TRAINED MICROBES
AID BEER-DRINKERS
POTTSVILLE, Pa.—Beer drink
ers will be glad to know that
microbes have been trained to
fight other microbes trying to
sneak into brewing vats and spoil
whole tanksful of their favorite
brew.
A drug with the odd name of
polymyxin B. a product of a bac
terium named, appropriately, Ba
cillus polymvxa, is now being used
by brewers to destroy other kinds
of bacteria which contaminate
yeast colonies. If these colonies are
contaminated, they can’t efficient
ly convert water, malt and hops
into the nectar which runs out of
the nation’s beer taps.
Consumers won’t find any of the
wonder-working material in their
glasses, however. All of the drug
is removed from the beer when it
is filtered to clarify the liquid.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
Radiation Experts Treat
23 Japanese Fisherman
“Burned” In March 1 Blast
TOKYO, MP) — A U.S. - Japanese
team of radiation specialists to
day began treating 23 Japanese
fishermen showered with radio
active debris from history’s might
iest man-made explosion in the
Marshall Islands March 1.
The six doctors from the Atom
Bomb Casualty Commission at
Hiroshima — first city hit by an
A-bomb—worked with four crew
men still in serious condition hos
pitalized here.
The Japanese government de
cided to delay a request or de
mands for compensation pending
a joint investigation.
Public furore continued at a
high pitch.
Spokesmen for the fishing in
dustry were quoted by Kyodo
news service as saying the in
dustry has been dealt a “near
fatal blow” by discovery that
some fish from the radioactive
boat had been sold.
Tuna went begging in many
markets and prices continued to
skid.
Two Young Divers
Attempting Salvage
Cargo of Kathleen
JUNEAfU, UP) — Two young men
who took deep sea diving lessons
in California are making their
first “business dives” in an at
tempt to salvage the cargo and
gear from the sunken luxury liner
Kathleen.
The ship went down at Pt. Lena,
17 miles north of Juneau in Sep
tember, 1952, and lies under 60
feet of water.
The salvagers are Magnus Han
sen, son of a pioneer fisherman
who figured in many Alaskan sea
stories, and Wendell Johnson.
They put their salvage buoy on the
wreck last Saturday, diving to the
vessel’s deck. Storms in the region
stopped diving activities but the
two are standing by awaiting bet
ter weather.
The five million dollar Kathleen
has been abandoned by under
writers and is free game for the
salvage operators.
Hansen said they are interested
in the miscellaneous machinery
and cargo. Rumors say they might
also find considerable cash aboard
the ship.
4th Regimental Combat
Team Contributes $29,440
To The March of Dimes
Army troops in Alaska contrib
uted $29,440.96 to the March of
Dimes this year in the largest re
sponse ever made by soldiers in
Alaska to any fund drive.
Last year’s contribution of $24,
715.33 set the record until this
year when it was exceeded by
$4,725.63.
Leading all installations was the
4th Regimental Combat Team at
Ladd Air Force Rase near Fair
banks which turned in a total of
$20,387.64.
The drive has consistently found
soldiers generous. The 1953 total
of $24,715.33 was twice the 1951
total, and a third more than 1952.
STOLEN, ONE BORDER
SAN DIEGO, Calif., (*—Some
one stole a strip oH the United
States-Mexican border, as repre
sented by barbed wire, a border
patrolman reported here.
The missing length of wire,
which he estimated was about as
much as could be loaded on a
jeep, was gone from the Pacific
ocean and inland. Jeep tracks
were noted.
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OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
I George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—4WS First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska—
10 to i2 A.M. - 1 to 5 P.M.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each