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MONDAY, OCTOBER 30. I844.
DISPUTES AS AN
INDEX
The Conciliation Service
of the U. S. Department of
Labor reports that it set
tled 236 labor disputes in
11 western states, Alaska
and Hawaii during August. 1
In a breakdown of the'
figures, it is pointed out
that Alaska, with six dis
putes, outranked Arizona
with four, Nevada with
one, New Mexico with four,
Utah with five and Wyom
ing with one. The territory
tied up with Idaho.
Could the significance be
that America’s last frontier
is more civilized than those
five states? If so, we must
be just as civilized as Ida
ho.—Anchorage Times).
RARE COMBINATION
For a time the relative
status of Field Marshal Sir
Bernard Montgomery and
Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley
threatened to grow into
one of those unpleasant sit
uations which, through no
fault of the principals, in
volves international jeal
ousies, snubs and hard feel
ings. But General Eisen
hower has dispelled the
threats with an explanation
in which modesty, tact and
self-effacing bestowal of
credit were masterfully
blended.
The smiling Kansan is
not only a great general.
He is a great diplomat.
And that is a rare combina
tion to be admired and
treasured. — Anchorage
Times).
’TAINT FUNNY .
The stories of P. G.
Wodehouse, the English
humorist, were delightful
within the limits of their
set pattern. His Jeeves, the
imperturable * gentleman’s
gentleman, was a gem of
literary creation and justly
famous. But, as we said,
Mr. Wodehouse’s humor
was limited.
He stepped out from be
hind his characters, after
the Nazis caught him at his
French villa in 1940, to
broadcast to the home folks
back in England. He used
the German radio to tell
them the lighter side of life
in a concentration camp.
Now, left high and dry in
Paris, Mr. Wodehouse says
it was all a “terrible mis
take”. He has asked official
permission to come back to
England and explain.
We doubt that the Eng
lish will be much interest
ed in the explanation of a
man who says “we never
suffered during the war
and we had enough to eat.”
We venture to guess that
their attitude might be
summed up in he words of
one of our own radio com
edians: “Tain’t funny, Mc
Gee.”—(Seattle Times).
ALONG MEMORY
LANE
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
October 30, 1944
In Nome’s harbor are four pas
senger and freight ships unload
ing capacity cargoes. The Meteor
also arrived from St. Michael’s,
making a total of five vessels in
port.
Contrary to the usual proced
ure, James P. Daly, agent for the
Alaska Steamship Co., and his
assistant, Charles Miller, will re
main in Nome for the winter.
The government is facing an
other winter of widespread un
employment and has placed a
new emphasis on work and loans
rather than the dole system.
Washington — Democratic
leaders told President Roosevelt
that his New Deal would receive
a smashing endorsement at Tues
day’s election.
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MEN NEEDED
FOR MERCHANT
MARINE DUTY
With 5000 men leaving their
ships each month, the most crit
ical manpower situation in
America today is the need for
experienced seamen in th Mer
chant Marine, according to Lieut.
Commander W. C. Peet, Jr., Pa
cific Coast director of the War
Shipping Administration. Confer
ences in Washington have result
ed, he declared, in the War Man
power Commission giving Mer
chant Marine man power needs
top priority.
“With the European war mount
ing to a climax and with along
bitter struggle ahead in the Pa
cific. the minimum number of
experienced seamen who must
be returned to Merchant Marine
ships during the next twelve
months is 43,000,” Lieut. Com.
mander Peet declares, -‘and for
the next few months at least the
recruiting rate must be increased
to 5000 experienced men a month
if we are to succeed in keping
our armies supplied and our cas
ualties down. We’ve got the ships
—and three more merchant ves
sels are coming down the ways
every day. We’ve got to get the
men to man them.”
Reasons for the alarming
wholesale desertion from ships
has been the widespread belief
that the war is almost over and
that the Merchant Marine will
collapse after his war as it did
in the last, WSA officials believe.
Men are anxious to get a shore
job before the war is over and
the rush starts. It is estimated
that 225,000 experienced seamen
are now working on land. Re
sentment at lack of public appre
ciation of the war risks taken by
merchant seamen and the misap
prehension that they are too
highly paid, is also responsible
for many seamen taking jobs
ashore, the WSA report reveals,
adding that despite popular im
pression to the contrary, seamen
are not as well paid as many
other war workers and not at all
comparable in consideration of
the risks involved.
I READ THE AD$
Along With the News
10-4-41
The head of a large heating
cern recently remarked to mo ti.
the success of his company is large
ly the result of correcting other
people’s mistakes. What he meant
was that most of their business
came from homes which were ex
periencing heating trouble of one
kind or another.
A chief mistake is that of allow
ing the price rather than the ade
quacy of the furnace to determine
one’s choice. In doing so they ig
nore certain laws of heating which
must be conformed to if good re
sults are expected. There are defi
nite formulas for calculating th
capacity of a furnace in relation i
the size and type of home to l
J heated, and while it does no har
to install a furnace of over-cr.v
city, it does bring trouble to insi:
one of inadequate size. Size fc
size, all furnaces run pretty muc.
equal in installed cost; therefore
j when an experienced heating mar
I figures out the price of a correct
i installation, one does not save
I money by taking a smaller size
than is recommended. It just mean?
replacing the inadequate job late:
on, which in effect is paying double
for one’s heating plant.
The heart of your home is itr
furnace, and there just isn’t ar^
chance of having a healthy hom<
with an undersized heart. The on'v
safe way is to place the matter h;
! hands of a reliable heating man
who makes the selling of the fur
1 nace secondary to the accurate de
termination of your home’s hca1'
i needs. He will plan your heaihv
system as it should be for great
| est efficiency, using mathemV: r
calculation instead of guesswork
and when he arrives at the corree
answer, that’s what he’ll stick to.
And if you also stick to his find
ings, you'll not be making a mis
take that shall later have to be
corrected.
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