The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1941, Page 8

Bottlod in Bord W Hidhicy o v a classified ad in rm-x-, s Vast Volunfeer Group Now Gathering Forces for Needed Services | The Red Cross is now engaged in a vast program to aid in the national defense of the country, according to | John Newmarker, local Chairman, who states that its activities should be of interest to every man, woman | and child in the country. | “In the tremendous job of pre- paring our national defense in a period, the most dangerous in the | history of mankind, the American Red Cross has an indispensable”| place,” he says “I say indispensable because the | Red Cross is the efficient means by | which the voluntary spirit of serv- | 1 First (72) 1n QUALITY Ehorce American At your favorite tavern and package store. ice of our country can be organized and put to work where it will do the most good by countless services which cannot be taken care of in any other way | “One Red Cross service, intimate- ly concerned with national defense, has, no doubt, the greatest interest | for everybody at the moment | | | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 17 Say Reds Run New York Jobs I | Affie Hammond (left), investigator for the New York City welfare | department, testified in Supreme Court that Communists maintain a | spy system in the department to keep an eye on employes antagonistic to the Reds. She was a witness for Doris Stahl (right), who claims ~he was fired after refusing to join the Communists aad is suing for | of pay for similar classifications “This nation-wide activity, known as the Military and Naval Welfare service, is an assurance to every en- listed man in the Army, Navy, Ma- rine Corps and Coast Guard, and to his family, that a real friend is at hand, in camp and at home, ready problems arise which fall the scope of military responsibility. “Let me give you a typical ex- ample: Through Selective Service a boy enters the Army and is sent for training to a post hundreds of miles from home. He has been in only a short time, and is doing very well, when word comes that his mother is seriously ill at home, requiring expert medical care. The father relatives all seem helpless for one reason or another, and the boy is so | notified by the family. “In this distressing circumstance, the young soldier is worried to dis- J traction. 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He fiads the Field Director understanding, and wise, and will- ing to do everything possible to be of assistance. Through Red Cross | National Headquarters, and the Red Cross Chapter in the home town, the |Field Director verifies the facts of | the case, as related, and puts the |wheels in motion which result in proper medical care being provided for the mother on favorable ;md‘ possible terms, “The result, obvionslv, is the sav- ing of the heaith, and perhaps the | life, of the mother, and the end of | the young soldier's oppressive worry “This is just one instance of a| rather simple problem which comes | up in hundreds and hundreds of cases at Army posts and Naval sta- | tions throughout the country. he | |Red Cross—through its Field Dire {tor at the camp, National Head- quarters, and the home town chapte: quietly solves these problems with | friendliness and despatch \ “But that is only one phase of [Rd Cross Military and Naval Wel- fare Service. Another activity of 'mun]_ or greater, importance, is the | | hospital medical ‘social service and | | recreation program. A soldier, sailor |or marine may fall ill and be iaken |to a military hospital. And it 1 be discoveerd that something is re- | |tarding his recovery - something |that is personal, that has nothing to do with the ailment. | “Cooperating closely with the doc- tors, the Red Cross Medical Social |Service Workers talks to the boy, |8ains his confidence, and, if neces- |sary, puts the machinery in motion, !just as described in the other case in order to help to solve the diffi- culty. “Functioning likewise in the mili- v hospitals, are the Red Cross re- | creational volunteers, popularly known as Gray Ladi who are (trained in the delicate art of hel |ng the men toward faster recove: through games and other forms of wholesoine recreation, through w ing Jetters ‘and in many other ways. “And let this be understood also: | {The. Army or Navy nurse attending | |the boy is more than likely a Rr»d Cross nurse, selected by the milita: authorities from the Red Cross Nursing Reserve. And the technician in the laboratory, who analyzes sam- ples of his blood and performs other | extremely valuable laboratory jobs, | was probably obtained by the Army | or Navy from the Red Cross Reserve | of Medical Technologis i > \ { The Daily Alaska Empire has the | largest pauid circulation of any Al aska newspaper, | Diving - (newed his | fice. He welfare worker. WHO IS WHO IN ALASKA LEGISLATURE S Frank H. Whaley Frank H. Whaley, of Nome.| Democratic Representative from | the Second Division, was born August 6, 1906, in Davis, West Vir- iinia, where his [ather was in ke lumber business. His school- ng was received in various east- rn states where the family re- sided and at the Naval Prepara- tory School in San Diego, Cal. Whaley then attended a [lying ichool in Chicago and acted as fly- ing instructor there for three y S, leaving for Seattle where he oper- ate flying school and charter service at Boeing field in partner- 1ip with Harry Nelson, his me- hanic. i There, in addition to many un- usual experiences, Whaley instruct- od the first Japanese and the first Filipino who received commumercial es in the United States. was married to Miss Neva Brownfield in 1931, They have one son, Brewnie, eight years old. Botn he and Mrs. Whaley swam in com- petition for the Washington Ath- letic Club, Mrs. Whaley formerly was Pacific Northwest Woman's Champion. Whaley came to Alaska in 1935 and with Harry Nelson operated a flying service out of Nome. Locat- good placer ground in the the partners soon gave to spend ock up their flying business the open season with their hy- draulic ouifit. Whaley has kept up on his flying by piloting for Nome airlines during the winter season. He recently took additional instru- ment flying in the States and re- instructor’s license. This is Whaley's lirst public of- has been active in Com- munity Affairs in Nome and is a director of the Alaska Miners' As- sociaticn. - HIRST T0 REMAIN LONGER IN CAPITAL Claude E. Hirst, General Super- intendent of the Office of Indian Affairs in Alaska, expected home short has been detained by Department confer- ences in Washington, D. C., accord- ing to word received here today. Mr. Hirst expects to leave about | March 29 for his quarters. Time Out From the War who had been! | Merrill (Red) Mueller, youthful London correspondent, home on vaca- tion from covering the Battle of Britain, steps out dancing with Miss Jane Waring at New York’s Waldorf- . Prior to taking up his dutjes in the Brisie capital, Mueller reported the war in France, Juneau head- ILEGISLATION AS INTRODUCED BY ALASKA DELEGATE Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond has lately mnoducod the fol- lowing bills in Congr H. R. 2256 was introduced in the House on January 16 for the purpose of increasing the pay of clerical employees of the Post Office Depart- ment in the Territory. It prpposes a 25 percent increase over the sc: n the States based on the higher cost {or living in the Territory. H. R. 2257, to authorize the loca- tion, construction and equipment of |2 naval station in the Territory of | Alaska capable of supporting an | adequate number of surface vessels in Alaskan waters, and authorizing an appropriation of not over $100,- | 000,000. H. R. 2258, a bill to transfer jur- isdicuon over the fisheries of Alaska from the Department of the Interior to the Telrltow of Alaska. Ton Hil T AR AR KELLY BLAKE JACK KEARNEY 90050000000 ALEX DUNHAM BERT McDOWELL ED. B. SHAFFER OLAT SWAM50N DR. W. M. WHITEHEAD CLAUDE CARNEGIE 1941. H. R. 2259, a bill to authorize a preliminary survey of Salmon Creek, | near Juneau, for flood control and soil erosion prevention, | ©On January 29, two bills were infroduced, as follows: H. R. 2888, for the relief of Mr. | H. E. Buxby, of Fairbanks, for in- juries sustained when struck by an Army truck on Richardson Highway near Fairbanks. H. R. 2889, for the relief of Roy E. Nelson, for losses sustained when 2 tent, belonging to the Civil Aero- nautics Administration on Ralston (sland, Alaska, where he was em- nloyed, burned and destroyed his personal belongings. - TOM NESS IS BA(I( . FROM SEATTLE TRIP Tom Ness pioneer halibut fish- 'rman of Gastineau Channel, re- urned to Juneau at 5 o'clock Sat- wrday evening on the motorship, imma after a three months' trip o Seattle. Ness reports much activity in ship building and other prepared- ness endeavors in Seattle. ight ROTARY MINSTREL Open competitive examinations for the positions described below were announced by the United States Civ- il Service Commission today. Ap- plications will be acepted at the commission’s Washington office not later than April 16, 1941. All salaries are subject to a 3': percent retire- ment deduction. Senior and assistant chemical an- alyst, $2,000 and $1,620 a year, re- spectively. There are five optional subjects: precious metals assaying, and analysis of ore and metals, coal petroleum, and gas. Applicants must have had general experience in an- alytical chemical work or assaying, including some experience in the op- tional subject selected. Inspector, naval civilian police, Navy Department, $3,800 a year. The | duties involve general direction of a | civillan police force at navy \nrds and navy establishments. Applicants are required to have at least 2 years of law enforcement or criminal in- vestigation experience on a nation- wide basis. Enginemen (steam-electric) var- jous grades with salaries ranging from $1320 fo $2,600 a year. Ap- pointments to these positions will be made in Washington, D. C., only The duties involve the operation :ind maintenance of power plant and mechanical equipment, and appli- cants must have appropriate ox- perience in this work. Full information as to the re- quirements for these examinations, and application forms, may be ob- tained at .ul Federal Building. - e Subscribe w ihe Dally Alaskn Empire—the paper with the larges said circulation. MANY FLAVORS HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM ARRIVING EACH WEEK AT GUY SMITH DRUG Nyal Family Remedies Store PHONE 97 for DELIVERY THE BRIGHTEST SPOT IN JUNEAU AND TOMORROW NIGHT Doors Open At 7:30 P. M. Ensemble Curtain Song 8§ P. M. Under the Direction of Lillian Uggen A Cast of 40 Black Faces 4 Clever End Men 10 Big Specialty Numbers A Chorus of 36 Voices Numerous Musical Hits FEATURING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, SINGING, DANCING and Those Four Incomparable Masters of the Art of Re- partee: Poke, Tamho, Gabbybones and Sloughfoot. INTRODUCING }“0“00““0“00“0“00““OWMMQQOOO“M"MWWQO“WW““Og { § { | TOM DYER ) ! MRS. BERT McDOWELL MRS. CLAUDE CARNEGIE MRS. E. F. CLEMENTS BETTY SHARPE MARY JEAN McNAUGHTON DR. W. W. COUNCIL E. F. CLEMEN JACK BURFORD GEORGE SCHMIDT MERLE JANIS SCHROEDER VERA DREITH 2 LOU HUDSON CORRINNE JENNE JESSIE McCRARY WILLIAM SPICER CONNIE DAVIS PAT DYER RAY GRAF SYLVIA DAVIS RUTH BLAKE CECIL METCALFE MRS. V. M. BLACKWELL ELLEN SHAFFER ELAINE HOUSEL MRS. HARRY SPERLIN ED. ¢ CLEO.COMMERS TED AUSTERMANN LEROY WEST A GREAT Musical EXTRAVAGANZA JOHN L. CAUBLE, Interlocutor, ART UGGEN, Musical Director. CAST and ORCHESTRA . . . MABEL POQUETTE MRS. ROBERT COWLI MRS. LU LISTON MARY VANDER LEEST GARNICK DR. DICK WILLIAMS LU LISTON BILL WALKER ELLIS REYNOLDS ADMISSIONS: Tax Included, 50 cents and 75 cenis OLISEUM THEATRE