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Newspaper
Alaska Petersburg Press
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
1
A Tokyo fire caused by lightning killed two people and injured about one hundred. Thirteen government buildings were destroyed in the city center. In Washington, President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide 22,590,000 dollars for rapid training of skilled and semi skilled workers for national defense industries.
The Senate discusses Roosevelt's foreign and defense plan amid cabinet shakeup. Henry L. Stimson and Col. Frank Knox back the aid to Allies, aligning with the President. Roosevelt defends the appointments as national solidarity. Woodring resigns as War Secretary to be replaced by Stimson, while Edison steps down as Navy Secretary with Knox succeeding him.
The Daughters of Norway and Ladies Aid of the Lutheran Church host a Norwegian silver tea and home room exhibit to benefit Martha Norwegian Relief Club. Displayed rooms include living, dining, bedroom, and kitchen with Scandinavian foods and Hardanger cloth raffle proceeds at 9 p.m. in the church basement from 2 to 5 and 8 to 10 o clock.
Funeral services for John C. Ludeman were held Tuesday at the Lutheran Church with Rev. Thos A. Knudson officiating. Ludeman died Friday June 14. Floral offerings came from local gardens Ketchikan and Seattle. Pallbearers included Peder Lund L T Swanson Clarence Olsen A V White Chris Gronseth and Tony Steele.
Freda Kirchway editor of Nation magazine argues in the June 15 issue for universal military training in the United States as essential to a democratic defense. She warns against current plans that would draft the unemployed and create an officer class of ROTC and West Point graduates. Switzerland is cited as proof training can coexist with democracy, and she urges progressives to back a citizen army to safeguard freedom.
James Murphy told friends he wished the family plot would be clean when he died, and the next day he collapsed and died of a heart attack in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Effective January 1, 1940 the Social Security Law was amended to include salmon and halibut fishing services and work on vessels over ten net tons. Boat owners must secure identification numbers for themselves and crew, with owners filing Form SS-5 if crew fail to apply. Owners must withhold and remit old-age insurance tax, maintain records, and face fines up to 10,000 dollars or imprisonment up to a year for noncompliance. Taxes and returns go to the Collector of Internal Revenue in Tacoma quarterly.
The report notes Lester Elkins as chairman of Jo My Cross, a leadership role described in a brief update. No additional context or details are provided in the fragment.
Joe Louis defeats Arturo Godoy of Chile by technical knockout in seven full rounds and 1 minute 24 seconds of the eighth at Yankee Stadium New York. Louis weighs 199 1/2 pounds to Godoy s 201 1/2 and lands a sixth round knockdown before finishing with three knockdowns in the final round. More than 30 000 fans witnessed the bout.
Cornelius Vanderbreggen Jr. of Norwood PA will present an illustrated lecture THIS IS HOLLAND with slides and movies at the Sons of Norway Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday June 29. No tickets sold. voluntary contributions welcomed. He has lived in Holland four times and plans Alaska travels for a future illustrated program. His Dutch talks have drawn audiences across the East and earned praise from the Chamber of Commerce and local groups.
Nels Stensland former owner of a Wrangell bakery now run by his brother Kenneth has purchased the North Pole Bakery in Anchorage from John Meyer. The Stenslands stopped in Petersburg briefly during a northbound Alaska trip.
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An account of Adolf Hitler meeting a French peace delegation in the Compiegne forest aboard the armistice car. Wilhelm Keitel Von Ribbentrop and Von Brauchitsch attended as Germany asserts goals to demilitarize France and leverage against Britain while signaling a new European peace.
Philadelphia AP reports the Republican Assembly veered toward a strong anti war platform after a tense national committee meeting. Henry L Stimson and Colonel Frank Knox were ousted from the party for joining Roosevelt's cabinet and supporters claim the President aims to steer the nation into war. The resolutions sub committee began drafting a brief platform aligned with the Glenn Frank report.
Knut Thompson received word of the death of his father Tom as Tjomsland in Christiansand S Norway. He was 83 and died April 28, nineteen days after Germany invaded Norway. Thompson had not seen his father since 1914. The death notice had been mailed April 23 and passed German censorship.
The text notes Egypt's trade multiplied after British rule beginning in 1892. It contrasts Phoenician and ancient Mediterranean border regions, suggesting exploration of export routes and regional economic shifts influenced by that period.
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