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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
Allies Winning Great
 Battle Of Invasion
 War At SalernO
CBy Associated Press)


 The battle of Salerno still ragged
 today through blood. sweat and fire as the valiant Fifth Army con
 tinued it's onslaught against stub born German resistance. Described IS the bloOdiest battle of the war.
 and the fiereiest since the days of 1917 against the Germans, latest re- ports said that Gen Montgomery's Eighth Army, marching up the Ital- ian boot from the south, had made contact with the Fifth Army beach head and were preparing to join in the fight.
 The Salerno battle was described by Secretary of War Stimson as serious and perhaps, the most critical battle of the Mediterranean On it depends the Allied foothold in Hitler's southern fortress Of Europe.
 The Allied 5th Army landed at SalernO early in the week and, af- ter making advances against the well entrenched German 16th Army high in the hills above the beach, was pushed back, with high losses on both sides, to their beach land ing.
 Reinforcements of men and sup plies and overwhelming air support enabled the fighting Fifth to re- pulse three separate German counter attacks and drive the Germans back eight miles from the sea. The Sal erno beachhead is now secure and enemy air and fighting power is gradually becoming lessened.
 General Clark told his charging Americans and British, who make up the Fifth Army,in an Order of the Day, that is would be but a matter of hours until the presence of Gen. Montgomerys army would be felt by the enemy and predicted the conquest of Naples and Rome and all Italy.
 The Algiers radio said the Eighth Army was less than 37 miles from Agropoli, southern anchor of the 24-mile long Salerno bridgehead.
 The Fifth Army, mightiest single Allied force in action in the Med iterranean in this war, surged yio- lently at dawn Thursday from it's fox holes at the southern end of the Salerno front snapping the German ring at junction of the Sele and Galore rivers, just north of Alta vile. The equally divided American and British forces, probably up to 100000 men, struck with the sup port of planes, the British battle ships Valiant and Warspite which hurled 15-inch shells into the foe and sleek destroyers which added their fire power to the advance
 The tall and lanky Clark had been in the thick of the battle since it's inception as his men drove for ward through the smoke and dust of battle He said, in an Order of the Day, .tas your Army commander want 10 congratulate every officer and enlisted man in the Fifth Army on their mission of landing on the west coast of Italy We have arrived at our initial objective; our beach, head is secure. Additional troops are landing every day and we are here to stay. Not one foot of ground will be given up."
 Newspaper men with Montgom- ery's Eighth Army already had es- tablished contact with the Fifth while Montgomery's men were still nearly fifty miles away. Daniel De Luce, of the Associated Press, and eight British war correspondents joined the Fifth Army on Wednes- day They said they encountered no Germans on their drive up the Ital- ian coast line
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
Meeting On
 Monday To
 Save Hospital

To save Wrangelrs hospital a
 meeting of representatives of all
 organizations in town has been cal
 led for Monday night at the Elks
 hall at o'clock. At joint meet
 ing of the Hospital Board represent
 atives, Mayor F. G. Hanford, com
 mittee from the Chamber of Com
 merce and from the churches We'd
 nesday night, it was decided the sit
 uation was so critical that it was necessary to get every organization
 in town into immediate conference.
 Hospital faces tnIs fact: It has no money to carry on and must raise two or three thousand dollars to get on its feet until it can be put on a sustaining oasis.
 As the closing of the hospital would mean that Wrangel residents would have to go either to Ketch- ikan or Petersburg, at the closest, for disqualification, the group felt the entire community should be asked to act at once To accomplish early action, the meeting was set for Monday night and the follow ing representatives or the various groups are being contacted today and tomorrow to get them to Mon day nights general meeting:
 Carl Bradley, Elks; Chester Steear, Red Men; Mrs. Valborg Coulter, O. E. S.; c. Don Miller. Cannery Workers; Ben Engdal, Gill netters; Loyal Binkley, ASPSU: | Frank Desmond ANB: Mrs. Will !! liam Tamaree, ANS; George Fabri- cius, public schools; George T. Bar rett, Wrangell Institute; Mrs. J. c. Johnson, St. Philips Guild; the Rev. William Forbes, Episcopal Church; Mrs. Cecilia Theile. Altar Society: Father Hoch, Catholic | Church; Brig. Gillingham, Saliva tion Army; Mrs. Leo Osterman, As sembly of God; Mrs. Andy Barlow, Missionary Society; Mrs. J. W Mason, Ladies Aid, the Rev. Ben F. Judd, Presbyterian Church; H. c. McKowan Chamber of Com merce and American Legion; Mrs. Wilma Mason, Legion Auxiliary; | Mrs. Frank S. Barnes, Civic Club; Mrs. Van H. Fisk Garden Club; Fred Hanford, Stikine Sports mems Association; Stanley Fries, Boy Scouts; Mrs. John Examiner, Girl Scouts; Mrs. L c. Bjorge, Hos pital Guild.
 The complete hospital picture will be presented at the Monday night meeting so that each person can go back to his group and re- port the actual situation and en- able each organization to determine what it can do toward keeping the hospital open.
 Factually, there is no choice, it was brought out at the Wednesday meeting. Either the money must be raised Immediately in the com munity or the hospital will have to be closed permanently. Complete data on operations as it now stands will be given at the Monday night 1 meeting.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
CHIPPERFIELDS IN TOWN

District Ranger w. E. Chipper- field of the Forest Service, was over from Petersburg this week on log scaling work. Mrs Chipperfield also was over for visit with friends here, being the house guest of MT. and Mrs. z. M. Bradford dur ing her stay in town. Chipperfields and Bradfords are old friends from thstr days of Juneau resldsnce.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
ITALIANS FIGHTING
 GERMANS IN NO. ITALY

LONDON The United Nations radio at Algiers said last night that Italians were fighting the Germans all along the railway from Trento to Brennero, in the Brenner Pass and that the whole area between Bologna and Rome was still under Italian esnfFos.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
COOK WANTED

Bishop Rowe Hospital is in need of a cook. The Hospital Board is asking that anyone who knows of a person available for the position, or who has any suggestions toward getting one, please contact the haapitaI superintendent.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17
1 1.221, ,0OO MORE MEN NEEDED

WASHINGTON-Tne Army and Navy will require 1,221,00O more men during the last four months of this year and there are only about 775,000 non-fathers available for the draft during that period, Mai or General Hershey told Congress yesterday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17

All snakes are capable of swal- lowing prey many times larger than themselves.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-17

The gopher torttoIse lives under ground
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29
ADMINISTRATION PIGEON
HOLES FIGHT ON
INEQUALITIES

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to go before Congress soon to ask
for more money for the United
States Employment Service and
fewer restrictions on it's personnel.
Questions will inevitably be asked
about the FEPC.
The developments cited were en-
couraging to those within the Ad-
ministratiOn who wanted to suspend
all efforts against discrimination
and who regarded Mrs. Roosevelt
as an incOrrigible idealist. At the
same time, however, the FEPC was
staying in business and appeared
ON the verge of obtaining an in
creased appropriation. 1t had hired
Henry Epstein, former Solicitor
General of New York, to conduct
the lOng-advertised railroad hear
ings. Epstein and his staff had col
lected their evidence. And in a
larger sense the FEPC, despite its
inadequacies, was becoming a court
of appeals and hope for Negroes
who found employment gates
slammed in their faces. 1t needed
more men and more money, but its
mere existence was a symbol of
the Presidents plans for a new deal
for the Negro. The problem still
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29
Tunisian City Djedeida
South of Bizerte Port

Tebourba, in northern Tunisia, &C.
cupies the apex point Of map tri-
angle whose base is anchored in
Bizerte and Tunis. Tebourba Is
about 80 air miles south of Bizerte
and nearly 20 miles west Of Tunis.
The railway line on which Tebourba
is situated leads to Tunis by way Of
Djedeida. There is no railroad d.
rectly north from Tebourba to BIZ
zerte, although there is motor high
way together with several smaller
roads, running in that direction. To
approach the former French naval
base from Tebourba by rail, it is nee
essary either to turn southwestward
to meet the main line from Algeria,
or move eastward (again through
Djedeida) and make big loop north
and west. Since the mountain
ranges of Tunisia run diagonally
toward the northeast, broken coun-
try of hill, mountain and valley lies
between Tebourba and Bizerte.
Toward Tunis, on the other hand,
the road is an open one, the valley
Of the Medjerda, in which Tebour-
ba lies, widening into broad plain
as it approaches the coast.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29
How Chicago Negroes Helped
Solve Deficit In Low Cost
Housing Project I'm That CITY

in "Wellstown" - "the happiest
community in the world" they
called themselves - but as a bust
ness proposition it was no go. They
had paid out more than half a
million dollars in rent; but they
had fallen short of solvency by
$156.49 - 1890 of 1 per cent.
Here was a crisis. And this is
the way it was met.
CRISIS
The Ida B. Wells Community
News got out special edition, in
viting everybody to attend a birth
day party for the superintendent.
Mr.. Oscar Brown.
In his honor, everybody was
asked to contribute to a fund for
the liquidation of the $156.49 def
cit. Gifts were to be no less than
a dime, nor more than Is cents.
The party was a great success.
Under pennies and nickels, the
tenants of the Ida B. Wells Homes
buried that shameful deficit; and
now, after Is months of operation,
can say that their financial record
is without blemish.
Congratulations q. to Mr.. Oscar
Brown, the people Of "Wellstown"
and the Chicago Housing Author
ity.
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remained enormous: a recent sur
vey in relatively enlightened New
York City showed that Negroes,
who form 81 per cent of the popu-
latiOn, formed rs per cent of the
unemployed.
Now even the symbol of progress
and hope is slipping away.
Can we afford to 'fbuy off" the
Southern Democrats at the expense
of the Negroes and other minOri-
ties? Can we afford it in the face
of the man-pOwer demands of the
production program and the crucial
challenges of psychological war
fare? To put it bluntly, the hopes
of Negroes have been raised, and
their establishment now will be
far more disastrous than if the
President had never shown a will
ingness to wage this battle. There
are delicate balances which must
be achieved in pushing the cam
paign against discrimination; the
FEPC was fully sensitive to them.
But now, swiftly, the President
must act to silence the doubts and
despair which will envelOp the Ne
gro population. The FEPC must
be kept alive. Its right to function
freely must be reasserted. There
is not much time to retrieve the
ground already lost.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29

re-acquaint ourselves with the
Bible and re-learn what you have
forgotten. At the same time it
will give participants a guide for
everyday living and a weapon for
the never ending war of. good
against evil.
Sunday nights subject is "Things
That Make Life Worth While" B.
Y. P. U. discussion will be on "Be
Thou Faithful" B. Y. P. U. has
almost turned into a "town hall"-
the democratic principle of every
individual having a voice is carried
out. eff you believe in faith, if
you have reaped the fruits of faith,
come out Sunday and tell US about
it-you may give new strength to
someone else"-is the invitation is
sued by one of the churchmen to
the public.-Wanda Owens, report
er,
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Dear Editor:

I enjoy reading your paper.
Reading today is a vital necessity
in which thirteen million Negroes,
man, woman and child should be in
terested for the sake of racial JUS
tice. If one is not interested in it
for the sake Of racial justice, then
one ought to be interested in it for
the sake of culture and civilization
because they are made, not born.
1t is like life. It has to be nourished
by both material and spiritual cul-
ture.
Enclosed please find $3.50 for
another one years subscription.
Cordially,
M. K. Mcknight,
$50 Fuller,
St. Paul, MINI.
Jan. 10, 1913.
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BLAMING THE WRONG PARTY


convenient order to wart justice
illustration of this natural bent is the increasingly
frequent charge that they disrupt
ing unity thereby impairing the effort
being widely believed because certain classes of people want
be believed.
Negro newspapers responsible Negroes and
every possible automatically ruled
If the Negro angry being against
the armed services the remedy is not to end this
the Negro which report it.
the Negro dgunled because he is barred from nneenths of
the hotels restaurants places United
the make him happy not to abolish racial osracsm
vocing his discomfort.
Negro because he is barred from skilled and
a
way appease him is to clamp his only expression
Negro school authorities
spend dollars educate his child dollars
year his white neighbours child the make his heart
light and gay is to squech all mention of the subject.
complain about the difference between the preach
white leaders democracy equality
but the Negro treason bringing the question:
the uniform of their country killed
by civil and military police compelled to ride Jim Crow like ers
1orced 10 60 around he door 10 DuV ood ne newspapers
these episodes under headlines the back
like the white of fmntng trouble
unpatroc Negro newspapers point only Negro
work being abroad while
the desert and places this country where they will
embrass the Government by distinguishing themselves the defense
Of their country.
Negro serving find u-fedged
jim system awaiting them everywhere they
such workings of democracy their the latter
silent.
only to find white men
who would obscure their guilt accusing newspapers
worsenng relations
But time marches the
to find Negro willing throw his
their only medium significantly enough Doctor of
Philosophy sponsored by of all things Democracy
Naturally this Doctor Philosophy difficulty
for his screed he Saturday teraure and sig
nfany enough the Readers Digest" reprinted almost
before it could appear originally.
1t is the old familiar formula when crime
always the most convenient whom
Pittsburgh Courier
CLEAN
Admitting that America will upon to take place of lead
ershp this great undertaking. with clean
hands? How this country the
and Middle East that it fair and just with minority
than predict
There is no use oong ourselves thinking that other
watching the influence that the Tom Cnno Bbos and
when nvolvng America Thew
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DON'T HAVE TO BE

Our world has thoughts erroneous,
AS, all dark voices are symphonious,
IT'S granted some are very mellow,
But mine can wreck an a cappella;
Ny baritone in bars away off-key
Proves such things don't have to be-
Too many folks, who know chickory
Isn't coffee, think terpsichore
Is mine by race, and must dance
In spite of time or circumstance,
With that never shall agree,
Such things, know, don't have to be.
Narrow minds, in love with generalities,
Ignore all change, new technicalities,
Proclaim me born to be mental,
To slave and clown in ways congenial;
turn block-buster, but they can't see
Why all their isms don't have to be.
The bigots will forever dream us
AS speaking much like Uncle Remus,
We're sons of Harvard and Old Eli,
With lives expended to belle
Fallacies robed in malice, cap-a-pie;
Such things just don't have to be.
God gave me a smile, and shall wear it,
You will me woe, I grin and bear it;
I move behind the sophistry of fool,
Ny screens Of things he's wont to ridicule;
His great surprise is e'er my glee,
When all he thinks don't have to be-!
james T. Logan.
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Says Paper Showed
Disrespect to Dead
By Use of Word
Minneapolis, MINI.

Minneapolis, MINI.
January 10, 1913
Editor: In referring to the death
of Mr.. Joseph Young in your issue
of January 18th I for one thought
it unbecoming to you as an Editor
to refer to him as a character.
There are no more characters, they
went out with the last war.
Everyone was put in this world
to live his or her life as sees fit, and
who are we to judge a mans Life?
AS far as the public was con-
cerned, and what we are no one
cares in these days. We all try to
live so that our fellow man will
think well of US. And to speak de-
spairingly of the dead, when they
can't speak for themselves shows
lack of respect for the dead.
Mrs. E. M. Fassett,
(REPRINTED TO CORRECT
ERROR)
In our haste to answer the let
ter of Mrs. E. M. Fassett last week
we omitted a couple Of words in
our EDITORS note which completely
changed our real meaning. Words
are darn pesky things when used
out of place. Here is our corrected
explanation.-EditOr.
Editors Note: The New Century
Dictionary, page 23s, Vol. I, defines
the word character thusly: 4" -
a distinguishing mark or feature;
a characteristic; also the aggregate
of characteristics or distinguishing
features of thing; peculiar quail
ity; also moral constitution, as of
a person or a people; often strong
ly developed moral quality, also
reputation; often good repute; also
an account of the peculiarities of a
person or thing; also status or ca
pacity; also a person considered as
exhibiting certain qualities"
The suggestion that the use of
the words "well known character"
in the news story mentioned in Mrs.
E. M. Fasset's letter was intended
to cast reflection on the subject of
the story is far fetched and without
foundation. A moments check of
the dictionary as is shown above
will indicate how erroneous such
deductions are. A common news
paper term, the word character
may be used to describe a variety
of persons and the word alone
does not carry an unfavorable
connotation,
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st. James A.M.E. Church Notes;
The usual faithful members, aug
mented by friends, were in attend
ance at our 10:45 a. m. service on
Sunday, January "a, and listened
to an excellent sermon by Rev. B,
N. Moore on "Christian Accom-
plishment." AS Paul said in his
epistle to Timothy, likewise must
we as Christians be trustworthy,
enduring and truthful to fulfill our
obligations to God and home and
state.
The following visitors were
noted: Mr.. P rincellyn Winch,
Onamia, Mimi, and Mrs. VIM.
Price.
The pastors subject for Sunday,
January 81, is Foxes Have Holes"
The University of Life had one
of the most interesting meetings
of the season on Sunday, January
"a, at $3.50 p. m. with Mrs. Alverta
Coram leading the discussion on
care War Marriages Practical ?"
The January 81 University of Life
program will be in the form of an
essay contest and discussion on
'Is There a Personal Satan?" with
Mr.. William Martin leading the
discussion.
Despite the falling temperature
the fourth Sunday night, Senior
Choir musical was successful. Mrs.
Villa Mae Barber was mistress of
ceremonies. Scout Troop No. 1Os
was present with Scoutmaster Ivy
Hagan. They recited several oaths,
Mrs. Mabel Brown and the Barber
sisters appeared on the program.
DR.. Isaac Fisher spoke on "Start
From Where You. Are in Prepare
ton for the New World Order"
The Monogram Circle Tea and
Coffee Sip. at the home of Mrs
Carrie Powell from 2 to 7:30 p. m
on Sunday, January "a, was well
attended.
Special service on Sunday at
p. m. will be sponsored by the
Charles Jacobs M. M. Society. A
missionary from Africa who wa:
aboard torpedoed ship will be the
guest speaker.-Charles H. Miller
reporter.
Mrs. Camille Jackson, niece Of
Mrs. Bertha James, 800 W. Cen
trail Ave-, st. Paul, helped set g
precedent in New York City las
week when she was elected CORE
spending secretary of the Regular
Republican Club of the % A. D
Mrs. Jackson, former student a
Georgia State College and New
York Business School, had worked
in the finance department of thu
Republican headquarters during
the 1886 elections. She visited hel
aunt in St. Paul last summer.
Pilgrim Baptist Church Notes:
Rev. Ware speaking on the subject
"Wait Upon the Lord" told the
Sunday morning congregation a
Pilgrim Baptist Church to wal
upon the Lord was the Christian
answer to many of our wartime
problems.
A new series of sermons have
been planned by the pastor for con
gregational participation. Rev
Ware will give an exposition on the
41st Chapter of Isaiah on Sunday
morning, January 81, and asks thai
everyone bring their Bible so they
can follow the exposition closely
This will be a great opportunity tc
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In Memoriun1

In memory of our beloved mother
who passed away Jan. 20, 1912.
We are lonely, yes for mother
In the year that passed away
And we know she'll always
guide US
Till we meet again some day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew G. Evans
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to acknowledge with
sincere thanks the kind expressions
of sympathy from our friends and
neighbors during our recent be-
reavement.
Mrs. Mary Duke,
Mrs. Grace Wilson.
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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
By Howard Vincent O'Brien
In the Chicago Sun

Dire things happen when gov
eminent invades the domain of pri-
vate enterprise. Take the case of
the Ida B. Wells Homes, built by
the Chicago Housing Authority for
Negro families who would other
wise be without decent lodging.
This project was opened 1S
months ago; and, unfortunately,
has been a losing venture. There
was a deficit. The government was
in the red, to the extent of $156.49.
Some 1850 families, none of
them having an annual income Of
more than $1,107 (the average was
$3.50, or $14.54 a week) had been
provided with shelter, but the bur
den had been too great. The gov
eminent, after 10 months of altru-
ism, was $156.49 in the hole.
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IN THE RED

Statisticians tore their hair. Had
they known about it, editorial writ
ers would have written editorials.
Another socialistic venture had
failed. Another case of boondog-
Cling could be chalked up against
the New Deal. It was terrible!
Seven thousand people had lived
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-29

We learned Tuesday night that
while we were angrily writing last
weeks editorial attack on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's shabby treatment
of his Fair Employment Practices
Committee that the unpredictable,
coura oeous Mr. Roosevelt was in
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Minneapolis North High Graduates

this weeks high school graduates the charming
City above. All graduated this
High School.
Ada Collier president of the Spanish Club member
Society," National Honor Society named the
High Hall of Miss Harris active the Pinnacle Society," Miss
choir Miss belonged
Pinnacle Society.