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Vol. VII, No. 52
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1950
Price 10 cents
New GG Rules
May Affect
Local Port
II is not known whether the
drastic new rules imposed by
the U. S. Crast Guard this week
will affect the Port of Seward,
but since “all the Nation's water
fronts" is mentioned in the press
release, it is supposed that the
ruling will eventually reach this
port.
The Coast Guard imposed
drastic new rules December
27, to keep subversives out of
Che Merchant Marine and away
from the nation's waterfront,
n making the new rules effec
ive at once, the Coast Guard
;aid:
“This urgency is due to the
act that the President has
bund the security of the United
Jtates is endangered by subver
sive activities.” The regulations
equire Security clearance for
ill persons who have or apply
or a “license or certificate" to
cork on ships and to all persons
/ho seek access to vital water
ront facilities and port and har
or areas.
This city has asked for just
uch a security check on the lo
al docks, but there is no con
irmation nor acknowledgement
f the request at this date, un
?ss the new Coast Guard rul
ings are to apply locally.
lRMY TO RECALL 9.740
lESERVE OFFICERS TO
CTIVE STATUS
The Army announced plans
lis week to call up 9.740 re
;rve lieutenants, captains and
tedical men to active service by
le end of March.
Most of the group are expect
d to volunteer “as a patriotic
?rvice in time of national emer
ency,-’ it is stated. Unless
nough men volunteer, however,
mandatory orders will be issued.
Physicians, dentists and other
tedical specialists are included
i the call, from both active
nd inactive reserve ranks.
This is not expected to affect
eward to a great extent for the
resent, as it is thought here un
fficially that there are not a
irge number of reserve officers
mong local residents. The Navy
;call may be felt here as there
re a number of Naval reserv
its in Seward.
EBELLO MADE SERGEANT
Corporal Charles F. Rebello,
etroleum Inspector for the Port
I Seward, and very popular
ith young and old about town,
is been promoted to Sergeant,
; announced by Capt. John
urke today.
“Rebello’s” friends are con
■atulating him on his promo
AN INJURED ON DOCK
^PROVING
Mr. Robert Hakes, who was
jured on the dock Thursday
orning, is ‘ doing nicely,” ac
;rding to reports from the hos
tal. It was feared at first that
? might have suffered a broken
»ck, but his injuries were less
vere than at first feared.
Mr. and Mrs. Hakes moved
' Seward during the past
immer.
Highways Iced;
Chains Necessary
For Safe Driving
Highway Patrolmen Puckett
and Kellogg report the highway
out of Seward to be in treacher
ous condition owing to the re
cent rains. “All motorists arc re
quested to drive with extreme
caution and ice chains are nec
essary equipment when roads i
are in the present condition,”!
the officers state.
One local driver. Jack Wer- j
nor. discovered the conditions'
to his sorrow when his car colid-!
ed with a truck at Mile 131 !
resulting in nearly S2000 dam
age to both vehicles.
No severe casualty was report
ed although the members of the
Werner family were bruised and
a possible nose fracture suffered
by a small son.
The deadbne for 1951 license
plates has been s<‘t as January
15. according to in ormation re
ceived this week. This also in
cludes the Territorial operator’si
license.
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Courses fleeting
A special meeting of the City
Council was convened at 10 a.m.
Thursday for the purpose of
completing details of the Brown-1
ell Homestead purchase. Other
details were cleaned up at the
same time so as to skip the regu
lar meeting which falls on New
Year's Day.
It was agreed that-Mayor Lan
ier should attend the conference
being held by U. S. Coast Guard
in Juneau, January 4 on the un
> coding of explosives. Contrac
tors. Northern Stevedoring and
other interested parties will be
at the conference, and the Coun
cil wished the city to be repre
sented.
An ordinance was passed un
der suspension of the rules, pro
viding for the preservation of
trees and shrubbery on the hill
side in the newly acquired
Brownell property. This does
not apply to the mining opera
tions north of First Lake, which
may require the draining of the
lake for limited time.
RALPH RIDER NOT TAKEN
INTO SERVICE
It was erroneously reported in
this paper that Ralph Rider was
called for induction. This was a
1 false rumor. He wishes it known
that he is a veteran, but has not
been recalled. We regret the
error.
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j GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Possible misunderstanding on
the disposal of garbage was
cleared up. The general public
is not permitted to dump garb
age anywhere within the city
limits. Only those holding spe
cial permits, at regular charge,
will dump on the city dump.
Jesse Lee Home and Seward
Sanatorium have permits to use
the city dump in preference to
the old dump back of the Sana
torium. They were requested,
however, to confine the dumping
to marked areas, and not scatter
it.
Mrs. Vic Murphy has re
turned home from the hospital
where she was recovering from
a severe cold.
Mr. Paul Elms is Outside,
having been called to the bedside
of his father who is very ill.
Christian Jew
To Speak
in Seward
Bill Baum, who billy himself
as a “converted Jew”, will speak
at the IOOF Hall Tuesday and
Wednesday nights under the
auspices of Faith Chapel.
Mr. Baum was born in Germ
any of fairly well-to-do parents,
although, as he- says, being of
liberal faith he did not learn
much of Judaism. In 1934 he and
a younger brother came to the
United States.
lie was a newspaper photo
grapher. also doing magazine
work. Trained at LIFE photo
school, New York, and at the
Army Airforce public relations
photo school in Denver, he was
assigned as an Airforce photo
grapher.
He was converted by the lead
er of a GI gospel team in his
barracks. Mr. Baum returned
to Germany with the Army of
Occupation and visited his home
town, which had been complete
ly destroyed. His family, how
ever. after some time in a con
centra lion camp, had escaped to
this country and are now living
in Kansas City, Mo.
After the war. he entered the
Kansas City Bible College, grad
uating in June 1950. More than
17.000 miles have been covered
in a tour of thy U S.. Mexico
and Canada, speaking in 198
churches, schools, on the indio,
in jails, at rallies, 5 schools in
Alaska and to chamber of com
merce meetings in various
places.
The lecturer's talk is illustrat
ed with visual aids which makes
it very interesting aside from his
history and obvious sincerity.
His talk is sometimes called
“From Hitler to Hollywood to
Heaven.”
Rev. Dean, of Faith Chapel,
has secured his services for two
nights next week, using the larg
er auditorium of the Oddfellow's
Hall to accomodate the people
i who will want to hear the ‘‘Con
i verted Jew."
9th ARMY BAND TO TAKE
ENLISTMENTS
Approximately 29 civilian
musicians have been authorized
for enlistment in the 9th Army
Band, according to the Public
Information Office, United
' States Army. Alaska.
Assignments will be made di
rectly from civilian status to the
; band. Grades range from War
rant Officer to PFC.
Musicians needed include those
who nlav the following instru
ments: cornet or trumpet; bari
tone or euphonium: french horn:
| trombone: tuba; clarinet, B flat;
clarinet, E flat: flute; saxaphone.
E flat, alto; saxaphone, B flat,
tenor: saxaphone, baritone;
drum, bass; and drum, snare,
j Upon activation of the 9th
Army Band, it will be stationed
| at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Jackie Webb is going Out
side early next week to finish
school in the States. He says
he will go to California first,
then to Oregon where he will
J finish his senior high school
! term.
Fish and Wildlife
Service Asks
Bids for Marten
The Fish and Wildlife Service
is desirous of getting some wild
marten with which to stock some
of the Islands. Bids arc now call
ed for the procurement of same, j
time for catching to run from!
January 10 to April 1st, 1951.
The minimum number of marten
which will now be accepted on
each bid is one pair, the maxi
mum to be ten marten of either
sex. The successful bidder willj
be furnished a permit to cover I
his trapping activities. The price
and number of animals bidder
proposes to furnish will be a
factor in awarding bids.
For further information and i
bid forms see C. M. Carson. Ei-‘
forcement Agent, Fish and Wild
life Service, Seward, Alaska.
HEAVY DRAFT CALL FOR
NEXT THREE MONTHS
Original quotas for January
and February were for 40,000
and 50,000 men, but were i
stepped up Dec. 12 to 80,000,
which will also be the same for
March. This will bring the total
of Army requests for draftees
to 450.000 men since the begin
ning of the Korean war.
The army has used all the j
drafted men up till now. and j
neither the Navy, Marine Corps
nor the Air Force expect to find
it necessary to call upon the
draft, depending upon volunteer
enlistments and recall of reserv-,
ists.
Because of security reasons,
the Alaska quota has not been
announced, but it will be pro
portionately high.
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"DON'T EE LATE FOR
PHYSICAL!"
i Dick Kirkpatrick and Jimmy
i Webb, returning yesterday from
pre-induction physicals at El
I mendorf Air Base, bring advice
to future inductees. “Don’t be
late for your physicals, or
“You’re in the Army NOW.”
J Some of the young men in their
! group w#re late, and instead of
! returning home after the exam
inations. they found themselves
inducted immediately.
I AIRLINE CARRIES 45,000
| PASSENGERS BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND ANCHORAGE
Pan American World Airways
during 1950 broke all traffic
records for 13 years of Alaska
Region operations, John W.
White, regional director, dis
closed this week.
! The international airline
; chalked up new high marks for
■ passengers, carrying more than
45,000 air travelers between Se
1 attle and Alaska points. The
greatest amount of clipper cargo
in-13 years—approximately 6,
000,000 pounds—was flown over
the same routes in the past 12
months.
The record-breaking traffic
volume was handled with per
fect safety. 1950 is the third
consecutive year that Pan
! American’s Alaska service has
been unmarred by any passen
ger fatality.
The benefits of increased busi
ness were turned back in part
to the travelling public during
the year when PAA reduced its
average, all-year Alaska fares
between 10 and 20 per cent.
Visitors Beat
‘Hawks’ By
Six Feints
The Anchorage Elks basket
ball team maintained their un
beaten record for the season
by taking the Sea Hawks last
night for 6 points, with a score
of 50 to 44.
The Elks, all star players with
college experience, had to fight
the school boys to hold their
lead of 6 points at the half.
During the fourth quarter the
Hawks caught up to tie the
score for a time, but the Elks
pulled ahead again and with
46 seconds to go, made a basket
as the game ended.
Doc Johnson, a set shot artist
with 19 points, shared honors
with Agababa, who also made
19 points, leaving only 12 points
for Murray, Slang and Smith.
Agababa is ne of Alaska’s
Greats in basketball, having
gained fame on the Fairbanks
team. Smith played at the Uni
versity of Alaska, and Stang is
also a college man. Johnson
played at Great Lakes Naval
Training Station.
In view of the age abd ex
perience of the Elks team, Coach
Don Daiberg is well pleased
with the spirit and fight shown
by his boys. The Sea Hawks
were never more than six points
behind, with the score at half
time being 28-22.
Ronnie Lewis was high for
the Hawks with 13 points. He
played a good game of ball.
Ray Anderson scored 10 points;
Don Sanders, 9: Bill Erwin, 6;
Dick Deigh, 4; and Chuck Van
Slyke, 2 points.
"It was a very fast game,”
Dalberg stated, “and my boys
played beautiful ball. They play
well together. Scoring all sea
son has been very evenly divid
ed, showing that every man is
doing his job.”
The Elks played an All-Star
team from the City League on
Wednesday night, beating them
59 to 23. The city players have
, not had much practice this year.
Tressler was high for the league
with 8 points. Agababa made 12
! points in that game for the Elks.
i The rest of the scoring was
: evenly divided.
Dr. Romig, a business and pro
fessional associate of Dr. (Doc)
Johnson, accompanied the team
after all, and played for a few
minutes.
Seward fans did not expect
the high school boys to win
against the college trained Elks,
but were agreeably jubilant over
the close score.
The Sea Hawks have very
little competition, which would
be a great benefit in preparing
them for competition with other
schools in the conference.
ACS COMMANDER VISITS
LOCAL STATION
Major R. C. Krueger, Assist
ant Sector Commander, ACS,
came into Seward by train Thurs
day to inspect the local station
and visit with ACS personell and
local residents.
Major Krueger is a newcomer
to Alaska. He is from Pittsburg,
Pa., and has spent much time
in Vermont and' other northern
climates, so expects to enjoy the
Alaskan weather.