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Vol. 14
Fa liner, Alaska
September 28, 1951
No. 38
Sec. 3^*66 F.L. and R.
U.S. POSTAGE
\i PAID
PALMER, ALASKA
PERMIT NO. 3
GOMMUNIIY CHEST ASKED ID
CONTRIBUTE TO U.D. FUNDS
The United Defense
Fund, Inc., was organ
ized last spring to com
bine fund-raising cam
paigns for defense-conn
ected voluntary services
such as the United Serv
ice Organization (USO),
the American Social Hy
giene Association, U
nited Community Defense
Services, clothing for
Korea, and similar re
lief emergencies. It
was organized at the re
quest of the National
Social Welfare Assembly
and the Comraunity Chests
of America, so as to e
liminate the need for
separate fund raising
campaigns during our
present defense emerg- '
ency. General George
Marshall wrote:
"As Secretary of De
fense, I have a deep in
terest in the success of
the United Defense Fund.
The size of our armed
forces has doubled with
in the past twelve
months. More and more
families are deeply af
fected. The welfare of
their sons and daughters
will be of great concern
to them.
-You cannot put
three or four million
men under arms and add
other millions to our
labor force without
creating severe strains
and stresses
The United Defense
Fund is an integral part
of the defense effort.
It is coordinating its
efforts closely with
those of the government.
I hope that the nation’s
Community Chests and our
people will stand solid
ly behind it."
The Palmer Community
Cheat has been asked by
the national office of
United Defense Funds'to
contribute $214.65 as
its share of the nation
al $16,511,854.00 budg
et. This request will
be taken up at the budg
et meeting of the Comm
unity Chest board Fri
day at 8;00 p.m,, in
the office of the Geo
logical Survey. Anybody
interested in express
ing- hds opinion on In
clusion of the United
Defense Fund in our ann
ual Chest drive, sched
uled for October 15, is
Invited to do so. In
fact, president Marvin
Slaughter urges the
community to consider
this matter very seri
ous ly.
O.P.S. NEWS
JUNEAU-The Office of
Frice Stabilization thi:
week amended its regula
tion covering ice to pe:
mit a flexible seasonal
adjustment of prices
when seasonal pricing i;
customary.
Under new regulations
if the prices of a manu
facturer, harvester, or
distributor tbf ice wero
higher in July, 1950>
than they were in Decem
ber, 1950# be may adjus 1
his prices month by
month to follow the pat
tern existing the prev
ious season.
If he elects to price
in this manner to obtaii
seasonal increases in
prices, he must also ad
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ENROLLMENT
LARGE
Tho University of A
laska commenced, its
fall activities by en
rolling some 225 stud
ents during registra
tion on September 17
and l8. In tho three"
days that followed,
there were about 10 reg
istrants each day,bring
ing tho total on Fri
day afternoon to 260.
Of this number, 228 aro
Alaskan residents. This
fills the men's dormi
tories to their capa
city of 131, and, al
though the I4.2 women on
campus do not quite
fill Hess Hall, the
only rooms that arc sing
les are those for sen
ior women.
Classes began at 7s55
on V/ednesday morning,
September 19, with the
largest enrollment (I4.8)
in the Department of
Arts and Letters, while
3ivil Engineering and
lining Engineering tied
for second place with
36 students majoring in
Dach department. The
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SiUOEffiS VISIT
miEDGECUmSE
A goodly portion of
tho work done by the
Sitka Chapter of the
Alaska Crippled Child
ren's Association, is'
tho visiting of Mt•
Edgecumbe Hospital and
working with the child
ren, under the super
vision of Mrs. Kate
Robertson, an ACCA em
ployee there.
In April of this year
tho Studonts of the
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