Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
The planet Venus will add to
the beauty of the coming Christ
mas season. It will be a brilliant
celestial object in the eastern sky
several hours before sunrise.
Venus has been an evening
star seen only in the western sky
from January 29 to Nov. 15. Now
it is almost in line with the sun
tout in a few days it will pro
gress forward ahead of the sun,
thus making it a morning star.
Near her western elongation in
1887 and 1888, Venus was so
bright that many people thought
it was the “Star of Bethlehem.”
Venus often outshines all the cel
estial bodies except the sun and
the moon and near the times of
greatest brilliancy it is plainly
visible to the eye at midday, when
one’s attention is directed to it.
Venus resembles the earth in
size, and also in mass and surface
gravity. Venus revolves around
the sun in 225 days and its
diameter is 7,700 miles.
Entomologists say that three
quarters 6f the known kinds of
animals are insects.
Senate Confirmation Of
Supreme Court Justice
Forced Over To 1955
WASHINGTON, Of)—Senate con
sideration of the nomination of
John Marshall Harlan to be a jus
tice of the Supreme Court was
forced over today until the next
session of Congress in January.
A judiciary subcommittee de
ferred action at the request of
Sen. Eastland (D-Miss>.
Eastland said he and a number
of other Democratic senators
wanted to get moi'e information
about Harlan’s qualifications be
fore acting on the nomination.
Republicans and Democrats have
an agreement that no controver
sial nominations will be consid
ered in the present extraordinary
session of the Senate, now in re
cess until Nov. 29.
Harlan is now a judge of the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals,
embracing New York, Connecticut
and Vermont. Eisenhower nomi
nated him to fill the Supreme
Court vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Robert Jackson.
A whale’s nostrils are on top
of his head.
American Indian Congress
Hopes To Slow Down
Federal Termination
OMAHA, W) — The National
Congress of American Indians
opened its 11th annual convention
here Thursday hoping to work out
a plan to put the brakes on ter
mination of federal responsibili
ties to the Indians.
Joseph R. Garry, a Couer
d’Alene Indian from Idaho who
heads the organization, said “the
only substitute which the Indians
want is giving them more time
to get ready for the dhange.”
Termination policies would take
the government out of Indian af
fairs, turning over their assets to
corporation set up by the tribes,
and giving services of the Bureau
of Indians Affairs to appropriate
state and federal agencies.
UNSENTIMENTAL TIES
OXFORD, England, W—John K.
Walter appealed to the law Mon
day to make his former wife quit
living with him and his second
wife.' The first Mrs. Walker re
fused to leave the house after
their divorce, claiming protection
of the National Tenancy and Rent
Control Act.
Soviets Report Finding
Two-and-a-Half Mile Tall
Mountain In The Pacific
LONDON, Wl—Moscow Radio
reported Tuesday a Soviet expe
dition has discovered an* under
water mountain two and a half
miles tall in the Pacific Ocean.
The broadcast said it was found
by experts in oceanology from
the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
who Spent ten weeks “in the
“northwestern part of the Pacific,
about 900 miles offshore.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat
urday with occasional snow flur
ries tonight. Lfttle change in tem
perature with northerly winds 5
to 10 mph. Low temperature ex
pected tonight 15, high tomorrow
23..
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
22, lowest 13. Max. wind 7 mph
from the north. Sunrise at 8:48
a.m., sunset at 2:46 p.m.
A year ago today: high tem
perature 30, low 25. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 36
in 1949, lowest -15 in 1948.
The lowest common denomin
ator is the common cold.
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Pioneer Roof Garden
Comes At A Very
Appropriate Time
Now that the Korean War is
over; the elections are over; the
tourists have come and gone; the
mining season is coming to a
close; Bering Sea will soon be
frozen and all will be peaceful
and still in Nome. What then
could be more wholesome and ap
propriate than a genuine commu
nity get-together party where all
,can meet and enjoy an evening of
social entertainment, so planned
and so versatile that old and
young, from the pre-school child
to the most conservative adult
can indulge in his. or her choice of
diversion. Games of all descrip
tion, from the simple fish pond to
the historic roulette. And the
prizes—from Iowa cohi-fed tur
keys to precious, rare, gold nug
gets. Everyone gets a prize.
1 The main event of the evening,
the big show PIONEER CLASSIC,
is perhaps the most Unique pro
duction ever shown on the Nome
stage. The cast has been carefully
selected and has had several re
hearsals, which developed some
remarkable talent. Among the nu
merous humor-producing items
will be some local impersonations,
which are always in order on an
occasion of this kind.
A four-piece orchestra has been
provided which will furnish dance
music, as well as vocal and in
strumental special numbers inter
spersed throughout the evening.
And at the ROADHOUSE—typ
ical of early-day Alaska pioneer
ing—you’ll meet your fellow
“musher” on the trail and partake
of genuine sourdough hospitality,
good eats, and ALL FOR FREE.
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NOME ROTARY CLtiB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, WM.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.
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