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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
$4,000 TONS
OF SHIPPING
IS BLASTED
American Bombers Make
Raid on KOWIoon Dock
Area al Hongkong

CHUNGKING, Aug. 27.-Medium
bombers of Chenault's United States
Fourteenth Air Force, destroyed ap-
proximately $4,000 tons of enemy
shipping in the Kowloon Dock area
at Hongkong yesterday, the COM
munique from Stillwell's headquar-
tiers announces.
Twin engined Mitchells carried
out the assault at daylight with an
escort of Warhawks and Fighters.
All planes engaged in the attack
returned safely.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
Third War Loan
Drive Amounts
For A Areas

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 = The
Treasury Department announces
that Alaska, Canal Zone, Puerto
Rico, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands
have been assigned an aggregate OF
1921 100000 in the Fifteen Billion
Dollar, third war loan drive
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 81. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 6A, American Can
8oas, Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel
SO, Commonwealth and Southern
11fl6, Curtiss Wright 7ss. Interna-
tional Harvester 67A, Kennecott
301a, New York Central 157s, North
ern Pacific 1875. United States Steel
81, Pound $4.04.
Dow, Jones averages today are as
follows: Industrials, 1858; rails,
Ball; utilities, 20.85.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
major Robert g. Allen on active duty


WASHINGTON. - Don't be sur
prised if Admiral Howard Vickery,
crack shipbuilder of the Maritime
Commission, quietly turns In his
resignation in protest against the
Navy.
Working closely with peppery, go
getting Admiral Land, Vickery has
been the key man responsible for
this country's phenomenal success
in shipbuilding. But the current
pickering over the fast ships he
planned two years ago, and the
Nays attempt to take away the
turbines made for these ships, has
him down.
After Vickery arranged two years
ago for a mass production of tur-
bines. the slow thinking Navy now
wants to take over these turbines
for Secretary Knox's much bally-
hooed 7-ocean Navy to be finished
in 1919.
Another fly in Vickery's ointmen.
is the -publicized William
Francis Gibbs, brought to Wash
ington by the Navy for the purpose
of offsetting, if not stymying, Vic
kerry.
Though Gibbs has a great req
utation as a naval architect the is
also an astute Wall Street lawyer
Vickery has run circles around him
when it comes to ship design and
planning.
Thanks to fulsome plugs in Time
Magazine, the public has come 10
think of Gibbs as the designer IF
the Liberty ship. Actually, the
Liberty was designed fifty years ago
by the British firm of William r.
Thompson, Ltd, and has been used
ever since as a British tramp. It's
secret is a reciprocating steam en-
CINE (no turbine) which is easy to
build. Gibbs slightly modified the
ship for American war use.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
MRS. COPYRIGHT SOUTH
FOR TWO-MONTH VISIT

Mrs. Daisy Conright and her small
son, Jackie, are leaving this week
for a two months visit in Tacoma
with her relatives. Mrs. Copyright
has been employed until recently
at Bert's Cash Grocery and Mr..
Copyright is employed at the Alaska
Meat Company.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
TORPEDO
TURKISH I. I.
VESSEL
Craft Is Machine Gunned.
Then She'll Fired
Sent Down

The Turkish motor vessel Dyl-
mani, bearing timber to Black
Sea port from Istanbul, was ma
chine g,nned and sunk by she'll
fire by an unidentified submarine
yesterday near Dardanelles Strait.
the Berlin radio announces, quoting
an Istanbul dispatch. The dispatch
also said the crew and Sc passen-
gers were rescued.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
KENNETH FRAZIER, IL MONTHS
OLD, PASSES AWAY, ST. AIMS

Kenneth Frazier, infant son of
Private and Mrs. Jack Frazier, died
this morning at st. AIMS Hospital.
The Fraziers are the parents of an
other child, born about two weeks
ago. The remains are at the Charles
w. Carter Morutary, and funeral
arrangements have not yet been
made.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27

Broadcast
Postponed

OTTAWA, Aug. 27.-The broad
cast scheduled for Prime Minister
Winston Churchill next Sunday
forenoon has been postponed. The
broadcast is now tentatively reset
for next Tuesday, the exact time
to be announced later.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27

. Dimout begins tonight .
. at sunset at 8:l1 o'clock. .
. Dimout ends tomorrow .
. at sunrise at 5:44 a. m. .
. Dimout begins Saturday at .
. sunset at sos p. m. .
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
GIBBS VS.. vICKERY

Back before Pearl Harbor, when
production of 11-knot Libertys first
began, Admiral Vickery called in
Gibbs and asked him to handle the
procurement and production of 1Go
faster ships. Gibbs got things SO
snarled up and wanted SO much
money for the ships taround S.
100000 above expenses that Vic
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
19GERMAN
PRISONERS
IN ESCAPE

KINGSTON, Ont. Aug. 81
Nineteen German prisoners escaped
from the Fort Henry Prison Camp
last night but nine were recaptured
by 9 O'Clock this morning and the
are hunted widely.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27

All mammals, from tiny mouse
to the giraffe, have seven vertebrae
in the neck.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
TINE is SET

NEW YORK, Aug. 81. = Prime
Minister Churchill will make his
broadcast next Tuesday forenoon at
10 o'clock, PVT.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-27
. . . . . . .
WEATHER REPORT
gu. S Bureaul

(U. S. Bureau)
Temp. Thursday, August 26
Maximum So, Minimum 48
Rain-.18 inch.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
WRANGELL'S GUNDERSON
 AT WASHINGTON HEARING

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gundersan. well known Wrangell couple, are expecting to leave Seattle the fifsf week in April for their home her. Mr CundCrson, as Alaskas only representative on the fisheries ad- visory committee to Secertary Ickes and also a member or the fisheries committee headed by August Busch man, has been busy throughout the winter at conferences in Seattle ana Washington.
 Commenting on the advisory com mittee meeting in Washington which was opened by Secretary Ickes. Gunderson, in a note to The sen- tinel says:
 "The discussion was of the need for as great a production of fish as would be possible considering the limiting factors Of shortage of man power and floating equipment thaG now confronts all phases of the inz dustry in all parts of the country Many good suggestions were made by the consultants of ways to re# lieYe these shortages. The Alaska Salmon Concentration plan is a move along this line"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
Americans WreSt  ECOntrOl Of Range
 Near Nazi Lines
rs a.s
By Associated Press

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. North Africa-Ameriean troops. throwing a eordon around Marshal Rommel's beseiged Mareth Line forces We're reported today to have won control of the last mountain barrier over looking the Axis lifeline only 2S miles away. Field dispatches said the troops Of Lieut.. Gen George s. Patton. Jr.. were flaming out on both sides of the highway a few miles short of Mezzouna whose air field already has been pounded by American bombs.
 Seyenty-fiye miles to the south east on the Mareth Line. Axis was duelling with British Eighth Army guns in an apparent after German troops had wiped out a large part of early Brit ish penetrations of an offensive be- gun last Saturday night An Allied communique announced continuing in the Mareth Line with artillery duels on both sides. and said that U. s. troops had made local gains in the Maknassy area where the push to the sea is being attempted
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
Harvest, Brueger In
 Joint Operation Here;
 1MOIe Plant May Open

To prepare for seasons opera tions at the FarWets Alaska Con pany eannery. C. \. WithroW, Ouf= side foreman and Acting superh tendent. l. P. Raeder. bookkeeper. and Einar Otteson. inside foreman. arrived from the south this weeH Otteson. with Mrs Otteson. return ing to their home here after tha winter Outside.
 Nithrow, long in the salmon b. dustry, some 12 years with the skinner operations. will be | charge of the local plant until taa arrival Of A. R. Brueger. who. a#= der the fisheries joint operatI6a program this season. will act as sa= perintendent of the canueIs h. . and also his plant ut Saginaw H=s is expected north in a few wee =. Young Bill Buhrman, son of Fai Buhrman. head of FarWest. v#o Was here last season in charge the cannery is now in the Navy.
 Capacity will be enlarged al Fa= west this season, according to pf### ent plans. to handle the pack a. result of the other plants here = ing closed under the war emerg# cy setup There is still q possibilI6g that one other plant might operat according to wire received this week by Fish and Wildlife Agent Marcus Meyer from Fisheries Sup eryisor Clarence olson. olson in his message said.
 "To Gabrielsou's wire asking my opinion for the best location for operation one additional eannafy in southeastern my reply was if adjustment made in salmon can ming order most logical location for operation additional plant would be Wrangell
 Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson is the Dir eetor of Fish and Wildlife and Daz putty Fisheries Goordinator und#e Interior Secretary Harold L. Icke Fisheries COordinator.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
WRANGELL TO SHARE
 IN STANDARDS BIG
 RED CROSS DONATION

Describing the needs of the Am erican Red Cross as greater than ever before, H. D. Collier, President Of the Standard OH Company of California, announces an $85,O00 contribution to the Rcd Cross drive in the seven western states, Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands.
 This contribution will be distrib- uted throughout the west with all of the 93O communities in which there are Red Cross chapters re ceiying an allocated share.
 Coincident with this announce ment MT. Collier addressed a letter to the more than 10000 company employees, suggesting that they in diyidually also give as literally as possible, explaining that "the inn pact of the War has forced the Red Cross to expand it's facilities and personnel manyfoId to meet the de- mands upon it. Consequently it's need for funds is greater than ever before, including the last war. Be- cause of this We should not guage our 1943 contribution by eompar- ison with what We gave in 1922 but should give the maximum we can afford"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
Reds Driving On Smolensk
tBy Associated iless,

MOSC0W-The Russian oifensi , in the outer defenses or Smolcne5. developed considerable power tod ,. southwest of Vyazma at the a. breaches of swamp-girded Doroe : buzha, district center city 50 mi 5 short of the big base The midd . communique announced capture - several more charred settleme. s and a strongly fortified yillaf, where the Germans were routed tn intense hand to hand combat Ky Il closer to the main objective Were Russian forces north of Dukhoyis- chino, 32 miles northwest of Smol- ensk.
 The resolute Russian stand in the winding Donets river, east of Kharkov, and the grasping mu l, thickened by melting ice checked the German offensive on the couth- ern front where fighting slaGkened.
 Farther to the south, in the. Kub- an area, the Russians were reported pushing in a revived drive in the direction of the Kerch Strait and the Naval base of Novorossisk.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
WILLIAM L. PAUL, SR.
 FOUND NOT GUILTY
 OF GAME LAW VIOLATION

Charged On two counts, posses sion and transportation of illegal deer meat, William L. Paul, of Ju- nea,u was found not guilty by a jury in U. S, Commissioner R. J, Suratts court Wednesday after de- liberating for four hours. Paul was nabbed last Friday night on his arrival on his own boat from Pet esrburg on telegraphic adyices to the Marshars office from the Game Commission. Deputy Marshal James Nolan seized several pieces of meat he found aboard Paul's boat.
 Defense was conducted by Will liam L. Paul, Jr., son of the defend ant, and prosecution by Assistant District Attorney Robert Jernberg of Ketchikan.
 Defense contended the meat was taken near the Paul logging oper- ations near Excursion Inlet under the provision of the game law per mitting the taking of meat when in need and no other supplies are a Yailable. Prosecution held Paul had stopped at Juneau and Petersburg en route to Wrangell and had op- portunity to get other supplies. Jury after four hours and seven ballots decided government failed to prove it's case.
 Serving on the jury were Leo Mccormack, foreman, Olaf Hansen, E. R. sharnbroich, Peter McCor- mack, Jr., Sam Cunningham, Will liam E. Byrd, H. H. Hungerford, Mrs. Val Coulter. Miss Elna Arola, Mrs. John Arola, Mrs. L. L. Mea- dOws and Mrs. Dave Gay,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
Allies Bomb Jap Bases
(By Associated Press

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, - South Pacific-General MacArthur's Friday communique reported that two large Japanese ships have been bombed at Amboina. Amboina is in the Banda Islands, some 600 miles from Australia and it's principal harbOr once was a big Dutch naval base. Our heavy bombers attacked the enemy-oceupied town and ship ping in the harbor. The communi- que said that direct hits with 500- pound bombs were scored on two enemy cargo vessels of eight and six thousand tons and large fires were started in the wharf buildings area.
 The big Jap Naval and airplane base at Rabaul, New Britain Is lands, was raided for two hours by Allied heavy bombers, the com munique said. Bombs ranging up to 2,O00 pounds started large fires and heavy explosions along the harbor shore. It was at Rabaul earlier in the week that Allied bombers caught ulOFe ludn GOU Jap pldue5 grounded on three airdromes and destroyed or damaged most of them. Significantly, the communique re- ferred to intensive anti-aircraft and searchlight defenses but said mo attempt was made at interception. ;" 4 reconnaissance plane flew over Rabaul six hours later and noted smoke and flames along the water front rising 5000 feet.
 At Ubili, New Britain, a heavy bomber harassed the area at night for three hours and at Gasmata, on New Britain's south coast, direct hits were scored on the wharf and adjacent buildings.
 Lac, New Guinea, was raided twice by heavy bombers which struck at the airdrome. Nearby Sal amaua was visited by attack planes which bombed buildings and install 1ations from low attitudes.
 Just below Buna, at Dyke Ack- land Bay, a Jap medium bomber on a reconnaissance flight was shot down by Allied fliers,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
BRITISH SALVAGE BULLS
 AND BEER FROM DEEP SEA

. LONDON-British salvage Oper- ators are reaping from the ocean bed a rich harvest of supplies and war materials.
 By far their biggest recent haul is the 13,000 tons of steel already cut away from the fire-gutted train ing ship Caledonia, the former liner Majestic, now being broken up on the floor of the Firth of Forth. . Booty recovered runs from bulls to beer to soap, including army trucks, motorclcles, flour, cl ot h, silk, tobocco, canned food aud nick el.
 One ships hold was full of packages of soap. Fhe cartons had rotted and the soap had jelled into a gooey mass. Salvagers scooped it out and sold it to British laundry operators for more than it's original price.
 Another ship, carrying half a million bottles of whiskey, founder ed on the West Highlands coast, providing local Scotsmen with a windfall, but there still were am pie supplies for the salvagers to re- cover.
 From a semi-submerged ship, 20 living pedigree bulls, valued at $260,O00 and headed for South Am erica, were recovered by the sal vagers. The animals were cradled in tarpaulins and hoisted from the hold at low tide.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
FIRST AID GLASS FOR WOMEN
 BEING ORGANIZED HERE

A First Aid class for women is being organized by the Public Health Nurse and will meet at the Health Center on Wednesday, Mar 31st at 7:SO p. In. Anyone inter ested is invited to attend this first meeting. It is also suggested that any women, who plan to enroll fin the Nurses Aide course and are not First Aiders, should try to join this class since the standard First Aid course is required of all Nurses Aides.
 More information about the Nur- ses Aide course will be given in the near future but Miss Bastress, the Public Health Nurse will be glad to talk with anyone already interested at the Health Center any weekday between and 8 D. m.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
 Winding Up
 Its Session
0By Associated Press

JUNEAU - After it had been killed earlier in the week, the House conceded Wednesday to the Senate's request for return of the
 liquor bill to the Senate for recon sideration and the later body pas sed it by a vote of six to two. It had previously defeated it by a tie vote.
 This is the bill increasing the eX- else tax on liquor, AS 1t now stands it provides for increasing the ex- else tax on liquor 100 per cent with the exception of whiskey for which the increase Is only 50 per cent. Tax previously was 75 cents per gallon.
 The Governor informed the Legis- lature that he had permitted the school tax bill to become law with out his signature This bill raises the age limit for paying school tax to 55 and includes women.
 Although criticicing the measure as a striking example of defective. draftmanship" and a masterpiece of confusion, the Senate reconsid- cred the Egan bill and passed the measure which would appropriate $25,0OO for care of tubercular pa tients in hospitals throughout the Territory.
 Legislature rushed the general appropriation bill through first off the week in an effort to get it to the Governor so that he might act before the session adjourns today. The Governor must act on bills within three days. Lawmakers were anxious to see now he would act on the Labor Department appro-I priation, having already killed theI special appropriation for that de- partment. If he vetoed that item they hoped to be still in session to act on the veto.
 Appropriation bill calls for $4,-I S35, 5,85139 for the biennum, includ- ing $33,80O for the labor depart | fent. Also included in the bill as sent to the Governor was $2I3,654 | for increasing pay of teachers. | Teachers retirement bill was killed. General appropriation bill also car ries $250,OO0 for roads, increases the Pioneers Home appropriation $10,5O0 but eliminates the eagle bounty. Eagle law stays on the books but with no money to pay bounties.
 Session was expected to wind up today, providing there isn't anoth- CT break with the Governor over the appropriation bill.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
NO MORE CANDIDATES
 FILE FOR CITY OFFICE

No additional filings were made this week for city office, Mayor, Council and School Board. Only. one acceptance of nomination has thus far been made, H. B. Thornqlist unopposed for reelection to the School Board.
 Voters are again reminded the election is on April and they have until D. m. the day previous to voting to register. All qualified vo- ters are required to register Regis tration books are. open at the City Hall daily.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
REV. JUDD RETURNS FROM
 TRIP TO PETERSBURG

The Rev. Ben Judd returned last night from a two-day trip to Pet ersburg where he went on church business. George Berts, layman of the Petersburg church, came over earlier in the week to accompany the Wrangell minister to the neigh bor town.
 Services at the local church for Sunday, March 28, will be at the usual hours with Sunday school at 10 a. m and Morning Worship at II a. m The Clipper Club will meet at p. m. Topic of Mr. Judd's ser mon for Sunday morning will be Gaining Inner Stability"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
War Workers Frozen
 On Vital Jobs


 The jobs of thousands of wal workers in many parts of Alaska We're frozen=as astabilizeda is the gov ernment worldly an order of the Alaska area war manpoWer commit teAA which became effective as oi iast Monday morning.
 Announcement Of the job control plan was received here today.
 Workers in ten major divisions are affected. Fishing, fish process ing. lumber and logging. non-fer- rous metal mining, coal mining. transportation. public utilities. pub lie construction, agriculture, and all agencies of the |. s. government. including any contractor of the gov ernment Other activities might be included later.
 Three basic points are involved in the order.
 f1) No employer can hire a work CT unless he presents an "availabil- ity certificate" to be furnished by the workers previous employer or by the war manpower commission
 l2) Such certificates will be is sued only when a change of en- ployment is in the best interests of the war effort
 63) Employers shall not discharge workers except when necessitated by circumstances beyond the en- ployer's control
 First effect of the order, it's sponsors hope, will be to restrict undue migration of workers, elimin- ate excessive turnover, and stop pi- rating of workers.
 Freedom Aided
 Joseph Flakne, acting area dir eetor, said the rules permit the freedom of employers to seek more efficient help and also guarantee the freedom of workers to better themselves as long as the best in- terests Of the war effort are there by served.
 When a worker is hired in one of the affected industries, his copy of his availability certificate is sur to the employer who re- tains the copy in his records.
 When a worker wants to move to a new job, he must remain at work with his current employer while for an availability cer- tfficate is considered. Request for the certificate must be made either to the employer or to the workers bargaining agent, or both.
 If the employer is willing to re- lease the workers the certificate is given immediately. If the employer refuses. the worker must stay on the job while his case is reviewed by the WING.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-03-26
OPA Orders
 Price Limit
 OnFreSh Fish
lBy Associated Press1

The probability that Alaskan sal mon and halibut fishermen will get less for their products this year than last was held out today in an nouncement that the OPA probably will set ceilings Tn the states on prices of salmon and halibut sold at retail
 An Associated Press dispatch to The Sentinel from Seattle said that committees named to confer with the OPA there had figured possible retail price ceilings based on the following prices to fishermen for fresh halibut:
 Ketchikan A maximum of 1315 and 141a.
 Petersburg and Wrangell - 1412 and 15A.
 Juneau - 13 and IA.
 sitka and Pelican Bay - 12A and 1924.
 Seattle and Prince Rupert - 15 and 16.
 James Edgington, Seattle OPA food specialist, said these prices would mean a reduction of 15 to 20 per cent on prices paid fisher men last year.
 The halibut season opens April Is. The Seattle dispatch indicated the prices to be paid fishermen would be set by committees of fish ermen The OPA in Seattle said it merely announced the prices estim ated by the committee after confer ences.
 Recommendations for prices on other fresh fish will be considered soon, the OPA said The halibut price conferences were held first, and so this announcement concerns only that product-Dut salmon pri- ces will be studied later.
 Charles w. Triggs, 0PA price di- vision fish section chief made an nouncement of the meetings which have just been concluded in Seattle preparatory to establishing the price ceilings on fresh and frozen fish. He said the ceilings might cut housewives fish bills by 50 per cent.
 He said retail fish prices have virtually doubled in Seattle since the war. He estimated the proposed cut will mean a saving of about S1,. 500,000 in Seattle aione based on aggregate 1922 fish sales
 Fresh salmon now costs 65 cents a pound in Seattle food markets. Triggs said committees from the fresh salmon industry have been named to meet with the OPA.