!
Pr Jonas ESalk
Research professor of bacteriology
and director of virus research
LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
Before he was 40, he hao develops!? the polio
VACCINE USED IN NATIONWIDE TRIALS LAST SPRING
IN 440|000 CHILDREN. NOW THE VACCINE'S
EFFECTIVENESS IS BEING WEIGHED BY SCIENTISTS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, WHO WILL.
REPORT BY (055.
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Os. SALK AND ASSOCIATES
WAVE HAD GRANTS OF
$1,486,234 FROM THE
NATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR INFANTILE FttRALYSlS
SINCE 19-49.
They have recently developed a new color test rdr
DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF POLIO ANTlBODV
IN THE BLOOD OF VACCINATED CHILDREN-IT IS SPEED
ING THE ANSWERS TO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE.
CONTINUE VACCINE RESEARCH- JOINHtARCfHP:.
Congressional
News Roundup
WASHINGTON, (/PL- Congres
sional news Saturday dealt with
the following matters:
Ambassadors—The Senate con
firmed the nominations of former
Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson (R
NJ > to be ambassador to New Zea
land and former Gov. John Davis
Lodge of Connecticut to be the
ambassador to Spain.
Nixon—Sen. Barry M. Gold
water 'R-Ariz) defended Vice
President Nixon’s tactics in last
fall’s congressional campaigns.
Goldwater said in a Senate speech
that Nixon “told the truth” about
the Democrats and that the Dem
ocrats are trying to smear him.
UMT—The Defense Department
sent to Congress proposed legisla
tion to create a 5,000,000-man mil
itary reserve force under a modi
fied universal military training
program.
Aged—Sen. Frederick G. Payne
<R-Me> introduced a bill to auth
orize an increase in federal assis
tance to states for the blind, aged
and disabled up to a maximum of
$75 a month. Present maximum
is $55.
Expenses—Sen. Thomas C. Hen
nings Jr. (D-Mol introduced a bill
to allow the national committees
of the two political parties to
spend a maximum of $12,000,000
on political campaigns.
INTERMEDIATE-SENIOR
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
During the Christmas holidays
we made and sold 10 spruce
wreaths, for which we collected
approximately $20. We are plan
ning to hold a food sale on Satur
day, Feb. 12. We are debating
where it is to be held. The pro
cedes from the food sale along
with those from the wreaths will
go to the Girl Scout Camp Fund.
We are hoping to go to camp for
two weeks, but the second week
will be only for this troop.
At the last meeting we elected
new officers. They are Chickie
Longley, president; Elin Waiter
sen, vice president; Bunny Doyle,
treasurer; Jr^net Muller, secre
tary; Helen Reader, leader, and
Diane Lee, scribe.
Legal Blanks at !7oms "Tugoe*
1954 Polio Epidemic In
Alaska Cost $86,287 In
March of Dimes Funds
ANCHORAGE — A record total
in March of Dimes funds was
spent in 1954 to combat last year’s
territory - wide polio epidemic,
which was far and away the
worst in Alaskan history, John J.
O’Shea, Alaska March of Dimes
chairman, announced.
There were 334 reported cases
of polio in Alaska through 1954’s
; 50th week,’Mr. O’Shea reported.
This represented an incidence of
j more than six times the national
rate for continental United States,
! he said.
In releasing epidemic cost fig
! ures, Mr. O'Shea stated that a
! total of $36,287 was spent in 1954
j through the three Alaskan chap
ters of the March of Dimes or
ganization to provide hospital
' care, equipment and services to
i polio patients requiring financial
assistance.
This figure is nearly twice the
total spent in aid to polio suffer
ers during all of 1953, Mr. O’Shea
added. In that year the price of
polio in Alaska for patient aid
was 844,725.
7 ’ ^
Mr. O’Shea stressed that these
1954 figures do not cover other
emergency aid dispatched directly
to Alaskans from March of Dimes
headquarters at the height of the
polio epidemic. During the year
| seven iron lungs, three hot pack
t machines, four suction machines
1 and one rocking bed were rushed
j from the States to epidemic points
he said.
This year’s anti - polio fund
! raising drive, now under way,
; will continue through Jan. 31.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Kotzebue Eskimo
Says New York
City Is ‘Big Camp’
NEW YORK — Puppygitwok
Koopuaok, who hails from a re
mote town in Alaska, said he
never lived in an igloo, and, in
fact, had never seen one.
He had never rubbed noses with
anyone until he came to New
York and was persuaded to pose
with a model for a publicity pic
ture. Eskimos kiss like the rest of
us, he said.
And if she could afford it, what
would Mrs. Puppvgitwok-Koopu
aok most like to have in the whole
world?
“A coat,” said her husband.
What kind of a coat?
“Mink,” he said.
It’s a small world.
But there are some differences.
There was one difference I had
difficulty bringing up with Pup
pygitw'ok-Kooquaok, who hereaf
ter will be known as Reed Henry,
since that is his English name and
typesetters are going crazy.
After much hemming and haw
ing, I finally asked if it is still
true that Eskimos are such friend
ly, generous hosts that they will
share their wives with a visitor.
“It’s true,” said Reed, who
speaks some English. %
Well, now, if I may localize the
question, if it’s not too personal,
but, well, do you, that is to say
... oh, forget it, Reed.
“No he doesn’t,” volunteered
Dr. E. S. Rabeau,, an American
physician from Reed’s home town
who came down from Alaska with
him. “Many of the more advanced
Eskimo families don’t do that.
That is to say, they’re not that
generous. But among those who
do, it’s not considei’ed immoral.”
Thank.you doctor.
He calls his wife Nellie. In their
Eskimo dialeet, it’s Kalookkrok.
They have five children—Pauline,
Roderick, Emmet, Shirley Ann
and Mildred, otherwise known
respectively as Toonoonatook,
Koonoolok, Immeahluk, Sooyook,
and Ahveesuk.
Reed, who is 36, had never been
more than 50 miles from home be
fore. In Kotzebue, there are no
phones, no cars <only six trucks),
no television. There are radios, on
which Reed prefers the hillbilly
music, and there is one 16 mm.
movie theater, where he favors
the westerns.
What does he think of New
York?
“A very big camp.”
7th Fleet Flagship
Sails to Formosa Strait
HONG KONG, M — The U.S
cruiser Helena, flagship of Vice
Adm. Alfred M. Pride, commander
of the 7th Fleet, unexpectedly
sailed from Hong Kong Saturday,
presumably to Formosa Strait.
The cruiser, which arrived here
Jan. 18, was on a recreational
visit until Jan. 25. The cruiser
left port alone. Other ships in
cluding destroyers and cargo
ships remained. ,
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GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Saturn is a morning star at the
present time rising about three
hours before the sun and can be
seen in the southern sky.
Saturn is the most distant of
the visible planets and the most
remote planet known to the early
astronomers. It is nearly twice
the distance of Jupiter and re
volves around the sun in 30 years.
Saturn therfore moves only 12
degrees in the sky in a year.
The planet ranks second to
Jupiter in size, mass and number
of known satellites. Saturn has
the least density and greatest ob
lateness of all the planets. The
density is about seven - tenths1
that of water.
Saturn is one of the most in
teresting of celestial objects when
viewed through the telescope. It
possesses a system of rings which
encircle the planet. There are
three distinct rings in the plane;
of its equator.
Because of their literary pa- |
trons, English coffee houses were ;
once called “penny universities.” j
I
Seine River Rises
To Highest Point
In 36 Years
PARIS, (#>—The Seine River
rose Saturday toward its highest
point in 31 years, forcing an esti
mated 20,000 persons, including
families of American servicemen,
out of their homes around Paris.
The swirling yellow waters
spilled into riverside streets and
cellars in the center of Paris and
its suburbs. Police hurriedly evac
uated prisoners from leaking de
tention cells under the Palai de
Justice.
The American Army’s Seine
Area Command at nearby Sur
esnes was flooded and 240 GIs
moved out their belongings along
with valuable supplies and com
missary goods.
At least 20 families of men sta
tioned at the base evacuated their
homes. Some 800 American fam
ilies live in the vicinity.
American forces rushed to the
rescue as they have in every big
Europeap disaster.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office*
■ ■; '■■■■—"'T llri.-i,..v;ll~---|
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE
Ladies' better dresses . 7.50 to 10.95
. NO TWO ALIKE
Ladies’ house dresses . 2.00
Nylon hose . 1.00
Nylon blouses —. 3.95 to 4.95
Squaw skirts .*.. 2.50
Jewelry sets ... 2.50
Reduction on all costume jewelry .
Ladies' bedroom or house slippers .... 1.75
Children's sandals, sizes 4-8 .2.75 j
Children's shoes, sizes 4-8 . 3.75
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