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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24
PEN LETTER TO THE
 PEOPLE OF WRANGELL.

PEOPLE OF WRANGELL:
 There will undoubtedly be a flood of articles and advertise written for and against fish traps in the next three weeks just prev ious to the election but since no one in Wrangell has yet expressed himself in print, either pro or con on the trap question, l would like to present the views of gillnetter on this vital issue
 Let us begin with a little geo. graphy:
 The Wrangell District, let us say from a line starting at Anan Creek to Narrow Point on Prince of Wales Island, then 10 Beauclaire on kuiu Island and back up Sum ner Strait to Wrangell again, has two openings to the Ocean - Sum ner Strait and Clarence Strait. Fish coming into this district have to travel these two narrow chan nels. l wonder how many persons here realize how many traps our fish have to bypass in order to get into this ditiCsrt before the To- cal fishermen get a chance at them? Inside this imaginary line, there are 29 traps, two of which belong to Alaskan residents, and there are 112 traps in the Ketchi- kan District most of which are in the south Clarence Straits. With that many traps in operation inI those narrow channels, 1t is no mystery that We no longer have a run of fish in this area. It is, in- stead, a miracle that we have any fish at all.
 The southern districts and West Coast districts take the first toll of fish headed for this area, then the fish must run the gauntlet of all these traps up those two narrow channels, and if there are any left then, the seiners and gillnetters get a chance at them.
 The traps are fishing 24 hours around the clock regardless of walther conditions A gillnettor fishes the low water and flood tide weather permitting, and he has water conditions to contend with that can and do end or cur tail his fishing for several days at a time. For example. If We have a heavy rainfall for three or four days, the river rises to flood stage, with the result that the water gets so muddy that the fish leave. II is usele to fish the flats under those conditions. That leaves us with only the night fishing in deep water until the river is normal a. gain. Then too, if il is a dry sea son the water becomes too clear for Gay fishing except at low tide, and We have to go up to the mouth of the river in the snag piles for the h gh water drift in order 10, find enough muddy water to fish. Then we have storms to contend with as in this past season, when both of our good runs of fish hit the flats on the big tides during southeast gales, when 1t was im-, possible for Us to fish. When thei storm had abated each time thei fish were gone up the river.
 The trap-oaught fish benefits absolutely no one except the trapl owners. If these fish were nOtI caught by the traps, the local
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24
ROUNRTRIpPFRs

Mrs. Mary I. Grant and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Neil Chant were round trip passengers on the Hazel B 8 to Telegraph Creek. Mrs Grant is owner of Wrangell Hotel of which her son. Neil, is manager
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24
ONE TR CASE HERE

Only one case Of cOntagi0us dis- ease was reported for Wrangell in the month of August, according to Miss Arne Bulkeley, local Public Health nurse. That was a case of tuberculosis.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24
WARNING

Persons using school ground for parties or leaving refuse on the grounds will be prose cuted to full extent of the law.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-09-24
A Local FiSherman'S Opinion Expressed:
 Opposes Fish Traps

September 24. 1g4B
Evening star., 1948-07-17
'GI Insurance Diyiden
Machinery Will Be
Put in Motion Soon
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

The massive machinery for the
payment of dividends on war vet
erans' life insurance policies will
start whirring family two weeks
from today.
That's graduation day for 26 Vet
erans' Administration specialist
two from each of the IS branch
ofIices-whove been taking a sort
of dividends course at the Washing
ton headquarters for several weeks.
The 26 students" their heads
|crammed with information about the
National Service Life Insurance pro-
gram, in turn will instruct VA en-
ployes throughout the country.
Payments Start in 1850.
And some time early in 1850, If
all goes well, the dividend checks
will start rolling out, to all veterans
OR heirs Of veterans-who have or
once had NLSI policies in force for
three months or more.
Some VA officials estimated that
of $6,735, ,000, 900 In the NSLI fund,
a surplus Of as much as 50, ,000. 900 900
maybe available for distribution as
dividends.
The amount of each check will
vary according to the age of the
Evening star., 1948-07-17
William Smith S Retirement
As Bell Principal Approved

The Board of Education has ap-
proved the retirement of William
F. Smith, SO. principal Of Bell Voca-
tional School, after 38 years in the
school system.
Mr.. Smith has been principal of
the Bell school for the last % years.
His retirement was approved yester-
day by a special poll of the school
board which has adjourned for the
summer.
Always in the vocational educa-
tion field, Mr.. Smith taught in the
District manual training schools
from 1910 until. 1920, when he was
appointed principal Of Smallwood
Vocational School. He later served
as principal of the Bowen Voca-
tional School and the Wisconsin
Avenue Training School.
In 1925 he was made principal of
the Abbott Vocational School which
later changed its name to the Bell
Vocational School. z
His retirement becomes effective
August 81. ..
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Ad Group Names
COMMITTEE Heads

Committee chairmen for the
women's Advertising Club OF Wash
ington have been announced by the
president, Mrs. Jean Ambrose. The
chairmen include Mrs. Hazel Markell
program; Miss Helen Hess, social
Miss Edna Lindstrom, publications;
Miss Ruth Decker, finance; Mrs
Annette Ward membership; Miss
Mary Pauline Perry, publicity; Miss
Eugenia Schor, public affairs; Miss
Esther Kravitz, legislation; Miss
Ruth Sheldon, educational, and
Mrs. Kathryn Turner, bylaws
Special committees are headed by
Mrs. Betty Pratt, job contract. and
Miss Catherine Lloyd, attendance
New officers, in addition to Mrs
Ambrose, are Mrs. Nancy Osgood
vice president, Miss Jane Beam, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Edith Lusby
corresponding secretary, and Mrs
vi Dudley, treasurer.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Truman Gusts Meyers
From Army as Result
OF Term in Prison
BY the Assoeioted Press

Bennett E. Meyers, serving a
prison sentence for inducing busi-
ness associate to lie to Senate
committee, has been cashiered from
the Armed Forces by President
Truman.
The retired Major General, once
an Air Forces purchasing ofncer, was
dismissed late yesterday under an
article Of war which permits such
action when an officer has served
three months or more in prison or
penitentiary.
Meyers has been In the District
Jail for four months. He was SEN
fenced to a 20-month-to-five-year
term after a Federal jury convicted
him last March Of talking Bleriot
Lamarre into giving false testimony
to the Senate War Investigating
Committee about his connection
with the Aviation Electric Co. Of
Dayton, Ohio.
Lamarre, changing his testimony
later, told the Senators he was
merely dummy" president of the
firm, and that 1t actually was con-
trolled by Meyers. The Senate in
vestigators accused the former pur-
chasing officer of making more than
$150.000 through his connection
with the company.
Being dismissed from service is
Only one of the penalties Meyers
has paid since his conviction on the
subornation of perjury charge.
Previously, the Army had stopped
his major generals retirement pay
and had stripped him of his deco
rations-the Distinguished Service
Medal and the Legion of Merit.
Meyers still faces additional
charges, including separate pro-
ceedings in Baltimore and Dayton
for income tax fraud.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Reich Test Seen Proof
Breed Offsets Poor Diet
By the Assoejoted Press

CAMBRIDGE, England. - Five
plump and sturdy little German
girls were offered as exhibit A re-
Gently for a theory that plenty OF
bread will Offset an otherwise sub
normal diet. They came to the
scientific congress Of the British
Medical Association with Miss E. M.
Widdowson, q Cambridge scientist
who. has been experimenting with
the diets Of $50 orphans in Duisberg,
Germany.
The girls, ranging in age from 9
to Is, have received the standard
German rations plus all the bread
they wanted since June, 1947, Miss
Widdowson said. The orphans were
divided into five groups which were
given types of bread ranging from
100 per cent whole wheat to unen-
riched white flour. On the average,
Miss Widdowson said, they put on
twice as much weight as the stand
ards for their ages and one and a
half times as much height.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Reich Business Prevented
From Killing Competition
BY the Assoeioted Press

FRANKFURT, Germany. The
United States military government
has knocked down another bar to
free enterprise in American-occu-
pied Germany. No longer can estab-
lished German businessmen shut
out competition by blocking the Ii
censing of new businesses.
Every one has to get government
license to open store or shop in
Germany. Under old state laws,
business men already established in
a town could bring enough influence
on licensing officials to deny IL
cense to a potential new competitor
So military government stepped in.
States were ordered to revise the
laws to prevent any business group
from having a decisive voice in de-
Gliding who should be licensed.
In addition, an appeal system was
set up. Now any German who
feels he has been the victim of dis
elimination by licensing officials can
appeal to a state agency with power
to remedy the injustice.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Atomic Search|ight Helps
In Hunt for Petroleum
Rx tha Assoeinted Press


TULSA, Oklahoma.-The oil in
dulstry has developed an atomic
searchlight and an atomic eye to
hunt for petroleum. Here's how:
More than one rock layer may
show signs of oil. But if some are
passed in drilling. and the steel
pipe that lines a well has been put
in, it may not be possible to return
to by-passed layer to get oil after
the petroleum runs out in some
deeper layer than was first tapped.
But now the atomic eye and the
atomic searchlight will see through
the steel and into the rocks beyond.
The "eye" sees the natural radio
activity. Where this radioactivity
is high, there is seldom or never
oil. But If rocks are not sufficiently
porous, the oil will not flow out OF
them. Here the searchlight is used
to find the porosity. This atomic
searchlight may be made by putting
a small amount of radium in Il
preparation of the metal beryllium
The radium causes beryllium tc
emit the atomic ray known as neu-
irons. Neutrons are even more
penetrating than x-rays. To them
steel is about like slightly tinted
piece of glass is to light.
Both the eye and the searchlight
have numerous uses in the oil vel
business, such as locating forma.
tions that will carry off salt water
or those containing fresh water.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Miss Ridge Bride

Columbia Christian Heights
Church was the scene of the mar
riage of Miss Rosa Katherine Ridge
to Mr.. William Biting Culleer
which took place yesterday. Tht
bride Is the daughter of Mr.. ane
Mrs. Chandos c. Ridge of Silver
Spring and Mr.. Culleen is the sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Cul.
leen of Takoma Park.
The Rev. Ben S. johnson offici.
ated at the ceremony and the bride
was given in marriage by her father
Her attendants were Miss Ruth
Eileen Hubbard, Miss Marge-Anne
Davis, Miss Jane Gray and Miss
Priscilla Ridge. Patricia Ridge was
the flower girl and Michael Ridge
was the ring bearer.
Mr.. Gerard Berry served as best
man and the ushers were the Messrs
Robert Jones, Edward Hart and
George Hartman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Culleen will be at
home after August l at the Mont
gomery Arms in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Citizen Unit 10 Advise
d. {. on New Cases Of
tuberculosis Urged

A large citizens advisory COM
n1ittee probably will be formed to
help the Health Department deal
with the serious problem of treat
ment and care of thousands of sus-
pected tuberculars uncovered by the
Washington Chest x-ray Survey.
Formation of the committee was
urged yesterday by the surveys
medical technical committee at a
meeting in Doctors Hospital.
At the same time, Dr. Arthur C
Christie, committee chairman, said
District Health Officer George C
Rutland has asked the committee
for expressions about the need for
such group.
DR.. Christie and DR.. Howard M
Payne of the Howard University
medical school said base for the
committee probably will be the large
citizens committee modified to as
sist with the survey itself. 1t will
represent nearly every phase of civic
activity.
Members of the group said an in
dependent committee is needed "tt
go before Congress with needs, II
necessary, and not have to &c
through the Health Department.
DR.. Payne suggested that member.
ship should include members oi
the press, the Board Of Trade ar1c
all civic groups" DR.. Christie
added:
1--WE have to get the influential
people of this community interested
in the problem, If we are to gel
facilities to take care Of 5000 OF
5000 cases" uncovered by the survey
Meanwhile, the survey center al
Weightman School last night closec
its doors for the last time. Over
c. Billows, director Of the center
said future retake X-rays will be
made at the District tuberculosis
Clinic. 1t a final report, Mr.. Bill.
lows said SSH persons were re.
ferred from the center to the clinic
and that X-rays taken during the
survey totaled 500, 1893.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Hospitals Best Means
OF Treating Polio,
Conference Is Told
By the Associatsd Press

NEW YORK, July 17.-The First
International Polio Conference was
told at Its, closing session today that
hospitals are the best means Of
treating infantile paralysis.
DR.. Claude w. Munger of ST.
Luke's Hospital. New York, said
that it is at first impossible to tell
which of the cases of polio will de-
veiop paralysis.
Yet the precautions against pa
ralysis need to be taken almost as
soon as there Is even a suspicion of
polio. This is because the disease
does virtually all of its damage to
nerves in the first few days of
illness.
Less Gripping Today.
Doctors cannot stop the nerve
destruction. But careful handling
Of the patient may avoid some OF
the paralysis. Wrong handling can
make paralysis worse.
This first polio conference brought
out the fact that today, with the
Sister Kenny and other methods
of nursing treatments. there is less
crippling than formerly. There are
more cases Of polio now than hall
a century ago in the United States,
but a higher proportion of the chill
dren recover without bent limbs
and twisted backs.
DR.. Munger said that the old fear
in hospitals of polio contagion is
gone. It is now known that the
danger Of spreading polio is no
greater than that Of spreading ty-
phoid fever, provided the right pre-
cautions are taken. For polio the
precaution is to isolate and destroy
the infantile paralysis patients ex-
cretions.
100 Hospitals Take Victims.
Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, which sponsored the in
ternational conference, said that 10
years ago many hospitals refused
to accept polio patients. Only 800
then would take these cases, while
today 700 hospitals take them.
In North Carolina, he said, only
one hospital would accept polio pa
tients four years ago, but this year
the State has 10 treatment centers.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Sonora de Dillon
Gipes Luncheon
1t Embassy
By Betty MHHken

Most of the parties covered by
society reporters are given for men,
bers of society. But once in while
the tables are turned and Washing
ton hostesses entertain their friends
on the newspapers. Such was the
case yesterday when Sonora de Dill
Ion, wife of the Ecuadorean Ambas-
sador. gave a small luncheon at the
embassy. Assisting her in the en-
tertaining were the wives of three
members of the staff, Sonora de AL
varado, Sonora de Valdivieso and
Sonora de Garcia.
The Ecuadorean Embassy is a
perfect setting for party. Former
ly owned by Capt. and Mrs. Thomas
Moran of the Navy, 1t Is spacious
tenough for entertaining on a large
scale and charmingly arranged for
smaller and more intimate gather
ings. And since the Ambassador
and his wife took possession the
early part of this year, Sonora de
Dillon has supervised much of its
refurbishment.
! Priceless paintings from the Quito
Museum still hang on the drawing
room walls, and newly upholstered
chairs and settees pick up the soft
reds and yellows in the paintings
of the Holy Family
In this atmosphere the guests
Yesterday slipped cocktails and ate
tiny canapes filled with caviar till
luncheon was served in the spa
cious dining room overlooking the
garden.
And what a luncheon! No wonder
the Latin Americans spend hours
at the table-the business of eat
ing is indeed a ritual.
To begin with, there was canta-
loupe filled with watermelon balls
Then LOBSTER salad served in the
shell-dressed up to please the eye
as we'll as the gastronomic sense
tomato and cucumber slices and
buttered bread sticks. For a sum
mer's luncheon this would have been
enough-but it was only the begin
ing.
Silver platters filled with broilec
chicken, topped with one of thu
hostess special sauces, luscious fresf
asparagus and buttered and par.
sleyed carrots, with hot rolls, were
next. And with each course a dif.
ferent kind of wine.
And then the dessert. It had M
special name, the hostess said, bu
looked more like a baked Alaska
than anything else, with bright ret
raspberries spilling over its whip.
ped-cream covered top. And wher
the meal was over, coffee ane
brandy were served in the drawing
room.
In every detail of the party yes.
terday, one became aware of the
hostess eye for beauty and color
Her own frock of beige silk, with
the new look" quality in its gath.
cred skirt, harmonized with the
drawing room walls for which SHE
had selected the color. A simple
bouquet of white daisies filled one
vase on the grand piano in a cor
ner OF the drawing room, and flame
color gladioluses on a coffee table
picked up the more vivid tone ir
the rooms decoration. The dining
table was centered with the lovli.
est yellow roses and through thu
French doors leading to the garder
. one saw the same colors in the
leather upholstered chairs and tht
geraniums that bordered the foun.
tain.
Altogether, 1t was a very pleasant
l party.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Miss Trumun to Discuss
Convention on Radio

Miss Margaret Truman will give
her impressions Of the Democratic
Convention when she is interviewed
at $40 pm. today over Radio Sta
ton WTOP.
The interview will be conducted
by Mrs. Hazel Kenyon Markell, the
stations director of public service.
The Presidents daughter also is
expected to discuss her plans for
the rest of the summer.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
A-1O. THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
British Adnziral Dinner Guest
OF Attacbe and Mrs. Sbnrgeon
By Katharine Brooks

Admiral Henry Services
Mission who will retire from that early September
extensively entertained before his Last evening
honor the
Mrs H K Spugeon entertained dinner
Hawthorne
mtenden of the Naval Academy
Charles Freeman who
commanded the USS Williamsburg, the Presidents yacht.
Miss Dorothy Stirling sister of the
High Commissioner Africa Stirling
the dinner others included Maitland
and Mrs. Thorvad Soberg.
Stirling start his
Evening star., 1948-07-17
off to Cabe Cod

Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Adamson
of Silver Spring left today with
their daughter, Miss Dorothy Adam
son, for a vacation at Brewster, on
Cape Cod.
While in New England they also
will visit Mrs. Adamson's cousins
DR.. and Mrs. w. c. Knott. in Bos-
ton. where DR.. Knott is with the
Army General Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Be Married

Miss Nell Jones Pogue of Bethesda
announces the engagement of her
daughter. Miss Betty Jean Pogue
to Mr.. William Lewis Dalrymple
jr. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dalrymple
also of Bethesda.
Miss Pogue and Mr.. Dalrymple
are attending the University OF
Maryland where the bride-elect is
member of Delta Gamma sorority
and Mr.. Dalrymple is a member OF
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
No date has been set for the
Wedding
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Wild Horses Trained

MOSCOW (P. Kulans - Turk
menian wild horses-are now being
tanned and trained for commercial
use. This year authorities in Turk
menia will try some experiments in
cross breeding the Kulans. The Ku-
Ian is described as a large, beautiful,
but very wild horse usually found
in large numbers in the steppes OF
Badkhiza.
Evening star., 1948-07-17

doubles finals Of the Eastern Air
Force sectional tennis tournament
at Arlington.
Hippenstiel advanced to the ANAL
with a e1, 60 triumph over 1t.
Arts Carpousis. while Dreyer won.
60, 6-3, over Maj. william M.
Davis.
In the doubles they will meet Col.
Nicholas e. Powell and 1t. G. r.
Allen.
Play started today In the District
doubles tournament at Kenwood
Country Club with matches sched-
uled In mems and women's doubles.
Most Of the top-name players In
town are entered.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Detectives Roll Book Stolen

DETROIT, July II (P.-Police of
suburban Hamtramck were a bit
red-faced today as they intensified
their hunt for a sneak thief who
invaded police headquarters yester-
day and stole four typewriters and
the detectives roll-cau book.