The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26
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Democrats of Southeast Alaska will make the welkin ring next Tuesday night, September 90, at a rally in Juneau honoring their party leader, Delegate E. L. Bart lett The call has gone out to Dem ocrats from Skagway to ketchikan 10 rally round and give Delegate Bob a big send-Off before he re- turns to Washington later in the. week. Spearheaded by Judge Wil- liam A. Holzheimer, who is serv- ing as general chairman and toast master. the affair promises to bel one of the big Democratic affairs of the Territory. On the committee with Judge Holzheimer are Ralph J. Rivers, Oscar G. Olson, NJ. 2. MOnagle, Chris Jennings. Mrs Kathleen Andrews, Mrs. Mike Haas, Mrs. Russell Maynard, Mrs. John Mccormick Mrs. Roy Peru troyich, Mrs. B. D. Stewart anu Lew Williams.
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 Alaska's richest salmon pack was in the can = approximately A.. 0O0.0O cases. While far below the so-called normal in volume, the pack probably would prove to be the biggest on record in dollars and cents value. Pinks and echoes were selling at SIG 10 ST per case in Seattle and red and kings were bringing as high as $24.50 a case 4S one-pound cans. With such prices il meant that Alaska's 1947 salmon pack was worth more than $S0.OO0,OO0 What a pound can or Alaska salmon would retail for Iu Alaska after it had been shipped to Seattle, wholesaled at $24.50 q case, and returned to the Terri tory as general merchandise at the increased shipping rate was any bOdy's guess.
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 Alaska's school enrolment would be approximately 10000 this year when final registration figures were in, according to Com missioner of Education James Ky an. This would be about 1.0O0 ln- crease over last term. As a result of closing Is Alaska Native Serv- ice schools. S69 pupils were -ShliHt ed to Territorial schools which are not equipped to take care of them l Of this number 427 of the native children were absorbed in the city schools bur the remaining Az were without school facilities of | any kind. The Native Serfice waf doing some juggling between WraE- l gil Institute and Ait EdgecumGe i in Sitka, transferring younger pu- pills to Wrange'l and taking the | older ones to Sitka. ANS was cry l ing it had no money, but this op- eration was being carried on by l air, although the Native Servlce | was reported to have quite a fleet of boats and a surplus property l vessel was recently added to the i fleet
 * * There was considerable furry 1 in Territorial Republican ranks l when the congressional parties l were recently in the Territory. The ] anti-White crowd, who like to call l themselves black Republicans, took | all their woes to the Republican | Senatorial ears, hoping. apparent ly, that some Senate pressure l might be invoked to get Albert 1 White out as "boss" of the party. ! Report is that the pleas fell flat. : The Senators indicated they hal plenty of party squabbles in their own states without worrying about Alaska's split Republicans. It was a better than even bet that Al White would be taking five Alaska votes back to the COP convention in Philadelphia and casting them. incidentally, for Robert A Taft. al least in the early roll calls.
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 Senator Norman R. Doe" Walk CT of Ketchikan will not be ca '- Cidafe against Bob Bartlett in the Democratic primary next April for nomination for Delegate to Con gress. Since announcing himself some time ago. Doe" says he has changed his mind and is thinking of dropping out of poli- tics entirely for health reasons
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 The condition Of the Territory's general funds was still nothing to write home about There was some Sl14 900 in the fund, against which there loomed a September payroll, including salaries of rural teachers, of s12O.OOO. In addition some s175,OOO in unpaid vouchers had stacked up. Unless some money
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