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VOL, LVII No. 110_NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1955_Per Copy—15^
Scientists of Arctic Institute Study
Fish That Survives Freezing For
Clue To Man’s Resistance To Cold
By FRANK W. VAILLE <
lAP Special Washington Service'
WASHINGTON, What per
mits the fresh water blackfish to
swim away unhahipered after
being encased in solid ice?
It’s one of more than 50 Arctic
or sub-Arctic questions now being
studied by science under grants
from the Arctic Institute of North
America—a little known organiz
ation devoted exclusively to the
advancement of northern science.
Housed in a second-floor corner
of the grey stone Carnegie In
stitute Building near downtown
Washington, the Arctic Institute
is spending an average of $500,000
to $750,000 a year looking for the
what and why of northern life.
Although many of its projects
are couched in technical terms,
the study of the blackfish meta
bolism provides an example of
institute-financed research.
Joseph T. Flakne, the Institute’s
programming director, hopes the
sucker-like fish — found only in
Arctic lakes — may provide the
key that will make humans more
comfortable when exposed to sub
zero cold.
“We know the blackfish can re
vive ‘after freezing,” he said in an
interview. “If the scientists at
Catholic University (conducting
the study) can find out why, it
may be possible to reproduce the
same ability in humans through
shots or pills.”
Also under consideration is a
study — possibly less imaginative
— of Arctic mushroom. Flakne
sees in this a possible new north
ern industry. In any event, it is
information anxiously sought by
the military in its search fbr re
gional food sources.
A nonprofit organization form
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54 Homesteads On Cook
Inlet Will Be Opened For
Entry In Oct. and Nov.
WASHINGTON, The Inter
ior Department today announced
restoration to the unreserved
public domain of 8,870 acres on
the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.
The land will be opened to home
stead entry during October and
November.
It is in the Kasilof area along
Cook Inlet and has been divided
into 54 homesteads.
The first 27 units, totaling 4,327
acres, will be opened to applica
tion Oot. 15. The other 27, con
sisting of 4,543 acres, will be
opened to application Nov. 12.
Personal examination of the
land by all potential homestead
ers is required for filing of an
application. The units are 160
acres or less in size.
Undersecretary Clarence A.
Davis said the order was the last
in a series of 12 which restored
191,167 acres in Alaska to the
unreserved public domain.
He said the land was closed to
public entry in 1948 “for a group
settlement program which did not
materialize.”
Local Men Will Be
Heard By Insular
Committee Monday
Seven members of the House
subcommittee on territories and
insular possessions will arrive
here Sunday to have a public
hearing on Monday.
The time of the hearing has
been tentatively set for 2:00 in
the afternoon at the courtroom of
the Federal Building, stated May
or Steffen Andersen, who is in
charge of the arrangements.
The following speakers have
been selected to cover the sub
jects in which the committee is
interested. As it is a public meet
ing, Mayor Andersen stated that
any others in the community who
wish to speak should make known
their desire to him immediately.
Carl Glavinovich, mining; Ben
Young, roads; John McNees, state
hood; Ralph Lomen, common
wealth status; Mrs. Carlisle, land
office; Dr. Fred Langsam, medi
cal and mental health; Boyd Har
wood, transportation; W. L. An
gell, education; Lester Bronson,
civil defense; James Walsh, air
ports; Charles D. Jones, public
land problems.
' The subcommittee will be head
ed by Rep. Leo W. O’Brien (D
NY) and the following are be
lieved to be in the party:
Delegate Bob Bartlett; Rep.
John P. Saylor (R-Pa), B. F. Sisk
(D-Calif), William Dawson, (R
Utah, Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore),
J. Edgar Chenoweth (R-Col), Rep.
Gracie Pfost (D-Idaho); James B.
Utt (R-Calif), Mr. S. McFarland
and J. L. Taylor, consultants.
Phil Holdsworth, the territorial
commissioner of mines is also ex
pected to be here.
A dinner is planned in their
honor Monday evening at 7:30 at
the Bering Sea Club and reserva
tions should be with Mayor An
dersen by tomorrow evening if
possible. Tuesday morning the
party leaves for Anchorage.
Pay Raises For Cooks and
Stewards of Alaska Steam
May Set Pattern On Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, (*> — An
agreement raising pay for cooks
and stewards on Alaska Steam
ship Co. vessels may set a pattern
for other negotiations involving
between 2,500 and 3,000 cooks and
stewards a union spokesman says.
A union spokesman said the
union could “hardly take less”
from the Pacific Martitime Assn.,
the American President Lines,
and Pacific Far East Lines.
Pay under the Alaska Steam
ship agreement gives chief stew
ards $490, up $92; cooks $385, up
$70; and messamen $290, up $58.
All penalty pay will be elimin-1
: ated.
Election Returns
Election District No. 9
Ballots cast .352
(Four to be elected)
Howard Lyng .250
John McNees .244
Pete Reader .242
Maynard Londborg . 216
Election District No. 7
(One to be elected)
W. W. Laws ..'..164
James von der Heydt ..108
Arthur Johnson . 39
Frank Degnan . 15
Paul C. O’Connor, S.J., .... 9
Election District No. 22
(Seven to be elected)
Mildred Hermann .203
Ralph J. Rivers .149
Warren A. Taylor .120
William E. Beltz .106
Katherine Nordale .104
George Sundborg .100
William L. Paul . 95
Unofficial return today from
St. Michael, Andreafski, Unala
kleet and Alakanuk were:
S.M. A. U. Al.
Degnan .5 2 29 0
Johnson .7 0 32 20
Laws .3 10 0
O’Connor .5 38 2 5
von der Heydt.0 0 3 0
In the First Division, Senate
President James Nolan of Wran
gell leads a field of 21 candidates
for the seven First Division at
large seats. Two other members
of the last Legislature, Mrs. Dora
Sweeney of Juneau and Haines
attorney Burke Riley, are vir
tually assured of winning posi
tions.
Alaska al Large - Unofficial totals
Mildred Hermann .5231
Ralph River .5121
George Sundborg .4265
Katherine Nordale .4111
Howard Stabler .3831
Steve McCutcheon .3816
R. Rolland Armstrong ....3610
Edward D. Coffey .2988
William L. Paul .2585
Warren A. Taylor .2566
William E. Beltz .2434
William J. Gordon .2403
Robert E. Sheldon .2374
Alaska S. Linck .2317
Byron A. Gillam .2287
Richard Greuel .2170
John M. Weir .1812
Alice Stuart .'..1800
Clarence Keating Jr.1440
E. G. Bailey .1398
J. H. Van Housen .1333
Hadley Stephens . 766
Jerome D. DeBruyn . 294
Convicts Try Making
$5 Bills in Prison Shop
MONTGOMERY, Ala., UFt—A
bold bid by three Alabama con
victs to manufacture $5 bills in
the Draper Prison printing shop
has landed the trio in Kilby Pris
on’s maximum security section.
They actually printed four or
five spurious bills before the plot
was discovered, said Draper’s
warden Burr Reeves.
Because of lack of suitable ink
and paper, the bills were too crude
for the convicts to risk trying to
pass them as money, he added.
40 Ships In The Arctic Discharging
Cargo Around The Clock In A Race
To Beat Return of Winter Ice Pack
Fourth Rebellion
In Argentina
Since June 16
By SAM SUMMERLIN
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, (tfl
—Armed rebellion toy army and
navy units flared at three key
centers in the interior of Ar
gentina today. President Juan D.
Peron’s government announced
the revolts were “rapidly” crush
ed.
This was the fourth reported
plot aimed at upsetting Peron
since the major revolt of June 16.
The government also announc
ed that a terrorist plot in Buenos
Aires, the capital, had been
smashed with the arrest of 100
civilians.
The surrender of 300 rebel
troops in Entre Rios province was
announced.
A state of siege—virtual mar
tial law — was extended to the
entire country. Previously this
applied only to Buenos Aires.
There was no official account
of casualties from the revolt but
it appeared that some bloodshed
must have resulted.
Peron had been scheduled to
speak this forenoon to leaders of
the General Confederation of
Labor, the workers’ organization
which is the backbone of the
Peron regime. An hour after the
speech was scheduled for radio
broadcast it had not been made.
An sir of quiet tension pre
vailed in the capital, where anti
aircraft guns were mounted at
strategic points, including Casa
Rosada, the pink-colored building
where Peron has his presidential
headquarters.
A government broadcast as
sured the nation that all was calm
and “the situation has been to
tally dominated.”
Sears & Roebuck Give
$1,050 for Scholarships
To University of Alaska
presented the University of Alas
ka $1,050 to provide scholarships
for Alaska freshmen during the
current academic year.
The scholarships are awarded
on scholastic, personal and other
qualifications.
“I often wish it were possible
for donors to see the people they
are helping and see how vitally
their scholarship gifts affect the
lives of these young people,” Dr.
Patty told Mrs. Glaudo.
“In the last 13 years (Sears’)
assistance has helped to give
many students long starts on the
road to real achievement both for
themselves and Alaska.”
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
National League
St. Louis 3, Brooklyn 2
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 7, Hollywood 1
> BARTER ISLAND, Alaska, U!»
—Unloading operations on a vast
convoy of Navy ships which dot
the northern rim of the continent
in this area continued at full
speed today despite floating ice,
zero visibility and sub-freezing
cold.
The ships are here with mater
ials for the DEW line project
being established as a protective
radar system around the northern
perimeter of North America.
The icepack has receded from
these shores after hugging close
to the beaches all summer. Move
ment of ships still is impeded,
however, by small ice floes which
dot the offshore waters.
During the past few days, crews
of the freighter Sailor’s Splice and
the LST 827 have been discharg
ing cargo to the beach on four
small landing craft. Working
around the clock, the men un
loaded 1,500 tons of equipment
in two days despite poor visibility.
In recent days, a total of 31,000
drums of fuel and thousands of
tons of equipment have been un
loaded onto the beach of this
crowded island 350 miles east of
Pt. Barrow in the Arctic Ocean.
The cargo from the Navy ships
is being taken to the shore by
530 Army troops.
Ice conditions are the best they
have been in weeks and crews are
working around the clock to take
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Army To Test Feasibility
Of Re-Supply For Alaska
Over The Alaska Highway
DAWSON CREEK, B.C., lift—A
United States Army road recon
naisance party stopped here on
Thursday, arranging for a pro
posed midwinter convoy of 200
vehicles over the Alaska High
way.
Major Michael Damkowitch
heading the party, told Canadian
army and highway authorities
that the convoy, “Exercise Moose
Horn,” will determine the feas
ibility of reinforcing U.S. troops
guarding Alaska air installations
by land.
Major Damkowitch, of the 1st
Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
at Ft. Lewis, Wash., said the con
voy would probably leave Ft.
Lewis Jan. 4 and pass through
Dawson Creek, in northeastern
British Columbia, four days later.
Its destination will be Ft. Greeley,
(Big Delta) Alaska.
The convoy will consist of a
battalion combat team headed by
Lt. Col. Donald M. Callahan. Par
ticipating will be the 1st Bat
talion, 5th Infantry Regiment; C
Battery, 555th Artillery Battalion;
D Company, Second Engineering
Battalion, and smaller tactical and
support units.
The 200 vehicles will be spread
out over 45 miles and organized
into several march units, Major
Damkowitch said. The convoy will
probably begin the return journey
Feb. 27.