The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12
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Whether Eiler Hansen remains as Superintendent of the Pioneers Home at Sitka rests with the will of the new board of Trustees of the Home created by act of the special session of the Legislature. recently adjourned It may be re- called that at the last regular ses- sion. the lawmakers, after a visit to Sitka, came in with a report on the condition at the Home which included a statement bearing on the poor health of Superintendent Hansen and indicating rather broadly that it would be just as well if Hansen were removed. Ar ter the session had adjourned the then pioneers home board made Ip of the Governor H. R. YanderLeest of Juneau and Charles WOrtman of Sitka looked into the matter and YanederLeest and Wortman held to the viewpoint that Hansen was doing all right Obviously the leg islature was not satisfied At the special session the Senate commit tee on Territorial offices and insti- tutiOns, headed by Andrew Ner- land of Fairbanks came up with a bill creating a new board Of Trustees leaving the appointive power with the Governor and giv- ing the new board the authority to name a superintendent along with other duties. It passed both houses in the closing hours and was signed by the Governor who a day Or so later appointed a new board made up of Charles w. Car ter of Juneau, pioneer Alaskan; Henry Roden, former Attorney General and another pioneer and Jack Conway of Sitka, also an old timer With the board rests the fate of Eiler Hansen at the Pion- eers' Home Although the board hasn't acted, there seems to be anl impression that there will be al change at the Home before long
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 Not only did the special legisla- tive session pass an excellent vet-I erans bill, text of which appearsI elsewhere in this weeks paper, but it looked to the welfare of thel veterans in another manner. ItI assed an act authorizing the All aska Housing Authority to look into the business of acquiring ade-| quate housine for vets who are en-I rolled at educational institutional in the Territory Giving the Auth ority $100,0O0. the law instructsI the agency to get busy and see what it can do about getting sur plus quonset huts and such other housing as may be obtained for veterans and their families
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 With the primarv election but two weeks away April 30, the of flee seekers are busv these days attempting to convince the voters they are the logical candidates to fill the jobs. Wide interest centers in the three-cornered Democratic Senate races in the First Second and Fourth Divisions. It is a case of threes all the way around with somebody bound to lose the nomin- ation. In the First. Senator Andy Gunderspn of Ketchikan. Repre- sentative Frank Peratrovich Of Klawock and Representative Curtis Shattuck of Juneau are cut to capture the two Democratic nomin- ations in this Division Tn the Sec ond it's Senator Howard Lyng Senator Frank Whaley and Repre- sentative Bess Cross to take two and In the Fourth. Representative Jesse Lander, Speaker of the House. Representative Warren Taylor and Representative Alaska Linck are having a real contest. Shattuck in the First, Wraley in the Second and Mrs. Linck in the Fourth were being begged in the campaign talk as the anti-administration candi- dates. Result of these races should tend to show how Alaska voters are thinking. Republican candi- dates have nothing to worry about They have no contests and are sure of nomination in the primary