THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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Early Diagnosis
Campaign For T B
Speaking in behalf of the Early
Diagnosis Campaign to be con
ducted by the Alaska Tubercul
osis Association during the
month of June as a part of
a nation-wide campaign to
d is c o v e r early tuberculosis.
Dr. J. C. Haldeman, Territorial
Tuberculosis Clinician stated: “In
actual practice it is felt that the
prevention of tuberculosis begins
with the early discovery’ of the
case. Statistics show that 80-85%
of all cases are in a moderately
advanced or far advanced stage
of the disease by the time a diag
nosis is established, because sym
ptorns sufficiently obvious for the
patient to seek medical aid vol
untarily did not appear until the
disease had reached this advanc
ed stage This means that the in
dividual patient has lost his bast
chance of recovery and in many
cases has already transmitted his
infection to others Every case of
tuberculosis must come from an
other case.
From an economic standpoint,
early diagnosis means that hos
pital or sanatoria care will bo |
shorter. It may mean that home
care will make hospital care lat
er unnecessary’.
Since tuberculosis takes its
greatest tqll in the years of great
est economic productivity, early
diagnosis and earlp care prevents
the problem created by the death
from tuberculosa of the bread
winner or the young mother.
It is among those engaged in
unskilled labor that tuberculosis’
finds one of its most favorable
fields of attack, and because ofj
the lack of sanatoria for the care!
of tuberculosis in Alaska and the!
high cost of care in private san- j
at or i a in other localities, the dis
oovery of tubreculosis in its earl-j
lest stages when the cure can be j
safely effected with a minimum |
of expense either to the patient:
himself or to the Territory is of
added importance here.
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Film Is “Alaska’s
Silver Millions”
More than two million school
children and adults throughout
the United States have seen the
scenic grandeur and fishing act
ivities of Alaska through “Al
aska's Silver Millions," the sound
motion picture produced by the
American Can Company in co
operation with the canned sal
mon industry.
Now being shown to school
classes and to club groups, 175
prints of the picture are current
ly being exhibited in the United
States. The sponsors of the pic
ture estimate that each month of
the school year, 800 people view
each print. This means that ap
proximately 140,000 people see
the picture each month.
Isabel N. Young, home econ
omics director for American Can
Company, recently stated that
the film has been so popular with
school and clubs that as early as
last November, all prints of the
p cture were booked up for all
available showing dates until
June.
“Alaska’s Silver Millions” was
first released for distribution in
September of 1936. The comment
ating of the picture is done by
Father Bernard Hubbard, S. J.,
widely known as the “Glacier
Priest.” The picture is approxi
mately fifty minutes in length,
<wr':th the first half devoted to the
usual scenic beauty of Alaska,
The mild climate of Southeastern
and Central Alaska, and the ag
ricultural apportunities are em
phasized.
The second half of the picture
shows the annual salmon run,
and the fishing and canning activ
ities of Alaska’s salmon industry.
Exciting fishing scenes are shown
and explained by the comment
ator. The care taken 'in canning
the salmon is illustratde. The
unique life cycle of the salmon :s
also explained.
Besides showings for clubs and
schools, the film has also been
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Lngs and conventions. The Am
erican Can Company is now pre
paring to release an additional
reel for grocer’s meetings design
ed improve store merchandising
of salmon.
Reports from many cities in
which “Alaska’s Silver Millions”
has been shown are that it has
not only resulted in increased in
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ficial effect on sales of canned
salmon an these cities.
Dimond Sponsors Bill To Author
ize Salary Compensation For
U. S. Commissioners in
Alaska
; Legislation proposed by Del'e
! gate Dimond in the House on
; May 18 will, if enacted, provide
a guaranteed compensation of not:
less than $150 per month for
United States Commissioners in
Alaska.
Long dissatisfied with the pres
ent system whereby commission
ers are paid entirely on a fee
basis, Mr. Dimond drafted the
bill so as to continue the fee com
pensation as the law now pro-'
vides, but “if the fees for any
quarter year shall average less
than $150 per month, the coman is
stonier shall be entitled to re
ceive from the United States a,
sum which when added to the
fees shall make the total com
pensation of the commissoiner'
$150 per month for the quarter.” j
Appropriation for Reindeer
Purchase for Natives Last
All efforts to have the House con
cur in the Senate amendment to i
provide $1,070,000 for the pur-;
chase of all reindeer and equip
ment in Alaska owned by others:
than natives failed when tire'
amendment was voted down in j
the House on May first.
The reindeer item had been the
subject of much controversy
since it was first included in the j
appropriation bill of the Depart- j
meet of the Interior when it was 1
brought out by the House Com-1
mittee on Appropriations. The j
item was stricken on a point of j
order in the House, but was J
again inserted in the bill in thej
Senate. Rejected now by the
House as a Senate amendment
the item is definitely lost for this}
year. ,
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th, how many, and the Associa
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Mirow Air Service
Activities
Mirow Planes Assisting
Boats Through Ice Floes
Pilot Jack Jefford accompanied
by his brother Bill Jefford, mech
anic, left Nome last night via
Unalakleet for the Alaska Steam
ship boats Columbia and Suther
land, both held up by ice.
The Columbia called for a
plane to locate open leads for
them as they were running short
of water. .j
From Unalakleet, the plane
took a westerly course, north of
St. Michael, finding the south
half of Norton Sound still solid
with ice. At midnight the plane
reached the position of the boats.
Taking a northerly course over
an open lead, which they found
to be about 40 miles long and at(
the end encountered a badly:
broken up field of ice about 15
miles deep. From there on into
Nome the sea seemd to be fairly
clear of ice. j
Ait 11:25 Monday morning the
plane took off again on a course'
toward North East Cape on St.!
Lawrence Island, reporting their j
position every fifteen minutes, in
eluding ice reports. Mirow Airi
Service Aeronautical Ground Sta j
tion’s last contact with the plane1
was at 12:12 this afternoon and |
due to local radio interference |
was unable to contact the plane i
again until 12:55 when the plane
tried to work the Columbia dir
ect by radio, but on account of
static the messages had to be re
layed via station WXY, Nome.
At 1:35 p.m. the plane had a
definite lead established thru the
ice and headed toward Unala
kleet for refueling and planned
on meeting the boat at the end
of the big lead, helping it thru
6 miles of broken ice, which
seems to be the only chance for
the boaits to get thru, for the
present.
June 10 — Pilot Jack Jefford
flew Mrs. Allen Lee to Solomon,
taking .mail and express.
Pilot Jefford had Walt Kirklin
as a round trip passenger to
Taylor and Solomon, bringing in!
a load of freight from the Alaska
Taylor Mines.
June 10—Pilot C. A. Martin
gave the Fairchild a test flight,
after a top-overhaul on the motor
and repainting of the entire ship
a blue color.
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your mining claim.
graduated from half socks to long silk stockings, poses with her
favorite pony and a new riding habit. Reports say that Elizabeth
already has manners befitting a future queen. _
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