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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
World War 1
 Gave Modern
 Woman Break
(By= Associated Press1

In way. World War l was d boon to women. It created oppor- tunities for them in the business world and in other fields for the first time. Later, it was to prove a contributing factor in the realiza- ton of equal rights and the enact ment of Woman Suffrage.
 Belgian relief was the main war time activity of haost Amerieans until We took up arms ourselves. Collections Of clothing, food and funds occupied the spare time off many women.
 Everywhere, reminders of obliga- tiOns to hungry allies were posted. Food Will Win the War; was the slogan In the cities, school children started gardens. Summers found school boys working farms. A wo- mans land corps called farmettes Was organized.
 Women were employed as tele- graph messengers, street ear con ductors traffic cops, letter carriers and nurses. There were Marinettes for the Marine corps and Yeomen who took over Navy clerical jobs and released men for overseas duty. Even in munition factories women took over fuIl-time jobs vacated by men. They did Red Cross work, and those who were not busy nursing their families during the flu epi- demie helped in the hospitals.
 The housewife had her problems, too. Because America was h e breadbasket of the Allies, we had to use more perishable food our selves. Fish was eaten instead of meat and syrups used instead of sugar. Recipe contests were held to encourage the use of substitute food. There were wheatless Mon days when cornmeai, oatmeal and bran were used instead of flour, meatless Tuesdays and porkless Thursdays The killing of hens, be- cause of an egg shortage, was for bidden for three motnhs. Eggs had skyrocketed to $1 or more a dozen, butter to 65 cents a pound and the sugar that could be obtained sold as high as 25 cents a pound. There was voluntary ration of 2 pounds of sugar per person a month.
 Coal was so scarce there were heatless days and four lightless days a week in the east; two in other states. All advertising signs had to be darkened on Sundays. There was no gasoline rationing but the use of automobiles, motor cycles and motorboats was forbid den on Sundays except for doctors.
 Due to the coa4 shortage all theatres in New York City were closed. Wealthy women donated their homes to the Red Cross for entertainment purposes.
 Generally, styles remained the same High shoes expensive despite price-fixing, large hats and long dresses were the modes of the mo- ment. Women bobbed their hair, to the consternation of the men.
 Working girls threw away their cOrsets because they were far too busy to bother with them, hiked their skirts Up so they could get a.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
COLONIAL WIVES FOUGHT HOME FRONT HAZARDS IN 1776
By Vivian Brown AP Feature Writer

American women have never been sissies!
 Food, clothes and labor shortages. even blaekouts have been part of every American war. That's one reason why today's women aren't stymied by it at all.
 Always as courageous as their men folk. their hardships on the home front started back in Revol- utionary days.
 They had been used to good food, the colonists. And although there was no enforced rationing during the Revolution. there just wasn't much to ear.
 Before the Revolution an aver age dinner consisted of ham. chicken, sausage. sweet potatoes. greens, corn and fruit. In New York in 1763, a turkey cost only 2 shillings, d duck one penny.
 War changed this scene of plenty. Tea could be had. but many colon ists attributed the war to the Bos- ton Tea Party so iL was not want ed CoffeeS chocolate sugar and practically all foodstuffs were gone from almost every community. This didn't stop the colonial mothers. and when point-ratIoning gets you down, try making pies of peas and beans or just corn and salt pork. as they did Salt, which was needed for preserving meat was scarce and had to smuggled in.
 No Food To Ration
 At Valley Forge the Army had no vegetables. little meat. Salt her ring eaten off blanks and out of community plates was the main food. General Washington and his wife, who had joined him at Valley Forge, ate hard bread and potatoes. For days, armies existed on nothing more than Indian corn. lived with out blankets or any protection for entire winters. Some were so poorly shod they left bloody footprints in the snow. In dressing wounds on the battlefields, doctors had to cut up tents for bandages.
 Clothes were a problem Even without a Dache Or a Schiarparell. women had dressed fashionably. Musk-melon and wnale-bone bon nets were the vogue. Dresses were. of ehintz for morning. elaborate satins or brocades for evening. Soon however, women were making their own clothes and weaving cloth as well.
 Even little girls who had dressed in lawn and eambric wore coarse clothes which they made them selves. Young boys were taught to spin and knit. In upper New York, children helped the farm labor shortage. The spirit of competition and the value of teamwork was taught and at early ages they were organized in groups to gather the fruit which grew in abundance.
 17th Century Blackouts
 Blackouts date back to the h. dian days. At the approach of the enemy residents were wared by a scout, who might be called a land warden. Women would lift up the heavy hand-hewn tree board floor ing to conceal valuables, then blow
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
CARD OF THANKS

Members of St. Mary's Guild wish to thank all those who helped so kindly with Easter baskets and donations.
 ST. MARY'S GUILD =
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07

round faster and in short won a freedom which they never intended to give Up.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Hays Office ReIents.

Question of profanity in military
pictures is giving the Hays produc-
ton code minor headaches. Board
of directors passing upon March of
Time protest over language deletion
in the training film, I'VE Are the
Marines" yielded on the words
hell" and damn" but stood firm
against the word "bastards." This
does not constitute a precedent for
producers, and they will have diff
ficulty in getting this salty language
by in other features.
Maxwell Anderson's play, The
Eve of st. Mark" is full of naughty
words, and though Goth Century
Fox paid 100000 for the screen
rights this profanity will be taboo
in the scenario. The Hays office
stood firm on Noel Coward's picture,
I'm Which We Serve" and this re-
viewer, after seeing the film, can't
see that it suffered by following the
code. Rather does it look as Noel
Coward and his friends in parlia-
ment are well aware of the value of
ballyhoo.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

stage.
NatiOnal-"Counterattack," new
Soviet drama: Tonight at $50.
Screen.
Capitol-"Andy Hardy's Double
Life" with new face in the cast:
II am, lao, APO, 7:10 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 12:40, 800, 6:10 and
9 pm.
Columbia-"Stand BY for Action, Z"
Robert Taylor fighting in the Pa
cific: 11:50 am, 2:2O, 4:45, ITO and
9:40 pm.
Earle-"Road to Morocco" the
Crosby Hope cycle contin-
ues: 1890 am, 12:45, 3, Sis, 7:35
and 9;55 pm. Stage shows: 1905,
2:25, 4:40, and $40 pm.
Keith's-"Arabian Nights" on the
magic carpet of technicolor: Ills
am, LOS, 2:45, 4:25, 605, and
$50 pm.
Little-"Waterloo Bridge" tragedy
of one woman in wartime: IL am,
ITO, $40, 5:25, 7:3O and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"George Washing
ton Slept Here" the Jack Benny
Ann Sheridan version: 1130 am,
1:30, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Forest Rangers" Fred
MacMurray with spurs that jingle
jangle- Jingle: IL am, los, 3:15,
5:25, 7:35 and 9:35 pm.
Pix-"Second Chorus" with Fred
Astaire and Paulette Goddard: Con-
tinuous from pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
On ROnmel's Staff

Fred Nurney, for 81 years we'll
known actor in Germany, and
nephew of former Secretary of War
George H. Dern, has been signed
by Paramount to play major on
Marshal Rommel's staff in Para
mounts Five Graves to Cairo"
Born in the United States. he
lived in Germany as a child, where
his father was American representa-
tive of the International Harvester
Co. Entering theatrical work, Nur-
ney remained there until his re-
turn to the United States four years
ago.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Waterloo Bridge
Enters Final Week

Washington movIegoers will have
what may be their last opportunity
to see Waterloo Bridge" when the
film goes into its third and final
week tomorrow at the Little The
ater. Scheduled for withdrawal
from circulation on completion of
its present engagement, the picture,
starring Vivian Leigh and Robert
Taylor, is proving one of the Little S
most successful recent revivals.
A romance of World War I, tied
into the present conflict by the
throw-back technique employed by
Robert Sherwood in telling the
story, Waterloo Bridge" is timely,
stirring drama.
c. Aubrey Smith, who appeared
last week in Washington with Grace
George at the National Theater
appears in the film. Lucille Watson,
one of the stages most skillful
character actresses, and Virginia
Field, popular Hollywood "pinup'
girl, also are members of the cast.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Sister Kenny to Visit.

Sister Kenny, the Australian nurse
whose treatments for infantile pa
ralysis have caused wide medical
discussion, will be non-picture ce-
lebrity guest for the Washington
Birthday Ball. 1t will be an inter-
esting booking for Marjorie Law
renee of the Metropolitan Opera
who will sing at the Mayf1ower ban
quet on Friday night, is recovering
from polio after the Sister Kenny
treatments.
Rosalind Russell has been engaged
to portray the nurse in a biography
Of Sister Kenny to be made by
RKO. Variety Clubs of America
recently awarded the nurse its 81 900
humanitarian award and citation as
the one who had accomplished most
in this field during 1912.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Heartening News
For the Bald

Otto Preminger, soon to be seen
in They Got Me Covered" the
Samuel Goldwyn production for
RKO-Radio release, gave up acting
when he lost his hair. His bald
pate now puts premium on his
services in Nazi roles.
After assisting Max Reinhart at
the first Salzburg Festival, and di-
recting in Vienna such stars as Luise
Rainer, Alexander Moissi, Albert
Basserman and Oscar Homolka
Preminger came to Broadway and
later to Hollywood. His recent por-
trayal of the Nazi Major in The
Pied Piper" has lifted him to acting
prominence after Is years of direct
ing and producing.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

sky as the corporal is at his best
when he is fighting an overwhelming
desire to doze, is giving in retro
spect the speech he will deliver to
his comrades to show how they han
died the situation with soldierly
finesse. The other important roles
intrusted to Rudolph Anders (seen
here as Nazi officer in The Rus
sian People'O, who is an excellent
symbol of Hitlers worst; Martin
Wolfson as the Nazi miner who
abandons the swastika,, Sam Wana-
maker as the other Red valiant, and
Barbara O'Neil, subdued and con-
vincfng as the German nurse.
John Root has supplied a striking
Russian setting, and "Counterat-
tack" can be recommended to those
who like good red melodrama, with
the outcome as all good patriots of
today like to see it.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Pianist's Son in Film

Stephen Schnabel, son of the
noted pianist Arthur Schnabel, plays
a ships officer in Journey Into
Fear" the forthcoming Orson
Welles' Mercury production to be
released by RKO-Radio in February.
He Is radio and Broadway actor
who has appeared in several of the
Welles Mercury productions on
Broadway
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Steinbeck Comes High.

Great is good writer reputation.
Paramount Pictures paid John
Steinbeck $25 200 for a 20-page out
line story. Of "A Medal for Benny"
This works out at the rate of 81 $50
per page, new high for Hollywood
words. Narrative is about a worth
less boy who becomes a war hero.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

the PlaywTights
company. What
they d eriv e d
from these an
mails of the Red
Arm Y is livid
and tense melo-
drama, packed
" ! t h suspense, ,
ending with the
forces of Timo-
shenko triu M
phant.
This is Russia
In the fall of
1912, presumably
at the time when
the divisions of
Evening star., 1943-01-26

Hitler had spent themselves, with
Russian reserves rushed in for
strategic counterattacks and fierce
thrusts at the invader. 1t all takes
place in the cellar of house on the
eastern front, deep in the German
lines.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

An advance guard of the Soviet
captures this dungeon in an in
habited town, just after the Nazis
nave prepared to occupy it. There
! after the situation is two valiant
comrades of the Red Army, holding
at bay seven German soldiers and
an enemy army nurse. Morris Car
novsky is the Russian corporal
selected to hold the foe until they
can be relieved by the fast moving
Russian forces.
Propaganda of Hatred.
All the hatred in the Russian soul
Is poured forth in showing the So
called master race up as hypocrites.
liars, sneaks and military trimmers.
This is pure propaganda written in
Vltrlol, with Stains men epitomized
as compassionate with the enemy.
sharing water and victuals. dis
penSlng the theories of Karl Marx.
Since the scene Is CONSTRUCTED. the
first two acts Of the plays are
heavily conversational, with audi
ence interest centered on what dev-
1ltry the Nazis will conjure to fur
ther their escape. One does con-
trive to kick over the lantern. plung-
ing the cellar into darkness during
which time machine gun barks
menacingly, and the Red corporal's
only companion is knocked into a
brain conclusion. But the Reds
hold the cellar and the weapons,
The German Army nurse has a
difficult time holding off one of her
own henchmen with amorous tend
encies, finally reverts to her calling,
ministers to the wounded Red SOL
dier. The defense of the cellar in
the hands Of Corpl. Carnovsky de-
velops into three-day siege against
sleep, until he is finally aided by
one of the Nazis, fellow miner,
who abandons Hitler's empty prom
iseS and goes over to the other side.
Eventually the forces marching on
Stalingrad roll in their tanks and
take possession.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Oounterattack' Exciting
Melodrama On Red Front
New Play at National
Glorifes Soviet at
Expense of Germans
BY ANDREW r.. KELLEY.

PayWrghtS of the Kemn
o ooay the puSng life of
contact the NazS
last night at the National
with all the political ideologies
Conteraack from the paywghts Ilya versbnn
and Mikhatl Ruderman ~ ni
Evening star., 1943-01-26

Hollywood Gets William Prince.
William Prince, leading man in
"The Eve of st. Mark" who at
tracted attention for his stage por-
trayal of Quizz West, has been
signed by goth Century-Fox pic
lures.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

ziegfeld Follies has been penciled
in for the National Theater week
of March /. Revue, with Milton
Berle starred, opened in Boston last
week and drew rave notices from
Hub critics.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Presents Good Cast.

Margaret Webster's direction con-
fronts the difficulties of limited ac-
ton when the play is drenched with
dialogue, and without great situ-
alton invention. When the tense
ness reaches its climax in the third
act, "Counterattack" moves into
stirring excitement. Morris Carnoy-
Evening star., 1943-01-26

Counterattack." Lee Sabinson pre-
sentS Margaret Webster production nj
a, new drama in three acts, by Janet and
pInnIp stevenson. Based on Russia n
pay py Ilya Vershinin and Mikhail Ruder-
Margaret Webster W
The Cast
Evening star., 1943-01-26

Max Gordon has disposed of the
screen rights to The Doughgirls, +"
seen here month ago, for a re-
ported S250,000. Warner Bros. is
the purchaser. This is comedy
about wartime Washington and be-
fore it is released in June, 1914, the
Army and Navy will see that some
of its racy comedy involving men in
uniform is toned down.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

VI 4 . II4''tIi " 90 eIUd pVIU
the American stage by Philip
d Janet Stevenson, publicists for
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
MINE WORKERS
GET PAY hike
Oliver Wage Farmers Receive
51a Per Cent Increase;
Salaries Readjusted.

All wage earners of the Oliver Iron
Mining company and other salaried
employees will benefit by a wage in
crease retroactive to July Is, 1912, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
Leroy Salsich, president of the COM
pany.
The order will affect approximately
1000 employees of the company, includ-
ing operating districts on the Vermilion
and Mesabi ranges in Minnesota and
the Gogebic and Marquette ranges in
Upper Michigan.
An increase of 51s cents per hour
becomes effective as of July Is, 1912,
for all wage earners and an appro-
pirate adjustment viii be made in
salaries subject to the jurisdiction of
the National War Laboar Board and
In other salaries when authorized by
the U. S. Treasury Departments sal
ary stabilization unit.
A statement from President Salsich
follows:
Effective as of July Is, 1912, and
retroactive to that date. all wage earn
ers Of the Oliver Iron Mining company
viii receive an increase in wages OF
5is cents per hour.
"An appropriate adjustment viii be
made in salaries subject to the juris-
diction of the National War Labor
Board, and also in other salaries when
authorized by the q. s. Treasury De-
partment's salary stabilization unit"
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
Air Raid Wardens for
Daylight Duty Wanted

Such persons are requested 70 give
their names to Fred Neff, secretary Of
the local civilian defense council.
whose office is in the Community
Center. The phone number is SIS.
A class in first aid IS being organized
at the Memorial school building Mon
day at p. m, Stember said AL war
dens are required to take this training.
He urged that those who had not COM
pleted the course enroll in the new
class
Air raid wariens, auxiliary police
and firemen, and victory aides met
Friday night to discuss the daylight
test conducted last week.
Many examples of the failure Of the
general public to observe the air raid
regulations were reported
Addressing the group were Chief Air
Warden Stember, Police Chief Douglas
Nankervis, W. P Wolff, citizens de-
fense corps commander: 1t. c. L.
Fleming, representative of the state
auxiliary service corps, and Ray Woods,
Virginia, secretary Of the range civil
ian defense council. Fire Chief I. G.
Cox and DR.. II. ". Sutherland, city
health officer, gave reports.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
Prunes, Raisins Are Taken Off
Ration List; Juices Cut
In Point Value.

Several changes have been made in
the point values Of processed fruits
and vegetables, effective Monday and
for the month Of April.
Prunes and raisins may be purchased
WITHOUT the use Of point stamps.
During the first month Of rationing
they were rated at 20 points per pound.
Greatest reduction in point value for
canned foods were the large 46-48
ounce size cans Of fruit juices.
Grapefruit juice In this size can was
cut from q points to 9. Tomato and
pineapple juices were trimmed from
80 to q points. The value Of these
juices was also cut for the smaller
sized cans.
Dried beans, peas and lentils were
reduced from to points per pound.
Dehydrated soups, available in 21s
ounce packages, were halved to . points
per package.
Several fruits and one vegetable were
increased in point value for April.
A No. 2 can of apple sauce will re-
quire "A points instead of 10. The same
size can of fruits for salad or cocktail
was increased from IA to 16 points,
peaches were given the same increase,
and pineapple was hiked from Is to
19 points. The point values of other
sized cans Of these fruits were also
advanced
The one vegetable increased was
lima beans, which now requires 19 in
stead of Is points for No. can.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
Victory Garden Surrey Inaugurated

Other members of the committee are
Louis Zgonc, Laurin Leino, Frederick
McReady, Mrs. JOS. Novak, Mrs. Jack
Seraphine and Miss Rose Mosnick.
Mr.. Trygg. forest service ranger for
the Kawishiwi district. was named act
ing secretary.
Persons who desire garden space are
asked not to apply until this survey
for suitable lots is completed about
April 15
A plan which would make the pro-
duce from gardens within or near the
city eligible for victory garden awards
was submitted by Mr.. Modin. Awards
would be made In both an adult and
child class during the peak of the
gardening season, according to this
plan Produce could also be entered in
the annual community victory gar
den" fair late In the summer.
The committee VIII meet next ON
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01

Thursday, April 8, and County Agent
August Neubauer, Virginia. has been
asked to attend.
Mr.. Neubauer's assistance IN plan
ming the victory garden campaign Is
being sought
The local committee already has a
suggestion for gardeners It reminds
them that now is the time to plant
tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, and SIM
liar vegetables in hot beds or window
boxes for transplanting in a garden
later on.
The committee is urging every Ely
family to plant victory garden this
year.
Efforts will be made TO distribute the
privately owned garden plots 70 the
convenience of those applying for
space, but such owners win be con-
suited as to the reliability Of persons
to whom the aIlotments are made.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
Ely Delegation to Attend
District VFW ConcLaUe

A delegation Of members from the
Ely post No. 2717, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, and its auxiliary will attend the
eighth district meeting Sunday in
Chisholm.
Heading the two groups will be Dis
trict Commander John j. Maier and
Mrs. Dan Jarvi, president Of the dis
trtct auxiliary.
Others from the post who will at
tend include Adolph 8. Hanson, dis
trict adjutant, Mr.. Jarvi, district chap
lain, Arthur A. Nyman, Louis c. Stem
Der, John A. Harri, Ansol Skantze
waino e Starkman, and Joseph Bu-
tala. Nyman, Stember, Jarvi and Har-
ri are delegates and the others are al
teruates.
Representing the auxiliary besides
Mrs. Jarvi will be Mrs. waino Stark
man, district secretary, and Mrs. Har-
old Tuomala, district patriotic instruc-
tor.
The meeting hour of the post has
been set at 7:30 p. m.
The Ely post is the first in the dis
trict to exceed its membership quota
Of last year and has been awarded an
autographed photograph of the nation
al VIEW commander, Robert T. Merrill
Of Havre, Mont.
The Ely miner., 1943-04-01
Giant Timber Wolves on Increase

Is the timber wolf on the way back?
The best evidence available, secured from
experienced weodsmen, indicates that the giant
wolf of the north country is not only far from
extinct but is actually increasing markedly in
numbers.
Game Wardens william Hanson, left, and Glen Frden
OF Wintsn, in the accompanying picture offer visual
proof Of the presence Of timber wolves Of mammoth size
in the Ely
Customs Patrolmen Harry Gordon and Harry Brady
bemoan the fact that they didn't handy
trip along the boarer for they literally headon
into SEVEN GIANT WOLVES
two customs officers working between Crane lake
Eastwood suddenly spotted the wolves approaching
at a distance half a mile The wolves along at
steady apparently of the of the
customs officers On they and Travelled the
two until a scant 400 yards separated them
Then the leader. huge fellow reared high his hind
legs shifting and paving the air nqutvey Not satisfied
the wolf trotted over to up again. high
BY this time the pack had gotten the scent and
started unhurredly the timber Meanwhile Brady took
couple of shots the animals and they melted med-
lately from sight
Everyone along the border that the two customs
cers about the return Of the wolves
Siberian wolves people called them apparently
meaning the animals Of giant size.
CWebster does not identify this specesJ
they large as which the customs Of
saw they are plenty big. examination Of the
paw prints indicated that outsreched palm of
a mans hand would barely the prints.
The eage-eyed shooting of Warden Frden brought
his wolf with only q caber rifle 20 miles east of
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