Kris Kringle Attends Show At Orpheum Theatre
Santa Claus arrived by reindeer to the Orpheum Theatre for Rotary sponsored Christmas party. About 500 children enjoyed two shows with fruits and candy gifts, a Yugoslavian themed play, chorus music, and a solo by Alma Nelson. Some children were turned away from the first show, while Danielle Bal received a private visit from Santa after the second performance.
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Santa Claus
Mark Meyer
Orpheum Theatre
Yugoslavia
Cardis
Alma Nelson
Eiven
St. Nick
Local selectees rejected for medical reasons
Three local selectees sent to Fort Richardson on December 14 were rejected for medical reasons, delaying their deployment and prompting further medical review for the group.
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Fortiichardson
Is There A Santa Claus The Sun's 1897 Answer
The New York Sun editorial reply to Virginia O’Hanlon asserts Santa Claus exists. It argues belief enriches life with imagination, faith, and wonder, contrasting skeptical doubt and stressing enduring joy through devotion and generosity.
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Papa
Santa Claus
Virginia
O’ Hanlon
West Ninety-fifty St
Windy Weather and Tax Proposals Dominate Kiwanis Talk
Horum reports gusts up to 84 knots with hourly averages near 48 as wind returns. Juneau Attorney General Ralph Rivers addresses Kiwanis, detailing two pending legislative session proposals: a 10 percent withholding income tax for the territory and a 2 percent property tax.
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Juneau
Ralph Rivers
Kiwinis Club
United States
Denali Due Christmas Morning Passengers Noted
The Denali is due tomorrow morning at Christmas. Gene Mauriar was informed yesterday. Among the outgoing passengers are Mr and Mrs Glenn Trueblood Mr and Mrs James Trueblood Fd Pearsall and their child Negrette.
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Morrow
Gene Mauriar
Glenn Trueblood
James Trueblood
Fd Pearsall
Kid Negrette
Family Visit From Alvines in California
Mr and Mrs Stanley Alvine and their children are visiting relatives in Turlock California. Both Mr and Mrs Alvine have family members there.
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Stanley Alvine
Turlock
Calif
Alvine
Ships Again Tied Up AFL Strikes Halt Pacific Ports
W. J. Erskine, Kodiak merchant, seriously ill with pneumonia and reported critical. Seattle and Tacoma ports idle as AFL walkout continues after two members beaten amid CIO strike end. Five Alaska ships tied up. Tacoma longshoremen join the stoppage. Sailors Union votes to strike if NLRB action fails, with wage demands from 20 to 60 dollars monthly and employer offers 16 to 35.
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Seattle
Tacoma
AFL
Alaska
CIO
Waterfront Employers Association of Washington
San Francisco (P
AWL Sailors Union of the Pacific
National Labor Relations Board
Christmas Services at St Marys Church Plan
Christmas services at St Marys Church begin with a midnight High Mass in the Community Center. Parish choir performs Montani Missa Brevis with Gregorian Gloria and Credo. Adeste Fidelis for offertory, Jesum Christum Regis for communion. Carols in English before and after the mass. An 8:30 am mass will be at the hospital chapel. A final 10:30 am mass ends with Benediction.
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St. Mary’s Church
Montani
Hospital Chapel
Christmas Music Special at Community Baptist Church
Community Baptist Church hosts special Christmas music this Sunday with an 11 o'clock service featuring the Senior Choir performing O Sing unto the Lord by Carrie B. Adams and a 7:30 p.m. concert including a care arrangement Have You Seen His Star with Henry Brooks on organ. Soloists Mrs. Fred Ekelhof and Mrs. Morris Burnham read by Mrs. Ralph Scott and Mrs. W. W. Stone, plus poetry and scripture from Isaiah and the birth of Christ as told in Matthew and Luke.
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Carrie B. Adams
Henry Brooks
Fred Ekelhof
Morris Burnham
Ralph Scott
W. W. Stone
Isaiah
Christ
Matthew
Luke
R.N. Wilkinson
Christmas Services at the Russian Church Schedule
Christmas services at the Russian Church begin January 6 at 8 pm followed by services on January 7 at 9 am and 4 pm.
Federal Jail Nears Completion
The new federal jail nears completion as windows are installed and the cork insulated roof is prepared after cement pours. A temporary wooden canvas roof covers the structure resembling a circus tent, to remain until the final roof is finished. Copper and brass plumbing with modern check valves and fire hose connections are installed, and the heating plant is being set up. Duets for the unit are staged at the city dock.
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Federal
Tommy Rockney Heads to Portland for Holidays
Tommy Rockney travels to Portland Oregon for the holidays with plans to visit family. The brief notice places him in Oregon during the festive season.
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Tommy Rockney
Portland
Ore
Bend Couple Mr and Mrs John Raft In Oregon
Mr and Mrs John Raft are in Bend Oregon. The brief notice places the couple in the city and notes their residence.
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Mrs. John Raft
Bend, Oregon
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Kris Kringle
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New York Sun
Francis Church
Friends of the Sun
The
Sesson
Denali
W. J. Erskine
Kodiak
Merchant
Pnaemonia
A. Holmes Johnson
Xmas
Community Baptist Church
Dena
Stoge Uf
City Dock
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