Mighty Minnow Minimizes
Malaria Mosquito Menace
4 By a Coast Guard Correspondent
AT A COAST GUARD BASE
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA
(Special).—Malaria-control officers
in this sector are using dynamite
and bombs against mosquitoes in
stead of Japs, and they have the
0 wholehearted cooperation of the
Betty Grable of the minnow family.
The queen of minnows, with a
figure that quickens the eye and the
grace of a ballet dancer, is known
as a gambusia. It feeds on the
larvae of the anopheles mosquito,
carrier of the deadly malaria.
American and Australian malaria
control officials, according to Dr.
Cluff E. Hopla, have been hatching
the gambusia in large quantities
^ for stocking stagnant pools of
water near Coast Guard, Navy,
Marine, and Army bases here.
In cases where a stagnant pool
is too infested for the gambusia
alone to cope with, Dr. Hopla and
his associates plant dynamite
sticks and blow the pool out of
existence, thus destroying the
breeding grounds.
Sometimes aerosol “bombs” are
employed. They are not explosive
in character but produce a continu
ous, poisonous spray that kills ot
only mosquitoes but flies and < or
insects. The “bombs” are a >ut
the size of a small fire extinct • V
Dr. Hopla pointed out that extra 1
protective measures taken by Coast
Guardsmen and oT;her servicemen in
this area to combat tropical dis
eases include a daily ration of ata- i
1-vine tablets, which is a substitute ;
ror quinine, and the wearing of
nation clothing.
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PAN-AMERICAN
INCREASES
* ALASKA TRIPS
Effective recently, Pan Ameri
can World Airways’ fleet of Alas
kan Clippers will fly 11 round
trips weekly between Seattle and
the Territory, almost doubling
v the airline’s present scheduled
service.
Extra flights have been inaug
urated between Seattle, Juneau,
Whitehorse and Fairbanks on
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays in addition to the|
daily schedule already in opera
tion between these points.
w The accelerated service was
made possible by the addition
recently of the fourth converted
Douglas Clipper since the com
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pany’s return to commercial op
eration last August. A fifth Doug
las, just released from military
duty, is being converted in the
Seattle hangar and will be ready
for commercial operation some
time in April, it was announced
by Assistant Manager J. V. Ros
coe.
“As soon as this Douglas is in
operation, services will be step
ped up to as many as 15 round
trip flights a week from Seattle
and Fairbanks,” said Roscoe.i
“From then on, flights will be
added to meet demands for ad
ditional service.”
Pan American will continue
their flights made in a single day
from Seattle to Nome on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays
This new one-day service which
was unofficially inaugurated
January 29, brought modern cab
in heated Douglases and stew-!
ardess service to that northern
outpost for the first time. The
Clippers have reduced the 2,272!
mile flight to 14 hours’ flying
time, with brief stopovers at
Alaska’s major cities en route.
Five more stewardesses have'
been put through the airline’s in-'
tensive training program to serve!
passengers aboard the new Doug-!
lases, and hot meals, including
tender steaks and fried chicken
are being served aloft.
The only commercial airline
operating modern 21-passenger
Douglases in Alaska, Pan Amer
ican has removed both their
Lockheed Electras and Lodestars
from the northern service and
are now using only DC-3 type
equipment. “We are looking
ahead to the day,’ said Roscoe,
‘‘when our 4-engine passenger,
Clippers will bring Ketchikan1
only 2 1-2 hours from Seattle,:
Juneau 4 hours, Whitehorse 6
hours, Anchorage 6 1-2 hours and
Fairbanks slightly over 8 hours
from the States.
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BOCKMAN NOW
STATIONED
IN COLORADO
CAMP CARSON, Colo.—Fred
M. Bockman, son of Mrs. H. M.
Bockman of Nome, is now sta-l
tioned at the Army Service
Forces Convalescent Hospital,
Camp Carson, Colo.
The convalescent hospital is
situated in an ideal spot for out
door recreation activities. Sight!
seeing trips to the various fcenic
places in and near Colorado
, Springs are arranged for patients.
| Emphasis is placed on pre-.
occupational training so that con
valescents can find what skills
they have and thus discover what
type of occupational training they
may want in the veterans’ ad
ministration program after re
turning to civilian life. Practical
arts are some of the most popu
; lar subjects taught.
Pvt. Bockman served in the Si-j
cilian campaign and was in the
initial landing at Salerno. His
brother, Roger W. Bockman, is
an officer candidate at Fort
Benning, Ga.
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ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO ,
(February 26, 1945) !
The recently passed bill of in- <i
terest in the Territory is that !j
which provides that the Recon- j ]
struction Finance Corporation j
may make loans to those who *i
wish to prospect for gold, sil- !j
ver or tin. 1
Dr. Howard Hughes returned H
to his home in Nome after trav- -i
eling over the northern territory, ]
where he has been doing dental 1
work. j
The longest drive of stock in •)
history was completed when An- j
drew Bahr delivered them to the j
Canadian government for the j
Lomen Co. The drive started 1
from Kotzebue in 1929, and ter- J
minated in Aklavik in 1935.
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