“Forget It”
Lieutenant Now
Lieutenant Colonel
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3W/PI
The Army Air Force lieutenant'
who told a private to “Forget it,” j
when the private detected a fleet
of planes approaching Pearl Har
bor on December seventh, 1941,
has been promoted three times i
since then. He is Lt. Col. Kermit1
Tyler of Long Beach, Calif., who j
the War department said was now
on duty at Nine Ninety-Nine Base^
unit at Orlando, Fla.
Col. Tyler’s promotions, the air- I
force says are based on his record
which has “been excellent to su
perior in all jobs held, including ,
combat.” Tyler was made captain '
three months after Pearl Harbor, !
major four months later and lieu
tenant colonel in November, 1943. '
The private who gave him the
warning is Joseph Lockard of
Williamsport, Pa., now a first lieu
tenant and on duty with the Nine- :
ty-Six Hundred Technical Service j
Signal Oficers Replacement Pool, I
Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Bonus Abolished;
Pay Hike Granted
J
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—<#)—
The bonus to merchant seamen
for hazardous duty in the Atlantic
and Pacific has been abolished, j
but the War Labor Board imme
diately granted them a forty-five
dollar monthly pay increase in its
place.
Rescued Prisoners
Emaciated And
Starving
ABOARD USS ANCON, Off
Yokosuka, Aug. 31—</P)—Emaci
ated and starving, a thousand or
more Allied prisoners of war have
reached this rescue ship today.
Some said they spent months in
solitary confinement under the
constant threat of death.
So far fourteen hundred ninety
four prisoners have been freed
from seven camps. Many are gal
lant survivors of Wake and Ba
taan. Everyone rescued is suffer
ing from malnutrition.
Naval Commander Harold
Stassen reported eighty percent
showed "serious deficiencies.”
The worst cases were from Shi
nigawa hospital. “No don’t call it
a ‘hospital,’ call it a ‘hell-hole.’
The filth is indescribable,” he said.
Truman Abolishes
OWI; Unnecessary
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—(fP)—
The President abolished the Office
of War Information. In a state
ment the President said he had
asked the State Department to
study foreign information needs
and to formulate during the re
mainder of the calendar year a
foreign information program.
He considers it should be con
ducted on a continuing basis. The
domestic work of OWI is no
longer needed and hereafter each
government agency will deal di
rectly with the various private in
formation facilities.
United States of America,
War Shipping Administration
Alaska Steamship Company, Agents
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
BALANCE SEASON 1945
S.S. Diamond Head (Freighter)
Sailing from Seattle Sept. 1st
For St. Michael, Unalakleet, Golovin, Nome, Teller
FREIGHTER
Sailing from Seattle Sept. 23rd
For Nome
Will handle Cold Storage, Coolroom and
Semi-Perishable Cargo ONLY!
S. S. BARANOF
Sailing from Seattle Oct. 1st
For Nome
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS
DREAM
THEATRE
NOME. ALASKA
2 Shows. Aug. 31. 7:15 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY
“LONE STAR RAIDER”
BOB LIVINGSTON,
BOB STEELE, RUFE DAVIS
"ODE TO VICTORY"
And "FRAMING FATHER"
1 Show, Sept. 1st, 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
“RANDOM HARVEST”
RONALD COLMAN.
GREER GARSON. PHILIP DORN
"RED HOT RIDING HOOD"
2 Shows. Sept. 2. 7:15 & 9 P.M.
SUNDAY
“SNYCOPATION”
ADOLPH MENJOU
JACKIE COOPER
And "ONE HAM'S FAMILY"
1 Show, Sept. 3 and 4, 7:30 P.M.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
“THEY GOT ME
COVERED”
BOB HOPE. DOROTHY LAMOUR
And "STARS ON HORSEBACK"
1 Show, Sept. 5th & 6th, 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
“FLYING FORTRESS”
RICHARD GREENE,
CARLA LAHMANN,
BETTY STOCKFIELD
"JUST A CUTE KID"
And "IN CURRENT EVENTS"
LIBRARY RECEIVES
NEW BOOKS
More new books are now ready
for the public on the shelves of
the K.K. Public Library. Among
them are Forrester’s Commodore
Hornblower; Footner’s Orchids to
Murder; Ben Hecht’s Bedevilled;
Bromfield’s Pleasant Valley; Leslie
Ford’s Philadelphia Murder Story;
Lawrence, Time to Die; Eber
hardt’s Wings of Fear; Gertrude
Stein’s Wars I Have Seen.
The library is open every Fri
day evening and Saturday after
noon.
P I N W H K IL—*Th« earners*
man eatches dancer Vera Ellen
In the midst of one of her hifh*
; Bartender Sought
In Stabbing Case
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KETCHIKAN, Aug. 31— </P) —
! Joe Tex Brown, 45, local barten
der, charged with first degree
murder growing out of the death
by stabbing of Leo Williams, 22,
Negro aboard the steamer Alaska
a few hours after it headed north
from here.
Authorities reported Williams :
was enroute to Anchorage to work
for the Alaska Railroad. The stab- j
bing followed a big dice game.
MRS. JOE KEHOE
LEAVES FOR JUNEAU
Mrs. Joe Kehoe left with the
P.A.A. Saturday morning for
Juneau to attend the meeting of 1
the Public Welfare Board of I
which she was recenly made a !
member by Gov. E. Gruening.
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The first national law for veter
ans’ benefits was passed by the
Continental Congress in 1776, ac-!
cording to Encyclopaedia Britan- [
nica. By this act veterans were
promised half pay in case of dis
ability sufficient to interfere with
earning a livelihood. Since no fed
eral funds were available at the
time, this law acted only as a rec
ommendation to individual states. |
However, a United States Con
gressional Act of 1789 took over1
all state-paid pensions as a na
tional responsibility.
Ketchikan Protest
C.A.B. Proposal
A W' •' -I
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 31—(Jf) -
The Ketchikan chamber of com
merce joined the Seattle Chambe
in protesting the proposed gran
by the Civil Aeronautics Board o
giving exclusive north Pa -ifi*
aerial rights to Northwest Air
lines. The protest went to C.A.B
through Congressional Delegate
Bartlett.
The lute is an ancient stringed
musical instrument derived from
the Arabs.
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