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The Seward Polaris &
VOLUME 4 ❖ INDEPENDENT ❖ SEWARD. ALASKA * JUNE 20. 1948 SEWARD, AAA.* UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 CENTS No. 102
Regular Meeting
of Seward C. of C.
A telegram was received by the i
Chamber stating that an Alaskan
exhibit in Chicago would be an ]
excellent location to give out
pamphlets and folders and ar
range for a display of photo
graphs. The Secretary of the
Chamber will have the informa
tion you need
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The overall picture of the North
Pacific, according to Rear Admiral i
O'Neil of the Coast Guard in a
fetter to the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, “does not warrant the
Stationing of a C. G. Cutter here." (
Only two calls for the C. G. j
have been made in the last two
years, the Yukon and one other
ship and the third call was en
tirely out fo this area. Seward has
small chance to obtain a cutter
under the existing conditions.
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A telegram asking Seward to
give her support to the bills in
Congress which would sanction ■
the achievement of a railroad
from Seattle ot Alaska was read
and will receive the endorsement
of the group.
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Telegrams answered in regard
to the strike which may be called,
stated that Delegate Bartlett was
Jsing every effort to obtain of
ficial action in regard to them and
that he had had a conference
with President Truman in regard
to the matter.
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A letter from Del. Bartlett to
Sen. Brownell was read and furth
er information on the location of
the lighthouse on Rugged Island
was requested
T^he cost of the lighthouse will
be near $350,000 instead of $250,
000 as was set forth at the time
an appropriation was contemplat
ed, before the war.
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An excellent luncheon served
and box lunches for the trip to
Anchorage for the Glee Club
came in for very favorable com
ment at the meeting.
The luncheon prepared by t lie
ladies of the Methodist Church
for about 65 which included the
■Club and those attending them,
was excellent. The ladies also
furnished box lunches for the
boys who left on the car.
The service, cooperation and the
food were all that could be asked
for and, if available, the services
of the group will be asked for
again.
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In a discussion of the Lost Lake
Hydro-Electrical project Brownell
brought out the information that
the P. W. Adm., the R. F. C. and
the F P. Comm, all had engineers
here and the project was accept
able to them all. The project, he
said, had been surveyed at a cost
of $17,000 and while he had no
objection to the source of power
he thought that Lost Lake, so
long as it bad been surveyed and
was ready to be bid upon, should
be the area selected instead of
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Grant Lake which was further
away and still had to be survey
ed. The difference in distance he
stated would make a difference ip
the price per K. W.
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Brownell stated that 35 years
ago he did own a watertight on
Lost Lake but it had lapsed long
ago because it had not been put
to use.
He also stated, that, while in
Washington he saw the heads of
the R.E.A. and they were anxious
to sec something done.
H E. Bryan is now in Montana
in conference with some of the
high officials and it is planned to
have him slop in Seward on July
9th (Friday) holding the meeting
of the Chamber over 'til that date
so that a conference may be had.
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Eight hundred dollars have been
pledged to Mary Ann Brown for
the huge "welcome to Seward"
sign planned for the foot of 4th
Aye. to greet incoming railroad
and steamer passengers. It was
proposed that this amount be
raised to about $1500.00, a chore'
which Mrs .Brown willingly un
dertook after which bids on a
large permanent showy sign will
be asked.
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Directly north of his home lies
four to six acres which Senator
Brownell will make available to
the Government for a T. B. Sani
tarium. "This is choice property."
said Mr. Brownel . “and is a fine
building site."
Notification will be sent to Don
Foster, Del. Bartlett and the De
partment of the Interior.
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Army Engineers were much
put out by the removal of cer
tain monuments from which to
start surveys. Several they found
were not recorded and it is pos
sible the authorities will make
trouble for those who moved or
dist roved them
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It was brought out at the meet
ing that Engineer Metcalf had
near $600.0(<0 in the treasury with
which to work on airfields and
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DAPCEVICH RELEASED
ON HABEAS CORPUS
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Paul Dapcevich is free on a
writ of habeas corpus which was
issued against Dr. A. R. Valle, in
charge of Seward Sanitarium in
which Dapcevich alleged he was
focibly detained.
He was released from costody
on June 23rd.
Hearing was had before Judge
Diamond by Attorney Carl J. Hut
ton who represented Dapcevich.
Alleging that he is a citizen at
the U. S. and was imprisoned and
deprived of his liberty and that
Dr. Valle failed to properly treat
him and put in most of his time
attempting to aggrivate and anoy
him when he had no legal or
other excuse or cause for the
treatment; stated further in his
allegations that he was not re
stricted by any order of the court
nor by any judgement against him
and such treatment was against
his will and was illegal. He, there
fore, demanded release out of the
hands of Dr. Valle and that he
be disharged out of the hands of
Dr. Valle.
This is one of the first sase of
its kind ev$r to come before the
court' in Alaska.
WAYNE ALKIRE OF
ALASKA TRANS. CO. HERE
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Wayne Alkire, general agent for
Alaska of the Alaska Transporta
tion Company was in the city on
business this week.
He stated it might be a year
before the company had a pas
senger steamer coming into Sew
ard. but at present several freight
ers are serving the area north of
59'.
The Washington will not be in
service up here for sometime yet.
While here he appointed Tom
Erdmann agent.
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Why not stay in Seward and
spend the 4th with t lit* V.F.W.
and American Legion?
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-II'-' 1 • I VI- T< I III I I'I >1. \K IS NOW
4th of July Dance
To Be Gala Affair
The dance, Saturday nite .July
3rd, officially opens the Fourth of
July celebration and promises to
be a gala affair.
Local talent will supply the
music and it looks like there will
be a good band to keep the crowd
'in ;i festive mood. There will be
three worthwhile door prizes
which will be given out at inter
vals during the evening. They are
on display at Gus Johnson's, The
Mart, and the Seward Drug.
The Bean Pot is also a big at
traction and will be awarded at
the dance. The Bean Pot is grow
ing bigger everyday and is at. Gag
Johnson's Hardware Store—try
your luck!
Dance tickets are on sale aJl
over town. Both the American
Legion and the Veteran’s of For
eign Wars Auxiliaries have a good
supply of tickets on hand. Ask
any member of either organization
and they will be happy to supply
you with your dance ticket. Let’s
make this a big 4th of July in
Seward! t
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Buy your tickets now and put
the 4th over big.
! Want To Play Baseball”
We understand the winning
team of the Alaska League which
is being formed in Anchorage will
go to Kansas for a championship
game this fall and Seward should
have her chance to make the trip.
We have with us today, a 34
year old ex-N. Y. Yankee and a
veteran pitcher of several minor
leagues of the States.
He is ready, willing, and anx
ious to get a team together and
give Anchorage a “whirl" for the
trip
We talked to Mayor Lanier and
as a ball player he's for it, too.
As the Mavor. he says its dandy
good publicity for Seward as well
as fine healthful exercise.
Every man who is interested in
this move and plays base ball is
asked to leave his name with the
Seward Polaris.
Among the longshoremen there
should be some good players and
we hear the name of one. Richie,
mentioned quite often as a form
er “big leagurer.”
There are others and we want
them to show up and give us
their names.
We want about 30 names so we
can start with two teams and
have a few subs.
We have the trainers and men
who are interested in base ball.
No reason u'hy we shouldn’t have
a good team—a credit to the city.
THE EVIL GENIE -
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CUTTING OF LIGHT AND POWER; HALTING OF FOOD AND
SUPPLIES: DISRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY MAY CAUSE
WAR WITH RUSSIA.
Vote BABY CONTEST JULY 4th Vote
TICKETS ON SALE AT SEWAR D LCEANERS; ALASKA SHOP; LllCP; J. TIC BROWN'S; MOOSE BAR; WAGON WHEEL.