$800 A Week Jobs Reported In Alaska
Brings Inquires From South 48
Where are those elusive $600 a
week jobs in Alaska?
Twice as many residents of the
South 48 have inquired about jobs
in Alaska during February of this
year than during the same month
a year ago.
During last month, the Alaska
State Department Service an
swered 3,795 mail inquires concern
ing employment, more than double
the 1,594 for February of last year.
Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson
painted out that Alaska has always
fascinated workers in other states
to the tune of 1,000 letters a month.
However, mounting unemployment
in sister states and the widespread
advertising of a questionable Los
Angeles promoter have quickened
the pace of Alaskan job hunters.
Among the more the 1,600 letters
received last month in Anchorage
atone, hundreds mentioned they
were writing after reading a book
let advertised on the radio on the
false basis of the thousands of $600
a week jobs available in Alaska.
Letters have poured in from the
western, southern and midwestern
states requesting jobs. In addition,
same job hunters are now arriv
ing in Alaska with their families
while others have wasted precious
budget money with long distance
telephone calls to employers in
' laska.
Johnson said Better Business
bureaus, chambers of commerce
and the public employment serv
ice network have all been advised
of the activities of the promoter
and of the fact that Alaska has
more than enough resident work
men for all jobs this season with
the exception of some skilled and
technical occupations.
The booklet for the Alaskan jobs
is advertised cm radio with phrases
that proclaim to listeners “Where
else but in Alaska can you make
up to $600 a week—that’s right,
$600 a week—and still have time
far the world’s best fishing and
hunting.”
It drew response from a man in
Ohio who write, “I sent for the . ..
book and I would like to find a job
that I can be sure of for a long
time.” And, a worker in Texas
wrote, “But if you would get me
a job there, and see that I get a
loan till I get on my feet, I would
pay you back every dime.”
Actually although the booklet is
advertised as offering the key to
the promised land of plenty, it ac
tually only crudely skims over the
areas of the state and encourages
readers to contact the Alaska em
ployment service and private em
ployers for jobs which are, in fact,
non-ex istant.
The promoter is no stranger to
law enforcement authorities. Sev
eral years ago he was convicted of
operating a mail order geranium
business with the flowers existing
only in his imagination.
ALL ABOUT BABIES
A Public Service of the
National Baby Care Council
HOW TO PREVENT
DIAPER RASH
By Kenneth S. Shepard, M.D.
Pediatrician, St. Francis Hospital,
Evanston, 111.
Responsible for the production
of diaper rash are moisture, heat,
trauma and chemical irritation.
Moisture is present because of
urine and stool and excessive ex
cretion of the sweat lgands.
Heat is present because of the
infant’s narmal body temperature
plus, in many instances, the use of
an impervious diaper covering
such as rubber, plastic or treated
silk.
Trauma (injury to the skin) is
the result of rubbing of the wet
diaper, which is frequently pinned
rather tightly.
Chemical irritation is due in
large part to ammounia produced
by urea-splitting bacteria acting
on the urine. In some instances,
highly acid stools may be a factor.
In the prevention and the treat
ment of diaper rash, an effort is
made to eliminate or minimize the
above offending factors.
Moisture and heat are decreased
by changing the diaper more fre
quently and by excluding the use
of the water-repellent diaper cov
ering.
Trauma is reduced by pinning
the diaper less tightly and by leav
ing the diapered area exposed to
air for varying periods of time.
Chemical irritation is decreased
by washing the diapered area with
soap and water with each diaper
change. In the laundry, a bland
soap should be used, and the dia
pers should be well rinsed or
boiled. The use of a rinse such as
borax is sometimes thought to be
of value in neutralizing the am
monia produced by urea-splitting
bacteria.
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PICTURED IS MAE VALLEY who also seeks to become the
Kodiak King Crab Festival Queen when the tickets are counted at
the Coronation Ball, Saturday, May 6.
Mae is a comely miss of 17, a Junior in the Kodiak high school,
who has brown hair and hazel eyes. Her hobbies are ice skating, swim
ming and dancing.
Miss Valley was born on Kodiak Island. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Del Valley of this city. Excepting for the one week she
spent in Seattle, she has lived here all her life.
Her sponsor in the contest is the Polar Bear Cafe. Incidently, her
sponsors backed the winning contestant last year.
—Photo by Munro
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Peter Ramaglia
Heads KEA Board
Mr. Pete Ramaglia was elected
President of the Kodiak Electric
Assoc, at the regular board meet
n held Tuesday, March 14th.
Mr. Ramaglia has served contin
. oisly on the board of directors
for seven years.
Other officers elected included:
Bon Dawson, a board member for
5 years, Vice President; and Alice
Given was re-elected Sec-Treas.
n addition to the officers, seven
members make up the remainder
of the board. These include: Eldon
Lester, Don Lawhead, Harry Fel
ton, Jim Garoutte, Chuck Powell,
Lou Veerman and Art Brooks.
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