The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-22
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V eather Report

weather ACpo4A
 Maximum in front Of our office this afternoon 40 above zero. Min imum = who cares? Everybody was in bed nice and warm anyway
 Juneau = l5 above and a Taku wind
 ketchikan -l4 above and hop ing for a break.
 Petersburg - Too cold and Bue Hentze thawing pipes
 seattle. that garden spot of the Northwest - l5 above and the only hot deal in town the Seattle Un- iversitv basketball team. Traffic sna!Itd; cars showed in a pres sure area. moving from here to lher., alibis the P-L
 Washington. Oregon. California, midwest and east blizzards. roads impossible. so many dead from exposure.
 Real garden spot of the Pacific Northwest Wrangell. Alaska. tFree Chamber of Commerce fold e4s on request.)
 Another Hot Spot
 Aside from this heat wave around WTangeu. we suspect another hot spot during the week probably was in the committee room Of the Sen ate's Interior and Insular Affairs committee when that honorable body. headed by s nator Hugh Butler, Republican of Nebraska, vol d s to Ito include the Alaska statehood bill with the Hawaiian measure. President Eisenhower had on two occasions ignored Alaska statehood like a poor relative by even failing to mention it. al the same time putting in a few kind words for Hawaii. Senator Butler. who has looked askanee al Alaska statehood since his visit 10 the Ter ritory a few years ago, labeled the ac ion 10 include Alaska. the And erson version" Senator Clinton An derson is Democrat from New Mexico, who serves on the commit tee. Must have been something mere than tepid in that committee room.
 But even in these mild attitudes 
 boat. Senator Richard Russell, De m ,crat of Georgia, indicates it might be quite spell away The recent Democratic convention in Juneau wired the Senator, applaud ing his decision on Alaska state ho9d Senator Russell acknowledged the fine sentiments" but added 'I regret 10 advise that I am oppos ed 10 statehood for both at this time"
 Extra Chairs
 Aside from the Russell boomer ang, the Democrats did all right in Juneau, according to our exclusive correspondent Senator James No Ian. Jim reports there were so many eager Democrats on hand for the convention banquet in the Baranof hotel Gold Room they had to send out for some extra chairs to seat the multitude. He didn't say who divided tho loayes and fishes to make the food go around but he did express mild astonishment that so many Democrats were affluent enough 10 dliOiA II GAAE4 lAc ne publicans being in office for more than a yea.
 The Senator reported the Demo crats full of harmony. among other things. and while he didn't exactly p,--dlc; Democratic landslide in the forthcoming elections he expres- sed confidence that they would do better than in 1852 when they fail ed 10 elo-t a solitary Democrat to the House from the First Division. In case We failed to mention it, the Senator is of the Democratic faith ard a candidate for reelection.
 Pioneering
 h ease you want to go down and view at first hand those huge piles of snow blanketing Seattle, real handy, quick and comfortable way to get there starting Sunday would | va Alaska's pioneer air line - Pan American
 Always pioneering, Pan-Am is putting super-6 Clippers on the Al aska run. about the last word in air travel, starting the 24th. II made a preliminary flight Wednes- day and made il in such record time Iaat the newspaper crowd aboard thought they were still il :hc Press Club in Seattle until somebody opened the door that led 'em into that Juneau Taku wind The time was something under three hours