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The subject of this week’s Uni
versity of Alaska sketch is Leer H.
Saarela. He has a distinction no
other Anchorageite— past present
or future—can ever claim. Leo
was the first white child born in
Anchorage. He saw the light of
day in a tent on
Oct. 21, 1915, in
the neighborhood
Df the Alaska Na
tive Service Hos
pital.
The name
Saarela is well
t n o w n in all
four Divisions.
Leo’s father, Hjalmar, came to
Southeastern Alaska in 1911. He
worked as a fisherman and as a
carpenter. In Juneau he lived in
“Little Finlandia”, the local name
for the Hendrickson Boarding
House. Here Hjalmar got to know
the son of the household, young
Waino, now mayor of Juneau and
a member of the House of Repres
entatives.
Leo was a good student in
school. At home, his parents in
spired him to take the and clari
net seriously. He learned the class
ics, and, to this day, prefers Men
delssohn and Chopin to current
“be-bop”.
Upon graduating from the An
chorage High School in 1934, he
was awarded a Territorial schol
arship, and headed north to Fair
banks and the University.
“My years of music practice
certainly paid off,” Leo stated. “I
was able to complete four years
of college without having to make
a touch on the Charles E. Bunnell
treasury.”
“We organized a dance band as
soon as the freshman class ar
rived. Dr. Bunnell never suspec
ted that so much talent could ar
rive at one place at one time.
In 1941 Engineer Saarela joined
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the Territorial Department of
Mines as assayer and associate
mining engineer at Anchorage. In
fact, Leo Saarela installed the
Anchorage office. During the war,
Leo purchased strategic minerals
for the Metals Reserve Corpora
tion.
In 1946 he fell victim to the
“gold fever” and went mining on
Hunter Creek in the old Rampart
area in the partnership of Swan
son Bros. & Saarela. “That sum
mer I soloed on a bulldozer and
learned much about mining via
the seat of my breeches,” Leo
said. t
In 1950, when Commissioner of
Mines B. D. Stewart retired, Leo |
Saarela was appointed to the job.
His “Report of the Commissioner
of Mines for the Biennium ending
December 31, 1950” is an encyclo
paedia of information on the in
dustry in Alaska. Incidentally, it
is free for the asking.
Saarela is a coal expert and he
has been responsible for the en-!
couragement and direction of sev
eral new mines in the Territory. 1
“The new School of Mines
building at the University of Al
aska will supply a real need in the
Territory, and I look forward to
the day when the day when the
University of Alaska will be
known as the placer mining school
of the world,* and Alaska will be
known for its production of base
and strategic minerals, as well
as gold.”
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3 ALASKA PROJECTS
JUNEAJU, (JP)—Clinton C. Sta
ples, Federal Housing Adminis
tration Director here, announced
that more than a million dollars
in FHA-in^ired housing has been
guaranteed for 3 Alaska towns.
Construction is slated to get
underway as soon as weather per
mits on 48 concrete block apart
ments at Valdez. The apartments
are primarily for Alaska Hoad
Commission personnel, and should
be ready for occupancy by fall.
Thi^ project, costing approximate
ly $550,000, is in the hands of the
Brady Swalling Co.., of Anchor
age.
At Petersburg, plans call for
$203,900 for a two’-story building
to house telephone exchange, and
20 apartments. Builder is Lyoyd
T. Swanson. j
The. third project, costing $305,
500, is scheduled for Rogers Park,
Anchorage. It will include 25
frame single family units. No
contractor was listed for this con- j
struction. ~ i
WHEAT FOR INDIA
John E. Cushing, President of
the Pacific American Steamship
Association, has urged Northern
California Congressmen to sup
port a moev to require by law that
at least half of all of the wheat
cargoes which will move to India
under the latest U.S. aid program
will be carried in American ships,
manned by American seamen.
“The 50-50 principle is firmly
established by law in all post-war
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UJS. aid programs, including ECA,
Atlantic Defense, and Yugoslav
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Aid,” the ^hipping leader said in
telegrams today to eight Northern
California Congressmen.
Secretary of State Acheson, be
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fore the House Committee on For
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ruary 20, estimated six million
tons of grain, paid for by the U.S.,
would go to India during 1951,
with half of it originating in U.6.
The grain should begin moving
by April 1 from U.S. ports, he
said, with a million tons to be de
livered by August 1. The huge
transport requirement has been
estimated to require that addi
tional ships be broken out of the
U.S. mothball fleet.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION, TERRITO
RY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF GEORGE M. MAR
SHALL, Deceased.
No. 867
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS* HEREBY GIVEN
that by order of the Judge of the
Probate Court above named, B. B
MOZEE of Nome, Alaska, hat
been duly appointed Administra
tor with Will Annexed of the es
| tate of George M. Marshall, de
ceased.
All persons having claims
against the said estate should pre
sent them, with proper vouchers
attached, to the said Administra
tor at Nome, Alaska, within a
period of six months from the date
of this notice.
DATED this 14 day of
March, 1951.
B. B. Mozee
Administrator with Will Annexed
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