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The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
PRINCE GEORGE SWEPT BY FIRE IN KTCHIKAN;
 IS COMPLETE LOSS

kETCHIKAN-I In a spectacular fire which for a time threatened the entire waterfront here last Saturday morning, the Canadian Pacific liner Prince George. quickly reduced to a flaming hulk by spreading flames. was taken Tn tow by the Coast Guard. moved a. round Pennock Island and beach, ed at Gravina Island where she was said to he a complete loss
 The ships 95 crew members. a dozen round-trippers and dockside witnesses said the fire broke out between No. and No ? stacks and spread swiftly to engulf the entire vessel.
 kuigi .Nillanaua Bellman. who was overcome by smoke. was talk en to the Coast Guard Base hos pital, and because of lack of ac- eommodations. the Base also eX- tended hospitality to the crew men and passengers.
 The ship, 375 feet in length, formerly operated between Seattle. Vancouver aud Prince Rupert.
 Verdun McDaniel fireman, has been missing since the vessel caught fire and is Led as miss ing in the buring of the Prince George He had served five years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. part of the time against the Luft. waffle in Germany, fl was learned
 Mcdaniel, whose home VAS at 3557 West Sixth st, Vancouver. was fireman first class who joined the crew but two weeks ago
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
WOMEN'S CIVIC CLUB TO HONOR TEACHERS
 WITH OPEN HOUSE

The Women's Civic Club and Library Association will be host at an open house, at 8:3O D. m. in Civic Center, honorinE Wr4n- gell's public school teachers and those of Wrang1ll institute. It will especially welcome new teach CTS who arrived here this tarm and a cordial invitation is eXtended 10 parents and local residents to take this opportunity of meeting the members of the teaching staff.
 A musical program of songs and piano numbers has been arranged by Mrs. Orville Keeney, Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich, Mrs. John Coulter and Mrs. Leth Meadows, all prom inent in Wrangell's music circles.
 Pouring during the evening will be Mrs. Emma Case, charter member of the club and Mrs. Frank Barnes, past president.
 Committee members in charge of the affair are Mrs. Charles Moore, Mrs. Donald Barker and Mrs. Harold Thornquist.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
CHRISTIAN WORKERS AND H0MEMAKERS SCHOOL TO
 BE HELD AT SITKA

A Christian Workers and Home makers school will be held at the Sheldon Jackson Junior College October II to 21 under the aus Diees of the Presbytery of Alaska and Sheldon Jackson Junior Col lege.
 Any adult member of the Pres byterian church in Alaska is vel come to attend Tuition is S20.00. which includes round-trip passage on the Princeton-Hall and board and room for II days at Sitka.
 Among outstanding Presbyter- ian church leaders who will at tend are: the Rev. Dale D. Welch. D. D., president of the University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, who will be Bible teacher for the adult school: Miss Ann Elizabeth Taylor, Il. D.. from the Board of National Missions in New York, who will teach a course on "Women's Work in the Church"
 Among Alaskan church workers who will teach courses are. the Rev. A. D. Swogger of Metlakatla; the Rev. Paul Prouty of Princeton Hall and Mrs. Elvira Maurstad, Director of Haines House
 Program and daily schedule of clasess follows:
 to 9:15 Morning Devotions.
 9:20 to 10:3O Bible Hour.
 10:30 to 11:30 Local church.
 1:3O to 2.3O The Presbyterian Church.
 2:30 to 3:30 Women's Work.
 500 Evening Program.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
PARCEL POST SERVICE
 NOW AVAILABLE TO FINLAND

Word was received from the Post Office Department this week of resumption of parcel post serv- ice to Finland, Postmaster F. R. Sharnbroich announced today.
 Weight limit per parcel is II pounds and they must not be larg- CT than IS inches in length or 42 inches in length and girth com bined approximately the size of two shoe boxes. They should be wrapped very securely and the ad- dress should be enclosed in the parcel as well as written several places on the outside. Strong cord should be used to tie the parcels as they go through a good deal of handling before reaching their destination, Sharnbroich explained
 Only one parcel week can be accepted from the same sender to the same addressee. Rate of post age on parcel pots packages 70 Finland is IA cents per pound Airmail rate to Finland is 50 cents per half ounce.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
More Roads
 Needed Here
 Says Burton
(By Associated Pressl

SEATTLE Development of AL aska hinges on improvement of it's inland transportation system and feeding through well developed harbors, Brig. Gen. Phillip G. Bru- ton said today. Gen. Bruton, chief of the Pacific Division of Army Engineers in San Francisco, just completed a 4,7O0-mile inspection tour of civil works projects, and war construction, in the Territory.
 Gen. Bruton said that strategic value" of Alaska was one of it's main assets and from a military point of view we must have facil- ities in the north for naval, air and land forces to enable us to maintain control of the North Pacific and our west coast"
 The General pointed to vast dis tricts in the Territory now in accessible, necessitdting the devel- opment of inland transportation. He added, development of mili- tary bases as far as possible and improved inland transportation, harbor facilities for the fishing in- dustry are of major importance both to Alaska and the States That mean5 that small boat har- bors are essential.''
 Seattle district of the U. & Army Engineers has 12 harbor improvement projects on their pro gram, approved by Congress and ready for immediate construction upon application for funds from four million dollars earmarked for such work. There are also three harbor improvement surveys in progress: Skagway, Sitkd and Neva Strait Seattle engineers will soon start a survey of Cook Inlet, Kodiak. Cordova, the upper Xvi chak river and Valdez harbor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
PRINCESS LOUISE BRINGS LONG LIST OF PASSENGERS
 FOR WRANGELL

Princess Louise disembarked a long list of passengers this week when she docked in Wrangell. Most of the passengers were stud ents for Wrangell Institute. which began it's school term Monday Passenger list follows. J sEdith Davenport, Carl E. Ed lund. Arthur Johnson. Robert E. Lloyd, Frances Lloyd, George Lloyd, Judith L. Stewart, Lanaa c. Stewart, sharon Stewart. Daniel J. Stewart, Larry Stewart, Michael Stewart, Norita Stewart, Darrell Stewart.
 Linda Wyman. Blake Wyman, Gertrude Wyman, William storie, Rozella Stewart,
 From Ketchikan: R. A. Hajny, Charles Beuchart, Richard Stitt. Gordon Williams, Jessie Atkinson, Verna Evans, Nick Tunshun, AL fred Septin, w. L. Gross. Mrs. W. L. Gross, Elmer Copstead, Nick Christomus, Patrick Ryan, Car ence Reeve, Alfrieda Peratrivich, Winifred Woods.
 May Johnson, Alice Snigeroff, Marsha Malutin, Nancy Truitt, Nina Nakrossoff. Alice Thomas, Mary Cooday, Vera Steptin, Alice Peratrovich, Pearl Peratrovich, c. John. Kenneth Christopherson, II, M. Olsen, Billy Gregoroff.
 Embarking for the south bound trip of the ouise were: To Ketchi- kan: Herman Danielson. Gust Beckman, LMrs. E. J. Wheeler, c Manning.
 To Prince Rupert: Fred Day.
 To Vancouver: Mrs. William Strong, Carl dlund, Arthur John son. George F. Mason.
 To Seattle: MT. and Mrs. F. Bernardo, MT. and Mrs J. E. Ron ming, MT. and Mrs. R, J. Knee land, Mrs. Jean McCleland, Rich Srd Paul, c. B. Cutting, Philip T. Fregon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
LEAVES FOR UP-RIVER TO
 PROSPECT COTTONWOODS
 AS HAYWOOD POSSIBILITY

Adam Fries, father of Stanley Fries formerly in the local Signal Corps office, arrived in Wrangell this week and left immediately for the Stikine river where he will prospect the cottonwood stand as to its possibilities for plywood.
 Fries represents large plywood company of Seattle and it was re- ported thae if present expectations are fulfilled plywood plant may be established here. He is expect ed to return to Wrangell Satur- day with a definite report.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
Strikes
 Spread On
 East Coast
(By Associated Press-


 SEATTLE-New storm warnings were hoisted along the East coasts labor front today ss fresh major disputes gathered force More than half a million workers walked off their jobs today. Newest contro- Yersy centered around the walk out of 6,000 textile workers in the Patterson, N. J. area which closed 70 plants. CIO union officials said the walkout would mean that within 24 hours 6S,00O additional workers would be forced from their jobs in '214 plants in nine eastern states. In this event the number of idle workers would soar to over two million. including a half million affected indirectly by the New York City building strike
 Meanwhile. nationwide strike was threatened by 25O,000 CIO oil workers who delayed action three days while principals in conciI- lation meeting were conferring in Chicago. The conference moved to Washington to resume delibera- tions in an effort to effect a set clement in the dispute over wage demands.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
MACARTHUR LIMITS JAPAN'S INDUSTRY

TOKYO-Japan's plea to nave 100000 tons of her shipping, dis armed by the Allies, returned to her was rejected by Allied head quarters. MacAthur closed the Japanese stock exchange but per mitted reopening of factories man. ufacturing some goods in limited quantities. Leaders and workmen meanwhile met to form a new so- cial party, reorganizing several war-defunct labor unions. Aceel- eration in Japans new liberal movement thus far was markedly socialistic. No group champions capitalistic democracy.
 Macarthur gave the government permission to produce textiles and certain metals and leather goods' trucks, and the right to process raw rubber but under specific re- strictions laid down be him pre- viously
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
Truman For Alaska
 Statehood
(By Associated Press }

WASHINGTON President Tru- man said this week he would well come Alaska's entry into the Un- ion as state.
 Told at his news conference that Interior Secretary Ickes recently came out in faver of statehood for Alaska, the President said that lie had not gone into the question thoroughly of late.
 Whenever Alaska is ready for that step, however, he asserted. he will welcome it.
 The Presidents statement was called "heartening news' by Dele gate Bartlett.
 Administration support means Statehood will not be long delayed for Alaskap' he told reporters. '"The Presidents expression as to the future political status of the Territory bears out what he told ne some months ago when he said he knew more about Alaska than most people realized, and that he had deep interest in the welfare of the country.
 ''Very few people will be willing to deny that Alaska is now ready for statehood. and I am convinced that a sufficient majority of Alas kans desire it at the earliest pos sible moment"
 The last Territorial Legislature provided for a popular vote on statehood at the next general elec- tion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
LIVINGSTON DESMOND. DISCHARGED FROM ARMY,
 RECEIVES AWARD

Livingston Desmond, son of Frank Desmond and Wrangell- orn young man, returned home this week from the westward. dis charged from the Army after nearly three years of service.
 Following him, via mail, was a certificate of award signed by Gen. Delos C. Emmons. commander of forces in Alaska, and Major Ernest w. Philpot, commander of LiVingston's unit, praising the young Wrangell mans service. The certificate. printed on parch- ment and topped with the polar bear insignia of the Alaska De- partment, reads as follows:
 "AtaSka Department certificate of commendable service Award of this certificate is made to Pfc. Livingston R. Desmond in appre- citation of 35 months of commend able service under conditions peculiar to the mainland and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, re- quirfng ingenuity, perseverance and devotion to duty.'
 Desmond plans to remain in r. nge1l ard 'osume fishing, in which business he was engaged bo. fore Uncle Sam drew his dra t number
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
Wrangell Mill To Start
 Operation Soon; $5O,OOO To Be Spent Rebuilding

A year around payroll estab- lishment Of new homes in Wran- gell and assurance that Wrangell will be put on the map of Far Eastern lumber trade are pros poets which followed purchase this week Of WraEgell Mill by Can Edlund, widely known Pacific coast logging and mill man. Plans by Mr. Edlund include investment of around $5o,000 in new machin- cry and rebuilding the present mill 10 d capacity Ut handling 65,00O board feet per day
 II plan 10 make the mill a per manent thing for Wraneel." Ed land said It will operate eight hours day, six days a week, thereby furnishing the town a per manent payroll"
 Edlund said Wrangell's spruce and cedar will be shipped to China and the Far Eeastern mar ket,
 Edlund was here in company with A. II. Johnson, well known mill operator of Grays Harbor. Johnson will be general manager of Wrangell Mill. He has had wide experience in mill management, being owner of mill and logging camp in Washington.
 Edlund and Johnson left Tues day for Seattle aboard the Prih- cess Louise, Edlund expecting to re- turn in about a week with his son, Clarence Edlund, and perhaps Mrs. Edlund. Clarence Edlund will be in NTangell permanently as permanent operator of the mill bringing his family north as soon as conditions warrant Johnson will also return here to make his puIu.altei.l home an4 Will bring his family north soon.
 Rebuilding O. the Lil and in- stalla n or added machinery wall be.i. upon Edlunds return next vel. Cutting Of lumber will start about three weeks gradually up until d capacity of 65,00O board feet cut daily is Local labor will be used to start off first operations, with q few specialized workers being brought up from the States. It is expected that in the future nearly 100 men will be employed, many of them, with their families, from the Outside.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
PLUMBING SHOP OPENS IN WRANGELL
plumber

Franklin Johnson, plumber, who came down from Prince Will liam Sound to fish here this sum- mer, has decided to locate here permanently and has opened a plumbing shop in the Mccormack building next to Wee Moderns shop. His wife and child accom- panied him here.
 Johnson has had wide exper- fence in his line and besides doing all kinds of plumbing, he services furnaces and oil heaters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
<0T DIE MILLION SOLDIERS TO RFTURN

TOKYO-Shipping will be gail able to send one million for hun dred and ninety thousand Ameri- can soldiers home from the Pacific within the next seven months, Al lied headquarters said it was in- fe"med by the War Department today.
 Macarthur also announced the seizure of 34 Jap officers and men suspected of complicity in the feindish torch massacre of more than 100 Allied prisoners of war at Palawan in the Philippines last December II. Forty-four JapaInese have been ordered arrested, rank ing from Sergeant to It. Col. Sat oshi, presumably in command of the murder force.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
BACK AT CONTROLS

Bob Ellis, ace flier and general manager of the Ellis Airlines in Ketchikan, was back at the con trols of the Balanca last Saturday when the plane put in at Wran- gell Ellis, former Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Air Corps, has just received his hon. orable discharge and will resume commercial flying He took time off one his first commercial trip since the war Saturday to say hello to some of his manyfriends who welcome him back into civ iiian life.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
ALL EVACUEES GRANTED PERMISSION TO RETURN
 TO ALASKA HOMES
HEADQUARTERS g

HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN DEPARTMENT-Lt. Gen. Delos C.. Emmons. Commanding General cf the Alaskan Department. has granted authority for return to the Territory in the interest of of all persons, except dependents of military personnel presently stationed in the Alaskan Depart ment, who were evacuated from the territory nthe interest of military security.
 Prior to the granting of this authority, in response to a re- quest from the Director, War Re- location Authority. cases of all evacuated individuals involved were reviewed in detail. "As a re- suit of this action,' Gen. En- mons stated in a letter to the Ex- ecutive to the Assistant Secretary of War, 'it has been concluded that all such eyaeuees may now be allowed to return to their per manent residences"
 Previously a number of individ- ual requests for permission to re- turn to the Territory were con- sidered on their respective merits with the result that 39 former bona fide residents were allowed to return before blanket author ity to return all evacuees was granted.
 A total of 225 persons were evacuated from the Territory for reasons of military security or al their own request. No figures are available at present as to the prob able number who will elect to re- turn.
 Following is a list of persons already returned to Alaska with their respective places of resi- dence:
 To Wrangell: Jessie Eyon, John Eyon, Shirley Evon, Marjorie Ann l auth, Bella Iauth. Stella Lauth George Miyasuto, George Miya- suto, Jr. To Petersburg: Joseph Kawashima Frances Kawashima, Kenneth Kawashima. Irene Oke- gawa, Darlene Okegawa, Ronald | Okegawa, Tsuyo Kuwata, Dickie Kuwata, June Kuwata. To An chorage Hikie Otto Hiliji To Ekuk: Joe Hiratsuka, John Hirat- suka, Jim Hiratsuka, Bill Hirat- suka, Tom Hiratsuka, Evangeline Hiratsuka. Louie Hiratsuka, Lucy Hiratsuka, Mary Hiratsuka, Vir- ginia Hiratsuka, Mike Hiratsuka, Spiridon Hunter. To Juneau Ko jiro Matsubayashi. To Hoonah [. Henry Iche Mayeda. To Ketchi- kan; Guenther Kurz. To Deering 1 To Killisnoo: Harry Toizo Samato. To Miller House: Mamie Tamura. To Beaver: Frank Yasuda.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
ALASKA-JUNEAU WILL NOT OPEN NOW. IS INDICATED
 BY MINE OFFICIALS

JUNEAU-Six months may pass before even a start can be made toward formulation of plans for future operation of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.,, here, c A. Norris and P. R. Bradley indi- cated today. They said it was not matter of reconversion so much as general leveling of relation ships between costs and prices of gold.
 A higher gold price is necessary, they asserted. and the labor mar ket is still tight with no exper- fenced miners available. "The mine." Norris said, twill be un- able to operate at present wage levels with gold at its present price.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
BACK IN WRANGELL

Richard Hajny, stationed here during most of the war years with the Coast Guard, is back in town after receiving his discharge in Ketchikan. Hajny intends to make Wrangell his future. home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
SOUTH FOR VISIT

MT. and Mrs. E. J. Roaming left on the Princess Louise this week for Seattle where they will spend several weeks visiting the Harry Ronnings in the Queen City.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
TO :IuNEAu

TO JUNEAU Mrs. Helen Roaming and niece left this week for Juneau. They expect to return shortly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
Hot Tunes of us. W Warming
 10 Russians

MOSCOW - American n-uslc IS becoming ever more popular ln the Soviet Union.
 Mcscows dance bands are playing mere jazz tunes, and the people sing them in thei rhomes to guitar or ac- oc.dicn accompaniment.
 The Moscow radio, which has an outlet into every apartment house n the capital and every area in the Soviet Union, consistently plays U. $. music.
 Tn one 24-hour period:
 Irving BerIins You're In the hrmv. Mister Jones" was given long airing. An American jazz hour in cluded @As Time Goes By" and a sympncnic arrangement of Yankee Decide"
 On a band music program were American Patrol" and an arrange n1ent of The Star Spangled Ban ner,"
 Tre Office of War Information in Moscow under Col. Joseph Phillips furnishes sheet music and phono- graph records.
 The Russian Jazzmen admire Am- erican Jazz leaders and players can click eff names like American hep cats.
 Those playing in MoscoWs hotels
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
COLLEGES SLASH
 SPORT SCHEDULES

WASHINGTON, March 15-Col- leges, already credited with having largely cut down athletic team travels, are planning even greater wartime reductions in their sched- ules. All sports are being localized and inter sectional travel pared to minimum, said Asa Bushnell, spokesman for Eastern Colleges.
 At the same time, the ODT dis closed that businessmen seeking hotel accommodations at Cham paign and Urbanna, Illinois, com plained that facilities were jammed by high school basketball teams at tending tournaments.
 No immediate action is to be taken regarding the Illinois events, the ODT said, but added that the whole impact of amateur sports, in particular on hotel and transporta- ton facilities, is under considera- ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
HACG WILL
 TRY AGAIN

CHICAGO, March Is - Gundar Hagg, beaten in the first two in door starts of his career, will make a new attempt to regain part of his lost prestige Saturday evening in the Seventh Annual Chicago Relays
 The. Swedish star, who beat Am ericas best rnilers eight times in as many starts in 1943 and set 10 world records in 100 days the year before that. again will run against four of the best this nation has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

ig in the Orient, according to Dr F A. Mcclure, consultant of the office of Foreign Agricultural Re- lations, writing in Agriculture in the Americas, U S. Department of Ag- riculture monthly.
 Paper can be manufactured from bamboo and the possibility of using it for ravon is being tested, Dr. Me Cure says.
 New techniques permit impregna- ton of the bamboo with plastics 5tiffening it, reducing water absorp- tion, preventing insect attacks and permitting a beautiful finish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

can discuss at length the difference
 tetWeen the clarinet style of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Peewee
 Russell
 They can even argue fine points about trunpetmen from Blk to
 Sunny Dunham. There is Bun
 ny Berrigan school here which was
 saddened when, only recently, it's members learned of his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
to offer. in the Bankers Mile.

to offer, in the Bankers Mile.
 Hagg has offered no alibis for his two defeats in this country but critics of his training methods blame the losses onto his outdoor workouts, holding he should train on boards for the indoor event Others concede his lack of success on his current jaunt may be due to lack of condition after his 22-day ocean voyage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

Metre Dame University has under gone swift changes. with Line Coach Adam Walsh resigning to become head coach of the Cleve- land Rams of the National Pro- fessional Football League. Mean time, Gene Ronzani, for the last l2 years with the Chicago Bears, has been appointed backfield coach.
 The two changes came less than three weeks after Ed McKeever, head football coach last year, had resigned to take similar position at Cornell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
Brazil Wants Wheat
 From Her Own Farms

RIO DE JANEIRO-Brazil, which in colonial times produced wheat for itself and for export, presently is spending almost S25.000,000 year importing wheat and agricultural experts arc urging farmers to grow their own.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

Add this tc the thousands of uses Of forest products: sap from Austral- ian milkwocd trees is used to stupe- fy fish in waterholes So they may be easily caught.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
parer from Bamboo
 Cited as Possibility

TON,-BanDoo culture may become important in the Wes- tern hemisphere. although the giant grass is not likely to be used as it
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

Pacific Northwest saw timber now standing is enough to rebuild all of Americas 37,O00,O00 homes-and it grew without benefit of vitamin pills.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

Derived from Southern pine, a -hemical that makes soil water proof is in use in combat areas. General Mud may have met his master.