The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-30
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Prospects for big fishing sea son are not overly bright. Labor troubles and transportation condi- ,ions have slowed things up in the Westward. II is expected the pack west of Cape Spencer will be sharp ly curtailed. Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula areas are open but var ious difficulties have eurbed full season operations JurisdictiOlal disputes between AFL and CIO eX- ists on Cook Inlet and the Terri tCrial Department of Labor has ar ranged for au election in the area in early June to determine just who has Jurisdiction. The result will have 10 go to the National La- Dor Relations Board for final ac- ton. Major hope for a good pack lay in Bristol Bay, which opens June 27 and Southeast Alaska which starts fishing in late July.
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 Kay Kennedy. pubicinty expert and story writer. who has spent considerable time in the Territory and is known to many Alaskans. is coming out with a new book. Alaska Ain't for Ladies" which goes to the publishers shortly. It's tale of her adventures while fish ing hunting, prospecting, etc, Tp| here. Kay is now in Florida help il g put over the Miami Boat Show. She'll probably be up to Alaska al gain with the Outdoor Writers group in August.
  Territorial Guard equipment, is- sued through the Army when the Guard was created during the war days, will shortly be turned over to the Territory for whatever disposal it sees fiji. Army has al greed to the transfer where-is, what-is. Lieut. Col. J. P Williams, Adjutant General of the Territory, was expecting to wind up thel transfer this week. With Guard af fairs finally closed out, Col. Will Hams will be retiring as Adjutant General and heading south. He and Mrs. Williams will make their fu- ture home in Eugene. Ore, where they recently purchased a hou e. Jey for many years was with the Forest Service in Alaska and was in retirement. from that service when the war came along. With two boys in the service he felt na should be doing his bit and finaliEl agreed to take over the Guard job, l a task he performed with distinct tion, a credit tC himself and tlel Territory of Alaska. The best wish es of Alaskans will go with lIr and Mrs. Williams to their new home.
  Coy. Gruening is expected ba + i in the Territory around the last 1 of next week after two months absence in Washington where hel had been called to testify on Alas ka matters before various congress sional committees. Before headlngl north he will attend his class rel union at Harvard and deliver the address as the most travelled man" ih the class. Meanwhile, Mrs VI ACAAAhEH " A1O Has BEEn VI llA -lEI mother in Connecticut, will be at- tending a reunion of her class at Nassar
  Delegate E. L. Bartlett probably ! will be visiting Alaska in August with the Territories subcommittee of the House Public Lands com mittee. With the tentative date forI adjournment of Congress July 31. | it is expected the committee will arrive shortly thereafter.
  Sun suits were the uniform of the day for young Alaskans and rubber boots and fishing rod for rop as the Southeast basked this. week in the first real summer weather of the season. Tempera- lures ranged in the 7O's to near eighty in some spots around Jun-I eau. Residents took to the beaches, the lakes and streams