If You Address a letter to Ketchi
kan, U.S.A., it’s pretty sure to wind
up in Ketchikan, Alaska. There
just isn’t any other postoffice for
it to go to.
The same thing applies to Wran
gell, Skagway, Seldovia and Kodiak,
which have no counterparts in the
states, although there is a Kodak
in Kentucky and another in Ten
nessee.
But most of the cities in Alaska
and many of the smaller towns
share their names with other towns
and cities in the 48 states—and for
some of them, the sharing is pretty
widespread.
Take Palmer, for instance. It
is one of Alaska’s younger towns
and they couldn’t have picked a
more popular name for it if they'd
hunted through the gazetteer for
a month.
There are 14 other Palmers listed
in the U. S. Postal Guide—in Ill
inois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Neb
raska, New York, Puerto Rico, Ten
nessee, Texas, Virginia and Wash
ington, and that list doesn’t include
such places as Palmcrdale, Palmer
Lake, Palmers, Palmer Springs,
Palmersville and Palmerton.
Another Solid and popular name
for American towns is Petersburg,
of which there are also 14 in addi
tion to the one in Alaska. They are
in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Neb
raska, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Douglas isn’t far behind Palmer
and Petersburg in popularity. It
is found in Alabama, Arizona, Ill
inois, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Washington and Wyoming, in ad
dition to a Douglass in each Kan
sas and Texas.
Close behind Douglas, on the fre
quency list, are Homer and Cordova. ^
Homer can be found in Georgia, 111- 1
inois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New York and Ohio, and Cordova
is located in Alabama, Illinois, Neb
raska, Maryland, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Tennessee and West Vir
ginia as well as in Alaska.
The Portal Guide lists an Anch
orage in Kentucky and another in
Illinois. There is a Juneau in Wis
consin and one in Pennsylvania.
Nome is to be found in North Da
kota and again in Texas, and Sew
ard turns up in Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and '
Pennsylvania.
Arkansas has a Sitka and so do
Kansas and Kentucky. There is a
Valdez in Colorado and another in
New Mexico. Fairbanks is located,
in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota
and Toxas as well as in Alaska.
Many of Alaska’s smaller towns
—places like Bethel, Craig, Hope,
McGrath and Eagle—also have
numerous counterparts in the states.
In fact, about the only Alaska
town names that stand o.ut alone
are those that are derived from In
dian or Eskimo words—like Nenana
and Tanana, Nulato, Kwethluk,
Naknek, Egegik and Kwigillingok.
Tkire Are Now some 225 places
in Alaska large enough to have
postoffices, but only a handful of
them have names fitting the state
side idea of Alaska or advertising
the many and varied resources of
the Territory.
Alaska has a postoffice named
Igloo, of course, but so does South
Dakota. Alaska has no towns named
Husky or Malemute, or Sourdough,
Dog Team, Mukluk, or even Nugget.
And vilhile Alaska prides itself
on its pioneers, the half-dozen
towns named Pioneer are all in the
states.
For some years Alaska’s mineral
resources have been heralded sole
ly by Platinum. Tin City will soon
be added. And to Beaver and Moose
Pass, in the fish, fur and game
department, there have recently
been added Clam Gulch and King
Salmon, which is at least a start
in the right direction.
The Town of Cordova, which was
recently hard hit by fire and which,
like most other Alaska towns, is
looking for new business and pay
rolls, might well consider opening
a school in the administration of
small hospitals.
The directors of the Cordova
Community Hospital recently re
ported that the institution showed
a profit of $8,002.92 for the six
months May through October of
this year.
The report is more than com
mendable; it is amazing. Most of
the small-town hospitals in Alaska,
and many of the big-town ones, are
thankful when they don’t have to
report a deficit, and a profitable
operation is nearly unheard of.
Howard E. May, Jr., is Adminis
trator for the Cordova Hospital;
Mrs. Jesse Evans is Chairman of
the Board and Mrs. Norma Swartz
backer is Secretary. Do they have
some special secret, or is it merely
good business administration?
Canned Salmon
Not Involved
In U. S. Probe
SEATTLE, Nov. 7—(Special to
The Daily Alaska Empire)—Alaska
canned salmon is in no way involved
In the investigation by various fed
eral agencies of fish sales to the
Army, a spokesman for the industry
pointed out today.
Loose use of the word “processed"
instead of "frozen" has caused many
people to think that the 125.C0D
pounds cf salmon by federal court
order at the Army's Auburn Gen
eral Depot represented canned sal
mon, the spokesman said.
Many letters have been received
by the industry from people in
Alaska and the United States.
“The Canned Salmon Industry is an
innocent bystander in this case,”
the spokesman declared, “but the
resultant publicity has lea many
people to believe that cans of sal
mon were seized. Actually every
pound involved was frozen, un
canned fish."
The spokesman explained that
the industry very carefully inspects
its products to insure high quality.
“Since 1919,” he said, “the in
dustry, through the northwest
branch of the( National Canners
Association, has conducted its own
research to improve the pack and
make careful, scientific inspection
of canned salmon before it reaches
the markets of the world. Careful
inspection by a staff of trained men
makes certain that every can of
Alaska salmon meets the require
ments of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. This rigid inspec
tion applies to salmon whether it
is for civilian or military consump
tion.”
Highway Engineer
Files tor Office
Frank Metcalf, highway engineer,
got the jump on other political
aspirants by filing as a candidate
for re-election today on the Demo
cratic ticket.
But Metcalf had a good reason for
his early filing. He and Mrs. Met
calf arc leaving Sunday on the
Baranof, and will go to Detroit
Lakes, Minn., to spend Christmas
with his twin sister whom he hasn’t
seen for 33 years.
Metcalf said he filed now rather
than chance that he wouldn't be
back in time to file before the dead
line, cr at least as early he would
ordinarily file. The deadline for
filing for intention to run for elec
tion in 1952 is February 1.
BETTY BROWN JOINS
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Mrs. Betty T. Brown has joined
the Alaska Telephone Company as
secretary to Douglas Starr, vice
president and general manager. She
had previously been with the Alas
ka Road Commission.
Passenger Service
SOUTHBOUND
,S. BARANOF S.S. DENALI
Sun. Dec. 9 Sun. Dec. 16
Ketchikan Petersburg
Seattle Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
NORTHBOUND
S.S. DENALI S.S. BARANOF
Mon. Dec. 10 Tues. Dec. 18
Sitka Seward
Seward Sitka
Valdez
Freighter Service
From Seattle
December 7
FLEMISH KNOT
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Juneau, Haines, Skagway,
Pelican
-0 -
For Information
Phones 2 and 4
Juneau
H. E. GREEN, Agent
m
READY FOR THE REAL THIN C-Paratroopers
hold rifles ready for use as they float earthward during maneuvers
somewhere in tl«c Far East. Visible between the chutes is a plane
off for its base after discharging its lighting cargo.
ALASKA POTTERS
FIRING SCHEDULE
A glaze was complete:! Thursday !
of this week and a bisque today, i
with another glaze firing scheduled
for Saturday.
Members are urged to g; to the
club rooms to glaze for another
firing next Monday. This will be
the last before the Christmas holi
days unless the volume of work
continues.
All pieces must be properly
i marked in order to identify them.
REV. J. F. McELMEEL RETURNS
The Rev. Joseph F. McElmeel, S.J.
arrived in Juneau Thursday after
an absence of about three years. He
will again take up the duties in
the Catholic Parish that were his
when he was previously in Juneau.
Rev. McElmeel will be in charge
of the Catholic Church in Doug
las, chaplain at St. Ann's Hospital
and the Government hospital and
will be assistant in the Juneau par
ish. He has been in the Catholic
parish in Fairbanks during the past
three years.
Just in the
St. Nick &
of time! ^
Rugged, good ■ looking
ARROW
SPORTS SHIRTS
with the sensational new Arafold Collar
that’s neater and more comfortable—
open or closed.
He’ll welcome an Arrow sports shirt with open
arms—(just watch him!) We have a big holiday
selection . . . bold plaids, solid colors, checks,
gabardines . . , every blessed one of them
washable. And every one with that amazing
Arafold collar that looks fine—and feels fine—
closed and worn with a tie . . . and trim and
neat worn open sports style. To make him com
fortable, cheerful, and awfully pleased with you
this Christmas . . . come Arrow sports shirt
shopping now.
B.m.BEHRE
1
Military Coup
h f.sgafized
By King
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec. 7—UP)
—Kim; Phumiphon Aduldet today
signed a royal proclamation which
lc't 'lized last week’s military coup.
A new government, dominated by
military officers, began emerging
after radio Bangkok reported the
news.
- Tlie royal proclamation approved
restoration of the 1932 constitution
ana accepted the provisional as
sembly appointed in the coup d'etat.
The King said some changes must
te made in the constitution, first
adopted v.-hcn Thailand's absolute
monarchy was overthrown.
ENTERTAINERS ARRIVE
I on ai J Lee Serish, blonde danc
n twins from Hollywood, Calif.,
who will bo entertainers at the
Country Club, are stopping at the
Hotel Juneau.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
Novelist's Great
Granddaughter
U 3e Married
PRINCETON, N. J. Dec. 7—Ml—
The great granddaughter of nov
elist Charles Dickens will be mar
ried here today to a U. S. Navy
t om manat;.
Miss Monica Dickens, 35, and
Commander Roy Stratton, 50, are to
be married by the Rev. Whitman
Beckley, Catholic chaplain of the
Princeton University.
The bride-to-be, herself a writer
of novels and magazine articles,
arrived in New York yesterday.
FIRST AID CLASS
BEGINS MONDAY
A Red Cross standard first, aid
class is being organized by the
Juneau Ski Club, Henry Leege an
nounced today. The course is open
to the public, he said. It will be
!taught by Oscar Sihler, a qualified
j first aid instructor. The classes
will be held on Mondays and Thurs
days. Anyone interested in taking
the course may report to Room 3
at the Juneau High School next
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Convict Demo
Official, Result
Gambling Probe
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 7—(.'P)—
The city license director and a
Democratic State Committeeman
were convicted today of extortion
and conspiracy in a case growing
out of a gambling probe.
However, a state supreme court
jury cleared the defendants of
charges of bribery and taking un
lawful lees, which made up the
majority of 28 counts against them.
License Director John P. Rollek,
a Republican, and Democratic Com
mitteeman James J. < Julie) Cap
uto had been on trial jointly for
six weeks.
They were indicted by a hold
over grand jury investigating gamb
ling in Buffalo and Er& County.
Undergr„-..iu suuur ueposits in
Texas and Louisiana are melted
with hot water and pumped to the
surface.
— EMPIRE IVAiSX rtUS PAY —
Korean War Vets
i sefore Home' on
| ffearl Harocr Jay
SEATTLE, Dec. 7 Iff)—A troop
ship brought 2,914 Korean war vet
, erans "home" here today, on the
10th anniversary of the Japanese
: attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Navy transport Marine Lynx
I arrived in near freezing weather
after being delayed a day in storms
at sea.
WOMEN OF MOOSE
MEET ON THURSDAY
A general business meeting of the
Women of the Moose was held in
the Moose Lodge rooms Thursday
evening. Senior Regent Jannet Fran
cis was in charge.
Reports of the various commit
tees were read. All members were
happy to hear the news that Helen
Jackson and her three sons and
daughter Roberta would be able to
go to Mooseheart to live. They will
leave about Decepiber XI.
Next meeting will be December
20, initiation nigiit.
Handsome Sifis He Can Wear
Accessory Gifts He'S! Prise
See our huge colleciion of gifts for Kim
-and whatever his build . . . whatever
his tastes you're sure to find just the
gifts he'll give happy thanks for - for
many a month to CGme.
JANTZEN’S FAMOUS
SWEATERS
ALL-WOOL or KHARAFLEECE
Long •Sleeve or Sleeveless
REGULATION ARMY TYPE
JACKET
Quilted Lining
Mouton Jacket M. •
I
MEN’S
ARGYLE SOCKS
All-Wool. Look
Like Hand Knit.
2.95
HANSEN and WILSON BROS.
LEATHER GLOVES
FINE QUALITY
Pigskin—Calf or Cape
MEN'S PAJAMAS
PRINTED BROADCLOTH
Coat or Middy Style
4.95
MEN’S BOXED LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS
Beautifully Intitialed
1.65 io 3.25 box
MEN’S
ALL-WOOL
SCARF and GLOVE
SETS
JB. dAi, A&zliZsncL do.
QCMjC/vy s/n cs /££ t
It will be ME1%9S NI GUT next Thursday
Decemebr 13 — From 7:00 'till 9:00