Special Committee Investigating
Mt. Edgecombe Hospital Upholds
Complaint By Dr. Philip Moore
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Fire Completely Guts
Anchorage High
School Auditorium
ANCHORAGE, Mar. 25 — A
$200,000 fire last night completely
gutted the Anchorage High School
auditorium and its furnishings.
Some 100 volunteer and regu
lar firemen from all local and
area fire departments won control
of the blaze within an hour and a
half. They saved the adjoining
high school building.
Traffic and the crowds were
controlled by a big staff of city
policemen, highway patrolmen,
American Legion members, civil
defense workers, air and military
police and others. The police de
partment summoned all off-duty
men to aid.
Cause of the fire, which broke
out shortly before 8 p.m., was
probably spontaneous combustion,
Fire Chief George Burns said.
This was indicated by the speed
in which the building went up in
flames, he said. It apparently re
sulted from some combustible
materials that were stored in the
northeast wing by the stage.
The fire department was alerted
at 7:57 p.m. by Eddie Meier, a
volunteer fireman. He was pass
ing the high school block when
he saw the smoke.
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* JUNEAU, Iff)—A special legis
lative committee for investigation
of a recent turmoil at Mt. Edge
cumbe Native Service hospital
submitted a report Wednesday
upholding- complaints of Dr.
Philip Moore, orthopedic surgeon
for the Alaska Department of
Health at the hospital.
The report made four recom
mendations:
J That the Alaska Native Ser
vice “immediately correct admin
istrative problems at Edgecumbe
and eliminate factors that imperil
successful continuation of work.”
2 That the Alaska Department
of Health continue to carry out
its part of the joint program at
the Edgecumbe Medical Center.
2 That the governor and Alas
ka Board of Health “take im
mediate steps” to petition Con
gress and federal authorities for
authority to contract with the
federal government and ANS to
take over Edgecumbe and all
other medical functions now being
conducted by ANS with financial
aid under the Johnson-O’Malley
Act
4 That complete committee
findings be referred to the newly
established legislative investigat
ing committee for further inquiry.
Sen. Dan Lhamon (R-Fairbanks)
chairman of the special commit
tee, told the Senate “we are not
satisfied we got to the bottom of
the problem yet.” Other commit
tee members are Sen. Doris
Barnes (R-Wrangell), and Rep.
Barbara Dimock (R-Anchorage)
and Lee McKinley (R-Anchorage).
The report said “some criticism
has been expressed at the method
used by Dr. Moore in bringing
this to the attention of the leg
islature and the public, tout it was
generally felt his intense interest
in the crippled children’s program
impelled him to make public
charges of maladministration by
the Alaska Native Service, in a
final attempt to salvage the pro
gram.
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SCHOOL NEWS
i SEVENTH GRADE
Only two seventh graders had
perfect attendance for the last six
weeks—Jeannie Mogg and Agnes
Dimmick.
Percentage is the new order of
the day in arithmetic. It is proving
troublesome for those who will
not watch their decimal points.
In geography, the remainder of
the year will be devoted to the
study of the United States. We
have completed the Latin Ameri
can countries and Asia.
“Current Events” is receiving a
great deal of attention in history
class. The War of 1812 has just
been completed.
EIGHTH GRADE
The eighth grade class enjoyed
establishing a new tardy record
by going 14 school days without
a tardy. It was, however, broken
by Allen Russell, but the class is
now working on a new string
which at the present time has
gone for 10 straight days.
Going along on the same theme,
the class established a new at
tendance record of eight straight
days before Murphy Nuglene
broke the charm. There are still
four students who have enjoyed
perfect attendance during the
present school year: Arlene Mul
ler, Larry Oscarson, Stanley Se
nungetuk and William Willoya.
It is oral book report time again
and this is the third in the popular
series. It has become quite a fav
orite with the class, and many
students are eager to be one of
the first volnteers.
The class is having a candid
picture contest, open only to the
eighth graders. Prizes for first,
second and third places will be
awarded at the end of the school
year. The contest opened March
25 and will close May 1.
To celebrate the coming Easter
season the class is featuring a
gigantic Easter Egg Hunt which
will be confined to the classroom.
Only hardboiled eggs will be ac
cepted for this exploration.
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