Vets’ Mail Bag
A> a service to veterans in the
community, this newspaper will
publish a weekly column of ques
tions most frequently asked con
tact men of the Veterans Admin
istration in this area. For more de
tailed informat ion, veterans should
contact or write to the nearest
Veterans Administration contact
unit at 46 and 47 P, O. Bldg., An
chorage.
Q —Do I have to pay income tax
i on my pension?
A.—No. Amounts paid as bene
f fits from the Veterans Adminis
tration are not taxable.
Q.—If I use my loan guarantee
here, can I sell my house and go
to 'ome other part of the country
and get another guarantee?
A.—Not unless you have used
only part of the maximum guar
antee. You are entitled to $4000
for a real estate loan and after
this guarantee is used, you are not
eligible for any more under the
G.I Bill of Rights.
Q.—How do I go about convert
ing my insurance?
A.—If you have decided on the
permanent plan best suited to
your needs, fill out insurance form
358 (obtainable from your contact
representative* and mail to the
Veterans Administration, Insur
Alaska Youth
Shoots Self
DENVER. April 22. (/Pi — The
father of Clifford A. Shellabarger,
23. who police said shot himself
Saturday rather than submit to
questioning about a Fargo, N. D.,
shooting, was enroute from Alaska
to claim the body, the county cor
oner said. The coroner messaged
the Shellabarger family at Skwen
tna. Alaska, informing them their
son’s body was at the county
morgue.
Shellabarger was known at the
University of Denver as the wear
er of the Congressional Medal of
Honor, but the navy department
in Washington said there was no
record of the award.
Authorities said a thousand dol
lars in coins and a complete set
of burglar tools was found in the
boy’s room. Authorities at the uni
versity said the youth registered
as a freshman. His record from
Anchorage high school indicated
he was a fine student there.
ance Division, Washington 25, D.
C. However, term insurance issued
prior to this year may be contin
ued without conversion for eight
years from the date of issue and
it is advisable to wait until you
are sure of your future economic
status before converting to higher
prem um payments.
WHY NOT
VOTE A
REPUBLICAN
BALLOT
AT APRIL 30
PRIMARY
ELECTION
You Cant Lose
FOR TERRITORIAL
SENATOR
VOTE FOR
MITROVITCH, M. S. (DUKE)
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SPORTS
SEN JONES ON DIET
MIAMI, iyP)—Ben Jones, Calu
met Farm trainer who saddled
three Kentucky Derby winners,
has been placed on a strict diet
and has been ordered by his physi
cian to cease riding his saddle
horse.
SCORES 100 POINTS
MIAMI. </T*> — Harry Ghaul,
mainspring of the University of
Miami Orange Bowl eleven,
scored an even 100 points last sea
son, getting 13 touchdowns and
kicking 22 conversions in 20 at
tempts.
BROTHER OF ARMY'S HANK
COLLEGE STATION. Tex., <JP)
Dan Foldberg, six-foot-one fresh
man with the Texas Aggie basket
ball team, is a brother of Army’s
football end, Hank Foldberg, who
also lettered at A. & M. in 1942.
SWISS MATCH THEIR SKIS
• By Hand De Watteville)
ZURICH, Switzerland — Skis,
too, must be mates, says Adolf At
tenhofer, one of the 12 Swiss ski
manufacturers.
And it takes from two to three
years to produce a good pair of
skis, says he.
The first step in manufacturing
is to cut the wood in planks, 79 to
118 inches long, 3.9 inches wide
and 1.2 inches thick. The planks
are dried in an open-air shelter
for a period of one to two years.
Then, various sawing and planing
machines give the planks the first
rough form of skis. Then there is
another drying period of several
weeks.
More sawing and planing fol
low, with the ski taking definite
form. One end is curved by pres
sure. A groove is cut in the center
of the running surface. The dry
process is repeated once more,
sometimes in special drying ap
paratus.
Then the mating process takes
place. An experienced man choos
es the two planks best suited for
a paii-. He checks the wood struc
ture, the weight and the flexibil
CARDINAL _ Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Roman
Catholic archbishop of New York,
poses In his new robes of office.
ity. Wheelwrights then take over,
giving the skis their definite and
final form.
Tested, the skis are equipped
with metal runners, then oiled,
tinged, varnished and polished.
Finally a lacquer is applied to the
running surface.
Atienhofer says that production
of skis in Switzerland, estimated
roughly at 60,000 pairs a year, <
would rise sharply with the re
vival of the export business in
1947.
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