The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-27
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERTSCOPE

As the maritime strike headed toward it's fifth week, the pinch on Alaska was becoming more a. cute. particularly was this true m the Westward and northern reg ions where winter supplies had not yet arrived for some places. Two vessels were reporteed ready ing to get out of Seattle this week end-the Oduna for the Westward and the Northern Yoyager for Southeast Alaska, but a new de- mand by Harry Lundeberg for his AFL sailors of $1.10 an hour over time, coupled with a threatened longshore strike in Seattle, left some doubt if the vessels would get away as scheduled Other yes- sels from Alaska which had been caught in the main strike when they arrived in port had not been unloaded and were reported to heI discharging and preparing to take cargo for the north.
 Meanwhile, Alaska's cold stor- age plants and fish houses were damned with fish which couldn't be moved; food supplies were dwindling in most communities; prospect of a milk famine was im- lnent as dairymen faced the pros pect of no hay or grain. No eggs. 10, beef, no butter, no this or that Were beginning to be common phrases with most merchants over the Territory Suggestion had been made that Army, Navy or Coast Guard vessels coming north bring needed supplies to Alaska commuE- ities but thus far the plan hadn't jelled.
 # k *& Carpenters strike at Anchorage, | threatening to tie up some fivel million dollars of building con- struction including military il-l stallations, was almost a cinch for today Anchorage carpenters were getting under the Seattle scale and had demanded a raise about al month ago, setting Sept. 27 as the deadline for a strike if they didn't get it. They were getting $1.75 an hour while Seattle carpenters were getting $2.25. It was generally ad- mitted Anchorage had legitimate complaint Anchorage employers had agreed to pay the increase ifl Wage AdiuS ment Board would aD- prove, but WAB hadn't acted.
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 First land line connection be- tween Alaska's capital, Juneau, and the outside world became a reality this week as the Alaska Communications System completed the installation of a cable from Skagway to Juneau and officially opened the circuit yesterday. The Lew connection affords land line telephone service to Fairbanks, Anchorage and other Interior points as we'll as to the States via the line installed by the Army during the war along the Alaska Military highway to Edmonton and thence to the States.
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 The result of an air-minded cam raign will be told October s, asl Alaskans go to the polls to name their favorite office holders. With ships tied up and rail and car diates either had to take to the air lines or stay home. It was tine flyingest campaign in Alaska his tory Groups of candidates got to- gether and chartered planes to go here and there, in sharp cOn- trast with former days when h. terior candidates used the Alaska railroad, cars, dog team or what haVe-you and Southeasterners hired gasboat and thought it was a good deal. It ran up campaign costs, but nobody seemed to mind. At any rate, the boys and girls were getting around. No 1 quail fication in a candidate for Alaska office these days is willingness to fly
 While GOPers he'd taken the play last week in the Southeast region, the DemosI were lining up to take their aerial message to the voters from now until elec- tion One plane, carrying Delegate Bob Barteltt and a group of can didates was scheduled to take off from Juneau today for Southeast points. They would make Skag way Haines, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell. Ketchikan and possibly the west coast before October 8.
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 These are the candidates First Division will find on their ballots