The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-24
GREAT SPIRIT IS MANIFESTED
 BY ISLANDERS
Plans for Rehabilitation AL ready Started byDoug-
 las Re esidents
FINANCIAL AID IS
 EXTENDED AT ONCE
Fire Sufferers Find Living Quarters-Immediate
 Plans Announced

Though feeling of paralysis hangs 1ver the town--there is so much to be done. the task seems so hopeless, that is difficult to know just where to begin, prominent Douglas citi- zen explained today-Dougias is all ready making plans for the future. Business will be going on as usual before long.
 Postmaster Guy Smith, who lost his drug store and home, in the fire, will have the mail received on the Northwestern and Alaska today ready for distribution in the Gov srnment school building tonight.
 w. Burr Johnson, city clerk, has been made disbursing officer for She Red Cross. with headquarters the Government school.
 The Jensen Hardware store is .op- ening on Front Street in the firms warehouse with goods on hand,and some that arrived today on the NEorthwestern and more that is ex- pected on the Norco tomorrow
 Joe Riedi, whose bakery was burned to the ground, is opening in the building next to the owl Restaurant formerly occupied by the Post Office With stock arriv- ing on the Norco he will open with groceries in addition to his bakery business.
 Clearing Debris Debris or the City Hall will be cleared away tomorrow by a crew of eco workers who will be sent to Douglas with truck tomorrow morning by the Forestry Service. When the debris is cleared away, the eco men will erect a temporary tructure to be used by the city during it's reconstruction period
 Mayor A. E. Goetz has telephone installed in his home and is already taking orders for groceries which he will buy in Juneau and deliver to his Douglas customers. He has se- cured the Bacon Building. that mir acuIously escaped the fire, and as soon as it is completed with doors and windows, he will be open for business.
 School Starts Tomorrow
 Avoiding the transportation and minor problems that would be in- volyed by bringing Douglas school children to Juneau. the Douglas school board has made arrange ments to take care of the situation that had resulted from the burning of the school building. by holding classes for the grade school chill dren in the basement of the Epis- copal Church and for the high school children in the Government school building. School will begin tomorrow morning
 Most of the families burned out are remaining in Douglas. Some are with friends, others have se- cured temporary quarters in vacant houses and buildings.
 Red Cross Asking 1 With R. E. Robertson as Acting Chairman the Juneau Red Cross Chapter is working in conjunction with the Douglas reconstruction committee of which Mayor Goetz is chairman.
 Mrs. William Garster, Red Cross nurse spent today in Douglas, checking up on the ground the cases in which the Red Cross can be of assistance.
 | Cases in need should be reported to City Clerk w. Burr Johnson, 1ho has offices in the Government school building where Mrs. Garster can be reached.
 Twenty people have been given temporary relief by the Red Cross in the way of clothing, bedding, kitchen utensils and so on. MT. Robertson said. All but three of the families which have been as- sisted by the Red Cross are re- maining in Douglas, and the three that came to Juneau are in tenn porary quarters here.
 A. L. Schafer, Pacific Coast chair