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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
REPORT SHOWS HEALTHY
 CONDITION OF TER. BANKS

A tabulation released last week by Oscar c. Olson, Territorial Treasurer. which office carries with it the duties of Secretary of the Territorial Banking Board, revealed an unprecedented stability and in- crease in deposits in the Il Ter ritorial banks and 4 National banks in Alaska
 As of June 30. 1914, the banks of Alaska had purchased United States bonds in the huge amount of $27128.54443, which compared with June 29, 1885, when the amount was $2,1O3.91408, showed a great gain of $25.O24.680.35. In that comparatively short time of ten years the surplus in Alaskan banks stepped up from S44O,0OO to $985,00O, an increase of $545,- O00 In the same period the un- divided profits grew from $394,- 646.26 to $851.349.84, a gain of s456,7O3.38.
 This exceptionally healthy con- ditiOn of Alaskan banks" said Treasurer Olson, lis proof of the business sagacity and sound judgment of the bankers in the Territory, and is reassuring to all who look forward with confidence to an era of progress and prosper
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25

Ifor luncheon and nationally prom inent guests often are present.
 We feed 'em and ignore 'em, % Estes grinned. If they are speak CTS we give them a big buildup and then walk out when they start to talk. If they are singers, we never l let em sing. Most guests take our Iexit-treatment with a smile. One i senator, though, got mad and de- Inounced us. He cooled off later and wrote an apology"
 Prohibition Candidate Watson re- ceiyed stern treatment. Amidst cries of We've got the wrong mani" Harry Mcdaniel. club magician, snatched pint of whiskey from his coat pocket and a drunk" forcefully showed him away from the microphone.
 No one is invited to join the club and membership is gained only by bulldog persistence. The apph- cant somehow must attract atten- tion to himself. One man, wearing Confederate uniform, sat through a long series of meetings before he was noticed and elected. An other brought yarn and needles and knitted for three months A third adopted the pretense of weeping.
 After weeks of blubbering and tears, Estes said "he was recog- nized as a worthy Bonehead."
 A 5s-Story Clubhouse
 At their business sessions, Bone heads wrangle endlessly over their mythical building which has 5S floors and which is completed, ex- cept for the bottom floor This edifice is suspended in space.
 We cant agree on a site" the big chief explained.
 Dissatisfied with a state or na- tional jobholder, Boneheads quick ly impeach him and elect someone else. They pay strict attention to national or international affairs. Two days after the Montgomery Ward seizure the group filed a pe- tition in a justice court, asking that the government be restrained from taking them over. For years they have been trying to sell Win ston Churchill the Lake Dallas dredge.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
ALASKA's SALMON PACK
 20 PERCENT LESS THAN 1943

Largely because of smaller runs of fish. the pack of Alaska canned salmon-the Territory's most valu. able produat-is running about 20 percent below last years produc. tion. the Office of the CoordinatoI of Fisheries reported today.
 The pack of all species of sal mon in Alaska has reached a total of 3,12O,00O cases by August 5 compared with 3,791,O0O eases on August 2, 1943. The Alaska sal mon season will be practically completed by the end of August later catches amounting to only one or two percent of the season g production.
 The relative scarcity of salmon was predicted last January by sci entiSts of the Interior Depart ment's Fish and Wildlife Service. who reported that severe winter conditions in the spawning streams several years ago killed large num- bers of the fish that would have returned this year as mature adults.
 As predicted, the runs of pink salmon. mainstay of the fishery in Southeastern Alaska, have been disappointingly small in that area, with the pack to date less than half as large as last year. T h e Southeastern Alaska pack of all species is about 100000 cases less than in 1943.
 In Central Alaska, where the preseason outlook was more favor able, a decline of only 100000 cases is reported, with gains in the pack of chum and coho or silver salmon
 Western Alaska, which compris- es the most important red salmon producing area in the world, fell slightly below the miIlion-case pack that had been hoped for, with a total of 983,O00 cases. Fishing Is completed in all but a few scat tered areas of western Alaska, but will continue for several weeks in other parts of the Territory
 
 Tn e Department of State at was first called the de- partment of foreign affairs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
BoNEHEADs HAVE FUN!

DALLAS Tex.=A timid little man hesitated at a clubroom door in a Dallas hotel and two big fel- lows seized him. Even before he was thrust into a chair in a circle of 50 glaring men. he realized this was not the luncheon he had been looking for. The men pointed their fingers at him and chanted in uni son: If he can live with face like that-Tm gonna get well!'
 T suggest that Louis Lacey read the bumps on this gentleman s head" someone shouted.
 Lacey came fOrward-a lanky in- dividual with a long, funereal face and a voice to go with it. He gloomily analysed tn Q guests bumps and pronounced him an idiot.
 The Browning Insult
 When the little man finally was allowed to epart. om @ snatched his hat and ran a knife through the crown. It just looked that way-the knife wielder was a magician.
 The visitor had met Dallas famed Bonehead club.
 The club, founded in 1919, is dedicated to fun and cOusecrated to jest. Since then it has never had a serious moment. Currently all Boneheads, the big chief and 57 vice-presidents, are eagerly cam paigning as presidential candidates.
 Big Chief Jack Estes explained: We threw our hats in the ring when we heard Claude A. Watson, prohibition candidate, had been granted 10000 gallons of gasoline. for campaign use.'
 Estes went to Washington, called in reporters and announced the. Bonehead platform:
 l. limit of 22 terms for each president.
 2. 4 Substitution of Roman nu-l morals for the alphabet in desig- hating bureaus.
 8. Abolition of chicken from hO- tel menus.
 A Jest Is Just Enough
 The average Bonehead is past 40 and financially successful Expense is never spared if a hoax is consid- cred worthy Estes heard that a double for John L. Lewis lived in Indiana. The club brought the man to Dallas and foisted him off on the city as the real article. This false Lewis peered through shaggy brows, confessed that labor is un- fair to capital and promised to mend his ways.
 Once each week the group meets
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25

The Department of State at Washington was first called the de- partment of foreign affairs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
PUMPS MANNED BY SEA POWER

NEW YORK; Norwegian pump operated by the beating of waves against the vessels side has recent ly been invented. according to Ships Magazine. A wave half a meter high, it is claimed, will cause the pump to eject one ton of water minute.
 The newly patented pump can be used on vessels under 5000 dead weight tons and is said to be ideal for fishing boats.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA

Twenty-third year opens September 12, 1944
 CURRICULA LEADING TO. DEGREES The University of Alaska Territorial Institution, offers full 4yar curioua leading degrees in Agriculture Arts and let ters Administration Civil Engineering General Science Education Home Economies Mining Engineering PreNursng and Pre-Medcne
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
ROOM RESERVATIONS

All students who expect live in the campus dorm tories urged to make reservations ten dollar deposit will reserve room.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25

ity when the war ends. This eoua fidence and optimism are height ened by the knowledge that the Territory has reserve of over two million dollars and that the banks of Alaska are in the best shape of any time during their years in business"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
ORMER RESIDENT
 DIES, PIONEERS HOME

William Mcdonald of <lawock, died at the Pioneers Home at Sit ka on August 2 of this year Mr. Mcdonald first came to Alaska in 1901 and subsequently, lived in Wrangell and on the Stikine river for number Of years. The years from 1904 to 1911 were spent in Juneau, and then he moved to the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
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west coast Bf Prince of Wales Island. where he remained and en- gagged in fishing for his livelihood until his admission to the Home on February 2S, 1943.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25

It's sort of poetic justice" to read that a Jewish Russian general is the first to lead troops on Ger man soil.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
SCHOLARSHIPS

Territorial scholarships granting two free rent available to those who qualify.
 Sears Roebuck and Co., have provided fund from which scholarships $5O each awarded to entering rsyear stu dents who residents of Alaska in the fields Mining Agr culture and Pre-Fisheres Only eligible
 FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE REGISTRAR,
 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, COLLEGE ALASKA
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

Students who have completed satisfactorily three years of high school work may be enrolled special students Their deficiencies may be removed by taking special currently with college
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
THE NOME NUGGET

cludlng postage, a n d abroad for about twenty two cents. Double-faced recordings with postage in- cluded, cost the sender about twenty-three cents for domestic mailing and about twenty-five cents for mailing outside of the coun- try.
 These "Fonopost" mes- sages may be sent either by regular or air mail, and may be sent registered or special delivery, and the sender may specify the delivery date.
 The popularity of the service in Argentina has prompted other South American countries to have recently announced that the service would be available.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
AMERICAN PRISONERS EXECUTED BY LAPS

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 11.-(AP>-Three fleeing Ameri- can prisoners, charged by the Japs with having killed police officer, were re-captured and ex- ecuted, the navy announced today, on information from the Interna- tional Red Cross.
 The navy man was Frank Zmeringolo, 21, of Brooklyn, N. Y, and army men were Sgt. Joe Chastian, A, of Waco, Texas, and Victor Parliotti, B, of Cranston, R. I.
 The men were held in a camp in Manchuria, and escaped in the direction of Russia. When accost ed by the police, they said they were German aviators, that their plane crashed, and that they were starving.
 The police inspector and two mongols accompanied them to the supposed scene of the accident, where the Americans killed him and seriously wounded one of the
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
FRIDAY. AUGUST II. ls44.
ARGENTINA''S FONOPOST

During the past five years 10000 persons have made sound recordings of their voice for transmission to friends through this uni que postal service.
 In "Fonopost' the meth od is simple. The custom CT goes to a postoffice hav- ing facilities and, after paying the fee, makes the recording in a comfortable, specially designed booth. The postal service takes over from there, and sees that the message is safely delivered.
 The user may prefer to make the record Tn the pfl- vacy of his home, thus a phone call to the postal service, brings the appara- tus to his home for an ad- ditional fee of about 60c. A motorized unit, offering other postal services as. well, leaves for rural areas at regular intervals, fol- lowing specified routes.
 It seems that charges for the service are extremely moderate, in that single faced recordings may be sent to any part of Argen- tina for twenty cents, in-
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
MARTIN BOYS ENJOY ARMY

Word has been received from George and Thomas Martin, sons of MT. and Mrs. Garnet Martin of Nome. Pvt George G. Martin recently enjoyed a furlough in Seattle from his outfit at Camp Abbot, Oregon. George expects soon to be transferred to a disel school in the East, via a round- about route through Camp Beale, Calif., then to Camp Dorn, Mis- sippi.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
ASK FOR CERTIFICATE FOR ALASKA FLIGHTS

SEATTLE Wash, Aug. 11.- (Apl--Pan American World Air ways, Alaska sector, announced today, the company had filed an application with the Civil Aero nautics Board for a certificate to permit Clipper plane service from here to Anchorage, as the first major step to postwar develop ment of Alaska, inaugurating a 10 -ourserh.r mart hamt arta 1O-hour service.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
MRS. TED KREMMER VISITS IN SEATTLE

Mrs. Ted Kremmer, for many years a resident of Dawson and the Fairbanks district, arrived in Seattle last week by plane and is at the Claremont. She is in Seat tie on business and for dental att tention, and plans to return North soon.. MT. Kremmer is in charge of maintenance work at Fox, near Fairbanks, for the U. s. Smelling Company. He is one of the com pany's veteran dredgemasters, and prior to that served in the same capacity in the Klondike for years.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11
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BASEBALL RESULTS
Wednesdays Games National Leaoue

Wednesdays Games
 National League Brooklyn 5, Chicago 2. Pittsburgh 4, New York 3. St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2.
 American League Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 3. Detroi t4, Washington 2.
 Thursdays Games
 American League Chicago l. Boston 2. St. Louis 3, New York 0. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 4.
 National League New York 4, Pittsburgh 10.
 Pacific Coast League Hollywood 3, Seattle l. b. Oagland 4, San Diego 2. Portland 5, San Francisco 0. Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 3
 National League Brooklyn 6, Chicago 4. Boston 2, Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0.
 American League Detroit 3, Washington 2.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11

Pfc. Thomas Martin, who spent several months as an instructor at Camp Rimini, Montana, the war-dog training center and who was recently stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, is awaiting transfer to MP training school at Camp Custer, Michigan. He will then rejoin his old company at some camp in Missouri.
 Mrs. Thomas Martin is now liv- ing in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-11

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22
Congress Freezes Tax
For Social Security

Washington, D. C.-Congress again
has voted to "freeze" social security
taxes at one per cent, thereby en-
dangering prospects of broadened
and more comprehensive social secur-
ity program to meet the nations post
war needs.
After the House voted 262 to 72 for
the restrictive measure, the Senate
followed along by AZ to 19 vote.
The overwhelming margins for the
freeze" dimmed hopes that the Presi-
dent might veto the legislation, as its
proponents apparently have enough
votes to enact it over his veto.
The social security tax rate increase
has been postponed three times previ-
ously by Congress, largely at the in
stigation of Senator Vandenberg Of
Michigan. While labor favored the
increase, even thought it meant higher
taxes for the nations workers, it was
consistently opposed by business and
industry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22
Green Gives Businessmen Pointers
On Improving Relations With Labor
Urges Elimination Of Class Warfare in Postwar Period
To Increase Production Efficiency

New York City.--Elimination of
class warfare and industrial strife in
the postwar period in order to in
crease production efficiency and fur
ther national prosperity was urged
by AFL President William Green at
a luncheon meeting arranged by the
National Association Of Manufacture
ers.
Confidence and mutual respect be-
tween employers and workers "is the
simple rule which should be followed
in order to achieve this purpose" Mr..
Green said. The topic assigned to him
was "What l Would Do If / We're An
Employer"
ut is my opinion" he said, "that
those who serve in managerial ca
pacity should develop a keen con-
sciousness of responsibility. Respon-
sibility to employers, stockholders and
to employees, together with fair
and just profit for the owners of in
dustry and the payment of the high
est wage which the industry could
afford, should be questions of pri-
mary Importance"
Management can contribute to the
preservation Of the free enterprise
system, Mr.. Green declared, by recog-
nizing the rights of labor. Unfortun-
ately, he reminded his audience, some
industrial leaders in the past chal-
lenged and opposed labor's right to
organize. It should now be recogniz-
ed, he insisted, that the very success
of industry depends on the full ex-
tension to labor of its right to or
ganize and bargain collectively.
He pointed to the production
achievements scored by war industries
where labor-management committees
function as an example of the bene-
fits which industry can obtain from
cooperation with labor.
"I am Of the opinion" Mr.. Greer
concluded, "that America can never
go back to low-wage standard. The
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22
AFL Unions Rush Workers
To "Criticar War Plants
Emergency Manpower Plan Organized To Meet
Army "ShOrtages"

Washington, D. C.-More than a
dozen AFL national unions rallied
their forces to make good the Fed
eration's pledge to the War Depart
ment to supply emergency manpower
to produce increased quantities Of
critically needed war materials.
Acting under President William
Green's orders, Lewis G. Hines drop
ped his normal Legislative duties to
direct a concerted drive to get the
required number of skilled workers
to the jobs where they are urgently
needed.
The "must" list submitted by the
War Department to the AFL called
for 10000 workers to be rushed at
once to some thirty-eight war plants
making bombs, heavy artillery, radar.
heavy trailers, assault wire, heavy
shells, aircraft, propellers, rockets,
rocket launchers, batteries and other
essential war items.
Immediately, Mr.. Hines got in touch
with the following unions and inn
pressed upon them the necessity Of
finding and supplying both skilled and
unskilled workers to go to work in
the plants indicated by the Army:
Machinists, Chemical Workers, Auto
mobile Workers, Ironworkers, Mold
ers, Foundry Workers, Electrical
Workers, Furniture Workers, Metal
Polishers, Carpenters and Fabricated
Metal Workers.
When no other means Of supplying
the manpower is available, the unions
have agreed to ask employers in less
essential industries to 'lend" some OF
their workers for 90-day periods fol
transfer to the critical plants, thu
workers being assured that they viii
get their old jobs back with theil
seniority protected on their return.
"We expect to be able to provide ths
required .manpower within short
time," Mr.. Hines declared after s
preliminary survey Of the situation
AS an example Of the response o.
AFL officials to the War Depart
ment's emergency call, Mr.. Hine.
called attention to special commun
ication sent by President Harvey w
Brown, Of the International Associa
tion Of Machinists to all local lodge'
Of the union instructing them to hav'
as many members as possible regis
ter for the new Jobs with the Unite'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22
ILO OPERATING
ITS PARIS BRANCH

Montreal, Can.-The International
Labor Office announced that it's Paris
branch had resumed open operations,
and at the same time said the branch
had been operating clandestinely
throughout the German occupation of
Paris.
Since late in 1910, the functions of
the branch had been carried on secret
ly by Miss Amiee-Elise Rommel,
branch secretary, from her two-room
apartment, said Edward J. Phelan,
acting director Of the LILO.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22
Thomas Denounces
Gospel OF Hate

New York City (ILNS}.---Criticiz-
ing Rex Stout ,detective~story writer
and director of the Friends of De-
mocracy for spreading the gospel of
hate" Norman Thomas, Socialist can
didate for president in the recent elec-
ton campaign, asserted that the views
represented by Stout and the organ
izations with which he is affiliated,
would keep the European masses di-
vided in the interest of restoring pri-
vate capitalism throughout Europe.
Thomas's statement appeared in the
Call, Socialist weekly, in an open let
ter to Stout following receipt by
Thomas Of an appeal from the
Friends of Democracy for contribu-
tion, which was coupled with the as
surance that such contribution
would be deductible as an income tax
item.
Thomas said that the organizations
Of which Stout is a member Sin the
long run directly or indirectly are
making a greater contribution to
racism and a war-breeding peace than
the craek-pots and discredited Ameri-
can Fascists whom your organization
finds behind every BUSH"
Thomas stated that Stout's pre-
tensions to represent democratic feel
ing would be suspect until the writer
renounced Imperialism abroad, ceased
advocating the gospel of hate, and
proved his enmity to racism by calling
for program of action to aid Jap.
anese-American victims of "totali-
tartan injustice"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-12-22

principle that labor should share fully
in the earnings of industry ought to
be constantly recognized and applied.
1t has been shown clearly that in
many instances high wages serve to
increase production and thereby re-
duce production costs.
"We now face a national necessity
Of maintaining high national in
come in order to meet our war obli-
cations and in order to sustain our
high productive power with high pur-
chasing power. The establishment Of
humane conditions of employment and
the establishment of social security
are sound economic measures which
should be supported by industry and
management"