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The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
FERGUsON-WILLIAMS MARRIAGE LAST FRIDAY

According to word received this week in Wrangell, the marriage of Miss Jane Williams, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Lew M. Williams, and Mr Valentine Ferguson, son of Mrs. Mary Ferguson, took place at 5 o'clock last Friday afternoon in Seattle. Justice of the Peace Harold Moore performed the ceremony.
 Following their marriage the newlyweds spent several days hon eymooning on Hoods Canal
 Mrs. Ferguson attended Wran- gell grade school and graduated from Juneau High School. She at tended the University of Washing ton for one year and then went to the University of Alaska. In 1850 she completed a course at Milo Bennett linotype school in English, Indiana. For the past 16 months she has been a patient at Laurel Beach sanitorium and is looking forward to being discharged in a short time.
 The groom is a member of the pioneer Ferguson family of Wran- gell. He graduated from the local high school and later attended a vocational school in Seattle dur ing which time he took flying lessons and became a commercial pilot. Last summer he flew his plane during the fishing season to spot fish for seiners. He was ex- pected to arrive in Wrangell to- day to do the same work this sea- son.
 Future plans of the young cou- pie have not been announced.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
FISHING SEASON OPENED EARLY

Moving mp the seining season, originally scheduled to open Aug. 4, the U. S. Fish and Wudlfe Serr vice this week announced the foi- lowing early openings:
 Thursday. July 24. 6 a. m.
 Anan Creek vicinity and Ernest Sound, not including Zimovia Strait.
 ley Strait district.
 Central Section of the Western district.
 Mondav. July 28, 6 a. m.
 Eastern district Centire)
 South section of the Western district.
 North section south of Sullivan Island.
 Local Agent NJ. H. Clemmons said the present west coast of Prince Of Wales offshore special season is extended through until Aug. ? at 6 D. m. This is still a registration by vessel fishery.
 In connection with the early openings Regonal Director Clar- ence Rhode said that surveys made by the agency revealed "an excel lent showing of pink salmon has arrived in the normally early stream areas and that a consider able volume of fish is still com ing through Icy Straits.
 This is just what we have been hoping would happen and the fish are there for all to see Rhode said. "The Seymour Canal area mainland shore of Stephens passage Tenakee area. and others which re- ceive their fish through Icy Straits are showing a considerable quant ity of pink salmon. The lower reaches of the streams are already seeded and a good volume of fish can be observed off the stream mouths and in the bays. By Mon day it is believed these fish will have moved into the streams in numbers guaranteeing adequate es- opponents"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
ALASKA OPS STAFF DUE FOR TRIMMING

JUNEAU The Alaska Office of Price Stabilization will trim it's staff of 34 down to 21 as the re- suit of the curtailed appropriation voted by Congress last month, F. c. Hanford, Territorial director said this week.
 Hanford made the announcement after receiving word from his reg ional office in Washington, D. c.
 We have been expecting the cut for some time but did not know exactly how extensive it would be-" Hanford said. Al though this reduction in our force will hamper our operations consid- erably, we note our situation is not as bad as some district offices in the states where staffs were cut up to 75 per cent" The Alaska of flee was trimmed 40 per cent
 Hanford said present plans are to retain branch offices in Aneh- orage and Fairbanks and eliminate certain functions in the Juneau of flee.
 Despite this setback, we are going ahead with our program of giving the people as much protect ion against unwarranted price in- crease as possible with the staff available" Hanford said
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE TO BE OPEN SUNDAY

U. S. Commissioner Joel Wing returned to Wrangell Wednesday after a few days vacation in the. Seattle area, flying both ways.
 He announced on return that due to the early opening of the fishing season, and his absence for a few days, his office will be openl on Sunday from noon to 5 D. m. to accommodate those who have not obtained their fishing licenses.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
NO MOVIES IN OLD GYM DUE TO PROTEST

After hearing various protests at Wednesday nights City Council meeting, Mayor Vern Smith asked the council to cancel his lease on the old school gymnasium building next to the city hall and they did as he requested. At a previous meeting the Council had agreed to lease the old gym to the Mayor for temporary movie theater at the rent of S75 per month with Smith paying all costs of renoyating and upkeep of the building The Mayor said he intended to fill in the gap until the regular theater, destroy ed by the fire of March 21-22, was rebuilt. The Council had unanim- ously approved the lease on the grounds that a movie would be a community benefit
 At Wednesday nights meeting there was strong protest, led by Mrs. John Maxand She declared the old gym should be retained as a recreation center for the child ren of the community and protest ed the amount of rental-$75 per month - which the Council had had set. She said she and others were opposed to renting the old gym to a private individual. Mrs Mary Ferguson asked about fire protection for the building in con- nection with the operation of a motion picture show and Mrs. Irene Ingle spoke in opposition to the lease. Others present in connec- tion with Mrs. Maxands protest were Mrs. Frank Young, MT. and Mrs. Harold Weaver, Marie Hak- vist, Mrs Homer Rooney and sev- eral others.
 Urging that the lease be contin- ued and that the Mayor go on with his enterprise were Peter McCor- mack, Joyce Hay and H. B. Thorn quist. Mccormack pointed out that while he, personally, rarely attends movies, due to an eye condition, he felt that it was a definite stability ing emotional entertainment for many people, both children and adults, and that he felt it would be benefit to the community well fare. Hay expressed similar senti- ments lj!sa
 Thornquist, president of the School Board. said he definitely had no objection to such use of the old school gym as long as the school board was assured the new gym, now under construction, would be completed in time for the fall school term. He urged that the Mayor continue with his lease.
 After hearing the discussion, Mayor Smith asked the Council to reconsider and cancel his lease as he felt his project, apparently, was offensive to many people in the community.
 q thought maybe I could help out and provide a little entertainment for the children as we'll as adults of the community during the time we have no show house." said May or Smith, father of five young children, "but I certainly do not want to engage in any such under taking in view of these objections. If they want the gym for something else, it certainly is fine with me, and I will be glad to assist in any way that I can"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
FUNDS FOR HOSPITAL NOW AVAILABLE

The long anticipated $25,00O for improving the local Bishop Rowe General Hospital, under the Terri- torial aid-to-hospitals act, is now available, Representative Doris M. Barnes. candidate for the Senate, advised the City Council Wednes- day night on her return from a trip to Juneau. Mrs. Barnes said she had talked with Dr. c. Earl
 Albrecht. Commissioner of Health, and the latter said the money is now at hand.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Labor Bosses Take Over

As the Democrats held the na- tional spotlight this week n steaming Chicago, reports emanat- ing from the convention indicated party control had been pretty well taken over by labor union leaders. The dumping of Vice President AL ben Barkley as a candidate for the presidential nomination early this week was the first strong evidence of labor control. Barkley, in an- nouncing his withdrawal from the race said the labor bosses had, prior to the convention, urged him to be a candidate but after arriy- ing in Chicago he had been told he was too old (7D and they h a q dumped him.
 A day later John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, who appar- entity wasn't in on the deal to toss Barkley, came out with a bitter denunciation of Walter Reuther, head of the United Automobile Workers and CIO vice president; George Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, AFL, and Jack Kroll, director of the CIO Political Action Commit tee. He accused them of Small time political intrigue" and declar- ed Barkley had always been a friend of labor and 8 strong sup porter of labor legislation.
 Earlier reports indicated Presi- dent Truman had been favorable to his vice president but when the la Dor bosses said mo-, that was it. One labor leader was reported as having said the President had promised not to enforce the Taft Hartley law in the steel strike. inn plying, of course, that labor dicta- ted some of the Chief Executives actions
 At any rate, it was obvious that the labor leaders controlled the Democratic party machinery and whoever finally came up with the nomination would have to be sub subservient to the union chiefs.
 The results in Chicago might well be the beginning of a trend in the nation toward the British twc- party system - labor and conserv- ative; the Democrats being the la bor party and the Republicans the conservative, blend of northern Republicans and oin erva i ve southern Democrats. Fact is, that's about what it has amounted to since the days of Franklin Roose- welt.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
CHAMBER RECESSES UNTIL SEPTEMBER

Wrangell Chamber of Commerce at it's luncheon meeting Monday noon in ANB hall voted to discon- tinue It's weekly meetings until September. Lack of interest and poor attendance. possibly due to the active fishing season HOW at hand, were reasons given for dis continuing the luncheon meetings. President Everett w. Buness said if something of special concern to the Chamber arose in the mean time, a special meeting would be called.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
Kefauver Still Leading

CHICAGO - Sen. KefauVer was still in the lead after the roll call on the second ballot at the Demo- cratic convention.
 The vote was: Kefauver, 362 F; Stevenson, S24h; Russell, 294; Hartman, 121; Barkley, 781a.
 Balance of the vote was scatter ing with Gov. Dever of Mass, getting 3O1a of the strays.
 Recess after the second ballot in- dicated there would be many roll calls, far into the night.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
MEETING MONDAY

A meeting will be held at the American Legion Dugout Monday evening at o'clock for all parents and persons interested in formulat- ing plans for supervised recrea- tion in the old school gymnasium, accordiny to Mrs. Homer Rooney.
 She said some good suggestions have been made and others will be welcomed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
sIEvERTSENs HERE

MT. andM IFS. John SeiVertsen former WrangeH residents who now live in Ketchikan, flew in to Wrangell this afternoon. They ex- pect to be here until Sunday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
ON OREGON VACATION

On months vacation trip to the ocean beach resort of Seaside. Oregon. Mrs. Joyce Hay and three children left today for the south Children are Michael, Susan and Georgia.
 A few days will also be spent in Seattle seeing the sights of the Queen City.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
STEEL STRIKE ENDS

WASHINGTON - President Tru- man announced today an agree ment has been reached ending the 53-day steel strike. The agreement calls for 2-year contract, 21-cent hourly wage hike and modified union shop.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
COASTAL RAMBLER
 IN COLLISION

VANCOUVER - The 1.2O0-ton coastal steamer Catala is in dry dock here after colliding with an American freighter in T pea-soup fog in Johnstone Strait near Say ward Tuesday night
 The bow Of the Unin1 Steamship vessel was badly bent and her scheduled sailing from Vancouver last night was cancelled.
 The American vessel. the 3,300- ton Coastal Rambler belonging to the Alaska Steamship Co.,, was able to contin1e her voyage northward to Wrangell, Alaska after standing by for an hour and a half.
 The Catala was inbound to Want couYer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
SALMON FISHERMEN END 4-DAY TIEUP

VANCOUVER, B. c. Six thous- and salmon fishermen ended their four-day tieup yesterday after ac- cepting operators final price offer of 25 cents per pound for sockeyes,. the same price as ast year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25

The Coastal Rambler arrived in Wrangell last evening with 160 tons of reight for the local port including material for the new school addition. It sailed north early this morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
AVERAGE 870 FISH A BOAT AT AVIAN OPENING

Anan Greek fishing area opened Thursday morning at o'clock. nine days earlier than previously announced by the Fish and Wild life Service. It found ab~- 4S boats on the grounds, considerably fewer than last year when 7O showed up, but the small attend ance was due to the unexpected early opening which found fisher men not ready and rumors of bet ter fishing near Tenakee.
 The first boat setting off the marker as the o'clock deadIinc passed was the Barracuda skipper ed by Alan McCay. His brother. Bert, explained the Bluefin. sec ond boat off the marker. It was strictly a Wrangell show in this part of the Anan Creek area as the George W. Vivian June, and Mary Lou followed the MeCay boys.
 On the first set the Barracuda netted about 150 fish and new members of the crew bit the nose off the first fish aboard to bring good luck for the season.
 A mile farther down the shore. the Eagle of Wrangeu, skippered )y Joe Kuntz, made a set at the
 anne time as the Barracuda but brought in a hundred or so fish. Best fishing was reported by the Fish and Wildilfe survey to be on the south Wrangell Island shore or below Pt. Ward and not near the usually good marker location. FNs checked 22 boats all over the en- tire Anan area and their total catches for the opening day aver aged 87O fish per boat with about 250 dogs to every thousand pinks.
 The best catch of the % boats checked was made by the Ann Page of Ketchikan. a Naket com pany boat. They had about 2,OO0 fish for the first day.
 Brueger Host
 As usual each year, A. R. Brue- ger of the Farwest-W -WrangeU comp any was on hand for the opening and, with Mrs. Brueger, was host to visitors in the area aboard the tender Dorthea explained by Faye Haynes.
 Among those enjoying sourdough l hot cakes, eggs and bacon put out l by the Dortheas expert cook, Otis 5peer, were: A. E. Allen, supt. of Klawock Oceanside Cannery; Elm bert Demmert of Craig; Vern Smith, Mayor of Wrangell; Peter Mccormack, manager of Wrangell 1 Cold Storage Co.,. and Lew Will liam ST. and Jr, of the Wrangeu Sentinel and Associated Press.
 36 At Tenakee
 First day fishing at Tenakee was poorer than expected, Monte Glenn mons, local FWS agent said, ac- cording to reports received at his office. He said about 36 boats were reported to be in the Tenakee ,area. Fishing there is primarily for dog salmon, he said.
 ClemmOns stated a few new fish were showing up in the nets at Anan but that an adequate run has already gone into the Bradfield for seeding.
 Opening price paid seiners for pink salmon this year is fifty cents per fish with dogs or chum salmon bringing eighty cents.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
KEFAUVER LEADING ON FIRST BALLOT IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO = Senator Estes Ke- fauver of Tennessee led the field on the first ballot today at the Democratic national convention for nomination as President. No can didate had the necessary 615lk to win nomination as the chair man called for a second roll call
 Vote on the first roll call was.
 Kefauyer. $40: Gov. Adlai Stew enson of Illinois. 273. Sen. Rich ard Russell of Georgia. 268; Aver ill Hartman, 1231a with others scattered for various favorite sons. Switches from favorite sons to more likely winners was expected on the second ballot.
 Kefauver. who entered the con vention with the largest number of pledged votes showed unexpect- ed strength on the first ballot when Michigan, with 40 votes, switched to him after first giving it's vote to it's name son Senator Humphreys.
 Connecticut and Kansas switch i'd to Stevenson, indicated a hot race.
 Convention observers expected a break toward one candidate on the second ballot.
 President Arrives
 President Truman arrived at the convention by plane from Wash ington just as the first ballot was completed and was given ovation. He was scheduled to address the convention tonight. On the first ballot Thomas Gavin, alternate delegate for the President, east his one-half vote for Gov. Stevenson, leading convention followers to be- lieve the President would come out actively for the Illinois Governor.
 Alaska cast it's six votes for Ke- fauyer on the first ballot and in the early stages of the second roll call was still voting Kefauver.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-07-25
Alaska's Delegation

As usually happens in Alaska, many of the regular convention elected delegates to a national con- ventiOn are unable to attend for various reasons, biggest barrier as ever, being the expense. Result is that those not attending give their proxy to somebody who can go. Under this system, these are the Alaska people who finally wound up in Chicago for the Democratic conclave:
 Gov. Ernest Gruening; National Committeeman Stanley McCutcheon of Anchorage; Mrs. Essie Dale of Fairbanks; Senator William Beltz of Nome; Senator Frank Barr of Fairbanks; Former Senator Frank PeratroVich of Klawock; z. j.. Loussac of Anchorage and w. c. Stump of Ketchikan.
 Perhaps Significant
 Old Socialist Norman Thomas, and some six times that party 8 candidate for the presidency, prob- ably came up with the briefiest and most complete analysis of the goings-on at Chicago. He was spot ted in convention hall wearing a badge with the inscription TAX A reporter wanted to know what it stood for.
 Said Thomas: "I am confused and the last letter indicates how confused I am."
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-09-05
Parkinson Pleads Case For
Oil Companies

Editor, Peoples Voice:
Please refer to the article in. the Aug.
22nd issue of the Peoples Voice re-
garding oil leases on state lands.
1t is not only good business but man
datory as WELL for those who administer
our state lands, to do so in such man.
ner as to get the greatest possible re-
turns for the benefit of our schools.
1t is also only good business for the
oil producers to so conduct their opera
lions that they get back the money
they have risked and invested plus
reasonable profit, before the wells run
dry Oil wells do not produce forever
and not all the production of an oil
well is profit. There are many costs
such as going around and getting the
leases in the first place, bonuses and
rentals on both productive and non
productive lands, seismograph opera
tions, dry holes, royalties, wages and
taxes, and many others.
The oil producing business is highly
speculative and hazardous, and only
those who have the zest for adventure
and gambling in their blood, will en-
gage in it. 1t is often said and general
ly accepted by informed oil men, that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-09-05
"Organized Labors'-
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(Contlnued from Page FOur)
in their rights and duties. Social,
recreational, and cultural activities
are provided; housing plans and pro-
lection for consumers against high
prices are developed in conjunction
with other groups.
Yet there are still a few existing
conditions which it might be we'll to
change or abandon.
There is too much difference be-
tween the mechanics and trained
workers wages in comparison with
the common laborer and the office
workers wages. For instance the
plumber is paid one dollar more an
hour than the common laborer; but
they both work just as hard, they
both pay the same amount for their
food, clothing, etc. With this situa-
ton, the common laborer can bare
ly make living.
Some unions have started to put
in the National Life Insurance poll
cies, and it might be we'll to have
this in all the unions as a whole, with
the thought that, if possible, the I'M
ion could pay premiums for life for
the members totally disabled on the
job.
In some states it is still illegal to
have a union shop. In the state of
Nebraska you may work overtime but
you cannot demand overtime pay.
This is not the American way, but
fear of union interference often
causes such action. The perfect So
luton would be the participation in
ownership by the laborers or if this
is impossible, the employers and en-
ployees could form into one group,
and deciding their prob
lens together.
Taking these achievements men
toned, which are just few, we can
clearly see the great contributions
which organized labor has made. With
his we also see that, although the
American is not a distinctive racial
,ype, our American way of life, our
distinctive set of social, economic and
political values, is a contribution to
he ages.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-09-05
Socialist VIII Campaign For
Return of National Sanity
BY LEVERNE HAMILTON,
Thompson Falls

"When in the course of h u m n
events" person of supposedly aver
age intelligence embarks upon a course
which would lead his friends and
acquaintances to assume that his ment-
al facilities had Slipped cog or
that he had cast integrity to the winds
and might soon be a candidate for in
vestigation by q sanity commission,
decent respect for the opinions of the
sane members of society requires him
to state the reasons which impell him
to such action.
Consequently, having accepted the
nomination of the Socialist Party, as
a candidate for Congress in the first
district of Montana, thereby rendering
myself subject to classification as one
of that group most charitably referred
to as politicians" I feel that to avoid
the (possible) embarrassment of SAM
ty hearing I should state some sound
and logical reason for such a course of
action. In justification of that course
therefore let the facts be submitted to
candid and l hope an intelligent cleo
torate.
For the past two or three decades
we have been treated by the two major
parties to a continuous three ring
circus of graft, corruption, economic
and political nonsense and a complete
menagerie of repressive and ass1nlne
legislation
We have been witness to a veritable
carnival of Taft-Hartley laws, Smith
acts, and McCarran- Wood acts, and an
noyed to the point of distraction by