08 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Alaska Petersburg Press
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
1
At Seattle Aug 4 the M Norco sailed for southeastern Alaska at nine tonight with six passengers for Juneau and for Ketchikan none for Petersburg.
A tale in Sandusky Ohio stirs town rumor after a handbag found in a taxi where Henry Simmons rode. Mrs. Simmons suspects lies and prompts questions sparking social upheaval as the tale hints at theatrical comedy. The production promises two and a half hours of humor.
The Allameda left Seattle at nine tonight bound for Skagway and Way ports with 102 passengers, 80 excursorists, and four steers sent to Petensburg, along with crew members Room and Arthur Tveten.
Sea boat departs Seattle at nine tonight bound for Inediak and nearby ports carrying 25 passengers including 12 round trips.
The S. S. Queen sailed from Skagway at ten this morning bound for Skagway and other ports carrying 82 passengers including decisionists.
J S Dickenson, partner with Mri Colby in Colby and Dickenson Inc of Seattle, arrived in Petersburg aboard Vee Andersons gas boat from Papen. He toured the westward Pinto of Wales Island and the Juneau district before heading to Seattle, reporting Territory conditions improving per capita versus the states and expressing fondness for Petersburg and its fishing prospects.
Two of the least known craters on the Alaska peninsula are now active after a long believed dormant period. Rev B H Hubbard and Rodrerich Chisolm a St. Ignatius football star report the trio months exploration shows signs of a recent serious eruption.
In Ketchikan a group of pioneer women organized the first Organization for Alaskan Pioneer Women. More than twenty women signed as charter members, the group requires no dues and may adopt a sliding scale of 20 years for new pioneer members.
Pastor leads morning worship at eleven o clock with a sermon by the pastor. A cordial welcome to all.
Reed City reports Mrs. Thelma Reeder and James A. Neil revived childhood romance and wed after four decades apart. Four hours after the ceremony the bride died from apoplexy leaving the groom in mourning.
Universal all talking Western stars Ken Maynard in a wild west show styled tale with a medicine show climax. Gladys McCornnell Otis Harlan and Jackie Hanlon head the cast as Tarzan the horse performs new feats.
Washington August 8 The Census Bureau reports that with half the states in the 1930 census the national population is estimated at 124,104,276 people. The figure suggests continued growth despite economic hardship across the United States.
Dr John Harvey Kellogg accuses American cooks of being the nation’s deadliest agents, citing nutrition lab findings at Battle Creek Sanitarium. He argues many deaths stem from doctors’ errors and that vitamin rich diets replacing bread butter and sweets can cure chronic ailments and restore health.
Edward Thomas and E. G. Batton arrived from Seattle and set up a studio in the Arctic Hotel Petersburg. Batton will call on homes to solicit sittings while Thomas handles display and past visit reprints. They plan to stay until just before Christmas with Juneau sessions in December and past Petersburg photos on display at the Telephone Exchange window.
In Jalisco Mexico on August 7 Petrona Corada aged 15 was pronounced dead by two doctors. Family and friends gathered around her coffin to pray when she suddenly knocked from inside. The lid was removed and she walked out alive.
Washington reports that highway construction allocations total about 1.75 billion dollars for the year, an amount equating to roughly 80 dollars per motor vehicle. The estimate comes from one of President Hoover's fact finding committees.
Mrs A O Elstad spent the early week in bed with a bruised knee. Mr and Mrs O K Levi and their son Elvin depart tonight on the Admiral Rogers for Tacoma. Miss Solveig Vick leaves tonight aboard the Admiral Rogers to visit her sister Mrs Alfred Stang in Tacoma and enroll for winter school.
U S Deputy Marshall C V Brown returns from Seattle aboard the Alameda tonight. Mrs E Keithher took passage on the Rogers Sunday for Kaka. Arthur Treten prominent pioneer Alaskan merchant heads back to Peterburg on the Alameda tonight after a month in Seattle on business.
Oscar Woetzold of Meuselwitz a foundry proprietor leaped into a cauldron of molten iron in his last furnace and died, suffering despondency over business losses.
A trust established in 1917 for the daughter of John D. Rockefeller has risen from 3,640,311 to 18,262,237 in present value. The beneficiary, Mrs. Alaa R. Prentice, has also received 6,693,320 in income.
In Washington on August 7, it was reported that only 927 of 19 284 measures introduced across the first two sessions of the Seventy First Congress became law. This reflects a low enactment rate amid broad legislative activity.
A blind beggar, Suycott, retires from begging in Chicago after three years. He has a fine home and an automobile and sends $35 weekly to his parents. Police have prohibited him from begging further.
Forman George E Purser and a five man crew survey across the Narrows for a gravel road in West Petersburg extending about a mile and a half from the Alaska Yukon Mink Ranch past Conrad Dahl’s mink ranch. Project cost about 30000 dollars with work possibly starting after this summer’s survey. crew includes M M Custard L L Meadows L S Roche Andrew L Hancock of Juneau and Sidines FL Ti yrea of Minneapolis Minnesota.
Warden Fran Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission plants sixty squirrels on Baranof and Chichagof Islands under the territorial stocking program to provide food for furbearing animals. The effort, adopted years ago by the Alaska Legislature, aims to bolster local wildlife sustenance.
Pittsburg report states Mrs Louise Thaden gave birth to a son Jest Wednesday. She previously won the Woman's Transcontinental Air Derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland during last summer's National Air Races.
Washington on August 6 Major General Hugh L Scott a veteran Indian fighter and top authority on the Indian sign languages will create a permanent record of these languages in talking pictures.
About 154,000 cases of salmon packed early this week by nine Ketchikan canneries signal a near normal season. The report notes steady progress across the plants as they push toward the annual quota.
Mrs Ira C. Rhone of Grand Junction Colorado and Miss Laura Rhone of Yakton South Dakota visited their son and brother Dr. Rhone in Ketcnikan for a few days this week.
Washington reports June 1930 cigar consumption reached 11,750,524,523 units, up by nearly one billion from 1929. Cigars declined from 556,746,326 to 519,699,166 in the period.
Three Milam brothers from Pasadena California achieve their childhood dream of becoming mayors. A M Milam serves Monterey Park California Arthur Milam leads Morris Oklahoma and C K Milam governs Winslow Arizona, marking a rare trio of siblings holding mayoral office
Commissioner of Education L. W. Bruer leaves Juneau for a long survey tour across the western interior and northern Alaska. He plans to visit school boards and communities from the peninsula to the northeast, meeting teachers and patrons to report actual conditions next spring.
A telegram to Mayor Ohmi from Fred Wollesop of the Alaska Trollers Assn warns that if salmon prices dip below 16 8 E and 65, trollers may strike, risking lower prices for fall harvest. Market for salmon appears slower than last year with prices likely to fall, benefiting buyers and brokers more than fishermen.
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