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, 1948-09-04
The Annual Report
of Activities of the
Department Of Sociul
WELFARE
for the
1947 - l948
CHILD WELFARE DIVISION

Equally prominent with the
request for food was the re-
quest for clothing, particular
~ school clothing for boys.
Until June 1913, nothing could
be done in this line, with the
exception of a few gifts of
clothes from one or two citi-
zens and what was left of the
sewing project. We do not
know how much truancy re-
suited from this, but we do
know it was the excuse most
frequently offered by both pa
rents and children. We were
IN no position to doubt, for evil
dence all pointed to the reality
of the parents claims.
However in May 1913, the
Municipal Council on the re-
commentator of the Division,
changed the wording Of the
budget item Foster Homes
for Children to Assistance &
Foster Homes for Children.
This freed $291.35 some of
which was used to purchase
clothing and to give emergen-
cy food grants.
An important section under
the actual case-working end of
the Division was the locating
of cases-case-finding. Even
though the division has been
unable to meet most of the re-
quests for help whether they
were for general assistance,
foster home care, or institu-
, 1948-09-04

Then there's Richards Spear
mint Chewing gum for a
understanding breath going
ACQUIRING Anita and Belita to
death. Will he succeed? Come
and see for yourself.
, 1948-09-04

Don Jose, happy little war
rior from Nelthropp's Stables
will have to keep a good head
in order to consume any por-
ton of the famous Don 20"
spirit, for Briscoe says he will
have all the plugs" firing
right.
, 1948-09-04
BARGAIN SALE

One Westinghouse 3 Burner
Electric Range with large
Oven. complete with Broiler.
for use on 229 Volts A.C.
Good Condition
Contact Gordon M. Skeoch
Est. Hannahs Rest
, 1948-09-04
Flying Hoofs
One. to make readY-two. to
compare
Let go the Gelding and LET
go the Mare"
They're off Yes Quiz" and
Yankee Moon" are off

Monday, Labor Day, may
yet make history for lovers of
the sport of horse racing, for
tbs on this day MerrilPs
N o o will an
swer the QUIZ" put up by
the Nelthropp brothers. Yank-
ee Moon, lawful stalwart son
of Fancy Moon and Condado
will challenge the Quiz's right
to race against him as her ped
igree is questionable since she
doesn't know her own father
and, says he, Il am going to
prove beyond the shadow of a
doubt that / know what / am
talking about. Quiz, on the
other hand says: Don't mind
how fast Moon runs, as sure
as day Quiz will catch him..
So there you are. My advice is
Go and see for yourself.
, 1948-09-04
END of the C YEAR

By the end of June 1913, the
child welfare division had un-
der its supervision 206 childen
al were at home with their
parents or parent; 38 were in
homes of relatives; 20 were in
foster homes (both paid and
unpaid homes); and 7 were in
Institutions. In the families of
the al children receiving pen
sions, there were 19 children
for whom no money was avail
able and among whom the
small pensions, of necessity,
had to be divided in the
homes. Not counting these 10,
there are 81 other children
whose applications for assis-
lance are awaiting attention.
This makes a total Of rs child
rem whose applications for fl
nancial assistance are pending
at the beginning of the fiscal
year, 1948-49.
By agreement with tn e
Queen Louise Home, the Child
Welfare Division screens ad-
missions & charges from that
Institution, now crowded be-
You'd capacity. Pressure is be-
ing exerted by that institution
on the division to place either
with relatives or in foster
homes those children who are
over age and those who would
be better adjusted outside of
an institution. Because of the
slow Development of the foster
home program and the divi-
sion's inability to supplement
incomes or assist relatives in
caring for the children, prac-
tlcally nothing has been accom-
plished in this area. Many of
the children were placed there
because of malnutrition. The
child welfare division cannot
recommend the return of child
rem whose care and nutrition
have been excellent while in
the institution, to families,
whose lack of money and food
were largely the cause Of the
children's original placement
in the institution, without the
means to see that the health of
the children is maintained.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
LIVESTOCK IS KILLED
in R.R. DERAILMENT

ARDMORE, Okla. May 4.-IR-
An estimated 800 head of livestock
plunged into slaughter ahead of
schedule as a Santa Fe freight
train derailed near here early yes
terday.
Six carloads of cattle and sheep
was included in the wreckage of
80 cars which piled up into right
of way bitches, after the third car
jumped the track.
Engineer F. L. Mitchell said
the diesel powered freight was
travelling about AZ miles an hour
when the accident occurred. None
of the crew of five, was injured.
The engineer said many of the
animals were shot, but that some
OF them will be trapped until the
wreckage is cleared.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

veit. who had been seized as pris-
oners of war or forced labor and
who neither wanted to MOI dared go
rack home. He was one of several
hundred whom the Tolstoy Founda-
ton has helped to reach the United
States.
On that first day in the Founda-
ten office his face had shone with
happiness. Today tears coursed slow
" down his face; his rough hands
knotted beneath his skimpy sleeves.
"They wouldn't let me into the
American army, because OF my
eyes he was saying in swift Rus
star.
He spoke to Alexandra Tolstoy,
tall Cray-haired hard u-orkino nrssi-
dent of the Tolstoy Foundation and
youne est daughter a.
Russiea novelist ard moral philoso-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
SAYS BEARS Amt
BIG. BAD, BRIGHT

MONTROSE, Colo--There's baIo-
ney in the bugaboo that bears are
big, bad and bright, claims Paul
Gilbert, resident biologist for the
Colorado State Game and Fish De-
partment.
He has concluded after long study
that bears are not very sharp men
tally and far from icing as large
and ferocious as some believe.
The average black bear will weigh
in at tull growth around 200 pounds,
according to Gilbert. Sometimes one
will weigh 300 pounds
Furthermore, ne said, bears prefer
roots and vegetables with ants and
insects next in line of diet. If there
comes a scarcity of the preferred,
they will go for little carbon.
The biologist noted that bears
have a sharp sense of smell and
good hearing but are short on eye
sight
IF a person or other animal will
remain quiet, bear often Will pass
very close tc them without seeing
them" Gilbert said.
"Herders report that a bear often
will pass through a herd of sheep
without appearing to notice them" "
He warned that he was referring
to the black hear, called brown by
1,
ular because of predatory habits.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
SOCIAL SECRETARY
MUST BE SPECIAL,
SAYS MRS. WYETH

WASHINGTON - Probably the
most valuable asset to newcomes
who want to get some where in this
town is the social secretary who
teaches them how to meet and in
fluence the right people.
Keen, capable Mrs. Nathan Wyeth
veteran in this delicate business,
says there's lack of these women
in Washington. Come May she's
going to state a training course for
would-be social secretaries. She says
she's had more than $50 applications.
sic viii only take on 10 at a time
To qualify, Mrs. Wyeth says. one
must naturally, first of all, 'be a
lady But tact Is OF supreme I'M
portance. Applicants should also
have a pleasant voice, good family
background, good disposition, charm
and good manners. Good locks and
a knack for dressing we'll help
Among the things which Mrs
Wyeth will teach her pupils will be
the uses of protocol, filing, answer
ing invitation and 50 on. Party plan
ming and arranging is left UP to the
caterers.
Mrs. Wyeth, who is known to
friends as "Dcdette,' is social Sec
Rotary to the French and Brazilian
embassies. She first came to Wash
ineton as secretary to Mrs. Will
liam de Witt Mitchell, wife of the
Attorney General under President
Hoover.
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pher. She founded the Foundation
in New York in 1889 after she left
the USSR and became an American
citizen. Its first aim was to help the
Whit Russians who fled their home
land after the Russian Revolution.
Since World War II its aid has been
directed toward the Russian displac-
cd persons.
BY the Yalta Agreement these
men Lad to be returned to Russia, .
Miss Tolstoy said recently. Rather
than go back, many commit suicide.
Others change their nationality and
go irto hiding.
The Tolstoy Foundation has help
ed number OF these Russian D.
P.s reach America. Those who 90
must come in under an affidavit
given by some American citizen or
organization guaranteeing their sup
port for five years, in case they fail
to gel jobs. Much of this work we do
in cooperation with the Church
World Service. We run Reed Farm
near Nyack, NJ Y, where IS to 1875
can live until they learn English and
orient themselves in the United sta
ties. We also send food and used
clothing abroad
Miss Toistoy pushed tack the pa
pers on crowded desk and went on:
There are hundreds of thousands
of Russians still in D. P. camps in
Europe and many write me they live
in unspeakable conditions-unh
ed barracks, inadequate food Instead
of being allowed to SIT there in fes-
tering misery and anger, feel they
should be used in some of the worlds
work, when there is so much TO be
done There are public forks pro-
jects in many countries GU which
they could be used And because of
their strong feeling against Com
munism and Nazisn they could con-
stitute terrific force for democracy.
"One Russian D. p who escaped
borrowed five thousand dollars from
friends and settled TOO more d. Ps
on a project Of surveying land in
French Morocco for irrigation. They
are self-supporting now and he has
repaid part of the five thousand" /
Miss Tolstoy, who served as her
fathers secretary and accompanied
him when he left his family, worked
with the Soviets while after his
death. Under the USSR she organ
lied set of experimental schools in
Tula.
But they put such tight restric-
lions on me I couldn't go on" she
said. IF I had objected I would
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
STOPPING TRAFFIC

AKRON-tR-Four way stop signs
are beoing tried at some Akron in
tersections. Traffic Captain E. L.
Engelhart hopes that stopping traf-
fic going both ways will cut acct
dents. On the rare occasions when
cars from all four directions stop
at the same time. Engelhart admits
there is some confusion. The car on
the right has the right of way, but
in such cases everyone is on the
right of somebody else. Even If all
started at once. however, Engelhart
points out that no one could be
going very fast if collisions took
place.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
RIFLEW0MAN EARNS
POSITION ON TEAM
OF NATIONS BEST

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The Uni
versity of Maryland is the top rifle
team in the country, with an Army
'ROTC group to draw on, yet a girl
has made t. squad
Comely Sharon Mac Bride a
sophomore, has earned a place on a
sc lad which hasn't lost in more than
1850 matches and last year led the
nation in a telegraphic meet. Sha-
ron has been firing rifle for only
six months and explains:
1--WE always been a sort of Tom
boy, SO when I saw the notice about
rifle practice, decided to take a
try at that"
She tried so well that she stands
18th on a 30-man squad which in
cludes Art Cook, holder of several
Junior worlds records. Sharon has
turned in targets as good as ZIG
out of possible 300, even though
claiming she feels plenty shaky"
in intercollegiate competition.
AS the first girl in Maryland's
history to make varsity sports
team, Sharon has produced prob
lem. Since the rifle team travels to
such masculine bailiwicks as West
Point and Annaolis, the problem OF
chaperon arose. So far, the univer-
sity has avoided any "crisis' by send
ing her only to matches with nearby
colleges.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
AT BOAT HARBOR

The Isis, salmon packer own
ed by Johnny Martensen of Ju-
neau, arrived at the boat harbor
Saturday from Seattle; the Normac
came in the same day.
The Princeton Hall returned to
Juneau from Skagway Saturday
after an absence CT almost two
weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
WANT ADS
FOR SALE


A HOMES Not just a roof. Pine
paneling. fireplace, large living
room, bedrooms, furnace, large
Basement, etc. 10th ST.
BUY on the Beach, large sum-
msr homes, modern, one 4-room,
basement; 2 one-room cabins.
Fritz Cove, Point Louisa, Lena's
Beach.
DOUGLAS: 2-bedroom home, mag
nificent marine view, full ce-
ment basement, completely furn-
ished. Also 3-hdr, furnace, furn.;
3-bdr., garage basement
CAFE, Fountain, central location,
real money maker. Body and
lender works.
$500; 3-mi Glacier Highway,
furn. $1,000. Groom part. furn.
$500: 2-bdr. remodeled, Erwin st.
NEAR Small Boat Harbor bricktex
3-bdr. home large yard and
large shop; furn. houses.
STAR HILL: 5-bdr compl furn.,
8 bdr. modern, furn., furnace, etc.
LADIES ATTENTION: Blouse shop
central location; hat shop, new
stock; at inventory; 2 cafes; sew
eral apt. houses.
APPROX. $500 down pay. brings
S4O0 income apt. house per
month.
APEX, FORESTER, SISU; 2 can
neries; falling equip; pile driv-
ing liquor store. etc.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
Society Helps
Russia DPS
Reach America
BY ADELAIDE KERR
Up Newsfeatures Writer

Taa threadbare young Russian
stood tefore the desk in the Toll
stow Foundation in New York, six
months after he first reached there
fror, a displaced persons camp in
italy. He was one of millions OF So
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
TOWNSEND CLUB TO
MEET AT 8 TONIGHT

The townsend Club will hold a
meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the
lone of Mrs. Hans Nelson, 1898
West Eighth Street. All members are
urged to attend and visitors are al
ways welcomed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
FOR SALE

$4,000 = Excellent one bedroom
house in Casey Shattuck district.
Concrete basement, oil furnace,
electric stove. Fully furnished.
Only six years old.
3-BEDROOM Home. Full base
ment. Double plumbing. Large
living room with fireplace. Good
location. Fully furnished. Eight
years old.
DUPLEX-Two large apartments,
located in Scatter tract. Less than
ten years old.
NEW two bedroom house on Beh-
rends Avenue.
LARGE filled corner lot facing
small boat harbor, Suitable COM
mercial use.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
RUSSIAN AIRLINEs

MOSCOW-lR- Civil airlines OF
the USSR, which celebrated their
25th anniversary on Feb. 9, now
exceed their S5,00o-mile pre-war
figure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
JUNEAU wOMAN's CLUB

Regular monthly business meet
ing and luncheon will be held We'd
nesday May 5 at noon in Terrace
Room of the Baranof. For reser-
vaticn call Green 779 or Red 632.
878 ct
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

have been sent to Siberia. So 1 asked
to be sent to Japan and America
to study the educational methods
of those countries and 1 never went
back"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any
bill contracted by the American
Beauty Parlor, as of Dec. l, 1947.
(878 3t) Patricia Hagerup.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

5ERVICEMAN wanted to take air.
mail orders for watches, jewelry
etc. Sell during your spare time
to seryicemen and their famil-
les at PIX prices or lower. Write:
INDEX SALES, 1906 Maple Ave-,
Los Angeles Is, California. rs 1t
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LOST AMI FOUND

FOUND: Tie clasp, owner may have
same by identifying and pay
ing for adv. rs st
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TEA AND SEWING

Lutheran Ladies Aid Tea and
Sale, 1870 to p. M, Wednesday,
May S, at the Lutheran Church. 1t
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

Government en-
ployee wants to rent or lease a
house or partment, furnished or
unfinished. Can furnish bank
and character reference. Will pay
in advance and guarantee main
tenance and care of property.
Call Charles Evitts, phi. 261 days,
or RIM. 318, Baranof Hotel. 76 tt
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
WANTED

VETERAN and wife desire to rent
apartment or rooms. No children
or pets. Phi. Mrs. DeCoite, Gas
tineau Hotel. 079 At
WANTED: Dishwasher. Percy's
Cafe. 873 If
CLERK for record shop. Know
ledge of records and recording
artists important. Home Beau
tiful 877 If
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
MISCELLANEOUS

WINTER and PtNND, co. fnc.
Complete Photographic Supplies
Developing Printing Enlarging
Artists Paints and Materials
Blue Printing Photostats
The Valley settler., 1948-08-13
1. B. DRE6HORN LAID
 .:.-~ TO" REST

Lawrence B. neghorn, "Scotty" as he was known to his many friends, was laid to rest in the Palmer Cemetery on Thursday of this week foll owing bur ial services con- du cted fran St. Michael's Catholic Church at ll:oo a.m. Scotty pas sed away at his home Monday morning, August g, following a lingering illness of several months. Pail Bearers at the funeral were: Joe Lent Don Parks, I. II. sandvik, Paul Nelson and Al King.
 scotty Dreghorn was born in Scotl and where he grew to manhood and entered the British Army in 1914. He served through 1918 with the 5lst Gordon High1 anders. He left the Army Signal Corps with the rank of Major at the close of the War;. Cont. on p. 5
The Valley settler., 1948-08-13
C0-GP nOTES
MARKET

NJ. Sam Kcist, butcher at tho noat market, has. requested that all persons having meat ccooiers of tho Coop cone and claim thoir meg at. Iris meat has been in tho coolers long time and the space is hooded for other purposes. It '7ou1d be greatly ap- prec iated if persons having noat in those coolers would como and claim tho same. EGGS
 Since too many pr oduc CTS arc leaving their eggs for aftornoon dol ivory to tho cand- ling room, it has become no co ssary to plac all cggs TOGO ivod aftor 400 p.ns on any cand1ing day on tho folloving days egg receiving shoot.
 On Tcercsday of this uook there wore no eggs in tho cuieling room for tuo hours dnr ing tho morn ing 1o:oo to 12:oo. During tho afternoon so many como in that it uos impossible to finish tho york before p.n Some Of thoso eggs arrived after 4:3 p.r. T,crc have boon times uhon eggs have conc in at minutes to p.r. This doc sn't give very much time to do any canal ing an pack ing. T!lo Crocnory closes at p.n. and tho doors arc locked including tho Egg Cool Room. Therefore, it becomes necessary to put deadl inc on tho receiv- ing of. eggs for that day's dand1 ing. Eggs brought in aftor 4 p.m. will be placed in the cool CT for the next day' 8 canal ing
 operations.
The Valley settler., 1948-08-13

t1C |llh |U OUlVt CO-OI
 TROUBLES
 At the Annual meeting Of the Alaska Rural Rohabi1 it at ion Corporat ion held this la st Monday, August g, in the Palmer; Offices, the dissension in the Matanuska Valley Far- |mers' Cooperat ing Assoc iaticn came in for much di scuss ion. Roy Brock, President of the NVFCA Board of Direct tors, uas called in on consul ation, and N. D.. snodgrass re- < quested hearing with the Board and Vas: admitted. Alter discuss sing tho difficul ties of the. lfvFcA. it uas deci ded that it vas the Pub l ic Rclat ions of the Assoc iation which are. bad and not the financ ia" COT ndit ion.' The ARRc Board, feel ing that deadlock had boon reached in the .situat ion, 70 ted to recommend to the FILA that act ion be taken on tho loan Agreement between the MFcA and tho FILA. '''-. :: ...-'- This ne ans that in spite of tho fact that the MvFcA has nado every payment to the FILA as required, tho bal lance of the loan uould be called immediately. This would a,tomat ical1y throw tho Assoc iation into rece worship undor tho control of. tho Court. Mr. Pcters e7cpl aimed that this did not moan that the ARRC vas destroying tho Co-op as it would cont inuo funct ion ing, but would be under the supervision of tho Re-
 
 the FFA and the ARRc as the pr incipa1 cred- itors.
 Tao plans arc, according to Nc. Peters, to straighton out the. diff ficplt1es before re- turn ing the control to the farmers. Mr. Peters exp TO ssod regret that his action,
 had become necessary, but sai d that tt
 vas the fool ing of tho, Board that this vas
 the only recourse. 3 r.. . Tlis action uas a recommendation of tho
 AR2C Boa I'd and no informat ion is as yet available as to vhothor tho FEA chooses F to act upon tho 'roconmondat ation. Just what
 clause in tho loan agreement with tho
 MvFCA ~il1 be used in calling tho loan is
 not dof inito. ..... Tho MFCA Board stated that to their know
 lcdgo no agreement of tho loan had boon
 v.al atod by tho aEvFCA and that all pay
 nonts and roports had boon mado as request
 cd. Tho A7soc1e5d42n e5d2 is is bp 5D s9od financial
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01

the chief perpetrator has been laid
UP for repairs. Don't know yet what
caused the trouble but suspect that
n of my wisecracks backfired.
Anyhow Parker is back on the job
now ornerier and sassier than ever.
But ! came back to farm work
only after the most serious reflec-
tion-and due consideration TO the
financial cost of a life of ease.
After / had been waited on hand
and foot for many days by beautiful
nurses with every wish as good as
a command so long as it wasn't for
something the doctor said I couldn't
have (Which was plenty / began
to wonder how it would be as a per-
manent proposition. But after I got
a glimpse of the rapidly mountin'
hospital bill / came down to earth
with a thud.
And when / finally got back on
my wobblY pins. home and Martha
sure looked good. I was even glad
TO see that homelY mug of Bill. our
first vice president in charge of
cows. who greeted me with a grin
and well the place has sure been
runnin' smooth without you hornin'
in all the time."
Any thought that I might have
been missed by the neighbors was
removed when I glad-handed Pro-
tein Pete down at the postoffice a
few days later. "Why all the for
mality," says Pete, "you been some
Where?"
Pete was so anxious TO tell me
about what he had pulled on a
visitin artist a few days before
that / didn't even have a chance TO
tell him about my operation. He
came across the artist p~aintins a
landscape over on his neighbours
place so he went over to take a
look at the canvas. "Ah." says the
artist. perhaps you too are a
lover of nature. Have you seen
the golden fingers of dawn spread
ing acros sthe eastern sky: the red
stained. sulphurous is1ets floating
on the ragged clouds at midnight.
plotting out the ~shuddering moon?"
mo" says Pete" not lately. I've
been on the wagon now for over
a year..
One advantage of being away was
that I wasn't exposed to much of the
campaign oratory. I made up my
mind who I was goin' to vote for
before I left and I haven't any rea-
son to change now. But Martha
listened to a lot of the speeches and
is in a fine state of political confu-
sion. She says she's goin' to rely
largely upon her woman's intuition
when she gets into the votin' booth
After hearin' what Truman SAYS
about Dewey. and what Dewey
says about Truman. Joe Stain is
probably happy in the conclusion
that the U. S. is goin' to the bow
vows regardless of who is elected.
A couple of Scotsmen were walk
ing down the road together and on,
was jingling something in his pocket
His pal asked: "Jock, you must hav,
plenty of money in there"
ooh, no." said Jock, chats m.
wife's false teeth -. there's beer
too much eatin' between meals il
ol1r hnuSe.n