Vol • I
PALMER, ALASKA. SEPTEMBER 5, 1935
No. 3
VISITING SONGSTRESS A BIG HIT
With benches borrowed from the
•less hall seating only a third of
her audience; with only the rough
interior of the warehouse for a
stage setting and. an unfinished
stairway for an entrance wing, Miss
Harriet Malstrom, popular radio and
dramatic star from Seattle, Tuesday
evening entertained over four hun
dred Colonists and ARRC employees
at the first concert ever held at
Palmer.
The lack of regulation stage
properties, or even of a stage for
that matter, was forgotten, however,
the moment Miss Malstrom went into
her program of songs and humorous
sketches.
It was a rough setting in which
to ask an artist of her ability to
sing, but no audience in plush
apholstered theater chairs was ever
more appreciative of Miss Malstron'S
fine talents than those who filled
the big warehouse and overflowed
onto the loading platforms at each
side. Every number was enthusias
tically received and encores were
insisted uoon, one of which she
sang especially for the kiddies
present.
Miss Malstrom is a graduate of
the School of Drama of the Univer
sity of Washington and is exceed
ingly popular with the radio aud
iences of stations KOMO and KJR
over which her winter programs are
regular features. She is the
daughter of Ryner Malstrom, drug
gist of Seattle, and a niece of
Harold Malstrom, publisher and ed
itor of the Dawson News.
Tins is Miss Mmstrom1 s 111 ■cn
summer tour of Alaska and she very
graciously changed her travelling
schedule in order to help inaugu
rate our proposed series of fall
and winter entertainments, palmer
is grateful, palmer is also fortu
nate in having as a permanent res
ident Mrs. Harrison who furnished
such splendid accompaniment to Miss
Malstrom*s singing.
After her program Miss Malstrom
olayed the piano while Mr. Dolmer
Blake gave two violin selections.
Then the floor was cleared and
everyone danced. Excellent music
vas furnished by Mr. Blake on the
violin, Mr. Herman Hansen at the
piano, Walter Sandberg with his
banjo, and the hill-billy pair from
tno Colonist group, Paul dahr vita
hi.j Accordion and Jack Luna on the
All in all, it was a big evening
we hope to have more of thorn.
PRANCE MAY SIDE WITH ITALY
Fear has been expressed by a
few of the smaller nations that
their own future might be jeop
ardized if premier Laval of
prance guarantees premier Musso
lini a free hand in his dealings
with Ethiopia,
With the council of the
League of Nations preparing to
meet Wednesday, diplomats at -Gen
eva, who fire informed on the sub
ject, said that the League’s fir si
move toward maintaining peace
would be to ask Mussolini and Em
peror Haile Selassie for pledges
not to resort to war for settle
ment of their dispute.
LAND SPEED RECORD SMASHED
An average of 299.875 miles pe:
hour was maintained by Sir MalcoL
Campboll in his powerful Bluebird
on the salt flats of Utah last
Tuesday.
His goal was 300 miles an hour
and ho attained it In his opening
dash by c overing the measured
course in 11.83 seconds, but fell
back to an average of 12.005 sec
onds as compared, with his former
record of 13.005 seconds which he
made at Daytona Beach, Fla., in
February.
FAIRBANKS WANTS RADIO STATION
Application for permission to
erect a broadcasting station at
Fairbanks has been made to the
Fe de ral C omnunic ation s 0 oramis sion
The Fairbanks Broadcasting
Company asks for a permit to op
erate on a power of 250 watts
with a frequency of 220 kilo
cycles, and wishes unlimited time
on the air.
ROOSEVELT ASSURED LABOR SUPPORT
Labor Day speeches throughout
the country indicate that labor
leaders will throw their support
to the president in the 1936 cam
paign .
John L. Lewis, president of
the united Mine Workers of Amer
ica said in part•
”Organized labor has no choice
but to suoport the president. Of
the "•■■suit there can be no doubt,
a grateful people in appreciation
of the faithful stewardship will
re-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt."
Other speeches by labor heads
were in a like vein.