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The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08
Wrangell, Alaska July 8, 1888

 Editor Sentinel:
 In the July 1st issue of the Wran- gell Sentinel, we find under the head lines, Thompson Organizes ILWU in Wrangell," a news story in which it is stated that Local No. 72, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union was or ganized in Wrangell last week by Charles Thompson. CIO organizer. And heading another news story on the same page is the headline: Me Cormack Dock Company Signs Long shore Warehouse Agreements with CIO."
 The above statements are facts but other statements in which Thompson is quoted are not facts. Therefore, I hope you will print the following so the public may have a true picture of the labor situation in Wrangeh.
 Organizer Thompson is not a To- cal man. He claimed a membership of Is but he could not or would not make public the names of these SO-cdlleu memDefS. we III HTdHSell interested in the labor situation have known for some time that meetings were being held by Thomp- son - ALWAYS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
 We also knew his followers were few and for the most part outsid- CTS. boys arriving from below look ing for work and ready to work at anything to make a few dimes. These lads were told, according to their own statements, that if they expected to get work here they must join the CIO. Thompson, by using these tactics managed to get together seven men.
 The Alaska Salmon Purse Seinera Union and Cannery Workers Auxil- iary, with a membership of over 5000, were successful after a year spent in organizing among the Alaska residents. in obtaining a Dixtxfxt Charter fram the AF of L.
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AFL MEN
 STOP CIO
 ON DOCK

Following an agreement signed by the Mccormack Dock Company with CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union. effec- tive midnight, July 1st, CIO men attempting to work cargo early Sat r. day morning on the Princess Louise and North Sea were stopped without violence by the present force of resident longshoremen who hold AFL cards through the Alaska Salmon Purse Seiner's Union and Cannery Workers Auxiliary.
 Charles Thompson. CIO organizer, had claimed IS members for the newly organized Local 72, but only six men besides himself appeared up on the arrival of the Canadian Pa cific liner. Princess Louise.
 The Louise which doeked from the south at 3:30 in the morning, had several tons of freight consigned to Telegraph Creek and way points on the Stikine river above the Canadian boundary Between 25 and 30 sein- CTS turned out in support of the AFL longshoremen. CIO men ap- bearing with Thompson were Har- " Freel. Philip Kelly, Ed Glenn Chas. Hirschy, William Speer and R. Hoitanja
 Verbal Courtesies
 While there was no bodily YiOl- ence. bystanders report that the verbal interchange of courtesies be- tween CIO and AFL was plenty violent
 Young Freel displayed courage and gameness, it was said. in his de- termination to go through to the ship which the AFL men admired but kept him back, nevertheless.
 The Louise would not unload un-I til somebody guaranteed the pay of the longshoremen. This guarantee was met by Wm. Wies, agent and secretary-treasurer of the ASPSU. l
 The AFL longshoremen then work ed the cargo as usual.
 Not Ships Battle
 Three hours after the arrival of the Louise, the North Sea docked l Not quite so many AFL supporters or bystanders met the North Sea and the CIO was represented att first only by John Freel, Harry Freel and Charles Hirschy Harry Freel presented the receipt for char ter of Local 72 to the mate and asked if the CIO or AFL would work the freight. The mate replied that it was not the ships battle l and he would not interfere; that the men must settle their own diff ferences. Thompson and the Freels then conferred with the ships dele
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08
MANUEL L0FTUS NOW PACKING
 FOR NORTHERN FISHERIES

Mr and Mrs Manuel Loftus were in Wrangell Tuesday and Wednes- day having come up from Ketchi- kan, where they recently establish. ed headquarters.
 Mir. Loftus will be engaged in packing fish for the Northern Fish, cries at Ketchikan until November. He is running his boat the Etolin, himself and his brother Ed Loftus is operating the Junior B as pack CT in Chatham straits. Besides the boats, young Loftus owns two scows on the fishing grounds.
 Bill Quinn is in charge of the one at Point Baker and Marvin Rice Oi the other at Tebenkoff.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08
Frank Barnes Completes First Year
 With General Electric Co.

Frank P. Barnes, son of MT. and Mrs. F. s. Barnes, returned to Wran- gell on the Denali Monday morning after an absence of two years.
 After completing a year of grad uate work in electrical engineering at Stanford University, young Barnes went to Schenectady, N. Y. last July to enter the employ of the General Electric Company, in train- ing for commercial engineering.
 The training program embodies two kinds of activities. The first is the experience program, or Test as it is popularly called. While in the Testing Department, the engi- neering graduate is given thes full responsibility of testing the appar- atus produced by the factory in or der to give the student ample op- portunity to become familiar with new equipment of the latest types, and also to become accustomed to assuming responsibility.
 In Charge of Section
 Barnes in the past year has spent two months in the mercury-arc rec tifier testing department, and ten months testing heavy switchgear. Some students are selected to take charge of complete sections and for the past few months he has been in charge of calculation of data taken on the switchgear tested,
 On return to Schenectady in De- tober, he will probably spend some time in the motors and generators department, where are tested power plant generators. steel-mill motors. ship propulsion units. submarine drive and oahsF miscellaneous s1ee-
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trical rotating apparatus.
 The second type of activity is the
 Educationl Program educational program, and he has enrolled in the sales training course. Here selected students are trained for the General Electric Apparatus Sales Organization which is located in the principal cities of the United States Selection for the course is made on a competitive basis. and the program extends over three years, during which time the stu dent is expected to do responsible work in the Testing Department, Designing Engineering Department, and General Office Commercial De- partment as well as to attend classes in modern salemanship methods, public speaking, business administration, market research, and also practical electrical en- gineering.
 Week End Excursions
 While the routine kept him fairly close to Schenectady during the week, young Barnes was able on Saturdays and Sundays to make quick excursions to various Eastern points Of interest were a trip to New York City to attend a perform ance at the Metropolitan Opera House, several trips to Boston ,and a number of skiing week-ends in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, New York and Quebec mountains.
 In spite of most interesting and instructive year Barnes still thinks the West and more especially AL aska, is the better place to live. and is quite glad to be out of New York's sizzling summer heat.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08
Seine Union Agt. Takes Exception
 To Sentinel CIO Story

but Thompson gets a charter from Harry Bridges and the CIO without even making public the names of his Would-be members.
 He then had some agreements drawn which he presented to the various cannery men in Wrangell with orders to sign within 48 hours GOT ElseD. He also present. ed an agreement to the Mccormack Dock Company and was successful in getting 1t signed to become eff fective July 1st at midnight.
 However, at the present date of July 8th, he has never provided a crew at the boats to fulfill his con tract. The ships have been unload ed by the same union men who for the past several years have done this work.
 It is my contention that the Sem tinel was in error to state in the story about the signing of the agreement with Thompson by the Mccormack Dock Co., that "the CIO has entered Wrangell as fac tor in the business life of this port" or that any major change has taken place in the handling of freight on the Wrangell dock.
 Wrangell is still 100 percent AZ of L. The four canneries operat- ing in this district have signed agreements to deal exclusively with the local established AFL unions and all boats leaving Wrangell for the fishing grounds are manned by Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union members.
 Wm. Weis,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08
-:FISH DOCK NEWS:-
By Al Cramer)

The Wrangell Cold Storage this week purchased 11,OOO lbs. of hali- but for the freezer for New Eng land Ice sales are up to capacity.
 C. c. Mundy this week purchased 5.402 lbs. local kings bought at 7-3. 1428 lbs. outside kings, small red 10, white 6 and silvers cents. c21 lbs silyers. He shipped six tierces. The Almarie delivered 2700 lbs, the Gravina 600 lbs. at 13 34 10 G-G and the Yyella 1880 lbs. at 13- A -10-6-6
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Agent and secy-Treas. AsPSU

Editors Note; The Sentinel maintains that it was not in error last Friday in stating that the CIO had entered Wrangell as a factor in the business life of the com munity. That the CIo had entered was proved by the scenes on the dock early next morning; that it departed as quickly as it entered is another ssoRy.1
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08

Miss Marie Alexander of the Wrangell Institute staff, left Tues day night on a vacation trip to visit friends in Vancouver, B. c. and from there to visit a sister in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-07-08

A. R. Brueger, president of the ARB Packing Company, and Mrs. Brueger returned Tuesday afternoon on the North Coast from Seattle.
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The Washington times., 1938-03-19

there1l be public dancing on
the Earle stage Monday night
after the last show. Won't that
bring out the Jitter-bugs!
In addition, amateur Swing"
instrumentalists are being given
an opportunity to demonstrate
their art during the next few
days and on Wednesday night
the winner will be selected dur.
ing the regular weekly radio
hour Of the Dorsey band, broad.
cast from the Earle stage.
The amateurs at last nights
show included a 13-year-old
trombonist, a trap drummer, q
Catholic q. student guitarist
and a cornetist, all local talent.
Also appearing with the or
chestra are Edythe Wright,
husky voiced radio singer and
Jack Leonard, romantic" bari
tone.
Dance numbers are contrib
uted by Jay and Lou Seller, q
versatile comedy team and
graceful Ann Anderson. The
Sellers, a clever pair, excel in a
ski novelty.
THE FEATURE PICTURE
While the feature picture at
the Earle this week will never
win an Academy award it has
its moments and they are when
Dorothy Lamour sings, and the
Yacht Club Boys indulge in their
effervescent comedy. It's called
Thrill of a Lifetime" and the
title song Is the best. tune the
musical has to offer.
The story Is laIo at a summer
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
T okio ReveIs
At Howard

Oriental in It's entirety, '"Tokio
Revels," which opened at the
Howard Theater yesterday is a
ripping jazz and swing musical
concoction.
The show features Togo, a
rope-walking artist, who is a
marvel at circus tricks. The
highlight Of his act is a slide
for his life on a rope stretched
across the entire theater. The
oriental gets a big hand. Others
of the Far East, who also step
in for personal laurels, include
Sax and Saki. Saki, the fem
mine of the act, does all the
stunts.
Dudley Wilson, a tap dance
artist, really goes to town, ana
his limitations of Bill Robinson
show class. The four Dudley
Brothers, har1nonizers on the
Mills Brothers style, are well
received, also q dancing radium
team. Coleridge Davis and or
chestra handle the music for the
revue. Dusty Fletcher, George
Wiltshire and Sandy Burns,
comedians, are on hand with
the usual buffoonery.
"ArSene Lupin Returns" Is
the screen attraction and really
shows the diamond thieves at
their best. wv. r.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

=
SPECTACULAR BALLETS
The story is gay one and
provides a novel twist to the
behind-the-SceneS in Hollywood
pattern. Adolphe Menjou, as a
movie producer whose pictures
are missing the mark, employs a
country girl to serve him in the
capacity Of human pulsometer
by which he can gauge the re-
actions and preferences Of the
American cinema public.
Andrea Leeds, of "Stage
Door" fame, plays the girl and
when she finds Kenny Baker
singing behind a hamburger
counter in Hollywood induces
Menjou to give her troubador a
chance in the bigtime.
The rollicking remainder of
the film is devoted to the actual
shooting of Menjou'S production
with each scene of the picture
within-a-picture blending color
fully into the story Of "The
Goldwyn Follies."
The impiSh Charlie Mccarthy
has fun harassing the come
dianS.
Menjou is excellent as the
harasSed producer and Andrea
Leeds serves admirably as the
girl with the typical American
reactions" The Technicolor
has been more than kind to her
cameolike beauty and her per-
formance is both soft and ra-
diant.
FULL OF COMEDY
It is a ballet dancer, however,
who steals the pictures laurels.
Zorina, the ballerina to make
you forget all ballerinas, appears
to be the find of the year. Her
dainty pirouetting is pure terp-
sichorean enchantment nd
reminiscent of the Harriet Hoe
tor of Zeigfeld'S heydey, which
is our highest praise.
She is Superbly supported by
the American ballet from the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
In the Montague -Capulet and
Golden Naiad ballets she lifts
the picture to eSthetic levels
with her sheer artistry.
The Ritz Brothers, those fugi-
tives from a psychopathic ward,
are seen as embryonic movie
stars, and their antics are more
violent than a volcano eruption.
Helen Jepson is heard and
viewed in a scene from La
Traviata." She photographs
beautifully and the sound tracks
have caught her dulcet tones
! and exquisite vocalistics with
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE-Dorothy Lamour, Judy
Canova, Thrill Of a Life.
time" 1915 a. M, 1880, 2:50,
sos, 7:35, 10 p. m. Stage
Tommy Dorsey, 1885 q. M,
1855, Ais, $3.50, 8 p. m.
ME OLITAN-Joe e.
Brown, LYDIA Roberti, wide
Open Faces" 1890 a. M, 1870,
S:S5, $40, 7:45, 9:5Op. m.
CAPITOL-Alice Faye, Tony
Martin, "Sally, Irene and
Mary" 11:05 a. m, 1:45, 4:30,
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage, Jimmy
Scribner, 1850, 1885, $40, Q
p. m.
PALACE-Andrea Leeds, Helen
Jepson, Adolphe Menjou,
"Goldwyn Follies," 1920 Q.
m, 1:50. ABS, Z, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gladys George,
Mickey Rooney, Love Is q
Headache" IL noon, 2, 4, 5:55,
d'001 200 p u1'
RKO KEITHS-"Snow White
and the Seven DwarfS," 1850,
a. M, 1850, $3.50, $3.50, 1850,
. $50 p. m.
BELASCO-Danielle Darrieux,
Charles Boyer, ''Mayerling,"
1850 a. m, 1850, $3.50, $50,
7:50, $3.50 p. m.
LTTTLE-"Peter the First" At
II, LOT. S:14. 5:21. 1928. and
9:36 p. m.
, TRANS-LUX-News ana shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight. Is
minutes each show.
H w Virginia Bruce,
Warren William, "Arsena Lu-
pin Returns" 12:45, 4, 7:10,
1920. p. m. Stage, Coleridge
Davis, 2:40, 6, 9:10 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
TOMMY DORSEY AT EARLE
" IDEAIc L
Talent is within hdS
Tommy Dorsey's Swing Music,
Lively Screen Musical on
Program at Earle

There is for great rejoicing among the Swing
thusiasts Tommy Dorsey's in town and holding jam"
at the Earle Theaer They turned in droves
yesterday welcome Tommy to cheer and whistle and clap
hands the swngsers swung into Marie and the Dorsey
version of 'Iiebestraum" and rDipsy Doodle"
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
New Program,
At Trons-Lux

March Of Time" tops the
program at the Trans-Lux The
ater. "Old Dixie's New Boom"
is the most interesting feature.
plus zone Million Missing" and
Russians in Exile"
Rapid strides have been made
in the South during the past
few years. No longer is it a fore
gone conclusion that products
peculiar to the southern cline
must be gathered and shipped
to New England or other manu-
featuring sections. Strikes, high
transportation costs, uncertainty
for their exporting trade, have
caused b S in eS Sm n in the
South to turn to manufacturing
there, a policy which may well
bring a new and intensive boom
to their locality.
The Missing Persons Bureau
is the subject Of the second por-
ton, an Informative picturiZa-
tion of the VaStneSS Of such Or
ganizationS. Finally, the exile Of
the Russian people, from every
walk Of life, makes a compile
mentary news feature.
News Of the day from the
Academy motion picture awards
to the wartorn districts Of the
earth comprise a wide range Of
events. This new five-suit bridge
game, which is in process Of
popularization, comes in for q
big moment, while additional
films, scientific, sports, comic,
lend diversity to a well-choSen
pictorial review. H. K.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

marvellous fidelity. AS Adolphe
Menjou says so often in the
picture: cts amazing!"
Kenny Baker employs his
tenor voice to good advantage IN
handling the vocals. Love
Walked In" was particularly
well done.
Bobby Clark, minus the cane
but plus the cigar, appears as a
casting director with a nice eye
for amiable females. Phil Baker,
as an actor who has memo
rized his part so well he can re-
cite it backwards and in pig
Latin, is his usual vaudeville
and radio self.
Companion short subjects on
the program include the latest
M. G. M. historical enigma,
Captain Kidd's Treasure" a
color cartoon, News of the Day,
and some scenes at the recent
Motion Picture Academy ban
quet. R. ON.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
New MusiCo
Monday At
National

Such magica! names as those
of Cole Porter, Clifton Webb,
Lupe Velez, Libby Holman, Toby
Wing and Rex oMalley are the
star features of the new musical
by Mr.. Porter, entitled, "You
Never Know" which has its
Washington premiere at the
National Theater Monday night,
following a sensational run of
two weeks in Boston.
The play is en- route to Broad
way. John Shubert is the pro-
ducer and the large company in
addition to the above people in
cludeS: Charles Kemper, April,
George DobbS and Cynthia Cav
anaugh. The book has been
dramatized by Rowland Leigh
who was brought from Holly
wood to stage the production.
Albert Johnson has designed the
sets and the costumes are by
Jenkins. The dances are by
Robert Alton.
A new score by Cole Porter Is
an event in any season. Not
having written for the theater
since Red, Hot and Blue" CMr.
Porter was in Hollywood for q
year, his last picture being,
"Rosalie"), he has apparently
been saving his muse for what
promises to be his most imagina-
tive and, in many respects, his
most popular score.
Among the new songs In you
Never Know" which have al
ready won favor are: From
Alpha to Omega" by Candle
light" For No Rhyme or
Reason" cat Long Last Love-"
"Good Evening Princess" and
"What Shall Do?"
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Movie
At the Met

Joe E. Browns latest venture,
wide Open Faces" currently
at the Metropolitan, is not one
that departs from the usual
opuSes that star this comedian
of the wide mouth" and boyish
manneriSms.
Joe is Wilbur Meeks. the pop
ular soda singer" Of a h1ck
town, who runs afoul Of many
crooks in the quest Of a large
sum of money left at a deserted
inn by a notorious bank bandit
who is captured by the "G-Men."
This causes Wilbur to receive
nationwide publicity as a fac
tor of the arrest.
Hundreds of crooks rush into
town in quest of the money,
each SuSpecting the bashfuI
soda clerk Of being a partner
of the bandit.
It is here the fun begins.
You can imagine a hundred
"yeggs" jumping at each others
throat for a chance at the
100000 and what fun can be
had as they begin to wreck a
building that they might be the
lucky one.
Joe is the same Joe, always
getting the best of the situation
but never capable Of recollect-
ing how he accomplished it.
His bashful love scenes with
gorgeous Jane Wyman are
knockoutS, but we still can't
figure cut why they (Columbia)
wasted such talent as is pos
seSsed by Jane Wyman.
Alison Skipworth is always
worth mentioning. She carries
more pictures than she lets
down.
BY the addition of many other
wellkuown players, among
whom are LYDIA Roberti and
Chester Conklin, Columbia man
ages to present a picture worthy
of two stars"
Floyd Gibbons presents a
dramatic episode from life in
one of a new series Of shorts
that Warner Bros. deem hits.
The newSreel and a "Porkie''
cartoon complete the bill.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

Outstanding is Gregory Ratoff
as a passionate nobleman, who
serves as an amusing villain.
Joan Davis again proves her
ability as a rare comedienne in
the role of Irene. Louise Hovick
is adequate as the feminine men
ace, while Marjorie Weaver, Bar
nett Parker and Eddie Collins
complete the cast.
Both Alice and Tony do a nice
job supplying the romantic and
vocal interest. OF the tunes, I
particularly liked Sweet as a
Song" and IT Could Use a
Dream" The Raymond Scott
rendition of "Minuet in Jazz" is
both sparkling and unusual.
SCRIBNER ON STAGE
Dry-witted, Sour-faced Fred
Allen quips in and out Of the
ditty with a snappy crack here
and there. And Jimmy Durante,
who seems to be hitting a new
comical stride, has a brief but
funny role.
sally, Irene and Mary" is in
deed a triple-threat musicomedy
-melodious tunes, good per.
formances and exceptional COM
edy.
Jimmy Scribner, star of the
stage show, gives radio fans q
reproduction of his network en-
tertainment heard nightly, and
known as "The johnson Fam
ily."
It is an act with heavy appeal
for those who are familiar with
his voice and character trickery,
since he shows how it is possible
for one man to play % different
people, as they come in from
time to time, in "The johnson
Family" radio script. For 9TH
ers it has novelty aspect. The
encore introduces an intelligent
dog who has been taught to
work with his master entirely by
hand signal.
Billy Wells and the Four Fays
have a bang-up dancing and
acrobatic act, Bobby PinkuS and
Ruth Foster are fugitiveS from
burlesque, judging from their
act, the Royal Swedish Bell
Ringers produce sweet music
from hand bells and glass tumb-
lerS.
Phil Lampkin's overture this
week is a potpourri Of the popu-
lar and the classics, ingeniously
scored. The Movietone COM
pletes a good program Of bal
anced entertainment.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

But yesterdays "jam" ses.
sions will be as dignified as
a chamber music recital COM
pared to the expected uproar
when word gets around that