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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-11

Hear A. Phillip Randolph at
Catholic Youth Center, $50 N.
Smith Ave-, St. Paul, Sept. "a, at
st. Paul Urban League annual
dinner. Tickets $1.-Advt.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

racket. Fishing boats are putting out of
Cuban waters all the time, heading in the
general direction of the Florida coast. Mostly
they are after fish. But some fishing captains
aren't averse to making little easy money
by chartering to a smuggler. And smugglers.
of course, can buy fishing boats Most of their
customers used to be Chinese But more and
more often, of late years. the human cargoes
In the fish wells have been Europeans.
The system is for the Cubans to bring
their aliens to an appointed place off the
Florida coast and transfer them to accom-
plices from the American side, who try to
smuggle them in. They don't often succeed.
That's where the Border Patrol comes in.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

and woman trudged along on foot. Pres
emily, they stopped at filling station, asked
in faltering English where they might find
railroad station. The question, down there
where there are no trains and all roads come
from the sea, was dead giveaway. even if the
filling station operator had not been one of the
hundreds of key people on whom the Border
Patrol officers depend for friendly alertness
and cooperation. The filling station man
called Border Patrol headquarters in Miami
foot-travelers were picked up by patrol car
Struggled aliens. Refugees. they said.
Smuggling of aliens from Cuba to the
United States is an old and well organized
Evening star., 1942-03-15
A1kfk

Here's what had happened before that
group was picked up on the highway: A
cablegram from the Border Patrols listening
post in Havana had warned Miami head
quarters that smuggling party had left.
From its own sources of information, Miami
had already learned that smugglers on the
American side had acquired boat and
seemed to be about to pull job. With boats
and cars, it established concentrated patrol.
The smugglers' confederates on land, waiting
with Car to transport the aliens north, saw
that the jig was up, and got away in hurry.
So the smuggler just set his passengers ashore,
in convenient creek, and left them to fend
for themselves Rounding them UP then, of
course, was easy.
Rough On Aliens
fate than that party. Smugglers have been
known to strand them on desolate Florida
keys. or even drown them outright.
Yes, they are hard characters, these
smugglers. t'But even so," said to one
of the Border Patrol men i'm Havana,
''would they actually play ball with fifth
cOlumnists?''
He shrugged his shoulders. ''HOw can
they tell fifth cOlumnist from a real
refugee?" he demanded. ''Can you?''
After talking with dozens of refugees, had
to admit it wasn't easy. think all talked
with were the real thing. But any one of them
- all of them, indeed - could have been
phony. None of them are simple peasant folk.
They are business and professional people -
educated, cultured, suave.
But whatever may be the truth about them,
it is easy to see why the Border Patrol is on
the alert. For their growing sense of futility
and desperation is ominous. Sorry" Uncle
Sam says to them. Probably most of you
are okay. But we can't take any chances on
the one in a hundred who might be a saboteur
or spy. You'll just have to wait
Will they wait?
The Patrol is ready for them if they don't.
The End
Evening star., 1942-03-15

ieiusSS'
~ ANSWER When he's a Fifth Colum-
mist waiting to betray his adopted land.
Mr. X arrived at United States port of
entry and presented his passport. II ~as
fake. MIR. KS papers and his story purported
to show that he was refugee from Hitler
dominated Europe. Actually he was member
of spy ring. Mr.. X thought he was cleverly
fooling the United States authorities. They
really knew all about him. The only question
was whether more was to be gained by SIAM
ming the front door in his face or by opening
it to him and then checking up on his activi-
ties and cronies. They decided &. . we'll that's
their secret.
You don't hear much about how the gov
ernment is dealing with the Mr.. KS. The
State Department and the Department of
Justice won't talk at all. But in Washington
recently was told just enough to make me
think it would be worth while to pack bag
and fly to Havana. And did.
In Havana more refugees are waiting, hop
ing trying to get into the United States, than
anywhere else in the world. You see them
everywhere - sitting in the parks, in the
hotel lobbies, in the cafes and bars, looking
aimlessly in shop windows. Smaller hotels and
clearinghouse are filled to capacity; they
are crowded in apartments and flats; hun
dreds of Cuban families have taken them in.
How many? Estimates vary But even the
lowest of them say many thousands.
90 Miles 10 Paxadiss
Mosr of them are real refugees. They have
known concentration camps and persecution.
They came to Havana with new hope swell
ing in their hearts. From Havana to Key
West, straight over the indigo waters of the
Gulf Stream, is Just 90 miles. Ninety miles
to the United States! To paradise! But the
chances of crossing that 80 miles, at least for
long time, are mighty thin. Until few
months before we went to war, we leaned over
backward to do the sympathetic thing, Jug
Cling quotas, interpreting regulations broadly.
But not now.
Uncle Sam has stopped taking any
chances on holding the front door open
unwittingly for those who might stab
him in the back. There has been too
much suspicion Of fifth cOlumnists' be-
ing taught to talk, act and look like
refugees. Stories of pressure brought on
real refugees who had left members of
their fa miles i'm Htlerized Europe. And
there have been the Mr.. KS, who weren't
stories, but indisputable, flesh-and-
blood evidence of dirty work afoot.
A friend of mine in Havana knew all this
because he was an agent of the United States
Border Patrol. That is the arm of the Depart
ment of Justice charged with seeing to it that
those who cannot get into the United States
legally shall not get in illegally. And the men
of the Border Patrol today are sitting on a
volcano - the seething volcano of tragic
human beings in Havana. For even the genu-
inc refugees grow desperate and try by hook
and crook to force their way to our shores.
On one of the long, isolated highways of
southern Florida, not long ago. three men
Evening star., 1942-03-15

In Cuba thousands of European refugees Of them
Killers agents In Florida the Border Patrol Resuli
dramatic never-ending battle keep America safe
by BENJAMIN Russell
Evening star., 1942-03-15
BOLT Tn

- UEsTIoN: When is a refugee not a
- ANSWER: When he s Fifth Colum-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17
Alaska Goes Over Million
 Bond Sales

Alaskans during the first quar- ter of the year purchased in excess of $1.0O0.000 series E war bonds with March sales the highest thus far. according to word to Van II. Fisk. local Defense Bond Chairman. from Territorial headquarters.
 Total for March was $432,729.75 bringing the total for three months to $1.940,503.75. First IS cities were Anchorage. s202.66875; Ket- chikan. S17S.506.25; Fairbanks. $176.631.25. Juneau, $134,439.25; Kodiak. s93.66775. Sitka, s63- 8O6.25; Nome. S54.O0O; Seward. $52,799.75: Petersburg. S32,4375Oi| Cordova. $24.78750; Wrangell. $18.299.25. skagway, $18,13125; Palmer. s15.975. Valdez, $1O,O45iI Haines. S8.242.50
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17

yer. The old doctor soon resigned his high position with the Hudson g Bay Company and moved to his mansion overlooking ihe falls of the Willamette, where he spent his last days in bitter reflection on the unfair treatment he had received from the Company to whom he had given his Iife's service. Defeat and disillusionment are revealed in his last letters, but to the end he re- fused to admit that his son. the ill- fated factor of Stikine. was not of the stuff his fathers dreams would have him be.
 Tn a few years the Hudson's Bay Company's hold on the Oregon country was broken. but Fort Stik- inc remained a trading post until 1867 The difficulties Of joint oc- cupation palled on the Russians but lease renewals were granted. When a final request for a lease re- newal came in 1867 the answer was that Alaska had been sold to the United States and British occupa- ton would terminate ten days af- ter May 31, 1867. Thus ended the British chapter in the history of Wrangell
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17
Bv Miss GeneYieEe NaYberry


 Fort Stikine was to be headquar- ters for the newly acquired .erri- tory of the Hudson's Bay Company. In the spring of 1840 the party to establish the fort left Vancouver on the Columbia aboard the Beaver.
 In charge was James Douglas la ter to become the first governor Ot British Columbia. With him were William Glen Rae. his wife Eloisa Mclaughlin Rae. faYorite daughter of pr. Mclaughlin and known as the Lady Of the Pacific Roderick Finlayson, John Kennedy. John Ms LoughHn Jr.. and fifty men. The party went directly to Sitka where, after a week of celebration, they proceeded to Redoubt St. Dionysius. On June l. 1840 the Russian flag came down. the Union Jack went up and the name was changed to Fort Sikine.
 When the Beaver left for Van couver she took all but twenty men with her. The Russians warned the British that they would need more men to hold Stikine, but they mad no misgivings Hardly had the Rus sians left on their way back to Sit ka and hardly had the Beaver got ten under way when the Indians started to harass the new occupants of Sikine.
 The fort site was an island at high tide accessible only by a nar- TOW bridge. Water had to be brought by means of a trough from a creek across the bay. It was fav- orite trick of the Kolosh to destroy the trough. At one time the British found it necessary to dig a shallow well that yielded brackish water. Never was more than one Indian ad- mitted in the fort at a time and il was necessary to maintain a con- stant vigil against attack. It devel- oped into a war of nerves" that would have done credit to Old World war lords.
 Mclaughlin Made Factor
 William Glen Rae, son-in-law of Chief factor Mclaughlin became the first factor at Stikine After a short time he was transferred to Calif- Ornia and Roderick Finlayson took his place Finlayson was transferred to a northern post and John Me- LOughlin Jr. became factor.
 The quarrel between Dr. Me- Loughlin and Governor Simpson was personal and one of long stand ing. It had waxed bitter, but both
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17
Murder Of Young Mclaughlin Historic
 Event Of Stikine

men were making valiant outward gestures Of diplomacy for the sake of the business interests of the Hud- sons Bay Company. The quarrel was based primarily on a clash of business policy.
 This significant period in the his tory of Wrangell parallels the per- iod of settlement in the Oregon Country. By 1840 the Whitmans were well established at Wailatpu and Americans were beginning to drift into the Willamette Valley in numbers large enough to menace the fur business.
 Governor Simpson, who had gone down in history as the No. 1 bus mess man of the fur industry, eyed this influx Of Americans with alarm. To him settlers spelled the end of fur trading. He wanted to make life in the Far West so difficult for the Americans that they would stay out. Mclaughlin idea was differ ent. He saw only the pitiful condi- tion of the trail weary travellers He fed them generously from Hud- sons Bay supplies. When the order came to cease all help to Ameri- cans he paid little attention. Thus relations between the doctor and his superior officer were strained to the breaking point. Dr. Me Loughlin was the most valuable man in the service of the company a fact which no one knew better than Simpson.
 Mclaughlin IT.
 When John Mclaughlin Jr. was made factor at Stikine it was a. gainst the better judgement of both Dr. Mclaughlin and Gov. Simpson. It was considered the most danger ous of all Hudson's Bay posts and John was no man to trust with re- sponsibility. But there was no other way. Young Mclaughlin WIS theI only available man.
 Historians have given us very little of John Mclaughlin Jr., and of that little a very small portion is good He was one of the doctor q four children mothered by his In-  dian wife, Margaret. The few facts known of Johns life show that he was maladjusted at every turn. HeI had been taken from the Canadian wilderness when young and sent in- to the heart of sophisticated Paris of the ReVoluntionary days to be educated for the medical profession. What lay between the covers of his text books could not compete with the stirring events taking place on the streets and John was sent home to Canada in disgrace. His father. knowing his shortcomings was loath to give him a place in the Company, but after Johns partiei- patton in another scrape or two the doctor put him in his own office at Vancouver where he could keep an eye on him.
 Letters edited by the Curator at
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17

Following is the second and final installment telling of the murdur of John Mclaughlin JT. Hudson's Bay trader, at Fort Stikine. Anril 20, 1842, written by Miss GeneYieve Mayberry, Wrangeu school teacher. The first appeared in last weeks Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS MAN IS9 PLEASE NOTIFY
 ATTY. GENERAL, JUNEAU

The Attorney Generals office n Juneau is trying to learn the where abouts of SIMON P. KIRBY. who Jeff the Pioneers Home in sitka some months ago. Anyone knowing his present address or location is asked to communicate with Attor- ney General Roden's office in Ju= neau as soon as possible
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17


 and his unpleasant relations with his father than any other pubIiea- tions have done.
 John Unpopular
 John was apparently much more the Indian than the white man. His torians who have mentioned him even briefly have not dealt with him In a kindly way He is pietur- ed as obstinate. morose and domsn- eering. with an inordinate taste for liquor and the native women at Stikine. He seems to have inherited none Of the better qualities Of his father br of his admirable Indian mother All of the good that has been written of John was written by his father after the SikiHe nag edy. The bereaved father bitterly berates the circumstances that brought about the death Of his son and lays a good share of the blame at the door of Governor Simpson. He speaks of John as having made the natural mistakes of youth in a difficult situation. What he had termed as extravaganza became gen erosity after the tragedy and he eX- cuses his mistakes on the grounds of ineXperienCe.
 Many and garbIed are the tales that came out of stikine after he night of April 20, 1842. All agree that John was not fitted for leader ship and that he had antagonized the men in the fort by his irrational actions. All agree also that much and carousing had pre- ceded the shooting
 However that may be, at the height of the drunken braWl a Can adian named Urbain Heroux shot and killed young Mclaughlin. For five days following the place was in an uproar. Governor Simpson, on his way from Sitka to Yaneou- yer dropped in at Stikine. He found the place in a complete state of in- subordination and besieged by great numbers of savages.
 Simpson took HerouX to Sitka and turned him over to the Rus sians. It was this act that reused the bitter fury of Dr. Mclaughlin. He felt that Simpson was guilty of a gross neglect of his duty in not conducting an official investigation. It was several weeks before he. learned of the death of his son. He then sent a vessel north to inYesti gate but too much time had elapsed. Nothing could be done Mclaughlin sent another scathing letter to Hud sons Bay headquarters this time de- nouncing Simpson, and bringing their long standing feud into the open at last. In his reply Simpson said the crime had been committed on Russian territory and was there fore out of his hands. The affair was dropped.
 Old Doctor Resigns
 Johns body was sent to Yaneou-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17

Mclaughlin House in Oregon City reveal more of Johns temperament and his unpleasant relations with his father than any other pubIiea- tions have done.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17

You Saw It In The Sentinel
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
Wenczel Tile Co.

(Confinnrd From Page One)
but Organizer James SOlon and Miss
June Wright of the eastern Office were
present and participated in the fes-
tiVitieS.
Local Isl has had Il closed shop
collective bargaining relationship with
tn" WcnczcI Tile Company during the
past two years and this party which
was financed entirely by the Company
expresses the fact that the relation
snip has been fair and very friendly
during the entire period.
The membership of the Local. its
officers and committees wish to eX-
tend to the representatives. of the
N"nczel Tile Company their sincere
thanks and appreciation for the Com
pany'S fair dealings on labor prob
lens during the past year and for
their unStintcd ritorts to make this
CHRISTMAS party success.-O.C. 1Sl.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
7,25O In Ohio Bell
Given So Boosts
WLB Orders Increases Fo,
Ohio Stuffs; Leaves WdY
Open For Union Clause

Washington.-A fiat wage increase
of 81 II week, plus varying additional
boosts for some occupations, was or
dered by the War Labor Board for
1880 employees of the ohio BELL Tele-
phone Go. throughout the state.
The pay hike, retroactive to July
II, was ordered To remove inequalities
existing between the wages of Ohio
BELL employees and those of workers
with comparable jobs in other induS
tries, the board said.
\ request by the union involved
the Ohio Federation of Telcphon,
Workers, Inc, and indcpcndcnl-foi
pany Of maintenance of member,
ship" clause was denied.
The. board left the door wide open
for future inclusion of such clause,
however.
1t pointed out that "since the exist
Ing wage agreement between the
parties will expire In ,auary 1913
the parties may negotiate the issue Of
maintenance of membership when de-
Gliding on the form OF II new agree
ment.
Several other minor requests by the
union also wer" denied.
The boards decision in all phases of
the case was unanimous except IN con
neclion with the maintenance of mem
bcrship issue. ON" union member of
the board, Robert Watt of the Amcri-
can Federation of Labor, diSScntcd on
this one matter.
The ! 2JO employees involved handl"
two-Illirds of the telephone business in
Ohio, the board said, and include
plant, accounting, directory, CONNER
cial and traffic workers. The board
acted following mediation panel "a
port on the case, but did not entirely
follow the panels recommendations
In addition 10 the fiat 81 boost per
week, the rate in the progression wage
scales for traffic and commercial EN-
ployeeS also We're revised upward.
The board said no overall average
estimate of the increases in these cases
could be made, however, because tn.
schedules vary depending on tn,
length of service of these workers, the
localities in which they work and the
specific nature of their tasks.
The present dilferentials in pay for
night shift employees In the CONNER
oial and traffic departments, compared
with day shift workers, similarly We're
adjusted upward, although not In uni.
form amounts everywhere
The Ohio Bell decision, one in (,
series involving units of the Bell Sys
TEN throughout the country, will be
followed by other orders affecting
workers in other states, the boa rd
said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
Tedmsters Launch Campaign
To Line Up Membership 1907

stewards OF the various local unions
to promote the payroll savings plan
and to see that all of the members
are signed up to invest minimum OF
10 per cent of their earnings under
that plan.
1--WE want to let our members know
that the Transfers Joint Council re-
members our brothers on the fighting
'front.'" the committee in charge de-
clared.
Part OF AFL Campaign
The teamsters' drive is part of
the billion dollar war bond campaign
launched by the American Federation
of Labor early this year. LIN order to
top the goal set by the federation,
AFL unions have been asked to inten-
sify this campaign during December.
The joint council, an affiliate of the
Sters, was the first organization here
to answer the call to action.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
WHO'S IN WASHINGTON
TODAY?

When the King and Queen came
from London to the United States be
fore the outbreak of the war the
streets of our cities were lined with
people anxious to get Il look
A few months ago Molotov of
Russia, the King of Greece the Queen
of Holland, members of the Royal
families of Norway and other coun-
tries, and quite recently n string of
Presidents and prominent officials from
Latin America have been guests at the
White House.
The above leads up to the fact that
one of most outstanding women of the
world who has perhaps done more
TO help her people than any other liv-
Ing woman has come very quietly to
the United States, to enter a hospital.
Very little attention has been paid TO
the visit of this woman, who was edu-
Gated in America-but she is here now.
That great woman Is Madame
Chang Kai-shek Of China.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
Jdps Invade
(Continupd From Page One)

being manufactured this year.
In lieu of the above statement, and
for no other reason except the al
mighty dollar. it has been brought to
the attention of the Brotherhood Off
cialS that certain stores in this dis
trict have come forth with solution
to solve all problems for the Christ
mas shopper, by disposing of Japanese
Made merchandise over their counters.
1t is deplorable to say the least that
such merchants would StOop SO low
as to take advantage of the American
people in times like this. Certainly
they cannot have the welfare of their
country at heart.
Once again we remind you when
making purchases of any kind, look
for the Union Label, and above all
else examine your purchase and make
sure it is American-Made 1t is very
necessary that YOU do this, because
falling in line with their tactics in
modern warfare, the same practice is
followed in marking their articles
Made-In-.japan, it is usually blurred
and barely noticeable to the naked eye.