IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
COLD WEATHER
FOOTWEAR
PARKAS
FUR and CLOTH
Wolf, Wolverine, Bear and Fox Ruffs
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★ ALPACA LINING *
AND ALL YOUR WINTER OUTER WEAR
At The Parka and
Mukluk Department of
j East Germans Snipe At
| American Military Car
HEIDELBERG, Germany, UP* —
The U. S. Army in Europe an
nounced last week that a Com
munist East German soldier fired
recently on an American military
vehicle.
The shot was fired without
warning at the vehicle as it was
traveling east of Berlin and
pierced its exhaust pipe, the an
nouncement said.
No one was injured.
Two American officers and a
sergeant assigned to the U. S.
Military Liaison Mission at Pots
dam in East Germany were rid
ing in the vehicle.
This was the third recent inci
dent involving members of Allied
military missions.
BIA RELOCATION OFFICER
DUE IN NOME TOMORROW
Jens Forshaug, relocation of
ficer for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, is expected in Nome to
morrow. Anyone interested in the
BIA relocation program is invited
! to see Mr. Forshaug in the after
noon at the BIA office in the
Federal Building.
Telephone Executives
Unhurt in Beechcraft
Crash at Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, UP) — A trans
Alaska Telephone Co. Beechcraft!
twin-Bonanza with seven persons
aboard crashed while attempting
a landing at International Airport
Saturday but there were no in
juries.
The pilot of the aircraft, Bob j
Walker, 40, of Anchorage, said
his left engine quit, causing the
plane to stall and crash near the
south end of the main north
south runway.
The plane was carrying officials
of the phone company to Fair
banks to take part in dedication
of the now North Pole Telephone
Exchange which the firm owns.
Apparently the pilot was hav
ing trouble with the landing gear
and radioed the control tower he
did not think his wheels were
down.
While attempting to gain alti
tude for another landing attempt,
the plane stalled and crashed into
dense brush and trees.
SUNNY BRITAIN
LONDON, UP) — Britain’s long,
hot summer proved a boon to the
nudist business. Membership of
the British Sun Bathing Associa
tion went up to more than 5,0G0,
the annual convention was told
Sunday.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
MOSTLY
OUTDOORS
By ALAN COURTRIGHT
I’d like to know where Dave
Cromwell, Anchorage Times
sports editor, gets his informa
tion. In his column of Friday,
October 16, Cromwell said, among
other things, that the “arctic
herd” (of caribou) was nearly
wiped out when reindeer over
grazed the range; about 180,000
caribou died of starvation accord
ing to Cromwell.
Not too long ago I had to under
go a fairly rigid examination
by a group of biologists, some of
whom were very well versed in
caribou lore. During the course
of this examination I made the
statement that there has never
been an authenticated instance of
caribou on natural unconfined
range dying of starvation. None
of the professors and biologists
present had any argument with
this statement. I certainly hope
this chap Cromwell doesn’t have
any inside information that nei
ther the professors nor myself
ever heard about; higher educa
tion is getting enough hard knocks
these days without being shown
up by newspaper columnists.
Considering some of the other
figures given in Cromwell’s col
umn, however, I think it would
be safe to say that higher educa
tion will survive. How journalism
will make out is open to question.
What I’m trying to do, of course,
is start an exchange of insults
with brother Cromwell. An argu
ment between columnists of dif
ferent papers is one of the best
ways I know of to make sure you
always have plenty of material
for those periods when there’s not
much of anything else to write
about. Besides, when I hear that
the Arctic herd numbers about
90,000 animals and that the Nel
china Herd increased from 7,000
to 40,000 in less than 10 years
(and wouldn’t some of the local
reindeer herders like to know the
secret for THAT kind of pro
duction), I want to know where
the information comes from.
Maybe we can get that Nelchina
herd to expand over thisaway.
With brother Cromwell’s help, of
course.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvn V. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Secty.
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