The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-03-20
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Local town politics took an up beat this week as petitions for can didates for Mayor. three Councilmen and one member of the School Board must be filed in the City Clerks office by Monday, the 23rd. 5 days before the municipal cleo ton April C One petition has been filed as this is written. It is for Van M. Fisk for Council. Fisk pre- viously served three years as Mayor. Half dozen or more petitions are out being circulated about town
 Indications are you'll see petitions for Mayor E. J. Wheeler for reel eetion, for George Gunderson, Jor- gen Roaming and Leth Meadows for reelection to the Council. for W. L.. Eastaugh for the Council. for Olaf Hansen. former Councilman, for the Council. and Leo Mccormack for re- election to the School Board. Dope is there may be a woman candidate for the School Board. There may be- another petition for Mayor. possibly one or two more for Council
 Most important for all voters is not to forget to register at the City Hall The registration books are now open daily and will be until 1 O. clock the afternoon of April $. Get your name on the book. it's one dot ted line you can sign without cost.
 
 School business has hit a bear. market all over the Territory. Last Legislature appropriated a million and haIf for support of schools for the biennium, approximately $780, 900 of il for schools within incor- porated towns Hint Is that the money is going faster than antiei- pated Education Commissioner James c. Ryan. here recently. told the Town Council not to permit up- ping of the budget this year and if there were to be any increase in teachers salaries it would have to be made up by the municipalities Meanwhile, along came the rate in- crease and increased cost of living. Teachers demanded more pay. With hopes of getting it slim. resignations| started and a large number of teach. CTS won't be back next year. At the same time, there may be some diff. ticulty in getting capable teachers due to the wages paid in defense in. dustry. and better prospects else. where. In the Westward and Interior particularly the Education Depart. ment has been harassed with the problem of providing facilities for increased enrollments due to the in-I lux of workers and their families. This is being largely adjusted now through evacuation of families from those areas, but there is still an acute headache for those who handle education matters in the Territory, Dope is that smaller towns in par- ticular will see sharp eurtailment | in staffs come fall.
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 Born in Alaska" is getting to be more and more of a campaign slo- gan as time marches on and Alaska blossoms into fuller maturity. More of the lads who were born here are getting 10 that age where they be- gin to step out in the world This year there is a lot of it, perhaps kicked off b yWalter P. Sharpe, who as a candidate for Labor Com missioner is stressing that he was born in Nome 36 years ago and is the first born Alaskan to administer any labor law in the Territory l (when he headed Unemployment Compensation setup). Whether il means anything to the average voter is mOoted question, but the Labor 1 Department under Mike Haas, Sharpe's opponent, isn't going to let Walter get away without competi-