THE NOME NUGGET
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WHY WE MUST GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES
The promptness with which gamma globulin was
sent to our community last week for the protection of
our children means that we must give more than we
ever have before so that the supply will be available
to other communities in sufficient quantities and when
ever needed.
In 16 short years, March of Dimes research has
broken through tremendous barriers that once stood
between man and the conquest of polio. Step by step,
scientists have advanced from the depths of the un
known to the threshold of victory.
Today, plans are being made for what may be
the final assault—the practical use of laboratory knowl
edge to meet the needs of human beings. The break
through has been made. The effectiveness of gamma
globulin in giving some temporary protection against
polio has been demonstrated. Three types of polio virus
have been identified as causes of paralysis. Science has
learned to grow these viruses rapidly in test tubes
for further research. They are being used now to pro
duce a trial vaccine. *
Your investment of $20,500,000 in March of Dimes
research has created these new and potent weapons
for the attack against polio.
The National Foundation now strikes directly at
the heart of the polio problem. Its objective is to ex
tend protection against the paralytic disease to the
greatest number of people—eventually to all people.
A Polio Prevention Program is possible today
because, through MARCH OF DIMES research, science
for the first time has in its hands both a limited,
temporary preventitive agent and a trial vaccine which
may provide the final answer to infantile paralysis.
This new and costly operation marks an historic
turning point in the fight against polio. Polio Preven
tion has passed all tests in the laboratory. Scientists
feel that they now can move safely to the human body.
If their new weapons can blunt the destructive force
of the virus on this final proving ground, polio will
be conquered.
The attack has been launched in two directions.
First, tests of a trial vaccine will be conducted on a
massive scale, with the participation of hundreds of
thousands of schoolchildren. Secondly, because the
results of the vaccine trials cannot be evaluated before
another polio season has passed, every possible use
will be made of the blood fraction gamma globulin to
halt the spread of epidemics.
In the meantime, the National Foundation is
preparing to make maximum use of the blood fraction
gamma globulin as a limited and temporary protective
agent against polio. MARCH OF DIMES research
has proved that GG, used in mass inoculations at the
proper time, can effectively reduce the number of polio
cases among those inoculated. In 1953, this scarce
product of human blood was distributed under strict
government regulation. Your National Foundation
used $5,500,000 in MARCH of DIMES funds to
increase available supplies of gamma globulin, con
tributing substantially to the nation’s stockpile.
Looking ahead to the needs of 1954, the National
Foundation already has taken steps to double the
amount of GG that will be available. With MARCH
OF DIMES funds, it has financed the development of
new blood-processing facilities and has contracted with
commercial houses to purchase their entire output of
the serum. Since the government probably will control
the rationing of GG in 1954, these supplies again
will be contributed to the general pool for distribution
by state and local health officers throughout the nation.
' IF THAT ONE GETS JAMMED- I
Communists Take Back Pro-Red
Prisoners As 21 Americans
Voice Propaganda And Praise
TOKYO, (4*'—The Peiping radio*
said Wednesday the Communists i
have agreed to take back the 21
Americans, 1 Briton and 325
South Koreans who have decided
to stay with the Reds.
Tho broadcast said Gen. Lee
Sang Cho, Communist member of
the military armistice commis
sion, made the announcement in
a letter to Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimay- i
ya, chairman of the Neutral Na
tions Repatriation Commission.
Earlier, at Panmunjom, 21 self
assured Americans pleaded pub
licly Tuesday for the Communists
to take them back as “free men”
from their only homeland now—
the barren Korean neutral zone.
A spokesman told a press con
ference they expect to return to
America “at some time in the
future when we can fight for
world peace without being .perse
cuted.”
“We are not Communists,” de
clared Sgt. Richard C o r d e n of
East Providence, R. I., “though
some of us hope to be.” He read
from a prepared statement which
he said was approved by every
man in the group.
209th Artillery Battalion
Returning to Birthplace
For Exercise North Star
FT. LEWIS, UR—When an artil
lery battalion of the 44th Infantry
Battalion goes to Alaska this week
for Exercise North Star it will be
returning to its birthplace after a
10-year absence.
Battery A of the 209th Field
Artillery Battalion was one of the
first army units to be stationed in
Alaska during World War II.
Originally a part of the 161st
Field Artillery Regiment of the
Kansas National Guard, the bat
talion was eliminated from its
parent unit during the revision of
the army organizational program.
After release from the 161st the
battalion was ordered to Alaska
and renamed the 209th Field Ar
tillery Battalion. It was one of the
first units to be activated by an
Alaskan Department order.
After arriving in Alaska, the
unit was assigned to the Aleutian
Islands where it remained for 24
months. During the Aleutian as
signment the Kodiak Bear was
designated the official insignia of
the 209th.
The Americans in later indiv
idual interviews voiced Red pro
paganda catch-phrases and praise
for the Communist Command.
They looked newsmen squarely in
the eye as they answered ques
tions.
Why choose Communism?
Sgt. Larrance V. Sullivan of
Omaha: “The American people
know how the Negro is treated in
the United States. Definitely this
is one of my reasons ... of
course, my desire to work for
world peace is the main reason.
I can’t speak out for peace in
America without being perse
cuted.”
Cpl. Morris R. Wills, Fort Ann,
N.Y: “People who voice an opin
ion for peace in the United States
are persecuted and their voices
suppressed. There is not a demo
cratic government in the U.S.
as long as McCarthyism and Mc
Carranism are allowed to exist—
the people cannot be allowed to
fight for peace.
“There is no freedom of speech
. . . people in office in the United
States were put there by those
who hold monopolies and control
money.”
The 21 Americans looked heal
thy, rosy-cheeked and warm ifl
their huge blue padded Chinese
overcoats.
They were cheerful, had good
flesh on their faces and looked
well-fed.
The extraordinai'3r news confer
ence appeared designed to get the
Communists off the hook and let
them accc-pt the pro-Red POWs
as free men rather than war pri
soners.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the
Defense Department said the
Army has prepared dishonorable
discharges for all 21. Secretary of
Defense Wilson overruled Army
recommendations for more lenient
undesirable discharges.
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Portland Plans Big
Civic Lunelieon
For Alaska Dav
j
Portland, Oregon, will again cel
ebrate Alaska Day with a big
civic luncheon planned for Feb
ruary 1st at which the speaker
will be Elmer E. Rasmuson of
Anchorage, president of the Bank
of Alaska.
Portland’s third annual Alaska
Day celebration will be sponsored
by the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, according to Harold Gill,
chairman of the chamber’s Alaska
committee.
As in the past, the chamber
luncheon will feature what the
people “outside” consider to be
exotic Alaskan foods: reindeer
steaks from Kotzebue, Kodiak
king crab and the like. These are
being flown into Portland by Al
aska Airlines and Pacific North
ern, the two air carriers which
have direct connections between
Portland and Alaska points.
A big hit in past years has been
the shee fish, which inspired this
widely quoted verse by Chairman
Gill at the luncheon last year:
From Kotzebue comes a strange
seafish
Which Eskimos eat and call shee
fish.
But how in the deuce
Do they reproduce,
Unless some of the shee fish are
he fish?
Gill invited all Alaskans plan
ning a trip “outside” around the
first of February to be sure to
attend the Alaska Day program.
Cold Weather Freezes
Fairbanks Parking Meters,
Leads Motorists to Chisel
FAIRBANKS, W — With the
mercury hovering near 60 below,
the Fairbanks city council has
moved to end cold weather park
ing meter chiseling.
The meters work fine down to
about 10 below, then they freeze,
often with time left from the last
nickel deposited.
Police complained that some
motorists were parking two or
three days on a nickel that was
supposed to give them an hour at
the curb.
Now the council has instructed
police to tag cars parked longer
than one hour, even if the meter
has frozen with parking time left.
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