THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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THE FLYING DINNER PLATE_
EXPERIMENTING TO PREVENT POLIO
A dramatic experiment is going on down in Texas
this summer. An injection is being tested to see if it
will prevent paralysis from polio among human beings.
The injection works on monkeys, and the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is spending half a
million dollars to see if this magic medicine will do
the same for children.
Children in a number of Texas towns hit hard by
polio are being given injections. Half of the children
will get shots to prevent polio paralysis, gamma globu
lin (GG for short), and the other half will get shots
that look the same but are not.
By fall we should know the answer. We’ll know
if there was less paralysis among the children taking
the GG shots. We’ll know whether GG blocked the
polio virus from attacking human nerves.
It was recently discovered by Dr. David Bodian
of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Dorothy Horst
mann of Yale, that shots of GG would help to neutral
ize the polio virus in the blood stream. Hence, the ex
periment.
HOLLYWOOD SALARY CUTS
The trend in Hollywood today is lower salaries
for both studio executives and actors and actresses.
The latest example of the trend came in a mass meet
ing of 4,000 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio employees,
when it was announced that executives’ salaries of
more than $1,000 a week will be cut immediately 25
to 50 per cent, on that portion of the salary which is
greater than $1,000.
Other film companies are following the same pat
tern and, in the future, with television possibly exert
ing an influence, the cuts will be even greater than
those already announced.
The stars, many of whom have no talent at all
and have risen to so-called stardom by devious routes,
have been the most overpaid performers in the world.
The film capital in this country has experienced a
period of boom, not unlike a gold rush, but there are
signs that the holiday is over. That is not to say that
Hollywood does not exhibit flashes of brilliance, and
produces some outstanding films.
If the salary-cutting trend is continued, the film
capital will tcome to its senses and will bring salaries
into line with reason and performance.
Health Commission
Lists Need For
Doctors, Dentists
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
President’s commission on health
needs of the nation was told Tues
day that thousands more dentists,
nurses and medical^asssistants are
needed to care for the American
people.
Summaries of panel discussions
held during the last two 'months
(by 21 medical, military and lay
experts were presented at the
opening of a two-day session by
the commission.
The panel summaries indicated
the exact shortage of trained peo
ple, including physicians and sur
geons, depends upon how U. S.
medical care is “organized.”
Proposing a plan for doing this
is one purpose of the commission.
President Truman appointed its
members last December. He has
been plugging for a national com
pulsory health insurance plan.
The commission was told to study
the facts and present a program
for “safeguarding and improving
the health of the nation.”
The American Medical Associa
tion, opposed to what it calls “so
cialized medicine,” has described
the appointment of the Truman
commission an act of “political
expediency.”
The resolution adopted by
AMA convention delegates last
June emphasized that this is a
presidential campaign year. It
said the AMA should not judge
the commission’s final report
until after it is made next Decem
ber.
Air Force Will Not
Recall Leased C-46s
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Air
Force, which indicated two
months ago that it would recall
its leased C-46 planes during a
national emergency, has changed
its mind and decided not to recall
the planes.
The action deals with 103 twin
engine planes the Air Force has
leased to civil operators.
Lt. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter,
acting vice chief of staff of the
Air Force, replied in a letter that
the Air Force “does not antici
pate that future military require
ments will necessitate the recall
of the leased twin - engined air
craft into the military inventory,
even under wartime conditions.”
BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD SAYS
NO DANGER IN OLD BOILER
LONDON, (/P)—Police cordoned
off a wide area and a bomb dis
posal squad was called when a
steam shovel scooped up a large
metal object at a gravel pit here
Tuesday.
Residents of the area breathed
-easier when the bomb experts an
nounced it was only an old boiler.
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SPECIAL
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EXCURSIONS
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Island, Cape Nome, and
around the roadstead
can be arranged for as
many as 25 persons.
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ON SLEDGE ISLAND
City Council Notes
At Ihe Nome City Council meet
ing last Monday evening the City
Clerk reported that $11,256 had
been collected in sales tax for
the second quarters, with a few
delinquencies outstanding. She
also reported a total of 66 arrests
for July with $1,157 collected in
fines and traffic violations. A
total of $104 went to fees for
volunteers covering five fires
during the month.
The announcement was made
that the city had purchased a D-8
tractors for $13,000 from the M-K
Co. which was brought over from
the St. Lawrence Island project.
Councilman Housten Alexander
is investigating the feasibility of
acquiring for the city -a large
surplus building at Pt. Spencer
which has been made available to
the city for civic purposes by the
Territorial Department of Avia
tion.
A communication from Paul
Dryden to the city advised that
the lease on his east end property
occupied by the Nome Sanitary
Service has expired and would
not be renewed. This property
was used as a winter garbage
dump and has caused the city
much criticism by the residents
in that parf*of town.
TUESDAY BASEBALL
American League
St. Louis 3—Chicago 2
Philadelphia 4—Boston 3
National League
St. Louis 1—Chicago 0
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 3—San Francisco 2
Oakland 3—Los Angeles 2
Sacramento 6—San Diego 4
Portland 3—Seattle 2
Carpenters Threaten
Strike Unless AGC Suit
For $5 Million Is Dropped
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—A halt to
all major construction in Alaska
loomed Tuesday with a threat of
a territory-wide walkout by the
AFL carpenters.
Carpenters on all jobs under
the Associated General Contract
ors plan to walk off their jobs
Friday, Aug. 15, unless an AGC
damage suit for $5 million against
the union is withdrawn, Frank
Marshall, international represent
ative of the union said.
The suit was brought by the
contractors following a strike
early in May which the AGC
claimed was a repudiation of a
carpenters’ agreement to submit
wage negotiations to the Wage
Stablization Board.
The suit was filed May 9. Al
though the carpenter’s returned to
their jobs May 13, the AGC has
not withdrawn its suit.
SEATTLE, (>P) — The Laborer
Union’s baseball team from An
chorage passed through Seattle
Tuesday on its way to the Na
tional Semi - Pro Tournament at
Wichita, Kansas.
What yon want
is a Coke
To work
refreshed
When you have to keep your wits
about you, refreshment helps. You
just can’t beat a frosty bottle of Coca-Cola.
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