The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-24
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1 spiritless campaign comes to a
 close and next Tuesday Alaska Yot- CTS go to the polls to make their party selections in the biennial pri-
 mary election The Democrats will
 formally nominate Delegate Anthony J. Dimond for reelection, and Oscar G. Olson for Territorial Treasurer
 The nomination will mean election because neither is opposed on the Republican ticket. In fact, GOPers who go to the voting places will be true patriots for there isn't a con test in their ranks for nominationss not even a full Divisional ticket in the First and Third.
 Contest of the primary is the Democratic nomination for Commits sioner of Labor, between Michael J. Haas and Walter P Sharpe. This is the new office created by the last Legislature and to which Haas was appointed by the Governor until this election when the position was to become elective. Haas has held the office under appointment since June of last year.
 Both men are widely known in the Territory. Sharpe was born at Nome, lived for many years at Ket- chikan and was Director of Unem- ployment Compensation Commission in Alaska since it's inception in 1887 until last year when he was relieved of his duties following the shakeup in the Commission under new appointments by the Governor. Even the new Commission which busted him publicly acknowledged his efficiency. The custer was the re- suit of differences in point of view of operation of the Commission, Sharpe holding with the resigning Commissioners against too much Federal domination.
 Haas has been in the Territory a matter of some eight or nine years, mostly in the Third Division where he was active in labor movements Since taking office he has become more widely known around the Ter ritory He is a strong Governor sup-I porter, naturally enough, as he isi an appointee of the Governors. This may react against him in some pre- cincts. Trimmed down to brass Jacks, the contest for Commissioner of La-I bor in political circles is a Cover nor-anti-Governor test. The result should be close.
 In the Divisional contests there is a Senator and four House members to be nominated on each ticket. InI the First and Third there is no COP name on the ticket for Senate nom inee but for the House seats there is the usual large number of con- tenders on the Democratic ticket. For example the First Division has 13 candidates for the four House Demo nominations. GOPers have just the ticket of four.
 Major interest in the First will be contest for nomination by Allen Shattuck of Juneau and A. P. Walk CT of Pelican City Shattuck, ex- President of the Senate and former House member with a long digni- fled record in public and private life is heavy favorite with most ob- servers to win handily.
 The House race is scramble. If. you ask for a Republican ballot you'll find only four names-GrantI A. Baldwin, Frank L. Garnick and Edward J. Krause of Juneau and Ralph A. Bartholomew of Ketchi-I kan. But Democrats will scratch their heads over this long list try. ing to select the right four:
 Frank Peratrovich, Klawock; j.. P. Christensen, Lynn Canal; Carroll Clausen, Petersburg; Wilfred C.I Stump, Ketchikan; Joe Krause, Ket-. chikan; R. E. Hardcastle, Ketchikan; Andy Gundersen, Ketchikan; and from Juneau, Crystal Snow Jeene, James V Davis, John L. Covich, Frank Chinella and Harold H. Bates.
 Even though the war is uppermostI and the campaign consequently list less, don't fail to do your American duty by voting.
 In the correspondence we find this one from an old newspaper til- licum of ours Understand by As sociated Press you are elected May or of Wrangell What are the chances? Can work pin ball ma chine deal; parking meters or new city hall also possibility of wet nurse layout for fish hatchery Black top paving may be handled. ," Don't suppose we are being ribbed" a little? But from one old city hall reporter to another, that fish hatch cry proposition does have possibili- fiac