Anonymous Grey Ladies
Quietly Spread Good
Deeds to Hospitalized
Eyes light up and smiles break
through somber dark faces on the i
days when the Red Cross Grey
Ladies visit patients at the Gov
ernment Hospital here. There are
only eight of these anonymous wo- j
men who faithfully spend from |
five to ten hours a week visi'ing I
those confined. The visiting hours
are but a small part of their act
ivities. The shopping hours take
equally as much time—yarn for
Mary, 10, who is learning to knit
while recovering from a long ill
ness; knitting needles for Joe from
the Kobuk who is learning to make
his own sox—and then to find a
knitter who will show him how to
turn the heel; magazines for grade
scool-age children to cut and paste
into booklets for the smaller tots;
toys for the wee ones; beads for a
lass from Tanana who is making
a purse for her daughter; sequins
for another from Metlakatla decor
ating a blouse; twine for a Craig
belt-maker who braids design belts
or perhaps pick up a fancy buckle
for him; crayons for Sue who is
just learning to color; paper for
Jane from Angoon whose sketches
are good; thread for those who
crochet; animal pictures for Pete
from the Par North who finds he
is less homesick when he draws
animal pictures—the list is endless.
Magazines-Books
And magazines and books! There
are never enough. It might be
surprising that little interest is
shown in comics and trash types.
Greatest interest is expressed in
current informative magazines such
as Time, Life, Newsweek, Readers
Digest, Saturday Evening Pest,
Colliers, Science Digest. Even Har
pers and Atlantic Mon'hl.v are dog
eared. The boys and men appre
ciate True, Argosy and outdoor
magazines while the girls and wo
men devour Ladies Home Juornal,
Woman’s Home Companion, Today's
Woman, Seventeen and others of
that type. There are never enough
needlecraft issues—even the old
ones.
Andrew From Shishmareff liter
ally consumes all the Erie Stanley
Gardner mysteries he can put his
hands on. Hardy, the musician
from Nenana, watches hopefully for
a stray Bill£>0»r4., oL .Down Beat„
Cross-word puzzles are carefully
worked with soft pencils, erased and
passed on to another.
Endless Hours
Awake hours are endless for |
these people far from their homes j
and friends.
Improvement chart records go up ■
sharply when a Grey Lady writes.
a letter for Mary to her folks up
in the Koyukuk and again when
an answer is received.
There was the little three-year
old Noona who was learning to
walk again. The help of a Grey
Lady and a repaired walking toy, i
along with regular treatments, j
helped a good deal.
Henry, from the tundra country, |
didn’t care too much whether he
lived or not until a Grey Lady dis- ■
covered that he’d like to weave
After much searching she got a
loom and yarn for him. Within no j
time he’d used up all the yam
making beautiful puff-ball pillow i
tops and scarves. Now she’s i
searching for a market where he
can sell them. From a listless lad
he’s become bright and so gay
that he has even put pin-up girls
on the wall over his bed.
Quick Appreciation
Two girls, over-shy and reticent, i
took little interest in anything un- ,
til a Grey Lady was given a small I
radio which she in turn took tc
them. They became interested in
a radio contest program on nam- 1
ing tunes. Before long they pro
gressed to appreciation of good
music and now know the names,
composers and artists of the sym- j
phonies and concerts they hear.
Newspapers from any part of
Alaska are seized upon hungrily
and passed along from one to an- j
other. Of course, anything that
goes into the TB ward usually
remains there and only two of the
Grey Ladies visit it regularly.
Their calls are anxiously awaited.
If they fail to show, or are late,
concern is expressed and they are
privately worried about—unknown
to them.
Happy Birthday
One Grey Lady keeps track ol
birthdays with a card or cup-cake
and candle for the occasion. Aunt
Sally Fox, born in 1837, can’t see,
hear and moves slightly, but she
responds with a slight turn of her
head when a Grey Lady touches
her cheek or places a rose under
her nose. Aunt Sally Leighton,
over a century old, sees but dimly,
can’t hear or speak, but she sits
up when the Grey Lady comes,
awaiting the caress on her cheek
and hair, smiles toothlessly, shakes
her head in unspoken appreciation
for the attention. She too smells
the flowers brought her with an
enthusiastic nodding of her head.
On bedside tables are snapshots
and photographs of relatives or
friends, a book or several and very
often a Bible. Stashed away is
their handiwork that is brought out
only on request. Words of praise
are received for the most part
quietly^-but the gleams in bright
eyes belie stotic faces.
Said one girl in the TB ward,
“We watch for her. She knows our
names and always brings us some
thing we've mentioned we want.
She always brings us smiles and
laughter—God bless her!”
What One Can Do
The Red Cross has funds to sup
ply some of the needs, but not
enough, so if you have some old
knitted clothing that can be un
raveled, caSt-off toys, current mag
azines and hooks, crochet hooks,
knitting needles, beads, twine, cray
ons, watercolors, belt buckles, desk
picture frames, or a small radio
you no longer have use for and
wish to put them where they'll do
the most good, you can call the
Red Cross office. Phone 883 or 531.
Or you can leave them at the Red
Cross office or at the Merit Sys
tem office across the hall in the
Shattuck Bldg.
165 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
SAT., SUN. TRIPS
Alaska Coastal Airlines flights for
Saturday and Sunday tarried a total
of 165 passengers with 23 on inter
port flights, 69 departing and 73
arriving.
Departing for Sitka, passengers
were: Clem Pace, Clarence Weaver,
Miss Elsa Bailey, Floyd Brown, D.
Paxton, Z. Paxton, C. A. Bergstrom,
E. G. Peterson, George Babbitt,
Dorothey Nicholson, Alex Mark,
Sandy Johnson, Horace Marks, Larry
Johnson, R. M. Arwine, Carl J.
Baker, L. D. Huffman, Dr. Codding
ton, Peter Kitka, Tom Sanders, Mr.
Lippert, Don J. Schmitt, James Wal
ton, Clara Walton, Mrs. A. Ballon.
For Barge: Shine Owens, Arvid
Oberg. Roy Miner; for Hood Bay:
M. D. Zamora, Betty Peterson.
For Skagway: J. G. Blanchard, T.
F. Hassett, Mary Robinson, Mary
Sippary, W. B. Preecs, Ken Lama
reux; for Haines: Carl Heinmiller,
Homer Shelley, W. J. Abbott,
Charlie Hayes.
■•t gar Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs.
Salpid, Glenn Leach: for Ketchikan:
E. A. Wanamaker, Melvin Monson:
for Tulsequah: Jack McRean, Wil
liam Burmeister, Dawn McLean,
Mary McLean.
For Wrangell: Nathan Jackson;
for Idaho Inlet: Felix Najh; for
Pelican: Elizabeth, Vivian and
Charles Paddock.
For Elfin Cove: Sam Paul, Jr.;
for Tenakee: Dermott O’Toole; for
Excursion Inlet: Frank and David
McKinley.
For Hoonah: Sam Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Ross, Mrs. Karl
Greenward, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Metz,
Walter Lindoff, Bob Welch; for
Angoon: Richard Willard, Bertha
Bloomer.
Arriving from Hoonah, passengers
were: Evelyn Martin, Phillip John
son, Marcella Della, Rufina Della;
from Hood Bay: M. Zamora. Robert
Johnson, Waverly Peterson, Mildred
Janes, Joe Nekhnura.
From Angoon: Mrs. Andrew
Campbell, Fred Anderson; from
Tenakee: W. H. Schwind; from
Chatham: Clancy Storm, Carl Sund
quist, John Ulvinen, John Johnson.
Henry Oksvoll, Jerald Likness, Irv
ing Christenson, Cora Christenson,
Morris Benson, Ed McGaard, Ruanr
Hendricks, Marvin Ebona.
From Wrangell: Bud Brehon, Bill
Riley, Mr. Heiner; from Petersburg:
Floyd Brown. Ralph Smith, E.
Maiers, Mrs. Bugger, J. W. Warrack;
from Hasselburg: Carl Baker, L. D.
Huffman.
From Skagway: H. Ashley, Mrs.
H. Riewe, Harry Johnson, John
Monagle, Edmund Stewart, D. H.
Pack, J. S. Jeffrey, W. B. Prees,
Miss A. Coots, Miss J. Bonfiglio.
From Haines: John Monagle, Wil
fred Graves, Bernard Murphy, Sally
Wallace, Charles Hayes, T. Dickin
son, Roy Glasscock, A. Lyons, S. and
P. Erig. Paul Kendall.
From Sitka: G. Miller, Mrs. H.
Brandt, Nick Gray, Bob Wheeler,
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Frank Yotter,
E. Engstrom, Mr. and Mrs. O. Pax
ton, Leonard Lowell, Dick Lindberg,
Mrs. Hodgins, Miss Toner, Miss
Stevens, S. Gill, L. Johnson, Elsie
Daily.
From Barge: Walter Powers.
RUMMAGE SALE Cl*
DORCAS SOCIETY SET
The Dorcas Society of the Sev
enth-Dav Adventist Church is hav
ing their rummage sale in the
church social room tomorrow, Sept
ember 26.
The sale will begin at 10 a m. and
continue as long as things last.
FROM PORTLAND
Walter Hutchinson of Portland is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Voter: Be sure to vote Republican
ticket under absentee law before
you leave for the States.
Republican Club of Juneau, Al
aska, Commissioner’s Precinct.
603-lmo
ROUND FOR EUROPE BY AIR AND SE A—'The Pan American World Airways Clipper Flying Eagle exchanges
rLlute» with the Cunarrf liner Queen Elizabeth in New York Harbor as both leave, on scheduled trips to England. _.
CONGRESS
IN RECESS
TO NOV. 27
—
(Continued from Page 1)
Federal aid to education, repeal
of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law,
compulsory health insurance, the
farm plan sponsored by Secretary of
Agriculture Brannan.
For Defense
The Senate also turned down some
of the President's pet nominations.
Certainly in the fields of national
defense and international affairs,
President Truman could find little
to complain about,
Congress kept the Marshall Plan
going and provided $10,000,000,000
for two years of economic aid to
nations living in the shadow of the
iron curtain. The Senate approved
the North Atlantic Military Alliance
and Congress put up $5,800,000,000
for arms aid to America's cold war
partners.
House and Senate also okayed the
‘Point Four" plan to provide
American technical help and know
how to the world’s underdeveloped
areas, plus some funds to start the
program going.
Congress also wrent on record as
wanting an excess profits tax. It I
will be considered first in the House.
That might give the Senate time
to vote first on bills to grant state
hood to Hawaii and Alaska—pro
vided southerners don’t start a fili
buster or something approaching it.
LABOR GROUPS ENDORSE
TERRITORIAL CANDIDATES
R. T. Harris of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners Union No.
2247 (AFL) has been elected dele
gate from Juneau to attend the
Alaska Territorial Federation of
Labor convention which is to be held
in Ketchikan Oct. 23.
On the basis of a questionnaire
sent to all Territorial candidates
for office the following were en
dorsed by the local labor groups:
delegate, E. L. Bartlett: territorial
commissioner of labor, Henry A
Benson; treasurer, Henry Roden:
senate, Frank Peratrovich; house of
representatives, Amelia Gunderson.
R. T. (Di,ck) Harris, Andrew Hope,
Frank G. Johnson and W. O. Smith
Concurring in .these endorsements
are: Ketchikan Central Labor Coun
cil (AFL); Industrial Unity Coun
cil (CIO) of Ketchikan; Sitka Cen
tral Labor Council (AFL); Alaska
Nonpartisan Political Committee.
Juneau Central Labor Council
(AFL): Skagway Central Labor
Council; and the Federation of La
borers Union of Skagway.
TWO FREIGHTERS
ARRIVE IN PORT
Arriving last night at 7 o’clock
from Seattle, the Ring Splice is un
loading general cargo. Sailing time
southbound is indefinite with calls
to be made at Pelican and Sitka.
The freighter Lucidor docked this
morning at 2:30 o’clock from Peli
can and Sitka. A cargo of frozen
fish from Juneau Cold Storage is |
being loaded with sailing time
southbound some time late today.
Frozen fish are to be loaded also at
Petersburg.
FROM SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McTaggart of
Seattle are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
Mrs. H. J. Hodgins of Sitka is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday.
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12 S. E. MEN RECEIVE
INDUCTOR GREETING
Twelve Southeastern men have
received greetings to report for in
duction into the Armed Forces,
John McCormick, Director of Sel
ective Service said today.
They are: Thor Henry Husvik
of Petersburg; John Nicholas Bav
ard, Juneau; Harry I. Elie. Ketchi
kan; Harry Rupert Lang, Metlakat
la; Melbourne Alvin Booth, Met
lakatla: and Sam Wanamaker, Sit- ,
ka. They will leave tomorrow for
Fort Richardson..
Others called are: Richard T.
Hofstad, Petersburg; William Ed-j
ward Young, Ketchikan; Arthur!
Evans Fry, Wrangell, all of whom!
have been transferred to Washing
ton state.
Billy Peter Brown of Yaku'at will
report to California for immediate
induction.
Two who have been called but
failed to report are Delmer Camp- j
bell Dodds of Juneau and Bjorn j
Thorikildsen of Pelican.
ALASKA DELEGATE
TOURS TERRITORY
BEFORE ELECTION
Alaska Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bart
lett has no time to spare on his
pre-election swing through the Ter
ritory, between adjournment of Con
gress last Saturday and the general
election October 10.
A letter to Secretary of Alaska
Lew' M. Williams gave Bartlett’s
Alaska itinerary. He flew' direct to
N'orae, expecting to be in Fairbanks
today, then go to Anchorage and
end his stay in the Interior Satur
iay.
Bartlett is due here briefly Sun
lay, planning to go right to Ketchi
kan to start his First Division cam
paign and be in Sitka October 6 for
the big Democratic rally.
Then the “big wind-up” in Ju
neau, where the Alaska Delegate
plans to be for election day.
Bartlett is up for re-election, op
posed by Republican candidate
Aimer J. Peterson of Anchorage.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Application for a marriage license
was made in the U. S. Commission
er’s office this morning by James
Milton Bums and Patricia Ann
Balog, both of Douglas.
Miss Balog is a stenographer in
the U. S. Bureau of Mines and her
fiance is a bus driver for the Chan
nel Bus Lines.
Silver Star Is
Awarded Nenana
Man for Gallantry
TOKYO, Sept. 25—W—The Silver
Star for gallantry in the Korean
War has been awarded to Lt. Wil
liam F. Coghill of Nenana, Alaska.
JOHN NEWLAND LEAVES
John Newland, member of the
reportorial staff of the Empire the
past year left Sunday for Seattle
planning to reside in the states.
His wife preceded him several
weeks ago. The Newlands regret
leaving Alaska and Juneau which
they have grown to consider “home”
but an illness of Mrs. Newland's
necessitates specialized treatment
in the states.
ERED DUNN BACK
Fred B. Dunn, manager of the
local Pan American Airways of
fice, has returned from a few days
business trip in Anchorage where
he contacted agents.
FROM LOS ANGELES
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Britton of
Los Angeles are guests at the Bar
anof Hotel.
___
BAZAAR TO BE HELD
BY WOMEN OF MOOSE
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3C
The regular meeting of the Women
of the Moose was held Thursday
September 21, with Senior Regent
Beatrice Albegoff presiding. Three
candidates, Della Salisbury, Geneva
Walters, and Joyce Helton, were in
itiated.
It was decided that Chapter 43£
will continue to sponsor Girl Scout
Troop Eight through the 1950-1951
term.
An auditing committee composed
of Doris Ladely, Mrs. Robert Light
and Idabelle Bryson was appointed
and will meet on October 4.
plans for the observance of Moose
heart Day, October 27, were dis
cussed. It is also planned to honor
the Graduate Regents some time
during the month of November.
Final plans were made for the
bazaar to be held Saturday, Sep
tember 30. at the Moose Hall. There
will be many attractions including
games, fancy work and food sales.
The bazaar will open at 11 a.m., and
continue through the evening. The
committee will start to serve
luncheon at 11:30 a.m. and the food
chairman has asked for volunteers. {
It is requested that all donations be
sent to the Moose Lodge by 11 a.m.
on the morning of September 30. j
After the meeting, refreshments
were served and games were enjoyed
by the members.
The next meeting of the chapter
will be held October 5. Senior Re
gent Albegoff requests that reports
be presented by chairmen of the fol
lowing commitees: publicity, library,
Mooseheart, Moosehaven and mem
bership.
.!. F. Kelly, Jr., Is
Dead in Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 25 — — Jay
Franklin Kelly Jr., 34, of an Alaska
mining family, died here Saturday
after a long illness.
He was associated with the family
mining operations at Miller Creek, j
in the Circle district. He was born [
in Fairbanks.
He is survived by his parents in j
Seattle and by a sister, Mrs. R. R.
Wilkinson of Miller Creek.
PAA Requesting New
Lew Roundirip Fares
Inter Alaska - Hawaii
Pan American World Airways has
filed with the Civil Aeronautics
Board in Washington, D C., a sched
ule for reduced round-trip fares on
travel between the territories of:
Alaska and Hawaii, it is disclosed j
by B. F. Dunn, district PAA traffic j
manager.
Dunn said that the new, lower j
fares for travel between Juneau and j
Honolulu have been established in ;
an effort to stimulate winter-season
travel and further the spirit of
friendly understanding that already
exists between the two large ten i
tories which want to become the
■59th and 50th states of the union.
The new Alaska-Hawaii round
trip fares will be figured at approxi
mately one and one-half times the j
cost of normal, one-way fares.
Usually, airline round-trip fares
amount to twice the one-way fare,
less 10 percent.
The new Pan American rates are
set up exclusively to benefit Alaska
points on Pan Am routes. Stopovers
will be permitted in Seattle, but the
Alaska-Hawaii reductions will not
result in any fare reduction for
travel solely between Seattle and
Honolulu.
HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday.
615-tf
Host to busy shoppers
when footsteps lag;
refresh at the
familiar red cooler
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trade-marks mean the same thing.
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JUNEAU COLO STORAGE COMPANY
© 1950, Tho Coca-Cola Company
LOYALTY PROGRAM
OF CIVIL SERVICE IS
TRIPLED BY WAR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — Oft —
The Civil Service Commission re
ported today that its work in con
nection with the Federal employes
loyalty program has more than
tripled in recent months.
The increase was attributed to
heavy hiring of new employes be
cause of the Korean war and re- !
armament. j
The agency said in a statement |
that it was prepared on July 1 to j
handle an average of 6,000 routine
loyalty checks weekly, but that dur
ing the week ended Sept. 16 it was
asked to check 21,000 prospective
new employes.
SHORTAGE OF
ENGINEERS IS
NOW PREDICTED
GOLDEN, Colo.—An increased
demand for engineers to fill mobil
ization needs may result in a
! serious shortage of engineers In the
! near future.
Well qualified engineers, grad-,
I uating in June, had largely been
! absorbed by industry before tfte j
i impact of the Korean crisis. In
| creased demands for their services,
; both by the armed forces and in-'
i dustry, cause the manpower com-1
i mittee of the American Society for j
j Engineering Education to predict a ]
shortage.
Large industries employing these
i skilled workers have stepped back,
\ during the last few weeks, into the
: market for engineering graduates,
| this, in spite of the large number
entering the job market upon grad
uation in June.
Although there is an immediate
concern that the present supply of
well qualified engineers may be in
adequate, the outlook for the years
ahead is still more serious. Coup
led with increased mobilization and
industry demands is a sharp reduc
tion in the number of engineering
graduates in prospect for the next
five years or more.
Estimates of the ASEE man
power committee, based on enroll
ments last spring, indicated for
1951 a graduating class of 35,000;
for 1952, 25,000; and for 1953, 20,
000. This number is below th£
annual peacetime needs of the
economy in filling actual engin
eering jobs as estimated by the
bureau of labor statistics of the
U. S. Department of Labor.
In an effort to alleviate the
problem of recruitment, industry
is urging increased engineer enroll
ment in the nation's colleges, ac
cording to the manpower commis
sion.
'staggering news
FOR GET-UPPERS
CHICAGO— UFi —Here is some
staggering news:
A committee looked into the prob
lem of the congestion that results
from the old custom of everybody
going to work and quitting at the
same time. The committee suggest
| ed to Mayoi» Martin H. Kennelly
that about 23,000 loop workers,
among them City Hall, utility and
financial firm employes, start work
a half hour earlier (8 a.m.) and
leave a half hour earlier (4:30 p.m.)
HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday,
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WANT ADS BRING RESULfS
"ME LAY THISV
Are you kiddin’?”
asks
Bugs Bunny
©WAWIttMflS.eAOT3N5.IMC.
"Coupla months ago this little jerk comes up
to me and says, ‘Hello, Mr. Wabbit. Will you
bwing me a nice egg like that this Easter?’
‘“Are you kiddin?’ I says. ‘This is a nest egg,
Buster. Go lay your own eggs, Doc. Beat it.
Scwam.’
“‘What’s a nest egg?’ asks Bright Eyes.
'"It ain’t something the Easter Bunny brings,
Junior,’ I says. ‘To get one of these, you gotta
save your lettuce . . . like me.
“‘I save the sure, easy way. Buy U. S. Savings
Bonds automatically. That way, I got some
thing to fall back on when I get all stooped
over and my ears are bald.
'"And, brother, when you put your cabbage
in Savings Bonds, it really multiplies.’”.
• e e
Bugs Bunny certainly has a point—and it’s not
at the top of his head. Why don’t you buy
U. S. Savings Bonds automatically, too?
Join the Payroll Savings Plan where you work
—or the Bond-A-Month Plan where you bank.
You’ll be mighty glad you did, some day.
SAVE FOR YOUR INDEPENDENCE
mt BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS
Tli* /* »n official V. S. Treasury advertisement—
prepared under auspices of Treasury Department and Advertmng C vuoci/.