The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1941, Page 2

2, by for Legislators to Sitka INTRODUCED—S. J. R. ‘Walker, appropriating $600 transporting to visit the Pioneers Home. PASSED—S. J. R. 2, by Walker,| appropriating $600 for transporting the to Sitka to visit Home, Legislators Pioneers’ PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE SUBMITS YEAR'S REPORT large Number of Cases Given Attention by Miss Oygard At the January meeting of the Juneau Health Council the activi- ties during the past year of the community Public Health Nursing Service were outlined in the an- nual report by Magnhild Oygard, Public Health Nurse During 1940, under the heading of maternal and child care, the Ilv::(.\ for tuberculosis were ;:(lmm-{ ered Two home nursing courses were conducted, consisting of 26 classes with a total attendance of 171 To care for sick in the home, 115 visits were made to 63 patients. Ten crippled children received 76 visits. Educational Work An educational program conduct- ed by the community Public Health Nurse included three showings of films om syphilis and eight on tuberculosis to a total audience of 383. Eighteen showings in the schools were made of films on pre- school and school child hygiene. The distribution of public health pamphlets was carried on as part of the educational work. The Public Health Nurse attend- ed 14 meetings on various health problems to discuss and promote public health activities. Exhibits were arranged in 1940 at the Southeast Alaska Fair and in the Health Center windows dur- ing the tuberculosis seal sale cam- paign - {Junior Officers - Are,Chosen by Rainbow Girls ¢ Junior officers for the Order of Rainbow Girls were elected and ap- | pointed at Saturday's meeting held in the Scottish Rite Temple. Elective ' junior officers include: service dealt with 37 prenatal and Bettye' Kemmer, Worthy Advisor; postnatal cases, requiring 161 visits Betty Reed, Worthy Associate Ad- into Gastineau Channel homes. In visor; Emma Nielsen, OCharity; the same period, 146 infants re-|Courlyne Smith, Hope; Constance ceived attention from the service,|Davis, Faith, and Betty Bonnett, entailing 217 home visits and 548 Chaplain. conferences at the Public Health' Appointive officers are: Damaris Center. Ninety field visits and 136 Davis,drill leader; Maureen Lovett, conferiences were held in connec-| ccnfidential observer; Alfreda Fleek, tion with 73 preschool children ad- |OWler observer; Doreen Heinke, Re- mitted to service. corder; Charlotte Soule, Treasurer; | The large total of 1102 school EMMa Maier, musician; Barbara children were given health inspec- Smith, choir leader; Lillian Nielson, | tions by the Public Health Nurse L@ve; Irene Williams, Religion; Wi- and 779 examined by family doetors NOna8 Monroe, Nature; Esther THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, NEW EQUIPMENT . ror .5 somseas | IN THE FLYING INALASKA| H O U S E Peterson, asking Congress to direc Four-Engined Craft from Fairbanks Beiflg Chang' the Public Roads Administrati ed af McLellland Field |12 scrmar satom o atacin. INTRODUCED—H. B. 9 by Har- SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb, 3.—Ex+ vey Smith, imposing an annual li- perimental equipment designed to cense tax of $15 on coin machines reduce mechanical hazards encount- | for playing games or music. ered by Army fliers in Alaska is be-| INTRODUCED — H. B. 10, by ing installed for a 4-engine bomber | Egan, making it illegal for em here at McLelland Field. | ployers to employ persons on a The bomber, in command of Capt.| wage contract basis unless funds Freeman, arrived at the Army Air Repair Depot a week ago after a 15- | aple. hour flight from Fairbanks, Alaska.|. PASSED — Committee Substitute Officers said the new. equipment|for H. B. 5, by Committee on Ways includes special devices for draining|and Means, appropriating $81,500 engine oils as soon as the ship lands, | for deficiencies. automatic shutters over the engine| pASSEDH. B. 6, by Shattuck, for pay of the employees are avail- cewls to retain heat, insulated oll|appropriating $1,000 for transporta pipe to insure the flow of lubricant | tion of indigents to the Pioneers’ to the propeller domes in subzero|gome i i weather, AS: | PASSED—S. J. R. 2, by Walker, | appropriating $600 for transporting Legislators ‘to Sitka to visit Pioneers’ Home. Additional electrical conduits are being installed to enable the fliers to plug in electrically heated flying suits at any location within the 4 S PASSED—H. J. M. 2, by Davis cabin in ordinary heating .equip-|anq Harvey Smith, asking gongre~:: ment, 2 % to forbid the appointment of a {non-resident as Governor of Alaska ASSAULT CAS fl%"&‘ It is explained this merely boosts the temperature in Arctic zones from i . PROJECTS GOES | Jury impanelled duringl ) , To KE.T(H lKAN the morning session, fhe case of \ i : BEGINS With a Arminta Osborne, charged with as- sault with a dx_;fngemus weapon, th" libr’arv work Emp}oymg under way this afternoon in the Seven 10‘C0mmence Federal Court befare Judge George the | under Health Service Visits into the home in this eate-| inspections were made and dental care extended to 67, as part of the Health Service’s dental care pro- gram. Fifteen children wére given visual correction during the year through the Health 8ervice, with several Juneau community and ser- vice organizations cooperating to share the expense of furnishing glasses, Communicable Diseases Communicable diseases reported to the Public Health Nurse during 1940 totaled 154, including syphilis searlet fever, whooping cough, cold: scabies, impetigo and tuberculosis. ‘These cases required 405 home visits. Through arrangement of the Community Public Health Nursing Service to prevent and-control com- municable diseases during 1940, 381 vaccinations against smallpox, 143 facilities, | G€orge, Immortality; Mona Everetts, Pidelity; Joanne Erwin, Patriotism; | gory totaled 133. Seventy dental Pauline Hudon, Service; Doris Balog, flag bearer and Patricia Fleek, keep- | er of the jewels. standard bearer; Patricia Nelson, | t 'DOUGLAS ARRIVES 'WITH MAIL; TWO ELECTRAS ON WAY ‘ f!x'inging airmail from Seattle, the Douglas D-C arrived in Juneau this | afternoon and weather permitting i\'«'ill return to Seattle tomorrow. C. |Smith and T. Blaisdell, PAA em- | ployees, and Sergeant Frank Angus | came north on the trip. Two Electras left Fairbanks this | forenoon en route to Juneau. — e — | The Daily Alaska Empire has the| | Central 12%, immunizations againgt diphtheria, | largest paid circulation of any Al- | 44 Schick tests and 657 Mantoux aska newspaper. F. Alexander, i | Jurors chosen for .the trial are Mrs. Mabel L. Wilson, John Henry Ragen, Trevor M. Davis, Mrs. Georze B. Rice, Phyllis Roller, Louis: A. McCallum, Mrs. Alberta Dele- becque, Raymond H. Stevens, Mrs. Ida Bathe, Clifford Mason, Stei- anie Zimmer and Charles L. Skuse, NEW YORK, Feb. 3. — Closing quotation of Alaska Junean mine stock today is 4'2, American Can 87%, Anaconda 24, Bethiehem Steel 81%, Commonwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 8, Motors 42':, International Harvest- er 48%, Kennecott 32, New York Northern Pacific 6%, 61 Pound United States Steel 4.03%. “ DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 122.67; rails, 27.94; utilities, 19.55. Rt Try a classified ad in The Empire Immediately The City of Ketchikan is co-spon- soring a National Youth Admi tration library service work project, the first NYA project of this type to be started in Alaska under the out- of-school program, it was announced ' today. The project will employ three boys |and four girls in the inventory of | books, working on records, typing, blacking and checking, filing of | cards, repairing books, sorting and checking magazines, care of reading | room, and general office and cler- | ical work in the public library. [ ‘The project will be supervised by the city librarian. Tre National General ; Youth Administration will pay the | youth. employees and the City of . Ketchikan will furnish the super- |¥ision and materials for the project Cost to the City of Ketchikan will [be 14 per cent of the totalost of the project. The library service project will start within a few days and operate juntil June 30. Ketchikan will be |afforded a complete overhaul of pub- lic library books and records and the NYA employees will receive practical experience in all types of | library work in addition to their wages. -_ l’;|l:;ia"?l'\ellgondilions " Kaarlo W. Nasi, Director, Division of Public Health Engineering, Ter- returned from a routine inspection trip to the interior cities. Water supplies, sewerage and sew- age disposal methods were checked :Xn the coastal and Interior towns. ;Coasbal water supplies were inspect- |ed for certification for use in inter- state commerce carriers | !Conferences were held with Army iand local health authorities regard- ing -sanitation matters. mental sanitation were noted. Milk supplies: were improved particularly by the Tecent construction of Grade A Pasteurization plants in Anchor- age, Palmer and Fairbanks. Clean, whelesome milk afforded the added pretection of pasteurization should bring about the necessary increase in milk consumption in that area, Mr. Nasi said . Consistent improvement has been noted in food establishment sanita- ticn in Interior communities by Mr. L. A. Morley, Senior Sanitarian for the Division, now based in Anchor- age. The rapid population growth and increased activity in Alaskan com- munities brought about by the Na- tional Defense program has placed an added responsibility upon local and Territorial health agencies in the control of environmental sani- tation and public health, said Mr. ‘Nn.sl. RADIO OPERATOR 0 " 6ET MORE TRAINING Vernon Modes, radio operator for the PAA, is leaving tomorrow on the Dourlas D-C for the Seattle office where he will take additional train- ing. ‘Modes will be replacsd in the local office by T. Blaisdell, who ar- rived today from Seattle, ——————— England’s radium is kept in bomb proof valuts underpround and is run in and out on overhead trolleys as the sirens dictate, MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1941 'HOUSE VOTES $81,500 FOR - DEFICIENCIES Unanimous on Non-resi- | dent Governor Memorial | -To Journey to Sitka Appropriation measures totaling $83,100 were passed by the House this morning as the Territorial Leg- islature began the second week of its 15th session Passed unanimously was the de- ficiency bill allowing $1,500 for the for. hair seal bounties and $60,000 for general relief. Also receiving a unanimous vote was a bill by Rep. Allen Shattuck of Juneau appro- priating $1,000 for To Visit Sitka The House divided 13 to three on the other appropriation measure | passed today. This is a joint reso- | lution introduced by Senator Nor- |man R. (Doc) Walker of Ketchi- kan pravided $600 for transporting Legislators to Sitka and Goddard to visit the Pioneers’ Home. Reps. James V. Davis, Charles Herbert and Crystal Snow Jenne voted against after Davis argued mem- bers could probably find free trans- pertation, or much cheaper trans- portation, if they just looked around for it, He offered to take members to Sitka and Goddard on the Es- tebeth, leaving any Saturday mid- night and returning any Tuesday midnight at an overall cost of $200 for transportation and meals. But both Senator Walker and Rep. Leo Rogge, Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Territorial Institutions, favor mak- ing the trip on the Northland, and Registrar of Vital Statistics, $20,000/ transportation | of indigents to the Pioneers’ Home. Sidelights onthe | Legislature The Gastineau Hotel is still the| after-hours headquarters of the Ter- ritorial Legislature. Nine members are registered there. They are Sena- !tors LaBouteaux, Cochran, Coffey| and Sullivan, and Reps. Harvey Smith, Leonard Smith, Lander, Egan and MecCutcheon. The Baranof lists Senator Walker and Reps. Gorden, Lyng and Herbert. Senator Brownell and Reps. Peterson and Rogge are in the Assembly Apartments, Senator Nordale at the MacKinnon, Rep. Whaley at the Evergreen and Rep. Stangroom at the Hillcrest. The five Juneau legislators are living at their homes here. [ | Senators and Representatives set- ting out this week for Sitka to visit the Pioneers’ Home are bound to | remember their experience of four | | years ago, when their boat went laground in Peril Straits, and the Legislators spent 10 hours waiting for a high tide. Senator LeRoy Sullivan of Nome was the only member of the upper house voting against the $2,400 appropriation to provide additional clerical help for Committees of the Legislature. Ray Stevens has been em- ployed by the House and Flora Weodworth by the Senate un- dér the additional Committee Judiciary Committees of the help bill, They will serve the | respective houses. | | Members of the House were con- gratulated this morning py Speak- er H. H. McCutcheon on their perfect attendance and bright smil- |ing faces, in view of Saturday night's extra-curricular activities. The House Ways and Means Committee is already meeting daily to work on the general THE WEATHER (By the U. S. VWeather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT NF CON MERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m. tonight and Tuesday; little change in temper- tonight about 39 degrees, highest Tues- light rain temperature Occasional ature, lowest Feb, day 45 degrees, moderate southerly winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Occasional light rain tonightan? Tuesday; little change in temperature; moderate southerly winds, ex.- cept fresh to strong in sounds and straits and Lynn Canal. Forecast of wings along (b~ Lixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Rain; ; 0 southeasterly winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook; fresh easterly to southeasterly winds; coast of the Guit of Alaskas fresh to strong southerly (o Rain Cape Hinchinbrook to Resu:- rection Bay: Rain; fresh easterly t> northeasterly winds; Resl_n‘rvuh n Bay to Kodiak: Showers; moderat: to fresh southeasterly winds LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.80 43 45 E 12 Cloudy 4:30 am. today 29.58 42 66 E 14 Lt.Ra Noon today 29.49 43 2 SE 14 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weathe Barrow . -9 -19 -18 T Clear Fairbanks 33 20 24 0 Cloudy Nome <1 =20 -1 0 Clear Dawson -2 -16 B 0 i Anchorage 36 28 36 01 Bethel 6 -4 6 04 St. Paul 17 8 10 0 Duteh Harbor .. 35 29 29 0 Wosnesenski 34 26 33 T Kanatak 39 37 37 29 Rain Kodiak 38 38 40 a1 Rain Cordova 46 39 38 .59 Rain Juneau 45 | 40 42 03 Cloudy Sitka 50 217 51 g o Rain Ketchikan 48 | 44 48 42 Rain Prince Rupert .. 52 | 47 52 [ Cloudy Prince George .. 45 | 24 29 [ Clear Seattle . 52 35 .36 0 Clear Portland 53 | 39 4 0 Clear San Francisco .. 62 | 40 46 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Weather Rain or snow was falling thi; morning over Southeast Alaska and along the coast to the Shumagin Islands, and at some points in the Bering Sea and ower Kuskokwim region. Partly cloudy or cloudy skies prevailed generally c¢lsewhere over Alaska. Temperature were above normal over most of Alaska, the lowest temperature of minus 18 being reported this morn ng at Barrow. Rain or snow had ritorial Department of Health, has| | Many improvements in environ- Walker announced this afternoon| A®PPropriation bill. Sessions are the voyage would be made on the| held each morning at 10 o™ Northland if the ship arrives here| €lock. | tomorrow, Special arrangements | et LT | have been made so that the Legis- : lators will have a full day in Sitka. IRUNK HIGHWAV Governor Bill Passes " LR Lok The House passed by unanimous | vote this morning the memorial b; is and Harvey Smith aski Congress tp pass the Dimond bill| which would forbid appointment of | any non-resident as Governor of | Alaska. . " | The Senate this morning read ana | LEgisative Measure Would | passed the Walker resolution for| | the trip to Sitka and read a reso- 'ns"u[' PRA '0 Make | lution by the Fairbanks Junior| frdh | Chamber of Commerce ureing the Preliminary Survey | Legislature to appropriate $5,000 for Donald MacDonald to allow him | EGHOW gum Proposals for a trunk highway to continue his work as a member| for Alas 2 of the International Highway Com- | fi\:lem lm ‘.m“f‘.‘ ‘i‘vere bf"“g,'“ info mission. An appropriation in the, i rti?dm 9 hde e Tostiptive 04 same amount was made for Mac- ‘_on 8y Shep.mep. _Almer £ rep Darald) 5ot wokes’ aee. | erson of_ Ar}chorage introduced in | the Territorial Legislature a mem- | Y 4 | orial urging Congress to instruct the | o'clock tomorrow morning e s o - o | Senate until 2 o'clock tonl(n'row"PubhC .Roagls Ak il att i) | make preliminary suweys for such | a system. L PR Aided g | The memorial mentions the “ne- METEOROLOGIST HERE e reom i b, | E“Rou‘“ F”RBA"KS and two-mile rock fill across the head of Turnagain Arm would join | | the Kenai system of roads with the Frank Angus, Technical Sergeant | Anchorage system. from McChord Field, Tacoma, arriv- | Proposed transfer of the ocean ed today on the Douglas D-C en- | terminus of the Alaska Railroad route to Fairbanks. He is an Army | from Seward to Passage Canal and meteorologist who is making a sur- | abandonment of 66 miles of railroad vey of the air route. |line would cut off the Kenai Pen- e — insula from any transportation con- | Subscribe o the Daily Alaska |nection with the rest of the Terri- | Empire—the paper with the Xa.rgesl’.bory and isolate a $2,000,000 system naid circulation. 1 and the| The House adjourned until E 21 % EMPIRE Printing SAVES You MONEY T STANDS to reason that the Letterheads men and machines that print Envelopes a large daily newspaper are well Cards equipped to do almost any kind -of printing job. In addition to X Yppma this advantage, they are equip- Ads ped to'do the job more economic- Indexes ally. No matter what your print- Ledgers ing requirements, THE EMPIRE Posters can fulfill them quickly, inexpen- sively, and well. The Daily Alaska Empire fallen during the last 24 hours over Southeast Alaska coastal region as far south as the Shumagin Islands, over the lower Kuskokwim Valley, Bering Sea coast and in the extreme northern portion ol Al- aska. Overcast, with light rain, moderately low ceilings and visibili- ties prevailed over the Juneau-Ket:hikan airway this morning. The Monday morning weather chart indicated a low center ‘,'; 953 millibars (28.14 inches) was located at 55 degrees north, 153 . degrees west, and a second low c2nter of 996 millibars (20.41" inche: was located at 38 degrees north ad 139 degrees west; pressure wa relatively low over all of Alaska. Ahigh center of about 1028 millibars | Forest Service, sailed on the vessel (30.35 inches) was located just north of eastern Washington; | ond high center of 1022 millibars (30.18 inches) was located at 30 d grees north and 125 degrees west. Juneau, Feb. 4. — Sunrise HOONAH T0 GET WATER SYSTEM To survey a line for the installa- | ticn of a water system in Hoonah, A. E. Glover, Regional Engineer for the Forestér this morning for Hoonah and a probable week’s stay. The water system is to be con- structed by native CCC members, the municipality of Hoonah paying labor costs. It is believed the project c- 8 a.m., sunset 5:26 p.n Trinity Guild's Annual Tea Set For February 15 The Trinity Senior Guild's annual Valentine Silver Tea will be an event of Saturday afternoon, February 15, it was announced today by Mrs. C. E. Rice. ¢ Plans for the part ywere cemplet- ed at the meeting of the Guild held of local roads, the memorial staf.es.l_ will not be completed until Spring. S R last week at the home of Mrs. Them- as Gardner on the Glacier High- way. Completion of its Red Cross as- signment was also announced at the {gathering by the Guild's welfar: C. 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