2 JANUARY 1948, page 14

U.s.a. And Panama

By GEORGE BRINSMEAD T HE Americans have had a reminder that Panama is not only a canal, but also a country. The U.S. Government proposed to construct a new sea-level canal......

On Comets

By R. d'E. ATKINSON D URING the past sixty-five years only one really bright comet, "comet r9ioa," has followed a path which gave observers in northern lands a thoroughly......