City Council Buys Material for Street to CAA Station
The Petersburg City Council met with J M Beardslee of the CAA to discuss extending E Street about 1100 feet to a planned communications station near the water tower. The committee estimated a ten foot plank street costing about 1400 dollars and the council voted to furnish the material while labor could come from CCC and Forest Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Beardslee
CAA
CCC
Forest Service Office
Juneau
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Petersburg
Alaska
Anchorage
E Street
Idslee
Ketchikan
Beardslee
Jorgensen
L. T. Swanson
Charles Anderson
L. R. McDonald
Beards- Tee
Einar Beyer Ashore at Green Rocks After Salvage Efforts
The trading vessel Einar Beyer ran aground at Green Rocks Wrangell Narrows last Saturday. Coast Guard Cyane aided the salvage, cargo was unloaded by Excel and Galveston, and nine crew members including Captain Larsen’s daughter Lydia remained with salvage teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einar Beyer
E. H. Larsen
Green Rocks
Wrangell Narrows
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Coast Guard
Cyane
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Frank Barnes
Wrangell
Carl Anderson
Anderson Marine Ways
Barnes
Excel
John Molver
Galveston
Morten Hofstad
Lydia
Aleutians
Narrows
Miss Larsen
Mrs. Anderson
First Division Democrats Organize Platform and Delegates
The three day First Division Democratic Convention in Ketchikan adopted a platform endorsing Roosevelt Administration and Delegate Dimond. It urged a labor department for Alaska, an expanded unemployment act, and 60 percent Alaskan hiring on public works. Delegates to the Juneau territorial convention were named from Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg Sitka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Ketchikan
Juneau
Roosevelt
Anthony Dimond
Dimond
Department of Labor
Alaska
Mirac
Sitka
P. J. Gilmore
R. M. Mackenzie
Lem McKay
James Wick
E. L. Sampson
Wrangell
Van
Council Plans to Protect Water Supply
City council hears a draft plan to shield the watershed from contamination by logging, hunting, and other entry. Forester Dennison cites Ketchikan action and a proposed congressional bill. auditor Marshall Crutcher discusses municipal auditing and bond rates. finances note overdue hydro bonds and school debt with upcoming payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heintzleman
Ketchikan
Dennison
Dimnd
Council For Study
Marshall Crutcher
Certified Public Accountant
Seattle
Sitka
Crutcher
Petersburg
Council
Tego
Ole. Holt
Tate
Graf Spee sunk after crew abandons ship near Montevideo
In a thunderous end to the Battle off Uruguay the German pocket battleship Graf Spee blew up and sank outside Montevideo harbor after a skeleton crew left the ship. Captain Hans Langsdorf, later found dead in Buenos Aires, had ordered the scuttling to avoid capture and preserve his sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Spee
Hans Langdorf
Buenos Aires
Hitler
Hans Langsdorf
Jutland
Langsdorf
Seattle
New York
Columbus
Virginia
Peat Industry Grasp Explored by Petersburg Forester
Chief Forester J M Wyckoff returned to Petersburg after examining Alaska peat industry potential. He spoke at the Chamber of Commerce on peat production methods and met Seattle and San Francisco groups willing to invest. Local officials hope peat could sustain over $100000 payroll annually and plan an open meeting to present a tentative plant plan. A Coast Guard Cutter petition was also raised with broad support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wyckoff
Petersburg
Yukon
Alaska
Wyckoff
B. Frank Heintzleman
Territory
Mr. Wyckoff
Seattle
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Sons of Norway
Forester Wyckoff
Alaska Steamship Company
Customs Office
Alaska Chambers of Commrce
Frank Kelly
Ieries Calls 50 Power Systems to Confer Electric Supply
Ieries urges fifty power systems to confer on electric supply terms as Hull defends trade reciprocity and critics renew their attack on policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieries
Hull
Finns Stop Heavy Russian Attacks
Finnish troops reportedly withstand heavy Russian onslaughts on the Eastern front and in Karelia and pursue Red Army forces in the Arctic. Bitter fighting in the icy lake country. Finnish army says it annihilated a Russian battalion in two days. Coastal batteries claim a Russian main ship and a destroyer driven off Kota. Soviet claims say Finnish planes shot down ten. Belgium reports air patrols over territory and protests to Germany and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upndated
Karelian
Red Army
Arctic
Kota
Copenhagen
Kirov
Tallinn
Esthenia
Leningrad
Moscow
Belgium
Germany
England
North Sea
Berlin
Helgoland
British Air Force Claims 12 German Planes Shot Down
London officials report 12 Messerschmitt fighters shot down in Monday’s engagement while 7 British bombers remain unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carpenters Sought for Kodiak Naval Base Work
The Territorial Employment Service in Juneau inquires how many Petersburg carpenters can take the Kodiak naval air base job. The telegram is posted in the City Office. a follow up telegram listing willing workers will be sent tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flakne
Territorial Employment Service
Juneau
Petersburg
Kodiak
Naval Air Base
Flakne
Rector Frye doubles as Police Chief in Plainville
Rev Lincoln E Frye Episcopal rector presides as Police Chief and serves on the Police Commission to unite church and judiciary against juvenile delinquency in Plainville Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainville
Conn
Lincoln E. Frye
Episcopal
City Council Urges Census Form Readiness at Forest Service Office
City Council urges residents not counted in the census to fill out forms at the Forest Service Office. Completing the forms will aid Petersburg in obtaining an accurate population count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service Office
Petersburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wheeler
U. S
China
Charles Eliott
Sidney V. Dennison
Territorial Department of Health
Game Commission
Afedy Gene
Chamber OF Com
Felix Aubuchon
Carpenters
the City Council
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