New Hospital At
!VIt. Erigecunihe
To ( )pen March I
A 200-bed hospital, the largest
and most modern in Alaska, will
be opened for patients before the
first of March, it was announced
in Juneau Monday. To be known
as the “Mt. Edgecumbe Sanatori
us,” the new and much needed
hospital will be operated by the
Alaska Native Service, and is lo
cated on the former navy base at
Sitka.
Don C. Foster, director of the
Alaska Native Service, announced
that the final inspection of the
new hospital was scheduled to be
gin during the week of Feb. 13,
and, barring any defects, the two
million dollar building would be
accepted from the contractors, the
Carson Construction Company of
Helena, Mont.
With the addition of this newest
unit the capacity of Mt. Ed ,e
cumbe Island, for the extension
of hospital care now becomes 415,
but this number cannot be accom
modated until renovation of pres
ent buildings is completed as part
of the Native Service’s building
program. With the opening of
“Mt. Edgecumbe Sanatorium” 65
patients, now housed in “Ortho
pedic,” the Navy infirmary of
wartime days, and the 150 pa
tients presently occupying “Alice
Ivh. .d Sanatorium,” the A; nv s
former sickbay, will be cared for
in the new building while ronov
lion of the older hospital facili
ties goes on. Salvage mati ri. I
obtained since the ANS too- th
base over from the . :*;nad f'u-.v.,
ti. th r with surplus material.;
which have been secured from
other Government agencies, Iv
made it possible to r -r > ch
hi f ors, install better lighting
and cover the woqdcn walls of the
old buildings with masonite or
paint.
The impressive looking five
story sanatorium which whl be
completed this month was started
in May, 1918 when the con'.ac'
was awarded to the Gar son C 'on
pany.
The few remaining birds of the
once numerous whooping crane
flocks winter on the Texas coast.
Alaska Tourist
Assn. Formation
Being Discussed
Preparatory steps toward for
mation of an Alaska Tourist Asso
ciation or Visitors’ Bureau were
taken recently at meetings held
in Juneau, Anchorage and Seattle
under the auspices of the Alaska
Development Board.
Attending the meetings were
representatives of travel agencies,
transportation companies, hotels,
lodges and resorts, chambers of
commerce and general business
concerns. R. C. Morgan of New >
York, publisher of “Travel Agent” [
magazine, took part in the dis-1
cussions.
The proposed functions of the'
organization would include Alas- ,
ka-wide as well as regional pub- ■
licity of tourist attractions, spe
cial educational programs for
thos 1 who meet and deal with the .
travelling public and full-scale
promotion of potential resort fa
cilities. Similar organizations ex
ist in most States and in the Ter
ritories, including Puerto Rico
and Hawaii, where travel is one
of the principal industries.
“Creation of such an organiza- j
tion is almost an absolute ‘must* ■
if tourism in Alaska is to develop
to the utmost extent,” Morgan
told the Anchorage meeting.
"Travel Agent” magazine is issu
in a special Alaska supplement
early this year which will go to
travel agents throughout the
Uni led States and Canada. ,
The Alaska Development Board
has agreed to undertake the pre
liminary organizational work, and
if n aessary serve* secretariat
for the organization during the
early stages of its operation. A re
port outlining the need, obiec
tive£ and proposed functions of
such an association is being pre
pared by the Development Board
as a basis for discussion by inter
ested persons and organizations
throughout the Territory.
The Fire Department was called
out thi; noon to the residence of
i'-i]ly Bour.’louat on 1st Ave., just
beyond Mettier ’nay and back of
the Lomen Commercial Com
pany's quonset hu*s. The fire was
caused by a faulty oil stove and
much interior damage was d >ne.
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Father Joe Lauro of Harrison,
Arkansas—he was ‘‘Big Joe”
when he flew 35 missions for the
Army Air Force — today knows
what it is to live in pain — with
constant, unrelenting headaches.
But hidden pain and hidden
hurt haven’t stopped the 6 foot,
2 inch former pilot from his mis
sion of peace.
Because of his ability to over
come serious
handicaps
caused by
World War II
service and be
come self-sus
taining the
Disabled
American Vet
erans have se
lected Father ■■■■■■■■■
Lauro as “The Father Joe Lauro
Hero of the
Month."
The selection is part of a na
tional program to honor each
month a seriously disabled veter
an who has successfully rehabili
tated himself.
Joe Lauro, studying at De Paul
University in Chicago, answered
the call to arms even before the
United States entered World War
II. A full year before Pearl Har
, bor he enlisted in the Royal Air
Force and served under the Eng
lish flag for three years on a fly
ing bomber taking part in 68 op
erations over England and Africa.
For heroic flying missions he re
ceived medals at Buckingham Pal
ace from the King and Queen of
England. In 1945, Joe Lauro join
ed the American forces and took
part in 34 bomber operations.
He was hospitalized following
a crash landing and he also suf
fered flak injury.
The man who holds the Disting
uished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters—
in addition to the British awards
—became the first ex-G. I. to be
ordained into the priesthood.
Father Lauro is 38 years old
and was born in Chicago.
Today he is the Chaplain of the
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter No. 7 in Little Rock and
devoted to the cause of the dis
abled veteran.
Father Lauro’s creed? It’s sim
ply:
"I am here doing God’s work,
not because my pilot ability
brought us through combat, but
because God saw fit to hear our
Prayers and He was our First
ilot on all our missions. Those
bombing missions are over, now
the big mission of doing God’s
work on the Mission of Arkansas
are mine."
Eight Dead In
Crash Of l>-29
GREAT FALLS, Mont., ^P) —
Eight men were killed and seven
escaped when an air force B-29
bomber crashed shortly after tak
ing off from the air force base
here about 6:30 a.m. today.
The big four-engine plane,
which had been searching for a
missing B-36 in Queen Charlotte
Sound, plummeted to the prairie
about three miles southwest of the
local base from a low altitude. It
burned shortly after it hit one
side of U. S. highway 87, and car
eened over the road, the air force
information officers said.
SPOKANE, (TP)—A B-29 bomb
er that crashed near Great Falls,
Mont., early today was a search
plane from the Spokane Air Force
Base, Capt. K. D. McFarland said.
There were 15 crew members
aboard, the officer said.
McFarland, information officer
at the Spokane base, said the
plane was taking off from the
Great Falls field to resume search
for a B-36 bomber reported miss
ing yesterday.
The B-29 returned to Spokane
last night after searching most of
die day in the Queen Charlotte
Soun darea off the coast of Bri
tish Columbia. Weather condi
tions at its home field near Spo
kane- would not permit a landing
an d*he pilot went on to Great
Falls for the night.
McFarland identified the ship as
one from the 901h bomb Troup.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
POSTPONED
The Nome City Council, sched
uled to meet last evening in regu
lar session postponed their meet
ing until 7:00 Wednesday evening
of this week due to the fact that
their mcotin: night fell on a holi
day.
MISSIONARY COUNCIL MEETS
WITH REV. PAUL CARLSON
The Evangelical Missionary;
Covenant Missionary Council of
Alaska is holding its annual busi- i
ness meeting this week at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carl- I
son.
The missionaries present from j
the outlying villages are Rev. and ,
Mrs L. E. Ost, from Marshall and '
Council; Rev. Rodney North, 1
White Mountain; Louise Klassen,
Golovin; Rev. Emory Lindgron, ;
Olson and Arlene Anderson of
Unalaklect.
The missionaries ‘have express
ed their sincere thanks and appro- j
ciation to their host and hostess
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carlson as
well as the daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Ost (Mrs Earl Towner,
Mrs. A. Doyle and Mrs. W. Me-!
Ivor* for their gracious hospital
ity.
ROGER MENADELOOK. 38.
PASSES ON IN JUNEAU
Roger Menadelook, aged 3 , !
years, of Diomede Island, died on
February 10th at the ANS hospi
tal at Juneau of tuberculosis.
Roger Menadelook, one of th<
few natives of Diomede to receive
higher education, was among the
18 Eskimos who were interned
on Rig Diomede Island for >J
days in 1948 and practically star,
ed. This is considered a ‘contrib
uting factor" to his early dent1..
A daughter is also ill with T
at Mount Edgeeumbe and his wife
and two other children ere a>
j Diomede Island. His mother re
sides in Nome.
It is Alaskans such as these
who live within a few miles
the Soviets and who have known
what it is to be prisoners of Re
sia, who a<=k for the sccurt'”
closer military protection ’ban
th«' Air Force, for ‘‘ec ■ moire e rea
sons,” considers ncces •are.
A SMALL BURGLARY
DECATUR, Illinois, oP,—Some
time in the wee hours a wrglui
got into a place of business. He
must have been a little fellow. He
had to stand on a chair to reach
the top of a vending machine.
His loot was on the small side,
too. Just $1. The name of the es
tablishment is the Midget Inn.
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