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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1944
VETERAN REHABILITATION
That something must be done to re
store wounded and sick veterans of this
war all agree. But what? We have thej
convalescent training program of the;
army air force, he studies which have
been undertaken by the National Re
search Council’s Committee on Conval
escence and Rehabilitation and various
proposals of government and private
agencies. But we have no system, no
plan. Moreover, experience at the front,
is not directly applicable, inasmuch as:
the army is primarily concerned with
returning a disabled man to his regi
ment. All this being so, the New York
Academy of Medicine has conducted a
symposium, in the course of Which about
forty authorities gave their views. What
we have is a useful survey which enables
us to focus attention on the medical and1
social problem presented by the disabled
veteran.
Convalescence seems to present more
formidable difficulties than training the
handicapped for an occupation. It is
not that physicians are inexperienced but
that they are called upon to deal with
unfamiliar complications. At present,
time, which does more than any ano
dyne, must be the chief reliance, and
time is the same as rest. The men who
will need care are all young — much
younger than the average patient. They
have been touched by unfamiliar, trop
ical diseases, and they have sustained
injuries rarely encountered in civil life.
Hence the difficulties. The addresses de
livered before the academy did much to
clarify these, but the authorities were
agreed that, though certain principles
are as applicable to convalescent soldiers
as to civilians, we need research to give
us a new approach.
Training the soldier for a job in civil
ian life is easier. We have experts
enough in this field. Judging from the
declarations of corporation Dresidents
industry is willing to do its share. For
some years it will probably need all the
workers it can recruit to fill an enor
mous demand for goods that have not
been made since Pearl Harbor. Lastly,
there is the general conviction that the
disabled and discharged veteran should;
be given preference when peace returns.
Good as the prospects are, there is clear
ly work to do both for the physicians
and for the trainers, and the Academy
deserves praise for indicating the nature
>f that work.—((New York Times).
TROT OUT THAT SMILE
We have not been to Alaska for sev
eral months but in all our time in the
Territory we have never known Alas
kans to be other than courteous and hos
pitably friendly. However, we have
heard many Alaskans visiting in the
States during recent months, comment
on the increasing surliness of all who
serve the public. Consequently we
thought that the following excerpt from
an article in a recent issue of Printer’s
Ink would be found of interest. The ar
ticle was entitled “Is Bad Behavior
Booming?”
“We’re not referring to the victory
girls who they say are assaulting our
gobs and marines in vestibules during
blackouts, for those khaki-happy kids are
the policewoman’s problem.
“We are referring to the positive
dearth of downright consideration,
cheerfulness and every-day courtesy. We
realize things are abnormal, with grand
mas driving taxis and broad-shouldered
mammas manning gas-pumps and chang
ing tires for slick-haired sheiks who sit
in glossy roadsters on their way to dates
! with other 4*F’s.
“We just think folks are unwittingly
rationing smiles and friendly words.
There’s m red stamp required to keep up
our typical ‘How’ya Pal?r in the grand
old American way and mean it.
“We’re sick to death of these counter
gals who slide the ketchup across the
counter at you as if they ihoped it would
spatter your one good tie . . . and those
lift-operators who slam elevator doors
is if they were sorry they missed your
fingers.
“Then there’s the box-office bird who
expects you to be psychic and by. lip
reading completely understand there are
io seats left.
“Last, but never least, is that coterie of
lamp-handed barboys who snarl back,
‘Naw, we got no Scotch, no rye, no noth
in’.
“That’s the lingo and general attitude
hat’s getting us all down. To our way
if thinking anyone lucky to be left safe
in this country, with a paying job, should
ie sufficient glad of his guod fortune to
)e civil, courteous, and carry a smile.
“No mouth should be as hard to open
is a Pullman-car window; Americans
;hould smile, be polite and glad they’re
dive and well. We see no reason for
the marked degree of discourtesy that
seems to have swept into almost every
corner where the public is served.
“Are we forgetting all that stuff we
learned as Boy Scouts?”—(Alaska
Weekly). _._
when science almost trips him up
! with a miracle. This particular
; miracle has to do with a petrified
baby, and if you don’t believe me,
read Mr. Adams’ book. (Random;
$2.75).
James Ronald is a Scot who
writes about Britain from the
quiet neighborhood of Fairfield,
Conn. He will be remembered
1 for a number of leisurely myster
j ies, rather more three-dimensional
than usual, and for a novel called
: “Old Soldiers Never Die,” about
an old General who wanted very
much to serve in *he war, and
finally did—but oddly. His new
novel is “The Night Is Ending”.
It has to do with a very fine wo
man indeed; she meets and has
an affair with a music hall tenor,
she then meets the man’s dying
wife, and as a result takes over
the care of her three children.
Her support in this endeavor
comes from a young and adoring
doctor. Mr. Ronald’s great virtue
is his genuine feeling for charac
ter and especially for youth; his
blind spot is sentimentality. (Lip
pincott; $2.75).
Clare Jaynes is, like Ellery
Queen, two people. She is Jane
Mayer and Clara Spiegel, and
| why “These Are the Times” is
not just signed by two names and
let go i*s way I wouldn’t know.
The Misses Mayer and Spiegel
are very shrewd writers. They
did well with a number of short
pieces, their “Instruct My Sor
rows” was a solid financial suc
cess in Hollywood, and I shall
be surprised if the new novel
does not go to glory along the
same pa'h. It is made to order
—a scheming wife who stops at
nothing that will tie her doctor
husband tighter to her, but who
of course is found out at almost
the last minute. The background
is medical, very. <Ransom; $2.50\
LOCAL SPECIALIST
ON BEAUTY BOARD
Mrs. Grace Mahan, operator of
Mahan’s Beauty Shop of Nome,
has been appointed by Governor
Greuning, to the Board of Cos
metology.
Advertise it tn The Nugget.
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CHARLES ANDERSON
ARRIVES IN NOME
Charles Anderson, old-timer of
Alaska, and known to his many
friends as “Charlie, the Caulker,’*
arrived in Nome from Solomon re
cently, where he has been mak
ing his home for the past many
years. Charlie has now reached the
age of 94. and is planning on go
ng to the Pioneer Home, to be
with several of his friends there.
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LITERARY
CllIDEPOST
By JOHN SELBY
SPRING FICTION
Samuel Hopkins Adams had
his eye on posterity when he
started “Canal Town.” It may
land in the movies, but it was not
primarily written for <|iem, as
possibly some of his work has
been. This is a very long, very
fully realized noved about Palm
yra, N. Y., about the days when
1 the Erie canal was being dug, and
particularly about a young doctor
with ideals wbo is too stubborn
to bow before frontier supersti
tions and the Great God Mam
mon. He sticks by science even
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