Word: coronae
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...seaboard members of the informal fellowship of amateur astronomers. All over the U.S., through handmade telescopes mounted in attics, haylofts, garages, cornfields, hilltops, these sidereal sightseers lift up their eyes on cloudless nights to peer at the stars. Until the dimout their stargazing was hampered by the electric corona (newspapers now call it "lume") that glares on the sky above brightly lit towns. Now, with lights out or dimmed, amateur astronomers can see new hundreds of feeble stars...
CALIFORNIA: James D. Burke, 16, of Corona del Mar; Webb School of California, Claremont; Rufus B. Clark, Jr., 18, of Los Angeles; Los Angeles High School; Peter M. Lewis, 17, of Redlands; Webb School, Claremont. Lawrence S. Timpson, Jr., 17, of Piedmont; Piedmont High School; Don Tocher, 16, of Carmel High School; Truman O. Woodruff, 17, of Oakland; Oakland High School...
...Typewriterdom's Big Four (Royal, Remington, Underwood, Smith & Corona) expect to cut production of standard machines 25% under the 1941 rate until April 1, thereafter 40%. After March 15 they will make no more noiseless machines at all; and after April 1, no more portables. Furthermore, all portables made from now on will be reserved for Army & Navy...
...Physicist Edlen demonstrated that the corona probably consists mostly of heavier elements like iron, calcium, nickel. This was a big surprise to astronomers. Surprise No. 2 was Edlen's calculation that this high excitation which causes such heavy atoms to give off new spectrum lines must indicate coronal temperatures...
Scientists had formerly assumed the corona to be scarcely hotter than the sun's surface, a mere 10,000° F. Physicist Edlen was so astonished by his own conclusions that he kept them secret for two years while he cleared up all reasonable doubts...