THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879
IT SURE FINDS OIL !
Writing in The Reader’s Digest, Wolfgang Lange
wiesche, who has earned a unique reputation as a flving
reporter, asks and answers a $64 question—“Why
don’t we run out of oil?”
Mr. Langewiesche pointed out that, despite our
tremendous production and consumption of oil, our
proved reserves—oil which is still in the ground but
is available at any time—are at an all-time record
level. He described in detail the techniques used to
find and produce the oil with a minimum of waste.
Then, at the end, he made his point, and it is an enor
mously important one, in these words:
“Americans have found, per square mile of their
oil country, four times as much oil as the world at large
has found per square mile of its oil country, 15 times
as much as the Russians have found in theirs.
“The difference is not in the men but in the hitch
up under which men work. The American factor in
all their oil-finding is the system of working without
system: the non-coordinated effort, without guidance
from Higher Levels, without Master Plans. It is the
free play of many minds, working independently of
one another and, apparently, against one another. This
system is not fashionable just now abroad. But it
sure finds oil!”
In other words, our system is based on giving the
greatest possible degree of freedom and opportunity
to all concerned. And it not only finds oil—it finds or
makes incredible quantities of everything we need
and want!
Alaska Has Highest
T.B. Death Rate
SEATTLE, UP! — Alaska has a
much higher death rate from j
tuberculosis than does the conti
nental United States, Dr. James
E. Perkins of New York, manag- j
ing director of the National Tu- j
berculosis Association, said yes- |
terday.
Dr. Perkins was to leave for Al
aska today as one of a team of
eight public health authorities
making a survey throughout the
territory.
“In the most seriously affected
Alaskan area, around Bethel, the
death rate from tuberculosis
among natives is 1,000 per 100,000
population,” said Dr. Perkins.
“This compares with an average
death rate in the United States
of 12 per 100,000 persons.”
Dr. Perkins said the average
death rate from tuberculosis
among Alaskan natives is 500 to
600 per 100,000 of population.
Alaskan Indian Girl Is
Commissioned Lieutenant
In The Salvation Army
SAN FRANCISCO, UP! — A
young Alaskan Indian girl—new
ly commissioned officer in the
Salvation Army — will leave San
Francisco today to take up her
duties in her native Alaska.
Shirley St. Clair, 22, a mem
ber of the Thlingit tribe from the
village of Hoonah in the Juneau
area, was one of 30 graduates of
the Salvation Army’s terrifbrial
training college here who were
commissioned lieutenants.
Lt. St. Clair’s new Salvation
Army assignment will take her
to Sitka.
Living Costs Up .0075
Due to Higher Food Prices
But Wages Remain High
WASHINGTON, UP*—'The gov
ernment reported Tuesday that
living costs edged up three quar
ters of one percent in May due to
higher food prices.
The increase brought the index
compiled by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to 115.0 percent of the
1947-49 average, or the same level
as was recorded for last August,
November and February. In May
of last year it was 114.0.
The increase meant no change
in hourly wages for one million
railroad workers whose pay rates
are geared by labor contract to
the May index. They had stood to
lose one cent an hour if the May
index was below 114.8.
The living cost increase between
April and May was due chiefly to
hikes in prices the housewife paid
at the corner grocery store.
With prices still high, so are
wages. Hourly pay for factory
workers in May averaged $1.81, a
new record, but weekly earnings
averaging $71.13 were down 50
cents from last year’s record for
May because of fewer working
hours.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: Mrs. K. Stewart,
Cpl. Ray Kopher, Lt. Crossman,
Margaret Katexac.
To McGrath: Ed Smith.
To Unalakleet: Francis Eben.
From Kotzebue: Lt. Crossman,
J. N. Hardy, Lloyd Hardy.
From Anchorage: Pvt. Richard
Jacobs, Sgt. Edw. Vital, Cpl. Chas.
Sube, Cpl. Herbert Wild, William
Olsen, Maj. and Mrs. Borden and
infant, Steve Borden.
American Cancer Society Fighting
For Control of the Disease in Its
Campaign for Public Education
“For of all sad words of tongue
or pen,
The saddest are these: ‘It might
have been.’ ”
This poignant quotation from
Whittier’s poetry has a tragic ap
plication to the nationwide battle
against cancer.
In 1953, an estimated 73,000
American cancer victims were
saved by modern treatment ad
ministered in the early stages of
their illness. But the sad sequel
is that another 73,000 died from
cancer who might have been
cured had they received prompt,
effective treatment.
The American Cancer Society,
pioneers in the fight to conquer
cancer, has geared its public edu
cational campaign to the two-fold
mission of telling Americans the
most easily recognized cancer
symptoms and of persuading ev
eryone to have a regular physical
check-up.
We believe that every one should
know the seven common danger
signals of cancer which the So
ciety is stressing in its educational
program. They are:
1. Any sore that does not heal.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. Unusual bleeding or discharge.
4. Any change in a wort or a
mole.
5. Persistent indigestion or dif
ficulty in swallowing.
6. Persistent hoarseness or
cough.
7. Any change in normal bowel
habits.
Lest anyone feel that cancer is
a remote threat to his or her life,
let us remember that America’s
number two killer will strike an
estimated one in every five Amer
icans at some time during their
lives. Of every seven deaths last
year, one was caused by cancer—
the slayer that took a fatality toll
in the United States in 1953 esti
mated at 227,000.
This is the dark side of the pic
ture. But remember that about
half o-f those stricken by cancer
could be saved through early
diagnosis and effective treatment.
Might have been cured is not
much help to those who have lost
for Murder...
cancer is the crudest enemy of all.
No other disease brings so much
suffering to Americans of all ages.
yet—though 23 million living
Americans will die of cancer, at
present rates—there is reason for
hope. Thousands are being cured,
who once would have been hope
less cases. Thousands more can
have their suffering eased, their
lives prolonged. And every day,
we come closer to the final goal:
a sure and certain cure for all cancer.
these things have all been helped
by your donations to the American
Cancer Society. This year, please
be especially generous!
Cancer
MAN'S CRUELEST ENEMY
Strike back-G/Ve
JL AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
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a loved one. To strike out the
might have been we must strike
back at cancer and the best way
to do it is to support the American
Cancer Society. Its research pro
grams—totaling more than $29,
000,000 since 1946—already have
meant much in years of life to
many patients.
And this brings us to the crux
of this message. The Society can
not carry on its three-fold pro
gram of public and professional
education, service to patients and
research without adequate funds.
This month has been designated
Cancer Control Month, during
which the Society conducts its
annual fund-raising drive. When
an ACS volunteer calls for your
contribution to the cancer crusade
we hope that you will open your
heart and your purse.
And meanwhile, why not have
that physical check-up you may
have been postponing?
Magnetometer Survey for !
Nickel To Be Made in
Juneau Area From Plane !
WASHINGTON, (JV—The Civil
Aeronautics Board Monday auth
orized a bit of experimental aerial
prospecting for nickel in the area
of Juneau, Alaska.
The board granted a permit to
Canadian Aero Services Ltd., of
Ottawa, to conduct and airborne
magnetometer survey near Ju
neau from the Admiralty Alaska
Gold Mining Co. for the next io
days.
The company said it plans to
complete the job in one or two
days using an Avro Anson air
plane equipped with a Gulf air
borne magnetometer.
It said the purpose of the sur
vey is to “test the adequacy of
the magnetic method in outlining
potential nickeliferous deposits of
the type found in this area of
Alaska.”
Albert Bernhard
Dies at Pioneer
Home
Another real oldtime Sour
dough, Albert Joseph Bernhard,
crossed over the Great Divide at
the Pioneers Home on June 16th.
Albert was bom in Danzig,
Germany, on Nov. 17, 1874. He
came to Teller, Alaska, in the
fall of 1898, where he established
his home and lived until 1950
working as fisherman, prospector,
and boatbuilder. *
In 1950 he moved to Anchorage.
The following year he made a trip
to Seattle—his first trip Outside
in over 50 years.
Returning to Anchorage he re
mained until Oct. 1952, when he
again traveled to Seattle. He was
admitted to the Pioneers Home
from Seattle on Jan. 10, 1953.
Albert Bernhard was natural
ized at Nome March 8, 1919. He
was a quiet, modest, retiring fel
low; a good, hard-working Alas
kan; and a loyal American for
many years.
Preceding him in death were
his wife and three children. Ten
sons and daughters survive him:
Betty Little, Edmonds, Wash.;
Pauline Lopez, Ann Bernhard,
Seattle, Wash.; David Bernhard,
Yukon Terr.; in Alaska, Tony at
Kobuk, Robert at Mt. Edgecumbe,
Thomas at Merchant, Mary Wil
liams at Fairbanks, Sarah Reimer
at Anchorage, and Wilma Hatch
at Spenard.
Funeral services were held
from the Pioneer Home June 19
and interment made in the Pio
neer Cemetery.
Wealth produced on urban and
non-farm lands (about two per
cent of U.S. land) accounts for 88
percent of U.S. taxes.
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