Herring fleet sails from Petersburg for Washington Bay
1928 report notes Eric Ness leaving with a crew to harvest 1500 barrels of herring due to a shortage in Petersburg area. City water disruption continues as dam to reservoir line sediment blocks flow. Plans are laid for a major Fourth of July celebration with a barrel money raffle to vote for the town’s most popular lady.
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Eric Ness
Washington Bay
Petersburg
City
Alaska
Pulp Mill Looms for Ketchikan Area
Ketchikan expected to let a pulpwoods timber contract to Ket chikan Pulp, an affiliate of Puget Sound Pulp & Timber, for a 15 million dollar unbleached sulphide pulp mill. Construction could begin this year with 600 to 800 jobs once the deal proceeds and timber titles are cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchikan
Bellingham
Heintzelman
Seattle
Ward Cove
W. A. Bates
L. O. Gore
R. L. Jernberg
Heintz
Emann
Cavin
The
Chronicle
Fred Stevenot
San Francisco
PSP & T
Alaska
Heintzleman
Increase Asked for Bristol Bay Salmon Prices
A price dispute between Alaska Salmon Industry Inc and the CIO Alaska Fishermen's Union may delay Bristol Bay season slated for June 25. The union rejected 30 cents red salmon 1.30 kings 14 cents chums and seeks 32 cents red 1.50 kings 18 cents chums. About 2,000 fishermen affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Alaska Salmon Industry Inc
CIO Alaska Fishermen’s Union
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Oscar Anderson
Anderson
W. C. Arnold
The
San Francisco
United States
Alaksa
Judge grants injunction to halt threatened nationwide maritime strike
US District Judge John W. Clancy issued a temporary injunction at the request of the Justice Department to restrain a threatened national strike by seven CIO affiliated unions and 54 shipping companies. The order bars work stoppages and lockouts, requires good faith bargaining, and targets the hiring halls used to place new maritime workers.
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New York
U.S
Gulf
West
Department of Justice
Truman
John W. Clancy
National Maritime Union
Marine Eniageers Beneficial Association
American Radio Association
CIO
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Justice Department
Helth and Safety
West Coast CIO unions set June 24 strike deadline
Five West Coast unions plan a 10:30 a m strike start on June 24 as a 10 day federal court order expires. They urge intensified mobilization while preserving workers right to quit for safety or legitimate reasons and note no official authority to postpone the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hugh Bryson
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards
Crvs
West Coast
Emblem Club Picnic Planned at Pt Agassiz
The Petersburg Emblem Club schedules its annual picnic for Tuesday June 22 at Point Agassiz. Mrs Adolph Mathisen heads the event with city float at 6 pm and a pot luck lunch. Also planned is a crab louis dinner fundraiser on Saturday June 26 to aid the hospital operating table. Members and spouses invited with one guest per member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg Emblem Club
Point Agassiz
Adolph Mathisen
James Leckley
All Emblem Club
Elk
Paris Under Way For 4th Of July Celebrations
Richard Gribble leads the floats for the town July 4 events to be held July 5 with several entries expected for cash awards. A kiddies parade with prizes is planned, last year’s canoe floral prize won by Janet Robin and Jeri Anne Leckley. Store windows will be decorated and a fireworks display Monday night near Langley’s house over the narrows for a wide town view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Richard
Gribble
Dick Gribble
Janet
Robin
Jeri Anne Leckley
Langley
Oakland Chamber of Commerce to Visit Here
The Oakland Chamber of Commerce will visit the local chamber on a goodwill tour arriving Saturday June 26. They will sail from Oakland harbor June 18 aboard the Corsair with Governor and Mrs. Ernest Gruening aboard. A discussion on raising martens in pens followed, aiming for scientific study and possible island confinement to observe natural behavior. A note from Territorial Highway Engineer Frank Metcalf discussed the road to Blind Slough, likely funded by the gasoline sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Chamber of Commerce
Frank Metcalf
Blind Slough
Metcaf
Old Woodenface Pitching Contest For Boys Here
A pitching contest for boys under 14 called Old Woodenface will be held in connection with the glee club arrival. Sponsored by the Seattle Times, the event drew 8 192 boys in Seattle’s early spring. Prizes include a baseball glove for the winner and a bat for second place. The main duel features Earl Ohmer and Art Ganson from local chambers of commerce. Guns may be used if no score is recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
The
Seattle Times
Winer
Seatle Times
Earl Ohmer
Chamber of Commerce
Art Ganson
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Garden Club Hosts Picnic at Sandy Beach
Garden Club members held a relaxed picnic at Sandy Beach last Thursday June 10 replacing their regular meeting. Hosts were Mrs Arnold Israelson and Mrs Ernest Sarff with special guests Mrs Lewis Elkins Mrs Perry Teanaley and Trey.
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Sandy Beach
Arnold Israelson
Ernest Sarff
Lewis Elkins
Perry Teanaley
Trey
Scenery Cove
WCTU Meeting Set for Wednesday Afternoon
The WCTU will meet in the council chambers on Wednesday June 23 at 2 p.m. Mrs. Chris Wick will host the gathering and all interested are invited to attend.
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WCTU
Chris Wick
Recreation meeting outlines community needs
Mrs Lykas John Hanson head of the Home Economic Department at the University of Alaska led a Thursday night recreation meeting with twenty six participants in the high school music room. A committee was appointed to study needs and make recommendations. members include Mrs Dale Freek Mrs Ernest Sarff Mrs Arnold Israelson George Nicholson and Mary Robinson. The committee will meet Monday at Mrs Ernest Sarff’s home to plan presentations for local organizations and clubs.
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Lykas John-Hanson
Home Economic Department
University of Alaska
Msuic
Dale Freek
Ernest Sarff
Arnold Israelson
George Nicholson
Mary Robinson
Survey party arrives in Petersburg to discuss harbor dredging
Col Hewitt and party arrive aboard the survey boat Exact in Petersburg on Thursday and discuss harbor dredging with Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Co. They inspect operations and plan 16 more stops to Skagway. A city meeting with officials and chamber of commerce was held to outline funding steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Hewitt
Petersburg
Puget Sound Bridge
Hewitt
Coli Hewitt
Ammie Bennett
Austin
Frank J Marolich
Sam Sdem
L. R. MacDonald
Skagway
Col. Hewitt
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Ohmer
Ordder
Garden Club Finalizes Hospital Grounds Planting Project
The Garden Club completed its spring project on hospital grounds with members and volunteers working two weeks in rain or shine. Donors include Vi Sivertsen for perennials and annuals, John Allen for two trees in memory of his wife and daughter, and Charles Harris Willie Strandberg and Mrs Raider Thomassen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Vi Sivertsen
John Allen
Charles Harris
Willie Strandberg
Raider Thomassen
Canterbury
Jack DeZordo
Mary Robinson
Bobby Duval
Jane Welling
Silvia Israelson
Caroline Monroe
Harry Colp
Regional Forester Proclaims Firearm Closure at Sandy Beach Area
The Sandy Beach region near the national forest is closed to firearm discharge under a proclamation. Maps will be posted at the local post office and forest entrance. violators face heavy fines, imprisonment, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Beach
National Forest
Rotary Club Donates Public Drinking Fountain to Petersburg
The drifting fountain arrived in Petersburg and was donated by the Rotary Club for installation on main street as a public convenience. Location undecided but suggested across from the Post Office. committee member Jack De Zorda supports the central site near the water line. Guests included Tom Hanson Bob Allen and Dave DeBrillis. Hanson spoke on Wrangell Days of 98 reenactment for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Rotary Club
Main Street
Jack de Zorda
Tom Hanson
Bob Allen
Dave DeBrillis
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Interior Department Pushes Alaska Settlement Plan
The Interior Department seeks legislation to settle about 2,000,000 acres in Alaska by promoting family farms in agricultural zones. It would allow leasing grazing land against cultivated land, furnish dwelling sites, give veteran groups preference, and offer 40 year farm loans or 15 year business loans at 3 percent. Government would build access roads and docks and clear land portions at no cost to settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Alaska
C. Girard Davidson
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Former Petersburg Residents Return for Summer Visit
Mr and Mrs Bob Allen longtime Petersburg residents arrive from Olympia Washington for a summer vacation and to renew old acquaintances The couple arrived on the same boat that first brought Bob to the city in 1912 The diesel engine powered boat was built by Bob in his workshop after six years of planning and was installed in 1943 He also recalled bringing a shop on a scow in 1913 and selling it in 1944 Their Petersburg vacation may extend into September.
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Bob Allen
Petersburg
Olympia
Washington
Bob
Art Peterson
Halibut Season Closes Along Pacific Coast
The International Fisheries Commission announced the halibut season along the Pacific coast will close at midnight July 11. Permits to keep halibut caught while fishing for other fish with set lines remain valid until midnight November 15, allowing one pound of halibut per seven pounds of other salable fish. The area affected runs from Peru to California to the Bering Sea with no opening date set for next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
International Fisheries Commission
Pacific Coast
House Passes Delayed Draft Bill with February Induction
The House approved a delayed action draft bill by 283 to 130. It postpones inductions until February 1, with a one year service and inductions by presidential order thereafter, ages 19 to 25. The measure heads to the Senate where a filibuster threat looms, and leaders vow summer action.
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Washington
House
Fhal
Senate
Congress
Glenn Taylor
Didaho
Henry A. Wallace
Taylor
Taft
Rohio
Rep. Philbin
D-Mass
Armed Forces Committee
Wherry
Rnebr
Columbia on Decline after Memorial Day Flood
Portlands Columbia river flood waters recede but remain above flood stage in the lower valley for weeks. Levees may fail after days of pounding. Forty one dead are confirmed with thousands homeless across U S and Canada. Red Cross lists missing from Vanport total 28 with ten tradesmen added to the list. Army engineers warn of lingering dike danger from Portland to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Columbia River
Rockies
Pacific
U. S
van Port
Oregon
Red Cross
Army Engineers Corps
Portland-Vancouver
Peace Offensive by Russians Sparks European Interest
American officials showed keen interest in a potential Soviet peace offensive in eastern Europe while remaining skeptical about major concessions. Soviet General Governor Vassily Sokolovsky said a four power currency reform accord was possible as Yugoslavia offered to settle U.S. claims and Bulgaria proposed diplomacy swaps with Greece. Russia’s nod to a ten nation Danube shipping conference was viewed as part of the strategy ahead of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in Paris.
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Europe
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
U.S
Greece
Balkan
Russia
U.N General Assembly
Paris
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Ah Sa Ate
Oakland C of C
W.c.1.u
Héuke
Columbia
Associated Press
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