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The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

gifts for men. The packages of 25 will hold mufflers, as many more will contain sweaters and 15 will reveal suede jackets or wind breakers.
 Thirty-seven more men are sched= uled to receive razors and 32 wal let's
 Of the 8O2 gifts that will go to children out of every 1,000 given. 215 will be toys and the rest cloth ing-shirts, ties. dresses, suits. slippers and such The gifts that boys will welcome with whoOps of joy include scientific toys (chemis- try and engineering sets), hobby gifts (toy airplanes, ship-models. paint-boxes and modelling sets. sports equipmenti trains. cowboy and Indian suits, soldiers and forts.
 One out of every five toys given to girls will be a doll. Many others will be gifts for doll play-car- riages bassinets, clothes outfits, doll houses and furniture. The rest will be chiefly educational toys. indoor and outdoor games, theatrical dress up outfits. painting and embroidery sets.
 Both boys and girls are going to welcome bicycles, scooters, roller skates and sleds.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

q. ]. .s s !. ]. q, l. .s s. Z. .- * THE BELLS ARE RINGING * FOR NE AND MY GAL"
 .The bells are ringing for
 * me and my gal" is the latest
 # theme song of the James
 * Loyetts. bride and groom of
 * eight months standing who # never told.
 # Report has it that santa # Claus made a pre-Christmas # visit to the new Loyett home
 In the Tom Trimble house * and wired things Up so he'd * hear the bells when he # makes his rounds on Christ * mas Eve.
 # At any rate, there's little * sleep at the Lovett house * because those darn bells * keep ringing for me and # my gal
 :. 2. :. z. ... :. q. .s :. .. !. !.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

find housecoats or negligees. Stock ings will say Merry Christmas" to 112 and handkerehiefs to 97 When the gifts shower down from light ed Christmas trees 68 women will received gloves, 66 handbags, 83 slippers and 34 gay gilets or scarfs. Santa Claus and you are going to help give them glamour, too. Per fume is going to 24. compaets to 29 and beautiful shimmering jewels to 10.
 There must be something in that legend about the vanity of the male, for clothes are going to thousands of his sex. Out of every 1,000 men who rip open the wrappings of star studded packages on Christmas, PIP will get shirts and 173 will have ties-and some of them will wear them. One hundred seventy-three more men will draw socks. "A will find gloves, ST will say thank you" for slippers and 50 more will receive belts, garters or suspend CTS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

Yes Salmon fishing and canning seasonal business
 but in off seasons there jobs for hundreds making ready for the next fishing Even in winter men are kept at work modernizng and rebuilding canneres
 repairing boats and other floating equipment Others find employment cutting ping and lumber for construction and box shook-manufacturing wire netting-minng
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT WRANGELL INSTITUTE
 ON CHRISTMAS EvE

Annual Christmas program at WrangeI Institute will be held at 7:3O Christmas Eve. December 24.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20
Home Gets A Share

That doesn't finish the Christmas gift question. Eighty-three out Of every 1.000 presents bought will be gifts for the home-kitehenw
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20
The Outdoor Influence

In case you think women have a monopoly on Christmas gift under wear, let this brighten up your Christmas shopping: 37 males out of 1000 are to receive some variety of derwear-ranging all the way from violent Hawaiian shorts to firemen's red flannels.
 The great out-of-doors will in- fluence the choice of a lot more
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

coal and providing other supplies for the Industry
 Not only does the Canned Salmon Industry provide the Territoys greatest employment during the fishing season-these additional Industry created jobs give Alaskans thousands of days work during off-seasons And this greater security for Alaska familes
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20

There will be tree and complete program depictive of the occasion.
 Feature Of the program will be .the Glee club of 50 voices in it's first appearance of the season pre- senting Christmas music.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

value.
Harold holds that his Reputation
and offer ought, in the newspapers.
10 have gone into what's known as
the story's lead--that is, the first
paragraph or so. That's sound jour-
ialism. A story's nub should be
played up right in front-then am
plify. And Harold's population was
as much part OF that yarns nub as
Senator Danaher'S accusation. This
particular reputation didn't get into
the published story's lead.
The headlines (hcads. newspaper
men call emu. alike over the Posts
and Stars stories. embodied nothing
but the Juice of Senator Danahcr' :
accusation against Harold. Perhaps
that was unavoidable, for there's no
room to say much in a head.
But Harold argues that the
'dccks" might have modified the
"headS.' The deck is that littlc
bunch of comparatively fat typc
right underneath a main headline.
Down to Essentials
NOW we gel GOWN 20 Inc essential
story.
II starts off with Senator Dana
hers postage stamp charge against
Ickes. 1t goes on down the column
still roasting Harold until il comes
to 4 point where it says, Turn to in
side page so-and-so." NeUspapcrmcr
'"fcr 10 these breaks as jumps O.
brcak-overs.
Harcld complains that mighty few
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Ickes Rile6 Over Editors
Handling of Stamp Story
Continued From Eeze 0nel

fCOnInued from t-22e Ine)
Gus, libelous and defamatory He
recognized, though, that he had no
redress against Senator Donaher or
the newspapers. because OF the rule
Of privilege" which covered congress
SIGNAL proceedings.
The question he did raise was:
Does this (thc congressional priv
ilegc rulc) also give you (thc news
papcrs) immunity from the ethics of
journalism?"
Following this query Harold
plunged into 4 discussion Of neWspa-
per technique that ought 10 be inter-
cSting To any editor or news makeup
man or anybody else connected with
the connection of Well-rlm daily.
Whatever one may think Of his post
age stamp dcker. he talks like a
trained neW&papcrman.
The only qualification is that he
may be Il trifle too Enthusiastically
professional to be fully understood
by the average reader.
Rather Too Technical
To begin with, Ickes promptly
repudiated Senator Donaher's charge
that he was looking for Il S187 Also
profit on his postage stamps. He Of
fcred to sell his collection to the SEN
ator for $3.50, their original face
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Can
Stir Trouble
Stewart Says United
States Could Easily
Overstep in Defense
Base Moves.
BY CHARLES z. STEWATR
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington. Sept. 1l.-Plenty OF
critics find fault with the fashion OF
President RooSevelt'S trade Of so Of
our Semi-obSOlete deStrOyers for
Yankee navy and aviation bases on
John Bulls islands off our Atlantic
and Caribbean waterfront and as far
south as British Guiana, at the eX-
IRENE bulge of South American east
coast into the ocean.
Some say that our transfer of the
80 destroyers to Britain was an act OF
war against Germany. Still more
contend that anyway. the President
had no right to conclude the bargain
without Congress apprOval-though
Attorney General Robert II. JackSor
argues contrariWise.
However. there's 4 general trend
of opinion to the effect that. indie
pendentlv Of the 'aCt of war con-
sideratiOn and of the presidential
conclusion of the deal without con-
Sulting the national legislators. it wa
pretty good dicker, on the ground
that we don't particularly need tn"
old deStroyers. and that we do nee3
the bases we're acquiring.
EnthuiastS even compare the swan
with President Jefferson's Louisiana
Purchase. which certainly turned on
remarkably we'll from Uncle Sam
standpoint.
Adverse Comment
To be sure. adverse commentators
deny that this is 4 fair comparison
-, IL y
| the Louisiana territory was lot bet
ter worth having than Britain'S is
! land and Guiana bases are. Fur
| thcrmore. they remind US that JEFF
! ferson got the whole Louisiana ter
ritorv and got it for keeps (Whereas
we get only little dabS on the shores
I Of Britain's western hemisDherical
/ insular and mainland soil, and we get
even these dabs merely on 99-year
rental basis
/ Be all that as it may, Britain. in
exchange for our dcstroyers. is moro
/ than willing to lease to us the bases
referred to. IL.
Now. though, it's suggested that
there are other islands it would be 4
bright idea for us to take possession
of-islands on which we probably
shan't be able to establish ourselves
without considerable opposition.
French Possessions
France has one or two in the Car
ibbean, and. incidentally. a South
American mainland foothold, just
inshore from its Devils Island con-
vict settlement Then there are the
Dutch West and East Indies. There's
Greenland. The Falkland group OF
islets. in the South Atlantic, off Ar
eentina, is mentioned. The Azores
in mid-Atlantic. but strategically i'm
portant, if the South American eas'
coast needs to be defended, arc
spoken OF.
We couldn't establish bases or
these spots on the map without deaI
of objection. :,
General DeGaulle, who, under tn
pctajn regimes sentence OF death, L
irving to run an antI-Germar
Freich government from his place o
oyi1e in London. might be willing t
Ill business with President Roose
,,oIt nc to his country's new Worlc
possessions, but the Petaln crowd a
Vichv assuredly wouldn't be, and
ne = safe bet that Hitler would ball
also.
Queen Wilhelmina, also Londo
.oFtIoee but still calling herself Hol
Iond,s sovereign, possibly would b
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

glad to grant Yankee bases in the
West and East Dutch Indies. Ger
many would kick like fury, though.
Doubtless the NaZis couldn't do much
about it, but, as to the Dutch East
Indies, Japan would raise an CGIcc-
tive holler.
AS To Greenland
Greenland's Danish. The Danes.
overrun by the Germans, can't say
whatever Uncle Sam does,
out the Nazis can yoWl violently il
we take a hand in the situation in
the region the late Doctor Cook adj
vertised so extensively. Oh, they
can't stop us, but it would be an in
cident."
The Falklands are British. John
Bull wouldn't oppose Us there. But
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
PAGE THREE

readers bother 70 turn inside. They
quit with the first pase-tne one
that pans him. minus his subsequent
Reputation.
Ickes knows how he's being trifled
with thus:
It drives him exceptionally cuckoo
because he does understand it so full
ly. I'll wait long and patiently"
he says, ito see you (the Washing
ton Post and Starr handle story
about the advertising manager of a
department store in the same way
Gas you've handled me)."
His experts comprehension of his
editorial and business office fix is
what makes him SO funny
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
c. p. RddiophOfO

that's an insular group that the Ar
gentinc Republic claims, under the
name Of the "MalvinaS Islands," If
we do anything arbitrary relative TO
the Falklands we Immediately will
antagonze this important nation in
the Pan-American lineup.
The Azores are Portuguese. They
are OF the utmost strategic import
ancc to the Americas, but it would
be rather raw if we grabbed so much
as a naval-aerial base in their midst,
without Portugars consent. And
Portugal can't afford to give its con-
sent: its in too much danger from
Spain. dominated as Spain IS by
Italian influences.
All in all. islands are tlckllsh
1O11rpS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

..- -g~.3s E.,-ir00 population IS
ri a, ABOUT 10000, OF which
~. .9.E live in Greenland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31
MORE, BIGGER VESSELS IN
 ALASKA TRADE DURING 1939

Secretary to Director, $2,7 700 per an- mum, $5,400; salary of Accountant Statistician, $2,430 per annum, $4,- 86o; salary of Senior Clerk -Steno- grapher, S2.l00 per annum, $4,200; salaries of three Junior Clerk Stenographers, $500 per annum, S10,800; Total, $39,140.
 old Age Assistance
 Allowance to certain aged resi- dents of Alaska, as provided by Jaw, $500,0
 Relief of Destitution
 Relief of needy and indigents, in- cluding disqualification, sanitorium and medical care, transportation and necessary care, training and education of mentally and physi- cally handicapped children, $3o0,00O
 Dependent Children u Care of children as wards of the Board of Children's Guardians, and other incidental expenses. $50,000
 Territorial Building
 Insurance, $500.
 To this total is added $4.700 in supplementary appropriations foi legislative expenses and s800000 fol roads, provided in separate bill
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Ccrdova and Chitina, Nenana and Hot Springs, Rampant and Eureka. Nenana and Unalakleet $8,000.
 Shelter Cabins
 For erection, equipment and maintenance of shelter cabins, $5,- 900.
 Commissioner of Mines
 Salary of Commissioner of Mines, S5. 900 per annum $10,000; salaries of Assistant Mining Engineers, $3,- 600 per annum, S21,6o0 salary of clerk, $2,43O per annum, $4,860 one draftsman not to exceed $200 per month, 12 months, $2,400; special filing cases, $750; travel and field, $10000 contingent expenses, in- cluding supplies printing, publica- tion of reports, bulletins, maps, etc, S3 600 total, $53,210.
 Assay Office
 Salary of two assayers, $3,000 per annum, $12.000; one assayer and field engineer, $3,000 per annum, S6 ,OOO; contingent expenses, includ- ing rent. power, light, clerical, jan itor, telephone, etc, $2,200; equip ment and supplies, $4,3O0; neces- sary travel expense, $500; total, $25 900.
 Library and Museum
 Salary of Librarian and Curator, $3 900 per annum, $6000; salary of assistant, not to exceed $1,800 per annum, $3,600; library supplies, files, stationery, postage, repairs. trans portation charges, incidentals, $500; subscriptions and binding of Ter ritorial newspapers and magazines, $1 00O; acquisition of rare books as opportunity arises, $200; total, $l1.- BOO
 Health and Sanitation
 Salary of Commissioner of Health, $1,800 per annum, $3,600; salaries of Assistant Commissioners of Health, $360O salary of Secre- tary to Commissioner of Health, $1 800 per annum, $3,600; contin- gent quarantine expense and con- trol of disease, $8,O00; travel ex- penses of Commissioner and As- sistant Commissioners, S1,000; incl dental office expenses. $500; rent for offices, including Territorial lab oratory. $3,600; light, power and telephone, $500; care of crippled children, $20,000; total $44,300.
 Pioneers Home
 General maintenance, including dental and optical work, and opera
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Letter from Pioneers Home Mail Box Tells Story of 0Idfimers al Sitkd

in the days of my prime and now that youth and health is mine no longer I feel I am entitled to live in this haven of rest without obligation to anyone.
 The people of Alaska provided this Home for it's pioneers in appreciation of what they did to develop the Territory when it was an unknown wilderness.
 A few days ago I heard the Su- perintendent tell man that if he ever heard anyone call the Pioneers Home a poor house he would ram the words down his throat. That about expresses my sentiment.
 With nothing else very important to do am going to plug for that annex with some of my political friends. I sort of feel that I am entitled to little more room in which to mediate over the past and cogitate over my sins.
 I hope you are not suffering too much from the cold wave that has hit the States. Here the weather is fine, the grass is green and prim- roses and wild daisies are blooming in the front yard.
 With sincere regards to your wife and yourself, I am,
 YOUR FATHER. .
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Continued from Page One) salary of Assistant to the Secretary to Governor $2,700 per annum, $5, 400; salary of two stenographers, $2.100 per annum, $8,400; additional special service, $1 300; contingent of flee expense, including dissemina- tion of information about Alaska and publication and circulation of pamphlets and booklets, under di- recticn of the Governor, $2,5OO; re- pairing and furnishing Governors house and upkeep of grounds, $2,- GOO; entertainment at Governors s house, $2,000; total $23,540
 Office of Attorney General
 Salary of Attorney General, $5 ,000 per annum, $1O,0O0; salary of clerk, $2, TOO per annum, S5,40O; extra cler- ical assistance, $500; travelling ex- penses, $2,000; court costs, $2,000; contingent office expense, $500; additional law books, $400; total, S21 800
 Office of Auditor
 Salary of the Auditor. 5000 per annum, S10000; salary of Chief Clerk, S2,700 Der annum, $5,400 salary of Accountant. S2.700 per annum $5,400; salary of Assistant clerk, $2,l00 per annum, $4200; ad- ditional clerical assistance, $5,400; contingent office expense. S6,000; payment to U. s. Commissioners of recording fees for vital statistics, including printing and binding rec ordS, $10,500; printing Session Laws in sheet form, $450 printing Au- ditors report and report of Board of Budget, $500; carrying into eff feet provisions of insurance laws, including travelling expenses, hear ings, reports, $3,0o0; audit accounts of Alaska University and Pioneers Home, S2,000; total, $52,850
 Territorial Treasurer
 Salary of Territorial Treasurer, $5,0O0 per annum, $10,0o0; salary of Assistant to Treasurer, S3,6OO per annum, $7,200; salary of Chief Clerk, $2,70O per annum, $5 400; sal- ary of two stenographers, $2, 100 per annum, $3,400; premium on Treasurer's surety company bonds,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

two bonds for S100,O00 each. $2,500; premium on surety company bond of Chief Clerk and tax collector clerks, S4O0; carrying into effect, School Tax Act, $500; carrying into effect Automobile License Law, S2,- 500; printing, postage, office sup plies and equipment and necessary travel and contingent expenses, $6,000; salaries of tax collection clerks and necessary travel expens- es. S17,600; audit of Territorial ac- counts. $1,O0O; total, $6l 500.
 Support of Schools
 (Biennium ending June 30. l94D
 Schools within incorporated towns and incorporated school districts, $730, ,00O; schools outside incorpor- ated towns and incorporated school districts, $515, ,000; special school fla cilities, $30000; payment of tuition to incorporated towns, etc, $32,000; clerk hire, necessary expenses and salaries, Board of Education, S5,000; total, $1,312,0OO
 Commissioner Of Education
 Salary of Commissioner of Edu- cation, $5,O00 per annum. $10000; salary of Deputy Commissioner of Education, $2,700 per annum, S5,400; salary of accountant (clerk, $2,700 per annum, $5,400; salary of assist ant clerk (stenographer), $2100 per annum $4,200; contingent office ex- pense, $2,400; printing and pur- chasing supplies for distribution to schools, $2,o00; printing biennial report, $500; publication Alaska School Bulletin, $500; traveling ex- penses of Commissioner, 5000; to- tai, $33, 400.
 University of Alaska
 Administration and maintenance, $16e. 400; Territorial scholarships $6,000; experimental work coopera- tive with Hatch-AdamS-Punell and Bankhead-Jones Act, $10000 exten- sion work cooperative with Smith, Lever and Capper Ketcham Act, $17,000; mining extension, $20,000; total, S222, 400.
 Highway Engineer
 Salary of Highway Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, $10,0O0; contingent office expense. including necessary clerical and-or technical assistance of Highway En- gineer, S6000; total, $16,000
 Telephone Lines
 Maintenance of telephone land lines between Nome and Golovin.
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ticns expense, s156,90o; salary of Superintendent, $3,600 per annunn, $72oO; insurance, $500; cemetery and landscaping, $2,00o; salary of Secretary, Board of Trustees, $l 200; salary of Treasurer, Board of Trus- tees, S1 200; total, $170,000
 Liquor Enforcement
 Salaries, trvaeling expenses, cler- ical assistance, contingent office ex- pense, $5O,O00; payment of Terri torial liquor stamps, $l5,oo0; total, $65,00O.
 Allowance to Mothers Allowances to mothers for care of minor children, $66,000.
 Rescue and Relief
 Rescue and relief of lost persons as provided in Sections 21l1-2116, c. L. A., 1883, $15,000.
 Aid to Public Libraries
 Aid to public libraries as pro-
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vided in Sections 1911 -1974. C. L, A., 1883, $5000.
 Livestock Inspection
 Carrying into effect the provs- ions of Sections 625-632, c. L. A., l933 $750; industrial and agricul- tural fairs, $8,000. Emergency Appropriation Expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out provisions of laws en- acted by the Legislature of the Ter ritory and not otherwise provided for, $5.000. Primary Election To carry out the provisions of the Primary Election Law $15,000
 Bounty on Wolves, Coyotes To payment of bounties as pro- vided by law, $l65,0Oo. This appro- priation to apply also to bounties on wolves and coyotes earned dur ing the biennium ending March , 3l 1939
 Bounty on Eagles 10 payment of bounties as pro- i vided by law, $10000 Bounty on Hair Seals To payment of bounties as pro- vided by law $60,OoO.
 Cleaning of Salmon Streams To cleaning of salmon streams as provided by law, $25,o00.
 Unemployment Compensation
 Commission
 Employment service account $2O,0OO.
 Aerenauties and Communiea ti0ns l Commission For carrying out provisions of Chapter 75, S. L. A., 1887, $70,000,
 Alaska Planning Council
 For carrying out provisions of Chapter 39, s. L. A., 1887, $20,000.
 Beard of Optometry
 Expenses of Board, $500
 Board of Pharmacy
 Expenses of Board, $500.
 Board of Medical Examiners Expenses of Board, $500
 Beard of Accountancy
 Expenses of Board, S200.
 Beard of Cosmetology | Expenses of Board $700.
 Board of Law Examiners Expenses of Board, $100. Board of Chiropractic Examiners l Expenses of Board, $500.
 Department Public Welfare administration: Expenses of Board, including salary, travel, and per diem, $60O0; salary of Director, $4,000 per annum, $8,000; salary of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

Tn both coastwise and foreign trade, Alaska last year had pros- porous year, exceeding 1898 and 1887 in number and tonnage of vessels entering and clearing the various ports of the Territory.
 Coastwise 1,464 vessels of s00,4l9 total tons entered Alaska. as com- pared with 1,463 of ,736.l67 tons in 1s38 and 1.265 of 740,5s4 in 1s37. Clearing in 1899 were 1885 vessels of 79o, ,998 tons, compared with 1876 of 660,565 tons in 1898 and l.43i of 724,714 tons in 1937
 In foreign trade. I.090 ships of 222, ,938 tonnage entered Alaska ports in 1899, compared with SIS of l92.- 031 tons the previous year and 898 of 221 ,252 tons in l937 Departures numbered 643 with 32l, ,3s5 total ton : mage last year, compared with 557 of 24s295 in 1888 and 5o5 of 225 ,964 in 1887.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-31

Alaska cost the United States app proximately two cents an acre and has produced since its purchase total exports exceeding $l 250, ,000 . 900.
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