Tuberculosis Conference
Reviews Applications Of
400 Seeking Hospital Care
JUNEAU— A tuberculosis med
ical conference opened in Juneau
last week with doctors from the
Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center
and Seward Sanatorium meeting
with staff members of the Alaska
Native Service and the Alaska De
partment of Health here. Dr. Fran
cis Phillips, medical director of
Seward Sanatorium was elected
permanent chairman erf the con
ference.
Purpose of the conference is to
review applications of some 400
tuberculosis patients awaiting hos
pitalization, according to Dr. C.
Earl Albrecht, commissioner of
health. He explained that the
meetings are held periodically in
order to review and classify ap
plications for priority of admission
to the limited number of hospital
beds available.
Representatives of other agen
cies concerned with Alaska’s tu
berculosis problem also attending
the meeting include: Alaska De
partment of Public Welfare, Al
aska Tuberculosis Association, Vo
cational Rehabiliatation and the
Veterans Administration.
Fairbanks Laundries
Accede to Labor Demands
FAIRBANKS, UP) — There’s a
heap of washing being done in
this interior Alaska metropolis
this week. An agreement was
reached to end the strikes at the
two regular laundri es for two
weeks, while the dirty linen piled
up in hotels and restaurants.
.The 37 laundry workers gained
their demand against any cut in
their wage scale, as proposed by
the Fairbanks and Neighborette
laundries. They also gained other
benefits.
They will get seven paid holi
days; the old contract did not
provide for any. They also will
get a seniority rating and a guar
anteed 40-hour week, and two
weeks’ vacation after three years’
work, instead of only one week.
The wage scale ranged from
$1.75 an hour for feeders, fold
ers, shakers, wrappers, sleevers,
shapers and ticket writers to $650
a month (for 48-hour week) for
washermen.
Eight Buffalo Blasted By
Air Force Dive Bombers
FAIRBANKS, UP) — The keen
eyed boys of the wild blue etc.,
etc., came up with a slight case of
astigmatism around these parts
recently. As a result the Air Force
has ordered all jet fighter practice
bombing runs halted in the Big
Delta area.
Planes of the 416th Jet Fighter
Squadron based at nearby Eielson
Air Force Base took off last Fri
day for practice ground support
bombing attacks.
Barrels had been set up in the
Big Delta region to serve as tar
gets. Sad to say, that also is the
grazing area for 200 wild buffalo
transplanted form the States in
1928.
The jet pilots took dead aim on
what they were sure were their
targets, screamed down at near
supersonic dives and released
their bombs.
Net result: eight buffaloes turned
into buffaloburgers.
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Folders on Sale at the Nugget.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luacheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
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Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
XjESLIE a. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 206
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No. 140
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v' ' Karl T. Dewey. Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
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Hoover To Head
12 - Man Commission
On Gov’t Reorganization
WASHINGTON, UP)—'With Pres
ident Eisenhower looking on, a
new 12-member commission on
government reorganization headed
by former President Herbert
Hoover was sworn in Tuesday at
the White House.
The commission is expected to
organize quickly and get down to
the job of trying to save money
and make the government more
efficient through reorganizing and
abolishing, if necessary, federal
functions.
The reorganization group is the
12th presidential commission or
committee set up since the Eisen
hower administration took office.
A 13th, a commission on inter
governmental relations, headed by
Clarence Manion, South Bend, Ind.
lawyer, will be sworn in today.
Hoover was chairman of a re
organization commission which
operated during President Tru
man’s administration. That group’s
studies were credited by Truman
with saving millions of dollars.
The new commission is com
posed of seven Republicans and
five Democrats.
SCORCHY SMITH
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