ALASKA APPARENTLY IS
LAND OF MISSING MEN
A communication received from
the office of Governor Ernest
Gruening this week seeks infor
mation on 32 missing men, listed
Striow. Anyone having any in
formation about someone named
•an tMs list should write direct to
the Gcrvernor’s office.
The list of missing men in- ■
chides these names:
GUST JOHNSON (G u s t a f
Adolf Johansson) born in Sweden.
Alseat 63 years of age; known to
have been in Juneau from 1918
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VICTOR SWANSON (John
Victor Martensson( born in Swe
den.) About 75 years of age;
Sinown to work for U. S. Smelting
[and Refining Company, in 1927,
! at Kenftecott from 1921 to 1920;
| used a post office box at Cordova
! once. • •
1 CONRAD ANDERSON, bom in
Norway in 1891. Last heard from
in 1940, Juneau.
OLE KARL JOHANSON. Left
States to reside in Alaska.
NILS LANSETH. bom ir
Dmmmen. Norway, June, 1904.
PETER I. BOIUM, bora in Nor
way 1875. Living in Minnesota
many years; left four or five
years ago for Alaska.
KNUD DAMGAARD PEDER
SEN, supposedly in Alaska.
KNUT O. DALSBO. Last
known address was Juneau Hotel
but no forwarding’address there.
THOMAS DOUGLAS HOGEN,
formerly of Valdez, Illiamnai Pe
ninsula, etc. Prospector and free
lance rQissionary. Last known in
r, Seattle in 1929. " “ *'* j
I;! JAMES WINIFRED, O’NEIL,
a about 54 years of age. Last
j mown to live in a rooming house
n: in Fairbanks' two years ago. i
11 ] PER EVERT WESTMAN born
1 in Sweden in 1905; believed to be
working in Fairbanks area.
: THOMAS N. ROGERS- Left
', North Carolina for Adak in April,
1949. Not known if he arrived:
-, there.
* LEONARD (LEN) ROSS.!
' Known to have been in Juneau
i about 1H years ago.
W. LEONARD ALEXANDER,
t 48 years of age, 175 pounds,
1 5’-9Vj”, blue eyes, sandy gray
; hair, fair complexion, stocky
build. Left Princeton, New Jer
^sey in 1949.
: | ROBERT KARL (BOB) HAR- ■
i' TENBERGER, Believed to’ be in
•Juneau area, • or fishing near
i Ketchikan. Bom m T916.
j JOHN ALBERT McDONNELL
i (JACK), bom- in Pehnsylvahia'in
1 1926. -'IftT947 came td Anchorage
| area but not heard from since. • •
JAMES - RATHBONE.* 'Known'
!'to be in Fairbanks in 1926; . • j
ROSS ; W; PRITCHARD,’ 46
j-years • of-, age,brown eyes . and.
j|hair,< weight -'185 ^pounds.* - -.Left
i-New Jersey in April 1949, sup-'
i ^osedly.- ,.J or. - Algsl^a- -..Licensed;
i.plumber, -and drove .-heavy ..duty..,
I trucks, j". *-.•?;• .* i.-*r .* :j •
| KARL . EMIL- LARSEN "(or Gl-i
|seri).i.;Wai-.«i fishing and minings (
j last *Mdyes3«s -at MeCirath aai^
! Bethel:*-- •• * * • -•* i-’xx. » »••■**-<
j AUGUST REINHOLD-.-UTBERG. :
. Came* toJ state «oiGWashington in .]
| 1901, -and started traveling to ;
! Alaska: in 1906. - Last letter to ,
Sweden was-in 1919 or 1920 from ]
Cordova-- There was a report-of i,
his death in 1929, but no definite
information could be obtained in j
I Sweden. ,
GERHARD WANDEL, born in ,
! 1894 in Germany. Left state of ]
! Oregon in 1939-40 for Alaska.
Thought to have been in or near j
! Valdez. <
CHARLES MAJEAU. Traced
j by Canadian government as far
i as Duck Lake in the Canadian 1
I Yukon in 1915, where he had a '
■ placer mining claim. From there £
! believed to have gone into Alas- ‘
i ka, but unheard of since. *
SMOKEY EDWARD GER- c
RETT. Missing since November, 1
I 1948. Thirty-five years old, with
: blonde hair, blue eyes, 5’-8”, 160
pounds. Plays guitar and sings,
i Wears cowboy clothes- i
MR. or MRS. H. T. CURRY (or t
child). Last heard from in Hot j
Springs, Alaska, in 1909- Request ^
information of any statistics after j s
1909 or 1910. jr
PATRICK McHUGH- Had in- c
formation that he died some years -
ago, but no dates, time, place, or 1
approximate age of McHugh giv- 1
en.
GEORGE WHITFORD. Left 1
home in Massachusetts in 1947. 1
ROBERT W. DELANEY. Left
New York for Alaska about Feb- <
ruary, 1949. J
CONRAD LUDWIG LIND- <
STROM. Family heard that this 1
man died in Alaska in early <
1940’s. <
CARL HEINRICH BUCHNER
(or Buechner). No information '
given.
’ CLARENCE ALBERT RU- i
PERT. Bom in Pennsylvania in
F.ED CROSS DRIVE
SET BACK FOR WEEK
A one-week postponement fo
the Valley’s Red Cross drive wa
j -jnnounced today by Mrs. Vick
j Swidelsky. 1950 drive chairman
i She said the delay was decidec
:pon. in order not to conflict wit!
he Girl Scout cookie sale sched
uled for March 12. However th<
late of that sale was somewhat
uncertain at press-time, since tht
■'ookies had not yet arrived from
the States.
However the drive definitely
will commence through the busi
ness establishments in Palmei
next week, Mrs. Swidelsky said
Members of the American Legior
Auxiliary will be asked to assist
in canvassing for this drive.
Membership buttons and win
dow stickers will be issued to all
those who contribute to, the Red
Cross campaign. All money re
ceived here will be kept in the
Valley to help in time of peed. '
Mrs. Swidelsky pointed out that
this is the §ne fund drive in the
Valley which is conducted' sep
arately .from, ’thd’ Community
Chest campaign. Thecondition's
of the congressional* bhett^er is
sued. to. Red Cross niake it''im
possible , for 'the organization to
exist' without' a sep'arater" drive,
Mi's. Swidelsky. said. ' ’ ‘
Money collected on these Red
Cross drives is’useci tb h'el'ff'afty1
tone in need or in time oY di^a^tfer.
During the course of the year
I94S-1949, Red. Crpss' extended
help in over 300 instances and
spent more than seven million
dollars nationally for disaster re
lief. In addition, the organization
spent 18 million dollars for the
armed forces, 17 million dollars
for veterans, seven million dollars
on its health, campaign and al
most one and a half million dol
lars on its children’s programs.
Seniors Begin Work
On Annual Play
Seniors of Palmer High School
have chosen “Demons in the
Dark” as their class play this
spring. Casting was in progress
at press-time, and rehearsals are
expected to begin almost imme
diately. Definite play dates have
not yet been selected.
Chest Board Meets Tomorrow
The board of directors of the
Valley Community Chest meets
tomorrow at 9:30 in the office of
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy Sax
ton. This is to be another in the
series of by-laws sessions the di
rectors have been conducting re
cently.
1913. At one time went under
last name of Breese (stepfather).
Believed to have left Seattle in
1941 with a group of men headed
fnf A 1 9
LUCIEN CURTIS SCHICHTL
(L. C. or Lew Schicht). Last
known to be in Nome in spring
of 1947; 6’-%” tall, brown eyes,
hair quite gray, high forehead,
dark complexion. About 54 years
old.
OLE BERG. Born in 1869.
Last address Steel Creek, Alaska.
TENNIS P. OYER. Age 34,
dark brown eyes and hair, 5’-10”,
165 pounds.
ANCHORAGE COUPLE
ARE WED HERE .
• i
Two Anchorage youfrig people
were married in Palmer last Sat
urday, when Miss Edith Erickson
’ >f Welch’s Dress Shop arid Bill'
1 Stewart of radm station KENI
' drove to the Valley to be married
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
1 Tost. U. S. Commissioner Doro
thy Saxton performed the wed
ding service.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas of
Anchorage were’ attendants for
the couple.
For her wedding gown, Mrs.
Stewart wore an. ensemble of
brown linen and aqua. Her bridal
corsage was an orchid.
Kiwonians Greet Ladies
With Food and Flowers
Flowers and ladies dressed up
the Kiwanis Club dinner meeting
this week. The monthly Monday
.evening meeting was designated1
ladies night for-March, and Ki
! \v.anians went all - Orit in their
plans to makent a worthw hile en- •;
' tertainment." Corsages* were pt;.©7. •
„ vided for"aril wbmam guests, and.
! aj)rogram was planned for their..
after*-* dinner ■ enjoyment: . There:
1 were more than It ft' members, and
fgyests present/ * ,.*.•> * .." T *»
[tRIO PliAN TRIP *tV' : :\\. :
IT6 kenai peninsula;
1 . PSrk&fb Lester, local Extension ;.
j^ervice agent, plans a trip-to ithe '■
| Kenai -Peninsula later'this .'month:
! Mr. Lester, in company ■ y.’ith
Charles Wilson of the Soil Con-*:,
servation headquarters here, and
■James Hurley, general manager .
of the Alaska Rural; Rehabilita
tion Corporation, will leave on
March 20 and will be gone a
week. The trio will be primarily
concerned with the organization
of the 1950 soil conservation pro
gram, administered in Alaska by
the Extension Service.
} ROSE IS NOW
MINUS HER CAST
WASILLA—At last, Rose Vi
caryous is wearing two shoes
again. She fell and fractured her
ankle almost seven weeks ago,
•nd she has been walking around
n a cast until just last week.
WASILLA —Mr. and Mrs. A1
Ax tel and daughter, Roxanne, are
visiting Mrs. Cecil Wilson of Wa
silla this week. Mrs. Axtel is
Mrs. Wilson’s daughter. The fam
ily lives in Seward.
111.LIE RENSHAW FETED
AT LINEN SHOWER
Mrs. Billie Renshaw was honor
guest at a linen shower and
luncheon last Thursday afternoon.
The shower, given by Mrs. Walter
Parcels, was held at the Matanus
ka Hotel.
Guests were served a delicious
afternoon luncheon of chicken
pie, moulded salad, rolls, coffee
and cake, after which Mrs. Ren
shaw opened her gifts.
Ladies who attended the show
er included:
Mesdames Lester Mears, Minnie
Clark, Joe Gallant, Nevin Aider
man, the honor guest and hei*
hostess.
Mrs. Renshaw, an employe of
the Anchorage Shopping Guide,
is to be married soon.
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Sale
V-.v1
Tide . . .
Rinso
Giant
size $4.10
Giant SIZ6
X ■
90
Ivory . . .
large
41
P&G Bar Soap 2 25
SALLEY MAE
Face Soap . . 3 25
Milk
$7.95
fits
Valley Grocery
Cash and Carry
Open Daily From 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OUR BIG SPRING
Blow Out Sale
IN THE GROCERY DEPARTMENT
Your Friendly Family Dept. Store