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The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
New Council Holds First
 Meeting

Routine business was disposed of at the first regular meeting of the new city council this week. With new mayor F. c. Hanford in the chair, the council approved sever al items for city improvement
 Before the new council went in to ction, however. Charles NJ. Mar Ter, public accountant, who was employed by the outgoing council to make an audit of the city books, gave a report on the finan- cial condition of the city which will appear in the next edition of the Sentinel.
 The council voted to accept the report.
 The outgoing council also voted to pay several city bills amounting to the sum of $10,515.15 from available funds in the treasury.
 Mayor Hanford, in assuming his new office as head of the council, put forth several recommendations which he believed would be of aid to the group in working together for the benefit of the town of Wrangell.
 The Town of Wrangell is a business" Hanford told the coun- ell, "a big business. Every tax rayer in this town is a stockholder in this bisiness and you were el- ected by those stockholders as a board of directors to conduct this business. Party politics have no place in city business"
 Council members Art Nelson. John o. Bangeman, Vern Smith. George Smith, Harry Coulter and E. J. Wheeler approved all city appointive positions but one which the mayor asked to be laid on the table until later.
 The new council set up a citi- zens planning board. something which Wrangell has never had be- fore, but which has proved very successful in other towns of the Territory.
 Councilman Vern Smith was ap- pointed by the mayor to head the board with citizens Joyce Hay, Chet Steear, B. Y. Grant. W. A. Ward and James Nolan as mem bers.
 The new council passed a reso- lution which will set the city tax levi at r mills.
 Frank Zepp, superintendent of streets. was authorized to submit an application to the city clerk which will go to the Bureau of Public Roads in Juneau asking for 75 percent of the funds needed to repair the garbage dump road.
 The situation of the city floats was discussed but action on the matter was left to the Harbor con- mittee.
 Councilman E. J. Wheeler made a motion that the School Board books be turned over to the city clerk and the motion passed.
 Mayor Hanfor suggested that an audit of the books be made and it was voted that Marler be employed to do the job.
 A letter was read from the em- ployees of the city light plant ask ing a $15 a month raise effective October l and the letter was referred to the Utility committee for consi- iteration.
 The next meeting of the city council will be held Thursday, Nov
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TWO FIRES THURSDAY

The Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department was called out twice within an hours time late Thurs day afternoon when the homes of Betty Loftus and Eve Blake caught fire
 Fire Chief, Wtlliani Grant, re- ported that no great damage was done to either house as both were only small roof fires.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
HARLEM CAGERs
TO COME NORTH

The Harlem Globetrotters will be in Alaska in January, accord ing to word received here. They arenow setting definite dates for basketball games tn ou g h o Il t Alaska and have arranged for a game January g in Juneau with an all-star team.
 Arrangements were made by Art Hedges, chairman of the Lions club basketball committee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
(By Associated Press)

General Douglas Macarthur per sonally directed highly success full parachute attack this week, landing thousands of American troops 23 miles north of Pyong- yang, the red Korean capital.
 The General said the war was definitely coming to an end since Pyongyang itself was just about secured by the United Nations f5rces Paratroopers struck from the sky to seal off red forces flee ing the lost capital.
 Tt looks like we have closed the traR." said MAeArtkzr. aS hs
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE

Mrs. George Case and Mrs. Ray Wheeler will hold open house Wednesday. October 25, from 2:00 to 500 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Emma Case.
 The open house is being held in honor of Mrs. Case who will eel ebrate her S0th birthday
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
NOTICE

Dr. R. N. Hester, M. D. is now In Wrangell. Appointments for eye examinatidns may be made by phoning II or calling at room 1O2 of the Wrangell Hotel Appoint ments may be made through Mon day evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TO JUNEAU

Lew NJ. Williams. Secretary of Alaska, and Mrs. Williams flew to Juneau Monday.
 Mrs. Williams will work for the Daily Alaska Empire where she was employed last winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
MRS. NEIL GRANT SOUTH

Mrs. Neil Grant flew to Seattle Wednesday on her way to Glasgow Montana.
 Mrs. Grant was called south due to the illness of her mother.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
FINED FOR ILLEGAL HUNTING

Allan V. Ritchie, Jr. pied guilty in Commissioners court this week to a charge of having killed a doe.
 He was fined $1O0., his license was revoked and the deer was con fiscated.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
HUNTING SEASON
 CLOSURES ANNOUNCED

Fish and Wildlife agent Dan Bates, announced this week the closing dates on deer, goats, migra- tory birds and grouse.
 Deer and goat season closes November Is, migratory birds, November 24. Season on grouse and ptarmigan closes February 2S.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
IN THE HOSPITAL

Admitted to Bishop Rowe Hos pital this week were Freddy An" erman, Mrs. Leonard Churchii' Mrs. Joe Kuntz.
 Discharged were: Mrs. Richa Slough, H. V. Hopkins, Mrs. Gnu chill and Mrs. Kuntz.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
HOSPITAL TO GET DEER

Fish and Wildlife agent Dan Bates, announced today that the entire deer which was confiscated this week from an illegal hunter has been turned over to the Bishop Rowe Hospital.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
sADLER HOME

Charles Sadler, local florist, re- turned to Wrangell yesterday by plane after spending several weeks in Seattle where he underwent a medical checkup.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TO TRAVEL IN STATES

William Sinclair and his sister Edna flew to Seattle Monday where they plan to purchase a trailer and take a long vacation through the states.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
MPS JERRY NIELSEN
 LEADS IN DEER DERRY

Mrs. Jerry Nielsen brought in the prize buck of the week and in so doing place herself in top position in the Wrangell Deer Derby.
 The fiye-point buck weighed 164 pounds and was taken last Sunday morning at Blind Slough.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
FEDERAL WORKS MAN HERE

A. H. Boberg, engineer for the Alaska Public Works Admins tration, was in Wrangell this week to look over the water system of the town.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TO SEATTLE

Joel Wing, U. s. Commissioner flew to Seattle this week on busi- ness.
 He expects to return Saturday
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TO PETERSBURG

Rev. Hugh Hall flew to Peters burg Wednesday. He returned later in the week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20

FOR Sale-Boys bicycle in good
 condition. $25.OO. See Jerry Bige- low. 1tp
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-10-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

YOURS for the asking-Three cute little month-o1d kittens. Call
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Evening star., 1950-12-10

Munro Leaf: "The Duck That
Flew Backwards" by Don Tracy
and Lloyd Sandford. and a one
volume reprint of "Hiawatta" and
DE Night in de Front From
Chreesmas." by Milt Gi oss. All
are funny; all will appeal to adults
and children alike.
To get back to the cartoon
books -that-are. one of the best
is a selection from the works of
Helen E. Hokinson, whose brilliant
career ended November l. 1949,
at National Airport in one of the
worst disasters in the history of
civil aviation. The Ladies, God
Bless 'Em!" contains more than
100 of her best New Yorker
cartoons, together with a Mem
oir,' by James Reid Parker. and
an Appreciation" by John Mason
Brown.
Another excellent collection is
Evening star., 1950-12-10
These Are Among the Craziest Books of the Year

The Saturday Evening Post
Cartoons" edited by John Bailey.
More than so cartoonists are rep
resented by what Mr.. Bailey de-
clares to be "the funniest cartoons
the Saturday Evening Post has
published during the last five
years, chosen from the total of
more than 1000 that appeared
and selected with as much care
as your mother-in-law uses in
picking chocolate out of
candy box"
Some of these same cartoonists
are represented among the 60
drawings selected by Thomas L.
Stix for Slightly Overdrawn: A
Safe Depository of Cartoons About
Banks and Bankers" This, too,
is a firSt-rate collection.
Cartoons That Once
Appeared in The Star
For opera fans. there is Opera
Souffle." so drawings having to do
with the various operas. by Marc
Simont. For Princeton students
and alumni there is a collection
of cartoons about their favorite
university entitled. "Tiger! Tiger!"
For followers of "Gordo," a comic
which appears in The Star and
other newspapers. there is VOL
ume of Gus Arriola's drawings.
And for James Thurber fans there
is a new edition of "The Seal in
the Bedroom and Other Predica-
ments."
Many of the drawings in THE
Seal" were published in The Star
several years ago. and readers who
recall them with pleasure should
welcome this opportunity to laugh
at them again.
MIR. Thurber can't draw and
Evening star., 1950-12-10

Monster Rally" is a collection of
about 80 of his creepiest cartoons,
with a foreword by John O'Hara.
The first cartoon, just to give
you for instance, shows an auto
mobile approaching a sign that
says, Careful! Children at Play"
At the top of an embankment
rising from the site of the road
side sign two boys are preparing
to let go a huge boulder which,
obviously, will wreck the car. Is
that funny? I don't know. But
Mr.. AddamS' fans must think it Is.
Those same fans probably will
find as much hilarity in AFTER
noon in the Attic" a collection
of articles on weird characters by
John Kobler, illustrated by the
same Charley (aren't I getting
familiar, though?) Addams. Is it
funny? Again I don't know. But
it is crazy, and if lunacy is hu-
mor-ha-ha!
Afternoon in the Attic" in
ClOCIitdAy, 10 OAlc Va Vic Cdl IOOll-
books s-that-aren't. I classify it
thus because it's 1875 pages contain
only % cartoons; the rest of it
is text
Pages of Fun and Frolic
From the Old-Timers
Some other cartoon books in
which words play as important
a role as drawings are IF 1 Ran
the Zoo" by DR.. Seuss: THE Pos
sum That Didn't" by Frank
Tashlin; History Can Be Fun" by
Evening star., 1950-12-10

admits it. A friend once advised
him. he confides. that if he ever
became a good artist he would be
mediocre. And ever since, he has
concentrated on not being able
to draw-and as a result. has be-
come rich and famous.
Which just goes to prove what
I said in the beginning: Anybody
who reads cartoon books is crazy
But people who don't read car
toon books are crazy, too. SO
what's the difference?
Evening star., 1950-12-10
By Philip H. Love
Feature Editor OF The Star

i
-HIS years cartoon books
are of two distinctly
different kinds: % Those
that are cartoon books
and CD those that are not.
II that sounds crazy. it's because
have spent the last two evenings
reading cartoon books-both the
kind that are and the kind that
aren't. AS matter of fact. any
body who reads cartoon books is
crazy. But people who don't read
cartoon books are crazy, too. so
what's the difference?
If your high school French is
still with you, you may think that
"carte blanche" means free
hand" But in Fractured French"
by F.. S. Pearson II and r. Taylor,
you'll learn you're crazy! What it
really means, according to Messrs.
Pearson and Taylor, is: For Gods
sake. take Blanche home" And
to prove they're right, they pre-
sent a cartoon of very drunk
Blanche sitting beside an over
turned chair on the floor of some
poor devils living room, swilling
q cocktail which. of course, is
missing her mouth and making a
horrible mess of the said p.d.'s
rug.
Blanche's adventure, if one may
call it that, is the subject of one
of A cartoons in MesSrs. Pear
sons and Taylor's extremely free
translations of well-known French
phrases. The 43 other cartoons,
or translations, are equally crazy
and, if you're crazy enough to
appreciate them, equally funny.
The New Yorker Always
Seems to Do Its Bit
Only slightly less insane than
'TFractured French" but none the
less funny, is a collection of car
toons from the New Yorker mag
aZine entitled "Cobean's Naked
Eye" Will cannibals adopt the
pressure cooker? Can Boy Scout
light cigarette without a match?
Is it possible for four mothers to
have one baby? If these ques-
tions trouble you, Mr.. Cobean's is
the Naked Eye" for you. He
answers them as crafty as If he
had good sense.
Speaking of the New. Yorker,
among this years cartoon books
that magazine is represented twice
by Charles (who. for some crazy
reason, prefers to be known as
CHASE Addams. "Chas. Addams'
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Historians
Continued From Page ~

done. Death prevented Mr.. Lewis
from completing his biography of
Grant to take its place beside his
excellent work on Sherman.
Among other biographies, THE
Gallant Hood by John P. Dyer
(Bobbs- MerrilD is we'll worth
reading. 1t shows Hood as the
dashing leader, without overlook
ing his shortcomings.
In The Celebrated Case of Fitz
John Porter" by Otto Eisenschiml
(Bobbs-MerrilD the author has
made a careful study of the sec
ond battle of Bull Run Porter
was court-martialed afterwards
and dismissed, but later was REIN
stated
In transition between the Civil
War and the present there is
"Henry George, Citizen of the
World" by Anna George de Mile
university of North Carolina
Press. If you believe Henry
George is some one from the dim
past you do not realize that 3
million copies of his Progress and
Poverty" have been sold through
out the world and that it still
sells 10000 copies a year.
His followers were not able to
put over his single tax, but he
influenced the liberal movements
of the 1880s and '9Os and ploughed
the land for New Deal seed.
Books About Roosevelt,
Truman and Hoover
Coming to our times, there are
books about Presidents Roosevelt.
Truman and Hoover. Those about
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Truman
have been best sellers.
Johnn Gunther's Roosevelt in
Retrospect" (Harpers) gives one
of the best pictures there is of
the extraordinarily complex F.. D.
r.
The best book so far about Mr.
Roosevelt's successor is The Man
of independence" by Jonathan
Daniels HippincotD. Mr.. Daniels
has had the advantage of close
association with Mr.. Truman and
there are passages portraying in
timately the Presidents thoughts
which the reader will find absorb
ing and future historians will find
important.
Mr.. Roosevelt's predecessor is
the subject of Herbert Hoover:
American Quaker" by David Hin
shaw Farrar, Strauss. Mr.. Hin
shaw is friend and admirer of
Mr.. Hoover.
There are several comprehensive
histories on this years book shelf
An excellent one is Will Durant's
"The Age of Faith" (Simon g.
ShusteC. 1t is a history of me-
Gieval Observation-Disclosures. Is
lamic. Judaic and Western Euro
pean-from Constantine. to Dante.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES

Arriving today from Anchorage were S. R. Holt, C. F. Allnutt, M. Ely, w. w. King, Ed Topkok.
 Arriving Saturday were E. C.. Buther, Doris Farrell, Charles Woodson. Departing were A. ID. Dahlberg, Ned Williams, Betty Unger, Frank Hefner, J. E. Holtz, J. D. Britton, Lydia Bery, It. Col. Carretson, J. w. Woodford, Carol Tanner, C. Woodson.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

Friday Earl Browning was a passenger from Nome to Candle.
 Saturday, Gertrude Henry was a passenger from Nome to Deer ing, and Donald Pack from Can- dle to Nome.
 Arriving Saturday on the Doug las from Kotzebue were F. E.. Drew, C. J. Schackmuth, Dean Olds, T. Richards.
 Departing for Kotzebue was Percy Ipalook; for Fairbanks were Charles V. Alderman, Marion Haberman, Charles Alderman, David Habermon and Chet Lin coin.
 Sunday 21 tourists were taken from Kotzebue to Nome to Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
E1nbezzler, 20, Gives Himself Up In Anchorage

(Continued from Page One) roe said her son, Robert, had been missing from home since July 8. Albert J. Winkler, vice president of the Liberay Bank, also said young Monroe had failed to appear for work last Monday, but that no shortages had been discovered. Winkler added, how ever, that any shortage normally would not appear in the books un- til the end of the month or later. Buffalo police reported no war rant had been issued for Monroe).
 Miller said the youth told him he could not sleep because of bangs of conscience, const a n { thoughts of the people who lost money on account of me-" and the knowledge that his parents would be worrying about him.
 "I had to give myself up to be at peace" the chief quoted him as saying.
 Miller said young Monroe told an old familiar story of defalca- tions in his printed statement and in questioning by detectives. It was:
 The struggle to pay bills was too much to handle on his $130 a month salary. So he started to "borrow" just a little at a time from customers accounts, mean ing to replace it each payday.
 When the amount grew to $2O0 he despaired of being able to make good on his small wages. Then he started to take more and began betting on the horses.
 All he was trying to do was to "break even" but the horses con- tinued to run "the wrong way" Before he knew it, he owed $1 500 so he "just dropped out of sight"
 With the balance of the $1,6OO he left for Seattle, Wash, by train ard bus July 8, and flew from there to Anchorage, using up all his funds. When he was booked for investigation at the police sta tion he had $32.91 in his pockets.
 Monroe said he had planned to find a job and make restitution. But worried too much and finally decided to turn himself over to the police.
 Miller referred the case to U. s. Atty. Earl Cooper who said it would probably be han d l e d through his office and that of the district attorney at Buffalo.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Sunday Games National League

Brooklyn 10, St. Louis 2. Cincinnati l6-11, New York 4-10.
 (2nd, 12 innings Chicago 9-1O, Philadelphia 0-3. Boston 9-5, Pittsburgh 5-6.
 American League Philadelphia 5-6, Detroit 2-7. Boston 1874, Cleveland 10-8. New York 2-2, Chicago 1-5. Washington 5-8, St. Louis 1-10.
 Pacific Coast League Los Angeles 3-3, Frisco 1-10. Oakland 5-1, Hollywood Az. Portland 40, Sacramento 3-9. San Diego 5-1, Seattle 2-2.
 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (P)-The Seattle Rainiers announced the purchase today of pitcher Charlie Schanz, the man most sought to bolster the clubs pennant drive in the Pacific Coast baseball league. Earl Sheely, Rainier general manager here for tonight's All Star Coast League game, made the announcement.
 The 31-year-old Schanz, main stay of the Rainier pitching staff last year, was drafted by the Bos- ton Red Sox. The Red Sox in turn sold him to the St. Louis Browns but he refused to report.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Wallace Backs U.S... Splits With
 Progressives
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) Wallace and the party leaders agreed in calling for strong United Nations measures to end the struggle in Korea and for the ad- mission of Communist China to the United Nations.
 But Wallace said that in se- ries of conferences the party heads refused to accept his declar- ation of support for U. S.-U. N. forces in Korea.
 Wallace, in turn, declined to go along with the party's condemna- ton of President Truman's order that the U. s. fleet defend Formo- Sa.
 He avoided any mention of For mosa in his statement.
 Asked what effect the disagree ment would have on Wallace's position with the Progressives, secretary C. B. Baldwin said: "I would not want to speculate if he would leave the party. cer- tainly hope he won't"
 Wallace himself said he hoped the party's rank and file would come around to his point of view "once they have the facts"
 The Progressive Party state ment asked for an official Ameri- can declaration, that the atomic bomb will not be used in Korea.
 Wallace said he didn't think any responsible American official considered using the A-bomb.
 Wallace called for strong U. N. efforts to solve the Korean situa- ton in a way that would help the Korean people, save face for both the U. s. and Russia, and make for a stronger U. N.
 "The first step," he said, "is for President Truman and Stalin to meet to discuss a real point four program, operating through the U. N. with money contributed by all the nations on the basis of one third of their armaments expendi- f,IroS
 'sLet Korea be the first place to operate with a new U. N. rehabil- itation program"
 The former vice president, still a sharp critic of the Truman doc Urine, also proposed free elections as soon as the fighting ends "for the purpose of unifying Korea under odemocratic regime" Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Hospital News

Admitted to the hospital were Warren Adloat, Wales; Jack Arm strong, Sweepstake Mine; John Suluc, Golovin.
 Richard McLain has been dis charged from te hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. s. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, July IT, 1850

Monday, July IT, 1850
 Forecast Nome: Continued clou- dy with occasional light rain to- night and Tuesday. Strong south eastrly winds. Lowest temperature tonight 45, highest temperature Tuesday 58.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of 700 am. today:
 Precipitation, trace. Total this month .06 inch).
 Temperatures: highest 63, low est 52.
 Maximum wind 12 miles an hour from the southeast.
 Sunrise at 2:15 a.m., sunset at 9:58 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest 62, lowest 50.
 Extreme temperatures on this date since 1907: Highest 75 in 1908, lowest 34 in 1922.
 Data for other selected stations of .nn y,o foIoxy.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17

Mrs. w. Mcdonald. who has been visiting in the States and in Canada with relatives, many of whom she had not seen for thirty years, returned home yesterday with Pan American.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Baseball Scores By The Associated Press)
Friday Games National League

National League Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0. Boston 6, Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2. New York 2, Pittsburgh 5. American League Boston 13, Chicago l. Cleveland 5, New York l. Detroit 2, Washington O.. Philadelphia 3-2, St. Louis 2-5.
 Pacific Coast League Portland l, Sacramento O.. Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 3. Oakland 3, Hollywood 2. Seattle 5, San Diego 3.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17

MT. Ned Bradfoot of the Brad foot Soderberg Insurance Co.,, of Seattle is sightseeing in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
PAN AMERICAN A1RWAYs

Arriving yesterday morn n g with Pan American were Harry Cook, Wanda Butiel and infant Pamela, Mrs. w. Mcdonald, A. L. Snyder, Frances Patterson, D. H. Miller, Fred Bradfoot, John Lar son, M. C. Opsata, Waldo Morris.
 Departing were Harry Spencer, James Andrews, Christ Roust, Yvonne Ellis and son Jerri, MT. and Mrs. Chas. Yaeger, w. P. Freed.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17

MT. J. w. Larson. treasurer of the Northern Commercial Co.,, is visiting in Nome for a few days on official business.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17
Saturday Games American League

New York 4, Cleveland 3. Chicago 2, Boston 3.
 St. Louis 3, Philadelphia g. Detroit at. Washington, rain.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-17

Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
Evening star., 1950-04-04

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