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The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27

armed services obtain medical aid from the Veterans Administration in pregnancy cases?
 4. Veterans Administration has ruled that pregnancy is not a dis ease or a disability. but a natural phenomenon or process and there fore is not a responsibility of the government. However. if there are pathological complications, the ex- service woman can apply for mo1i- cal aid.
 O. I am attending school under the CT Bill and working part-time. My combined salary and subslst- ence at present is over the S175 ceiling set by Congress for single veterans What am l reequired 10 do?
 A. You should have received not ification from the VA to report your August. September and Octo- Der earnings by November 5. Fail- ure to report by the deadline vii result in stoppage of subsistence checks until the necessary inform ation is received. Overpayments Of subsistence must be paid back O the gOveI nment. The VA will an- nounee later the methods by which such adjustments will be made. h reporting on earnings, do not in clude information on subsistence, compensation, or pensions paid by the VA.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
STEPPED-UP SERVICE MONTHS AGO, NOW LI
fulfilling OUT promise to Alaska and bringing the territory B flights each week in both directions

Added equipment-Flying Clippers that have been earmarked for Alaska for several months-are now being delivered to this run! They make possible the most frequent and satis- factory air service ever offered to Alaska. Here are the facts =
 Fifteen hundred more passengers every month will be able to ''fly Clip per" to or from Alaska. A total of 5000 Pan American passenger seats will be available each month. Plus a vastly increased capacity for goods
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
sKAGWAY MEN
 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

SKAGWAY A two-passenger plane crashed on the tideflats here last Saturday killing both passen- gers as the fiancee of the pilot aud the wife of the passenger looked on helplessly.
 The victims were Bob Converse. 19, pilot, of Juneau, and William Rittenhouse. Skagway.
 Observers expressed the opinion the plane attempted a sharp turn at too low an altitude.
 Converse and his fianeee. Helen Haffner of Juneau. arrived Salr- day morning and Converse was giving Rittenbopse ride before starting on the return trip to Ju- neau Miss Haffner and her sister. Mrs. Rittenhouse, were waiting at the field for the pair to return.
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COMMUNICATIONS

Wrangell. Alaska
 Sept 21, 1946 -. Wrangell Sentinel Dear Sirs:
 This letter will probably sur prise you, but if you will notify your readers to listen in on Ju- neau KINY on September 30 at 2 D. m.. they will learn more of how the Bureau of Fisheries oper- ate, or rather, fail to operate in Southeast Alaska in five minutes than they've ever seen before.
 Respectfully yours,
 Walter J. Larson
 Box 372, Wrangeu
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27

o. How long after discharge from service are readjustments al- lowances available to the veteran
 A. Readjustment allowances are available to an eligible veteran at any time after his discharge or re- lease until two years after the date of his discharge or two years after the termination of the war. which ever is later. However, no allow ances will be yaid for any week which begins more than five years
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
WATERS SOUTH

Jack Waters, son of Mrs Mabel Waters and the late w. C. Waters, of Wrangell, went south this week on the British boat to join his wife who has been visiting in the States for some time. They will re turn to Wrangell later.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
Ross E. kirnball
 for TERRITORIAL co MMISSIONER of LABOR

Con Independent TickeH
 COURTEOUS AND HONEST F HE CAN'T BE BOUGHT OR BLUFFED Ross E Kimbal Promises To Carry Out Present Labor Laws With vigor And Fight For Better Labor Laws I 4
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
BISHOP SnuTH

Bishop Coudert, 0. M. L, DID. of Yukon Territory, was a passen- geer south on the Princess Louise this week. He is going to Canada tc attend a meeting of Bishops and will return to his headquart- CTS in Whitehorse over the Alaska highway.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
LEAVE FOR HOME

The Misses Rita and Theresa Dray, of Los Angeles. left on the Princess Louise this week for their home in Los Angeles after spend ing several days in Wrangeell They were round-trip passengers on the Louise and visited here while that vessel went 10 skagway and returned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
MINE SIGHTED
OFF CAPE SPENCER

KETCHIKAN-Tha steamer Lak- ina reporteed to Coast Guard head quarters here that it had sighted q floating mine 27 miles, 2S0 de gl ees off Cape Spencer. It is be- lieved to be drifting toward Yabu- tat. ----
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
IN WASHINGTON

Tom Stewart, son of B. D. Stew- art, Territorial Commissioner of Mines is in. Washington where he is attending the Foreign Service School Young Stewart was a lieu tenant in the ski troops during the var and saw service in Italy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
travelling by Clipper Express.

travelling by Clipper Express.
 ThereU be 5 Clipper flights q tOeek both tOays bet.Oeen the Terri tory and Seattle!
 These long, planned schedule im- provements are a further step in Pan American service to Alaska "a service that has consistently bettered equipment, speeded schedules and lowered fares over IA years of Alaska operation. For Flying Clipper reser- vations contact Pan American at the address below;
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30

selfishness, never before a national trait,
has us III It's grip.
Gen. Jacob l.. Devers, Army Ground
Forces Commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Vicious Price Circle

The vicious circle of advancing cost
of living continues, with the latest ad-
dition made by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Anderson's order advancing retail
price ceilings five and one-half cents on
beef and two and one-half cents on pork.
This action is contrary to the wish of
Price Administrator Paul Porter, who
had attempted to hold meat price cell
lngs at or near June 80 levels.
The result of Mr.. Anderson's de-
clslon will be to cause a slight drop
IN present retail meat prices which will,
however, remain we'll above the average
of peacetime.
1t appears that the Washington ad-
mln~istration is playing the leading role
in the inflationary trend: instead of
holding the line" as it has long de-
clared to be it's chief objective.
If the existing tendency continues,
living costs will ultimately lead to
further wage increases, which newt
ably will send costs still higher, which
in turn will bring other demands for
more pay-possibly supported by strikes
and certainly restricted production
which will bring still higher costs. and
more pay ana higher costs and more
the circle is unending.
And the worst about it all is that
every advance stems from the admin.
stration. This last order by Mr.. An
derson follows the intervention of Presi.
dent Truman who was called in tc
arbitrate the Porter-Anderson dispute
How can we expect to get back tt
normally when the Chief Executive
misses no chance to hike the cost oil
living?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Save The Trees

Recent mention wa made in these
columns of the money value of shade
trees. The 500 cited as applied by
several cities is, of course, strictly arbl-
trary, used to establish a basis for ap-
praisal. In many cases it is probably
excessive, in others it is certainly far
too low. Wilmington possesses many
trees on which it would be foolish even
to try to fix a cash value.
But, whatever money value is plac-
ed on any tree anywhere, shade trees
are worth more for their other attri-
butes. They help purify the air, for
n thing, and the %restfulness they in
still in troubled mortals is not to be
discounted. They lend beauty to the
poorest n~eighborhood and enhance the
attractiveness of otherwise beautiful
vistas. Their esthetic value is greater
than any dollar price.
1t is essential, then, that Whining
tonians in whatever station Of life, Of
fetal or civilian, give thought to their
preservation and the increase of their
number, save in locations where they
actually interfere with the expansion
Of the city's business district. When
1t is necessary to remove even one, and
it should be done only after careful con-
sideration of all the circumstances sur
rounding the proposal, another, or even
two, should be planted elsewhere so that
instead Of decreasing the number on the
streets the total may be maintained, or
better increased.
Certainly, the Third street plaza,
with its arboral beauty, should never
be done away with to make a place for
a third lane for trucks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Postwar Germany ow L Gaming More
To Trade Unions Than Politicians

One of the chief problems in
forming a trades union congress
in Germany is how to organize
the industrial and general unions
and find a common ground on
which to function. The situation is
somewhat similar to the differ
ences between the CLIO industrial
unions and the AFL craft unions
in the United States.
Asked if communists were &C.
tive in the unions, a British spokes-
man said they were making eff
forts to gain influential positions
in the workers councils" which
in Germany serve as intermediary
between the unions and manage
ments. How much strength the
communists WELD is not yet ap-
parent, he said.
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heavily industrialized area which
includes the Ruhr and Hamburg,
Germany's greatest seaport.
Hanover workers decided they
wanted a so-called general union.
Under this plan, all the workmen
in the Hanover region would be-
long to one union, regardless OF
the type Of work they performed.
The British said, in effect:
Cali right. Go ahead, it's your
baby. We are trying to instill dem
ocratic ideas and if that's the way
you want it, that's the way you
can have it,"
When the Germans called their
first zone-wide union conference
last week in Bielefeld, a small,
war-damaged city in the central
part of the zone, invitations were
sent to 100 British zone unions
which claim a membership OF l..
$50, 900 workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Mex enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

One eason why tournament
bridge is increasing in popularity
is that it provides competitive
pastime for young and old alike
No prize or stake is necessary. This
fact was demonstrated during the
war, when members of the Ameri
can Contract Bridge League gladly
gave up their trophies to help edu-
cate war orphans.
Master points are far more i'm.
portant to the tournament player
than any cup or prize. The me-
chanics of duplicate are learned
quickly, but there is also a differ.
ence in bidding and playing prac-
tice which must be studied.
Sacrifice bidding plays an all.
important part in duplicate bridge,
a point demonstrated in today's
hand.
AT rubber bridge West would
not bid spades. There is no chance
for game, and showing so weak a
suit risks having partner make a
damaging lead if the opponents
play the hand. But in a duplicate
game West must look for a profit
able sacrifice contract if one can
be found. Hence the weak suit is
properly bid. AS it happens East
has good support for spades and
a good sacrifice does exist. East
would never dare bid if West pas
sed, but he Ear afford to raise once
West enters the bidding.
INSERT 3 STAR DASH HERE nv
If South played at four hearts,
he would lose three diamonds but
nothing else. When West plays at
four spades, he loses a spade, two
hearts and two clubs. The two
trick set is a smaller loss than let
ting South make game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Real Balance Of Power

These Arkansas democrats who pro-
pose a movement to separate the south
ern members of the party from the
parent organization in the mistaken be-
lief that they can thus gain the politi-
cal balance of power in the nation need
to look a little deeper into the peoples
voting strength and how it is divided.
It is not democrats, as such, who can
hold the balance of power, but women.
At this time they exceed men of voting
age by LII, 948.
The Census Bureau has publicized
the interesting fact, along with soLle
comparative figures in other recent
years. Two years ago, for example,
the bureau shows the excess of eligible
women voters was 730,810; in 1910 it
was only 1858.
Estimates of the numbers of persons
81 years and more on July 1 of the
three respective years were as follows
1910: men, 42,108, ITS; women, 42,181,.
1863; 1914: men, 44,236,924; women
A ,967, 734; 1916: men, 45,231,2 1862
women, 46,4O3,210..
On this showing it is apparent tha1
the party which recruits the creates
number of women and persuades then
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
TheLiterarV
Guidepost
Ry w. G. ROGERS
HARDY THE NOVELIST, by Lord
David Cecil (Bobbs = Merrill;
GO SnN

David cecil tbODDS = Merrlll;
1t is difficult to realize that
Thomas Hardy. about whom we
hear so little nowadays. died only
10 years ago. Maybe people don't
read him any more, though once
they did, as I remember, with the
utmost absorption, and so maybe
they don't want to read about him.
But if they do, here's an admir-
able critical volume, fair 10 him
and fair to you.
The book considers the grea:
n~ovelist's scope, power, art, weak
ness and style. five chapters origi-
aally composed as lectures deliv-
cred at Trinity College.
Hardy, we are reminded, wrote
about the class of people whom
ne knew, the men and women Of
Wessex Jude, Tess, Venn,
Clym, Arabella, Angel, Henchard.
Giles and Marty, the farmer and
dairyman and soldier back from
the wars and the girls he left be-
hind. Almost Invariably they were
pictured as the hapless victims OF
tate, driven madly to love but
made wretched by it, headed
straight for the gallows. Hardy
"popularized pessimism," George
Moore once charged in a nasty
tone of voice.
Equipped with what Cecil de-
fines as a Gothic imagination. he
was a poet and a naturalist We
"see" his characters and scenes
as much as we read hem; we ap-
preciate why his heroes love his
heroines.
To be sure, he knew little about
society and ~floundered when he
introduced it in his pages; he was
tot a sound craftsman he let his
imagination run away with him;
repeatedly he violated probabilitv:
and he could misuse the Ep2lish
language atrocious '.
But words t.. a I seem badly
CHOSEN dLld llept become some
how e%fficacious in the great rush
o. emotion aroused by the novels:
they aren't the right ones, the
eurist may argue, but they do the
job. That is, if !Isrdy's style is
faulty, it nevertheless is a style.
Cecil maintains Justly.
He was "the last representative
of the tradition and spirit of the
rElizabethan drama" Cecil finds.
with a talent naive a n d epic.
massive and careless, quaint and
majestic, ignorant Of the niceties
ct craft, delightins shamelessly in
a sensational tale but able to rise
to the boidest flights OF the imagi.
nation" In short, 1--WE do not Just
admire Hardy; we love him."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
BY JAMES DEVLIN
F Germany, Aug.

HEREFORD, Germany, Aug. 20.
-(P)-German workers are look
ing to their trade unions rather
than political parties to lead them
to a better standard OF life, in the
opinion of a British official close
to the German labor situation.
THE word party still smells in
Germany" he said. when Ger
mans think of party they think Of
the Nazi party. They are afraid
that if they become active in a
political group it may turn out to
be the wrong one and get them
into trouble later"
AS an example, he said. when
German workers objected to the
demolition of various industrial in
stallations they voiced the protests
through the unions rather than
through politicians. They sent their
appeal to Sir Walter Citrine, the
British labor leader.
The workers said they had no
objections to the destruction of un-
questioned war plants, but held
that demolitions of such i~nstalla-
tions as docks and others which
could be used FOR ordinary COM
mercial purposes would hinder
their chances to earn a livelihood.
British officials have given the
Germans considerable latitude and
free rein in forming unions OF the
type they wish. The British gen.
orally prefer that they form So
called industrial unions, such as
the railway unions or mine work
ers' union. The forms differ, how
ever, in the various regions Of this
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Religion
HE N EAGLES
BY L T. ELLIS

Several of the big magazines
life. Golfers, Saturday Evening
Pest, American. ana many news
papers = have published impress
sive articles about Charles R.,
Broley, the retired Canadian bank
err. who has established a sem
sational record in banding eagles
more than 1925 to date. Previ-
ously, the Government agency had
a total record of some thirty birds
banded.
We know more than ever before
about the habits and migrations Of
the American eagle because this
quiet man, past sixty years of age,
dares to do exploits. The sheer ad-
venture of it all-climbing more
than a thousand hundred . foot
trees, alone and with equiomen.
made with his own hands, and
faced by the danger of attack
from the fierce birds stirs the
readers blood.
Mr.. Broley is one of my neigh
bors or the Canadian lake where
we have our Summer home. He
is a good friend, simple, un~aftect.
ed, democratic; a true a n d in.
telligent lover of Nature. Milady
has planted rare flowers of his
gleanings during his explorations
of nearby woods and swamps..
To me ne is a summons and
a sermon. His rich life says:
Dare to be different. Attempt the
unusual. Render the world a pc
culiar service which would not be
done unless you do it," Or, as
the Scriptre puts it, BE strong
and do exploits"
For all high spirits, in whom
dwells the impulse to adventure
and service, we give Thee thanks,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30
Naval Courtesy" Visits

For the moment at least Russla's
efforts to gain control of the Medltef-
ranean shifts from the Dardanelles to
Greece. with the United States Navy
in the spotlight. On Wednesday a seven
ship American flotilla arrived at Naples,
after entering the Mediterranean at
Gibraltar last Thursday, and is engaged
in extensive war practice there. Vice
Admiral Beiri, commander of American
naval forces in Mediterranean waters,
announced upon the flotilla's arrival that
the {, 0OO-ton carrier Roosevelt, the
light cruiser Little Rock and five de-
stroyers would pay a courtesy" visit
to Greek ports from September 5 to 9
inclusive.
This display of American naval
strength is we'll calculated to give Rus
STA pause. Even though the larger con-
tingent will not reach Greece before
the Sunday plebiscite which will decide
King Georges future, it may be signif-
icant that Moscow decided to recall the
Russian envoy to Greece, Admiral
R%odionov, at approximately the time
Vice Admiral Beiri announced its COM
ing. It so happens that Greece is the
only Balkan state outside the Russian
iron curtain in the Balkans. Obviously,
the Russians consider the present an
inauspicious time to continue efforts to
drop the curtain over Greece.
It is not unlikely that if this country,
and Great Britain too, had sent naval
units on courtesy" visits sooner, the
Russian iron curtain would not now
have hidden SO much of Eastern Europe.
This, of course, is mere speculation, but
there is reason to believe that Moscow's
tactics in all international negotiations
since the fighting wal ended have been
scaled to determine just how far the
Soviet Union could go without provok-
ing actual retaliation.
Molotov in London and Paris, Girl
mico in Security Council sessions, seem
to have had this objective. 1t is reason
able to think that if this nation had
not depended so much on the spoken
word, tough as it has sometimes be-
come, but exhibited it's armament in
stead, the Soviet Union would not now
be the thorn in the flesh of the rest
of the world that it is.
The Navy is an awesome thing, even
to the Russians. The more it is in
evidence the better for ultimate peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-30

Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

are SON.
questions from veterans regaFa4
the terminal leave pay WINCH
due them:
Q--How long does a vels.s
have to apply for his 'eGa'-N
leave pay?
A-Claims must be sent N Nv
later than Sept, 1, l947. :.
Off you wait d long time '
fore applying for your tefn'-.e
leave pay, will that fact have d, d.
effect upon the date on winch y
can cash in the bonds2
A-No. All bonds will be da n,
day of the annual quarter l'- W,
ing the quarter in which the ". W
eraa was separated. If you W..
discharged on Dec. 81, l94', ,',
your bonds will be dated '% sa,J
1916; if on Jan. l, 1916, your 0'l'
will be dated April l, 1Sf.' l.,
Q-I was receiving a sra a., ~
station allowance while was y j
service and living off the posi- n =
l use this figure in compO'-DS
termina1-leaVe pay? .
A-No. The law allows a '' 'r,
of only a 7O-cents-per-day ,o NJ,
sistence allowance (the taElo w
figure) for terminal-leaVe-F'
computation purposes. IN q
Q-How long Will it take 10 u, u
money and bonds from 'lF Mi M
eminent after sending in an ayr
cation for terminal-leave pay ~,
eminent itself would like to \ !
able to answer, There Is Is. Nv !,
fetal statement avallao.s ri i
to when payments will STAR. r. d
mates range from one
months. ..c u
Q-What is the rate Of pa ..,s,,
be used in computing yo"
nal-leave pay? 5;;;
A-You will be paIo Oh ri
of your pay rate at the 'ln invite IL
were separated from inc ~. il
Base pay and Longevity az o.ss:
cluded, but overseas pay Or W.
special pay is not.
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to go to the polls on election day stands
the best chance of sending its candl-
dates to the offices at stake.