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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-07-12
Nashua Airman Tells OF German,
Mistreatnent While Prisoner
BY Courier Correspondent

NASHUA-"Every word that you
read about mistreatment Of prl-
soners in Germany is absolutely
true" says Technical Serg. Leroy
Dunster, who himself was a Nazl
prisoner. He is home on 60-day
furlough visiting his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.. Hagen.
The heavy bomber in which he
was a radioman was shot down
over enemy territory, Feb. "a. 1914.
He parachuted from the wrecked
ship. When he landed in a river
filled with floating ice he suffered a
broken foot, sprained ankle, a
broken shoulder and two broken
ribs.
He crawled to safety from the icy
water. Captured, he was forced TO
walk ve-eighths of a mile to a
prison. He says the prodding, kick
ing foot of a German forced his
progress while injured.
He spent two days, without medi-
cal assistance, at Bad Thuringen.
He was then transferred by ambul-
ance to Obermasfeld prisoner OF
hospital. There. English doctors
who had been imprisoned since 1910,
cared for him.
He was sent to Stalag Luft 4 in
June, 1914, and remained there until
he was transferred to Luft l, JAN.
30, 1945. The transfer was made In
a closed boxcar, with 81 men in the
with him. The trip of 1876 miles
took two days. Throughout his in
he says, Red Cross food
packages helped keep him alive by
supplementing the meager diet fur
nished by the Germans.
1t was last May 2 that he was
liberated by the Russians, who
promptly drove 500 head of German
to the camp and butchered
them for the prisoners. I'VE really
had steaks" he recalls. They fried
steaks for II hours straight to feed
the hungry men,"
Soon after, American planes came
and the 10000 prisoners were flown
10 Rheims, France, then to another
camp in France. From there they !
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-07-12

forces. He wears battle stars for the
air offensives during the Europe,
Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples
Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern
France, Balkans, Germany, Northern
France, Northern Apprentices and
Pc Valley campaigns.
Sergeant Nelson is authorized to
wear the distinguished unit citation,
good conduct medal, pre-Pearl Har-
Dor and European theater ribbons.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-07-12
Car Licenses Show
Drop; More Truck
Plates Are Issued

Although fewer passenger car
licenses have been issued from her
office this year than in 1914, at the
same time there is a slight in
crease in truck plates, Mrs. Nora
Mumford, county treasurer, reported
this week. Car plates number 1850,
compared with 2,030 in 1914 at the
same time. She has registered 1,270
while last years figure on the date
was 1,180. The total for drivers
licenses this year is $500.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-07-12
BoyleS Take Over
Hub Beer PargOr

George Alexander has sold his in
terest in the Hub beer parlor here
to william and w. F. Boyles, retir-
ing as active operator of the bust
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander will
leave this week for Florence, south
of Missoula, to make their home on
Mr.. AleXander's farm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Army Lost 81, 900 Vehicles

THE United States Army, in the
European campaign, lost $4,000
vehicles destroyed, including
25,78l jeeps, 1864 21s-ton trucks,
4,652 Ma medium tanks, LASS
light tanks and S,165 half-track
cars.
1t is revealed that it was not
necessary to use the entire vehicle
reserve built up in Great Britain
and on the Continent. This means
that the Army had an ample sup
ply Of vehicles. In fact, it used
only $4,000 of $4,000 general
purpose vehicles, $4,000 of 10000
combat vehicles and $4,000 Of
$4,000 special purpose vehicles.
The reader should not get the
idea that the vehicles not used
were unnecessary or that the high
command wasted money in con-
structing them. In all successful
warfare, it is necessary to have
ample reserves. No one knows
how a. battle is going to develop
or how long a war will last. Con-
sequently, it is impossible to aecu-
rately estimate the number Of any
thing that IT needed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Hiding Behind Freedom

THE freedom of the press" is
one of the fundamental rights
of 9 free people but it is not an
exclusive possession Of the press.
For this reason, it is important
for the people Of the country to
understand what the phrase means.
II is certainly apparent that some
newspaper men have an idea that
it extends immunity to the press
in manner that far transcends
the right to print articles without
censorship or penalty other than
those represented by libel laws.
The freedom Of the press does
NOT relieve the press of its, obi
CATIONS to pay taxes, to adjust
employment according to the laws
of .he land and to comply with
regulations such as those issued in
regard to the use of white paper
during the present national emer-
gency. Neither is it a cloak to
conceal the facts about the owner
ship Of publications in violation of
law that requires disclosure Of
ownership.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19

oDT asks Army to release 3d.
900 railroad employees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
8,42O Miles In 2,158
Minutes

SOME IDEA of the range of the
lB-29 Superfortress is available
in connection with figures released
after the epoch-making flight of
Major-General Curtis E. LIE May
from Guam to Washington, cover
ing 8,420 miles in thirty-seven
hours, thirty-seven minutes in
GLIDING a stop at Honolulu that
took two hours and thirty-nine
minutes.
The General left Guam at. 500
A. M Friday, making the $3.50
mile fight to Honolulu by II :49
P. M. that night. For fifteen hours
and forty-three minutes, the big
plane made better than four miles
per minute. e
After the lay-over at Honolulu,
the plane took off at 2:38 A. M.
Saturday for Washington, where
ii landed at IL :43 p. M. that night.
This was a record, nonstop flight,
covering the 4,64O miles in twenty
hours, fifteen minutes. The aver
age speed was slightly above 3.9
miles per minute.
These figures are based upon a
dispatch of the United Press,
which, we presume uses the same
time throughout. If this assump-
ton is correct, the big plane trav-
eled from Guam to Washington at
an average speed of three and two
thirds miles per minute, including
the lay-over at Honolulu. This is
little better than 22O miles per
hour.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19

Ford manufactures his first 1916
model car.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Generals and Medals

GENERAL Dwight D., Essen
hover. receiving tumultuous
welcome upon his return to the
United States, has been presented
with an Oak Leaf Cluster to add
to his Distinguished Service Medal
for Conspicuous service" to the
peoples of the United Nations.
We have expressed the opinion,
upon several occasions, that the
services of General Eisenhower are
not yet fully appreciated The
award contrasts strangely with the
Medal of Honor that was voted to
General Macarthur shortly after
he arrived in Australia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Japs Stay Their Wounded

FROM MANILA, in the Philip
pine Islands, comes the story
that Japanese officers ordered and
enforced the execution or suicide
Of a large percentage of the S2,Ol2
Japanese who we're wounded.
U. S. Military Authorities say
that the fact was established on
the basis of captured enemy docu-
ments and declare that History
rarely records such callousness in
its atrocities"
Before enemy attacks, the
wounded are expected to commit
suicide and during the. attack,
every man is expected to go for
ward until he achieves glorious
DEATH" Wounded soldiers are ex-
pected to kill themselves.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Recluse Leaves $3.50, 900

FROM Chicago comes another of
the stories that appear periodic
ally, telling us that "penni-
less reeluse, who lived in a twenty
cents-a-day flophouse, died and a
rusty key in his ragged trousers
unlocked a bank vault disclosing
that he left an estate of $25o,o00.
IL win be hard for some people
to understand how any man, with
that much money, willingly gave
himself to a life of penury.
Philosophers, if any, will readily
imagine, the peace of mind that
must have belonged to man in
such control of himself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Oil Reserves Increase

THERE HAVE been many pre-
dictions that the oil reserves of
the United States would be ex-
hausted, but j. Edgar Pew, chair
man of the American Petroleum
Institutes Committee on Petroleum
Reserves, says that the country
has sufficient to meet it's require
ments for generations to come"
Mr.. Pew points out that in four
years the United States supplied
1920 ,000,0 900 barrels of oil to meet
unprecedented war demands, but
ended 1914 with O,453, 231 900 bar
rels of crude oil reserves. This
was the largest in the nations his
tory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
FISH

Because. civilians are currently
consuming so much of the sum.
mer catch Of fish, a severe short
age of fish next winter is fore
cast by the Wildlife Service of the
Interior Department. Stocks Of
frozen fish on June were said tc
be % per cent below normal, al.
though fish production was run.
ming ahead Of last year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
Atlantic Flights Routine

IN 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh
captivated the imagination of
the American people by making a
nonstop flight from Roosevelt
Field, New York, to LeBourget,
the Paris airport in thirty-three
hours, thirty-two minutes.
The progress of aviation is
apparent when we reflect that in
less than two years more than
10000 passenger aircraft have
been ferried across the North At.
lantic by the Air Transport Com,
mand. SO casual is a trans-Atlan.
tic flight today, that a plane, tax
ing off for Europe, gets little at.
tention.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
$4,000 Tons A Month!
CyENER AL. " u ARNOLD chis.

~
of the Army Air Forces, says
that the peak Of our aerial bonn
bardment of Japan will be reached
next March or April when an esti-
mated 10000 tons of bombs will
be falling upon enemy territory
monthly.
In 1916, the General asserted,
Japan will get three times the
bomb tonnage that fell on Ger
many in any one year. What this
will mean for Japan explains the
apprehension Of Japanese leaders
and the frantic efforts of enemy
officials 70 persuade the people Of
Japan to support the war effort.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
FARM EQUIPMENT

Veterans have been given a
special preference priority in the
purchase of farm machinery and
equipment, except repair parts, by
the VIA. Applications may be
made to county agricultural COM
mittees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
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Improved A SUNDAY
Uniform c~-~0
= LESSON =
BY HAROLD l.. LUNDQUIsT. d. d.
OF The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for July 22

lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19
ABRAHAM'S PRACTICE
OF BROTHERHOOD

LESSON TExT-Genesis BILE.
GOLDEN TEXT-Let there be no
strife ! pray thee, between me and thee
B. for we be brethren. Genesis 1873.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-19

Lumber shortage more severe
than in any wartime year..
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
Warning Issued, Jap
 Balloons

The following communication has been received by the local Coast Guard office as warming to the peo- pie of this area.
 If Japanese balloons are sighted in the air, report all details to the local Coast Guard unit. If Japanese balloons are found on the ground, don't modest them. Keep all persons out of near vicinity of the balloon and report is location immediately 10 the local Coast Guard for trans Ter to the District Coast Guard of lice, the responsible agency for handling Japanese balloon incid- ents in Southeastern Alaska.
 These bolIoons. while only a military nuisance will kill, so everyone is again warned to report them and keep clear of them.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
DINNER FOR VISITORS
 FROM KETCHIKAN

Mrs. Mae HanfOrd was hostess Sunday for a dinner honoring Miss Erma Blake and her brothers, Cpl Gordon Blake and Fireman First Class Don Blake who were visiting here the past week from their home in Ketchikan. The young men were on furlough from the Army and Navy. They are daughter and sons of AIr. and Mrs. Roy Blake and the family lived in Wrangell until about two years ago.
 Invited guests were former school friends of the trio and included: Misses Rhoda Ann Hanford, Fran ces Hanford, Patty Devenny, Mar garrett Rose Ritchie, Lilly Broad, Shirley Mccormack, Betty Bigelow, Jane and Susan Williams and three Wrangell service men, Larry For sythe, Harry Dirks and Richard Hajny.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
WATER POWER AND ELECTRIC PLANT COMPLETED
 ON MILL, GREEK

Alaska Metals and Power Comp any have just completed a water power and electric power plant at Mill Creek about ten miles from Wrangell on the back channel.
 The company also has a complete Corlie saw mill, including a planer and all necessary equipment for the manufacture of lumber and slaves for pipe lines of any size or capa- city, Manager Calvin said.
 In addition to the lumber indus try, Calvin said the Alaska Metals and Power Company has started mining operations on his property in Grounding Basin.
 "The two enterprises" Calvin ad- ded, will, l hope, furnish year around employment for the people .Of Wrangell."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
Ship A-hOY
 For ElKS Picnic Sunday, June r

Boats TO take EIks and their friends on the annual Elks picnic Sunday, June IT. will leave the City Float near the Wrangeu Ho- tel. at II a. m. and 12:3O D. m. Coast Guard craft. with the Chet steear and F. G. Hanford boats will transport the pienickers.
 Main event Of the picnic will be special Flag Day service with messages From President Harry Truman and Elks Grand Exalted Ruler Dr. Robert South Barrett read.
 Picnic committee announces that the Elks will furnish coffee. pop. weiners and buns, but ask thal each family bring it's own lunch and put them altogether at the pie nic for pot luck
 Those who intend going are ask ed to notify either Leth Meadows or Leonard Layman at the American Bakery so the committee will know about how many to plan for.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
S. A. OFFICIAL PASSES
 THROUGH WRANGELL

Brigadier c. 0. Taylor, Divisional Commander of the Salvation Army, passed through Wrangeu Saturday on his way to his headquarters in Juneau He was on the Princess Louise.
 Brig. Taylor had been to San Francisco where he attended a con ference of district commanders. He reports that plans are being made to improve the living quarters of the local Salvation Army unit and it is hoped to build a new Salva- tion Army hall here in the near future.
 Brigadier Taylor is a brother or Representative Warren G. Taylor, Fairbanks attorney, who was d member of the last Territorial ,.gz islature.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
INTERESTING EXHIBIT
 IN BANK WINDOW

Trophies of World War Il are on exhibit in the window of the Bank of Wrangell, sent from b European theater by Pfc. William Lewis and lent by his father, Dave Lewis. Pfc. Lewis has been in Eur ope for nearly three years with the Army and went through all the major battles. He was born and lived in Wrangell all his life be- fore Uncle Sam called him.
 The articles displayed are all of German origin and include hel- nets, officers caps and insignia, SS arm bands and various weapons. Great interest has been shown by the people of Wrangell in the as sortment, says Banker H. B.. Thornquist
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
CEILING SET ON AUTO
 REPAIR SHOPS BY OPA

Specific lmlLS nave Deen set Ou the hours of labor that automo- bile repair establishments Ill a y charge for in computing prices fer 56 common passenger car repair jobs, the Alaska Office of Price Ad- ministration announced today. This action, effective June 14, 1945, is taken to check a tendency in some repair shops of presenting unitem- ized bills or charging customers Tor more hours of labor than were act ually required to do the particular repair job. The repair jobs covered range all the way from a minor brake adjustment to the complicat- ed job of installing the crank shaft and bearings.
 All shops are required to supply sales slips or receipts to customers for any of the 56 listed operations, regardless of whether or not re- ouested by the customer. The slip or receipt must describe briefly the service, cite it's number in the new regulation, the shops hourly rate, the number of hours charged for. the prices charged for parts and materials and the total charge. Au- tomobile repair services not among the listed continue to be priced as formerly under the services regula- tion.
 ] Copies of this supplementary ser vice regulation and a trade bulletin explaining it's various requirements will be distributed through the To- cal War Price and Rationing Board, for the luther information of gar age and repairmen. The public, too, can obtain any specific information on this by inquiring at the WP&RB office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
Two Million Tons
 Of Bombs Promised
 JapS, In Coming Year
tBy Associated #Press1

GUAM - Bombs. at the rate 5f two million tons a year. are Co be gin raining down on Japan after the July l program Is put Into ae-
 ton. General "Hap" Arnold. Co4- mander Of Army Air Forces. made the announcement today and said the program was aimed at com plete and utter destruction" of the enemy.
 The fiye-star General dramaucal- ly disclosed, while making the an nouncement, that 5000 tons Of bombs were falling on Osaka. the leading industrial city in the OrI- ent. from 52O superforts in an n- cendiary raid marking the first an Of BI29 operations over Japan proper. They also struck at Osaka's neighboring city of Am4- gasaki The area attacked included many machine and tool . bearing works. chemical plants and eIectri- cal and textile factories.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
ADVERTISING FOLDER
 TO BOOST WRANGELL
 TO BE PRINTED SHORTLY

An advertising folder, to boost Wrangell and vicinity in conform ance with post war expansion for this vicinity, will be off the presses soonn. They are a result of num- erous demands from Outsiders who desire information on this part of the country with the view of set tling here.
 At it's regular luncheon meeting yesterday, Chamber decided on the type of folder it wanted and copy will go to the printer this week.
 A telegram was read informing members that the Department of Agriculture has issued an order, ef- fective before July 1, to cancel the butter and cheese cutback in Al aska, which means that towns in the Territory will be put on mea- ger quota basis Mrs. Frank Barnes, Secretary of the Chamber expects to file a protest to the Agriculture Department shortly.
 Clarence Henning, principal oi the Arlington, Washington, high school was a visitor, and Dr. Alvin T. Nelson, Wrangell's new physi clan, was introduced.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
Mrs. Mason Passes Away
 In Seattle

Mrs. Josephine Mason, Wrangell pioneer woman and well known ia all southeast Alaska. died Monday June Il in Seattle.
 Mrs. Mason. who was so years old, was born in Towanda. PennsyI- Yania, January 4, 1865. and came to Wrangell with her husband. the late Julius A. Mason, in 1904 She was a charter member of the East ern Star and American Legion Auxiliary here and was one of the founders of the Wrangell Women g Civic Club. She was an active mem Der of the Presbyterian church and through the years had taken active interest in civic and social affairs Of Wrangell
 Surviving are two sons, Julius W. Mason of WrangelI and Eugene H.. Mason of Seattle and three grand children, Gordon and Kenneth Mas on. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ma son and Carolyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mason.
 The body will be cremated and the ashes brought to Wrangell for interment in the fall when Mrs. Julius Mason returns to Wrangell from the south.
 Memorial services for Mrs Mason will be held here Sunday, June IT, at tn Presbyterian Church with the Rev. John Thomson officiating.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
WRANGELL WILL GET DAM
 SURVEY BY F. w. A

Mayor F. G. Hanford returned last night from a flying trip to Juneau where he conferred with Federal Works Agency representa- tive Durkee and the Juneau field agent. Earl McGinty, on money for a preliminary survey of Wrangells proposed new concrete city dam. Both officials assured the Mayor that funds would be forthcoming from the appropriation made to AL aska by EVA for use in municipal improvements in the Territory.
 Hanford also said a separate ap- plication has been made to EVA for improvement of WrangelPs sew CT system.
 Hanford went up Wednesday on an Ellis Airline plane and returned with Pilot Kurtzer, fer for A. R. Brueger, local cannery man.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
TANKS CRACK INTO CENTER OF JAP LINE
By Lief Erickson

Major General Bradley's 96th In fantry Division cracked into the center Of the previously outflauked Japanese defense line in Southern Okinawa yesterday capturing the 5O0-foot high Yaeju hill and push ing south to the summit of south ern Okinawa's highest peak gained early yesterday after a brisk fight.
 Other divisions cut in behind both ends of the rugged escarp- ment where an estimated I0,U0g Nips are making a last stand in au area less than 13 miles square
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
FORMER WRANGELL MAN
 DISCHARGED FROM NAVY

NOtice has been fecelVed here by Mrs. Van H. Fisk, local Draft Board clerk, that John R. Brown, former manager of the Coliseum Theater in Wrangell, has been giy- en a discharge from the Navy. Brown, known to his many friends here as Brownie" lived in Wran- gell several years before entering hhe Service. He saw action in the African invasion. His home town was given in the Draft Board mo- tfce at Kansas City, Missouri.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-15
LAWRENCE KERR, PIONEER
 ALASKAN PASSES AT JUNEA

JUNEAU - Lawrence Kerr. Gl. resident Of the Territory since the turn of the century died early Wed nesday morning at Juneau. He had been under the doctors care for some time with a heart aidment. Kerr was stricken with a heart at. tack in his room at the Bergman Hotel at about a. m. and died shortly after the arrival of his doe tor twenty minutes later.
 Born March s, 1884. near Har- risville, Penn, Kerr went to Nome in company with his uncle around 1900. There he served as U. s. Dis trict Court reporter under William A. Holtzheimer then District Judge for the Second Division, and partic- ipated actively in public affairs of the pioneer community Esther Birdsall Darling. Alaskan writer, made him one of her characters in her adventurous novel of early Nome, The Break-Up."
 Coming to Juneau about b years ago. Kerr continued his associa- tion with Federal agencies, mostly in connection with the U. s. Dis trict court, being generally recOg- nized as one of the most expert court reporters in the Territory.
 During legislative sessions he had acted in various capacities, be- ing clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee during the last session.
 During the height Of war activity in Alaska. MT. Kerr worked with the Army personnel near Sitk,a, as secretary to Post Commander Strib- ling, and accompanied him to a new station at Tillamook, Oregon, where he stayed a year. At the time of his death he was chief clerk in the office of Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers.
 Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Ollie Galbraith of Butler County, near Harrisville, Penn; and an aunt, Mrs. Violet Cassity of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.