Senate Passes $503,000
For ACS Construction
WASHINGTON, UPI—A supple
mental appropriations bill passed
by the Senate Wednesday pro
vides $503,000 for construction in
the Alaska Communications Sys
tem.
The money is for projects at
Nome, Skagway and in the vicin
ity of Fort Lewis, Wash.
The bill provides also for the
use of $541,000 in previously ap
propriated funds for construction
of the Adak inosphere station and
similar construction at Bethel,
Cordova and Kotzebue.
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110.000 Barrels of Whisky
Destroyed In Big Fire At
American Distilling Plant
PEKIN, 111., UP—Homes were
evacuated near a distillery fire
and civil workers were summon
ed for fear new blasts might
knock over other storage build
ings “like dominoes.”
Fire fighters were ordered back
from a flaming whisky rackhouse
of the American Distilling Co. be
cause of the possibility that a
new store of alcohol might ignite
and explode.
Eight persons may have been
killed. One person was known
dead, seven are missing and
feared dead, and more than 30
were injured in two explosions.
Some 110,000 barrels of aging
whisky — the equivalent of
17.325.000 fifth of a gallon bottles
—have been destroyed. This loss,
plus the plant and equipment de
struction, sent the cost o'f the
fire- high in the millions.
The section of the plant burn
ing is only 70 feet from a build
ing where 600,000 gallons of al
cohol are stored.
American Distilling Co. liquor
brands are nationally distributed.
Its best known product is Gugen
heimer.
DAILY FLIGHTS
Fairbanks to Kotzebue to Nome to Fairbanks
TUESDAY
FREIGHT ONLY
BUSH FLIGHTS
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY
Kotz. to Candle to Deering to Nome to Kotz.
Measles and TB
In First Place
During May, June
JUNEAU, July 30—Measles and
tuberculosis were the two most
prevalent communicable diseases
in Alaska during May and June,
with measles threatening to re
main in high place again through
July, according to reports re
ceived by the Alaska Department
of Health.
In an outbreak of the disease at
Port Graham on the Kenai Penin
sula, a public health nurse report
ed in mid-July that there were
100 persons ill with measles and
three children had died. She re
quested penicillin from the Alas
ka Dept, of Health to combat the
complications of pneumonia fol
lowing measles cases.
Between July 1953 and July
1954, a total of 3,183 cases of
measles were reported to the
Health Dept., 281 of which oc
curred in June and 333 in May of
this year. A total of 1072 new
cases of tuberculosis were report
ed during the year ending June
30, of which 65 were in June and
87 in May, 1954.
Mumps, influenza and chicken
pox, among diseases prevalent
during the year, showed a wane
in June with less than 20 cases
reported of each.
88 Cases of Polio
Eighty-eight cases of poliomye
litis in Alaska were reported be
tween January 1 and July 20,
1954. Twenty-seven of these oc
curred after July 1.
Seven cases of trichinosis, a
disease transmissible between
flesh-eating animals including
man, were reported from Solo
,mon early in June. Eskimos rang
ing in age from 7 to 42 years con
tracted the disease by eating un
dercooked bear meat, according
to the physician’s report.
To Prevent Trichinosis Infection
Trichinosis is a disease caused
by a minute roundworm whose
larvae will live in an encysted
state in the muscles of flesh of
bears, pigs and other animals, in
cluding man. An intense infection
may cause death.
Meat infected with these larvae
must be cooked at a temperature
that reaches 140 degrees Fahren
heit throughout to insure that the
larvae are killed.
To kill larvae by cold, meat
must be held at below zero tem
peratures for periods of many
days to be sure that the cold has
penetrated throughout for suffi
cient length of time to kill the
larvae.
Mrs. John Cooley and children,
who have been in the Stgtes for
several months visiting relatives,
returns today.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
N " O M E . ALASKA
WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS,
It Will Pay You To Investigate Jhe Many Lines Which We Represent—
Allis-Chalmer Mfg. Co.—Tractors Pumps, Belt Lincoln Engineering Co. — Greasing Equipment
Drives, Electrical Equipment Mallory — Blocks
Baker Manufacturing Co. — Dozers and Plows Onan — Light Plants
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. — Pumps Owatonna Tool Co. — Hand Tools
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. — Diesel Engines Power Machinery Co. — Power Saws
Gar Wood Industries — Dozers S K F Industries — Bearings
Gates Rubber Company — Belts Smith Welding Equip. Corp.—Welding Euipment
Hobart Manufacturing Co. — Welders Thor — Pneumatic Tools
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Co. — Pipe Thew-Lorain Shovel Co. — Cranes & Shovels
Jaeger _ Compressors Timken Roller Bearing Co. — Bearings
Jaeger — Concrete Mixers Willard Batteries — Batteries
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. — Wire Rope Thor — Electric Saws
Jaeger — Pumps Wisconsin Motors
ALSO DEALERS IN LUMBER, STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS, LIGHTERAGE AND
COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORATION
“Information Please”
That request comes from a man
who wants to know more about
his father. And old time Alaskans
are the only ones who can fur
nish the answers.
Charles Forselles of Oakland,
Calif., is having a book written
about his father, George For
selles, who pioneered Arctic and
Interior trails in the Alaska of a
half-century ago. The elder For
selles was called the “Swedish
Count” during his stay in Alaska.
What Charles Forselles wants is
information regarding the activi
ties of the Swedish Count during
his Alaskan adventure, especial
ly around 1900, when he was sup
posed to have been one of the
first discoverers of gold at Cape
Nome.
Charles, the son, was in con
tact with his father in the latter’s
later years in Sweden, where he
died several years ago, but knows
very little about his father’s life
in Alaska.
All persons who knew of the
Swedish Count and who wish to
help Charles Forselles in the pre
paration of his book should con
tact him at 485 37th Street, Oak
land, Calif.
Riding A Bicycle While Drunk
Brigns Three-Day Jail Sentence
PIQUA, Ohio, (iPI—Even though
he hadn’t even been inside an
automobile, Elton M. Morris of
Piqua drew a three-day jail sen
tence and a $100 fine for drunk
driving.
Municipal Judge Charles Lynch
acted after Morris pleaded guilty
to the charge. Officers had re
ported they found Morris “weav
ing all over” Main Street on his
bicycle.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Rain and fog tonight and Sat
urday. Winds SW 12-18 mph to
night, becoming SSW, 20-25 mph
with higher gusts Saturday. Low
temperature expected tonight 46,
high Saturday 50.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation: .05 in.
Highest temperature 49, low 45.
Max. wind 22 mph from the SW.
Sun rises 3:22 a.m., sets 9:51 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 58, low 50. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 74 in 1914,
low 32 in 1937.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 46 Cloudy
Wales 49 Cloudy
Nome 44 Cloudy
Kotzebue 47 Cloudy
Unalakleet 50 Cloudy
Bethel 48 Drizzle
McGrath 55 Cloudy
Anchorage 60 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 60 Cloudy
Whitehorse 58 Cloudy
Edmonton 56 Cloudy
Juneau 59 Cloudy
Ketchikan 56 Drizzle
Seattle 66 Cloudy
Australia Committed To ]
Support Proposed S.E.
Asia Defense Alliance
CANBERRA, Australia, UPI —
Prime Minister Robert Menzies
committed Australia tonight to
give military support to the pro
posed Southeast Asia Defense Al
liance—SEATO.
In so doing Menzies broke with
historic Australian tradition that
such commitments aVe not made
in advance but determined by
Parliament after a war starts.
“We cannot properly put for
ward our principles of foreign
policy,” Menzies said, “and enter
into mutual arrangement with
other nations unless we are pre
pared to support them with arms,
men, ships, instruments of war
and supplies, as we in turn would
wish them to support us.”
Emphasizing that SEATO did
not yet exist, Menzies appealed
to Asian countries to participate.
Guatemalans Petition
Armas To Take Over
Alone As President
GUATEMALA, MV—L e a d i n g
Guatemalans petitioned junta
President Carlos Castillo Armas
Wednesday night to oust his two
partners on the governing group
and take over the government
alone as president of the republic.
The petition was presented
during a rally of 25,000 persons,
demonstrating in front of the
National Palace after the sup
pression of a two-day rebellion
by dissident units at an army
base just outside the capital.
Sponsors of the petition said if
the rest of the junta did not quit
in favor of Castillo Armas, they
would call a general strike.
The petition was signed by rep
resentatives of leading farming,
industrial and commercial enter
prises, student groups and other
phases of Guatemalan life.
The petition also demanded
punishment of those responsible
for the attack Monday by military
cadets and troops of the Aurora
base on the irregular “Liberation
Army.”
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Starkey, Mrs. Lucinda
Jones.
To Anchorage: Mr. and Mrs.
R. Starkey, Mrs. Lucinda Jones,
Nancy Goodrich, N. L. Franklin,
Joseph Gerth, Rev. and Mrs. R.
A. Closson, L. Parrigan, L. B.
Kennebeck, and Margaret and
Christine Heller.
From McGrath: Floyd Brown.
To Unalakleet: Thelma Solo
mon.
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SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING
“And Jesus stood still and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do
unto you? They say unto Him, Lord that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had
compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and immediately their
eyes received sight, and they followed Him.”
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