Vol. 2 _Moose Pass» Alaska - December 24> 1940No. 15.
NEWS IN TABLOID
Viscount Lord Halifax was appointed to
succeed the late Lord Lothian as English
ambassador to the United States. Anthony
Eden succeeds Lord Halifax in the Foreign
Ministry office in England.
A terrific gale, rain and snowstorm
swept the Pacific northwest over the week
end. From San Francisco to the Canadian
border it wreaked havoc. The Sacramento
river flooded Redding and Red Bluff, Cal;
the San Fernando river overflowed at San
ta Cruz, Cal., when eight inches of rain
fell. The storm, which begun with a hur
ricane in Oregon last Saturday night,is
said to.be the worst in 20 years.
Crown Prince Olaf of Norway, arrived
in New York by plane yesterday to join
his wife, Crown Princess Martha and their
children. He denied to reporters that he
was a refugee but the fact that Germany
has established five concentration camps
in which she is interning anti-Nazists,
probably inspired the crown prince to vis
it the land of the free.
Fort Yulfon yesterday reported a temper
ature of £0t.below zero.
Presido*rt Roosevelt will broadcast on
December
Helena, experienced an earthquake
_ yptskay afte^Wcn, serious enough to scare
buffered at Helena several years ago.
The 225 members of the 'White House
staff were presented by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt yesterday with silver key rings
on the tags of which were replicas of the
president's scotty dog.
At Valdez, the Federal building, which
houses court headquarters for this diviei
ion, was destroyed by fire on the 14th.
The iron safeo and vaults did not burn and
court records were rocovered.
Preliminary work on the Seward airfield
which is to be made into a mile long air
port with radio beam and houses for offi
cers, is under way. A road will be built
from Mile to connect with the old road.
view of the damaging one
Leaving Seattle soon after Christmas,
963 men and 43 officers will be transfer4*'
red to Anchorage from Fort George Wright
at Spokane.
To all of our subscribers HAPPY HOLI
DAYS:
DEATH CALLS CHARLES CHRISTENSEN
The sudden death of Charles Christensen,
brother of Oscar Christensen of Moose Pass,
occurred in Seward, Wednesday, December 11.
;His body was found in his car as he sat at
the wheel, at the entrance to his garage,
Mr. Christensen was a night watchman at
the dock and had mentioned that he felt
ill when he left his post for his home
stead at midnight, Wednesday night. His
death evidently followed within an hour.
He lived alone.
Beside his brother who lives in Moose
Pass, he is survived by three sisters and
two brothers who live in the States.
Mr. Christensen was 74 years old when
death called him. He was Dorn au bparia,
7,'is. He came to Alaska in 1903. Ke
came directly to Seward and with his broth
er, Oscar, conducted a transfer business
out of Seward when dog teams and pack hor
ses were the means of transfer.
Funeral services were held Sunday after
noon, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Torbet,
Cal M. Brosius, A. F. Davis, Ed. Crawford,
Martin Lanning, R. E. Weaver, and P.LI.Ogle,
longtime frierids of Mr. Christensen carried
his body to its grave.
Mr. Christensen nad been a member of
Anchorage B.P.O.E.lodge for 20 years. He
inspired loyal friendships, proving that
he was a man of rare integrity and worth
as a friend. His passing is sincerely
regretted.
Allied successes against the Rome-Ber
lin Axis continue to mount. Greece's war
riors keep the Italians on the retreat, cap
turing important new positions almost dai
ly. From Cairo comes word that English
divisions took 34,949 prisoners, 1704 of
which were Italian officers.
Anthony Karnes, who will retire from
bis office as Territorial Commissioner of
Education on New Years Day,has been appoint
ed Director of Alaska Selective Draft Ser
vice by Governor Gruening.
What happened to the Tuberculosis stamp
seal sale this year? A very few letters
from the States carry them and no Alaska
sent nail so far.
Joachim Joesten, Danish newspaper man,
says in LIFE that if they took him around
blindfold he could still smell exactly
where Russia begins and where it ends. He
says the whole country has a distinct,
fetid odor which may be, according to cir
c ; t ic s, dull or pungent, a mere hint
in the air or so thick and he^vy as to
knock a strong man down. So far as Amer
icans are concerned, Stalin's tactics
smell to high heaven.