WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. JDept. of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued fair tonight and Sat
urday with little change in tem
perature and winds light and var
ible. Low temperture expected to
night 3, high tomorrow 26.
Data last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.
today: highest temperature 26,
lowest 2. Maximum wind 11 mph
from the N.E. Sunrise at 4:24 a.m.,
sunset at 7:40 p.m.
A year ago today: high tem
perature 28, low 12. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 49 in
1940, lowest -16 in 1927.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -10 Cloudy
Kotzebue -5 Fog
Wales 3 Part cloudy
Nome 9 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 15 Cloudy
Bethel 26 Cloudy
McGrath 23 Part cloudy
Anchorage 36 Clear
Fairbanks 25 Clear
Whitehorse 27 Snow
Edmonton 43 Light rain
Juneau 36 Rain
Ketchikan 40 Cloudy
Seattle 62 Part cloudy
San Francisco 74 Cloudy
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
To the east of the Pleiades is a
group of stars called the Hvades.
The stars of this constellation are
arranged in the shape of a large
V and is the conventional way of
representing the head of an ox
or a bull. That is why the con
stellation is called Taurus, the
bull. Aldebaran is the name of
the brightest star in this group.
Near the point of one of the
horns of Taurus there is remark
able nebula. It is interesting be
cause it has a history. In 1054
A. D., according to the Chinese
records, a star appeared at the
place now occupied by this neb
ula. It lasted only about a year
and then disappeared. Our tele
scopes show that this nebula is
expanding at a fixed rate, and if
it has been uniform it originated
900 years ago. This is in close
agreement with the Chinese ob
servation of this outburst.
This means that the star ex
ploded in 1054 and the resulting
cosmic cloud has been expanding
ever since.
Fine Job Printing ai the Nugget
Russia Denies -
Soviet Diplomat’s
Allegiance to West
CANBERRA, Australia, UP>—1The
Soviet Embassy said Thursday
that the “spy” papers Soviet Dip
lomat Vladimir Petrov took to the
Australian government are fakes:
Wednesday the embassy charged
the Australians had kidnapped
Petrov.
“There’s not a thing missing—
all embassy documents are here,”
Press Attache G. I. Kharikovetz
told reporters.
Prime Minister Robert G. Men
zies already had brushed off as
“ludicrous” the kidnap charge. He
was certain to take the same atti
tude toward the “fake papers”
story.
The Prime Minister told a press
conference that Petrov brought
“some hundreds of documents”
exposing a Soviet spy network
when he voluntarily surrendered
himself to Australian security of
ficers last week and was granted
political asylum. Authorites here
have described the fugitive from
Communism as one of the most
important Russians to switch al
legiance to the West. ,
Former Chairmen of AECl
Plan to Testify at Security I
Hearing of Oppenheimer
WASHINGTON, W—1The two
former chairmen of the Atomic
Energy Commission plan to tes
tify at the security hearing for
pioneer atomic scientist J. Robert
Oppenheimer—both of them ap
parently in his behalf.
David E. Lilienthal, who headed
the commission from the time it
was formed in 1946 until 1950,
said in a statement issued in New
York Wednesday night he will
testify for Oppenheimer.
Gordon Dean, who succeeded
Lilienthal and served until last
summer, said he had been asked
to testify by Oppenheimer’s at
torney. While he would not dis
cuss what he will say, his accept
ance o'f an invitation by the de
fense presumably means his testi
mony will be favorable to Oppen
heimer.
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Willys Employes
Vote for Pay Cut
To Help Company
TOLEDO, Ohio, UR-^So that
their employer can better compete
with other auto makers, produc
tion employes of Willys Motors,
Inc., have voted to take a pay
cut of as much as 10 percent.
The vote was taken Wednesday
after Richard T. Gosser, vice pres
ident of the CIO United Auto
Workers Union, told the employes
the cut is necessary to stabilize
Willys’ economic position. Part
of the loss may be recovered if a
new bonus pay plan can be
wmrked out.
The new plan does not affect
basic hourly wages, but has the
effect of eliminating incentive
pay, awarded workers who pro
duce more than a fixed norm for
their jobs.
There was no immediate com
ment from the firm’s competitors.
With Willys currently employ
ing about 7,000 men and women
production workers at an average
wage of $80, a 10 percent cut
could save the firm $56,000 week
ly in labor cost. Gosser said the
union hopes to reduce Willys’
production costs 20 percent within
six months, making it competitive
with General Motors, Chrysler
and Ford.
Edgar F. Kaiser, president of
Kaiser-Willys, described the ac
tion of the union as a “tremen
dous step forward” which advanc
es Willys’ operations “to a point
where it can become competitive
with the big three from a stand
point of cost in the production of
a complete unit.”
JOHN PEARSON, CANDLE.
ENTERS PIONEER HOME
SITKA—John August Pearson
was admitted to the Pioneers’
Home April 12 from the Maynard
McDougall Memorial Hospital in
Nome.
Mr. Pearson, who has lived in
Alaska since 1909, has. been in
Candle since 1925 where he was
employed as a miner. During the
past winter he suffered an acci
dent, which resulted in severe
frost bite and the loss of all ten
of his fingers.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty..
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska-^
10 to *2 A.M. - 1 to 5 PJ4.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 14fi
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 8rd Thursday each month.