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The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
Income Tax Big Payer

The Alaska income tax law, en- acted by the 1949 Legislature, is proving to be the big revenue raiser for the Territory. During the first eight months of this year Tax Commissioner M. P. Mullaney has taken in approximately three and a half million dollars from this source alone Runner up is the six per cent raw fish tax which brought in roughly a million and a half for the same period. Liquor was third, taxes from this source yielding slightly over a million. Tax yield from all sources includ- ing business license, motor fuel, tobacco, fish traps, auto plates, school and miscellaneous, totaled nine and half million for the eight months period Estimated take of between 20 and 22 million for the bienium isn't far off.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
New Bank For Pelican

Certificate of authority to open a branch bank in Pelican was granted this week to the Sitka bank by the Territorial Banking Board. The new banking code en- acted by the last Legislature pro- vdes for branch banking under cer- tan restrictions. One is that they can't be more than hundred miles from their home facility.
 The Sitka bank is operated by Harvey Brown, a member of the banking board. Other members un- der the new banking setup are the Governor, Treasurer, Auditor and Keith Wildes, Juneau insurance man. Brown serves on the Board as a representative of the Alaska Bankers Association and Wildes as representative of the general pu- bile not directly associated with banking.
 Request also is before the board from the City Bank of Anchorage for a branch in Spenard, just out side the Hub City.
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 THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
sundbQg To Develop

George sundborg, who has been on salary with the Governors of flee for several years as Executive Assistant while devoting most of his time to the Alaska Develop ment Board as Consultant, has severed his connections with the Governors office and in the fu- ture will devote fulf time to the job of General Manager of the De- velopment Board. The Board voted him a salary of $12,000 a year.
 Under the previous arrangement he got SS25O from the Interior De- partment and $3600 a year as Consultant for the Board Whether George will be able to collect his $12,O00 awaits legal opinion. Au- ditor Neil F. Moore has informed Sundborg that in the salary act of 1949, the salary of the General Manager was fixed at S7,500, and while this act was repealed by the last Legislature in the appropria- tion bill which allowed al eight per cent increase to employees get ting up to $5,0OO, nothing was done about the salary of the Gen eral Manager of the Development Board. Therefore, he will not be able to honor vouchers for salary for more than $625 month, $7,500 a year.
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HOSPITAL K RAY FUND BOOSTED $335s65 IN WEEK

The Andy Johnson Memorial X-ray Fund for purchasing a new x-ray machine for the hospital was boosted $885.65 to a total of $5,- 635.53 this week.
 Contributions to bring the fund to date were made by the Wrangen Emblem Club which gave $100, Tuesday, and the Wrangell Fire Department, $285.65. The firemen gave dance last Saturday night and turned over all proceeds after expenses.
 Purchase of the x-ray will be held up pending the settlement of the Andy Johnson estate The late MT. Johnson left $5,O0O to the hospital in his will.
 Meanwhile, further donations are being accepted into the fund
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Harbor Dredging
RIVER PASSENGERS

Passengers up and down the Sgi- kine River with Ritchie Transpor- taLIon Company were as follows:
 telegraph Creek to WrangelI, last Saturday: W. II. Nelson, Jean Dorman, Geneva hubbard, Major Andrews, George Wigg, Jr.
 nrangeu to Telegraph, last Tuesday: MT. and Mrs. Gordon BordIne, Harold Blackburn, w. II. Nelson, A. Hunter.
 Irhe above report is given by Icourtesy of a cute blonde steno in the Charles Marler office whose popularity is increasing propor- tionately with her boy - friend S draftability.)
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around for the job ever since the last Legislature. He succeeds the late Paul Herring.
 of the original 200 colonists who were brought north in the early thirties to settle the Mata- nuska valley, Huntley is one of the few who stuck it out and became one of the leaders of his commun- ity. He has served in five sessions of the Legislature, being elected first in 1914 to a House seat from the Third. He served in the 1945 session, the special session of '46 and again in 1947. In 1948 he was elected to the Senate and served in that body in '49 and the last session of 1851.
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WATER SYSTEM AND HARB0R DREDGING WORK TO START HERE IN SPRING

Mayor Vern Smith and City Clerk Bob Wiekman flew to Jun eau last Sunday on city business and returned Monday. They were accompanied by Roger West, one of the engineers now surveying Wrangell for it's Alaska Public Works water system.
 While in Juneau confering with APW officials, Smith said he was able to get the water system plans changed to start at the dam in stead of the light plant
 Wednesday Smith received a wire from APW in Juneau saying the water system project had re- coiyed final approval and funds
 Smith said that bids will pro- bably be called for the project as soon as engineers West and James Harris complete their work here, and work will probably start in the spring
 Harbor Dredging
 The long -fought-for dredging of the Wrangell boat harbor will also start in the spring Smith said he learned this in Juneau in talks with the Army Engineers.
 The project includes dredging an extension of the harbor around behind Shakes Island
 The city received word today that APW today awarded the con- tract for building the school addi- tion to the recent successful bid der, McGillvary Brothers of Ket- chikan.
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ROAD MEN HERE

Three men from the Bureau ol Public Roads in Juneau arrived here yesterday and hiked over the route of the zimovia Highway ex- tion to Pats Creek. They were E. H. Cowan, in charge of surveys and design; W. K. Boyd, material engineer, and c. F. WylIer, Dis trict Engineer for SB Alaska.
 Cowan stated this morning that a contract for the road work will be let this fall and that work would start in the spring.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
PnCAHONTAs SOCIAL

A very successful social evening. was held last Wednesday by Ma hence Council No. 1, Degree of Pocahontas. Canasta was enjoyc5 during the evening with the prize for high score going to Mollie . Lawton. Sally Nore won the low score prize.
 The evening ended with ve'y delicious lunch served by the host esses. Verna Kaer, Sally Nore and Zona More.
 Members be sure to attend the Sept. 19 meeting to get full details on the membership drive now in progress.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
PLANE PASSENGERS

Passengers in and out of Wran- gell the past week with Ellis and Alaska Coastal airlines were as fol- lows:
 Saturday, September 8. To Ket- chikan: Robert Okura, Pauline Ruthers, NeIs Rokkon, Roy Minor, Mrs. J. R. Reynolds, Richard Paul, Jean Hubbard, Geneva Donmar. From Ketchikan: Jerry Marshal, Richard Paul, G. E. Hamilton. To Petersburg; Cyril zuboff, Dale Fleck. From Petersburg: Eilert Holbeck, c. Roberts, M Roberts. From Juneau: Fred Hanford.
 Sunday, September g. To Ketchi- kan: Frances Odom, George Stump tion. To Juneau: Fred Hanford, Roger West, Vern Smith, Bob Wickman. To Petersburg: Eilert Holbeck, Al Johnson, Bud Ostby, G. B. Hamilton.
 Monday, September 10. To Ket- chikan: Garnet Myers, Grant Thompson, Johnny Hadowsky, MT. and Mrs. A. zenger. From Ketch- ikan: MT. and Mrs. Gordon Bar dine, Charles Marler. Al Morgan. George Hamilton, Harry Nielsen. To Petersburg: Mrs. Olive Johnson. From Juneau: Vern Smith, Bob Wckman Rachel Upickson.
 Tuesday, September H. To Ket- chikan: Ethel Lund, Don Hesch, Charlie McCay. From Ketchikan: Donald Wilson, Don Wheeler, Les Florence, Robert Major, James Ma jor To Juneau: Al Sohlinger, s. Khristenson, Charles Marler, Ray mond Ford, Don Nulson, MT. Wheeler. From Juneau: Walter Williams, Roger West, F. L. Buck ner.
 Wednesday, September 12. To Ketchikan: Gilbert Stokes, Fred Anderson, Bill Morrison, Marie Hakvist, Bob Bean, Don Farqua- iharson, William Kunkel, Bob lGoodrow, Ed Helmer. From Ketch- jikan: Willard Gowan, John Cow an, w. Skulka To Juneau: Frank Buckner, M. Lewis, Sr M. Lewis, Jr. From Juneau: S. Lowell, H. Halvorsen, LeRoy Isaac, Roger Albert To Sitka: Dr. Deisher. From Sitka Ed Helmer, Mrs. O. Hive Johnson, H. K. L. Johnson, R.. Curtis.
 Thursday, September 19. To Ketchikan: Eight cannery crew, H. K. L. Johnson, Norman Mac Donald, A. R. Brueger. From Ket- chikan: Don Schmitt, Mrs. Harold 1 Weaver, Raymond Dean, B. Cooper L. Potter. To Juneau: H. Halvor- sen, L. Lowell. From Juneau: L Marvin, w. K. Boyd, Chris Wyl Ter, E. H. Cowan. To Petersburg Martha Dewitt, Forest Dewitt Mathew De Witt, Edwin Dewitt Don Sshmitt, c. R. Lee. From Pc tersburg: Angus Macdonald, T. c Whiteside.
 Friday, September IA. To Ketch' ikan Jack Waters, LeRoy Kuyken dahl, Joe Hernandez. Matilda Her
 nandez, T. K. Curtis, Mary Apon From Ketchikan: A. H. Ziegler Tt
 Juneau: Chris Wyller, B. H. Cow an, W, K. Boyd, Roy Hill, Nev; Coulter. To Petersburg: Fr. M. F Hoch, Les Florence, Henry Davis
 Claribel Davis, Sadie Campus From Petersburg: Mary Axson
 Don Axson, Johana Axson, Gran Lowry Bue Hentz. From Juneau
 Vic Hill. From Ketchikan: Nor lman Macdonald.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
MASON ON FTRLOuGH

Pvt. Gordon Mason arrived here the first of this week on a 30-day furIough from his base at Ladd Field. He is a mechanic in heavy mortar company motor pool there. Pvt. Mason is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Mason of Wrangell.
 Pvt. Al sohlinger and Pvt. Ray mond Ford left here Monday to re- turn to their army bases. Sohlinger had a 3O-day furlough from Big Delta Air Base and Ford a short dntergency furlough from Fair banks on the recent illness and death of his mother last week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
JUDGE KEHOE

Josph Kehoe, who has been judge of the Nome court for four years, has been named to replace Williams as Secretary. Kehoe pre- viously served as U. s. Commis- sioner and district attorney and as a member of the Territorial Legislature. He is 61 and a grad uate of the University of Oregon. Williams is an Oregon State Col ege man and today extended tue best of luck to his successor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
SOUTH ON ALEUTIAN

Passengers south out of Wran- gell on the Alaska Line steamer Aleutian last Monday were as follows:
 To Seattle: George Polk, Mrs. Dell Olson, Marilyn Olson, Tom Ol- son, Ali Nore, Betty Armstrong, Charlene Armstrong, Mrs. R. Ura- ta, Jack Redenbaugh, Dick Jones.
 To Ketchikan: F. Wondzen, Mrs. Grace Macdonald.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted to Bishop Rowe Gen. eral Hospital last Friday were Evelyn Joy and Joe Hernandez.
 Becky Churchill was admitted on Saturday and Joe Hernandez went home.
 H. Van Hopkins entered the hospital Monday for treatment on broken ankle.
 Mrs. Evelyn Joy went home from the hospital Tuesday and Berkley Sturtevant and Henry Davis were admitted Wedneday.
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CIVIC CLUB RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS AND NEW COAIERs TONIGHT, 8 PM.

Iue annual get-acquaInLed card parly sponsored by the Wrangeu Womeus Civic Club and Library AssocIauon will De held at the CIVIC Center tonight at 5 pm. Ine puDuc and especlaLy newcomers To WrangeH, Is invited to attend.
 The party Is particularly to give the people oL the town, new school teachers and new residents a chance to get acquainted.
 Cauasta and bridge will be play ed during the egsnIng and refresh menJs wllI be served.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
HUNTING SEASONS STARTING IN SEE ALASKA

With the commercial fishing season drawing to an end (every- thing closes at 6 pm. next Thurs day, Sept. 20), interest is now shifting to the various hunting seasons and many of the local hun ters are planning deer, moose or goat trips. A recap of the hunting and trapping seasons is as follows for the Wrangell area:
 DEER September 1 to Noyem- Der 15. Bag limit: Two bucks for a resident and one for a non-resi- dent
 MOOSE: September 15 to Oeto- Der IA. Bag limit: One bull with forksd horn or larger.
 GOAT: August 20 to November 15. Bag limit: Except kids) Two for resident and one for non resident.
 GROUSE: September 1 to Febru- ary 28, 1852. Limit: 10 a day.
 TRAPPING SEASON: December 16 to January Is, 1852, for mink, land otter, fox lynx and weasel only. No limit on take.
 Ducks and Geese
 The migratory bird season has been set for this area for October 1 to November 24, incusive. Bag limits are as follows:
 Ducks, five day and ten in pos session.
 Geese: Two of the dark geese day, and four in possession provid- ing that no more than two of any one dark variety are possessed. Four snow geese a day and eight in possession.
 The daily bag limit of five and possession limit of ten ducks is a concession granted to Alaska hun ters only, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced recently. It is Ia relaxation long requested by AL askan hunters. The rest of the Pa cific flyway is restricted to a limit of four and eight.
 The 1851 duck stamps are now available at the Post Office and easy-to-read breakdown charts, showing daily bag and possession limits, are available at the FWS office, Wrangell Electric & Supply or Campbell Brothers.
 Nonresident must have Guide
 The FWS cautioned non-resi- dent hunters they may not take bier gop,o oP op,r -Dooioz ,,,1orr ca companied by a licensed guide.
 Requirement. for a resident hunt is twelve months Alaska residence immediately prior to applying for the license. For trapping, three years immediate prior residence is required to get a resident license.
 Cautions Hunters
 Moose season opens on the Sti- kline tomorrow and the local FWS office said it expects more hunters on the river than in any past sea son. Approximately 200 hunters iconverged on the lower Stikine during the 1850 season and the total known take was 22 bulls.
 It is expected 300 or more will hunt the same area this season and hunters are cautioned to take all safety precautions when firing to prevent the type of accident that is becoming common in the states. 1.e., killing hunter instead of the game.
 FWS said the present stable pop ulation of Moose on the river is directly dependent on saving all Of the cows. Evidence of sex must remain on any carcass until deliy- cred to the cold storage or other place of ultimate consumption. Either the antlers or some other clearly identifiable form of sex must remain attached to the body. Tn the case of goat the horns must De retained with the carcass. (sec- ton 46.68 game regulations)
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Senator Walter Huntley, one of the original Matanuska coIonists, was finally appointed U. S. Mar shal Tor the Third Division this week. His name has been banded
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
INTERESTED IN P. T. A.

All interested parents are invlIed to attend a meeting Monday evening, Sept. 11tn, at 8 pm. ill the high school auditorium to talk over the feasibility of organizing a Parent-Teacheg Association.
 You are urged to attend and to express your views for or against such an organization.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
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Truman Fires Lew Williams As Secretary Of Alaska
WRANGELL SENTINEL PUBLISHER OUSTED
 AFTER RIFT

Lew M. Williams, publisher of this newspaper, was removed this week by President Truman as Sec retary of Alaska, a position be has served in since July l, 1944. The action eliminates differences that have existed between Williams and Governor Ernest Gruening for a long time.
 Henchmen of the Governors al tempted to block Williams reap pointment two years ago without success and since that occasion the fat has been more or less in tbe fire. The Governor is very poLenL man is Washington and IL was inevitable that ultimately he would prevail.
 Williams was advised in tele- ..ran from Dale F. Doty, Assistant secretary of the Interior, that the President had taken action as ot September Il and that letter 7,ss forthcoming from the Chief Executive. The e1-Seeretary said he hoped 1t wouldn't be any tough CT chan the famed one sent to the music critic.
 lae governor declined to com ment to The Sentinel relative to ihe dismissal except the usual 'I regret etc. He says he hasn't any thIng to do with it.
 Williams only comment was: HHelI, I'm fired, and that's that. It's taken them a heck of a lons time to get around to it. 1 always figured Ernest was a faster work CT than that"
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LOST Grey and white-striped kitten. Reward. Return to Susan Hay. 4S-1tc
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directly from the White House.
 His original appointment was by President Roosevelt in 1944 His reappointment in 1949 was by President Truman.
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Lots of Time to Write

Earlier Inis week when the story llrst broke on Wednesday, Will uams told the Associated Press lie uaa no comment to make until ai- ter receipt of the letter from the President.
 After all, nes the boss," Will Hams said It's the courteous thing to let him do the talking first, if any. As newspaperman I've got the rest of my life to write about it" Williams is a very ac- ,tiYe. SC.
 a4aoulng commented to the AP '. eduosday: I greatly regret lat circumstances were such that the President felt obliged to replace Lew Williams as Secretary of AL asGa when the latter refused to give the resignation which was asAed for last January and again mole recently"
 lne Goyernor, invited to enlarge on. the circumstance" replied: T don't think it would do Lew much good"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
Home Next Week

Williams told the Sentinel staff last night to expect him home the first of the week. He has amour ced no future plans other than en- toying the first vacation since he took office in 1944.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-09-14
Truman says Williams ncOmpetal

After earlier giving no reason for the dismissal, Truman told a press conference yesterday it was for incompetence. He told newsmen that no politics was involved in the dismissal In support of that contention, he noted that Williams is a Democrat.
 Interior Department officials said earlier that the custer vas pfompted by administrative req sons" Both the Governor and Sec retary are on Interior payroll though appointed by the President with approval of the Senate.
 There were reports at the time of the 1851 Legislature that VII Hams had been asked to step out. Some of his supporters, notably Senator Howard Lyng of Nome, the Democratic National comitteeman. went to bat vigorously for Will jams in Washington, D. c.
 have simmered down in recent months, with little heard of ic. l NAAAoAho ouppOl ISIS nave dIIIl- buted the custer move to the rift between Governor Gruening and Williams. One of Williams main jobs is as acting governor while Gruening is out of the Territory.
 In that capacity, he is a member of the key board of administration. There have been published reports in Alaska that one of the actions by Williams that stirred the Gov ernor's ire was the Secreta1 joining with two other officials. in the Governors absence, to name Neil Moore to succeed the late Frank Boyle as Territorial Auditor.
 Williams response to early r,- quests for his resignation was that he was appointed by the President and that he would consider a re- signation request when it came
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Hnntley Appointed

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Evening star., 1951-01-21
|'Quo Vodis'
|Geur Sent
oFi|nodono
BY the Associaied Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Two ships from Italy. loaded
with one of the oldest collections
of paraphernalia ever to cross the
sea, are due in Los Angeles Harbor
this week.
Their holds are packed with
hundreds of thousands of items
including: A stuffed lion, nine
Roman chariots. two dozen bag
pipes, $50 tons of electrical equip
ment and several tiny weeping
vases s'-once used to hold tears of
sorrow shed at the death Of a
loved one.
Destination Of the cargoes is
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio,
And that establishment is not
yet quite sure how it will find
space to store them. 1t will prob
ably have to build a special ware
house.
The mountains of miscellany
comprise the technical gear. cos
tunes and props used in filming
the SOS million "Quo Vadis,"
costliest movie ever made.
The story of Christian martyrs
in the days of Emperor Nero was
filmed in Rome with a cast of
10000" It required 40 sets. all
decorated in splendor befitting a
Roman potentate and color
movie camera.
Furnishings for the gaudy sets
and $4,000 costumes for the host
of extras were made in Italy.
where prices were cheaper and
MGM could unload its blocked
currency. Procuring them was
an eight-months chore.
Costume contracts were award
ed Italian manufacturers and
when they were operating at ca
pacity the overflow was farmed
out to housewives. Props were
arranged for by Set Decorator
Hugh Hunt, who spent 16 months
on the job.
Virtually nothing besides elec-
trical equipment was shipped to
Italy from Hollywood.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
|C|oude Rains riunnphs
In Darkness at Noon
By Mark Borron

require quick transfers Of though
and mind within seconds. bu
must be done subtly enough 81
that the minds of the audience
change with you"
Follows the Novel.
Playwright Sidney Kingsley. ir
writing the play based on Arthur
Koestler's well-known novel, ha.
succeeded admirably with a diff
ficult task. For the most part hi
has followed Koestler's move
closely, using the cinematic flash.
back technique to shift the story
through more than a dozen set
tings. The entire play is pre-.
sented with only movement o1
lights and characters to show
changes from one scene to an.
other.
AS Rubashov, Rains is revolu.
tionary leader in Moscow in 1887
brilliant man who believes tht
only way to gain his ends is revo.
luton of the people. Sincerely g
revolutionist, he believes in the
necessity of iron discipline within
the party ranks. He believes this
so much that he is willing to sac
rifice his own personal desires. his
personal sentimentalities and al
civilized decencies for the party.
sake. Even when his loyal sweet.
heart, Luba, is condemned tt
death. he refused to go to testify
for her because he believes it viii
be against the interests of the
party.
A Terrifying Play.
Rains performance as the tor.
tured but sincere Rubashov has {
Hamlet-like quality. He moves
from scene to scene, from char
acter to character. in an attempt
to find an answer to each of al
their individual problems. Bu1
lowering above is that constant
threat of 1.-The party" and in the
end it is "the party that crushe!
the little people.
Surrounding Rains is an extraor.
dinarily good cast, especially Alex.
ander Security as the commandant
who uses every means to break
Rubashov. Kim Hunter. as the
tragic girl friend of Rubashov, L
touching in her few brief scenes
in a ruthless world of robot men
Darkness at Noon" is a terri
flying. exhausting play for bott
performers and audience.
Evening star., 1951-01-21
NEW YOR

NEW YORK.
After achieving one of the
major acting triumphs of the
Broadway season last week in
Darkness at Noon," Claude Rains
is experiencing a difficult prob
lem returning to the quiet OF his
normal personal life.
Committing from the tranquil
lity of his 400-acre farm in Ches-
ter County, Pa. Rains comes daily
to Broadway to transpose himself
into Rubashov, a Russian revolu-
tionary leader deserted and con-
demned by his own party when
such a betrayal fills the party's
need for a scapegoat.
This role is an exhausting job,
physically and mentally" Rains
said. I'm on stage for almost
every minute of the long perform
ance. The changes in character
Evening star., 1951-01-21
Ready for Battle
BY the Assoeioted Press

lIO1LI w o0Ds
The siege of Smarkand by the
armies of Genghis Khan should
be a bloody one as portrayed in
THE Golden Horde"
The list of props required in
|cludes:
Two hundred and fifty battle
axes, 400 cross-bows. 1900 arrows,
so steel clubs. 800 spears, 4
battering rams, 10 wholesalers.
200 suits of armor and IA gallons
of synthetic blood.