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The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
DEPARTING FAMILIES WILL BE GUESTS AT FAREWELL DINNERS

Proceeding the regular meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid, a farewell potluck dinner will be held Tuesday evening at o'clock lat the Presbyterian Church hon bring the Ray Baldwins, the Don Kangas's and Miss Jeanne Taylor land her mother, Mrs. Vera Tay- Tor. Sgt. Baldwin, who has been in charge of the local ACS sta tion, is being transferred to Seat tie; Don Kangas and Miss Taylor have been teaching in Wrangell schools and with their respective families will be leaving town in the near future.
 All members of the congrega- tion are cordially invited and should bring a salad, hot dish or dessert.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
DERRY COMMITTEE
 LISTS AWARDS OFFERED ON SPECIAL DERBY DAYS

The Wrangell king salmon Der by Days are May 21 and May 22, on a Saturday and Sunday, which are two special Derby Days dur ing the annual spring king sal mon derby which runs to July 8.
 The derby committee today an nounced the following awards for the special two-day event, donat- ed by local merchants. "So. if you want to have a lot of fun and win yourself an award to boot better sharpen up the old hooks for this special event." the com mittee advised. The awards are:
 3.6 Scott Atwater outboard, courtesy of Wrangell Machine Works; $10 gift certificate, VaTs Gift Shop; 3 months pass to the movie, Redmen Lodge; Deluxe salmon rod and reel, Campbell Bros; $6 in trade, Grants Liquor Store; Deluxe salmon rod, Alaska Coastal Airlines; 1 year subscrip- tion to Sentinel, Wrangell Sem tinel; One case outboard oil, Standard Oil Co.,; Sleeping bag and mattress, Buness Bros.
 $10 cash, Buness Accounting Service; Ocean City salmon reel, Ellis Air Lines; Rib steak din- ner, Dell's Cafe; pr. HoIeproof hosiery, Irene's; T-bone steak dinner, Cassiar Cafe; Flash cam era outfit complete, Wrangell 1 Drug; $5 gift certificate, Mil dred's; Camping stove, Benjam- in's; $5, trade, Totem Bakery; De- corative ducks, Wrangell Variety Store; $6 in trade, Marine Bar; $6 in trade, Stikine Club; $6 in trade, Totem Bar; $5 in trade, City Market; One case Outboard oil, Union Oil Go.
 The committee further reported that next weeks Sentinel will carry an advertisement listing all information on the Derby Days, including rules and regulations that apply
 See the window display at the Totem Bakery which will give an idea of the valuable prizes offered by the loyal business men in this event" the Derby committee con- cluded.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
jLEANUP WEEK SET BY COUNCIL; STARTS MONDAY

City Council at it's meeting Wednesday night set all next week, starting Monday, as clean up and paint-up week.
 The usual hauling service will be provided by the City. Those cleaning their yards and premises are asked to place debris in con- tainers at the street or entrance to their property and city trucks will pick it up when making their rounds.
 The Council urges cooperation of all residents in the annual spring clean-hp and paint-up eff fort to dress the town up for the summer season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
NEW PARENTS

MT. and Mrs. Arnold Bakke be- came parents of son on May II. The baby, born at Bishop Rowe General hospital weighed seven pounds 12 ounces and has been named Arnold Kilburn. This is the Bakke's first child and local grandparents sharing the happi- ness of the arrival of little Daniel Bruce are Mir. and Mrs. Hans Nergaard and o. K "Tink" Bak- ke, local pile driving company op- orator.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
COMPLAINT FILED

On charge of contributing to de- linquency of a minor, Sidney Mc- Cullough was taken into custody Monday and released on s25OO bail. Preliminary hearing awaits the expected arrival tomorrow of Assistant District Attorney O'Con- nor and Patrick J. Gilmore, attor- ney for Mccullough.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13

Pictured above is Wrangell Public School band which partici- pated in the Southeast Alaska bi- ennial Music Festival at Ketchi- kan recently. They are wearing the new uniforms acquired for the occasion. Several members of the band, as soloists, won distinct honors for performance.
 The band is under direction of William Bixby, music instructor, and has been organized less than two years
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN AWARDS

| gym was another innovation
 started this year. So many a.
 wards. scholastic and co-curricul- 1 ar, have been adopted that an a. ward night became necessary, c. l.. Anderson, school superintend- ent, said.
 | The band played throughout , the evening and was we'll receiv- ed by all. Don Kangas opened the program with the presentation of school athletic awards to the fol- lowing:
 Clinton Miller, judged to be the athlete of the year, received a bronze medal and letters went to Leonard Angerman, Clinton Mil Ter, Joe Petticrew, John Maxand, Jake Truitt, Ted Eastaugh, Sidney Jenkins, Paul Guggenbickler, the manager of the team. William Bixby, local band dir ector, made letter awards to the following first year high school students: Suellen Anderson, Kath- leen Mccormack, Annette Haas eth, Emma Churchill, Judy Moore
 Those having already received letters and were awarded pins were: John Maxand, Mike Hay, Rex Zimmerman, Bill Smith, Kathleen Rooney, Paul Guggen- bickler, Sylvia Brouillard, Ted Eastaugh, Corrine Truitt, Eddie 
 Ness, Nancy Mickelson, Jake Truitt. Paul Guggenbickler was given medal for making the m ost contribution to music throughout the year. MT. Anderson presented Nancy Mickelson with $500 scholar ship to Bryant College in Provi- dence, Rhode Island. This was national competition and Nancy scored nineteenth out of one run dred and six who took the test. A medal was presented to Leon- ard Angerman judged by pop ular vote of the entire school, as the all-around student.
 MT. Anderson called attention to six high school students who had perfect attendance records for the entire year: Suellen An derson, Stephen Ruks, Tanya Hunter, John Maxand, Nancy Mi :kel5on, Leonard Ingle.
 Harold Hopper made the sci ence award of the year, a bronze medal, to Kathleen Rooney.
 Miss Jeanne Taylor presented commercial awards and noted up- per c!assmen who had scored well in the Alaska Merit System tests:
 Junior Clerk Typists: Joanne Engstrom, Blair Wondzell, Sharon Olds, Mercedes Prescott. Junior Clerk Stenographer: Nancy Mick olson.
 {; First year typing students, Or 1 der of Gregg Artists: Joanne Eng Istrom, sharon Olds, Corrine Tru- itt, Sharon Denney.
 Sixty Words per Minute: Jo- ,anne Engstrom, Sharon Denney. Order of Artistic Typists: Jo- anne Engstrom, Kathleen Rooney. l Miss Taylor also spoke of the local chapter of the National Honor Society and listed the fol- lowing as members in good stand ing: Sharon Denney, Joanne Eng , strom, Kathleen Rooney, Phyllis Peterson, Nancy Mickelson, Tanya Hunter.
 ! Mercedes Prescott and Corrine Truitt are probationary members i and on attaining honor rank this grading period will become regul- ar members. Miss Taylor remark ed that Suellen Anderson was the only freshman eligible for mem bership next year, but not this year as it is open only to sopho- mores.
 The band closed the ceremony with several selection. Ted Gib- bons, high school instructor, was master of ceremonies.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
EVANS HOME SCENE
 OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES

The Rev. Paul and Mrs. Evans home was the scene of two birth day parties this week.
 Today young David Paul Evans was celebrating his seventh birth day for which his mother enter tained a group of his first grade classmates at lunch. Those enjoy ing the event were Danny Kangas, John Broad, Winston Davies, Ar land Newman, Leslie Hamley and Dickie Campbell
 On Tuesday Mrs. Harold Hop. per had party at the Evans home to honor the third birthday of her daughter, Nancy. Guests were Georgia Hay, Kathy Evans Alysse Newman, Mollie Gibbons and Serena and Madeline Stella.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
DIAL PHONE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES IN WRANGELL

Equipment for the dial teIe- phone to be installed by the All aska Telephone Company in the Wrangell station arrived on the Susitna the first of the week, To- cal Arc Manager Frank Webb re- ported. Installation of the new system will start immediately and is expected to take several months before it is in complete operation, Webb said A dial phone engineer from Skagway is due here short ly to work with Webb in putting in the new equipment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13

their profession. Fortunately, the dental profession can protect the public through the simple appli- cation of practical examination, Ii. e., an examination of his work in the mouth. I would question any dentist who objected to talk ing practical examination.
 And so. let's go to press. L. ".
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE By owner 32-ft.
 boat, No. 31G652, at vank's Is
 land Contact Leonard Bullis or write Box All, Wrangell. 25-tfc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13

A son, Daniel Bruce, was born May 10, at Bishop Rowe General hospital to Sgt and Mrs. Dave Waddle. Sgt. Waddle is on the staff of the local Alaska Com munication System station.
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Pressed
For Missing Boy

PHOENIX, Ariz., July Z R.-
a worried mother insisted today
that her missing 2h-year-old
son did not wander on from
home yesterday.
While police intensified a hunt
through East Central Phoeniz
Mrs. Louis cipolla said her son
Steven has never been outside
by himself" and someone car.
ried him away. ! just know it,
The blue-eyed youngster, wear
ing pajama tops and white un.
|derpants. was last seen at 7:3t
am. yesterday on the porch oi
his home.
A crew of 40 prisoners from
the City Jail joined police and
|neighbors in the spreading search
today.
Officers theorized the lad may
have been picked up by someone
lin a car or may have tumbled
into an irrigation ditch or
canal. One of the areas mair
irrigation canals runs a block
from the Cipolla home.
Evening star., 1955-07-07
White House Denies ToIks
With UNuo on Reds Stotus

q M. Prime Minister Of
Burma. did not discuss in any
way the question Of Red china.s I
admission to the United Nations
when he met with President FL
senhower and with Secretary Of
State Dulles, it was announced
at the White House today.
The White House statement
which was made by the Presi-
dents press secretary. James C
Hagarty. was incident to Prime
Minister U Nos statement that
his impression after talking tc
responsible officials in Washing.
ton" was that the sentiment hert
was that the admission Of Red
China to the U. N. was q matte,
of timing.
CThis morning Senator Bridges
Republican of New Hampshire
called for a "full disclosure oi
ali the names" Of officials whit
u Nu contends do not oppose
seating of Red China.
Senator Bridges said in an in.
terview:
IF there are any such re-
sponsible officials as u M claims
let him name them"
Chairman Richards, Democrat
of South Carolina of the Housl
Foreign Affairs Committee. com
mented in a separate interview
there must be "a lot Of irrespon.
Evening star., 1955-07-07

Jack Wasserman. representing
Mr.. Park. withdrew . motion 70
force issuance Of the document.
Mr.. Park, an oficial Of the
Observation-Disclosures Corp. an
sxport-import firm here. had
been obliged by the State De-
partment to return an original
on November Is. 1858.
Subsequently he was informed
by the Passport Division that the
document would not be returned
because the Secretary Of State
in his discretion deemed travel
abroad by Mr.. Park against the
interests of the United States in
the conduct Of foreign affairs.
Charges that Mr.: Park had
been a minor contact" had been
made by Miss Bentley before a
Senate investigating committee
in 1913. Mr.. Park. at one time
held a position with the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilita-
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Home Sold for $16,725
Re-bouqht for $3.50

SANTA PAULA. Calf, July 7
(P.--Several weeks ago George
Whitlock sold his house and lot
to the high school district here,
which is launching an expansion
program. The price: $16,725.
Yesterday the district auc-
toned the house. Highest bidder:
George Whitlock. His bid: $760.
Mr.. Whitlock figures that
though he may have to pay a
few thousands to have the house
moved to new location, he's
still ahead a tidy sum.
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Another Suspect Given
Passport by Dulles Aides

The State Department today
continued to back-pedal on is
suance Of passports with the an
nouncement that Willard z.
Park. once named as a contact
by ex Communist Elizabeth
Bentley, would be granted one.
Evening star., 1955-07-07

ton Administration. He had
sought the passport for travel IN
Ethiopia in connection with his
export import business.
Yesterday the State Depart
ment decided finally to grant q
passport to DR.. Martin d. Ka-
men, atomic bomb scientist after
refusing to do so for eight years.
Evening star., 1955-07-07

The announcement was made
before Federal Judge Richmond
B. Keech In the United States
District Court for the District Of
Columbia by Assistant United
States Attorney Frank n. Strick-
Ter. Following this, Attorney
Evening star., 1955-07-07

sible people in Washington" II
what q Nu says is true.
Yesterday q M told q New
York news conference:
81 got the impression that
most of the responsible people
are not against the admission
of Peiping into the United Ma
tions. Only. they are thinking
about the time when it could
be done"
He did not think they are
waiting till the 1856 presidential
election is over. United States
leaders. he explained. "are bold
enough to do things without
thinking Of the election"
q M indicated no one
had told him anything direct.
that he had gained his impress
sion from what he saw and
heard In Washington.
There was no formal comment
from the State Department. but
at least one high official in
|dicated astonishinent that U
Nu had gained such an i'm
preston.
Lodge Statement
The most recent administra-
ton statement on the subject
came last month from Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., chief United
States delegate to the U. N. who
said in a booklet published by
the State Department:
Communist China has been
convicted of aggression by the
United Nations General Assem-
bly, and has not purged itself Of
that aggression. The United
Nations undoubtedly will con-
tinue to oppose seating Red
China unless and until that
regime changes its behavior"
Senator Bridges noted Con-
gress has gone on record several
times against replacing Nation
|alist Chinese in the U. N. with
Representatives Of the Peiping
regime.
A new foreign aid authorize
ton bill near final congressional
approval contains language say
ing 1t is the sense of Congress
that Communist China "has not
demonstrated its willingness to
fulfill the obligations contained
in the Charter Of the United
Nations. ;"
u Nu told newsmen ques-
tioning him in New York that
he is quite prepared to assist in
bringing about a settlement Of
United States China relations "if
both sides are willing to use my
good Offices"
Sees Asian Distrust
Later at an Overseas Press
Club reception. Mr.. U Nu said
some Asians are dubious about
America because:
/. It has taken what Mr.. U MI
|called equivocal positions in re-
Icent years on colonial issues.
2. It has allied itself with and
igiven support to "undemocratic,
corrupt and discredited regimes, u
some of which have been repu-
ldiated by the people concerned"
i 8. Some Of your leaders. and
la portion Of your press are
Irresponsible for building the. i'm
lpression abroad that America is
a land of warmongers, thirstine
flor another war regardless Of its
consequences"
| Mr.. U Nu said he did not be-
llieve Americans are warmongers.
adding: II do wish ] could say
Iall Asians or even all Burmans,
feel as I do. Unfortunately. !
Icannot."
| We all know what lies behind
these apparent deviations from
American tradition" he said. 1T
lis your preoccupation with COM
Imunism. But this is something
THAT we in Asia just do not un-
tderstand.
when a nation becomes OBJ
sessed with fear. it is no longer
quite itself. 1t tends to resort
Ito expediency at the expense OF
lprinciple."
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Ma
tional Cotton Council at its recent
annual meeting announced an ag-
greSsive sales promotion cam
paign to cover apparel. household
and industrial uses of cotton.
The breakdown of the Councils
1855 program. as recommended by
its sales promotion committee, is
as follows:
l. The Council will continue the
operation of all current campaigns
in behalf of apparel and house
hold cottons, and especially
(a) Give increased promotional
support to ali types of mems cot
ton apparel. with particular en-
phasiS on cotton suits
(b) Continued emphasis will be
placed on the development and
maintenance of cooperative rela-
tionShipS with editorial and mer-
chandising personnel of key con-
sumer magazines, with the goal
of stimulating all possible retail
merchandising events devoted to
cotton products
(c) That promotion, merchan-
dising, and publicity needs of
cotton in the floor coverings
market be reassessed in the light
of recent developments in this
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17
Miracle Cotton Fibers
Nav Soon Be Reality

Cotton itself - which once grew
on trees and was known as "tree
Wool'-iS. of course. the nearest
thing there is to a perfect fiber,
from the standpoint of versatility
and consumption. In the United
States, for instance. cotton is con-
sumed more than twice the
amount of all other fibers, natur-
al or synthetic combined and ac-
counts for about SO percent of to-
tai u S. textile output.
Breeders aren't, by any chance,
trying to breed the cotton plant
back to the size of a tree such as
Columbus found in 1892 in the
West Indies. But they are trying
TO breed some "super-duper" va
rieties with qualities tn a are
hardly even known today.
And they report that some of
their long, patient efforts are
showing good deal of promise.
For instance. Dr.. G. N Stro-
man. of New Mexico A. & M. Col
lege, told meeting of SpinnerS
and breeders recently:
Ten years from now breeders
will be talking of cotton fibers
with properties that are not
known today, even maybe of fl
bers that will approach the best
of the synthetics in special char
acteristics, yet will retain the
good characteristics possessed
only by cotton"
Another researcher. George
Harrison of the Shafter, Calf.
experiment station, reported:
"We have found that at last we
can break through the negative
correlations and eventually we
should be able to produce cottonS
of any tensile strength desired"
One significant development at
tracing quite lot of interest is
the work being done at the Mis-
siSsippi Experiment Station to
breed smooth-leaf cottons that are
easy to free of trash after ma
chine-picklng.
Mechanical harvesting, widely
used in the vast irrigated cotton
growing areas of the West, is
spreading rapidly through the
rain-grown areas of the Southeast
About a fifth Of the U. S. crop is
now mechanically harvested.
BY cross breeding commercial
varieties with a wild lintless cot
ton, geneticists at the Mississippi
station now have developed an eX-
perimental hybrid line said to be
virtually free of hairs on leaf and
stem.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17

CHARLOTTE. N. c. The men
who breed cotton 50 billion
crop in the United States and one
which normally amounts to about
a third of the free worlds supply
believe they are fairly well ad-
vanced along the way toward Gre
ating miracle" varieties of the
plant.
In fact, substantially, they can
do this now; the only drawback is
that cotton with such desirable
spinning qualities lacks a combin-
alton of agronomic qualities which
would make it economically desir-
able OF profitable for the grower.
The breeder seeks to overcome
these antagoniSmS" in cotton.
Some of them apparently feel
they are on the verge of doing
SO. At the same time, however,
they cOncede there will prObab-
ly never be perfect" or all
purpose variety of cotton, any
more than there will ever likely
be perfect" fiber, either nat
ural or synthetic.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17
Cotton Varieties Reduced
From 500 To Eight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Remark
able advances in cotton plant
breeding are perhaps best Illus
trated by the fact that today the
number of cotton varieties has
been reduced to seven or eight
principal ones which account for
more than 80 percent of total U. S.
acreage. BY comparison, there
were some 500 varieties planted
25 years ago.
And more than half of today's
crop is produced from breeder,
foundation or certified seed, the
use of which has increased 20
times even in the last five years.
Highly efficient testing equip
ment has been developed, enabling
researchers to determine more pre-
cisly the quality of cotton fibers,
and eliminating for breeders a
great deal of the trial and error"
involved in developing cottons
with certain desirable qualities.
The yield and quality of cotton
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17

fiber has improved remarkably
within the last Is years Since
1910, the fiber length of the crop
as a whole has increased nine per-
cent. In some areas, of course, the
increase has been much more than
that. due to new and better va
rieties and better adaptation of
specific varieties to environmental
conditions.
Fiber strength for the crop as
whole has increased four percent
IL the same period. For crops in
certain areas the increase in
strength has been considerably
more. of course. Current breeder
research indicates that new hy-
birds may be developed thai will
have far greater strength than
present or older types.
The great reduction in the num-
ber of cotton varieties planted and
the planting of a far greater pro-
portion of pure seed have. of
course, greatly increased the uni
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17
Cotton Council Plans
Big Sales Campaign

field, and that the staff be in
Structed to investigate carefully
all possibilities for expanded
sales activity in behalf of cotton
rugs
I'D That the Councils basic
trade advertising campaign di-
rected to manufacturers and re-
tailers in 1855 be devoted to the
widest possible dissemination of
the findings of the Department of
Agriculture'S survey of women'S
preferences in textile fibers as soon
as possible after the release of this
survey:
2. That. in view of the outStand-
ing cooperation of manufacturers
in identifying fiber content in
their national magazine advertis-
ing of cotton products Gin 1854
for the first time more than 60
per cent of such advertising iden-
titled the cotton fiber contentl -.
the Council commend all cooper
ating manufacturers and strength
en- its efforts to enlist the coopera-
ton of firms not now identifying
fiber content in their advertising:
3. That the Council give full
support - financially, morally,
and through the activity of its
staff - to the continuation and
expansion of cooperative indus
trial campaigns now being Oper-
ated in behalf of cotton bags,
cotton canvas awnings, and cot
ton rental services:
4. That the Council express the
commendation and appreciation of
the raw cotton industry to men,
ber firms of the National Cotton
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-17

formity of fiber properties.
The work of the cotton geneti-
cist has brought cotton varieties
better adapted to mechanical har-
veSting, those which are adauted
to particular areas and their eli-
matte conditions, varieties which
mature earlier, and provide better
insect control and resist disease.
and cottons especially suited to
specific end uses.
And one state - California -
requires the planting of q single
variety of cotton. Acala. by INV.
South Carolina has obtained vir-
tually the same objective, howev-
er, by voluntary practice. About
SO percent of cotton planted In
South Carolina is a single variety.
North Carolina, in this respect.
ranks only a percentage point or
two behind. Substantial acreage
to several varieties is planted In
nearly all of the other states In the
rain-grown belt.