Vol. 5
No. 38
Palmer. Alaeka - Soptombor 25» 1942
John Dempsey suffered
three broken ribs and severe
bruise# in an accident at
Independence mines. He was
brought to Matanuska Valley
hospital Monday morning. He
i# recovering nicely.
u,
There are now nine pa
tients at the hospital. Dr.
^Hpahn-receivod a telegram
yesterday from tho nurses
saying that thoy were cn
route to Palmer.
In the meanwhile, remodel
ing and redecorating go on
in odd moments, throe men
assisting the doctor.
In an interview with Dr.
Hochn, he saidi "Wo are oa
ger to put the Matanuska Val
ley hospital on the samo
standards as other denomina
tional hospitals in the
States and proof of thoir
standards can be seen in the
fact that a Seventh Day Ad
ventist hospital has v/on tho
National Hospital Day award
for the pa3t four years.
The nurses v/ho are on the
way are all well trained and
are duly registered nurses
from Grade A nursing schools,
Dr. Hoehn vrtmts to calm
tho foars of those who are
afraid that thoy will have
to cut "Adventist food" or
"Adventist religion" while
the hospital. Ho states
that people may have moat,
coffee, other things they
v/i3h so long as it is not to
thoir physical hurt,"Wo have
no difficulty with religion
in our hospitals,"tho doctor
stated,"because a man's ro
ligion or lack of it is his
own business and we don't
a1
try to shove our own down
anyone's throat. We havo
many friends and patients
who aro ministers of many
denominations.
"Wc are here to do medi
cal work and will do the
best work we can under those
war conditions. Wo may be
called to the Modical corps
and we'll bo glad to go if
needed. Until then we shall
serve this community to the
In one of the lightest
votes cast in Alaska in sev
eral yoars, the Democratic
oarty seems to have mado a
clean swoop again.
In the first division as
tho latest returns came in,
all members of tho House and
Senate wore Democrats. Sur
prise upoot in that Division
was thd olection of A.P.Walk
or to tho Sonato. This sur
priso carac in tho primaries,
howovor, whon Walker dofeat
" od Allen Shattuck by a mero
13 votes.
In tho Second Division,
while tho returns aro meager
they indicate a definite Dom
ocratic victory with tho poe
■ sible exception of tho seat
in the Senate which is a nip
and tuck fight botweon Howari
Lyng and tho Republican Stan1
groom. Last report put Lyn(
35 votes too fow.
In tho Third, our own Di
vision, it looks liko Kehoc,
Stanley McCutcheon, Harvoy
Smith and William Sgan in the
Houso in tho ordor named.The
Sonato seat goes unopposed tc
H.H.McCutcheon. Sarly re
turns indicated Aimer J.
Poterson as fourth man.
Fourth Division returns
aro not all in but it looks
Democratic.
Anthony J. Dimond for Del
egate, Oscar Olson for Treas
urer, Waltor Sharpe for Labor
Commissioner, wore all rcol
ectod.
DGSl 01 our E-DlAlXy.
"We were asked to come to
Palmer bocause wo huvo facil:
tios for getting trainod hel]
to run this hospital, which
is something hard to find
those days. Wo gavo up a
good deal to come hero and
help and v/o did so willingly
and wo can do the job if wo
got the cooperation of tho
community,"
In Fairbanks, Dr, Hoohn
wus president of tho Hoclth
Council, prosidont of tho
Arctic club and vico-prosi
dont of tho Alaska Scionco
Society - also loader of the
Joldon Hoart 4-H garden club.
The Board of Directors
state that tho date for
tho special membership
meeting will bo announced
as soon as kr. Donahue,
the Association's attorney,
can clear up the legal
technicalities involved.
Ed Holland, who has a
mine above the Fern mine,
’ was caught in a slide at
’his mine Thursday and was
not able to reach the Mat
anuska Valley hospital un
til Friday. He suffered
broken ribs and pneumonia
developed because of the
^ long exposure.
■ Because of the heavy
rains, roads are washed
out in all directions from
l tho Valley. Traffic has
■been resumed between Palmer
; and Anchorage and Palmer
and Butte but from Sunday
until Tuesday no passage
was possible.
So much of the track of
The Alaska Railroad was
washed out betwaen Loose
Creek and premier that it
is estimated that at lpast
two month's of work will be
required before trains can
run again.
Where the Susitna and
tho Chulitna rivers join
near Talkeetna, Nagley's
store is said to have had
two feet of water in it.
Almost all the people in
that section had to move
to Sunriso Sunday and Mon
day.
, Victor Falk, Jr,, and
Melvin Bechtel loft this
morning to take a plane at
Anchorage for Fairbanks,the
first leg of their journey
to Seattle where they will
attend the University of
Washington this winter.
John Witt sold his car
last Saturday to Frank Bruck
bauor, Jr.
More rain today indicates
more washouts tomorrow.