THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE FINAL NAILS
TIME FOR A CHANGE
THE last two elections have become an endurance
contest for those worthy citizens who accepted
the responsibilities as election judges. No one should
be expected to work steadily around the clock and
do so efficiently.
There are two ways this could be corrected.
Either by having two sets of judges divide the neces
sary time at one polling place or having two polling
places in the community.
The population may not have increased, but
more people are aware of their voting privileges and
are doing their duty by voting at election time.
U. S. Sailor at South
Pole Grows
Garden Vegetables
• AUCKLAND, New Zealand, UPI
— A U. S. sailor is growing veg
etables in the polar wastes of Ant
arctica.
The New Zealand Press Assn,
said today James W. Brown, of
Asheville, N. C., chief electrician
at McMurdo Sound, was growing
tomatoes, beans, peas and radishes
boxes filled ' with soil brought
from Connecticut.
The boxes are kept in shower
stalls. The soil is warmed by
heat lamps, and infrared lamps
simulate sunshine.
Moisture from the showers
compensates-for the dryness of
the air.
Shortage of fresh vegetables has
always been a problem in Antarc
tic bases.
New Ram-jet Powerhouse
SUNNYVALE, Calif., UP) — The
Air Force has in its Ram-jet mis
sile a powerhouse for • major
aerial defensive weapons capable
of doing more than 2,600 mph.
The service announced Tuesday
that Lockheed’s X7 Ram-jet
launched recently from a modi
fied B50 plane high over the New
Mexico desert flew more than
four times the speed of sound.
While the speed figure as such
wasn’t given in the Air Force
release, the speed of sound is 660
miles an hour between 40,000 and
100,000 feet altitude.
PNA SETS ALL TIME
HIGH IN ALASKA TRAFFIC
SEATTLE, UP) — Pacific North
ern Airlines’ passenger and cargo
traffic between Alaska and th4
co-terminals of Seattle Tacoma
and Portland set a new all time
high during August, Harold Olsen,
PNA vice president of traffic and
sales, reported.
League Urges
Re-constitution of
Fish, Game Comm.
CHICAGO, m — The Izaak
Walton League of America has
urged Alaskans to re-constitute
plans for their fish and wildlife
commission to eliminate what the
league terms special interest
groups.
In a meeting of the league’s
executive board, a recommenda
tion was adopted asking Alaska
to drop plans for assigning seats
on the commission to sportsmen,
salmon packers and salmon fish
ermen.
The Alaska Statehood Bill as
approved by Congress retains fed
eral control of fish and wildlife
resources until the Secretary of
Interior certifies to Congress that
Alaska is prepared to manage its
own resources without exploita
tion.
George F. Jackson, board chair
man, said “experience in 48 states
has shown clear superiority of a
non-partisan commission removed
from politics and representative
of the broad public interest rather
than special interest groups.”
The Izaak Walton League is a
national conservation organiza
tion concerned with preservation
and maintenance of outdoor rec
reation areas.
Oklahoma Oil
Firms Lease 906,000
Acres In Alaska
TULSA, Okla., Iff) — Six Tulsa
oil companies were disclosed to
day to be taking leases or options
on 906,000 acres of land in Alaska
for possible exploration.
The firms are Blackwell Oil &
Gas Co., White Eagle Oil Co.,
Crescent Petroleum Corp., West
ern Hemisphere Petroleum Corp.,
Texas Natural Gasoline Corp., and
Apache Oil Corp.
All the leases, when explored,
will be operated as a unit, said
Paul R. Schultz, Blackwell presi
dent acting as the group’s spokes
man.
Schultz said 44 per cent of the
lands lie in the Yukon-Koyukuk
cretaceous Basin <Yukon Valley)
of western Alaska, 33 per cent is
in the Kandik Basin of eastern
Alaska joining the Canadain Yu
kon border, and the remainder
in the Nuschagak Basin or Bristol
Bay area:
Penna. Legislator Dies
WASHINGTON, UP) — Rep.
Herman P. Eberharter died today
from the effects of a stroke. He
was 66.
The congressman had been in
a hospital since Wednesday.
The veteran legislator had rep
resented Pennsylvania’s 28th Dis
trict in the city of Pittsburgh
since 1936. He was a member of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
DOG GIVES AWAY CAR
RIDGEWOOD, N. J., UP) — Mrs.
Peter Pagano thought her sports
car was safe. She left her boxer
dog sitting in it, in the parking
lot of a supermarket.
When she came out of the store,
the dog was sitting in the parking
space. The ' car was gone.
Police sent out a 13-state alarm
for the missing roadster.
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