Washington News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS
The House and Senate Armed
Services Committee held meet
ings throughout the week to con
sider the companion bills which
include $10,791,000 worth of mili
tary public works for Alaska.
The Alaska projects are con
templated for the Army and the
Air Force in the legislation which
would approve the construction of
projects outside and inside the
continental United States totalling
$529,386,000.
The' Army projects are ear
marked for five localities in Al
aska in the total amount of $8,
791,000:
AAA firing range, Turnagain
Arm, land acquisition and train
ing facilities, 3345,000; Big Delta,
troop support, family housing,
maintenance and community fac
ilities, open storage and utilities,
$3,990,000; Kenai, troop housing,
family housing and utilities, $737,
000; Ladd Air Force Base, main
tenance facilities and utilities, $2,
054,000; and Fort Richardson,
utilities, SI, 665,000.
The Air Force is seeking the
authority to' spend $1 million at
Aniak and $1 million at Williams
Field (Ft. Yukon' for operational
facilities.
The money for the projects will
not be sought in a separate appro
priation bill, as is normally the
case with military public works
legislation, it being anticipated
that the $50 million plus will be
available from previous appro
priations made for the Defense
Department.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids in single copy will
be received until 10:00 a.m. Aug
ust 1, 1953, and publicly opened in
the office of the Director of Avia
tion, Department of Aviation,
Room 202 Glover Bldg., Anchor
age, Alaska, for the following
work to be performed:
Transportation to include neces
sary longshoring of the following
equipment:
Two D-8 Tractors with Dozer
One Carryall (LeTourneau) 12
c.v. capacity
One No. 12 Cat Grader
The above listed equinment is
to be transported from Cape Ro
manzof to Hooper Bay on or be
fore August 15, 1953.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Tony Schwamm,
Director of Aviation,
Dept, of Aviation,
91 Box 2215, Anchorage
Fire Caused by Smoking
In Bed Claims Mother
And Four Children
WORCESTER, Mass., UFi — A
heroic 40-year-old mother who
dashed back into her flaming
home in a vain rescue attempt
perished early Tuesday with four
of her six children.
Dead are Mrs. Barbara A. F.
Thoren; Joyce Ann, 15; Richard
F., 9, Elaine, 7, and John, 3.
Chester Thoren, 41, the father,
escaped with two other children,
Judith, 15, Joyce’s twin, and Ste
phen, 13. Thoren suffered burns
and cuts on his hands. He smash
ed several windows in frantic at
tempts to save the doomed mem
bers of his family.
' Patrolman Edward J. Waters re
lated that Mrs. Thoren had smok
ed a cigarette just before going to
bed. After the family had retired,
Judith said she was awakened by
her mother and found the house
full of smoke. Together they
stamped on the pillow, threw
water on it and thought the fire
was out. Then they opened the
windows to clear away the smoke.
The commotion awakened the
husband who told his wife,
“That’s what you get for falling
asleep while smoking.” Every
body went back to bed. The next
thing they knew they woke up to
find the house ablaze.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Mrs. Clyde Hammer
er, Lester Wilde of Unalakleet,
Roland Schleeht, Fred Davis.
Discharged: Alfred Moses, An
drew Penayah and Helga Adams.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids in single copy will
be received until 10:00 a.m., Aug
ust 13, 1953, at Room 202. Glover
Building, Anchorage. Alaska and
then publicly opened, for con
struction of an extension to the
White Mountain Airfield, White
Mountain, Alaska. Information
may be obtained from Neal W.
Foster, Nome, Alaska, or by writ
ing the Dept, of Aviation, Box
2215, Anchorage, Alaska.
Cash or certified check in the
amount of 10% (ten percent) of
the bid must accompany any bid.
Performance bond in the amount
of 50% of the contract price must
be furnished and payment bonds
in 50% of contract price must be
furnished.
The Department of Aviation re
serves the right to reject any or
all bids if rejection is considered
in the best interests of the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Tony Schwamm
Director of Aviation
Territory of Alaska
Publ. July 29, Aug. 3, 7, 10, 1953.
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RADIO PROGRAM
ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE — NOME FIELD
Wednesday
4:05—Baseball Game
5:30—Bud's Bandwagon
6:00—News
6:15—Sport scope
6:30—Rev. Romp, Requests
7:30—This Is The Story
8:00—Groucho Marx
8:30—Hollywd Music Hall
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11:00—World News
11:15—Jo Stafford
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Thursday
6:26—Sign on
6:30—Rhythm Ranch
6:45—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
7:15—Rise and Shine
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8:05—Rise and Shine
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11:15—Lina Romay
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11:45—the Bob & Ray Show
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Friday
6:26—Sign on
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6:45—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
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8:00—News
8:05—Rise and Shine
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8:45—Ronnie Kemper
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10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Lucky U Ranch
10:55—1-0-1 Ranch Boys
11:00—Curt Massey
11:15—Music from S. A.
11:30—Piano Portraits
11:45—the Bob & Ray Show
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4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
Dr. McKinley Blames
Politics For Lack of
Dentists In Alaska
A bitter blast at “disgraceful”
tactics employed by segments of
the territorial dental profession
was leveled recently by Dr. Lee
McKinley, Anchorage dentist and
territorial legislator.
Dr. McKinley, who last winter
locked horns with the former ter
ritorial dental examining board,
and who was influential in the
creation of a new board, charged
the newly-created Alaska Dental
Examiners Board with “using pol
itics to keep dentistry out of the
territory.
“The people’s health is being
played with,” Dr. McKinley de
clared in connection with recent
dental examinations in which only
four of 10 dental applicants were
admitted for practice in Alaska.
At present, Dr. McKinley said,
there are about 40 dentists in the
territory — about one to each
5,000 population. The national av
erage is about one to 2,500. The
freshman legislator said the pres
ent number of dentists in the ter
ritory should be; doubled.
The appointment of the new
dental board has served merely
as a rubber stamp for the old
board, Dr. McKinley charged. He
described the board’s action as
an effort to “bar the doors” to
dentistry, thereby creating an “ar
tificial scarcity.”
According to the new law
which was enacted by the last
legislature, reciprocal privileges
are granted dentists moving in
from the states which recognize
Alaska dental licenses. However,
the privilege is confined to “den
tal theory,” and incoming dentists
must be examined on “practical
demonstration.”
The law states that an appli
cant receiving a grade of 75 per
cent on the examination shall be
registered by the board.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: R. J. Sommers,
Pat Cronin, Col. Foot, M. L. Gil
pin, W. K. Lyons, Rev. Ralph
Hanson, W. Rose.
To Kotzebue: A. Herman, B.
Kabula, Mary Ayuk, G. B. Wuh
ington, Pfc. Main, Col. H. Ayres,
Maj. Kobs, Capt. F. Balfour, and
Col. George Pope.
From Anchorage: Ed Hamilton,
Bruce Erickson.
From Unalakleet: Terysita Hen
ry, Wm. Ullrich, Leter Wilde.
To Unalakleet: Bishop Gleason.
The population of Russia is a
third more than that of the U.S.,
according to the National Geo
graphic Society.
North Star Grill To Have
Modern Banquet Rooms
With Bering Sea View
The North Star Grill and Bak
ery is having built a full base
ment and this week the first ce
ment was being poured for deep
septic tank at the rear.
Owner Ernie Gustafson states
that the increased space will house
the bake ship and supplies, mak
ing room on the • main floor for
expansion of the grill.
Gustafson, who is very modern
minded, plans to have facilities
for banquets and parties at the
rear of the building, where there
is an unobstructed view of Bering
Sea.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
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GE MAZDA LAMPS GE VACUUM SWEEPER
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