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e Miswanm T Igez | =g e St e o e e S =ereTee REE— 3 4 3 3 T — BT S g T T T P e o PAGE SIX By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL e e s et P i i WASHINGTON — TI've already written, that if yowre a vet with a duly reported to his local dr disease of injury incurred (or aggra- but before being rejec vated) in line of duty and you need 1f & National Guard outfit w treatment at any time for that in- jury or disease, then you're first in ™M | for service but was injured after he Also, | as call- preterence for admission to a Vet~ before actually being enrolled in the erans’ Administration hospital. You Federal Service, he'd must have an honorable discharge. 8TOUP. By “first preference” however, I In this “first preference” there are {wo other classes first of these is composed of offi- mean preference as to admission to cers or enlisted men who had hon- the hospital. If a V. A. hospital is orable service during a period of Som At and only a few war and who have been retired. If more ve it is medically determined that they those in group, The don’t mean “prefer ded ns c need treatment for injuries or dis- tiored are hospitalized first ease incurred in line of duty, and OK. Let’s go on from there. not the result of their own miscon- | The second group of ex-service duct, they can get it. people in line for admission is made The other class may surprise you. up of those with honorable ~dis- To get it straight, let's use an ex- zes who are in need of treat-| ample. A young man applied for|ment for line of duty injuries or enlistment in the Navy He was diseases, but who had no wartime provisionally accepted and then dir- service. Thi$ includes retired en-| ected to report to a Navy installa- listed men or officers In this| bunch, a retired Army man with no wartime service must agree to pay a daily subsistence rate—about a dollar a day. This second group can get authorized V. A. hospital treat- ment at any time. The question on Form P-10 (which I've mentioned fore) about financial ability to pay affect the tion for final acceptance into the Naval service. As a passenger on a bus on his way to the Navy installation to be finally accepted, he was injured. He was hospitalized and never was ac- cepted. A long time after he got out of the hospital his injury grew * werse. He is entitled to treatment for hospitalization won't in a Veterans’ Administration Hos- first and second groups at all pital and comes within the “first ‘The third group is made up of any preference” group. Same thing goes veterans who served during a period for a man who had been selected 'of war and who afterward may suf- WANTED ONE OR TWO LINEMEN ‘bheca be in this 1lrb’»ilinmmully unable to pay for care or | treatment. d treatment.” I| n be admitted, then, group I've men-| e e lfev from some mrmnnent}y dlsabllnc VETERANS' GUIDE | ondition manding emergency or treatment. The treatment | Veterans’ Administration’s | domiciliary homes. | Consequently, V. A. hospital care,!| home, is| t board | guthorized for any veteran of this cial Correspondence) —Last Thurs- Such an ex-service day Mr. and Mrs. \rr care in a domiciliary third group. |man must be considered to be in-| ed into the Federal Service, but alcapacitated from earning a living.|left in their boat Snuffy, for Juneau. ember was injured in line of duty|Also, we're back to Form P-10 again,| They took Mrs. he's daughters, Betty and Marie, as far as se he must sign that or any other condition extended might | ‘mn\N only of care in one of the several | homes for veterans—they call lh(‘ml PELICAN, Alaska, May 28.—(Spe- Joseph Paddock land children, Charles and Vivian, Liza Mork and |Heonah to visit with relatives and friends. Marie recently returned To be included in this third group!from Elfin Cove, where she attend- he must have s of war mroe service (unless he harged because of a line of duty injury or disease.) Let’s pause for breath and tackle| {the fourth group next time. (AP Newsfeatures) BONNIE KLEIN TO WED JUNE 7 Wedding rites for Bonnie Jean Klein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John J. Klein of Juneau, and Ralph E. Randall, seaman 2/c, U. S. Coast Guard, will be held the evening of June 7 at 8 o'clock, in the Catholic Church of the Nativity, with the Rev. William G. LeVasseur officiat- ing. The bride’s ai:cndants will be Miss Norma Burford, maid of honor; Miss Sylvia Anderson and Miss Suzy | Winn, bridesmaids; and little Sheila Godkin as flower girl. John Russell of the U. 8. Coast {Guard will act as best man, while ushers will be Ky Phillips and Wil- liam True, in the same branch of service. All friends of the young couple are invited to attend the wedding and the reception to follow in the Goid Room of the Baranof Hotel, when the service men's orchestra will pro- | vide music for dancing. GOOD JOB | GOOD PAY | 40-HOUR WEEK * Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Phone 616 Announcitng: The G sl g Another Year fo Live Recommended, OPA WASHINGTON, June 1 — Con- tinued price control and rationing until at least July 1, 1946, has been recommended by the Senate Banking Committee. The committee approved and re- ported to the Senate a measure extending the life of the Office of Price Administration for another year beyond its scheduled expira- tion on June 30, 1945. Previously, the committee had under consideration an 18-month extension. TRIANGLE CLEANERS Are Now Under New Ownership and Managemenl . Our desire is fo contmue lhe same high quality DRY CLEANING - SERVICE! EFFICIENT HELP RE- MAIN IN OUR EMPLOY We Solicit Your Continued Patronage! 507 ‘for better appearance” A. R. (DUNK) DUNCAN MANAGER WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE SAME SKILLED AND rved during a period nd must have had 90 days or was dis- ed school last term. The Aurora also left on Thursday for Juneau, taking Mr. and Murs. ‘R( obert Kanvidan and Phillip R Eharp in and returning them here ‘)e*t’ldn} Other passengers coming |in yestarday were: John Harris, who |worked in the fish house here last |summer; Donald Milnes, Alaska rep- resentative for Booth Fisheries Cor- poration, and Mr. James A. Edir ton, West Coast district manag for the same company. Edington {is on a busin trip which has in- !cluded visits to most of the South- east Alaska towns. The Alaska Coastal Airlines flew David Sperling, Denny Merritt and Roy Gray, Jr., in on Friday. The boys have gone to work in the fish 'house and cold storage for- Mosher and Weathers. Olaf Johansen was a passenger out on the same plane. Mrs. Johansen has received word that Olaf has signed on with the viking crew at Juneau. Mrs. Konrad Klippert and small daughter left for Juneau on the Jackie last Wadnesday and will re- main for a few weeks. On the r turn trip the Jackie brought in Vic- tor J. Samson, Area Coordinator for Area One, Fish ana Wildlife Service, from Seattle; Bob Pierce, cannery director for the Whiz Fish Products pany, on work connected with {the Cape Cross cannery here. Fred { Wetche, Pelican Mayor, was & round itrip passenger on the boat. Arnold Save! and graduated from the ol on May kelping his father er and SCOWS, e to work on Storage Do Elmer Mork local elemen- 18. Arnold is on the Pelican while Elmer the Pelican (rl(l Dcnald C. White is bartending paft time at the Lisianski Bar and will assist Robert Hartley on the job whil= Mrs. Dolly Soule is at An- chorage visiting her husband. “Cokie” is in training with the Army the Westward city Mrs. Soule expects about one month. and Karen Wetche the Jack Roning side. | Agnes Mork are guests {hemie at Sunny “In Flanders Field the poppies‘ can. grow” according to the poet Joyce Kilmer,- but on Chichagof TIsland the tissue paper variety only sat |stiffly behind the ears of | women, bobbed jauntily from the \Eflp.\ of flsht‘ll‘un or were crushed THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—— IUNEAU ALASKA rinto the good old button-hole of | the more conservative inhabitants. These artificial flowers are not tashioned after the deep orange var- iety Lest known on the Pacific Coast but are replicas of the French spe- cies, the brilliant red of Poppy Day fame. Miss Lucile Doyle acted as chairman for the local drive and the proceeds netted $40.50. Mrs. Rose hittick: has been] addad to the payroll at the Kick and Like It Cafe, making a staff of sev.) en at this busy and popular eating place. Victor J. Samson left this after- noon on the Pelican, Sitka bound; while Bob Pierce, Don Milnes and; James Edington left for Junflau on| the Katherine. - e — NOTICE! Not responsible for any debts contracted only selves. MR. & MRS. CHAS. JOHNSON\ Tenakee, Alaska. R i A French doctor in World War I is believed to have invented thel first ambulance airplane ever used. personally by our- CARA NOME SKIN LoTION, For softening and smoothing and protect- ing the skin of your face and. hands, try this fra- grant, non- ECONOMY i T 2 powder REG. l base, too. SIZE § ASK FOR IT AT . Butler, Maure Drzg Co. Your Rexall Store HAIR STYLED by Experts || WE SPECIALIZE m | Cold Waving Permanents Styling Shaping fours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 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ROUTES TO: Bethel, Circle, Dillingham, Kotzebue, Unalakleet, Platinum, Shishmaref, Deering, Candle, Hot Springs, Eagle, Livengood For information regarding schedules, rates, elc., call is7 Alaska Airlines 51 DUCK CREEK BUILDINGS i ® i The Alaskan Department is offering for sale a variety of surplus buildings and structures located on a portion of the Duck Creek Garrison site just East of the Glacier Highway oppostie the Airport. Enter at sentry box opposite Kendler’s Alaska Dairy and follow the arrows. Items offered include Quonset Huts in sizes 16 x 86, 20 x 50 and 20 x 80, buildings of regular frame construction, and three frame removable knock-down type structures of various sizes. SEALED BIDS are required with the closing time set at 2:00 P. M., June 16. Phone 807 for details, or call at the Area Engineer’s Office at the Subport, or the office of this newspaper for | bid forms. & MATERIAL FOR BUILDING, REPAIRING, REMODELING ¢ //pper <Time 6 HRS. 55 MIN. 1 HR. 45 MIN. 5 HRS. 5 MIN. e, 7 HRS. 9 HRS. 6 HRS. 9 HRS. SEATTLE . WHITEHORSE . FAIRBANKS . . GALENA NOME . . McGRATH BETHEL 5 MIN. 55 MIN. BARANGF HOTEL