The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1947, Page 5

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947 TUBERCULOSIS IN ALASKA GUTLINED | FOR KIWANIS CLUB Juneau Kiwanis Club member: t their regular noon n heard Dr. Leo J ser assistant surgeon on loan from the U. S. Public vice to the Territcrial *alth in charge of th ent’s cam Dr Hea again speak Gehrig h Depar st tubereulos g to the doctor Club, the cutlined the problem and expl frd the program culesis,” said Dr. Gehrig “Is Al s number one heaith prcblem. The death rate in the ummm Territory is comparable to that in HA"I!lD India and Chi and nine times RANCIS as 1 as the tuberculosis death LEDERER Y | rate in the Uniicd States.” The disease has a mgh incidence Ccmplete 30 Aeam e m among the native population, he Feature Starts 8:00—10:10 explained, but the tuberculosis germ TOMORROW—— is nct at all particular, and strikes DOUBLE THRILL SHOW! heavily at the white people as well. Up until the present lime, as TERRORI many as 60 percent of the gases in IN THE Alaska have diagnoscs for the first time when the patient died. Ac- cording to surveys, explained Dr. Gehriig, this means that for each person who lives a normal lite ai home and in business, and eventu- ally dies of undiagnosed tubercu- losis, nine other persons are in- fected. A new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis is being brought into the field, said Dr. Gehrig. This is streptomycine, which in experimental use has been shown beneficial. It is now being produc- ed cdmmercially, and will soon be put on the market for general use. The program of the Territorial Health Department is being admin- istered under the two main divi- stons of Case Finding and Treat- ment. The Federal Government ai the Territory with matching tunds for the Case Finding program | In a large-scale efiort to locate early cases of tuberculosis among the pecple of Alaska, in order to treat it in time to save the patient, with JUNE LOCKHART DON PORTER SARA HADEN JAN WREY The Triangle Cleaners Drudge Get it cleaned ‘ \‘ :ho easy way . . N by USY., . A0 SIS fuss! WE CLOSE SATURDAY AFTERNOONS WE NOW HAVE 48-HOUR SERVICE JUST CALL SOLID SILVER FOR LIFETIME SERVICE Choosing her sterling silver pat- tern is an important decision for every woman. First, because it expresses her own individuality in good taste for ¢harm in table l appointments, Secondly, because she will live with it a lifetime. It will not wear out. Sterling is fashionable, and remains D) in good taste . . . always. N It is inexpensive, too, in N terms of quality and serv- § e =, ice rendered. I8 GPIECE PLACE SETTING, the ideal starcing service, consisting of teaspoon, luncheon kaife, luncheon fork, salad fork, cream soup spoon and buster spreader, CHATEAU ROSE We invite your inspection at THE NUGGET SHOP ‘Lmd with the planned c | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "SKOW WHITE” IS SHOWING RETURN AT 20TH CENTURY R M ¢ T ’Pf’ "1’,! 20 - A return cngagement of a dif- 20th Century tonig and t row It is Walt Disne fen~ ture, w White and the Seve Dwarls his. RKO Radio f{itm, prcduce in Technicolor, is a fairyland ro- mance, taken from the world emous book, Grimm’ 8 1 every man, woman en it is wildly its supreme spc a who has fastic over en loveliness, its irresistible c y and dramatic appeal. The wonder picture of all The story of the wicked Queen time . . . here to steal your whose jealous efforts to bewitch heart away . and thrill tl pretty princess are thwarted p- by Snow White's loyel friends the you with merr dwarfs, aided by the birds and and beauty! animals of the great forest, i3 transformed by Disney’s art into one of the most unique' attractio: that ever graced the screen. - - EKLUTNA BUILDINGS SOLD Twelve buildings at Eklutna were sold Tuesday by the Alaska Native Service to the Alaska Realty Co at Anchorage for salvage. Accord- ing to Fred R. Geeslin, Assistant Director o1 ANE, the buildings were not worth dismantling and moving FIRS T PORTRA IT— On the lap of his mother, Maureen 0" Sullnan. John Charles Villiers Farrow has his first family picture taken. Other children of the John Farrows are Joseph Patrick Villicrs, 3, Maria de Lourdes Villiers, 2, and Michael Damien Villiers, 8. to the new Mt. Edgecumbe project at Sitka which has now replaced the Department is using chest X rays. The ship Hygiene is especially outfitted for t mass survey work, | for which a special small X-ray| negative is used. Other small units | are on order, and one will be in-| stalled soon at Juneau High bchuol‘ for the examination of all school| children in the Gastineau (.hmmcu area. | “Tuberculosis can be treated in Alaska very successfully,” stated| Dr .Gehrig. The first sanatorium ! in Alaska was opened in April of 19045 at Skagway, and since has been moved to Sitka on Alice Is- land. A second tuberculosis has been opened at Fort Raymond in Seward, where the Army hospi- tal was turned over to the Ter: tory. The Health Department has leased it in turn to the Methodist | Church Mission Board, which op- tes the hospital. Even with these two hospitals, 1struction natorium by the of a new permanent on Japonski Island at Sitk eral Government, therc hospital ' 5 will still | BOUGLAS NEWS | OLD CLOTHING DRIVE | The Douglas Ladies Altar Society | is collecting clothing this week Iur‘ | the Mission at Holy Cross. Clothing donations may be de- that purpose Mark Jensen | the members. posited in a box for on the porch ol the hon or call any of SCHOOL VISITED i Public Health Nurse, Miss Iireu- ger accompanied Miss Louise Jund, of the Territorial Health De- | the partment, were visitors at Douglas Public Schools Tuesday, presented a movie filmand a series f siides on tuberculosis. The Health Department is plan- | ning. to offer free X-ray plates for all school children on Gastineau | Channel area. Permit sl for the | X-rays will be sent home with each pupil shortly and parents a re- sted to sign them and retu be ihsufficient treatment & i The used is a commercial fat-ailot; Alusks 5 unit of high i taking 4 by Howeve Geehri Py 5 plates and n be made e clin ok o through the indiv cloth it will be pos-| ) 3 i ¥ witheut. disrobing :m,((u by the ¢ A | Also pres GIVEN APPROVAL | Dr. Gen The City Coun it a recent |and were | imeeting ¢ appro to the ap- |H 1 MacDons Mon- | pointme Arne Shudshift a roe. Fire Chicf and also the school — pudget - G | Clean up week has been desig- in paraguayan Base nated as April 28th to'May 10th ine. in Do s this year. Resident —_— are notified to observe this week BUENOS AIRE April 17—@—'and pile their rubbish close to the {The Pa N govern was street where City trucks will pick reported in B Aires newspap- it up and dispose of it without ers today io ha foresalled mutiny | charge. {in the Asuncion al headquart-| (Signed) A. J. BALOG, ers by seizing several officers who| City Clerk had plotted to take over the ‘nwn-, . —adv. 556-t3 PRl R S e [ e e WP i Dispatches telling of this de-| velopment, filed ,\'rs!r‘rda\' trom et e e Yugoslavia Now |from Asunction, Travis’ has switched to Calvert because most cases from cor! *'mndunts xc-" garded he: s unfriendly to the| w ' l SI government of Paraguayan Pres-| ans arge I(el | ident Higino Morinigo, who is re-| . . A e o Noresn. Austrian Carinthia Paraguary. No confirmation came! where censorship still was in effect. MOSCOW, April 17.—(®—The S i B TR | Council of Foreign Ministers heard SPRING CLASSES NOW {a demand today that a large slice ENROLLING {of Austrian Carinthia be turned All forms of dancing and ball- gver to Yugoslavia in any peac: room for beginners. Phone Red 575. settlement. The four-power Council’s first morning session of this conference was addressed by Yugoslav Vice Premier Edvard Kardelj, who re- peated his nation’s previous charg- es that a third of the German army which fought in Yugoslavia was Austrian; that there were 80 Austrian generals in the German army, and that an Austrian general | H commanded the air forces which | Calvert is' smoother ' bombed Belgrade at the war's start. ¥of 1110 Polk Strect, Amartll, Texas (GA‘:)S‘"':‘ F"Feiald ]:fl":“fir Karl ruber has insisted ithat his gov- 'Zfiz:%flffésr}}é‘{ nhrl‘.'("::r\i|v!‘:,'|‘rl1(&{ ernment never would sign a treaty Calvert Distillers Corp., New York City ceding southern Carinthia. Gruber Keyhboard Harmony and Arranging [ YELLOW CAB CO@ PHONE 22 Courteous Drivers — Dependable Service 24-HOUR SERVICE thé old Eklutna school. Geeslin said has American support. The Yugo- the buildings were beyond'n‘pnn- slavs are supported by Russia and that the only way, the Govern- g e ; A 1ld get any value from Kardelj, in a long speech, pre- Ment cou ) ; them, was to sell the buildings for sented figures he said showed that for 100 years Slavs have outnum- IKD RADIO PICTURES, INC. junk. The buildings were relics of World War I. DISTRIBUTED - BY bered Austrians in Slovene Car- ik The anclent chekeTw(;( silver Also T o weighed about one-sixtieth of a A SPORTS—UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS LOGGERS pound. \\'i)Rl I) WIDE AIR EXPRESS NEWS ATTENTION LUCGERS with logs - ——— e = for sale. Contact Juneau Lumber NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY : Mills. Wil buy from 100,000 ft. Is to be published and forms will close May 1, for space, listings and ——— changes please call The Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co. Phone 420 before closing date to 10,000,000 feet. For further particulars see Juneau Lumber Mills 433-tf Read tne want-ads for bargains! . 8. DE! ARI‘V‘I —ady. 553-t9 T OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 FOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M., 120TH MERIDIAN TIME TAKU POST V.F.W. MEMBERS Max. temp. | TODAY last Lowest 4:30 am. 24 hrs. Weather at Station 24 hrs.* temp. tem;, Precip. 4:30am. Anchc 48 29 32 0 Clear ¢ ; micy arrow 19 19 Trace Snow Delegates representing the Taku Post at Bethel 23 24 0 Ciear the Department Encampment will be elected Cerdova 26 31 0 Clear on FRIDAY EVENING 18 APRIL 1947. Dawspn 20 20 0 Clear : g Edmm\l n 31 31 0 Pt. Cloudy Thi; m;uz;n“_\: \\"Jlll be li};v m«‘w'.':ntr Hox I8 30 30 Trace Snow prior to the Alas epartment En- H\\m' 50 40 43 Trace Cloudy nt I, l'V" held 26 APRIL THROUG Havre 29 44 0 Clear APRIL. can Airport 4 7 38 Trace Cloudy I 40 49 0 Cloudy e m ‘RIDAY EVENING is a 4 a1 0 Clear VERY IMPO MEETING thercfore it i 5 s is IMPERATIVE FOR ALL MEMBERS TO o n o BE PRESENT. Neme 10 0 Clear ALL . MARCUM Northway 19 19 01 Clear \1 S Petersburg 52 34 39 0 Cloudy Ac _Hlt,(lll ; Portland 81 50 51 13 Rain Prince George 1 31 36 0 Pt. Cloudy Prince Rupert [ 43 53 0 Cloudy ———————————————————————— § ie 84 41 52 0 Cloudy : 2 Sitka 38 45 0 Cloudy 5 Whitehorse 39 29 29 Trace Cloudy % Yakutat 56 31 31 0 Cloudy ° P (430 0. m_sesterday 0 4:30 a. m, today) il Heaters ~=- Pil Ranges WEATHER SYNOPSIS: A weak low pressure center has moved to a position just off the coast of Southeast Alaska and appears to be moving ALL SIZES, we ship prepaid. slowly eastward this morning. Another storm area located about 500 s i X Z AT 3 miles south and this morning appears to be moving north- OIL CONVERSIONS for FURNACES and RANGES eas Temperatures over the interior of Alaska ranged from 9 to No electricity needed on natural draft burners ANDERSEN’S 0il Stove and Heater Service PHONE 31 degrees but colder air penetrated the interior of Canada with tem- peatures as low as minus 8 degrees. Air was warmer over Southeast Alaska with temperatures ranging 38 to 49 degrees this morning. Nenana reported 32 degrees this morning. Rain or snow has fallen during the past 24 hours along the coast from northern California to Queen Char- lotte Scund, at scattered pnin(s over the Rocky Mountains of southern “anada, over the upper Tanana Valley, northwestern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marme stauons at 1:30 P. M. today EA. 8119 Seattle 2, Wash. A. 5857 2610 East Madison WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Spencer Cloudy 44 5 18 2 feet Eldred Rock Rain 28 NE 14 1 foot Point Retreat Rain 41 NW 22 3 feet Linceln Rock Cloudy 45 SE 22 g 2 R I Guard Island Drizzle 47 SSE 21 2 feet 4 ke Cape Decision Drizzle 44 S 25 2 feet TRANSPORTATION MARINE FORECAST FOR PERIOD ENDING FRIDAY EVENING: Protected waters of Southeast Alaska north of Sumner Strait—northerly to northeeasterly winds 25 to 30 miles per hour slowly decreasing tonight and becoming variable under 15 miles per hour Friday. Protected waters of Southeast Alaska south of Frederick Sound and outside waters, Dixon Entrance to Sitka—southeasterly to southwesterly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Outside waters, Sitka to Yakutat—northeasterly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. Cloudy with rain. John G. Oberg’s SHOE HOSPITAL now in new location In Seward Building FRONT and FRANKLIN Next to Ludwig Nelson's Same Smiling Service