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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-11
COMMUNISTS OPEN
SHANTUNC DRIVE
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golia said government troops had
cleared surburbs of Kweishi, CAPT.
tai of Suipuan province, off Com
munist forces which had besieged
the city for 40 days. They added
the Communists had been driven
back IS miles but were mastering
forces for renewed attacks from the
west and north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-11

BUY u. s. VICTORY BONDS
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

Geologic surveys, made e-by MIR.
Foran as a civilian expert long be
fore he entered the Navy, show much
of the terrain is spotted with anticline
geological formations that usually
are the surface manifestation Of oil
beneath the surface.
1t would even he possible TO drill
out under the Arctic icepack offshore,
if need be, for this same thing has
been done in the Gulf OF Mexico near
the Texas and Louisiana oil fields.
If the exploratory drilling hits
rich field, as it seems likely TO do,
then the lowly Eskimo may yet tap
the Croesus magic Of the oil rich
Usage Indians of Oklahoma and ride
in 16-cylinder cars and send their off
spring TO Yale and Harvard, too.
There is oil in the Arctic. The un-
answered question is where and how
much The oil seepaEc 10 the sur
face has a quality equal 10 oil from
the Texas Blue Ridge field. And the
secpage itself is reminiscent Of sur
face oil pools that led TO petroleum
discovery in Venezuela and Colombia
nations that contribute 100000
barrels a day to the worlds supply.
And it is recalled that the first oil
well in America was al Oil Greek, Pa,
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

which took its name from the oil that
seeped over the waters surface.
One question which may puzzle
persons is that oil in the Arctic
doesn't seem to make much sense
because the worlds major oil fields
are in tropic or temperate climates
Oil was formed millions OF years
ago from luxuriant plant growth ot
ancient tropicallike swamps on the
margins of shallow seas. This rot
ting layer of organic matter was en-
folded, squeezed and compressed -
der everything rock formations.
the process II turned 10 oil. ~
Does this mean that the arctic
was once a tropical jungle on the
edge of warm seas? Definitely yes
Deposits of Arctic coal yes, Alas
ka has coal, too-bear fossil records
of tropical ferns, giant trees and 9th
er vegetation that might have come
straight out of a tropical jungle.
Eskimo oil, when II arrives, viii
help TO offset the petroleum drought
that will come. eventually 10 the
world. Experts argue how soon this
may be and their estimates range all
the way from 20 years 10 POO But
on one thing they agree ... the world
cannot continue 10 use its precious
petroleum AZ the present rate.
Alaska may we'll bc the hedge OF
the United States against this future
day Moreover, the anticipated Arc.
tic oil boom ties in with tranS-g -glOhal
airlines across the roof" OF North
America TO russia via the Arctic
Planes Will need oil and gasoline
at farnorthern airpoTts and the Is
kimo oil may give Alaska the post
war role OF gigantic filling station.
II Alaska's oil really pays off in
production, as IL seems likely 10 Go,
il will be one more instance where
the so-called Stewards Folly and Con
gress' IceboX hit the jackpot
That's what short sighted people
called the purchase Of Alaska when
the United States bought il from
Russia just after the Civil War for
S7,OO0OO0.
For some years Alaska seemed, in.
decd, TO bc only a frigid iceboX out
post Of the United States until that
day in 1897 when the Steamer Port
land docked at Seattle with a ton OF
Alaskan gold dust aboard. Papers
all over the world c.! "d the story
and the fabulous gold r''sh was on
The Klondike, the Yukon, NoND
and Fairbanks became household
words throughout the nation.
Not everyone made his fortune
but the overall picture was that Alas
ka paid off its purchase price many
times over.
VIII Alaska repeat wit. an oil
rush? Don't bet against it.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28
By ROBERT ID. POTTER
Science Editor


war days that may rival grea
discoveries of the past.
Now that the Arctic coast of
ka, boggy and swampy in many
in summertime, is locked in wiz
grip, 200 Seabees are drilling eX
atory holes in the u. S. Navy's
petroleum reserve near Point
row. All are former oil men
Texas, Oklahoma and Califo
Their chief Geologist is Lieut..
William T. Foran, petroleum
reserve expert especially com
miSsioned from civilian life to
do the. job.
Site of the drilling, best car.
ried out when the ground is
frozen, is Naval Petroleum Re.
serve No. 4 that lies between
Point Barrow and the Colville
River, flowing into the Beau
fort Sea.
This reserve was set aside
for the Navy back in 1923 and
was tapped even uneX.
plored-until the wartime
needs for petroleum reached
critical figures.
So plentiful is oil in this
region, however, that il seeps
10 the surface. For decades,
perhaps centuries, f * mos
there have been using oil peat
for fuel This oil-impregnated
fuel is cut at the banks of
ponds and small lakes and
hauled TO villages. 1t burns
with intense heat.
Acme
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

The Old Gold Rush Coun-
try, Scientists Believe,
Will Provide Our Fu3ure
OiI-oEd Nay Even Do II
in Time to Offset Our RoP-
idly Diminishing Sources
of Liquid Treasure. So
Hard Hit by +he War =
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28
Maybe the Eskimos
VIII Become Million
aires Through the
New Oil Strike.

Alaskan w ellis, II
Need Be, Can BE
Under Ice, as This
One, I8 Niles Out in
the Gulf of Mexico,
Was Under Water.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
Yanks Take
A 2 8s
Asch. t3reat
Czech City
Three Allied Armies
Hammer Toward Nazi
Hideout In Bavaria

Paris, April I'll tAP) - The
dramatic link up Of Russian and
American forces appeared today
to be only 4 matter of hours
away. Reports that patrols; al
ready had made contact were
nca,u ht,c, but lacked coniirma-
ton at supreme headquarters.
Berlin hroadcastS placed the
forces only - miles apart, and
Moscow earlier indicated the
25 miles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
WE 4 I 1 HER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy and warm to-
night; SUNDAY partly cloudy
and warm, with showers i'll west
portions during afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
ton of price stabili2ation.

ton Of price stabilzation.
Royster said a meeting OF the
board of governors Of the Bright
Belt WarehOusemen's Association
was held in Raleigh Friday and
ratified the action of The farm group
held there on Thursday in request
ing action by government agencies
in stabilizing tobacco prices on the
basis of the weighted average cell
ings.
The committee which RoySter
heads to go to Washington TO pres
ent the appeal will call on Frank
". Hancock, of'OXford, chairman OF
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
Bottled Taxes

Just too many of our friends seem to be confused about the present. day high price of alcoholic bever- ages. Somehow or other, as indi- cated by our mail, a considerable number of our citizenry wonder why a bottle of whiskey is so ex- pensive these days. A lot of these folk, of course, have memories of the good old days. Quite few of these inquiring minds wonder why there has not been an immediate reduction in the price of whiskey, now that our Government has per- mitted distilleries to produce bev- craze spirits during the months of August 1914 and January 1945.
 So, we'll take this means of ad- vising those who are interested that just so long as the prodigious cost of conducting a global war continues, there is little likelihood of any reduction in the price of our products. When you buy bottle of whiskey today you are paying 8 Federal tax and a local tax. Of course, there Is nothing new about high taxes in wartime. And since whiskey is a luxury product, surely we have no quarrel and neither have you, with our Treasury's up- ping the excise tax to a point where it amounts to $9 a gallon.
 Now, here's little mental arith- metic problem for you: It takes three gallons of whiskey to make a case-twelve quarts. If you buy a case of one hundred proof whiskey (whiskey is taxed on a proof gallon, not on a wine gallon), you are actually paying $27 excise tax on that single case or $2. .25 per bottle. If your whiskey is eighty-six proof, the tax is, of course, a little less, but don't stop figuring yet. Add your local taxes. At any rate, you now have pretty fair idea of how much of the present price of a bot tie of whiskey goes for taxes.
 No, you have no other alternative. You can either forego the luxury of your whiskey or you can say to yourself, Well, here goes an- other contribution to the war effort" "
 And please continue to blame only that transient" trio, Ratso, Fatso, and Japso-Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito.
 We said transient" didn't we? It won't be long nowl
 MARK MERIT
 of SCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORP. FREE-SeHd postcard or letter to SchenLey International Corp, $50 Fifth AUe., N. '. l, ". Y. and you lUH receiue c booklet containing reprints of earlier articles on Uarious subjects iH luis series.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23

nice knowin' you" If I survive this one '" These are some of the remarks heard last week, most frequently on Thursday. It was a week of our third set of tough nine weeks tests.
 The usual nervousness and doubt was felt by the students before each test. But broad smiles shown every hour and thumbs held up as we passed through the hall to our next classes showed that some of our fellow classmates were passing safely through the ordeals.
 By Friday night at o'clock after the last test was given, the students were ready to take d thoroughly deserved two-day vaea- tion. likewise the teachers.
 Awaiting the final grades on our report cards was almost as bad as taking that week of tests. Tuesday We got them-with our fingers crossed.
 Now there is only one more quarter of school left and then va cation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
BERNARD c. IVERSEN
 COMMISSIONED LIEUT..

Mrs. Peter Iversen has received word of the graduation of her son, Bernard c. Iversen. from Blythe vile, Arkansas Airfield, and his commission as lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. It. Iversen entered the service two years ago at Ju- neau and received his first train ing at Anchorage. later attended various training schools in the states. He is now qualified to fly a twin-engined bomber
 Ut. Iversen is now on furlough, and when last heard from was in Seattle waiting transportation to Wrangell Besides his mother, he has a sister, Mrs. William Grant. and a brother, Harold Anderson, both living here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
NEW WEAPON BEING
 USED AGAINST LAPS
(By Associated Press)

Radio Tokyo told the Japanese homeland Thursday night that Superfortresses are dropping phos- phorous incendiary bombs with highly destructive power" and an "electron bomb" which spreads fire for an area of 30 or 40 feet. The commentator said American bomb CTS recently began using these large size bombs, so we should closely watch this phosphorus bomb"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
Services to Get
 85 Million Books
By MARGARET RITCHIE

During the last year, a tremen- dous increase of requests from fighting American soldiers for books-"any kind of book"-was described to the Council on Books in War Time by Colonel Krautman. chief of the library section of the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces. At the same time the council announced a planned production this year of 85 million books to be distributed free of charge to men in the armed services.
 Colonel Krautman. who has just returned from a tour of the Euro pean fronts, said. "The fighting mans interest in reading books has reached the pitch where he is will ing to pay another soldier just for the privilege of being next in line to read his book"
 The manager of the Armed Sery- ices Editions assured Col. .Kraut- man that they would soon be pro- ducing at the rate of seven mil lion copies a month This would make a total of 85 million addi- tiOnal copies by the end of this year. There are now more than 600 titles of popular classics and best sellers in actual production.
 The books are paper-bound copies about one-half the size of the popular digest magazines. They are bought by the Army and Navy for cents a copy. one cent of which is divided in royalty between the author and original publisher.
 The council is supported wholly by voluntary subscription. As it is run on a year-to-year basis, the council voted to continue activities for another year to meet the need that soldiers have for books.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
Combat America
By PATTY #DEVENNY

Last Wednesday, March 14, a movie was shown to the high school. The film was about the US. Army Air Force divisions stationed in England. The picture took us with the fliers from the time they left America, over to England. and through many of their missions.
 Before the boys might visit the towns in Engalnd. they were in structed in the use of English money. It's value was compared with American money. The boys were also warned to be on guard for spies. The instructor said that clever spies were still at large.
 When the boys became battle weary they were taken to a luxuri- ous hotel, that had once been a mansion of an English nobleman, and now run by the Red Cross. There the boys would rest, dance, swim, and eat until time to return to duty.
 Captain Clark Gable did well as a narrator for he gave the audience the feeling of actually being with the men.
 The film was in technicolor and some of the scenes showing English gardens and country were beautiful.
 Our fliers have dangerous jobs but they are doing them well. We can all be proud of our men with wings.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
WRANGELL HI-LINES
HELEN ANGERMAN
EDITOR

ANeHN'iAN --- oH
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
sHARPsHOOTER IS 4.F

MAIDEN, Mass. - After pacing Maiden high school to victory in the New England rifle champion ships by scoring 98 bullseyes in 100 tries. Capt. Bud Taylor was rejected by the navy for defective eyesight.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
Stikine Messenger
By YOLANDA FERGUSON

The third issue of the stikine Messenger was put on sale Friday. March 16, just in time to pay re- spects to good St. Patrick, whose birthday anniversary came the next day.
 The Messenger contained news of happenings of the last nine weeks This is the first issue edit ed by Louise Willard. the new editor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23

TIME TO MOVE - Wen-known German personalities are trying to get into Switzerland It has nothing to do with the military situation They just want to know the time
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23

NOTE-Fro11 time to time, in tiis space, there lCiH uppcn" ea rrfic'e Which lue hope lgiH be of interest a5 a.a=f fsll0l0 Americans. This Is number Iorty-tiree of O series.
 SCHERLEY lNTEPAsHcgsL CORP, REV YORK
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-03-23
g Weeks Tests Over

"Whew. hope I passed that one" Wish me luck, pal" Gulp. Been
The sub., 1945-05-19
Franklin D. Roosevelt

On May IA the thirtyday period of mourning for the late President Roosevelt ended and the flags will again be flown at the top of the mast. M
 These thirty days have been historic During this time have enemy leader Mussoni come to his gnomnous end and hung by the heels in the market place by the people betrayed and led against Another such Hitler has disappeared from the scenewhether dead-a suicide-or in hiding knows, but he and his capital crumbled and in flames the tremendous military power he wielded internationally surrendered
 Ths too, is fttingy ignominous end for man who thirty days ago goaed the death of great and pn- cped man who had committed himself to the battle to wipe out the evil these strutng madmen oosed the world And less conemptbe the other butchers and adsts who have surrendered themselves with pleas Ot mercy
 One by the actors leave the stage The past thirty days have been drama-and tragedy only because the who labored greatly to bring to successful con- cusion died as the curtain raised on the third act.
 All in the space of thirty days we lost perhaps the greatest leader have known installed another man the highest and difficult office in the nation, and have had taste of victory Thirty days of history Now the flags go up again. and the nation again. 1neV- tably must nation with rich heritage of noble pur- pose and so great a store of noble
 Thousands of these will be coming home from Eu- rope now and day hope from the Pacific too Because of them the world will know that the man we mourned only of many such and will better understand how great nation came to be.
The sub., 1945-05-19
AFOfL to Fight
 For Vacation Pay

The American Federation of La- bor has gone to bat with manage ment for vacation pay for all Elec- tric Boat employees with a year or more of service. The present SMEU contract does not provide for vacations; however War Labor Board directive was issued direct ing the company to pay one weeks vacation pay for all employees with from one to five years of Ser- vice and two weeks vacation to all employees with five or more years of service.
 To put stop to rumOrs about the yard that the company will not pay vacations this year because the directive only specified the years 1943 and 1944, the AFofL is now at tempting to force the company to commit itself on paying out vaca- tions this year. This, If the AFofL is successful, will be one of the biggest victories gained to date for FEB men and women by this Union since the old Independent affiliated with it.
 This is only a part of what the AFofL is trying to do. Its commit tees are even now, and at this writ- ing, negotiating with management in an endeavor to get vacation pay to those loyal employees who, through no fault of their own, were terminated These loyal men and women when called upon by our government and management to produce submarines for the ''war effort" did yeoman work and pro- duced the best submarine in the world. The SUBS built by these men and women made their mark felt on many an Axis ship, and their part in winning this war was an important one. Now these WAR WORKERS are terminated because of lack of work; they can under stand that. and so can we, but why are they not entitled to at least that portion of their vacation pay up to the time that they were termin- ated?
 Their UNION and your UNION, the American Federation of Labor, intends to find this out.
The sub., 1945-05-19

CORPORATIONS pay income tax each year on the previous years earnings, just as personal income taxes were paid prior to 1914. In 1946, firms will be taxed on 1945's earnings. But if war ends this year, Terminating war contracts) 1946 will be the year of change back, of costly sales and few. Problem: How to hire more men. and pay 1945's taxes with small earnings or none?
 Any time a voice is raised in the interest of American business, any time a writer suggests that corporation tax laws need revi- sion, somebody accuses him of apple-polishing or grinding the axe of big business. But right is still right. Prosperity in Amer lea depends on full employment; full employment depends on busi- ness expansion, and business ex- pansion depends on wise tax pro- NlS1OuSs
 Quick FIRMS that have used Money their war-year profits ex- banding production for victory are not at fault. They are solvent. They will have adequate working capital due them under the present law after their Re- fund Bonds are cashable and af- ter their Carry-back credits on excess profits taxes are allowed. But when will this be? As the law is written now, years will pass before the money comes.
 Food does man no good af- ter he has starved to death. Neither will money due a firm help it's employees after bank- ruptcy. What war production firms need is money when they need 1t; to hire men, to buy naa- Chinery for peacetime work, to
The sub., 1945-05-19
TOMORROW WHAT?
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out wants to dole out to u Led by company like Harold Thomas and other labor hat CTS these excuses for men ACTUALLY ENEMIES OF EVERY BOY IN UNIFORM-AS WELL AS ENEMIES OF OUR OWN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The Ameri- Federation of Labor is accepted YES WELCOMED by every intelligent and this country being A NECESSARY ECONOMIC FORCE speaking the voice of the AMERICAN WORKER. THE AMERICAN FEDERA- TON OF LABOR IS RECOGNIZED AS THE ONE BULL MARK against depression and poverty It is recognized the OBSTACLE IN THE PATH OF COMMUNISM AND EVERY OTHER KIND OF ISM THAT IS UN-AMERICAN. The American Federation of Labor-YES OUR UNION, is the ONE ORGANIZATION THAT THE WORKING MAN HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW. IT IS A UNION UNTAINTED BY ISMS-it is the voice of WORK ING AMERICA in every important place in the country 1t is YOUR UNION AND MINE-FIGHT FOR ITl
The sub., 1945-05-19
Pipefitter's Note

Lincoln Burgess, late of the
 Pipe Shop, who was out on compensation for so many months, IA to be exact, has returned to his home in Wa terford after spending over five weeks in the Boston City Hospital where he had a rup- tured, fractured disc removed from his spine. line no long CT drags himself about since Dr. Munro, a back and brain specialist, operated upon him.
The sub., 1945-05-19
Booby Trap H GEORGE S.BENSON President of Harding College
 Seorcy Arkonsos
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 |ANeOd|

save useful enterprises and avoid wholesale unemployment in their communities. Laborers and farnn- CTS and small town merchants have the most at stake.
 Hear Labor SURELY William Executives L. Hutcheson, pres-
 ident of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, was looking through the lenses of Labor when he wrote Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the Ways 6 Means Committee 0f the House of Representatives urging the passage of amend- ments to make Refund Bonds and Carry-back funds promptly avail~ able to industry at plant recons version time.
 Analysis of a large number of companies shows that they have had to use their tax reserves for current operations, so that when war ends they can not reconvert to peacetime operations and employment of men .. We strongly urge that these provi- sions be amended in a manner which your Committee believes will make refunds available ina- mediately at the time war pro-' duction of these companies has stopped.'
 MT. Hutcheson's letter reached MT. Doughton's desk only shortly ahead of one like it from Williams Green, president of A. F. of L. Are these labor leaders apple- polishers? No! They are fare sighted thinkers serving the ind terests of working men, and they know how. They are not recom| mending poodle for business men,, They are intelligently promoting, postwar jobs and prosperity 4os the United States.'
The sub., 1945-05-19

Electricians are installing an additional portable mike outlet at the wet dock in the main yard to provide for greater range for the travel ing broadcasts this summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-31
Air Force Day
To Be Marked

El Centre air enthusiasts will join
the nationwide celebration of Army
Air Force Day Wednesday when a
group of Civil Air Patrol pilots fly
to the Yuma Army Air Field.
The planes will leave the Imper-
ial airport at 8 a. m. to take part in
the Yuma ceremonies starting at a
m. Following the program an open
house has been planned at the base
and the public has been United to
attend.
In addition to the CAP group,
headed by Pete Schar, a number
of other civilians plan to attend the
program.
A program has also been planned
for the Palm Springs Army Air
Field at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Of
ficers of the El Centro Marine Air
Station have received a special in
VitatiOn to attend the observance
Air Force Day has been pro-
claimed in El Centre by Mayor P
L. Moore marking the 38th anniver-
sary of the founding Of military
aviation, and by Governor Earl
Warren.