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Astronomers Believed Looking
200 Million Years Backward
By Thomas R. Henry
Star Stoff Correspondent
PASADENA, Calif., July 1.—As
tronomers may be looking backward
200.000.000 years.
This was advanced as a plausible
explanation of observations at the
Mount Wilson Observatory here of
half-billion star galaxies on the
edges of known space. It was ex
plained this week by Dr. Albert E.
Whitford of the Washburn Observ-;
atory of the University of Wis
consin.
One of the most astounding and
inexplicable astronomical discov
eries of recent years was that of
the so-called “red shift.” It was
found that galaxies—aggregations
of stars comparable to the entire
Milky Way system—grow redder
with distance. This was interpret
ed as meaning that the farther
away a galaxy gets, the faster it
moves away from the center of the
universe, the speed reaching an ob
servable maximum of 25,000 miles
a second at a distance of 200.000,000
light years.
Photoelectrical Cell Used.
This finding and the resultant
calculations depended on relatively
crude instruments, compared to the
Battleship Wisconsin
Mothballed in Norfolk
By the Associated Press
PORTSMOUTH, Va., July 1.—
They put the battleship Wisconsin
in mothballs today.
The 45,000-ton ship was decom
missioned and became a unit of the
Norfolk Group, Atlantic Reserve
Fleet, in a ceremony on the fantail
before her greatly reduced comple
ment of 400 officers and men. The
ship is berthed at the Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, her decks and bQlkheads
swarthed in preservatives.
The colors came down to the
notes of a bugle blown by the same
man who bugled them up when the
Wisconsin was commissioned at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard April 16,
1944
He is Louis P. Irvin, QM 1/c, of
Norfolk.
Though brief, the Wisconsin's ca
reer was active. She participated
in the Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima and
Okinawa operations and supported
3d Fleet air strikes at the Japanese
home islands.
Before turning the ship over to
Capt. James R. Tague, commander
of the Norfolk Group. Capt. J. M.
Higgins, skipper, presented minia
ture plans from the ship's decking,
surmounted by engraved plaques, Its
souvenirs to 24 plank owners, men
who were aboard when the Wis
consin was commissioned.
Petillo, Speedway Winner
in r35, Sought in Slashing
By the Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, July 1.—A for
mer 500-mile race winner, charged
with assault and battery with intent
to kill, was sought today in the
slashing of his blond former sec
retary.
Police Inspector John J. O’Neal
said Mrs. Naomi Shofner of Lebanon,
who signed the affidavit, identified
her assailant as Kelly Petillo, win
ner of the 1935 race.
Mrs. Shofner, 25-year-old bride,
wTas slashed from temple to chin.
Police said two arteries were severed
and 30 stitches were required.
She and her husband, Roy Shof
ner, 29-year-old welder, have been
living at a downtow-n hotel at which
the slashing occurred. She said
Petillo lured her to his room by
sending a bellhop to tell her an old
friend wanted to see her.
Bill for Study of Dirigibles
Killed by Pocket Veto
By tht Associated Press
A bill providing for studies of the
commercial possibilities of lighter
than-air transportation was killed
by pocket veto yesterday.
The measure, sponsored by Repre
sentative Clason. Republican, of
Massachusetts, would have author
ized the Maritime Commission to
conduct the studies with the assist
ance of other Government depart
ments having experience with dir
igibles. or lighter-than-air craft.
The bill did not authorize appro
priation of any money. It died
when President Truman withheld
his signature.
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There are two possible explana
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the stars, is full of fine dust. This
would mean that the universe as
a whole is a much smaller region
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The other is that these galaxies
were quite different in composition
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