The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 19, 1954, Page 12

Page 12 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, October 19, 1954 Astronomy Club STAR-NOTES By JOEL M. MARTIN, President ‘The Key West Astronomy Club is working to popularize astronomy in Key West, and to interpret and dif. fuse knowledge of the stars to the public as fast as we get it. This ‘we do by monthly meetings, fre- quent, viewing nights, a rews letter to our members, and timely news- paper releases. Since our club was organized in 1946 many changes have. come a- bout in Astronomy — it, like all sciences, must change to progress. Two craters on Earth have been studied for possible’ meteoric ori- gin, Ungava crater in Canada and Talemzane crater in Africa; two craters on the Moon (Eratosthenes and Grimaldi) showed possible changes during an eclipse; the Greenwich observatory is schedul- ed to move to Herstmonceaux; the 200” scope was put into use at Pal- omar, 3,000 asteroids were recover- ed after starting during the war; Jupiter got a new moon, making 12; the possibility of a sub-Mercur- ian planet (Vulcan) has been out- lawed, but a trans-Plutonian planet may be indicated by a family of comets being studied; an erratic asteroid was seen in the Big Dipper and lost, but another asteroid with orbit that circles inside of Mer- s named Icarus; the dia- Neptune shrank from a estimate of 31,000 miles 000; Pluto continues to 9 time as much takes no credit for these — we merely take note er astray we find that to Proxima Centauri is Bar- Star, recently measured as the largest proper motion have im iE & & 4 & all if i Charles Lott, Paul Apt. No. 9, 2-9122 (refractor). Joel Martin, 1605 United, 2-3959 (Club 8” scope). Michael Orbovitch, 640-D No. Beach, 2-3523 (6 reflector). Edgar Stark, 1229 Von Phister, 2-2791, Mary W. Turner, 95 Sigsbee Road, 2-7803 (P.O. Box 915). Geo. Mills White, 508 Simonton St., 2-3589 (Books on Stars). Stuart S. Whiting, 85 Maine Road, 2-7801, Mrs. W. M. Whitley, 1307 Tru- man Ave., 2-7808. Fred Williams, 1612 Josephine, 2-5889 (refractor). E, P. Winter, 1421 Whalton 2-5491. Earl Yates, 1205 Von Phister, 2-5312 (10” reflector). For brevity the wives have been omitted, but are not to be left at home for that reason. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. Bring a friend. Keep in touch’ with other members between meetings. Three copies of “Sky and Tele- scope” are circulating among our members. Get on a routing slip if you are not already included. The first meeting of the year found three telescopes available be- forehand for observation: Fred Williams’ refractor which had a new tripod, Val Gonzalez’ new 5 in. reflector which performed ad- mirably, and the Whitley 8” club reflector with Barlow lens. Next meeting is at the home of Mrs. Turner on Sigsbee Road. Are we ready to start a mirror- grinding class this year? Why not? Basic Infantry :|Training Course Shown In Film Five miles north of El Paso, Texas, a platoon of khaki-clad fig- ures recently, underwent one of the most unusual . and streamlined courses in Infantry Basic Taining evér witnesed at the century-old Army post, Fort Bliss. The rookies, eating dust and bat- tling sand storms, had one consola- tion. The training center’s normal sixteen-week course was compres- sed into four weeks for the M-G-M movie, ‘‘Take the High Ground!” opening Thursday at the Monroe Theatre,. The. transformation of John Doe than | into G. I, Joe, a miracle of modern our galaxy, itself, size—but truly, science of change.” This month in the Solar System: Mercury, Neptune Saturn too close to Sun. Vent past maxi- mt shaped slightly gib- » Uranus and . Sun, spotty. Moon perigee on 13th, apogee on 27th. Orionid meteors swift, 20 per training .methods founded on the experiences of two World Wars, was the background for Dore Schary’s new project, with emph- asig on the irrepresible humor known wherever the American foot- has logged. ost 100 per cent of the cast Utah GOP Leaders Replace Self-Confessed Phony Hero hour faster M radiating from Betel- guese. Constellation - of - the - month: GRUS. Can you find it? . Question - of - the - month: What would you be looking at if you saw Aleyone, Asterope, Atlas, Celaeno, Maia, Merope, Pleinone and Tay- geta? The Key West Astronomy Club is | tion affiliated nationally with the As- tronomical League, whose 1955 con- vention, will be held in Miami. We will be co-hosts with two larger Miami clubs who will be hosts to thie League. ‘We thought you might be inter- ested in who the astronomy fans are in Key West, and when and where our meetings will be held. ‘There are several open dates, If you have any suggestions for these, | its don’t hold back. October 21—Turner; November 18 —Whitley; December 16—Martin; January—Whiting; February 17— Baillod; March 17—o p e n; April 2i-open; May 19-0pen; June 16—Martin. Viewing nights will be announced as conditions permit. List of Key West ‘“‘Astroma- teurs”’: J. P. Baillod, 915 Johnson St., 2-7753 (8” reflector). W. E. Baughman, 325 Whitehead, 2-5117. Ed Bland, 16 Rest Beach, 2-6025 (6” reflector). : Sara Butz, 1411 Patricia, 2-6263. Hilda Cunniff, 404 South Street, 12-5949. Eula B. Fritz, 719 Eaton Street, 12-3329. Vincent Gehr, 1512 18th Terrace, 25393. Val Gonzalez, 2502 Harris Ave- ue, 2-2150 (5” reflector & others). Frances Hames, 1230 Von Phis- ter, 2-5346. Wallace Kirke, 1011 Von Phister, J. L. Lester, 625 Truman, 22071 By JOHN V. HURST SALT LAKE CITY (#—Utah Re- Publican leaders last night named a prominent Utah educator to re- place a self-confessed phony war hero on the ist District congres- sional ballot. Then they withheld announce- ment of their choice for 25 minutes while top party officials pleaded with him to accept the nomina- Their action followed unanimous acceptance of the withdrawal of Rep. Douglas R. Stringfellow (R- Utah) from the race. - Selected to run was 62-year-old Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, president of Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, and considered to be the only strong GOP possibility in the populous, northern Utah areas of the district. The first includes ail of Utah except Salt Lake City and surrounding metropolitan area. Stringfel:ow appeared at the com- mittee meeting last night moments after the group voted to accept the withdrawal he had proffered only a few hours before. He re- ceived a standing ovation. Then, in a voice sometimes shaken by sup- Pressed sobs, he said: “You could have made no other decision ... God bless you for your courage and forthright action. In your presence I'd like to apolo- gize.” He said he had not confessed the bogus nature of his story of war- time heroism because “I just did not have the courage. I never found the way.” ! But the evening’s climax came when harried party officials, after counting a ballot that had given the nomination to Dixon by an unofficial 73 to 19, learned that Dixon had left Salt Lake City some time before with a parting an- nouncement that he would not ac- cept. Frantic telephoning finally 1lo- cated the educator in the homie of a son in Ogden. Then, while some 92 members of the 128-man GOP State Central Committee milled about in a room on the floor below, top state officials took turns plead- U.S. Navy Has Made It Possible For West Germany To Have Its Own Navy Ready To Go By RICHARD K. O’MALLEY BREMERHAVEN, Germany (# A West German navy will be able to take to the seas 24 hours after final ratification of the London re- armament agreement—thanks to the U. S. Navy. It won't be much of a fleet at first, only some mine sweepers, tenders, oilers and small patrol craft. Nevertheless it will be a navy. Under the London agreement, re- armed Germany would be limited to 20,0¢ naval personel. Warships must ise 3,000. tons or less. There is no 3,000-ton vessel for the new navy available. But a fleet of rebuilt German mine sweepers now waits for ratification’s X-day. These ships have been operating with German créws but under the American flag for two years, Readiness of West Germany to step into its own sea role has been made possible by a quiet program instituted in 1952 by the U.S. Navy and a handful of its officers. Two 10-boat squadrons of R- boats, each with a tender, regular- ly sweep the Baltic Sea to clear World ‘War II mines from sea lanes. The R-hoats are 167 ths, have a top speed of 18 knots, carry no armament at present, but are equipped with radar. Their task is to widen present Quads Trive BATHURST, N. B. (#—Quadrup- lets—three girls and a boy—were born in Hotel Dieu Hospital here last night to Mrs. Lawrence Dou- cet, 24, of Bathurst. Mother and children were reported well. Hospital authorities said the ba- bies were about two months pre- mature. They were placed in incu- bators without any weights being taken, The father, 35, is a truck driver. His only other child is a 14 monti- old. girl. and .crew of “Take the High Ground!” served during World War II in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force or Seabees. The com- pany ‘listed among: other decora- tions four. Bronze Stars, eight Pur- ple Hearts and’ 49 Battle Stars, leading to the idle supposition that M-G-M might temporarily change its famous initials M-Gi-I. Heading the cast are Richard Widmark and Karl Malden, port- Traying veteran sergeants assigned to train inductees. Widmark sym- bolizes the military martinet. with unswerving ‘adherence to’ spit-and- Polish “regulations: Malden, in a more sympathetic role, tempers the wind to the shorn civilians. The two clash on the drill field and in their romantic entanglement with a young war widow, a role which spotlights*a comparative newcom- er, "Elaine Stewart. ing with Dixon, his wife Lucille, and then Dixon again, to change his mind. Tronically, the call was taken in the campaign headquarters of the Democratic party—the only tele- phone immediately available in the hotel whefe the meeting. took place. Taking turns at the telephone were Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R- Utah), chairman of the recent com- charges against Sen. McCarthy (R -Wis); Utah Gov. J. Bracken Lee; and Jack V. McLea, of Rooseveit, a member of the USAC- Board of Trustees. At length, Dixon accepted. His nomination was announced and the committee voted to make it unan- imous. Stringfellow, a first-term repre- sentative in the 83rd Congress, precipitated the pre-election crisis Saturday night when he dramati- cally announced via radio and tele- vision that he had been living a lie as a war hero for years. The disabled veteran, 32, mar- ried and the father of two, con- fessed that his story of a behind- the-lines mission into World War U Germany—a story that had helped win him national prominence — was a hoax. In Dixon, Republican leaders felt they had the strongest possible re- placement for Stringfellow to op- pose the Democratic candidate, former Congressman Walter K. Granger of Cedar City. A mild-mannered, amiable man, Dixon took over as head of USAC in Logan last year, after almost 20 years in Ogden as president of Weber College. Party leaders quoted Dixon as citing his desire to remain at Utah State and family objections as be- hind his reluctance to make the race. The only other name placed in nomination against Dixon was that of George Staples, a Richfield edu- cator, insurance man and radio newscaster. A third nomination— that. of State Sen. B. H. String-| lanes and cut new ones for the safety of merchant shipping. It is common knowledge that not many mines have been located for a long time. But every day the squadrons go to sea, young Ger- mans get additional naval training. Officially designated as mine sweeping readiness unit, there are now 918 Germans, including 85 of- ficers, in the American-supervised program. They have a total of 42 craft. Both officers and men be- long to the U.S. Navy’s German Labor Service Unit B at Bremer- haven. : . Ninety per cent of the officers and 60 per cent of the men are veterans of the old German Navy. But the percentage of young re- cruits is rising. Ranks are the same as in the American navy, al. though the highest ranking officer at present is a commander. Chiefs of the two squadrons ply- ing out of Travenmuende on the West Baltic are lieutenant com- manders. Shore schools for the Germans are conducted at Bremerhaven, |where Capt. J. G. McLaughry base. The American officer in direct charge of Labor Service Unit B is Lt. Alvin Short (1793 W. 20th Ave) Long Beach, Calif. Most of the German officers have a fair knowledge of English. Others are picking the language up fast, along with their men. Occasionally, Lt.° (jg) Wilfred Devine of (24 Hillside Ave.) South Portland, Maine, who is assistant American officer in charge of the unit, goes out on a sweep. Other- wise, the R-boat squadrons get their sea orders and carry them out alone. Their uniforms are american type. The West German government pays for the project as occupation ¢osts. “McLaughry has made it plain that neither he nor the U.S. Navy can assure the men of automatic commissions in any new German sea force. But the oldtimers in the ‘labor service unit confidently ex- pect to get commissions. a ham, of Vernal—was withdrawn. in support of Dixon. Continued sales LEADERSHIP— based on public CONFIDENCE! commands the U.S. Naval advance | (Ohio Flood Is Just So Much High Water Now POMEROY, Ohio (#—This vil- lage of 4,000, as accustomed to high water as the next one, waited without any apparent excitement today as the Ohio River’s latest eruption moved downstream. It was hardly a flood—just high water. The Ohio’s Sunday punch was pent, and nearly all the force that brought death and destruction upstream appeared to be gone. The cold, muddy waters which had taken four lives Sunday in Pittsburgh were expected to in- vade only a few bottom lands in these parts. Autumn rains tore the river from its banks Sunday in Pittsburgh and 400 families evacuated at Wheel- ing, W. Va. The crest at Wheel- ing was 44.7 feet, nearly 9 feet above flood stage. Its flood force apparently spent, the river leaked into some low- lands downstream, where altered farmers had hastily picked their late corn. Occupants of lowland areas had cleared some basements but feared no first-floor damage. ‘At Belpre in Washington Coun- ty, Ohio, Police Chief Earl W. Walker reported the crest at 37.5 |feet, about 1.5 feet above floog———— | stage. r " . lenged a large damage estimate. Neh Tives {One official said reports of the damage were “exaggerated.” | The Wheeling New-Register said 1 D -« ; 0-Day Visit property damage.” The Paper | ¥: made its reply to an estimate by} NEw i the Army Corps of Engineers, | sal nope nt = Pome hich set flood damage at $6,700,- | by ys, se wi ,700,-' by plane today to begin a 10 day Wheeling City Manager Robert | according to reports received from L. Plummer said, “I can’t con.|the Red capital. He was given an ceive of any such figure as that.” ovation at the airport by a vast There was no immediate com. |‘TOWd of spectators. at Pittsburgh. | from Hanoi, the North Indochina Col. Edgar B. Sykes, West Vir- capital which the Communist-led ginia civilian defense director, said | Vietminh won under the Geneva Rot more than 25 to 50 families |*S"ee¢™ent ending the Indochina 5 While in Hanoi, Nehru Others, he said, may have lefi| eh ee voluntarily or rode out the food “egos hag enn chief We ith fri n hi | Chi Minh to respect the sovereign- wit friends om kigher ground: |ty of the small indochineas Giaiee “Virtually all the mayors of other towns and municipalities in the Wheeling area agreed that outside | reports of evacuations and Eo The University of Michigan has had only three hockey coaches since 1922—Dick Barss, Eddie Low- Tey and Vic Heyliger. 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