New Calendar Proposed
By Lt. Cmdr. Edwards
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fPearl Harbor Times*
'With the Edwards Perpetual Calendar the year is divided into equal
quarters, the first two months of each quarter having 30 days and
the third month 31 days. The first day of the first month of the quar
ter is Monday, of the second month a Wednesday and of the third
month a Friday. The day of the week for any day in the year may be
easily figured in a few seconds by remembering “30, 30, 31; Monday,
Wednesday, Friday,” the number^ _
of days in tne tnree monins oi
each quarter and the weekday on
which the months of each quarter
begin.
The 1st, 15th and 30th, common
pay roll bill-paying and aecoun4
ing days, all fall on weekdays.
This plan thus becomes the most
practical for an up-to-date, inter
national civil calendar. There is
also no so-called “unlucky” Fri
day-the-13th, or “Black Friday,” to
worry the superstitious or to de
ter business sales and the signing
^of contracts. The last business day
of each quarter, the 90th day, falls
on a Saturday, convenient for
completing quarterly tax records,
government reports, bookkeeping
and stocktaking. However, if they
are not completed, another day,
the 91st, still remains, as the year
has equal quarters of 91 days each.
The year always ends on a Sun
day which is suitable for either
watchnight services or for New
Year celebrations after the stroke
of 12 midnight. There are 26
weekdays or working days, plus
Sundays, in every month, 91 days
in any 3-months period and 65
school days in each quarter, ex
cepting holidays and vacations.
Educational and court terms and
production schedules of all kinds
would thus be much easier to plan
^»nd carry out and all comparisons
would become more reliable.
Easter Sunday is set for April 14,
close to the original historic date,
and agreeing with a provisional
bill enacted by the British Parlia
ment in 1928. With a fixed Easter
there would be six 3-day U. S.
holidays every year and seven in
leap years since a “Presidents
Day” is proposed on Monday, Feb
urary 13, in addition to an “Easter
Day” on the Monday following
Easter Sunday. Anniversaries fall
on the same day of the month each
year.
Lt. Comdr. Edwards has taken
care of leap year by providing in
those years for a day, not a part
of any month, called “Leap-Year
Day,” to be observed between
Sunday, June 31 and Monday,
July 1 as the first day of the sec
ond half of the year. This could
become a “Sadie Hawkins Day”
for the girls who missed out in
June.
“New Year’s Day,” an already
well-known holiday, is the first
day of each year, another day
apart from any week or month,
followed by Monday, Jan. 1,
which is the second day of the
year and the first working day.
“New Year’s Day,” following
Sunday, Dec. 31, may also be con
sidered as a second Sabbath just
as two Sabbaths may now occur
when crossing the International
Date Line from west to east. Thus
it is possible to divide the remain
ing 364 days into exactly 52 weeks,
and these 2 “Year Days” allow the
calendar to become fixed and per
petual.
Introduced in Congress at House
Concurrent Resolution 53, Lt.
Comdr. Edwards’ “Perpetual Cal
endar” is proposed for adoption
by all nations at the peace confer
ence. The Navy Dept, and the War
Dept, have no objection to its
i adoption which may be possible
in 1951.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 316
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NOME CREATING THE OF
FICE OF HEALTH OFFICER;
DEFINING THE DUTIES AND
AUTH O RITY O F SUC H H E ALT11
O F F I CER; APPOINTING A
HEALTH OFFICER AND NAM
ING HIS SALARY; PROVIDING
PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION
OF HEALTH OFFICER’S OR
DERS; AND REPEALING OP
DINANCES IN CONF LICT
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED BY THE COMMON COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF NOME
AS FOLLOWS:
• Section 1. There is hereby cre
ated the office of Health Officer
of the City of Nome.
Section 2. No person except a
medical doctor, duly qualified to
practice medicine in the Territory
of Alaska, may be eligible for ap
pointment as Health Officer.
Section 3. A Health Officer
shall be appointed and his salary
fixed, by the Common Council of
the City of Nome, by either Or
dinance or Resolution.
Section 4. A Health Officer shall
not be appointed for a longer term
than one year, and in any event
his term of office shall expire on
the first Monday folowing any
General Election of the City of
Nome; provided, however, that
such Health Officer may be ap
pointed to succeed himself in of
fice.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of
the Health Officer to exercise a
general supervision of health and
sanitation within the City; to di
rect and supervise the enforcement
of any and all laws, city and/or
Territorial, applicable to the City
of Nome in the matters of health
and sanitation; to order the clos
ing of schools, and/or places of
amusement, and/or o u s i n e s s
houses, and/or the prohibition of
public gatherings, whenever any
such action is deemed necessary
to protect the health of the citizens
of Nome; to order the quarantine
and/or isolation of persons in
flicted with contagious or infec
tious diseases; to order the co?
tion of unsanitary practice
conditions of any business house,
and order the closing of any such
business house failing to comply
with any such correctional order:
j and advise the Council as to Or
1 dinances essential for imp’ove
I ment of health and sanitary condi
j tions.
Section 6. Any person or persons
! failing to comply with any lawful
order of the Health Officer shall
bedeemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall
| be punished by a fine in any
j amount not exceeding the sum of
$100.00; or be imprisoned for any
length of time not exceeding 30
days; or by both fine and impris
onment in the discretion of the
Magistrate; Provided that each
day an order of the Health Officer
is violated shall be deemed a sep
arate and distinct offense.
Section 7. J. B. Tucker. M. D„
residing at Nome, Alaska, is here
by appointed Health Officer at a
1 salary of $50.00 per month. His
HONOLULU, UP)—A little joint
ch efs of staff, patterned after the
chiefs of staff in Washington, goes
into effect today in Adm. John H.
Towers’ Pacific command. Towers
commander in chief of the Pacific,
embracing the Pacific east of the
Marianas and south of Alaska but
excluding those territories, de
scribed his new organization to
day as “the most complete joint
setup the armed forces ever had”
below the Washington level.
term of office shall begin with the
pa .sage of this Ordinance and end
as provided in Section 4 herein.
Section 9. Ordinances No. 114
and No. 276 are hereby repealed
together with any and all other
Ordinances which may be incon
sistent or in conflict with this Or
dinance.
Section 9. Council rules are
hereby suspended to the extent
that this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon
its passage and approval.
Passed by the Common Council
of the City of Nome in general
session assembled, and approved
by its Mayor the 23rd day of De
cember, 1946.
LUTHER DUNBAR,
Mayor.
Attest:
CARRIE M. McLAIN,
City Clerk.
Publish Dec. 27, 30. Jan. 1.
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