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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
BOYS LET THEMSELVES GO IN CULTIVATING UNIQUE
 T0NS0RIAL "AD0RNMENTS''
By Cpl. Allan Merritt Army Correspondent

AN ALEUTIAN ARMY BASE = Those fellows who have for most of their lives suffered from illustration of a suppressed desire to grow a handle-bar mustache or to shave their heads are letting themselves go in the Aleutians.
 With thousands of miles of ocean waters separating them from girl friends and mothers who might ob- ject. self-expression in many startl- ing forms has run riot, and boards have sprouted that would make the Pilgrim Fathers ashamed of theirs.
 There are sideburns that don't stop-just keep going down under the chin and up the other side to frame faces in one continuous line of bristles. Thin, dropping wisps of hair strangely suggestive of the Orient adOrn many lips. Some sold iers merely let boards grow as they will, possibly with the idea that it will necessitate less time at ton- sorial tasks. After a few months, it is difficult to tell where the fur lined parke hoods end and the boards begin.
 The hairy situation reached such ] proportions on this island that some unit commanders issued orders ! that goatees, elongated sideburns, lHushy mustaches and other such { facial adornments be sheared from their inspired creators immediately. ! But shaved heads, though more easily justified, are not so easy to , IlepaiT
 | And nude craniums are catching
 After a hardy pioneer parts with his
 locks, it isn't long until the situa-
 tion reaches epidemic proportions There are occasional improvements
 on the usual method, with some i'm. aginative soldiers leaving a lone ridge of hair down the center oi their skulls like the Sioux Indians of old, or maybe just one sprout ot
 hair on the forehead remains.
 Some do it purely for entertain,
 ment; others are more serious. The
 old argument about whether shay.
 ing brings the hair back thicker has not been settled. And until it is de,
 finitely, soldiers out here will gC right on shaving their heads. One
 soldie.', arranging two mirrors so as to get an unobstructed view of the back portion of his head, put it this j way:
 i "Tl is Alaska really takes youl hair out. I'm getting bald and ii there's any chance whatever tha } shaving will help me get some of i pack, off it goes. I'm not getting l any younger, and I've got to have
 enough hair left when I get bacl } 10 ges me woman"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
Jap Cruiser,
 4 DestrOperS Sunk by Navy
By Associated Press

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS South west Pacific - A Japanese cruiser and four destroyers were sunk by the Navy in a battle between Jap anese and American warships near the Allies Bougainville beachhead it was announced officially today Radio Tokyo previously had conced- ed the loss of the cruiser and two destroyers Tuesday morning
 The battle lasted more than two hours and occurred when enemy units were intercepted heading to- ward Empress Augusta Bay sector of Bougainville's west coast where Am erican Marines had landed the day before.
 Two other Japanese cruisers and destroyers were hit and no Allied naval vessels were lost.
 After the battle, the Japanese sent 67 planes to attack the Allied fleet. Seventeen of these were shot down, adding to Japanese losses. On the same day as this Naval fight, three Jap destroyers were sunk and two heavy cruisers were damaged by McArthur's bombers in a heavy raid on enemy shipping at Rabaul. A small force of Mitchells, on night patrol, stared fires at TObera one of Rabaul's five fields. Also near Rabaul, an enemy 80O0-ton merchant ship was bombed and sunk adding to approximately 100000 tons of shipping sunk or damaged in the Rabaul area.
 Latest reports on the outcome of last Tuesdays Naval battle, it was said, are still preliminary, meaning that it is possible that even greater losses may have occurred for the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
GERMAN CITIES GET NEW
 BLOWS FROM ALLIED AIRCRAFT

LONDON-A great fleet of RAF heavy bOmbers hammered the Ger man industrial cities of Duesseldorf and Cologne last night, a swift se- quel to the smashing daylight at tack on Wilhelmshayen by the lagr- est force of American aircraft ever thrown against the Reich.
 The main blow was concentrated on Duesseldorf making the big Ruhr armament center probably the worlds most heavily bombed city next to Hamburg, while a diversion ary assault by a smaller force mad Cologne on the Rhine. Mosqui, planes also bombed objectives in the Ruhr and Rhineland. Nineteen air craft were lost in the nights oper~ ations which included mine-laying German waters and the action of Intruder patrols over targets i'll France and the low countries. Four enemy aircraft were destroyed by the bombers. Dispatches from Stock holm. said more than a thousand were killed in Tuesdays attack by U. s. heavy bombers over German targets.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
DIMOND SAYS ALASKA
 READY FOR STATEHOOD

WASHINGTON - Delegate A. J. Dimond of Alaska told a radio aud fence Sunday night that Alaska is ready for statehood and with it's great resources employed to the full could support a population of 10 million persons.
 Speaking on the Inter-American University of the Ar over the NEG system, the delegate said: "Possibil- ittes for the future development of Alaska are simply boundless.
 Without dealing in exaggera- tion, indeed by ayailtng ourselves of the emphasis of understatement, believe Alaska gives sure promise of eventually being not only one of the wealthiest but also one of the most populous states in the union. "
 Dimond pointed out that Alaska is more than 2500 miles in extent from east to west and HOO miles from north to south. He said the Territory lies in the north temper ate zone with climate and growing comparable to those of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
 The people of those three coun-I tries, he said, have attained a high degree of civilization and culture and have made magnificent contri- buttons to the welfare of the world"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
NaziS Near Complete
 Rout In Russia As
 Reds Drive FOrWard
By Associated Press

MOSCOW-The Red Army today held virtually every foot of land east of the Dnieper southward be- low Kherson along it's 650-mile course through the heart of the Urkaine and north to Gomel, as prize of their summer campaign which, they said bled the Germans Of 2.700 o00 casualties. Stalin's re- sume for the four violent months of combat said it had cost the Germans 900,00O killed, 9S.OOO captured and 1,702,000 wounded, thus hoisting German casualties claimed by the Russians to an astronomical 11,000,- 000 of which. the Russians said D. 900 900 were dead
 Swift sweeps over the Black Seas sands, in southern Ukraine, brought the Cossacks to the river banks op- posite Kherson, sealing off the Crimea and trapping it's German garrisons.
 Official maps published today showed the Russians in poss session of all the east side of the Dnieper from Gomel in white Russia, to Zapor- azhe. In the bend south Of Zapor- Ozhe, the only German holdings east of the Dnieper are limited to a thin strip in the Crimea 52 miles long opposite Nikopol and a min ute bit of land in the Dnieper delta due south of Kherson.
 Moscow said nothing of the Cri- mea but the German radio station said, German troops were engaged in heavy fighting on beachheads south and east of Kursk and on the northern approaches of he Crimea."
 Moving into newly won positions achieved by two break-throughs of the German lines, the Red armies were pushing westward today to- ward the Latvian border and the old Polish frontier.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
HIGHER POSTAGE RATES
 APPROVED THIS WEEK

WASHINGTON-An increase from three to four cents for out-of-town postage was voted this week by the House ways and means committee which previously had raised the local letter rate from two to three cents.
 The committee decided to cut back airmail postage rates from the tentatively approved 10 cents to eight cents an ounce. The commit tee also decided there would be no postage increases on newspapers, church and religious publications but doubled all other second class postal charges.
 The general admissions tax was cut back to 20 per cent in stead of the previously approved 30 per cent. The present rate is 10 per cent.
 Chairman Doughton said the re- suit of todays action will be to re- duce the amount of new federal rev enue in the pending tax bill from two billion, IF million dollars to two billions, 43 millions next year
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
VAN H. FISK SUFFERS
 SLIGHT STROKE; ON
 ROAD TO RECOVERY

Van H, Fisk, prominent Wrangell resident, suffered a slight stroke last Saturday night shortly after he had entered the Elks Club but is re- covering rapidly this week. Dr. John H. Clements permitted him to sit up for half an hour today and ex- poets that in about three weeks he will be up and about again. The former Mayor suffered a partial par alysis of his right arm and throat. He is again able to speak slowly and his arm is improving. The suf- fering was brought on by blood clot on the left side of the brain which is clearing up nicely.
 Genial "Van", one of the best known men in this section of Alas ka, retains his usual good spirits and declared with a twinkle in his eye, that there was nothing wrong with his appetite, but feared he might be getting spoiled by having his meals in bed.
 Bill Grant is handling Vans Transfer during the owners illness
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
Tax Boost Urged to Curb
 Initiation
Rv Associated Press

NEW YORK-Judge Fred M. Vim son, Director of the Board of Econ omic Stabilizaion, declared here that Hove of ease political coward ice and personal ambition" threat ems betrayal of our fighting men overseas through failure to enact a tax program adequate to prevent in flatiOn.
 He declared a minimum of ten billion five hundred million in new taxes is necessary to prevent run away imitation and financial disas- ter. Congress has trimmed the re- quest to less than three billion.
 The director said more income taxes, lowering of present personal dependency allowances and increase in normal and surtax rates is the most satisfactory method based on the tried and true principle of a. bility to pay"
 Vinson declared the present spending spree for luxuries had caused sharp increases in non-es- sentials.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
NEW MILITARY DRIVE PLANNED FOR CHINA'S
 FIGHTING AREAS
IBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON = President Roos- evelt announced that the U. s., Britain and China had reached com plete agreement for new military op- erations in the Chinese theatre which might make news for the Japanese
 The President disclosed at his press conference yesterday that the agreemen. was reached at a confer ence in Chungking, among Gener- aIs Stilwell. Chennault and Somer- vile for the U. S., Lord Louis Mountbatten. new British com mander in Southeast Asia and Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek and his military advisors.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
EIGHT MILLION NAZIS HOMELESS AS RESULT
 OF ALLIED B0MBINGS
STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM = Swiss dispatches today gave these figures as the re- cult of Allied bombings in Germany:
 Eight million bomD victims home less; 152,0OO persons killed in the Hamburg bombings; 42,00O killed in the attacks on Kashel; 5000 killed and 12,00O made homeless in the RAF attacks on Wednesday night on Duesseldorf
 How the figures were obtained was not explained in the dispatches in Swiss papers, e.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
8 CENT POSTAGE IS RESTORED

The Ways and Means committee, after approving a raise from 3 cents to 4 cents for mailing out-of-town letters, later decided to leave the charge at three cents.
 The Committee also rescinded pre- Vious action that would have doubl- ed the tax on cigars. The action left an estimated 2 billion, 35 millions in the new U. S. tax bill against ad- ministration requests for 1012 bil- lions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
WIIHELMsHAVEN GIVEN
 TERRIFIC BOMBING
MEDITERRANEAN THEA

MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE Headquarters Great armadas of American planes, estimated unoffic- ially to total more than a thousand. including fighters, took advantage of a break in the weather yester- day to resume the offensive against Wilhelmshaven. It was the seventh U. & attack on this Naval base The announcement said the load of bombs dropped was greater than all previous raids Five heavy bombers and two fighters were lost.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
AGREEMENT REACHED
 IN SOFT COAL DISPUTE

WASHINGT0N-The United Mine Workers and Secretary Harold Ickes have agreed to a wage contract, ending the nationwide coal strike
 Agreement provides for $1.50 daily earnings increase for the soft coal miners. The $1.50 is the amount asked by the Union and which was not allowed by the War Labor Board. Lunch hour is cut to 30 min utes under the agreement and the miners return to work immediately.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
OPA REGULATIONS
 EXTENDED TO COVER
 USED CONSUMERS GOODS

Effective last month on October 16, sixteen kinds of used consumers durable goods were brought under a new overall regulation in Alaska which is expected to effect cOnsid- efable savings to the public Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann. the Alaska Director of the Office of Price Ad- ministration. announced recently.
 The regulation (Maximum Price Regulation 429) covers not only specified used articles but also these same commodities when rebuilt, re- conditioned, or renovated The arti- cles include: used furniture, bed ding household sewing machines, stoves, floor coverings, portable lamps and lamp shades, imscellan eous houseware items, hand tools and hardware items such as shovels, wheelbarrows, hatchets and caTpen- ters tools. It also applies to used baby carriages musical instruments except pianos, commercial kitchen equipment, beauty and barber shop furniture, fixtures and equipment, store and office fixtures, and coin operated vending machines.
 Used goods now are in greater de- mand than ever before because pro- duction of many new lines is either prohibited or greatly restricted by needs of the war effort.
 These commodities previously were held to March, 1942. sales prices under the General Maximum Price Regulation. The new reguia- tion affords a simpler and more pre- else formula and gives both OPA and the consumer peter control over prices. The pricing formula is based on the principle of comparing the used article for resale with the cost of new article of the same kind. If the used article is in good con- dition" as spelled out in the regu- lation, it falls into Class 1 and the seller may set the price at 75 per cent of the selling price of the ar ticle when new. If the used article is in poor condition, it falls into Class II and the seller may take 331 per cent of the original new price for his ceiling.
 The regulation requires retailers to post signs of a specified size at some conspicuous spot in their stores, enucerating he types of mer- chandise governed, describing the two classes into which it is divided for quality pricing purposes, and announcing that ceiling prices for articles in Class I must not be high err than 75 per cent of the present retail selling price ot tthe same or a similar article when new; and 1 that used articles in Class must not be priced higher han 33 1/3 per cent of their selling price when new. Plans are under way to make this ceiling price notice sign avail able shortly to all retailers upon request to their nearest OPA office.
 Every used article covered by the regulation and selling for $200 or more must be marked by the retailer with a tag or label showing the quality (Class I or ID and the dol lar-and-cents selling price of the used article.
 ! Specific dollars-and-cent ceilings previously were established for used household mechanical refrigerators, 1 typewriters, vacuum cleaners, dom estic washing machines, metal coil and flat bedsprings, tires and tubes and egg cases.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
FINAL REPORT OF
 HOSPITAL DE
DRIVE

Final returns of the Hospital Drive, as reported by H. B. Thorn quist, Treasurer of the drive is as follows:
 Jim Clark, $10; U. Kanerva, $5.
 From last report, -----$4,566.05 Above donations -------- 15.0O
 Grand Total ----------$4,581.05
 This is the final report by the Drive treasurer, H. B. Thornquist, and a check in the above amount of $4,581.05 has this date been is sued to the Treasurer of the Bishop Rowe General Hospital. MT. Thorn quist pointed out that if there were others who had not yet donated to the cause and wished to do so, the donation should be turned over dir ectly to the Treasurer of the Hos pitaI board. EL R. SharnhrOich-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
FINNS READY FOR
 SEPARATE PEACE
 PACT WITH RUSSIA

STOCKHOLM - The newspaper Social Demokraten said today the Finnish government had instructed Juhu Paasikivi. former minister to Russia, to be ready to go to Mos COW, presumably to discuss negotia- tons for a separate peace.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
SABLEFISH PRICE SET
 BY PRICE ADMINISTRATION

Telegram received this week by Mrs. Frank Barnes, clerk of the To- cal Office of Price Administration Office, from headquarters in Ju- neau, states that effective Nov 4 1943, the price of Sablefish on the grounds is as follows:
 Dressed SA cent sper pound Round. 51a cents per pound.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
WITHHELD TAXES MAY
 BE DEPOSITED AT BANK

II. B. Thornquist, Vice-President and Cashier of the Bank of Wran- gell, advises that withheld taxes in excess of $10O.00 may now be de- posited at the Bank of Wrangell for account of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, as fiscal agent of the United States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
TOM HARMON MISSING

ANN HARBOR = Tom Harmon, famed Michigan football star, Is re- porte missing in action in China, according to information to his fam fly here from the War Department. Harmon was before reported lost in the Caribbean but got out safely.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
OWNERS OF OLD BOAT HULLS WARNED TO GET
 THEM OUT OF HARBOR

There are still some old hulls and derelicts lying around in the har- bor causing a hazard to navigation. and the Coast Guard warned again this week that if the owners do not remove them immediately, they will be hauled out and destroyed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
HOME
FROM B. c. VISIT

Brig and Mrs. J. T. Gillingham of the Salvation Army returned this week to their home in Wrangell af- ter a tour of northern British Col umbia, which comes under Brigad- fer Gillingham's jurisdiction. They held p meeting during their visit and were at Prince George, Prince Rupert, Fort Simpson and other points.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
ITS A GIRL

A daugher, Sue Carol was born to MT. and Mrs. Urho Kylma, for merly of Wrangell, in Tacoma, on Oct. 22, weighing pounds g ounc- es. Kylma is now working for Bob Hansler, who was in charge of the Federal building construction here. in Tae0ma-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
RRADFORns HERE

MT. and Mrs. Curtis Bradford, of Ketchikan, arrived in town this week for a visit with relatives and friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
MRS. CASE SOUTH

Mrs. Emma Case is going south on the Canadian boat for hospital treatment in Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-11-05
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ELKS NOTES
By Iman Elk
B. P. 0. D., No. I595 ':' :. .. i. ... .;. I. .:, q.


 Initiation next Wednesday night and with the Armistice Day holiday following the next day, a big turn out of brothers is expected. Two of the newly made brothers are going to put on the feed and promise the real thing.
 With Leading Knight Virg Ney-' man batting for Exalted Ruler Carl Bradley Wednesday night, and do- ing good job of it, even talking to himself, lodge heard a report of the Halloween party for the youngsters at the Coliseum and then related some tall tales of "now, when I was a boy" Good thing none of the kids were around to get ideas.
 Trustee Brother Van H. Fisk, first PER, was missed from his usual spot, the first meeting he's missed in many years. Stricken with ilI- ness last Saturday night, Brother Fisk is rallying nicely and will soon be back among us.
 Due to inertia, lack of paper or something, or maybe Brother Oster- mans old favirite, pressure of other duties " your reporter forgot (now that's the right word) to mention that Joe Potter of the Coast Guard and Bert Gollus sprouted antlers at the Oct. 27 meeting and rode the goat without pulling leather. Degree team, with Secretary PER DaT Smith acting as FIR, put on the work in fine style. No ad-libbing and filling in with these boys They know. their stuff
 l Our apologies also go to Lyle Steiner of Juneau APO, who should have been included among the wis itors, although he's a Wrangell res ident at present.
 Ladies Night Card party, held a the Elks hall last night had onl! tour tables of card in play. On, more table filled up for lunch. The, must have smelled the grand chil the hostesses, Mrs. Tom Elswicl l and Mrs. Lars Eide made. EveryOn seemed to be having fine time. am still wondering why Geo. Stump l tion's face got so red when tn gents score of 12 was called. Da Smith went home with a nice ne1 key chain as high reward Berth Christianson won ladies' low whil Marian Sumption won the cut c the deck from Louise Curtis on hig ]; score.
 We would like to see more of tn Elks and their ladies out to thes l, parties to enjoy a sociable evenin 1 and delicious lunch which the hol tesses always furnish. The next car 5 party will be held November 18- r Come on, Elks. step out the wife = gal friend and let's see if we can el get a few more tables of cards O :, the 18th
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-28
GA5TINEAU BREEZE
MAKES APPEARANCE

The Gastineau Breeze, official
newspaper of the Douglas High
School, made its appearace today
and is filled with flewsy items and
with a liberal display of advertis-
ing. School enrolment is now at
1O3, not counting the kindergarten
recently started.
The announcement is made that
the Girls Physical Education Club
will be hostesses tomorrow evening,
starting at o'clock, at a Hallowe EN-
party in the school building. High
school students and faculty men,
bers are invited and all may take
guests.
The Editor In-C Chief of the Breeze
is Robert Savikko; Managing Edi-
tor, Alfredo Fleek, and Feature Ed
itor, Lucille Goetz, with Peggy
Cochrane doing exchange work and
Rudy Krsul, sports.
The Business manager is Betty
Bonnet with Business assistant
Louis Bonnet. Jean Marie Ackerson
is Literary Advisor and Eleanor
Warren is Business Advisor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-28
LADY ELN ARE
CALLED, SPECIAL
MEETING TONIGHT

Wives of Elks, or others interested
are requested to meet in the Bubble
Room in the Elks' Building at 8
o'clock tonight for the purpose of
organizing an Emblem Club. Dis
trict Deputy Ann Mcdonald, of the
Supreme Emblem Club, is in the
city, and will preside at the meeting
tonight and state the purposes OF
the club.
The Emblem Club is in no manner
connected with the Elks but as else
where. wives of Elks are generally
members.
Many women of Juneau were moth
fled by telephone today of the
meeting tonight by Floyd Fagerson
and others but many who may be
interested might have been over
looked and their presence at the
meeting is solicited.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-28
EDIE

1t seemed like the good old days
on Saturday night at the Formal
Dance and again yesterday at the
Clubhouse. Why? It's no mystery
at ALL An old friend, and very
special one, was present in the
person of Edith Birkeland Ryan,
our one-time USO hostess. Looking
at her charming best, and with that
old-familiar CLEAN in her eyes, and
that sparkling repartee of hers even
keener than ever, Edie's presence
brought back many fond memory
to her host of friends here; and she
must have been thrilled over the
warmth of her reception. Married
in May, her husband is now the
navigator of a Flying Fortress and
is due for immediate overseas SER
vice. Edie will be leaving soon for
Sitka, where she will remain in
definitely. We all hope she will be
back to see us at least occasionally