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Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
Gemini is the name of the con
stellation that we find east of
Orion and is located by means of
two bright stars called Castor and
Pollux. The name Gemini is from
the Latin language and means
“the twins.”
Telescopes show that the upper
star, Castor, is a beautiful double
star. Spectroscopes show that
these two stars and a third fainter
star are double, that is, there are
really six stars in what appears to
be one to the naked eye.
For many tribes and nations,
from the islands of the Pacific to
Greece and Egypt, these two stars
have always taken a prominent
part in mythology. Castor and
Pollux, on their two white horses,
led the soldiers of the republic to
victory on a famous day in Roman
history. Naturally the Romans
erected a beautiful temple in the
Forum to the Twins. For a long
time these famous horsemen were
pictured on Roman silver coins.
Eskimo Girl Students
May Become Stewardesses
For Wien Alaska Airlines
JUNEAU—Eskimo girl students
from Mt. Edgecumbe school near
Sitka will become stewardesses,
tour guides and traffic agents for
Wien Alaska Airlines, if Jack
Whaley, vice president in charge
of traffic, is successful in a quest
which has brought him to South
east Alaska.
Whaley interviewed 15 girls at
Mt. Edgecumbe. He hopes to find
five who will work into' his air
line’s staff for the summer. Wien
flies from Fairbanks to Kotzebue,
Nome and other points in northern
Alaska.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with occasional light
rain tonight and Saturday. Winds
ENE 15-20 mph. Little change in
temperature. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 38, high Satur
day 43.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
44, low 38. Max. wind 26 mph
from the east. Sunrise 3:07 a.m.,
sunset 8:52 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 40, low 35. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 56 in 1919,
low 7 in 1933.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 9 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 43 Part cloudy
Wales 38 Cloudy
Nome 41 Rain showers
Unalakleet 48 Cloudy
Bethel 46 Part cloudy
McGrath 54 Cloudy
Anchorage 44 Cloudy
Fairbanks 58 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 44 Part cloudy
Edmonton 52 Part cloudy
Juneau 41 Fog
Ketchikan 53 Clear
Seattle 61 Part cloudy
San Francisco 55 Cloudy
PIANO STUDENTS GIVE
RECITAL LAST EVENING
The piano students of Mildred
Harwood gave their annual re
cital last evening with their mo
thers as guests, at the Harwood
residence.
Participating were Arlene Mul
ler, Virginia Doyle, Edna John
son, Rodney Boucher, Susanne
Fagerstrom, Lucy Ann Fager
strom, Mary Jeanne Boucher.
Refreshments were served the
guests following the entertain
ment.
RECEPTION TONIGHT TO
HONOR REV. CARLSON
The public is invited to a fare
well reception for Rev. and Mrs.
Paul Carlson of the Covenant
Church tonight.
A service at the downtown
church at 7:30 will be followed by
a reception and refreshments at
the old church building at 8:30
this evening.
Any further information may
be obtained from Mrs. R. Amund
sen, chairman for the evening.
SANDVIK DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sandvik are
the parents of a daughter, Kara
Nel, born yesterday morning and
weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce.
Mr. Sandvik is the new divi
sional engineer for the Territor
ial Department of Mines who ar
rived recently to open up the
Assay office here.
More motor vehicles are being
scrapped in the United States
each year than were built in the
country up to 1915.
FOREIGN NEWS
IN BRIEF
PARIS, OP—Premier Joseph
Laniel won a vote of confidence
from the National Assembly yes
terday. The unofficial tally was
302 to 260.
* * *
CAIRO, Egypt, OP—Twenty more
army officers have been arrested
in connection with an attempted
Communist plot to overthrow
Egypt’s government, a Revolu
tionary Council spokesman said
Thursday.
* * *
TAIPEH, Formosa, OP—Chinese
Nationalist military headquarters
said Thursday that Red China’s
biggest field army—the 4th, under
Gen. Lin Piao—has been built up
to- 800,000 men.
* * *
ROME, OP—Bad weather, rang
ing from wintry snowstorms in
the Alps to torrential rain in the
south, covered Italy Thursday.
Drifts up to six feet deep were
measured in the Dolomite Moun
tain regions near Trent. Lightning
killed five workers in southern
Sardinia.
VIENNA, Austria,l/P—A 26-year
old American soldier who asked
the Russians for political asylum
and then returned to the West
will be tried by an Army general
court martial in Salzburg on May
12, it was announced yesterday.
He is Pvt. Carlos P. Johnson, of
High Point, North Carolina.
STOCKHOLM,* Sweden, UP)—
John M. Cabot, new U.S. ambas
sador to Sweden, presented his
credentials to King Gustaf VI in
the Stockholm Royal Palace yes
terday.
HELSINKI, Finland, tff»—Fin
land will stick to her present
policy of friendship with Russia
and all other nations, Prime Min
ister Ralf Toerngren’s new coali
tion cabinet said in a policy dec
laration Thursday.
VATICAN CITY, UP)—'W i t h
squeal of fife and beat of drum,
the Vatican’s colorful Swiss Guard
observied the 427th anniversary
Thursday of their historic death
stand in defense of Pope Clement
VII.
* * *
BERLIN, (/fl—The East German
Government has granted permis
sion for the construction of a
Protestant and a Catholic Church
in hitherto churchless Stalinstadt,
steel city near the Oder River,
church authorities announced yes
terday.
* * *
DEVIZES, England, UP)—The city
magistrates decided Wednesday
to restore George Dobson’s driv
ing permit as a 96th birthday
present. They revoked it last Aug
ust after finding Dobson guilty of
careless riding on his motorcycle.
Freighters Run Aground
Off Japan; 14 Drown
TOKYO, MP)—Two freighters ran
aground off Japan Thursday and
one sank with a probable loss of
14 lives, the Japanese coast guard
[ said.
The 880-ton Japanese freighter
Abekawa Maru went down off
Nagasaki in southern Japan. The
coast guard said four bodies were
recovered and 10 crewmen are
missing. Fourteen were rescued
by fishing boats.
The 7,341-ton Italian freighter
Ernesto, carrying 15,000 tons of
American coking coal, ran aground
off northern Japan, the coast
guard said. None of the crew was
reported injured.
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