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Show Says Moon Has No Effect Illinois Weather Prognosticate Ridicules Old Theories H. M. Willis, official weather prog-nosticator prog-nosticator at Springfield, 111., throws a harpoon into the pet theory that the pioon has a great deal to do with the vegetable, animal and human life growth. It is all bunk, he says. Hark-en Hark-en t& him : "We have calls' every day seeking the phase of the moon from people who are contemplating planting something some-thing or who believe it has some effect ef-fect on human life. The moon has no effect on human life on the earth's surface. sur-face. The only effect it has on conditions condi-tions on the earth's surface is that it draws the tides. Under proper conditions condi-tions of the sky, the only way the moon can affect human life is to furnish moonlight for young couples." |