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VOLUME 5 ❖ INDEPENDENT » SEWARD, ALASKA » WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 1948 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 CENTS
No. 15
Barrage Lays Low
500 lb. Blond Brute
Flying with “Gent” Shuster in
his Widgeon of the Safeway Air
ways Ted Carlson, “Curley" Way
ne and P. J. Fails landed in the
Lost Lake Area on the north
west side of the lake.
The object of the expedition
was to hunt goats.
One large “Brownie" was seen
about 400 yards from the plane
.as it landed and after working;
up the mountain they found
where several goats had been
killed betore the season opened.
The trio sat up all that night
and kept a fire going because
considerable noise beyond t h e
j light of the fire kept them awake.
This was made, they thought, by
brown bear.
Starting out the next morning
they were charged by one of the
bear and. all three firing at once,
dropped the brute with a shot in
each shoulder and Wayne’s lead
slug from a 405 squarely in the
throat. (This .405, by the wav. is
the same type and calibre as
Teddy R. used in Africa. I Two
other brownies, much larger, were
seen.
The hair on the bear was loose,
slipping, and the hide was not
taken They finished the day
hunting for goats but none were
seen. !
Very few berries were found in
that particular area.
Almost back to camp Fails
caught his foot in an alder tangle
and fell, spraining his ankle badly,
and today he bemoans his luck
which keeps him on crutches for
some time to come and eliminates
him from nimrodic activities until
the second moose season when he
swears he will get his moose.
•
RAINBOW NEWS
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A regular meeting of Seward
Assembly No. 6 of Rainbow for
Girls was held at the Masonic
Temple Thursday evening. Aug..
19. It was Mother and Daughter
night and special honor was given
to all Rainbow mothers in at
tendance. Vases of fresh flowers
decorated the assembly room. Each
•olor station had flowers of their
respective color
It was decided that the drawing
'or the picnic set being raffled off
by the Rainbow Girls would be
Tield at the next Rainbow instal
| ration in September. As not, all of
“he tickets had been sold two
fides were chosen with Evelyn
Gilbert and Margaret Ann Lind
ev as captains and the remain
ng tickets divided evenly. The
ide that sold their tickets first
• re to be given a party by the
losers. Evelyn Gilbert's group got
. busy and sold their tickets before
"he evening was over. The win
ners can name the kind of party
they want. /
The Pledge Service was given
for two twelve-year-old girls. The
girls initiated as pledges were
Marie' Helen Jordan and Ruth
Hoogland. The pledges were lead
by the Sister of Faith and carried
lighted candles.
Following the Pledge Service a
program was conducted by Phyl
lis Baker and Jo Ann Milroy con
sisting of piano numbers, song
and a recitation.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
^ake, coffee and punch were
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ALASKA UNIVERSITY
NEWS
Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Presid
ent of the University of Alaska
announced this week that the new
1948-1949 General Catalogue had
arrived and is now ready for dis
tribution
This bulletin presents general
information about the University
including its history, organization,
requirements for admission, fees
and expenses, requirements for
degrees in the several curricula,
and announcements of courses of
instruct ion.
The University of Alaska is a I
fully accredited member of the
Northwest Association of Second
ary and Higher Schools. Engineer
ing curricula are not accredited
by institutions but through pro
essional Development, the auth
orized national agency.
Listed in this Catalogue are the
dates of the Calendar for the
coming year. They include the
following:
General Faculty Meeting—Sat.,
September 11.
Dormitory Rooms Ready - for
Occupancy—Sun, September 12
Student Advisers’ Day—Mon..
September 13.
Registration—Tues!, September
13 and 14
Instruction Begins—Wed., Sept
ember 15
Names found on the Board of
Regents listed for the first time
are: William A. O'Neill of Anch
orage who was appointed Janu
ary 9, 1948. and Leo F. Rhode of
Juneau who was - appointed Feb
ruary 27. 1948. filling the vacan
cies created by the deaths of T
M. Donohoe of Anchorage, and O.
D. Cochran of Nome.
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There have been four courses
added in Agriculture, made possi
ble through the appointment of
Mr. Clyde Sherman, Instructor in
that Department. Those courses
are: Agriculture Problems. Meats.
Wildlife Conservation and Farm
Management and Cost Accounting
Copies of the 1948-1949 cata
logue may be obtained by writing
‘he Registrar at the University of
Alaska, College, Alaska^
i.UU AL.I NATION BOARD
IS NOW IN SESSION
9
The Board of Equalization is
meeting from 7 to 9 each evening
in the city hall.
Persons who believe they are |
not assessed properly should ap
pear before the board and present
them with the written complaint.
If this is done before the board
meetings are closed, Aug. 27th
(Friday night), the matter will be
discussed and judgment rendered.
After that date the taxpayer
must abide by the' decision of
the assessor if he does not make
the appearance before the board
Meetings for this purpose are
being held Aug. 25, 26 and 27.
PHYSICIANS INSPECT
SEWARD HOSPITALS
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The American Medical Associa
tion, represented by seven physi
cians, is inspecting hospitals and
facilities in the Territory. Tuesday
They looked over the Seward Hos
pital and the Seward Sanatorium.
They left by their special plane
late in the afternoon.
World News Russian Merchant Fleet
Hope that further conferences by
the Big Four in Moscow will
bring the desired results was re
ncwed by the tact that both
Stalin and Molotov were present
at Monday night's meeting and
new ideas were presented by the
Soviet chief- This meeting would
have been the last or the final
meeting as it was agreed that an
impasse had been reached but
with new formulae advanced
things may go more smothly from
now on.
Rus planes flew over the Ger
man city in an area in which they
were suposed to stay clear.
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Two American freight planes
collided and four airmen were
killed, bringing the dead to nine
in that area so far.
P*
The Soviet will not allow an
election in their zone of Germany
this year. People are too busy,
say the Russians.
m
Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia is
persona non grata with nearly all
the comunistic minded states in
(Continued on page 2)
Used For War Training
j op mystery of the maritime
world is the exact aim and nature
ol the Soviet Union's merchant
fleet which operates behind an
“iron curiam,” like everything
else in the USSR.
rI he Soviets are believed to have
the world's fourth largest fleet
consisting of approximately 600
ships, a little less than a third
of the number in the active U. S.
fleet However, the movements of
only about 110 ships are reported.
Where the rest go and what they
carry is a Soviet secret.
The reason that the movements
of the 110 can be recorded bv the
western nations is they touch for
eign ports and so find their way
into American. British and other
registers.
Apparently the rest of the fleet
travels only between Soviet ports
or Soviet-controlled ports in which
ship arrivals and departures can
be covered by censorship.
Of the 87 American built ships
which went to the Soviet Union
under lend-lease and later state
department sale, only 23 can be
located. Among the "missing” are
27 Libertys.
STRANGE VOYAGES
The movements of the 110 So
viet ships hitting non-Soviet ports
I are rather mystifying in them
selves. These ships certainly are
not operated economically, mari
time economists point out
They sail no regular runs, and
their voyages are too hap-haza7d
• Continued on page 4
There are 336 curves from An
! chorage to Seward. Only 155
curves are between Portage and
(Seward while there are 181 be
tween Portage and Anchorage.
Adm. Zeusler Favors Alaska
By ADM. F. A. ZEUS^ER
1 am glad to be back in Alaska.
I see that Seward is in a dither
about the possibility ofe the elim
ination of the Sevvare railroad
link. I am of the opinion that in
taking such a step Alaska would
be missing the bet of a lifetime in
the development of the tourist
travel- I know of no other ap
proach to a 'port in the United
States or iij Alaska that com
pares with Harding Entrance and
its environs and with Resurrection
Bay. Seward is ideally located as
a gateway into the most beautiful
section of Alaska. Its pretty curio
stores, clean and nicely equipped
food and drug stores, its small but
clean hotels and its courteous peo
ple. all together form a real nu
cleus for a major development in
the tourist trade. Its Gabe Steak
House, its Soper Inn and its Hen
ton Ranch, can all be expanded to
take care of thousands of tourists.
Where in the world can you have
glaciers within a stone's throw:
where do you have the rugged
ness of the Rockies covered with
the most colorful flowers: where
can you see the most gorgeous
sunsets tinting, .the many snow
covered mountains; where would
you get a finer sportsman’s para
dise of hunting and fishing? This
is all wrapped up in one big
package between Anchorage and
Seward. On the northern side of
this wonderland is the progressive
city of Anchorage. This beautiful
area can be reached by water and
by air. •
We have heard of the potenti
alities of the tourist traffic in
Alaska. What have we done in a
real constructive way? To scrap
Seward link will kill one of the
lew dreams of the tourist trade
possible of materializing. The co
ordinated efforts of the transpor
tation companies and The Alaska
Railioad could make this dream
come true. What if it does cost a
few additional government dol
lars to rehabilitate the link. It
would be a just contribution by
the federal government of one of
Alaska's industries definitely ne
glected in the past. The continu
ance of this link would also as
sure this part of Alaska of two all
year ports. The new road is an
excellent idea and should be com
pleted but it will never have the
beauties encountered on the rail
trip. One week stopover round
trip steamer passengers could not
only observe all the color and
ruggedness of the rail trip but
they could visit Anchorage and
then return for three or four days
of fishing, hunting and hiking,
unsurpassed in the country.
Through tourists could spend a
number of days at Russian River,
Lake Kenai or at some of the
many ideal camping spots, enjoy
the hospitality of Seward and
then take the trip by train to
Anchorage and proceed in a most
contented mood to other -parts of
Alaska, if they so desired
1 am here to pay my respects to
my friends, visit with our agents
and outline to them our future
plans. We are now on our own,
the legislatively approved extend
ed interim plan having been suc
cessfully sabotaged by the influ
ence of some of those persons that
opposed it from the very begin
ning. We of the company have
faith in Alaska. We feel that as
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