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The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-06-12

to sacrifice the good name of the merchant service by their actions, and SO forth
 Following Monday Mayor Mccain and his Gouneilmen said. yes, sir; issued a statement to that effect to the newspapers.
 & <
 The Alaska Guard, authorized by the President, set Up under the War Department, and announced in The Sentinel on February 12, is now a going organization. Gov. Ernest Gruening. Commander-in-Chief of the unit. was in town this week with Capt. Carl A. schiebner. as his aide. representing Gen. Buckner,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-06-12

Plans for a railroad to Alaska
 Sentinel April 10) are going for ward. It is no military secret that survey crews went through here this week up the river in connection with the proposed project and sim liar parties are out from other points in the States and Canada. Where the iron road may go if of ficially ok'd, is undecided. One re- port is that t will follow the route of the highway between Fort St
 John and Watson Lake and then
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-06-12

to authorize the local company. Wrangel. sparked by the American Legion, was ready to go; had a skeleton organization already start ed; needed only authorization, equipment. recruiting Of a few more men and instruction. Cor complete details Of setup see story elsewhere in todays SentineL)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-06-12

Wrangell Town Council. on the alert since it first backed the Leg ion in getting Civilian Defense started here more than a year ago. swung into full military stride this week and clamped on the all out curfew at Il D. m Reason. Wran- gell is concerned with a vital de- fense industry at this time--paeking fish. Anything which might impede that industry would tend to work against the best interests of the war effort Men must be on the job: boats must clear to get to the fish ing grounds in time: everything must be kept hummng at capacity. Council held closing places of en- tertainment. bars. etc, at II o'clock was essential to the war effort.
 * *
 Mayor Harry Mccain and hisI Ketchikan Town Council are say ing 'yes. sir this week. Last Fri day Capt P. A. zeusler. Coast Guard officer in command at Ketch- ikan, issued a two-column ediet in the ketchikan papers warning First City tavern operators and liquor store proprietors that prevailing conditions there must be changed or else The Captain among other things said:
 Some fishermen, who spend hard long hours at sea, are often seen stripped of their hats and coats and probably of all their money. walking the streets after a few hours of social activity, and iR some cases holding up the move ments of their boats; some cannery workers, so completely submerged as to be completely useless for oneI or two days; some seamen of the merchant service so completely un- der the influence as to be willing
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-06-12
THOUSANDS ASK WHY
 'Ifs tbe Water"

Constant purity andrare brew ing qualities of OIymPia's fameHs subterranean water, combined with premium pricedingredients and the skill oftbreegenerationso efamiIy of Master Brewers makes Olympia SO refreshing-in a class by itself-America's Original Ligbt Table Beer"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20

abeth Mahlner, of Berlin, Md spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Lambert.
Mr.. William Bundick Of Hampton,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar l.. Bundick.
Mr.. Harry R. Parker, of Newport
News, spent the weekend with his
family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard w. Savers
announce the birth of son, John
Leonard, on November 7th in Nassa-
wadox Hospital. Mrs. Savers and
son returned home Monday of this
week.
Mr.. w. Ayres Coard, of Denbigh,
Va, spent several days this week at
his home here.
Mr.. Norman R. Vessels, of the U.
S. Navy, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Vessels here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellie Kelley, of New
Church, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Almer j. Fox.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20
Cokesbury News

Mrs. Francis Figgs, of Pocomoke
City, is spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. James Cottman.
Mrs. B. F. Moore, of Pocomoke
spent Tuesday afternoon with friends
here.
Mr.. Willard Smith and Mr.. George
Barnes of Mt. Vernon, Md, were
guests of Mr. Alan Long, Jr., last
Monday.
Mrs. Ernest Howard, of near Perry
hawl1in, visited her cousin, Mrs. Jas.
Cottman last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Tom Beauchamp and Miss Ma
RE Birmingham, of Chester, Pa, spent
last Sunday here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Peacock, of Will
liams vicinity were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rome Pussy, Sunday.
Rev. Eugene Bowman, of Philadel-
phia, Pa, is spending this week with
Rev. and Mrs. j. B. Chadwick at the
parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Birmingham and
Mrs Leonard Birmingham visited
Mrs. Charlie Birmingham at Princess
Anne, Md, Monday.
Mrs. Annie Merrill who has been
spending some time with relatives in
Virginia, has returned to the home of
her daughter, Mrs. E. w. Long.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20
Accomac News

Mrs. Malcolm H. Parker is spend
ing two months with relatives in Bos-
ton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Paris, of New
port News, spent the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. Sadie Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barton Shreaves and
son, Vaughan, of Exmore, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland Shreaves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy w. Hart, of
Melfa and their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Preston Ewell, of
Bloxom, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Harris parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
W. Parks.
Mr.. Garland P. Hayden, of Norfolk,
spent the weekend with his family
here.
Mr.. Harry Samuel Parks and Mr..
Allen T. Budd, of Machipongo spent
the weekend at their homes here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Teter and chill
dren, Fay, Cyrus, Jr., Howard, Flor
ence and John Edward and Mrs. Eliz-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20
Snow Hill News
CONTINUED from Page p

9 o'clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion L. Brown, when Miss Margar-
ct Elizabeth Corddry, daughter of Mr..
Charles w. Corddry of Snow Hill was
married to Mr.. Ralph r. Gordy, of
Salisbury. Rev. George E. Sterling,
pastor of Whatcoat Methodist Church
officiated. After wedding trip north
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordy will reside in Sal
isbury.
Mrs. Annie Dennis has returned to
Pittsville, after visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Clay Dennis.
Mrs. Thomas Nelson and Mr.. Sam
uel Parsons, of Chincoteague, spent
Sunday with Misses Sallie and Julia
Parsons.
Mrs. Roscoe Dennis, of Newport
News, Va, is visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Foreman, OF
Philadelphia, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Dickerson
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Shockley and
sons, Samuel and Lester D., of Indian
town, Miss Lola Godfrey, R. N, OF
Salisbury, and Mrs. George Moore
ST., were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Moore, Jr., and Mrs. Cora Godfrey
on Sunday.
Miss Emily Shockley, of Richmond,
Va, spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Shockley.
Mr.. Lester D. Shockley spent sew
eral DAYS in Baltimore this week.
Miss Mary Willis, of Germantown,
Pa, and Mr.. Harry Willis of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Higgins.
Miss Whsle Carmean and Mr.. Ham
nnond Cubbage, of Fort Eustis, Va,
spent the weekend at Rehoboth, DEL,
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. F. J. Lee, of Wilmington, spent
the weekend with his family here.
Mr.. Albert Laws, of Norfolk, Va,
visited his mother, Mrs. Handy Truitt
and Mr.. Truitt, this week.
Mrs. Mark Ballard, of Willis Wharf,
Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sherkey, last week.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20

Mrs. Margaret Bloxom of Audubon,
N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. John Bloxom, Of
Pocomoke City, and Mr. and Mrs. W.
V. Taylor of this place were enter
tanned to dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Ralph Taylor, last Sunday,
the occasion being the birthday of
Mrs. w. V. Taylor.
Mrs. Harry c. Bradford, Jr., OF
Snow Hill, Md. visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Beauchamp, this
week.
The Busy Bees" enjoyed a weinie
roast at Melbourne's Landing Mon
day night.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20
HOT OFF THE CREDIBLE

If too much bluing has been used
on white clothing, boiling will remove
it.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-20
{ 2 }

Twelve hundred thou
sand tons of sugar have
been saved for the Ameri-
can table as a result of the
voluntary action of the
distilling industry in con-
verting to the production
of alcohol for war pur-
poses.
This is the amount of
sugar that had been scar
marked" as necessary for
production of the alcohol
needed this year for the
manufacture of SmOkeleSS
powder; mustard gas and
synthetic rubber before
the distilling industry
began the large-scale pro-
duction of alcohol from
grain.
Association of
MARYLAND DISTILLERS
& ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Mercantile Trust Bldg. Baltimore, Md
Evening star., 1942-03-11
japanese Atrocities

Some Americans, remembering the
false atrocity stories circulated dur
ing the First World War, may be
inclined to regard with skepticism
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's
report to the House of Commons on
the barbarous conduct of the Japa-
neSe Army after the fall of Hong
Kong.
The case against the Japanese.
however, does not rest upon any real
or fancied need for propaganda to
arouse the people of this country
against their enemy, for the real
character of the soldiers of Japan
was made disgustingly evident long
prior to the beginning of this war.
When Marking fell in 1887, the
invading Japanese Army was turned
loose on the city to murder, plunder
and assault the helpless civilians.
American correspondents on the
scene, hardened as they were to the
exceSses of war in Asia, came away
convinced that they had been wit
nesSeS to a spectacle which was
without parallel in l. the history of
modern civilization. And their re-
ports were those of Impartial OBJ
servers, whose point of view was
not colored by any motive of war
time propaganda.
. Under these circumstances, the
Evening star., 1942-03-11
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

a station first of all, then fly down and
into the tray. They are best seen at close
range, when their rather small heads
may disappoint, at first sight, the. bird
watcher. in time he comes to see that
this head and neck are in keeping with
the rest of the bird.
The coloration of the turtle dove is
considerably turtle-like, but it is the ap-
pearance of the creatures in the grass
which gives them their common name, ;.
we believe.
Their legs are short, and as they go
forward, with their small heads on long
necks, they do look rather tortoiSe-llke.
The shape of the body also helps in this.
x*
In the old days, doves were kept in
cotes, as pigeons are today, but now few
persons keep doves as pets, except here
and there in the country districts.
There is, indeed, no need for cotes, for
doves are domestic creatures, and given
fair conditions will not stray far from d
neighborhood,
They, unfortunately, are subject to be-
uiS ollSU, dIlu llllS IldIuld dlly JtIluS W
keep them wary and rather on the wild
side.
Shooting of course is natural with the
natural man. Present world conditions
demonstrate this very well. Many per-
sons believe that as long as there is any
killing of animals and birds, there will
be killings of that peak of creation, man,
himself. Therefore, they argue, the per-
son who is working toward a leSsering
of the killing of birds and animals is
taking the only real step toward the
abolition of war. 1t is one thing to say
that war is hell, as Sherman did, and
quite another to do anything about it.
Ardent speeches and nice resolutions con-
demning it seem to have done little good.
The objectives of peace societies are
lamentably far from being attained. 1t
might be argued that the more kind
hearted persons argued against war, the
more it has engulfed mankind What
Is needed, evidently, is some practical
step forward in the right direction. Even
a little step is better than none a. all.
Turtle doves often winter in this
vicinity.
Many of them live hereabouts the year
around
They are not shy, when we'll treated,
but will come to a window box or other
feeding station close to the house.
A window sill feeder will be used by
them, but it may be several months be-
fore they get up enough nerve to try it.
After that, they will come every day.
A flower window box makes an excel
lent bird feeding station. The earth in
it supplies the songbirds with the git
which they need. 1t is good plan to
mix a little fine sand in the earth Of
such boxes, or sprinkle it on the surface
in one corner of the box
If small evergreen is planted at one
side, it will attract the birds, and make
them feel more at home all the time
With little food, little water. sand and
greenery, such a box supplies about
everything the wintering birds need.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Country of the MoIoqosh

Madagascar is only name to the
average American. Lying as it does
off the east coast of Africa and be-
tween the ordinary routes of trade,
it has been visited by few travellers
from the United States. Not even
to the French is the place we'll
known. In theory it is controlled by
the Vichy government. More &C
curately, however, it is no mans
territory. Reports to the effect that
the Germans and the japanese have
interested themselves in it have
reached Washington from several
different sources in recent weeks.
Because of the strategic Importance
of the island in relation to the Suez
Canal, Allied troops may be sent to
occupy the principal ports of Ma
junga, Tulear, Fort Dauphin and
Tamatave.
The natives of Madagascar might
welcome such Intervention. Despite
the efforts of several governor
generals, France has not made a
success of the administration of the
country. The Malagasy peoples con-
Stituting the predominant population
are not easy to guide or to help.
Belonging to the mysterious Oceanic
race, they live very much as their
pioneer ancestors did ages ago.
Strong, commonly graceful, reason
ably intelligent, they nevertheless
appear to be content with the limita-
tions of a society which remains poor
and barbaric. A key to the problem
of the island may be discovered in
the words of a French resident who
told correspondent of the National
Geographic Magazine: II never write
home now except on post cards. The
climate is always the same, the
people the same, everything the
same, and it would be necessary to
invent lies in order to write letter.
Hence I stick to post cards"
But Madagascar is not inconse-
quential in the turbulent world of
today. Fourth largest insular body of
the earth, it represents vast poten-
tial wealth in foodStuffs wanted in
both Europe and Asia. Under proper
cultivation the whole Malagash
country might be garden. 1t once
produced intisy rubber in quantities
until greedy exploitation rendered
the self-sown wild plants .rare and
difficult to find. The, japanese, if
they possessed the territory, un-
doubtedly would strive to develop it
to the ultimate degree. 1t is worthy
of mention taat an anti-French
fifth column" has existed in the
island since the. time of the banish-
ment of the last MalagaSh ruler,
Queen Ranavalona III, expelled in
1895.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Letters to the Editor
Discuss Issues Raised by Editorial
On Economy in Government.

Discuss Issues Raised by Editorial
On Economy in Government.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Heartiest congratulations on your edi-
torial Beginning at the Top" Thou
sands of us in the Government service
know that every word of it is true. Now,
If we could only do something about 1t
before it is too late.
But how? What are the answers? All
the big executives have to do is get ac-
quainted with their underclerks and
s1,26O typists and sl,440 stenographers.
They would hear plenty, providing the
employees could be sold on the idea Of
telling the truth.
The trouble with the Government sys-
tenn is that it primarily is based on fear.
The employees in the lower brackets have
to play up to the chiefs over them. Why?
The little matter of efficiency ratings
enters into that. AS result, many good
ideas are going to waste Initiative is
killed. 1t is in our favor to follow in
the well-trodden paths regardless OF
whether they are right or wrong. Your
supervisor is your boss and you dare not
open your mouth.
Simple procedures overlap. Old fogey
notions in letter writing. Too much at
tention to unnecessary details. They
forget the real issues and pick on the
unessentials for the furtherance of that
word efficiency" The Government has
rearhed the ton Step of "fanaticiSrn" and
all can say as mere clerk is, May
Heaven help them"
A GOVERNMENT WORKER.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Scorch the Comforts

In their retreat last summer and
fall the Russians gave new currency
to an old term of total war in their
drastic, realistic application of a
'Scorched- earth" policy. Everything
that might fall into the hands of a
the invading hosts was burned or
otherwise destroyed. The grim real
ism of this policy caught the lmagi-
nation of the world There was
nothing which so completely demon
Strated the determination OF the
Russians to fight to the last ditch.
The British, after failing to apply
the policy in Penang, adopted it in
Singapore The courageous Dutch
later did the same thing. Valuable
possessions went up in black, oily
smoke. And when the japanese
reached Rangoon, the demolition
squads of Americans and British had
left little of value, in the way of
usable goods, for them to capture.
In this country we do not yet need
to apply a scorched-earth policy.
What we need now is a "Scorched-
comforts" policy-a policy that ruth
lessly eliminates the easy comforts
which we have accumulated in the
past but which play no helpful part
in the grim future ahead Of us.
The place to apply this policy first
is to the luxurious Government in
Washington. For until it is applied
here, until the Government leaders
themselves begin to demonstrate by
their actions the seriousness of our
plight, how can they expect the
people to enter into the spirit of
sacrifice that is now war necessity?
Let the Government take the lead
In scorching comforts. Kidding an
overburdened payroll of unnecessary
frills. of the bright-eyed waSterS Of
public funds, Of the hazy expert
menters and the dabblers in what
they defend as reform" With the
Government Scorching the comforts,
ruthlessly burning and dynamltlng
the soft spots, the people themselves
will respond to the war effort with a
will and enthusiasm that no program
of pep talks on the radio can ever
inspire. America can we'll take the
example of others and, as part of
the offensive spirit we must have to
win, Scorch the comforts.
Evening star., 1942-03-11

must arrive in school the next morning
about go or 745 o'clock to clean their
blackboards and put on the new work
for the day. But when do they plan this
work? There are lessons to be prepared
for after-school classes as we'll as Tor
the classroom.
Does the general public ever hear of
teachers asking for more and varied
forms Of amusement for their spare
moments? No, teachers don't know
what it means to have time on their
hands. A teachers work is never COM
pleted.
Teachers today are doing everything
under the sun, except teach. Common
sense tells us that no teacher can dabble
in everything and accomplish any one
thing with efficiency
Teachers are employed to instruct
children and they are paid from funds
appropriated for that purpose
A SERVANT.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Water Inquiry

Private users of water in the Ma
tional Capital will welcome the full
and complete" investigation Of the
administration and operation of local
water system about to be made by
special subcommittee composed OF
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee, Senator Overton
of Louisiana and Senator Burton of
Ohio. The citizens who pay for main
tenance and operation of the cltyS
supply and distribution facilities
know that such an inquiry will cast
additional light on the lnequltleS
which have developed over the years
in meeting the growing costs OF sup
plying water to an expanding city
and. especially, to rapidly expand
ing Federal establishment.
Chairman McCarran'S subcommlt-
tee will find much valuable material
available in the Water Departments
records, including data obtained in
an intensive survey concluded in
1888 by board of inquiry. This sur
vey showed clearly how the burden
of supporting the water system has
been shifted, during the years, from
the Federal Government to the resi-
dents of this community. Whereas
the Government built the water
system and, in its early days, sold
water to private users, the picture
has changed to such an extent that
in recent years Washington's citizens
have been paying the entire cost OF
plant maintenance and expansion
and, in addition, furnishing billions
of gallons Of water free each year to
the Federal departments and reSer-
vations. During the last fiscal year,
for example, the departments con-
sumed approximately 5,250,000,0OO
gallons of free water, or about one
fifth of the entire supply. And that
was before the tremendous emer-
gency growth of Federal Offices had
reached the appalling proportions
evident today.
Against this background, the
unwiSe recommendation of the
Water Department last fall for lis
per cent increase in water rates for
Washington's private users was
promptly and properly rejected by
the District Commissioners when the
1943 budget estimates were under
consideration. It was this proposed
rate boost that moved Chairman Nc
Carran to seek a thorough inveStiga-
ton of the whole water situation.
Since September, the District has
applied for and-only this week.-Mrs.
been granted Lanham Act funds for
emergency improvements to the
water system. including pumps and
filters at Dalecarlia and additional
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Expresses Appreciation
OF Editorial on Murray Speech.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial in The Sunday Star for
March g. entitled Mr.. Murray's State
ment," was refreshing and encouraging.
The organized labor movement. eX-
emplifled in such leadership as is being
given by Mr.. Murray, is Strengthening
the effort to speed war production so
that no achievement goal can be classed
as impossible.
Your readers would be interested in
knowing that the local c. I. o. in this
area is supporting Mr.. Murray and act
ing upon the proposal of Donald Nelson
of the War Production Board by taking
appropriate steps towards guaranteeing
the establishment of joint Management
Labor Production Committees.
Production now is worth a hundred
fold the same production next year. Pro-
ducti0n now will get its greatest 'inspira-
ton from a changed military situation.
There can be no doubt but that if the
advice of Wendell Willkie and 1t. Col.
herman were taken at this time so as
to bring about strong all-out attack now
on new front in Europe against the
source of all the Axis strength Hitler
Germany-then the productive genius of
the American working people, through
their labor unions, and American engi-
neering genius could certainly keep apace
with all the requirements of our taking
the offensive against the Axis.
Your editorial is significant contri-
hI1tinn to the u,innipO of tho uar
SIDNEY r. KATZ,
Evening star., 1942-03-11
A Mocking Bird

He is je1Ueler-that n1ocking bird:
Against the smooth black uelUet OF
the night
He spreads his gorgeous WareS uliue
eUith fire
And Udricolored light.
His trays of rubieS drip their crimson
1Dine,
His amethySts are HlacS in the rain,
His clustered garnetS are as clear
and red
As ne1D-cruShed berry stain,
And oh, his didmondS-cold and hard
as icei
He holds them in his bedk to Sho,o
their north,
And t1UirlS them there and lets their
SpGngled rays
Splinter the ddrkened earth.
A dealer In gold and silver, fire and
flame,
He cries each precious jeaDel By its
name,
GRACE NOLL CROWELL.