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The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
Legion Child Welfare Head Here Monday
 On Alaska Tour

Mill D. Campbell, assistant direc- tor Of National Welfare for the Am erican Legion with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. will stop in Wrangen next Monday while the Columbia is in port. Definite plans for his entertainment have not yet been completed by local units of he Post and Auxiliary, but the Civic Club house has been obtained and if the boat arrives at a convenient time t is hoped that a joint meet ing of the Merlin Elmer Palmer Post and Auxiliary can be arranged to hear the distinguished visitor.
 Campbell is making a tour of AI- aska Posts. that will take him as far as Fairbanks and Seward and Anchorage, in the interest of Child Welfare. He is expected to be in Juneau for the Department conven- tion Sept. 5, and '.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
MINNESOTA BUSINESS MAN
 BRINGS FAMILY TO VISIT HERE

MT. and Mrs R. D. Remington and daughter. Carol and sons Larry and Danny Of Hibbing Minnesota arrived in Wrangell on the Aleu- tian last Monday and are registered at the WrangeH Hotel.
 In 1909-10 MT. Hibbing, as a young man, spent many summers on Kupreanof Island with the Portage Mountain Mining Go. and although he has since travelled extensively throughout the western hemisphere and Europe. during the war, he says no place he has seen since left the indelible impression upon him that did running the Far Niente from WrangeIl to Petersburg and up in- to Duncan Canal and Portage Bay. :. He recalls viyidIy following the blazed trails up Portage and Ku- preaof Mountains and packing dyn- amite. and grub up those soggins trails His return this week To show his wife and children the beauty of Alaska fulfills a desire of many years.
 Old Timers he recalls are |. $. Marshal Collins. John Grant of the Wrange1l Hotel. James H. Wheeler, now in the drug business in Peters burg also, the P. c. MeCormacks and Dave Oliyar and many others.
 The Remingtons have chartered the Waters cruiser Beilby for a weeks pleasure cruise
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, WRANGELL PRECINCT, FIRST DIVISION
 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETI- TION FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN ISTRATION
 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF HENRY WILLARD, DE- CEASED.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mabel Willard has filed with the court a petition Tor letters of ad- ministration in the above entitled estate Of Henry Willard, deceased. All concerned are hereby noti- lied that hearing on said petition will be had on Monday, the 26th day of August, 1940, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the office of the United States Commissioner Tor Wrangell Precinct, First Division of Alaska, Wrangell, Alaska, at which time and place any interested per- son may contest the granting of letters of administration as prayed for in the petition.
 Witness the hand and seal of this court, August 16, 1940.
 Richard Suratt,
 Probate Judge.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
EPIsC0PALIAN TOURISTS
 ARE ENTERTAINED HERE

Forty-six tourists from twenty states including Massachusetts to California and Louisiana to Pennsyl- rania were on the Denau yesterday when she docked here, members Of the Forth Episcopal missionary tour. They were headed by N. R. Johnson, General passenger agent oI the Northern Pacific Railway of ot. Paul, Minn.
 Forth the national mouthpieee Of the Episcopal church, and form erly alled the Spirit Of Missions Is experimenting this year with Its first sponsored tour of Episcopalian mission territory. The party will go as lar as SkagWay, calling on the various Episcopal churches enroute. Although il has not been decided as to whether this first tour will be- come an annual affair. MT. Johnson said indications of its success were apparent and next year the tour might take in Seward. Mrs. John son and two daughters of the couple, Marion and Betty Jane are accom- panying their parents.
 While in WrangeIl the tour party was entertained by the Rev. Arnold Krone and various members of the congregation who met them at the boat.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
Dr. GabriesOn
 Expected Here
 At Fish Hearing

It is expected that pr. Ira Gabriel son, director Of the new Fish and Wudlife Service. will be here for the fisheries hearing to be held in Wrangeu on August 30, dealing with the 19zI regulations He is now in Juneau after an extended visit 10 the Interior and Westward.
 Hearings on the Al regulations were held at CordoTa on August 1o and at Anchorage August F. The next hearings will be h Juneau August q. Sitka on August 23, here on August 30 and in hetchikan ou August 31. The latter part of No- Yember another hearing Is planned for Seattle.
 The hearings are conducted by Charles .. Jackson, Assistant Direc- tor, assisted by Seton Thompson, Al aska Agent Clarence Olson and the wardens of the respective districts.
 pr. Gabrielson said when he was here Tor the Potlatch said he expect ed to stop in NrangelI on his swing through the Southeast
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
BISHOP ROWE THROUGH

Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe. in charge of the Diocese of Alaska for the Episcopal Church, was a passen- ger through Wrangell on the Aleu- tian last Monday. He was accom- panied by Miss Mabel E. Berghern. his secretary. and Mrs Grafton Burke. a former resident of Alaska. The party will join the Forth" Episcopal tour. which went through Wrangell on the Denai yesterday. in Juneau Wrangen friends. who have known Bishop Rowe for many years. remarked on his appearance AL though 84 years of age he looked fully twenty-five years younger, they said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
BRIDES RELATIVES ARE
 TO BE HERE FOR WEDDING

Mrs. P. W. Grfmble and small daughter Joan and Mrs ". V. Tat tersaIl of Prince Rupert, mother sister and grandmother of Miss Dor othy Grimble who will be married tomorrow night to Darwin Smith, are arriving in the morning on the Princess Louise to be here to at tend the services.
 Invitations have been sent out for the wedding which will take place at the Episcopal Church. the Rev. Krone officiating. at p. m.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
IS
 HON0RED WITH SHOWER

The Van Fl. Fisk residence was the scene Of a pretty party last Wednesday evening when Mrs Fisk Mrs B. Y. Grant and Mrs. Efert Holbeek were hostesses for a sur prise shower on Miss Dorothy Grimble who will become the bride of Darwin Smith tomorrow evening at s D. m. at the Episcopal Church
 Bingo was played during the evening with Mrs. Tex Hethcock winning high honors and Miss Sue Smith recipient of the "booby' prize. Later in the evening re- treatments were served and after wards the bride-elect was sent on a hunt for her shower gifts direct ed by clever bits of poetry. wrilt- en by Mrs shakespeare Grant in small red hearts that hung from the mantle with white ribbon
 Upstairs and down. Miss Grimble was kept busy for a good hour fol- lowing clues that led to the many lovely gifts for her new home. Those invited for the affair were: Miss Sue Smith, Miss Dorisanne Barnes, Miss Aune Arc, Mrs. Fred Hanford Mrs. Tex Hethcock. Miss Arlene Shain, Miss Elna Arola. Miss Vivian Green. Miss Glenora Waters, Mrs. E. Peter son, Mrs. Einar Otteson, Miss Mary Mccormack. Mrs. William Grant, Mrs. Lew Williams, and the honor guest. Miss Dorothy Grimble.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
s. A. WOMAN YIsIT HERE

Miss Gwen Carruthers a member of the Salvation Army who left WrangeIl last September is in town this week, leaving Monday for sitka where she will be stationed in the future. She is a daughter of Brig adler and Mrs. ". J. Carruthers of Regina. Sask. formerly of Wrangell and sister of Grace and Walt Car ruthers who live here now.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
ALASKA
 BUSINESS MAN WEDS

Marriage of Curtis Shattuck, well known young Alaska business man, and Miss Mary Louise Patterson, daughter of Mir and Mrs. LeRoy Dennis Patterson of Seattle, took place August 1.
 MT Shattuck. son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shattuek, pioneer Juneau family. is associated with his fath- CT in the insurance business in Ju- neau. He has been active for years in Chamber Of Commerce work and now serves as Secretary of the Ter ritorial Chamber. The couple will make their home in Juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
MRS. GREEN RETnRNs

Mrs. Joe Green, wife of Tax Col lector Joe Green of the Territorial Treasurer's office, was through on the Aleutian this week. returning home to Juneau after a visit Out side while her husband was in the Bristol Bay region during the fish ing season, checking up on license taxes
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
NEW S. A. OFFICER HERE

Lieut.. Cecelia SeiveWright, Sal vation Army officer, formerly of Ed monton, Canada. arrived here the first of the week on the Princess Alice and will now be stationed in Wrangell as assistant to Brigadier and Mrs. Gillingham.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
SERVICES AS nsnAI

Services will be held as usual Sunday at the Episcopal and Presby- terian churches. Church notices to assure publication should be in the Sentinel office by p. m. Thursday afternoon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
TO JOHNsON's COVE

Mrs. Samuel Cunningham went out on the Husky to Johnson's Cove to spend the balance of the summer with her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. George Gunderson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

E E 2 s g S g g s 2 The Sentinel extends birthday greetings this week to the follow ing:
 Nellie Messinger. August IT. Leona Bakke. August Is.
 Patty Devenny. August 20.
 R. ( Evans. August 20.
 Jerry Neilson. August %
 Dell Bahoyic. August 20.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
GHEzzI FAIRBANKS POSTMASTER

WASHINGTON. D. c. Aug. 16-' Alfred J. Ghezzi was confirmed by the senate this week as postmaster at Fairbanks. Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16

Father MeNamara was formerly teacher at Gonzaga University in Spokane before coming to this pas torate a little over a year ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-16
REV. MIG NAMARA
 TRANSFERRED TO
 SPOKANE CHURCH

Spokane, August 16-Announee- ment was made this afternoon that the Rev. Edward McNamara. Wran- gell pastor. has been named assis- tant pastor of St. Aloysius Church. Spokane
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
ITALY
ITALY PLANS
TO ENTER EUROPEAN
WAR SOON BOOSTED
(Continued from Page One)

Continued ITOIH rage OAcJ
staying to leave and most of them
without valid reasons for remaining
are said to have gone.
Most foreign observers believed
the purpose of the demonstrations
was to aid the German army attack
in the low countries and on the
western front by worrying the
French into keeping strong forces
on the Italian frontier, and the Brit
ish into keeping their fleet in the
Mediterranean.
Mussolini's newspaper, II Popole
D'Italia, in an article written in Il
Duce's style, showed n purpose Of
the demonstrations in warning that
the fascist regime would not tolerate
defeatism among Italians.
1t inveighed against peace mong'
ers, belly-fillers, towards and democ
racies' lovers who had been misin
terpreting Italy's position since hel
acknowledgements was declared las
September, and called for a CLEANUP
of such enemies of fascism" il
little corners"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
City; A. B. Corey, of Greenville ;
and J. L. Jenkins, of Lexington.
Retiring Chiefs


The retiring great chiefs of the
degree Of pocahontas of North Care
lima are: great pocahontas, M r S
Marie Wallace, of Gastonia; great
prophecies, Mrs. Sarah Tucker, O.
Greenville; great wenonah, Mrs
Elizabeth Cox, of Elizabeth City
great minnehaha, Mrs. Pat Johnson
of Charlotte.
Great keeper of records, Mrs. Min
ME Davis, of Elizabeth City; great
keeper of wampum, Mrs. Lille Ay-
cock, Of Kannapolis; first great
scout, Mrs. Opal Bateman, of Spray
second great scout, Mrs. Jennie Haw'
kins, of Gastonia; great guard OF
tepee, Mrs. Effie Chiffon, of Reds
Vile; and great guard of forest, M s.
Carrie Roberts, Kannapolis.
The following great chiefs of the
degree Of pocahontas were elevated
to the following. offices at the an
nual business session yesterday after
noon at the Cape Fear hotel ball
room:
Mrs. Marie Wallace, of Gastonia
to great prophecies; Mrs. Elizabeth
Cox, Of Elizabeth City, to great pc
cahontas; Mrs. Pat johnson, O.
Charlotte, to great wenonah; Mrs
Minnie Davis, Of Elizabeth City, tt
great keeper Of records; and Mrs
Lille Aycock, of Kannapolis, tt
grand keeper of wampum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
SPORTS
RY EDDIE BRETT

NEW YORK, May 14-RETrot
tiers and PAGERS all set to go under
the lights at Mineola, L. L. soon
now that the governor has appoint
ed a commission. if George
Preston Marshall was a baseball
instead Of a football baron, he'd
go a long way to get Zeke Bonura
and Buck NeWsom. Estimates
each is worth 5000 paid admis-
sions. mail box: R. G. Lake
Villa, Ills: Last heard of Alabama
| Pitts he was playing with a semi
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
SENATE APPROVES
CAA REFORM PLAN
CONTINUED From Page One)

less both houses pass such a resolu-
ton the Presidents reorganization
orders go into effect automatically
after they have been before congress
6 0days. If congress should adjourn
before June 10, however, the reor'
%ganization would not take effect un'
til 60 days after the next session
opens.
Most of the controversy c%entered
on that portion of the plan which
would transfer the CAA to the Com
merce department and abolish the
present air safety board, but other
departmental transfers are involved
The weather bureau will be shifted
fro mthe Agriculture department te
the Commerce depeJ tment; certain
functions of the Soil Conservation
| Service will be transferred from the
| Agriculture to the Interior depart
ment and the Maritime commission
instead of the navy will have juris
diction over merchant marine train
ing schools.
Another plan dealing with intra
departmental changes, including
| some in the CAA set-up, has beer
before congress since April 2.
Senators LaFollette (Rrog-Wisl
and Norris (Ind-Neb) Joined "A dem
| ocrats in supporting the Presidents
plan. In opposition were 20 repub
licans, two farmer-laborites and 1:
democrats.
After approving the reorganization
plan, the senate confirmed the nom
ination of John Monroe Johnson o.
South Carolina as a member of thu
Interstate Commerce commission
Action on the appointment had beer
delayed severa ldays at the r"ques
of Senator McCarran (D-Ne7), a lead
ing opponent Of the reorganization
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
BRITAIN
NAZI SUB, PLANE
ATTACKS ON GREAT
BRITAIN FEARED
CONTINUED from Page One)

(COntlnUe0 1TOn rage OIlcJ
but we can be confident of final vic
tory"
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Church
i'll injected new blood into his cabi-
net, and the wal office called on
volunteers for defense against a pos
sihle NaZi invasion Of England by
parachute troops.
Chief among the cabinet additions
was that Of vigorous, 61-year-old
Lord B~eaverbrook, famed Canadian
born newspaper publisher, to the
newly created post of minister for
aircraft production. Long an advo-
cate of "planes, planes, and more
planes" his energies will be directed
toward bolstering a fighting arm in
which Britain admits a deficiency.
Despite these admissions a n d
gloomy news from the Netherlands,
British fighting pilots were reported
to have inflicted four losses for ev-
cry one suffered at the hands of the
Germans in the low countries.
Big Battle Expected
Military sources describing the
smashing German attacks in south
ern Holland said British troops nov
we're in place with the Belgians in g
developing battle expected to tel
within the next few days the course
that the war would take.
"a broadcast heard in London
identified as coming from the Dutch
radio, quoted the Dutch army com
mander, General Henri Geragd Win
kelman, as declaring "our resistance
has been broken by Overwhelming
power.")
The appointment of Lord Beaver
brook recalled the World war selec
ton of David Lloyd George for thu
w~ar-created post of minister O.
munitions when Britain experienced
a shell shortage which almost cos
her the
Britain's air inferiority was driv
en- home last week when Churchill
before his elevation to the member
ship, frankly admitted that Ger
many's air power led to the British
debacle in Norway.
Other Appointments
Besides Beaverbrook, publisher O.
the London Express and Standard
other cabinet appointments included
Sir John Reith, former minister o.
information, to be minister of trans
port. ,
DR.. Hugh Dalton, laborite, minis
ter of economic warfare.
Viscount C%aldecote, former lore
chancellor, secretary for dominions.
Lord Hankey, former ministe,
without portfolio, chancellor of thu
Duchy of Lancaster.
Herwald Ramsbotham, president O.
the board of education. +
Robert s. Hudson, minister of ag
riculture. p
Ronald Cross, former minister Of
economic warfare, minister of ship.
ping.
Ernest Brown, former labor minis.
ter, secretary of state for Scotland
The war office speeded organiza.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
OFFICERS NAMED
BY N. c. REDMEN
Continued from Page One)

Dow plant at Kure's Beach, under
the direction of Emory Grubbs.
New officers were introduced te
the body and each made a short talk
thanking the body for the honor Of
having been elected to the office.
At the conclusion of the banquet
the dance was held in the hotel ball
room with music being furnished by
Ozier Stevens and his orchestra.
The retiring officers of the Great
Council of North Carolina. Improv
ed Order Of Redmen, are: great
sachem, M. c. Bradley, Of Char
lotte; great senior sycamore, E. w
A. Woolard, of Rocky Mount; great
junior sycamore, M. w. Henderson.
of Kannapolis; great prophet, A. S.
Hollowell, Of Edenton.
Great chief Of records, ". Ben
Goodwin, Of Elizabeth City: great
keeper of wampum, E. P. II. Strunck
OF Wilmington; great sannap, A. C.
Cutler, Of Washington; great mish
inewa, S. A. Satterfield, of Pineville
great guard Of wigwam, c. w. Nor
ris, Of Farmville; great guard OIL
forest, ]. F. Abrams, TO Macclesfield
Great representatives,: r. F. But
Ter, OF Washington; Eugene Gray
son, OF Kannapolis; Bryan Hurd, Of
Gastonia: and w. l.. Sherlock, o.
Elizabeth City: state orphon's board
). c. Emory, Of Spray; w. S. Net
Ties, OF Arden; and c. c. Wallace, o.
Grover.
Judiciary committee, w. jim
Daniels, of Edenton; Sam Thompson
. OF Concord: and Addison Hewlett
IT, Wilmington; and board of ap
'peals. T. ]. Boswell, Of Elizabeth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15

was made under the protection of
continuously attacking German
lighting planes, Stukas Olive bomb
erc) and destroyer-plane units" .
In the Sedan region alone, where
German columns crossed the Bel
gian and Luxembourg frontiers in
to France through the Meuse river
valley, an official announcement
said German pursuit gunners had
shot down 70 enemy planes today.
No Choice
A DNB, official German news
agency, dispatch from the western
front said Hollands armies had no
choice except surrender or annihil-
alton.
German forces, it sale, have driv-
en- a powerful wedge between the
Dutch and Belgian armies, breaking
their contact in a sweep through
southern Holland toward the deep
schelde Estuary leading to Antwerp,
and preventing Allied aid to the
Netherlands troops.
British, French and Belgian
troops fell back at the Gette river,
east of Louvain, Belgium, DNB
said. It reported the nazis in pur-
suit of the Allies toward the Dyle
river, west of the Gette and about
midway between Liege and Brus-
sells.
A glance at pins tracing the Ger
man progress on war maps shows
that the nazis have established a
great L-shaped salient extending
westward from the end of the Magi-
not Line along the French-Belgian'
Luxembourg boundaries to a point
west of Sedan.
Runs Past Fort
From there it runs northwarc
past the strong Belgian Fort Of
Namur and through Holland to the
Ijsselmeer (Zuider Zee).
CA French war ministry spokes'
man acknowledged in Paris thai
the Germans probably had oc'
cupied Sedan, in a French mill
tarized zone 10 miles from the Bel
gian frontier. The French hae
abandoned the city,
The Germans declared they hac
punctured Hollands defense quad.
rangle of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rot
terdam and the Hague at several
places, besides sending a motor
lied blitz column to the Rotterdam
airport held since the first day by
nazi parachute troops. They sale
they were advancing towar c
Utrecht.
They reported gains also from a
point 80 miles east of S~aarbrucken
between Germany's Siegfried Line
and Frances Maginot Line, clear
to the Sedan Salient, although much
slower on the section facing the
Maginot Line.
So rapid was the advance ir
southern Holland and north ane
central Belgium, a DNB repor
from the front asserted, that thu
powerful Albert canal defense sys
tenn between Liege and Antwerp
has become unimportant.
The cana itself has been crossed
at several points and, the high com
mand declared, Liege is in Ger
man hands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15

ity Of the United States developing
a two ocean navy" and replied that
it was outmoded and dumb to talk
of national defense in those terms,
that the United States should have
a navy that could go anywhere that
national defense required. In re-
Spouse to further questioning, he
said it would take ten years to dup.
licate the fleet and then perhaps
the nation would be attacked from
three directions.
A reporter asked if it would not
be a good idea to have two canals
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
His reply was that personally his
wish was that there were ten can.
lals, or no isthmus at all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
Shot In Arm
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May n TO
many a 1889 New York Worlds
Fair visitor the Amusement Area
was a sorry, flea-bitten, froopy
tail appended to an otherwise very
doggy show. But it is freely pre-
dicted that when the Fair of Forty
opens on May II, the Gay White
Way will be a handsome tail that
wags in swingtime--a tail that ht-
orally will swing the fair.
Fun's number is sure to turn up
a winner wherever on the amuse.
ment wheel Billy Rose or M1chael
Todd, showmen of the Midas touch
lay their bets. And this year the
impresarios of 1895 outstanding
amusement money-makers-t n e
Aquacade and the Music Hall
CHot Mikado'') respectively
have generously scattered tn e r
bankrolls and hedged their bets
on a multitude of fun-provldlng
enterprises.
The Mighty Atom, Billy Rose,
returns with a bigger and better
Aquacade, featuring new rout1nes
in which Buster Crapbe replaces
Johnny Weissmuller as Romeo to
Mrs. Eleanor Holm Roses aquatic
Juliet.
In addition, Rose has imported
from Broadway a spectacular nj
terry, known as the Barbary Coast
Ia grandiose reproduction of 1t
namesake by day, it becomes
night club with a "%colossal' revue
after 6 p. m.
But this year even the Mag
nificent Midget must take a back
seat to Mike Todd. To Todd, more
than any one man, will go the
praise or blame for the Grea
White Ways success for failure.
This ambitious, fast-talkins
Minneapolis ex-newSboy, who no
so long ago came to New Yorl
with a cigar in his mouth, a heao
full of ideas, and little else, il
running no less than four produc
tons. They will consume almos.
a quarter of the Great White
Ways total area.
Onto the Music Halls boards
where last year Bill Robinson:
lyric feet tapped the sheckle:
from fair-goers' pockets int
Mike Todd's, Todd is pushing thu
broadway hit Streets of Paris
Abbott & Costello share the full
dress honors with Gypsy Rose Lee
Queen of the Undress.
:. For the swingsters, Mike prG
vides a hugh Dancing c a m p u S
Three bands will jam and jiv'
to the delight of-Todd hopes tn
4OOO-capacity jitterbug couples.
For those whose taste runs t.
southern hospitality and j ul e p S
: sub, the ubiquitous Mr.. Todd ha
built Gay New Orleans, a hug
village where every day is Mard
Grass time.
Last, but not least, the Tod
5 bankroll is setting to swing tim
the old, record-breaking m e le
drammer, 1.-The Drunkard." APP
propriately, it is housed in tn
l Op'ry House.
The fair itself is backing tn
E most ballyhooed of the 1910 Ga,
. White Way extravaganzas: the A
merican Jubilee. Under the direc
!, ton of Albert johnson, a huge re
= vue-with opera star Lucy Monroe
baritone Ray Middleton, d a nc e
Paul Haakon, and 300 Count 'em