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PAY DAY
BOND DAY
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Consolidated Wit The Shelton Independent
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Friday, June 5, 1942.
Doolittle Her
Classmate In
Grade School
Exploits of Brig. Gen. Jimmy
Doolittle, decorated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt last week for
leading the American bombing
squadron which raided Japan,
have always held more interest
for Mrs. Albert Nowell, 709 1
South Seventh street, than even
the public.
The reason is Mrs. Nowell
was a classmate of Jimmy Doo-
little’s in Nome, Alaska, in her
girlhood days. She brought a
snapshot of the Nome grade
school student body to The Jour-
nal this week in which she is
shown standing beside “Jim-
my” on the steps of the school.
," some of them deck- ,
. the uniforms of Uncle
; : forces, come home
eVening to welcome
'v Erads 0f the class of
‘ ‘3 ranks of the Shelton
.;‘_' lotion at the annual
2 ~ banquet and dance.
' 'eSident Jim Pauley
‘me of the largest
2 “mil grads will be on
., 9‘3 1942 homecoming.
:- ‘geniors of the Class of
. guests of the Alumni
at both the banquet
i0 Temple, which will
i , the Eastern Star
“the dance which will
5‘- beautiful new Shel-
, i. “m. the double event
their official transi-
.60
Here's a view of Shelton’s new DeLuxe Safeway market at First and
Railroad, taken while workmen
were putting finishing touches on the exterior. The new store, one of the
finest in the entire North-
west, opens officially today. Complete with all the latest equipment
available, the new Safeway
store is a model of modern beauty and efficiency. Part of the huge parking
lot may also be seen
in the picture. The lot holds 36 cars and provides easy entry and exit with
little traffic difficulty.
"Photo by Andrews
Hourly wage increaseiand oth-
Pacifia Coast pulp and paper in-
The wage increases consist of
10 cents hourly for those having
to 82% cents for new employes
W—W WW L i 7'“ ~ The new rates would become ef-
In addition to wage boosts, the
W0 D i week’s vacation with pay for em-
. ‘ iyear’s tenure before a vacation. .
Approval» was given Tuesday by ’
termine whether Shelton can add gpay and. continue working during
ging company to purchase some
medical faculties- lonly as a wartime measure to be
the county for inclusion in the{ up at,
I lguards for male workers called
checking over the lands involved of dry blood {plasma and three
ment of women who may temper;
Private Parties 01‘ Wthh was sale to be conducted by American
er concessions were granted to
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
dustry, which includes the Ray-
._.Ah,_ 71/2 cents hourly for workers with
more than six months. These
and 85 cents for the older work-
fective as of June 1, and would
cording to official estimates.
. i
I I I lexisting vacation with‘ pay clause
ployes of one year or more. The
| The new proposals also would
the county commissioners to the
a dry b10011 Plasma bank to its their vacation period, which the
22,000 acres of county tax-title
Those are the, days when resi- l dropped after the war_
company’s reforestation program least two_bim apiece to provide
:to military service, governing
Wthh “mum in excepting cer' complete units' for utilizing the
,arily fill these jobs during the
deemed of more value for other
more than 20,000 workers in the
'7, a? onier pulp plant here in Shelton,
I i as the result of a Week's negoti-
I: ' 32': ations which closed in Portland
1 . last Saturday. They must be rati-
.‘ 'fied by a majority of the workers
~;f?. affected, however, before becom-
‘ ing effective.
m E A.” I i i less than six months’ service and
Blood Bank 7 ags Due up
___._._.~__‘ A . 7.. . 1, ,fl. w
add $3,000,000 annually to coast
Vacation. Clause Liberalized
lwas liberalized to include one
present agreement requires two
TOday and tomorrow Win de' l permit workers to accept vacation
application of the Simpson Log—
all‘eady excenent hospital and i negotiators reported is intended
land in the southwest portion of I V
dents Will be ESked to dig Another items provides safe-
after two weeks of cruising and the funds to purchase ten pints
.wages and conditions of employe
tain tracts already applied for by plasmaflthe medium being a tag
able.
'lLegion post and auxiliary mem-
‘war if other men are not avail-
" undergraduates to Purposes- , Even as a lad in the sixth 'bers.
‘ Job Adjudication Provided
good standing of the After further checking by ,the grade there is a
striking resem- Dry blood plasma for making Provision also is made for a
lawn. county officers of descriptions Nance in the facial features of blood
transfusions has saved
, ., IIlVlted to Dance
“ates of Shelton high
light! seniors, are eligi-
Flle banquet but the
mlally invited to join
at their homecom-
,9.3e gymnasium, which
0 and will continue
1. eminds Dance Chair-
OZleI‘.
"S for banquet plates
15° by noon today with
“133?. phone 114, or
all“. phone 100.
Won. class of 38 and
£t°ul5tandin students
ye? Universnzy at the
’ as accepted invita-
‘ Iilmstmx-Jster for the
grim and to give the
We to the seniors.
_president of the
I. ,‘Vlll deliver the re-
MiI'llllell, 'worldtraveler
,- .DOIiticai and social
‘ at: ashington Tech-
... , in Seattle, will give
address of the ban-
with Prof Loop
easllal say and musi-
'being furnished by
’l
The and Patty Case.
ees Listed
Wows front (there
fronts to this, too)
{hi-ion of association
e e nominating com-
pd by George Dun-
1'l’llose these candi-
, nte—Art Walton,
,3; Ahlskog, '28; Bob
ent—Myrtle Hop-
' .r m Allan Jr., ’35;
e” Pigs. '30.
~Virgin‘ia Look,
VNI‘ED JUNE 13
in Class of 1929, the
“keno s. Reed high
u “I, has consistently
“unions, has slated
Tel‘lng for June 13
i.‘ In the Shelton Ho-
‘r. and wives of class
Vited to attend.
,. lMshelton high school
or»)? recently received
I branches of Un-
' . armed services.
, ' graduate of
his training at
‘13:, with the Nav-
‘5 one of the top
Coast Guard, from
" a “ed to the Naval
‘lv‘l ha? been assigned
pl 411' base at St.
To or do. Mrs. Oster-
. “ F Frances Lynn,
- ' :, hlgh grad, will. go
,_ with him.
i . (l: graduate of
. Wings” and his
.. Ila
.4. grim;le lieuten-
,r orps upon
“ hag trbilling at Wil-
‘ Chandler, Ariz.,
AM, neelanc and Os-
th» Mates on High-
'and baseball
1 attended Lin-
otqgon together
I! Wete football
“£th throughout his
a a
Maine Burnett,
‘ than player of
, Elie Of 1935, has
' instruction duty
ll“ Corps at Sand
.seattle. He re-
.llon at Corpus
A ril along with
, “011 grad and
'tfifiumett later at.-
bitf INormal. He en~
his mother, Mrs.
, . uh.
' d. another High-
lnew store, which the
in his class, an'
.t o
timweek, bring
NEW SA FTWATDPENS TODAY
MANY ON—SAFEWAY Street Lights
STAFF BONA FIDE
LOCAL RESIDENTS
Safeway’s new DeLuxe store will
open with a. real local flavor as
seven of the 14 employes of the
store are Sheltonites. Not only
are half the employes from this
area, but tWo of them are girls
which reflects a. new Safeway pol-
icy in hiring girls.
Florence Cormier, Christine
' Redman,'Art Walden, Norm Tem-
ple, Ward Jones, Walt LaMarsh
and John Burnett form the local
talent at the official grand open-
ing of the store today. other ern-
ployes of the store include Man-l
ager Roy Maddux, Assistant Man- '
ager Eli Laurila, Lawrence Craft,
Don Rucker, Bob Williams, Head
Meat Cutter Don Williams and
Roy Furr in the meat depart-
ment.
Manager Roy Maddux came to
Shelton several months ago from
a store in Tacoma and despite the
handicaps of crowded space and
inadequate facilities, has built the
local store up‘ to a high volume
mark in comparison with other
stores in this district. He has
been hard at work in the new
store for the past two weeks get-
ting it ready for its opening bow
to the public.
Among the innovations in the
public won't
see. but which are important to
the personnel are the individual
lockers ferreach employe and the
shower room for use of employes.
«The whole store has been design-
ed to provide better working con-
ditions for the crew as well as
easier shopping for the customer.
Back room stocks are scientifical-
ly arranged and piled so that
desired items can be easily picked
out for delivery to the front of
the store.
HOSTERBURG AND DAVE
EELAND EARN u. s. ‘WINGS’
climber athlete and grad of 1935.
leaves for Pensacola, Florlda.
soon to take up the second phase
of his training with the Navy Air
Corps. He took his initial train-
ing at Sand Point.
Tom LeCompte, grad of 1939.
has been sent-by the U. S. Mar-
ines to Jacksonville, Florida, for
further training in aviation engln'
eering, his mother, Mrs. George
A. LeCompte, learned last Week
in the latest word from Tom.
Robert R. Lund of Sheltonvyas
amon several soldiers receivmg
promotions at the new Army {811‘
Force basic flying school at Chico,
Calif, according to information
received from the Army this
week. He is now a corporal. Lund
enlisted in June, 1941.
Two Shelton boys, Elwyn OP'
pelt and Joe Miller, are among
an exclusive few who have Pass'
ed preliminary requirements for
the U. S. Army parachute troopS
at Camp Roberts, Calif., and nOW
go to Fort Benning, Georgia. for
six months advanced training-
Only a half dozen out of over 200
men in their respective units SUQ‘
ceeded in passing the rigid thSI'
cal and mental requirements fOI‘
the parachute troops.
Although not a. local boy. the
promotion of John C. Hanscom,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J-.
Hanscom of Seattle, to assist-
ant to the base chaplain at Paine
Field, near Everett, is of 1003-1
interest as he is the grandson 015'
Mrs. Minnie B. Meyers of Shel-
ton and his mother is a former
Shelton girl. His rank is that of
sergeant. He has a brother. Cor'
poral Herbert Hanscom, with the
field artillery in Australia.
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Again Targets!
It’s Unpatriotic
The 3-3, gun brigade is in
action again;
A dozen street lights Monday
night, half that many Sunday
night testify to the return to
action, reports Manager E. W.
Johnson of Public Utility Dis-
trict No. 3.
“If it comes to rationing of
light bulbs in Shelton, as it al-
ready has in some cities, this
wanton destruction of public
property will be a very serious
thing,” he pointed out, “It’s al—
ways been an unpatriotic prac-
tice but now is even more so
because of the shortage of light
globes.”
Manager Johnson asks all air
raid wardens to keep a lookout
for the offenders and requests
parents whose children have
B-B guns to make an investiga-
tion of their activities in an ef-
fort to curb the vicious prac-
tice.
ADAMS RETURNED
BY SPORTSMEN AS
ASS’N PRESIDENT
President George Adams, form-
er state legislator, was elected to
succeed himself as members of the
Hood Canal Sportsmens Associa-
tion held their annual ballot Tues-
day night at Hoodsport, along
with the organization’s annual
trout. feed.
Vice-President M. C. Stark and
Treasurer Leo Johnson were like-
wise returned to their seats,
leaving A. S. Read of Lake Cush-
man as the only new officer, suc-
ceeding O. K. Linscott, who de-
clined to be a candidate, as see-
retary.
The association went on record
as favoring a resolution to reduce
the daily catch limit on trout
from 20 to 15 fish, a measure
which will be brought before the
Washington State Sports Council
at Spokane later this month. Two
other minor resolutions were also
acted upon Tuesday.
President Adams and Secretary-
Elect Read were chosen as the
H.C.S.A.’s official delegates to the
Spor'Ls Council session.
One of the largest crowds in
many months was out for the
trout feed, which was prepared
under the supervision of Fred Ul-
rich, the kitchen maestro. The
trout were large, fat silvers from
Lake Cushman, caught by several
sportsmen of Hoodsport and Lake
Cushman.
Enlist In WAAC
County Clerk Clare Engelsen,
so far as is knowu at the pres-
ent moment, is Mason County's
first applicant for enlistment in
the Women’s Army Auxiliary
Corps.
if her application is aCCeptcd
Miss Engelsen will be granted 8.
leave of absence from her county
poSition ‘by the board of commis-
Sioners and will run for re-election
for that position in absentia next
fall, she said this week.
Attorney General Smith Troy
has ruled that service in the mili-
tary forces of the nation does
not affect the eligibility of citi-
zens to run for political office
nor their right as electors.
NEW STRUCTURE
F ATURES M O ST
MODERN FIXTURES
and other data on the lands ap-
plied for, in due course the en—
tire list will be offered for pub—
lic sale at the base price of one
dollar an acre, and when that
date comes the lands and any
part of them are open to all com-
petitive bidding.
Following the conference with
the public May 21 the board in-
vited any criticism and so far
found no material objections to
the plan of selling the body of
lands to the Simpson Company,
rather have had general encour-
Featuring the latest and most agement to cooperate with the
modern improvements
in store company and further its objec-
construction and equipment. the tives of keeping the lands on the
new Safeway store at First and tax rolls and assuming the main
Cota opened its doors yesterday. , job of protecting them for the
The official grand opening of the
store is set for today (Friday)
and will feature favors for the
’ ladies. ,
Ultra modern design of the new
Safeway store will make shopping
much easier and faster for the
customer. Modernly designed re-
ROY MADDUX, Manager
ceding shelving. handy island dis-
plays, easy running shopping
buggies, six foot clear aisles all
mean less congestion and easier
shopping.
One of the big features of the
new location is the large park-
ing on the south and west sides
of the store. The lot is scientifi-
cally designed for easy parking
with little traffic congestion. A
drainage 'system assures cars of
being out of puddles. Large flood-
lights will illuminate the park-
ing lot during dark winter eve-
nings. The store interior is fluor-
escent lighted. r
Quicker Shopping Facilities
Three checking stands‘for out-
going customers will eliminate
congestion in the store and make
it a simpler and quicker job to
shop at Safeway. An interesting
feature of the check stands is the
which
communications systems
enables the checker to talk to
workers in the back room thru
microphones.
Shelves in the new store are
much lower than in the former
location and arranged so that it
is easy for the shortest customer
to reach anything in the shelves.
that
a, great amount of merchandise
can be displayed at one time. Ac-
cording to Manager Roy Maddux
a much larger amount of mer-
chandise is being carried in the
new store, and also a. larger var-
of brands and items. Every-
thing in the store is completely
The shelves are built so deep
iety
new stock.
The new meat department is
much larger and contains all‘new
equipment. A walk-thru refrigera-
tor is a new feature of the mar-
ket. With a door in the front and
back all meat can be brought in
,the back, out up and placed in
the refrigerator.
Better, Larger Meat Display
New larger cases will enable a
much larger display of different
cuts, and there will be a complete
choice of sea foods throughout the
entire week. The meat cases are
fluorescently lighted to bring out
the true color of the meats.
(Continued on Page Four),
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The new store has so much'
space that there is plenty of room
between island displays for cus—
tomers to Walk. Six foot aisles
will do away With congestion. New
long-Aime future.
The commissioners Were accom—
panied on their investigation of
the lands in general by the county
treasurer, assessor, attorney and
cruiser and with the exception of
around a thousand acres which
will be exempted from this sale
have found that there are no spe-
cial values on most of the large
acreage, and the advantage to the
county lies in turning over all
other lands at the general sale
the man who has since that
time earned world reknown for
his flying exploits.
The snapshot is on display in
The Journal window.
WAR COUNCIL TO
TRY BUSINESSMEN
AGAIN ON MONDAY
Disappointment was expressed
at the County War Advisory
Council’s meeting Monday over
the poor turnout of business men
who had been requested to attend
that meeting for the purpose of
stirring up their interest in civil-
ian defense preparations and
plans.
As a result, a second attempt
to interest local merchants in the
work being done and still neces-
sary to do to protect their homes
and business property in case of
emergency will be made next
IMonday evening when the War
and getting them back on the 1 Advisory Council holds its seven-
tax rolls.
Legion Nominates
Sherm Soule For
Post Commander
Opening nominations for 1942-
43 officers of Fred B. Wivell Am-
erican Legion post Tuesday night
placed the name of Sherman
Soule in the ring for the com-
mander’s chair.
Four positions were left vacant
for nominations in the next two
meetings before election. These
vacancies are for second Vice-
commander, service officer and
Senior and junior color bearer.
Other nominees were Claude
Jackson for first vice—command-
er, Earl Johnson to return as ad-
jutant, Harold Lakeburg to re-
turn as finance officer, Ed Fau—
bert to remain as historian. Rev.
R. W. Maulden as chaplain, and
Roy Dunbar for sergeant-at-arms.
Commander Mel Dobson, Earl
Johnson and Claude Jackson at—
tended the annual 4th District
Spring Conference in Tacoma yes-
terday and last night.
Ruth Hulet Severay
Injured In Car Wreck
'MI‘S. Ruth Hulet of Shelton,
who suffered serious injuries in
a traffic accident in Seattle May
24, is reported gaining slowly in
a Seattle hospital but still in ser-
ious condition.
Heads Meat-“Market
Here is Don Williams, who
will be the head meat-cutter in
Safeway’s new DeLuxe market.
D011 has been in Shelton for
some time, coming here as as-
sistant in the meat market, and
being recently promoted to head
cutter, ,
teenth weekly meeting at seven
o’clock at the courthouse.
Phil Murphy, council chairman
of speakers and programs, and
Rudy Werberger, council civilian
fire chairman. both of whom have
attended meetings in all parts of
rural Mason County, reported
that practically all meetings they
have attended bring out more
persons than attend the War Ad-
visory Council’s weekly sessions.
Mayor William Stevenson, in
expressing disappointment over
the poor turnout of businessmen,
suggested that businessmen in
each block get together and rev
port at next Monday's meeting.
Maurice Needham, a. businessman
himself, commented on the lack of
interest taken in civilian defense
affairs by local merchants.
The bombing of Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, may shatter some of that
disinterestedness, s o m e W a r
Council members commented
Wednesday, however.
Mother Of Local
Druggist Dies
Word of the death of his mother,
Mrs. Hannah Grenberg, was re-
ceived Tuesday evening by Rich-
ard E. Grenberg, proprietor of the
Fir Drug Store. Mrs. Grenberg
died at her home in Rockford,
Illinois, after an illness of several
weeks.
Mrs. Grenberg, who would have
been 76 next September, was born
in Skane, Sweden, in 1866. She
came to the United States in
1890 and settled in Illinois where
she met her husband, Elmer Gren-
berg, who survives. The couple
would have celebrated their gol-
den wedding anniversary next
January had she lived.
Surviving besides her husband
are four sons. two daughters and
12 grandchildren. Two brothers
also survive. All are residents of
Rockford except R. E. Grenberg
and his two children.
GUESS WHAT LIBRARIAN
WILL DO ON VACATION
Mrs. Laura K. Plumb, Shel—
ton’s librarian, began her vaca-
tion this week, and true to the
traditions of mailmen who go
for hikes, ball players who go
to ball games, and street car
conductors who go for street
car rides on their vacations,
Mrs. Plumb admitted she ex-
pected to spend the major part
of her vacation of all things,
reading.
A brief visit with her sister,
Miss Elizabeth Kirkwood, on
Bainbridge Island and painting
her new home were other di-
versions Mrs. Plumb expected
to enjoy, but reading was the
No. 1 activity on her list.
pillar tractors and the
countless lives on the battlefronts
of the world and with the threat
of bombing hanging over all Pa-
cific Coast cities as never before,
the need for the establishment of!
such a blood bank hardly needs‘
emphasizing. Headquarters for
the tag sale Will be at the Shel-
ton.Hotel with Mrs. Eula Martin
in charge of the sales crew. The
drive ip general has been under
and Ed Faubert with Walter
Nash arranging the several store
window displays you’ve probably
noted about town.
Bombs 0n Dutch
Harbor Concern
Shelton Families
Several Shelton families are
anxiously awaiting more com-
plete details of the Japanese
bombing of the American naval
base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
Wednesday as several Shelton
men and boys are either in the
armed services or civilian work-I
ers at that advanced base.
Bill Werberger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rudy Werberger, is com-
manding one of the Navy's pa-
; committee
‘agreement as a medium for set-
' Yerk,
to adjudicate job
changes and other matters and
job analysis is approved in the
tling complainant jobs.
The agreement, now going to
the union locals for a referendum
vote, bears the recommendation of
John Burke of Fort Edward, New
international .president of
the International Brotherhood of
‘PUI Sul hite and P 11
the chairmanship of Harry Perry: p p aper M1
Workers, and Ernest Lambton, Al'-
bany, N. Y., international vice-
president of the International Bro-
therhood of. Paper Makers who
were present for the negotiations,
according to news from Portland.
George Cropper, resident marl-
ager, and W. H. Crait, person‘-
nel manager, represented the
Shelton Rayonier plant manage-
ment while George Whittingham,
John Cole and Earl Johnson re-
presented IZocziT 161, I.B.P.S.P.M.
I W., at the Portland conference.
U. Trackmen Pick I
Shelton Boy For
Athlete-Of—Year
University of Washington track
trol vessels out of Dutch Har- teammates V°ted to 1.3mm 0019:
her, while Ray Sharpe and Al the“ hlgh and broad Jump artlSt
and Jim Einarson, all
boys, are with U. S. Navy forces
stationed at Dutch Harbor at last
reports.
Clarence Sowders, whose wife
is still here, is a. civilian worker
on defense projects at the naval
base there. There may be addi-
tional Sheltonians in the areal
also. I
Paper Salvage
Concluded Now
Salvage officials have called a.
hall: on the saving of waste paper?
because “the severe shortage has?
been overcome and a temporary,
reports County:
surplus exists,"
Salvage Chairman W. A. Mogoon.
Householders now should re-
sume disposal of their old papers
as they did before the intensified
salvage campaign. he said, and
urged that efforts now be con-
centrated on collecting rubber,
rags and metals.
Paper is the only commodity in
the orginal salvage list to be
Shelton of th 3
th ee years, the hon
or of b e i n g
t h eir nominee
f o r “All—Uni-
versity Athlete
of the Year” at
t h e a n n u a 1
Husky t r a c k
t e a m banquet
V Tuesday night.
Bruce is a.
former Shelton
Bruce Cole high athlete
who graduated here in 1938. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Cole of Shelton. He is one of the
two seniors on the 1942 Husky
track team which won the north-
ern Coast Conference track title
and placed fourth in the all con-
ference meet in Seattle last Sat-
urday.
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CommisSioners, Road ..
Engineer At Confab
Mason County's three commis-
sioners, Chairman Robert Trenck-
mann, Vincent Paul and Herb
scratched off, Chairman Magoon v, Dickinson, and Road Engineer Art
said. How long the reported cur— i Ward, are in Bellingham the lat-
rent surplus will last. he could, not ter
predict, but said another appeal
will be issued for waste paper: State Association of County
conservation at any time another
shortage is indicated.
part of this week, attending
ithe annual convention of the
Com-
missioners and Engineers which
opened Wednesday.
POLAR EXPEDITION RECOUNTED'
FOR KIWANIANS BY OLYMPIAN
Kiwanians learned a. lot about
“Little America" from one who
was there on Admiral Byrd’s
third trip to the South Pole at
Tuesday's weekly luncheon when
Boston Hunt, carterer for the
Olympia. hotels, reviewed the in-
teresting experience of the trip
and some of its hardships.
He stated that the Admiral was
making his third trip “down un-
der” in part with the view of
claiming the unknown lands for
America, although the trip was
only partly financed by the gov-
ernment and this was later with-
drawn when the ships were re-
called after one winter of explora-
tion. The two ships, the “Bear”
and the "North Star" were sturdy
steamers formerly an the Alas-
ka run and strong enough to
stand the strain of heavy ice.
They were taken from this coast
to Boston where they Were fit-
ted and supplied for the two year
trip.
Among the supplies were cater-
19-ton
snow cruiser, of which he told the
trouble of getting it aboard and
off on the ice, and its failure for
practical purposes, with the trac-
tors not of much use.
The ninety dogs and the planes
did most of the traveling, which
was enough to discourage any
values for oil or minerals, ev-
cept for a low grade of coal, and
the land was indeed waste. It
was intended to establish a. base
for meteorological purposes, for
advance weather hints, and to
find where the solid ground be-
gins and solid ice 5,000 feet thick
ends.
The weather ranged from' 72
degrees below zero to somewhat
above, and the winds often blew
at 60 miles an hour, with the
record at 120 miles, or more than
anything not strongly anchored
could withstand. The speaker
gave some of. the amusing inci-
dents of the trip and the two
crews which were a happy fam-
ily, and exhibited a stuffed Pen—
guin, as a. trophy of the trip.
The new “Declaration of War
by Unarmed America,” which the
Kiwanis and other national groups
are sponsoring, was passed ar-a
ound for signatures and evontue
ally binding in a great book to
prove support by all patriotic ci-
tizens and disapproval of eVery—
thing which hinders or slowe up
the national war effort.