THE NOME NUGGET
GEO S MAYNARD, Editor
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Difference Opinion
Over President’s
Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 </P) —
A member of the Senate Mili-'
tary Committee said that Presi
dent Roosevelt indicated that the
United- States was prr pared to;
sell war materials not only to
England and France but to other
“independent states" in Europe
■which oppose the threat of ag
gression by dictatorships.
Some published accounts con
flict with others on what the
President said as members of the
committee continued to dribble
out condemnation of German
and Italian militarism, to the
press and public which caused
jubilation abroad in democratic
states.
A committeeman who asked;
anonymity said President Roose
velt’s discussion with the com-1
mitee of this country’s policy in
permitting sales of airplanes to
France made it plan that the
President is committed to a
course allowing other nations to
obtain war supplies from this
country as long as they could pay
cash.
One conflict of opinion over
what was said concerning how
far the President had gone out
lining our foreign policy, involv
ed one member of the committee
who said as he recalled the dis
cussion, the President said he
considered that in the event of
a world war the frontiers of the
United States 'would be in
France. 2 other committeemen
denied emphatically, however,
that the President said anything
of this nature.
Plane Is Safe
SEATTLE, Jan. 31 f/P)—Ama
teur radio, reports received in
Anchorage said the throe airmen
who were over due on a 350 mile
fl ,ht from Tanana to Kotzebue
had arrived safely after being
forced down at Selawik in the
North.
Vi ’a P as, f a Seattle travel
agency said the men were Pilot
Jack Hermann, and Archie and
Warren Ferguson of the Fergu
son Airways of Kotebzue.
Miss Bras said she had been
informed of unconfirmed reports
that the plane had crashed which
prigmated when the Ferguson
plane had not arrived on sched
ule.
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MOONEY MARCHES DOWN MARKET STREET
MOONEY MARCHES IN TRIUMPH A thunderous welcome
awaited Tom Mooney when he returned to San Francisco after his
pardon 'by Governor OuLbert L. Olson. This picture, taken from
nearly t'he same place as the historic photograph by which Mooney
sought to prove his innocence, shows Mooney (arrow) as he paused
and looked at ,the spot on the building (large arrow lower right)
where he claime he and his wife were when the bomb exploded
[killing 10. The arrow in the distance locates the approximate
scene of the 'bombing.
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MOONEY PICKETS FOR A MINUTE
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Tom Mooney appeared on a picket line in San Francisco, but he
stayed only long enough to have a picket banner pinned on his
chest and to ihave a picture made showing him surrounded by a
group of girls who have been on strike at a retail store.
Meeting Of Nome
Health Council i
—
The Nome Health Council met
Monday evening January 30, at
8 o’clock at the City Hall.
The meeting was called to or
der by the Chairman, Mr. Henry
Miller. In the absence of the sec
retary, Mrs. James Frawley, Miss
Lorene Hagen was appointed as
temporary secretary.
Mrs. Ida Sprenger, Nome Pub
lic Health Nurse gave a sum
mary of ;the( nursing activities
for the month of December. She
stated that there has been a few j
cases of German measles during j
the month of December and Jan-!
uary but the disease has been
kept under control so far by iso-;
lation and immediate exclusion
from school of those infected.
During the month of February
diphtheria immunizations will be
offered to the children who have
not been immunized previously.
Mrs. Garnet Martin reported
that the school children did well;
in selling the Christmas seals.
The actual amount more than
tripled the seal sale for last year.
Dr. Morco-m stated tha.t he be
lieved it of interest to the public
to know that the native children
also took, part in t!he sale of
Christmas Seals.
Mr. Harry Hagen reported that
the news letter referring to the
Health Conservation Contest
which is sponsored by the United
States Chamber of Commerce
had been turned over to tine
Health Council. Chairman Miller
stated that the Health Council
will investigate the matter fur
ther.
It was decided that regular
1 monthly meetings should be held
throughout the year. If any one
interested in the health move
ment, such as members of the
Territorial Health Department,
1 come to Nome at a date when
! no meeting is to be held that a
\ special meeting should be called.
I The Council further decided that
| a successful meeting must be
j planned in advance so in the fu
ture the meetings will be plan
ned by the Guidance Committee
assisted by the executive commit
tee. Mrs. Garnet Martin and Mrs,
A. Polet, members of tlhe Guid
ance Committee will have charge
of the next meeting which is to
be held February 27.
Mr. Aimer Rydeen mentioned
the desirability of keeping a pub
lic health nurse for the coming
year, stating that everyone
should know of the valuable
work that has been done in the
way of public health. Mr. Rydeen
suggested that *Mr/ Calvin Pool
be consulted about the advisibil
ity of publishing a monthly sum
mary of school nursing activities
in the school paper. Such an ar
ticle would enlighten parents
who are not familiar with that
phase of work which as being
carried on in the school
At the close of the 'business
meeting Mrs. Sprenger gave a
talk on tuberculosis using the
isotype tuberculosis charts which
have been furnished by the
Territorial Health Department.
She gave a summary of the
cause and treatment of tubercul
osis. How communicable diseases
spread is a complicated story
but there is always a cause, a
carrier and a victim. The jfause
of tuberculosis is^the germ, an in
fected person is the carrier and
the contacts are the victims. Tu
berculosis is a "family disease"
Sen. Borah 111
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 </P) —
Senator Borah, aged 73. dean of
the Senate is ill with a “very
severe case of grippe.” Arrange
ments have been made to take
him to the hospital.
Mrs. Borah said he has been
in bed since yesterday and when
asked whether it was pneumonia
said 'That’s what we’re trying
to ward off and if he's not better
this morning we’re taking him
to the hospital.”
Aides in the Senator’s office
said he was not expected to re
turn to work for several weeks
Senator Borah has served in
the Senate continuously since
19ti7.__
because of the close contacts in
the household but it is not in
herited. Tuberculosis is passed
from one person to another in
many ways such as the tuber
culosis mother kissing her baby
or by coughing, sneezing ana,
brisk talking that may carry
germs in little droplets directly
to the lips of another. Germs spat
on the ground may be picked up
on the fingers of the child and
later the fingers are put in the
mouth. The exchange of pencils,
whistles and candy is another
way of passing germs. The four
most common symptoms of tu
berculosis are tiredness, cough,
indigstion and loss of weight.
Other common symptoms are
blood spitting, sharp pain in the
chest, nervousness and sleepless
ness. None of these symptoms
prove that one has tuberculosis
but any one of them is a danger
signal.
Diagnosis of tuberculosis is not
an easy matter. The physician
makes a systematic examination
before he determines whether 5
person has the disease. Rest in
<bed is the treatment for tuber
culosis because body rest ease-'
the work of the lungs and gives
them a chanoe to heal. In (he saiv
atoriums everything is arranger!
for the comfort and well being of
the patient. He is provided with
skilled doctors and nurses and ex
pensive equipment such as X
ray and surgical' facilities whicn
he could not have at home.
The spread of tuberculosis is
prevented by protecting those
who have the disease. One per
son may infect many other peo
ple and if he is cared for in a
sanatorium he cannot spread the
disease to others. When a pat
ient’s disease has healed and ho
no longer coughs or spits up
germs it is perfectly safe (or him
to live again among his friend*
for be cannot spread germs.
Tuberculosis may attack any
one but it is most common among
the poor. The disease takes *
greater toll among young women
than among young men, but af
ter 35 years of age more men
than women die of tuberculosis
■After the conclusion of Mtb
Sprenger’s talk, Dr. Morcom an
swered many questions pertain
ing to tuberculosis. He stated
that the problem we have ife
Nome is also an economic prob
lem and that isolation of produc
tive cases is necessary before
tuberculosis can be stamped out,
Dr. Morcom also stated that the
mortality rate in great in child
ren up to two years among the
native people. There are two rea
sons for this namely: tuberculosis
and poor food.
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Billings Hears
Cood News
For Himself
Warren K. Billings broke into
a big smile at Folsom Prison,
when he heard Gov. Olson, dur
ing the Mooney pardon hearing
a Sacramento, suggest the Su
preme Court review the Billings
case with a view of recommend
ing a pardon for Billings. He was
convicted with Mooney in connec
tion with the 1916 San Francisco
Preparedness Day bombing.
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