The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1945, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1945 THE DAILY ALASKA EMP[R VETERANS' GUIDE By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL TASHINGTON — One of Ameri-‘erence to all honorably discharged ca’s ways of repaying the men who service men for jobs in Washington, | have fought our wars has been the|D. C., and this was extended later Veterans' Preference Act, applying to include appointments in the exe- to Government jobs. Some people\cunve branch everywhere. are taking swings at the nm.—r.rytng Now we have all statutes, execu- to kind of beat its ears down. tive order$ and regulations consoli-! That's serious and veterans ought |dated in the trial size wrapper. And to knew about it because, if the act we have objections. One bullet from dees any good at all, it does it for the rifle of 8. H. Ordway, Jr.,! veterans. So here's the situation whistles past your ear this way: 20w, | “The underlying principle of the First, the late President Roosevelt merit system required that there said this, in part: “I believe that the |shall be equality of opportunity for Federal Government, functioning in!all citizens to compete for public its capacity as an employer, should lemployment and that the best qual- take the lead in assuring those who | ified shall serve the state. To say are in the armed services that when | that the veteran shall have prefer- they raturn, special consideration will ence beyond his demonstrated capa- be given to them in their efforts to) city, in competition with other ap- obtain employment.” ‘p)xcums is to say that the less quali- The Civil Service Commission has| fied shall be selected because of urged preference as desirable “pe- | gratitude and sacrifice made in mili- cause it is 8 means of rewarding a|tary service.” veteran” and it prevents him from| This same critic claims that, with being penalized in looking for work age limitation for all veterans waiv- after months or years of isolation' ed, there will be large number of dis- from the civilian world. Congress took up the cause and ans appointed for many years to passed the Veteran’s Preference Act come, and, with 12,000,000 new vet- in 1944, Veterans organizations erans, most Federal registers will were behind this push to secure vet<| be headed by veterans for whom erans’ preference privilages. I say educational and physical require- “sccure” and not “get” because, al- ments are waived, so non-veteran ready, veterans had some preference. citizens will have small chance. But the act wrapped up these pref-| crences into ane packag?. mittee on Post War Civil Service The preference principle in Fed- Problems—a setup of the National cral employment isn't new. The first | Civil Service League, and a develop- preference statute, enacted in March ment of the old Civil Service Re- 1865 just after the Civil War, applled fcrm League. The president of Tem- to persons honorably discharged be- | ple University is chairman of this | abled and aging World War I veter-| Next we have the National Com-| to appointment and not to promo-[ tion, that retention in positions (where reductions are contemplated) te based on seniority and efficiency, regardless of veteran statue, and |that veteran preference apply only “01 a period of five years after the war These “reforms” could be a| istart towards more numrymg‘ jchanges later. | But the U. S. Civil Service Com-‘ \mission itself disagrees. It believes' |present provisions of the Veterans' |Preference Act are OK. The Com-| ymissicn was consulted before the act | was passed and it approves of the| law. T'm not arguing. I'm just telling you, in case you're interested. BRAZIL ADDS FOUR SHIPS T0 ITS NAVY RIC DE JANEXRO — Brazil's navy has added four units to a fleet which Naval Minister Adm. Arisi- tides Guilhem says has increased by at least 60 vessels since Brazil went to war in 1942 The new ships, constructed in the \thipyards of Rio's Guanabara Bay, were ‘the restroyers Acre and Apa, |and the submarine chasers Rio Par- ;do and Rio Negro. They will join a fleet which, ac- 'cording to Guilhem, has already ccnvoyed more than 2901 ships of all nationalities in operations reach- ing into the Caribbean and Medite: ranean as well as along Brazi coast. DEAD RIPE GRAIN IS GOING UNCUT IN KANSAS AREA' cause of line of duty disability. Then committee of ten now urging that| the Census Act of 1919 gave pref-| veteran pxeference should npply onn U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M., 12TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. | TODAY last | Lowest 4:30 a.m. 24 hrs. Weather at Station 24 hrs.* | temp. temp. Precip. 4:30 am. Anchorage 51 50 51 22 Rain Barrow 43 30 46 T Cloudy Bethel 60 58 52 Rain Cordova 53 47 47 Cloudy Dawson 65 43 43 01 Cloudy Edmonton 69 42 43 0 Pt. Cloudy Fairbanks 66 43 43 0 Fog Haines 60 51 51 0 Clear Juneau 64 48 0 Cloudy Juneau Airport 61 46 46 y 7t Cloudy Ketchikan 63 50 b4 0 Cloudy Kotzebue 46 52 50 0 Cloudy McGrath 62 52 52 .04 Rain Nome 56 48 51 0 Cloudy Northway (o] 40 41 0 Clear Petersburg 65 46 46 0 Cloudy Portland 54 54 0 Pt. Cloudy Prince Gzorge 3 | 45 46 0 Pt. Cloudy Prince Rupert 60 50 51 0 Cloudy San Francisco . ;. 55 0 Cloudy Seattle ...... 0 | 52 52 T. Pt. Cloudy Sitka 63 51 51 [ Cloudy Whitehorse .. 62 | 43 48 o Cloudy Wrangell . 3 | i 54 Pt. Cloudy Yakutat . 55 49 49 04 Cloudy | *—(4:30 am. yesterday to 4:30 a.m. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports trom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today ‘WIND Height of Waves Station | Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Decision ....Cloudy 50 SW 8 2 feet Cape Spencer ... ....Cloudy 50 ENE 13 1 foot |, Eldred Rock s Cloudy 52 sSwW 4 1 foot Five Finger Light Pt. Cloudy 51 SsSwW 12 2 feet Guard Island . ....Cloudy 54 s 11 Smooth Lincoln ROCK ..........ocoovvvvvniueed Cloudy 54 WNW 4 Smooth Point Retreat Cloudy 53 SW 9 Smotoh MARINE FORECAST Southeast Alaska — Variable winds mostly southeasterly under 15 MPR northern portion Southeast Alaska except easterly 15 MPH in Icy Strait and southerly 10 to 15 MPH in Lynn Canal. Variable winds mostly westerly to southerly under 15 MPH south of Fred- erick Sound. Cloudy with intermittent light rain beginning this after- noon or tonight. MINCED CLAMS FILLET OF SOLE SALT MACKEREL GARDEN CITY, Kansas, July 18. —Thousands of acres of dead ripe grain remain uncut in northwest . Kansas because combines have not been able to get into the rain- coaked fields and farmers anticipate a terrific loss. Grainmen ‘estimate that less than 10 per cent of the acreagp north of the Arkensas River and west of Dodge City, Kansas, has been har- | vested. They described the freight car| isituation around Garden City as)the Alaska service, Dowell will have B (worse than that of 1944, saying a million bushels of wheat will be! piled on the ground this week in this immediate locality if no more rain |falls and cutting gets fully under-| | way. | - e | MISS MOREY IN JUNEAU Miss Lois M. Morey, Personnel| | Welfare Head for Libby, McNeill ‘\nnd Libby Company, arrived in! | Juneau yesterday, via Woodley Air- :wuys, from Yakutat on her way| | South. She is a guest at the Bar-| | anof Hotel. | | the lnvnos’. th CENTURY MARKET Sicks' Select is SICKS’ SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING €O. DOWELL APPOINTED 10 NEW POSITION, PAN AM IN ALASKA LEWIS J. DOWELL Lewis J. Dowell, well - known Scattle and Alaska construction man, has been appointed Public Rela- ticns Counselor for Pan American Alaska Service, air- announce. with the Territory and , the new airline coun-| selor has been active in construc- tion work throughout the State of Wi ngton and ‘Alaska for the past ars. As president of Dowell Construction Company he supervis- ed building of ghe largest portion of the Alcan Highway—600 miles in the Yukon Territory. Paving ‘of the city streets of Juneau, installation of the sewer system at Fairbanks and construc- tion of roads along the coast of scutheast Alaska and in western Washington are projects recently completed by the Dowell Company. Dowell founded and directed poli-| cies of L. J. Dowell Con_strucuun‘ Company, Inc., in 1923, which later| became Dowell Construction Com-' pany. He has averaged two round trips monthly between Seattle and the Territory during the past two As Public Relations Counselor for World Airways’ line officials headquarters at Seattle and will travel throughout the Territory to acquaint the civic leaders with the airline’s present 1-round-trip sche-' dule and its proposed postwar| Seattle-Orient route. | EBorn in Seattle, Dowell is past po-' tentate of Nile Temple and a mem- ber of the Seattle Rainier Club. - e WILLIAMS ARRIV] G. M. Williams, of San Franciseo, California, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof| Hotel. “A SICKS' QUALITY PRODUCT” % Distributed throughcut Alaska by ODOM & COMPANY Since 1878 % E. G. Sick, Rres. JUNEAU ALASKA ; WANT ADS FOII SALE N()'I‘ICE MARSHAL'S SALE 1941 Ford sedan 9:30 a. m. July|— 27th, 1945, at Juneau Motors to highest bidder. Simpson residence, Gold Belt “Ave. Apply Nugget Shop. FOR SALE. down sleeping bag, and other| things. Reliable Transfer Co., G. E. Barr. Two bedroom house, 3% acres pat- | ented land Auk Bay. W. 1ith St. 38 pistol with holster; % bed with coil springs; % h.p. air cooled gas engine. 926 W. 11th St. Six unfinished chairs, $4 each, Isaacs Cabinet Shop, 270 Soutm Franklin St. Black 290. FOR SALE—Unfurnished two bed- room house, good view. Centrally located. Ph. 651. FOR SALE—ROCA Superheterodyne table model radio. All wave and just overhauled. May be seen at the Capitol Theatre office over| First National Bank. Baker Piano, g00d condition, Phone | Green 705, after 5 p.m. TWO BEDROOM beach home on Point Louisa; 110-volt lights, water, basement, furnace; fully furnished. Write P. O. Box 3031. FOR SALE—Several good Toggen- burg and Saanen grade milk goats; stock; also young bucks. P. O. Box 2321, Juneau, Alaska. FOR bALE—Remlngmn typewriter, | 18-inch carriage. Call at 125 Gastineau Ave. before 11 a.m. D. H. Kershaw. FOR SALE—Baby buggy. Phone Blue 350. changer free. Green 734. flat Lavella clarinet, ebonite, $60. Green 734. FOR SALE 11-tube Silvertone con- sole radio, $75.00. Also several small diamonds will sell, or trade for rifle. No. 2 Winter & Pond Apt. FOR SALE — Hot Point electric range in A-1 condition. Inquire 348 12th St. | FOR SALE—1927 chev Coupe, -6 tires, good condition. Inquire 348 12th St. BUY WAR BONDS .THAT WINS AND HOLDS FRIENDS a beer so light and yet so sparkling and - zestful that many ¢éall it “America’s Smoothest Table Beer.” It has a quality all its own that makes it the choice of par- ticular people—both men and women. Few beers enjoy its unique position of favor with those who know und domand Inquire at | | WANTE! Delco | also some pure blooded ‘7umth mdlo $100; nutomauc record, i | WANTED ‘, | MANGLE-FOLDER wanted. ADply| at the Alnskn Laundry. WANTED — Odd jobs by a buy4‘ Phone 782. ‘ { f— - | WANTED — To buy ball bearing! | roller skates for 10 yr. Ph. 278. | Machinist tools, elder. | Juneau Lumber Mills have several | thousand feet of logs on Douglas Island beach near Douglas Bridge. | Will pay reasonable sunf to par-| | ties delivering logs to sawmill —Men, women to help re- lieve the sugar shortage by ub- _{ staining from the use of a.cholic! | drink | WANTED TO RENT—Typewriter 1 Ph, 72 Alaska Construction Co. l WANTED -— Szenographer—mll or part time. Must clear the U. S. employment. service. Ph. 72 Alas- ka Construction Co. WANTED — Experienced Beauty Operators. Write Box 631 Fair-| banks, Alaska. : | Any one cynfidcr él;sollnc engine | including washing machine. Phone | Green 1759. MACHINIST WANTED - St(}udy- year around work. Warner's| | Machine Shop. | WANTED — Talented young lady for part-time work in connection with Tourist Guide. Steady po-“ sition of responsibility later for party qualifying. Phone 10, ask for Mr, Jacobin. @ TWO AND THREE FHIGHTS DAILY AIMN seaviee, KETCHIKAN AND JUNEAD' @ TWO DAILY BETWEEN JUNEAU, WHITEHORSE AND FAIRBANKS @ THREE WEEKLY BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND NOME ® ONE WEEKLY BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND BETHEL /’ 4 AMERICAN !Imw/) Az e Sarancf Hotel Phone 106 WANTED—Used furniture. .ms wu loughby. Phone 788. | * MISCELLANEOUS | REMEMBEEI ~ We ‘buy, sel nnd‘ trade second-hand merchandise. Phone Douglas 25, Douglas Trad- ing Post. el ”"fiKnm MACHINE SHOP Acetylene Welding, Blacksmithing Plumbing, Heating, e e PTANOS RENTED—1uned. Ander- | son Shop. | FUARANTEED Realistic Perma- ment. $7.00 Paper Curls, $1 ap Lols Beauty Shop. Fhone 20 816 Decker Way F you have empty w(.m; or apts for desirable people. Gastineau Hotel. "THARBOR MACHINE SHOP West 11th & ¥ St. GENERATOR WORK and MACHINE WORK 5-ROOM HOUSE FOR LEASE FURNISHED ! Five-room house, two bedrooms, large lot full of raspberries, flow- ers, fine marine view, electric stove, oil' heat, plenty hot water from electric heater, balance of rooms furnished. Wish to lease for one year at rental of reason- able $35 per month. This place can be seen on appointment. Write Box 332 Juneau, Alaska. inform the |4 Just Received A Large Shipment of COFFEEMAKERS . | CORY GLASS Four, Eight and Twelve-Cup Sizes ~° ALSO SPARE BOWLS Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Phone 616 No smali childréen on account of greenhouse. FOR RENT—Four-room apartment. Oil heat, one bedroom, living. room. dinette, kitchen and bath. Crescent Apartments. Phone 428. SEAVIEW T A O APT, one block from Federal Bldg. LOST AND FOUND LOBT——Hexlun ~coln_bracelet. Re- ward. Phone 471, evenings. LOST—Lady's Bulova wrmwwawfh.‘ Pinder please return to cashier,|] Baranof Coffee Shop. Reward. HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 34 | There is no subsmuxe ior newspaper adverhxlnd ANCHUBAGE FAIRBANKS " BusLeaves VALDEZOA. M. Monday — Wednesday — Friday /i1 Valdez to Anchorage, one way, $19.45 Valdez fo Fairbanks, one way, $21.15 TAX INCLUDED O’Harra Bus Lines CAR OWNERS SAVE THAT FINISH ON YOUR CAR A Wax Job Costs LESS than a Paint Joh! PROMPT SERVICE—Inquire at 909 WEST TWELFTH STREET i FOR CATERPILLAR REG.U. 8. PAT, OF! DIESEL MARINE ENGINES | .. Alaska and Yukon Territory Distributor PHONE 867 JUNEAU BRANCH 227 ADMIRAL WAY TRACTORS—MINING MACHINERY