From the July 30, 1932, issue

LAYMAN TAKES GREAT INTEREST IN VIEWING TOTAL ECLIPSE

When, on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 31, the shadow of the moon sweeps across eastern Canada and New England at the rate of some 2,000 miles an hour, hiding the sun for a little over a minute and a half, probably millions of people will see this most magnificent of natural spectacles, a total eclipse of the sun.