March 21, 1918: The people of Petersburg do not share the opinion of the Ketchikan Miner that the people of Wrangell have the wrong notion in strenuously objecting to the importation of Austrian alien enemies to fish in Alaska this coming season. Last week there was a well attended mass, meeting in the Sons of Norway hall at Petersburg at which strong resolutions of protest against the proposed importation of Austrian alien enemy fishermen were passed. In addition to pointing out that it would be unpatriotic to bring them to Alaska where it would be impossible to keep close watch on them the resolutions further set forth that such alien enemy fishermen would have a demoralizing effect on the now harmonious conditions existing between fishermen and the canneries and would also be a constant menace to the safety and welfare of the district. Copies of the resolutions were sent to the Governor and the Delegate from Alaska at Washington. In addition to this several hundred copies of the resolutions have been distributed in Southeastern Alaska and Seattle.
March 26, 1943: The jobs of thousands of war workers in many parts of Alaska were frozen “stabilized” is the government word by an order of the Alaska area war manpower committee which became effective as of last Monday morning. Announcement of the job control plan was received here today. Workers in ten major divisions are affected: Fishing, fish processing, lumber, and logging, non-ferrous metal mining, coal mining, transportation, agriculture, and all agencies of the U.S government, including any contractor of the government. Other activities might be included later.
March 28, 1968: Officials of Northland Marine Lines Inc. of Seattle this week disclosed plans for barge service to Wrangell. Dave Effenberger, sales representative for the firm said barges will tie up at the Alaska Wood Products dock. The firm plans to have a barge visit Wrangell at three-week intervals. The first arrival is scheduled for April 15. First barge to tie up here will be ZB 103, a 40 by 175- foot barge. Effenberger said the barge would carry vans and loose stow material “any size, shape or form”. He said southbound shipping is available as well as northbound. At present the firm is not set up to handle perishable goods, he said.
April 1, 1993: DNA tests conducted on parts of a decomposed leg found in the inner Harbor failed to positively identify them as belonging to Sebastian Morrow, who has been missing for over 1-½ years. Morrow, a seasonal cannery worker from Seattle, was last seen alive in Wrangell on Aug. 4, 1991. On May 8, 1992, a sneaker containing a badly decomposed foot and leg bone surfaced in the Inner Harbor. Although a search of the harbor was made by state police divers, no additional remains were discovered. Morrow’s family said the sneaker matched the kind Sebastian wore, but that was not sufficient evidence to constitute a positive identification and the case stayed open as Wrangell’s only active missing persons investigation.
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