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PAGE EIGHT OLD AGE PENSION Liberal House Marks Big Day with Battle for Governor boost b gress THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 { PT.BARROW | STRUCKBY ' INFLUENZA Relief Plane with Dodorv | Forced Down on Tundra | ~Rescued DANSEVE 'FOOD HANDLERS ROOSEVELT FCionr™ Stamrs | PLANSTALK ™ session Topay TO NATION three Class Meetings Wil | Be Held in Legion Will Tell First Hand About Dugout l Juneau's first complete senool for Big Three Confer- f . food handlers started today at 2:30 ence in Crimea | s b6 AP eHic T LA et UGG i | on Second Street WASHINGTON, Feb, 14—Presi-| All owners and managers, cooks, dent Roosevelt may report directly | bartenders, waiters and waitresse »| The plane taking Dr to Congress and the Nation re-|dishwashers and others engaged Nl gainfeld, Office of Indian garding his accomplishments at handling food and drink served in|po,ugeian “on an emergency ting with Stalin and Chur- n:x[blllsi establishments, are urged t0 | om Kotzebue to Barrow was forced atten | { {down on the tundra last week. He The school will consist of ‘h"“('lwds flying to take relief to the vil- classes and will continue through|,.co of Barrow, which is stricken Friday February 16. Each lesson will| gith an influenza epidemic involy- be presented (“‘C?T‘:“‘Uv at "‘-3?_ P-ling almost the total population, | :15 p. m. Those completing b g’ ‘ Rescue Squadron immediately sent tificates of merit. ’ to search. The Offi of e 2 | Indian Affairs were informed to-, sier Alter Rescue AT NIRRT g i x Edward D. Affairs flight m ch He is reported to be greatly | cheered at the agreements reached on both military and political is- and associates consider it he will- want to tell the| [ himself when he gets home' ow these new agreements can horten the war and contribute to Atlantic Charter peace. He! also will probably give first-hand information on the “Big Three* gathering in Crimea. sues The! {to ke eritical. 2882, fort to prevent bronchial pneumonia complications. Additional drug sup- plies were flown in both by the Navy and Office of Indian Affairs DOUGLAS NEWS Ayl John Marin In Town John Marin, owner of the Douglas Inn and also the Derby Inn at Skag- way, is a visitor in town on busi- ness, arriving here last Saturday. Territorial Guards Meet The Douglas Unit of Territorial Guards will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Nat, provid- ing the zero weather subsides. Dress will be coveralls, leggings, a tien belts and rifles and parkas, D, I. W. Club Tonignt The Douglas Island Women's Club meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the Louglas Public School. Mrs. Glenn Rice, President of the club, asks all members te be present and that they be cn hand at the designated hour. Mr. Green of the Territorial Health partment has prepared a talk for the evening, on health conditions. Schecl Beard Mecting risen camn at Cabanatuan en Luzon Island ntion ahd rest Amcr »s and Filipino gueriilas whe went 10, (AP 1 by to the torial ab! ‘Two memorials p: were Housz Jo and x. by Re Shattuck and rause, respect For Tuberculosis Work Shattuck urges Congres for Alaskz tuberculosis wo the fact in mind that Alaska's mortality rate seven times er than that of any state Krause’s mem E: appropriate the 1 of to be expended by the Fish and Wildlife Service over a period of period of 4 years for development of salmon spawning are in Alaska Both measuves, like the pension bill passed unanimously. In another committee of whole, C. R. Burrill, fisherman & union representative from age and Ccok Inlet gill-netters took | Jalic the floor in support of » Fisher- Important Move ies Committee’s House Bill 5 which| Dur ; would set up a graduated tax on| \mendments to Represent fish traps in Alaska “to deerease | Ho1 its absentes ownership” and “monop- | uen I oly.” iid wha “Hand Trap Danzerous | zeen Burrill declared the “hand-trap" | of Cook Inlet an instrumer ous to the future of that ar mon industry. He called traj general “monopolistic,” said Ala: “gets from them little or n venue, and that the Territory “has no con- trol over them Asserting the hand trap of Cock Inlet, a small sledge hammer driven cousin of the bigger pile trap, was “vicious and destructive”, and told of “rows upon r¢ fish al legedly killed by ¢ tides of Cook Inlet “throwir again aga It was B gradual ak in his area we increased popule to the canr Represe: questioned “punitive” tz “Where Ar “I think there's a woodpil tuck declared, add- | ing, “Are abolishing fish i3 Where 16 great- $5,000,000 vote. was tallied on s amend proposal, the r had won 18 to 6. Hold- eterson were Repr nck, M. J. Shatt Anchor- House * and shared the opinion of That vote don't mean G it gives you somethin’ to ¢ about.” tir ~ wid e AUXILIARY 1S 10 LEARN ABOUT GAS ENGINES THURSDAY be course of e nest Guen; from the Hous > 18 to 6 The tiff began when iven | mer zines. Lt charge for Edward the Ci - oo VALENTINE Sweet. Ju These gutted ruins were all that remained ef this baby boarding home in Auburn, Me., after & stove ex- ploded to send flames raging through ihe wooden structure and burn to death or suffocate 16 babies and a woman. (AP Wirephoto) of | t an evacuation hospital. deep into Japanesc lines to stage REVALUATION OF CITY OF JUNEAU T0 BEGIN SOON Henretta Is Here fo Begin' Work as Soon as Staff Is Lined Up i bled staf. oon as he has a i and completed a few minor E ard S. Henre will be- gin the tax revaluation of the City| c¢f Juneau, Mayor A. B. Hayes an- jed the con- Juneau C work be- time for th 1 is to give picture on n all prop- = | ast month that of the study was not to| rates, but to equalize It is said Henretta’s| ific and not based k, and once completed | | ks the citizens of | ate with chret!n[ ng this survey. In| Hayes said an he had no trouble what- | . SALVATIOH ANDLE TRIP Visited Seven‘ Towns in Southeast Alaska- Gone One Month adier and Mrs. C. O. Taylor, sional Commanders for Alaska and Adjutant Henry Lorenzon, Di- visional and Young People's Secre- tary, arrived back in Juneau, by steamer, early this morning after a month’s tour of the Salvation Army Corps in Southeast Alaska. In going over the busin and activities of t > corps, a definite improvement has been shown and a revival of i among the Salva- tion Army officers and workers is taking place. While in Kake plans were made for the Kake Salvation Army Band to make a visit to Angoon and Sitka over the weekend of February 25. Brig. Taylor said: “Everything in ns we visited is on the up- and were fortunate in ving good weather for travelling 50 we could make our appointments in time." Towns visited were: Petersburg, Wrangell, Klawock, Metla- 1, Saxman and Ketchikan. ——o—— FiSH, WILDLIFERS 70 BE AT C. (. MEETING AT NOON THURSDAY he Fish and Wildlife personnel be guests of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce at the meeting tomorrow noon at the Baranof Hotel K - eee SCOUTS TO ME Boy Scout troop 613 m | secret. | Health Bill | Representatives, » se0s o000 LeceR e Meanwhile, James Byrnes, who‘ rived yesterday from Crimea, met | 1ewsIne: nd said the President| was chairman at the meetings and | proposed two of the agreements on | liberated eas but, regarding the| Dumbarton Oaks agreements, he said, these are for the time being but cleared the way for ONFEBRUARY 27 Reporting the parties held in var- { icus private homes last Friday night as being a complete succes: the April 25 conference in San gall{sl:er lt)la:glitfi:; gov.'::‘e;leclfld. Francisco of the United Nations. | 0‘.“ e Z . e Byrnes indicated mnothing was tDelr regular business meeting last revealed regarding Russia’s possible 11&ht and m“d? plg“‘li‘ ;‘” thf" ;fl‘c"“‘ participation in the war against Meeting to be he SETMALY 81 Japan. | The CDA members said they Byrnes also said military chiefs! Wished to thank those attending “den’t minimize the possibility of the parties for making them such a a civilian collapse in Germany, but SUCCess- Pt 7 B3 they are counting only on fighting' Chairman for the coming socia to the bitter end,” with greater meeting is Sally Barnhill, assisted e . Mr y, Mrs. William cooperation than ever before ex- DY Mrs. N. R. Bucy, Mrs. M:, i Biggs, Mrs. Isabelle Cashen and’ M |d. J. Connors. | VALENT] NE DAEY ¢ - (ELEBRATED A Infroduced CATHOLIC SCHOOL The Student Body Council, the Cecilian Club and the Altar Boys two new legisla- -y T tive measures were introduced. | held a pre-Valentine party for the Representatives Bess Cross and staff and pupils‘of St. Ann’s School Fred Hanford urge in House Bill Yesterday afternoon from 2 o'clock 52 that a Territorial Department of unti! 340 B Elock o Health be créated to work with the Miss Margaret Higgins of the Ter- present Board of Health, the Com- ritorial Department of Health, show- missioner of Health and his staff, €d 2 film on the value of milk and and that the Commissioner be 2nOther on the necessity of dental placed on a salary of $8,000 a year ©¢are- - with $150,000 to run the depart-| A pretty Valentine box was opened ment during the next biennium. ! and the contents distributed to each Representative Steve Vukovich pupil. i asks in House Joint Memorial 10 Then the clubs’ officers served t the Veterans’ Administration refreshments that carried out the f Washington, D. C., not set up Valentine theme. A birthday song Seattle administrative offices for | Was sung to Miss Carol Leath, whose Alaska, but establish offices in Pirthday occurs February 14. She Juneau and such other Alaskan blew cut the proverbial candles on towns as necessary in administer- | the dainty birthday cake. ing the GI Bill of Rights. | S Y T . . . . ADMIRALTY DIVISION “Weatner ey« OF FOREST SERVICE . Weather Burecau) . o o o Temperature for 24-hour period enling at 7:30 o’'clock this morning e o o In Juneau—Maximum, 16; minimum, now, trace. At Airport—Maximum, 17; minimum Snow, trace. © o o 00 0 0 o o TOMORROW’S FORECAST e o o Increasing cloudiness to- night. Intermittant light snow Thursday and Thurs- day night. Lowest tempera- ture tor ; highest Thursday Miss Eleanor Lorz is now employ ed here in the Forest Service offi Ad alty Division, it was announc- ed today. She works under Divis- ional Supervisor John Brillhart, as clerk. The post was formerly held by Miss Fern Williams, who has transferred to the office of the Re- gicnel Fiscal Agent as payroll clerk. Mrs. Margaret Nilson, from the Admiralty Division office at Peters- bure. had been temperarily shifted to the Juneau headquarters. Now that she has been relieved by Miss Lorz, Mrs. Nilson returned to Peters- burg on Sunday. ® e0000e0eo0bese0o0 e Lovely and Warm 100% WOOL SWEATERS in a good assort- ment of colors and sizes. Fuzzy Mittens in red, green and white. in the High School Gymnasium from 7 o'clock to 9 o'clocl nounced e - KING HERE David A. King A taying at Hotel chorage, Juneau JONES - STEVENS the |y, EMPLOYS NEW CLERK. The Douglas School Board held a | nment FHospital at BAr-{y g0y meeting at the school last | The Gov: ,:;0.“. \‘fl:l‘: l.vrf‘;x“fi b .‘,“y”l.rm::;; evening with all members present i e e A b - noea @nd Superintendent, Miss Warren. while their own staff was depleted | .o i A { usiness included the accepting cof {due to influenza. ; ; . ... ithe resignation of a Grade School | Leon . Vincent, Office of Indian | eachor. Mrs, M. o (;’;:fle i | Affairs P:-m(-mnl»’i‘c:}t:l.or at P,:u'm\\‘z i ing because of illness, and also ““(“g;m“;ibfe“m" 1'e:|.gnation of a janitor, Henry | Seven deaths at Barrow had been i*.“hynnd‘ LV&;Ildli(eosjer\;i};_ta-;soé;g; | previously reported ent with an application for the Upon first information regarding teach pesition and her applica- | this epidemic, the Medical Division tion was accepted. The applica- of the Office of Indian Aftairs de-iticn of Ray MecCormick for school tailed Miss Julla Gromtzeff, field janitor was acted upon favorably by nurse on St. Lawrence Island, to gll Board members. | proceed immediately by plane to — i i | Barrow. She arrived two days’lat- ATT LIBEKAHS jer and without rest visited the There will be a business meeting homes of those most critically af- tonight at 8 o'clock in the Odd [flicted to rendep medical care. Fellows Hall, but no installation, Pricr to this, under the advice it is announced. N: physician, Mr. Vincent e e oA TR tered sulfathiazole to those Norma Grupe, of Seattle, with influenza in an ef- guest at the Hotel Juneau. yas reported no from influenza in the tWo &y is a | Ton’s Fresh California Bates High Sugar Content and Energy Food Ideal during SNAPPY WEATHER or ANY TIME! Phone 16 or 24 DinnerinaJiffy! | Chef Boy-ar-dee Spaghetti Dinner . We have a large selection of MACARONI PRODUCTS which are easy fo prepare and very practical for cold weather meals . . . at the PHONE 704 Juneau Deliveries— 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. R R T RS R T FRESH VEGETABLES Large Variety of Everything BEST QUALITY TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. . MINIMUM—$2.50