Scientist Says Reported Shortage
Of Walrus on St. Lawrence I. Due
To Weather, Hunters, Not Reds
FAIRBANKS, MV-Dr. John L.
Buckley, leader of the wildlife
research unit at the University of
Alaska, Saturday discounted re
ports that the mysterious explo
sion off the Siberian coast in 1952
caused the present reported short
age of walrus on St. Lawrence
Island.
It was reported recently that
an explosion caused 200 dead wal
rus to wash up on the island and
that the Eskimos have reported a
steadily dwindling catch of wal
rus 'since that time.
“Our sources of information in
dicate,” Dr. Buckley said, “that
any shortage of walrus on St.
Lawrence Island is due primarily
to weather conditions during the
spring hunt which, in part, pre
vented the natives from hunting
walrus.
“Furthermore, there are con
siderably more than 200 walrus
wasted in the Bering Strait by
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American hunters each year.”
He said it is inconceivable
that 200 walrus reported killed
by the Siberian explosion could
cause any significant decrease in
the walrus population of St. Law
rence Island.
“Westeful hunting practices and
hunting of walrus in the Bering
Strait region for their ivory alone
are responsible for the killing
of over 500 of the animals each
year,” he said.
He acknowledged that the mys
terious explosion, if there was
one, could be harmful to the wal
rus population. But, he said, prop
er regulation of the harvest to
avoid the unnecessary killing of
cows and calves and the prohibi
tion of the sale of raw ivory to
white men could do as much to
reduce the unnecessary wastage
and help to insure an adequate
supply of food for the Eskimos.
Sen. Langer Says Power
Company Blundered in
Filing Suit Against Witness
WASHINGTON, W—Sen. Lang
er (R-NDi said Saturday the Ar
kansas Power & Light Co. “made
a major blunder” in filing a two
million-dollar slander suit against
a witness in a Senate investigation
of the controversial Dixon-Yates
power contract.
Langer, chairman of a Senate
antimonopoly subcommittee car
rying on the probe, told a news
man a “Wall Street crowd”
prompted the filing of the suit in
Little Rock “with the clear intent
of intimidation” of witnesses crit
ical of the proposed contract,
which has become an issue in the
current political campaign. Lang
er did not spell out who he meant
by the term “Wall Street crowd.”
The North Dakota Republican
predicted that public reaction to
the suit will be swift and negative.
Defendent in the slander suit
is Arthur E. McLean, a Little
Rock banker who told the Langer
subcommittee on Thursday that
Arkansas Power was “the most
corrupt and ruthless corporation
that ever operated within the
bounds of the state.”
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porary replacement for L. B. Wil
liams, who left due to his health.
Jenkins has been a field repre
sentative for the department
since 1949 and has visited Nome
before.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Scintillation or twinkling of the
stars is a rapid vibration of their
light, caused mainly by the state
of the atmosphere. It is also, to a
very slight degree, caused by the
color of the light sent out by the
star.
When a star is on or near the
horizon, it twinkles more violent
ly than when it is higher in the
heavens. This is due to the fact
that rays of the star pass through
a greater thickness of air. This
proves that the atmosphere is the
main cause of the twinkling of
stars.
Very violent twinkling often is
a good forecast of rain or snow.
It is an indication that the atmo
shere is rough. Currents of air
having different temperatures are
passing one another.
We have all noticed the effects
Of heat waves on a warm summer
day and how they distort the ob
jects on the horizon. The same
holds true concerning the stars.
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Saved By 2nd Chute
PIETERMARITZBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA — Seconds be
fore this dramatic photo was
taken, Stan Kirk, former para
trooper with the Gth British AB
Division, was falling to earth at
more than P20 miles an hour. His
parachute tore while he was mak- •
ing a drop from a height of 3,500
feet at an air show here. Just
before this shot, Kirk’s second
chute opened. South African air
regulations require that all chut
ists carry an emergency chute —
just in case. The regulation saved
l '.irk's life.
Ground Search Continued
For Missing Airman 1
Downed in Koyuk Area
FAIRBANKS, OB—'The ground
search for 2nd Lt. Richard Lill,
who has been missing since para
chuting from a jet plane last Sat
urday, has been discontinued but
the air search is being maintained,
officials announced Saturday.
Lill, of Chicago, was with 2nd
Lt. Nicholas Howell of Lompoc,
Calif., when their plane became
unmanageable. Howell was res
cued Sunday.
Lill landed in the partly frozen
Koyuk River, two miles from the
point where Howell came down
on the beach of Norton Sound.
His parachute was found later
with a glove and cap. His survival
kit, which contains a sleeping bag,
matches, food rations, gun and
knife, has not been found.
Planes of the 74th Air Rescue
Squadron will continue to search
the Norton Sound area near the
village of Koyuk.
“Maggie and Jiggs”
Creator, George McManus,
Dies at 70 Years
SANTA MONICA, Calif., UP)—
Comic strip artist George McMan
us, whose "Bringing Up Father”
became an international favorite
and was published in 27 lan
guages, is dead at the age of 70.
In failing health for several
years, he was admitted to St.
John’s Hospital last Thursday,
suffering from hepatitis, an infec
tion of the liver. He succumbed
Friday night.
PILOT'S BODY RECOVERED
FROM LAST SRPING CRASH
FAIRBANKS, Units of the
74th Air Rescue squad reported
Saturday recovering the body of
1st Lt.. Hillary E. Ludwick, pilot
of an F-94 jet which crashed in
the Koyukuk River near Galena
last spring.
Work was resumed several days
ago when the river level dropped
low enough to show most of the
wreckage. Ludwiok is survived by
his widow, Joan L., of Spring
Lake Drive, Clement, N.J.
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