Peace talks with AFL halted say CIO chief
John L. Lewis reports peace negotiations with the American Federation of Labor are ended with no further talks planned. AFL head William Green accuses Lewis of blocking peace by refusing concessions. The brief notes a clash in labor leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John L. Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Lewis
Tribunal Awards $50 Million for German Sabotage Damages
An International Tribunal in Washington with Associate Justice Owen Roberts as umpire granted Americans awards totaling 50 million dollars for damages from the Black Tom New Jersey and King Island New York explosions attributed to German sabotage during World War I. Germany boycotted the court by refusing to send a representative.
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Washington, D.C
Owen Roberts
Supreme Court
Black Tom
N. J
King Island
N. Y
Germany
Editors Start Alaska Cruise for National Conference on S S Aleutian
Two hundred thirty six editors and families sail from Seattle aboard the S S Aleutian for a 22 day Alaska voyage hosting the 54th National Editorial Association Convention. They visit Ketchikan Wrangell Juneau Seward and Petersburg before heading inland with a farm colony stop. A seafood supper in Seward benefits local residents.
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Seattle
Alaska
National Editorial Association
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Juneau
Seward
Matanuska
Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Chief Forester Begins Alaska Visit On Board Forester
F. A. Silcox head of the U S Forest Service arrives in Petersburg on the Forester with Assistant Chief Hammatt and Regional Forester Heintzlemann for a Southeastern Alaska tour. He warns of timber limits, advocates balanced development, and praises Alaska’s reserves, to be managed with pollution controls and sustainable cuttings. The party later fished Frederick Sound with Ranger Wyckoff aboard the Ranger 8 and noted two large halibut sold at the Cold Storage Dock.
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F. A. Silcox
U .S. Forest Service
Petersburg
Bernard Aikens
Mr. Silcox
R .F. Hammatt
B. F. Heintzlemann
Ketchikan
Washington
Alaska
Juneau
Territory
United States
Frederick Sound
Forester
J. M. Wyckoff
Ranger
Injunction Issued Against ASPSU Over Picketing Cannery Ships
Judge George F. Alexander granted a temporary injunction against the Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union to halt picketing of steamships carrying cannery supplies to southeastern canneries. The order delays a permanent injunction. union pickets have appeared at Craig Waterfall Steamboat Bay and Ketchikan.
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Juneau
George F. Alexander
Alaska Steamship Company
Northland Transportation Company
Alaska Transportation Company
Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union
Union
Alexander
Steamship Companies
A. F. Ziegler
Ketchikan
H. L. Faulkner
R. E. Robertson
Seiners’ Union
Craig
Waterfall
Steamboat Bay
W. C. Arnold
Alaska
Harbor Hearing With U S Engineers Reviews Harbor Dredging
A public hearing in the Sons of Norway Hall drew over a hundred residents, many boat owners, as U S Engineers assigned to a Mamala vessel conducted soundings. The session, chaired by C E Swanson, aimed to assess whether additional harbor space is needed and where, with Smrha of the engineering staff guiding the discussion.
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Sons of Norway Hall
U. S
C. E. Swanson
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kelly
Karel Smrha
Mamala
Smrha
District Engineers
Seattle
Smrh
No Cocktail Bars Here This Year
At a special City Council meeting all members were present as the Petersburg panel reviewed U. V. White’s cocktail bar license petition. Officials debated legality, voter will, and possible special elections before White withdrew the request. The council also accepted Jack Hadland’s donation to Citizen’s Dock access and discussed buying a city truck and gravel bunker to aid street work.
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U. V. White
Fryer
McDonald
Petersburg
Alaska
White
Johnson
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Public Works Committee
Andrew Johnson
Jack Hadland
Hadland
Lois Wanberg to Wed Warner Wyckoff in Juneau
Lois Wanberg daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Wanberg will marry Warner Wyckoff son of Mr and Mrs J M Wyckoff on the 20th of June in Juneau She graduated Petersburg High School in 1937 Wyckoff works with the Forest Service in Juneau A linen shower honored Miss Wanberg hosted by Mrs Chris Gronseth with seventeen guests A kitchen shower at the Lund home hosted by Mrs Peder Lund and her daughter Gudrun Lund followed.
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Lois Wanberg
J. B. Wanberg
Juneau
Warner Wyckoff
J. M. Wyckoff
Miss Wanberg
Petersburg High School
Mr. Wyckoff
Forest Service
Chris Gronseth
Peder Lund
Gudrun Lund
Lund
North Coast Southbound Sailors From Local Ports
A southbound run included Bruce Bowers and Minnie Henricks heading to Ketchikan and Ed Locken bound for Seattle aboard the same vessel.
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Bruce Bowers
Minnie Henricks
Ketchikan
Ed Locken
Seattle
Alaska peat formation studied by Washington expert
Dr. A P D Stokes of the US Department of Agriculture in Washington and Junior Forester R R Robinson visited Petersburg for a week to study muskeg peat formations. Forester J M Wyckoff accompanied them as they survey tundra and plan to publish findings. They compare Alaska peat with European moors and note sphagnum moss peat is highly acid and used in dairies. The sedge peat dominates here and is produced in several states. US peat consumption totals about 25 million dollars yearly.
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Halifax
N. S
England
Canada
United States
Niagara Falls
Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hudson River
A. P. D. Stokes
Department of Agriculture
D. C
Petersburg
Stokes
R. R. Robinson
Juneau Forest Service Office
J. M. Wyckoff
Kake
Washington Dr. Stokes
Alaska
Forest Service
H. A. Ives
Narrows
B. F. Heintzlemann
Europe
Germany
Petersburg Muskegs
Florida
New Jersey
Michigan
Pacif
Pilot Dies When Airplane Strikes Dolphin on Douglas Island
A Yukon Southern Air Transport Fairchild plane, arriving from Dease Lake, struck a dolphin on Douglas Island shore at 3 pm. The crash burst into flames. mechanic Cecil Pickell escaped with bruises and shock, while pilot Charles Tweed's scorched body was recovered from the wreckage. The aircraft carried 265 gallons of aviation gasoline.
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Juneau
Yukon Southern Air Transport
Fairchild
Dease Lake
Douglas Island
Gastineau Channel
Charles Tweed
Wagner-Rogers bill would admit German refugee children
Miss Katherine Lenroot of the Children's Bureau supports expanding the German immigration quota from 27000 to allow 10000 children per year for two years. She says the share of children in the population has fallen and refugee children would be a blessing to the country.
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Washington
Wagner- Rogers
Katherine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
The
Labor Department
Admiralty Island Conservation Plan Criticized by Delegate Dimond
Delegate Dimond charges conservation plans to place Admiralty Island in a national park or monument would privilege bears over other interests. He cites reports of increased bear numbers, Alaska game laws, and 18 reserves totaling over 5.8 million acres as adequate protection. He notes Interior and Agriculture departments are considering federal control, while bears reportedly threaten cattle on Kodiak.
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J. J. Eckles
Sec’y
Dimond
Admiralty Island
Alaska
Tongass National Forest
Ickes
Department of the Interior
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Kodiak Island
Kodiak
Northbound travelers Lillian Kester and John Hadland head to Juneau
Northland passengers Lillian Kester and John Hadland were aboard en route to Juneau on Monday, continuing their northbound journey.
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Lillian Kester
John Hadland
Juneau
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Tientsin
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Hai River
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Japan
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Albert Lindvey
Northern Fisheries
Chief Forester
F. A. Silcox and Aids
Port
Russia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Silcox
ASPSU
Dixie
U. S. S. Dixie
Camden
Andrew Pickens
Alexandrsta
U.S
Sons OF Norway
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Annapolis
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Little Rock, Ark
Annapolis Naval Academy
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Sweet Briar College
A.P.D. Stokes
Peat Authority
Cecil Pickell
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