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October 14, 1921 The gas launch Trygve left for Wrangell early Tuesday morning and returned with mail from the Princess Alice, Capt. Johnas Olsen in command. This was the first trip of the emergency winter schedule. The Americ took the Trygve’s regular run to Kake and Baranoff Island points.

October 11, 1946 More than three hundred voters turned out Tuesday to cast their ballots in the biennial election. Out of a total of 314 persons voting, 249 were cast for statehood and only 57 against. Favoring the blanket primary were 239 votes with 52 opposed. Scow Bay voted 35 for statehood with only 7...

 

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