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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
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By JACK STINNETT


 WASHINGTON-Will Nazi bombs fall on the U. s. A? German threats of reprisals for the bombing of Der lin have revived that old contro- versy here in Washington. The fact that these threats specifically men, tioned East Coast cities in the Unit ed States (Boston, New York and Washington caused 0CD Director James Landis to caution civilians to hop to the business of preparing for any eVentualities.
 AS for the air experts, there are some differences of opinion as to the probability of Nazi air raids, but those differences are a good deal less than a few months ago.
 Value to Germans
 What could Germany gain by bombing the United States? (D A terrific morale weapon Pictures of burning American cities carried in the Nazi press would give the Ger man people a feeling that .isolat- ed' America also was catching 1t. That would answer their demands for reprisals, and convince them that Nazi air power is capable of striking back.
 (2). A raid would cause a clamor here to keep more interceptor and fighter planes at home, thus relieV-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
WOLVES KILLED KOLBY0 IS TITLE OF AUTHENTIC
 ACCOUNT IN SPORTSMAN

Hunters and trappers of h e Ketchikan area speculated for months upon the disappearance of Crist Kolby. This experienced woodsman had not returned from his winters trapping. The fate of Crist Kolby was not determined until a party went to his lonely cabin and secured the surrounding wilderness. Wolves Killed Crist Kolby," by ". R. Selfridge, head of the party, is the story of the findings of this quest, printed in The Alaska Sportsman for April. Searehers found mute evidence to
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reconstruct a fatal drama.
 Alaska's answer to the gasoline and rubber shortage is summed up humorously in the title of Edna Walker Chandler's story, NO Gas oline? Use Fishi". It seems that many Alaska sourdoughs and na- tiYes are dusting off their sleds and resuming their old practice of mushing. since gasoline is no long CT available for motor transit.
 The April issue of The Alaska Sportsman also features the story Of a young couple wno, with their Eskimo guide, mushed Seventy five Niles for a Fresh Steak" Ae- cordiRg to the author. Dorothy In man, those savory reindeer steaks repaid them amply for their long dogsled journey.
 "A Woman Named Mary" by E. L. Walker Is the story of a half breed woman who depended upon the Indian Office until, after her marriage to a no-good white man, she became ineligible for dele. and learned eventually that she could help herself.
 Not to be overlooked is the Husky dog frontpieee which ac- companies a poem by Robert L.. Richardson. Richardson is a private in the Army. but maybe that's a military secret. At any rate. he feels the spirit of the North, and that spirit shows itself iB his plea of the Siberian Husky"
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on stamps and bonds to win tas war.
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OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PRINTED IN THE TERRITORY
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DELEGATE DInOND ASKS INFORMATION CONCERNING
 MISSING ALASKA MINER

In a letter 10 The Sentinel Dele gate Anthony J Dimond asks for assistance in trying to locate John Phillip Drahos, who left his home in Portland. Oregon, for Nome in 1920-21. The letter says.
 Information is desired on the whereabouts of Mr John Phillip
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Drahos. approximately 54 years of age. Mr Drahos left Portland. Ore gon for Nome. Alaska in 1920-21 as a miner"
 Anyone having information con eerniug the missing man should immediately write Delegate Dimond in care Of the House of Represent atives. Washington. D. C.
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RETURN HOME

Mr. and Mrs. Einer Otteson re- turned home this week after spend ing the winter in Seattle Mrs. o. teson is the daughter of Mrs Chris tine Darwell. Wrangen pioneer wo- man.
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LaVerne Bolton and Jennie Kong.
 Having completed courses here. Mrs. Fohn-Hansen is leaving for Ketehikan where she will conduct similar courses.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Uncle Rays Corner

Yesterday we were speaking Of the
water buffalo of India, the oxlike
animal which will give tiger a good
fight unless it is taken by surprise.
There is much more to tell about it.
Nature gave the water buffalo
long horns which tend to slant back
ward over the shoulders. Some
times, however, the horns stretch
outward more than backward.
In other cases the horns are much
curved, growing outward and then
curving back toward the head. The
horns arc hollow but strong.
Water buffaloes spend much Of
their time In herds and there may
be so of them in a single herd, or
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
A Problem of Entries

A Problem OF Entries
It required great good luck Tor
Ncrth-South to make their con-
tract in this deal, but it also re-
quired more skill than the declarer
possessed.
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North East. South. West.
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sSouth's two no-trump was an
overbid, but it is difficult to find a
good bid on this hand. Three clubs
would be equally an overbid, and
neither one no-trump nor two clubs
did South's cards justice. In such
situation, most experts manufac-
ture a temporizing bid. In this case
one diamond would have served.
West opened the diamond king.
South ducked but won the second
diamond lead because he feared a
heart shift more than the posi-
bility of setting up Vests diamonds.
II East had third diamond. West
would have only two left to cash.
Declarer then set about estab-
fishing his longest combined suit.
He cashed the club ace, then led a
low club and welcomed the ap-
pearance of Vests queen. Dummy
took the king and cashed the Jack
and declarer came back to his hand
with another club to lead the spade
queen. West covered and North won
with the ace. But now South
couldn't get back to his hand, so he
had to lead the spade jack and hope
that the ten would fall or that East
would have it. 1t was West who
had it, however. and three more
diamonds as we'll.
Declarer could have saved himself
the extra entry he needed by lead
ing the spades before he played
clubs. Then when West covered
the spade queen South could return
to the club ace and lead a club.
After cashing dummy's two high
clubs, South's nine would put him
in to lead the spade suit, and the
luck of finding the ten right and the
spades split would have given him
10 tricks instead of the eight he
actually scored.
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vulnerable, you held:
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Schenken. You. Lightrer. Jacoby
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does not warrant a two bid, nor
since you are strong in the other
major, a pre-emptive bid.
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Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
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Evening star., 1943-04-06

even more. Each year the herds
split up for time into small groups,
in which there may be one male
and three or four cows.
Wild water buffaloes still are to
be found in India, but they are not
nearly SO common as the tame ones.
Thousands of years ago the people
of India found that they could
gather these animals and keep them
on their farms. Very likely they
started out by capturing calves and
bringing them up" but that part
of the story was lost in the dim
and distant past
Water buffaloes today are raised
on farms in almost every part of
India, also in Ceylon, Java, Sumatra
and other islands off the coast of
Southern and Southeastern Asia.
The buffalo COWS give a fine sup
ply of milk, often more from one
animal than from an average COW
in our land A thin butter, rather
like paste, is made from the milk
and is popular in India.
1t may seem strange that an anil
NAL which will dare to fight tiger
can become tame and easily man.
aged Yet the water buffalo can
be led around with safety by small
child.
A water buffalo is stronger than
an OK, and can pull heavy plow
or wagon. 1t will transport big
load on its back, but care must be
taken when it goes across country
with sucn a load. If it comes to a
pond or stream, it is likely to plunge
into the water and, as result, the
goods on it's back may be soaked.
There were water buffaloes on
the farms of ancient Egypt. Prob
ably the ancestors of the beasts
were brought to Egypt from Asia.
Water buffaloes are not native
to Europe, but they have been i'm.
ported to that continent. They
work on the farms of several coun-
tries of Southern Europe, including
Greece, italy and Hungary,
Evening star., 1943-04-06
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send sef-addressed envelope bearing
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Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Every Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Qualifying Tests
To Be Held Frid0y


Specialized Training Program and
the Navy College Training Program
will take qualifying examinations in
Room 208 of Bluffton High school
at 9 a. m. on Friday, A. j. B. Longs
dorf, Superintendent of Schools, an
nounced today.
Most boys accepted for either the
Army specialized training program
or the Navy college training pro-
gram will eventually become COM
missioned officers in the army, navy,
marine corps or coast guard" Mr..
Longsdorf said.
''1he Army and the Navy will
pay all expenses at the colleges of
students selected on the basis of
Fridays tests. Since there will be
no further tests for some months, all
high school students or recent grad
uates will have to take the April 2
examinations to qualify for this
training. This is an excellent OPP
portunity for every ambitious boy,
especially for those who are likely to
be drafted within the next year."
The purpose of the tests is to aid
in the selection of prospective officer
material for the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard. The exam
inations are designed to test the ap-
titude and general knowledge of the
candidates who will express a choice
for the Army or Navy at the time
Of the examinations. Those who are
selected for either the Army special
lied training program or the Navy
college training program will at
tend college with all expenses paid
by the respective services.
Boys II to 81 years of age in the
high school senior class or in college
or eligible for college may take the
tests, it was stated by Supt. Longs
dorf.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Guests May Have To Bring Own Meat
For Dinner, Under Rationing Program

Guests coming for dinner may
have to bring their own meat or else
the average family will have to save
up their coupons for some time in
order to accumulate sufficient point
values to purchase meat for all the
guests.
Whether that will be the solution
or not, it is going to be a difficult
problem to give dinner for guests
under the meat rationing program.
Technically the only way meat can
be bought for guests is to have them
buy it separately and then bring it
to the party, OPA experts said. This
wouldn't be much of a problem if the
menu called for chops but if big
rcast were on the menu then likely
everybody would have to go to the
butcher shop together, each asking
for a piece of roast, and asking the
butcher to leave it all in one piece
The difficulty lies in the fact that
no one is technically allowed to buy
meat with the ration books of any
one outside his immediate family.
Another strange angle to the sit
uation is-if you go to a meat mark
ct and buy sandwich meat you must
surrender ration coupons but if you
go to restaurant and buy the mea,
in sandwiches you can obtain it with
out coupons, providing the sale oi
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Instructions Given On What To
Do In Case OF Enemy Air Raids

hit your house it should be put out
with spray of water.
6. Make no attempt to turn off
the main gas valve unless your
house is badly damaged. Once the
valve is shut off, it should be turned
on again only by the trained man
from the gas company.
z. Do not telephone. This tends
to crowd the wires SO that important
official information can not get thru
1t has been urged that all families
become acquainted with their air
raid wardens and familiarize them
selves with the requirements for
safety.
Someone in each family should be
appointed to remember all of the
rules and to take charge of the sit
uation should an emergency arise.
The mother is recommended.
Emergency water and sand should
be stored in sufficient quantities to
be of assistance in fire fighting.
Altho the likelihood of enemy
bombs falling on individual houses is
small, the theory of the civilian de-
fense organization is that it is better
to be prepared and not have any
thing happen than to be unprepared
during a bombing raid.
The towns ability to meet emer-
gency conditions has been strength
ened during the past week with an
addition Of a considerable quantity
Of protective equipment loaned to
the town by the National Office of
Civilian Defense for the duration of
the war.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Juarez, Liberator OF Mexico, Faced
Problems Like Those Of Lincoln

began in 1856 Juarez played lead
ing role. Serving first as Minister
of Justice and then as Vice President,
he succeeded to the Presidency IN
1853. The reform laws, which sought
to limit the powers of the clergy and
to return to the masses of the people
the land that had been incorporated
in huge estates during the colonial
period, evoked strong opposition, SO
that it was not until January, 1861,
that Juarez and his liberal forces
were finally triumphant.
Hardly had internal peace been re-
stored than Juarez was confronted
by Intervention from abroad. Unable
to meet the obligations on the for
eign debt, he had decreed a tempor-
airy suspension of payments in 1861.
Under the pretense of enforcing
payment but in reality seeking to
establish a colonial empire, Napoleon
III of France poured 10000 troops
into the country and by 1864 had
succeeded in placing the Archduke
Maximilian on the throne of Mexico.
Although Lincoln condemned the
Intervention, his hands were tied by
his own civil war. Confronted by
the possibility of United States ac-
tion after 1865, and the continued
opposition of the forces under
Juarez, French troops were with
drawn. With that withdrawal the
government of Macmillan crumbled
and he himself was captured and
shot i'm 1867.
Thereafter, with the same forceful
determination and high idealism that
had characterized his struggle against
feudalism in the War of the Reform
and for liberty in the war against
Napoleon, Juarez continued to meet
the problems of reconstruction until
his death on July Is, 1872.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01

With the first test blackout sched-
uled for the near future, and as
precaution against possible enemy
air raids, instructions were outlined
this week by Clair Fett, director of
the Bluffton civilian defense council.
During the test blackout all of the
precautions to be taken in case of an
actual enemy air raid are to be fol-
lowed it was indicated. The follow
ing rules have been suggested to
promote civilian safety:
/. At the sound of the first warn
ing signal take shelter. If you are
at home you should turn on the
radio.
2. At the sound of the second sig
nal all lights should be put out.
Keep away from the windows and
never look out. All lights that can
be closely screened should be put out
so that the enemy will have moth
ing to guide him.
3. Stay home. A place of refuge
should be decided on before any
raids come. Generally this should
should not be left once the raids
start.
A. Keep calm and cool. If you
are at home go into your refuge
room and lie down. If bombs fall a
good place is under. a sturdy table
with strong legs. If the raid starts
when you are away fro mhome you
should lie down under shelter. Pro
tect the back of your head. Do not
look up.
5. If an incendiary bomb should
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01

sandwiches is regular part of the
business.
One of the most unusual features
of the new program is that which
permits the butcher to reduce cou-
pom costs for the first two months
of rationing according to his own
meat supplies. They can cut point
values on over-stocked items that are
in danger of spoilage.
The most popular meat items We're
pegged at s points per pound but the
average was about 6 points per
pound, because of the fact that OPA
set some bargains at l point per
pound for bacon rind, pigs ears and
fresh pigs feet.
OPA has also offered an answer
to the mystery of "what is hamburg
err? BY OPA regulation it is beef
ground from necks, fanks, shanks,
briskets, plates and miscellaneous
trimmings and beef fats.
As far as OPA is concerned other
ground meat is something you bought
on the basis of point values in the
original cut and then had it ground.
A similar formula applies to such
things as rib roasts which you must
buy and pay for in its original form.
If you want the bones taken out
and the. meat rolled that is your de-
cision.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Dried Soups Slashed so Per
Cent; Some Items are
Higher
RaisinS and PruneS Now Take
no Points; Points Based
On Demand

Re-shuffling of point values in
which some items were lowered or
eliminated from rationing and others
increased was announced this week
by the Office of Price Administra-
ton.
Fruit juices require fewer of your
blue ration coupons while raisins
and prunes take none at all
The point value of dried soups is
being slashed so per cent, but more
points will be needed for canned
beans, catsup and chill sauce, to-
mato paste and sauce, applesauce,
fruit cocktail, peaches and pine
apple.
The fruit juice reductions range
up to 60 per cent. These and the
cuts on dried soup were made be-
cause the products We're not selling
up to expectations, officials said. The
greatest reductions are on 46-ounce
cans of juice. This size can of
grapefruit, posted for % points in
March, will now take only 8. A 46-
ounce can of tomato or pineapple
juice will require % points instead
of 80.
Apple juice was opened to unre-
stricted sale along with raisins,
prunes and other dried fruits. Off
cials explained the dried fruits are
in danger of spelling in the coming
warm months, while the country has
surplus of apples that can be
turned into cans or jugs of apple
juice.
REMINDERS TO BUYERS
Dried fruits were left on the Off
cial chart, at zero value, as a re-
minder that they may be rationed
again when the new crop is packed
OPA said no overall increase in
ration is possible at present.
Kenneth E. Stauffer, chief of the
processed foods division of OPA in
Washington explained: "This new
chart represents a shifting of point
values from one item to another,
but no change in aggregate point
values. In my opinion, there is very
little possibility of any lowering of
aggregate point values"
A, B, AND c STILL COOP
The new chart will be used in
making purchases on any unused
March or April fruit and vegetable
stamps. There are the blue A, B,
and G (March-expire March 81 or
D, E and f (ApriD stamps in ra-
tion book No. 2. The basis ration
remains at 46 points per month per
person.
Among the lesser changes in the
new chart were these:
Some large size package of frozen
foods we're increased slightly in point
values, although the cost of most
popular size packages were un-
changed.
Canned tomato soup was put in
separate classification without anv
change in point values. Stauffer
said this mean a possible differential
between tomato and other soups in
the future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01

The Btufton NeaUs presents
another iR the series OF ampcSt-
ant bat little knotOm aspects OF
South Ansericd.-EDIToR.
God and nature together shaped
him to lead in the van,
In the stress of the widest
weather, when the nation need
ed q man.
These words Of the poet which so
aptly describe Lincoln, might with
equal appropriateness be applied to
Benito Juarez, the national hero of
Mexico. Just as Lincoln, in one of
the great crises of American history
emerged to preserve the Union and
bring about a great social reform, so
in Mexico did Juarez appear in one
of the fateful periods of Mexican
history and achieve similar pur-
pose.
There is a striking similarity in
the character and personality of
these outstanding patriots of two
sister republics. Born within few
years of one another, both were in a
very real sense a product of the
people; Lincoln born in a log cabin
of humble parents, Juarez in an In
dian hut in the state of Oaxaca.
Both stood and fought for the high
est principles of democracy. Both
were confronted by serious threats
to the maintenance of those prin-
ciples, Lincoln by forces operating
within the country, Juarez by ele-
ments both within and without the
nation. For neither of them could
there be a compromise with what
they considered to be the funda-
mental requisites of national life,
and through a tenacity of purpose
and an answering devotion to duty,
they both accomplished the mission
they had been called upon to per-
form.
Born on March 81, 1906, in the
little mountain village of San Pablo
Guelatao, Benito Juarez was the son
of pure-blooded Zapotec Indians. He
was orphaned at an early age and
did not learn to speak Spanish until
the age of twelve, when he was TAX
en- to the city of Aaxaca. Placed
under the care of a kindly priest, a
new horizon opened up before him.
He received fairly extensive edu-
cation and graduated with a law
degree in 1884.
With that origin and that back
ground it is not surprising that
Juarez should have become a cham
pion of the people. As district at
torney, judge, deputy in the Nation
al Congress, and Governor of his
native state, Juarez constantly up
held the right of the people and be-
came a leader of the Liberal party
in opposition to the pretensions Of
the conservative oligarchy that hae
inherited power after the declaration
of independence from Spain in 1910
In the great liberal movement tha,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Point Values Are Resulted By
OPA; Big Reductions In Fruit Juices

Another new classification is for
canned or frozen corn on the cob,
priced at two points per ear.
The chart also lists the things
that are not rationed, so as to lessen
confusion on some bordering items.
Unrationed list include cereals, corn
syrup, figs and dates, mushrooms,
gravy mixes, jams and jellies, milk,
pickles, peanut butter, soft drinks
and spices.
INCREASE EXPLAINED
Explaining why some items drew
higher point Values, OPA said:
"Those items that are given higher
point values for April (actually eff
fcctive March 29) sold in March at
rate faster than the supply situa-
tion could support under rationing.
For example, applesauce was selling
128 per cent faster than scheduled
in relation to other items; salad
fruits and fruit cocktail were moving
so per cent ahead of schedule, peach
es, "a per cent; pineapple, 25 per
cent; and lima beans, 100 per cent.
Tomato catsup and chill sauce were
otnel items that were reported to be
selling very fast, and hence had
their values Increased"
Although point values of all juices
were cut, the heaviest cuts were
made on the GA ounce size, in which
size about two-thirds of the annual
pack is canned. Sales of this size
had been at virtually standstill, in
spite of former popularity.
Dry soups also had been selling
slow. Canned soups started the
month slow, but picked up at the
end of the month and values were
left tentatively unchanged.