THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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GIANT, THE BEANSTALK, AND PLENTY OF JACK
Wliy the North Star State of Alaska?
By GEORGE GOSHAW
EVERY SCHOOL BOY and girl knows that Chris
topher Columbus discovered America on October
1, 1492 and that his ship, the Santa Maria, having no*
compass, sailed westward into an unknown sea, with
the great North Star to guide him through the nights.
Captain Bering, in July, 1741 in his ship, the St.
Peter, and Cauptain Chirikov in the St. Paul, sailed
eastward from Petropavlosh in search of the shores
of America. On July 15, Chirikov discovered the
American coast at about one hundred miles south of
the present site of Sitka. Three days later, at noon
on July 17, 1741, Bering sighted the coast opposite
Mount St. Elias. Bering, in 1728, also discovered St.
La.wrence Island.
Still no compass, 'but the North Star guided these
adventurers through the night, and they easily kept
to -their course during the day, in search of new lands.
Guided by the same light, the North Star. -Visible
in the heavens, it reaches us today in Alaska, having
sped through space since the days of Moses, at the rate
of one hundred and eighty thousand miles each second.
Alaskans of today as will all future Alaskans, take
pride in the symbolic Great North Star, Alaska’s
'guiding light — in the Great North Star State of
brotherly love — and appropriately emblazoned on the
flag of the 49th State.
Adenauer - Erhard Feud
Flares In W. Germany
BONN, Germany, GP) — Econom
ics Minister Ludwig Erhard and
Konrad Adenauer failed in a pri
vate talk today to settle their
quarrel over Adenauer’s insistence
on remaining chancellor.
,This was reported by informed
sources' of their Christian Dem
ocratic Party after the two men
met behind closed doors for an
hour and 45 minutes.
The main point of controversy
unresolved was reported to be
that Adenauer was supposed to
have said Erhard was unable to
lead West Germany at this critical
time because of his attitude toward
foreign affairs.
Sniper’s Bullet Kills
Coal Mine Operator
LAKE CITY, Tenn., UP — A
sniper’s bullet killed a coal mine
owner yesterday as he worked his
machinery on a federal flood con
trol project here in defiance of
threats of sabotage or death.
Five persons were questioned at
length in the slaying of Jess Fes
ler, 53, of Sunbright, Tenn., shot
in the back as he stood beside
his bulldozer on the project near
thd Lake City High School.
The area has seen numerous
cases of violence since the United
Mine Workers began a drive to
bring all mines under union con
tract. Three persons have been
killed irTTCentucky.
Pre-Conception
Gender Selection
Predicted by Swede
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, UP) —
Within 10 years parents will be
able to decide for themselves
whether they will have boy, or
girl babies, says a Swedish gene
ticist.
Professor Per Eric Lindahl,
speaking at Uppsala Institute of
| Physiology, said there are several
methods of determining sex “but
so far none of them has proved
entirely dependable.”
“Good results have been ob
tained, though,” he said, “and it
would not surprise me if all prob
lems are solved within, say 10
years.”
In order to determine the sex
of offspring,- he said, the sperma
tozoa must first be split up into
those carrying male y-chromo
somes and those with female x
chromosomes. The spermatozoa
with the desired sex character
istics are then introduced to the
mother by artificial insemination.
U. S. Crime Rate Declines
WASHINGTON, UP> — The FBI
today reported a slight drop in
major crime in the nation’s cities
during the first three months of
the year.
The FBI said that major crimes,
on an over-all basis,-dropped less
than one per cent in cities of
more than 25,000 population when
compared with the rate of the
first three months of 1958.
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ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
U.S.S.R. Deputy
Premier Likely to
Visit Eisenhower
WASHINGTON, CP — First Dep
uty Premier Frob Koslou of the
Soviet Union has asked to meet
with President Eisenhower and
other top Administration leaders
during a 10-day visit to the United
States.
Eisenhower is expected to grant
his wish along with a request to
undertake a coast-to-coast tour
of some half-dozen American ci
ties in early July.
Koslov, 51, a fast-rising new
comer in the Kremlin hierarchy,
is due to arrive in New York June
25, ostensibly to open the Soviet
National Exhibition in the New
York Coliseum.
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| Nome Eskimo
Sings at Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash, UP) — Mrs.
Mike Willoya of Nome had an ap
preciative audience yesterday as
she sang a hymn in her Eskimo
tongue at a church meeting.
Mrs. Willoya brought greetings
from Our Savior’s Lutheran
Church at Nome to the annual
convention here for the Women’s
Missionary Federation of the Pa
cific District, Evangelical Luther
an Church.
Mrs. Willoya said she “grew up”
at Teller Mission, 80 miles north
of Nome. She has been a resident
of Nome for 25 years, is one of
the most active members in Our
Savior’s Church, and sings soprano
in the choir.
FISHING DERBY ''
JUNE 1 through SEPTEMBER 15
In June — Derby for Kids un to 12 years of age.
PRIZES FOR LARGEST GRAYLING & LARGEST TROUT
In July — Fishing Derby Open To All.
PRIZE FOR LARGEST GRAYLING CAUGHT
In August — Fishing Derby Open To All.
PRIZE FOR LARGEST TROUT CAUGHT
GRAND PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN SEPT. 15 FOR
SEASON S LARGEST TROUT AND GRAYLING
To be eligible for winning one of these prizes
. . . COME IN AND REGISTER . . .
.We Have On Display a Large Assortment of Fishing Tackle
— COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND —
Complete Fishing Outfits
Priced from $6.25 to $9.S5
Long handled Candle Fish Nets
8-ft. handes — $7.95
Bargain Board — 3 for §1.00
Your Choice of 3 Lures
And Don't Forget — while you're here take a good look at
Those Fabulous MERCURY Outboard Motors
From G to 70 h.p. — That's At
YOUR SPORTSMAN’S HEADQUARTERS
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