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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

DRUNKARD
BILL FAILS
Juneau Empire)

VI JUNEAU AaAAAHAA g.
Another liquor bill took a lick
ing in the Senate late Friday after
noon when Senator o. D. Cochran's
habitual drunkard measure stagger-
ed through second reading.
Appearance on the floor of a liquor
bill has never failed to affect Sen
ators much as the proyerbial red
Tag waved before the proyerbial
bull. aud Senate Bill Ne. "a was no
exception. Senators took another
field day, which lasted until well at
ter o'clock in the evening.
Senator c. Il. LaBoyteuX express
sed violent opposition to the measure
by saying its the rottenest bill l
ever heard of and that under its
provisions they could get me as an
habuual drunkard twice a month.
One section OF the bill provided
that eertification By a Justice of the
Peace that any person had been con
yieted twice in his court of drunken
ess would De incontestible evidence
that the man was an habitual drunk
ard This was softened by amend
ment to require that the case that
a man was an habitual drunkard
would have to be proved by evidence.
Criticising the two-conyiction pro
vision and asking that a time limit
be specified in which the two con
victions would have to occur, Sen
ator Joe Holman declared
"A man could get drunk on his
wedding day and again 10 years Ia
ter on the tenth birthday Of his
daughter and just for that he'd be
an habitual drunkard under this
act
Senator Holman moved that the
habitual drunkard proceedings be
changed from District Court so that
it would extend to more out-of-the-
way places of the Territory, but the
proposal was defeated four to four.
Senator James Patterson asked,
who's to convict the U. S. Com
missioners who are habitual drunk
ards adding that even some Dis
trict Judges would be considered
habitual drunkards were it not for
their high positions.
A long list of amendments by Sen
ator Patterson which would make
the law apply to any drunkard' in
stead of only to habitual drunkards
and which would make it apply to
drunken wives as well as to drunk
en- husbands was defeated five to
three after considerable argumen
The bill finally advanced to en-
grossment, but opposition to it was
SO strong, it appeared doubtful it
would ever be enacted.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
Welfare Records

Another bill indefinitely post
poned Saturday was Senate bill No.
Al which would allow the Depart
ment of Public Welfare to withhold
its records from the public. Senator
Henry Roden explained he introdue-
ed the bill at the behest of the I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion and Social Security Board. A
letter from the latter agency ex-
planning the purpose of the bill was
described by Senator Cochran as
lust as clear as mud"
The Senate passed by a vote of
five to three Senator Joe Holman S
Senate bill No. 80, regulating rail
roads, after the Third Division solon
explained its purpose was to combat
autocratic and arbitrary manage
ment of the Alaska Railroad. Senator
Holman said the bills provisions
that two men must be provided on
each gas car and other carrier was
because experience had proved zone
man alone on a coach is about as
useless as a man who has no legs
is in a footrace."
Three much-amended and thor.
oughly-rewritten House measure.
were passed. They were Rep. Jane:
Davis House bill 20 setting up q
Pioneers Home Trust Fund; Davis
House bill 10 restricting travel out
side Alaska by Territorial officials
and Rep. H. H. McCutcheon's reso
luton honoring the late Edward w
Griffin by naming the Kodiak Gen
, eral Hospital the Griffin Memoria
Hospital.
No Bronze Plaque
The last measure as passed con
Continued ON page fourl
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

In the short time at their dis
posal Chamber of Commerce men,
bers at the regular luncheon meet
ing Monday disposed of much rou-
tine business and several new pro-
jects were gotten under way.
A letter from the newly organ
lied board of trade at Telegraph
Creek asking for airplane landing
facilities at Wrangell was received
with great interest, each member
Immediately sensing the advantages
to be derived from such a project.
Leo Mccormack was appointed
chairman of a committee to handle
the matter and requested to contact
the legislature and territorial Of
ficials for appropriations to build
a field
E. NJ. Campbell was appointed
chairman of committee whose OBJ
jectiye is to secure the basing of a
coast guard cutter at Wrangell. Pre-
vious to his appointment, Leo Oster-
man on request of President F. S.
Barnes, outlined the preliminaries
necessary before a coast guard cut
ter is assigned to a port.
VIM. G. Wies called attention to
the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Smith of Anchorage to memori-
alize Congress for the adjustment
Immediately OF all fish traps in AL
acko ua aoid tho hill WhiIa ola i'm
ing to be a fishermen's measure. in
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
Construction Air Field Becomes A
Major Project c. Of {.

reality was a bill by the big can
ming interests; that the seiners were
committed to a gradual adjustment,
knowing that measure for immed
late adjustment would have no
chance of passing Congress.
AS the Chamber of Commerce last
December had supported the petit
ton of the local unit of the Alaska
Salmon Purse Seiners Union asking
for the elimination of traps grad
ually over a five-year period, Wies
said he thought it only consistent
for the chamber to wire the legis-
lature protesting the Smith bill.
The chamber tabled the matter
until the next meeting.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
DAVIS RAIDS
KETCHIKAN
BEER PARLORS

KETCHIKAN - Four persons
charged with illegal sale of liquor
were arraigned before United States
Commissioner E. C. Austin Tuesday
afternoon-the aftermath of raids
b. Jack Davis, territorial enforce
ment officer, Saturday night.
No bond was set by Commissioner
Austin, as the defendants were re-
leased on their own recognizance.
Those arraigned were William
Robertson and Charles Graham of
the Alaska Bar, and Y. D. Farrell
and Eleanor Sayers of the Fo'cTse
Bar. The complaints made out by
William A. Holzheimer, United
States attorney, also charge Mrs.
Lenora Barclay and Mrs. Jennie
Barseth with the same offense as
they are coholders of licenses for the
two places.
The complaints say that whiskey
was found on the premises of the
Alaska Bar, gin and rum on the
premises of the Fo'cfse.
MI. Holzheimer Tuesday afternoon
said that local beer parlor operators
had been warned numerous times
to cease permitting hard liquor on
the premises. This is no flash in
the pan idea with me- he said. We
are going to go through with it and
get all the violators of the law as
rapidly as evidence permits All this
gets back to Washington and We're
getting on the pan.
I'm not going shopping around,
but I'm going to put a stop to it.
I'm not going after any one place.
I'm going after all Of them. They
have been warned"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
Senate Refuses Allow Merchandise
Sold In Liquor Stores

Sell cigars, cigarettes, chewing
tobacco, ginger ale, soda water, mix
ers, chewing gum and candy in
package liquor stores?
No, said the Senate Saturday, re-
ports the Juneau Empire, after long
wrangling over Senator o. D. Coch-
rams Senate bill No. 80, which in
its original form would add tobac-
co products and non-alcoholic bey-
erages to the stocks of liquor stores,
and which under several proposed
amendments would put other lines
of merchandise on the shelves.
The Senate finally voted five to
three to indefinitely postpone the
bill, as moved by Senate President
Norman r. Walker.
Candy Prohibition
The chewing gum and candy am
endment was offered by Senator Joe
Holman who said he expected such
a move to stop the promiscuous sale
of candy to small children" Pro.
posed amendment was defeated foul
to four.
Senator Victor C. Rivers defended
the bill by saying "the more soft
drinks these stores sell, the less
hard liquor their customers will
drink"
A motion by Senator Leroy Sui
Ivan that by an amendment to al
amendment the stores be allowef
to sell "any article of merchandise
was defeated five to three after Sen
ator Cochran declared such a NOV
would be "a great step backwards
and would have the effect of allow
ing the sale of liquor in all stores
Senator Sullivan explained he pro
posed the amendment in order t,
show his opposition to the bill.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
Civic Club Endorses
Character Education

The executive board of the Wom-
ems Civic Club Tuesday afternoon
voted to endorse the movement for
compulsory studies in character ed
ucation in Alaska schools.
Through its legislative chairman
the Wrangell club wired Mrs. J. P.
Williams, chairman of the Juneau
committee, it's endorsement of the
movement and stated that i would
gladly cooperate in making the fight
for the better citizenship of the fu-
ture.
Alarmed at the increase Of crime
throughout the United States, the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs is sponsoring a campaign of
crime prevention through education.
1t is conceded that all factors must
work together for the proper in
struction of youth, the home, the
school, the Church and the commun-
ity in general, and that adults them
selves must share in this training.
The Applied Education Depart
ment of the Juneau Woman's Club is
sponsoring this work for the Terri
tory of Alaska, realizing that here
also there is an increasing need to
curb crime.
This Department has studied the
case of the State of Nebraska, in
which a law for compulsory studies
in Character Education has been
passed and is operating successfully.
1t is their wish to bring before the
present session of the Territorial
Legislature such bill and to phrase
it in accordance with the law in
Nebraska, quoted below:
Section 1T shall be the duty
of each and every teacher employed
| to give instruction in the regular
course of the first twelve grades of
any public, private, parochial or de-
nominational school in the Territory
OF Alaska, to so arrange and pre-
sent his or her instruction as to give
special emphasis to common honesty,
morality, courtesy, obedience to law,
respect for the National flag, the
Constitution of the United States and
| the laws of the Territory of Alaska,
| respect for parents and the home,
the dignity and necessity of honest
labor and other lessons of a steady
ing influence, which ten to pro-
mote and develop an upright and de-
sirable citizenry.
Section 2-For the purpose of
this act the Commissioner of Edu-
cation shall prepare, by January /,
1910 an outline with suggestions
such as in his judgement will best
accomplish the purpose set forth
in Section 1, and shall incorporate
the same in the regular course of
study for the first twelve grades of
all schools in the Territory of Alas
ka."
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
FIRST ALASKA LINER IN THREE
WEEKS IN PORT WEDNESDAY

The Baranof, first boat dispatch
ed to Alaska in three weeks by the
Alaska. Steamship Company, due to
labor troubles, arrived here early
Wednesday morning and remained
in port until noon.
The vessel carried heavy passen-
ger list and cargo capacity freight.
The freight included an airplane,
twelve automobiles and one truck
All consigned to interior Alaska
points.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
CREW WILL BEGIN MARCH Is
TO REPAIR BREAKWATER

James S. Truitt of the Army En-
gineers office at Seattle, was aboard
the North Coast Monday night en-
route to Juneau on Official business.
He is returning to Wrangell later
and informed F. S. Barnes, president
of the Wrangell Chamber of Com
merce, while his boat was in port
that authority has been given for
putting on a crew to repair the con-
crete top of the Wrangell break
water at the entrance of the inner
harbor.
The work is scheduled to start on
March 10 Mr.. Truitt said.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
FOOD SALE

The public is reminded that all
manner of home cooked delicacies
will be on sale Saturday afternoon
by the Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church. The sale, which
is to be held in the J. C. Johnson
store, opens at 2:15 in the after
noon. It is being given as a hospital
benefit.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

Cannery Workers who have not
cast their ballot will be given an
opportunity Saturday, February %,
at the A. F. of L. Hall, James CauI-
ey, agent; stated to-day. Polls will
be open l to 4 D. m. Voting of Off
GERS for Headquarters will be left
open until March 10.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
ATTENTION!

Reliance Shrimp Company
employees! Call at the A. F. of
L. hall Sat. to 4 p. IN. to sign
up for unemployment eompen-
sation benefits.
James Cauley, Agent.
x X 4 X x X * X =
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

The regular meeting of St. Phil
ip's Guild will be held on Wednes-
day next March LIST at o'clock at
the home of Miss Ethel Beilby-
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
PASSES MEMORIAL ASKING
IMMEDIATE ABOLITION FISH TRAPS
Jones Act

Jones Act
The senate yesterday passed a
memorial asking congress to change
the Jones act to allow Canadian
steamers 10 transport American mer-
chaudise II similar privileges are ex-
tended To the American ships in
Canadian waters.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to the
Territorial Chamber of Commerce
was introduced by the judiciary
committee. A bill by Roden asks ere
alton OF an Alaskan real estate
board. A memorial by Holman asks
congress to give the legislature jur-
isdiction over the the fish aud game
in Alaska.
The senate finance committee
presented a substitute measure cut
ting the proposed school appropria-
ton for Snag Point to a sum not
exceeding 100000, Hayeoek not
more than $4,000, Unga not more
than $4,000.
New Bills
Measures passed by the house yes
terday included one providing $500
for bridge and trail work at Shung-
max, a memorial supporting passage
of Dimond's herring bill in congress,
a memorial for a coast guard school
of navigation in Alaska.
Bills introduced included one by
by Martin asking conversion of an
unused bureau of Indian affairs
building at White Mountain into a
tuberculosis hospital, one by the ju-
dietary committee to reduce to two
years instead of four the number Of
years a candidate for delegateship
must have voted the party ticket on
which he chooses to run, and one
by Gordon appropriating $4,000 to
transport prisoners back to their
homes in the event of being called by
a grand jury when a not true bill
is returned.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24
Institute Tigers Lose
Close Games to Vikings

The championship Petersburg high
school basketball team defeated
Wrangell Institute Wednesday and
Thursday nights 40 to 81 and 81
to % in the hardest fought contests
seen in the Wrangell gym this sea-
son.
Coach Les Vineyards highly tout
ed Vikings, winners of the southern
division Elkins Trophy, were forced
to play inspired ball to win from
Ralph Mics fighting Institute war
riors. Both teams displayed an ex-
hibition of speed and team work
seldom witnessed in high school
competition.
The first game, played Wednes-
day night, was a free scoring con-
test with the Petersburg five hold
ing a safe lead throughout. Wan
berg and L. Peterson spanked the
Viking offense rinping the hoop from
all angles to score 26 points between
them
Thursday nights encounter prov
ed to be the thriller, however, and
the large and enthusiastic audience
in attendance was kept in a frenzy
by the fast action and close score
The Institute led at the end of the
first half Is to II. The Vikings
opened the second half with a bar
rage of one handed push shots that
swished the hoop with unerring ac-
curacy to forge into the lead. In the
closing minutes of play Mics CO.
horts made a game but futile eff
fort to regain the lead, as the Vik-
ings stubbornly held to their slim
margin of victory.
The Petersburg team has lost but
one game in 30 starts this season
They are holders of the southern
division title and trophy, and will
play juneau on March 2, 8, and
for the southeastern Alaska cham.
pionship and the coveted trophy thai
accompanies the title. Petersburg is
now in possession of the trophy by
virtue of their win over Juneau last
year.
The conquering horde of blond
Vikings were accompanied to Wran.
CELL by their Coach Les Wingard
and Team Manager Werner Israelson
A summary of Thursday night;
game follows:
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

itutions-Institute, Williams
for Gunyah. Petersburg. Thompson
(2), Johnson, Lee (2).
Referee-John Grover.
The Institute seconds defeated
Wrangell high school and the In
dependent seconds in the curtain
raisers both nights.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-02-24

= Pair sunglasses. Owner
may recover at Sentinel office.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04

FOR RENT-3-rOOm or 5-rOOm a.
partment. Apply to Hattie M. Barnes
7O4 Second st.
Aug. 4-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04
FARMERS GET
LOANS TO BUY
THEIR FARMS
Provide For Making FOrty-Year
Loans At Three Per Cent
Interest Rate

A number of farmers in Worcester
County will receive loans for the cash
purchase of farms of their own, ac-
cording to Fred G. Malkus, Supervisor
of the Farm Security Administration.
This announcement follows word re-
ceived in his office that Secretary
of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace had
designated this county for continue
ton of the FSA Tenant Purchase
program during the present fiscal
year.
"This program" he explained, "pro-
vides for the making of forty-year
loans at three per cent interest to Sc
lected farm tenants, sharecroppers or
farm laborers for the purchase of
farms. A county committee will Sc
lect applicants on the basis Of char
acter, farming ability and experience -
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04
RED MEMS MEETING
: in SNOW HILL,sTHURS.

Scheduled as the first of series OF
summer and fall "red-letter meetings"
a prominent Mayor Of an Eastern
Shore municipality, will deliver an adj
dress before Snow Hill and visiting
Red Men next Thursday evening, Au-
gust 10, at 8 o'clock.
The Eastern Shore official, whose
name viii lbe announced on the night
Of the speaking, will talk on the sub
ject "why My Town Crows"
). Arrangements for the speaker next
Thursday night before Nassawango
Tribe, No. 10, Improved Order of
Red, Men, Snow Hill, have been COM
pleted by Snow Hill committee con-
sisting of Edward G. Cooper, William
A. Harris, Jr., and Jack Culver.
In addition to the speaking pro-
gram, an entertainment for members
of Red Men tribes only, is planned.
Invitations have been extended
members of Red Men tribes at Berlin,
Fruitland, Salisbury, and Hebron to
attend.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04

To all others, the Democrat extends
thanks for kind and most favorable
notice.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04

neighbors, since Mr.. Froggy didn't
seem to know or care about the diff
ference between night and day. He
sang when humans liked to snore, and
he sang before mankind had chance
to snore. So, complaints finally land
ed this toad-or doused-him into
the meadow on the old Hearne
property, to sing lays to the marsh
mallows.
But that was not home to him any
longer. He liked the flowers Of his
former masters garden, and he was
not to be deprived thereof. He i'm
mediately began to hitch hike his way
back to his former hang-out and was
soon singing his songs in the same old
tune in the same old place.
Well, told about that, and was
accused Of filling this column with
anything that had filling capacity,
and I got generally ridiculing, dis
believing ha-ha! had to take it, too.
I hadn't gone with the toad and I
hadn't gone back with him to my
neighbours pool. But I knew my
neighbours reputation, and banked on
it. In confirmation of that frogs
homing instinct, clipped this from
the Evening Bulletin" one day this
week, and consider this settlement
of the controversy without the shad-
ow of REPUTATION:
Oakland, Calf, July 31-Teddy,
the much-traveled toad, is off for
Harvard, Mass, on the longest
| jaunt of his career.
His owner, DIR. Fred FL. Sidney, a
chiropodist, estimates Teddy will
reach his destination in Is or 20
months. ,....
DR.. Sidney, who came to San
Francisco from Harvard to attend
the national chiropodists' conven-
ton, brought Teddy along with
the idea of proving his contention
homing toad has as true an in
stinct as homing pigeon.
The doctor took Teddy to the rail-
road tracks outside Oakland Sta
ton, gave him a push, and when
last seen the toad was hippety-
hopping eastward.
Teddy, said DR.. Sidney, has hop
ped. home from points in New
England and from Chicago and
Dallas. He was on the road a
| year from Dallas.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-04
DEMOCRAT RECEIVES
MANY GOOD WISHES
N~y.&su,,od from pa0a
Continued from Page /

and rich in special features and
much historical and chronological
matter to make it Of value for all
time to come. The Democrat UNI
der DR.. Clarke has done and is
doing a major job in keeping Po-
comoke at the head of the process
sion. It is a lovely town, real
home city, and at the same time
a community of progressive spir-
it, of wholesome, rational growth
toward the modern ideal.
The above is from Folger Mcklnsey
of the Baltimore Sun, most widely
known as the "Bentztown Bard" fol
whose notice, much thanks.
Last week the Worcester Demo-
crat celebrated it's sixtieth birth
day. It deserved and received
congratulations from all sides. To
these we wish to add ours, along
with our best wishes for the
Democrats editor, DR.. Edward
J. Clarke.
A newspaper is always a man.
If it is a good newspaper then be-
hind it you will always find
man of vivid personality, and
sound education. It takes both
education and personality to run
a newspaper as it should be run.
And where you find a live and
up-and-coming community, you
will always find a live and up
and-coming newspaper. We don't
know which comes first, the
newspaper or the community, but
they always seem to exist side
by side. Certainly the Worces-
ter Democrat is credit to Po-
comoke City, and we venture the
belief that many of the improve
ments made in Pocomoke can be :
credited to the Worcester Demo-
Gratis editorial columns.
It is unfortunate there are not
more papers on the Shore run by
men capable of writing editorial
pages of a constructive nature.
Much of the backwardness and
most of the political graft that
is encountered by progressive
people would have vanished long
ago had other counties been
blessed with DR.. Clarkes.
The above is from the "Somerset