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The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-03-15
COMMUNICATION
March 1, #I946

March l, 1946 Wrangell Sentinel
 Nrangell. Alaska
 Dear Mrs. Williams.
 In politics it can be truthfuny said that one can be judged by the enemies he makes.
 The people of the First Division saw fit to elect me to the Houss of Representatives at the last el- ection. While a member of that body l refused to take care of any ones dirty wash. I entered pol itics as just an average plain working man. During the last ses- sion of the egislature, because a plain average man could not be swayed into seeing or voting as some self-appointed sayiours of AL aska would have him do. I have won the enemity of a small group whose battle cry is defeat Chris Hennings
 These self-glorified leaders would have some people believe that they, and they alone. know what is good for Alaska. If these people can stampede the voters. then Alaska and Alaskans have my deepest sympathy.
 The Congress of Industrial Or ganization has seen fit to appoint me as their representative in AL aska, despite the cries of the hate and whisper politicians, "that this Jennings is not so labor minded"
 I would feel equally honored had any other labor organization honored me as have the c. I. O.
 All my life I have been in labor ranks and expect to remain there Labor can and must be an honored member of democracy. Honored as we'll as honoring all other clas- ses of a civilized society.
 As a C. l. O. representative in Alaska. I shall respect the rights of otherg and shall do what I can to advance the health, safety and welfare of the worker in the Ter ritory. In so doing. I feel I can best serve Alaska and Alaskans.
 Respectfully,
 Chris Hennings
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-03-15
ALASKA GAME LAW
 VI0LAT0RS PAID IN
 S64.OOO LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, March s. Li- cense fees, fines and forfeitures collected under the Alaska Game law during the last fiscal year tot aled S64, 190.
 The Fish and Wildlife Service. which administers the law. ann ounced the total today and said-the money collected was divided equal ly by the Territory and the Fed eral government.
 The Service valued the Wildlife resources of the Territory at SI0O. 000,00O and said it yields approx imately $2,5O0.0OO worth of furs and 5 100000 of game animals and birds each year. The Service employs 19 agents to guard wild life in Alaska.
 Seizures during the year includ- ed l caribou, 13 quarters of moose . 22 deer, 10 bears, skins of ten se.s otters, 164 beavers, 10 martens i. 21 mink, 12 foxes and miscellan- eous other furs
 Fines totaling $4.190 were col lected and prison sentences of 370 days imposed.
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M. D.'s SUPPORT
 MEDICAL BILL AT
 FIRST CONVENTION

JUNEAU-With the introduction of a basic science bill in the cur rent session of the Legislature as their chief objective, members of the Alaska Territorial Medical As sociation held their first annual meeting in Juneau March Il and 12.
 The doctors attending the open ing sessions Monday morning vot- ed unanimously in favor of pro- posed legislation which would pres cribe certain tests in the basic sciences, chemistry, biology, etc, for medical and non-medical prac- titioners in or entering the Ter ritory.
 'The Association feels that such a bill will greatly improve the class of medical and non-medicel practitioners entering the Terri tory" Dr. William Whitehead, Ju- neau physician said The associa- tion, he continued, is quite sure that the legislation will be passed.
 Officers of the newly formed or ganization are: Dr. A. N. Wilson, Ketchikan, President: Dr. Dwight Cramer, Vice President; Dr. Will liam Blanton, Juneau, Secretary, and Dr. Paul Haggland, Fairbanks. Prssidsnt-elect for 1947.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-03-15
TWIN GIRLS FOR
 FORMER WRANGELL FAMILY

Twin girls were born in Juneau last Sunday to Adjutant and Mrs. Henry Lorenzen we'll known Sal yation Army workers there who were stationed a short time in Wrangell before going to the Cap ital City
 The babies. who weighed six pounds, 13 ounces and seven pounds 12 ounces, join two small brothers and a sister, and have been named Martha Christine and Marie Karen
 Reports from Juneau said the mother and babies are doing well, while the happy but slightly dazed father is recovering nicely.
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JUNEAU WINS III SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
 BASKETBALL. PLAY-OFF

PETERSBURG Juneau's Crlm son Bears took the Southeaste. T Alaska high school baa'letbal championship here by winning two out of three games last Thursda', Friday and Saturday here. The Bears showed a brand of ball far superior to anything seen so f. in Petersburg, it was said.
 The first game went to Juneau 41-36. The Vikings won the sec ond 2s-27 and the Bears took the final game Saturday night 44-2;
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nearly 2l hours rRvobved about whether Meeks would live or die.
 Giroumstantial Evidence
 Apparently satisfied of his guilt. the majority of jurors felt that the evidence was too circum- stantial in nature to permit the death penalty. However. at least two members Of the jury held ont for the death penalty until final balloting.
 After the verdict was read. Judge Kehoe thanked the jurors for their fine consideration" of the evidence involved and for their patience during a long and tedi- ous trial"
 The jurors themselves looked as though they had been just re- leased from Imprisonment. As they raced down the stairs of the Fed eral building, they were busry chattering of hot baths. sleep and housework yet to be done.
 District Attorney Patrick Gu- more expressed himself as satis- fled with the verdict.
 16 Days Of Trial
 The trial had dragged throueh 16 days of often conflicting testi- mony. Prize evidence for the pros ecution was a watch belonging to Campbell. which Meeks sold short ly after the murder: the blood stained clothing found in Meeks' room a few days after Campbelps death and $500 in $1O0 bills. possession of which was never sat isfactorily explained by the de fendant
 Against this and prosecution tes- timony that Meeks had known Campbell. had been seen with him and had proposed rolling" him. the defense could only attempt to throw a reasonable doubt. The testimony of Kelso Hartness in which Meeks was described as seeking a partner in the slugging and rolling of Campbell. came un- der bitter attack.
 A highlight in the trial was the lining and expulsion from court of J. J. OLeary. a defense counsel for contempt of court a week after the trial started.
 0'Leary, who is not a member of the Alaska Bar, and was per mitted to plead the case by special of the court, was final lyexpelled after repeated warnings from the bench on his courtroom tactics.
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MeekS COnViCted;
 Life Spared

Me. E. Monagle, associate de. fense counsel for George Harrison Meeks, yesterday filed a motion for a new trial with Judge J. W. Kehoe in the district court. A mong the grounds cited in the mo- tion was that tn fining and ex- pulsiOn from court of former De- fense Counsel J. J. 0Leary had prejudiced Meeks" defense.
 JUNEAU = George Harrison Meeks, convicted last Saturday of murder in the first degree, escaped with his life but faces a long. man datory term of imprisonment
 Meeks. tried for the murder last December of Clarence Campbell. a carpenter, heard the verdict at 1:40 o'clock Saturday afternoon after the jury had been closeted almost 21 hours Under their yer dict of guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the fn- dictment but without capital pun ishment, the illiterate Georgia odd
  in a Federal penitentiary.
 No appeal is being considered. Defense Counsel William L. Paul, Jr., said
 Meeks, remanded to the Federal jail in custody of the U. S. Mar shal, will probably be formally sentenced by Judge Kehoe some time this week.
 Meeks Haggard
 In the long hours preceding the verdict, the iron control which has characterized Meeks throughout the 16 days of trial slipped. His features drawn under haggard eyes, he semed almost relieved when it was announced a verdict had been decided.
 As the jury entered the court he fixed his eyes on each juror as though trying to read his fate in their expressions. The jurors were somber and noticeably avoided glancing at the defendent. Meeks, sure that the verdict was against him, sank back in his seat. Hei seemed to be bracing himself When the verdict revealed that he was not to hang, he seemed grati- 1 fled.
 According to reliable sources, the jury discussion which kept twelve men and women locked up for
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Here's Vets Bills
 Being Considered
 Now in Legislature
(From The Ketchikan Chronicle)
 By William Baker

ny " 4ll1dIu odhcI
 JUNEAU Its second major is sue, of how to pass an Alaskan CT Bill of Right, faced the Senate this week, second week of the spe- ciaI session of the Territorial Leg islature.
 First issue was apparently the Health Departments S250,0O0 tuo- erculosis program which was sent to the House where quick action was assured.
 The CT measure will be embod- jed in one of three bills already in the hopper. The authors and provisions are.
 s. B. g, by Senator Norman R. Walker of Ketchikan: To give cash bonuses to persons serving a year or more in the armed forces, based on S15 per month for each month of service; or to grant loans at rates and for lengths to be determined by the administer ing board of up to S1O,00O for farms, homes and businesses. or lesser amounts for buying, equip ping or remodeling homes. Also smaller character loans to tide vet erans over emergencies.
 Another similar Senate bill by Sergeant Steve McCutcheon of An chorage, providing similar benefits but not including the sales tax revenue clause that Walkers bill contains.
 A third House bill by Represent atives Gill and Peterson granting similar benefits, but raising the money through a special IF per cent gross income tax on whole sale and retail businesses. on in dividuals and on firms and cor porations
 Senator Walker has tried val iantly to retain the sales tax clause in his measure but veterans who testified Saturday before a Committee of the Whole were only about 5O-5O for the tax.
 Some said to divorce the bene- fits from the revenue measure so people wouldn't point an accusing finger at veterans and say, Well, | here we go paying the sales tax to help you World War II veter- ans" Walker has been given sup port of his bill by Ketchikan Le- zion and YFW posts but still was jockeying to gain such support i1 Juneau.
 There is no doubt that h House does not want the sales tax It prefers the gross income tax, somewhat similar to Hawaiis; the net income tax, based on net earn lngs of individuals and corpora tions, bond issue, a property tax pr a per-case tax increase on can ned salmon
 Walker expected that a revenue bill would come up this week to implement the tuberculosis mea- sure already passed. At first he told The Chronicle that a net in- some tax would be tried. Later he said the per-case tax on salmon would be increased slightly to raise -he S250,OOO needed.
 Lending Agent
 A hopeful sign appeared in the Senate hearings on the CT bill. It Is that the Territory may be able to act as lending agent under the U. S. CT Bill of Rights, getting the U. s. Government to insure half of the loans made to Alaska veterans No banks in Alaska will take CT loans at 1 per cent but the Terri tory will apparently be able to do so under one of the new bills.
 This means that the Alaskan GI who defaults will not be cost ing the Alaskan veterans fund . 100 per cent loss, for the |. s.
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ST. PHILIPS
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev T. P. Maslin. Rector Morning Prayer: 11:00 a. m. Church School 12 noon
BACK ID mINFAn

MT and Mrs. NJ o Johnson. formerly of Wrangell left on the No. Sea to return to Juneau where they have been making their home teh past several years.
 They are parents of Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich and visited Postmas- ter and Mrs Sharnbroich while in Wrangell
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At The Churches
CATHOLIC DEVOTTONs
The Rev. Fr. HOCh. pasto

me Key. tr. H0Ch, Pastor Sunday, March 17-Second Sun day of Lent.
 Holy Masses SIS a. m. Wran- gell Institute. I0:0O a. m. Parish church.
 Holy Mass daily: 7:3O a. m.
 Altar servers are: James and Lynn Schwartz.
 Lenten Devotions. Wednesday and Friday evenings at 2 o'clock
 Choir practice Wednesday ev- ening at 7:30.
 Mrs. Ronald Schwartz will dec crate the altar for next Sunday.
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TO THE CAPITAL

Mr and Mrs. E. c. Intolubbe are making a short visit in the Capital City, having gone up on the North Sea Monday morning. Mr. Intolubbe is superintendent of Wrangell Institute.
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SALVATION ARMY
Major .. KOernl

Friday night 7:30 Holiness Meet ing.
 Sunday 11:0O a. m. Holiness meeting, 3:O0 D. m. Sunday School: 2 80 D. m. Salvation meeting
 Wednesday 3:3O D. m. Children's meeting; 7.8O D. m. Young Peoples Legion.
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HOME AGAIN

Mrs Nalborg Coulter returned to Wrangell this week after a bus mess trip south. She was a pas senger aboard the Princess Norah
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. J. L. Webster

lO:00 a. m. Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. Wednesday 7;30 D. m. Prayer meeting.
 Thursday 500 D. m Hi-schoolers
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Lew Williams. Jr.. recently re turned vet of the 11th Airborne Division, left on the North Sea Tuesday morning to visit his fath- CT, Secretary of Alaska L. NJ. Will Hams in the Capital City. While in Juneau he will take in the Ter ritorial Legislature.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21
Congressman says Louis-Conn Fight National Fraud

WASHINGTON, June 2l, -P)-- Brooklyn's Congressman, Donald O'Toole called the Louis-Conn fight "a national fraud and scan- daI'. and asked the New York Boxing Commission for an invest igation and also asked that the purses of the fighters be held up "in justice to those who were swindled."
 Promoter Mike Jacobs retorted
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21

MONROE, MICH.-"Driving a tractor over rough, uneven farm land no longer is the bumpy, 'hang-on-for-dear-life' job it used to be. For smoothness, it's like driving the family sedan on Sun day"
 This was the report of the farmer who drove here in his automobile from his home several hundred miles away to take de- livery of a new hydraulic, easy ride tractor seat at the plant of the Monroe Auto Equipment company. He. was the 100,000th
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21
z Billions For
 Army Budget And Atomic Research

WASHINGTON, June 21, -(P)- The House Appropriations Com mittee nearly doubled the bud get bureaus Army Atomic Dev- elopment Fund to S375, 100000 and sent to the floor of the House the biggest War Department peace time budget in history. The ann ount is over S7 billion.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21
HOuse-Senate Agree To Exempt l8-Year-Olds

WASHINGTON, June 21, -(P)- Senate and House conferees ag- reed to exempt eighteen-year-olds from the draft and opened the way for a quick extension of the Draft Act, and also approved pay increases including so percent for privates.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21

buyer of this new postwar prod- uct of the country's largest inde- pendent maker of hydraulic shock absorbers.
 Combining the action of direct double.a action hydraulic shock ab- sorber, variable rate coil spring and stabilizer, the seat fits all makes and models of tractors built since 1897. It cushions jolts and side thrusts of tractor driv- ing, and operates with equal ef- ficiency whether the driver is an S0-pound boy or 200-pound farmer.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21

year after year.
 Best investment in inc Wide WorIdi
 Listen to this: All the resources of the United. States are behind Savings Bonds-yet they pay better interest than anything of com parable safety. You still get 4 bucks at maturity for every 3 put in.
 So hang on to this good American idea. Keep your Payroll Savings Plan in force. Keep on buying US. Savings Bonds. And you'll have that financial security cat skinned before you know.it!
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21

that "O'Toole is only sore because his request for tickets was re- jected."
 O'Toole said, That's slander, and I'll sue for a hundred thou sand dollars"
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21
oUTDoES HERSELF

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, -(P- Farmer J. w. Atkinson said that one of his white leghorn hens, ever since she began laying, reg ularly has yielded double yolk eggs. Then she outdid herself by laying a triple -yolker that weighed four ounces.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-21
: 70 ger fife ca+ skinned!

There's nors'n one way to skin cat.
 And, in key with the old American proverb, there's more than one way to provide for your family's education and future.
 But there's one special way which millions of Americans have found lately to be the easiest, surest, most foolproof way of all.
 That's the Payroll Savings Plan-starte for War Bonds, now being used to buy U. s. Savings Bonds. Through it, you pile up money safely, surely-week after week, month after month,
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PAGE SEv ~

were born of a long and fannaaaa
line; am an orphan, not aNeaA
sure Of my own name except thak
when / was found in the dark
hallway of a Bronx apartment
house, the name was written en-
a slip of paper and pinned to my
baby dress, when was at the
ripe old age of about two weeks.
How could man who's lived a.
I have hope to make a girl like
you happy"
Before Ann could manage am
answer, Sarah thumped her cane
violently against the polished
floor, to silence them and gain,
their attention and when she had
it, she said sharply, "How can
you make her happy? I nevee'
heard a sillier question asked by
a grown man of supposedly sound
sense! You fool, don't you know'
all you've got to do is to take
her in your arms and tell her YOU
love her? And keep on telling
her over and over again? Wena-
en- in love ask little more, me fine
lad!'
(To Be Continued)
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Numbered Sarah, VINO had lost
what little patience she began the
scene with. 1--WE never heard
such idiocy-
please, SARAH" Ann was on
her feet now, straight and slim,
managing to look almost regal as
she stood drawn to her full
height, quite pale now, her eyes
blazing.
tits quite obvious that Mr..
Driscoll hasn't the faintest desire
to marry me, and hasn't had from
the beginning
That's not true!" snapped
Tracy holly. "And you know
it!'
II only know" Ann stated in
that composed, taut, cool voice,
''that you put up quite nice lit
tie show, with LISA playing the
part of the supposedly insur-
mountable barrier to our hap
piness. Now that LISA is no
longer playing the part, it's ne
cessary for you to think of some
thing else; so you come all over
noble and pretend that you are
unworthy-which is about as
feeble an excuse
cts not a feeble excuse, it's
good, sound common sense"
Tracy told her furiously. 'Take
a sensible look at the picture; you
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De- = In! Il! LADY ~

Sarah stared at him with eyes
that were cold and almost hostile.
'Well, that seems a pretty silly
question under the circumstan-
ces," said Sarah CURLY. "After
all, when two people are honestly
and sincerely in love with each
other, they do something that
usually involves minister and
orange blossoms and The Voice
That Breathed Ger Eden or
something equally final, don't you
Think"
He looked down at his tight
locked hands, where the knuckles
made white mounds above the
brown skin, and his voice when he
answered was little harsh be-
cause he was trying so hard to
keep it under control, "Ann un-
derstands perfectly why I have
not asked her to marry me-"
"Ah, yes,' Sarah's voice was
still bright, polite, as though only
casually interested, though her
eyes were intent on Tracy's face,
watching every change of express
sion, the look in his tormented
eyes, every flicker of expression
that touched his face. Some
thing to do with young person
named Marven, believe-Lissa
Marven?"
Tracy nodded, his eyes on Ann,
who sat huddled away from him,
her hands hiding her face.
''It has-everything to do with
LISA Marven," he stated fatty.
II explained to Ann-long ago.
There are-certain obligations
that I cannot shirk-"
Tracy had looked startled at
Sarah's suggestion that he marry
Ann, then his broad shoulders
had dropped little and he had
said gri,nly. I'm afraid there's
not much hope of that. I feel
quite sure LISA has no intention
of neutrality-suspicious. least,
not at present"
"Has she ever told you SOP"
MANY times!" He was pretty
grim about it.
'And you felt that she might
some day expect you to marry
her? In short, you felt that a
time would come when she
would grow tired of being-what
is it they call working girls now
adays? A career girl? A time
when she would want the security
of a home and a man to earn her
living, you felt she would turn
to you and you must hold your
self available?"
Tracy met her dark, shrewd
gaze straightly and his jaw set
hard.
J Il gather from your tone that
7ou feel l am several kinds of a
tool to have-allowed such a
state of affairs to exist!' he said
dryly.
Sarah made a little gesture with
her bony, jeweled fingers and
said pleasantly, 'We-e-ll, let us
say rather that you seem to be a
rather unusual young man, to
feel as you do about your obi
cation to Miss Marven. But of
course, since I have always felt
that only a most unusual young
man would be worthy of my
granddaughter, I was interested.
It's possible that I am prejudiced
IN thinking Ann is-rather spe-
cial-!"
Tracy's look caressed Ann
where she sat on the pouffe and
his voice shook little when he
said quietly, "She's-the most
special thing that ever lived. The
loveliest, sweetest"
Ann was on her feet, scarlet