The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1947, Page 5

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947 VETERAN It's awful, | this column Admi up the letters to Veterans to foul some of n writing letters say to all the say many the way the ation continues irance detail who've b timate gripe that rather than go | trouble of filling out or reinstatement papers, having the whcle works wire, they think th all about Nationa Insurance, and. ther what looks like “an impc uation.” It's easy t picture. Still, back I always say one more chance insurance is too valuable to thro hoard just because of getting fed up with the VA's methods of handling it. another chance.” that's just a cry in the sbe the hope it sices for better things to come is ding, but still it's the advice 1 know how to give. e o o Query from W.J.B., New La.: “Dots a ten-point veteran em pleyed in a Civil Service job Ic ndin2 if the VA should de- disahility has bacome BRAND A CFAKE® THE WORLD LEARNED TC CALL HER "ANGEL" he veters le: these conversion and g0 then Life to when “Give for me tk I the VA cide - F cured?” says ne, ference at pears. Civil Service Commission { wouldn't make any dif- the veteran is employed his disability disap- if the time ° o Question frem R.L.C., Scottsboro, Ala.: “Can a veteran with a 60 disability borrow maoney e GI Bill to buy a car he weeds?” if he can show that the needed for Dbusiness. In e he would be entitled to n1ess loan under the GI Bill Only c £ it the car is just for pleasure, the answ is no. e o o 5 Query from DK. Philadelph ALEXANDER KNOX * DEAN JAGG I have converted my Naticnal BEULAH BONDI * PHILIP MERIVALE Service Life Insurance and am TAYLOR GOING T0 ROME T0 CONFER WITH POPE PIUS| WAE;H]N(V']ON. Au;,. 16— A ALSD s Myron C. Taylor is enroute to HW AY M/ 2o0me 2s President Truman’s per- sonal representative to confer with Pcpe Pius on world peace. President Truman anncunced in ( . a statement Friday that the L LAST TIMES TONIGHT industrialist will discuss with the Pope problems “relative to the es tablishment of peace under a moral crder and to the alleviation of human suffering still continuing in many parts of the world.” The statement said the President has asked Taylor “to hold conver- saticns with other leaders on sim- ilar problems while he is in Eur- | ope.” The White House cate with what other | will talk JOFE E. BROWN in SCHATTERBOX> and “THE MOJAVE FIREBRAND” did not indi- leaders he e 'HORACE ADAMS JR. WILL HEAD TRAVEL The Alaska Travel Burcau, repre- senting principal transportation cempanies, hotels and re ! wide, has opened its offices in the named Horace Adams Jr., as office manager in Juneau. The agency was originally organ- ized for the purpose of making available travel information—sghed- ules and rates as well as connecting carrier identity—to residents in Al- aska who, previous to the organiza- |tion of this company, were in | position where they had either to I travel without assurity of connect- ing reservations or carry on con- siderable correspondence previous to I By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL hay- ! forget | understand | write | best | Iberia, | : standing at the time of his death , AGENCY IN JUNEAU rts world | lobby of the Baranof Hotel and has | a | NEW TELE; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE i | §' GUIDE STy a) wondering if I can change the beneficiary from my wife, with whom I am no longer living, to some one else? Yes, you can Go to your VA regicnal office to make the change. You can name any cne you want as your beneficiary. { o o o Question from GR.T Seattle “We purchased a home with & GI Bill loan. Isn't it true that the government pays the interest on the guaranteed portion of the loan for the first year Not exactly. The government lender a sum which the first year's in- advances to the is equivalent (¢ JUNEAU, ALASKA US. COAST GUARD | THREE-NIGHT STAND DISTRICT CHIEF FOR "BELLE OF THE} WILL COME HERE YUKON" STARTS SAT. High life in the frozen north in {the rip-roaring days of the gold) Head of 13th Coast Guard i e wass o tternationars) s lgay satire, “Belle of the Yukon,"| District Expected fo |\ cspey Tose e, Ran-| . {dolph Scott, Dinah Shore and Bob ! Arrive Today | Burns, with Charles Winninger. | SEL Released through RKO Radio, | Commodore J. A. Stika, Com-|and opening Sun at the Twen- mandant of the 13th U. S. Coast!ticth Century Theatre here, the Guard District with headquarters Tcchnicolor musical extravaganza | at Seattle, is expected to arrive in deals with the hectic events which Juneau to pay an official follow the arrival of Belle DeValle | call on Alaska’s Governor, Com-|and Her Girls, the beauteous Yu-| modore Stika has recently taken kcn E , in the Alaskan town of over the command of U. 8. Coast|Malemute. Guard units in Alaska following| Belle Wy of wide experience the abolition of the former 17th and one idea, discovers in UH“ Joast Guard District |town’s foremecst citizen, - Honest | Accompanying the District Coast I.lnlm Calhoun, an old flame of he! terest on the guaranteed portion of the loan, but the lender, if he|Guard chief will be Captain G. R.|who in the past absconded with her wants to, can use that sum to de-|O'Connor, District Engineer Offi- heart and her bankroll, and who, preciate, or le , the total amount | ser. They are expected to arrive!in the present, she believes, is up oi the loan. He does not have te|chis afterncon on board a Coast'to his old trick lapply it to the interest on the| Guard piane. Word of their arri-| Their stormy romance, another first year if he doesn't want to.|val was released by Lieut. Comdr-|love affair between a dance-hall |On the other hand, there is no|@dward P. Chester, Jr., aide to the |singer and the establishment's reason why you couldn’t talk to|Governor. | pianist, and the ingenious schemes {the lender and try to persuade e by which honest John and other him to use it toward the first | shady residents plan to steal the year's interest scld dust which the trusting local cee Look for Seasonal il i G Query from B.J.D., Three Rivers, . houn’s care, all bring about the Mich.: “My brother was killed in unemp'oymen. Rlse hilarious climax European theatre three years Robert Armstrong, Guinn “Big , and my mother still has not \I.o\ Williams, William Marshall, been able to collect any of his| WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—~ mgrence es and other noted National Service Life Insurance,|The United States Employment | i vers have impertant roles, while What can she do?” Service looks for that figure of 60 |ne Misses Lee and Shore give out | That's a tough one to answer,|000.000 jobs to falter before long. |yun a flock oi catchy tunes writ- ! because there is so little that she Veterans heading back to school | o 1y Johnny Burke and Jimmy can do. If she hasn't already writ- |next month, farmers laying off {yan Heusen ten to the Insurance Division at|harvest hands and similar seasonal| Gay dance routines and remark- the Branch Office, Columbus, O |factors prcbably will shave thelap, ¢ settings add galety to she should do sc at once. She also | should go to one of the veterans' organizations, such as the VFW or Amvets or Legion and get help there. She could also get in touch with her nearest contact cffice of the VA and try to get action from them. But in the long run, only n help her. Possibly your insurance_was not in good | time ¢ Lrothe: But the VA should advise her if that is the ca; | Humy established an office in | Ketchikan and a branch offlco in \June\u. the company will have | available information concerning all | | local services performed by estab- | Hlsh(‘d carriers in Southecast Alaska, know the principal places of interest ‘to tourists and local people visiting lin adjacent cities in Southeast Al- | aska, have available for tourists a | omplete list of all charter boats| and guides and maintain relations* | with hotels and resorts throughout | the Territory which will permit the | securing of reservations for travel- | ers. Mr. Adams is presently working | in the Ketchikan office of the Al- ska Travel Bureau and following a training period will return to assume his responsibilities in Juneau. Phil Senour, owner and general manager of the company, in the meanwhile s opened the office and will be in Juneau for an indefinite pericd. -, — | Eisler Is Convided Falsifying Passport WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—M- A Federal Court jury has con- victed Gerhart Eisler, alleged num- ber one Communist in the United States, of a charge of giving false Linformation on a passport applica- jtion in 1945, The charge carries a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $5,- 000. | Sentence Wwas { prenounced. | Charged by Judge James Morris “to consider the case without “sym- i pathy” or “bias or prejudice,” the| ‘jury of five women and seven men not immediately | returned its verdict after more than two hours of deliberation. ST Ll NE DIRECTORIES | are out. Anyone who has not re-| jceived one, call 420. 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