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The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
Plan 2,OOO Plane Raids
 On Japan

LONDON Lieut. Gen. Doolittle, commander of the U. s. 8th Air Force who led the first air raid on Tokyo, predicted 2,O0O-plane raids would be made on Japan. He re- ferred to the superforts as the heavy bomber of the future" but in speaking of the prospective D. 0OO-plane raids on Japan he didn't state specifically whether he meant all would be superforts.
 Size of the American air force 0p- erating against Japan will continue to be increased as airfields become available, supply routes, eommuni- cations and bases are established, !" Doolittle said at a press conference.
 He disclosed the personnel of the 8th Air Force in England numbered approximately 100000 men and wo- men and another 100000 served oD a rotating basis DoOlittle said part of the 8th Air Force manpower and equipment would be moved directly to the Pacific and the rest would be sent back to the U. s. or kept in England indefinitely as part of the Allied Occupational air forces. He said present bomber strength of the 8th exceeded 2,40O Liberators and FOrtresses and didn't include planes In repair depots or new planes in the reserve pools.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
BITTER HAND-TO.HAND
 FIGHTING ON OKINAWA

GUAM - Troops of the Sixth Marine Division bridged the mouth of the Asa river near Okinawa' 8 capital city of Naha yesterday and forced a crossing despite the at tempts of two Japanese human bombs to thwart them. Bitter hand to hand fighting was reported all along the southern Okinawa front, as U. S. warships for the fifth straight day were called on for sup port of land operations. They broke enemy troop concentrations in rear areas where the Asa flows into the sea. Western OkinaWa, between Machinato airfield and the sea was captured last week, as was also the capital city of Naha. Two Japanese tied heavy explosive charges to themselves and plunged onto a span crossing the Asa river in an at tempt to blow it up, but they only succeeded in damaging it and de- laying the Marines slightly.
 Japanese casualties in the 0kin- ava fighting now total S8,857 through Wednesday, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz said in a communi- que, while American 10th Army casualties, through Monday, total 16,425, including 2,6S4 dead.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
Little Nations
 Are Heard At
 PeaCeMeeting

SAN FRANCISCO - The United nations conference appeared to be developing into a strong bloc of small nations determined to win for themselves greater authority over the proposed use of force to prevent future wars. The issue is coming sharply to the fore in a conference of committees considering amend ments of the DumbartOn Oaks plan for world peace organization as it was drawn up by Britain, China. Russia and the U. S. at Washington last fall
 Here the current top develop ments are:
 l. Prime Minister King of Can ada told the committee on functions that the security council, which is the exclusive powerful core, pro- posed an organization where any nation whose troops might be used against an aggressor should be per mitted a voice in the councils de- CisiOn before taking fOrceful action.
 2. New Zealand suggested that the proposed world assembly of ma tions to which DumbartOn Oaks plan would assign little authority, should have the right to approve or reject any security council ac- tion. This is bluntly opposed by the big powers.
 8. Cuba proposed the security council be enlarged from Il mem Der nations, provided for under the DumbartOn Oaks agreement, to 14 or 15.
 Point were debated in a com mittee of the council yesterday but decision was delayed pending fur ther study.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
tBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON = President Tru- man proclaimed complete uncondi- tional victory in Europe Monday In N-E day proclamation he said
 Our blows will continue until the Japanese lay down their arms in unconditional surrender"
 Going on the radio at a. m.. PVT, Monday the President told the nation he had set next Sunday. lMay 13l as Mothers Day of pray CT in which he wanted all to join. In rejoicing in victory he asked the nation not 10 forget the "sor- Tow and heartaches" that abide in homes of thousands of Americans.
 He declared.
 In this solemn but glorious hour. Gen. Eisenhower informs me the forces of Germany have sur rendered 10 the United Nations. The flags Of freedom fly over all Eur ope. For this victory we join in Of fering our thanks 10 a Providence who has guided and sustained us through the dark days Of advers- ity."
 President Truman thus brought To a close the European phase of the titanic struggle which cost Am orican armed forces 132.00O lives and more than 550.O00 other casn- alties in three years, four months and seven days of fighting against the Axis in the European and Med iterranean theaters
 The President made clear the ma tion's fight against aggression is not over and that effort cannot cease until the Jap military and naval forces lay down their arms as Nazi Germany has done. At the same time Truman gave his as- surance that unconditional surren- der does not mean eXterminatiou or enslayement of the Japanese but it means for them he said, an end of war and a termination of the influence of military leaders "who brought Japan 10 the present brink of disaster"
 The President called upon every American to stick to his post un- til the battle is won."
 President Truman made the tri- umphal announcement to the press in the Oval room where he was surrounded by members of his cab inet and congressional leaders. Mrs. Truman and their daughter Mar garet sat not far behind him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
OBSERVES
 VIE DAY WITH PUBLIC
 MEETING AT THEATER

Wrangell observed V-E Day with a public gathering in the Coliseum theater at o'clock Tuesday after noon, following a proclamation is sued Monday afternoon by Mayor F. G. Hanford The meeting was held at virtually the same time that the European victory was be- ing formally raified The peace was formally ratified at 3:01 D. m. Pa cific war time, Tuesday. Wrangells meeting was within an hour of be- ing on the dot.
 Business houses closed from to D. III. and schools recessed for the observance as the residents of the community packed the theater for the victory occasion.
 Ministers of the community led in prayers of thanksgiving. patrio- tic songs were sung and talks were given which carried sobering note that there was still a victory over Japan to be achieved.
 While We meet in a spil, Of jubiliatiOn that half the victory has been achieved there is the sobering thought that We cannot and must not falter in our efforts until Japan too has signed similar documents of unconditional surrender such as were signed by the Germans at Riems and ratified this day" de- clared Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Williams, in addressing the gather ing as representative of the Terri tory.
 Sounding a similar note were Mayor Hanford, Father Matthew Hoch, the Rev. William Forbes, the Rev. Ben F. Judd, Jr., and Brother William Gum.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
HENLEIN. NAZI LEADER, TAKES OWN LIFE IN
 CZECH PRISON CAMP

WITH U. S. THIRD ARMY IN CzECHOSLOVAKIA- Konrad Hen lein, who before the war delivered the Sudetenland to Hitler, died a suicide yesterday in a war prison camp, it was reported at American corps headquarters. Henlein slashed his wrists with a razor blade which had been concealed under adhesive tape in a cigarette case. By taking his own life Henlein escaped exc cution by the Czechoslovak govern ment. He had been sentenced to death in absentia by a Czechosloyak court.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
SPRING FEVER"

WrangeIl High actors and act resses are busy practicing for the play Spring Fever" to be given to- night at p. m.
 The play is full of the spirit of youth with it's adolescent growing pains. Marion Nielsen, as the moth CT of three, Patty Devenny as the maiden aunt, Shirley Mccormack as the fond mother of Baby "B0bkins, ' Bill Binkley as athletic coach, Rhoda Hanf0rd as the little sister, and Lilly Broad. Margaret Rose Ritchie, Roy Churchill, Gordon Ma son and Lloyd Rinehart make up the east.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
INSTITUTE OBSERVES VIE DAY WITH SPECIAL
 PATRIOTIC PROGRAM

V-E Day was observed by the faculty and students of Wrangell Institute Wednesday afternoon with a special Victory day assembly fol- lowed by campus activities and a bonfire. Under the direction of Miss Bess O'Neill a patriotic program was presented by the students, fea- turing historical accounts of the war itself and the various leaders such as Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. Among students taking part were the five leaders" Ray mond, Billie, Irene. Alice and Jen- nie.
 Talks were given by Superintend- ent Intolubbe and Secretary of AL aska Lew M. Williams.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
CONGRATULATIONS

A son, William Hill, III, was born to MT. and Mrs. William H. Bar rington, Jr., at Skagway May 10, according to word received here by Mir. and Mrs. John Arola, aunt and uncle of Mrs. Harrington. e young man weighed five pounds 12 ounces.
 Mrs. Harrington is the daughter of Mir and Mrs. Carl Arola, pioneer Wrangell family. Mrs. Arola is with her daughter in Skagway. The proud father is the son of Capt. and Mrs. Hill Harrington, old time Wrangell and Alaska family. Young Bill is in the Customs service at Skagway-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE AT HIGH SCHOOL
 SUNDAY EVENING

Baccalaureate services will be held at 8 o'clock Sunday evening in Wrangell high school auditorium for the 1945 graduating class.
 Address of the evening will be given by the Rev. Ben F. Judd, Jr., the invocation by Capt. Frances Fletcher, and the Rev William Forbes will give the benediction.
 Music will be furnished by Mrs. Leth Meadows and the Girls Glee Club.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
German Surrender B.ingS European
 War To An End

LONDON - President Harry $. Truman and Prime Minister Win ston Churchill proclaimed complete victory and announced European hostilities formally ceased at 3:Ot D. m. Pacific War time Monday.
 Supreme headquarters said shat tered Germanys unconditional sur render would be ratified and cou- irmed at Berlin today lMondayJ ]"
 Churchill said both leaders had summoned the Allied nations to bat tie to the finish against Japan. The Prime Minister reminded that "Ja- pan with all her treachery and greed remains uusubdued."
 No immediate proclamation was forthcoming from Stalin.
 Supreme headquarters of the Al- lied EXpeditionary Forces in a spec ial communique said:
 Allied Expeditionary Forces have been ordered to cease often sive operations but will maintain their positions until the surrender becomes effective"
 Germany's uncondttional surren- der was signed at 5:4l D. m. PVT, Sunday. The communique said Su- preme headquarters announced the Germans agreed to order all resis- tance halted and would yield all ships and aircraft unscuttled and undamaged and to insure compli- ance, all further orders would come from the Allied supreme com mander and the Soviet high com mand.
 Surrender documents specified nothing, but it contained limited or restricted terms which might later be imposed on the Reich m the event the German high com mand should take such punitive or other action as they deemed appro- priate."
 Allied radios ordered all German aud German-cOntrolled ships to the nearest ports and Admiral Doenltz told the German people all arms must be laid down at Il D. h., Ger- man tlme, 3 D. m., PVT, Monday.
 General De Gaulle told the French people: The war has been won. Victory for the Allied nations Is a victory for France"
 Supreme headquarters dispatches made it clear the surrender was to all Allies, but the Moscow radio was silent even after Truman and Churchill had spoken. There had been general expectation that Pre- mier Stalin would speak simultan- eously. However, the Rumanian radio, heard by the Federal Com Commission quoted the ussian news agency in dispatch saying surrender had been an accomplished fact. Marshall was to sign at Berlin in behalf of Russia.
 Admiral Doenitz said it now was within the power of the Allies to remove him from office as Ger new leader if they saw fit but he said he would remain at his post if it was required of him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
SUES COMING HOME

Mrs. Stanley Fries, the former Sue Smith, popular Wrangell girl, is expected to arrive In Wrangeil for a short visit Monday before gO- ing on to Juneau where her hus- band. Stanley, is stationed with the Gfgnal Ccrps
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
MRS. WATERS NAME OMITTED FROM BOND
 AD LIST LAST WEEK

Through an error, the name of Mrs. Mabel Waters, of the Bear To- tenn, was inadvertently left out of the list of sponsors of the War Bond advertisement in last weeks Sentinel.
 Sentinel apOlogizes. Bear Totem supports them all.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
ALASKAN AMONG
 LIBERATED PRISONERS

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - It has been announced that First It. Gale Sandvik of Palmer, Alaska, was a. mong the liberated German prison CTS of war arriving here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-11
EMBLEM CLUB TO ELECT

The Emblem Club will hold its its nomination of officers at it's meeting Monday night in the Elks hall All members are urged to be- present
Evening star., 1945-03-09

refers. Three more appealing girls
we can't imagine, but their COM
bined efforts to convince us that
women soldiers are like, that turn
out to. have been fairly futile.
Keep Your Powder Dry" looks like
highly synthetic piece of story
telling, triumph of cinema diplo-
macy over the official technical ad-
wiser who must frequently have had
the feeling that her associates on
the project were not paying any at
tention to her. We were not there,
OF course, but the surmise was one
that kept plaguing us all through
the picture.
Unlike many screenplays dealing
with certain phases of masculine
military life, Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
decided that this one should have
mixture of the sexes. The accent
naturally is upon the women, but
men keep popping up all over the
place, most of them keeping a sort
of weather eye on Miss Turner,
who looks very alluring in khaki,
too.
While dragging in most of the
comedy cliches which have become
part of every military picture ire
spective of sex, Keep Your Powder
Dry" essays to be seriously dra-
Evening star., 1945-03-09

distributor points and the engine
begins to purr like kitten.
This and all the other routine as
poets OF Keep Your Powder Dry"
are leading to a climax in officers
candidate school where the feud be-
tween the girls becomes SO acute
that Miss Day determines to keep
Miss T. from being graduated. By
That time their training has made
them pretty expert scrappers and
they give each other quite a pum-
melting before reverting to that more
Womanly weapon Of tears.
There is more zest and energy
than artfulness or conviction In
most OF the . ing which goes into
keep YoH Powder Dry" While
the Misses Day and Turner are rel
ishing their running cat fight, Miss
Peters is giving the picture its most
noteworthy performance and prov
Ing the triumphant force of gentil-
lty. Otherwise most of those en-
gagged IN the Capitol's picture look
like actresses acting like WACS. a
willing bunch of women, indeed, but
still short on their basic Army train
ing.
That is what is basically wrong
with Keep Your Powder Dry"
X
Funnyman Jay C. Flippen, who
has been Capitol regular ever since
there was a Capitol Theater, head
lines the stage show which Gene
Ford has assembled this week, mani
Testing no change in the style to
which his public has become accus-
toned. He derives effective support
from Jean Kean, a pleasant person
with a voice she uses happily. and
a dancing ensemble of pretty girls
VINO are billed as the Lucky Girls.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Cinema Pays WAC Tribute
In Screen Play at Capitol
By JAY CARMODY

II was M that HOLLYWOOD would around
actually goyng it, but having that noble
mat what has happened in Keep Your Powder opened
Yesterday at the Capitol Theae
aracvy uniformed and Susan
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Earle Gets Lavish Musical
In Tonight and Every Night

TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT I
Columbia Picture. with Rita Hayvorth and
Janet Blair. produced By and directed by
Victor Savtlle, screen play by Lesser Sam
uels and Ahen Finkel based on play By
Lesley Storm, songs BY julie Styne and
Sammy Calm. At the Earle.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
By PATRICIA SIMMONS.

From the moment 1t starts rolling,
Tonight and Every Night" Is the
nearest thing we've seen to q pin
up girl assembly line. Color, cos
tunes and more than its share of
box-of1ce come-on 60 into making
this weeks feature at the Earle the
most eye-filling musical yet to be
blessed with technicolor.
We wouldn't be surprised, how
ever, If this picture marks the end
of Rita Hayworth's reputation as
sweater girl. From henceforth she'll
probably be known as "the red han-
mel girl" Chats what we said. So
what If they weren't red? Obviously
the technicolor expert was of the
opinion that Miss Hayworth,s long
"woolies" would be more becoming
in delicate shade of orchid and
that's what he's paid for. Anyway,
the comedy special finds Miss Hay
worth and Janet Blair in a twin
bed setting both attired in long
woolen underwear The routine has
the lassies combing their hair,
brushing their teeth, polishing a
few shoes and finally getting into
bed-still attired in the pastel un-
derwear.
We feel moral responsibility to
add that its all part of benefit per-
Torrance staged at an Raj base
and probably Miss Hayworth doesn't
really wear long underwear at all.
**
AS lavish sets go, the picture
whips up enough of the extrava-
ganza to rival "T'he Great Ziegfeld"
plus couple of Broadway Mel
ody" opuses put together. At the
same time, the plot and pretty girls
always seems compatible The show
goes on in q sort of effortless way
jumping from backstage music hall
to London blitz and backstage again.
Something completely novel in
dance routine is that newsreel come
to-life sequence. Miss Blair stands
in front of movie screen and halls
passing characters from the pro-
jected black and white film to come
down and join her whereupon the
monotone-hued characters step out
of the screen into the technicolor. In
design and execution its completely
delightful and also a credit from the
technical standpoint
Introduced to movie audiences is
a sensational newcomer by the
name of Marc Platt. The okla
homa" star makes his debut In an
improvised solo dance to snatches
Of symphonic, operate and jazz
music supposedly coming over
radio. In using the Paul Draper
approach Mr.. Platt contributes one
of the most enjoyable moments in
the picture as he alters the rhythm
of his tapping feet to suit the tempo
Of everything from Beethoven to
boogie-woogie In the acting de-
partment. however, the dancer
doesn't fare quite SO well.
The music throughout the entire
picture is first rate. "You Excite
Me-" a torch number delivered by
Miss Hayworth. will probably cause
a little excitement itself. The fact
that Miss Hayworth gives the song
benefit of lovely tropical setting
and costumes to match may have
something to do with 1t. Lee Bow
man as the romantically inclined
RAF pilot turns in a good enough
performance to win the girl. And
blitz or no blitz the couple get mar
ried and the show goes on. We
wouldn't be surprised if it went on
for holdover engagement.
Both blond and beautiful Marie
Nash heads the Earle stage show
this week. Miss Nash sang the two
songs which seem to have become a
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Where and When
Current Thsoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
Stage.

StAkC.
National Foolish Notion: $50
pm.
Screen.
Capitol Keep Your Powder
Dry: IL am, 1:45, 4:30, ITO and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: ITO. $50,
6:35 and 800 pm.
Columbia Meet Me in st.
Louis: 11:45 am, 2:10, 4:30, 6:55
and 9:25 pm.
Earle Tonight and Every
Night: II am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:O5 and
$50 pm. Stage shows: /, 3:45,
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Keith's-"The Suspect: 1850
am, 1:50, $50, $50, 7:50 and $50
pm.
Little-"The Rainbow: II am,
LOS, $40, $40, 7:3O and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"To Have and Have
Not: 11:10 am, lis, 800, 5:25,
7:30 and $40 pm.
Palace - Music for Millions:
1l:35 am, 2:05, 4:30, Z and $50 pm.
Pix-"Mad Doctor of Market
Street; 2, 4. $40, 1885 and 10:45
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
WAVEGroup to See
Paper Theater PIav

A special program will be present.
ed at the Children's Museum of
washington Sunday from 3 to s
pm. when party of WAVES from
the West Potomac Park Barracks
are guests Of the organization.
High light Of the afternoons en-
tertainment will be a Paper The
ater production at $3.50. THE Story
OF Pollock's," written, designed and
played by children of the museum
The public In invited to attend.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
French Flora Found
By Searching Cinema
HOLLYWOOD.


A difficult studio problem-that of
finding trees, bushes and plants ma
tive to Central France to dress"
the exteriors of a modern French
chateau-was solved very readily on
the Paris Underground" set
through an appeal to 65-year-old
Don Mauerhan, who owns a unique
ranch near San Bernardino, Calf.
On his 1,000-acre property Mr..
Mauerhan has specimens of every
botanical growth on earth. He fur
nishes required specimens to movie
studios as the need arises. Mr..
Mauerhan turned to this means of
Supplementing his income when
financial reverseS faced him with
foreclosure Is years ago.
Evening star., 1945-03-09

matte. 1t wants you to understand
that marshaling a woman's army
Is job with a lot of vicissitudeS
and imposes slew of hardships on
the girls whose valance is up to
accepting them Nothing that the
human spirit cannot bear, under
stand, but by no means beer and
skittles.
The major dramatic premise of
Keep Your Powder Dry" is that two
headstrong girls who start with an
antipathy for each other can keep
a barracks seething as easily as they
can a sorority house or any of the
other more familiar shelters of the
sex. The two who 60 at it, tongue
and palm (the refined equivalent of
tooth and claw are the Misses
Turner and Day. The former is a
frivolous heiress who finds herself a
surprised refugee from cafe society
and quite irritated with her new lot.
MISS Day, on the other hand, is the
daughter OF a general, who feels
that the Army has been lax in ac-
ceptlng the enlistment of any such
famous playgirl as Miss Turner.
You can see the situations to which
that sort OF antipathy can lead. In
fact. you can see them coming eight
reels away, which does something
uncouth to the suspense which
might otherwise have found its way
into Keep Your Powder Dry"
Miss Peters, the third WAC prin-
cipal and by far the best actress of
the lot, is cast in the role of peace
maker and is kept very busy in it.
\ \
The ring in which this fight is
conducted affords a panoramic view
OF what goes on in WAC training.
One of the more arresting sequences
from our point of view is that which
deals with the three heroines' ex-
|perience in the motor transport pool
OF their training center. They get
attractively smudged tinkering with
the chassis of giant trucks and al
most before they can get their faces
clean they are called upon to fix the
generals car. It is a cant start"
call, and you can bet the general is
surprised when he sees the pretty
trio whip up to do the job. He is
even more surprised, and SO were we,
when Miss Turner tinkerS with the
Evening star., 1945-03-09

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News and Cartson.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Jack Holt Returns
HOLLYWOOD

Jack Holt, one of the top-notchers
of silent days, will make comeback
in They Were Expendable An
other addition is that of Ward Bond,
still with his leg in cast as a re-
suit of that auto accident eight
months ago. Bond will have his
character written around the in
illred leg