Many Dead In
Of Tientsin
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cssi.Hi across the Hai river. It
; vjndf I like an ammuni .on dump
blew Jp.*»
Smoke billows from the eastern
3ntn.1l part of town. The wind is
Mowing south arousing fears that
antes might reach the Asiatic Pe
troleum c ompany’s installations
icruss the river.
There is no water and electric
J.y m the city. These utilities have
ceased to function.
Wuidows throughout the city
have been smashed. Not one pane
has been left unshattered in the j
(Belgian owned) Leopold building,
(a 10-story structure on Victoria
Road m downtown Tientsin).
The Leopold building houses the'
United States consulate and other
foreign offices.
United States information serv
ice director Yates reported he
irove the distance between his
house and office over broken
3 lass
(Yates was not further identi
fied m this dispatch.
Retailers Foresee
Lower Prices
NEW YORK, <&)—'The rush of
;>eople attracted by post-Christ
mas sales has convinced many
leading retailers the nation is
headed for a new era of lower
{vices
They voice this conviction with
,'ertam reservations, of course—
ind in some cases with crossed j
tuigeno. Kigh now some 6,000 re- ,
taliers are attending the 38th an
First Overland Mail
Gets to Anchorage
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Contracted as the “longest and
toughest" star route of the Rail
way Mail Service, a burly 10-ton
trailer truck, loaded with all
classes of mail rolled into Anchor
age late last Saturday afternoon
with the first overland delivery of
mali from Seattle, it has been
learned.
Alaska Freight Lines. Inc., has
contracted to carry mail north
bound for ten cents a pound and
four cents a pound for south
bound mail.
The trucking outfit has bought
1 (3 trucks at an average price of
$25,000 for its extensive program
of freighting over the Alaska
highway.
In the spring, the firm expects
to haul general freight from meat
to staples and furniture.
Loaded trucks, according to a
tentative schedule set last week,
are to leave Seattle for Anchor
age every Monday, Wdnesdav, and
Friday. A truck will leave Fari
banks every Tuesday and Thurs
day.
Each truck will be manned by
two men.
nual convention of the national re- j
tail dry goods association in New i
York, and their main objective is |
to increase sales, lower their costs
and maintain profits.
The experts don’t look for a gen
eral price break, nor for a busi
ness recession, but they do look
for a general selective downward
price revision and a general in
crease in value and style where
prices aren’t reduced from present
levels.
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Alaska Airlines
NOW
NOME to
EVERETT WASH.
STARLINER
DC-4
Scheduled Daily
FROM ANCHORAGE
FREIGHT RATE
NOME to EVERETT
22 Cen ts per pound
VUiiiiliiylSPBtfV
WXLN _
Friday, January 14. 1949
5:00—News
5:15—Lum and Abner
5:30--Time Fur Music
6:00—AFKS Sports Reel
6:15—Words With Music
6:30—From the Bookshelf of the
World
7:00—The Hawthorne Thing
7:30—California Melodies
8:00—On The Beam
8:30—Harvest of Stars
9:00—You Asked For It
9:45—Today’s American
10:00—Screen Guild Players
10:30—Melodv Hour
11:00—Sign Off
Saturday. January 15, 1949
7:00 a.m.—Red Harper
7:15—Sunrise Serenade
7:45—Morning Devotions
8:00—Let’s Pretend
8:30—Record Shop
9:00—Morning Melodies
9:15—G I Jive i
9:30—Coffee Shop
9:45—Bob Carlton
10:00—Turntable Time
10:30—Heard At Home
11:00—Impressions In Melody
11:30—Album Music
Noon—V Disc Varieties
12:30—VVXLN News
12:45—Hymns From Home
1:00—Around the World in Music
1:15—Sound Off
1:30—You’ll Be Surprised
2:00—Musical Varieties
2:30—Westward Ho
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Remember
4:15—AFRS Sports Reel
4:30—One Night Stand
5:00—News ]
5:15—Time for Music
5:45—Fairy Tale Time
6:00—Guest Star
6:15—Words With Music
6:30—Leave It to the Girls
7:00—Grand Ol’ Opry
7:30—The Lone Ranger
8:00—What’s My Name
8:30—Hit Parade
9:00—You Asked For It
9:45—Corn’s A Poppin’
10:00—Jill’s Juke Box
10:30—Command Performance
11:00—Sign Off
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Sunday, January 16. 1949
10:00 a.m.—Disc Jockey Round-Up
11:00—Chapel Call
11:15—Passing Parade
11:30—Wings Over Jordan
Noon—Music America Loves Best
12:30—WXLN News
12:45—Three Suns
1:00—Show Time
1:30—Angelus
2:00—Robert Shaw Chorus
2:30—Fellowship Hour
3:00—Philadelphia Symphony
4:00—Meredith Wilson
4:30—Academy of Music
5:00—Manhattan Merry Go
Round
5:30—American Album
6:00—Moonlight Melodies
6:15—Gordon McRae
6:30—Greatest Story Ever Told
7:00—Hollywood Bowl
9:00—Dreamland Date
9:30—Evening With Romberg
10:00—Jack Benny
10:30—Hour of Charm
11:00—Sign Off
Monday, January 17, 1949
s7:00 a.m.—Melody Round-Up
7:15—Sunrise Serenade
7:45—Morning Devotions
8:00—Fred Waring
8:30—Record Shop
9:00—Morning Melodies
9A5—G I Jive
DREAM
THEATER
—•—
2 Shows Friday, 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
"ROARING RANGERS"
Charles Siarret
Also Chapter 1
"The Lone Ranger Rides Again"
—•—
1 Show, Saturday 7:30 p.m.
"EASY COME. EASY GO"
i Sonny Tuiis - Barry Fitsgerald
Diana Lynn
Also "Fistic Mystic"
—
2 Shows. Sunday, 7:15 and 9 p.m.
"THE WOMAN WHO
CAME BACK"
John Loder
AIqo "Snao Happy"
SWISS BUILDS J^T CAR
OSTAAD, Switzerland, (/P) — A
Swi^s engineer has invented a jet
propelled automobile.
A small-scale experime n t a 1
model recently achieved speeds up
to .‘35 m.p.h. during test runs on
the airfield here. The designer,
Hans Berger, ol‘ Thun, says his 1st
full- cale experimental ear will
have a maximum speed of 72 m.
p.h.
The first test model is only six
feet long and three feet wide. Its
motive power is supplied entirely
by a small jet engine in the rear,
which expels gas and air under
high pressue and pushes the car
‘orward. The car has no drive
shaft, clutch, gears or differential.
Hogs need from 10 to 18 per cent
of protein in their ration.
9:30—Coffee Shop
9:45—Chiquita
10:00—Turntable Time
10:30—Heard At Home
11:00—Impressions In Melody
11:30—Album Music
11:45—Personal Album
Noon—V Disc Varieties
12:30—WXLN News
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Around the World in Music
1:15—Club Fifteen
1:30—You’ll Be Surprised
2:00—Musical Varieties
2:30—Westward Ho
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Strike Up The Band
4:15—Jerry Wayne
4:30—One Night Stand
5:00—News
Muii} Labor Laws
To Come Before
Legislature
p
JU?T2V.T, M') - Se e>- ' r ? «
ures proposed by i bor for sro
mission to the .\1j3 . iu
we.e outline : bv T- ■ ; d r ; n
missioner ot labor Henry Benson
in a talk before the CIO conven
tion Wednesday.
They included: Amendments to
the unemployment compensation
laws which will provide compen
sation for workers when ill and
increase compensation for unem
ployed with families; wage collec
tion system which will include a
lien against property for protec
tion of wage claims
A retirement plan for municipal
Territorial employees who do not
receive social security benefits; a
wage-hour law providing a mini
mum payment of $1 an hour with
time and a half after eight hours
in one day or 40 hours in a week.
Issuance of work permits for
minors; a law providing equal pay
for women; and the establishment
of an apprenticeship division in
the department of labor to formu
late standards and supervise ap
prenticeships, to increase in the
pool of skilled tradesmen in the
Territory.
Mr Good Printing Call Main 125
NOME’S INDUSTRY
j We are featuring Hand-Carved
Ivory Cigarette Holders, Cigar
Holders, Ivory Pipes, Also Salt
and Pepper Shakers. - - - Our
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ivory workers are now turn
ing out considerable stock and
we are prepared to offer whole
sale prices on quantities.
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