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Serani Indian Tribe
Receive Help in
Crisis of Poverty
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FORT WARE, B. C., ufi — Pov
erty-stricken Indians at Fort
Graham e and Fort Ware have
discarded tattered, filth-laden
clothing for warm clothes.
The impoverished members of
the Serani bend, whose plight
became known last week when a
newspaper reporter visited their
hovels, were supplied with cloth
ing and food donated by citizens
of Vancouver.
The two settlements are in the
Rocky Mountain trench country,
1450 miles north of Vancouver, and
where Axel Wenner Gren, the
Swedish capitalist, plans an in
dustrial empire built from its
rich natural resources.
Food and clothing was distrib
uted during the weekend. It was
taken in toy plane from Prince
George, B. C.
Tons of food were donated after
the plight of the Indians became
known through a series of articles
published by The Province under
the byline of Ben Metcalfe.
First distribution was made to
the women and children in the
settlements. The men had left
<amp, some for their trap lines;
others to hunt .A poor hunting
and trapping season had left the
Indians with little food.
First Scout Batallion
Ready to Emplane for
Elmendorf Encampment
A Pan American Airways plane
remained overnight awaiting fav
orable weather to take personnel
to en cam pm ait to Elmendorf
Field where they will receive
special training for the next two
weeks.
Other trips are planned to com
plete the transfer of Guardsmen.
Furniture polishes containing
vegetable oils are subject to spon
taneous ignition when rags are
left saturated with this material.
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I Delays Mental Health Bill
HB-35 in Legislature
_ JUNEAU — The territory now
stands in danger of losing any
chance for construction of a men
tal hospital within the next sev
eral years as a result of efforts
in the House of Representatives
to forstall action by the 23rd Leg
islature on House Bill 35—pro
viding for, construction of mental
health institutions within Alaska.
It has been brought to the at
tention of the Alaska Health Edu
cation and Welfare Council that
certain key figures in the House
prefer to have Alaska’s mental pa
tients go on indefinitely receiving
mere custodial detention in the
Oregon hospital in lieu of ade
quate care in Alaska institutions.
One objection being heard by
those who would delay the mental
health program is that the De
partment of Health can not give
the legislative committee a def
inite figure on construction costs.
It has been pointed out to these
people by a representative of the
Health Department that no such
determination can be made until
architects can be employed to
draw up the plans and make the
desired determination of costs.
This can not happen until the
Legislature passes House Bill 35,
or similar legislation, permitting
the Health Department to expend
the funds necessary to hire the
architects.
“Since the deadline for accept
ing new bills has passed, adoption
of HB-35 by this legislature must
be accomplished if Alaska is to
have an adequate mental health
program without several more
years’ delay,” declared Jim Couch,
secretary of AHEWC and its Leg
islative Counsel in Juneau.
“The location of any mental
hospital in Alaska is a matter for
local Chamber of Commerce ac
tion. The immediate activation of
a mental health program is a pri
mary concern of the Alaska
Health Education and Welfare
Council and all Alaskans,” Couch
said.
Washington Governor
Does Not Want to Call
Special Budget Session
OLYMPIA, Wash., UP) — Gov.
Rosellini said yesterday he doubts
he will go along with the request
of the House speaker John L.
O’Brien that he veto multi-mil
lion dollar appropriation bills
passed by the 35th Washington
Legislature and summon legisla
tors to a special budget-balancing
session.
O’Brien said the governor should
call an immediate special session
and let the legislators start from
scratch to produce a balanced
budget.
The two big bills passed last
week called for spending more
than 1 billion dollars to operate
the state in the next two years.
Legislative leaders estimated an
additional 34 million dollars in
revenue will be needed to handle
the appropriations.'
Mystic Mare Dies
Of Heart Attack
At 33 Years
RICHMOND, Va., UP)—L a d y
Wonder, a brown mare with a
reputation as the “swami” of the
four-legged set, is dead at the
advanced animal age of 33.
A veterinarian attributed the
horse’s death yesterday to a com
mon human failing, a heart at
tack.
Over the years Lady attracted
almost as much attention pecking
away at a horse-sized typewriter
contraption in her stall as did her
more fleet-footed relatives on the
nation’s tracks.
Her mistress, Mrs. Claudia Fon
da, claimed Lady could read minds
and was clairvoyant. There were
many who were willing to con
cede this while skeptics insisted
I if there was any clairvoyance it
i was possessed by Mrs. Fonda her
self.
But whether it was clairvoyance
or sheer coincidence, Lady’s “am
swers more than once caused a
flurry of excitement.
In 1952 the mare was credited
by police in Quincy, Mass., with
providing clues that led to the
finding of the body of Danny Mat
son, a 4-year-old child missing
for two years.
While Mrs. Fonda ignored
questions relating to gambling she
never ducked those involving mat
ters of love and marriage. When a
man asked Lady if his wife were
true to him, the wonder horse rap
idly returned a question of her
own . . . “are you?”
Adult Polio Shots Urged
By Dept, of Health Doctor
Alaska has had 689 cases of
polio since 1950. There have been
34 deaths of which only 15 have
involved persons under 20, and 19
have involved persons over 20.
These figures lend much weight
to the view of Dr. Harry V. Gib
son, chief of the Alaska Depart
ment of Health preventive medi
cal services section, that “polio
is not a disease of children only
and vaccination of older adults is
urged in Alaska because many of
Alaska’s polio cases have occurred
in persons between 25 and 50.”
The Health Department advises
AHEWC that there is plenty of
Salk vaccine available to physi
cians in Alaska and Alaskans
should not delay in obtaining
imunization.
'DO IT YOURSELF' UNIV.
PANEL SAYS WE TET OTHERS
DO IT' IN OUR KITCHENS
ITHACA, N. Y., UP) — A panel
of Cornell University home ex
perts says the “do-it-yourself”
trend stops at the kitchen dcor.
The panelists said in a sum
mary of a discussion yesterday
that higher income, more working
wives, prepared foods ahd modern
equipment had resulted in a kitch
en trend of “letting someone
else do it.”
Professional Titles Are
Still OK on Ballots
JUNEAU, Gf) — If you’re a doc
tor and want to run for office in
Alaska, you still can say so on the
election ballot.
A bill which would have out
lawed the use of professional
titles on a ballot was tabled in the
Senate, on a 10-6 vote.
There was no debate on the
motion to ditch the bill — not
even from Dr. Paul B. Haggland,
a Fairbanks Republican.
Supporters of the bill when it
passed the House admitted it was
aimed at the freshman senator
from the Fourth Division.
Five Men Killed When
Elevator Falls Five Floors
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., UR — A
cable snapped, and a construction
elevator carrying 19 workmen
plunged five floors to the ground
yesterday. Five of the men were
killed and the rest injured.
“It sounded like an explosion
when it hit — then there were
screams,” said Bob Barsh, an
insulation superintendent at the
new Duval County courthouse the
men were helping to build.
Among the horrified witnesses
were women waiting for their hus
bands. The accident came as the
men were finishing up for the day.
Arthur W. Avent, vice president
of George D. Auchter Co., general
contractor for the project, said he
could not explain what caused
the accident. Safety devices on
the elevator were “foolproof,” he
said, “but for some reason they
didn’t hold when the cable broke.”
Under sec. of Int.
Chilson Sworn in
At Walter Reed
WASHINGTON, UP) — Hatfield
Chilson of Colorado was sworn in
Monday as Undersecretary of the
Interior at a ceremony at Walter
Reed Hspital in which hospital
ized Secretary Seaton took part.
It was the third oath taking at
the secretarial level since last
Oct. 29 for the former Loveland,
Colo., attorney.
Seaton, who apologized for his
appearance in a bathrobe, stood
between Chilson and Floyd E.
Dotson, chief clerk of the depart
ment, as Dotson administered the
oath.
The Senate confirmed Chilson’s
nomination Thursday.
On Oct. 29 Dotson swore in
Chilson as assistant secretary for
public land management to serve
under an interim appointment.
Dotson again officiated in
swearing in Chilson for that job
after his nomination was con
firmed by the Senate Feb. 7.
The ceremony was held in a
parlor a few doors from the room
in which Seaton undertook treat
ment and observation for an old
back injury which has bothered
him nearly a month.
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