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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-09
IN MEMORY

In memory of my mother,
Mary A. Mendenhall, who pass
ed away three years ago today,
June 9, 1946.
Some day we cope to meet her;
Some day we know not when,
To clasp her hand in that better
land,
Never to part again.
IDA N. BATES
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-09
I'll soon need NFZ


I'm a good, sturdy chick. I've got
egg production in my blood. Give
me good feed and care from now till
housing time and IN show you some
honest-to-goodness laying.
I'll need your help, though, to
protect me from coccidiosis, the
worst chick killer known. Other
wise I may be dead loss.
It's easy for you te stop coxy.
Just feed me NFZ, the new DR.. Hess
product q lb. to 100 lbs. of mash
for 4 or days.. NFZ contains
nitrofurazone, the amazing chemical
made from farm wasooA
NFZ is very active against coxy
germs, stops coxy without slowing
a chicks growth, and costs only
half as much as the sulfas commonly
used. Besides, you don't have the
bother of dosing at repeated inter
walls.
All in all, NFZ rates higher as a
coxy treatment than the sulfas.
Costs less than II a chick. Get
NFZ at
, 1949-02-04
Short Story Writer Comments
On Medical Situation

high mountain country of Wyom-
ing where / have a ranch. st.
Croix, however, had been recon-
mended to me as one of the best
possible climates for what was all
ing me 1t is. There is no doubt
about it. In this warm, soft, yet
refreshing air, laden with sea salt,
at once my nose and throat began
to improve, and / now feel that /
may possibly effect q permanent
cure. But at the same time some
thing alarming happened. / came
down with a severe attack Of asth-
ma about which / knew nothing.
st. Croix was not to blame. There
was no allergy involved. It is
pretty certain that the asthma !
have been suffering from, now
also greatly improved, was due to
a low-grade infection of long
standing, to wit bronchitis. Any
way, because of this attack !
learned abruptly, and somewhat
painfully, about medical condi-
tons on st. Croix of which / was
totally ignorant. I am glad I learn
ed, despite the pain of the process.
/ shall spread the news where
ever I go. I have known many
doctors in my life, and l have
been on the Board of Directors Of
several hospitals, and am still a
director of the small hospital in
my country which, although in a
lonely country with a thin and
scattered population, has the high
est rating of the American Medi-
cal Association.
st. Croix is lucky, and from
what I hear, st. Thomas is equally
so. At least, from personal ex-
perience, / know that ST. Croix
has as good doctors as can be
found anywhere, even in the great
cities of the mainland; thoroughly
experienced, highly trained, skill
full, and in touch with the latest
developments. Moreover, they are
.
interested in their patients and
exceptionally sympathetic, which
is not always the case even with
the most skilled physicians. The
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90 o4A NxA
Soldiers Home. Obviously the Da-
nish Government cherished a Sec
ret hope to be rid of these expen-
sive heroes speedily. Ihave never
seen any building so designed to
destroy quickly heart or respira-
tory cases.
But that's only the beginning.
The building meets with no mo-
dern sanitary requirements. It is
scrupulously clean, thanks to the
efforts of the staff, but it has
wooden floors, square instead of
round corners, and is inadequate
'ly screened, Also, bathing facili-
ties are poor and primitive. At
night, vagrant cock-roaches, the
only ones / have seen on the is
land, disport themselves, and an
occasional lizard; entertaining
enough to sleepless patients who
are fairly strong, but distressing
to the more nervous. Set against
the side of a further hill, the hos
pital is at times unbearably.
breathlessly hot, and it is extreme
ly noisy, due to its construction
and the close proximity of its out
door laundry, which is a very So
cial one.
But the two most absurd fea-
lures, ones that could be remedied
at once at very little cost are that
there is no electric bell system
and no adequate kitchen. If a pa
tient wishes a night-nurse, he or
she has to struggle out of bed, go
out on n of the numerous terra
ces and make noises until the
sound, mostly blown away by the
Trade Wind, attracts the attention
OF someone at a great distance.
One is reminded of the ghost of
Hamlet's father on the battle
ments of Elsinore. This might cas-
lily prove fatal under certain cir
cumstances. AS for myself, / need
ed adrenalin shots at unexpected
intervals, and I would lie debating
whether it wouldn't be easier Just
to die rather than to struggle out
to a terrace. Then I would remem-
Der that as a rule you don't die
from asthma. You just suffer.
At first / was puzzled by this
paradox; this gap between the ex-
cellence of your doctors and nurs-
es and the inadequacy of your
hospital, and then, / think l began
to perceive the reason for it. When.
I inquired the cost of a private
room, I was told two dollars q
day. That's nonsense. The cost Of
a private room in the average hos
pital today is twelve dollars lib,
with a charge for medicines. IN
hospital procedure there are three
things; free wards, semi-private
and private rooms, If you use one
I aE A. 1rkAA- .f-a- ZIS43. Fyast ..
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have already made them by far
the healthiest of the West Indian
Islands, an accomplishment that
looked at merely from the mater
ial point of view, will bring mil
lions of future dollars to st. Croix
and st. Thomas.
/ sometimes wonder how many
people, even the most intelligent,
stop to consider the cost of mod
ern medicine. No profession re-
quires such a long training. Now
a-days the average doctor cannot
begin to practice until he is past
thirty. Meanwhile his education
has cost him somewhere around
fifty thousand dollars. When he
begins to practice, no man has
greater expenses in the way of
office rent, equipment, trained as
sistance, and so on. Also, no other
profession gives so much of its
time and skill for Nottingham a
doctors practice is charity work
and no other profession, twenty
four hours a day, is so unselfish
and devoted in its work for the
community. A doctor has practi--
cally no private life.
/ have seen both bad doctors
and good doctors, and a commu-
nifty lucky enough to have good
doctors, should support them in
every possible way.
And now may / say a word
about your hospital, for / learned
about that too. / was hospitalized
for three days. My emotions are
mixed.
You have an excellent staff;
well-trained and devoted nurses
under a most capable Superinten-
dent of Nurses, Miss Tutien. I un-
derstand your operating room is
adequate, although l was fortu-
nate enough not to have to avail
myself Of that. AS for the rest of
1.-THE physical equipment-it is
SO paradoxical and absurd that I
am amazed that it is allowed to
continue a moment longer on an
island as advanced and inte1li-
gent as st. 'Croix. A hospital is not
a luxury, it is q necessity; a mat
ter of life or death. Physically
your hospital would be funny if
conditions were not so serious.
Physically, it is something straight
out of a Gilbert and Sullivan
opera. Or maybe Alice in Wonder
land. Whoever selected the pre-
sent building for hospital uses
must have been a peculiarly mad
Mad Halter.
In the first place it is on top of
a steep hill, only to be reached by
a dangerously fatiguing walk or
by means of an ambulance whose
interior resembles the results of a
H #@
, 1949-02-04
Hotel h Cay
Christiansted
January 20, 1949.
The st. Croix Avis
Christiasted .
st. Croix, v. I.
Dear Sirs:


Since coming to st. Croix a
month and a half ago / have had
an interesting experience, and I
feel that as a matter of common
gratitude l should write this let
ter, and that also it has a certain
public Importance. / have read
some editorials, and / heard some
comment that have both puzzled
and amazed me.
First, let me introduce myself.
! am a novelist, also a writer
of short stories and occasional art
ic1es. My novels and other books,
published by Charles Scribner's
Sons have sales both in England
and America, and my articles and
short stories appear in all the
Well-known American magazines
ranging from the Saturday Even
ng Post to the Saturday Review
of Literature. My wife is also a
novelist and at one time was Fic-
ton Editor of the Ladies Home
Journal. We have lived in many
parts of the United States and
Europe, and / know the West In
dies well, although until this win
ter / had visited st. Croix only
for a day, coming over from st.
Thomas fifteen years ago.
These photographed details
are necessary in order that ! may
present my credentials and fur
nish a background for what / have
to say.
My wife and ! came to st. Croix
for several reasons, the principal
one being that for three years or
so / have been bothered by chron-
ic bronchitis and a mild but
troublesome form of sinus, this
despite the fact that / live most
of the time in one of the health
lest countries in the world, the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
RUMMAGE SALE

Sat-, Aug. 27, g a.m., in Seward Bldg. next to Ludwig Nelsons, by Beta Sigma Phi. 82 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
MARK OF ZORRO
 ON TWO NIGHTS
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Daring adventure spectacular ac- tion and romance are put together for the big entertainment hit from the 20th Century-Fox treasure chest -"The Mark of Zorro" This excit- ing picture, which stars Tyrone Power in his most colorful role and Linda Darnell in the glamour de- paltment, opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre for a two-day run.
 With the mark of a jagged "Z," slashed by zorros gleaming sword, all the romance and thrills of Old California's most perilous days are Smblazoned on the screen in The Mark of Zorro" with the daring exploits of the night-riding, furious fighting bandit who struck terror to every heart.
 Against this exciting 3ackground is. set the secret romance between the famed marauder and the niece of his bitter enemy, portrayed by Linda Darnell.
 Considered one of Tyrone Powers greatest screen triumphs, the film, produced by Raymond Griffith and directed by Reuben Mamoulian. boasts an outstanding cast headed by Basil Rathbone, Gale Sonder- gaard, Eugene Palette and J. Ed ward Bromberg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
RUMMAGE SALE

Sat, Aug. 27, g am, in Seward Bldg. next to Ludwig Nelson's. by Beta Sigma Phi. 82 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
COOPERATIVE NURSERY
 PROGRAM IS OUTLINED

The Cooperative Nursery which opens on the thirG floor of the Governors house on September 6 offers pre-school children a we'll balanced, wen-organized program.
 From l to 2 o'clock, while the children are arriving, free play is allowed and the use of the many toys is up to the children hem selves. At 2, the children are quieted by music on the plono- graph and at this time certain days in the week they learn songs and dances. From 2:30-2:45 is rest per iod after which they get cleaned up for juice and cookies about 3. From 3:15 to o'clock the children sit at tacles and learn to do things with their hands; they paint, color model clay, cut, draw, sew, and do many other things while one mother talks and asks questions about the afternoons project. By 4, the children are ready for romp- ing again so they are given another half hour of free play before their final half-hour which consists of music and story telling. On good days. the children go outdoors both for play and some of their other activities.
 This program is ably planned by Mrs. Frank Stejer and Mrs. w. H. Harrington, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
EMERGENCY RUNS BY COAST GUARD CUTTER;
 ONE MAN IS MISSING

On supply run to Cape Spen- cer, Sentinel Island and Point Rc- treat light stations today is the CGC 83524 skippered by William Bentler.
 Last Sunday night an emergency run was made by the 83524 to Ser gius Narrows in Peril Strait with the fishing boat Roundout reported capsized. Upon arrival there, it was found the boat no longer needed assistance.
 The cutter was then ordered to Pinta Cove on the eastern side of Point Adolphus in Peril Strait with c. A. Mortinsen reported missing from his fishing boat 3l-A-905. The numbered fishing boat was found without Mortinsen aboard and brought back to Juneau Wednes- day night He is assumed to be lost. His boat was turned over to Gordon Gray, US. Commissioner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
ARC PLANS TO KEEP HIGHWAY OPEN FROM VALDEZ NEXT WINTER

The Alaska Road Commission is planning to attempt to keep the Richardson Highway from Valdez to its intersection with the Glenn Highway open throughout the com ing winter.
 This involves the clearing of snow from treacherous Thompson Pass, feat which has never before been attempted and which is considered quite experimental.
 The work, if successful, will per- init the use of Valdez as year round port with corresponding ad- vantages to shippers in interior Alaska Movements can be made from Valdez by this route through Gulkana and Tok to Fairbanks.
 Local contributions of $33,000 in cash are to be made to the Alaska Read Commission to help finance the work. Also, snow clearance equipment, labor and other direct contributions will be made by in- terested shippers.
 The work will start November l. After that date, traffic over this dangerous road between Valdez and Copper Center will be controlled by the Alaska Road Commission in order that advantage may be taken of favorable weather and the dan ger of loss of life minimized. The Alaska Road Commission will pro- vide inspection service, and only those vehicles believed capable of completing the hazardous journey without breakdowns or serious dan ger will be permitted on this part of the road.
 If the experiment proves success full, it may lead the way to regular use of this road the year round for movement of passengers and freight into the interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
A OUT, B IN ON
 PAN AM FLIGHTS

Pan American Airways flights carried 79 passengers yesterday with A outbound and 35 inbound Passengers included:
 From Seattle: O. Aber, Gertie Bergren. Fred Cliff, Lavona Colby Mary De Coteau, H. M. Howard Mrs. Daniel Ross, John Ross, Rachael Zerglis.
 From Fairbanks: R. c. Moller, w. H. Whitcomb, F. H. Jackson, Russell Apple, Adelink wamkon, s. G. MacPherson, Joseph Toney, Matthew Bean, George Wilson. John Fit, Julius Jessup, Johnson Peter son, Alan and Marion Hieronymus, H. L. Faulkner, Dorothy Krentz.
 From Whitehorse: M. R. Kauf- man, Marvin M. Church, Stanley Moy.
 From Annette. MT. and Mrs. E.. A. Meyring, Joan Meyring, Eileen Durkin.
 To Seattle: P. T. Bell, H. L. Dur kin, F. Cammen, D. Woodland, Ole Aadlund, Elmer Rice. Henry Morris. Andrew Hegg, Olaf Dahl, Lorey Stangland, James Biggers, Jack Mckay, John Hosse, Mrs. B. D. Bowen.
 Bob Druxman, A. G. Anderson, Capt. Svend Hansen, Mrs. s. Han sen, Paul Sauers, Emily Taylor, Norman Runstad Jr, R. L. Holland, L. H. Erickson, s. E. Thorp, Helen Bond, Mrs. James McClellen and family, Connisice Lieurance, Mild red Zabradeicek, Arthur Frye, Free Clark, John Mclaughlin, Morris Triggs.
 To Ketchikan: L. w. Metter, James L. Houston, MT. and Mrs. Anton Kosmoski.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
FISH LANDINGS

The second scow of trap-caught salmon from the Nick Beg Todd Cannery this week arrived this morning. An estimated 150,00O pounds of fish are to be landed this afternoon. A total of approximate ly 55O,O00 pounds of salmon have been landed from three other scows of the .cannery in the last week. They are frozen here for future canning because the cannery is swamped by the large catches.
 Landed this morning from the Dolores J. tOrin Addleman which arrived yesterday were 37,0O0 pounds of black cod.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
DR. CHALMERS ADDRESSES CLUB GROUP ON CARE OF |ALASkA'S MENTALLY ILL

The community's place in the care, understanding and adjustment of the mentally ill was the theme of Dr. Duncan Chalmers talk to Juneau Soroptimist Club members at luncheon on the Baranof Ter race today.
 Dr. Chalmers expressed belief that the community should share the responsibility of the mentally ill; that the mentally ill should not be separated iron, their communi- ties; that they should not be stig- matized as legally insane.
 Dr. Chalmers, who is director of communicable and preVentahle di- seases for the Territory of Alaska, declared his hope that community hospital and health facilities will be made available to the mentally dis turbed as they are to the tubercular or persons with other illnesses.
 More than anything, they need the understanding of the people of the community who should realize that many of the mentally ill have merely entered into a situation with which they are not mentally able to cope" Dr. Chalmers said.
 Dr. Florence Field, Dr. Chalmers assistant, told of the present regu- lations regarding commitment of the mentally i'll to custodial care, the procedure which requires com- plaint, jury trial and restraint by the US. MarshaIs office. Response among the clubwomen to her ex- planation of present treatment of the mentally ill was that the pro- cedure is "barbaric" and that changes-territorial and municipal should be made.
 President Alice Thorne, Mrs. Mildred Hermann and others look part in general discussion as to what the community could do under present laws to the mentally disturbed and interest indicated that the question may become a project of local Soroptimists.
 Another speaker was Mrs. H. w. Peterson, national deputy com- mander of the American Cancer Society, who told of the success of the Alaska cancer group under the leadership of Mrs Hermann.
 In charge of today's meeting was Mrs. Mernice Murphy, Soroptimist program chairman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS AUGUST 24, 1949. SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska until HOO AM. on Sep- tember T. 1949. and then publicly opened for furnishing the mater ials and performing the work for constructing Alaska Forest High way Project 7-D2, Bridge Repairs, Mitkof Highway, Tongass National Forest, First Judicial Division, Ter ritory of Alaska. The project 139 feet in length is located 10.8 miles south of the Town of Petersburg and consists of replacing the existing untreated timber deck of the Falls Creek bridge with Government -furn- ished treated timber. The item of work is as follows: Installing New Timber Deck and Railing on Falls Creek Bridge. All Req'd. Plans and specifications may be examined by prospective bidders at the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska; Bureau of Public Roads, POS Broad way-Oak Building, Portland. Ore- gon; Associated General Contractors of America, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, Washington; Asso- ciated General Contractors of Am erica, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon and Associated General Con- tractors of America, 304-306 Central Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Where copies of plans and specifications are requested deposit of 5000 will be required to insure their return. If these are not returned within IS days after opening of bids, the de- posit will be forfeited to the Govern ment. Checks should be made pay able to the Treasurer of the United States. Plans and specifications may be obtained at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, AL aska and Bureau of Public Roads, POS Broadway-Oak Building, Port land, Oregon. H. A. Stoddart, Divi- sion Engineer
 First publication, Aug. 26, 1949.
 Last publication, Aug. 29, 1949.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
R0z RUSSELL IN
 VEIvET T0UCH'
 AT CAPITOL

Murder on Broadway is the basis of Independent Artists production for RKO Radio, "The Velvet Touch" co-starring Rosalind Rus sell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor and Sydney Greenstreet, which opens a two-day run at the Capitol tonight. When Valerie Stanton, popular Broadway actress. learns that her producer is planning to ruin her forthcoming marriage and rlacken her reputaton unless she signs a new contract with him, she flies into a rage, hits him with statu- cite and kills him.
 Suspicion of the murder falls on another actress in the company, and Valerie's conscience begins to bother her. How this in turn leads to increasing tension and the grip ping climax is wildly told in the dramatic film which was produced by Frederick Brissun and directed by John Gage.
 Miss Russell enacts the role of Valerie and Miss Trevor that of the accused actress, with Genn as the man she hopes to marry and Greenstreet as a troublesome police officer. Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, Walter Kingsford and Dan Tobin are featured in the drama high lighted with sparkling humorous episodes dominated by Miss Rus sell in her efforts to taffle the law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
AnthonyJ. Dimonds
 T0Arrive Tomorrow

Judge and Mrs Anthony J. Di- mond are expected from Anchorage tomorrow, on their first visit here in several years. They will be at the Baranof Hotel until Wednesday, and are looking forward to seeing their son, John H. Dimond, Assist ant Attorney General, and Mrs. Di- mond 1Roberta Dooley), as well as Juneau friends. The John Dimonds moved here from Anchorage last spring.
 Judge Dimond will attend next weeks meetings of the Statehood Committee of which, as the imme- diate past Alaska Delegate, he is an ex-officio member.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
(HILk00T RE(E|vER'S
 DISMISSAL REQUESTED

R. E. Robertson, counsel for the defense in the Port Chilkoot case, this morning requested that the court dismiss the receiver appoint ed to manage the Port Chilkoot properties during the trial.
 Col. Otto F. Ohlson was ap- pointed receiver by Judge George w. Folta's court April 5.
 The advisory jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
Tonight and Saturday

She had killed in self-defense of love! How long could she de- ceive the other woman who hated her and the silent man who hunted her?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-26
HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday were Peter Schneider, Sr., Bill Sokieff and George Quin- to.
 Discharged from St. Ann's were Mrs. Charles Whyte, Mrs. Mary Doogan and Frank Mechem.
 Mabel Stoltz was discharged from the Government Hospital.