CHICKENPOX AND
MEASLES EPIDEMICS
HIT YUKON VILLAGES
FAIRBANKS, OP) — The Alaska
Native Service reported Monday
that outbreaks of measles and
chicken pox are sweeping through
Eskimo and Indian villages on the
Yukon River.
The village of Circle, 200 miles
north of here, is hardest hit. Out
of approximately 31 children of
school age, 25 have measles. The
disease has also been prevalent
in Fort Yukon and Minto on the
Tanana River. Fort Yukon also
had an outbreak of chicken pox.
Measles and especially the
after - effects are serious among
the Eskimos and Indians.
The Native Service has rushed
several cases of penicillin to Circle
City to help combat the after
effects there.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids in single copy will
be received until 10:00 a.m. Aug.
12, 1953, and then publicly open
ed in the office of the Dept, of
Aviation, Room 202, Glover Bldg.,
Anchorage, Alaska (mailing ad
dress Box 2215, Anchorage), for
the moving of approximately 150
tons of pierced steel plank (land
ing mat) from Point Spencer,
Alaska, to Selawik, Alaska, with
delivery on or before Sept. 3,
1953.
Bid price should include all
longshoring necessary at Point
Spencer and Selawik. Steel mat
is now located on the beach at
Point Spencer and is to be de
livered to the airfield at Selawik.
Further information can be ob
tained from Neal Foster, Nome,
Alaska.
Bid bond of 10% of bid must
accompany bid. A performance
bond of 50% of bid price will be
required.
Tony Schwamm,
Director of Aviation
Dept. Aviation,
Territory of Alaska
Publish Aug. 3, 5, 7, 10, 1953
Released British Officer
Describes Prison Life
Under Chinese Captors
MUNSAN, Korea, UP)—The first
British officer liberated today
from Communist captivity said
the Reds tried to create rifts be
tween British and Americans in
a prison camp near the Yalu River
—but it didn’t work.
“The Chinese would insinuate
to the British they were better
than the Americans and they
would insinuate to the Americans
they were better than the British,”
said Lt. Anthony Perrins of the
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
“These were crude attempts to
get us to agree with them. Need
less to say, one didn’t,” he added.
The 6 foot 1 lieutenant related:
Prisoners in his camp passively
resisted the Chinese guards thru
out their captivity.
Allied captives refused to use
postcards inscribed with Commu
nist slogans and peace doves. The
night of the armistice, the Chinese
provided beer and extra rations
for a party which was not held be
cause “the Chinese wanted to cele
brate. Consequently, we would
not.'’
DOUGLAS' MAYOR DIES
JUNEAU, UFl—Mike Pusich, the
mayor of Douglas, is dead.
He died within 125 miles of his
Yugoslavia birthplace on a train
Sunday. His wife, who accom
panied him to Yugoslavia, sent
word of his death.
Pusich since 1909 lived in
Douglas, which is across Gasti
neau Channel from Juneau. He
owned Mike’s Supper Club. Sur
vivors include the widow, four
sons, andthree daughters. Funeral
plans are indefinite.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with occasional light
rain tonight and Thursday. Wind
southwesterly 10-15 mph, increas
ing to 15-20 mph Thursday. Low
temperature expected tonight 45,
high- Thursday 58.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
50, low 46. Max. wind 13 mph
from the WSW. Sunrise at 3:22
a.m., sunset at 8:55 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 66, low 55. Extremes this date
since 1907: high 72 in 1914, low
! 29 in 1932.
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AGENDA APPROVED
AT FIRST MEETING
OF SUPREME SOVIET
MOSCOW, UPl — The Supreme
Soviet (parliament), with Premier
Georgi Malenkov and six of Rus
sia’s top leaders present, met to
day for the first time since the
ouster of L. P. Beria from his
position of Minister of Internal
(Affairs.
The first meeting lasted but 20
minutes. It took that long for the
deputies to approve an agenda.
The session is expected to last
three or four days.
Sitting under a blaze of lights
in the assembly hall Malenkov
heard the 600 deputies agree to
consider the 1953 budget as the
first item of their agenda.
The deputies rose to their feet
and cheered as Malenkov strode
in.
Atomic Bombers Fly
Atlantic Non - Stop For
New Distance Records
MacDILL AFB, Tampa, Fla., UR
—Two Air Force B-47s flew non
stop from England to Florida and
Georgia Tuesday in a dramatic
demonstration of the tremendous
range of the world’s fastest known
atomic bomber.
They were the longest known
point-to-point flights of jet bomb
ers, and the longest jet trans
Atlantic hops.
One B-47 flew 4,450 miles from
Fairford, England, to Tampa in 9
hours and 53 minutes.
The other Stratojet also was
scheduled to fly directly to Tampa
but because of a fuel shortage put
down instead at Hunder AFB,
Savannahs Ga., after a flight of
9 hours, 26V& minutes from Fair
ford.
MONDAY SCORES
American League
New York 11, St. Louis 3
Chicago 1, Washington 0
National League
Cincinnati 5, Pitsburgh 0
St. Lcruis 8, Philadelphia 3
Brooklyn 1, Milwaukee 0
Coast League
San Diego 4, Oakland 3
Hollywood 6, Sacramento 3
Los Angeles 3, Seattle 2
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
— 486 FIRST AVE. WEST —
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Boyd C. Harwood, w M
Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month