Alaska sees action from visiting committees and lawmakers
A summary urging concrete Alaska policy gains from summer committee and Outdoor Writers visits. It notes S J Res 162 to rescind Interior orders creating Alaska Indian reservations, calls for a special legislative session to address school funding, and warns that without swift aid schools may close after February. It stresses money exists but cannot be redirected due to earmarking rules and urges action by Governor Gruening and state lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Alaska
Krug
Parent-Teachers Association
Vevelstad
Arnold Wasvick
PTA
Ernest Gruening
Petersburg
Secreatary of
Lew Williams
Last Rites for Ole Hanson Thursday
Funeral services were held December 4 at Middlestad Funeral Parlor Ballard for Ole Hanson who died the previous Monday at his home in Marysville Washington. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. Trygve Hanson flew back Tuesday from Seattle after word of his father’s death.
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Middlestad Funeral
Ballard
Ole Hanson
Marrysville
Washington
Seattle
Doctor Arrives To Make Home Here In Petersburg
Dr R Harrison Leer arrives from Cordova to begin practice in Petersburg joining his wife and nine week old son Jeffery. He studied at Cordova High School University of Washington UO Medical School interned in Pasadena served at Fort Sam Houston married Miss Jean Lillie in 1945 and plans outdoor living including skiing and hunting. Dr J O Rude, resident doctor standby, plans to return to Juneau on the SS Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Harrison Leer
Cordova
Leer
Copper River Country
Cordova High School
University of Alaska
Douglas Colp
Robert Ohmer
Seattle
University of Washington
University of Oregon Medical School
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena
California
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Portland
Jean Lillie
Jeffery
J. O. Rude
Petersburg
Alaska
Juneau
Legion 7 in dhd Auxiliary Christmas Gathering
Members of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary invite all families to a pot luck dinner at 6 p.m. on Monday December 15. Santa visits promised. Guests outside Petersburg should register children's names with Mrs. Jack Longworth or the Press office.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Petersburg
Jack Longworth
Santa Claus
Mesdames
Ernie Sarff
Frederick Nelson
Chris Christensen
Lewis Elkins
Ralph Hall
Ed Locken
Dick Miller
William Gribble
C. A. Wilder
Bob Elkins
James Taylor
The
Legion
Longworth
Santa
Executive Committee Endorses Trade Resolutions Alaska Canada
The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday evening and endorsed Canadian Board of Trade resolutions. Key points urged Jones Act amendment to aid Canadian ships in Alaska, Alaska Highway improvements to boost tourism, and rescinding or limiting Indian reservations set by the Interior Secretary.
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Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Board of Trade
Canada
Alaska
Secretary of Interior
Hendricks buys property portions in El erélverson area
John Hendricks purchased from El erélverson during the past week one lot and the west one third of another lot in block 59. The transaction details indicate real estate activity in the area with specified parcel portions changing hands.
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John _Hendricks
Elerélverson
Eighty Organizations Listed As Subversive
Washington crowding into the loyalty drive as Attorney General Clark announces a list of about 80 groups deemed subversive or suspect. Chairman J Parnell Thomas challenges the list as farcical, promising a counter list. Included are the Communist Party Bund Klan American Youth Congress Civil Rights Congress and others. The compilation aids agency reviews of federal workers loyalty and may grow as probes proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R.-N.j
House Committee On UN- American Activities Today
Clark
Communist Party
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
Columbians
American Youth Congress
American Youth For Democracy
Civil Rights Congress
Joint
Refugee Committee
Hollywood Writers Mobilization For Defense
Seth W. Richardson
Loyalty Review Board
Cold snap spreads across the nation with record lows
A general cold spell blankets most of the country with subzero reads in parts of the Midwest and Wisconsin. Temperatures drift below freezing in central Texas and northern Florida as readings stay below normal elsewhere. Chicago bureau notes gradual warming in south and California. lows reach five below in Wausau and Minnesota sites report minus zeros. Light rain falls in Great Lakes Ohio Valley and New England. southeast sees showers. yesterday’s highs hit 79 in Tampa and 78 in Miami.
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Midwest
Texas
Florida
California
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Atlantic States
Tampa
Miami
Large Sum Raised for Crippled Children Carnival in Alaska
Mrs. Ed Hagerman led a Pet ersburg Alaska carnival at the Sons of Norway hall that drew Rotdry Masons Elks and many groups. Citizens raised 876.95 with expenses under 85 dollars. funds, matched by federal money, will benefit crippled children of Alaska, adding over 1400 dollars in impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hagerman
Alaska
Jeanette Phillips
Olaf Wikan
Fictal Rites for Mrs. Ole Husvik
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Ole Husvik who died December 6 in Petersburg hospital after prolonged illness. Survived by husband Ole, daughter Sonya, sons Erling and Thor, and siblings. Her active civic work included Daughters of Norway, school board service, and Norwegian language teaching. Burial in Petersburg Cemetery with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Husvik
Petersburg
Liv Winther
Hov Donnies Helgeland
Norway
Tromso
John Otness
The
Daughters of Norway
Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Parent-Teacher Association
Sonya
Erling
Thor Husvik
Egil Winther
Matilda Husvik
Astrid Winther Paulson
Torgrin
Per Tonder Winther
Kaia Schei
Seattle
Thomas A. Knudson
Louis Westre
Jacob Hanseth
Bert Espeseth
Chris Olsen
Olof Wikan
Erick Faglevog
Vikings edge Waswick and Torwick in overtime thriller
The 1947-48 season opener saw the PHL Vikings outlast the Waswick and Torwick led Vets 39-35 after OT. Dick Kito scored 17 for Petersburg’s Vikings, while Enge led the Vets with nine as Palmer Pederson and Kito sealed the win in the extra period.
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Waswick
Torwick
PHL Vikings
Vets
PHL
Bunky Stedman
Dick Kito
Vikings
Wasvick
Otness
Enge
Wanberg
Palmer Odegaard
Palmer Pederson
Kito
W. & T. Vets
Petersburg
Masons to Meet This Evening at Sons of Norway Hall
Petersburg Lodge of Masons will hold a stated communication this Friday evening at 7:30 at the Sons of Norway hall. Work will be in the B A degree and all members and visiting brothers are urged to attend.
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Petersburg
Fine Program at P T A Meeting
A Christmas tableau in the high school auditorium drew standing room crowds as students from several grades and a high school chorus performed the Nativity story with pantomime and Bible readings. Mayor Vevelstad and School Board President Wasvick warned that Territorial funding must continue or schools may close, prompting a call for a special legislature session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Porter
Carl Vevelstad
Arnold Wasvick
Wasvick
P.T. A
Ernest Gruening
Forrest Fryer
Hank Grindrod
Grinrod
Miss Alice Herzig Visits Petersburg on Tuberculosis Work
Miss Alice Herzig tuberculosis nursing consultant with the Territorial Department of Health has worked with Alaska Native and Territorial public health nurses in Petersburg this past week. She notes about 18 residents in Petersburg fall into active and arrested TB categories, with five active cases. She urges local cooperation with nurses and doctors to stamp out TB, stressing self care for active cases and adherence to rules for arrested cases, plus community pressure to isolate uncooperative patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Herzig
Territorial Department of Health
Petersburg
Alaska Native Service
Territorial
Herzig
Zetterberg and Lund Admitted in Back-to-Back Sessions
Sven Zetterberg was admitted on Wednesday and on Thursday morning Roy Lund was admitted, marking consecutive hospital intake events with both individuals listed in the daily admissions.
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Sven Zetterberg
Roy Lund
Wallace Likely to Enter 1948 Presidential Race
Democratic leaders abandoned hope Henry A. Wallace would stay in the party race. Wallace said he might vote for Taft if faced with Truman versus Taft, drawing mockery from Taft backers as he compared Dewey with Truman.
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Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
McGrath
R.I
Democratic National Committee
Buffalo
N. Y
Taft
Ohio
Democratic
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Dewey
Legion Endorses Universal Training
Petersburg Post of the American Legion unanimously endorses universal military training as a US protection strategy at its Monday meeting. A Jiggs dinner preceded the gathering with over 30 Legionnaires and friends dining, followed by musical selections from Quentin DeBoer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Petersburg Post
American Legion
Quentin DeBoer
Christmas Ships Return for Alaska Ports This Year
The customs of Christmas ships for Alaska will be revived after a 10 year lapse with a Santa Claus distributing candy and fruits to children and holly to mothers. Alaska Steamship Co will send two ships to Southeastern Alaska ports while Alaska of the Northland Transportation Co sails for Southeast Alaska. The Alaska is scheduled to arrive in Seattle on Friday December 26.
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Seattle
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Co
Gift Articles Sale By Ladies Home League
A sale of fancy and practical articles will be held at the Salvation Army Hall next Tuesday from 3 to 5 30 p.m. All items are handmade by the Ladies Home League and some pieces will be on display downtown Saturday.
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Salvation Army Hall
Ladies Home League
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Légion 7
Dhd Auxiliary
Uf C. of C
Associated Press
Olé Husvik
Masons
T. B
By Jack Bell
L. A
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