, Better Understanding of Dogs by
Owners and Strangers Will Help
Solve Problems Faced by Visitors
Only a better understanding of
dogs by their owners and the per
sons whose duties take them into
strange homes can solve the spe
cial dog problems faced daily by
delivery men, service men and
meter readers, states the Gaines
Dog Research Center, New York.
The problems are serious enough
to have a place on the agenda of
the American Gas Association’s
annual conference on accident
prevention, the most recent one
of which was addressed by Evelyn
Monte, of the Center’s staff.
Although it is true that owners
are most often to blame for the
misdeeds of their dogs perhaps a
realization of the dog’s side of the
case will help the delivery man.
Dogs have a strong protective
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Capt. Bjorn Holta Named
Inspector General For
A.N.G. At Anchorage
Capt. Bjorn Holta, who has
been very active here with the
’'First Scout Battalion of the Al
aska National Guard, has been re
lieved of his duties here and will
4 become Inspector General for the j
Guard with headquarters at An- j
chorage.
He has been replaced by Major j
Francis F. Siegwart. The new j
commanding officer for the 1st!
Scout Battalion comes from Pon- ;
tiac, Mich., and will be joined
shortly by his family, it is re
ported.
Other new officers now making
their home in Nome are Lt. John
Manton of Tulsa, Okla., who is
supply officer and Lt. Robert
Ellis of Spokane, Wash., the new
adjutant. Both these officers plan
to bring their families in the
near future.
NOME SHRINE CLUB
ENJOYS PRE-EASTER PARTY
The Shrine Club had a pre
Easter party Saturday evening at
the Masonic Temple, with a good
time reported by all the members
and their guests.
Prize winners for cards were
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cameron, Mr.
and Mrs. Stan Morgan, Betty Ed
wards and Ben Gillette.
Alaska’s favorite game was also
played, with many prizes being
given and delicious refreshments
served in the form of a smorges
bord.
Committee in charge consisted
of Harry Lewis, Bob Lewis, Ben
Gillette, George Waldheim, and
Herb Jenks.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: M. Mihelick,
T/Sgt. Malmos, Mr. Osgood, E. L.
Parsons.
From Kotzebue: Pete Sederloak,
To Fairbanks: S/Sgt. Wm. Hos
ter, A 3/C James B. Stoker, S/Sgt.
Nathaniel Wilson, A 2/C W. Whit
more.
To Kotzebue: Fannie Walluk,
M/Sgt. J. J. White.
Playing card manufacturers
estimate that Americans spend
1,200,000,000 hours a year playing
cards.
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instinct. When they bark at a
stranger who comes to their do
main they are only doing their
duty. There is nothing dangerous
about a bark. It is merely the
dog’s way of alerting his owner
that someone is there. If the own
er will take a little time to intro
duce the dog properly on the de
livery man’s first call, it will help
greatly to prevent future misun
derstandings or trouble. The Cen
ter’s advice to owners is to walk
out with your dog on a leash,
talking in a friendly, calm man
ner to the visitor. Go up to him
and stand there with your dog to
let the dog know that this is a
welcome visitor.
Above all, a dog must be al
lowed to get the smell of a strange
caller. A dog gets acquainted by
his nose, not by what he sees.
Until he can come up and sniff at
pant legs or feet he may be sus
picious. If a person kicks or
strikes at a dog or turns and runs,
the dog can only think that his
suspicions are well founded.
Dogs dislike sudden, quick
movements. They resent a strange
hand reaching out suddenly to
pat them on the head before they
have had a chance to smell that
hand or the person it belongs to.
The average dog will give you
no trouble if you first stand still,
keep your hands at your sides,
give him time to make the ad
vances, and then keep talking to
him in a low, friendly tone of
voice.
The eyesight of a dog isn’t as!
keen as his other senses and the j
outline of a person dressed differ
ently, such as wearing a uniform,
or carrying a bundle, may make
him suspicious. If you are carry
ing some such object, put it down
low so the dog can smell it and
thus “see” what it is. Wrenches
or flashlights in the hands of ser
vice men appear menacing to a
dog, so such articles should be
carried in pockets.
There is a saying that dogs can
smell the fact that you are afraid
of them. There’s no doubt that the
ammonia-like odor when a per
son breaks out in perspiration
must be discernible to a dog but
it doesn’t mean that he’s going to
attack you. A calm manner and
conversational tone of voice can
help overcome your own fears as
well as reassure the dog, states
the Center.
Sometimes a big, unruly pup
jumps on a stranger purely in
friendliness or play. This should
n’t be alarming. Here, again, the
advice is to stand still, take him
by the collar and talk to him.
Striking at him, screaming or
running will only excite him and
may lead to wholly unnecessary
results, such as knocking you off
your feet.
A strange dog that is actually
menacing may stand stiff-legged
and prevent you from venturing
further, but it would be extereme
ly rare for even the most aggres
sive dog to attack or bite if you
remain perfectly still, advises the
Center. If necessary, cou can then
back away slowly.
DOC RACE
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
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Lyng Bill OK’d
To Let Women Be
Cocktail Waitresses
JUNEAU U!)—Women who might
like to get jobs as cocktail wait
resses would get a break under a
bill approved by the Senate Fri
day on a 9 to 6 vote.
It would allow women, over 21
and—we quote—“of good moral
character” to serve liquor in ho
tels or restaurants which serve
meals on a regular basis.
They still would be barred from
; acting as waitresses in straight
liquor establishments.
The bill was introduced by Sen.
Howard Lyng iD-Nome), who
made a long argument for the
working girl and the added tour
ist attraction.
The bill doesn’t stand too mich
of a chance to be enacted, how
ever. At this late stage of the ses
sion, it would have to get a two
thirds vote of the House even to
let it get through the doors for
consideration, and it has consider
able opposition. Enough of it was
expressed in the Senate to make
it a surprise when the bill won
majority approval.
Lyng told the Senate the ban on
barmaids was written into law
originally in 1939 in order to get
the one extra vote necessary in
the Senate to legalize liquor in
the territory. He said it was a
concession to a prohibitionist and
it was time to erase it from the
books and give the women new
job opportunities.
Mrs. Bertha McKay, city clerk
of Ketchikan, has returned home
after a month outside which took
her to Washington, D.C., Florida,
and California. In Huntington
Park she visited her nephew, who
is captain of the police force, and
also the Jim Youngs in San Fran
cisco. She spent time also with
her mother, Mrs. Pennie M. White
in Seattle, widow of the late Lake
W. White, who went to Nome in
1905 and remained 14 years. He
mined with Billy Rowe on Little
Creek on No. 4 Holyoke near the
Paul Denhart property. Grandma
White will be 86 years old on
May 7 and is in excellent health.
Recent figures show that the
Pacific Air Lift during the Korean
War was a convincing demonstra
tion of the safety of air trans
portation.
During the three years, the air
lift planes flew 110,000,000 miles
(equal to 4,417 times around the
earth) with only one serious acci
dent.
The air lift carried 277,909 pas
sengers and 108,725,750 pounds of
supplies to Korea.
Harry Truman said recently
that some Republicans have been
making fool statements. Even if
this were news, which it decided
ly isn’t, no one would be sur
prised, as it is common knowl
edge that the Democrats don’t
have a monopoly on making fool
statements.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
by
Territorial Board of Public Accountancy
Notice is hereby given of forthcoming examination as follows:
FOR CERTIFICATION AS
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
May 18, 19 and 20, 1955
Anyone wishing to take the above examination should make
application to A. van Seventer, Secretary of the Board, P.O.
Box 859, Anchorage, Alaska on or before April 18. 1955.
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