Petersburg Council Buys Dump Truck and Bids on Rock Crusher
Petersburg council discussed a gravel bunker purchase totaling 718.54 with motor and opened bids on a 1.5 ton dump truck from Ford Dodge and International. Johnson supported Ford. Anderson McDonald Swanson and Mrs Lee backed International at 1508. Also reviewed are school bond plans, population estimate 1500, and cannery aims to employ locals and pack 150000 cases.
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Andrew Johnson
Fryer Machine Works
Ford
C. E. Swanson
Dodge
Barney White
International
Johnson
Charles Anderson
L. R. McDonald
L. T. Swanson
Harold Lee
E. Schoenwald
Petersburg Canning Company
Schoenwald
Fisheries Official Through on Brant
The Bureau of Fisheries vessel Brant docked with Seton Thompson on board who travels to Juneau to set up offices for the salmon season. He will monitor Southeastern Alaska developments and visit communities while supporting Dimond's bill to create a congressional fisheries committee. The plan to move the Bureau to Interior under Secretary Ickes takes effect July 1.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Brant
Seton Thompson
Alaska
Bureau
Mr. Thompson
Washington, D. C
Juneau
Dimond
Thompson
Congressional
Territory
Congress
Department of Commerce
Department of Interior
Harold Ickes
Franco Declares Spain Must Grow Strong Without Ventures
General Franco proclaims Spain should be strong while avoiding aggressive ventures. The statement underscores a disciplined approach to national power and restraint in foreign policy.
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Franco
Spain
Petersburg Firemen Plan Fourth of July Program
Petersburg volunteers prepare a parade with cash prizes for floats and costumes. A band is sought, races for youth, water events, and boat races between cannery tenders halibut and shrimp fleets are proposed. Committees led by Dan Sutphen set plans for advertising decoration sports and dances with a July 1 dance and July 8 American Legion event.
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Petersburg
Soméonne
Dan Sutphen
Fire Department
C. E. Swanson
Charles Greenan
H. Brough
Geo. W. Beck
Harold van Fleet
Boy Scouts
J. B. (Barney) White
Robert Allen, Jr
Hugh Jones
Kenneth Welde
Claude Roundtree
Ralph Hall
Justin Lind
A. V. (Hack) White
American Legion
Firemen
Petersburg Mayor Welcomes National Editorial Association Visit
Mayor Peter Jorgenson extends a welcome to National Editorial Association members visiting Petersburg. He notes planned entertainment and Alaska hospitality, hoping the visit leaves a strong, friendly impression after their Alaska voyage.
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Petersburg
National Editorial Association
Alaska
Peter Jorgenson
Seattle C of C sends thanks for Petersburg visit
W Walter Williams president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce writes Petersburg Alaska thanking C E Swanson and local business leaders for hospitality during the Alaska Good Will Tour. He notes the dance crab and shrimp supper were highlights and the visit strengthened relations for another two years.
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C. E. Swanson
W. Walter Williams
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg
Alaska
Mr. Swanson
Ohmer
Chamber
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kelly
Trading Union
C. F. Swanson Company
Twins Born As Parents Race From Firefighting Home
Mr and Mrs Ed C Epson rushed from the hospital after a telephone alert that their Omaha home was burning. They had just arrived to take their daughter in law to a maternity hospital and learned their house was ablaze. their daughter in law Mrs Robert F Epson had twins.
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Omaha, Neb
Ed C. Epson
Robert F. Epson
Packers Offer 7 Cents for Pinks
Alaska salmon industry reports seven cents for pinks eight for chums and seventeen and a half for cohoes plus one cent delivery. Petersburg union votes to accept while Sukow notes limits possible if run heavy and trap elimination to be negotiated with Seton Thompson and packers.
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A. R. Hanson
Petersburg
Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union
E. C. Sukow
Ketchikan
Cohoes
Sukow
Union
Packers
Seton Thompson
Bureau of Fisheries
Trucker Frozen in Brooklyn Reefer Compartment
Louis Boter a 35 year old truck driver was found dead in the refrigerator section of his stalled rig on a busy Brooklyn corner. He apparently failed to notice a hole in the door that could have allowed an escape as the truck stood idle for hours.
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New York
Louis Boter
Brooklyn
Little business men seek credit to create many jobs for temporary council
Small merchants urge the Temporary National Economic Council to provide credit, claiming it could unleash extensive hiring. They argue access to loans would expand employment opportunities across their sectors and stimulate the economy.
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National Economic Council
Pheasant Eggs Hatch at Fur Station in County Report
Assistant Wildlife Agent Howard Jensen says over 200 pheasant eggs hatched this week at the Experimental Fur Station. Half the birds will be released when full grown with the rest held in reserve. The Loftus and Jensen households are managing the station in their absence. Wildlife Agent Sarber left in February for Kodiak Island, and his son was born on April 11.
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Asistant Wildlife
Howard Jensen
The
Game Commission
George Ringstad Fractures Pelvis
Petersburg news records a serious accident as George Ringstad, supervisor at Pacific American Fisheries cannery, fell twenty feet onto rocks, suffering a double pelvic fracture and head cuts. He is recovering in hospital as friends and colleagues extend well wishes.
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Pacific American Fisheries
George Ringstad
Ringstad
Sitka Harbor Dredging Approved in Omnibus Bill
Senate subcommittee approves Omnibus Rivers and Harbors bill authorizing 407 million dollars for harbor dredging in Sitka and Kodiak Alaska with 109 thousand dollars earmarked for Sitka. Also notes Taft and Roosevelt even in trial heat poll and Benes predicts defeat of dictatorial ships for Czechoslovakia.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Sitka
Kodiak
Alaska
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Lee
T. S. Elsemore
Glenn-Carrington Company
WCTU
Roosevelt
Petersburg Air Service
Airview
Pacific American Fisheries Cannery
Citizens
Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Company
Anderson Marine Way
Wrangell Narrows
Wrangell
Seattle C
Pres
ASPSU
VEA
Fur Farm
PAF
Mr. Ringstad
Committee On Entertainment
Evelyn Nicholson
Patricia Fryer
Alex Waite
John Halvorsen
Arne Lund
Lester Nygren
Howard Heimdahl
Harold Wikan
Mary Allen
Farl Ohmet
Dean Kayler
E. I. Baggen
Washington
Supreme Court
James McReynolds
Elkton, Ky
R. P. McReynolds
Los Angeles
Sitka Harbor
Senator Taft
President Roosevelt
Benes
Czechoslovakia
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