The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX T0 STUDY WAGE, LIVING COST IN ALASKAN CITIES Bureau of [abbr Statistics Representatives in Juneau studies, one on wage and the other on Alaska, were announced today William A. Bledsoe, Director, West ern Region, Bureau of Labor Statis- of the U partment of Labor. Both of rveys will be under the J. W. C. Harper, in Bureau's branch office th Sawyer and Pauline uct the cost of living Bureau's representatives with Government agencie: unions, and employers in ti Two living cc ection of of the Seattle Paro will in survey will e The consult trade Territory The survey of wage cover the actual hourly earr all workers in a group of ke cupatic This information requested by the War Similar information obtained the Bureau Statistics more than 65,- in continental will of oc- has Labor has rates been Board been Labor 000 establishment United States for use by the Na- tional Regional War Labor Boards wage survey in Alaska will Anchorage Fairbank: Juneau Ketchikan ¢ Costs by by and The cover and To Compa The study of livin undertaken at the r st Gruening, who urging for time that reau make a study will provide informatior in retail prices and re neau and Anchorage since 1943, in addition, a comparison of the costs of about the same stand- ard of living in Seattle and Fair- banks, Juneau and Anchorage. In formation will obtained on the expenditures of family representa tive of wage earners and lower sal- aried clerical workers and on price and costs 1s bein uest of Gov ha the T'he changes Ju- been Bu tud ome uch on nts in be for essential goods food, clothing, care, and other items. survey, which will provide the various Government agencie with needed information retail prices and expenditures for a standard of living, is an of the regular work on living cos which the Bureau has been per forming for many years. Durin the past two similar studie have been made by the Bureau in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. t Finding Agency The Bureau of Labor Statistic fact-finding agency. It administer any legisiation regulation. Its findings made! available to all the in cies of Government and general public. Information ing to individual persons or ests lishments is confidential and combined into summaries for eral release Mr. Harper changes services medical This such as on extension years is does not or ATe tere: to the relat- tab is gen- and Miss Paro ready a in Juneau, accompanied by agents Vivian Bery and Jean Wells. Miss Sawyer will arrive next week al- Ll b s Mrs. Gross and Children Return Returning [l’fll)] E ul[l[‘ today were Mrs. W. D. Gross and children, Zelma, Sonja, and Romelle The family went south recently to join Mr. Gross, who flew from California to meet them He i now in Los Angeles with their young son, and intends to to Juneau with the boy in month return another Flaming Jap ships here—note the bomb-pitted Pacific Fleet on the morning of WHEN BATHING | WACS for WACS March shown a swir the WAC in baths an also Re ubluan To Confer REGISTERED ALBANY GET READY FOR THE WAVES aches at the Aber in this At wven Dewey Announces Date for Talk to Be Held Thomas a conference of Republican nors n St wi Bricker Pre: D conc sik st iden! it ment At Dewey Washing stat Bon to office ve Lang oatl vacancy could be 1 y F he rs lie a c Meyer Goy rccepted wa airfield, the harbor of P | agreement T June in St. Louis E. De 11 be Augu Loui: Dewey held or will at with 25 other Rey rnor including Jc Ohio, nominee conference aid the with the “e and obligatio) and the F betw with ne Gov. has been W prisoners” and that Senator appointed four mon ederal judgeship by s not taken yet; that that is a Democrat, t has not been able te because if Bone t f office there woul in the Senate a filled onference also said Lar ton State Deal by Langlie the invitation Louis confere ter Meyers sizgned a that he to prthernmost of : were registercd by Internationg July 11 Republicar his oath Lieut D y said, nce but written | will take Gov ounced Gover- and 3 ublica hn W an Vice will be een lh‘ Govern- swsmen glie one of of in his Homer ths Roose- ago Gov herefor to leave the d be nd this 00K appointment by them to go to it ha attend thi no ¢ he Mar attack deen, Md photo were ac-" n i ln Proving {.vn\ml ( imong the t to erdeen, it ble L (Int tion in the senatorial situation dur- ing Langlie's absence. - FOREBONDS in ies E v in Juneau $160,114.75 the bonds credited to- of $210,000. In all the total is now the quota for which is 5,000. R e “Fast Mission . Carried Outby Thunderbolis NINTH AIRFORCE HEAD- QUART S IN FRANCE, July 11. Six Thunderbolts carried out on Monday what is probably the fast- bombing mission ever executed. planes were enroute to their spotted A little over Bonds were sold 3 » to a t f these ard t eries quota Juneau, est Tt ;e when reconnaissance 1 column of German tanks trying to reach the Normandy {front. While one base officer plotted the chart, another contacted the planes briefed them and told The planes each 1,000-pound bomb. minutes later there on the radio the mes accomplished.” e BUY WAR BONDS via radio, carried a Threc ed back “missior flash- age, Pitfed Airfield on Pagan Island s up of islands, are pictured planes from a U. 8. earrier of the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Mar eau mack sentation The arranged assistance President questions Burford, Adams iam mett ROTARY PRESENTS MISS McCORMACK WITH WAR BOND McCormack, contest, bond by Rotary program— C ‘Whi Arthur | baby out | must Roald Copstead was |with a birthday cake. girl cigars, |tablished* a bank account for the|coughlin, | voungster of $16.43, which Adams||owed naturalization proceedings be- | Bro from by The laude tehead Adams—new father yesterday—passed | McAlister, and the Rotarians es-|The ceremony, conducted by Robert | born match was a quiz 0ks Perry Jack Fletcher members of Ju- Club today, organiza- tion which sponsored Miss McCor- Harold Foss made the pre- Shr)w~v\'\\ Hanford, with Hilleary asked the experts were Jack Charles W. Carter, Carnegie, and Stan included Lt. Dick Bern- Ensign Guests stein and [nit and Herb Vesheek of |Alaska Sales and Service; Wesley l0. Aash of the Wages and Hour Division of the U. S. Department of Labor; J.W.C. Harper of Frank Rogers and Frank father-in-law and son of A Ernest Parsons, and Skip MacKin- non of Juneau. NINETEEN PERSONS TAKE OATH MONDAY AS U. S. CITIZENS Nineteen new citizens of the Uni! ed States yesterday took the oath | of allegiance to their adopted coun- | try, including one person, Mrs. J. K. who was repatriated. Arthur Wil- Grum- a Clerk of the Court, fol- fore Judge George F. Alexander, who presented | gave an appropriate talk. The pledge ace to the Flag was de- | | of alleg Edward Switzer, Coast Guard; Forrest Thorn- Pacific the | same department’s Bureau of Labor | Y the giatistics Four Freedoms in the recent MIiss| parsons | Elizabeth | John livered by Juneau’s Mayor, A. B. Hayes. The following persons took the | oath: Shamerion Avoian, Heinrich Otto Behrendt, Hulda Maria Car- roll, Savo Vidakov Dapcevich, Ros- ario Kimatteo, Lilly (Rothwell) Frohling, John Arthur Garrett, Emil Wilhelm Hogbort Johannesson, Thorwald Larsen, Peter Joseph Lud- wig, Wasyl Makarenko, Kristiane Bolette rsen, Radisav Mirtovich, Jim Nocolo, Marie Blandine Perron, Kristine Roger, Duncan Sinclair, Annie Stanworth, land Mrs. J. K. McAlister. Col. E. Roosevelf Not Engaged, WA( Capt. LONDON, July 11. — Col. Elliott Roosevelt denies through Army as- sociates he is engaged to Capt. Ruth Briggs, WAC, or that he plans to become engaged to her or anyone else. Dispatches from the United States quoted her relatives to that effect. Capt. Briggs joined later in the denial, saying, “we are just good friend: ALASKA COASTAL ON MANY FLIGHTS TODAY Alaska Coastal planes made two flights to Sitka today: the first carrying the following persons: George Hayes, Capt. Graning, J. H. Stone, Don Foster, Pete Knute- son, and Jack Garrett. Returning with the plane were Vera Lmegmn and Ivy Barlow. The second Sitka flight took Frank Moing, Ismale Vastnas, and George Morgan to that point, Sam Asp and Sam Asp, Jr., to Tenakee, and Adolph Anderson to Todd. Today Ketchikan flight carried Maj. Lovgren and W. C. Arnold to tHat city and returned Pete Knuteson to Juneau. R. W. Kelch and Harold John- son were passengers for Skagway &pday, while Robert Allen disem- barked at Haines. Passengers on a flight to Hawk Inlet this afternoon were Susie| | Shorty, Florence Stevens, J. G. Ell- |son, and W. S. Pekovich. | P TR SR Carl Schenk and family, troit istered at the Gastineau Hotel. of De- Col. | , are in Juneau and have reg- | TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1944 ~(HINESE IN NEW DRIVE PROGRESSING ‘Large Scale Offensive Re- | ported Launched in So. | Hupeh Province | i CHUNGKING, July 11.-—Chinese troops have larnched a large scale offensive in Southern Hupeh Prov- irfce, and are making considerable progress against certain designated |objectives, the Chinese High Com- Imand announces tonight without |disclosing the area of the new drive. | This push is probably diversion- ary, to prevent further reinforce« iments to the Jap< in Hupeh Prov- ince to the souh. where bloody fighting still contivues in the sub- urbs of Hengyang. NNUAL JULY CLEARANCE Slashed! Prices! on 16.95NOW 10.95 49.95NOW 35.95 DRESSE 16.95NOW 10.95 35.95N0W 19.95 Hats PEASA an 1.95 Purses SKIRTS Costume Jewelry No Refunds ..... No Appro COATS and SUITS I$.... No Exchanges