Flashes of Life
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BLUE PLATE SPECIAL
CHICAGO, (£>) — Policeman
Phillip Sylvester was just about to
start eating in a loop restaurant
last night when a stranger sitting
at his table reached over with a
fork and speared a hot potato off
his plate.
Sylvester suggested he would
buy the man a meal if he was hun
gry, but he ignored the offer and
reached again for the policeman’ •
tray of food. This time Sylvester's
coffee was dumped.
“I just don’t like cops,” the in
truder told Sylvester.
Sylvester arrested the man, who
said he was Raymond C. Chap
pell, 2fi, on a charge of disorderly
conduct and took him to central
station.
SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE
ST. PAUL. Minn, (fi*) — Police
dispatcher Eddie Conley called
squad car No. 553 to ‘check on two
suspicious men sitting in a parked
car at Sherburne and Pascal ave
nues.”
The squad car easily found the
men in question—a couple of de
tectives who were looking for
other suspicious men.
LOTS OF TIME
CHICAGO. (/P)—Someone with
time on his hands, broke into the
car of Robert Ellsworth last night.
Now the man with the time on
his hands can keep track of it—he
got 135 electric clocks.
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Ease Building
Restrictions
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SEATTLE, (/P) — Builders and
lumbermen today expressed gen
eral approval of President Tru
man’s relaxation of building re
strictions and ventured the belief
it would result in increased con
struction of rental units, better
class homes and commercial build
ings.
Cliff Mortensen, president of
the Seattle master builders, said
his organization had been working
with veterans on such a program
to stimulate building of apartment
housing.
George W. Coplen, regional rep
resentative of the national housing
agency, said “There may be fewer
houses built than under Wilson
Wyatt’s plan but there is a lot of
essential non-housing construction
which must be allowed to get un
der way.”
He warned however, that “the
changes announced will not pro
duce any more materials for hous
ing” and that the job remaining is
to direct materials “voluntarily or
otherwise” into needed channels.
SAPPORA. Japan, (/P) — Pvt.
Russell E. Garvin, Yakima, Wash.,
a paratrooper who broke out of
army stockades four times, today
was convicted of desertion by an
eleventh airborne division court
martiaL He was sentenced to ten
years at hard labor, dishonorable
discharge and forfeiture of his pay.
The sentence is subject to review.
FURNITURE
HOLLYWOOD TWIN BEDS
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WALNUT VANITY—Full Length Mirror
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WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS
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NIGHT TABLE
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COIL SPRINGS and
INNERSPRING MATTRESSES
Ideal Wardrobes
Made to fit any room.
Holds quantities of Clothes
Shelf for Hats and Shoes
Headquarters for Sports
Badminton Rackets, Tennis Shoes for Men and
Women, Ski Bindings, Poles, Wax, Ski Robes,
and Ski Sox.
Ski Suits for Women by White Stag
Ski Suits for Men by White Stag
Skis, fine laminated woods, best quality and
most adaptable to local conditions.
A.POLET
Unemployment Insurance
Supplements Decline
In Alaska Payrolls
The Alaska Unemploy ment
Compen sation Commission is
charged with a dual responsibility
in the administration of unem
ployment insurance, R. E. Shel
don, executive director, stated to
day. I. Employment stabilization.
II. Payment of unemployment in
surance benefits to workers seek
ing employment during a period
of involuntary unemployment. To
qualify for unemployment insur
ance a worker must have earned
substantial wage credits in cov
ered employment; must be unem
ployed through no fault of his
own; must be actively seeking em
ployment as evidenced by availa
bility at all times together with a
lull registration for work with the
Territorial employment service.
Mr. Sheldon further stated that
an individual whose unemploy
ment is caused by a labor dispute
which is in active progress is au
tomatically disqualified for bene
fits for the duration of such labor
dispute, provided the worker be
longs to a grade or class of work
men who are participating in or
directly interested in such dispute.
Any worker who is dissatisfied
with his benefit determination has
the* right to a hearing before an
impartial appeals tribunal with-,
out expense to the claimant.
The Territorial Employment:
Service was returned to the con- ;
trol of the Unemployment Com- 1
pensation Commission of Alaska j
by Act of Congress effective Nov.
16, 1946 having been loaned to the
Federal Government as a war I
Emergency measure.
All employers as well as em-1
ployees seeking help are urged to |
avail themselves of the facilities
of the Territorial Employment
Service. In the event the type of
worker desired by the employer is !
not bailable within the Territory,
he may be secured by virtue of a
reciprocal agreement between the
Territorial Employment Service
and Employment Service Sections
of other states.
For the month ending November
30, 1946, $7,681 in benefits were
distributed throughout the Terri
tory to eligible Alaska claimants.
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission agreed to handle \
Veterans’ Readjustment Allow-I
ances for the Veteran’s Adminis
tration and under this agreement
$22,368 was paid to totally unem
ployed veterans and $8,600 to self
employed veterans for the month
of November.
Veteran’s Readjustment Allow
ances are drawn from Federal al
lotments to the Veteran’s Admin
istration. Unemployment insur
ance benefits are paid out of the
benefit fund of the Unemployment
Comp ensation Commission of
Alaska. The latter fund is derived
from contributions paid by Alaska
employers, no part of which is
paid by the workers or deducted
from their wages.
Payment of benefits to individ
uals unemployed through no fault ;
of their own alleviates in part the
hardship worked upon them dur- I
ing these periods, also assists in !
stabilizing purchasing power 1
through the Territory, Mr. Shel
don stated. 11
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BILL MUNZ BACK
FROM CAB CONFERENCE
Bill Munz arrived back in Nome
Saturday from attending a CAb
conference in Anchorage.
The call of the loon sounds
similar to a human laugh. {
Ex-Commissioner
Valentine Dies
NEW YORK, (/I*)—Lewis J. Val
entine, 64, w’ho came back from
“exile” in a remote Brooklyn pre
cinct to give New York criminals
their toughest years as a hard
hitting police commissioner, died
today at Long Island College hos
pital after a long illness.
The former police commissioner
earlier this year had gone to Japan
at the request of Gen. MacArthur
in the reorganization of the Jap
anese police.
He was on a leave of absence
from his radio and writing chores
and on his return resumed his ra
dio program “Gang Busters.”
Valentine resigned as police
commissioner on Sept, H, 1945. He
had held the post since his ap
pointment by former Mayor Fio
rello H. LaGuardia in 1934, his
nearly 11 years in the position con
stituting the longest tenure on rec
ord here.
HANS LARSEN TO
VACATION IN STATES
Hans Larsen is leaving on a va
cation trip to the States. After vis
iting the Tom Christensons he
will leave for Hope, Arkansas,
where he will celebrate Christmas
with the Wallace Mclvers, who
are spending the winter there.
Neill, Clark & Company
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS
TAX COUNSELORS
Office in Wallace Hotel - Phone Main 11
Juneau NOME Fairbanks
DON’T!
Delay having those Xmas Clothes
Cleaned. Phone Main 113 and let
ns pick them up.
For prompt cleaning and delivery
MODERN CLEANERS
PAUL A. MANDEVILLE
“Modern Cleaning Is Clothes Insurance"
announcement;
THE WAR IS OVER
ELECTION IS OVER
STORMS ARE OVER
RELAX
JOIN THE CROWD — ATTEND THE
PIONEER ROOF CARDEN
Diversified Entertainment
Dancing - Singing - Drama - Games - Refreshments
BIG SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946
School Gymnasium
Hyde’s Orchestra
Adults $1.25 Children, 12 and under, 50c