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an artistic career His first engage
ment was, however, the result Of
just an impromptu after-dinner
speech. when a motion picture baron
who sat by him siezed his hand when
he had finished and persuaded him
to sign a contract.
Representative Roger. Wants Gods
Chillun' TO Have American Shoes.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
OF the Bay State has talked of moth
ing much lately but trade agreements
its needless to say she does not agree
with Secretary Hull-but had to take
time of to jamboree with the Boy
Scouts from her State The boys
found her one Of them, and that
breakfast she gave to something like
los Of them was simply cricket. 1t
was Coolidge breakfast, with sausage.
pancakes and maple syrup-in fact
there were enough pancakes consumed
to pave the front of the Capitol.
But about those trade agreements
The Representative wants all God S
chlllun to have shoes. but she wants
them to have American-made shoes
perhaps preferably in Lowell. Mass
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interest in what was going on on
the floor of the Senate.
Mrs. Lodge an Ideal wife
For a Politician.
Those blooming hot days last week
even took the starch out of the white
linen suits of the two Beau Brummels
of the supper chamber, Senator Rey-
nolds of North Carolina and Senator
McAdoo of California. who both had
bit a disheveled look. And Sem
ator DR.. Copeland's ever-blooming
flower in his buttonhole had droopy
appearance. Young Senator Lodge of
daisy. He leaves the comfortable old
house he has leased in Georgetown
early in the morning. His charm
ing wife returned to town last week to
see what it was all about. Wash
ington, which is getting to be one Of
the greatest cosmopolitan cities in
the world, is so used to seeing dis
tinguished people come and 90 that
new faces are like ships that pass in
the night; but not so Mrs. Lodge. She
has entered so whole-heartedly into
her official duties. fulfilling even the
letter of official etiquette and distribut-
ing official pasteboard wherever re-
quired-and. moreover, doing it in
a most refreshing way without look
ing bored.
Senator Lodge was an honor grad
uate in law at Harvard, but took to
journalism, and then, being chip
off the old block. just naturally went
| into politics. There are three Of the
| late Senator Lodges grandson's and
some one of them had to be it, so
Henry Cabot, having the lure Of the
name, said he would. The three
studied law, but only one remained
| at the bar. john Cabot-he has left
| the Cabot off the Observation-Disclosures
wife is the lovely dancer Francesca
Bragiotti. went out to Hollywood to
see her, and his friends say he was
| literally shanghaied into the cinema
He is described as having the most
amazing tempo and an unusual poise
which is a compound of birth and
! breeding. with a superb intelligence
1t is said that he had always wanted
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tinued there is hope. In q recent
K. Kingsford-Smi brother OF Sir
Charles, said he believed his brother
had survived the wreck Of his plane,
the Southern Cross, in 1885, and that
he would be found. The tiny island
Of Canton of the Phoenix group,
around which has centered the search
for Amelia Earhart and her pilot, is
claimed by both Britons and Amer
leans. 1t Is important because it is
on the direct route Of trans-Pacific
air service between Honolulu and
Suva. the Fiji Islands. 1t seems the
Island of Canton was discovered and
first surveyed by Americans. The
fact that it is on a direct route gives
renewed hope that Miss Earhart and
her pilot are alive and will be res
cued. She was an honorary member
OF the Newspaper Women's Club of
Washington, and when in town sought
the quiet OF the club rooms and wrote
there some of her stories which may
now be part of the history of aerial
navigation in this country
American Women Look to the
Skies In 1887.
Alice Rogers Hager said not long
ago that the fair among women for
flying was on the increase and that
| this year the airlines of the United
States were expecting to carry $50, ,OOC
women as passengers. Those who live
to fly again can't quite get over that
first sensation of being lifted out OF
ones self
An Interesting Coincidence.
The finding of the Naval Academy
class ring OF Comdr. Zachary Lans.
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IN Norway. sweden ana Denmark
The numerical strength of Sir Os-
walds followers is not known. gen.
orally, but it is known that his Or
eanization consists of 500 branches
throughout the country. He was for
merly in Parliament as an lnde-
pendent with conservative leanlngs;
then turned Laborite, and it was later
he organized the Fascist movement, in
which he is intensely interested. His
wife, the late Lady Cynthia Curzon,
also was a Labor member OF Parlla-
ment, resigning from the parlia-
mentary Labor party in 1881.
Sir Oswald Son Law
OF a Washington Belle.
To American society Sir Oswald is
best known as the son-in-laW OF the
late Lord Curzon. Baron kedleston,
and his first wife. the patrlcian beauty.
Mary Letter, daughter of the merchant
prince, Levi Letter, OF Chlcago ana
Washington. Lady Cynthia Blanche
was her husbands chief aide during
her life, and since her death he leads
a bachelor life, his children have been
looked after by his siSter-ln-laW, Lady
Metcalfe. who is the youngest daugh-
ter of the late Lord and Lady Mary
Letter Curzon. The Duke of Windsor
is said to be genuinely attached to
MAJ. and Lady Metcalfe. They are
remarkably handsome couple and
very popular in court society.
Late Senator Robinson Found
Ladies an Incentive in Debate.
Home town constituents and the
Capitals Official and smart society
wed with each other in filling the
private gallery of the Senate during
the debates on the Supreme Court
bill last week Main street and Mas
sachusetts avenue sat side by side
while Senators sWeated and mopped
their forensic brows and relatives and
friends looked on with admiration
Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson was
heard to remark that the women in
the gallery were an inspiration and
an incentive as they sat through the
long hours never seeming to lose then
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About Well-KnOWn Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Great Britain's Fascist Duce Has American
In-LaWs- Senate Gallery Rendezvous
for Official and Smart Society.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

B
r. NGIANDS terrible Sir Oswald Moey leader OF the
E British Union of Fascists who when
trouble and then In the most
gracefully subsidies until the next time during
attitude of offense meant
paraded through followers Sir Oswald
Maj E. Metcae to the Duke
acted for His Hlghnes at his recent
Wareld His wife Lady Alexander Mecalfe is
the Lady Mosey and by the she is the god
daughter Wndsor grandmother Queen Alexandria,
for whom named.
Sir Oswald the bearer of ancient title in his recent march
through crcumvent public order act passed
the British Parliament banning political uni
military organizations, he suit with
marchers multi 1t
similar the public order act has worked successfully
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Kimberly Housing Shortage.
Reopening OF the famous diamond
mines at Kimberly, South Africa, has
brought such An army Of miners and
families that there is housing Short
age, and many are compelled to live
out OF doors,
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Ceylon Tries Them Out.

To test the efficacy OF pedestrian
crossings and islands, police of Colom-
bo, Ceylon, have installed one Of each,
putting them in front Of the police
station so that policeman could
watch it from the door.
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and she says the United States is
being flooded with European shoes
made by cheap labor.
Miss Earhart 4 Member Of
Newspaper Women's Club.
1t is dif1icult for one to bring him.
self to believe that such a spirit Of
light and life and enthusiasm Of
which Amelia Earhart Is the embodi-
ment. has passed out Of the skies.
Even should the search be discon-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
Barnes To Head ElkS
 For The Coming Year

Wrangell Elks Lodge No. 1695 held their regular weekly meeting on Wednesday night of this week and elected officers for the coming year. Frank S. Barnes is newly elect ed Exalted Ruler; George Gunder- son, Esteemed Leading Knight; Fred Hanford, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Frank Winston, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; Fred Cunningham, Secre- tary; Joel Wing, Treasurer; Chester Lloyd, Tiler; s. Cunningham, Trus- tee for year term. James Nolan is Past Exalted Ruler.
 The newly elected officers will be installed at the first regular meet ing in April. The four appointiYe of ficers of the lodge will be named af- ter the installation. The Wrangcll lodge now boosts 105 members. On April 8, a large initiation class of 15 candidates from Wrangell and Petersburg will be taken in. The Ketchikan and Petersburg lodges have been invited to attend and par ticipate in the taking in of this large class.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19

Taking an estimated toll of 600 lives. mostly small children, de- wasting explosion Thursday after noon wrecked the $1,0O0,O0O school building at Overton, Texas, near the East Oil Fields.
 Reported as the most terrible tradegy to befall the country Tn years, there was held little hope to find alive any of the children among the twisted mass of steel, wood aud concrete. The first four grades had been dismissed just before the blast but children from the fifth grade on were still in classes. If the explosion had occurred 10 minutes later they would have been out of school and on their way home.
 Cause of the explosion is not del initely known but believed to have come from escaping natural sas in the basement of the building. Un- founded reports said that uneXplod- ed sticks of dynamite had been found under the wreckage of the school.
 President Roosevelt has ordered the Red Cross and all available gov ernmental agencies to assist in any means they can.
 The Governor of Texas has order ed the national guard out to help in getting the bodies out of the entans- led mass and martial law has been declared. All available school build ings, hospitals and churchs n the twelve surrounding towns are being utilized as hospitals and mOrgues. Buildings for miles around were shaken by the terrific blast and win dows broken many miles away from the actual scene of the explosion.
 There were an estimated 700 stu dents and 100 teachers in the Juild- ing at the time of the tradegy and also a group of parents attending a PIT. A. session in the school audi torium. Only two teachers have been found alive and less than 100 stu dents.
 As night fell, auto lights were turned on the mass of debris and soldiers, police, firemen, men from the oil fields, frantic parents ard Red Cross helpers searched thru the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
Scruby Buys Fl Real
 Hotel In California

Dr. and Mrs. R. N. Scruby return ed on the Princess Norah this morn ing after four-months trip to the states during which they visited in Kansas, Texas and California. Mrs. Scrubys brother accompanied them to Wrangell from FallbrOok, Cali fornia.
 While in California, the Scruby' $ completed a fine business deal when they bought the Fl Real hotel in Fallbrook, California on the Inland Highway between San Diego and Ri verside. This is modern hotel, hay ing been built in 1929. It is a prick and concrete building with 25 rooms and is equipped with a modern coffee shop and dining room as well as private dining room for meetings or banQuets.
 In speaking of California Dr. Scru- by said that Fallbrook was known as "Frostless Fallbrook" and that during the cold weather in Califor- mia when all other districts were smudging there was no need of it at Fallbrook. Mrs. Scruby's older broth CT is operating the hotel during the summer while Scrubys are in Wran. gell.
 The Scrubys went by train from Seattle to Chicago and by bus to De- troit where they took delivery of a new Plymouth car and drove OL to Dr. Scruby's home in Kansas. They had an enjoyable visit also with Dr James, whom many will remember on his trip to Alaska.
 From Kansas they drove through Texas and to California where they have spent the past two months getting their new business in shape They plan on remaining in Wran. gell indefinitely and Dr. Scruby will resume his Dental practice within Few days.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
Brueger Here On
 Company Business

A. R. Brueger of the ARB com pany, arrived on the North Sea cn Monday afternoon to spend few days in town on company business. He plans on returning to Seattle OH the North Sea this week end agd will probably return to Wraugell to stay about April 15. Mir Brueger reports that there are important ne gotiations underway with the var ious fishing unions and that con ditions should be ironed out in d week or so. At present, things ap- pear very favorable for a good sea son.
 The ARB boats ' and lO are now in Wrangell engaged in the Fresh Fish business The No. 10 was sent to Rocky Pass and Rake during the week to pick up some 4300 pounds of fresh halibut. ARB agents are buying halibut during the week at 12 cents and report 5000 pounds bought on Tuesday.
 The ARB general offices in the hotel building have undergone d general renovation during the past week. The interior has been freshly painted with a light green wall and cream ceiling. As soon as it arrives. new linoleum will be laid over all the floors of the offices.
 The ARB 10 which arrived from Seattle on her shake down cruise early Sunday morning has been ih and out of port several times during the week. In a trial run to Pole Anchorage, the No. 10 made fine speed run and came in to Wrangell in six and a half hours She will leave in the near future for Seattle with a load of fresh fish
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
GRAND JURY TO VENE IN
 FIRST CITY

When the grand jury conyenes the later part of this week in the reg ular spring session of the district court in ketehikau. 20 criminal cases will be considered to decide whether the persons will be held 10 answer charges against them.
 Five of the cases to come up are charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Four are counts Of grand larceny. four are charges of contrib uting to the delinquency of a miu1r. Other listings include: forgery, bur glary, possession of narcotics and obtaining goods under false pre- tense.
 Among the WrangelI cases Yn the calendar listed as held to answer" are:
 William Morrison. contributing 10 delinquency of a minor.
 Jack Spath and Roy Ruttan. pos session and sale of manufactured tobacco without proper stamp for tax.
 Weston Anderson. Grand larceny.
 James Harvey. grand larceny
 Otto Teller, grand larceny
 Sam Wyatt, contributing to delia- quency of minor.
 George Blake, contributing To de- iinquency of a minor.
 Tn addition to the criminal cases to be considered during the coming session of the court, 51 civil eases have been filed and are to come up during this meeting of the judicial body.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
SHINGLE MILL TO REOPEN
 AFTER WINTER SHUTDOWN

F. Angerman, proprietor of tho Wrangell Shingle Mill, announced this week that if repair work is completed, he plans on beginning op- erations again in his plant on Mon day with crew of four men. The mill has been shut down during the winter and MT. Angerman has oeen engaged in repairing the plant dur ing the past few weeks.
 How long the mill will operate is not certain at present, he reports, but an order of 300,0OO shingles for Waterfall is yet to be completed and orders are on hand for Union Bay, Hidden Inlet, Juneau and many small orders throughout the terri tory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
ESTIMATED SIX HUNDRED ARE DEAD
 IN TEXAS SCHOOLHOUSE EXPLOSION

ruins in the hopes of finding some little ones yet alive.
 In the number of lives lost, this ranks as the major catastrophe ot the United States. Altho the damage was greater in the San Francisco EarthquaQe of years ago, only 400 Hives were lost in it while m es- timated 600 are dead in Oyerton.
 At the time of the explosion, which occurred just before school was dis. missed in lhe afternoon, number Of parents were parked along the street in front of the school waiting to take their children home. Many Of these cars were demolished by the blast and the drivers thrown many feet into the air and killed.
 One person who happened to see the explosion from a safe distance said that she had just looked out of the window of the building she was in and saw a huge puff of smoke followed by a terrific rumble resem- bling an earthquake. After this she could see the mass of wreckage and bodies being thrown into the air
 A tragic scene was enacted after the explosion when parents began frantically searching the hot ruins for traces of their loved one. Kin dergarden children from a school nearby had to be held off by the police as they wanted to go into the debris to find their brothers and sisters. Never in the history of the United States has such a toll of young children been taken in any catastrophe.
 All the seyices of the Red Cross were ordered to Oyerton immediate Iy following the explosion. The gov ernmental agencies are also work ing with every available department to help in taking the bodies out and in aiding those injured.
 Late dispatches say that an es- timated 75 others who were ia- jured in the blast will probably die, bringing the death toll to TOO.
 The $1,00O,O0O school building whirh was totally demolished was resently built to take care of the increasing attendance in the town of Overton.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
l6l MEASURES PASSED BY
 LEGISLATURE

Eighty laws were enacted by lbe Thirteenth Legislature which ad- journed on March 12. Sixty seven memorials were approved and 14 resolutions met with favor. This is believed to be an all previous record or the introduction and passage of memorials.
 Outstanding among the laws pass ed were the gold tax and liquor law. The general appropriations bill pass ed calling for S2.651.93O in eXpen- ditures for the next two years. Two years ago $2.563.5 800 was appropria- ted for similar purposes. In addition the Legislature had passed measures calling for appropriations of approx imately $700,00O, making grand total of S3,412,530 to be used dur ing the biennium, the highest figure in the territory's history.
 Some of the major appropriations made were: Governors Office $19.- 900; Attorney General $24,25O; Aud itor $37670; Treasurer $50.900; Banking Board $1,50O; Support of schools $1,338,0OO: Commissioner of Education $35,0OO; University of Alaska $189,OOO; Highway Eugin- eer $14,O0O; Shelter Cabins $8,50O, Commissioner of Mines $3S, 400; dis. tOrical Library and Museum 6I0,- 500; Health and Sanitation 534.- $50; Pioneers Home $174.1O0i En forcement of new liquor law S50,- 900; Allowance aged residents $403, 900; Dependent children $44,- 000; Allowance to mothers $66,- 000; Relief of destitution $98,O00; Relief needy and indigent $1O0,00O; Rescue and relief of lost persons $10, 1000; Primary election $15,000;| Aid to libraries $300O; Emergency appropriations $3,000; Emergency Coyote bounties $8O,000; Eagle bounty $15,000; Hair Seal bounties $4O,OOO; Clean salmon streams $25,- GOO.
 The legislature was in session six hours over the 60 day limit, al though clocks had been removed from the walls shortly before mid night to make time stand still The Thirteenth Territorial Legislature adjourned sine die a few minutes after a. m. on Friday. It will meet in extraordinary session on March 18th to deal with Social Security
 The Principal cuts in the appro- priation from two years ago were $65,00O for transportation of school children and $15.000 for vocational training under the territorial de- partment of school children, child- ren living two miles or more from schools cannot be compelled to at- tend as the compulsory school law provides that transportation must be provided
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
COMPLETES ERRAND
 28 YEARS AFTER

MoundsYille, W. V.,-Twen- ty eight years ago Mrs. Emma simms sent her son. Charles to the butcher shop to get pound of liver.
 Now Charles is back with the liver - and a wife.
 He just arrived from An. chorage. Alaska, one of the many places in his wander ings, followed the incompleted butcher shop errand which took him more than a quarter of a century.
 Since the time his mother sent him to the butcher shop she had heard from his once but he. said at that time that someday he would complete the errand.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
HALIBUT BOUGHT

A. R. Brueger has bought approX- imately 12,50O pounds of halibut since the season opei cd at 12c and Sc. Shipments to Seatl. 'ere made on the Alaska and North Sea. The ARB 10 left last nite for Seattle with 1890 pounds of halibut and TO cases of crab.
 L. Engstrom has purchased l4.- 900 pounds of halibut at Sc and le c. c. Mundy has purchased 43OO pounds. The cold storage and Brad ley have also made purchases.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
Wrangell S]euthS
 Solve Mystery

Those master minds, Sherlock Holmes and Hawkshaw the Detec- tive, have solved WrangelPs case of the Missing Christmas Tree accord ing to word received from Me Cor mack Dock Company.
 For the first time now, the story in full is released for publication and it goes like this".
 Before Christmas last year the Dock company put up a fine tree in their front yard and. lit it with fine string of cOlored lights. This presented a beautiful sight and ad- ded much to the Christmas spirit rf the down town section. Well, Xmas Eve the tree was blazing away, and yet come Xmas Morn and behold Where the tree was - now stands no tree!!! Now the mystery pres ents itself-Where is the tree Sherlock and Hawkshaw were called in and slick sleuthing started".
 Magnificent magnifylng glasses were employed to see If by chance a foot print could be seen where now the tree could not be seen. To! and Behold! 9 footprint was tound at once. This print was checked with the 55,0OO in Wrangeil's Rogues Gallery but none matched There was only one other foot il could match - Leo Mccormack and sure enough it was his foot print.
 This matching of the footprint b, the master minds made matters much more muddled because 8urel Leo would not steal his own tree No, Indeed, surely not!
 Then after months and months 0 labor another footprint found favGl with the master minds. This prin WAS found to have come from tht dock and from the print 1t was de duced by the detectives that th, man had carried a meat saw. An Now we are on the track! Every one whose hand would fit a mea saw was questioned but no on would tell who the clever crool
 (COntinued on Page Fourl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19

Twenty persons from Wrangell went over to Petersburg last Satur- day and enjoyed the Days of '98" put on by the Bills Club of Peters burg It is reported that the dance was a huge success with the hall crowded to capacity. Many clever and beautiful costumes put in thei; appearance at the dance and compet- ed for the prizes offered. Two boats, the Betty and a boat owned by w. Dundin, made the trip with the fol- lowing persons: Frank Barnes, Dan Bayne, Lloyd Goodrich, Mary Me Laughlin, Virginia Shedd, Jo Sor- enson, Mrs. B. Y. Grant, Frank Win ston, Miss Stinger, Al Torvanger, Belle Nc Bride, Sally Hart, Effie Brownson, Jean Grant, Dell Bradley Wally Johansen. W. Dundin and Charles Early.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
THERE ANT NO JUSTICE

Or maybe rhere is. Perhaps an Editors Snoopy" wife is sus, getting her just desserts. Whichever way II is-Id like 10 know why that durn little pill with my name on it had 10 get up on its hind legs ana wave it's arms 10 be picked up by Jack Brown on Bank Mite Tuesday. when l was sit ting at home reading news, eating news, digesting news and typing news! Gentle Read CT, when you scan these new sy' pages will you please shed a tear for the Editors First Assistant whose $60 Pill Co., coon only too quickly matched into many little dollar signs and flew the other way
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