The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-26
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

Has HdQ Us lfOuDleS- IIOBdDlg IHe most painful was when the last Legislature. after threatening to abolish il entirely, finally wound up by giving it no appropriation for this biennium. However, there was some S45.000 left of the orig inal appropriation made in 1945 when the Board was created and with these meager funds the Board endeavOred to carry on it's work of fostering industry, business and Vo- cational development in the Terri tory. This week it received a pat on the back for its efforts. Says a report from the Board:
 A private contribution of mon ey toward the work of the Alaska Development Board was received this week from Raymond NJ Will son of Anchorage and credited to the Boards account by the Terri torial Treasurer. Spenard Realty, the company with which Wilson is connected has been receiving some assistance from the Board in the development of an industrial site area near Anchorage
 In sending in his check Wilson wrote: T believe that we are go- ing to get some new blood in the Legislature next election and get adequate appropriations for work such as yours"
 The 1945 act creating the Board empowers it ito accept do- nations from public agencies, civic groups, trade associations, cOrpor- ations and individuals toward any class of work conducted by the Board"
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 The reddest female faces in AL aska this week were those of the attractive women of Wrangell, and it wasn't because they were em- barrassed about anything. They were just being given bad time by the hirsute-adorned Stikine Stampeders. To the uninformed outside the famed city on the Stik inc, a Stikine Stampeder is any gent in Wrangell who doesn't want 10 pay fine because of not grow ing a beard for the Stikine Stam- pede to be held in Wrangell this summer No fines have been col lected and the beard growing start ed last Saturday. You can we'll i'm agine what the gals have to put up with until the bristles get into "cultivating" shape. Beard trim at the tonsorial parlor $1.25; check your aidearms with the bar Der
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 Off to Washington tomorrow will go Gov. Ernest Gruening to appear before committees of Congress on appropriations and other problems concerning the Territory. He is expected to be gone several weeks and probably will be joined by Mrs Gruening before returning to Alaska.
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 Political activity was picking up. Alaska towns were not only concerned with their municipal el- ections but with the primary in the offing April 2, candidates for
 
 busy. Campaign posters and cards were beginning to decorate win dOws and some of the Office-seek- CTS were getting around. The good old average voter was going to be a popular person during the next few weeks. With the blanket prim- ary personal campaigns were sort of important. States were appear ing, too, and candidates reported they were being hit by more ques- tiOnnaires than had appeared in a long time.
 One political card which was causing many a lifted eyebrow as it appeared this week was signed, Committee for Election of Above Candidates" and listed, strangely enough, Doe" Walker, Ketchikan Democrat, and Steve Vukovich, Juneau Republican, for Senate nominations, and William L. Paul, Sr., former disbarred attorney, for the House. This amalgamation of forces was reWiving the old adage, politics makes strange bed-fel- lows" Walker, who claims to be long time Democrat, had flirted with the Republicans two years ago and made little headway with COP Boss Albert White. Recently White took some newspaper space to disavow any claim to Paul, Sr., Vukovich. too, appeared to be out of the White camp.