The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
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 LEGION HEAD

Wendell WiIlkie. Republican can didate for President, is the answer to what this country needs in a crit ical period, seems 10 be the prevail ent idea among the white collar. class throughout the east but Pres ident Roosevelt and a third term isl still being shouted by the rank and file and laboring classes in the same part of the country.
 This is the report of Mrs William Corwith, National President of the Legion Auxiliary who was in Wrangell a few hours this morning while the Alaska was in port Mrs. Corwith has pretty well covered theI states and Hawaii in the past recent ! weeks. having just completed al swing through the southern states and Uncle Sans island Territory.
 Sentiment also seems to be. she added, that the United States stay out Of the European conflict and concentrate on home defense. There ] was a short time she said when itl would not have taken a great deal to stir Up a war fever among the people. but since the fall of France this sentiment has changed. People seem to be extremely nervous over the situation, and. until Willkie's nomination and politics became 80 much to the front, the only thing that was talked about anywhere was war
 People throughout the States are greatly stirred up over Fifth Col umn activity. She cited a case, on a recent trip she made to Panama, where two German citizens were arrested and imprisoned for taking pictures of vital points along the canal where photographing is pro- hibited Also, in the east, a case of sabotage where tons of nuts and bolts turned out from an eastern factory for an airplane manufae- turer were discarded because of de- 1 liberate flaws found in their man ufacture.
 Mrs. Corwith 2 woman of seem | ingly great capability and possess ing real charm. was met at the dock this morning by a group of mem bers of the local Auxiliary, headed by Miss Irene Coulter, secretary of the Wrangell Unit She was joined also by Mrs. J. c. Johnson, Mra Mae Grant, Mrs. Van H. Fisk and Mrs. Orville Keeney.
 Through the courtesy of Fred Hanford, manager of Union Oil, she was taken for a drive out the high way and for visit to Wrangeil In-.l stitute She was especially interested in the Institute and the local school, having been a high school teacher in New York State for several years.
 Mrs. Corwith left on the Alaska for Juneau where she will spend a few days before flying to Fairbanks From Fairbanks she hopes to fly to Anchorage to make connections with the southbound Aleutian, returning south on June 22 From Alaska she goes to South Dakota for a depart ment convention in that state and then on to Indianapolis for a few weeks of work preparing for the Ma tional Convention at Boston in Sep tember. She has already visited theI southern states and Hawaii. She was greatly impressed with Alaskan scenery, she said, and hopes to re- turn for a more leisurely and less busy visit
 Mrs. Corwith was unanimously elected to the presidency at the na- tional convention in Chicago last September, following a dozen yearsl of prominent service in local, statel and national offices. A charter mem-I Der of the Rockville Centre Unit, she demonstrated her ability for Auxiliary leadership in the activi- ties of this Unit. The state organi- zation called for her services, first as a committee chairman, then as Vice President and President of the Department
 Born in Hillsdale, New York, in 1898, Mrs. Corwith attended the public schools there. then the New York State College for Teachers where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1918. She was a member of Psi Gamma sorority and vice-president of her senior class Following her graduation, she taught for several years in the
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