MBS. WILSON TELLS
ABOUT ALASKA WORK
OF CANCER SOCIETY
IT IS LA7FR THAN YOU
THINK* Such the inform*,
t.on given irtTb« :i c! the Ht&Jii
C<»um il last ThuixUy night mh«.r
K»th«r>n Wil«..n ipoke
about thf work O' m in Al*»ki
bv the American Cancer Sent;/
of vhich rhe i« education chair
man for this area
En pheM/ir.g the fact that tht
life of a cancer victim u in th«
hands of the first physician wh
net h:m. the rc-ciety and th<
Alaska Dc partrr.t n» of Healt!
have as their joint project ycarh
fellowship* fiver, ten doctors fo
a short course on diagnosis anc
treatment of cancer conducted b?
the University of Ortpon Medica
School The society hops =. Mr
Wilaon said, to extend this pro
pram to dentists as it relates ti
oral cancer.
Cancer clinics have been htl<
by the American Cancer Socie’;
in Ketchikan Juneau. Anchorag'
and Fairbanks. More than 100 pa
tient> were referred for tiiagno-i
n the two Southeastern Ala-k
rlmics and the physicians took ud
vantage of the opportunities <>f
fered to observe advanced tech
mques in diagnosis, tieatmcnl
and surgery. In Anchorage an
Fairbanks the response was les
encouraging even though trans
portation and per diem were of
fered to physicians in outlyim
communities. No patients were r
fe-rred to these clinics.
Other help has been given b;
the society in the- form of servici
to patients, dressing and sic!
room supplies, and X-ray treat
ments . for needy patients. Tie
society would like to have a ser
vice committee to survey th'
needs of cancer patients in eacl
vome community.
Does smoking increase th'
chances of cancer developing
That is a question underlying i
10-year study now in progress
Interest in this possibility is sti
rr.ulated by the fact that cancer o
the lung is on the increase, Mr?
Wilson said. Early discovery j
this form of cancer would be re
alizea if more people r.ad X-rav
for TB. These chest X-rays ar<
lust as valuable for the discover:
of early cancer, but unfortunate!"
the majority of them are taken j
the younger age group. Cancer 1:
more prevalent in the above
age group.
The local cancer education com
mittee. consisting of Mrs- Howarc
Estelle. Mrs. Stan Laird, an:
Mrs. Wilson, is hoping to get in
formation regarding cancer tc
everyone in the \ alley. Litera
ture is supplied at six public
places throughout the city, anc
the committee will try to obtair
films for any group interested il
sufficient time is given to sene
for them.
Sorority tnjoys
Talk by Hair Stylist
Mrs. Wanda Dsggs. hair stylis'
A the Valley Beauty Shop, il
lustrated the arts and practices o
hair styling at the regular meet
ng of Theta chapter, Beta Sigm:
Phi February 18. Using Helei
Crites as her model, the demon
stration showed advantages o:
hair styling in accordance wbi
facial contours.
Introduced to the group b>
Mary Lou Johns, who was m
charge of the cultural prograi.
for the evening, Mrs Daggs sug
gestions and well presented dem
onstration was enthusiastically,
received by the sorority members
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ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
foil banks Unaware
Of Norcotics Problem
Among School Children
Ht \«»i button* <*n P G Gnu
statement* to the Palmer Ki
..(•m* Chit) that n»iv *,«* had h»
iuito a prnblcfll »*•»( njt M hw
,-hildren in Fwrbank* and An
rhotiiCi h«vt been ti«rd in Fan
bank* this nu-nih and the con
eemu- of an arottM d (ommuniM
opinion is that Grnrt infornia
turn is at bast questionable
Hubert Gilbert, assistant attor
ney. said he- knew of no srhou
, children in Fairbanks who an
, addicts and questioned the mu: i
, if Greer's information
(' At the Parent-Teacher Associa
. lion meeting February II. a goex
. share of the discussion was devot
I ed to thi controve rsy Not a par
. ent. principal, teacher, nor any o
I the several high school student
called into the n es ting hack ob
served any indication of narcotic
, usc- among school children.
Dr. James Ryan- superintended
I of Fairbanks schools, also won
. Jdered where Greer had receive!
his information. He ‘aid thu
.Greer never talked to him or any
^ione else at the school.
J "It could happen that v.e an
. j tooled", the superintendent said
. "Sometimes people who deal 11
.! narcotics are deucedlv clever, bu
I no one could find any clue of an;
j sort that would lead to the belie
; that narcotics are being used."
It was geserally agreed that th
. charge could be possible but hard
; ly probable. The P-TA decided t
. remain on its toes for any possi
bilities that might arise. Plan
• were made to secure an educa
. tional film on the use of narcotic.
■ that will be shown later to th
. school children
. INGALLS RETURN
. TO HOMER FOR FIRST
i VISIT IN 10 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ingalls drovt
• to Homer Thursday for their firs
> trip to the Kenai Peninsula cit;
i since they left there in 1941.
They noticed many change:
■ since Mr. Ingalls’ tour of duP
l as a school teacher there fron
. 1936-41.
1 "There's a town There now
■ where there wasn’t one when vvi
> left.” he said.
Although the Ingalls came bad
■ to Palmer Monday, they sav
'! many Anchorage and even somt
'jPalmer people during their shor'
visit. Among those from Palmei
• were U. S. Marshal and Mrs
Walter Huntley. The Ingalls alsc
saw many old friends in Horner.
Health Council
To Sponsor
Blood Typing Clinic
Tli<* M*tanu»kt Vail* v Health
Council will .n-M'i a b!<» >d typ
ing program this *ptmg it w*
decided at the regular nintin
held Thursday night
'■ Th< date will br announml ;«f
ter arrang* mint* have been mad*
with Frank Pauls. assistant din***
tor of laboratories- Alaska D»p«Tf*
I mint of Health Ifr will do the
blood typing at the local Health
Ct nU r
This blood typing program will
. .br thr ec-cond *»nr held in th»
{Valley open to the general public
iTwo and one half yean* ago r
‘ jdmilar program w*n« sponsored
[ by the Kiwams Club followin
ithe plea of Dr. C. C Bailey. Ap
proximateiy 500 were typed ji
‘(that time. La-t year school child
Iren were typed on the* writter
l.consent of their parents.
Blood type- identification tag:
' for most of the adults who par
■ jtic lpated in the 1049 progran
‘ have be« n available for the pa?'
‘few months at the Health Center
‘ The co.'t is only 15 cents to covci
|the- cost of the chain. Healt)
''Council volunteers have type*
1 the tags in Anchorage. To date
according to Public Health Nurst
1 Marjorie Myren. few people haw
j called to claim their tags. Never
* theless. the volunteers will con
tinue the laborious task of typing
’itU metal tags until everyone ■*
ithe Valley who has been typec
! will have one.
There will also be another BCG
clinic this spring. Miss Myren an
nounced. Last year over a thous
and persons were tuberculin test
ed in the first Valley BCG clinic
approximately 800 negative reac
tors were given BCG vaccinations
; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sager anc
.son Corby of Northway, were
house guests of the Martin Ol
sons of Wasilla during the week
| The Sagers were in the Val
ley visiting friends and attending
1 to business for their Riverside
Lodge at Mile 1283 on the Alas
' ka Highway. _
Listen To—
"This Is Your FBI"
Every Friday 7:30 p.m.
Station KENI
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States
John J. O'Shea. Representative
Box 906, Ph. 47482, Anchorage
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J. VIC BROWN & SONS
'‘The Alaskan Jevjelers"
523 Fourth Ave., Anchorage
Phone 22051
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WATCHES DIAMONDS
SILVER NUGGET AND JADE JEWELRY
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders
Serving Alaskans for 35 years—ask any old-timer
43rd Army Bond
Baritone Makes "Hit"
At Concert Sunday
A « • p.o ..l \ t'Jy »mali (row
•I ,.t> ISO pt t > n« wen ( nt«;
tamed by a vti > unusual ban
connTt when the 4.lid Arm;
B«nd p: < m nt< tl a h* -pital b» nr-fi
performance under thr auspice
•f thr1 there l«ical mUitary intelli
t« nee units. «»f the Alaska Organ
in d Military Reserve
Although the band itja.lt was ai
.mutually good on*', the audiene
was particularly excited about it
star baritone vocalist. Dick Krau
a last year's Arthur Godfrey v.in
ncr Again and again he was cal
led to render such varied scire
tions as “Wonderin' ”, “Jive I
Really Jumpin' Down at Carnegi
Hall". “Git Ready for the Judg
men! Day ", and "Ole Men River.
Outstanding numbi rs from t'n
band included their rendition o
a German band, and a colleg
, medley number, The graciou
bandleader. CWO William F
Splichael. let the audience in o
the composition of his prograr
after affording a fair sample c
■ marches, dance tunes, sc-mi-claj
i deal and vocal numbers. He ex
impressed the band’s willingness t
I come and play for the Palme
I audience again
“You've been a very fine aud
lence", he said.
During a short intermissior
Col William Mahoney. Senior Ar
my Instructor for Alaska explain
ed the organization of Alaska’s si:
Organized Military Reserve unit
and the advantages of enlistmen
in these units.
A bowl placed at the door fo
voluntary contributions to th
hospital fund vielded a total o
568.77.
A A >AAA;VWAA AAAAAAAAAA.
Return from Outside
A nun be •>! i«*»1 travi'l« i *
retutned 1 «m Outwdt n
!h< p.ist ft w J.n. i ,th-« n««»
I tanking from .» ft \» w<< k» to a
fi v* month* Most «•! i ,ch w» i
I vt: \ klad to get bark
la o Lui a*, lot a] big-game guide
retutm d hot week H*s fu-1 ti p
I Out-ide in It year* It ft Lucas a
. bit dubious .<t> >ut « m i wanting
to go bark there,
T«»<* many people hr sai.i
Tin y live in such a hurried man
ner that they don’t seem to oe
' able to t njoy living—not with the
-• real feeling of freedom that we
*, enjoy up here.”
* Making visits to Denver Colo
rado. Utah. and Idaho. Lucas re
ported that he had made som*
' good contacts for hunting parties
s for the coming M-a-on,
Others v.ho have returned r»*
• centlv include Mr. ar.d Mrs. Tom
Day. who returned two weeks ago
j after nearly two month;- of vaca
tioning in California and Oregon:
Mrs Maurinc Collins of the Fron
' tier Cafe, who got back three
' weeks ago: the Jack Zamowski
family, returned the week before
t last from Michig.in: Mr. and Mi
D. McKechnie, after a vacation* in
Mexico: and Mrs. Gladys Dawson,
who got back two weeks ago aft
er going Outside f->r medical
treatment. Mr. and Mrs. oBb May
| returned last week after an ab
sence of a couple of months. Mrs.
May returned to her job at the
L bank Monday She visited with
' her family on the West Coast
" while husband Bob gallivanted
c off East on Bureau of Mines busi
s ness connected with the continu
1 ation of coal drilling operations in
the Valley this year.
COFFEY INSURES
f EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
ENJOYS PARTY
F > .)!’• n ‘>>n 1 li' w uiv
M’honl, ?t • b>«\V Junto: c la** v:
the Cf «i * ' C’hnM uirivp
t nrri.f* ,t the Oltu>n home ir.
W*»tlla over" foi a few
hour? Pr»-*nt •«> 'njt'\ the part'
were Walls Teelund |>«n Caitej
Jtirtn>> IMburn, Sharon and J<*
Heeken*t« in Skippy Cu(Un Ton
Mazy Gar> and Gilbert ltjellen
and fi ner ..nd W ,_\n« Mi Donato
COrrEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER
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OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ACCOUNTING FORMS
OFFICE SUPPLIES
Everything
for the Office
Expert Office
Machine Repairs
COMMERCIAL
STATIONERS
Reed Bldg., Opp. Federal Bldg.
Dial 30519—Anchorage. Alaska
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V k V V A V A A A A A A V V AAA VA V A.
A STATEMENT TO OUR FRIENDS
THE CITIZENS OE AUASKA
By AIR TRAN IO.T AS OCI *.Tr.S
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We receive so many calls every day from
the traveling public- wanting to know how
we are “progressing in the fight to provide
economical transportation for everybody'1
that we have decided to issue this statement
to the citizens of Alaska:
As you know, it was ATA that pioneered
C-46 air transportation between the States
and Alaska. After conclusive tests we de
cided that the C-46 — the Curtis Commando
— was the ship tor economical air freight
and low cost passenger trade between the
S',ales and Alaska. We started using these
ships. That was five years ago.
Streamlined Operations
So successful have the C-46s been in the
Alaskan trade, and so streamlined have
% been the operations of ATA, that we became
the envy of numerous scheduled carriers-.
From the beginning — even unto day — our
type of efficient cpeiation has resulted in
the lowest cost air freight and the most
economical passenger transportation be
tween the States and Alaska.
We opened up a new field of passe nger
travel and air cargo. On a demand basis,
the business of ATA grew by leaps and
bounds. It was conclusively established by
the investigations of the U.S. Senate Small
Business Committee that the low cost non
schedule operations of ATA did not take
traffic from the subsidized scheduled car
riers.
Complied with Every Regulation
Our company complied with every regu
lation and order of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. Our maintenance and rou
tine were as perfect and thorough as that of
the most rigid scheduled carrier. Yet the
CAB started a program of economic regula
tion harassment which finally resulted in
our appealing to the Federal Court of Ap
peals in Washington. D.C., for the right to
stay in business — to serve the low-cost
Alaskan passenger and air freight trade.
The Federal Court sustained ATA in most
of its contention in its reply to the charges
of the CAB. ATA was ordered by the Court
to prepare its case for hearing, and rules
were set down whereby ATA might stay in
business and serve the public pending the
hearing and the decision.
CAB Dealt ATA Anotke '’.low
However, belore the ease co. d be heard,
the CAB dealt ATA another blow. It slapped
down an order cutting the gross weight of
the C-46. when carrying passengers, from
48.000 pounds to 45.000 pounds. The edict
became effective on 48 hours notice, and
took most of the profit out of our operations.
This older was issued in spite of the fact
that a thorough investigation by the CAA
of the C-46 over the past five years has sus
tained the take-off and landing gross weight
of the C-46 at 48.000 pounds. The investi
gation showed the C-46 to be an exceptional
carrier, and the 48.000-pound gross weight,
with passengers, to in no way endanger the
lives of passengers and crew..
The citizens of Alaska can come to only
one conclusion — The CAB will go to any
length to kill off low cost freight and pas
senger transportation supplied by ATA and
other n^n-scheduled carriers.
Are We in Business?
Yes. we are in business. And we are going
to continue fighting like the very devil to
stay in business. We are still bringing into
Alaska a very large volume of the perish
able foods vou eat and we are carrying the
bulk of tfie low-cost passenger business in
and out of Alaska.
Our Thanks to You
All of us in ATA want to thank you for
the wonderful support >ou have given to us
in our fight to serve Alaska and to help in
the development of the Territory.
We are in there pitching for i; >-in<. s and
we aim to stay in business.
When our case comes up in the U.S. Court
of Appeals in Washington, D C . we sin
cerely believe that this high tribunal will
uphold our right under the American flag
to stay in business, to make an honest living
and to perform a much-needed public serv
ice.
When you see a sleek C-46 with a big
ATA on its tail heading north or heading
south, you’ll know that we are doing our
level best to give Alaska the best in low
cost air freight and passenger service.
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ANCHORAGE FAIRBANKS JUNEAU SEATTLE