OPA LIFTS PRICE
CONTROLS ON MOST
ALASKAN FURS
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A telegram received today by
local OPA representative Orah
Dee Clark stated that price con
trols on most of the important
categories of Alaska furs have
been suspended, as of October 24.
Subject to this suspension are
Alaska beaver, mink, silver fox,
blue and white fox, and seal skin,
as well as certain other types.
Moving immediately after V-J
pay to suspend as many controls
as possible, OPA set up suspen
sion order No. 127, effective Aug
ust 15, with specific application
to certain non-cost of living com
modities and service in the Terri
tories and possessions, including
^aska.
Due to this hasty action, an
oversight occurred, omitting these
furs from the list of items cov
ered by the suspension order. For
tunately Alaska OPA officials
were able through urgent appeals
to Washington to obtain a correc
tion to the situation, by an amend
ment before the season got too
far under way.
Now Alaskan trappers and trad
ers may have full benefit of the
suspension on the same fur, in
cluded in the order, in effect in
the States since August 15. Notifi
cation of this is being made to
HUSBAND REPORTED ALIVE
AFTER FIVE YEARS
This week was a week of sur
prises for Mrs. Rosemary Me- ]
Swain of Nome, in that she re- j
ceived news from Italy, from her
first husband, Captain Giuseppe
Bianchi, who was reported dead
in the African campaign more
than five years ago.
Captain Bianchi asked about his
wife and family and how they
were getting along, and stated
that he had been injured when
his plane crashed, was hospital-!
ized, and unable to correspond
with anyone outside of Italy.
Mrs. McSwain, in reply, wrote |
that after two years following the j
reports of his death, she had re-:
married, and divorced her second
husband; but she had always re- j
membered and loved the father of i
her first child, which they had
named Gail. She also stated that (
she would return to her original!
married name, Rosemary Bianchi.
Mrs. Bianchi stated today that
her husband had wished to come
to America, and that she hoped
very much for him to come to her
in Alaska, as he is out of the air
force now and might come at least
for a visit until the quota allow
ance would premit his staying
permanently.
those concerned through general
publicity and personal contact by
j OPA field representatives in all
important fur trading areas.
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CANDLE, ALASKA
Nome Headquarters — Wallace Hotel
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Frequent trips with passengers and freight between
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Kiana, Shungnak, K&buk and Hughes.
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* SMALL AND LARGE SHIPS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
New Drug Labels
What They Mean
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By FRANK CAREY
WASHINGTON—The Food and
Drug Administration is eliminat
ing double-talk in the labeling of
items that get into the family
medicine chest.
New regulations effective re
cently for all medicines procur
able at a drug store provide:
1. If a medicine is safe for self
medication, the label on the bottle
or box must contain full direc
tions explaining what the product
is good for, how much to take,
when and how.
Products in this class include
aspirin tablets, mild laxatives,
cough medicines, mouth washes,
and gargles, and the like.
Nothing Vague
There are to be no more of those
vague instructions such as “two
teaspoons as directed by your
physician,” because medicines in
this class do not require a doctor’s
supervision.
2. If a medicine is unsafe or in
effective without a doctor’s super
vision—medcinies such as the
sulfa drugs, digitalis and thyroid
extract—the label must bear only
the legend: “To be dispensed only
by or on the prescription of a
physician (or dentist or veterin
arian).”
You’ll have to have a doctor’s
prescription to get them, and the
doctor’s instructions will be typed
on by the druggist.
Unlabeled Items
3. A third class of products will
not be required to carry either
full directions or the prescription
legend. This class includes such
familiar products as tincture of
iodine and sodium bicarbonate.
Dr. Robert P. Herwick, chief of
the drug division of the Food and
Drug Administration, says the
new rules should not only con
tribute to greater safety but
should eliminate a lot of confu
sion.
In the past, he said, it has been
possible for one medicine to be
put up in different packages—
some being labeled for prescrip
tion use and some being labeled
as home remedies.
One reason for this has been
that some drug houses that manu
factured prescription items often
would put “prescription labels on
items meant as home remedies,
just to be on the safe side.
Others would slap a prescrip
tion label on a home remedy be
cause they didn’t want to go to
the trouble of making out a more
detailed label. This was done, Dr.
Herwick said, even though it was
known that the remedies would
be sold right over the counter
without a prescription.
Purpose Cited
Under the new regulations, the
purpose of the prescription legend
will be (1) to warn the druggist
not to sell the product over the
counter without a prescription
and (2) to warn the public against
use without medical advice.
Some prescription items may
also bear the symbol “Rx” which
is synonymous with the prescrip
tion legend, but the full text of
the warning itself must also be
carried.
Another point covered in the
new rules:
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CATHOLIC LADIES
WILL HOLD FOOD SALE
The Catholic Ladies of Nome
have planned a food sale for next
Saturday, to be held at the N. C.
Store. The committee in charge of
the sale are Mrs. John Wassman,
chairman; Anne Stoken, Betty
Bianchi and Mrs. J. J. O’Leary.
All kinds of home cooked foods
will be offered to the public. The
sale will start at twelve o’clock
noon.
In the United States, a fee of
SI in charged to execute an appli
cation of a passport, and a fee of
$9 is charged for each passport
issued.
Certain products are made from
animal tissues, such as ovaries.
Their value is not completely
known, and they are useful only
in connection with other treat
ment prescribed by a doctor.
Under the old rules it has been
possible to purchase such prod
ucts without a prescription. Food
and Drug regulations have re
quired only that they carry a “dis
claimer” stating that the product
contains “no known active prin
ciple.”
Under the new regulations, the
products must carry not only the
disclaimer but a prescription leg
end as well.
MacDonald Wins
In Nova Scotia
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HALIFAX, Oc.t 24—oP>—Pre
! mier Angus MacDonald and his
I liberal government won an over
I whelming victory in Nova Scotia
in the general election, winning
twenty-eight of the Legislature’s
, thirty seats, and eliminating the
Conservatives and reducing the
Commonwealth Federation
strength to two members.
THE ANSWER LEFT
EVERYBODY AT SEA
BAINBRIDGE, Md.— </P) —Jo
seph L. Biggins of Philadelphia,
j reporting to the Bainbridge Naval
Training Center after 36 months
of sea duty, was asked as he came
up to the separation offices: “What
i is your most vivid naval experi
ence?” “Getting out,” Biggins ad
mitted without hesitation.
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Salvation Army clubs, hostels
and mobile units gave service to
approximately 225 million service
men and women in all theatres of
war during World War II. accord
i ing to a report released recently
by Commissioner Ernest I. Pug
mire, Commander of The Salva
1 tion Army in the United States.
LADIES’ AFTERNOON
and
EVENING DRESSES
50% Reduction
Attention
Deliveries are now leaving store
at 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 pan. - 5:00 pan.
Don Marche
Store