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Released by the Territorial De
partment of Health, Juneau,
Alaska.
"Leper At Large In Washing
ton.” Do you remember when
this headline of ten years ago ex- ;
cited a great hue and cry among
citizens of the capital? News of
the incident was relayed to all
parts of the country. Just one
leper loose in the city caused men
and women to guard their step?,1
keep their children off the streets,
and become panic-stricken.
Yet a far more dangerous pla-1
gue threatens national health and
you have heard but little about
it until recently. Syphilis is its
name although it masquerades
under many aliases. Here is a
ruthless disease that is no respec
tor of age, wealth, class or creed.
Its army of victims includes Tich
and poor, white and colored,
young and old.
■Osier, wisest of physicians of
modern times, called syphilis “the
great killer among diseases," and
most of our health officers agree
with that description. Other au
thorities have called it “the great
imitator” because of its ability to
attack virtually every organ of
the body, and its habit, of mas
querading as heart di.-ease. insan
ity, blindness, and many other af
flictions.
(But before going further with
this ominous«story it may be well
to mention some of its brighter
aspects. Syphilis is prventable and
it is curable. Thousands of infec
tions were prevented by the pro
phylaxis program of the U S.
Army back in those crowded
years of 1918 and 1919. Other
thousands are being cured cur
rently through prompt and con
tinued medical treatment admin
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istered'by good doctors in their
offices and in clinics. So the pic
ture is by no means hopeless even ,
though far worse than it should
be.
Labratory tests of the blood us
ually will dttect the presence of
syphilis. Physicians have avail
abe the medicine to provide a
cure. "Why, then,” you may ask,1
“has this plague been allowed to
become so widespread from year
to year until now it is said that
‘syphilization threatens civiliza
tion’?” The answer is simple. In
fact it is covered in three words—
prudery, fear and ignorance.
Down through the ages mankind
has assumed an attiutde of false
modesty in dealing with problems
which may be related in any way
to the sexual functions. Inasmuch
as most cases of syphilis are of
sexual origin, the disease has long
been subject to this age-old taboo.
Such other hazards as tubercul
osis, heart disease, cancer and the .
hke are discussed openly and
fought openly, but this greatest
menace too often has been con
i
sidered as a problem of morals;
rather than a specific public
health problem. People have been
afraid or ashamed to talk about
it; this despite the fact that thou
sands of co-called “innocent and
accidental infection occur annual
ly.
It is high time for intelligent,
progressive members of the public
to take a sane view of the situa
tion, not only in the interest of
the present army of victims, but
to protect their own health and
that of tiheir loved ones. In order
to do this the public must have’
accurate information regarding
this disease, where it originated,
how it is caught, how it may be
prevented and cured, where and
how treatment can be obtained,
how it all'ects the individaul and
the community, and what a tre
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mendous toll it exacts from soc
iety in terms of human suffering.
The public should realize, too.
the huge financial wastage in
volved in lost wages, medical
treatment, disable workers and in
stitutional care at hospitals, as
ylums and other havens where
society sends its unfortunates.
Further articles in this series
will deal with these various as
pects of public health’s leading
enemy.
Alliance Formed
(By The Associated Press)
ROME. July 17, — Formation
of a sweeping alliance between
the government controlled labor
organizations of Italy and Ger
many was announced today.
The pact signed by Tullio Cian
etti. president of the fascist con
federation of industrial workers
at Enobert Ley, later of the Ger
man labor front, was approved
by both governments.
The text of the aocord which
consisted of sixt articles, declar
ed it was not intended to “create
a new Internationale”.
Nevertheless the two labor
fronts agreed to consult each oth
er before taking international ac
tion. recognize labor organiza
tion- affiliated with each other,
and exchange information be
tween labor leaders and workers.
MONTECELLO, Monaco. July
17. —The principality of Monaco
elec.ed a new national council
headed by Louis Aureglia, may
or of Monaco and president of
the national liberty union.
Kederaled Umrt li
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Rev. Vincent C. Widney, Poster. |
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Church School 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship, 7:45.
Sermon topic: “The Church
that was Neither Hot nor Cold "
Native Service, 5 p.m.
Communion Service.
Dr. L. W. HINES, Anchorage
optometrist, who has been in
Nome for the past ten days, is
leaving here Friday morning by
plane for northern points.
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
Congress is casting about for
the best method to get more mon
ey out of the District of Colum
bia in the way of taxes. Now. the
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District of Columbia is a very
small part of the United States,
and not nearly so important as
some who live in that restricted
area think, yet what happens in
the District is likely to occur any
where. so far as taxing is con
cerned. Thus is becomes pertin-;
ent to remark that a sales tax has
appeared as a small cloud in the
sky, no larger than a man’s hand,
but visible nevertheless. The
White House is said to be opposed
to sales taxes, and that may be
the end of it. Yet the arguments
against that form of collecting
government funds are not partic
ularly cogent. A good way to
guage a person’s ability to pay
taxes is by his ability to buy.
To one not an expert along the
line under consideration it ap
pears as though it would be a
good idea to dispense with a doz
en or so of the taxes which are
hard to collect, and simply take
small peelings o(T the bank roll in
proportion to a purchaser's cap- .
acity to buy. That, however, does
not seem to be the notion of
those who are supposed to know
most about the matter, and so a
sales tax probably will remain
in the background as a possibility
but not as a strong probability.
Shakespeare asked what's in a
name. Not much, to be sure, but
odd names never will cease to
have their attraction. The latest
extmple comes from Chicago,
where Mrs. Drs has found her
way into the papers. Badger and
Fox used to do business in De
troit, and Daly and Knight closed
their Washington store a few
years ago. Perhaps the foregoing
might better have been kept out
of print. One can get by if he
raises a laugh over someone's pol
itics or religion, but making
i racks about the family name is
serious business.
The large scale steel strike has
attracted attention away from
similar demonstrations of smaller
proportions. A trip across the con
tinent will reveal a multitude of
minor strikes which never get
into the papers. No brief against
strikes is being written, but when
the cause of so many of them is
ascertained, it seems as though
that cause were totally inade
quate as a reason for tying up the
course of human events. History
has a long record of worthy act
.vities that passed out of use for
no other reason than that they
were run into the ground. When
a tired man finds that the elevator
is not operating, or one who has
not had a square meal for twelve
hours is admonished by a picket
that he has to walk a mile for
food, he is likely to inquire the
reason why, and to withdraw his
sympathy from strikes if the rea- :
son is not satisfactory.
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Congress continues its grind
and has nothing startling to re
port. A few weeks ago everyone
w ithin the capitol and without,!
was sure that the ship of state
would be headed for the rocks if;
the Supreme Court were over- j
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hauled, or equally certa.n that
like disaster was impending is it
were not. At present it looks as
though giving the court the works
is a matter that can be laid on the
shelf without involving the coun
trl in despair and ruin. Pro
bably both sides were unduly
anxious. The House has committ
ed itself to an investigation of
alleged tax dogmg and therefore
sooner or later, there will be
more money coming in As to the
ways by which it is going out the
President has turned his eye sea
ward and asks for an increased
appropriation for the merchant
marine. Statistics make dull read
ing but with 185 merchant vessels
launched by Britain in 1935, and
177 by Japan, the United States
trailing along with 14 a .-.mailer
number than Sweden built, it
seems as though the time had ar
rived when something should be
done.
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