Contest for Writers
Thruout the Territory
Will Highlight Conference
The Alaska Chapter of the'
League of Western Writers will ]
hold its fourth annual conference j
in Anchorage the second week inj
November.
A contest will be the highlight!
of the conference, and prizes will
be given in the short fiction, non
fiction, poetry, and juvenile cate
gories. Writers thruout the terri- i
tory may enter their manuscripts.;
The deadline for entry is mid
night Oct. 23. For informatica,
contest rules and application
blanks write CONTEST, The
Alaska Chapter of the League of
Western Writers, Box 2038, An
chorage, Alaska.
The conference program will
feature speakers, movies, exhib
its, social get-togethers and ban
quet. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Application blanks and contest
rules are available at the Nome
Nugget.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVORSON
The approaching full moon
which will be on Tuesday eve
ning, Oct. 8, is called the Hunter’s
Moon. It is so called because it
appears very large on the eastern
horizon and aids hunters in their
pursuit of wild game. The small1
angle that the moon makes with
the horizon at this time of the
year causes the moon to rise less
than half an hour later on sue- i
cessive evenings.
A month ago, on Sept. 8, the
Harvest Moon was shining at full.
It is called the Harvest Moon be
cause of its shining during the |
harvest season. One can picture
the moon at that season shining
through the com shocks, lighting
up the Large, ripe, golden pump
kins lying on the ground between
the shocks or squash, watermel
ons, and other vegetables. Sur
veying all the beauty of the har
vest field might be a lonely owl
hooting from a nearby tree.
Legend says the great Swedish
Kiruna iron deposits were dis
covered when a Lapp hunter
dropped his knife and was un
able to pick it up because of the
magnetism in the mountains of
iron.
Defense Secretary Wilson Tells I
Final Pentagon News Conference!
He Does Not Hate Anybody!
WASHINGTON, [M—Secretary
of Defense Charles E. Wilson told
his final news conference Wednes
day: “I don’t hate anybody. If I
have any enemies, it is of their
choosing, hot mine.”
Wilson has been embroiled in a
number of controversies stem
ming mostly from his peppery
remarks.
The 67-year-old defense chief
will step out next Wednesday
after serving at the Pentagon
longer than any of his prede
cessors. He will be succeeded by
Neil McElroy, Cincinnati soap
manufacturer.
Altho his 80th—and last— Pen
tagon news conference was gener
ally in a lighthearted vein, Wilson
touched on several matters that
bulk large in national importance.
He pronounced the United
States “safer today than it was
when I came to the Pentagon.”
He attributed this to “our better
equipment and better military or
ganization.”
Wilson indicated that his suc
cessor, McElroy, will inherit the
job of deciding whether the Army
Jupiter or the Air Force Thor
will be used as this country’s
1,500-mile-range ballistic missile.
On the question of defense out- i
Lays, Wilson said he is ready to |
“agree with my military advisers,
that we have about reached the I
minimum” for such spending.
The defense chief announced a '
new Air Force order limiting pay
ments to aircraft manufacturers
to a strict monthly schedule. The
idea is to help hold down defense
spending.
Wilson commented Wednesday
that he did not think the Air
Force order would hurt aircraft
manufacturers as badly as some
feared.
But in Seattle, the Boeing Air
plane Co. termed the order “seri
ous,,” and said it may slow down
production. The company makes
B-52 bombers and KC-135 tank-1
ers. Wilson conceded some com
panies would have to lay off I
workers.
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Fairbanks Hearing Held
On Bill for ICC Power
Over Surface Transport
FAIRBANKS, l£)—Conflicting
viewpoints were expressed here
yesterday on a Senate bill that
would place all Alaskan surface
transportation, including steam
ships and the Alaska Railroad,
under the jurisdiction of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Speaking in favor of the bill
were Howard Weaver, president
of a trucking firm, and Robert
Leslie, business agent for the
Teamsters Union local 183.
Opposed to ICC jurisdiction at
this time were the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce, repre
sented by Don W. Pearson, and
Everett Ratton, president of Alas
ka Overland, a bus firm.
The hearing was conducted by
a subcommittee of the Senate In
terstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee.
Pearson said the Chamber of
Commerce opposed the bill pri
marily because statehood for
Alaska was imminent. Under the
statehood bills, the ICC will take
over interstate regulation and a
state board will regulate com
merce within the new state.
Weaver declared there was
much rate cutting and other dis
criminatory practices in Alaska
in respect to truck transportation.
Weather Extremes
Felt In Montana
(By The Asso<%ated Press)
Wintry weather spread across
northwestern sections of the na
tion today with snowfall up to
five inches and temperatures in
the 20s.
Fresh falls of snow during the
night brought a five-inch carpet
of white at Mullen Pass near the
Montana-Idaho border. Snow was
three inches deep at Drummond,
Mont.
Temperatures were mostly in
the 20s in the snow belt, with
lows of 23 at Butte and Cut Bank.
There were wide contrasts in
temperatures in Montana yester
day, ranging from the mid-80s in
the southeast to the 20s in the
north.
High winds whipped up large
cloud of and and dust from the
southwest desert region into the
Great Plains. Gusts of 40 to 60
mph. were reported.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
ALASKA DAY
FESTIVAL
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Nome Directory
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noen
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
I,.Bile Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
j Secretary
Now In Summer Recess
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ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Joe Kroninger
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon