Winter Brings
Many Accidents
In France
PARIS, (jP)—The icy hand of
winter was blamed today for week
end accidents which killed 48 per
sons and injured 68 others in
France and Switzerland. A bus, a
plane and a train were involved in
three separate mishaps.
Near historic Utah Beach, on the
French Channel coast, a huge new
90-passenger, six-engine flying
boat plunged into the sea Satur
day afternoon and police said they
were sure all 19 persons aboard
were dead.
Two bodies, mangled beyond
recognition; washed ashore last
night.
One official blamed the sea
plane’s loss on faulty de-icing
equipment; another said it had no
de-icing equipment. The craft was
making an experimental run.
Near Lyon, a bus carrying mem
bers of the Lyon cross country
team plunged into a river yester
day. Ten young athletes died.
At Wadenswil, Switzer land,
near Zurich, at least 19 persons
were killed and 48 were hurt yes
terday when a week-end ski train
was derailed and rammed into a
three-story building. Icy rails and
faulty brakes were blamed.
LOS ANGELES, <&)—A nine
pound, two-ounce son was bom
yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. George
Washington and promptly was
named George Washington, Jr.
The father, an attorney for
Standard Oil company, also was
bom on Washington’s birthday.
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Suggestions For
Dental Health
Many popular misconceptions
exist regarding the teeth and
their care. Outmoded beliefs, and
superstitions, long ago proved
false, somehow cling to the popu
lar imagination, and often cause
suffering and grief to those who
hold them.
One of the most common mis
conceptions is that the birth of
every child must cost its mother
the loss of a tooth. There is no
scientific basis for this belief. If
the teeth and general health are
properly cared for during preg
nancy, no teeth need be lost.
A first cousin of this belief helds
that dental work should not be
done during pregnancy. As a mat
ter of fact, lack of dental atten
tion is, in a large measure, respon
sible for the breaking down of
dental tissue during the prenatal
period.
It is true that long, tedious and
exacting dental operations should
not be done during the later!
months of pregnancy; but the
mouth should be placed in a heal
thy condition by a dentist during
the early months. i
Another misconception is the
belief that if there is not enough
calcium to form the bone and the
teeth of the unborn child, the teeth
of the mother are decalcified to
make up for the deficiency. This
idea has never been scientifically
proved. In fact, according to the
fafts now available the fully
erupted adult tooth is not subject
to modification in structure or
calcification by changes in calci
um metabolism. And science of
fers no positive proof that the in
cidence of dental decay is in
creased because of the mtabolic
changes that occur during preg
nancy.
Needless to say, however, the
expectant mother needs a proper
ly balanced and ample diet, pre-1
sciibed by her physician. But her
teeth will not decay any faster or
slower than if she were not preg
nant.
The Territorial Department of
Health or your local dentist will
be glad to answer any questions'
regarding this article.
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Willamette River
Moods Oregon
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Willamette valley lowl a n d s
were flooded today and on the
Orogen coast some 2,500 residents
of Bay Ocean, Netarts and Ocean
side last their bridge and had to
resort to boats to reach the mam
land.
The high water was caused by
heavy Saturday rain w h i c h
drenched air eady-saturated
ground. It was not a major flood,
however, and little damage in the
Willamette valley was anticipated.
Several rural roads in the val
ley were inundated, and the Pa
cific highway south of Eugene
was closed for a time yesterday. 1
A sudden river rise near Inde
pendence trapped a score of fam
ilies on a high knoll late yester-1
day. They were rescued by boats
and were sheltered by the Marion
county Red Cross.
Two bridges across the Trask
river in Tillamook county broke
early Sunday from the pressure of
high water and debris.
The Santian river crested at
Jefferson, the lowest-lying point,
at nearly seven feet above flood
level, and began falling.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO HOLD ELECTION
Tomorrow night at 7 o’clock the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce will hold its annual
meeting and dinner at the Pioneer
Hall. At this meeting an election
of members to the Board of Di
rectors will take place. Also, a re
port of the work of the past year
will be made.
In the belief that the Chamber
of Commerce is a most essential
agency to the welfare and prog
ress of Nome and Northwest Alas
ka, an effort is being made to re
organize and plan for regular
meetings for the Chamber for
1948.
As an effort to bring more tour
ists into Nome, the Chamber is
issuing a folder descriptive of
Nome and vicinity. The folder has
a comprehensive write-up of
Nome’s history, achievements and
activities. It will also include
pages of pictures relative to the
city and to the Native population.
These booklets will be distributed
through travel agencies in other
Alaskan cities and in the States.
A review of this effort will be
made at the dinner tomorrow
night along with a statement of
Chamber action in regard to pro
posed legislation affecting this
section of Alaska.
All persons interested in attend
ing tjie dinner should call Main 46
or Main 50 before noon Tuesday
in order to make reservations.
Urge Extension of
Maritime Law
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Rep.
Jackson <D.-Wash.) urged a House
committee Saturday to extend for
16 months the law under which
the maritime commission can op
erate, charter and dispose of war
built vessels. The law expires
February 29. Jackson asked an ex
tension to June 30, 1948.
He told the merchant marine
committee that shipping men
were holding back on spending
for new ships because of the un
certainty of the future of Ameri
ca’s shipping industry.
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by glazing onions with maple
syrup, adding marjoram to peas
and minced parsley to carrots.
Truman Un*es
n
Stronger Rent
(Control Law
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman today urged a 14-rn >n‘h
stronger rent control law, along
with extension of financial aid to
home building.
In a special mes-age to Con
gress, Mr. Truman asked that this
emergency action be coupled with
a long-range housing program to
produce 1,000.000 dwellings a year
for the next decade.
“We must adopt them together
so that they may work together,”
the Presidential message said. “We
must make orderly progress, not a
staggering, uncertain series of
starts and halts."
Rent control expires February
29. Republican leaders have
agreed to push through a 30-day
extension of the present law this
week. This will give time for
study of a bill pending in the Sen
ate for a 14-month extension of
ceilings to April 30, 1949, on a
modified basis.
Mr. Truman asked for “more
housing at lower cost, both in the
immediate future and for the long
run."
ROTARY CELEBRATES
ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT
The Rotary Club is celebrating
the 43rd anniversary of the or
ganization tonight with a dinner,
dance at the Pioneer Hall at 7:30.
Special music and entertain
ment is being planned for the
event including a broadcast over
WXLN by a panel of past gover
nors of Rotary International from
various countries including South
America and Australia, centering
on the subject of UNESCO activi
ties.
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Hearings i )n Two
Important Bills
For Alaska
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maintenance and operation of hos
pitals and the conservation of
health of the Aleuts, Indians and
Eskimos would be the responsibil
ity of the Public Health Service.
The measure provides for author
ization of annual appropriations
by Congress which would be ne
cessary and sufficient to provide
for the education for children o!
Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts by
the Territorial government.
The Wheeler-Howard Act as it
applies to Alaska would be com
pletely repealed, such provision
embracing not only the action
sought in S. J. Res. 162 which
would take away from the secre
tary of the interior his authority
to create indian reservations with
approval by the Indians, but in
cluding repeal of law allowing
credit to Indians for community
enterprises on a loan basis.
Either Senator Butler 'R.-Nebd,
who head the full public lands
committee, or Senator Watkins,
i R.-Utah', chairman of the Indian
affairs sub-committee, will con
duct the hearings.
The committee said seven inte
rior department officials will op
pose thfe legislation.
Others listed to testify are:
Isaac C. Sutton, Philadelphia, rep
resenting the Indian Rights Assn.;
Ruth M. Bronson, secretary of the
National Congress of American
Indians; James E. Curry, counsel
for Indians ol' Southeast Alaska;
Carl J. Lomen, Nome; G. R. Jack
son, Nome; and representatives of
the chambers of commerce from
Ketchikan and Juneau.
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