Ten Years
In Prison
For Red Aid
LONDON, May 1 () Dr.
Alan Nunn May wai aentenced
today to 10 yeara in prison for
violating the British official se
crets act by disclosing restrict
ed information, which hit attor
ney said went to Soviet Russia,
and concerned atomic energy.
May is a British physicist
who worked on nuclear re
search in Canada during the
war in the successful effort of
the United States, Britain and
Canada to create the atomic
bomb.
He pleaded guilty.
The 34-year-old May, who
was arrested last March, was
specifically accused of commu
nicating "to some person un
known certain information cal
culated to be, or which might
be directly or indirectly, useful
to an enemy."
Unspecified Enemy
The "enemy" was not speci
fied, the prosecution declaring
merely that it might be "any
potential enemy."
His arrest, however, followed
closelv the launching of a Ca
nadian investigation into al
leged Soviet espionage activities
which Canadian Prime Minister
Mackenzie King said extended
through the dominion into the
United States and Britain.
Defense Counsel Gerald Gard
iner, in asking clemency for
May, said flatly that the infor
mation the defendant was ac
cused of disclosing was given
to the Russians and that at the
time of the offense in Febru
ary, 1945 the government had
offered all possible technical or
economic assistance to Russia.
Students Take Port In Fremont Play
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Beauticians Elect
Delores Korsen
Delores Korsen was elected
vice president of the State As
sociation of Beauty Shop Owners
at the recent conference in Port
land. Ethel Borden, elected dis
trict president, was also selected
as one of the featured stylists in
the Modes of Yesteryear and
Trends of Today," style show.
The Klamath Falls Association
of Beauty Shop Onwere was in
corporated at the conference and
is now a member of the national
association. The 1947 confer
ence will be held in Klamath
Falls.
Parking Meters
To Be Discussed
Pros and cons of parking
meters for the city will be dis
cussed Friday at 10 a. m. at a
meeting of Klamath Merchants
association at the chamber of
commerce.
Election of officers for the
coming year will also be held at
this meeting which is open to all
merchants who are members of
the chamber of commerce.
Fremont Junior high school students presented a play as part of the program given In the
Fremont auditorium Friday night. In this picture, left to right. Jack Bradshaw. Donna Cone, Joe
Demetrakos, Carmel Finnigan. Beverly Dalmer and Lloyd Hartley. The play was "Wildcat
Willie."
Northern Lights Explained
By University Astronomer
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oregon Higher Educational
System
We were watching the deli
cate, gauzy fingers of the aurora
borealis feel their way up the
dark, northern sky. From a
nearby group of observers was
heard an inquiring feminine
voice, "What causes it?" With
seeming authority a man
promptly explained, "The sun
is shining on the huge icebergs
in the polar regions, and its re
flection goes so high into the
frosty air that it is visible even
from that great distance."
Arguments are plentiful
against the "iceberg" theory, but
the following statement alone
is sufficient for its complete ref
utation: "Splendid displays are
seen on our winter nights when
the sun is not shining anywhere
on our side of the earth in the
region north of us, and when
continuous darkness prevails for
weeks over the polar ice."
Beautiful Glow
It is well known in laboratory
practice that if a high voltage
is appiiea 10 me enas oi a ions i
glass luoe irom wnicn uie gas
has been exhausted to the proper
degree by an airpump, a beauti
ful glow is produced. Neon street
signs are examples. When the
density of the enclosed gas is
too great or too small, no visi
ble effect is evident; the rare
faction must be just right.
The northern lights seem
closely related to the electrical
glow in tubes containing rare
fied gases. Airpumps are not
needed to reduce density in the
free air; only height. At three
and one-half miles above the
earth, the density is one-half that
at the surface; at 20 miles, about
one-hundredth, at 300 miles, air
is practically non-existent.
Trigonometrical measurements
of the heights of the aurora
made in Canada and Norway in
dicate that during intense dis
plays the bases of the luminous
phenomenon are sometimes as
low as 40 miles above the earth
and the tops as high as 250 miles.
The maximum brightness ap
pears around the 60-mile height.
Widely-Held Theory
The theory most widely-held
at present is that electrons (par
ticles of negative electricity),
shot off from very active sun
spots, pass through or are
stopped by the upper air where
the density is of the right value
to cause a glow such as that seen
in laboratory tubes.
Dr. Stormer, the noted Nor
wegian authority, has construct
ed elaborate diagrams and mod
els to demonstrate that theory
and phenomenon agree. He has
shown that those electron
streams which arrive in the vi
cinity of the earth strongly react
with the terrestrial magnetic
field. They are deflected from a
straight-line course and move in
a large curve around the earth,
thus easily getting into the night
side. Spiraling down the earth's
magnetic lines of force, they get
Clinic To Be Held
For Shasta Pupils
A clinic will be held in Shas
ta school May 2, at 9 a. m., it
was announced today, for chil
dren starting school there next
fall. A nurse will be on hand
to check all the children.
This work is under direction
of Shasta PTA and is free of
charge.
Dam At The Dalles
Is Recommended
ASTORIA, Ore., May 1 (AP
Construction of a dain at The
Dalles, Ore., has been recom
mended by district and division
army engineers, the Columbia
Basin Fisheries Development
league was notified today.
The project would include a
dam a mile above The Dalles,
navigation locks on the Wash
ington side of the river, power
plant, fishways, and other struc
tures. The estimated initial cost,
based on 1940 price levels,
would be $90,480,000 with in
stallation of the first three of
15 power units.
into the rarefied upper atmos
phere and cause the glow, either
directly or by induction effect.
Due to increasing sunspots,
greater frequency and brilliance
of aurora displays may confi
dently be expected during the
next few years.
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TO SUBURBANITES
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
The Editor) I was surprised tu
find such a xnuill cruwit ut our
Inst suburban louKue nu-i-tiiiK-Tlii-se
meetiiiKs are of vital im
portance tu all properly owners
in the suburban area, mill should
be attended by all who are in
terested in the welfare of our i
community. The same questions i
of whether or not we will be i
put into the city limits or not 1
will be discussed at our next 1
meetiiiK which will be held Krl-,
day. May 3, at the Altnmont I
school. i
These meetings are for your '
benefit, so please come and lets ;
all net toKether for a better su-1
Durban community. The meet
ing starts at 8 p. m. We will be
looklnK forward to a much lam
er crowd next Friday, If you
have anythiiiK to talk over or
discuss, the time nnd place is
at these suburban lenxue meet
inns so please trv and come.
NAUAKOWSKI. 1904 Derby.
BUTTERFLIES
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
The Editor) Thanks for the
article taking notice of the Cali
fornia Tortoise Shell butterflies
known as Attlnis californicn to
the entomologists. I think that
to the natural things about us
we should pay more attention
so it is always gratifying when
some one takes time out to men
tion an Interesting event of na
ture. Just to keep (ho record
straight, however, I feel that I
should offer a correction to two
sentences of the urtlclu. This la
in respect to the statements that
Agliiis ciiliforulcu spent the win
lei hanging thu brush nnd
shrubbery of the hillsides sur
rounding Upper Klamath lake in
the Chiysalld singe.
It so happens that such a
statement as uppllvd to butter
flics would bo correct in UU out
of 100 insiaiicos but this is unit
timo wliero such u statement
does nut apply. In tlio language
of the. entomologist tills purlieu
lur butterfly spends tha winter
m the imngo form and not In
liio chrysiilid form. Now just
to save ypu from running to Mr.
Webster 1 will translate the
above statement into common
every day language which melius
that the California Tortoise Shell
has the distinction of hibernat
ing over the winter as an adult
insect; which in this case is the
butterfly stage.
In the fall months when (ho
weather becomes real chilly
some members of (he California
Tortoise Shell tribe seek out a
safe sheltered place that will
make them a nice home in which
to hibernate over tho winter.
The loose bark of trees, crevices
in rocks nnd other natural shel
ters are sought as suilable winter
homes. They are often to be
found h i d d e n under loose
shingles of buildings and other
spots provided by man. Tho ex
terior of our house Li covered
with drop siding and wliere the
Window casing covers this siding
a series of sheltered nooks is
provided which are the Welcome
abode of spiders and such. Late
Inst fall I watched a Tortoise
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Shell select and retire to one of
these natural shelters,
Elicit species of Insect has
uvolved Us own method of sur
viving tho winter season, A great
number of butterflies utilize (he
chrysalld singe to cover this
critical period but chrysnllds lire
much more vulnerable to para
sites than are adult insects hence
wo can surmise that this fuct
has played Its part in the cvo
lultnn of this insect group.
Entomologists do not know If
thu urge tu iilbernulfl is granted
to all individuals of thu Tortoise
Shell group, thu chances are thai
only a few aro su gifted. Thu
tiling at which we marvel Is
not tlio mere stale of hibernation
but the fart that each generation
of the Tortoise Shells have (he
knowledge of what constitutes
a proper sheltered homo In
which to hibernate. This know
ledge Is passed on from genera
tion to general Ion only thru the
egg stage as each generation of
adults pusses out of exlstmice
after Ihu eggs are laid and there
fore one geiierulion cannot learn
by example of observing the
Dr. Lamb Off
For Portland
Dr. E. I). Lnnib will leave Frl.
day for Portland to attend an
alumni meellng of (he University
of Oregon medical school and
will also attend a reunion nf the
class or 11117.
On Saturday there Is the reg
M ,.,,itiii-ll nuftlntf tif thu
I Oregon Klute Medical society of
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which nr. i u i i-rmx.,,.,.,
for Kliimiilh. Liiku, Malheur and
Deschutes counties. Mrs. Lamb
will Bccompuny him north. They
will return Sunday night.
action set by tha past genera.
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Annual Student Body Play
"She Stoops to Conquer"
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Pictured above are four students having leading roles In the student body play, "She
Stoops to Conquer." They are, reading left to rlnhti Shirley Dalton, portraying Miss Nevlllei
Gary Cruikshank, Mr, Hastings; Dave Williams. Mr. Marlow, and Marilyn O'Neill, playing
Miss Hardcastle. Other major characters in the cast are Ted Reeves, Mr. Hardcastlei Gloria
Mayfield, Mrs. Hardcastlei Bill Jon.i, Tony Lumpklni John Ogle, Sir Charles Marlowi
Bud Solby, Stingo, the landlord; Alyc Wells, Bet Bouncer, and Madlln Ellis, the landlord's
daughter. Portraying Mr, Hardcastle's servants are Rod Allli, Harold Gillette, Dick Grlf
fith, Delores Helfrich. Ruth Soder and Mel Bto.cklln. Mr, Marlow's servant Is Le Good,
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