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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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SUBTLE AS A STIC: OF DYNAMITE
Nome's “Back Door** Is Wide Open . . .
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA Chamber of Com
merce has channeled much of its resources and
time into keeping before the world the need of defense
in Northwestern Alaska. A term commonly used here
has been that Nome was the back door of America
and the door has been swinging wide open for several
years with the cold Siberian draft penetrating across
the country whose military leaders could not see the
Weakness in their defense plans.
Col. Willard Pearson’s recent remarks about the
position of the Free World and Defense in which he
refers to Alaska as the “Gibraltar of the North” re
peats what Alaskans have stated over and over
again.
He calls for greater understanding and use of
Alaska for national survival as the doors close in
foreign nations.
This calls for better defense within this vast State
of which Nome is a very important link and to which
a road becomes more vital every day.
With the new administration we are on the
threshold of many changes in the defense picture and
Alaska may be the key to the whole plan, with the
back door carefully protected, a safeguard to the en
tire free world.
Teamsters Expect to
Have Nationwide Contract
Within Three Years
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UP) —
Though the Teamsters Union ex
pects to have a nationwide con
tract in three years, James R.
Hoffa, says there would never
be a nationwide strike of truck
drivers.
The boss of the gigantic union
told a press conference Monday
such a strike “just wouldn’t be
good buisiness for the union.”
Negotiations for the nationwide
contract will be started 60 days
before the present contracts ex
pire Feb. 1, 1964, Hoffa said.
He pointed out the union now
has contracts in the central, south
ern, New York, New Jersey and
West Virginia areas. Because
many of the 7,000 employers in
these areas also operate else
where, Hoffa said “the majority
are already committeed” to a na
tional contract.
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
BUY A GOLD MINE
PHOENIX, Ariz. {St — One
Phoenix union local has devel
oped its own anti-recession pro
gram.
About 100 members of Tile Set
ters Local No. 4 bought a gold
mine near Bumblebee, about 50
miles north of here. About 40
of them are unemployed.
i “The men are thinking they
might as well work the mine
themselves until things pick up,”
said Howard Reidy, union busi
ness agent.
HONOR STUDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Conklin of
FAA have been notified that their
daughter, Marcia, who is attend
ing the Monroe High School in
Fairbanks is an A Honor Student
and has been nominated for the
National Honor Society. Marcia
is secretary-treasurer of her
class and recently elected queen
for one of the school events.
Both Eskimos anti
Whites are Subject
To Cold Weather
OTTAWA <jP — For perhaps
4.000 years Eskimos of the Arctic’s
coastal areas have lived in sub
zero temperatures. And still their
feet get cold on a bitter winter
I night.
In fact, says a Canadian scien
I tist, the Coastal Eskimos suffer
from the cold as much as their
white brothers in warmer cli
mates much to the south.
Dr. J. S. Hart, 44-year-old bi
ologist who led several scientific
expeditions to Baffin Island 1,500
miles north of Ottawa, thinks he
has the answer to the Eskimos’ in
ability to adapt to cold weather.
Like the white man. the Eski
mo has learned to fashion pro
tective clothing and housing —
the fur-lined parka and igloo.
The Eskimos Dr. Hart studied
lived in Baffin Island’s frigid
weather, sometimes 50 degrees
below zero, but never learned to
live with it. They fought it with
heavy clothing and warm hous
ing, not giving their bodies a
chance to adapt to cold.
This contrasts with Dr. Hart’s '
findings during a 1957 study of
Australian Aborigines. They live a ,
simple nomadic-like life, wearing
little but a brief lion cloth.
And they have developed a I
knack of allowing their bodies to
cool without discomfort as the >
temperature drops. This ability I
may be inherited, Dr. Hart be
lieves. Most animals also can adapt
to weather conditions.
In finding out that Coastal Es
kimos haven’t been able to adapt
to their climate, Dr. Hart and
nine colleagues from Canada, the
United States and Norway stud
ied 10 Eskimos at Panbnirtung on
Baffin Island.
The white scientists and the Es
kimos climbed into thin sleeping
bags for a night’s sleep in a room
kept'at 40 degrees. All were wired
so their reactions could be meas
ured.
None had much luck sleeping
and all — scientists and Eskimos
alike — shivered a great deal.
These findings are, more to Dr.
Hart than just interesting facts.
They are part of an international
research program, he says, that
might one day make life a good
deal more comfortable for persons
who must live in sub-zero tem
peratures.
THE BITE OF WINTER . . .
SULLIVAN, N. H. UP — Even
bandits apparently feel the bite
of New England’s long period of
intense cold. John J. Hammond,
proprietor of an authentic coun
try store, reported two men who
robbed him of $40 last night wore
fur masks.
NEW FAD AT U OF W . . .
SEATTLE UP — Newest fad
among men at the University of
Washington? Toting black um
brellas with curved handles, rain
or shine.
They’re becoming recognized on
the campus as a “status symbol.”
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Largest Beer Stein in tlie World
..’
Edward V. Lahey, president of the United States Brewers
Foundation, whose members produce 85 per cent of the nation’s
malt beverage, drops in at New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria to
inspect the “largest stein in the world.” The mammoth cup of
good cheer is displayed in connection with the opening of the new
Walldorfkeller, a gemiitlich restaurant, specializing in fine foods
which traditionally go with beer and ale to provide, as the stein
suggests, “many hours of merriment.”
The stein stands 3V2 feet high, weighs 75 pounds and holds 32
liters or approximately 64 bottles of beer. On the brim is inscribed
this masterpiece of understatement:
“Whoever can empty this tankard shall be called a Real Man.”
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WINTER SCHEDULE
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Via Kotzebue)
EACH MONDAY and FRIDAY — FLIGHT 309
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Lv. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:45 a.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 309
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m.
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FAIRBANKS TO NOME
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 311
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Lv. Tanana *8:15 a.m. Ar. Galena *8:55 a.m.
Lv. Galena *9:25 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:25 a.m.
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Direct)
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NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Direct)
EACH MONDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 10:45 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 4:30 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *8:40 p.m.
EACH FRIDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 2:00 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *5:10 p.m.
NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Via Kotzebue)
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 10:25 p.m. Ar. Kotzebue 11:10 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:50 a.m. Ar. Galene *1:45 p.m.
Lv. Galena *2:00 p.m. Ar. Tanana *2:40 p.m. ^
Lv. Tanana *2:50 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *3:25 p.m.
EACH THURSDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 9:40 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 10:25 a.mi
Lv. Kotezebue 11:05 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.mj
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