Charles Switzer, 91,
Died In Juneau
While On Jury
JUNEAU, Sept. 11—<>P)—Charles
Switzer, 91, Klondike gold miner
and a Juneau resident since 1914.
dropped dead here yesterday as
he participated as a juror in a
.sanity hearing at the federal jail.
Switzer, who had told friends
he was one of the first students
to enter and graduate from Cor
nell University, was known for h s
philanthropies among Alaska’s
needy.
He formerly operated a dairy
on the Glac er Highway, e.zr-.
miles from Juneau.
He first came to Dawson, Y.T.
in 1898, prior to which he oper
ated the Green Valley Dairy on
Mission Road near San Francisco.
He left no known survivors.
Phone Local Newrs to Main 125
WALTER P SHARPE
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REELECTION
COMMISSIONER
OF LABOR
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General Election
Oct. 8, 1946
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MCDOUGALL FUNDS FOR
i HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
Tuesday at the Chamber of
Commerce Luncheon the Hospit
al Committee made its final re
port in regard to its efforts to
.v.ake ava^able the funds from
the Jo.ep.. Mc.l>ougaii cs.ate for
the purpose of equ pping a hos
pital in Nome, to be erected by
the Woman’s Division of the
Methodist Church. Prior to this
time two of the trustees of the
estate had signified their approv
al cf such an expenditure of the
funds, and at this session of the
Chamber of Commerce Mr. O. D.,
Cochran, third trustee, made a:
statement of like approval. The
Chamber wired this information
to the Executive body of the j
Mission in New York, now in
session. Mrs. Stewart. Executive
Secretary of the Hospital Board
had been here in connection with ,
this matter earlier in the summer.
At that time she indicated that
her agency was willing to pro
vide an amount of money, used
in conjunction with the McDoug
all funds, :f available, which
would total a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
Other groups in the city have
been interested in securing the
McDougal funds for a General
Hospital, too: both the city coun
cil and the Rotary Club have ex
pressed their interest.
Provisions contingent to the
use of this fund in this manner,
have been stipulated as follows:
The hospital shall be called the
McDougall Memorial Hospital:
the hospital shall be available to j
any licensed doctor for practice
therein; in case the Methodist
agency withdraws its support of
the institution, the building and
its equipment shall be deeded to
the City of Nome.
Guests introduced at the lunch
eon were George Rogers, terri
torial OPA Solicitor and Mrs.
Smith, a new teacher for the ANS
school here.
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Nome Woman Lost
Is Found In Seattle
Jail, Returns Home
SEATTLE, Sept. 11,—(/P)—The ob
ject of an almost ceaseless search
by her husband since her disap
pearance July 31, Mrs. Dora Tahl,
31, was found yesterday in the
city jail.
The woman, who told pi
she had left their Vanport, (
home to return to Nome, Ala
was arrested Monday morning
der another name and booked
a charge of being abroad at ni
She said she had run out
money in Seattle and had cut w
in Snohomihs County and 1
three different jobs as a dome*
Reunited with her carpei
husband. John, she expressed re
iness to return to their home ;
five children.
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NOTICE j
Effective September 5th All Steam- \
ship Sailings From Seattle Are Post-)
poned Indefinitely On Account of (
Sailors Strike. \
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Thomas J. Keating, Nome Agent 1
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$13,515.00 Business Bidding,
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83 x 23 feet with large apartment up
stairs. Immediate occupancy avail*
able.
Contact:
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Anchorage, Alaska