B-J-L Will Lay
Off 5,500 Workers
In Alaska
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SEATTLE, l/P) — The approach
of Alaskan cold, which was as
fearsome as 60 degree below at
Fairbanks at times last winter,
will result in the layoff of approx
imately 5,500 workers on war de
partment projects, the Birch
Johnson-Lytle construction firm
revealed Saturday.
Projects at Nome, Whittier,
Fairbanks, Mile 26, Anchorage
and other Alaskan points are ef
fected.
D. L. Cheney, general manager
of the construction firm, said
about 2,500 employees will be
kept on the job sites throughout
the winter.
Cheney said the southward
movement of the laid-off workers
started about three weeks ago.
Work now is being rushed on
the framing of barracks and other
buildings to build up as much in
side work as possible before the
severe cold sets in. There will be
considerable finish work for car
penters, plumbers, electricians,
painters and other building crafts
men during the winter.
Employees released in good
standing will be given first con
sideration when labor recruiting
starts next year, Cheney said.
Bull-dogs Deer
After Shooting It
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GILLETTE, Wyo. (/P) — Deer
hunter Richard Sandburg dropped
an eight-point buck with one shot,
but it took some cowboy-style
bull-dogging by his partner to
save his game.
When the deer fell, Otto Badger
ran to it with a knife to slit its
throat. The deer sprang to its feet.
Badger dropped his knife and
grabbed the antlers with both
hands.
As he wrestled it to the ground,
Sandburg darted tin with his knife
Manders Wins
Court Action
•The Anchorage Times)
Ruling that Attorney John Man- [
ders had “rendered extremely
valuable services,” Judge Anthony j
J. Dimond last week sustained all
Manders’ claims against Mrs.
Elizabeth Cross.
Manders had maintained that he
had been instrumental in saving
Mrs. Cross the forfeiture of some
liquor, whose value he said was;
$8500. Mrs. Cross, famed “queen
of the Arctic,” had questioned the
amount of lee Manders had charg
ed.
The Anchorage attorney was
awarded judgment ofg $1655.55 !
plus interest from Aug. 2, 1944. In
addition, Attorney J. Gerald Wil- !
liams, Manders’ counsel in the
court action here, will be paid
$100 by the defendant.
Mrs. Cross said that she didn’t
know whether or not she had ac
tually hired Manders to represent
her in the case in question. “There
is a fair inference that she did so
employ him,” the judge ruled.
“Her reliance on the existing
friendly relations . . . had no bear
ing on the case,” he continued,
Three prominent Anchorage at
torneys had testified that Man
ders’ fee for the action involved
was reasonable.
L. E. OST VISITING
DAUGHTERS IN NOME
L. E. Ost, 2nd Division legisla
tor, is in Nome viitsing his three
daughters and their families. The
daughters are Mrs. Earl Towner,
Mrs. Wallace Mclver and Mrs. A1
Doyle.
The most common cause of high
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heavy drinking, excessive work
ing nervous strain, excessive
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to apply the finishing touch. His
bullet had struck the deer just be
low the antlers, only stunning it.
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Fairbanks Cele
brates Inaugural
Run Of Au-Ro-Ra
(By Mark Knight)
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — The “Au- ;
Ro-Ra” the Alaska Railroad’s die
sel-motored streamliner, ended its
inaugural run from Anchorage
here yesterday, marking a new
phase in Alaska transportation his
toiy.
Passengers from Anchorage met
80 guests from Fairbanks at the
Mount McKinley Fark hotel Sat- i
urday night for a “Gay Nineties’’ !
ball that wil^ survive in the mem
ory of every guest.
#There were costumes from Fifth
Avenue, New York, shops, Seat- ,
tie and elsewhere, and many evi
denced the ingenious craftsman
ship of Alaska’s pioneer women. ^
There were plentiful number of (
sourdoughs among the 250 cele- ,
brants and they didn’t come to
look momentarily and retire.
For example there was Art Lu- I
tro, bewhiskered <not false*, Ruby
miner, president of the Pioneers
of Alaska; Archie Lewis, conduc
tor of the “Aurora”, with the rail- |
road through its 25-year history
and Capt. A. E. Lathrop, famed
for his steamboating activities in
gold days and a legion of current
enterprises. These and other vet
erans were on the ballroom floor
when it closed at 4 a.m.
Guests from Anchorage slept in
yesterday while the Fairbanks
group entrained on the “Aurora”
at 9 a.m., to wind up the inaugu
ral run to Fairbanks.
Ceremonies similar to the ones
held in Anchorage Saturday were
held when the train arrived here.
Alaska prid» in the streamliner
was best epitomized by a lady
from Seward who said: “This rep
resents the greatest forward step !
Alaskans have taken entirely by |
themselves in the epochal period j
of Territory history.”
Their admiration for the reju
venated Alaska Railroad and its
general manager, Col. John P.
Johnson, was apparent on every
hand.
Among the notable guests was
Juan Trippe, president of Pan
American airlines, on a survey of
possibilities for expansion of
Alaska service.
The train’s inaugural run was
in observance of the 80th anni
versary of the United States’ pur
chase of Alaska from Russia.
Bread And Shoe
Prices Hiked
In States
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a reporter he “would not be sur
prised” if bakers in other t it its
have to raise prices “in view of
wheat at $3.05 a bushel.”
lour of Philadelphia’s largest
bakeries announced a raise of cne
(t-nt for a pound loaf of bread,
from 15 to 16 cents. The' one cent
hike in New York also will boost
the cost to 16 cents for a one
pound loaf of white bread. In Bal
timore, where the Evening Sun
said a hike of one cent was plan
ned, a large loaf of bread sells for
17 cents and a medium loaf is 15
cents. The wholesale price in
Pittsburgh was advanced today
from 12V4 to 13Vfe cents a pound.
Of the approximately 700,000
retired insured workers who are
receiving earned monthly bene
fits from old-age and survivors
insurance, about 95,000 are women
who worked in industry or com
merce.
Black Sea Riviera
Enjoys Big Russian
“Velvet Season”
(By Tom Whitney)
i/^t Newsfeatures»
MOSCOW, (/P»—September and
early October was the “Velvet
Season” on the Black Sea riviera.
Thousands of Soviet citizens from
all over the country, with perhaps
the single largest contingent from
Moscow, hurried southward to
stretch out the brief Russian sum
mer for another month or six
weeks in the sunshine.
While September mornings in
the Soviet capital were chilly and
while there were frequent frosts
at night, it was the height of the
vacation season in Sochi, Gagary
and many other seaside resorts of
the Caucasus.
The days were very hot there,
and the nights so warm that open
air restaurants were thronged by
lightly-dressed' vacationers far in
to the evening.
The whole coastline of the
Black Sea from Sukhumi to Sochi,
is dotted with sanatoriums, rest
homes and other refuges. The
forty miles or so between the cen
ters of Gagary and Cochi is one
continuous line of new and old,
luxurious and more simple vaca
tion institutions belonging to va
rious organizations and used by
their employees.
Sochi and Gagary vacations are
usually fairly serious affairs in
the Russian tradition of combin
ing medical care with rest and
amusement.
Many Russians lake the sulphur
baths in Matsesta. Some live in
sanatoriums where they have a
strenuous and rigid regimen.
In a typical sanatorium the
morning is devoted to setting up
exercises, breakfast, consultations
with one’s physician and finally
one or another course in “heal
ing” as prescribed by the doctor.
Then comes lunch, rest, a ses
sion on the beach getting tanned,
then wash-up and supper.
In the evening the sanatorium
provides movies, concerts, lec
tures, dancing classes, organized
games and the like.
Periodically the sanatorium or
ganizes hikes, excursions and
even automobile trips lasting sev
eral days.
It's a good vacation by any
standard.
There are more persons in the
U.S.S.R. who can afford these va
cations than there is room for
them in Sochi and the surround
ing area. Although many come to
the Black Sea at their own ex
pense there are many workers
who have their way paid by their
trade unions.
Anyone who has been to Sochi
in September and October begins
to get a great urge to return there
when the leaves around Moscow
; commence to iu>n Six hour* on
I an airplane and one has burned
j autumn back to bright summer
• with a blue sea in front and the
* lofty Caucasus mountains behind,
; avd with banana and fig trees m
be- ween.
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