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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-12

an order might have been made
 granting 25Gs increase in a cer-
 tain department to the Alaska em- ployes Of that department who had
 been recruited in the States but denying it to the employees who had been hired in Alaska. Prompt
 inquiry gave the information that no such order had gone into effect and that it was only a tentative suggestion made by some one who was not fully informed about the effect of such an order. Later in formation indicates that there will be no discrimination whatever in pay of Civil Service employees in Alaska as between those who are hired in the States and those who are hired in Alaska
 Unfortunately. the Post Office employees in Alaska are not able to benefit by such an increase uu- less and until Congress takes action Accordingly, l have introduced the bill to authorize the Postmaster. General to grant a 25fo increase to all the postal employees in Alas ka. Similar bills were before the 77th and 76th Congresses but were. not then favoably considered be- cause they were opposed by the Bureau of the Budget Ii seems
 likely that since all other Federal in Alaska will sooner or later receive a 25ea differerntial in pay that the demands of justice. will impel the Bureau of the Budget to no longer oppose the granting of a similar increase 10 employees of the Post Office Department in the Territory.
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2. q. s. :. .- -- ]. ]. I. % .s I. i 3 ALASKA AND THE NATION !
 by E ANTHONY J. DIMOND ' Alaska Delegate To Congress , ]. +' s ss t % < ]. s' '' ss ss F
n0Ln MINING

So many inquiries have been re- eeived concerning the possibilities Of continuing gold mining in Alaska that it seems well to outline what may be done.
 Under the provisions of the gold mining limitation order L-208. signed on October s. I942, any per- son is permitted to take an appeal to the War Production Board ask ing for permission to continue op- eration. The appeal. under the terms of the order, must be based upon exceptional and unreasonable hardship. Several of the smaller Alaska operators have taken such appeals, and in every instance that has come to my knowledge, the ap- peal has been granted and the op- orator permitted to continue to work his claims. All these appeals, however. involved only small oper- ations where the men employed were all above military age, and none of them was eligible or quail flied for military service or for work in underground metal mining. Numerous appeals have been taken by operators in the States, and many of those, too. have resulted in continued operation.
 In all such cases the Board will take into consideration the effect of inc closing down of gold mining up on the life of the community. This was one of the elements which re- suited in the continued operation Of the great Homestake Mine off South Dakota and of the mines in the Cripple Creek district of Color ado.
 The appeal is taken by a letter 10 the War Production Board in duplicate, setting forth the pertin-I ent facts and the reasons why theI applicant considers that he is en- titled to relief. Care should be talk en to state all the facts so that the Board will have a clearer picture of just what conditions are and what is desired.
 To anyone who knows anything about gold mining, it seems plenty dumb" that the gold placer mines were included in the terms of theI order in the first place. Men engag-i ed in placer mining are not by real son of such experience any better qualified for underground non-fer-I rous metal mining than fishermen or farmers would be. And yet, the gold placer mines were embraced in tie terms of the order, and the Board has continuously declined toI modify the order so that placer min ing for gold should be exempted.
 If those who appeal to the Board for permit to continue operation will send me a copy of their appeal, it will give me an opportunity to join in the appeals and to furnish to the Board whatever information 1 have as to each individual case.
 Salary Differential in Alaska
 It now seems clear that, except for Post Office employees, the sev- eral departments of the Govern ment operating in Alaska may grant a wage differential to their em- ployees in the Territory of not to- exceed 25% above the compensa- tion paid to employees holding sim- liar positions in the States. The Civil Service Commission has point ed out that it has no authority to compel such increases but that the increases may be made by the heads of departments.
 Some days ago, several telegrams coming from Alaska indicated that
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-12
MOTHER -INAW
GETSA RIDING

TARENTTM Pa.-Heu call him aohn Doe fer We wouldn't dare rez veal his read name He was driving along when He was stopped by AT 0PA agent sAra you driving for pleasure?' hs was asked We'll II tell you he snapped. I'm go= ing to visit my mother=in-law, and if you call that pleasure. you eaa take my bIankety- blank ration bookln They didn't take the book.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday. February 1H
 I0:o0 q m sunday School
 1l:o0 ]. m Morning Wor n
 b:f5 . m. Clipper CIuaa Tuesday. February I6
 7:0U D. n. Wransen Institute Wednesday,. February HI
 zoo ?. n Prayer service.
 H:00 D. n Missionary Society Friday. February I9
 1:&0 D. h. Choir pfaetic. Saturday. February -
 7:0o D. n Sunday School H#HH
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Assignment to Committees

By Resolution which was adopted by the House on January .. have been assigned for the 78th Congress to membership on the fol lowing committees:
 Indian Affairs, Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Military Affairs Mines and Mining. Naval Affairs Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, Roads. Territories.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Army Doing It's Bit
Toward CONSERVING
Rationed Foods
Consumption Reduced
By Careful Planning; Men
Unowore Of Any Change
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT DEVENS. Mass. March l.
What's the Army doing about ration
ing food?
Take the word. of Maj. Herbert S
Potter, chief of this forts personnel
division, the Army is doing its bit to
conserve foods in which there is a
civilian scarcity. but the soldiers
aren't going hungry.
Consumption of coffee. meat
sugar. butter, tea and other food
stuffs has been reduced considerably
but, Maj. Potter says, the soldiers
aren't aware Of it-thanks to care
full planning"
In fact. the Army's food conserva-
tion program began more than a
year ago, and, despite great savings.
not single soldier has been de-
prived of his prescribed 4,200 calories
a day. if he wants them.
And the Army has gone out of its
way to help the civilian food
problem.
Set Up Marketing Centers.
"One of the initial steps was to
interfere as little as possible with
the distribution Of food, Mai. Potter
said. This was done by establishing
some IS marketing centers through
out the country for the purchase of
perishable foods.
These marketing centers were
located near the source of supply
and the large market areas. BY a
series OF careful checks the Army
was able to plan its purchases SO as
to buy items which were plentiful
and not to strip the market of any
single item. That helped the civilian
food problem Immediately.
Then the Army's food planners
began experimenting.
They reduced coffee servings for
each soldier from go to 40 times
q month-the equivalent of one and
one-third times a day-and they
hope to get it down to 80 a month
In the near future. They sub
stituted tea, cocoa, milk and various
kinds OF fruit juice, and, said Maj.
Potter. the men liked it.
Save Much on Brewing
Rigid control of brewing resulted
In the saving OF pounds for each
100 men per meal.
The estimated savings brought
about by the Army's coffee con-
sumption saving program is about
10000 pounds a day." Maj. Potter
asserted. This can either release
that much coffee for civilian con-
sumption or decrease the amount
Of shipping necessary to import
coffee"
BY brewing tea I ounce to 10 gal
Ions Of water instead Of Z ounces
to 7 gallons of water, and allowing
it to steep minute longer, a 30
per cent saving was realized on that
commodity.
Butter rations were reduced from
nine pounds per 100 men each day
to eight pounds-including the
amount used in preparing food
That gave each man better than
an ounce q day, sufficient, Maj:
Potter said, to meet requirements.
We've done just about the same
thing that the average housewife
has done In conserving meat" he
continued. 'First OF all, we've in
augurated the Army's counterpart
Of the meatless day.
"But instead of cutting out all
meat one day, we discontinued the
meat IN three meals served on diff
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Virginia Tech Alumni
To Hold Smoker Tonioh,

The Washington Chapter of: the
Virginia Tech Alumni Associatio
will hold a smoker at 7:45 o'clock
tonight in the Hamilton Hotel.
Prof. R. H. Mcneil of the school
faculty will address the meeting on
The Future of Virginia Tech and
Her Position in the War Effort"
Motion picture high lights of Techs
football season will be shown at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1943-03-01

ferent days, The amount of food
saved is the same but the men
aren't conscious of the fact that
the meat has been reduced"
Each soldier gets about three
ounces of sugar day-more than
the average civilian consumption
but it isn't all sugar bowl" sweet
ening, as a portion of the soldiers
allotment goes into cakes, pastry
and other foods.
And the Army, like most house
wives, saves all its greases and fats,
except new fats, for salvage.
New fats are used in delicately
favored cakes, pastries and cookies.
And are they good? Ask any
soldier,
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-24

He cuts the sleeve and puts supha my wound There's
time to do we're being rushed.
4 lie there about hour listening to the firing off TO
right and left where the enemy trying to hold the high
ground there
All at rifle is showed in my face 1t has a bayonet
backed up by tough looking u infantryman Another
sticks from the bushes to the left Of The muzze Of
that Garand looks mile wide Who the hell you? says
the soldier.
Paratroop uniforms look supiciously like Italians For
this distinct markings sleeves but
has been cut off TO treat ar just stare at the soldier.
can I speak because of the bullet through my lung.
Soon sergeant appears He finds the u s. insignia
my uniform and calls for medic He asks where I'm shot
point He goes to his Battalion Aid Station-the division
coming nowto evacuate but the station isn't up yet
They wait for Our paratroop boys have tackled right
To divisions leading egheieHs and moving iHiaHd
Il start walking along the road hoping to meet returning
truck It's or Once see Jack Blankeshp big
private from my platoon 60 by carrying captured German
M34 machine gun. Look what got Lieutenant he says
Then he asks how am. talk little now tel him
have felt better
About company officer comes riding up
borrowed straw cart drawn BY burro He lays
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-24
" .

the back but it's too tough riding have to get out
He takes me to farmhouse and puts me in bed.
After awhile he back with haton truck weapon
carrier They drive me to the beach Aid Station They put
ulpha in nv back wound and lay strecher and take
aboard ship of the invasion barges The doc meets
me there and from then get wonderful treatment.
We wounded lie in the ships hospital and listen TO the
battle overhead. Still unloading high explosive ammunition,
the ship under bombing for two days and two nights
Family hear the intercom system broadcasng the
fight and medics shuttle down to tell the Once
stick Of bombs land each side of the ship but the unloading
ammunition stops This ship alone accounts for nine
planes
He pauses TO conceal his labored breathing
I'D like to get back he adds trying to flex the fingers
his right hand TThe docs tell they can fix this
by removing bone spntes don't know how long takes
aiuRg to
But I'd like outfit really do something, They
tell us such hell Of fighting unit I'd like TO help
prove Not waste all that training in haphazad nights
fighting 49,
His face twists in bitter disappointment
He mentions his But the Haloran General
Hospital files record as William Nauge Second Lieutenant
wounded In action.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-24

land in trees or on pedup cobbestones peculiar to Sicily
There are many sprained ankes-rea sprainsbut the
po right ahead They form on line of the equipment
chutes the ma ority of which collect in the dark
No the platoon seriously injured but none OF
MS knows where either We can't orient ourselves
beyond the knowledge that we're about three miles into Sicily
Then hear the guns of barrage booming from the
beach and know that the invasion started The enemy has
spotted yet Apparently they didn't see our planes
flying that low.
Then searchlights flick on all around and hear
50caber machine gun fire on our right and le1-we don't
know at what.
It's ptch.back now for the operation planned for
moonse about this decide to the men and equip
ment down road the road intersection where
up and delay enemy renocements toward the beach
AS we start down the road another group Of men
We challenge them in the dark and get our password II
another pararop unit commanded by 1t Gensemer VINO lives
% miles from my home in Pennsylvania.
We find one of executive officers wandering around
alone He doesn't know where are either We decide TO
break up into guerrilla groups.
Approaching the road intersection hear voiceslaan
voices There's deep ditch each side Of the road We
light carbne automatic and service pistol and grenade Para
troopers carry everything from machine guns and morars)
Il throw grenade at the sound of these voices. Sgt
Reynolds of Gensemers platoon gets the idea Our
ernade explode together I'm the first the right side
the road and crawl up thinking the enemy guard may have
been wiped out by these grenades,
81" come to big pipe the ditch covered by small gravel
path TO crawl in the pipe to through when hear
footsteps pattering over head.
Evidently patrol larger group of defenders is run
ming toward the sound of exploding grenades...
Il already have my head and rifle in the pipe when one
enemy fires from above The first shot hits right
arm below the elbow The bounces crafty The second
hits lust below my neck back There absolutely pain
Just stunning shock don't know how bad I'm hit until
cough blood e..
evps nay Pfc-named MllSan.
He opens fire with his rifle behind and dspeses the enemy
for the pull myself into the pipe and lie there
Nobody can help yet for the enemy has formed a
srmsh line and have and they open up each
other The enemy has the advantage first and drives
back Then counter-aack and after hour and
half tfey manage to get back To
IN Tho ffrt ryNTra auhs
attract my attention It's Sgt Reynolds and another boy
pull myself Of the pipe not knowing what had become Of
everybody crawl them One Of them gets equip
ment IT, now getting daylight crawl down the ditch
Meantime Gensemer has set UP machine gun at the road
intersection The boys help back about 800 yards and leave
rndar bis apple tree With Of the boys from my platoon
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-24
RACN FROM HILL . . ABu Burris Jenkins. .yr.
Shot in Bee k, Arm,
PorQtrooper els
Of Battle in Sicily

Ills BREATHING is light and puffy and irregular where
the bullet pierced his back below the neck and tore dowr
through the right lung to disappear somewhere into his lear
body.
X.rays cant find II yet the young paratrooI
lieutenant turning his head with difficulty because the
pulls painfully his shoulder It's in there some place
There's bullet hole my body except where went In
He twists his left arm his shoulder to point at the
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07
Phone 800
Editorials and Comment

over business activities which represent
interests and investments of very sub
stantial character. which have not been
put under its jurisdiction by the Act,
but would greatly enlarge its control over
an institution that has now become rival
of the press and pulpit as purveyor OF
news and entertainment and medium
of public discussion.
ITO assume a function and responsible
lity of such wide reach and Importance IN
the life of the nation, as a mere incident
of its duty to pass on individual applica-
tions for permission to operate radio
station and use a specific wave length, is
an assumption of authority to which |
am not willing to lend my assent.
we exceed our competence when
we gratuitiously bestOw upon an agency
power which the Congress has not grant
ed. Since that is what the Court in sub
stance does today, ! dissent.
because of its vast pOtentallties
as a medium of communication, discus
sion and propaganda, the character and
extent of control that should be exercised
over it by the government is matter of
deep and vital concern.
sErents in Europe ShOU that radio
mnu readily be a redpon of authority
and Misrepresentation, instead or
means Of entertainment ana enVghteh-
ment. II may eUen be an instrument
of oppression.
Congress should Immediately enact
legislation correcting such dictatorship
control which should not be permitted
in the light of our Constitution and Bill
of Rights.
This newspaper is not interested in de
Tending the rights of radio. as SUCH
It is interested-and every voter in the
land should be similarly interested-in
defending the freedom of expression
whether verbal or otherwise.
PAL
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07
A DANGEROUS SUPREME
COURT RULING

Attracting little public attention was
supreme court ruling in May which
is revolutionary, startling and definitely
endangering the freedom of thought of
the American people.
This ruling gave the Federal Communi-
cations Commission the power of life and
death over wires. servicing radio stations
throughout America, and accordingly,
places in the hands of the federal gov
ernment complete control over what can
and cannot be told the people over the
airwayS.
This robs radio of freedom of speech.
the American people with propaganda
and part truths, to censor and control
what commentators, authors and radio
producers may say or put into the mouths
of actors. or write into their plays, artl-
cles or news reports.
Without question this is the most dan
gerous ruling which has come from the
supreme bench of this country in years
because America knows how Hitler and
Hirohito and Mussolini have controlled
public opinion in their countries by con-
trolling both newspapers and radio.
The actual words of the court ruling
were: But the (communications) Act
does not restrict the Commission merely
to supervision of the traffic. 1t PUTS
UPON THE COMMISSION THE BUR
DEN OF DETERMINING THE COM
POSITION OF THAT TRAFFIC"
There is no doubt about the meaning
of the decision as evidenced by the harsh
opposition of the minority ruling writ
ten by Justice Murphy which states:
"By means of these regulations and
the enforcement program. the Commits
sion would not only extend its authority
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07

months. The rain is all but incessant.
rendering the terrain, difficult for army
movements under the most favorable
weather. now all but impossible.
But when the monsoon lifts the move
ment of United Nations troops now In
India, rated at more than million men,
is expected to advance to dlSlodge the
Japanese who are holding Burma with
perhaps 100000 men.
All the distractions imaginable i'll war
are offered by Burma. The jungles and
swamps make all roads poor. Port facil-
tiles for forwarding supplies are small
and inadequate. Possession of the coun-
try depends on the seizure OF several
north -and-south areas between mountain
ranges.
It is a battlefield which challenges the
ingenuity of American and British mill
tary men, but they will meet and answer
it. Between this time and the end OF the
monsoon they will be building airports,
laying roads and bridges and enlarging
docks in preparation for next winters
unrelenting battles to bring the japanese
to their knees.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07

work with Gen. Mikhailovitch.
THE time has come when every
effort should be made to take ad-
vantage of the Jugoslav resistance
movement" King Peter said.
The kings British military adj
visers approved the idea.
Coincident with these develop
ments, it was reported that British
War Secretary Sir James Grigg was
at Gibraltar on an undisclosed mis-
sion.
Madrid dispatches, quoting Vichy
reports, said chief of government
Pierre Laval had gone to Vichy from
Paris and that there were rumors
he Germans were demanding that
the French government move to
Paris or Versailles so that it could
have better protection in event of
second front.
Madrid said that Fascist efforts
to rouse spirit of resistance in
Italy were falling flat and that the
Italians were listening to calmer
voices, such as that of Vatican AM
bassador Count Galea3zo Ciano,
who urged that military wisdom be
substituted for party fervor.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07
NARROWING IN

(Christian Science Monitor)
The opening of shuttle bombing by the
Allies over Europe adds new spectre
to Hitlers nightmare. For raids like
that which went from Britain to Fried
richshafen to Tunisia and back by way OF
Italy, leaving calling cards" at the naval
base of Spezia will be developed as Unit
ed Nations forces obtain closer bases and
bigger bombers.
Already it would be possible to hit
eastern Germany from Britain and go to
Russia. returning perhaps via Norway.
So far there is no clear saving of distance
by the shuttle service, but it is claimed
that by going on the attacking planes can
escape ambuscades set under the as
sumption that they will have to double
back on their course. The distance fac
tor, however, is subject to improvement.
For instance, in the case of the Brit
n-Friedrichshafen-T n-Tunisia-Spezia-B Brit
ain round trip, the journey would have
been 500 miles shorter had there been an
Allied base in Corsica. Indeed. that
French-owned, Italian-occupied island
would make highly strategic base for
air attacks against northern Italy, south
ern France, southern Germany, or Axis
forces in Yugoslavia. And its people pre-
sumably would welcome United Nations
forces Gncluding their French country
mem
Daily Hitlers fortress looks more
like chicken yard surrounded by cliffs
on which eagles perch.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
COUNTY BOARD OF
EQUALIZATyD

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the Assessor Collector of Imperial
County, California, has delivered to
the Clerk of the Board of Super
visors of said County, the assess
mCIt books, together with the map
books, and statements for the fiscal
year i943-44, and
The said Board of Supervisors,
sitting as Board of Equalization
will meet for the purpose of equaliz-
ing said assessments on Tuesday,
July 6, 1943, at one O'Clock P. NJ,
and said Board will continue in scs..
sion from time to time until the
business of equalizing is disposed
OF but not later than Monday,
July 10, 1943, at 500 o'clock 'o.m.
The Clerk of said Board will be
IN his office in the Court House at
Ell Centro, California, each busi-
ness day between Tuesday, July 6,
1943, continuously until and includ-
Ing Monday. July 10, 1943, at 500
o'clock p. NJ, except on Saturdays
afttr 1900 o'clock noon and On
other legal holidays, for !.ie puy-
pose of receiving requests for equal
ization of assessments by tax pay
ers, and all persons are notified
10 appear before and file with said
Clerk any petitions requesting
equalization which they desire On
such receipt the same will be re-
ferred to and considered by said
Board.
Dated Ell Centre, California, July
6, 1943.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
CLERK of the Board of
Supervisors.
mo. 800 (J6 TO 13)