Speedup Planned
To Meet Natives’
Health Problems
SEATTLE, (tf)—Norma] progress
is not fast enough to meet the
health problems of Alaska’s native
population, Dr. Charles R. Hay
man, Alaska commissioner of
health, said here today.
“Many of our health problems
are the result of poor hygiene and
sanitation, inadequate nutrition,
overcrowded living conditions and
a low economic scale,” Dr. Hay
man said.
“If we wait for social impact to
solve these problems, we may
wait another 50 years.”
The commissioner added that
Alaska isn’t waiting.
Instead, all-out efforts are pro
jected or under way to solve the
most pressing problems, which
include tuberculosis, widespread
ear and throat infections and men
tal health.
One in each 30 natives now is
hospitalized "with TB, with a total
of 1,300 in institutions in Alaska
or Seattle, Dr. Hayman said. This
program already has reduced tu
berculosis incidence greatly.
Now a $250,000 annual program
of treatment is proposed for the
severe ear infections which afflict
up to 90 percent of the children in
some villages.
Dr. Hayman has just completed
conferences with representatives
of the Federal Children’s Bureau
on financing for the program.
Need for the all-out attack on
chronic tonsilitis, mastoiditis and
other ear and throat ailments was
shown by a five-week survey just
completed by a team of Washing
ton Health Department techni
cians and Seattle and Alaska
physicians.
Under the program, Dr. Hay
man envisions, two ear-nose
throat specialists and two nurse
anesthetists would be assigned as
full-time workers both in Alaska
cities and the various field hospi
tals.
Additional nurses, health edu
cators, and community workers
also are needed.
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Injured Navy Ensign Dies
In Crash Of Plane Taking
Him To The Hospital
ANCHORAGE, tffl—An attempt
to save the life of an injured
Navy ensign failed Thursday
when an Air Force rescue plane
crashed while taking off on the
water near Naknek.
The ensign was a crewman on
the USS White Marsh engaged in
the annual resupply mission. He
was injured aboard the ship and
an Air Force float plane was sent
from White Salmon to evacuate
him.
The plane crashed on the take
off and the ensign was dead when
taken from the plane. It was not
immediately determined whether
he died from his original injuries
or of complications resulting from
•the crash.
NAVY PLANS EXPANSIONS
AT ADAK AND KODIAK
WASHINGTON, UP—The House
Appropriations Committee today
released Navy testimony, disclos
ing long-range plans for a $62,
831,000 expansion of stations at
Adak and Kodiak, Alaska.
None of the long-range program
has yet been authorized by Con
gress.
Almost two-thirds of the expen
diture is proposed for the Adak
station.
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J. A. Graham, auditor for the
Standard Oil Co. from the Seattle
office, is in town for a few days
on company business.
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Army Salvaging Engine
From Basin Cr. Wreck
A group of Army men are at
tempting to salvage the engine
of the A.N.G. Beaver plane which
crashed near Basin Creek last
winter.
The men are reported to be
having a bit of difficult in get
ting the engine down from about
the 1,700 - foot level where the
crash occurred, as the mountain
is very steep. .They are using a
weasel and “go-devil” and expect
to have it in town in another
day or two.
WEATHER FORECAST
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cloudy tomorrow. Temperatures
tonight in the lower 40’s, and in
the lower 50’s tomorrow.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
64, lowest 43. Max. wind 12 mph
from the south. Sunrise at 1:32
a.m., sunset at 10:31 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
highest 50, lowest 35. Extremes on
this date since 1907: highest 76 in
1940, lowest 27 in 1916.
"Bedbug" Scientist Will Study
Tularemia In Alaska
NORMAN, Okla., Ifl-Dr. Cluff
E. Hopla, University of Oklahoma
associate professor of zoology who
recently offered his students an
“A” for a bed-bug will spend the
summer trapping rabbits, lem
mings and other small animals in
Alaska.
Dr. Hopla will direct field re
search dealing with tularemia for
the Air Force.
He sought the bedbugs for re
search purposes at the university.
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A Whale of a Story
SEATTLE, (JFi — V. W. Stein
berger of Port Angeles had a
whale of a story to tell when he
returned from a fishing trip off
the Quillayute river yesterday.
Steinberger and a friend were
fishing a half mile southwest of
the Quillayute entrance when a
terrific jar rocked the boat so
hard it snapped the guy wires off
the mast of the 31-foot troller
Hawk.
The startled fishermen put in
a call for help as their boat
heeled way over and then came
upright. And there, disporting
himself right before them, was
old grandpappy whale acting like
he’d just been amused iit to kill.
No further damage was done
and a Coast Guard vessel escorted
the Hawk to “safe voyage” at the
mouth of the Quillayute.
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I Home Arts Club Holds
I Last Meeting For .Summer
I The Home Arts Club met in
their last meeting for the summer
last Tuesday at the home of Doro
thy Emmons at Satellite.,
Norman Hogg of the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation from
Fairbanks addressed the ladies on
the aims of his organization which
is to help handicapped persons to
help themselves make a living
and be productive members of
society.
Daughter Born to H. Stricklands
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Strickland
are the parents of daughter, bom
at the MMM Hospital. Strickland
is a driver with the Q Cab Co.
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