Use of Aircraft in
Polar Bear Hunt
Posing Problems
WASHINGTON—Department of
the Interior officials are studying
the status of the polar bear now
that airplanes are being used
more extensively to locate the
animals, on polar ice at consider
able distances from the shore, ac
cording to Asst. Secretary of the
Interior Ross Leffler.
The department is seeking ways
to provide additional protection
if such action is found necessary,
but indications are that an act of
Congress will be needed to give
the Fish and Wildlife Service the
authority for any additional pro
tection, Leffler said.
In recent months, hunters using
planes have found polar bear on
ice floes in the Arctic Ocean as
far as 60 miles from the Alaska
shore and then landed to make'
the actual kill.
Because the hunting is far be
yond the territorial limits of Alas
ka, there is the jurisdictional
problem which is complicated by
lack of specific legislation and by
the practical difficulties of en
forcement.
While the legal phases of the
matter are being explored in the
nation’s capital, the Alaska staff
of the Fish and Wildlife Service is
seeking more factual information
on the distribution and abundance
of the polar bear, its habits and
other factors which might be im
portant in the management of the
species.
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CENSUS OF ALIENS
IN JANUARY SHOWS
2,263 IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, (/R—Last Jan
uary’s census of aliens showed a
total of 2,263 in Alaska.
The registration by divisions
was : First 502, Second 35, Third
1,038, and Fourth 688.
By nationalities, the total was
this: Great Britain and Canada
864, Germany 378, Mexico 73,
U.S.S.R. 39, Poland 38, Italy 24,
Greece 19, China 15, and all oth
ers 813.
The Immigration Service said
the national total was 2,833,732, .
up nearly 7.5 percent from the
previous year.
New York was at the top of the
list with 550,907 aliens.
As usual, the greater number
of aliens were in the coastal and
Great Lakes states.
California had 475,829; Wash
ington had 50,400.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Monday of each month
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon