Seattle Aviation Leaders
Pleased at Renewal of
Northwest’s Authority
SEATTLE, GP—Seattle aviation
leaders said Thursday they are
•gratified that President Eisen
hower “has ordered a seven-year
renewal of Northwest Airlines’
authority for its route from Seat
tle to Tokyo via Anchorage.
“This means Seattle will be
continued as a principal air gate
way to the Pacific,” said J. D.
Paul, secretary-manager of the
Seattle Traffic Assn. “It assures
us our place on the world air map,
with bright prospects for a per
manent Seattle-Tokyo route.”
George E. Hatch, western traf
fic manager for Northwest, said
the airline’s goal is to operate
across the Pacific without sub
sidy by the end of this year.
Northwest flew about 12,000
persons across the Great Circle
route last year.
John W. White, Pacific North
west director for Pan American,
predicted an increase in his com
pany’s Seattle-Hawaii service as
result of the order which would
•cancel Northwest’s authority to
fly this route.
First We Showed
"FIVE FINGERS"
Then We Showed
"THE DESERT FOX"
And Now We Bring You
The story of the battle for Tobruk
In the North African Campaign
During World War II.
At The Theater
February 8, 9 and 10
Trip Around The World
Ends In Chicago Jail
For Alaska Fisherman
CHICAGO, (J*) — A 55-year-old
Alaskan fisherman, who quit his
job five months ago to see the
world, was yesterday sentenced to
10 days in jail on a petty larceny
charge.
Charles E. Manning of Juneau
was arrested Tuesday after store
detectives said they spotted him
pocketing a pair of nail clippers.
Manning told Judge Fred W.
Slater in municipal court that he
took his life savings of $3,800
last September and started on the
tour.
He visited Mexico and both
coasts of the United States. Mon
day he arrived in Chicago with
his last $196,
Manning said he lost the $196
when he was jackrolled on skid
row, the same day he arrived in
Chicago.
His comment on his current
status:
“You can’t find my $196 but
you catch me for stealing the
nail clippers.”
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Don Bogy, Al
ice Moto, Darryl Trigg, T. A. Wal
ters, Phyllis Freericks and infant.
From Kotzebue: John Hakkala,
Edith Harrison, Thomas Outwat
er, Charles Adcock, H. Johnson,
Everett Smith.
To Fairbanks: Lt. G. Leupp, Lt.
Chas. Daymond, Carl Glavinovich.
To Galena: J. Wickers.
To Kotzebue: Josephine Galla
horn, Jack Adams, J. Lyons, Don
Haskell. *
Phyllis Freericks <nee Roell>
and infant are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Roell from their home
in Fairbanks.
IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Herman Weisman pleaded guilty
to a charge of adultery and was
sentenced to six months in the
Federal Jail.
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Employers Will Be
Penalized For Failure
Distribute W-2 Forms
SEATTLE — District Director
of Internal Revenue William E.
Frank is asking for the coopera
tion of all employers in the early
distribution of withholding tax
statements, .Form W-2, to *their
employees. The forms must be
issued by Jan. 31, 1955, and pen
alties are provided for employ
ers who fail to issue them on
time.
Director Frank stated that the j
Form W-2 is a necessary part in >
the filing of a Federal income tax
return by an employee. Taxpay
ers who have these forms at any
early date will be able to file
their returns well before the
dead-ine of April 15. Returns re
sulting in refunds will receive
special handling to expedite the
refunds.
The W-2 Form is to be made
out in triplicate, showing the
wages paid to the employee dur
ing 1954 and the amount of in
come tax withheld from his
wages. Employers are reminded
that they must issue Form W-2 to
each employee whose income was
subject to withholding and also
to any employee who would have
been subject to withholding if he
had only one exemption.
SURE SIGN
ASHEVILLE, N.C., 14*)—A sign
on the freshly painted door fram
ing of a store here today read:
“Tiz Wet.”
Two doors away, scrawled in
the same hue was the finger
painting: “Twas Too.”
Chain reactions, often mention
ed in connection with atom bombs
have been familiar to men for
thousands of years when solid
fuel burns, the burning of one
part preparing another part for
combustion in a chain reaction.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Saturn, which is still one of the
visible morning planets, has
moved far away from the planet
Venus to which it was very close
six weeks ago. Saturn is beyond
Jupiter in distance from the sun.
The Babylonians and Greeks
believed that Saturn was the out
side limit of our solar system.
This belief was due to the fact
that the planets beyond Saturn
are not visible to the eye. The
more distant planets were not
discovered until the invention of
the telescope.
Saturn appears to be a white
star moving amongst the constel
lations and naturally without the
aid of a telescope, the ancients
knew nothing about the rings
around Saturn. The rings were
not discovered until .1655 when
a fairly good telescope had been
made. Even Galileo, who invented
the telescope in 1610, saw -only
two spots of light on either side
of Saturn.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1949—May 13.11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
J9S3—Aoril 29 . 3:54 p.m.
I 1954—May 6. 6:01 p.m.
SCORCH Y SMITH
PATSY
Health For All
Life - Saving Trio
It started with a headache that
wouldn’t go away. The pretty'
little six-year-old girl lay in bed
for days crying pitifully for relief
from something she could not
understand. Finally she lapsed
into a semi-stupor, recognizing no
one, moaning constantly.
“Tuberculosis m e n i n g i t i s.”
These are tragic words. Less than
10 years ago when a doctor pro
nounced them, they meant death.
There was nothing to be done for
this most serious type of TB
which affects the covering of the
brain.
Then came a drug, strepto
mycin, and in 1947 the survival
rate went up to 25 per cent. Soon
another drug with an even longer
name, para - aminosalicylic acid
<PAS>, was added. In 1949 the
survival fate climbed to 60 per
cent. Then in 1952 came isoniazid.
With all three in use, over 90 per
cent of the victims of tuberculosis
meningitis live.
The pretty little six-year-old is
one of those saved from death. It
was touch-and-go for weeks, but
the trio of drugs finally pulled
her through. She can join her
playmates now. She can go back
to school.
In spite of the great progress
that has been made, meningitis is
still a most serious complication
of pulmonary tuberculosis, one
which frequently occurs in young
children. The disease must be
diagnosed early and treated
promptly to save life and to pre
vent clippling, blindness, and re
tarded mental capacity which it
sometimes leaves in its wake. The
earlier treatment can be started,
the better chance the patient has
for complete recovery.
There is no need to be fearful
whenever a child has a painful
heachache and nausea, but the
doctor should be consulted. The
symptoms are vague, and could
indicate a number of childhood
diseases. If there is any chance
that the child has been exposed
to TB, the doctor should be told
so that he can make the neces
sary tests immediately.
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This column is sponsored, in
the interest of better health by
the Nome Public School.
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Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
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Beverly Morgan
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Helen Dunbar
j Secretary
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10 io 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
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