New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1927, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1927. \DECEMBER SKIES AND SUN SPOTSHA[[I?M AN-JULIUS Ji. 'himselt felt they were earning enough to establish a home and that Josephine was cared for by friends \NGUTE ¥ luntil shortly after their marriage, n.t il } Hi N when she came to Girard to live. DAULET L e | This, he sald, led to the general be- | DRY LAW ISSUE STIRS NEW YORK| _ S — Knti-Saloon Guns Trained on Senator Wadsworth New York, Dec. 1 (P—Republi- cans in New York state today were stirred over the prohibition quastion. While the New York Anti-Saloon league virtually declared war upon former Senator James W. Wads- Jr., a wet candidate for dele- t-large to the nation conven- n next year, the republican mem- f the New York congression ation unanimously recomm «d the naming of Bertrand H. Snell of St. Lawrence c . in the north- £rn part of t as a del at-large to the national sessio is generally regarded as a dry The Anti-Saloon league attack on Senator Wadsworth, his program and purposes as a wet contender was made after hc had announced his candidacy as a delegate an the promise that if named he would fight to have an anti-prohibition e state, gate- ~ plank placed In the national plat- form. Dr. 8. perintendent of the league, replying to Wadsworth's plan, said the former senator, “Is striking a disastrous blow at party welfare and party success.” Republican members of the New York congressional delegation last night were guests of Charles H. Hilles, republican national commit- teeman at a private dinner at the Metropolitan club where Snell was recommended to the state commit- tee. In the announcement of the action taken at the dinner no comment was made on what bearing, 1f any, the candidacy of Snell would have on that of Senator Wadsworth. NEWINGTON FINANCE ‘ BOARD IN SESSION E. Nicholson, associate su- Anti-Saloon Each District Urged To Share Ex- penses of New Fire Fighting Equipment Newington, Dec. 1—A special meeting of the board of financa was held last evening at the home of George W. Hanbury at the Center at which a motion was passed to the effect that in the future when new equipment is needed by the fire districts, each district and the town should divide the expense equally. Representatives of Maple Hill and the Center were present at the meeting. This action will now have to be taken up by each fire district and voted upon. There will also have to be a town meeting to vote on the project. Should the town approve the suggestion, Chair- man G. Ernest Root of the board stated this morning that since the budget for the present year is com- plete, any expenses incurred this vear will have to be included in next year's budget There was a the buying of equipment for the fire districts and whether or not the town should bear the cost of all of it. The Center fire district has al- ready called a meeting for Monday |§ evening, December 5 and this mat- ter will probably be voted upon at that time. Should this matter be approved by both districts and the town clear up a matter which has be open for several months and has been discussed a great deal the hoard refused to approve an a propriation for the purc for the Center fire district the annual town meeting. sinee Bill Would Extend Visitor’s License Roston, Dec. 1.—(8) e period vithin which a non-resident would permitted to operate a passenger automobhile in Massachusetts without Massachusetts registration would be to six months ized the of legis- lation." Christmas G long discussion on | 1t will | S 1 A group of sun spots visible in | December are pictured here as pro- |t | jected by a telescope on a card held | | by R. H. Baker, astronomy profes- [t | sor at Cniversity of Illinols. The br|t |ight circle on the card is the fleld of | I emperatures only andisturbed surface hese regions darker than he rest of the sun—hence the spots. t has been said truly that t appear | the telescope, which includes only a|spot is th | small part of the sun's disc. | By ROBERT H. BAKER | (Professor of Astronomy, University | ot Illinois) ; | Urbana, M1, Dec. 1 #—Sun spots | | are unusually numerous at this time | Since they are assoclated with vio- |, ilent magnetic disturbances on the |y {earth and with brilliant auroral dis- plays, we may look for these inter- | esting phenomena also. Occasionally a sunspot 1s la enough to be seen with the naked | eve, when a smoked glass Is used or | when the haze above the horizon |> makes the rising or setting sun safe | {to look at attentively. be easily visible without a telescope | the spot must be considerably larger |, {than the earth. Only a small telescope 15 needed | |to show the spots. Of course one must never look directly through | {the telescope at the sun without a shade glass, because the eye would |° be injured by the intense h and light. A convenient procedure is to hold behind the telescope a sheet of white paper or cardboard, on which the sun’s image is projected as from a stercopti ble cyclones or torn scale. The disturbance appears to ate below the sun's visibl As the whirling super- | heated gases ascend to the surface where the p re is reduced they E nly spread out, forming the S funnel which we does on a v P r t top of the i nsion of the gases cools ding to a well-known surface are maintained for |k Baking Powder ation pl auroras are abundant. by unusual pass | may fand have no Itected by the renheit of rainfall has varied cream and sau- | great areas of the |sages, ns and sharpens B While individual spots and groups of spots come and disappear in un- fashion, a degree of their general be- hed. On the aver- ge n rs increase for four ears ar se for seven greatest number to be seen every > now close to There is no evidence that the unspot cyele is in any way con. | ected with such events as ecarthly panics and wars, have as- erted. But it is certain that great netic disturbances and brilliant | occur whenever sunspots | “storms" are detected | gyrations of the corn- | needle. They produce also | ., arth-curr of electricity seriously ham telegraphic | ¥ radio communications. They connection with thunder Magnetic torms Weather conditions, too sunspot Vhen spots are num serature averages two deg higher than when th carcest. Morcover, an cleven year epefition in the spacing of old | W ree rings suggests that the amount E‘gz ith the sun- | Wy pot periodicity. g5 An electric maid-of-all-work that ?{E s, s, and irons | § knives, has appeared in ! i Plus! Rumford adds real food value to cakes, hot breads and pastry. In addition to raising batter and dough just right it also makes baked food actually more nourishing. Rumford is' a perfect leavener—plus! 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He explained that a de-‘ sire to remove all obstacles from the | |romance of the young couple, caused | 1@ Roselles and himself to assume 1l economic responsibility for the sent and to urge the companion- | marriage. | Josephine and Aubrey were mar- | ried at a Unitarian ceremony. After | hearing the ritual, the publisher an- nounced that he would rewed Mr: | Haldeman-Julius at a similar cere- | He said they never had been 1 with the “dogmas and the- ories” of the service read at their | |erthodox marriage eleven ye mony. satisf B. C. PORTER SONS ARE READY FOR CHRISTMAS Hundreds of most attractive gifts are here at exceptionally low prices. Already we have sold a number of things to he delivered for Christmas. Look at the articles listed below. We have just what you want. “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” is “New Britain’s Reliable Christmas Store” How To Invest When In Doubt If you are the least bit in doubt about an investment security, give yourself the benefit of the doubt. 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