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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

the Army post. Some parts of the
railway extending north from the
post, rarely used by the Army, are
not in as good state of repair
1t is probably the only railroad
in the world on which sled dogs are
sometimes used for motive power
/ 1t has no traffic signals, and that
part of it not used by the Army can
be used without anyone's permission
by any person who can provide his
own motive power.
There are 181 bridges or large
culverts in its 83 miles of track.
Master Sgt. Joseph Oldson Of
Herington, Kas., who as civilian
worked for the Union Pacific Rail
read, is the ranking non-com of the
Kcugarok Limited's crew, and SUI
parvised the work that was neces-
ssary to put the railways tracks and
equipment into operation for the
Army.
Get Rolling Stock
The soldiers dismantled a mile
Icing abandoned spur of the road to
get enough materials to replace
broken sections of the part used by
the Army, and "cannibalized' two
old locomotives to get parts with
which to repair those still disable
At one place they had to blast away
ice in which the tracks were frozen.
TIE Army uses for its main runs
three gasoline powered locomotives,
somewhat similar to trucks in
appearance and ranging from SIS to
ITO horsepower There are also two
four cylinder "speeders" which are
used for light loads and as person
mel carriers.
Last September a crew took one
Of the locomotives all the way to
the end of the line at Bunker Hill,
distance of some SO miles, to de-
liver some diesel oil in that area.
Part of drive shaft broke on the
way but Bill Num-, commercial pilot
OF Nome, flew to their rescue with
La replacement. Ai@h
Nine-Day Round Trip
When they got the train rolling
again it was not long before a "hot
box developed and this required a
day and half for temporary re-
pairs. The round trip took them
nine days, and they were forced to
ration their four-day food supplies
to make it. There are shacks with
cooking facilities along the railroad
every 20 miles or so. iiiw
Other Nome soldiers who have
worked with the railroad, which is
operated by Post Utilities. include
Sgt. Ellie Harris of Oklahoma City.
Okla, and Sgt. Howard Pryor OF
Reform, Ala, section foremen; Cpl
Joe Jennings of Whittier, Calf, Cpl.
Martin Offering of Keil, Wis, and
Pfc. Marvin Wilikien of Pampa.
Tex, engineers; Cpl Edward Har-
rlngton of Decatur, ILL.,. and Pyt.
Lyle Rambeck of Thief River Falls,
Mimi. mechanics; Sgt. Arthur
Wedge of Elkview, w. ", welder
and blacksmith, and Cpl. Donald
Huffman of Des Moines. Iowa, dis
patcher
Built BY Those Broke
When the Wild Goose Mining and
Trading Company started construe-
ton OF the railroad in 1900, Nome
was crowded with some 10000 to
10000 persons lured here by the gold
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

Eddie Jack was discharged from
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22
Built BY Those Broke

Built BY Those Broke
When the Wild Goose Mining and
trading Company started construe-
ton OF the railroad in 1900, Nome
was crowded with some 10000 to
10000 persons lured here by the gold
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

Africa, and Madagascar. The Nor
wegian Lutheran Church of Amer
lea has also been assisting the work
of these missionaries who have been
cut off from their sponsoring groups
in Norway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22
nGmS,n INC !u0RLD
6 8f1#b1s u.U.RsiO

SO that soldiers in foX-holes and
IN combat will have food for their
souls as well as for their bodies,
the Quartermaster- General of the
u S. Army has arranged that a
small folder of hymns will be wrap
ped around packages of Krations
used in emergency on all fronts.
Other thousands of the leaflets will
be used By chaplains in both the
Army and Navy. The material,
prepared by a committee appoint
ed by the secretaries of War and
Navy, includes: the 23rd Psalm,
America the Beautiful" God Will
Take Care of You, Faith Of Our
Fathers" Sweet Hour of Prayer
Little Brown Church. Battle
Hymn of the Republic Abide
With Me, )" L Would Be True" "All
the World Shall Come to Serve
Thee God Bless America" Day
Is Dying in the West" Come
Thou Almighty King" and 20 God
Our Help in Ages Past
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

At the request of the Chinese
government, the American govern
ment has secured a number of ag-
ricultural technicians and advisers
for service in China Most of them
have been previously related to
Christian colleges in China. Among
those who have already gone to
China are the following: DR.. Wal
ter G. Lowdermilk of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture for plant
breeding; Professor Ray G. john
son for animal husbandry: DR.. r.
w. Phillips, u. S. Department of
Agriculture, for animal breeding.
There are thirty-nine Protestant
missionaries still in Japan, some
of them in internment camps and
some of them relatively free to
carry on their ministries according
to the Foreign Missions Council of
North America. OF this total, ten
are Germans, seven are Firms, six
are British, one is Canadian, and
fifteen are Americans. The Ger
mans and Firms are free, for Japan
is not at war with their nations.
Of the Americans, Canadians and
British, nine are interned in SUI
mire camp, three (women are in
termed in their homes in Maebashi,
and eight are free 1t is hoped
that some of these may be repat-
rated in a later trip of the Grips
holm.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

that the first to volunteer such
lodging would be parents whose
sons are absent in service. This,
Chaplain Pittard believes, would in
duce soldiers to turn down cheap
hotels, to refrain from the use OF
liquor, and would help them meet
church related families. -a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Chester A. Strohmeyer gave
birth to a baby daughter yesterday
morning at St. AIMS Hospital Tho
infant weighed seven pounds and
five ounces at birth.
Mrs. Vera Oberg has been admit
ted to st. AIMS Hospital as sur
gical patient.
Eddie Jack was discharged from
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

The first 10 tanks produced by
an automobile factory converted to
war production cost an estimated
$50 100000.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

THE pronouncements of religious
bodies have stressed the necessity
of translating the ethical ideals of
religion into the realities of econ
omic justice and racial brother
hood" according to Bishop G.
Bromley Oman of the Methodist
Church, Boston Catholic and
Protestant churchmen of Britain
unite to declare that: extreme in
equality in wealth and possessions
should be abolished every child,
regardless of race or class, should
have equal opportunities OF educa-
ton; the family as a social unit
must be safeguarded; the sense
of a divine vocation must be re-
stored to a mans daily work, the
resources of the earth should be
used as Gods gifts to the whole
human race, and used with due
consideration for the needs Of
present and future generations
1t has just been revealed that
King Haakon VII of Norway, now in
exile in Great Britain, together
with his government in-exile, have
been assisting some 653 war strand
ed missionaries of the Norwegian
Lutheran tState) Church by grants
of money totalling about $500,000
These funds have been distributed
from the government in London
through the offices of DR.. J. A.
Aasgaard, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
President of the Norwegian Luth-
eran Church of America, and a
close friend of the King. Mission
aries receiving this support are
serving in China, Tibet. Assam,
India, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-22

On his return from a tour OF
duty in Alaska, Chaplain Jesse L..
Pittard, member of the North
Carolina Annual Conference, has
proposed TO the Methodist Com
mission on Chaplains that minis
tiers in local communities, espec-
tally those frequently visited by
soldiers, unite in the formation of
soldier in the-home clubs" within
their churches and town. Through
the churches visiting soldiers would
be invited TO occupy beds in these
homes and to Fill the vacant chairs
at breakfast tables" The idea is
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

assist the growth of the tourist in- dustry. but also to give Alaskans cheaper and better transportation after the war.
 There are numerous other prob lens which will confront the next Legislature. If elected I will do my best to work upon them in the in- terests of the Territory.
 Regardless of how you vote on April 25, be sure that you do vote Only if all citizens vote will they be adequately represented in the Legislature.
 + M
 On the Democratic ballot in the primary you'll find the name of w R. CTed) Carter of Sitka. and hes one candidate who doesn't want your vote. Candidate Carter has withdrawn from the race, but un- fortunately before he got his with drawal in, the ballots had been printed. Therefore. ex-candidate Ted Carter advises not to waste your vote by marking one for him. Mean while. if you want to get some dope on how to raise a Victory garden. Carter's your man. He represents the food division, Department of Agriculture. Extension Service, Uni versity of Alaska; admits it takes longer to write his title than it does to start Victory garden, so says Ted, concentrate on the garden.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

have a common interest," the im- proyement of economic and social conditions for all-and that their only real differences are in the manner of furthering that interest. Any proposed labor legislation should be considered as to its ef- feet on all of the people.
 Any major changes in taxation should be postponed until after the war. The Territory has no moral right to impair any tax source which can be made available to the Federal Government for the prose cution of the war, nor should the Territory further burden an already heavily-taXed public at this time After the war, a special session of the Legislature should be held to consider revision of the Territorys entire tax program making such changes as may appear necessary and fair.
 Since Statehood will requir @ materially increased taxes. I am op- posed to it at this time Further more, if the people of Alaska must pay more taxes for Statehood, then they certainly have right to vote on whether or not they want state hood, and I favor a referendum for that purpose. Some supporters of Statehood argue that we should favor it without regard to cost. op- pose this theory as unsound and dangerous.
 There is no reason, why Alaska, meanwhile, should not elect it's own Governor There is a bill in Con- gress providing for this, and I be- lieve that all Alaskans should sup port this legislation.
 'The next Legislature should do whatever possible to assist the re- turned service men and women to get back into useful pursuits. II should consider the possibilities of developing tourist business, which should become one of the Territory ] largest industries. It should give at tention to promoting improved transportation facilities not only to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
OFFICIALS EXPRESS
 APPRECIATION k0R I
 FUgE WRAHGEIL VOTE

Mayor and Couneilmen recently alected express through The sen finsl appreciation to the voters Tor the fine support given them.
 "Plsase express to the voters my aDnreclation for their fine vote or confidence in my administration ssid Mayor F. c. Hanford. fhe .,,b.tantial vote was a credit to fbs community and shows the real interest the citizens or WIanss'' havs In their municipal affairs.
 ssid Mrs. Frank Barnes, who lea he Councilmanic ticket with ioo sotes @ and who returned this morn Ing rom the south: .,. of
 "I want to thank the people or wrangen for the wonderful Fole 5bsv gave me in the city election. feel highly honored and deeply vrstefuI shall do my best to war Tsnf the confidence they have re- posed Ia me"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
Simple-Isn't It?

If you were to make WhisEey, you would need a few simple ingredients. To begin wRh, you would need grain; corn, or rye, or barley, or wheat, or a mixture of all of them. You would grind the grain to a meal; then you would mix the meal with water and cook it. Next, you would take some malt lgrain that has been germinated by moisture and heat, because the malt will convert the grain starches in your mash into fermentable sugars. You would then add some distiller's yeast to transform the fermentable sugars into alcohol and carbon diox- ide, principally. The carbon dioIide would pass out into the air, and the alcohol would remain.
 At this stage of the proceedings you would have what is termed "distiller's beer" which you would then heat to a point where it becomes vapor, thereby separating the alcohol and other desirable ingredients from the spent grain. This vapor would then pass on through pipes or coils which cools it and makes it liquid. And, now, you would have raw or young whiskey.
 You would now take the raw whis- key and store it for aging, in new, chaTred oak casks, where it will draw certain ''extractives" from the wood. The whiskey, which you have just made, has developed certain flavor elements ss a result of the fermenta- ton and distiIlation processes. These, in addition to the flavor elements drawn from the wood over a period of years, impart to whiskey it's we'll known taste, so that you can recog- niza it j..zt as you can recognize coffee by it's favor. Simple-isn'ti.9
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

tuck, Democratic candidate for seat in the House from Juneau. and few men in the Territory have had occasion to do SO much publicizing of 1t. For years. Curt was Secretary of the Juneau Chamber and at one time or another has done similar work for the Territorial chamber in his spare time from his insur- ance business. It's one of those things around the Juneau and Ter ritorial chamber, If you can't get somebody to do 1t. maybe Curt will" Curt always "willed" and as a result probably has clipped open and replied to more letters from people wanting to come to Alaska than anybody in the north. He is, too, the only candidate we've heard about who is definitely against statehood.
 But here's the dope right from Curtis typewriter about himself and what he thinks about 1t:
 T am a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the Democratic Primary. April %. and would appreciate your vote. l was born in Juneau in 1907 and am now a home owner with a family there l have been actively interested in public affairs of Juneau and Alaska for many years. For the past 14 years my insurance profession has kept me in close contact with the people and problems of Southeast Alaska. My only interests are in AL 'aska.
 T believe that capital and labor
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
THROUGH THE SENTINEL TELESCOPE

(suo eSBd moIJ penunuo0) filed as a candidate for delegate. Your outstanding fitness for that office is based upon lifetime resi- dence in Alaska, comprehensive of everything that ef- fleets the Territory, both in indus try and government. and with ex- perience in administrative affairs, both in Alaska and Washington, makes me more content to leave an office in which I have for so many years enjoyed an era of good will in serving the people of Alaska knowing that they will have an op- portunity to elect one of your fine qualifications.
 (Signed)
 Anthony J. DimOnd"
 % R8 8&
 Born Alaskan is Curtis G. Shat
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

Of course, you are not going to make your own whiskey. We just wanted to remind you that man has really wazy Httle to do in whiakey making; natuFe does most of the work. And aOw we want to tell you some thing that is very important. While aayba@1 can make whisksy, as such, there is a vast difference in the quality of diMt1lad alcoholic beverages. For insta@es, tAeZs is the quality of the grain saloStSd- Sec what hapPas to a carlaad og conn that haa juat eGAne m on a side-tzAck at the back door of a EnO&aEz aitiezy. A man of science examuinsn t carefully; be tssts it for baeEsEiA count, for pEotein, starch and moisture content. He examines it carefully to see that the Ainty pro tectivs outer akin of the corn is not brohsn, becanse, when the akin is broken, infection can set m. He smells it for mEstiness, because musty grain viii do something to whiskey that you wM never get rid of, even if you aged the whiskey for twenty years.
 The water used is subjected to the same careful tests. A pure culture of yeast, which is literally kept in safe. is used for fermentation. All down the line there are scientific control steps from the time the grain enters dis tiIlery until the young whiskey goes to its repose in the charred barrels. But, we cannot tell all of it in one short article. We will tell you more later. So, please don't go away; and keep on reading these little sketches.
 
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
HOME AGAIN

Mrs. Frank Barnes, Clerk ot 1he Iocal OPA board, returned home on The British boat this morning after trip to Portland to see her par snts the O. M. Plummers, pioneer oregon family. Mr. Plummer had besp seriously il. Mrs. Barnes re- norts she left him much improved.
 She spent Easter in Seattle Wlth seT son and daughter and thelr families, the Frank Barnes anu clarence Henning families.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
indictment


 The indictment, returned at Fair banks. charges conspiracy to sell the government electrical and supplies above ceiling prices. the removal complaint said.
 James o'Conner, attorney for swazey. said he would go to Fair banks with his client within a week by plane.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
slLYATI0N ARMY

Sunday. 10:00 a. m. Chapel ser vice at Wrangell Institute. 11:00 a. m. Holiness meeting. 2:3O D. m. Sunday School; 7:30 D. m. Saliva tion meeting.
 Thursday, TOO D. m. Home League.
 Friday, 7:3O p. n. Week night service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
AGENT TO FACE
 ALASKAN CHARGES

KETCHIKAN-Neal Swazey, who described himself as field agent for Bechtel, Price, Callahan, contractor on the Canol pipeline project in AL aska and northwestern Canada, posted s5OOO bond with the '. 5. commissioner and consented to go to Fairbanks, Alaska to answer an
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
U s. PAYS SWISS
FOR BOMBING ERROR

LONDON U. S. Minister Harri- son this week handed the Swiss gov ernment a check for S1,OO0,O0O as the first installment' for compen- sation of damage sustained in the mistaken bombing of the Swiss city of Schauffhausen by American planes April 1, the Swiss radio an nounced this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
EN ROUTE JUNEAU

Mrs. Tom Garry. former Wrangell resident when her husband was in the local Signal Corps office, was a through passenger on the British boat this morning, en route Juneau where the Garrys are making their home
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
TURNS DOWN GOVERNMENT POSITION
 FOR PRIVATE BUSINESS

E. R. Sharnbroich, who recently was appointed to the [. S. Customs Service. has turned down the ap- pointment and has purchased the Wrangeu Steam Laundry from M. 0. Johnson. MT. Sharnbroich has been manager of the laundry for several years.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

EOTE-Fro8s hi7ae b hiase, is asis spaaz, aaere lViA oppear aa article iuhieh loe hope I0iH De of interest 0 our fellolU A8lerieaRs. This is number eishteea of a series. sCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORP,
 NEW YORK
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
eT pHnm's CHURCH

Services for Sunday Apfh 10 al ss follows:
 lo:3O a. m. Sunday School. II a. m. Holy Communion and sermon. 7:3o D. m. Postal Evensong ana sermon. = The Rev. Alexander Anderson ol St. Johns Episcopal church, ketch-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14
EATH0IIG CHHRCH

Catholic services each Sunday during the winter months are. WrangelI Institute, 7:15 a. m. Lo- cal parish 10:OO a. m. The Rev. Father NJ. Hoch, pastor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-14

kan, will be in charge of all serY- ices. The choir will sing music by Healy William and s. s. Wesley.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-07
WBRenews
Ward Fight

Washington, June ZAP The
War Labor Board has elected to
test It's authority and prestige once
more against Montgomery Ward
and Company.
While the company's chairman.
Sewell Avery, was denouncing the
board as illegal" before a House
investigating Committee. the agen.
cy voted 5 to to order an extern.
sion OF the terms and conditions Of
employment contained in the ex.
PRED contract with a CLIO union.
These terms include union main.
tenance, dues checkoff, and arbi.
tration machinery which Avery re.
fuses TO accept.
The case is virtually at the same
point as last January 10 when the
WLB ordered a temporary exten.
sion OF the old contract. In the
meantime, however. the CLIO Unit.
ed Retail. Wholesale and Mail Or.
der employees has been re-certi.
fled as the bargaining agent. The
WLB's previous extension order
expired with the election.
Avery's expected refusal TO com.
ply raises ire question whether
the Administration again will at.
tempt TO install the terms by seiz.
ure, or await congressional action.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-07
Local Men to
Serve Nation

Thirteen from Ypsilanti are In
Guided in the latest list OF men
called to war service.
The following registrants from
Washtenaw County Local Board No.
2 will report for induction into the
Army at Fort Sheridan. Illinol,
June IL. = - *
Dean Winston Award, Ypsilan-
Il; Thurman Coy Andrews. Ypsi-
lanti; Norman E. Arquette, Belle
Vile; Marshall ]. Atkins, Milford;
Parker A. Baker, Jerome; Wesley
Charles Bell, Milan; Samuel Day
ton Brown, Manchester; Daniel
Brice Christian, Ann Arbor; Ken.
meth Robert Cobb, Ann Arbor; Sam.
uel Jay Coleman. Ypsilanti; James
Emerson Forester, Ypsilanti; Ed
ward Henry Conner, Milan; Edward
Lorenza Harcourt, Ypsilanti; Ben.
jamin James, Ypsilanti; Walter
Frank Jawor, Muskegon; Russell
Thomas Johnson, Lapel, Ind; Jo-
seph Klohs, Jr., Saline; Richard
Eugene Krauss, Mt. Pleasant; John
Henry Lloyd, Fort Meade, Fla;
Willard Geer Lyke, Ann Arbor;
Paul Ernest Mayer, Ann Arbor;
Morgan Cecile McCalla, Ann Arbor;
Milton Hazen Rudduck, Milan.
Clarence Joseph Sampler, Ypsi.
lanti; Edgar. Charles SCHNEIDER,
Grand Rapids; Victor Wilbur Sha.
fer. Ypsilanti; Douglas Diether
Smith, Ypsilanti; Johnnie Doyle
Smith, Ypsilanti Ronald Archie
Sprague, Ypsilanti; Gerald Junior
Stephens, Ann Arbor; Clois George
Thurman, Whitmore Lake; Ken
meth Earl Townsend. YpsilantI;
Carl L. Van Ever, Jr., Gladwin:
Walter Frederick Vogel, Ann Ar.
Dor: John Edward Wagner. Ann
ArbeF;;- Alvin Oscar Wild, Saline;
Emory Carl Wilson, Horseshoe
Lake; George Lyman Napier, Up
slant. tr. from Colorado.
One Navy registrant will report
at the New Federal Building, De.
troit, June II.
He is Richard Lee Atkins, Ypsi.
lanti.