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The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug will visit Alaska for 10 days starting August 11 to gather firsthand information for speeding up the territory's development, accompanied by Edwin G. Arnold and staff, with an itinerary including multiple locations and round table discussions.
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WASHINGTON
Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug will leave by plane August 11 for a 10-day visit to Alaska.
Krug said the trip is being made "to obtain at first hand the information necessary to form the basis for speeding up the Territory's development."
He will be accompanied by Edwin G. Arnold, Director of the Department's division of Territories and island possessions, and other members of his staff.
The party's itinerary, subject to change because of weather conditions, follows:
August 13 and 13, Fairbanks; Aug. 14, Point Barrow and Nome, (alternative Gulkana and Palmer); Aug. 15 and 16, Anchorage; Aug. 17, Matanuska Valley and Mt. McKinley National Park; Aug. 18, Anchorage and Juneau; Aug. 19, Juneau; Aug. 20, Sitka, Hydaburg and Ketchikan; Aug. 21, Ketchikan and Metlakatla; Aug. 21, leave Annette Island for Seattle; Aug. 22, return to Washington.
At each point on the route Krug will hold round table discussions of the Territory's needs with business groups, government officials, union groups, natives, territorial senators and Representatives, mining associations and others.
With information gained from these contacts, the announcement said, Krug will soon inaugurate a program for vigorous development of Alaska's industrial, agricultural and business potentialities.
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Alaska
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August 11 To August 22
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krug will inaugurate a program for vigorous development of alaska's industrial, agricultural and business potentialities.
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Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug will leave by plane August 11 for a 10-day visit to Alaska to obtain firsthand information for speeding up the territory's development. He will be accompanied by Edwin G. Arnold and other staff. The itinerary includes Fairbanks, Point Barrow, Nome, Anchorage, Matanuska Valley, Mt. McKinley National Park, Juneau, Sitka, Hydaburg, Ketchikan, Metlakatla, and Annette Island, with round table discussions at each point on the territory's needs with various groups.