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? ors are MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948 VETERAN By MAJOR TH 5" GUIDE OMAS M. NIAL e SEsussEssssstssseeassy) Ex-servicers who haven't yet ap- plied for their terminal leave pay may do so up to Sept. I, 1948. The application must ke postmarked not later than that. Terminal leave blanks—or, offic- ially, “Claim for Settlement, Un- used Leave” blanks—are Ssuppose to._be. available at all first and sec-| If the VA decides that the condi-| ond class post offices. If you can’t get one, write to headquarters of your branch of the service. Question from L. J. Q , Gollen Meadow, La.: “Since my discharge I have been getting compensation for my 10 per cent disability. Now that I'm married isn't the VA sup- posed to increase that compens: tion?” No. Your disability rating will be increased only of your disability | gets worse. Query from Mrs. G. G., Kensing- | ton, Ga.: “My husband was Kkilled | in Germany, and I have been drawing the insurance ever since. If 1 should remarry could his pa- rents have the insurance paid to them?” No. You'd keep on getting it. Question from F. H. D, Green- ville, S. C.: “I am a disabled vete- ran and would like to know if I could re-instate my National Ser- vice “term” life insurance. Can I do that if I am not totally disabled?” Maybe yes. If your health is as good today as it was when you let your insurance lapse, then you can reinstate. If your health today is not so rood as it was when your nsurance lapsad you will have to pass a physical examination. Query from B. M., Ozark, Okla.: “How long was I in the service if JUNEAU THESPIANS ORGANIZE;ARE GOING TO PRESENT COMEDY There was a splendid turnout of | talented Thespians when the Ju- neau Players convened yesterday afternocn in the City Hall. The hilarious comedy, a Child,” was read, Directors were chosen and the general policy of the dramatists’ association outlined by Darrell M. Naish, president. Casting for the various parts will take place this evening, starting at 7 o'cleck, at the home of Mrs. Pauline Washington, in. the Alder Terrace. “Since the play is to be pre- sented May 28 and 29,” Naish said, “there can ke no delay. The play will be cast tonight and rehear- sals will start immediately. 1f,” he added, “there is anyone who was not on hand yesterday but who wishes to tryout, we invite that per- son to be present tonight. There is always room for anyone willing to work towards a successful produc- tion.” Mrs. Florence Lockwood, an ex- perienced professional actress, will| direct the play. Associate direct- Mrs. Pauline Washington and Richard M. Peter. Other officers of the Juneau Players are: Mrs. Edith Shrenk, vice- president; Tcni Manewitz, secre- tary; Don Miller, treasurer. Trus- tees are Mesdames Frances M. Worbec, Katherine Nordale, Paul- ine Washington and Bess A. Winn. THIRTY-NINE FLY BY PAN AMERICAN Pan American weekend flights brcught passengers lows: Frcm Seattle: Jim Church and family, Arse Credo, T. Credo, Ce- cil and Eitha Young, Jo Barrie, Dorothy Langseth, Walter Simon, Judge Edward Medley, Richard F. Lewis, Harold Baldwin and A. Bald- win, Charles and Ruth Jenne, Sieg- fred Berge, Dorthea, Jeanne and Jeffrey Hurt, Herbert and Helen Gulliford, John Walker, Labert La- Blanc, and Fred Hucker. To Seattle: Oscar Hopkins, Wayne from Juneau as fol- in 25 and left with 14 I spent one year on active duty and | 13 months in the enlisted reserve?” One year. Query from (. H. T, Spokane: | “Can a veteran with a “blue” dis- charge get hospitalization at a VA | hospital?” | tions under which he was discharged were not dishonorable he can, sub- | ject to the e conditions that | govern any veteran's request for | VA hospitalization. | Question from Mrs. G. T. Okla- homa City: “My husband was kil- led in the war and I am drawing | widow's compensation. Is there any ! |limit to the amount of the money 1| may make in my Civil Service job and still draw the compensation | from the Veterans Administration?” No limit at all since your hus- band'’s death was due to his service. Question from P. H. Arlington, | Va.: “Is it true that the GI Bill provides for free shipment of | household goods for a period of |two years after discharge?” Nc Query from Mrs. P. S. L, Law- rence, Mass.: “My former husband was killed near New Guinea in 1944. His father and I both want the Army to return his body to the U. S., but neither of us has heard any- thing from the Army. Where can we write to find out?” To the Graves Kegistration Ser- vice, Office of the Quartermaster General, Department of the Army, Washington 25, D. C. Give your former husband’s full name andl serial number, and your own, when you write | Alkeri, John McGregor, Gus George, Sam Han'on, Elijah Han- lon To Whitehorse: Phillippe Maison- ville and D. Walter. To Fairbanks: Jim Shanks, Nor- man Hailey, Virginia Houston, Ed- ward Smith and Jack Stafford. To .Annette: Elroy Ninnis. BOWLING Cross alley doubles at the Elks lub teonight will begin at 7 ‘clock with Bud Phelps and F. | Phelps vs. C. McLean and S. Mc- Lean on lane one; C. Jones and M. Pearce vs. P. Matheny and partner cn lane two; S. Johnson and A. Fisher vs. A. Tettalick and J. Thompson on alley three; and W. King and S. Wilson vs. S. Mat- son and D. Matson on lane four Matches at 9:15 are made up of A. Stephenson and B. Stephenson vs. G. Stevens and Mrs. Graff on lare one; N. Biggs and partner vs. B. Parsons and E. Parsons on lane two; E. Peyton and S. Heine vs. opponents on lane three, and R. Boochever and C. Boochever | vs. unnamed opposition on lane four. Wise | e r—— POLICE COURT NEWS Richard Bean and David New- man were each fined $25 this morning on drunk and .disorderly charges by Mayor Waino Hendrick- son. The Mayor is Acting City Magistrate during. the illness of ‘Judge William A. Holzheimer. Mrs. | Vincent Yeado was given a 30-day !suspended jail sentence for be- ling drunk and Weston Anderson was sentenced to serve 30 days lin the City Jail on a similar | charge. 1 B s | st v s | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEET WEDNESDAY The League of Women Voters of ! Juneau will meet Wednesday eve- |ning in the City Council Chamb- |ers at 8 o'clock. ! 'The business scheduled for the | evening will be the adoption of bylaws. All members are ufged I to attend this important meeting. 1 -> oo HERE FROM PORTAGE Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Smylie, from Portage, are registered at the Baranof -Hotel. $ICKS' SEATTLE BREWING & MALTIN €O., SEATTLE, U.S. A. Distributed throughout Alaska by ODOM COMPANY KINY — JUNEAU Alaska Broadcasting Co C.R 8. MONDPAY EVENING 5:00—~WINNER TAKE ALL-CBS. 5:30—Totem Talk—Forecasts. 5:45—Viking Varieties. £:00—PAA News 6:15—Dinner Waltz. 6:30—Sports on Spot. 6:45—Happy Smith. 7:00—Mystery House. 7:30—AR.THUR GODFREY-CBS 8:00—Standard News—Forecasts. 8:15—Community Center. 8:30—Fred Allen. | 9:00—Fishing Time—Forecasts. 9:15—Supper Club —Family Theatre. 1 —Alaska Line, News. 10:15—Words with Music. 10:30—Forecasts. First newscast of the day at 7:30 A M. | R 'MISSING MONEY 1S DISCOVERED INMUSEUM HERE | Money stolen here nine years ago, was found last week in the | Territorial Museum where it had {been secreted by its thief. The cache, three Federal and Terri- torial Government checks amount- ing to $24 plus nine blank Terri- torial checks, was discovered in some old Congressional Record files by Mrs. Josephine White, Assistant Curator and Librarian. i According to Deputy U. S. Mar- shal Walter Hellan, the money was stolen in 1939 by James E. Sparks, who was convicted and sent to the McNeil Island Federal Peni- tentiary for five years on a charge oi larceny in a Post Office. He had stolen some money and many items from Post Office packages and mail from a Federal Building storeroom His wife, Edna, was also sent to the penitentiary for 13 months for receiving stclen goods. | - - ! ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication Mt. Ju- neau Lodge, F. and A. M., Mon- day, April 12, Work in the E. A. degiee. (859 2t) [ L. W. LEIVERS, Secly. | | | - fishing is in ancient Greek frequently lit- Sponge mentioned erature. --- Some 20,000 of Australia’s 400,- 000 people left the country in 1848 to hunt gold in California, National Forest Timber For Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Juneau, Alaska, up to ani including 9:00 A. M., APRIL 26, 1948, fcr all the mer- chantable dead timber, standing or down, and all the live timber mark- ed or designated for cutting, on an area totaling approximately 162 acres, on an area at Horton Point in Lynn Canal, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 3,040,000 fect B.M., more or less of Sitka spruce and western hemlock sawtimber, end 1,000 linear feet, more or less, of piling. No bid of less than $2,00 per M feet B.M. for spruce saw- timber, $1.00 per M feet B.M. for hemlock sawtimber, and 1c per linear foot for piling up to and in- cluding 95 feet in length and 1%c per linear foot for piling over 95 feet in length will be considered. $500.00 must accompany each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, re- funded, or retained in part as liquid- ated damages, according to the con- ditions cf sale. Primary manufacture outside of the Territory of Alaska of any part of the timber is subject to the consent of the Regional For- ester. The right is reserved to reject: any or all bids received. Before bids are submitted, full information con- cerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Divi- sion Supervisor, Juneau,” Alaska, or the Regional Forester, Juneau, Al- aska. First publication, March 27, 1948. Last publication, April 12, 1948. NOTICE April 8, 1948 | ! NOTICE IS “HEREBY GIVEN | that James C. Cooper and Yvonne Cooper have conveyed to me, the | undersigned, Lot 8 in Block 8 of the City of Juneau, the Cooper Building | situated thereon, all personal prop- erty therein and owned by them, | and the contents of the store known ! | as Yvonne's situated in the Baranof | Hotel building, as Trustee for the | benefit of their Creditors. | All persons having claims against | the said James C. Cooper and I'Yyonne Cocps:, or either of them, | should present their claim to the ! undersigned, with sworn statements | of their validify attached. All monies owing to either James | ©. Cooper or Yvonne Cooper may be paid to me, as trustee. My office is in the Cpoper Build- ing, Juneau, Alaska. Postoffice ad- i dress: Box 2060, Juneau, Alaska. Telephone 182. MARGUIRETE SEATON, Trustee. i | First publication, April 9, 1948, Last publication, April 30, 1948. Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alsska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE SEVEN BLONDIE BUT HE WAN TO DO ITR Hi HIIINY 8 Cwiats HE GOING ( T ) HE IS vig >OUT OF —p— DAGWOOD--} WANTS TO KNOW HIM I'LL COME OVER IN A DAY OR JOB LIKE THAT &QKGHT AWAY P VES, MRS, PLUVIUS IS A CHARMING WOMAN — | MEAN SHE IS, AFTER You GET To Z KNOW HER!! CKING MUD IN Q'ow, IF You DONT MNP WE'LL THE HOUSE!! GO O MY HOUSE. | HAVEyA TEVE] SURPRISE FOR You (SVaelE M MARRIED!! Cope 1948, King Feato Y IT MEANS MORE THAN "3 THAT .. DEAR . IT MEANS ....MY DECISION TO 6O WILL DEPEND ON YOU. T WANT YOU TO.GO . WITH ME...AS MY WIFE . OF COURSE I DO TONY... 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