth of Columbia river and exits near Glacier National Park, Mont., into Canada. Special CHICKEN DINNER THURSDAY EVENING From 5:30 to 7 85¢ The Coffee ITALY IS TO CUTDOWN ON | NAVY VESSELS | Not Only Will Ships Be| Stripped of Crews, but | Scrapping Follows ROME, Aug. 17.—Approximately 135,000 tons of Italy’s fighting ships will be retired beginning August 25. This is the result of an economy move and sweeping reorganization of the fleet. Two battleships, three cruisers, nine light cruisers, twenty-five de- | stroyers and a dozen submarines, all within the age limit of ships, will not only be stripped of crews but will be scrapped. This will serve as a bartering point when the World Disarmament Confer- ence resumes this fall at Geneva. el . Stock Broker to Travel with Circus SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 17— Harrassed for a year by a falling stock market and wearie® by worry over passed dividends, Harper Joy, vice president of an investment bank here, was acting a bit queer today. But it was part of his work. For nis vacation he donned strange garb and joined a ecircus as a clown, intending to travel for two weeks before getting back to the! stocks and bonds. He does it every year, he said. CHILDREN’S DANCE TONIGHT A BIG FUN PARYY long at .. MEN’S BAND Now .... 50¢c FOR MEN LADIES FREE A. B. Hall KRANE and PETER- CREDITORS’ LADIES’ GALOSHES—Famous Good- year Glove Brand at ................ U.S.RubberBrand ................. BOYS AND GIRLS’ RAINCOAOTS with Rain Hats to match, sizes 810 and BOYS’ ALL-WOOL BLAZERS, All sizes .. 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