Red Cross Drive Falls Short in Petersburg Effort
Local Red Cross drive in Ketchikan and Petersburg shows mixed results. Petersburg trails last year by about 20 dollars though donors may still contribute at the Bank of Petersburg with Elsemore collecting receipts to boost totals.
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Red Cross
Ketchikan
Pacific Coast
Petersburg
Benind Ee Vear
Elsemore
Elsenore
Bank of Petersburg
Ipt. Petersburg
Pesshore
Engineers Seek Two Million For Alaska Roads
The Army Chief of Engineers asks Congress for 2 million to contract and maintain Alaska roads for 1930 beginning July 1 1929. An additional 850 thousand is slated for repair projects and 150 thousand for new reconstruction. District allocations cover Southeastern Bethel Fagle Valdez Chitina Or Banks and other regions with varied sums. A separate note reports a 15 thousand influenza cases across nine states and 41 fatalities in California.
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Washington
Nec
Alaska
Army
Congress
Bethel
Fagle
Valdez
Chitina
California
Water mains leak prompts citywide search and repairs
City Marshal Ed Nilsen orders conservation as crews probe alleged main break. Tcuis Martens and residents uncover debris over a shattered main, restoring pressure from 47 to over 60 pounds and triggering a flood of repairs. Dam work wraps for the year, with minor leaks only, as engineers deem the dam complete.
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Petersburg
Ed Nilsen
Nilsen
Tcuis Martens
Martinsen
Mathisen
Mann
Queen Brings Nine Carren Trs to Petersburg
Seattle Dec. 5 Admiral Line steamer Queen sailed for Skagway and way ports with 35 passengers including Petersburg residents Mrs Edward Locken Miss Frances Morley Miss Frances Roundtree William Johnson B Peterson C Samuelson H Jorgensen Magnus Serland and Jonas Serland.
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Seattle
Admiral Line
Queen
Skagway
Way
Petersburg
Edward Locken
Frances Morley
Frances Roundtree
William Johnson
B. Peterson
C. Samuelson
H. Jorgensen
Magnus Serland
Jonas Serland
Proof Is Being Made With Rebuilding Street
Work on the street from the Heimdall property to the Union Oil Co. began Monday. A drag line machine under engineer Ed Gustafson has completed over 400 feet by Thursday afternoon. The city expects longer completion time but notes the project costs far less than hand labor or plank rebuilding and will reduce maintenance costs once finished.
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Heimdall
Union Oil Co
Ed. Gustafson
Wrangell and Petersburg Face Off in Intercity Basketball
Wrangell High School, joined by Stikine fans, travels to Sons of Norway Hall for a 7 30 pm intercity game against Petersburg High. Both squads feature veterans, with Wrangell seeking a fast, aggressive upset as N C McGregor's moving picture program runs to allow full attendance. In Paris on December 5 the United States request to extradite H M Blackmer, a missing oil case witness, was officially refused.
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Wrangell
Stikine
Sons of Norway
Petersburg
N. C. McGregor
Paris
France
United States
H. M. Blackmer
Quarantine Enforced Over Smallpox at Kotzebue Sound
Nome December 5 report says a strict quarantine is in force at Kotzebue Sound settlements after about one hundred small pox cases are reported. Local authorities order residents to remain indoors and practice isolation to halt spread.
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Nome
Kotzebue Sound
Telegraph wire automates Times-Union typesetting
In Rochester on December 6 a telegraph line operated two newspaper typesetting machines at the Rochester Times-Union plant. Dispatches were transferred directly into the machines with human touch removed, producing lines of metal type.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Times-Union
Nye opposes West confirmation over Insull ties
C. Carmen Nye of the Public Lands Committee announced to the Senate that he would oppose Roy O. West’s confirmation as Secretary of the Interior until West reveals whether he is connected with the Samuel Insull Public Utility interests in Chicago.
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Washington
Carmen Nye
The
Public Lands Committee
Senate
Roy O. West
Interior
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Buckingham Palace Bulletin Reports King’s Condition Steady
London telegram says at 4 pm the King’s condition remains as before and shows lower temperature and general improvement per physicians bulletin.
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London
Buckingham Palace
PTA Card Party Draws Community Support at Sons of Norway Hall
Preparations are complete for a large crowd tonight at the Parent-Teacher Association card party in Sons of Norway Hall. Bridge and Whist will be played, refreshments served, and admission is 59 cents. Proceeds aid school improvements including auditorium completion, grounds, and playground equipment.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Sons of Norway Hall
Ehoor
Assembly Hall
P.T. A
Northcott Confesses Nine Boy Homicides at Ranch
Riverside California December 1 Gordon Stewart Northcott confessed to authorities that nine boys were killed on his Wineville ranch five by him and four by others. He had earlier admitted killing one boy, a Mexican, but claimed he acted alone. The confession follows prior sensational statements by his father and a ranch worker.
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Riverside
Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
Northcott
Canada
California
Sitka Pioneers Benefit Drive Seeks Christmas Funds
W D Gross conducts a regional drive to raise money for the Sitka Pioneers Home. Donations from Ketchikan and Wrangell total hundreds, with Seattle and other West Coast cities coordinating events. A free theater show in December backs the effort, with no admission but collections, and volunteers will accept late contributions via Juneau headquarters.
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Wrangell
W. D. Gross
Petersburg
Sitka
Ketchikan
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Mr. Gross
Ays
Rasmus Enge
Gross
Juneau
Tr Gress
Arctic Hotel
Congress to Honor Alaskan Pilot With Medal
A bill introduced by Representative Business of North Dakota would award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Carl Ben Eileson army air service reserve pilot. He piloted Wilkins across polar regions from Point Barrow to Swalbard in 1926.
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Washington
Carl Ben Eileson
Army Air Service Reserve
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Representative Business
North Dakota
Hib 3On
Wilkins
Point Barrow
Swalbard
Dupont Resigns From Senate Over Health
Wilmington Delaware December 5 1900 T Coleman Dupont resigns from the United States Senate due to ill health.
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Wilmington
Del
T. Coleman Dupont
United States Senate
Commons to consider bill abolishing capital punishment
London reports that on December 5 the House of Commons agreed to consider a bill to abolish capital punishment in England.
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London
House of Commons
England
Cosmo Gordon Lang enthroned Archbishop in grand ceremony
London December 5 Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned today as Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England in a colorful ecclesiastical ceremony marking a historic moment in England’s church.
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London
Cosmo Gordon Land
Centerbury
Ene
England
Convention To Oppose New Bull Alaska Shipping
The Western Regional Convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce adjourned with a resolution urging the national board to assist the salmon fishing industry in Alaska and to have Alaska exempted from the Jones White Shipping Bill now before fortress. Delegates warned the bill would restrict foreign owned vessels from coastwise trade and likely harm Alaskan products.
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Pasadena
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Board of Directors
Chamber
Alaska
Jones-White
Fortress
Jones-White Shipping Bill faces Alaska opposition
Local councilor S. S. Elsemore notes uncertainty over the Jones-White Shipping Bill and its Alaska impact. Alaska chambers oppose section 27 and seek to repeal its limits, while the Jones-White Bill draws strong national chamber opposition and potential shifts in policy.
President Coolidge seeks naval buildup and farm relief
In his annual message to Congress President Coolidge presses for a larger Navy and backs a farm relief program. He outlines a three billion seven hundred eighty million budget for the next fiscal year, with Alaska relief funds included, and notes prosperity and peace. He also sends Kellogg Briand treaty for ratification. Senator Dill notes the death of Ezra Meeker of Seattle, famed pioneer traveler.
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Des
Congress
Coolid
America
Dill
Ezra Meeker
Seattle
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