The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-07-07
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were guests in WrangeI and the NVrangeI recreation area this week. Coming down from the Capital Sun day. Gov Gruening, Alaska's No. l recreation booster, boarded the Bar rington-Ritchie-Ear river boat with his lady to see at first hand the natural glories of the SttkineI river. He was accompanied up the river by WrangelPs Mayor, Fred G. Hanford. at whose home the Chief Executive and Mrs. Gruening were guests Sunday night while a few WrangelI folk dropped in to extend greetings. The Governor, who sees great possibilities in Aalska for after-the-war tourist business, has lonp wanted to travel the Stlkinei wants to get first hand information on the natural tourist attractions | the Territory has to offer. Stikine river area is one of Wrangells best bets. Party was expected down river late today We'll try and get his reactions for next weeks paper.
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 It is generally accepted up a. round Juneau that Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, who won a Democratic nomination for a Territorial seat, | will accept her appointment as Postmaster at Juneau, thus leay- ing a vacancy on the ticket. Divi- sional committee is now considering whose name will be placed on the ballot in her stead. Best bet is Joe rIn hiob | man. within approximately 50 votes of Mrs. Jenne. Members of the com mittee Periscoper has contacted ap- near to be unanimous in the theory that Green, by virtue of his strong support from the electorate in the primary, is the natural for the position Former House Speaker | Green has legislative background . and a strong personal following throughout the Division as the pri- mary returns revealed.
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 RfGts. always caused in a party primary where contests become spirited, have virtually vanished following the Democratic primary True to democratic principles. the primary contestants battled it out tooth and nail Now the vanquished are lowing to the victors and join ing to meet their common political enemy the Republicans in the fall Indication of how the wind blows in the Democratic camp is in the following letter which veteran Henry Roden recently penned to Bob Bartlett, the successful candi- date:
 Juneau, Alaska
 May IS, 1914 MT. E. L. Bartlett
 Juneau, Alaska
 Dear Bob:
 Now that the primary retrnus are all in and your nomination to the office of Delegate to Congress is assured, I wish to congratulate you on your success and to say that am ready to make good the state ment I have made number of times to the effect that I would support the party's nominee; you may be assured that I will do all in my power to make certain your el- ection in the fall. .
 Yours sincerely,
 Henry Roden
 Like most of Alaska's political war horses, Henry is a great fighter in times of battle; gallant loser in times of defeat.
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 As you may have heard, the pub fisher of this priceless family jour- nal has been niched for another public chore, which We learn from what the boys like to refer to as an unimpeachable source, he is happy to do to the best of his ability We tried to get him to do a piece for this journal on his new appoint ment, but fumbling throgh the proofs of last weeks copy we didn get in the paper, he came across what was intended to be last week sI Periscope Well" said he, why not use this one? After all, it's in type" So here it is, for better orI for worse:
 Stars may fall on Alabama-but Wrangell gets bombs. One exploded in our midst last Friday when The Sentinel received an Associated Press dispatch announcing that Llewellyn (yes, that's his real mon- iker) M. Williams, whose name al so appears in the masthead of this valuable family journal, had had the honor to be nominated Secre- tary of Alaska by President Frank lin D. Roosevelt. The Senate (pro bably saying well, here's that man againD confirmed the nomina tion within two and one-half hours after it was sent to them. Guess that makes it unanimous.
 Probably makes 1t unanimous, but n1a kne it tnIl The SnntinAl