gress allowing the Forest Service
to enter into contracts for timber
in Tongass National Forest re
ceived strong support from gov
ernment officials this week in tes
timony before the House Agricul
ture Committee.
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior Warner W. Gardner, Assist
ant Attorney General of the United
states A. Devitt Vanech, Assistant
Chief of the Forest Service C. M.
Granger and Governor Gruening
endorsed the resolution whereby
funds realize^ from timber cutting
in the southeastern * Alaska area
would be placed in escrow to be
disposed of whenever a conclusion
as to aboriginal possessory rights
to the areas selected for pulp tim
ber cutting is reached. At that
time the proceeds would be dis
tributed either to the Indians or
be turned into the United States'
Treasury.
The committee, of which Dele
gate Bartlett is a member, defer
red further action on the measure
for two weeks to allow for receipt
from Alaska of the opinion of the
interested Indians. James E. Cur
ry of Washington, attorney for
groups of southeastern Alaska na
tives of Indian blood will testify
on the measure as soon as he de
termines the feeling of the Indians
HOME ARTS CLUB PLANT
SALE TOMORROW
Chairman Karen Baldwin, of
the Apron and Plant sale being
held tomorrow at the N. C. Store
for the benefit of the Civic Play
field states that many plants have
been promised including roses,
geraniums, calendulas, clarkia'
bachelor buttons, stocks, carna
tions, fuschia, as well as vege
tables such as celery, cauliflower,
cabbage and tomatoes.
CHAPLAIN DARLING AT
NAZARENE CHURCH
It has oeen announced that
Chaplain Darling of Nome Base
will be the guest speaker at the
Nazarene Church Sunday evening
at 8:00 o’clock.
in the matter. Mrs. Ruth Bronson,
Secretary of the Congress of
American Indians, is now in Alas
ka in connection with the general
question of aboriginal rights as
they are affected by the establish
ment of a pulp industry in Alaska.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
It is' reported that General of
the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower.
War Department Chief of Staff,
will make a trip to Alaska this
July.
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
RED 19
Have you seen the array of SUITS—
featuring every new fashion trend
— at —
vrs DRESS SHOP
Phone Main 26
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
100-GAL. OIL TANKS FOR SALE
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
/
LEWIS CAB CO.
Phone MAIN 144
Neill, Clark & , Company
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS
, TAX COUNSELORS
Office in Wallace Hotel - Phone Main 11
\
Juneau NOME Fairbanks
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Mass—7:30 and 8:45 a.m.
At Base—10:10 a.m.
Weekday Mass—7:30 a.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastor - H. R. Amundsen
Deaconess - Dorothy M. Russell
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
8:45 p.m. Young People’s Sing.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Murlin W. Day, Minister
Sunday
Church School, 10 a.m.
Evening Worship, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Choir rehearsal, 8 p.m.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
Tuesday—
Bible Study.7:45 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins, Pastor
“Everyone can do something to
make the world better. He can at
least improve himself.”
Sunday—
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
• day School Classas.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and spe
cial music.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
Chaplain Darling will be the
guest speaker.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Geo. H. Loveless, Pastor
4
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Thursday:
3:30 p.m. “Vit-Em-In Childrens’
Bible Club.”
Friday:
7:30 p.m. ‘‘Graphic Bible Study
Course” of God’s Plan of the
Ages, using large dispensa
tional wall chart.
You are invited—Everyone is
welcome.
NOREEN WALSH
RETURNS TO NOME
Noreen Walsh, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Walsh arrived
home last evening on her first
visit in five years during which
time she completed high school
and has taken nurses training.
STEAMSHIP AGENT
ARRIVES IN NOME
Tom Keating, Nome agent for
the Alaska Steamship Company,
arrived Thursday via Pan Amer
ican Airways. Mr. Keating states
that the first boat which sailed for
Nome from Seattle should arrive
about the fifteenth of June. •
REMARRIAGE STOPS
WIDOWS PENSIONS
War widows receiving pensions
from the Veterans Administration
have been warned to return all
checks which they receive after
remarriage.
Federal law prohibits widows
df World War I and II veterans
from receiving pensions after they
have married again, the VA said.
Violation of the law provides se
vere penalties.
Many widows in this area are
remarrying every month, the VA
declared, yet are failing to notify
proper authorities to stop pen
sions.
VET STUDENTS CHECK
VA ON SUMMER PLANS
Veterans who plan to take sum
mer courses at a school other
than the one they have been at
tending need a supplemental cer
tificate of eligibility, warns the
Veterans Administration.
Applications should be filed
well in advance, the VA said, in
order that the veteran has his cer
tificate before enrolling in the new
school. VA emphasized that the
veteran cannot be admitted to a
new school without the supple
mental certificate.
Completed applications should
be sent to the regional office of the
area where the school the veteran
now attends is located.
FIRST VETERAN SOLOS WITH
PENINSULA FLYING SERVICE
Robert W. Knight, associated
with the Richter Radio and Pho
tography business, was the first
veteran to solo under the G. I.
Bill of Rights with the Peninsula
Flying Service.
MR. AND MRS. O. S. WEAVER
BACK FROM STATES
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Weaver,
owners of the Northern Light and
Power Co., returned last evening
from a winter spent in the south.
M. S. KOTZEBUE
TO LEAVE TODAY
The M. S. Kotzebue, owned by
Archie Ferguson, is scheduled to
leave on its first run north and
plans to stop at Wales and Teller.
THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRE
sentatives has grown from 65 to
435 members since 1789, accord
ing the the Encyclopaedia Britan
nica. The Senate, too, has grown
from 26 to 96 members.
SOMEONE HAS SAID THE
famous Washington monument is
sinking into the ground at the rate
of 1/40 inch per year; if this is so,
! and the rate continues the apex
i
I of the 55-foot obelisk will be level
with the ground in 266,400 years.
Apron and plant sale—N. C. Store
10 o'clock, Saturday morning
Home Arts Club
BERING SEA CLUB
Open 12 Noon till Midnight
Dancing — Cards — Liquors
DRESSMAKER
Alterations - Remodeling
FORMALS A SPECIALTY
MARY NOONAN
BLACK 165 * Call evenings 8 to 10