Hundreds. of
Moose Killed by
Koyukuk Wolves
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Hundreds of moose were killed
in the Koyukuk River valleys this
winter by packs of crafty wolves
which took advantage of a freak
of nature.
The story was told last week by
Clarence Rhode, administrator of
sports fish and wildlife for the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in
Alaska.
Rhode, just back from a 6,400
mile inspection trip of wildlife in
the northern part of the territory,
said snow' reached a depth of
more than six feet this past win
ter along the big river which
crosses the Arctic Circle and
empties into the Yukon River in
western Alaska.
In January, temperatures sud
denly scaled to 40 degrees above
zero, with the freak thaw lasting!
about two days before the mer
cury plunged again to sub-zero
depths. •
The temperature change result
ed in a two-inch crust of ice on
top of the snow. The big moose
broke thru the crust and bogged
down as the heavy ice cut their
chests.
Wolves, racing along the top of
the ice, killed hundreds of the
helpless moose.
Rhode said two hunters killed j
more than 123 wolves in one area |
and documented more than 170 *
moose kills.
S3m White, a veteran bush pi
lot and former game warden, told
Rhode he estimated two-thirds of
the entire moose population in
one area along the lower Koyu
kuk was wiped out by wolves.
School Band Concert
Set for Sunday Afternoon
A Band Concert is planned for
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock
at the Nome School under the
direction of Bandmaster Francis
Gorman.
An interesting selection of mu
sical numbers has be6n planned
for this occasion.
Syrian Leftists Defeat
Anti-Communist Group
DAMASCUS, UP>—Syria’s pro
Egyptian leftists have won three
important parliamentary by-elec
tions, downing a new anti-Com
munist coalition.
The government-backed candi
dates scored victories in weekend
elections marked by a light turn
out of voters and charges of polit
ical foul play.
All three seats in the 142-mem
ber parliament previously were
held by right-wingers now in jail
on charges of trying to topple the
government of President Shukri
Kuwatly.
Girl Scouts Honor
Mothers With Tea
The girls of Girl Scout Troop
67 had a Mother’s Day tea at the
home of Mrs. George Weyer Sun
day, May 5. The following moth
ers were present: Mmes. Mclver,
Arnold, Ahmasuk and Weyer.
Judy Koplin, as hostess, was
ably assisted by Pauline Larsen
serving the tea and Margaret Na
gozruk serving the Girl Scout
cookies. Edna Ahmasuk, Barbara
Mclver, Joy Weyer, Jo Chambers
and Alice Arnold helped to enter
tain the mothers.
Corsages of sweetpeas were
presented to each mother, and
Mrs. Weyer was presented with a
potted plant as troop leader by
Mrs. Thomas Johnson, mother of
Jo Chambers.
Wien Airlines
From Fairbanks: L. J. Weeda,
Robt. Li. Mock, J.P. Lawler, D.S.
Drennan. Albert Lesick, John
aMrvik, Ellen Waldheim, Paul
Monroe, Floyd Walluck, Dr. Allen
Rice, Rev. Fred McGinnis, Jack
Goddard, A1 Polet, Robert Bos
worth.
To Fairbanks: E.F. Bibb Julia
Silas, John McAnerney, George
Weyer, Phil Gray, John Risberg.
From Galena: Dale Barker,
Orvin W. Wiley.
From Kotzebue: C. S. Whitlock,
R. L. Pearce, C. E. Miller, H.M.
Crouse, Floyd Land, Lt. C. J.
Roetzel.
To Kotzeebue: R. L. Thomas.
Truman Heads Home
After Democratic Huddle
In Nation’s Capital
WASHINGTON UP)—Harry Tru
man, in high good humor after
three days in the capital, headed
homeward today to Independence,
Mo., and a 73rd birthday celebra
tion.
The former President left by
train last night after a series of
Democratic strategy huddles and
a couple of rip-roaring attacks on
President Eisenhower and the
Republican Party.
Truman remarked to newsjpen
Saturday that “you guys would
have fried and boiled me in oil if
I’d spent (as much time as Eisen
hower) away from the White
House.” Yesterday he reported
that “the boss”—Mrs. Truman—
“gave me hell” for saying this.
If You Want To Rent
A House or Apartment
The Man to See Is . . .
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P.O. Box 123. Nome, Alaska
Seiser Defends
Suspension of
Lease Application
ANQHORAGE (#)—The Anchor
age federal land office manager
defended his suspension of an ap
plication for oil and gas leases on
200,000 acres in southeast Alaska
Friday, saying the acreage was on
a glacier.
Virgil O. Seiser replied to a
statement at Washington, D.C.,
by Rep. Pelly (F,-Wash) that the
congressman believed there had
been an “uncalled for assumption
of authority” by Seiser.
Seiser explained his action at
length after being told of Pelly’s
assertion “we may have a nation
al scandal in the making” in the
suspension of such applications.
The suspensions may permit
“claim jumping” to bid for and
get the land, Pelly said.
The 200.000 acres, Seiser said,
lie entirely on the Malaspina gla
cier in the Yakutat area and ap
pear attractive because they ad
join holdings of the Phillips Pe
troleum Co. and the Colorado Oil
and Gas Co.
The Territorial Development
Co., which made the application,
thru an agreement with 78 indi
vidual investors, has been paid
25 cents an acre for services in
locating the land and attempting
to secure a developer. >
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Canada's Prime Minister
Says U.S. Doesn’t Need
Alaska Panhandle
LADYSMITH, B.C., (JV—Prime
Minister St. Laurent said Satur
day Canada would be better off if
it had the Alaska panhandle—the
land that juts down from Alaska
onto British Columbia’s northern
coast.
Speaking to reporters here, St.
Laurent said the United States
“would be just as well off with
out it and we would be better off
with it.”
A reporter asked where Canada
had “blundered” in agreeing to
this boundary division and St.
Laurent replied: “That happened
about a century ago.”
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