Atlantic Dew-line
To Scan For
Russian Subs
PARIS, Iff) — The United States,
Britain and Canada were report
ed rushing work on an electronic
warning line far out in the At
lantic to prevent Russia’s sub
marine fleet from splitting of1
North America from Europe ir
case of war.
The disclosure came from ar
allied official here for the meet
ing of the 15 Defense Ministers
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization (NATO).
They have concluded that, des
pite all countermeasures, the
Russian fleet of 500 submarines
could stop convoys steaming tc
Europe during the first six or
more critical weeks of any global
war.
The official said naval strate
gists of the three nations al
ready have begun work on an
Atlantic “Dew-Line”. Radar and
sonar screens and devices are
being developed to scan the North
Atlantic from North America to
Europe and take in the waters
around Iceland and Greenland.
People of Savoonga
Have Prosperous Winter
The people of Savoonga on
St. Lawrence Island have fared
very well this past winter. The
island people depend mostly up
on the sea animals for their liv
ing and of these they have had
plenty this winter.
An unknown number of walrus
have been locked under the ice
about five miles north of the vil
lage. In the spring the walrus
pass bv the island on their 'jour
. ney north and again in the fall
on the return trip south.
Apparently part of the herd
were digging for clams, the wal
rus diet, under the thin shore
ice in the fall time and a north
wind blew so much floating ice
against the shore ice that it be
came impossible for them to
swim out to open water. The
native people report having seen
the walrus knocking breathing
holes through the thin shore ice
with their ivory tusks. By com
ing again and again to these holes
to breath, the holes have been
kept open all winter even though
the ice has frozen down to several
feet.
The village men with their
hunting gear would set up a vigil
at a breathing hole and wait till
a walrus came to breathe. When
the animal put its head in the
hole it was harpooned, a long
•walrus-hide rope being attached
to the harpoon point. The ani
mal could be held from escaping
to another hole by means of the
rope.
Eventually the animal would
have to come up for air at the
same hole where it was har
pooned and at which time it
would be shot. The hole in the
ice would then be enlarged and
the dead animal rolled out upon
the ice.
Even though the village of
Savoonga has taken over forty
walrus this past winter, they are
not wasteful of the meat. They
have supplied much of the dog
, feed for Gambell, because of a
shortage in that village.
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Starfish Threaten
Long Island
Oyster Industry
The starfish, which is usually
just another marine animal, has
suddenly developed into a threat
to the Long Island Sound oyster
industry, the Bureau of Commer
cial Fisheries of the Department
of the Interior Fish and Wildlife
Service reports.
The crisis develop^! because
of a “bumper crop” of starfish
which increased that population
about 10 times normal size.
Eight years ago another such
crisis occurred in Long Island
Sound when invading starfish
wreaked havoc upon oyster beds
up and down the Connecticut
coast.
The 1958 starfish invasion,
which has ruined from 60 to 90
per cent of the oyster crop in
some beds, is the latest of a series
of problems which have beset the
oystermen of the area. Lack of
seed oysters necessary to main
tain the fishery, an excess of the
ever-present oyster drill, and the
action of destructive storms are
among the troubles of this unit
of the industry.
The Bureau and the oyster in
dustry have joined forces to at
tack these many problems. One
policy upon which the scientists
and the industry agree is the
establishment of refuges in cer
tain estuaries on Long Island
Sound where oysters could be
placed during these invasions.
Neither the drill nor the star
fish can tolerate brackish water.
Such a move would not only of
fer a haven against predators
but would probably increase the
setting of oysters to provide bad
ly needed seed for the continua
tion of the industry.
The Bureau, through its bio
logical laboratory at Milford,
Connecticut, has done consider
able work on oyster problems of
| Long Island Sound. One'Bureau
project which has been carried
to a successful conclusion in the
laboratory stage is a method of
artificial propagation of oysters.
Another problem which the Oy
ster Institute, acting under con
tract with the Bureau, has been
probing, relates to the use of nat
ural ponds and estuaries in the
seed oyster program. Other pro
jects which are contemplated in
clude expanded research on oy
ster larvae, their food, diseases
and predators to determine the
cause of good and bad setting
setting years.
GOSPEL HOME TO SHOW
COLORED SLIDES NEXT WEEK
Gospel pictures for every night
of this coming week are planned
by the Nome Gospel Home. The
series includes The Flood, Joseph,
(The most amazing story in the
O.T.), Jonah, The Artist’s Studio,
and The Thief of Time. The pic
tures are colored slides accom
panied by tape recordings. Ev
eryone is invited to this treat of
Bible instruction.
Sale of Fishing And
Hunting License Nets
Territory $164,609.68
Chairman Art Hayr of the
Alaska Fish and Game Commis
sion, which met last week in the
Pan American Conference Room
at Fairbanks, has announced that
the Commission has accepted
the report on the sport fishing
and hunting license collections.
From July 1, 1957 to April 1,
1958, $164,609.68 has been depos
' ited in the revolving “Fish and
: Game Fund.”
Of the total monies in the Fund,
$17,346.00 was realized from the
sale of the old sport fishing li
cense and $87,945.68 from the
new sport fishing license, for a
total of $105,291.68, which went
into effect July 1, 1957. The
new license act for hunting re
sulted in $59,318.00 being depos
ited in the Fund. It is antici
pated that at least $20,000.00
more will be collected during
April, May and June, before the
termination of the Fiscal Year
on June 30, 1958.
Many worthwhile fur and game
projects were considered by the
Commission’and a number of them
selected for initiation as soon as
possible. Among these are a fur
primeness study, research on the
biology of certain big game and
fur animals, and cooperative in
vestigation in a plan by several
agencies and organizations to
transplant moose to Berners Bay
in Southeast Alaska. A total of
$52,960.00 was authorized to be
expended from the Fish and
Game Fund to carry on these
projects. These expenditures will
start July 1, 1958 and terminate
on June 30, 1959.
“Soviet” Example
MOSCOW, OR — P. V. Kupalov
has paid 5,650 rubles—$1,412.50
for an elk.
Kupalov bagged the big animal
out of season and the word got
around. The game wardens
found the meat at his home. The
newspaper agriculture reported
today that the court decided to
make an example of the hunter
and socked him the big fine for
“damage incurred to the state.”
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K N O M E — Is Coming
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To Visit Alaska
This Summer
COLLEGE, Alaska — A prom
inent agriculturalist, Dr. Oivind
Nissen, will visit Alaska for
three months this summer.
During May, June and July,
Dr. Nissen will study Alaskan ag
ricultural conditions and also |
give lectures on conditions in
Norway and the other Scandi
navian countries. His visit to
the territory is being made pos
sible through a grant made to
the Alaska Agricultural Exper
iment Station by the National
i Science Foundation.
Dr. Nissen received his doctor
J of Philosophy degree from the
i University of California, accord
| ing to the announcement from the
j University of Alaska Extension
| Service. He is head of the farm
| crops department of the Agri
j cultural College at Vallebekk.
Wednesday Ball Scores
National League
, Los Angeles 13, San Francisco 1
American League
Boston 3, New York 1
Kansas City 9, Cleveland 4
! Detroit 5, Chicago 4
Pacific Coast League
! Vancouver 4, Salt Lake City 3
i Seattle 3-0, -Spokane 2-1
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PUEBLO, Colo., UP) — A dis
traught woman told the inspector
at the Pueblo Drivers License
Bureau she was sorry, but she
was too nervous to go through
with her scheduled license test.
She pointed outside the Pueblo
County Courthouse.
Seems that in driving into a
parking space, her car had
jumped the curb and flattened
a parking meter.
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