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Nome, Alaska, Monday, April 9, 1951
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACE SERIOUS SHOTAGES
The forty-eight states of the Union spent $48,935,
642,823 on their pubic schools last year. Leading states
were New York, with $575,000,000, andCalifornia, with
$460,000,000.
Total operating expenditures went up to about
$300,000,000 but educational experts point out that
much of the income represents rising costs for mater
ials and other school supplies. There still exist a short
age of buildings and a shortage of teachers, especially
elementary school teachers.
According to a survey, recently concluded by The
New York Times, there are three million children who
are receiving an impaired education. This total comes
out of an enrollment of 25,666,337.
The increase in school population last year was the
largest in thq past twenty years, being nearly one mil
lion students. Moreover, indications are that school en
rollments will grow for at least another ten years, with
an estimated 32 million pupils by 1960.
The teaching shortage compels schools to employ
75,000 teachers on emergency or sub-standard licenses.
Every state reported an inability to get adequately
trained teachers, which means that many children re
ceive a second-rate education. This is accentuated by
the serious building shortage, which means double ses
sions in some areas and part-time sessions in others.
We call attention to the report because of the im
portance of the pubilc schools in the development of
democratic people and the maintenance of free institu
tions. Certainly, if our form of political organization is
to endure, the younger generation must be trained to
appreciate its significance and to understand the prin
ciples upon which it operates.
Dr. Powers To
Preach atNazarene
The Nome Church of the Naza
rene will be host to* Dr. Hardy C.
Powers, General Superintendent,
on Sunday, April 15, when Dr.
Powers will preach for both mom
in ■? and evening services. Dr. Pow
ers was elected to the General
Superintendency of the Church of
the Nazarene at the General As
sembly of the Church in 1944,.
after serving many years as pas
tor in various sections of the Uni
ted States.
In his administrative duties as
one of the General Superinten
dents of the Church, Dr. Powers
travels extensively in supervising
and planning the extension of the
work in foreign fields as well as
in the United States and Canada.
In a recent trip of this nature he
visited the mission* field of the
Church in Africa. This was pre
ceded by an extensive tour of the
work in Central and South Amer
ica and the British West Indies.
In addition to his work as Gen
eral Superintendent, Dr. Powers
is also the sponsor of the Nazar
ene Young People’s Society, a
worldwide fellowship of the
young people of the church. It is
this organization that is largely
responsible for the opening of the
Church of the Nazarene in Alaska
and Australia.
In connection with his visit to
Alaska, Dr. Powers will preside at
the first Convention of the Alaska
Dr. Hardy C. Powers
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Churches of the Nazarene, to bej
held in Fairbanks April 16-18.
Representatives from Seward, An
chorage, and Fairbanks are ex
pected to attend. Rev. and Mrs.
Clark Lewis, local pastors, will
represent Nome, going to Fair
banks with Dr. Powers on Mon-!
day via Wien Airlines.
Only 78 per cent of the fats and
oils imported from the Philippines
and other Pacific islands for in
dustrial purposes will be avail
able this year.
Oil of wintergreen is not only
found in the shrub called winter
green, but is contained in straw
berries, blackberries, raspberries,
currants, plums, apples, peaches
and some other common fruits.
Alaska can support
80% of Food Needs
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lion of forage crops.”
1/000/000 Potential Acres
He estimated that approximate
ly 12,500 acres of land have been
cleared for farming in the Terri
tory. Conservative estimates place
the amount of potential form land
in Alaska in excess of a million
acres, he added.
Surveys have shown that it is
“practicable and 'worthwhile” to
develop what he called the “four
most promising areas: the Mata
nuska Valley, tjie Tanana Valley
around Fairbanks, the area near
Anchorage in the Susitna Valley
and the area in the Kenai Penin
sula along the west side of the
peninsula.”
Lack of transportation facilities
makes other fertile areas inacces
sible, he said.
Fracker said these four areas
alone have “room for such sub
stantial expension ... that it is
believed by the economists . . .
[they will] very largely take care
of the present population.”
Certain things not adapted to
PATERNITY LEAVE GRANTED
NEW YORK, (/P)— Maternity
leave for employes is a routine
benefit these days. But recently
a large New York concern gave
an employe a week’s paternity
leave.
The man applied formally for
leave, explaining that he and his
wife were adopting a baby girl.
He wanted to travel to the mid
west and bring the new baby
home, he said, while his wife re
mained behind preparing their
other child for the new arrival.
the Alaska climate, such as citrus
fruits, would of necessity have to
be brought in from the States, he
added.
Experimental Program
Fracker said he felt the experi
mental program, carried on in co
operation with the Territory, was
progressing satisfactorily.
Among its accomplishments he!
listed experiments determining the
adaptability of gopher oats to the
manganese-deficient soil of Alas- j
ka and improvement of field
crops, a forage crops program,
and calf-feeding tests which
showed that “calves can be raised
economically using skim milk and
Alaska-grown grains.”
Senators Inquire
If Arms Are Being Sent
To Europe From Korea
WASHINGTON, (A*)— Two Re
publican Senators demanded to
know Friday whether arms ship
! ments are being diverted from
Korea to Europe.
Senator Bridges (R - N.H.) and
Knowland (R-Calif.) said military
officials will be asked to explain
to the Senate Appropriations and
Armed Services Committees why
sufficient equipment isn’t avail
able to arm more than 100,000
South Koreans who could be
pressed into the fighting.
Their demands came on disclose
ure that Gen. Douglas MacArthur
had said that the release of
120,000 South Korean reserves
last month “involves basic politi
cal decisions beyond my control.”
Reporters in Korea said the
South Koreans were released be
cause the Korean government
lacked clothing and equipment for
them. *
Mrs. Mary Tweet and daughter
Aileen, of Teller, who have been
enjoying a well-earned vacation,
returned yesterday enroute to
their home.
Chow Tine!
The Air Force likes its food. So much so, in fact, that it has sent mess sergeants from 12 of its bases
in the United States to New York City, where they’re taking a 12-week Advanced Hotel Training Course
at leading hotels. These pictures show the boys at General Foods’ Institution Kitchen as they learn new
techniques in the mass preparation of cakes and puddings. % A «
The student cooks are based temporarily at Fort Jay, New York. They arise each day at 4:30 A.M.
and must check in at their assigned hotels as early as 5:30 A.M. They spend an entire week working
with one particular item, such as soup or fish. . A
It all adds up to better chow for the thousands of G.I.’s in Uncle Sam s Air Force.
(Top Photo) Air Force Mess
Sergeants from bases all over the
U. S. listen as Miss Kathryne
Pennington, food technician, dis
cusses large volume food prepara
tion at the General Foods Institu
tion Test Kitchen in New York.
The military chefs are in New
York attending the 12-week Con
tinental Air Command’s Advanced
Hotel Training Course held at
leading hotels. Left to right, front
row, are Staff Sergeants John
Molnor, (San Rafael, Calif.)
Hamilton Air Force Base, Cali
fornia; Joseph Hebert, (Lowell,
Mass.) Grenier AFB, New Hamp
shire; Kazmer Trysla, (S. Sioux
City* Neb.) Langley AFB, Vir
ginia; Louis Mitzan, (Riverhead,
L. I.), Selfridge AFB, Michigan;
Peter Sarris, (Providence, R. I.)
Fort Dix, N. J.; and Technical
Sergeant William Morgan, (Hills
boro, Texas) Brooks AFB, Texas;
rear row, left to right, Miss Dor
othy Heins, Institution Kitchen
technician; Staff Sergeant Jack
Green, (lives at field) McChord
AFB, Washington; Robert S.
Gould, assistant institution sales
manager, General Foods; Staff
Sergeant Charles Davis, (Mur
freesboro, Tenn.) Stewart AFB,
Tennessee; Technical Sergeant Leo
Goss, (Bellflower, Calif.) Long
Beach AFB, California; Norman
Grant, manager, government sec
tion, Sales Division, General
Foods; Captain E. P. Mezza,
(Gloversville, N. Y.) director of
food service, Headquarters Con
tinental Air Command, Mitchell
AFB, New York; and Technical
Sergeant David Kinney, (West
bury, N. Y.) food service tech
nician, Mitchell AFB, New York.
(Photo lower left) Deftly ap
plying whipped egg whites to
some vanilla pudding is Technical
Sergeant Leo Goss, chef at the
Long Beach, California, Air Force
Base.
(Photo lower center) “Down
Texas way, we go for big por
tions,” says Technical Sergeant
William Morgan, Brooks AFB,
Texas, as he stuffs a huge amount
of vanilla meringue pudding down
the throat of Staff Sergeant Peter
Sarris, Fort Dix, N. J. Highly
amused at the goings-on are other
student cooks.
(Photo lower right) Taking food
out of the oven without burn
ing yourself is sometimes quite
a job. But not for Technical
Sergeant Leo Goss, Long Beach
AFB, California, who’s shown
taking a panful of coffee cake out
of the oven at the General Foods
Institution Kitchen in New York.
Watching the delicate maneuver
are Staff Sergeant Louis Mitzan,
Selfridge AFB, Michigan, and
Miss Dorothy Heins, food tech
nician.