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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16

The Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners
Union, the Cannery Workers Auxil.
larry and the Alaska Trollers Asso-
citation are in receipt of the follow.
ing letter from Harry Lundeberg
secretary-treasurer and acting pres.
ident of the Sailors Union of the
Pacific.
Dear Sirs and Brothers:
The following is the policy and
set up of the Seafarers' Information
al Union of North America affiliat-
ed with the American Federation OF
Labor:
How 1t Operates
/. The STU of Ma was organized
by the Sailors Union of the Pacific
in October, 1898.
2. The American Federation oil
Labor, in convention at Houston
Texas, issued an International char
ter to the new union on October IA
1888, by a unanimous vote.
8. The STU of MA was given COM
plete Jurisdiction over all seamen
and fishermen in the United States
Canada, Alaska and all other ter
ritories in North America which
covers all deep waters, inland wa
tiers, lakes. bays, harbors, sounds
rivers, etc.
How It Functions Now:
until first STU of Ma Convention
1. The STU of MA is operating al
the present time under the demo
cratic constitution of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific.
2. The present officials of the
SUP, who are annually elected by
secret referendum vote, are the act
ing officials of the STU, of MA, pro
tenn.
3. The STU of MA pledges itsel
to call a convention during the mex
year of all delegates to be sIsetet
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
Harry Lundeberg Outlines Policy
Seafarer'S Int. Union n. Amer.

by all of the affiliated organizations
for the purpose of drawing up a
constitution, to elect officials, com
plete the structure of the new Union
and formulate its policies
Finances: Source of income.
1. All affiliated unions and those
who have applied and have been
granted charters shall hove to full
fill the following financial obliga-
tions.
(a) A ten dollar ($1O.0O) char
ter fee.
(b) Each union from the time
of its utilization to the STU of MA
shall pay to the International ten
percent of all initiation fees and
dues collected from its membership.
These payments are to be made each
month.
(c) Those affiliated unions
which collect more than one dollar
per month as dues from their mem
berships shall not be required to
pay more per capita tax than ON
one dollar ($1.O0) per month dues.
lie. the per capita will be ten per
cent of one dollar, which will be
ten cents per member per month.
2. Any affiliated union, unable to
meet its per capita tax payments,
shall file a statement of its finan-
cial standing with the Internationa
and state its reasons for not being
able to make such payments. Upon
proper showing, such union will
be given due consideration for per
capita tax exemption during the
particular period of financial dis
tress
HOW THE INCOME FROM PER
CAPITA TAX PAYMENTS TO
THE STU OF MA WILL BE
SPENT:
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
TUBERCULOSIS SPECIALISTS
HERE CONTROL PROGRAM WORK

Dr. Joseph N. Aronson, DR.. r. M.
Saylor and Miss Marian Cawker,
X-ray technician, have been at
Wrangell Institute this week in con-
nection with the tuberculosis con-
troll program started last year by
Phipps Institute in collaboration
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Every student, the staff members
and their families were given chest
X-ray examination.
The control program was started
last year with 5000 Indian children
and youths, of whom 1000 are in
Southeastern Alaska and 1000 in
the states.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
HALL FLOOR REFINISHED

Members of the A. N. B. who have
been working in shifts of five, last
night finished sanding the maple
floor of the A. N. 3. hall. Using an
electric sander they went over the
floor three times with a coarse alb
rasive and twice with fine abrasives
They will now oil and wax the floor
and will have it in perfect condition
for the holiday dances.
This is the first sanding done
since the hall was built six years
ago.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
ASSEMBLY OF GOD OPENS
MISSION ON FRONT STREET

A mission will be opened next
week by the Assembly of God in the
building on Front Street, owned by
L. L. Curtis between the Tom Flu
jita and w. C. Waters buildings.
A lease for a year with option to
buy was signed by church officials.
Repairs and alterations will be
rushed and Mrs Berta Vaughn in
charge of the work at Wrangell
hopes to be able to have the Christ
mas program on Friday night, De-
cember 23rd, in the new location.
After the first of the year an
apartment will be built for Mrs
Vaughn over the mission.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16

A brown bear is brown but a
black bear may be brown but not
be a brown bear, many learned to
their surprise this week when a
little cub brought in from the low
er Stikine by w. E. Harto, was
identified by Hosea Sarber, wildlife
agent, as a black bear of brown
color.
Previous to Mr.. Sarber's arrival,
the cub had been positively identi-
fled by men familiar with the
woods as a brown bear and as posi-
lively identified by others also
familiar with the woods, as a griz-
ely.
Retractable Claws
Mr.. Sarber's Identification was
based on the shape of the skull, the
profile of the body and the nature
OF the claws. The black bear has re-
tractable claws while the claws oil
the brown and grizzly are not re-
tractable.
Mr.. Harto found the cub alone
and taking pity on it brought it tC
town and then asked the Game Com
mission for a permit to keep 1t. The
little fellow is exceptionally small
for a cub at this time of year. HI
is well furred but 1t Is doubtful
IL he would weigh 25 pounds II hi,
fur coat were removed.
Under the Alaska game laws tn,
brown and grizzly bear is classified
as a game animal and the blacl
bear as fur bearer. Protection from
June 20 to September l is extended
to the black bear, the regulation be
ing designed as a humane measure
sow che beaF by ksepfHg naH-gessdemt
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
Govt Architect Here
For Institute Grounds

Thos c. Vint, chief of the plan
ming service National Park depart
ment, under the department of the
interior, who has spent the past five
months in charge of the landscaping
at the new hotel in Mt. Mckinley
Park, stopped off at Wrangell Mon
day.
His mission here was to work up
development plan for landscaping
the grounds at Wrangell Institute.
Mr.. Yint will take passage to Sc
attic on the North Coast this after
noon enroute to his home in Wash
ington, D. c., where he will arrive
on Christmas Eve.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
DOG OWNERS PAY FINES
TO RELEASE DOGS FROM POUND

To recover their dogs which We're
taken up while running at large on
the streets in violation of the dog
ordinance, fines were paid during
the past week at the city hall by
Jack Stokes, Chester Moore, John
Spath and Marine Dalbec. Three
dogs unclaimed we're disposed of as
provided by the ordinance.
The fines imposed are one dollar
for the first day and SO cents for
each succeeding day.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16

A decisive stand for law enforce
ment both town and territorial, was
taken by the Wrangell Women's
Civic Club at its December meeting
Saturday afternoon.
The club endorsed the following
measures sponsored by the -Skagway
Women's Club to be submitted to
the legislature which convenes in
juneau January 8: u. Establish
ment of a home for aged and needy
women; 81. Establishment of an
Orphans Home; 81. That jurors
who are excused from jury duty be
substituted for by persons from the
same town as the original selected
jurors.
Lax Liquor Law Enforcement
The Wrangell club instructed its
legislative chairman. to inform the
Alaska federation chairman, Mrs.
Ella Smith of Juneau. that it de-
sired to see legislation enacted for
bidding minors to enter beer par
lors. that they are dissatisfied with
the lax enforcement of the liquor
laws; that they wish better provi-
sion made for handling juvenile de-
linquents.
The letter to Mrs. Smith was ap-
proved by the executive board Of
eight members at a meeting Wed
nesday. Its closing paragraphs were
as follows:
Old Age Assistance
IN addition the Wrangell club
women voted to sponsor legislation
looking to more efficient admins
tration of old age assistance funds,
as these funds are running into big
sums of money and the demands are
constantly increasing.
THAT this assistance may be dis
bursed with justice to the needy,
that waste may be eliminated and
the funds administered efficiently,
we advocate the appointment of a.
resident in each town whose duties
shall be to check the applications
and all local details connected with
old age assistance administration.
I'VE believe that in every town
may be found available at a NOM
inal salary, as only a part time
worker would be required, a man or
woman who can be depended upon
to temper sympathy for the unfor-
tunate with good common sense;
who will not recommend assistance
where it is not necessary and will
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS

The following persons have regis
tered at the Wrangell Hotel during
the past week. r. M. Saylor, Sell
ing, Oklahoma; ]. G. Smith; Charles
Steele, Ketchikan, Joseph D. Aron-
son, Wayne, Pa; Wayne Painter,
Seattle; George e. Moran, Seattle;
Thos. C. Vint, Washington, d. c.;
e. G. Sukow, j. r. Krause, Bob FL
lis, KetehfkaB.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
MR.. AND MRS. MEADOWS WILL
SPEND CHRISTMAS HERE

L. L. Meadows, of the firm of Gus
tard, Meadows & Ola Company, ac-
companied by Mrs. Meadows, arrived
on the Northland Saturday from
Sitka where he has had charge of
a construction project for the COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meadows are guests
of Mrs. John Coulter and will be in
Wrangell until the first of the year.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
Stump Collects Funds
Community Baskets

P L. Stump, chairman of the
Community Christmas Basket COM
mittee, reports having made the
following collections for the fund
with which supplies will be pur-
chased in addition to the moose
meat received from the Alaska Game
Commission, for 80 baskets.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16

The North Coast, at first marked
up for $3.50 this afternoon 10 now
reported dna at IL tsuiaht.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16
Independents Lose
Will Try Again Mon.

The Wrangell Independents were
initiated into the local hoop circle
last night when Coach Ralph Mics
Institute Tigers sent them home on
the short end of So to 33 score.
The big guns of the Institute Of
tense got going in the first quarter
with a barrage of unerring shots
to ring the hoop eight times before
their bewildered opponents could
strengthen their defense. The In
dependents came back strong in the
second quarter, however, with some
beautifully executed plays and fine
floor work to play the Tigers on
even term the rest of the half which
ended rs to II.
Spanked by Johnson and Berkeley,
the Independents made a strong bid
in the second half to overcome the
lead piled up against them. The
basket-hungry quintet from the In
stitute were not to be denied, how
ever, and they swished the net from
all angles to hold a safe lead
throughout Gunyah, lanky Tiger
center, was high point man for the
victors with II points, followed
closely by his team mate Hudson
with IA.
In the opening game of the eve
ming the Institute second-stringers
emerged victorious over the indie
pendent seconds As to IT.
George ]. Fabricius refereed both
contests.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-16

singer, Urata. Institute Gunyah
(1D, Larson %, Ross 80.
The Independents will return to
action next Monday night December
10 when they tangle with Wrangell
high school. This game will be the
first in ten years in which the high
school has met town team in COM
petition. Coach Noes High school
five is reported to be greatly i'm
proved over last years quintet and
the contest should prove to be an
exciting affair with the Indepen-
dents endeavoring to break into the
win column.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
RELIEF FUNDS GET
EXPERT ATTENTION
Treasury Actuaries Said to Be at
Work undermining D. c.
Systems.

District officials have called in
Treasury actuaries, it was said to-
day. to help work out a system of
modernizing the policemen's and fire.
mems relief fund.
A committee headed by Chester H.
Gray, an assistant corpora ton coun-
sci. is making a special study Of the
fund to determine readjustment Of
the amounts that should be con-
tributed by the District government
and the men.
Mr.. Gray said it was proposed to
have the Commissioners and Con-
gress set aside q basic relief fund to
which the municipality and the men
could make additional contributions
annually. In recent years, it was
said, Congress has appropriated an
nually for the retirement of men on
the two forces.
Treasury actuaries. it was indicated,
would help modernize the set-up Of
the fund and suggest a sliding scale
Of pension payments for men injured
In line Of duty. Fixed amounts would
be determined, it was suggested, for
the loss of an eye. a leg or arm after
the manner Of regular insurance pol
icies.
No decision has been reached on
the percentage of contributions by
the men. An amount equal to about
3 per cent Of their annual pay was
suggested. --
Evening star., 1938-01-11
NURSES MEETING
WILL END TONIGHT
Anniversary Dinner to CeIe.
brate Founding of Grad
uate Association,

An anniversary dinner celebratins
the growth of the Graduate Nurses
Association since it's organization in
1908 will mark the conclusion tonight
Of the two-day conference Of the asso-
citation and the League of NURSING
Education of the District.
The banquet will be held in the
La Fayette Hotel at 7:3O o'clock fol-
lowing day Of business sessions and
discussion groups. The results of the
election OF officers, which has taken
place by balloting during the regis
tration periods, will be announced.
A feature of the evening will be
motion pictures of a visit to the West
Coast of South America with Mrs. T.
P. Ahrens giving the travelogue. Seven
past presidents of the Graduate Nurses
Association will give short remi-
niscences. Mrs. Bertha M. Scoring,
retiring president, will preside at the
dinner meeting
The League for Nursing Education
was to be in charge of the general ses-
sion at the American Red Cross Build
ing this afternoon. Some Findings
Concerning Interests and Attitudes in
the Field of Guidance" was to be the
subject OF forum, including speeches
by Mitchell Dreese, associate professor
OF educational psychology in George
washington University: D. Lois Bur-
nett, assistant superintendent of the
Washington sanitarium and Hospital
School OF Nursing at Tahoma Park
Mo; Mildred Pinner, nursing arts in
structor at the Children's Hospital
and Dorothy Ireland. supervisor OF
pediatric service at Gallinger Hospital
Eugenia K. Spalding, president of the
league, will conduct the meeting.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
.PARRANLAUNCHES
| HEALTH INSTITUTE
Turns Earth to Begin Con.
struction of Buildings
at Bethesda.

Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran this
morning took the first spadeful Of
earth from the site of the National
Institute Of Heaith's three new build
ings along the Rockville pike in
Bethesda, Md.
The three red brick Georgian build
ings will comprise the quarters for
the administrative stats and Offices.
Until money is made available for
further construction at Bethesda the
laboratories will remain at their pres
ent location behind the Naval Hos
pital, Twenty-fifth and E streets NV.
Space Assigned.
The southernmost building in the
group will be devoted to the division
of public health methods, with milk
studies carried on in the sub-base-
ment. The administration building,
In the center, will house the office
of the director of the National Insti-
tute of Health, which is the research
unit Of the United States Public
Health Service; the Office of the as
sistant director, the library, confer
ence room and clerical Offices. The
industrial hygiene division will occu-
py the north building.
The 45-acre site, given to the Pub
lie Health Service by the late Luke
Wilson, originally was intended to be
the site of building and facilities
for raising animals for laboratory re-
search, and 100000 was granted to
the service for this purpose.
S1,400,0 ,000 Allocated.
However, when the Social Security
Act was passed $1,400,000 was allo-
Gated to the National Institute Of
Health for erecting on the Wilson
property the buildings now planned
The proposed buildings for the Ma
tional Cancer Institute, which also
will be unit Of the Institute of
Health, will be erected on an addi-
tional 10 acres Of property adjacent
to the original grant given by Mrs.
Luke Wilson and her son in memory
of Mr.. Wilson, who died last year.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
MAN GRAvELY HURT,
SAYS HE SHOT SELF
Police Investigate Case-veteran,
Detroit Resident, Asserts
He Once Lived Here,

Mortimer Lonyay, 50, who told
police he shot himself through the
chest accidentally while examining
pistol in a Chinese laundry yes
terday. remained in critical condition
IN Emergency Hospital today.
Police continued investigation Of
circumstances surrounding the shoot
ing, although Detective Sergt. Jere-
miAh Flaherty said there appeared
no reason to question Mr.. 1onyay's
statement that his wound was self
inflicted.
Mr.. Lonyay, a World War veteran
who said he formerly practiced law
here, told police he had come to
washington from Detroit Sunday to
visit his estranged wife, said to be
working here as nurse. He rented
. room at 1857 Euclid street NV,
where he and his wife had lived three
years ago.
Yesterday he visited Henry Leo,
80. proprietor of laundry at 17s5
Florida avenue NV. described as an
old friend. Police we're told that Mrs.
Lonyay met her husband there and
LETT after q brief talk.
Mr.. Leo said he left Mr.. Lonyay
alone In the laundry while he went
to get some groceries, and on return
ing found him looking i'll. Several
minutes later. he noticed blood on Mr.
Lonyay's shirt front. He called police,
who took the wounded man to
Emergency.
Sergt. Flaherty said Mr.. tonyay
told him q gun owned by Mr.. Leo had
gone OF accidentally while he was
examining it.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
ACTION IS DELAYED
ON ELLENDER BILL
Lack of Quorum Prevents
Move on Proposal to
Probe u. S. Bureaus.
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

Lack of quorum prevented action
by the Senate Civil Service Commit
tee todGy on the Ellender resolution,
seeking an investigation of alleged
favoritism In handling personnel prob
lens in Government departments.
Chairman Bulow announced he
would poll absent members within the
next day or two on whether they favor
reporting the resolution to the Senate.
Senator Ellender, Democrat. of
Louisiana presented to the commit
tee, however, an outline of the general
nature OF complaints he believes should
be inquired into under his resolution,
The resolution requires Senate action
before an inquiry could be started.
Wants Rating Probe.
The Louisiana Senator listed meth.
DDS OF giving efficiency ratings. max
ing promotions and the administering
OF reprimands and transfers as the
major issues he wants considered.
In statement filed with the COM
mittee Senator Ellender said that. in
addition to the foregoing questions, the
group should inquire into methods
used In selecting appointees. He
asked that the following other ques-
tions be studied:
Methods Of "blanketine in" en-
ployes under civil service, and whether
bureau chiefs have too much author
ity over personnel problems, opening
the way for personal prosecutions
and intimidations. Discussing the
question of promotions. Senator FL
lenders statement continued:
Chiefs Raise Own Salaries.
Practice of raising salaries of bu-
reau chiefs and their assistants, while
workers in the bureau are denied SAL
Ary increases due to lack of funds ,
This practice seems to be prevalent
throughout the departments. The bu-
feau chiefs and their assistants have
no hesitancy about raising their own
salaries regularly and seem always
able to find funds for this purpose. but
when approached by the lower grade
workers they invariably offer the ex-
cuse that Congress did not appropri-
ate enough money to give you raise. ,
I have had cases called to my at
tention where workers have been in
the Government service for as long as
II years without being granted an in
crease In salary. while others have
come into the service within recent
years and have received salary in
creases and promotions in grade"
The committee did not discuss anv
other pending legislation today, but
subcommittee is making plans to
meet some time next week on bills to
hberalioe the civil service retirement
law.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
Girl Victim of Bone Malady
Back in Hospital for Treatment
Seven Yeur.OLd Child
Must Haze Fractured
Leg Reset.

The Herndon tva) little girl whose
bones fracture under the slightest
pressure today was back in her Sec
ond Neutrality-suspicious. Hospital.
Ef1e May Poole, Z, is a victim of
what doctors call "osteo genesis i'm
perfecta'-Latin for imperfect gen.
Grafton of bones.
She has tried hard to play and have
fun like normal children. but when
she bumps q wall or tumbles into 8
chair, she usually comes up with q
broken wrist or leg.
In fact. the last time Effie May was
taken to Georgetown she had frac-
tured both wrists and her left leg in q
foil to the floor from chair.
The left leg had been broken sew
eral times before, and physicians had
difficult time setting 1t properly.
She is back in Georgetown now-mak-
ing more than half.dozen visits in
ALTO have the leg rebroken and
Strengthened.
Officials at the Public Health Serv-
ice say little is known about the rare
malady, though some physicians be-
lieve lack of sufficient calcium. the
bone hardening element, is to blame
Effie May. who is q daughter of
Harvey Poole. has a chance to recover
despite the fact the disease is con-
sidered almost incurable. Doctors say
some victims have recovered by simply
Evening star., 1938-01-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL GROUP
SCHEDULES CONFERENCE

The District of Columbia Sunday
School Association will hold 1 confer
ence for departmental workers next
Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church,
It was announced today.
Principal speaker will be the Rev.
Horace Z. Cromer, pastor Of Emory
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
and president of the Washington Fed.
eration Of Churches.
The conferences will be divided into
groups discussing work connected with
administrative and adult workers, or
ganized Bible classes. young people
senior and intermediate departments
and the elementary divisions, Each
group will be headed by An expert in
his particular field.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
MISS AMELIA P. HIGGINS
SUCCUMBS TO STROKE
srecial Dispatch to The star.


ROCKVILLE, Nd, January Ii
Miss Amelia P. Higgins, one Of Rock
villes oldest residents, died Sunday
night In the Montgomery County
General Hospital, Sandy Spring. Her
death was due to an apoplectic stroke
which she sustained while apparently
recovering from an attack Of pneu-
monia. She recently attended . party
IN celebration Of her s3rd birthday
anniversary.
Miss Higgins was = daughter of the
late John H. and Sophia d. Higgins
and was . lifelong resident Of Rock
vllle. She Is survived by . sister, NH.
Margaret A. G. Welsh Of Rockville; .
number Of nieces, nephews. grand
nieces and srandnephews, and ono
great 6randnephew.
The funeral will take place at 2
pm. tomorrow from the funeral home
Of W. Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville.
burial 70 b In Rockville Union Gene
~. II