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PAGE TWO ~ WARNING TO /ALASKABOARD OF Free House ANCHORAGE | fEmT P A Trailers for MORE FED. MONEY MERCHANTS =0 o Vorions Rjagka Now Bills Considered at Annual Mee' Here A—House trailers for emergency e R { housing ,will ‘be provided to Alas- A resolution to increase Alaska’'s kan cities without cost, E. Glen allotment of federal moni2s under Wilder, director of the Alaska Hous- the Hospital Survey and Construc- | ing Authority, reported today, He Army to Thr&AOpen Com- ‘ missary Unless Price Increases Stopped jon Act from $100,000 to. $250,000 said 488 deluxe units will be avail- ANGHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 29.—|was passed yesterday at the annual | aple, P—The c gooffider of Ft./meeting of the Alaska Board of .However, sites, utilities and possi- ed an ulu-.flv.‘llln bly transportation will have to be merchants—| This year's allotment is being furnished for the trailers,” which to increas- used for the construction of the|are, at present, located in the will thi | Maynard-MacDougall Memorial| pacific Northwest, They are “froz- all ,War Hospital at Nome, and increased enn for ‘Alaskan use. - inz in Al)"_ deral funds would allow noeded| Commenting cn the housing| B it Alaskan com-| crisis which makes the use of the fi Col. Harry Generous, | unities, y trailers necessary, Wilder said: ot| Cther resolutions pas:2d included “Something must be done. We beginning k strike, | standards fodd and drug control !within the territory, sanitation ordi- [aances, and transfer of the health An-!unit M.S. Hygiene to the territory. Leaislation sonsidered were bills the ritime have a waiting list for housing 19 years long. Judging from the current turnover, cities are going to lose people or have slums lccat- he has reccived cf complaints tment employees War in from living “horage. Wits o § ert Dila|ed con thelr |outskirts.” He asserted that the spread be- 1‘: . ":‘l“’“l“" ""‘" ‘b’ 1“"“ 5:]" f‘i;“:‘ “These trailers must be strictly tween city prices and those at the|laWws, blood tes clore MAITIAZE. ! oy porary rental quarters,” Wilder prophylactic treatment for eyes of said. “If the cities desired, tihcy could limit the occupancy to five years or any period they felt would commissary is from 40 to 60 per- S |the new born to prevent blindness, cent | i control measures for diseased | “Opening the doors of the com-|2% | animals, missary would mean feeding at| i carry them through the housing least - another 4,500 people,” ”““,IT”‘,"“;(, :“‘“* li{;‘“‘] ‘"l ":1“‘2':“‘]“‘1’; crisis.” % e he: budget a rogral 3 g 2 Colonel said. “The Army m(ond.«i(\mm) vr"Lu' M:'nhm'\ attending| The trailers originally cost the to do that if necessary.” it Sl R . | government $3300 each, They are {the meetings are Governor Ernest “At we don't have fac- R : | Gruening, Dr. Dwight Cramer, Mrs. ‘ present fully equipped with ranges, at- ilities for such an increase. It | 3 i i ers and refrigerators means engaging additional per- l:;‘r:h:;g“]i ‘:fi:cw R‘a;‘g"fi gf":“[‘;“fi D A Sl sonnell and expanding what we/" o i Bl ” have. We'll keep the commissary | 9 B R | open to them (War Department | K IDEWEY Generous said employees report| % prices at some stores, especially ! plANN N B during the last few weeks, have| | i | 1 risen as much at 30 per cent He isted situaticn ex- 1946 shipping pressure from forestalled the com- said a similar during the At that timi e merc a similar move ‘to open missaries to more people ORTIZ MEETS JACKLISH IN HEP SATURDAY To Take Off from Chitose | Air Base for Shemya | on world High' | Governor Dewey promised {talk at Boston that he would ex- . ipand this country's social legisla- CHITOSE AIRBASE, Hokkaldo, oy if he is elected on . ‘Tuesday. Cet. 29.~UP—Mrs. Richard MorTow-|go saiq that it would be’done as | Tait, British housewife, landad ber fupart of the defense of our Ameri- cingle engine plane here today andican way of life in a troubled and lexpects to tdke off tomorrow “’rjdangnruus world.” Shemya Island in the Aleutians onj. oo ol en ¢ increase HE'S ELECTED (By The Associated Press) health service. Although the last Congress did not act on social se- | curity, health or minimum wage i isues, Dewey said that the new con- would give what he called “en- her preojected around-the-world| e G2} flig !the minimum wage and to provide American Air Force officials in!8 Stronger and expanded public | Tckyo said she would be given an[ lescort of a B-17 air-sea rascue plane 29.—Z—|on the 1778 mile flight. She had World bantam weight champion said she would make the flight with- | Manuel Ortiz steps into the ring|cut escort, but American officials ® "= 05" p i AT at Hollywood Stadium in a non- said she would be_escorted mmderim“"'“s‘m support” to his proposals. title f1¢-rounder tonight against the rout'ne procedure for all small| Dewey Buddy Jacklich of San Francisco, ! planes making the same flight lcial security act is good “so far and much hangs on the outcome| She plans to fly to Shemya over|3s it goes, but it does not go far for the titleholder |the Aleutians chain to Anchorage,!€nough.” Dewey added that the Ortiz needs a win if he intends!Alaska, thence to Whitehorse, Can-|country has moved out of what he to campaign with the feather-'ada, and, weather permitting, on called “the old era where any of weights and junior light weights,|across the North Atlantic. jour people might be left to the or retreat back into his own di-| Her navigator is frmer RAF pi- (mercy of the reactionary philosophy vision—if he can still make 118|lot Michael Townsend. |of every man for himself.” pounds. He figures to scale around | e Dewey spoke before an over-flow 128 pounds tonight ! crowd in the Boston area, where 2 39 What looked like a decisive bat-| president Truman spoke the night e | tle for control of Manchuria and iofore. "“"Prefab" for | N |North China started between Today Dewey will follow Mr. Tru- | Chinhsien and Tahushan near the man's campaign trail through Mas- Designed No HOLLYWOOD, Oct \ 2 Great Wall, between Nationalist sachusetts, Rhode Island and Con- and Communist troops. Korea to- necticut. day counted her dead from a| Dewey will pull into New York Communist-led revolt which was late this afternoon. crushed. | Tomorrow night hell close his i e icampaign in Madison Square Gar- In 1832 there were 40 miles of den, while President Truman winds railroad in the United States. ‘up his campaign. at Saint Louis. | Oct. -~ 29.—(P— [ Polar househunters, attention—The Navy has a new aluminum “prefa I designed for 65 below zero weather which a dozen men can assemble in less than two hours with their mit- tens on This cozy home is not intended for sale bere but for military use in the Arctic i The Navy said today it plans to put its new anti-freeze unit to the | test this winter wken 16 Seabees will make it their home in Peint Bar:ow, Alaska. First, however, the tarrucks will be tried out next in the Air Force's cold 1gar at. Elgin Field, Fla. The structure, designed by Doug- las Aireraft Co., comes in thick in- sulated panels. The walls of paper heneycomb are covered with only two thin aluminum “skins,” yet the unit can withstand 50-mile-an-hour and the weight of 13 feet of the Navy said. ing about 10,000 pounds, the barrack can be transported ne and erected quickly by men iled up from head to toe against the numbing cold, using only a mal- let and a sccket wrench. The wrench, incidentally, also serves as| part of : door handle. the 20 ty W. Preamble to the Constitution of The. American Legion For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; ‘To maintain law and order; Arctic To foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; ‘To preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great Wars; To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; temperatures out- 48 feet house can comfortable 70 degrees burning heaters, the e ‘To combat the autocracy of both the classes and i the Air Force the masses; methods of liv- the Far North. not expect large r to be possible ice and sweeping k over the their list of possi- To make right the master of might; Military experts do To promote peace and good will on earth; troop movem=ants ev Arctic sno ds, but Pole is or To safeguard and transmit to posterity the prin- ciples of justice, freedom, and democracy; an To consecrate and sanctify opr comradeship by A defense network of weather and | our devotion to mutual helpfulness. radar warning stations has been suggested along the top rim of Al- aska. These would require housing | unit<, such as the one under test for men manning the Arctic out- pasis, i AKES in aj aid that the present se- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA \WALLACE STUMPS . NEW YORK i (By The Associated Press) i Henry Wallace will make several speeckes in New York today as he continues his campaign in the city. Last night he said that “when the Progressive Party puts its first pres- ident into the White Hous.e," he will appoint cabjnet members to handle the arts and: sciences. Wal- lace was addressing a meeting of the National Council of Art# Sci- ences and Professions. The ' third-party candidate said that big business fears artists, sei- entists and intellectuals. Wallace added that *8ufs is the search for truth—theirs is the propagation of the lie.” - TEAMWORK WITH WHITE HOUSE BY «Continued from Fage Cne; Dewey’s Plans Dewey urged his New England audiences yesterday mot to “fall ‘or the argument of candidates wlding high ofiice that there is only one party.”” And he promised to expand social legislation as “part of the defense of our American way of life in a troubled and dangerous world.” Wallace planned anoiier go- | round of New York talks with a major speech tonight in Harlem Mr. Truman, noting that Dewey's travel schedule has followed close {on his heels, referred to-his GOP rival ‘as his “shadow.” But he isaid the New York Governor was afraid -to follow him in discussing such campaign issues as social se- curity, housing, minimum wages, the Taft-Hartley Law. The President also retorted . to Dewey’s “mud-slinging” charge on Tuesday night in Chicago. “If it's mud-slinging to go out and tell the people in every state { and every corner of the country about the facts of life, then I'm a mud-slinger,” Mr. Truman said. I | CONGRESS PLEDGE ] ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 'HALLOWE'EN TO BE ; " ONE NIGHT ONLY, SAYS, CHIEF HULK Saturday evening has been declar- ed “tricks or treat” night by Ber- nard Hulk Chief of Police. Chief; Hulk wants all the kids in Juneau to have a good time on Hallowe'en eve but requests that the celebra- tion be confined to only one night. The police department also issues a serious warning that anyone dam- aging property or committing acts of vandalism will be prosecuted. For all newcomers to the com- munity, it might be well to enlarge on smallfry’s celebration of Hallow- e'en in Juneau. The youngsters dressed as ghosts, goblins, and witch- es, visit all houses in their neigh-: borhood and announce “tricks or treat.” If the unwary householder doesn't have candy, fruit, or pop-! corn on hand to give to the chil-{ dren, he may end up with plenty of windows to wash the next day, e ee— — MY(EES pi"' our ;l‘curs were Mesdames W, M. White-;em to “stand together and show | NEWS SHEET FOR | MEMBERS, CLUBS| first issue of a new publica- came out today. Name is Jay- Cees. Purpose, to put mews of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in print for all members. The two- pager mimaeograph sheet had ‘its st reading at the Jaycee's noon | lunckeon meeting today at the Bar- arof Hotel. Plans are to make it a weekly publication to be issued mJ all memkers and sent to Junior Chamber clubs in Alaska. Answering President Dean Good- win's call for committee reports, Ray Hope told members that the| Rhythm on Rollers, roller skating stow to be sponsored by Jaycees; November. 21-22-23, is coming along | fine. Hop2 invited all club memcers to go to the roller rink Tuesday | evening to watch skaters practice their routines. President Goodwin called on Joei Wagner, public relations officer of s the Seattle Junior Chamber of} Commerce and Pan American Air- ways repres:ntative, to give a short ; talk. Guests included Dan Wilcox, bu- reau of public Surveys, Don Steite and Carl Heinmuller of Port Chil- koot. e FROM HAIN Edward Repetti of Haines is at the Gastineau Hotel. EYES EXAMINED { ; : 8econd and }ranklin DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS LENSES PRESCF ‘D Juneau ——— | lllIlIIlIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIII!HIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIII[ Announcing ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES WINTER FLIGHT SCHEDULE Effective October 1st, 1948, our regular flight schedule will be as follows: FROM JUNEAU To Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell— One round trip daily To Sitka— Two flights daily; To Haines and Skagway— One flight daily No Sunday flight To Tenakee— 3 flights weekly; Mondays, Wednesdays, 3 flights weekly; weather permits One flight weekly; weather permits No Sunday afternoon flight To Hoonah, Gustavus, Pelican— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays To Port Althorp, Elfin, Kimshan, Chichagof, Cobol— One flight weekly; Tuesdays, or first day thereafrer To Hawk Inlet, Chatham, Todd, Baranof, Hood Bay, Angoon Mondays, or first day thereafter Call your Alaska Coastal Airlines ticket agent for time of departure and arrival Phone 202 or 612 Bishop W. J. Gordon Honored, Reception, Thursday Evening, Many people attended the recep- tion last evening honoring the Rt. Rev. William J. Gordon, Jr., copal Bishop of Alaska, which was held tetween the hours of 8 and 10 ;at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oharles | neeqeq funds for the renovation of Burdick. Bishop Gordon is making his first official visit to the church- es in Southeast Alaska. He will leave for the Bishop’s Residence at Fair- tanks on Tuesday. In the receiving line at the recep- ticn were Bishop Gordon, Dean and Mrs. C. E. Rice, the Rev. and Mrs. Samuel A. MacPhetres, Mrs. Helen Roff, President of the Altar Society; Mre. Edna Heaten Lomen, President of Holy Trinity Guild, and Dr. Wil- liam M. Whitehead, Dr. James C. Ryan, Dr. Clayton Polley, Mr. K. G. Merritt, and Mr. Harry Lea, mem- | hers of the Vestry. Pouring during the receplion kcad, James Ryan, K. G. Merritt, C. E. Rice, Helen E. Roff, and Edna | Harry .- Truman.” Lomen. e e, — WANT ADS BRING RESULTS! Epis- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948 IEEN AGERS TO BE 1NancyA Furness s ENTERTAINED THIS | Honored, Birthday "lGI'lT BY m[ Miss Nancy Furness, daughter of | | Mr. and Mrs. Milton Furness, cele- | The Teen-agers of Juneau and {brated her 11th birthday with a par- |ty at her home on Tuesday eve- Douglas are reminded that tonight | |is the night of the party being giv- gmfit Invited f_or the occasion were |en for them at the Moose Club.|c S}t youns friends of Nancy's. Des- {1t will tegin at 9:45 O'clock. i s ;‘:’;"‘:’e :‘e‘ :-;: e ise some much- | wards. O © TUCR” | The refreshment table was decorat- |the “Teen Age Club, Yhe teen agers ed in a Hallowe'en motif with black have decided to charge themselvesfz;ndles ";'"d a centerpiece of tronze |an admission fee of 25 cef _There‘fm:x':’“nx emums. Nancy recelved | will also be refreshments for sale at | i P, FISRRsS, |the party. | b I e |! Special entertainment is being BAPTISMAL SERVICE AT |Plsnned. And there will be come | THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ‘,guessing games with prizes. | Soft Coal Miners ~ Told How io Vote (By The Associated Press) A Unifed Mine Workers: official | has called on 36,000 soft-coal min-| I ! At the Sunday morning worship | service at the Lutheran 'Church, | the sacrament of baptiSm will ‘be ;Bdmtnhtered to ‘Judy Louise, born { July 9, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vogel. Acting as sponsors will be | Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nevin, ————.—— DAUGHTEX ¥OR BECKERS our disapproval by voting against A daughter was born to Mr. and That state- | Mrs. Roland Becker in St. Ann's | ment was made by John Busarello, Hospital last evening. The new President of the United Mine arrival weighed seven pounds, eight Workers' District Number 5. ounces at birth. You Are Invited to Attend the CHURCH OF CHRIST New Bfiilding in Wéynor Addition BIBLE CLASSES Pre-school through Senior Grade 10:00 a.in. Sundays Adult Classes 7:45 p.m. Sundays 8:00 p.m. Thursdays SUNDAY WORSHIP 11 No Savior :00 a.m. bui Christ . . . No Creed hut the Bible PENING SERVIC October 71, 1348 BOYD FIELD, Minister ROBERT ROWLAND, Assistant Minister 8:00 p.m. Fridays OO0 Dear Doctor anything on my bill. here it is. mouth. Then, a series of still further, Here's HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO WRITE A LETTER LIKE THIS Pm'awfully sorry to have to say this, but at the time it’s impossible for' me to pay ‘Certainly, excuses make poor payments, but you're entitled to an explanation and Ever since the baby arrived, we've had to struggle to make ends meet. g We badly underestimated the expense of another mouth fo feed, even though a little in iy own business tiave complicated things It's been bad planning on:my part from start to finish and, Pm ashamed to'say, we had no reserve to fall back om™ | % Like a lot of other people, we never expected to feel the pinch and didn't prepare for it. 2 ' I know this kind of letter doesn’t help you meet your own expenses, but please bear with us a while longer. I will muke every attempt to settle up soon. Thanks for your patience. Sincerely, John Doe financial set-backs a situation that occurs many times every year . every week...every day! BUY US. SAVINGS BONDS on the Payroll Savings Plan is Is @0 official U. S. Treasury a ‘vertisement—prepared under auspices of T:easury Department and Adverfising Counclh |