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Hale telescope mirror polish completed at Mt Palomar
Mt Palomar observatory officials announce finish of extra polishing on the Hale telescope 200 inch mirror. The surface now nearly perfect may let it record objects four million times fainter than naked eye limits, with aluminum coating to follow before testing under operating conditions. Prague notes Samuel Meryn an American embassy employee faces trial as a spy. Penfield reports uncertainty about access to him.
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MT. Palomar
Calif
Mt. Palomar Observatory
Ira S. Bowen
Bowen
Mt. Wilson
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Samuel Meryn
James K. Penfield
U. S
Penfield
Meryn
Isaac Patch