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eg:-1 29th, 1923, at the postoffire^tt
IVkoina, Alaska, under the Actr. of
Mai-ch 3, 1879.
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IMPORTANT MATTERS ARE
RECOMMENDED^ ALASKA^
AMERICA^ LEAGUE. MEET
(A nclmr^ge Times.)
The Anchorage delegation which:,
visited the annual convention of the
Alaska division of the American Le
gion' the American Leagug Auxiliary
and ‘the Forty ana flight at Cordova
making the trip ^ping;and. coming hy
plane with Pilot vtdpk Waterworth,!
reports having had a great i time, at;
the 1>ig meeting' and hirings' back;
news of important, action;. jVy the ojv i
ganizations. The party * making, the |
trip from Anchorage,included Werner
Ohlsj commanderHenry Post,
Ezra Roop, Sidney Raynor, Mrs. Iver
Nottveit, and Mrs. Paul Marsch.
Delegates attended the convention
from a number of otfier Alaska cities,
and among those pjjesant v*gre. Don
Adler of Fairbanks, and Stanley J.
Nichols of. McGrath*. who * made the
trip over the Richardson' highway
much of the distance, Agood, many
points in Alaska werere presented; by
proxies. EL M. Policy, was present as
deegate from Juneau, and Dwight A
Chas^ and A. E. Karnes] from Ketchi
kan. , Mrs. Edna Poley. and Mrs. Eliz
abeth Nordling were Auxiliary dele
gates from. Juneau..
All, the Anchorage-delegation, re
ports having had a. wonderful time,
aside' from the business. of the ses
sion, ' with lunches, dances and other
social diversions.
Nine Important Resolution*.' *
.Included in the definite action of1
the Legion was th eintroductipn and
adoption! unanimously of nine import?
ant resolutions. One ptas the pledg
ing of the hearty support to the Pres
ident’s recovery program. A second
was a request that the tolls be elim
inated from the Richardson highway,
and the third was in the form of it
requeest that the work, he started on
the proposed international highway
as soon as possible.
Anoother very important resolution
passed was- one requesting the JInited i
States Government to establish ade
quate naval and military air bases at :
strategic points along the coast line
for defense purposes on the basis of
the inexhaustible supply pf minerals
and other natural resources which
Alaska contains and which would be ;
especially vattia&a in-the case of war.
< Vjpiey of the resolution were nailed
{ to the Seeretar yof. War, the Secre
i tary of Navy., the Delegate to C(H\
! gressr and the national adjutant of
' the American.' Legion; to he pnesentedi
at the next national convention,
i 0thpr,-.resQl*tions( adopter) ipcludfed
those on child welfare, war, risk in
! surance, the changing of. post quotas,
| and the hospitalization for tubercular
Indiana, of AJaska^..,
New Legion, (Officers..
Following were the department of
ficer* ejected:
Coipmaiyder. Dwight A*. Chase, of.
lyetchikan.
First. Vice Commander,. Leonard
Hopkins, of Seward.
Second Hica Commanift^.. A- £•
' Jj[.arnes„ of Ketchikan. (J
Adjutant, Tom Petrich* of Jpneau.
Finance Officer:. Marvin, H. Sides,
: el Juneau.
" ' Seryioe Officer,^ Don; .^Adier; of
Fairbanks-,.
Judge Advocate.. Warren A. Tay
lors. of. Cordova... ^ ’
_Historian, Eiler Hansen, of. Sitka.
Chaplain, Rev.. Pederson, of Peters
burg. ‘ ..
Executive comm ^tteernerv Ji A
Talbot, of Ketchikan, amfH- V Nord
«' T " ~ ** V .. '
ling, Juneau.
Sergeant^ At-Ajripa^JRalptr; Grover,
of Anchorage.
New- ^uulwjr r
The Region Auxiliary elected; the
following officers.for the, year;-;
President, Mrs. Naina i S&ar^ Cor,
dova.
First Vice Fresid£i}tfi Miss.^FlOrer^e
Tobin, Ketchikan.
Second Vice President. Mrs. gather
Stoddard, Anchora^e^ ^,
Secretar^-l’reasurer,' Mrs. Eliza
beth Nordling.'.Iuneau. ,,
0. Chaplain, Mrs. Irene Counter,■ of
Sergeants At-Arms, Miss Lilliar^
Wmngell.,,.
Swanson,, Jtetersbprg^
National Executive Cbnunitt^
wcrnian, Mrs. Edna Polley, Juneau.
First Alternate, Mrs. Naimi Saari.
Cordava.. v
Second Alternate, Mrs, Eiler Han
sen, Sitka.
Department Executive Committee
women,. Mrs> Lucille. Stonehouae, Ju
neau, and Mrs. Marion Hendrickson,
Juneau,
Department Historian,, Mrs. Flor
ence O’Neil, Cordova.
Chairman Past Presidents Parley,
Mrs. Elaine Talbot, Ketcbikam
Forty and Eight Clubs.
The Forty arid Eight, social unit
of the American Legion,. O^pcided to
have the Grand Chef de Gar appoint
committees, to act with- and aid the
general American Legion program.
The following officers were elected:
6ran^ ,Chef, de; G»r„,E. M. PoHey,
Juneau.
Grand . GHef. da- Train, Ralph Gro
ver.^Anchoragpv, ,
Grand Conductor^ Si ,C. Raynor, of
Anchorage.
Grande penmjsasiir intendent, Wer
ner Obis, Anchorage..
Grand j<amnis^e:. P, W. Stoddard!,
Grand De L» JiiRborte,, Ed Saari, Cor
dova. ' ■ "
Grand Jp. Mt; Jacob
s' Cprd^va. .;VtL ..’
Grand .ConnissaV ^^iagt^,,. Don
Adler, Fairbanks^ JK^v
Grand qh^prists, ^,/A., W» Courts,
Dr» Thomas G. S^thaf^a^d, Cordova,
and Stanley Nichols, McGrath.
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Regarding the concluding hours of
' he converter and thq social side, the
Cordova Tunes says: ' *
“Seventy three people attended the
banquet given by the Auxiliary mem
bers in the Masonic Tenipie last even
ing. Clyde E. Ellis* department' com
mander, saat at the head of the large
horseshoe and acted as toastmaster.
Mrs* Ellis sat at his left and Mrs. E.
M. Polley, president of the Auriliaiy,
was on his right. Ed Saari led the
oiners in Legion songs before and
! during the progress,of the meal..
“Several of the members responded
to Mr.. Ellis’ invitation, to talk, and
Mayor W. H. Chase arose- to make a
few itppropr:*te remarks. In a sim
ple But touching ct remeny Dwight
’ Chase* of. Ketchikan presented the re
tiring department commander with
fhe Legioni Jewel in token of Bis faiths
ful and untiring efforts in serving the
American Lefion durinb the past
year. Nairn! Saari likewise present
ed the outgoing Auxiliary head,. Mrs,
E. M. Polley, of. Juneau, with a ring,
for similar services by her to the
American Legion Auxiliary. Several
more Housing songs concluded the
after-dinner program*
“Later in tthe evening guests
crowded the same, hall to. capacity at
a dance sponsored by the Legion and
Auxiliary. Dancing continued to. an
early hour in the morning.”
ICKES HOLDS UP APPROPRIA
TION FOR HIS HOME TOWN
WASHINGTON—Plans for a. large
number of proposed postoffices were.
;put aside by the public works admin
istrator because Secretary lckes, of
Interior eDpartment, objected to
one being erecteed in bis home town
of'Winnetka,, Illinois. Noting, that.
$160,000 was aet aside for a postoffice
there, he said: “We could use that
much money in Winnetka, but not for
that .“commenting that probably none •
of th eother citiets listed needed post
offices any more than ,djd Wini\«tl^a.
The entire ^t wwahpld'.f o,r fpjrtfier
study.
WMF PEQPL^SMIUJL .
D«t»l Apjpoin£ment&...
The Chinese gentleman. telephoned
a dentist for an appointment. 0i*‘What
time you can fixee my tooth?1' he.
said.
, “Two-thirty/* suggested the ivory,
merchant.
“Yes,, sir,” sai dthe, Chinese gen
tleman; “tooth very hurtee. ..What:;
time I come?”—Boston Globe.
True Lov^v,
Dseis thought she would marry
Jack until' she heard how .much, he
spent at the tailor’s.
Well?
Then she decided to n)arryi; ,th6- ,
tailor.—Karikasturen (Oslo),. ,
Good Humor;.
Sunday School Teacher—AndV.wRy
did Noah fake two of each ;Jcigdj of.
animals into the ark?
Bright Ghild—Because he. -.dSdidt
believe the story about the storiUr-U-..
S. S. California Cub.
Competent.^
License Clerk—Married before-?1
Applicant—Five times.
Clerk—Actor or pugilist?
Applicant—Both!
—Daily Eagle (BrookJ&p)V
Just as Good.. ■;
"What do you take for youw£n*>
somnia?”
“A gloss off wine at reguls^mter*
vals.”
. “Does that make you sleep ?Jr
i> “No; but it makes me s$tiejled to
itay awake.”—Chicago Phpsjajjs-. w:
How Could He?>*
“Does it bring bad lucki-t© .' tell
about a dream before breskffcsfc?*
“It certainly did whenltqld my
wife the one I had about Greta-Garbo,
-Tit-Bits (London), _ ...
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