The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-08-25
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Although generally known fol nearly three months, but not puo- lisbed under prevailing military censorship. It is now public fact that Lieut.. Gen. Delos C. Emmoh' is in charge of the Alaskau De partment of Army. succeeding Gen simon Boliver Buckner, Jr. Gen Emmons arrived in the Territory in Juneau to take over but il was last week before release of fae tn- formation was permitted.
 The Alaskan commander is one Of the top ranking officers ei the U. s. Alsly. He was a permanent Lieut.. General before the present war. Graduate Of West FOlnI m 1909. Gen. Emmons was ledt Col. in the air corps in the last war and holds titles of commend pilot. combat observer and aerial observer. In other words, h. real flying general.
 What became of Gen. Buckner remains a military secret although report is that he is sOmew here in the South Pacific, perhaps demand ing a resident hunting license on some island. The general gained the unique distinction in Alaska of being the only man in the north to get a resident hunting lie =nse issued by the District Court. but for the very valid reason it wasn't any good, he didn't try to use it.
 Fairbanks and Juneau are plus ging hard for getting the Haines cutoff road turned over to the Al aska Road Commission for the Pub lie Road Administration so 1t can be completed and maintained after the war, now that the army is no longer interested. Resolution to that effect has been adopted by chambers of commerce of the two towns and sent to officials in the Territory and the committees which would have to be contacted in Con- gress. Big hurdle is the fact the road runs through Yukon Territory resulting in international complica- tions Some ideas have been ad- Yanced to make a deal with Canada for d right-of-way or to swap a piece of adjacent Alaska to Canada for enough land for the road Pros poets at this time are admittedly not bright. Hopes for the cutoff are to establish a road route from Haines to the Interior on a com mercial basis, connecting perhaps with a ferry system route fr m Southeast points. Canadian Pacific will definitely Duck it hard.
 
 Senator A. P. Walker of Pelican City, who has been in poor health for some time, has gone south and entered veterans hospital in Port land for a general checkup and rest before the legislative session com- ing up in January.
 
 Seward is back on the newspaper map of the north with a new paper the Seward Polaris, Vol No. l, July II. Editor Harold Hunt of the Po- laris didn't quite come up with a New York Judge Crater" mystery, but he had a Seward mystery right by the tail. It seems H. NJ Brown, business man of Seward, was seen walking along the road near Sew ard on May 1. last. That is the last seen of him. Search has been car ot week the Deputy Marshal at Sew ard reported not a trace; one clue, report of marital discord. One could predict quite future for a news paper whose editor can keep a good local mystery under his hat for two months and then spring it in his first edition, to have it still be a good mystery. Sentinel, Alaska's AL aska's Oldest Continuously Publish ed Newspaper, wishes good luck to ahe Polaris. the Territory's young. est newspaper.
 It looks like the ban on soldiers wives in the Territory is about lifted. In what developed to be { test case of the evacuation order Mrs. Fry of Kodiak, wife of a sol dier and mother of twins, won thr final round in her legal contes with the Army 50 stay in Alaska Mrs. Fry proved through her attor ney that she was a permanent resi- dent of Kodiak most of her life an, nPfa aiYal. ha fore the Army thought anythinj was necessary in the Territory bu old Chilkoot Barracks. Army ha, ordered her out under the justI famed or defamed Buckner order, 0 was it a proclamation, that soldier wives had to go and they couldn' come in from the Outside.