Woes Perform Important Jobs at Army Air Base
KPB—MA-59S
Former Woe* ora needed to meet tho critical shortage of skilled per
sonnel in hospitals, personnel centers, and headquarters installations.
! Corporals Lillian L. Levine, left, of Passaic, N. J.# ond Gladys C. Morns,
i of For Rockaway, N. Y., hovo been assigned the responsibility of observing
• orientation problems at an air base of pilots on crow-country flights.
' Upon re-enlistment, former Woes eon volunteer either for the duration of
tho war plus six months, or until June 30, 1947, unless sooner re,'e''e^°|
1 the convenience of the Government, They can also retain the rank held at
! time of discharges
TUSK LUCK
LUSAKA, Northern Rhodesia—
(/P)—During 1945 more than 27,000
pounds of ivory, worth $44,500,
was taken from 695 elephants
killed. Elephants are a crop men
ace in Northern Rhodesia, and a
shortage of rifles has handicapped
control.
Seeing Through
Movie Dialogue
HAGERSTOWN, Md. </P) —
Georgia Norford. news stand at
tendant at the local court house.
described a recent motion picture
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j as the “'best I have seen in years.’’
But Georgia Norford is blind.
She explains that she visualizes
the story from the dialogue, deriv
nig ,she believes, as much pleasure
from films in this way as persons
who can see.
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Ontario Hens Speedup
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TORONTO. f/P)—Ontario hens
laid 2,338 million eggs last year to
lead Canada’s provinces in the
campaign for increased produc- j
lion for export. Despite a 30 per
cent decline in labor supply. On
tanos’ agricultural production
jumped 60 per cent.
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OPA Announces
Lifting of Many
Price Controls
The local OPA has received the
following announcement:
“The Alaska OPA this week
dropped all controls on sales of
meat in the Territory in conjunc
tion with the national program to
decontrol livestock and meats, as
announced by President Truman
in a nation-wide radio broadcast
Monday night, October 14.
“This action automat i c a 11 y
wipes out all price ceilings on
fresh, frozen meats, canned meats
which were put into effect by
OPA in Alaska on September 25.
“In their statement on this to
day the Alaska OPA listed the
other related food items similarly
decontrolled by this action, as be
ing: oleomargarine, shortening,
mayonnaise, salad dressings, also
edible and cooking oils derived
from meat, corn, and soy bean by
products.
“Following quickly on the heels
of this major decontrol move was
the release of coffee from price
control, announced as effective
October 17 th.”
Terminal Leave Pay
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Blanks Now Available
S. David Mazen, postmaster, to
day announced that his office is in
receipt of the forms required by i
ex-servicemen and women in
making application for terminal
leave pay, as passed by the 79th
Congress, 2nd Session. They may'
be obtained at the post office, on I
the second floor of the Federal |
building.
NEW BOOKS AT THE
NOME LABRARY
New books received by the Pub
lic Library include the following:,
Mysteries
The Case of the Backward Mule,
Erie Stanley Gardner.
The Velvet Well, John Gearon.
Let’s Kill George, Lucy Cores.;
Pursuit in Peru, Charles L. j
Leonard.
Novels, Best Sellers
For One Sweet Grape, Kate
O’Brien.
Through Purple Glass, Letitia
Preston Osborne.
Northwest Gateway, Archie
Binns.
Lord Hornblower, C. S. Fores
ter.
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