Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 2

ily Sitka Sen Arrowhead Press! Tuesday, August 28, 195G DAILY SITKA, ALASKA, SENTINEL and The Arrowhead Press Published every afternoon, except Saturday and Sunday, by Hie Arrowhead Press, 41 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska Telephone Nine, in Sitka Bu-old A. Veatch Editor and Publisher Ernestine C. Veatch Business Manager Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year Three months 4.50 Six nwntiu One month 1.5« All subscriptions are payable in advance. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will notify the business office promptly of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their paper ADVERTISING RATES UPON APPLICATION Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. SON BORN TO EDGECUMBE COUPLE Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Oscar Owens of Mt. Edgecuimlbc became the parents of their third child, a son. Charles Bruce, at 12:49 a. m.

August 25 at Mt. Edgecumfoe hospital. njg nine pounds, six and one-quarter ounces, Charles joins two other chil'diren. Mr. Owens is a teacher at Mt.

Edgeeu'mfoe school. FIRST DAUGHTER BORN TO MAX GRAY'S RUDOLPH LARSEN'S 1 PARENTS OF SON Lawrence Isr'alh Larsen was born August 26 at 9:02 p. m. at Mt. hospital to Mr.

and Mrs. Rudolph Peter Larsen of Mt. E'digecumibe. The infant weighed to at six pounds, fourteen ounces and joins another child. Mr.

Larsen is a cook at Mt. Edigecuimibe. LILLIAN BUKKHART TO VISIT Mrs. Lillian Burkhart olf Interpreting News by J. M.

Roertj A. P. News Analyit Every now and then someone tries to sell the idea that it was Ihe United States, not Japan, which set off the Pacific phase of World War II. Yet the record is clear that the United States was not prepared for war in the Pacific it started, and that for a long time it had to fight in that sector with its left hand -which would have been the case even without the loss of the ships at Pear' Harbor, because of the European situation. Xow comes the version of Shigenori Togo.

1941 foreign minister of Japan, in his posthumous memoirs. He died in a war criminal's cell. It is being published by U. S. News and World Report prior to issuance as a book by Simon and Schu- ser.

Inc. CHARLES YADON HERE FROM HOONAH The Rev. Charles M. Yadon, who has served as pastor of the United Pentacc'stal Clhuroh I at Hoon'ah for the past ten years, arrived' last week by boat to make his home here. He will fill the vacancy caused by the departure of the Rev.

Kenneth French, pastor of the local church the early 1940's. Rev. Yadon as accompani- line. seven weeks before ed by his wife and their two Harbor which said the cabinet i children. Charleen.

age 6. and shift meant Japan had commit Nathaniel, age 3. A first daughter and second child. Sharon Kay. was born August 24 at 12:48 a.

m. at Mt. Edgecu'mlbe 'hospital to Mr. Mrs. Max Carro'l Gray of Mt.

Edgecumfoe. The infant, wiho weighed pounds, four and a hailf ounces joins a small brother. Tommy. Mr. Gray is a painter at Mt.

i Jamestown Bay left yesterday H's wife is the I 'by plane for Seattle where former Mary Lou Upton, who! she will visit her daughter before her marriage was a orac and family, Mr. and Mrs tical nurse at the island hos- James O'Brien at their home pttal. there. EDGECUMBE POST 8843 Veterans of Foreign Wars Meets Wednesdays 8:15 p. m.

VFW Hall CLUB OPEN 'EVERY DAY JENS GYLTENEPE FAMILY ted herself to war with the United States. The record is too clear as to what happened. The groundwork for confusion had been laid, however, and American writers have preceded Togo in discussing it Secretary of state Huil'l and President Roosevelt had long been aware that there was almost no chance the United States could avoid war witih the Axis indefinitely'. One the.r problems to begin preparations they believed essential, in the face of an isolationist congress a-nd public opinion. They took posi tions in advance of that opinion.

This deduced, later, the charge that they were deliberately provocative. The very confusion which surrounded the actual outbreak, the slowness with which Japanese military orders were! ers of I FISH LANDINGS August 22 and 23 Nine trollers and one packer sold 1.898 large at 47c. 492 small at 29c. 429 white at 32c and 6.9S4 silvers at 30c. August 24: Two trailers sold 205 large at 47c.

17 small at 29c, 56 White at 32c and 409 silvers at 30c. August 25: Canadian halibut vessel Za. pora sold 27.000 medOums at was 23c, 3.000 chix at 13c, 20.000 LEAVES TODAY Mr. and Mrs. Jens G.lvden- ege and two children left today by plane for Seattle.

COLLEGE: Enrrtlrn'ont off students from statesidb high schools as fal'l semester freshmen at the University of Alaska already has broken all records. Mrs. Laura E. Jones, university registrar, disclosed today. She said that the number of those filling tlhe'ir credentials and making dormitory reservations is mounting daily.

large at 21 to EnEjstrom Brothers. Seven trollers and one packer sold 2,137 large at 47c. 612 small at 29c, 335 white at 32c and 5.475 silvers 30c. August 26 and 27: One halibut vessel St. Nich olas sold 20,000 mediums at 23c.

500 chix at 13c, 6,500 large at 21c to Engstrom Broth- Togo toA the crenoral line oded the unreadiness of Sixteen trollers sold 2.661 so often heard before tha' Ja-' TM' lhtar umt a11 these aTMl large at 48c, 960 small at 29c, pan reacted to American pres- ZenS er circumstances 768 white at 33c and 4,806 sil sure deliberately applied for are a sufficient refutation. I vers at 30c. the purpose of producing war. But at one point he wrote JIM CALVIN ASSIGNED that President Roosevelt was "trying" to -baby" Japan along i TO KETCHIKAN until the United States could get ready. There he gets somewhat closer to the truth than on most points.

The United States was indeed conducting a delaying action. The United States had recognized its position in the far Pacific by the fall of 1941. and was preparing to stand across the path of Japan a posture much similar to that which she now takes toward Communist lot willing to in southeast let Japan expand Asia at will. made up her October that ahe would not stand tied. On Oct.

18 the peace-seeking mem bers of her cabinet were ousted and a complete set of war- makers installed. American correspondents in Tokyo ran into a stone wall of censorship with. the story. Their dispatches came through James A. Calvin, assistant district forester.

left Sitka yesterday where he has been temporarily assigned for duty on mining claim activities. He will work Howard Banta, U. S. forest service mineral examiner for Alaska. According to district forester Vern Joyer.

Calvin's assignment will be in connection with mineral claims on and for SITKA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NEWS Jack Peck of Cordova was admitted Friday to Sitka Com the Ketchikan pulip unit will provide experience subsequent similar work the Sitka pulp unit. It is pected he will be in the Ketch ikan area for four months. Calvin is the and Mrs. Frank ka. munity hospital.

No patents were discharged. On Saturday patients were admitted and' Evelyn Krug of Sitka and Dolores Preece of Ketohd'kam were diis charged. On Sunday Fred Basley of Sitka was admitted for surgery and Jack Schaefer of Sitka was discharged. Gladys Becker of Juneau and Helen Mcllhardy of Mt. Edgecumibe were admitted for surgery Monday.

No patients were discharged leaving 14 patients at the hospital. No. 1KC2 MEETS 8:00 P. M. EVERY Wednesday CLUB OPEN DAILY MT.

EDGECUMBE HOSPITAL ROSTER Ignatius Andrews of Bethel. Joe Seton of Hoonrr B'av. Evan Ignatti of S'lcctemute and Velrna Owens of Mt. Ecteeeivm be were admitted to Mi. Ecl.5ecum.be i a Kenneth Hunter of June-all was discharged.

On Saturday no a i were admitted and Minnie a Patricia of Kelchikan were discharged. Bessie Larson of Mt. Ed'gr cumbe was the only a i 1 a i Sunday and none i were discharged. TRUCK F0.lt NE Wood son of Mr. Calvin of Sit- JACK PECK FLOWN HERE FROM Jack Peck of Cordova with everything deleted ex- flown here late Friday for ad- cept a brief line saying there mission to Sitka Community was a new cabinet and listing hospital, for treatment of a its members but not a word as gunshot wound in his leg caus to the background of the man-' by a hunting accident.

euver. His father. Jack Peck. But these names and wh-at is owner of Cordova Airlines, they represented were well He flew his son to Juneau and inorwn to American experts on then they came here on a cha- Japanese politics. The Associ'at rter flight.

Press was able-to carry Mr Peck is reported to be ftory, under a New York date- doing well. ALASKA COASTAL PLANE PASSENGER LIST Arriving Mondlay: Evelyn and Florence Donnelly. Al Smith. Ted McMurray. John Bullich, M'alble and Clinton Frank.

Alice Anthony T.TM Warner. Harry Goehring Charlotte Gammons, Donald Do'byns and Diane Klanott from Juneau. Leaving Mond'ay: Two Sterans, "Bill Shields, Delia Morgan. M. Bean, John Nelson, Morris Porter, Milan Bu'risihart.

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