Nome High Nanooks Win
Both Games of Basketball
Series With Palmer Moose
(Continued from Page One)
but the high school rallied thru
the second period with some spec
tacular shooting by George Bell to
hold an 18-17 count at halftime.
In the third quarter they increas
ed that margin to four points,
29-24, then staved off a desperate
and valiant attack by the Moose,
to' gain the 36-35 win.
The pattern in Saturday’s game
followed that of the preceeding
night as Palmer again took the
leading the initial period 7-3, only
to have the hard-playing Nanooks
strike back and tie the count at
halftime 15-15. In the third quar
ter, paced by Elmer Greene with
some sharp shooting and his
board work, the local bo'ys gained
a 25-17 advantage over their arch
rivals. During the final period,
both teams played on an even
keel as Nome took the second
game 36-26.
This sweep of the two games
by Coach Hahn’s boys gave Nome
the best out of three games played
against the Moose. Palmer de
feated Nome last spring over at
Fairbanks 35-28 in tournament
play.
Robert Summers was high point
man as his Baby Nanooks fell be
fore the Mustangs with 10 points,
followed by Sam Mofgg 8, and Bob
Herman with 4. For the winning
Mustangs, Atuk 7, Kost 6, Cabin
boy 5, Karmun 3 and Willoya 2. \
In Saturday’s game, Louie Iorio
paced the victorious Tundrabirds i
with 15 points, followed by Andy j
McCarty and Frew with 4 each, J
George Howell and Walton 3 each,
Mozenna one. For Lomens, Larsen
7, Ahkolik and Willoya 4 each,
Bell 2, Okpealuk and Kost 2 each.
Lineups: first game—
Palmer
FG FT PF TP
Larsh . 2 4 18
Giewitz . 2 0 4 4
Winegarner . 2 0 14
Brown . 5, 1 2 11
McKechnie . 3 10 7
Ross . 0 111'
14 7 9 35
Nome
FG FT PF TP
Bell . 6 2 1 14
Greene . 10 0 2
Swanberg . 14 2 6
Sahlin . 2 0 2 4
Willoya . 2 2 2 6
Olson . 2 0 2 4
14 8 9 36
Second Game:
Palmer
FG FT PF TP
Larsh . 3 6 1 12
McKechnie . 0 10 1
Ross . 4 0 0 8
Giewitz . 2 0 2 4
Winegarner . 0 14 1
9 8 7 26
Nome
FG FT PF TP
Bell . 2 0 14
Greene . 6 3 0 15
Swanberg . 2 12 5
Sahlin . 1 0 O' 2
Willoya . 2 14 5
Olson . 2 115
15 6 8 36
In Tuesday night’s games at the
School Gym, at 7 p.m. the Church
plays the CAP and at 8:15 the
Lomen Commercial five play the
5001st.
It is a sad house when the hen
. crows louder than the cock.
November in Juneau
Gives Roses & Buttercups
JUNEAU, (/P)—Weather note:
Roses are blooming here in the
garden of Mrs. Anna Webster, and
a buttercup, too.
Pussywillows have sprouted near
the Mendenhall glacier just out
side Juneau. Currants and blue
berries can toe had for the picking
on the edge of town.
Temperatures this month have
ranged from 30 into the aOs, with
plenty of rain.
P.S. The Chamber of Commerce
thought it would be a good idea
to let the folks in Tennessee
know. The southerners just dug
out from under nearly two feet of
snow.
Price Controls Off Soft Drinks
JUNEAU — Price controls on
bottled soft drinks were suspend
ed this week by the Office of
Price Stabilization. The suspen
sion is effective at all levels of
distribution.
The action is in line with
agency policy of relaxing controls
wherever possible, consistent with
the purpose of the Defense Pro
duction Act. "
The OPS explained that a ma
jority of all soft drinks are now
selling below ceilings.
The suspension does not, how
ever, apply to drinks by the glass
in restaurants, fountains, bars or
other similar places, the OPS said.
Four More Deaths Are
Repotted In Reoccurrence
Diphtheria In Bethel Area
ANCHORAGE — Information
was received last week that re
occurence of diphtheria in Akai
chuk, a village in the Bethel area,
is now under control. Four > more
deaths were reported from the
village. Three of the deaths, all
middle-aged adults, were people
that had been out of the village
at the time of the recent immun
ization. They fell victims to the
disease after returning to their
village. The fourth death was a
previous case of diphtheria that
died of complications.
Department of Health personnel
including Miss Ann Zuldaris, Dis
trict Nursing Supervisor, in the
Branch Office, is in the area aid
ing in the work along with Miss
Edna Backen and Miss Mary
Rowley, Itinerant Public Health
Nurse in the area. Dr. Beryl Mi
chaelson of the Bethel Hospital is
medical health officer of the area.
SAAR GOVERNMENT
VOTED BACK TO POWER
SAARBRUECKEN, The Saar,
(/P)—This disputed border state's
French - backed government was
returned to office today with a
clear majority in parliamentary
elections and with only one -
fourth of the voters casting blank
or invalid ballots to show desire
to rejoin Germany.
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the important job of judging begins. The win
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the judges report that the essays indicate that
Alaska’s boys and girls know a great deal about
the salmon industry and its importance to the
Territory.
Many students—and teachers, too—wrote
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