Salmon By Products Increase In Use On Columbia River 1937
Salmon byproduct development reached a new peak on the Columbia River in 1937 as canneries’ waste was diverted to specialty products. Oils for commercial and nutritional uses, including vitamin active oils, are produced from the fleshy parts not used for canning. Additional outlets include hatchery food by the Oregon Wish Commission, fur farms, bait eggs, and glandular extracts, with technologists predicting greater future utilization.
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Columbia River
Pacific
Oregon Wish Commission
Columbia
Roger W. Harrison
Bureau of Fisheries Technological Laboratory
Seattle
Pacific Fisherman
Christmas Party Brings S and D of Norway Members Together
About two hundred Sons and Daughters of Norway Lodge members and families attended the joint annual Christmas party at the Sons of Norway Hall. The program featured vocal numbers, a girls chorus, duets and solos, with speeches from former presidents and the Rev. E. S. Tollefson. Lunch followed and dancing continued until dawn with accordion and drums. Kennedy warns business to show OLE sense toward administration instead of hostility.
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Sons and Daughters of Norway Lodges
Sons of Norway Hall
Gene Torkilsen
al Boyer
Alex Waite
Mertie Johnson
Evelyn Nicholson
Arne Lund
Boyer
Andrew Heimdahll
Liv Husvik
E. S. Tollefson
John Halvorsen
Bob Lando
Kennedy
Kayhi and Wrangell open basketball seasons with wide wins
Kayhi defeated Tongass 88 to 37 as Jim Leask fueled a six point edge after three quarters and Tongass struggled in the fourth. Wrangell Institute beat Wrangell High 32 to 10 behind Gunyah's 11 points with a starting lineup including Ross, Peratrovich, Evans, Rease, and Milne Hudson.
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Ketchikan
Wrangell
Tongass
Wrangell Institute
Kayhi
Jim Leask
Kaghi
Leask
Institute
John Ross V
Stanley Peratrovich
Evans Gunyah
Bill Rease
Milne Hudson
Gunyah
Panay incident worsens tensions as Japan bombs Chinese river
After the Panay gunboat was sunk near Nanking by Japanese planes, protests arose in the United States. An American sailor and an Italian newspaperman were killed. several Americans were wounded, including the U.S. embassy clerk at Sanking. Three Standard Oil tankers were hit. Roosevelt urged informing the Japanese emperor of American deaths in China.
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United States
Panay
Yanatze
Nanking
James J Hughes
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
China
Hawaiian Statehood Hopes Doubted Over Japanese Population
An off the record briefing notes that Hawaii’s bid for statehood faces rejection due to racial balance concerns. A congressional fact-finding trip found 385,000 islanders, with 150,000 Japanese among whom about 110,000 are Hawaiian born and thus American citizens, complicating the path to statehood.
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Washington, D. C
Territory of
Hawaii
Plans for 100 Passenger Planes Draw Wide Interest
In the capital the proposal to build 100 passenger planes sparks broad discussion though it causes little surprise. Government officials and industry analysts weighed potential costs and benefits as media and public debated funding and timelines.
New Year Greeting to Petersburg Residents
The writer thanks the people of Petersburg for their support and expresses hope to have justified their confidence. They wish readers a Happy New Year and continued prosperity as they anticipate leaving the locality.
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Petersburg
Eastern Star Installation Jan 7 at Sons of Norway Hall
Northern Light Chapter Order of Eastern Star will hold officer installation open to invited guests at 8:30 p.m. Friday January 7 in the Sons of Norway Hall. Masonic Lodge serves turkey dinner and entertainment at 6:30 p.m. at same hall. The Masonic installation is set for January 15 at the Sons of Norway Hall with C. P. Kirtland of Wran ze as installing officer.
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Northern Light Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Sons of Norway
Masonic Lodge
Sons of Norway Hall
Empire Editor Dies Of Heart Attack In Phoenix
Robert W. Bender editor and manager of The Daily Empire died of a heart attack in a Phoenix hotel room the day after Christmas after a health trip south. Born September 12, 1896 in Tacoma he served in WWI and later led Alaska newspapers including the Empire since 1938. He was married to Helen Troy in 1922.
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Robert W. Bender
Alaska Empire
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Bender
Tacoma
University of Washington
U. S. Ambulance Corps
Italy
France
King of Italy
Bender
Universal
Fox Pictures
Henry Suzzallo
Empire
Helen Troy
Everett
Rivard
Anderson
J. E. Rivard
Alaska
U. S
Wrangell
Seattle
Veterans’ Hospital
Nome
Chena
Seward
Petersburg
Ralph” Anderson
Coast Storm Halts Shipping Blooded in Southeast Alaska
A fierce storm along the southeastern Alaska coast delays all vessels as snow and high seas hinder inland passages. The northbound Yukon reaches Petersburg Tuesday and Juneau late afternoon, Captain Glasscock calls it among the worst voyages. The Alaska and Norco face lingering delays with stops in Icy Straits and Fanshaw before resumed service. Small craft navigate the Narrows despite ongoing snow.
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Alaska
Yukon
Norco
Petersburg
Juneau
Charles Glasscock
Gastineau Channel
Trend of Failures in Commerce in December
The text notes a sharp rise in commercial failures in the last two months, with the week ending December 9 at the highest level since mid January 1936 and 52 percent above a year earlier. Year to date remains about 2 percent under the prior year’s comparable weeks.
Alaska Resident and Steamship Agent Dies in Seattle
U S Commissioner in Alaska and steamer agent, a longtime Alaska resident of 20 years and prominent on Cook Inlet, died in Seattle after a Christmas afternoon illness following months of medical attention.
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Seattle
Medical
Anderson
Alaska
Cooks Inlet
Bids Submitted For Metlakatla Cannery Lease
Five bids for the Metlakatla cannery lease were submitted to the town council. The Wrangell Sentinel reports a new Metlakatlan Corp bid led by Karl Thiele, Win Brindle, and Frank Lloyd as recommended to Interior Secretary Ickes. The cannery has operated under lease to W A Pries for five years.
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Metlakatla Town
Canning Companies
Canning Corporation
Wrangell Sentinel
Ickes
Metlakatla
Metlakatlan Corporation
Karl Thiele
Diamond K Packing Company
Wrangell
Win Brindle
Ward’s Cove Packing Company
Ketchikan
Frank Lloyd
Ketchikan Packing Company
F. A. Gosse
Seattle
Metlakatlans
Whitney and Co
Martyn Fish Company
W A. Pries
Annette Island
Mrs. Gauffin Enjoying Visit in Petersburg Heritage Tale
Mrs. John Gauffin, an old-time Alaskan, arrived in Petersburg three weeks ago and is visiting her son Sam Gauffin and daughter-in-law. She first came to Alaska in 1895, lived in Douglas until 1906, then Petersburg until 1917 before moving to Washington. She plans to return to Meadowdale, WA, as the steamer to the Yukon may delay due to a Juneau storm.
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John Gauffin
Petersburg
Sam Gauffin
Gauffin
Secretary Perkins Dismisses Recession Conspiracy Charge
Frances Perkins mocked chatter that opponents plotted the recession. She said even if one wanted to discredit someone, it would not be wise to risk a government budget over it. The remark underscored the administration’s stance on economic critique.
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Frances Perkins
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Weigel
Wrangell Institute Tops
U.S
Union
Resi
Eastern Star
University Daily
Pacific International Press Association
Sigma Delta Chi
Oval Club
Theta Delta Chi
Washington Stadium
Gulf of Alaska
Fanshaw
Tention
Agdcustus
Feary Wallace
Eveen
Maine
Idaho
Metlakatla Cannery Lease
NEW Packing CO
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