coal production has been extreme
ly disappointing under govern
ment management. Rationing has
become more and more severe,
burdens of the people have be
come more and more heavy. To
day, the very future of England
is threatened by strict govern
ment regulation and management
of industry.
In this dark hour, Englishmen
should study their own history.
They will find that whenever in
dividual freedoms were greatest,
it was then their prosperity was
the most genuine. If we in Amer
ica think soberly and act in our
best interests, we will act with
wisdom to preserve the funda
mental patterns of our economy:
the right of private ownership of
property and the freest possible
exercise of private management of
our entire economy.
DRAWING FOR FORD SEDAN
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Nome Bar Owners Associa
tion hqs announced a dance for
• next Saturday evening at which
time a new Ford car will be given
away for the Alaska Crippled
Children's Assn.
All tickets purchased entitle
the holder to free admission to the
party which is the first dance of
the season. The tickets are ob
tainable at the Drug Store, Arctic
Shop, Richter Photos, and all bars.
Dep. Of Commerce Issues
Regulations For Sending
Of Foreign Gift Packages
A series of bulletins outlining
regulations governing the sending
of gift packages to persons living
abroad has recently been issued
by the department of commerce,
according to N. W. Coding, district
manager, Juneau.
The bulletins cover the regula
tions of the country of destination
on importation of gift packages;
requirements for import licenses,
rates of duty, or any exemptions
from import duties on gift ship
ments. United States postal regu
lations and export control'regula
tions are also covered.
Bulletins are now available on
shipments to Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Switzerland, France, The
Netherlands, Cuba, Mexico, Ber
muda and British West Indies,
Southern Rhodesia, India, and
Pakistan, as well as most of the
Central and South American
countries. Interested persons can
obtain copies by addressing the
District Office, U. S. Department
of Commerce, Juneau, Alaska.
STUDIES OF ANIMALS INDI
I cate that the greater their mental
capacities the more sleep they re
quire, according to the Encyclo
I paedia Britannica.
SPECIAL ALL WEEK
GLASSES
Rimless, with Modern Frames
$15.00
Kryptok Bi-foeal $17.50
Reading Glasses
with gold-filled frames $10.00
THOMPSON
“The Eye-Glass Man”
ALASKA DAY
DANCE
For Benefit of
ALASKA CRIPPLED CHILDREN
ASSOCIATION
' Hi-Scliool Gym - Oct. 18th
9:00 P.M. Special Music
Drawing for New Ford Sedan
! HEALTH DEPT. COM- I
IPLETES NUTRITION
SURVEY IN THIS AREA
Another step in Alaska’s health
[ progress has been realized with
I completion ol' the health depart
ment’s two and one-half month
! study of nutrition as a casual fac
| tor in eye ulcerations in children
j and adults of the Bering Sea area.
The three-member team con
ducted the nutrition survey from
i April 15 to July 1, traveling by
! plane and carrying a laboratory
i with them in boxes. Towns visited
) in the study were Unalakleet,
; White Mountain, Kotzebue, Point
Hope, Kivalina, and Selawik.
j While no conclusions as to the
j positive relation of vitamin defic
iency to eye conditions will be an
i nounced until all data have been
! analyzed in the study of nearly
1000 cases, Christine Heller, nu
trition consultant for the Territo
rial department of health, stated
: ‘.hat cases treated with Vitamin A
I showed definite improvement.
For many years doctors, nurses,
and teachers, have reported the
high incidence of eye ulcerations
among the Eskimos. The condition
results in scars known as “opaci
ties” which impair the vision, and
I in some cases cause blindness,
i Equipment furnished by the de
partment of health made it possi
ble for the team to run vitamin
assays on samples of food gener
ally eaten in the area, and to make
analysis of vitamins in blood sam
ples to determine vitamin defici
ency.
Miss Heller collected over 900
records of daily diets and infor
mation on yearly food consump
tion.
I Members of the nutrition team
i were Dr. Caroll F. Shukers, medi
j cal nutritionist of the University
I of Arkansas, Dr. John R. Totter,
! biochemist of the University of
Arkansas, and Miss Heller.
The group traveled from town
| to town in the Bering Sea area,
; setting up office and laboratory in
! the Alaska Native Service schools.
{ Teachers and nurses cooperated
j in the survey by reporting and
bringing in cases for study.
One observation made was that
I
, families with good food supply
' don't seem to suffer with eye con
I ditions. However, it is thought
i that other factors such as poor
hygiene may contribute to inci
dence of the disease.
A proposed plan for study of
the problem was drawn up last
fall by Miss Heller, and was pre
i sented by Dr. C. Earl Albrecht,
; commissioner of health for Alas
ka, to the United States health
: service, division of nutrition. Fed
i eral funds were granted, and add
ed to those of the Territorial de
partment of health for the project.
It is known that vitamins A, C
i
and some of the B complex are
factors in eye health. Dr. John R.
Totter repdrts that "Laboratory
findings of the Territorial depart
ment of health nutrition survey of
1947 indicate a widespread lack
■ of vitamin C <ascortic acid* among
Eskimos of the Bering and Arctic
seacoast.
“Natives of Unalakleet who |
have vegetable gardens and good 1
; berry picking areas . averaged
much better plasma vitamin C
| levels than did the Eskimos of
other villages. Some foods were
tested for their Vitamin A con
tent. The liver of the seal, the
whale, and the tom cod are all ex
cellent sources and their use
should be encouraged.”
Samples of seal oil tested were
found to contain 7000 I. U. of vit
amin A per 100 grams, with only
a small loss of the vitamin con
tent after being stored from nine
Mother In Red Cross
Finds Son In Tokyo
TOKYO, (/Hi — Mrs. Emily B.
Hunter figures shes’ one lucky
mother.
Sent to Tokyo from Italy, wher
she spent two years in Red Cross
work, she found her son. Lt. Ralph
Hunter, with the civilian intelli
gence education section of Gener
al MacArthur’s headquarters. She
will serve as supervisor of the
First Cavalry Red Cross club.
The Hunters are from Sea rs -
dale, N. Y.
months to a year. Tre yolk of the
sea gull egg contains a consider
able amount of carotene and vita
min A.
Other foods found in the Bering
Sea area recommended for high
vitamin content are salmon ber
ries, rose hips, sour dock, fire
bush, and willow greens.
i Wife Burns Auto
To Keep Husband
From Driving If
COLUMBUS, O. (/P) — A 36
year-old mother Saturday faced
filing of arson charges after as
sistant state fire marshal Gayle
Owens said she had acknowl
edged destroying the family’s 11
year-old car to “keep my husband
from running around.”
Owens said Mrs. Ethel M.
Lewis, mother of four children,
had declared in a written state
ment that she poured two gallons
of kerosene on the car and set i*
afire.
Owens quoted Mrs. Lewis as
saying she refused to let her hus
band, Malvern, 38, take the ca •
when he returned home after a
week’s absence and that sho
burned the car when he left for
aid.
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