Bishop Rowe Succumbs In \ ictoria
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WORD RECEIVED OF' FAMOUS ALASKA
PRELATE OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, Episcopal bis'n
<p for Alaska 47 years, passed away at Victoria, R. C.
en June 1. While funeral arrangements have not been i
made, the belief is entertained that the remains will be
brought to Sitka, Alaska, for interment.
No details relative to the death have been received.
The Bishop was 86 years old. but notwithstanding hi
advanced age, his demise will come as a surprise anc
shock to his great host of friends throughout the North
land.
The Bishop seemingly was in good health when he
was in Fairbanks last summer.
To the Alaska bishopric, Suffragan Bishop John B.
Bentley will succeed. Bishop Bentlev, who now is in
Nenana will travel by plane as early as possible to Vic
toria. Because of Bishop Rowe’s death, Bishop Bont-:
ley has postponed his planned ecclesiastic visitations!
to communities along the lower Yukon River.
Born in Canada
Bishop Rowe was bu n at Meadowville, Canada. No
vember 20. 1856. He wa- graduated from Trinity Col
lege, Toronto, Canada, in 1880. He took his Master's 1
degree in 1882. He was honored with a Doctor of Div
inity in 1895 by Hobart College and Toronto Univer
sity. He had been made a deacon in the Episcopal
Church tin November, 1878, and a priest in 1880.
He was missionary at Garden River, Ontario Pro
vince, Canada, from 1878 to 1882, and became rector of1
St. James Church, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in 1882 an;,
remained until 1895.
Public School Commissioner
He was commissioner of public schools in Chippewa
county, Michigan, from 1891 to 1895.
He was elected the first missionary bishop of Alaska,
October 17, 1895 and was consecrated the following |
November.
Bishop Rowe was married in June, 1882 to Dora H
Carry, who died May 22, 1914. There are two sons of j
this marriage.
Bishop Rowe was married a second time October 21.1
1915 to Rose Fullerton. There are three sons of this
marriage.
Evacuee From
Juneau Writes
About i>ij£ Camp
A letter, passed by the censor,
has been received bv the Juneau
Empire, from John Tanaka. Ju
neau evacuee, now at Camp Har
mony, A-tJ-fJl, Puyallup. Wash.
Tanaka was evacuated with his
.parents ,and other Japanese Na
tionals, and previous to going
south, was given his diploma as
a graduate of the lf>42 High
•School Class. At the graduating
exercises he was named valedic
torian.
Tanaka's letter, dated May 14
says:
We arrived in camp two weeks
ago lust Monday. The Alaska
^ group was the firsl in the camp
The following day the first group,
of Seattle evacuees arrived.
Immediately upon ainval each
person was given a thorough
physical examination.
('amp Harmony
Camp Harmony consists of
four areas. A. B, C, and D. We
live in the largest, which is Area
A. This was formerly the park- j
ing lot for the Western Washing-!
ton County Fair.
The barracks, which will
house over 3,000. was built in 17
days by the Army Engineers
Corps.
Each family is given a room
20 by 17 feet and if more space
is needed, the partition between
the rooms is taken out.
There are six mess hall, each
capable of feeding over 250 at
one time.
> Pay For Job Work
Persons holding jobs will re-1
ceive from $8 to $16 as pay. In ,
addition each adult will receive
$250 in coupons r< deemable at
the Army Canteen. Medical care, j
food shelter and clothing is fur-;
nished by the Government.
At the present, the recreation
al facilities are limited to soft
ball, football and pingpong.
Areas B and C are similar to
Area A except that they are
smaller in size. Area D is in the
fair grounds. Barracks were con
structed wherever there was
space. They were even construct
ed inside the large exhibit room
of the fair.
No one is allowed to leave the
Critical Jobs
Will be Frozen
WASHINGTON — The W a r
Manpower commission has decid
od to freeze workers in critical
war industries to prevent "la
bor pirating." which is said to
have be'en most prevalent in the
aircraft industry.
The war manpower commis
sion announced that it will issue
a list of special classifications of
war industry workers to whom
draft hoards will grant defer
ments from military service.
Deferred Classification
The deferment classifications
will apply to specific and limit
ed groups of workers on critical
war materials, but will not be
industry-wide in scope.
When the names of war work
ers in these special clashes come
up before local draft boards, the
workers will be given a defer
red rating.
Statement of Policy
The commission also will issu"
a statement of policy next week
setting up the United States em
ployment service as the sole hir
I ing agency for skilled workers in
[ critical industries. This step, it
i is expected will halt the so-call
ed "pirating” of labor among in
dustries.
The policy would apply to agri
cultural workers and food pro
cessors as well.
A commission spokesman said
that in the future an employe
in a critical industry would be
unable to change jobs without
approval of the United States em
1 ployment service.
The policy will become eflce
j live as soon as the proper direct
lions are drafted.
The commission spokesman
sai<l enforcement could be obtain
ed through contracts with war in
dustries.
camp even to another area ex
cept on business. Every day,
friends outside the gate come
and purchase goods from the
evacuees.
When the final deadline for the
evacuation arrives Saturday the
camp will hold the limit which
is over 8.000. A 100-bed hospital
is nearly finished. It will be op
erated by Japanese doctors and
nurses evacuated from Seattle.
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NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
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TO ALL WHOM THIS M.AY
CONCERN:
In ; ! -I with Chapter 2?),!
Sess Laws of Alaska. 1919.;
and an endments there:o, all male[
persons between the ages of 21 ;
and 50 years, who are not “sol
diers. sailors in the United States
Navy or Revenue Cutter Service,
volun'eer firemen, pauper or in-1
sane persons," are required to
pay an annual School Tax o£(
FIVE DOLLARS ($5.90).
This tax is due and payable
after the first Monday in the
month of Anri! and shall be paid
before the first d iy of May, pro
viding you are in the Territory
of Alaska cm said first date; if
not, the tax is due within thirty
days after your arrival in Al- |
: aska or within ten days after!
; written or oral demand is made)
^ upon you by the School Tax
Collector. Tixes not paid in ac-1
! eordanci- with the f • re going re
j quirements shall become delin
j quent. and each person delin
! quent shall be subject to a fine
| of TWO DOLLARS ($2.00).
I All per-ons. firms and corpora
tions employing labor in Alaska
: 'hall furnish to collectors a list
of all employees subnet to tax.
and employers of lab: r a- aKr>vo
set out a*o authorized by nro
v sions of said Act to deduct
j amount if the tax from the wag
es of earn employee who is sub
! ject thereto. If any such employ
! er shall fail to report and deduct
1 as herein specified w thin the
i period designate d for payment of
!-aid tax. the sa d employers of
I labwr shall be guilty of a mi.*
1 demeanor and subject to a fine
of from $50.00 to S509.000.
j All persons .subject to, and re
! fusing or neglecting to pay. said
i tax, are subject to a fine of $25
lor imprisonment in jail for a per
j iod of one month: and all such
I employers of labor as herein set
out who neglect or refuse to col
lect such tax from * mployees
may be proceeded against and
shall pay the amount of each in
dividual tax, and a further pen
alty of $25.90 for each such tax
j The receipts will be furnished ,
| by the tax collectors.
; Dated at Nome. Alaska, this .
13th day of April. 1942.
Carrie M. McLain.
Duly authorized and qualified
Alaska Territorial School
T ix Cedleclot for Nome Di* -
ti iot.
Send your school-tax to collect
or by mail or pay upstairs of Civ
H d Monday, Wednesday or Er -
day afternoons.
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside,’ using Sour
lough Stationery. They’ll get a
big kick out of it.
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WHERE AMERICANS MADE LAST STAND
Prom the island fortress of C'orregidor w here Americans made their last stand in
the Philippines, this looks across the narrow strait to Bataan peninsula from
which Japanese guns blasted in constant asault. A sunken ship n the strait is evi
dence of battle.
Swinging out over tiny Wake Island, one of a squadron of fighter planes from a l . S. aircraft cai iei gets a
good view of enemy installations during the Navy raid on the Japanese-held island, baseline stores, ware*
| houses, hangars and other installations were destroyed. Official L. S. Navy photograph.
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