Harmless Slugs Invade
Southern Japanese Towns
KAGOSHIMA, Japan, OP —
Hundreds of Japanese near this
fbig city of southern Japan have
been awakened every night for
the past week with a creepy
feeling.
The cause: an invasion of thous
ands of slugs into bedrooms in
the towns of Kitahama and Moto
hama, on the East China Sea coast.
The “Umax flavus,” or slug, is
some 3V4 inches long and green
ish yellow with brown or white
spots. An official of the National
Health Preservation Research In
stitute said that the slugs are not
•harmful to human beings.
LUTHERANS ATTENDING
CONVENTION IN STATES
Pastor John Maakestad left
Monday morning with Rev. N. G.
Hegland, to attend the Pacific
District Convention of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, meet
ing June 7 to 12 at Parkland,
Wash.
They are traveling in the Mis
sion plane.
Following the convention, Pas
tor Maakestad will visit his
mother, who has been ill, in Tuc
son, Ariz. He plans to be back
in Nome by June 18. During his
absence, the Church Council of
Our Savior’s Lutheran will be in
charge of all services.
FISHING DERBY
JUNE I through SEPTEMBER 15
In June — Derby for Kids up to 12 years of age.
PRIZES FOR LARGEST GRAYLING & LARGEST TROUT
In July — Fishing Derby Open To All.
PRIZE FOR LARGEST GRAYLING CAUGHT
In August — Fishing Derby Open To All.
PRIZE FOR LARGEST TROUT CAUGHT
GRAND PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN SEPT. 15 FOR
SEASON S LARGEST TROUT AND GRAYLING
To be eligible for winning one of these prizes
. . . COME IN AND REGISTER . . .
We Have On Display a Large Assortment of Fishing Tackle
— COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND —
Complete Fishing Outfits
Priced from $6.25 to $9.95
Lon« handled Candle Fish Nets
8-ft. handes — $7.S5
Bargain Board --- 3 for $1.00
Your Choice of 3 Lures
5 And Don't Forget — while you're here take a good look at
Those Fabulous MERCURY Outboard Motors
From 6 to 70 h.p. — That's At
MORGAN AND SON
YOUR SPORTSMAN’S HEADQUARTERS
Worker on Remote Ranch
Found Wanted by FBI
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., iff — A
cowboy on an isolated cattle
ranch, arrested Tuesday while he
ate, has admitted his identity as
one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted
men.
Richard Allen Hunt, 27, was
sought on charges of kidnaping an
Oregon policeman and wounding
another last March.
“He seemed glad it was all
over,” Sheriff Eddie Toderevich
said, after he and undersheriff
David Schott surprised Hunt at a
ranch 35 miles west of Thermo
polis. “He said he’d be glad to get
back to Oregon.”
Tederovich said he and Schott
were at the ranch and had recog
nized the fugitive from an FBI
poster picture.
RECORDS OF HITLER'S
SPEECHES BANNED
BONN, Germany, iff — The
West German government has
banned the sale of records of
Hitler’s speeches.
The records, imported recently
by a branch of a British firm,
apparently were made for the
American market.
Superase Bond Typing Paper
For Sale at The Nugget
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with a load of things to be
dry cleaned and laundered so
that the inside of his home will
measure up to the bang-up
Clean-Up job now under way.
Propane Truck
Highway Explosion
Kills 11. In Pa.
SCHlFYLKILL HAVEN, Pa.,
— A propane gas truck exploded
on a heavily traveled eastern
Pennsylvania highway yesterday,
killing at least 11 persons. Some
of the victims were as far as
100 yards from the blast.
“The tanker let loose and flames
swept along the road like a ball
of fire, killing people milliing
about a trooper directing traffic,”
state police reported.
Police said a tractor trailer
rammed the rear of the gas truck,
setting it afire. It was half an
hour after the crash, while fire
men fought the flames, that the
truck exploded.
Motorists who climbed out of
their cars to see what was holding
up the early morning traffic, and
just the idle curious, were watch
ing at distances of from 100 to 300
feet up the highway. Some of
them and a number of the fire
fighters were killed. At least 15
others were injured, 5 seriously.
Frank Toohey, Pottsville, Re
publican reporter, said parts of
bodies were strewn over the
highway. His partner, photogra
pher Vince Ney, said the sight was
as sickening as anything he had
seen in military service.
Several school buses were on
the highway near the scene just
before the explosion at about 8:45
a.m. The highway was jammed
j with people headed for work.
Sungas Products Co. of Pennsyl
vania, Inc., said the gas contained
a trailer cylinder of 7,000 gallons
of propane under pressure.
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Rhesus Astronaut
Dies in Surgery To
Remove Recorder
WASHINGTON, OP — Able, one
of the two monkeys which rode
a missile 300 miles into space,
died Monday night while under
going an operation for removal
of a recording instrument. The
Army said death did not result
from any effect of the flight itself.
The seven-pound rhesus mon
key, a passenger in the nose cone
of a Jupiter rocket on a 1,500
mile space run Thursday, died at
the Army Medical Research Lab
oratory, Ft. Knox, Ky.
The Army said an electrode used
in recording the monkey’s phy
sical condition during the flight
had been implanted just under the
skin.
It was decided that the elec
trode should be removed.
The Army said “There was no
indication that the animal would
not be able to withstand such a
minor operation.”
During administration of an
anesthetic, it was noticed that the
monkey suddenly developed a
rapid and convulsive heart action.
Attempts were made at artificial
respiration, but the monkey died
at 10:45 p.m.
“The cause- of death was rapid
and convulsive movement of the
heart, following the administra
tion of the light surgical anesthe
sia, and was unrelated to its recent
flight,” the Army said.
Abie’s body is being sent to the
Armed Forces Institute of Path
ology here for study.
The other monkey passenger on
the historic flight was Baker, a
one-pound squirrel monkey.
PETER SATHER BREAKS HIP
IN FALL WHILE TRAVELING
Friends of Pete Sather Sr. will
regret to learn that he was in
jured recently while getting off
a bus at Twin Falls, Idaho, en
route to Salt Lake City to visit
his son, Andrew.
Sather, who is over 80 years
old, will be hospitalized at the
Swedish Hospital at Seattle, with
a broken hip.
Fine Job Priming At The Nugget.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheoe
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Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Seely.
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