CHAMBER HOLDS (
*NOON MEETING
—
The Chamber of Commerce
held its regular luncheon meeting
yesterday with President Mitro
vitch presiding. It was voted to in
vite General Craig to the annual
meeting to be held in February.
Rev. M. Day reported on attend
ing the meeting of the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce last week
matically will succeed to the gov
ernorship. That undoubtedly is
^what is intended by the state con
stitution. The main reason for a
lieutenant governor, as the title
implies, is to have a qualified man
to fill any vacancy which may oc
cur in the office of governor. That
there is any move under way to
fill the Georgia vacancy in a dif
ferent way is due to petty politics.
and told of their activity toward
the development of musk-ox. He
also stated that he had learned
that Nome had more flying days
per year than Anchorage.
Roger Johnson reported that his
committee which were making
plans to finance the sending of the
school basketball team to Anchor
age were well organized but had
been unable to get permission of
the school board, who were di
vided on the subject.
At the suggestion of A. Polet it
was voted to invite the Twin
City delegation which is coming
to Alaska this month to include
Nome in their itinerary.
A resolution was also adopted
urging the Northwest Airlines to
use Nome as an alternate field on
their Oriental route.
Col. John Chalker, guest of the
Chamber expressed his pleasure at
being at the meeting, stating that
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he is proud to be stationed in
Alaska. He reported that in the re
cent campaign for the Crippled
Children’s fund and the Infantile
Paralysis fund conducted on the
army bases throughout the Terri
tory under the chairmanship of
the chaplains of the various posts
a goal had been set for one thou
sand dollars. He reported that he
was able to turn over $7,700.00 to
his great surprise.
Senators O. D. Cochran anil
Chas. Jones were called upon for
a few words. Senator Cochran
stated that he has seen the Terri
torial budget grow from the first
session of Territorial government,
from the amount of $350,000 dol
las to the amazing amount of $17,
000,000.00
Roger Johnson of the ACS an
nounced to the chamber that start
ing on February 1 telegraphic
rates will be cut 10% to Seattle
and 75% to Anchorage with vary
ing cuts to other stations.
NO DAMAGE IN
MIDNIGHT FIRE
Monday n:ght about midnight
the Fire Department was called
out to answer an alarm from the
home of Paul Amarok on Second
avenue. The cause of the fire was
an overheated stove. No damage
resulted.
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Approximately 350,000 women
who served in World War II are
ehgible for benefits from the Vet
erans Administration.
More than 33 per cent of World
War II veterans already have ap
plied for education or on-the-job
training under G.I. Bill provisions.
Less than one per cent of veter
ans who have entered in educa
tion or job training programs un
der the G.I. Bill have exhausted
their entitlement.
When a beneficiary is not
named, National Service Life In
surance is paid to the insured’s
estate, thus loses its identity and
is subject to claims of creditors,
administrators’ fee and court ex
penses.
Veterans in the Northwest had
received 15,688 guaranteed loans
totaling $67,880,125 by the end of
October, the Veterans Administra
tion reports.
About 7800 veteran-patients are
receiving treatment for tuberculo
sis in Veteran Administration hos
pitals.
Three hundred and eighty dis
abled veterans in the Northwest
had applied for government-pur
chased automobiles by October 31.
Loans to 15,688 Northwest vet
erans under the provisions of the
G. I. Bill totaled $67,880,125 at
the end of October.
The Armed Forces Leave Act of
1946 authorizes the Veterans Ad
ministration to accept “terminal
leave” bonds for the payment of
premiums on al lforms of Nation
al Service Life Insurance.
At the end of October, more
than 69,000 disability compensa
t on or pension awards were being
paid by the Veterans Administra
tion in the Pacific Northwest.
Veterans Administration estim
ates there are 583,000 veterans in
the Pacific Northwest, 439,000 of
the total being World War II vet
erans.
More than 900 veterans of the
Indian Wars that ended 48 years
ago were receiving Veterans Ad
ministration pensions on Septem
ber 30.
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