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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31

presentatives which votes on the Alaska Development Board appro- priation and is assistant manager and accountant for the Lomen firm, whose rates are under at- tack by the Development Board as so high as to be a burden upon the inhabitants of these ports and to hinder the economic activity and development"
 Ralph Lomen, vice president, said Anderson's statement was his own and not the company's put Lomen counsel. Samuel Wettrick, of Seattle, said he had it pretty direct" that the people of Alaska wanted the Development Board a. polished Examiner ordered all mention of Anderson's letter stricken from the record.
 Entered by the company was an exhibit showing four members of the Lomen family who serve as president and vice president of the firm received $1S,OOO each ana shared in bonuses, annuities and stockholders dividends, along with Alfred Lomen. vice president and C. V. Austin, vice president ana brother-in-law of the Lomen brotn- CTS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
ENABLING ACT ASKS
 S2OO FOR COMMISSIONERS

WASHINGTON-A minimum sal ary of $200 a month would be paid to at least 46 United States Com missioners in Alaska under the provisions of an enabling bill re- gently introduced by Delegate E. l.. Bartlett. designed to strengthen the present in adequate fee sehed- .ule for Commissioners.
 At the present time, compensa- tion for Commissioners is derived from fees collected in the perform ance of their duties as justices of the peace, recorders. coroners pro bate judges and notariees public, and is wholly inadequate for the cost of living and out of propor- tion to duties performed.
 Delegate Bartlet's measure pro- vides that Commissioner shall re- tain all fees he receives mp to S125O every quarter, and if a Com missioner's fees total less than $2OO a month. the difference will be paid to him from Treasury funds If any one Commissioner collects in fees s1250 in any one quarter of the year. he shall re- eeive that amount in theotherthree quarter should the fees collected fall below $125O, thus providing a maximum of $500O a year for some Commissioners. Commissioners re- ceiving the minimum compensation Of $200 per month shall be limited to nine in the First Division. seven in the Second Division. 15 each in the Third and Fourth Divisions.
 The bill also provides for the ap pointment by the four district judges in Alaska of a chief Com missioner who will reside and maintain an office in Alaska to i'm spect the offices of the various Commissioners and report to the judges. The Chief Commissioner, at the time of his appointment must have resided for at least two years and have been admitted to the practice of law in the courts of the Territory and have practiced law in Alaska for at least one year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
365,OOO,00O ACRES IN ALASKA
 OWNED BY FED. AGENCIF

WASHINGTON - A recent re- port on public lands in the United States revealed that approximately 365 O0O,00O acres in Alaska, as of 1944, were owned by the United States and under the jurisdiction of various federal agencies. Fol lowing is a breakdown of the sta tistics compiled in 1944:
 General Land Office, 292,20O.- GOO acres; Navy Department, 29,- 500,OO0 acres; Forest Service, 20,- 500 GOO acres; Fish and Wildlife Service, 8,7OO,OOO acres: National Park Service, 6,90O,OO0 acres; War Department, 4,9OO,O00 acres; Of flee of Indian Affairs 2,OOO,OO0 acres.
 The report stated that the gov ernment now owns about 24 per cent of the land area in the con- tinental United States, as con- pared with approximately 99 per cent ownership in the Territory. At one time, the government own ed 76 per cent of the land area in continental United States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
ALASKA SCOUTS
 PLANNING ACTIVITIES
sCOUT WEEK. FER- [. l


 The Alaska Council. Boy Scouts of America, moved ahead in the 'first phase of it's 1947 program with completion of District Meet ings for the election of officers and. completion of Scout rallies. slu. hikes and window expositions. Now plans are being made for the cele- bration of Scout Week Official .proclamations have been made by. Mayor Waino Hendricksou of Ju- ueau and Mayor Bowden of An-| .Choraga. Scout Week posters araI being distributed over the entireI Territory. Scout Week begins Feb-I ruary ' and closes February 13 aadI will include activities in theI schools. churches and Troop meeG. ing rooms. In several places Boy Scouts will run the City for a day
 Since 1910. more than 13,500- 900 American boys and men have been members of the Boy Scouts of America. Today there are 2,OO0.- 900 Boy Scouts in the nation and 51 nations of the world, as of Oct ober, 1946 totalling 4.4l3,139 Scouts and Leaders. Boy Scout Week marks 37 years of Scouting iE the United States and it's theme Scouts of the World Building for Tomorrow" is additional evidence of the growing appreciation of the United Nations idea
 The Alaska Council looks for ward to an increase in membership in Scouts for 1947 and a great year for Boy Scout activity As of December 31, 1946. the Alaska Council completed the year with the largest membership in it's his tory. Membership includes 12 Cub Packs with 266 Cubs, 32 Scout Troops with 597 Scouts. 1 Senior Units with CT Seniors and 28l| men for a total of 930 Boys and a grand total of 1161 Scouts and Scouters.
 February 15 will mark Alaska'g first Planning Conference for Scouts in the Territory. In the five Scout Districts of the Territory. all Scouters will get together for a full day session of discussion and program planning for the boy in the troop. Any interested persons are invited to the opening session ot this planning conference.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
YOU'LL BE MONEY AHEAD
IN AN ARMY JOB!
An average civil

VT ian in an American manufacturing job gets $l9l a month. Pretty good pay = but how much does he have left to spend or save?
 With rent to pay, food and clothing to buy, transportation, income tax and doctors and dentists bills, he's lucky to end the month with $25 clear. The Army Private doesn't pay for any of those items. Out of his SIS a month he has more money Iett than the averags ciUiIidn Worker.
 And that's a newly enlisted
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PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, The Terri tory of Alaska is justly proud of it's leadership in safeguarding the health and welfare of it's citizens and
 WHEREAS, the venereaI diseases. kept down to an all-time low during war time, have begun to spread alarmingly. causing inereas- ed disability. misery and expense and
 WHEREAS, the American Social Hygiene Association. backed by the public health authorities, as we'll as miIi- tary, medical, legal and so- eial agencies of this nation. state and community has fixed Wednesday. February ,. as Social Hygiene Day to alert citizens to action a- gainst these dread diseases and to strengthen our entire preventive program,
 NOW. THEREFORE. T. Dr. c. Earl Albrecht. Com. missioner of Health for tho Territory of Alaska do here b y proclaim Wednesdav February 5, Social Hygiene Day and call upon all people h our territory to partici- pate in the observance ana give it's program their fuI. support.
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c D. Almquist. Frank c Johnson.
 Second Division C. Dewey Anderson. L. B. 0st. " W. Laws. Edward Anderson.
 Third Division William 4. Egan. Gerrit snider. Steve D. McCutcheou. Glen Barnett. Oscar s. Gill. Walter B. Huntley. Dr. c. A. Pollard.
 Fourth Division A. F. 6Joel Coble B. r. Joy. Maurice T. Johnson. Robert Hopes. Lawrence W. Meath.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
DENIES WIPES STATEMENT

Elvin " Lyons this week denied his wife's statement Of two weeks ago that she had come to Wrangell from Portland to join him here.
 Mrs. Lyons, with her mother-in- law, flew up from Portland, and Lyons said, T think she returned to the States on the last North Sea"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31

Private, with every chance for promotion and higher pay ahead of him. There's addi- tional pay, too, for overseas duty, and for paratroopers, iy- ing and glider crews.
 The Army man also gets Re tirement Credits = at no cost enabling him to retire at half pay after 20 years, and on up to three-quarters pay after 30 years service. Such a retire ment plan would cost a civil ian between SIS and $lOO a month for 30 years.
 Find out about all the other Army job benefits at your U. s. Army Recruiting Station.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
TO SEATTLE

Mrs Suzanne Jacobson, who owns and operates The Smart Shop, left on the Princess Norah for the south on a spring buying trip.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
LOlTEN COMMERCIAL
 HAS HEARING IN SEATTLE

HAS HEARING IN SEATTLE
 SEATTLE Sharp exchange ov- CT an alleged threat by a Lomen Commercial Company employee to abolish the Alaska Developments Board, featured the hearing con cluded Tuesday in Seattle before the Maritime Commission, Examin- CT P. J. Horan, on the Boring Sea lighterage rates. Counsel David Scool characterized as "intimida- tion" a letter he said was publish ed last october in a Juneau news paper from Carl Dewey Anderson of Nome saying Anderson ana other members of the Second Dele gation to the Territorial legisla- ture were coming down to Ju- neau2 to abolish the Board.
 Anderson was elected last Oc- tober to the Alaska House of Re
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-01-31
ALASKA TERRITORIAL
 LEGISLATURE CONFINES
 FOR EIGHTEENTH SESSION

FOR EIGHTEENTH SESSION JrNEAIT - Alaska's Eighteenth Legislative session convened laSI Monday morning at Juneau. Inc Territorial House was called TO or der bv Secretary of Alaska Lew M Williams at II o'clock and the sen ate thirty minutes later. Members of the Eighteenth Leg islature are as follows First Division N. R (Doc) Walker, koidoVef Joe Green. holdover. pr. L. P. Dawes Frank PePratrovich. all members of the Senate.
 Second Division o. D. Cochran, holdoyer. Tolbert Scott, holdover. William Munz Charles D. Jones. members of the Senate.
 Third Division Edward D. Coffey, holdover Don Carlos Brownell, holdover Gunnard M EngebretE Victor C. Rivers. Senators.
 Fourth Division Leo w. Rogge. holdover. John Butrovich. Jr., holdcver. Andrew Nerland. E. B. Collins, Senators Members of the House of Repre- sentatives are.
 First Division Anita Garnick Mrs. Elton Engstron. James Nolan. Steve VukOvich. Harry E. Newell. Andrew Hope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
WICKED LADY H FEATURE BILL AT
 CAPITOL THEATRE

Moviegoers who saw "The Wick ed Lady" at the Capitol Theatre were treated to a colorful parade of breathtaking thrills, suspense ful action, violence and romance, as British stars James Mason and Margaret Lockwood, masked, arm cd and mounted, invade the high reads of Restoration England m search of loot ard love
 Seldom has motion picture presented a character so fabulously evil as Lady Barbara Skelton, portrayed with fascinating wick edness by Miss Lockwood
 The beautiful Miss Lockwood who is starred with Mason and Patricia Roc in the Universai-In- ternational release, enacts the mys- ter.ous and exciting wicked lady with undeniable brilliance and dra- matic finesse.
 This feature closes the run to- night
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
|MEN'5 CHORUS SINGS
 AT PARENT-TEACHER MEETING, MONDAY

The Mems Chorus, under the direction of Ernest Ehler, pre- sented an enjoyable program at the regular P-TA meeting held last evening in the Juneau High School Study Hall. Among the favorite melodies they sang was How Are Things in Glocca Nora" and they concluded their appearance by singing Christmas carols.
 The Rev. A. B. Morgan led the audience in singing songs appro- priate to the season and a short program outlining the meaning of P-TA was given with the aud- fence participating.
 During the business meeting, the members of the organization agreed to launch their membership drive on January with goal Of 800 members by April l, The organization donated $10 each to the Philippine War Relief and the Christmas Ship Fund.
 A report was given on the Color Variety Show and the showing Of the film Alaska Beckons" by the general chairman, Mrs. Trevor Da- wis. The treasurer announced that $433 had heen cleared from the two enterprises and would be put into the scholarship fund.
 The following appointments to committees were made by Presi- dent Hermann Beyers: Bylaws Committee, Mrs. Jack Popejoy, Mrs. Leslie Sturm, Mrs. Dorothy Pe- eues; Radio Division of Member ship Committee: Miss Freeda Bech- told and Miss Helen Schaeffer; Membership Committee, Mrs. C.. Earl Albrecht and Mrs. James Cole Mrs Blair Steele was ap- pointed as representative on the Gastineau Channel Health Coun- cil.
 Refreshments were served fol- lowing the meeting Hostesses were Mesdames E. V. Carlson, Henry Leege, w. B. Avery, Henri Blair, Charles Forward, Sam Pekovich, Severin Swanson, G. Herbert Hil- lerman, and w. P. Blanton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
SOLD
 TO WAGNER

SEATTLE. Dec 16.-tR-William J. Wagner of Anchorage said to- day the Federal Communications Commission has approved his pur- chase of radio stations KTKN at Ketchixan and KINY at Juneau at total price of $140,000.
 Wagner, head of the Alaska Broadcasting Co.,, purchased the stations from Edwin A. Kraft He said he would take over physical operation Of the properties around January l,
 Alaska Broadcasting Co.,, now operates station KFOD at Anchor age, a new 5000 watt station which replaced a former station bearing the same call letters. It also is building two other sta- tions. a 1,o00 watt regional sta- ton at Fairbanks which is 75 per- cent completed and is scheduled to go on the air in February or March, and a station at Seward, for which ground has been clear ed.
 Wagner said he was building a new five-story studio and office building in Anchorage for KFQD.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
No. 5796-A

NO. 0fSo-A
 Tn the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Division Number
 One. at Juneau.
 ELIZABETH STONE, Plaintiff, vs.
 WILBERT JOHN STONE, De-
 fendant.
 The President of the United States of America. To the above named Defendant, GREETINGS.
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Division thereof, at Juneau, Alaska, within thirty days after last publication of this summons. in case this sum- mons is published, or within forty days after the date of it's service upon you, in case this summons IS served upon you personally, and an- swer the Plaintiffs complaint on ! file in the said court in the above entitled cause. The Plaintiff in said action demands the following relief, dissolution of the bonds of matri- mony now existing between Plain tiff and Defendant on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, and desertion, and for such other relief the court may deem merited. ! Tn event you fail to appear and answer, the Plaintiff will take judg- ment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint and hereinabove stated.
 Witness the Honorable George Folta, Judge of said Court, and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed lat Juneau, Alaska, this 27th day of October, 1947.
 l (SEAL) JOHN WALMER, 1 Clerk, U. s. District Court, First
 Division, Territory of Alaska. i By J. w. LEVERS.
 First publication, Nov. 25, 1947. Last publication, Dec. Is, 1947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
THRILLER BILL E
 OPENING TONIGHT
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Shadow Of A Woman War ner Bros new drama of suspense, produced by William Jacobs and di- rected by Joseph Stanley, opens tonight at the 20th Century Thea tre with a top-notch cast headed by co-starS Helmut Dantine and Andrea King. and featuring Don Mcclure, Dick Erdman, John AL win and William Prince
 The screenplay, by Whitmas. Chambers and c. Graham Baker, was based on Virginia Perdue's novel, He Fell Down Dead, and is concerned with young girl who marries an attractive doctor after whirlwind courtship only to learn that he is a quack physician and a dangerous husband.
 Adolph Deutsch composed the films original music.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
FTREMEN PARTY DATE

The Douglas Volunteer Fire De- partment will give a Christmas party to the residents of Gastineau Channel on Christmas night, De- cember 25. The party is to be held in the Eagles Hall. Refresh ments will be served downstairs starting at 500 o'clock D. m. and dancing will be upstairs beginning at 9:30 D. m. This is an Open House Affair to which all residents of Gastineau Channel will be well comed as guests of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department.
 Committee in charge of the big evening planned is G. D. Cashen, Alex Gair, Jr., and Joe Reidi.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
BISHOP ]. zL0BIN RETURNS FROM S.F.
 pRELATE'S COUNCIL

Bishop John zlobin, Alaska bishop of the Russian Orthodos Church, is stopping over in Juneau enroute to S.tka from San Fran cisco, where he attended a con ference of preiates of the church.
 The conference, at which it was decided that the 338 Russian churches of North America will not really themselves with the mother church ol Moscow, was held in the home of Metrufoihan Theophilus Pashkovsky
 The five prelates who met at the annual conference represented Alaska, Chicago, Brooklyn, San Francisco and Pennsylvania. They
 assembled on November F for a
 four day discussion of the problem which has faced the Russian
 church in America for many years. l Many Americans of Russian eX-
 traction have felt a sympathy for
 the mother church. born of ad-
 miration fer the Soviets heroic ! role in World War II. Opinion
 has been divided as to whether or
 not the two churches should be 1 reunited.
 However, at a Bishops Council held in Cleveland last November, a ! message was sent to Patriarch l Alexis in Moscow offering to ac- cept him as the spiritual suzer-
 ain" of the American Churches, provided they could retain control 1 of their own administration and I canonical affairs.
 In reply, the Patriarch demand-
 ed that American Church property | be controlled by the mother church and that the 325 American priests accept orders from Moscow. He
 also sent a delegate to confer with the American Metropolitan, despite the latter's opposition. The dele gate returned to Moscow without gaining his objective.
 i The five bishops, meeting at | San Francisco, decided on auton- omy from the mother church, claiming that despite its denials, it is controlled by the Russian
 government.
 Bishop Zlobin remained in San Francisco after the conference |, terminated, to take part in the celebration on December T, when l Rector Dionicy of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia church was pre-
 sented with the Bishops Staff. i Bishop Dionicy is now one of the seven bishops of the Russian Or I thodox Church in America, al- I though two more will probably be i created within the next year, ac- cording to Bishop Zlobin.
 i Whenever prelate is ushered into that high office, at least three
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
TEEN AGE CLUB GETS
 PERSONAL LETTER
 FROM DREW PEARSON

The members of the local Teen Age Club several weeks ago sent a contribution for the purchase of food for the Friendship Train" The gift was directed to Drew Pearson, writer of "The Washing ton Merry Go Round" and ori- ginator of the idea of the Friend ship Train.
 Yesterday Zach Gordon, Club Director, received the following let ter from MT Pearson:
 Dear MT. Gordon: I certainly do appreciate the generous and patriotic contribution to the Friendship Train by the Teen Age Club. This money is being used to purchase food at ships side ill New York.
 Your members are certainly do- ing a wonderful job toward aid tc Europe by taking care of the little boy in Poland.
 "As you may know, the response of the people all over this coun- try has been magnificent, and il it only through the generosity of people such as yourselves that this train has heen such a success. The first ship, the American Leader sailed from New York on Decem- Der 7th for LeHavre and other ships will be sailing during the next two. weeks.
 Again, on hehah of our. friends In France and Italy, let me ex- press my sincere thanks to you and the members of the Teen Age Club
 With best wishes,
 Sincerely, Drew Pearson.
 The comment about the little boy in Poland referred to the war or phan whom the teen agers adopt ed" a year ago.
 MT. Pearson's letter is beng proudly displayed on the Club bulletin board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
ACCOMMODATIONS

The Kayler-Dahl Fish Co.,, Inc, of Seattle, has filed it's Articles of Incorporation with the office of Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle in order to transact business With in Alaska. The company will main tain an cffice at Petersburg. The Juneau law firm of Robertson and Monagle was named as its legal representative in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
CI0 Longshoremen
 Given Wage Boost

SEATTLE Let. l6.-tR- The eight-cent hourly pay increase granted yesterday to CIO long, shcremen does not apply to work men at the ports of Tacoma, Ana cores and Port Angeles. M. C.. Ringenberg, president of the Wat erfront Employers Association of Washington, disclosed today.
 Lcngshoremen in these three ports are affiliated with the AFL, he explained He added, however, that representatives of these groups are to meet with employers for a similar wage review
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
GREEKS TO STUDY
 RADAR EN BRITAIN

ATHENS-(R- Within the next two months the Greek Navy plans to send a maximum of 20 naval officers to study radar, gunnery, torpedo and electronics in Great Britain.
 Capt George L. Shane of Corn ing, N Y, chief staff officer or the Navy group of the American Mission for Aid to Greece, says the applicants will be selected with the advice of the British naval mission.
 The trainees will be dispatched to Great Britain rather than to the U. s. because most ships in the Greek fleet are British.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
q. ANN'S SCHOOL 10
 GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
 TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK

The Sisters and pupils of St. Ann's School invite the parents and friends of the school to at tend their Annual Entertainment tcnlght in the Parish Hall at 8 o'clock.
 The following program Will be carried out:
 Chorus. Allegiance to the Flag, star Bright; Action Song, Top sv Turvy Glass;; Drill, Balloon Dance; Playlet, The Christmas Candle"
 Nativity Scene, Tableau, "Heav- ems Gift To Earth"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
PERFECT TIMING

Last night in the film Anna and the King of Siam" the king lay dying. His subjects were pros t1ata in mournful obeisance, and Anna was hastening through the ranks to the bedside of the failing monarch.
 As she reached his couch, the solennity Of the scene was allev- lated by a sign flashed on the screen, saying pr Clements IS vanted in the lobby"
 Soils that are too low in organ-c matter usually produce poor crops
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
CLINIC
 SCHEDULED TOMORROW

The regular monthly immuniza- ton clinic will be held at the Health Center, SIS Main Street, at 10 a. m. Wednesday, December IT. Dr. c. C. Carter, City Health Off cer, will officiate.
 Children over six months of age who have not been immunized against smallpox, diphtheria and whcoping cough are invited to at tend with their parents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
IN48 LICENSE PLATES

City Clerk A. J. Balog announc- ed this morning that the l94S Territorial license plates are now on sale and may be had by ap- plying at the City Hall during of flee hours. The 1948 Drivers Li- censes are also available. Cost of the licenses remain the same as in previous years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16

ANCHORAGE - The first AL aska Freight Express Corporation barge from Seattle arrived at Seward yesterday and unloading was started late in the day. The cargo was in fine condition, with no pilfering.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-16
oE.s. TO ELECT OFFICERS

A regular meeting of Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star, will be held this evening in Eagles Hall. According to an- nouncement, there will be election of officers and refreshments fol- lowing the meeting.