4 Valley Fronti*r*m..n
Who's Who on Third Division Ballot
On April 29 Third Division
electors will go to the p<>!l« to
vote for l*i Republicans and 22
Democrats seeking nomination
for the- 10 seats in the Territorial
House, four Republicans and
three Democrats running for the
four-year term in the Senate,
and two Democrats and one Re
publican contesting the Senate’s
two-year Third Division vecancy.
Other candidates are seeking
nomination for delegate to Con
gress. attorney general, auditor,
and highway engineer for Alaska.
In this issue and the one fol
lowing. the Valley Frontiersman
will try to bring to its readers
factual information provided by
the candidates as a help in select
ing those not known to the elec
tor.
"Alex" Shadura of Kasilof is a
Democratic candidate seeking
nomination to the House. He was
born at Kenai. Alaska, graduated
from the Anchorage High School
and attended the University of
Washington. He is a veteran of
World War II. is a member of the
Alaska Fisherman’s Union, and
owns a salmon cannery in Kasil
of. He runs on a platform of
protection and development of
natural resources, development of
local industries, and full citizen
ship for Alaskans.
* * *
A Republican candidate seek
ing nomination to the House is
Mrs. Barbara Dimock, who has
been an Alaska resident since
1947 and an Anchorage resident
since 1949. Born in Seattle. Mrs.
Dimock completed four years of
law at Southwestern University
in Los Angeles and subsequently
spent four years as executive
legal secretary for leading law
firms in L.A. She was general
office manager of the Ryan Aero
nautics School at San Diego. In
1950 she was appointed adminis
trative assistant of the Anchorage
RFC office after having worked
for several Anchorage attorneys.
She resigned the RFC job last
year and has sine? served as fund
drive chairman for Anchorage
Girl Scouts, the Red Cross, and
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. Mrs. Dimock
took an active part in organizing
the Anchorage Republican Wom
en’s Club. She is interested in
legislation to regulate licensing of
insurance and real estate brokers
for the protection of the people,
a community property law, re
newed efforts for passage of the
statehood bill,, and a law allow-,
ing individuals to will their eyes
to a recognized eye bank upon
death. Her husband is Edmund
Dimock an Anchorage insurance
agent.
William S. Crulhers of Moun
tain View also seeks nomination
for a House seat on the Demo
cratic ticket A plumber by trade
and working at it. he is a dele
gate from his local union to the
Central Trades Council and the
Building Trades Council. He is
also a member of the Citizens
Committee of the Greater An
chorage area, and owns several
pieces of property in Mountain
View. Besides pledging himself
to support the Democratic plat
form adopted at the Third Dis
trict convention held in Anchor
age last January, he is particu
larly interested in the following
propositions: Alaska should have
immediate Statehood. Fish traps
in Alaska should be abolished.
Land cleared and used for farm
ing purposes should be free from
tax for a certain number of years.
People living in any particular
area should be the ones to deter
mine whether a liquor establish
ment is wanted in their commun
ity. The development and build
ing of schools should be helped
in every way possible. Better
road improvement and mainten
ance for areas outside incorporat
ed cities. Revision of the Work
man’s Compensation and Unem
i ployment Compensation laws to
! increase payments in line with
: the present day cost of living.
Cruthers has been in the Terri
tory since 1947.
* * *
Miss Dorothy Prior, who seeks
Republican nomination to the
taining only the accounting part
naturally interested in the fiscal
affairs of the Territory—taxes,
budgets, and an orderly system of
accounting. Born in Yakima,
Washington, she has a bachelor’s
degree in business administration
from Washington State College.
She came to Anchorage as a tour
ist in 1939 and stayed on for more
than a year as an employee of the
Federal Building constructors
After serving during the war
years as a WAVE, she returned
to Anchorage in 1947 to start a
public stenography service known
as “Your Girl Friday.” Miss Prior
sold this enterprise last year, re
taining only the acounting part
of the firm. Besides being a mem
ber of the executive boards of
both the Anchorage Republican
Club and Republican Women’s
Club, she has served for three
years on the Susitna Girl Scout
Council Board of Directors.
* * *
Anchorage Attorney Wendell
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
Of The Matanuska Valley Bank
Located at PALMER, Territory of Alaska, at the close of
business on the 2nd dav of April, 1952
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts 276,045.28
Loans on real estate 216,027.05
Overdrafts 219.04
United States bonds and securities none
Other bonds and warrants none
Stocks, Securities, judgements, claims, etc. 71,794.56
Banking house, furniture and fixtures 14,510.27
Other real estate owned . 4,825.00
Due from other banks 193,55° A
Checks on other banks and other cash items 26.932.36
Exchanges for clearing house none
Cash on hand 61,400.04
Expenses in excess of earnings none
Leasehold Improvements 4,854.83
TOTAL 870,161.96
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 30,000.00
Surplus fund . none
Reserves 30,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid 30,229.60
Dividends declared but unpaid none
Due to other banks none
Demand deposits . 619,329.08
Time deposits 152,879.23
Cashier’s and certified checks. 1,797.27
Notes and bills rediscounted .=.none
Bills payable (including certificates of deposit) for
money borrowed .none
Official Checks 5,926.78
TOTAL 870,161.96
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION
SS
I, R. M. Jones, Manager of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
R. M. JONES
Correct Attest
Manager
ROBERT A. BAKER
JOHN H. CLAWSON
Directors
(SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of April, 1952.
RUTH M. PETERSON
Notary Public in and for the Territory of
Alaska. My commission expires 8-28-54. _
Key is running for reflection •<>
the House of Representatives. \
Democrat. Kay came to Anchor*
ugo six years ago with his wife
The Kays have four children.
Horn in Watucka, Illinois in 1913. (
Kay is a graduate of DePauw
University and holds a law de
gree from Northwestern Univer
sity's l.aw School. He was attor-,
noy for the National Labor Rela
ions oBard from 1338 to 1340;
acting regional attorney for
the Bureau of Land Man
agement in Portland in 1940. He
came to Alaska to take the posi
tion of executive director of the
Alaska Housing Authority m
1947. In supporting the 19.72
Democratic Territorial program
he advocates increased law en
forement. statehood- and reorgan
ization of the Territorial govern
ment. He is a member of the i
Methodist Church. Masonic
Lodge. Elks. American Legion.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Am
vets. NAACP. and the Cordova
District Fisheries Union.
Mrs. Irene Ryan, a Democrat
candidate for the House is the j
only registered woman engineer
in Alaska. Associated with Thom
as B. Bourne Associates in Anch
orage. she has had frequent con
tact with the Palmer City Coun
cil regarding the new water sys
tem for which her company has
done the preliminary engineering
and survey work. Mrs. Ryan and
her husband John E. Ryan, are |
graduates of the New Mexico:
School of Mines and have two
school-age daughters.
The Ryans first came to the
Territory in 1931 for a year. Ten
years later they returned. During
the war years. Mrs. Ryan was
airways engineer for CAA.
* * *
A former assistant district at
torney from Anchorage, Walter
H. Hodge, now a practicing at
torney in Cordova is seeking Re
publican nomination for the four
year Senate term. Born in Au
burn, Indiana, in 1896 he received
bis lawr degree from the Univer
sity of Washington in 1919 and
was deputy prosecuting attorney
in Skagit County. Washington, in
thr early 20s He served the Third
Division as assistant U S At
torney from 102.r) to 1929 and then
left the Territory. H< turning in
19.15. he made hi* pe.manent
home in Cordova and has been
city attorney there since 1930. Hi*
community activities have includ
ed Boy Scouts, the Community
Hospital and the Chamber of
Commerce. He is also a trustee of
the League of Alaskan Cities. His
lodge affiliations include Masons.
Elks, and Knights of Pythias. His
platform includes: “Passage of a
community property law: revi
sion of the Alaska Property Tax
Act; clarifiation of the Sales Tax
Act. unform legislation governing
taxation by municipalities: futh
er efforts with Congress to assure
passage of statehood bill; and
more self-government for the
people of Alaska."
From Mountain View is E. G.
Bailey, a Democratic candidate
seeking election to the House of
Representatives. Born on a small
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Massachusetts farm, hr m rved as
an officer on destroyer duty dur
ing World War I Ho has lived in
V initam View f"i the past cigid
>i.os, h.ivinu come to Alaska
when his son entered the Univer
w|ty of Alaska. Active in Boy
Scout work, he is also a director
of the Chugach Klertric Associa
tion and of the Mountain View
Chamber of Commerce He stand
for statehood, public utilities, m i
for rural roads, hospitals and
schools, non-sked airlines, lower
shipping rates, better liquor con
trol. Veterans legislation, more
Highway Patrol, game conserva
tion and juvenile courts. He i
against stateside monopolies, land
withdrawals, present court sy>
tem. child labor, fish traps, "tax
ation without representation,”
and being governed by boards
and bureaus 5.000 miles away.
Alaska Moose Offer
$500 for Best Thesis
By Graduating Senior
Palmer Mich School and all
schools in the Territory this week
received notice of a $500 rash
award being offered by the Alas
ka Moose Association for the best
500-1.000 won! thesi*. written hv n
graduating senior on the subject
"Why Statehood for Alaska?"
All papers must he postmarked
not later than May 5. 1052, and
sent to Moose Lodge Number TOO,
Box 2533, Juneau, Alaska, Ail
papers become the property of
the sponsoring association, and
the decision of the judges shall
be final and binding.
The award shall be presented
to the winner on Graduation Day.
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