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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-30
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WASHINGTON-There is every indication that President Roosevelt is. for the time being. going to turn his back on the War afield and give considerable attention to matters on the home front He is supposed to have told Congressional leaders of both parties that he intends to de- vote major energies to the home front.
 Observers here feel that this is proof that war strategy for the next few months at least Is already es- tablished The Tunisian battle, to quote the militarists. seems to be proceeding according to plans. The mop-up of the Mediterranean. and then invasion of the continent. must already be decided A military upset certainly would draw the presidents full attention, but other wise there is no reason why he shouldn't now try to iron out some of the difficulties here at home.
 His strong vveto OF the Bankhead bill as an imitation threat is one straw in the wind. His appoint ments of Chester c. Davis as food ear and of Jonathan W. Daniels, one of the South's ace newspaper editors, as his "faet-finding and trOuble-shooting" executive assis- tant, are others.
 That Davis was virtually drafted to take over the food production and distribution load is no secret. The Daniels appointment hasn't t been publicly clarified, but some observers think he may have big hand in straightening out the polit- ical muddle that might result from the threatened Southern revolt a gainst the Administration.
 There are other legislative req sons, too, why the President should be working on the home front for the next few weeks. There is the extension of the Guffy Coal Act, which is considered vital by the Ad- ministration in preventing chaos in the coal mining industry.
 There is the proposed extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, of 1884 This pet of Secretary of State Cordell Hull has become a symbol of the New Deals inter- national trade policy.
 Probably most important of all is upcoming tax legislation. Tho House Ways and Means subcommit- tee the full committee and even the House itself has passed the buck on pay-as-you-earn and with holding tax legislation. The posi- tion of the Administration isn't clear. It probably will have to be before any legislation is finally en-
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wRANaEIL. OVER THE TOP!

As this is written, Wrangell is within a couple of thousand dol- lars of going over the top for it's quota in the second Yivtory Loan driye-S15.0O0. Before the Post Off, flee window comes down this af- ternoon we are fairly confident the goal will be reached.
 Regardless of the margin one way or the other, it doesn't deter The Sentinel from being the first to congratulate the citizens of this community on doing a masterful job once again.
 At the poorest season of the year for our community, with our popu- ation stripped down from our us- ual 1,200 to 1,50O to around 500 as the result of some 100 men in the armed forces ana many families away on war work, you have dug down deep, sometimes until it hurt, to make the objective. Even as those lads of ours, more than 100 of them from Wrangell under arms on the war fronts of the world, are hurtling forward to their object ives, you have rallied gallantly to their support.
 Without urging, without ballyhoo and without pressure of any kind, you have answered Jne call to arms in handsome fashion. Just a cold page of type in the columns of this newspaper. provided by your com mittee, announced to you the sec ond Victory Loan drive and the fact that Wrangeil was Town for $15,000. The first day more than $3,O00 worth of Americanism came 10 the Post Office window to say il with bonds. Since then, 1t has been a steady stream of hard-earned dol lars rolling in to take their crack at the Axis.
 While congratulating your com mittee, headed by former Mayor Van H. Fisk, and every resident oi this community who has struck g blow for victory with the tools al hand-cash- The Sentinel is hap py to herald to the world-WRAN. CELL HAS COME THROUGH AGAIN.
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suckler to statehaed, however. comes. after the s10o.000. As a state Alaska would be required to finance through taxation it's many activities which as a Territory are paid in whole or in part by the Fed eral government. Whether Alaska is prepared to meet statehood finan- cially is the question on which hinges future action on the Langer= McCarran measure.
 L. W.
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Rainey. q think I know all that any congressman could possibly learn about taxes and I can sum 1t up in several words. Taxation is the fine art Of plueking the most feathers from the goose with the feWest squaWks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-30
THIlR@UGIlH TH[E SEN lsINElL
 PlElRTSGOPE

n O a
 Into town this week buzzed lively itae R. E. Sheldon. Executive Di- rector Of the Alaska Unemployment Compensation Commission. Ser. ex-skagway in the days of Soapy smith. ex-TerritorIaI Representa- tive. ex-Fairbanks Postmaster, first man to bring an automobile to AL aska. father of the Fairbanks Ju- neau airmail sery1ce and cOpious other activities during his 46 years In Alaska. Bobby as he is known to pioneer Alaskans the Territory over, with his Research and Infor- nation assistant, John Mclaughlin, former Douglas boy and brother of Mrs. Karl Theile Of Wrangell, was taking a swing through the South east checking up on compensation matters; talking with employers and employees alike. Incidentally, he was mentioning the word ..un- employment as sparingly as pos sible. With his sound Alaska back ground he thought it sounded a lit tie strange in view of the persist ent cry or labor shortage So-Called Unemployment Commission, howey- CT, also handles employment as one of its divisions, now under U. s. supervision, so Director sheldon has plenty on his mind beside unem- ployment. UCC, for example, handles claims, temporary snutdowns when compensation is pasu and dozen other angles of labor matters in the Territory.
 Most interesting thing about Bobby Sheldon, however is Bob by Sheldon, not the UCC. Pioneer Sheldon beat the '9Sers north. As @ youngster, he ate his first Christ mas dinner in Alaska aboard the old steamer Queen off what is to- day Ketchikan on December 25, 1897 Next stop was Wrangell, which even in those days was a darn good town and which already had experienced one gold rush-the one to the Cassier in the 70's. Petersburg was non-existent and the Sheldon forces pushed on to Skagway which was then a-boom- ing. Young Sheldon did a lot of jobs around booming Skagway. a. mong them serving as printer s devil on the Skagway Alaskan, then edited by the late Governor John Troy. From Skagway our hero mushed on to Fairbanks where he became one of the No. l citizens of the community. In 1914, he took the first Ford automobile into the Golden Heart of the North. Autos We're something in those days. Two weeks after pioneer autoist Sheldon had unloaded his famed vehicle he l had $1,5O0 in his pockets, the result of having taken the miners and cit 1 izens of Fairbanks for rides. "Td come back from taking a bunch of miners out with twenty dollar bills sticking out of my pockets" he reminisced. T didn't charge any thing, but the boys insisted on mak- ing it worth my while"
 Bunch of miners wanted to go over the old Richardson trail to Valdez. Sheldon fixed the price, cranked up his Lizzie and headed for the coast. For reasons known only to Fords of those days, driver Sheldon and his passengers pushed most of the way. Remarked one oi his passengers on arrival in Valdez as he handed over his fare:
 Never thought I'd pay twenty 1 five bucks to push my suitcase to Valdez"
 Well, you said you wanted to come the worst way" cracked Bob
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acted or defeated.

acted or defeated.
 The recent tax battle in che House Of Representatives h s brought to the mind of many a re- mark of the late Henry F Rainey. once speaker of the House.
 1I have been on the Ways and Means committee 20 years" said
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-30

BOSTON-A marine on leave at tempted to mount a camel at an ex- position here. The camel fell on him. The marine went to the hospit- al with a fractured collar bone. The camel died.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Good News
For Eaters

Washington, Dec. 1-(UP)-The
nations housewives today had the
good news that meat ration values
will be lowered during December to
give their families 80 per cent more
meat for the regular quota of red
points.
The reduction, coming in time to
give householders more meat for the
holiday season, was announced in a
radio adde's last night by Price Ad-
ministrator Chester Bowles, who
emphasized that ration value Of
butter would remain at the present
level of Is points a pound.
BowleS said the cut would apply
to all meats, except pork, which was
made point-cheaper two weeks ago.
Beef values will be cut from two to
three points pound. Full details
of the reduced values will be made
public later this week when the
December point charts are pub
liShed.
The price administrator warned.
however, that meat supplies will be
smaller next spring, In anticipation
of which the OPA may boost ration
points In January and February.
But Of the immediate outlook, he
said;
Right now, our meat supplies
are in pretty good shape and for
that reason I am glad we are going
to be able to cut the points rsthay
substantially. This will give
each member OF your family abo4A
80 per cent more meat during d.
cember."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Chinese War
For Changteh

Chungking, Dec. 1.-(UP--A saw
age, hand o-hand battle ragged into
its third day in the streets OF
Changteh today and the Chinese
high command announced that Its
troops still held control of the town,
a key stronghold in the network
of Allied defenses in central China.
A Chungking communicate said
Japanese forces that broke into
Changteh Monday evening met fierce
resistance inside the walled town
and failed to drive out the Chinese
garrison.
Both sides suffered heavy casual
ties in bitter street fighting, the
communique said.
At the same time, 1t reported
that attacking Chinese columns were
driving toward Changteh from three
directions after a series of bloody
battles in the rice bowl area west,
north and east OF the besieged
town.
One column recaptured Shihmen,
so miles north and west Of Chang
teh, while a second took Taoyuan
10 miles to the west, and a third
stormed into Tsangkang, on the
southwest shore Of Tung Ting Lake,
less than 40 miles east of Changteh.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Colleagues
Retain Rights

New York, Dec. 1.-(UP)-Fifteen
minor league baseball leagues sus-
pended for the duration of the war
retained their voting rights in the
National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues today.
William G. Bramham of Durham,
N. c., was reelected president of
the association for five years.
AT the opening of the And gen.
eral meeting of the association
which is made up of minor leagues,
a roll call vote defeated a resolu-
ton to prevent the suspended
leagues from voting along with the
nine circuits still operating.
After an hour of heated argument,
President William G. Bramham
ruled that all the suspended leagues
We're entitled to vote. The roll
call then showed 10 clubs upholding
that ruling and five voting against
it.
OF the nine leagues in operation,
five voted against permitting the
suspended leagues to vote. These
were the American Association, the
International, Pacific Coast, Pied
mont and Pony leagues. The four
active members who voted contrar-
lily were the Southern Association,
and the Eastern, Interstate and APP
palachian leagues. All of the sus-
pended leagues voted for the reten-
ton of their voting rights.
Bramham had ruled that only
the nine leagues in operation could
vote at the meeting but reversed
himself with the larger of the minor
league clubs holding the power if
only the nine had been permitted to
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Wars Longest
Plane Flight

Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, Dec. 1.-(UP)-The wars
longest flight from Australia-2,8 300
miles and lasting 16 hours-was re-
vealed today by the award of silver
stars to crew members of LIBERIA
tor bomber on Photographic recon-
naiSSance after the first American
air attack on the japanese oil-pro-
ducing center at Balikpapan, Borneo.
The flight occurred on Aug. is
and 16, during which the plane
passed over heavily fortified Japa-
nese bases and intense anti-aircraft
fire to destroy refining and storage
installations. With three bombs left,
the plane scored two near misses
on a 6,0OO-t ton vessel, which photo
graphs later showed to be sinking.
Four of nine attacking Japanese
fighter planes were shot down and
others possibly damaged In battle
which lasted an hour and 40 min
utes.
The return flight was made with
one engine shot out and with one
of the remaining three engines leak
ing oil.
Among those awarded the silver
star by 1t. Gen. George C. Kenney,
Allied alrforce commander in this
theater, was T/Sgt. Joseph S. P.
BlaiS, Barton, VT.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Fascist rend
Seen Growinq

Boston, Dec. 1.-UP Executive
Secretary Lester B. Granger of the
National Urban league warned today
that American democracy is being
threatened by the rise of Fascism
and ensuing an5viGc1Hvssc SSia s.s1,-
negro rioting.
Speaking before 1000 delegates at
the seth annual Massachusetts, Con-
ference of Social Work, he said the
trend toward Fascism was evident in
the fearfulness with which response
BILE negro leadership even admits the
presence of anti-Semitic and anti
negro influence in the community.
1.-The spread of Fascist philosophy
which threatens the American in
dividual is witnessed in the rise OF
ti-SemitiSm and the more eff
cient organization of anti-negro in
f1uence," Granger said. "Postmas-
teri General Frank r. Walkers
argument that denying hate litera-
ture in the mails would be a sup
preston of free speech is an ominous
comment on the prospects of secure
group relationship in the postwar
world
He also said Americans have rea-
son to be disturbed over the lack of
present planning for individual Sc
curity in either the wartime or the
postwar period.
Organized labor strains at the re-
pressive bit of suitable wages" he
added. Organized business seeks
to burst through price ceiling. Or
ganized farming-that Is to say cor
porate farming-lobbies against
farm subsidies"
Prof. Herbert A. Miller of Black
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Internment Over
They Weep, Cheer

Jersey City, N. j., Deem.
Der 2. - (UP) - The ex-
change liner GripshOlm
nOSed slowly into its pier to-
day, portfolios and deck
openings along its cleaning
white sides filled with 1,500
cheering, weeping Americans
and Canadians, home at long
last from internment camps
in Japan, China and the
Philippines.
AS the 18,353-ton Swedish
ship, which reached quaran-
tine last night, sailed past
the Statue Of Liberty in New
York harbor and came into
her berth the passengers inn
patiently awaited clearance
by government officials. Not
until then could they be
clasped in the arms of rela-
tives and friends, or start on
their way to destinations
they had dreamed of for the
last two years.
Governmental agencies and the
American Red Cross had made elab-
crate preparations to receive the
1886 Americans, some Of whom
have never before set foot in this
country, and the 221 Canadians
who were rounded up by the enemy
shortly after Pearl Harbor. The
Canadians will be placed on a spe-
cial train and taken to Montreal.
The pier was heavily guarded by
detail of "a Jersey City police
men, under command of Inspector
William Hogue, and more than 100
customs men had reported for duty.
The ship moved slowly into the
pier from midstream as crowds on
building and on streets where
view could be obtained watched
silently.
Slow Process
With relatives and friends warned
not to come to the pier, 1t was ex-
pected that the governments pam
cling of the new arrivals would
take all of today and possibly a part
of tomorrow.
The ship was tied up at $50
a. m.
The exchange ship. sailing under
the neutral colors of bright, white
paint, reached Quarantine at IL
o'clock last night and was sched-
uled here about 10 a. m.
Several Latin American repat-
rates we're aboard the ship when
it left Mormugao, Portuguese India,
nearby Bombay, October %, but
were landed at Rio de Janeiro two
weeks ago.
There were only few diplomats
among the passengers, most Of
whom were missionaries, business
people and their families.
Only government officials and po-
lice authorities were permitted on
the pier before the vessel was
berthed. Friends and relatives of
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Organized Labor Rallies
To Support Subsidy Plar,

able to stand the higher food prices
that would result from abolition OF
subsidies.
Despite the uncertainty of its
future, the administration subsidy
program went forward as a new
flour subsidy, designed to prevent
a rise in the price OF bread, went
into effect today.
The subsidy will go to millers to
offset the difference in price they
pay for wheat and the ceiling prices
they receive for flour. 1t will be
paid by the Defense Supplies Corp,
and will range from 5,a cents to Is
cents a buShel, according to grade
and geographical locations.
Albert Goss, manager of the Ma
tional Grange, and Edward O'Neal,
president Of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, opposed subsidies
yesterday and demanded adjustment
Of prices to absorb the increased
cost now covered by subsidies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Charges Fly
AtJ.L.F Iy

Washington, Dec. l. (UP) -
Charges that high ranking Naval
officer has been practically CASH
tered" because of his opposition to
Chairman James L. Fly of the Fed
eral Communications Commission
may be publicly investigated by the
special House Committee inquiring
into the FEC, it was disclosed to-
day.
Chairman Clarence Lea, D., CAL,
said evidence in the case would be
reviewed in executive session late
today. The committee may then
determine whether to hold public
hearings on the matter.
FEC Commissioner T. A. M. GRAY
en-, who has opposed many of Fly's
policies told the group yesterday
that FEC reprisals against mem
bers of the armed forces are a well
known fact" He said an officer had
been practically cashiered and
placed on the retired list" because
he objected to Fly's domination"
of governmental radio activities, in
Guiding those of the Army and
Navy.
Committee Counse l Eugene L.
Carey, testified he had discussed
the officers case with Secretary of
Navy Frank Knox, and that Knox
had said that "reprisals had been
visited on this man.
Congressional sources interpreted
Craven'S disclosures as the explain
alton for the sudden retirement of
Rear Adm. Stanford Hooper, for
more than Is years top Navy
radio executive and until January
of this year it's representative on
the interdepartment radio advisory
committee.
1t was Hooper who soon after
outbreak of war demanded voice
for the armed services in commune
cations administration, and led the
interdepartmental committees los
ing fight to place itself on equal
terms with the FEC.
In May, 1912, records showed
Hooper placed the situation before
Knox, charging the FEC had failed
to submit employees records for
loyalty checkups, had given undue
publicity to defense matters and
had refused to permit overlapping
(which might have prevented the
Disaster at Pearl Harbor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Bombers
Blast West
Reich Again

London, Dec. Il CUP - Heavy
bombers of the United States Eighth
Air Force carried the record Allied
offensive against Europe into a
new mouth today by attacking
Western Germany for the third
straight, again striking in the wake
Of British Mosquito raiders.
United States Medium bombers
escorted by Royal Air Force, DOM
inion and Allied Spitfires, also
joined in the two-way American
daylight blast bombing German
air fields in Northern France.
1t. Gen. Ira G. Eakers fighter
planes teamed with those of the
Raj to support the four-motored
bombers in the attack on German
targets not identified Immediately
Watchers on the English south
east coast said a big formation OF
the 9Th U. S. Air Force heavy
weights swept out across the Eng
lish Channel to inaugrate the De-
cenber air offensive. Later, part OF
the formation flew over London on
the return journey.
Only yesterday, Flying Fortresses
raided the Rhineland steel center
of Solingen, east of Dusseldorf,
while Monday they bombed Brem-
en-.
The n-engined British Mos
quistoes attacked Western Germany
last night for the third night in a
row while the RATS four-engined
bombers remained on the ground
awaiting the signal for new as
sault such as that which wiped out
nearly a third of Berlin nj the nine
day sended last Friday.
The night operations, which in
cluded ne-laying in enemy waters
rounded out the greatest month of
the Allied air offensive against Eu-
rope, during which British and
American heavy bombers alone
dropped an estimated $4,000 tons of
explosives on Germany, Norway and
France. All Raj planes returned
safely from last nights operations.
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sin
clair told commons today that the
Raj dropped approximately 10000
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
COP Leaders Jubilant At
Results OfKy By-Election

washington, Dec. 1.-tUP)-Cit-
ing fourth congressional district by
election returns from border-State
Kentucky, Republican leaders pro-
claimed the nations voters ready to
repudiate the Roosevelt administra-
tion.in next years presidential cleo
ton.
Kentucky's normally Democratic
fourth district yesterday gave an
astonishing margin of 1858 votes
to Chester 0. Carrier, Republican
candidate for the congressional seat
vacated by death of Rep. Edward
w. Creal, Democrat. Creal won in
1912 by a margin of 1855 votes.
Yesterdays returns jolted the adj
mmistration rather severely. They
have stirred Republicans to enthu-
siasm unknown since 1928 when
Hoover and Curtis was phrase Of
political magic. Republicans were
convinced now that they will win
next year = even II President
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-01
Teacher Sues
ForAccident

Injuries sustained by i Waterbury
school teacher when she auegedly
fell on a sidewalk in front of Col
umbia boulevard property owned by
William M. Goss Of Waterbury last
Dec. 18 are the basis of a $4,000
civil action instituted in superior
court today against the City OF Wa
terbury and the owner. The plain
tiff. Miss r. Elizabeth Mcdonald,
lists a fractured leg among the in
jurieS. Several other actions, all re-
turnable Dec. Z. were filed in SUI
perior court and common pleas
court today.
The teacher claims the sidewalk
was broken and the slabs were I'M
even, Accumulation Of ice and snow
added further to the dangerous
condition, her complaint states.
Among other injuries named are
back strain, dislocation of the right
foot at the ankle and Commissions
and abraSiors to the body. The
plaintiff states she was unable to
perform her regular teaching du-
ties for several months.
Another sidewalk fall suit, In
which. 5000 damages are sought
was filed in superior court by Den
mis- G.. Baker of Waterbury against
Ida Dworken of Bridgeport. The
plaintiff claims he fractured his
right leg when he fell on a sidewalk
at 219 Grove street last Dec. %. He
claims the defendant was negligent
for allowing the sidewalk to be in
a defective condition and icy.
~ser:y street is sought IL a civil ac-
ton entered on the superior court
docket by Salvatore Borrelli of Wa