ROAST TURKEYS ON
WAY TO TROOPS
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Headquarters Alaskan Depart
ment—Ten million pounds of tur
key, along with other succulent
foods, have left Quartermaster I
Corps warehouses and are on the
way to furnish traditional Thanks-'
giving dinners to troop units all
over the globe. Procurement of
turkeys was started last July.
Ingredients for both Thanks
giving and Christmas dinners are
the finest that the Quartermaster
Corps could procure in the mar
ket. Only the best grades have
been purchased and the Army
cook, who prepares the food under
the supervision of his unit com
mander, has a responsible job to
keep the final product up to the
giving. The menu for Thanksgiv
giving. The menu for Thauksgiv
ing Day the world over with the
Armed Forces will be as follows:
Celery, Pickles, Olives, Roast
Turkey, Dressing, Giblet Gravy,
Mashed Potatoes, Green Peas,
Stewed Corn, Lettuce Wedges,
Thousand Island Dressing, Hot
Rolls, Butter, Oranges, Apples,
Candy, Pumpkin Pie, Salted Nuts,
Raisins, Coffee.
Christinas dinner, with a few
differences, will be almost the
same as the Thanksgiving dinner.
There are about 2,500 species of
lizards.
VA Suspends
Some Subsistence
Payments
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WASHINGTON, {&)—'The Vet
erans Administration reported to
day it has suspended subsistence
payments to approximately 150,
000 ex-G. I.’s for failure to report
earnings in school or job training.
The payments, made under the
GI Bill of Rights, amount to $65
monthly for unmarried veterans in
school or on job training and to
$90 monthly for married men.
More than 1,200,000 veterans draw
the allotments.
Tuition payments, made directly
to schools, are not affected.
Under legislation passed last
summer, veterans’ payments and
earnings are limited to a total of
$175 monthly for those without
dependents and to $200 monthly
for those with dependents. In the
event those figures are exceeded,
the subsistence allowances must
be reduced accordingly.
The Veterans Administration
warned on Nov. 1 that the subsis
tence allowances would be halted
unless reports of earnings were re
ceived Dec. 5. Suspensions are to
remain in effect until the informa
tion has been received.
From San Francisco to Austra
lia is an 8,200-mile voyage.
VA Campaigns Vetearns
To Reinstate Insurance
Veterans Service organizations
throughout Alaska are urged this
week to join with the Veterans
Administration regional office at
Juneau in an all out campaign to
get veterans to reinstate the life
insurance they carried in the
armed forces.
The campaign is headed by Ber
nard Estabrook, recently named
insurance officer for the VA in
the Territory and all possible
sources of information will be
used to bring the high value and
low cost desirability of National
Service Life Insurance to veter
ans.
Level term life insurance may
be had in any multiple of $500
from $1,000 to the maximum of
$10,000, Estabrook pointed out, at
monthly premium costs ranging
ranging from 85 cents per $1000
and up. Estimating the average
veterans age at this time at 27 the
cost at this level is 69 cents per
$1,00 a month, he said.
The veteran may, until February
1, 1947, re-instate this insurance
in most instances without a physi
cal examination simply by paying
two monthly premiums and sign
ing a comparative health state
ment. Application forms are avail
able at any of the VA offices in
Alaska located at Fairbanks, An
chorage, Ketchikan and Juneau by
writing to the regional office at
Juneau.
Sealed Bid Sale of
SURPLUS
FOOD - CLOTHING - TEXTILES
on the Aleutian Islands
The Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior
offers for quick sale approximately two million dollars worth (or
iginal cost) of War Surplus located in the Aleutian Islands to be
sold in one lot “As Is—Where Is’* to the highest bidder.
The lot consists of:
FOOD—“X. S. and D" rations, bouillon cubes, canned asparagus,
luncheon meat, jelly, marmalade, flour, dehydrated pota
toes, canned roast beef, canned bacon, canned grapefruit,
preserved butter, soda crackers, canned grapefruit, pre
served butter, soda crackers, canned pork sausage, Vienna
sausage, candy and other items.
CLOTHING AND TEXTILES—Sleeping bags, tents, cotton draw
ers, Osnaburg cloth, barracks bags, shoes, boots, mosquito
nets, knee length sheepskin coats, parka rain jackets, util
ity jackets, shirts, trousers, woolen undershirts, gloves,
mittens, arctics and other items.
Informal bids will be accepted up to the close of business, De
cember 2, 1946, at the Department of the Interior, Surplus Property
Office, Washington 25, D. C.
Bids must be accompanied by a postal money order, certified
check or cashier’s check for ten percent of the amount offered; pay
able to the Treasurer of the United States. Payment of the re
mainder may be made by means of an unconditional irrevocable
letter of credit on a prime New York or San Francisco Bank. De
posits of unsuccessful bidders will be returned promptly.
The property must be removed at the purchaser’s expense
from the locations in the Aleutian Islands within 120 days from
the date of notice of award.
Additional detailed information is available at the Department
of the Interior, Surplus Property Office, Anchorage, Alaska—or
the Department of the Interior, Surplus Property Office, Wash
ington 25, D. C.—phone Republic 1820._
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No physical examination will be
required of veterans who rein
states their National Service Life
Insurance policies before Febru
ary 1, 1947.
Only about half of the seriously
disabled veterans in the Pacific
Northwest are employed, accord
ing to a Veterans Administration
survey.
Disabled workers experience one
third fewer serious accidents than
able-bodied workers exposed to
identical work hazards, a Bureau
of Labor statistics survey reveals.
USO camp shows made 30 ap
pearances before patients in Vet
erans Administration hospitals in
the Pacific Northwest during Sep
tember.
At the end of September, over
30,000 veterans were attending
schools or training on-the-job in
the Northwest under provisions of
' the G. I. Bill.
Q. If I use my entitlement to go
to school under G. I. Bill provi
sions wil lthe monetary benefits
be deducted from any future
bonus?
A. No, that part of the Service
men’s Readjustment Act has been
i repealed.
Amout 6,200,000 National Serv
ice Life Insurance policies, with a
matured value of more than 38
billion dollars were in force on
August 31.
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The clearest months in the Phil
ippines are April and May.
POLAR CURIO
SHOP
Will reopen Wednesday morning with new mer
chandise in our newly remodelled shop.
Even after two terrific storms . . .
WeYe open for business as usual.
Regular delivery service. We’ll try
and give you the best service pos
sible under present conditions.
Order your
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THANKSGIVING TURKEY NOW
as we had to store these at the
Army Base and they will have to
be brought in as needed. They’re
wonderful birds . . . All drawn,
cleaned and individually packed.
We can take care of all your gro
cery orders as our stock is still
complete. We’ll appreciate your
business. Thanks.
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Northern Commercial
Company
Phone Main 133 Three Deliveries Daily