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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
Clio SEEKING
CHANGES FOR
1910 SEASON
lBy Associated Pressl

SEATTLE. Feb. 2-Internati0nal
Vice President Conrad Espe of the
eannery workers union said today
the canned salmon industry recog-
nized the Go unit as the sole bar
gaining agency for Alaska eannery
workers from the Pacific Coast
states. thus eliminating the menace
of jurisdietional disputes this com
ing season. Negotiations for new
contracts are to begin shortly.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
HEAVY DAMAGE
AS MISSISSIPPI
RIVER ICE MOVES

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2 = Fear
of unprecedented damage by shift
ing ice masses held shipping al
most stationery in the lower Mississ-
ippi river today after a breakup at
Helena, Ark, ground wharves and
small boats into kindling. The Hell
ena floe caused $4,000 damage in
a half hour before the jam was
broken.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
West Reported
Strong For
F.D.R. Again
By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - Early
arrivals from the west for Monday
meeting OF the Democratic National
Committee reported a strong senti-
ment existed in their states for the
denomination OF President Roose-
Yelt.
Lynn Broderiek. Kansas national
committeeman. said: Kansas is
strong for Roosevelt. 1 feel the same
way"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
JANUARY SNOW FADES
BEFORE SPRING WEATHER

With the rare spring weather
Wrangell has been enjoying the
past week, it is difficult to look
back and learn that January pro,
vided five inches of snow and total
precipitation of 3.38 inches, accord
ing to the monthly weather report
compiled by Mrs Margaret Simmons.
The maximum temperature for the
month was 81 and the low Is above
ON January 20.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
FUR SALE FEBRUARY 81

Public auction of furs, seized
from game law yiolators, will be
held by the Alaska Game Commits
sion at Anchorage February 81, it is
announced by Frank Dufresne, Com
mission Executive officer. In the
lots offered will be beaver, otter,
mink fox, marten, wolverine and
weasel
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
NEW PURSUIT
PLANE WILL Do
400 MILES AN HOUR

Army today took the wraps off one
of its newest air weapons, a cannon
carrying pursuit plane designed to
make 400 miles per hour, but de-
LACED giving it complete tests. The
plane, nicknamed the flying bullet"
is one of fastest ships owned by the
air corps.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
$44 GOES TOWARD
PARALYSIS FUND

The Presidents Birthday Ball,
given last Saturday night in the
ANB Hall, netted S44 toward the
prevention of infantile paralysis.
Half of this money goes to the
National Foundation at Warm
Springs, Co., of which Pres. Roose-
welt is the head. The other half re-
mains in the Territory toward the
Alaska Foundation. A large. crowd
attended the dance, music for which
was furnished by the Institute Or
chestra
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
OVERLY HERE FEB. Is

W. C. OVERLY, deputy tax Col
iector, will be at the Wrangell Ho-
tel from February Is to Is for the
purpose of assisting and advising
taxpayers in the preparation of
their 1899 income tax returns. No
charge will be made for this SER
vice.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02

Oh, hum! Darn that alarm!
Let me see, what day is it? Oh,
February second. Well, guess I'd
better get out from under this old
root and go out into the big world
to see how the weather is.
Well, for Heavens sake! What is
this, California? 10, that can't be.
There's Sinclair's store and Camp
bell Bros. across the street in the
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
TINY BOY RETURNING HOME

reports reaching WrangeII say
that Capt and Mrs. Henry Bowman
are leaving Seattle next Monday on
their boat, Tiny Boy, to return
home. Accompanying them are Mr..
and Mrs. John Wellman and Del
Shannon, local residents.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
ANB SECRETARY
TO WEST COAST

William L. Paul, of Juneau, Sec
rotary of the Alaska Native Broth
erhood, was in town the fore part
of the week and ieft on the mail
boat Wednesday for Craig and west
coast points.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
LOTUS H0N0RED

DR. Jules B. Lotus. Territorial
Veterinarian and head of the ex-
perimental fur farm at Petersburg,
has been appointed Resident Terri
torial Secretary of the American We
terinary Medical Association for AL
aska for 1939-40, according to word
received here. DR.. Lotus, who has
just returned from one of his an
nual trips through the Interior on
dairy inspection was named by DR..
Cassius Way of New York City,
President of the Association.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
CIVIC CLUB MEETS TOMORROW

The Wrangell Women's Civic Club
will meet tomorrow at Civic Center
with luncheon at 1:3O. Mrs. Troy
Morrow and Mrs. Russell F. Peder-
son will be hostesses.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-02-02
Johnnie Grounding Sets
Alarm Clock For Six
More Weeks Of Winter
Oh, hum! Darn that alarm!

(By JOHNNIE GRoUNDH0G)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

nOTING mothers that take pride
- in decking out little daughters
at first hint of spring in refreshingly
colorful prints, hurry up and take
a look at the lovely materials just
out. Well wager that at very first
peep at the new wash fabric show
ings you will be convinced that
there's nothing in the world you so
long to do this very minute as to
set the spring sewing program in
motion.
Time was when buying cotton and
other washable weaves was more or
less of gamble. In those days the
shrink and fade bugaboo was for
ever taking the joy out of life. Now
in these modern times, because OF
scientific processing that carries
with it a guarantee of non-fade and
non-shrink, the twill it wash query
no longer challenges the patience
tried salesperson.
It certainly is a grand and glori-
GUS feeling for mothers to know that
the dress they have so painstakingly
made will not prove a case of
cloves labor lost" in that hens
won't have to be frantically let
down nor sleeve lengths altered,
neither will buttons have to be set
over after the dress comes back
from the wash. It's wise mother
that asks for guaranteed wash ma
terials to make up for her child.
Then, too, little daughters come
in for share of good fortune in
that no longer will they have to be
submitted to the humiliating ordeal
Of wearing a dress bought, or made,
that is size too large in order to
allow for shrinking.
This year attractive broadcloths
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
OPTICAL SCHOOL
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Frozen Meat. - Meat thawed
quickly is likely to be tough. Keep
frozen meat in warm place be-
fore cooking.
Easy to Remove Stopper. Dip
the stopper of a mucilage bottle in
paraffin before putting it into the
bottle and it will not stick.
Baked potatoes will be more
mealy if a piece is cut from either
end of the potato.
Sift the FlOur.-Flour has a
tendency to pack down, especially
fine wheat flour. One may easily
put as much as an extra cup of
flour in recipe if it is not sifted
before measuring. ia
80 q
A porous pot allows water to
evaporate and this is a bad fea-
ture in warm dry houses. Plants
in clay pots tend to develop root
system between the soil and the
pot with, very few roots in the
soil itself.
Leftover Sweet Potatoes.-Left-
over baked or boiled sweet pota-
toes can be converted into appe-
tizing dishes. One of these is to
mash two cups potatoes and mix
to a soft paste by adding milk.
Season; then add half q cup boiled
maple syrup and one-fourth cup
butter. Bake in moderate oven
until the top begins to crystalline.
Serve hot.
Save Christmas Cards.-Litt1e
folks can spend many a happy
hour cutting out figures from
Christmas cards. Instruct them
to leave small flap on the bot
tom of each figure, flap to be fold
ed over, permitting figure to stand
upl aa4a ,.,,44so ,sl,s. M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Costume Sweaters
Spring Into Style

A new type of sweater, which is
neither tailored sports style nor
an elaborate evening affair, has
sprung into fashion. These are the
sweaters that combine with sepa-
rate skirts to make smart street
frocks. They are most attractive
when chosen in a color to match
that of the skirt.
Made of novelty knits and ribbed
yarns, they are notable for their
unusual shoulder and yoke detail.
Some of them have tapped pockets
in the Schiaparelli manner with butt
tons of gold nuggets or shiny fiat
gold circles on the pocket flaps and
down the front. Some of them fas-
ten with bright enameled or gold
colored slide fasteners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

with floral overprinting are catch
ing the eye. Add wearableness to
their prettiness and you will readily
see why this fabric is so popular.
Tailored printed shantung broad
cloths and charming striped cottons
in fast colors all preshrunk to keep
their original fit permanently are
selling fast as they can be meas
ured off in dress lengths.
If you are looking for wash mate
rails that carry a promise of wear
ability, instability, dependability
and Inability consider the dainty lit
tie frocks pictured. Each is fash
toned of sanforized-shrunk fabric.
The merry little three-year-old pic
tllred to the right wearing a broad
cloth dress with floral overprinting
is laughing at the thought of the
cunning patch pockets that draw up
and tie with pique cording. She is
proud, too, that her dress ties in
the back with big bow of self
fabric. The dress is trimmed with
q P1CdtAliS VI Pi4uC oAOCtIiO tiIC i1GSh
and sleeves. Though the closing is
in the back, there are three small
red buttons down the front Of the
bodice.
Sister Ann who sits in the window
(centered in the group) wears a
tailored shantung broadcloth dress
trimmed with handicapped pique
collar and cuffs.
The dress for the between" age,
shown to the left, takes on some
what of party air. The soft blue
and pink colorings of the floral
striped broadcloth ESQ fine it has a
sheen like silky is delicate and be-
coming to blonde or brunette. There
is a fashionable inset corselet belt,
thus raising the waistline so that
the skirt will swing gracefully if
or when she dances.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Information VIII Help
As Guide to the Future

suspect that the current census
will produce lot of information that
will be classiiable merely as infor-
nation. That is, there is bound to
be chunk of the facts and statistics
which will serve no immediate use.
That is the. way of things done by
the government. But individuals,
business and government each will
find things of value, information to
help as guide to the future.
We can look back to the census
of 1880 and see where our population
averaged As persons per square
mile of the then United States and
we can then see how, in 1890, it was
41.3 persons per square mile. That
is the average for the nation; one
area will be very much less, an
other will be very much more, and
it is vital for a manufacturer or a
wholesaler or retailer to know
how many prospective customers
there are in a given area.
And this information extends on
down the line to baby buggies. The
stork had been flying into homes at
the rate of about 5000 a day in
the ten years prior to 1880. Death,
with his scythe, had been taking his
toll at the rate of about 1000 q day
from 1920 to 1880. What has hap
pened since? The census win tell
us sometime next fan and it win
tell. in addition, whether a great
many factors that influence our lives
are subjects to be dealt with by poll
ticians or must remain IN the hands
Of mother nature =. .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Skating Ensemble
Is Very Fetching

A skating ensemble is made of
soft white yarn hand-embroidered
with bright wool. There's a snug
white cardigan sweater with peas
ant figures embroidered on panels
on either side of the front open
ing, and matching white mittens
with single design on their back.
The close-ftting hood ties under the
chin and has embroidered wings
like Dutch cap standing out on
either side of the face.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Bruck0fs Washington Digest
1910 Census Most Comprehensive
Ever Made Since the First Survey
1t Is Complete Self Examination Of Uncle Sam by Uncle
Sam; 1t Deals in Facts and We Cannot Have Too
Many Facts About Ourselves.

lure can De ulIluenCGQ Dy IIldI-iIlduS
rules. 1t can be said, therefore, that
a new set of guide books are on the
way to completion, on the way to
being filed in by the records Of the
people who constitute the United
States.
There is a thought in Frank Will
sons rnind-and I believe Mr.. Will
son has a better concept of the CEN
sus program and its ultimate value
than any other person I ever have
met-that our nation is facing a
much more serious problem in the
matter of old age than is apparent
to most of us. It comes about this
way: Mr.. Wilson pointed out that
there are fewer babies being born
annually among each one thousand
of our population than was the case
10 or 20 years ago. The birth rate
is declining. At the same time,
through the development of medi-
cal science, through improved living
conditions, through elimination of
hazards, reduction of accidents and
so forth, the life span" Of each Of
us is getting longer and longer. Peo-
pie actually are living longer; the
expression of s'living on borrowed
time" after one is 20 years old is
meaningless because so many people
now live beyond that allotted time.
Seemingly Silly Questions
Are Really Important
At the outset, asked the ques-
tons about what you were doing
five years ago and where you lived
then. That was not facetious. Those
questions are part of the regular
forms which the nose-counters will
carry and which you, as a citizen,
must answer. There is a good rea-
son.
/ have just written about birth and
life and death. If your Uncle Sam
knows something about how firmly
you are rooted to a particular farm
or town or county or state, he can
arrive at conclusions rather re-
mote from the questions. For ex-
ample, if you are the son of farm
er and are continuing to farm, it is
reasonable to assume that you are a
normally happy and reasonably sue
cessful farmer. Uncle Sam will not
have to worry about that kind. He
does have to worry, as matter of
national policy, however, when the
census taker reports SO many from
one place who have moved to the
city, especially if those who moved
have no training in any field of in
dustry. There arises, quickly, the
question of unemployment.
Or, this business of moving about
may have come from drouth or
floods or pestilence. Matters Of
health are reflected as well. Con-
tinued drouth or continued floods
may ruin an area for agricultural
purposes. With facts concerning the
condition, somebody may be able
to suggest other means of utilization
of the land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
THE DECENNIAL. CENSUS

A complete self-examination of
Uncle Sam by Uncle Sam. It
deals in facts, of which we cam
not have too many.
Carries news of lasting value.
Director Wilson says the birth
rate is declining.
Results may serve as guide to
the future.
May help in solving problems OF
government. *
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Counting Of Noses IL
Not Just Human Noses

Actual work in this counting Of
noses has already started. And when
/ say counting noses," the term is
rather broader than just human
noses. For, as an example, the
first nose counting is directed at
enumerating businesses and manu-
featuring Establishments and mines
and quarries. Census representa-
tives will visit something like 3,000,-
600 business concerns, including
about 10000 manufacturing plants
and establishments. These figures,
of course, are an approximation.
The census will show exactly how
many there are, what they did in
the way of retailing, distributing,
shipping, servicing, manufacturing
all through the list to the single
gasoline station and the dry clean
ing shop on the corner.
Then, along about April /, there
will be. large army of real nose
counters start to work. They will
visit your house and mine and every
other one and it is expected they
win find at the end of the month
that there are more than 80 900 1000
dwelling units where people live and,
further, it is believed they will have
counted upwards of 132,0OO,0O0 folks
in the United States. To do this
job and the other phases of count
ing, roughly $4,000 men and wom-
en- are required.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Picturesque Wraps

Inspired by the picturesque fash
ions of the South in Civil war days
is the group of evening wraps shown
by an American designer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

The idea of sweater with hood
carries big appeal. This gay cardi-
gan is knit of heavy yet soft
yarn, and on large needles SO that
the fetching checked pattern devel-
opes magically fast. Such pretty
combinations as red with white,
black with green, wine with post
man blue are suggested. The solid
colored hood is knitted separately.
It may be worn either as a hood or
a collar. The little headpiece be-
low is streamlined version of the
closefitting knitted hood. However,
1t eliminates all superf1uous bulk,
and is very attractive 90
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Results viii ShorD What
Progress Has Been Made

1t seems to me, then, that we can
look forward to the results of the
current census as showing what
progress has been made, what hui
man nature has done in the way Of
changes. simultaneously, it will
show that many theories of what
government can do or has done have
failed or have succeeded by re-
vealing just how much human ma
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Suede Shorts Jacket

Fine stitching is the blouse-like de-
tail borrowed by fitted suede
sports jacket to give it . dressy
appearance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Gray for Day and Evening

From soft dove shades to dark
gunmetal tones gray is an irnpor-
tant color for every sort of daytime
and evening outfit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
BABY CHICKS

january and February delivery and we
will include 10 or more extra chicks per
100. Write at once for detailed irforma-
Md, Pikesville p. o.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

Britain POnderS upkeep and it
As King Ibn Saud is understand
Widens Alliances able that he
may be wild
ening his economic alliances, as re-
ported in recent dispatches. He is
also said to be recognizing and en-
larging his air force.
The first Arab to wrest an autono-
nous state from Britain, he has
co-operated with the empire, but
Palestine has disturbed him and in
various quarters there is specula-
ton as to whether he intends to use
his augmented military resources
for or against England. He has
preached the unification of Islam
throughout the world, and his influ-
ence, as leader of the mystic and
powerful Wahabi sect, has penetrat-
ed among the desert tribes from Iran
To West Africa.
His synthetic state, carved out
in the Arabian coastal territory,
in a poSt-wa deal, is complex
Of alergly guarded empire inter-
estS. With its proximity to the
Suez canal, with, the threat Of
Russian, as well as Italian, ag-
gression and conspiracy in the
M0slem bloc, ON the road to In
dia, Saudi Arabia is g0al-keep-
ing territory, and Ibn Saud's al
legiance is an urgently impor-
tant British asset.
Since the start of the desert bat
tie of the loud-speakers several
years ago, along with the Palestine
impasse, there have been indica-
tions that Ibn Saud was losing inter-
est as an empire partner.
Last January, he wrote President
Roosevelt an appeal for support of
the Arabs against the Jews in Pales-
tine, with an implication that the
Balfour mandate was working
against Islam.
Bull-necked, bull-voiced King Ibn
Saud is six feet, four inches tall
and weighs $50 pounds. On the
palm Of his hand is, q mole, the
mystic stigmata of a master swords
man, in the lore of the desert. He
was once an obscure tribesman,
fighting his way to power in his mid
die years. He likes to hold court in
the open air. sitting cross-legged. a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
.korfs Washington Digest
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg

WNU Service, National Press Bldg,
Washington, D. c.
Observation-Disclosures were you
doing FIVE years ago? And where did
you live at that time? What caused
you to move, if you did change your
residence?
While congress is working itself
into other of flying arms and legs
and heads and heels and while New
Dealers are straining at every shirt
button in an effort to show Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the greatest peace
advocate in 10 centuries, ] want to
talk about something that happens
only once in 10 years. I refer to
the decennial census, the counting
of noses of Americans and the gath
ering of information about them,
their lives and living upon which the
federal government has launched.
A good many folks have been in
clined to regard the census as some
thing about which to joke. There
was, and is, a certain number of
people who think the whole thing is
silly. It is not silly. Taking it on a
long term basis, considering it from
the standpoint Of its permanent val
ue, it is so much more important
than the passing show Of political
shadow-boxing that we can well af-
ford to forget about much of that
bunk. The census deals in facts,
and surely we cannot have too many
facts about ourselves.
So, borrowing from the expression
of Frank Wilson of the census bu-
reau, let me insist again that there
is news of lasting value in this CEN
sus and the job of census taking. It
is, accurately stated, complete
self-examination of Uncle Sam by
Uncle Sam," and when it is done,
we all will know much more about
ourselves, Individually and col
lectively, than we have ever known
before. The current census is the
most comprehensive of all Of the is
decennial canvasses that have been
made since the first survey in 1870.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
'i 2st AZ NERVES?

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Compound famous for over 60 years in
helping such weak, rundown, nervous
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

Lacking Self-Reliance q
! Discomfort is the want of self
reliance. it is infirmity of will
Emerson. ltas
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
RAZOR BLADES

WE WILL BUY ALL UNUSED U. g.
POSTAGE STAMPS, "a cent, to soc value
including &c Air Mail and l0c Special De-
livery at soc on the dollar. Any amount
prompt remittance.
MANNING LANCER
Dept. M. 781 Sixth Avenue, New YORK.