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FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII.
NO. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA*
AUGUST 12, 1932
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U. S. Takes Long
Lead in Olympics
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The United States athletes cop
ped the major positions in the
Olympic games and took a lead
rot to even be challenged by any
European country.. Eddie Tolan,
colored dasher won the 100 and
200-meter races in 10. and 21.2
seconds. Equalling the hundred
meter record and cutting near
ly one second from the 200-mei,
er race.
William Miller vaulted 14 feet
and iy2 inches. The Japanese
representative was his nearest
competitor.
John Anderson hurled the dis
cus 162 feet 4 7-8 inches. Mild -
red Dickinson, U. S. ran the 80
meter race in 11.7 seconds and
took off one second from her own
world’s record established last '
year. ‘
Luigi Becalli, Italy, won the
1,500 meter race in 3 minutes ,
and 51 seconds. (
Chunie Nambut, Japan took
the hop-step-jump with world
record of 51 feet 7 inches.
Bill Carr, former U. of Penn.
400-meter man defeated Stan
ford’s Big Ben Eastman in a new
world record time of 46.2.
Lauri Lehtinen, Finland es- ,
tablished a new record in the ,
5.000 meter finals by defeating 1
Ralph Hill, U. S. Three times the
Finn side-stepped in front of
Hill to beat him by a scant three
inches to the tape. For more j
than an hour the officials did
not declare the winner. Hill was j
also credited with the same
time. No protest made by Hill
or American officials because of
the Finn’s tactics. 4
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Vocalist Heard In;
Pleasing Concert
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Miss Ellen Reep, vocallist who <
has become well known in the
Facific Northwest thru singing
over the radio stations favored
Petersburg lovers of music with
a very fine concert Wednesday
evening in Enge’s Theatre. Mrs.
Mary Reep Torkelson was ac
piano accompanyist.
The program in four groups
included German, English and
Norwegian songs which allowed
Miss Reep to show her full, rich
contralto voice with its powerful
and mellow tones and at the
same time showed the artistry of
the singer.
A fair crowd was present but
it was a very appreciative one.
Some Think
T. R.’ Running
A lot of people think the late
Theodore Roosevelt is running
for President. The one-time
president’s widow says she has
received more than 300 congrat
ulatory telegrams from folk who
confuse “T.R,” with Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the Democratic nomi
nee.
They were not from Alaskan
Indians.
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The halibut schooner Mitkof
returned Tuesday night from
Kodiak where they put up 400
barrels of fine herring. The ves
sel proceeding on to Seattle,
leaving Eric Ness in port.
Elvin Lien left for Pasaeena,
where he is registered in a tech
nical school
Eastern Farmers
Tour S.E. Alaska
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Sixty-nine Pennsylvania farm
ers, their wives and children
passed through Petersburg on
the last trip of the Alaska
Steamship Company’s steamer
“Alaska.” The party is touring
the west, Alaska and Canada
under the auspices of the North
ern Pacific Railroad and a Penn
sylvania magazine. They are re
turning to their homes via
Canada.
During the past year, over
7,000 farmers had taken up
homesteads and farms in Wash
ington through the aid of the
Farm Bureau. During the past
several years, the Department of
Agriculture and the Alaska Rail
road spend many thousands of
dollars trying to bring home
;teaders to Alaska—but net
nany stuck it out after they
'ound the impossible conditions
mder which they had to labor—
iue to bureaucratic regulations.
Seattle Now Has
56,000 on Dole
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Seattle’s 56,000 persons now on
he dole are consuming each
veek nine tons of butter, seven
y-two tons of potatoes, 144,OOt
»ggs, six tons of lard and 12,400
sounds of rice.
These figures were revealed
)y County Purchasing Agent
John A. Bennet, who ordered an
other batch of supplies for this
veek from Seattle merchants.
In addition, each week the
lole beneficiaries consume thirty
,ons of tomatoes, nine tons of
tracked wheat, five tons of cof
:ee, 48,000 tall cans of evaporat
>d milk, 3,025 gallons of vinegar
i.nd 75,520 pounds of cabbage.
The 56,000 represent families
)f about 17,000 unemployed
litizens.
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10 Per Cent Cut
In Judges Salary
Federal district judges in
Alaska, the court of claims and
of the District of Columbia Su
preme and Appeals Courts were
ruled subject to the salary cut
provisions of the national econ
omy act by J. R. McCarl, comp
troller general.
His decision leaves untouched
by mandatory pay cuts, 125
federal judges of constitutional
courts. Judges in the courts
specified receiving over $10,000
will be cut 10 per cent and sal
aries below $10,000, 8 1-3 per
cent.
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Sec. Commerce
Quit His Job
Robert Lamont, secretary of
commerce in the Hoover cabinet
tendered his resignation in or
der that he might return to his
industrial efforts. He is to be
named president of the Ameri
can Iron & Steel Company per
haps next week.
Roy Dikeman Chapin of De
troit, chairman of the board ol
the Hudson Motor Company ha?
been named a secretary to fil
his place.
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Rev. David Waggoner, captair
of the motorship Princeton, i,
due in Petersburg Saturday ev
ening from Craig.
Tom Mooney
Renews Fight
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Tom Mooney, the Capt. Drey
fus of America, undismayed and
never losing heart in his fight
for liberty, is laying plans for
another legal fight for freedom,
despite the rejection of his par
dcn plea by Governor Rolph of
California, last April.
Mooney believes himself the
victim of “justice from the
courts, governors and politicians
controlled by the capitalistic
class.” His case, one of the
world's most discussed legal
controversies was begun sixteen
years ago when he was arrested
in California for alleged bomb
ing in the Preparedness Day
Parade in San Francisco.
M u c h important testimony
which would complete his alibi
was not permitted as evidence:
virtually every witness has been
proven a perjuror and Oxman,
the Oregon stockman it was
shown in the trial was not with
in several miles of the bombing
though he testified that he was
there and saw Mooney place the
bomb. The trial judge has plac
ed himself on record as believing
the case a miscarriage of jus
tice—in fact, all but the politi
cians of California are willing
that Mooney shall be granted;
his unconditional pardon.
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Billing By Postal
Card Is Illegal
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A series of complaints against i
the use of the 1-cent postal
card to collect debts since the;
increase of letter postage from 2
to 3 cents, caused the Postoffice
Department to call attention of
the public to the law which for
bids such use of postal cards. !
Horace J. Donnelly, solicitor j
of the department, said it is
unlawful for anyone to deposit
in the mails any postal or post
card containing a plea for an
overdue account or bearing any
other matter that might reflect
upon the character or conduct
of the adressee, such as a threat
to sue or in any way intimidate
the debtor.
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Gar Wood Builds
New Speed Boat
Gar Wood who has secured in
jternational fame for the speed
records he has set with his Miss
Americas only to have Kay Don,
Britisher beat all the records
v/ith the new mark of 119 plus
miles an hour on a straight-a
way course, is building a new
racer. The vessel is to be 38 feet
long and 14 feet and 4 inches
wide with 6,000 horsepower. This
craft is ten feet longer than his
old speed boats. The engines are
to be installed two in line—two
24-cylinder engines with 3,200
horsepower on each shaft.
WRESTLER GOES WRANGELL
Roy Anderson, who staged a
couple of wrestling matches m
Petersburg recently, will put on
an exhibition in Wrangell Satur
day night of this week. Ellery
Carlson and Orrie Harris, both
; of Petersburg will each go' on foi
. three rounds each. Harris, ths
more experienced of the two lo
| cal men puts up a very interest
i ing scrap. A group of local mer
j are planning to go over for the
- exhibition which will be held ir
the gymnasium.
Rioting Germans
Use Dynamite
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Rioting outbreaks bringing
violence in Berlin, Germany,
have been the common occur
ence for the past several days.
The German government has
been taking a positive stand in
ordering that the violence cease
tut without much avail. Several
buildings have been dynamited
and persons narrowly escaped
death from bombs and hand!
grenades from political arsenals.
Ernest Eckstein, head of the
Socialist Labor Party was shak
en from his head but not injured
by a dynamite blast. Many work
men were injured in the narrow
street where the building set.
The Von Papen government is
negotiating with the Hitler
Party to have representatives of
that party in the new Cabinet.
Sixty members of the Nazi
Storm Troops have been placed;
under arrest at Altoona.
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Fishing Season
is Extended
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Commissioner O’Malley wired
Washington on the 6th re
questing that the fishing season
in the eastern end of Icy Straits
and the northern end of Lynn
Canal be extended three days.
His observations of the runs are
such, he indicates, as . make it
feasiable to do so.
The first runs of salmon have
been a complete failure and the
run of salmon now entering is
the first of the late run of salm
on.
It is believed that O’Malley'
will give further extension to
other districts “to permit the
fishermen to make a few doi- j
lars.”
“KhakiShhls” In
Political Action
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Out the defeated bonus army j
will arise a national organization
to be known as the “Khaki j
Shirts,” Walter W. Waters, lead- i
er of the evicted bonus expedi- ;
tionary force recently declared, j
Headquarters are to be estab- j
dished in the east and concen- !
tration will begin shortly. The i
organization will be patterned
after Hitler’s “Gray Shirts” of j
Germany and the Fascists
“Black Shirts” of Italy.
Divisional headquarters are
being established in the 48 states
with the plan of taking political
action in the November election.
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Garner Notified
By Mailed Letter
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John N. Garner, Texas, Speak
er of the House of Representa
tives and Democratic nominee
for vice president of the United
Slates was officially notified of
I his nomination. The notification
was sent him in a 3-cent stamp
ed envelope. This was in ac
jecrdance with the wishes of the
Texan. His acceptance is ex
pected soon.
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Jim Isom, canner of crab meat
. in Petersburg and Cordova, left
i for Seattle to look in the mar
t keting of his products,
t Eleanore Nybo left on the Ad
miral Rogers for Juneau.
‘Alaska’ Laborers
Cause of Riot
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Three hundred white men and
3 50 Filipinos, disgruntled work
ers from canneries in Alaska,
were landed in Portland from
the steamship North King on
August the third—under the
supervision of policement and
the harbor patrol.
Dissatisfaction over wages
paid by Wong On, Chinese labor
contractor resulted in the ne
cessity of calling in the police
to prevent trouble. Word had
been sent in from Astoria that
the men threatened bodily harm
to Wong and a Filipino foreman.
The men were hired on stated
contracts last May and struck
when they learned that they had
to take a 35 per cent reduction
in wages. The men were angry
about the amount of money paid
and they further objected to
Wong’s plan of paying on board
and by check. About 100 of the
men, hired in Seattle when the
strike developed, were takn
home immediately by stages
which had been sent to the pier
to await arrival of the North
King.
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Sonnenhurg Not ,
Come Petersburg
It was recently announced in
Petersburg that Gus Sonnen
borg, former wrestling champion
p.nd Jack Dempsey, former
world’s champion pugilist, were
coming to Alaska and would
spend several weeks in the Pe
tersburg vicinity. It now devel
ops that Gus tangled with liquor,
or it is alleged that he did, and
was found guilty of driving un
der the influence of liquor and
of reckless driving.
The judge sentenced him to
three months in the house of
correction and to pay a fine of1
$500. He appealed the case and
bail was set at $600.
A manslaughter charged bas
ed on a fatal injury to Patrol
man Morrissey during a collision
vras dismissed. The case was
tried in Lawrence, Mass.
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Service Disrupted
On Alaska R.R.
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The Alaska Railroad has sus
pended service for about 20 days
between Curry and McKinley
Park owing to a washout which
destroyed the wooden bridge
over Honolulu Creek and other
damage along the road following
recent heavy rains.
Trains will be operated week
ly between Seward and Curry
and between the Park and Fair
banks. Pending resumption of
through traffic, airplanes will
provide transportation across
the gap. Repairs are being
rushed.
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MINERS SCATTER
BEFORE TROOPS
' Three thousand miners who
have been picketing 65 miners
in the Dixie Bee Mine, Terra
Haute, Indiana, were scattered
by 800 National Guardsmen.
Four wounded miners were giv
en aid and are said to be recov
ering. The Dixie Bee sortie is
said to be the second in two
weeks. Troops remained on
guard at the mine.
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Mr. Ryder of Sitka, was a pass
enger on the Northwestern.
Cod Schooner Is
After Record
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Although the fishing banks in
Bering Sea have been lashed by
continuous southwest gales all
through July, the Seattle four
masted cod-fishing schooner
Christenson stands an excellent
chance of breaking the Ameri
can record for largest catch.
This was revealed in a radio
message received recently by
Capt. J. E. Shields, owner, from
Capt. John Grotle, master of the
vessel.
According to this report, the
fishermen, despite the handicap
of heavy seas, has 253,000 cod
fish or approximately 500 tons
stowed in the hold. With the
earlier catch and the July fish,
they are now within seventy-five
tons of the record made by the
Wawona of Anacortes which
delivered 275 tons at San Fran
cisco in 1915.
With a month or possibly more
to go, according to the weather,
the forty-three members of the
crew will beat the Wawona’s
mark if skill and endurance can
do it, Shields says.
The fleet is small this year,
according to Shields, only the
Sophie and the three-master
Wawona, commanded by Capt.
Charles Foss, being out from
E’uget Sound and the three
masted Louise and four-masted
William H. Smith from San
Francisco.
The vessels will return in late
September, and for their efforts
these toilers of the sea will be
paid off at the rate of about
£600 per man above expenses.
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Road Contractor
Looks Over Work
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R. H. Stock, of Aberdeen, Wn ,
was recently awarded contracts
to build the road projects in
Sitka, Petersburg and Ketchikan,
which work ranges from $12,000
to $18,000.
He has announced through the
Alaska press that he will em
ploy Alaskans on the work, with
a crew of approximately 15 men
on each job and he will carry on
the work stimultaneously.
Mr. Stock has carried on simil
ar work in Alaska before, having
recently completed a job in
Skagway where his crews were
made up of local labor.
Shoot Bass Out
Of Pine Tree
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Earl Elstone, out fishing, shot
a four-pound bass out of a pine
tree with a shotgun.
Here’s how he came to claim
the title of “world’s most unor
thodox fisherman”. A hawk
caught the fish in its beak and
flew to the tree fifty feet above
ground.
Elstone cast aside his rod,
grabbed his shotgun and blasted
hawk and bass off of a limb.
Proof? Well, he has the baSs,
the hawk, the shotgun and a re
, putation for veracity.
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ARMY DESERTER
OF NO CASH VALUE
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Economy has forced the Army
to suspend the $50 rewards for
the return of deserters. The re
ward for capture of escaped
military prisoners has been re
duced from $S0 to $25.