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A. BOUCHER..EditorPublisher
EMILY BOUCHER..Society Editor
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THANKFUL
....People of Nome had a
special something th be
thankful for this Thanks
giving.
An epidemic threatened
our community and could
very easily, have caused
death and grief in many
homes, were it not for the
vigilant and untiring ef
forts of our doctor and his
assistants, who worked
day and night to control
and stop the feared disease
diphtheria.
At the close of World
War I. in 1918, influenza
struck Nome, and in a very
short time, 27 white por
sons and hundreds of na
tives were dead.
This could have happen
ed again
Doctor Thomas Morcom
our local physician, was
aided by the medicel offic
ers of Nome garrison, Ma
jor Raymond W. Owens,
Captain Edward Andenson
Captain Kendal Gregory,
Captain Charles L. Ringe,
and Captain Frank B. Mit
chell, who not only assisted
in town, carried serum to
outlying districts.
In the post laboratory,
Captain John Hummel
in charge, made the tests.
Territorial Health Nurse
Annette Kitzmiller worked
continuously, as did Mar
garet Mozee, and Alice
Baker and Mildred Keaton
of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs. Major Paul Lind
quist USPHS officer sta
tioned at Anchorage, and
Mabel Morgan, of the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs at
Juneau also gave welcome
assistance.
Christine Sorrel, Indian
Affairs nurse from Unala
kleet, was sent to Shish
maref where three cases
were reported.
Assisting with the re
cords is Miss Eunice Logan
Bureau of Indian Affairs
teacher at Nome.
Let us be grateful for
the service they have rend
ered and not be disgrunt
led at therestrictions nec
essarily placed upon our
! community.
THE GOOD
DIE YOUNG
(Anchorage Times)
Somehow it was rather
frightening to read of the
death of Mitsuru Toyama
—frightening because so
few of us had ever heard
of him. He died in his
90th. year, carrying to his
grave the unchallenged
distinction of having been
one of the most evil men
in recorded history.
It is impossible to cat
alog all hs crimes here.
Toyama was a professional
assassin, a man who com
bined bloodv ruthlessness
of a Black Hand leader and
gangster chief. He founded
the Black Dragon Society.
He planned and engineered
every Japanese war for the
past 50 years. He control
led the courts, terrified the
press, dominated the emp
eror. He arranged the al
liance with Germany. He
wiped out the peace-loving
officials in the cabinet ass
assinations of 1932 and
1936. He was the autror
of the Greater East Asia
Co-Prosperity Sphere. To
jo was his protege, his hand
picked choice for war pre
mier.
Toyama was the man
who decreed Pearl Hahbor.
His murders, direct and in
direct, must surpass those
of a Hitler or a Himmler.
The evil that he did lives
after him, and the last war
he started will cost yet
more innocent live before
it grinds his country to de
feat. But at least the
prime source of the Japan
ese poison seems to have
been removed.
And millions of Ameri
cans who never before
heard the name of Mitsuru
Toyama can breathe a sigh
of relief that the is at last
rid of him.
Doctor and Nurse
Go To Wales
With Serum
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Captain Edward Anderson and
M.D. Miss Midred Keaton, nurse,
eft this morning on an emergency
trip to Wales with diphtheria ser
um, as five cases were reported in
that northern village.
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TMANI456IVIN6 T>Ay
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BAN TO BE
LIFTED 29th.
The diphtheria epidemic now
appears to be under control, and
it was reported today that the ban
will be lifted on the 29th if no
new cases develop.
Dr. Thomas Morcom, Public
Health Officer, warned the public
however to maintain the quaran
\
tine until that time, unless other
wise notified.
NORVIN LEWIS Jr
MAKES RATING
IN NAVY
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Mr. and Mrs. Norvin W., Lewis
are in receipt of a letter from
their eldese son, Norvin W. Lewis
Jr. stationed somewhere in New
Guinea, that he took his examin- \
ation for the rating of Pharmacist
Mate First Class, and had just
received his new rating.
It will be remembered that
Norvin was studying pre-medics
at Wahington State College when
he was inducted.
With his new rating, he writes,
comes added responsibilities in
the laboratory and hospital where
he is stationed.
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NOW!
Speed Victory, and
INSURE against
LEAN years
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