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ALASKA RIVERS IS GUEST | SPEAKER AT NOON | MEETING OF NFFE Ralph Riv Attorney General, recently returned from Washington and New York, was guest speaker at teday’s luncheon-meeting of the National Federation of Federal Employees. He gave a full report on the U. S. Maritime Commission rate hearing which he attended. Also appearing on today's pro- gram was Leonard Evans who dis- cussed briefly the Pay Act of 1946. President Alva W. Blackerby an- nounced that at the executive bcard meeting last week the fol- lowing committee-members had been appointed to study and report back on pay differentials and re- lated compensatory problems Leonard Evans, Chairman; Iversen, Milt Furness rod, and George Rogers. Earold Smith, Forester, attended the NFFE meeting today for his tinal attendance. Retiring from ac- tive service June 30, Mr. Smith has spent a total of 35 years in Federal service and has been a member of NFFE for 25 years. In delivering the organization's farewell greetings to the Forester, President Blackerby complimented him on his many years of active service, his work as Vice President of the local, representative at the National Convention and as a Pen- member of many important organe | | | new sition of the lumber operators in where the members were announced; George the 28-day-cld strike of 35000 Bri- Many of the police wore c izational ccmmittees. The enrollment of three H. Luetkehars, Edward P. Dick, and Robert Rice. Mr. Luetkehars was not present at the meeting. Al- s0 recorded was the official trans fer of Max Penrod from the Okla hema local t; the Juneau organi- zation Max Reger and 12 members of the Vecterans’ Administration Re- gional office attended .the meeting as guests. Miss Etolin Coulter was in ge of today's program. | D - | %00 00 e e WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHEK BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning e o o In Juneau--Maximum, minimum, 48. At Airport—Maximum, minimum, 46. 52; 54; WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Clcudy ~ with occasional light rain tonight and Thurs- day but with decreasing cloudiness Thursday after- noon. e o 00000 000 e KENNEDY ST. OPEN City Street Department Foreman Roy Thomas announces that re- pairs to the Kennedy street via- duct, between Fifth and Sixth FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKES DOUBLE RUN o0k Hor s1ove 4§ IMBERTO STILL BALKS - Mistaking an Army stock num- ber on a Quonset Hut for a street number, an excited matron last evening sent the Juneau Volunteer Fire Departmnt scurring out Wwil- lcughby avenue to the vinicity of the Home Grocery, questing a fire in answer to a 4-9 alarm, Wonderingly watching the fire truck reil ht by, the E. M. decid- ed to take another lock at her whereabouts. Result, a corrected call a few minutes later hailed the firemen to the proper spot where {hey quickly cared for the heated stove that was the ca the alarm. The stove was in a small house next to the Quonset Hut, at 61 Willoughby avenue. The first of the series of calls was turned in at 5:25 o'clock p.m. A small hole burned in a mat- tress resulted from a fire call to the Xeystone Rooms at . 11:50 o'clock Monday night—no other damage occurring from a dropped live cigarette. The truck was out for 10 minutes. B. C. LUMBERMEN REFUSE TO MOVE FROM LAST OFFER VICTORIA, B. C. June 12-—Po- of tish Columbia wocdworkers re- mhivied unchanged following a meeting with Chief Justice Go don Sloan today. | “We still stand on our acceptance of the Sloan award of Junme first,” said R. V. Stuart, representing the “Our attitude is The jurist proposed 15 cents-. Tiour increase, 44-hour week voluntary dues check-off, and these were accepted by operators and re- jected by the union, which de- mand 25-cents increase, 40-hour week and union securit; - e NEW YORK, June 12.—Closing quotation c¢f Alaska Juneau, mine stock today is 8!, Alleghany Cor- poration 7, American Can 102, An- aconda 48, Commonwealth and Scuthern 5%, Curtiss-Wright 8, International Harvester 100}z, Ken- necott 56%, New York Central 27%, Northern Pacific 33'c, United Corporation 6, U. S. Steel, 90%, Pound $4.031%. Sales today were 970,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 208.96, rails 67.10, utilities 42.79. Bem o . DISPUTE NOT “STRIKE” The Alaska Territorial Federa- | tion of Labor office here protested | the term ‘“strike,” previously used, in reference to the current dispute | between restaurant workers and operators at Ketchikan, The ATFL | insists that the dispute is correct- | ‘the I ROME RIOTS Heads Brok?nés Monarch- ists and Republicans Wield Iron Bars ROME, June 12—Strong pclice ces held the Piazza Del Popolo art of Rome in a virtu ege tonight to prevent nist-Republican claches a: Jm > I1 still balked at way for the Republi Equipped with he2avy tanks, alry and police rushed square, wkare a budding Monarch- ist demonstration threatened to break out into a larg Clashes between Mona Republicans, armed with iron bars, resulted in brs s in Rome and a tense situation con- tinued at Naples Situation At Nar Late in the day, however, the sit- uation at Naples was considerably eased when the Naples Trade Unions consented to call of their pro-Re- publican demonstration at the - stance of Giusepp: -Remita, Mi ister of the Interior. Truckloads cf police were rushed to the Piazza Del Popolo in Rome head-breaking a of King king cav- ilian clothes with armbands, indicating the government was recruiting new fcrees to deal with the disorders. Eatlier troops armed with can nen and machineguns' tock tions on the streets of to deal with expected trouble from the eduled Republican demonstration manding that reluctant ender his vestige of D FAST TIME BUT NO RECORDS MADE BY ARMY JET PLANES WASHINGTON, jet-propelled army fighter planes landed at Andrews Ficld, Md. at 12:58 p. m. (ES) today, completing the eastward leg of a dawn-to-dusk cross count. round trip in 5 hours, 31 nutes. Their cla 1 time, from March Field, Calif., including a 34-minut refueling at Oklahoma Ci was' 14 ‘minutes longer than the L Angeles to Washington record lished last December by the X army bomber. TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR CONCERT BY LOCAL ARTIST The concert which is to be given June 27 in the Northern Light Prasbyterian Church by Frances June 12.—Three to the bigia here |bers of the Bu {sional [ formal Wcemen's Club lunek=ia meeting This w sezond 'of the mer ¥ the “dog-hcus Coffee Sh and the idea. is 'y popular cne . Twelve atton y £con b for more space v, and it essary to arrenge for these herings. Each one present was tickets to sell for the coacert, which i onsorad by the BPWC, and very soon ticksts will be convenient busir sheps downtown. requested to contac Cormick and get ickets Miss Paul, who will I given| BP.Ws { . Botty Me-| their sharc of but newcomers have not of heari a delighttul uites, city who portunit her in concert evening e PLANSMADE FOR ACTION ON ISSUES (Continu from Page One) “Thera 1 Curr told the sul ™ e going to have to ight to get protection for the fea- and by God, we will 3 Seamcn Hold Together SEATTLE, June —~Workers' delegates to the World Maritim2 Conference here, in a statement chviously referring to the threaten- cd United States maritime strike, ed that amen of countries will not of their fellow werkars in the of an cutbreak of an open Work Sic N FRaxNCISCO, ps in G p. by the m, . the of » for maritinre ur to San Frar cisce, and San Pedro. Meetings at Portl 12 @ San Francisco will be in 't >vening, that at in the afternoon. The meetings we more than duled ping unions Pedro cginning INGLEWOOD, Calif have organized - Postmen against the cogs. Morris E. Winkleman, of Branch 2980 of the National As- sociation of Letter Carriers, reports | that an average of three postmen are bitten weekly in Inglewood. He announced his organization had hired an attorn and if this |1ourished WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1946 By Frances Ainsworth Did you know that man has been’ on bread since pre- \istoric days? Excavators found nkes of baked dough in caves of he Stone Age—a far cry hoyn he crusty, golden loaf wrapped in vaxed paper which we enjoy today — but it was bread just the same.' ind Egyptians -are known to have saked bread from light flour 5,000 rears ago in the form of small wolls, about the size and shape of NS We now buy, -enewder b o Today, with the government urg- ng us to save precious wheat for hipment to the starving European ations, we are learning of many, lew kinds of bread — all of which require less flour—or use a wheat- ubstitute. I enjoy baking a loal; )f my own bread once in a while — ind the other day in support of JNRRA’s plea to use wheat-sub- titutes, 1 baked a loaf made of, atmeal, It was delicious, and my lamily enjoyed it a great dea And to keep my home-made sread fresh and tasty — I followed he example of my baker.+ I vrapped my loaf in several layers )f waxed paper folding it tightly it the corners, and tied it with a itring. It's really amazing how nuch fresher bread will stay if rapped carefully, And by taking this precaution to . protect - the freshness of bread —and all other foods — we can save money . for surselves — and _release food : for the millions of people who are actually starving in Europe! TLET YOUR money earn demand notes. (285 TAKU CUSTOMS i | YSDI8 with 2 200-tea 28 months Jchn | new scn, and Mrs. J. L. May | and Mrs four . Buy Alaska Finance Cor- 5-t1) POST IS RE-OPENING Now Re-cpening the Taku Inlet toms station for the first ti the suspension of Taku Ri mining in the fall of 1942, Deputy Collector Byrcn E. Gadberry and Mrs. Gadberty were to leave for that lower-river post todey, mak- i e iboard < be he station will 1 kapt opzn [Uu'uugl'mvt the river navigation sea- €ca and the Deputy Collection will handle all foreign between ska and British. Coiumbia—the of which consists of fhine car- 2211y hag, Loog. Custom ctor at Fairbapk: e NAVY SHIP HERE; SAILS TOMORROW The ATR3 M., D. McNam: 0 P m. cemmanded by Lt + USN, darrived at yesterday enroute to Adak and “wilk sail oW, The picked up Sodiak Among tho crow in tt rien due for dls: lal in the St HOSPITAL NOTES well and Pat for on Coll surgical patie Gowerter and her and and Mrs. Elmer her ne The charged / daughter. Government Derothy M Hazel Alb daughter, of Tena - - FOOD SALE Of home made focds by Methoedist Church, Cash Grocery. 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