ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Some interesting studies have
been made of the rings of Saturn.
The light sent out by the Inner
ring has been examined by means
of a spectroscope. By this method
the speed of the inner ring is
determined.
The. same test is applied to the
outer ring and the results show
that the outer ring moves more
slowly. This proves that the rings
are not solid, but composed of
numerous small bodies revolving
about the planet.
Because the atmosphere on Sat
urn is very extensive, little is
known of the planet itself. The
belts that seem to appear on its
surface may be wind belts similar
to our trade winds on the earth.
Saturn is 70,000 miles in dia
meter or about nine times that of
the earth and 700 times greater
in volume. The density is about
three-quarters that of water. It
takes 30 years for Saturn to travel
around the sun.
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New1 Property Tax Act
Introduced in House;
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Bill for Refund Dropped
JUNEAU, UP)—Revision of the
Territorial General Property Tax
Act, dressed up in new rural
school fund clothing, was intro
duced in the Alaska House Friday
! and, by contrast, a bill was
1 dropped in Friday afternoon for
a refund to property tax payers.
Rep. Burke Riley <D-Haines>
submitted a bill calling for a re
i fund to property owners who live
1 in cities or taxing districts and
. who paid the fee for registering
, their property under the 1953 leg
islature’s Land Registration Law.
The fee ran to $2.50 or $3 for
j most parcels of property. Riley
| said he was submitting it for con
' sideration in connection with the
! revived and revised property tax
i proposal. The registration law
( was a subject of sharp debate in
i the territory last year in the cities
1 and school districts because the
property was already registered
! on the books under the local prop
i erty tax laws.
Riley’s bill does carry any spec
i ific appropriation for the pro
j posed refunds. He said there was
! no estimate of how many claim
! ants there might be if the bill
should be enacted into law.
| Stars & Stripes Displayed
In Moscow Stadium at
Speed Skating Event
MOSCOW, —Don McDermott
of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,
turned in the second fastest time
of the early rounds Saturday as
he defeated Oscar Dahlberg of
Sweden in the 11th heat of the
i 500-meter race, opening event of
j the world speed skating cham
! pionships.
Prior to the races, all the com
| petitors marched around the in
I field of the huge D}*namo Stadi
' um before an estimated 50,000
J spectators.
j After the parade, a Russian
' band played the Soviet national
| anthem and the flags of all the
j competing nations were run up.
It was the first time the Stars
i and Stripes had been displayed at
j a Russian stadium.
I McDermott’s victory was popu
! lar with the crowd, which
! screamed, 4iThe Amerikanski
won! The Americanski won!”
In the European style of racing,
the 44 competitors from 14 coun
; tries will be £>nt off in pairs and
j the winner determined on a time
' basis.
The fastest time of the early
I rounds was turned in by Boris
1 Shilkov of Russia, expected to be
| the winner of the 500-meter event.
A-BOMB IS AS DEAD
AS KING TUT, SAYS
AIR FORCE GENERAL
COLORADO SPRINGS UFI—Gen.
George C. Kenney (ret.), Allied
Air Force commander in the
South Pacific during World War
II, said here Friday night this
country needs three to four thou
sand more jet fighters immediate
ly to guard against a possible Red
jet bomber attack through Alaska.
General Kenney also said that
H-bombs dropped on 12 American
cities could kill 20 million per
sons.
He declared the struggle be
tween the West and Communism
must be settled before 1962. He
predicted by that time the Rus
sians will have perfected a miss
ile capable of 5,000-mile range.
Kenney said in an interview
this country is working on the
same thing, but added he thought
there was a possibility the Rus
sians might perfect it first.
Kenney, now president of the
National Arthritis and Rheuma
tism Foundation, said the atomic
bomb is now “dead as King Tut.”
He said the talk of retaliation
in the days of H-bombs was “the
biggest hoax ever perpetrated on
1 the American people. You can’t
I retaliate when you are dead.”
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Governor Prods
Lawmakers for
Confirmations
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JUNEAU, [ft—Gov. Heintzleman «
sent two letters to the Alaska leg
islature Friday, one of them a
gentle prod for the lawmakers to
hurry up their confirmation ac
tion on members of a couple of
territorial boards which have
meetings set for this month.
The other was a copy of a letter
to Sen. William Langer of North
; Dakota, arguing against the sena
I tor’s proposal to convert Admiral
' ty Island into a national park.
In the letter about appoint
i ments, the governor noted that
the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Alaska is to meet Feb.
23 and the Board of Health two
days later. He said a cloud is
hanging over the status of several
members as long as the legisla
ture doesn’t act. on confirmation
of the appointments.
The governor’s letter concluded:
“Action by the legislature on
these appointments could be very
helpful in terminating the uncer
tainty presently confronting these
boards.”
The governor submitted his
letter to Senator Langer to the
legislature in connection with his
acknowledgement of a memorial
approved by both houses in oppo
sition to the Admiralty Island
park proposal.
The governor thanked Langer
for his- interest in Alaska and
statehood and commented, “Most
I Alaskans, as you are awarei favor
immediate statehood.” But for
statehood, he continued, large
scale use of natural resources is
essential and no more of them
should be bottled up.
He pointed to the pulp industry
as offering a rosy prospect for
the region and said Admiralty
Island’s timber supply is a vital
part of the planning for a possible
40-million-dollar newsprint plant
at Juneau. He said the island
would be the main source of tim
ber.
Furthermore, he said, it would
cut off a popular hunting and
fishing area and there are numer
ous more impressive park areas.
He cited Glacier Bay Monument
as being one that is near and 2Vi
times as large.
Since World War II, an average
of 190,000 immigrants a year have
come to the United States.
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Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
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Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER HO. l
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
□ Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary ^ .;
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
446 First' Ave. West. Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 pan.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.