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Vol. 15
Palmer, Alaska
January 11, 1952
No. 2
POLIO Al D FUND
CHECK ARRIVES
JUNEAU-- Extending pol
io epidemic aid funds
to Alaska in 1952, a
check was received in
Juneau, January 3 from
the National Founda
tion for Infantile Par
alysis headquarters in
New York, according to
Mrs. Marguerite Dudley,
chairman of the South
western Alaska NFIF
Chapter.
The check was sent to
Mrs. Dudley who turned
it over to the Alaska
Department of Health
through whose fapili -
ties the polio aid pro
gram is administered.
mis apiaenic aia
appropriation makes it
possible to employ a
nurse physical thera
pist for aid of polio
myelitis victims of
the 1950 afl^. 1991 out
breaks of the disease
in the territory," Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht, Com
missioner of Health,
explained.
He said that through
the polio aid program,
Alaska's three NFIF
chapters assist finan
cially in hospitaliza
tion and transportation
costs of polio victims
in their areas. Fifty
percent of the annual
March of Dimes receipts
remain in each chapterb
treasury for use local
ly for such purposes.
The fifty percent which
goes to NFIP national
headquarters is avail
able for appropriation
.back to Alaska in e
vent of epidemics or
other need-, it was ex
plained.
The annual March of
Dimes began this year
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FIELD TRAINING C/HMP
STARTS JANUARY /Jth.
JUNEAU—The Alaska Nat
ional Guard, is under
taking its third v/in- j
ter field training camp!
at Fort Richardson, A- |
laska with the 1st and ;
2nd Scout Battalion pari
ticipating during the {
13th to the 27th of
January 1952* Eskimo
troops make up the maj-!
ority of personnel as- I
signed to the two
scout battalions. For t
tncir iicxa training,
camp all troops will tc
moved from their isola
ted villages in the
Soward Ponninsula, Ber
ing Sea and Kuskokwim
areas by bush plane arid]
don; team to Nome, Beth-'
el and Unalaklcct,where'
they will again be
moved by the Alaska Air'
Command to Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska. Nat
ional Guard Personnel I
from the Island of St. ;
Paul in the Pribilof
will also attend this
camp. The1'' v/ill fly by
charter aircraft direct
to Ft. Richardson.
Guardsmen from the Sow
ard Pcnninsula v/ill
come from the villages
of Elim, White Mountain
Keyuk, Shaktolik, Tell
er and Wales which is
the outermost village
on the Western tip of
the Seward Fenninsula. I
facing Northern Siber- !
ia across the Bering j
Strait. The remainder j
of the Guardsmen v/ill
come from areas sur*
rounding Unalakloct
and Bethel, Alaska.
AN Of r< SONS L'.AVE
Long time Valley res
idents, Merle and Doro
continued on page J
TCA CONTROLS
QUACKGRASS
Quackgrass can be ef
fectively controlled by
appropriate treatments
with TCA (93 percent
rrichloracctic acid),
according to experiment
al results obtained at
the Matanuska Experiment
Station noar tnlmer dur
ing 19^3 and 1951.
Flowing and/or discing
cf quackgrass areas be
fore treatment with TCA
considerably increases
the effectiveness of the
weed killer. Ninoty
percent TCA applied late
in May or in June at the
rate cf fifty pounds or
nore per acre has result
2d in complete control
ef quackgrass when the
treatment was preceded
ey tillage. Diroct ap
plication to tho soil
Ls more effective than
application to the grass
stems or foliage. Since
PC A has a residual ef
fect on tho soil, plant
Lngs should not be made
in the treated area un
til several months after
thr TCA has bc^n applied.
Jnder Alaskan conditions
this essentially moans
not until the following
growing season. ’.There
vind orosion is a prob
lem during the winter
nonths, a cover crop of
?ye may be established
luring tho latter part
if tho fall rainy season.
Treatment of patches
Df quackgrass or spot
application with TCA has
i definito place in cen
:rolling one of Alaska's
nost prevalent noxious
veeds. Care should bo
jxerciscd whon applying
PC A not to spray or ap
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