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Evening star., 1943-10-19
Butadiene Plant Sued
By Los Angeles 10 End
Gas Attack on Civ
BY the Associated Press,


LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19:-This
town has been having gas attacks
and the city's official indignation
has reached the court stage.
On MINDLESS days thin blanket.
of fumes enveloped the City Halls
proud 25-story spire and drifteo
lazily across the metropolis. Eyes
moistened and slnarted.
Smokestacks of feverish war plants
are largely blamed, particularly the
Southern California Gas Co.'S fac
tory producing butadiene, an in
gredient for synthetic rubber de-
rived from crude oil.
Called Health Detriment.
On City Council instructions, City
Attorney Ray L. Chesebro yesterday
filed Federal Court injunction suit
to halt the plants operations,
charging it emits obnoxious and
offensive gases and fumes detri-
mental to the health, safety, COM
fort and property of citizens"
Deputy City Attorney Herbert L.
1asigi said persons in normal health
are not injured, but health officials
will testify the gases are injurious
to consumptives and certain other
patients in the county hospital, who
are unable to obtain proper rest"
Washington officials sought in
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vain to block the suit. National
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey tele-
graphed Mayor Fletcher Bowron:
"Loss of production from this plant
would be critical blow to the entire
war effort"
Patterson Wires Plea. Z
Undersecretary of War Robert p
Patterson wired that interruption of
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irritating fumes in the future, witch
should be completed by December
''' the butadiene plant Is by no
means the only cause Of the condi-
ton"
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Curb Bad Practices
Or Face Federal Rule
Mundt Warns Radio
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Private radio operators and own
ers must ban bias. personal opinion
and bad practices" from the air If
radio is to escape complete Fed
eral control, says Representative
Mundt, Republican, of South
Dakota.
Those who are in authority for
the moment in private RADIO" Mr..
Mundt told the House yesterday,
have responsibility to themselves,
to their stockholders, to the cause
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facts on ofiicial record In court"
Meanwhile the company declared
In six-column newspaper ad:
The Government has placed con-
tracts for new equipment to prevent
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production might seriously interfere
with the supply OF rubber products
to the armed forces"
Mayor Bowron commented: ut is
better to file the suit and get all the
Evening star., 1943-10-19

This newspaper, cooperation NTH
consumers publishes this advertisement IN trtherance
/ War Effort
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

Fairbanks in the heart Of Alaska, where 50 and TO degree below zero winters weren't easy. Bundozer blades shattered like glass and truck springs were snapping after Is hours in that weather and no lubricating oil on the market would perform along with the thermometer It took steam drilling 10 melt the permanently frozen earth before the Engineers could get the cats 10 working on it.
 There was. of course. Umnak. where construction equipment was shipped for months under the red herring name of Blair Packing Company" and where the Engineers slept with mud for pillow and lived in packing crates until they could get the airfield in use. When the Engineer officer and civilian survey party went in, late in 194I. the wind was sometimes too high
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
TELEPHONE SERVICE
 OPENS BETWEEN
 ALASKA AND STATES

WHITEHORSE, Y. T.-The first overland telephone communication in history between the States and Alaska has been established with completion of a 2O26-mile system paralelling the Alaska highway.
 Brigadier General O'Conner an- nounced this week that the final link had been completed. He said the construction feat matched the building of the highway itself.
 Holes for the poles were blasted out of frozen ground at 60 below. and wires were strung in corridors of woods cleared in the fiercest sort of Arctic weather" he said.
 The General declared "the Army signal corps and associated con- tractors may we'll be proud of the feat" Ha-
 Heralding the opening of the line Major General Styer, chief of staff of the Army service forces in Wash. ington, held conversations with An. chorage Whitehorse and Fairbanks the three key points on the sys. tenn. He talked with Colonel Law, renee Schick of the Alaska Depart ment at Anchorage, with Colonel K B. Bush of the Northwest Servie, Command here, and with Lieuten ant Colonel H. P. Little of the Arm! Air Corps in Fairbanks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

Col. Charles F. Baish, the Engineer construction story is going ahead. The Seattle District under Col. Richard Park continues to perform special Alaska services, hiring per sonnel performing design, supply ing equipment and materials.
 The civilians are still in partner ship in Alaska with the Corps of Engineers and more civilians are going north all the time, recruited from every part of the States for that part of America that is not yet state. If there is any American who has not yet found his or her war job, perhaps it is waiting in Al aska, at some Army Engineer office or project.
 General Buckner has paid a sig nificant tribute to the Engineers civilian helpers on the Alaskan story. He said, "The work of civil ians employed by the Army Engine CTS in Alaska has been admirable and a valuable contribution to the war effort. Civilian engineers, civil ian clerical workers and civilian construction workers are doing their part in the job of moulding Alaska into a hugh base from which offensive blows will be struck at Tokyo itself"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

cause of the time element. the task had to be done around the clock. It meant work when work wasn possible. Engineer reports say ters- ly "a number of large bases were completed under adverse conditions in the shortest possible time
 Though they are easier now. the construction jobs of the Engineers in the north are not yet over and this not yet written construction story is not yet ended. The Seattle Engineer District has not been charged with Alaska construction since May 1942, when the Alaska Defense Command took over. in order to direct the jobs from the scene of action. Under Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckenr. Jr.. Commanding General Alaska De fense Command. and his Engineer staff officer. Col. George J. Mold. and Col Nold's construction chief
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
DEMOCRACY

Elsewhere in this journal you will find another of the timely mes sages carried from time to time by the Alaska Steamship Company in cur columns. All of them are well worth the time of any American to read. for tthey are truly American; 1; many quote great Americans.
 But We want particularly to call your attention to the one in today s paper. Ii there Is any question in your mind about what this thing called Democracy really is. the New Yorker reprint by the Alaska Line should give you the answer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

cutoff, an Engineer job to bring the coast shipping closer to the re- mote interior, to take out the steep grades and snow-bound passes of winter railroading. The Engineers set up their transits on a glacier with oRly the fading trail of Mike Sullivan's 1896 mule freight line over the mountain to follow. Now the civilian contractor, Engineer trops, and civilian workers point with pride to an Army Navy "E" for this job that blasted through the mountains beneath glaciers and snow beds.
 There was the winter job near
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
Relief To Be Granted
 Gold Miners

Authorization to provide opera tors of small placer-gold mines ad- ditiOnal relief from the original provisions of the order closing all gold mines has been given to B. b. Stewart, Commissioner of Mines for Alaska in a revised grant of auth oTity issued by the War Production Board under date of October Il, l943.
 During the past year the Terri torial Commissioner of Mines has served as Coordinator of Mines in Alaska for the War Production Board and, under a grant made in April l943, has issued permits to many small operators to mine gold on their placer properties during the season that has just closed. These permits restricted thes num- Der Of men employed on each op- eration to five, including the own CT and associates, and were valid only for the calendar year 1943.
 Under the new grant permits may now be issued for seven, instead of five men, to be employed on each operation. and the grants will be made for an indefinite period in stead of being restricted for one calendar year.
 The provisions of the new grant are as follows:
 Permission is granted to any placer mine in the Territory of AL aska which operated in 1942, to operate during subsequent seasons. providing the following conditions are met:
 l. That not more than seven men. including owner and associates. are actively engaged in the operation.
 2. That not more than one of those men, who must be either the owner or supervisor, was residing outside of the Territory of Alaska at the date of the issuance of this grant.
 8. No men shall be employed nn- less because of age, physical handi- cap or other reasons, they cannot be used in essential war activities
 4. That no critical material, other budu luOSe III Lue pOSSSSSiOu OA IhS operator, or available secondhand will be required.
 5. That the operator files witt the Coordinator of Mines for Alasks or his delegated representative, tht following information: (a) Name and location of property. (b) Nam, and address of owner or operating company. Co Type of operation (d) Number of men who would b. actively engaged in the operation.
 6. Permission to operate shall b, extended in writing by the Coordin ator of Mines. to any operator fol the 1943 season, provided said oper ator complies with the restric lions and provisions of this grant.
 The provisions of Order L-208 ar waived to the extent required t, obtain the relief authorized above provided that Order L-268 in al other respects and all other order and regulations of the War Proane
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

frightening to the Jap invasion fleet bound for the Dutch Harbor Naval Station.
 There was the Andreanof Armada a motley collection of craft laden with Engineer construction equip nent and supplies, moving farther out into the Aleutians. There were island surveys under Jap eyes and fire and there was the procession of new Engineer-built airfields slogged out of more Aleutian mud.
 The task that the Corps of En- gineers was called upon to perform in Alaska was a large one and be-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

for work and with no more advance bases ahead, Umnak was pretty close to Japan, but morale was high. Morale was high all through the muddy construction history of Um- nak, where the first steel mat run ways in the Aleutians were put down in time to help with the de- fense of Dutch Harbor. Alaska still talks of Umnak's land-based planes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

tion Board are fully complied with.
 Applications for permits to Oper- ate under this grant may be address ed to B. D. Stewart, CoOrdinator of Mines, Box 2811, Juneau Alaska, or may be filed with any representa- tive of the Territorial Department of Mines at the field and assay of fices of that Department which are located at Anchorage, College, Nome and Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

ma, then a captain was resident engineer at the beginning of Yaku- tat construction. He has just re- ceiyed the Legion of Merit flor the leadership, initiative, and ability that enabled him to overcome the tremendous difficulties of weather, shortages of personnel and equip ment, and delays in shipping on the Yakutat assignment"
 There was the Alaska Railroad
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

 IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA WRANGELL PRECINCT, FIRST DI- VISION
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE Es- TATE OF ARNT SoRSET, DE- CEASED ,.
 NoTICE3is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as executrix of the estate of Arnt Sorset deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required by law to present them with proper vouchers within six (6) months from the date hereof to the undersigned al her residence at Wrangell Alaska. Dated. this 18th day of November 1943.
 Christine Sorset
 - Executriz First Publication Nov. 19, 1943 Last Publication, Dee. 1e, 1s43
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

British India consists of the IF provinces of Assam, Bengal, Bihar Bombay Central Provinces and Der. ar, Madras, Northwest Frontier. Orissa, Punjab, Sind and the Unit d Provincess plus the chief com missionerships of British Baluchis- an, Delhi, Aimerwara, COOrg, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Panth Piploda.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
''Let Us TrY," Slogan
 Of Engineers Against
 OddsOf Alaska Projects

the concrete runways had to go down. To keep the concrete mix from being ruined before it could set in place for an air base, the En- gineers brought up two giant can vas tarps from Mud Mountain Dam and worked under tents on this run way job.
 Major Francis J. Loomis of Taco
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

Tantalum. a rare metal melts at 5,162 degrees Fahrenheit, more than 2.3OO degrees above the melt ing point of iron. It is three times as heavy as iron, as hard as cold rolled steel, but it can be worked easily.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

Prisoners in 40 states are full filling contracts for shoes and shoe repair, clothing, assault boats, de- molitian chests, tools cooking uten- sils, crates and boxes, Identification tags, tarpaulins, tent pegs, rope and twine, blankets soap and many other articles. si
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
New And Higher Ceilings Asked On
 HaIibut, Sablefish

KETCHIKAN- New and higher ceilings on halibut in Ketchikan, Prince Rupert and Seattle, and higher prices on sablefish in Ketch- ikan will be sought by the local branches of the Fishing Vessel own CTS association and the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union at a conference with price administration officials in Seattle soon it was learned here.
 Thor Henricksen, local manager or the Fishing Vessel Owners as- sociation, will represent it as well as the Fishermen's Union at the conference which will follow ses- sions of the International Fisheries Commission. The conference with the Commission will be held in Se- attle November 30, that with price officials, December 2.
 Canadian Price Administration of ficials as well as U s. OPA officials will be in attendance at the confer enee in Seattle December 2, Mir Henricksen has been advised.
 At a recent joint meeting of yes sel owners and fishermen here, he was instructed to present to the conference a request that present ceilings on prices paid to fishermen for fresh fish be abolished and that new ceilings be set the new ones equal to ceiling prices paid for fish Of the same grade landed at Prince Rupert and Seattle less the actual cost of shipping. Also. that ceiling prices on halibut be raised a reason able amount in all ports, including Prince Rupert and Seattle.
 Sable Increases Asked
 Concerning sablefisn, the local organizations ask that ceilings be raised to such a level that buyers in Ketchikan be permitted to pay fishermen 121a cents a pound straight for black cod caught from May 1 to August 31. The price from September l to April 20 would pc 141s cents a pound if the request. is granted.
 "The increased prices are neces- sary to make fishing operations pro- Iitable due to the high cost of fish ing supplies and heavy wear and loss of fishing gear while fishing in deep waters for sablefish,' the re- quest explains It adds that winter trips of sable are less than one-half the average summer trip and that wear and loss is double in winter to what it is in summer. Also, shorter days in the winter require longer trips.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26
WRANGELL SENTINEL
Pounded In 1909

OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PRINTED NEWSPAPER IN THE TERRITORY
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-26

First Publication Nov. 1s, 1s43 Last Publication, Dec 1e, 1s43
Evening star., 1943-04-23
FRIDAY
Good Friday

Living generations of Americans
stand in no special need to be in
structed in the meaning of Good
Friday. The average citizen of the
United States long since has learned
to appreciate the principle of sacri-
flee personified in Jesus Christ. 1t
would be a denial of the essential
reality of civilization to suggest that
He gave up His life in vain. The
whole theory of existence in demo-
cratic society derives from the doc
trine Of service of which He was the
divine eXemplar.
But the Carpenter who also was a
Prince did not go to the cross alone.
Some at least of those who loved Him
went with Him to Golgotha. He
likewise died in the presence of His
enemies. The chief priests Knocked
Him in His agony, and they that
passed by rallied on Him, Wagging
their heads" 1t was for them that
He prayed: Father, forgive them,
St Luke tells how the people stood
beholding" all the things which
were done" then testifieS that when
He gave up the ghost they "smote
their breasts" The same Gospel re-
ports the conversion of the centurion
who "gloritied God, saying: Ger
tainly this was righteous man."
So has it been always. The martyrs
through whom the race has won its
present measure of spiritual matu-
rity have toiled and suffered and
finally periShed within the law of
immolatlon by which it is affirmed
that: Greater love hath no man
than this, that man lay down his
life for his friends" Christ might
have saved Himself. He chose in
stead to fulfill His mission. The
significance of the story of the cruci-
flxion is not understood unless it be
remembered that He willingly offered
Himself for the salvation of His
brothers.
Never before perhaps has such a
fellowship been so precious to multi
tudes of human creatures as it is just
now. The present global crisis has
taught millions to appreciate the cir
cumstance by which they are associ-
ated in single universal fate
Through processes of loss and pain
the worldwide community gradually
Is learning the larger lesson of all
inclusive justice and mercy. The
righteousness that Jesus preached
and the charity for which He spent
Himself are laws by obedience to
which both peace and liberty may
prosper in the world. 1t is for the
entire species that those who are
guided by His example are laboring,
fighting and being slain. Their
ordeal is the prelude to the eventual
Easter hoped for so long.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. TraceUell.

Is real song. however, of the famous
wildly well' pattern.
Rain exercises q great influence on
the robin, especially as to his music The
influence Of rain is something deep in
species.
And no wonder! Because his best
dinner comes from the soil, especially
after heavy rain has brought it to the
surface.
There is no bird posture quite as
striking, perhaps, as the stand Of the
robin when looking for worms.
Perhaps We had better say when listen
ing for worms. He cocks his head on one
side. listening for the slither of the worm
in the ground.
When he hears it, down goes that
powerful bill. up comes the worm
Now worms and robins, together, do a
great deal to make our soil good.
Scientists hold that angle worms, far
from making soil sour" as commonly
said, ameliorate the earth and keep it
pulverized.
Only great excess of them, in a small
space. will actually make the soil sour, y
or rather acid. This is not a bad thing,
in many instances, but simply means
that the worms help shade and other
conditions to bring about an acid soil.
Acid soil will not do for vegetables or
even for most of our common annual
and perennial plants, but it is fine for
azaleas, rhododendrons and most of the
wildfowers.
Rainy days are welcome, therefore, to
robins and all their friends.
Rain means that a robin will have
plenty of natural food.
1t also means that they will not be
tempted to try to eat with birds at feed
ing stations.
The robin is not naturally prone to
patronize such places. but if he ever gets
started that way, he might prove some
thing of nuisance, because he is SO
much larger than many OF our birds.
His temper, while good, is inclined to
be what We call 'testy" when applied to
humans.
1t is significant, perhaps, that reports
of birds fighting their reflections in win
dow panes usually refer to robins.
This season few such reports have
come in. Can it be that these birds
ashamed of mankind, are not so bellig-
erent this spring?
Every person interested in bird life
should nav more attention to robins
They are magnificent creatures, as Amer
ican as cornmeal mush, or pumpkin
pie. 1t is a happy omen for the future
that robins, since 1914, seldom figure as
the main components of meat pie, as
they once did. This is far too handsome
and good bird for such use. Every one
with the best interests of his country at
heart should resist at all times any argu-
ment for putting robins back into pies.
Evening star., 1943-04-23

board Is lacking in competence. He
has been unrestrained in his de-
nunciationS Of some of the individual
members of the agency. And he has
asserted repeatedly that he would
never submit the coal dispute to the
jurisdiction of the board. It is
against this background that Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins has referred
the dispute to the board, which has
requested that representatives of the
miners and the operators appear
here tomorrow for a preliminary
review of the case.
Thus, the first decision will come
on the question of whether Mr.. Lewis
will appear at the hearing or send
representatives. But even if he
should decide to submit to the boards
Jurisdiction, the more difficult issues
would remain unresolved. The most
important question in this case is
whether the board is to approve any
kind OF pay increase for the miners.
Under the little steel formula they
are not entitled to anything, and the
President and Sterilization Director
Byrnes have not budged from their
position that there must be no more
pay increases in excess of the for
mula. except to correct substandard
wages.
In these circumstances, the boards
action will determine whether the
anti5inflation program is to stand or
fall, for if there is capitulation to
Mr.. Lewis there will have to be
similar concessions all along the line.
Viewed from any angle. it appears
that this case will bring the supreme
test of the Governments power to
enforce its domestic policies in the
face of powerful labor opposition.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Russio in the United Motions
From the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
The importance Of establishing close
relations with Russia and of bringing her
into system of collective security is
recognized. How else, for instance, can
the causes Of friction which have already
disclosed themselves be eliminated? How
else can the fear of revolution in Europe,
which haunts many conservative Amer
lean minds, be dispelled? The United
States has, Of course, her own contribu-
ton to make to the pulling together Of
the United Nations. It Is encouraging
that there should be q movement outside
the administration for securing dec
laration by Congress adopting the prin-
ciples of the Atlantic Charter and thus
giving a pledge to her Allies that the
United States will stand in and take her
part. Such congressional declaration
would be highly feassuring act which
would 90 far to give the coming discus
sion reality.