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The Lincoln times., 1955-02-03
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The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the First Methodist Church will
meet Monday night at 7::3O in the
Philathea classroom. Miss Eva
James and Mrs. Craig Seagle are
hoStesSeS.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Pete)
CarSwel are receiving congratu-
lations on the birth of a daugh-
ter. Amy Patricia, on Sunday. Jan.
30th. at the Gordon Crowell hos
pital. Mrs. Carswell is the former
Miss Pat Lawing.
B. c. Lineberger returned
Wednesday from Houston, Texas.
where he attended the annual con-
vention of the National Cotton
Council held in the Shamrock Ho-
tel. Mr.. Lineberger is a member of
the board of directors of the Ma
tional Cotton Council
Miss Mary Ann Rhyme. student
at High Point college, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hunter V. Rhyme in Bo-
ger City. She was ACCOMPANIED
home by her fiance, Fred Caldwell
Pruett. of Mount Airy.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-03

The Boy Scouts magazine,
Boys Life" now has over a mil
lion circulation each month.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-03

There are 100000 adult volun-
teer leaders in the Boy Scouts of
America.
Evening star., 1955-06-16

Ilished. If you saw the show
|quick-whatis the answer?
y +
On the Run:
The Bob Cummings Show, I"
an amiable half-hour comedy
series that has done well oppo-
site the fading Whats My
Line?" (rating wise, that is), will
shift to CHS Thursday. July q,
in the 8-to-8::30 spot (WTOP-9) !.
One of Steve Aliens singers,
Steve Lawrence, will head the
show on the s. S. Mount YER
mons floating night club" this
week end.
Jayne Meadows has been
added to the cast Of United
States Steel's Red Gulch,' a
Bret Harte yarn. next Tuesday
(WMAL-D Teresa Wright
and Franchot Tone co-star.
Bob Hope and "the seven little
Foys" will be among Ed Sulli-
vans guests on his shows
seventh anniversary (June 26).
WTTG is plugging q program
on WTOP tomorrow night
Murrow's Person to Person :.
The stations boss, DR.. Allen Du
Mont, will be visited at his home
in Cedar Grove. N. j. =. hope
Ed can show the room in which
the doctor watches TV on all
seven New York channels !.
simultaneously!
Evening star., 1955-06-16

represented a betrayal" Of the
public that had shelled out an
Astronomical sum Of money to
buy sets.
/ There are a lot of set owners
who already feel betrayed
Iand we don't have fee TV yet.
They have been betrayed" by
mediocre programs Tin the prime
ihours) that allegedly cater to
1.-THE masses and quite definitely
ignore sections Of the popula-
ltion.
/ II 4 4
Free TV would make a more
convincing case for itself, I'm
thinking, if it would aggres-
sively point up sweeping pro-
gram changes in sight (which
reflect, after some delay. public
dissatisfaction with current fare)
and act decisively to control its
most irksome feature-the ad-
vertising.
It should be quite obvious that
there is no such thing as an
unobtrusive T'V commercial
except in comparison with the
nosier samples. When q TV
spot occupies the screen, 1t oc-
cupies it completely. The viewer
can see nothing else.
This Is a great selling point
for TV-but on the other hand,
it indicates the need for stern
discipline.
The clamor for fee TV, apart
from the arguments of interested
parties, is in the main a protest
on the part of citizens who
genuinely feel that this great
medium can be utilized In more
constructive fashion. This hardly
strikes me as a reasonable at
titude to take.
Il \ 4
Add arguments against free
|TV: THE $4,000 Question" on
DR.. Stanton's CHS network. The
policeman won $4,000 Tuesday
night by identifying the two
printers who assembled the first
folio of Shakespeare's works, and
the year in which 1t was pub
Evening star., 1955-06-16

concluded by observing that
there were problems Of more
pressing nature before the citi-
zens. It was all I could do to
repress q cheer.
He leeaned over backward, Z
thought, to present both sides Of
the issue. Comdr. Mcdonald of
Zenith, was missing, but so was
his. liveliest opponent-RCA's S
Gen. Sarnoff.
Two speakers rubbed me the
wrong way, CBS's Frank Stanton,
who Is against pay TV, and the
Evening star., 1955-06-16
ON THE AIR
ON THE AIR
Can Video Survive,
HoIf-Fee, HoIf-Free?
BY BERNIE HARRISON

While Ed urrows ooksee at the fee free Tv Tuesday
night added little that startling it did offer multitude
varying Notwithstanding number of refreshing from
citizens who had heard of it at all.
Murrow who seemed impatient to get to global
matters nevertheless struck much needed note when
Evening star., 1955-06-16

Brooklyn Dodgers Walt O'Mal-
ley, who is for it. Again, that
svened 1t up.
n 4 \ X
O'Malley not only indicated
his approval at the prospect, but
all but rubbed his hands as he
contemplated the privilege of
charging the poems so cents per
Get to watch his games-the
price Of o "bleacher seat"
He went on to say that he
saw NO reason why fee televi-
sion shouldn't carry CONNER
cialS 90 well. This would help
lower the price for the custom
ers, he nnagnanimously pointed
out,
Evening star., 1955-06-16

There's an argument I'd like
to go to bat against forever.
OMalley has clearly missed
fee TVS most outstanding at
traction-the lovely pleasure of
NO commercials.
Evening star., 1955-06-16

DR.. Stanton, on the other hand,
reiterated his charges that Ia
fee TV and free TV could not
and (b) that fee TV
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
ROBERTS ARE LEAVING
 TOMORROW FOR VERMONT

MT. and Mrs. Dan Roberts are leaving tomorrow to fly back to their former homes in Vermont to visit their people.
 Expecting to be gone about three weeks, MT. and Mrs. Roberts will visit New York City en route where they change planes for the New England state.
 In Springfield, Vt., they will vis- it MT. Roberts parents and in Bar net, Mrs. Roberts mother.
 Mrs. Roberts is a member of the local public school teaching staff and Danny is one of WrangelTs excellent air line representatives in the local air office
 While the Roberts are gone, Vern Hoban, former well known Wrangell man, now of Ketchikan, will occupy the Roberts home - and look out for the family pooch.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
DAVID L. JONES HOME AFTER 4 YEARS IN AZ SERVED IN GERMANY

Former Staff Sgt. and Intelli- gence Inspector David L. Jones, son of MT. and Mrs. Wayne Jones of Wrangell, returned home Satur- day after receiving his honorable discharge from the U. S. Air Force in Portland, Oregon.
 ExSgt. Jones served four years at Sembach Air Base, in Germany and while overseas and having his car with him, took advantage of seeing much of the continent.
 Jones was flown to this country by the air force. He left Frankfurt and 2S hours later was in New York City. He was then flown to Portland where he received his dis charge.
 Young Jones is fishing here for the summer and in the fall plans to attend Northrup College in Los Angeles to study aeronautical en- gineering.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
SEINER MELODY HITS ROCK NEAR THOM'S CREEK

The seiner Melody, skippered by Alan McCay, struck a rock off Thom's Creek south of Wrangell in Zimovia Strait last night and was beached this morning, according to word sent to town today. The Mel- ody was in yesterday and was re- turning to the grounds
 Reports here said the Anna Mar ie, Capt. Mike Lynch, and the Au- rore Marie, Capt. Larry Bahovec, were standing by. The No. 10 went out from the Farwest cannery this morning and patching was under way. Marine insurance adjuster E. M. Campbell flew to the scene with Pilot Thor Skulstad.
 Report said it was hoped to float the vessel on this evenings high tide.
 Extent of the damage was not learned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
FISHING PICKING UP THIS WEEK

Traps and seine boats were re- ported doing a little better this week and there appeared to be inn provement generally in this area in the pink salmon run. The Suki came in with 5000, the Seven Bro thers with around 5000 and sev- eral other boats reported fair hauls.
 Tenders picked up 26,OOO at the Farwest traps yesterday.
 Harvest had around 10000 cases up as of last night.
 Consideration to the closing Of the Ernest Sound section of Anan will be given at a public meeting to be held at the Fire Hall at o. clock tomorrow evening" Seaton Thompson of the fisheries division of the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice is scheduled to fly in about 5:3O to conduct the hearing.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
vERN SMITH, SON, LEAVING FOR STATES TONIGHT ON LOUISE

Vern Smith, co-owner and oper- ator of the Stikine Club Bar, and his son, "Bucky," are leaving on the Princess Louise tonight to join Mrs. Smith and other children in the family who have been in Spok- ane. Wash, for the past several weeks.
 Smith and his son are taking the family car and will leave the boat at Prince Rupert and drive to Seat tie and then to Spokane. From there they will drive to Colorado where relatives of MT. Smith have large cattle ranch near Mont rose. Intending to be gone until about Sept. 10, the Smiths will re- turn via the Coast, stopping in Portland. Ore, to visit with Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Wheeler, Wrangell dentist and his wife, who are visit ing relatives in the Rose City.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
HEINTZLMAN ANNOUNCES ELM GOING TO JUNEAU

JUNEAU SpeciaD - Gov. B. F He1ntzleman announced this week that he has been authorized by Sec retary of Interior Douglas Mckay to announce that a separate area office of the Bureau of Land Man. agement, with headquarters in Jun eau, is to established.
 This office, the Governor said, is to be the center of all supervisory and planning activities of the bur eau in Alaska. It is expected that the office will be functioning by November.
 The Governor said that this de- clsion will in no way interfere with the operational offices of ELM which will continue to function without curtailment in Anchorage and elsewhere in the Territory as may be required.
 The supervisor of the Anchorage office will report to the area ad- in Juneau.
 The transfer of the Territorial Cadastral Division from Juneau to previously announced. will be made as planned. Ten of the IF cadastral engineers now as- signed to Juneau will be transfer red to Anchorage.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
ALASKA PROPERTY VALUES UP "A PER CENT OVER 1853

JUNEAU -tR- Assessed yalua- ton of real and personal property ot 50 Alaska cities show that as- sessed valuations have increased by S44,0O0,0O0 or 24 per cent since 1853, according to a survey pub llshed by the Alaska Resource De- velopment Board,
 Building permits valued at S12.- o56,O14 were issued in 1854. This figure shows that the building con- structlon level in Alaska cities re- manned on an even keel in 1854 and was about equal to the value Of building permits issued in 1853.
 For the second year in row Falrbanks led all other Alaskan cities in building construction with figure of $7,222,484. Anchorage was second with $3,172,417. fol- lowed by Seward with $1,236.274 ketchikan with $341,12O, and Inn eau with $3O3,376. The combined valae of construction in Fairbanks and Anchorage accounted for S3 per cent of the total value. The survey covered property valuations and constrVction inside city limits only.
 Total property valuation in 1854 was $225,035,116 compared with $1SO,OOO,00O in 1853. Real proper- ty accounted for 75 per cent of the 1854 total and personal propertv TOT the remaining 25 per cent. The combined valuation of the four largest towns, Anchorage with $S7.OO5,161; Fairbanks with s5O.- OO2,115; Ketchikan s21.125, 800 and Juneau with $19,138,16S made up 75 per cent of the total figure
 Tax Rates Vary
 The property tax rate as levied by the various cities ran from a high of 25 mills to a low of 10 mills. The medium tax rate rose from 1S.1 mills in 1853 to 20 mills in 1854. Seventeen cities reported sales tax of 2 per cent and one city of 1 per cent.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
MRS. R. BORGREN RETURNS FROM MONTHS TRIP IN EAST AND SOUTH

Mrs. R. Borkgren, wife of the acting manager of the Bank of Wrangell returned to Wrangell this week after a months trip in eastern and southern states
 Mrs. Borkgren went from here to Prince Rupert on the Prince George and then travelled across Canada to reach New York where her mother, Mrs. Henry Benke lives. A brother. William Benke, drove Mrs. Borkgren and her mo- ther to Chicago and from there Mrs. Borkgren and her mother drove to Jackson, Mississippi to see another brother of Mrs. Borkgren.
 Mrs. Benke remained in Jackson with her son and Mrs. Borkgern returned north coming home by way of Canada on the same route as she travelled east.
 The Borkgrens have been in Wrangell while MT. and Mrs. H. B. ThOrnquist have been on a vaca- tion in the States. They expect to return to their home in Anchorage Monday. Borkgren is with the Ma tional Bank of Alaska in Anchor age.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
NEW OPERATORS OF WRANGELL LAUNDRY ARRIVE HERE

MT. and Mrs. William Berry (Bill and Bernice) arrived here yesterday from Juneau.
 The Berrys have purchased the Wrangell Laundry and Dry Clean CTS and will take over it's opera tion August l. They were employed in Juneau at the Triangle Clean CTS and before that, at the New Era Cleaners in Tacoma Mr. Berry has been in the dry cleaning busi- ness for 25 years and Mrs. Berry is specialist at the work.
 Both MT. and Mrs. Berry said they knew they were going to en- joy living in Wrangell because i've have heard such nice things about 1t as place to live"
 As to their new business, Mr. Berry said: We intend to give as good laundry and dry cleaning ser vice as is possible to produce"
 MT. and Mrs. Phil Williams, who have operated the laundry for the past ten years are retiring and will go south to settle in the Puget
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
AIR ACADEMY FUNDS RESTORED BY SENATE

WASHINGTON H. The Sen ate this week voted to restore $79,- 527.0O0 to a supplemental appro- priation bill for construction of the Air Force Academy near Col orado Springs, Colo.
 The funds had been deleted by the House Appropriations Commit tee following q controversy over designs for the academy's build- ings. The House Committee had al- so put stop order on the expend- iture of Is million dollars previous ly appropriated for the academy.
 Present plans of the Air Force are to complete the academy in the fall of 1857. at least sufficiently for use by classes. The first class of cadets to be enrolled is now studying in quarters at Lowry Aif Force Hases Denver.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
TEAS, LUNCHEONs,
 HONOR MRS. JOHNSON WHO RETURNS HOME MONDAY

Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich was hostess yesterday afternoon at a tea honoring her mother, Mrs. M. O. Johnson who has been visiting here for the past two months. Mrs. Johnson is returning to her home in Juneau on Monday.
 This was the third in series of events Mrs. Sharnbroich has given during her mothers stay to renew acquaintances with old friends. The late M. o. Johnson and Mrs. John- son are pioneer residents of Wran- gell, having operated the Wrangell Steam Laundry here for many years. While living here they were prominent in civic, social and church activities of the community.
 Mrs. Johnson has been enter talned during her visit here in numerous homes with luncheons. teas and afternoon gatherings where talking over old times was enjoyed. She and MT. Johnson nov ed to Juneau shortly after the out break of World War II where Mrs. Johnson was Assistant Director of the Office of Price Administration for Alaska. They remained there after the war ended. MT. Johnson passed away short time ago after a long illness.
 Besides her daughter, Mrs. Sharnbroich, she has another daughter in Juneau, Mrs. William Whitehead, wife of a prominent Juneau physician.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
ELM MEN HERE.

U' N.Y. Kerr, chief of the Range Management Division of the Bureau or Land Management, Washington, h. c. was through WrangeIl yes- terday accompanied by Warner T. May who is in charge of the Ket- chikan ELM office.
 Kerr was looking over Southeast Alaska after being in Anchorage and other Westward points and was en route to his Washington head quarters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
PAF COUPONS TRAP NABBED. ILLEGAL FISHING : DRAWS HEAVY FINE

The Colpoys trap, operated by the Pacific American Fisheries of Petersburg, was nabbed on charge of fishing during the closed period last Friday evening by U. s. Fisheries Agent Elmer Copstead of Wrangell. Two watchmen at the trap, Ed Wagner and Pat Haffner, were arrested and taken into Pet ersburg. Approximately 2,0OO fish in the trap were released to open water.
 In Commissioners Court in Pet ersburg, the PAF company was fined $1,200 and each watchman was assessed $500 for a total fine of $2,400.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
McC0RMACKS LEAVING
 FOR SEATTLE SUNDAY

MT. and Mrs. P. c. Mccormack and family are leaving Sunday for Seattle where they will make their home for the next two years. They have purchased the z. M. Bradford home in Seattle. MT. and Mrs. Bradford, former Wrange1l resi- dents when MT. Bradford was re- presentatfve for Standard Oil here, are moving into an apartment.
 Mrs. Mccormack and the child ren will be in Seattle but Mir. Me- Cormack expects to go on farther south to hot and dry climate to aid in curing severe arthrftfs with which he has been afflicted fcr several years -I F
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
MOSCOW RADIO
 BROADCASTS IKE'E REPORT TO NATION

MOSCOW -lR- In an unprece- dented move, Moscow Radio this week broadcast the complete text of President Eisenhower's Monday ev- ening report to the American peo- Die on the Geneva summit meeting.
 The full text also was carried by the official Soviet news agency Tass for newspaper publications
 Never before in the memory of Westerners living in Moscow has a speech by a Western statesman been quoted here in full.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
CAB ESTABLISHES
 NEW MINIMUM FARES FOR SEATTLE-ALASKA FLIGHTS

WASHINGTON -tR- The Civil Aeronautics Board has established new minimum air fares between Seattle and Alaska.
 At the same time it found that fare differentials between DC4 and DC6B airplanes are unwarranted It rejected an application of the Alaska Airlines for permission to charge $15 less for DC4 service than Pan American World Airway's charge for the faster DC6B service over the same route.
 CAB set $1O5 as a minimum first class fare between Seattle and Anchorage, and the following min imums for tourist class between these points: Fairbanks S9O: An chorage $75; Juneau $55; Annette Island $43.
 It also found that (n Reduced southbound fares for passenger ser vice in freighter equipment is no longer needsd and that they divert traffic, generate but little busi- ness and are unjust and unreason aole. CD: Round trip discounts should be permitted, however, the round trip fares should not be less than Is per cent of the new mini mum one way fares. (3): Pan American and Pacific Northern a1rlines must establish joint fares between Seattle and points on the Pacific Northern's route beyond Juneau with a division of the joint tare on pro-rata basis.
 Pacific Northern had resisted Fan Americans request for the joint fares.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
MCKAY OPTIMISTIC
 OVER TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE

WASHINGTON -lR- Secretary of Interior Douglas Mckay last night expressed optimism about the economic future of Alaska even af- ter the heavy military expenditures have stopped
 Mckay said, "bastions for de- fense of the whole North American continent have been constructed in the Territory" He added that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent there by the military have made 1t possible to develop many resources far more rapidly than would have been otherwise the case.
 In his speech, which was deliv- cred to the District of Columbia American Legion, Mckay continu- ed: Tt is obvious that there will be some recession with the decline of military construction expendi- lures. To a small extent this has already happened, but l do not be- lieve it will be serious. Southeast ern Alaska has not shared in the boom caused by military construc- tion. It is experiencing, however, a boom of more normal, therefore perhaps, more wholesale propor- tions in development of it's own re- sources"
 Mckay cited the establishment of Ketchikan's 52 million dollar pulp plant, and the Juneau ply wood plant and said his hopes are bright for other large scale uses of Alaska timber resources soon to be started in Wrangell, Juneau and Sitka'
 Mckay also said that oil drilling operations are under way on a large scale that make it seem al- most inevitable that some kind of an oil strike is bound to come"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
ALASKA PLANE,
 6 PASSENGERS, DOWN NORTHWEST OF NOME

ANCHORAGE -tR- A Nome pilot and six passengers, woman and five children, were rescued af- ter their plane crash-landed in a remote area 50 miles northwest of Nome.
 A Civil Aeronautic Administra- tlon station at Nome reported that the party was spotted shortly after daybreak on t h e fog-shrouded beach at Cape Woolley. The plane party had followed a river to the coast during the night.
 The only injury was to a boy, of IA who suffered minor shoulder and neck hurts.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
FWS CALLS PUBLIC
 MEETING TO DISCUSS SUMNER STR. CLOSING

Tarleton F. Smith, of the Peters burg office of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that there will be an informal meeting of his agency with the general public here at D. m. to- morrow night, July 30, in the Fire Hall. Purpose of the meeting, he said, is to discuss the probability of the closure of Anan-Ernest Sound Section of Sumner Strait District on August s.
 He added that the salmon run of Southeastern Alaska. generally, will also be considered.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
PUCKETT LIKES
 JUNEAU CHAMBER

ANCHORAGE -tR- Lowell M Puckett, Bureau of Land Manage ment area administrator, had this to say when ordered this week to transfer his office to Juneau in November:
 "The next time I'm in any sort of hassle in Alaska I hope to have the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on my side; they've proved them selves to be very effective cam paigners''
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
MARRIED IN JUNEAU

Miss Loretta Lou Keithahn, daughter of MT. and Mrs. E. L. kelthahn was married in Juneau lon Tuesday to Richard J. Penrod. son of MT. and Mrs. M. w. Penrod.
 The new Mrs. Penrod is we'll known here by old friends of the kelthahn family. MT. Keithahn was on the Wrangell Institute staff for several years and is now curator of the Territorial Museum.
 The young couple are living in Juneau where MT. Penrod is con- nected with Alaska Coastal Air lines.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-07-29
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
ELM To Juneau

They are probably not very hap py about it up in the Third Dlvls- ion but the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management III Alaska is going to be transferred from Anchorage to Juneau this fall. The Governor announced this week that Interior Secretary Doug las Mckay had authorized the ELM establishment in the capital city. Anchorage will continue to have a field office and probably the largest staff.
 Gov. Heintzleman said in his an nouncement that establishment oI the area office in Juneau is part of a definite policy of the Interior Department to maintain the head offices of the various Alaska func- tions of the department in the Ter ritorial capital. He said the policy had been adopted to facilitate ef- fective liaisOn among the heads or the various fedora agencies in AL aska with the corresponding Ter ritorial officials.
 The policy seems to make sense. Regardless of where the capital may be, the average person expects to find the government offices sit uated there. He doesn't want to wander all of the Territory trying to find the right official to talk to. Sympathetic as one may be to An chorage's desire to move the cap ital to the Third Division metrop- oils to supplement it's dying de- fense boom, the fact remains that the public is better served by hav- ing government offices centralized in the capital. We trust that this now defined policy is equally eff fective in connection with the All aska Native Service which has been casting longing eyes toward the Westward.