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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-06-25
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Proposed statehood for Alaska is beginning to arouse considerable discussion, as well it should. Wran- gel and Ketchikan Chambers of Commerce have gone on record for il. Other chambers in the Territory have it under consideration as have other civic groups and organiza- tions Meanwhile, several students of government in the Territory have been making some careful surveys Of the matter with the view of as- certaining the profit and loss bal anee sheet of statehood One of the men who is delying deeply into the subject Is Attorney Nilfred c. stump of ketehikan, formerly of Mrangell. Bringing out some inter- esting facts, Lawyer Stump says in a letter to the Periseope:
 "The two main objections by any person ale: 1 the cost; the loss of Federal ageniesc lit is amaz- ing how much people kick about these agencies and then fear the loss of them-seems inconsistent to meD
 'It is impossible to make a def mite financial statement on what it would cost to run this as a state. There are too many unknown factors. We assume that We would have the fisheries turned over to us-which would include our coast al fisheries, but not abolish the Fish and Wildlife who would function the same as they do in the other coast states, but it would mean the taking over of the salmon fisheries and a great portion of the trolling. The development and control of Then there is the question of wheth- CT or not the Federal government would turn over their judicial buildings and jails. Inasmuch as 90 per cent of the law work would be state instead of Federal, they would have no use for their jails and we should be able to get them or work out an inexpensive method of using them. The courtrooms could be used jointly. believe that this matter could be arranged and would not be as expensive as it at first seems. If this could not be done, it would mean a building pro- gram over a period of years which would cause some inconvenience but not be impossible of perform
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accepted this appointment as diree- Iof of fhe domestic branch of 0WI because I am convinced that its operations are absolutely vital 10 lhe conduct of the war and the in- terests Of the entire country. After extended conferences with Elmer Davis I arranged To take six months leave of absence from my paper 10 do this job wilh Che clear under standing chat ! would have full authority to operate the domestic branch according to the freest standards of the American press. % Hoyt went on to say that so far as he was concerned there was to be 10 ''propagandizing" of the Amari- can people. and there is where he touched the point Of contention which probably will see the aban- donment Of the domestic branch. al least. Of OWL
 OWI has become nothing short Of a full-steam propaganda bureau. and remarkably efficient one. sfieker is that the American people don't want government propaganda. but just plain facts about the war SO they can work a little harder and buy some more war bonds. Press and radio have the facilities for presenting those facts without gar nishing with the usual drool Re suit has been that ONT with prior fly as a government bureau, feed ing the nation it's proDagaudized
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batter has gotten into bad reputs With Congress and The nation gener= ally The chances are that | Palmer HoF6s one of the hest newspaper men on the Pacific slope was given opportunity to actually Fuu the OHI domestic bureau on naWs lines the public would gel uuaduIterated information But is begins to look as II Congress is convinced such T thing can't happen in q govern ment bureau. and il Is probably right
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undressing one off his generals who neither smokes. drinks ehews. dances or dips suuf - and who prays deyoutly morning and even ing as well as before battle Gen eraIs reporfedIy said the salty Prime Minister yua are iudomitz able n retreat invineible in attack and insuffarable otherwise
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yasiou of American soil The day is not too far in che future when the development of Asia will change the economic world into the Pacific and We will he a part of chat de- Telopment Ne caa follow the course Of world development from Egypt to our Atlantic coast. and it has been gradually going west. The eastern seaboard faces q reeonstruc- ton. while tha Pacific faces a de- Yelopment of virgin territory. The gradual growth of America To the westward is proof of this fact
 q do not believe We can get statehood while the war is on-but it is going To be over quicker than many realize. even fhe experts If the people of Alaska have gotten to- gethef behind this move one Huud- red per cent during fhat time and have hombarded Congress with ex- pressions of their desire. we will have the rieht 70 demand that Charity begins at home and Con gres must -firs6 s5Te us complete freedom mp here berore they can be- gin on figuring on world freedom for other nations. The time would be psychological perfect n the expiration of fhe War 10 demand not ask-for statehood for Alaska.
 q know there VIII be many ob- jections and many raaI difficulties in assuming statehood. but we have been crawling long enough and now is tha lime ta starr walking We have 2 new generauon in Alaska who are here To develop the country instead of exploiting il, and they want the right to control thair fu- ture. and they are fuIly capable to do it
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GUESS SWH0

8ASHIN6TON= Not since Linz com made his famous remark about Grant and his whiskey has there been d story more likely to % down in history thau that credited fo Prime Minister Churchill who was
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Palmer Hogt Portland Oregon iau's managing editor. who Nas re- gently appointed director of the domestic branch of the Offiee of War Information. promises 10 have a sharf-lived job and may soon be able 10 go back to 5he Oregonian's s staff House Of Representatives by a top heavy vote this week approved a plan to discontinue Che domestic office of ONT altogether. Mean while Hoyt who hardly has had a chance to gel an OWI chair warm. issued statement declaring. T
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
SEEK WAY T0RAISE
PAY OF WORKERS
Bureau of Internal Rev
enue Plan Would Help
Many

Washington, July 8.-(UP)-The
Bureau of Internal Revenue said to-
day that it is beginning to take &C
ton on applications by employers
to increase the pay of certain class
es of salaried employees whose work.
ing hours have been heightened.
The commissioner of internal
revenue, Guy T. Helvering, on July
l issued instructions to regional Of
fees of the salary sterilization unit
as to methods under which addition
al compensation might be deter
mined.
1t was explained that due to ex-
tension of the work week, employ
ers are required under the fair labor
standards act to pay wage earnerS
and certain others additional COM
pensation at time and a half for
hours over 40 per week-but not re-
quired to compensate supervisory
personnel on the same basis. This
often worked an injustice and re-
suited at times in wage earners re-
ceiving more total pay than their
supervisors, the bureau said.
Under the bureaus plan, it will
approve overtime measures for SAL
aried employees receiving more than
$4,000 a year and executive admin
istrative and professional employees
receiving less than $4,000 a year who
are not represented by a recognized
labor organization.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

to climb through them and reach
smooth air above at about 5000
feet
SAW FLOATING ICE
By this time the Atlantic, with
ice fields and occasional towering
icebergs, was visible below I
began to wonder whether, If 1t
was necessary to make forced
landing in the sea, we would be
able to land ON the icebergs and
stay long enough to be picked up.
felt they were much more solid
than our rubber dinghy, which
didn't seem to be at all inviting.
I am bad sailor.
Snatches in a tow-rope can be
minimized greatly by skillful
glider pilot, but the tug pilot can
do a little about it. For instance,
the idea is to dive a little just as
the tow-plane begins to go ahead,
SO that the glider gets up speed at
on seeing the rope getting slack,
the same time and the snatch is
reduced.
Another of the difficulties was
the noise. The air rushes past the
glider with the sound of a train
over rails an odd rhythmic beat
which doesn't cease until the
glider speed drops below 70 knots
just before landing. Squadron
Leader Gobeil, my co-pilot. and I
didn't talk to each other during
the flight. We couldn't.
Another strain was watching
the toW-rope so closely. The eff
fects are hypnotic. In fair weather
the average trick at the controls
is two hours. If there is no hori-
zon, one hour. But in bad
weather, spell may last three.
Concentration is imperative. Even
when the co-pilot takes over, the
tension does not leave you. You
seem to be flying the glider all
the time, whoever is at the con-
trolls.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
MORE WAR-INDIANS

MORE WAR-INDIANS
WITH praises still resounding for
w her best selling Loon Feath-
err" lola Fuller offers another re-
markable Indian novel, 1.-THE Shin
ing Trail Duell, Sloan & Pearce:
So, a full, filled, deeply SYM
pathetic novel of the Black Hawk
War.
Using largely historical charac-
tiers and basing her story on his
tory, Miss Fuller weaves a color
full picture of the magnificent leader
Black Hawk and how he led his
Sank tribes in their last fight for
their homes and hunting grounds.
1t is story full of action, showing
the youths on their hunting expedi-
tons, at their tests and games,
telling stories in their tepees and
before their camp fires-and lola
Fuller tells it with an amazing
grasp of the Indian way Of life.
When the growing rebellion
against the white mans treachery
explodes into open war, it brings
to a climax an important phase in
the development of the nation And
it brings into the open the tender
and moving love story of Nanisa
the Indian girl, and Charlotte the
white girl, for Chaske, the adopted
son of Black Hawk.
SCOOPS!
ssCECRET Sources Cliff Davis,
~ 5000, by Wythe Williams
and William Van Narvig, covers
lot of territory - Nazi- conquered
territory-and is as exciting read
ing as you will find on the INSIDE
Nazi Germany theme since Will
liam Shirer's Berlin Diary"
Wythe Williams, foreign CORE
spondent during World War 1,
then radio commentator, called the
turn on so many great events in a6-
vance during the present war that
his competitors were tearing their
hair and screaming, Where does
he get his dope? How did he know
six months in advance that World
War II would start with Hitler's
advance on Poland early in Septem-
Der, 1889? Has he crystal ball,
or what?"
It wasn't a crystal ball it was
an officer who had served in the
Russian army, who knew Europe
like a book, who detested Hitler.
who met Williams in 1915. met
him more than 20 years later IN
New York, and who readily agreed
to supply him with inside informa-
ton from overseas. This was Will
liam Van Narvig, who had close
connections with Berchtesgaden,
men and women who had access to
the Berghof, Hitler's mountain nest,
and to Karin Hall, Goering's magni-
ficent country lodge. Overheard con-
versations between Hitler, Himmler,
Franco, Ribbentrop are reported in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

| the clear again and had about sin
hours at 5000 feet, flying between
two layers of cloud where, of course,
we could see neither sun nor sea.
Adult IS hours from North America,
we hit another bad patch. 1t lasted
only half an hour and from there
it was plain sailing at 5000 feet
with layer of cloud covering the
sea and the sun shining down on
us.
I had taken along bunch Of
bananas for the family, but they
| got froStbitten - as Gid our sand
wiches. which almost broke our
teeth when we tried to eat them.
Finally, % flying hours from
Montreal, we sighted the coast of
Britain after four false alarms
which turned out to be low clouds
on the horizon. never was more
glad to see the, earth under me
and, upon receiving the signal
from the tow-plane to cut loose,
I didn't argue. After couple of
circuits over the landing field, we
touched down smoothly.
Gobeil and I shook hands very
solemnly as the machine came to
rest. We were very tired. 1t was
quite an effort to submit to the
usual interrogation and attend to
unloading the glider before she
VISA wheeled away and put to bed
in the hangar.
Copyright 1913, by NEA Service, Inc.
All U. S. and Canadian rights
reserved
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
UNITED NATIONS
MUST HELP MANY
Be Prepared to Give Aid
to l6O,OOO,OOO People
F. B. Sayre Says

Baltimore, Md, July 8.-CUP)-
The United Nations must be pre-
pared to afford relief to 16O,OOO,OOd
people between now and the end
of next year, Deputy Director Fran
els B. Sayre of the state depart
ment.s Office of Foreign Relief and
Rehabilitation said today in 3
speech here.
Addressing the KiWanis Club
Sayre told of the extent of the re-
lief problem which will develop as
Axis armies are driven from terri
tory they have occupied.
There will probably not be
enough food left at the end of the
war to give everyone the ration that
ne or she should have" Sayre said.
But at least it will be better than
the diet to which the Germans have
condemned most of the people now
under German domination and, il
wisely planned, will maintain the
people of Europe during the early
stages of rehabilitation
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

The reader has chance to see
the japanese as personality, how
ever, in Carroll Alcott's my War
With Japan" (Henry Holt g. Co.:
50. AS a personal enemy of the
Japs. Alcott had many amazing
and violent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he
has put forth in his book.
AS a reporter of three wars and
an observer of the Japanese mill
tary machine at close range, Alcott
possesses an invaluable background
for his story of the social, political
and economic struggle in the Far
East.
Alcott began newscasting over
Shanghai's station XMHA in 1888
and was soon after placed high on
Japans list of public enemies. The
author tells about buying bullet
proof vest and a .45-caliber auto
matte and travelling with a body
guard in an armored car when he
was marked for liquidationby Axis
terrorists because he refused to
stop broadcasting the truth about
the enemy.
Adventures Alcott describes range
from arms smuggling in the Philip
pines in 1923 to a Japanese attempt
to kidnap him in 1910.
In reportorial style the author
presents up-to-date information
about Japan, her institutions, her
people, and the havoc wrought by
her. In his outspoken way, Alcott
helps to explain the Japanese psy-
chology of war, and a reading OF
the book will aid the news follower
when interpreting Japanese news
releases.
Punctuated with episodes show
ing the Japs' hypocrisy and brutal
ity, the book will make the reader
realize he is not just fighting an
opposing nation but rather per-
sonal enemy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
Good Evening.
BEACH ITEMS

CA Few Newsy from Our Tall Tower Files
Burlington Brown
Have SeaglaGes and closed their house III toWi
The Hotel Hohaset featuring Saturday night hop
recently opened smart womens shop
Aquatic events took lace the Fourth
Dckensons the Shore Drive north
At Smiths Saturday night here be beach party roast
Mr. ] Dillingham; will be the host
Billings this have new cabana
Copied from a tropical model in Havana
Gibsons drug a marble fountain (ad),
Rubber the beach are the latest fad
Mr. and Mrs Fzoy will entertain at dinner Tor eight
Cliffside sound for Mrs Timothy Tate
The well known "SradivaruS" Bldde,
Casino Band and is playing first fiddle
Baylors will be restricted,
Those owning cards will be evicted
this weeks attractions among ohers
will Garland, Crosby and the Marx Brothers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
ENGLAND HITS
MARRIAGE HIGH
BY WALTER LOGAN

tCHltcu fEcSS Stdu COrreSpOnrocnt)
London, July O. (UP) - Magis-
trates alarmed by tremendous
increase in time marriages, have
begun planning means of combating
a flood of postwar divorces.
Marriages, normally averaging
100000 year, climbed to the record
level of 468,000 in 1910 and are
holding the gain. Viewing this in
crease in the light of a similar in
crease during the years Of World
War I which was followed by a
letters to Williams, and those names
become more than mere names
they become startlingly real.
How Williams knew in advance
of the invasion of Denmark, the
ticklish Jap-German get-togethers
in Berlin, the latter news being too
hot to dispense for diplomatic rea-
sons, how he scooped the world
again and again, is told in this
amazing book which takes you be-
hind the scenes and makes clear
how one man knew, told, was given
skeptical reception, only to be
corroborated by facts mad history.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

sharp increase in divorces, the mag
lstrates are trying to discourage
hasty matrimonial plunges.
The chief causes for wartime
marriage break-ups are too little
thought before the vows are taken
and the disruption of home life.
Some magistrates point to the
lower average age of brides in the
past four years, as a contributory
cause.
H. M. Morton, inspector in the
probation branch Of the home Of
flee, warned of "glut of matrimon-
ial work in the courts" and suggest.
ed efforts at Cancellation in all di-
vorce cases.
Morton said the greatest problem
is offered by young couples, married
hastily and separated by war con-
ditions. He cited instances of
soldiers marrying young women un-
der emotional stress. When they
came back from the front, they
hardly know their brides. though
they thought themselves in love.
In some quarters, there is re-
vival of agitation for a relaxation
of British divorce laws, considered
the most stringent in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
GUN REPORT GIVES
WHITE HOUSE SCARE

Washington, July 8-(UP)-The
blasting report of a riot gun dis
rupted the quiet of the White House
corridors today.
Secret servic agnts and White
House policemen raced to investi-
gate. They found, with some relief
that military sentry changing the
magazine on his gun had forgotten
that one shell was in firing position.
Total damage: Some plaster knocked
off the wall of to- corridor in which
the gun was fired.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
Hot From HOLLYWOOD

Hot From Hollywood Pleased with the success
of several young actors in Air Force Warner Bros IS
casting five newcomers in choice roles in DESTINATION
Tokyo story of an American submarine . Mae West
wants to do catherine Was Great Broadway after
finishing "Tropicana' Gary Cooper starts twoweek
Victory garden vacation following completion of his role
in Saratoga Trunk" Bob Hope rumored to have
landed in England to entertain American troops
Warner Bros pucks second coed from U. c. L. A. in per
of 20year-od Jean Sullivan following success OF
Joyce Reynolds in "The Constant Nymph" Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer is muling the idea of building picture
around Iturbi, noted pianist Sergeant Joe Louis
finishes his stint in Techncolor lm version of Irving
Berlin's This Is the Army and reports to Fort Riley
expected to get top role in 1.-THE Eve of st. Mark"
Bette expected to star in Flower of Strength new
novel by Baroness Lii Hatvany just purchased by warner
Bros.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

So glider flying isn't just sitting
in the cockpit and being towed.
It's something similar to being
towed in a car by rope from
another car except that the one
behind has no brakes and the
only way the pilot can slow down
to avoid running over the tug or
letting the tow-rope get slack
(Which makes a frightful snatch)
is to weave about and thereby
cover little more distance than
the towing vehicle.
ROUGH RIDING
In smooth air everything is de-
lightful, But in bad weather you
might as well be in churn.
remember one particularly rough
flight after which I had a ire
mendous bruise across my stom-
ach and thighs from being thrown
against my belt, and I thought
my insides never would return to
their proper positions.
Crossing the Atlantic, we were
forced below the clouds again
about six hours from the North
American continent, and for some
time we flew less than 1000 feet
above the waves. The weather
was closing in. however, and we
had to climb and try to get over
the top. At $500, we still had not
reached the top. 1t was showing
hard. I was at the controls and
pretty busy. Gobeil said after
wards he got absolutely frozen
Wiping away the snow which
came in through joints in the
cockpit. We were wearing the
same clothing = with United
States Army parka and woolens -
and had on the red skull cap
maed from my wife's hat which I
wear for luck, but I was working
so hard at the controls that I kept
warm.
SANDWICHES FROZEN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

Brass City Nuggets: City officials who have been
preening themselves the excellent condition OF local
streets had better take look along upper North Main
Street before footing their little horns According to
protests reaching the Tower North Main Street from
Tudor Street to Lakewood is neglected sector. Days
and weeks pass without residents seeing 'Whte
Wing to remove accumulation of debris along the
thorOughfare the gateway to Bucks HILL Bristol, the
Berkshires and whatnot. few indignant taxpayers
plan visit to City Hall unless conditions improved
to register long, loud wall of protest. Now don't say
we didn't you, boys.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
Fancy that.

Fancy that. An open mind is fine unless it's so
open nothing stays in it. Wisdom is common sense
but not common Even the little kids sometimes
don't like substitutes spread on their bread, because
they're old enough to know butter Not enough atten
ton is paid to educating the pedestrian, says manu-
facturer So lot of them step out and get bumps OF
knowledge Mothers Day and Fathers Day have
come and gone, and they are talking up Mothern
Law Day, which will probably gum things up consider
able. Even when quarrel is ripe, don't pick it, let it
drop It's long lane that has no tn-can pile.
There's accounting for tastes said the butcher when
of his customers refused pork chops after seven days
running Letting the buying of coal 60 until the first
lot of people from seeing this world and maybe the
next The season of open windows reminds us that
radio is device that sounds swell in your own home
and terrible next door. Honesty is the best policy
especially when caught parked alongside baseball field
where is pretty certain you came to home run and
not sick friend
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

Friends and acquaintance in this city of Rev. Peter
DAILY interested to read in yesterdays paper that the
former popular assistant at ST. Margarets church, this
city, will take part in the rededication of the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception in New Hartford where he
pastor The event will take place Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock Father DAILY was very active in parish
affairs while he in this city and since going to New
Hartford has had equally busy life.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09
HORSE MEAT IN HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood, Cal. = CUP = Coun-
ty Livestock Inspector L. M. Hurt
predicts that horse meat is here for
several years after the war. He as
serts that Hollywood and surround
ing county territory is already eat
ing 1900 horses a month. There are
already 10 existing licensed abat-
toirs in the county for horses.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-09

Montreal
CAT Douglas transport
glider captain, of the Raj
holder Distinguished Flying
pictured right the controls the VooDOo Below the
craft being loaded with freha reported Of
RADIO left
connected