VOL. 6
PALIffiR ALASKA AUGUST 20 1943 NO. 32.
N?W5;?HAT MAYAN USX A VAiLBY FAKM2K5
HEALTH SERVICE OFFICIALS VISIT,
PALMER AND MATANUSHA.HOSPITAL.
On Sunday, August 15, Doctors'
Hendrickson, Lindquist and Block,all
of whom arc connected with the U.S.
Public Health Service, visited the
Hospital on their first trip through
the Territory.
Dr. R.R. Hendrickson, the Tubercul
osis Clinician who came to the Hos
pital at Dr. Hoehn's request,r- ■■
checked over thw Tuberculous patient
carefully, expressing satisfaction
with the way they are being cared
for. He stated that our Hospital
has good Isolation technique for
this typo of patient..
Dr. Berneta Block,the Director of
Maternal and Child Welfare made
final orrtngements with the hospital
for the cere of service mens wives
and children as allowed by the new
U.S. law.
Dr. Paul A, Lindquest is Director
of Venera1 Disease Control for the
Territory.
During the afternoon the visiting
Doctors, Rose Guralnick and Dr.Hochn
were entertained-at Gol. Albrecht's ;
home on the hill.
The ability of the Health Depart- i
ment to get thewe men on their staff!
has been welcomed by the Physicians
of Alaska, ns a big step ahead in
Improveing the work of the department
Definate plan® are under way for a be
better control of the tuberculosis
in the Territory, and the hospital
looks rorv/nrd to these improved
conditions.
HEALTH SERVICE NOTE.
Any woman In the Territory, irresp
ective of legal residence, whoso
husband,(at the time of application)
is an enlisted man in the armed
forces of the II.S.A., in all branches
of the s rvice, will be elgible for
the medical and hospital maternity
services without cost to the family,
Simiroly, any infant, whose father
is an enlisted man, will be elginble
for medical, surgical and hospital
care, as provided under the rules
governing the program.
Consult the local Health Nurse, if
you desire to know more about this
program.
SHOULO S ll/DY-'
The July 31, Issue of the Grange
News for the State of Washington,
which speaks for over forty thousand
farmers In that state, and which Is
noted for Its conservative but prog
ressive policy, has several articles
on the farm problems of the farmers
in that state that probably affect
the farmers of the Matanuska Valley
just ns much as they do the farmers
down there, here are some;
R.M. Turner, Extension Economist
of the Wash. State College, predicts
that there will be 10$ less hay for
livestock feeding purposes,than last
year,or about 100.000 tons short,
although there is 5$ more stock.
The News says that Farm Leaders
blame the situation on ’’piecemeal”
attempts to regulate farm operations
and prices. No corn will be obtain
able in this section this year becau
Midwest farmers fed their corn to
hogs for a longer peroid 'than usual,
beccuse of adverse price conditions
Floods in the cornbelt caused a big
lo^s,olso this .year.
Dr. Prior, Secretary-Manager of th
Washington *>tnte Dairy Products Com
ission, declares that the situation
is very serious on account of the
lack of concentrated feeds for dairy
stock,” a 10/o loss of feed.dosent
mean ,a 10^6 loss, of milk, but ectualy
;from 20 to 30 % of milk production”
iHteproposes that an emergency move
be made to secure additional feed
from Argentenn or other sources.
‘A large National Cooperative fairy
Association, Board of Directors,
meeting in Chicago, blame the Govt,
for the impending milk shortage,
because” the Adminstration has allow
ed the prices of dairy products to
log behind other prices” and ” as a
result,the income of dairy people
is much'lower than certain.other
groups”.
Washington State Grange,Master ,
Henry Carstensen, writesn masterful
Editorial on the situation that is
pretty strong, but that seems to b
hitting a bullseye pretty squarely,
but finaly states thct/Nould rather
believe, thnt the situation was.ecus
by an unsound, bungling program, thr
was hastily constructed without proi
representation of agricultral intere