Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department Sets Fourth of July Plans
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department has named committees for the July Fourth celebration including General Chairman Dan Sutphen and Finance Charles Greenan. The program features cash prizes for youths, adult contests, a parade, races, water sports, and a grand dance at the School Gymnasium with the American Legion Dance likely on July 2.
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Petersburg
H. Brough
American Legion
Birthday Party At Lutheran Church Fundraiser
A church social at the Lutheran Church on Tuesday June 21 invites all to celebrate with cake and coffee. A penny per year of age is charged to help raise funds for new church windows. Serving runs 8:36 to 11:00 with a musical program and guests urged to bring friends.
Three More Couples Marry in Petersburg Over Month
Over two weeks three more couples tied the knot in Petersburg bringing a month total to seven weddings. Vera Weist and Jack O'Donnell wed at U S Commissioner Dawes's home with Victor Swanson hosting. Loretta Wheeler and Oscar Ueland also married by Dawes and plan to stay in Petersburg or move to Juneau. Verne Hannah and Dick Miller wed at the Miller residence with a reception for about forty guests. The newlyweds intend to travel after the ceremony and settle in Petersburg later.
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Petersburg
Vera Weist
Jack O’donnell
Jack O’donnield
U. S
Dawes
Victor Swanson
Halibuter Baltic
Alice Gray
Adolph Norberg
Stikine River
Loretta Wheeler
Oscar Ueland
Dick Robinson
Juneau
Verne Hannah
Dick Miller
Louis Miller
Tollefson
Frances Miller
Duke’’ Miller
Robert Summers
Mary Allen
75th Congress Adjourned Last Night
Washington June 17 The seventy fifth Congress adjourned after a stormy session with Roosevelt supporters praising constructive measures including the wage hour bill crop control renewal and the lending program of 3 750 million dollars Critics cited defeats of the reorganization bill and most of the undistributed profits tax The session lasted 165 days and appropriated 12 billion for peace time needs The defense program flood control and river and harbor work were funded with War Department money including 120 million for river projects and an anticipated 20 thousand dollars for Wrangell Narrows
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Army Engineers
War Department
Wrangell Narrows
Solid Silver Diplomas for Colorado School of Mines Graduates
Four years after a student proposal, Charles Hull, head of the instrument shop, supports silver diplomas at Colorado School of Mines. Despite cost concerns, nearly solid silver diplomas about five by six inches will be issued this year at about two dollars each, with students making their own diplomas under Hull's supervision.
Kayler & Company Workers Vote on Union Affiliation
Kayler and Company workers vote on union affiliation with 36 choosing the CIO and 6 the AFL. Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union Local 222 becomes the bargaining agency by balloting supervised by Mayor Knut Thompson and Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank Kelly.
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Kayler & Company
Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union
Knut Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kelly
Union Officials Hold Mass Meeting of Cannery Workers
About two hundred cannery workers attended a Wednesday night meeting led by Martin E. Olsen and George Lane. They discussed union relations with residents of Alaska and reviewed the salmon controversy and wage issues tied to the 1937 profit and loss statement and the fact finding plan. Lane noted the unions opposed a wage plan based on profits and favored a full consideration of relevant factors.
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Martin E. Olsen
Federated Fishermen’s Council
George Lane
Alaska Fishermen’s Union
Alaska
Alaskazunder
Packers
Olsen
Tthree
Lane
Schwamm May Carry West Coast Mail
Tony Schwamm reports the Post Office Depart ment has recommended Petersburg Air Service to carry first class mail from Petersburg to Port Alexander Rake Tyee and Warm Springs Bay with service expected soon. Flights last week included dynamic loads to Thomas Bay trips to Wrangell Juneau and Tyee Petersburg runs and medical transport for Marie Johnson.
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Tony” Schwamm
Post Office Department
Petersburg Air Service
Petersburg
Port Alexander
Rake
Tyee
Warm Springs Bay
Schwamm
Thomas Bay
Alford Steear
D. MacMillan
P. Arness
Wrangell
Tony Steele
Juneau
Gordon MacDonald
Felix Aubuchon
Elmer Thomas
Trygve Hansen
Marie Johnson
William Newcomb
Bureau of Fisheries
Newcomb
Les Wingard
Mrs. Rustad Writes Book on Alaska
E F Clements reports on sanitation work in Petersburg noting improvements after inspections of food handling establishments and dairies. The piece also profiles Mrs. Norman Rustad's Alaska memoir Why I Live In Alaska, published by Fortuny's in New York.
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Mrs. Rustad
Alaska
Petersburg
Pt. Agassiz
Norman Rustad
Washington
Mrrs. Rustad
Panhandle
Jones predicts upturn as RFC loan demand rises
Jones forecasts an improving business climate as the industry reports increased demand for RFC loans. The timing and magnitude of the rebound remain uncertain as financial indicators show growing support from lenders for borrower access.
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Jones
RFC
Local Ball Park Repair Sparks City Council Action
At a Peters burg special fire department meeting Hugh Jones was named foreman to repair the ball park with authority to spend fifty dollars donated by the City Council. Ed Nilsen announced a five dollar prize for the best decorated residence on the Fourth of July.
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Petersburg Fire , Department
Hugh Jones
Ed Nilsen
Alaska Game Wardens to be Rebranded as Wildlife Agents
Beginning July 1, officers of the Alaska Game Commission will assume the title Wildlife Agent. The change reflects broader duties beyond enforcement, including wildlife observations, regulations recommendations, care of game in winters, stocking barren areas, and outreach to natives and youth. A new badge featuring the brown bear seal will be worn.
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Alaska Game Commission
Commission
28-Post and Gatty Begin Round the World Flight
Flight pioneers 28 Post and Gatty depart New York on a round the world attempt in 1931. They chart a course across Atlantic and Pacific routes aiming for global aviation records.
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Post
Gatty
New York
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