Seward Seaport Record
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Published each Wednesday and Saturday
Seward, Alaska
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John M. Coleman
Frank DeLoughery
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IN ANY DISCUSSION of news
papers. that very necessary factor
—advertising—must be mentioned,
for it is the advance in intelligent,
truthful advertising that has been
largely responsible for the present
high quality of American news
papers. There is a precept of news
paper policy that requires the
reader’s interests to be considered
first of all. and this policy is fol
lowed by most newspapers. How
ever, advertising, paid for in hard
cash, and not by favors or other
remuneration, is what enables
newspapers to be free and impar
tial in their coverage of news.
After all, publishing a newspaper
requires lots of money, and there
are only two ways of getting it. A
publisher either sells his space to
legitimate advertisers, or he turns
it over to the propagandist and re
linquishes control of what goes
into his newspaper. It is advertis
ing that insures a free, unsubsi
dized press.
IT DOESN’T REQUIRE a lot of
research to find out the type and
quality of advertising in news
papers, large and small, of just a
few years ago. Almost every week
ly paper and some dailies used to
use a proof press oh which Dr.
Miles' name was prominently
stamped. Dr. Miles had a plan
whereby he gave the print shop a
proof press in return for advertis
ing space to boost his patent medi
cines, and these proof presses be
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Good Food
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Attractirely PrawnM
CHUCK’S GRILL
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came a standard piece of equip
ment in newspaper shops, and
there are still many of them in
daily use.
COPIES OF OLD newspapers re
veal plenty of medicine ads, many
of them displayed on the front
page, as were many other favored
advertisements forty years ago.
There were advertisements of so
many instantaneous remedies for
so many alarming and unusual de
bilities that the reader had little
else to look at in many news
papers.
THROUGH THE MORE intelli
gent use of advertising and the as
sistance given advertisers by men
who have studied .its possibilities
advertising of all kinds is really
news today, and surveys prove that
a large number of newspaper read
ers read advertisements.
EVERY NEWSPAPER must sell
its space at a rate that will meet
present day costs and afford a
reasonable profit, and that is the
reason publishers take a dim view
of most free publicity releases.
Costs of publishing a newspaper
have more than doubled in the
past ten years and the situation
has become more alarming recent
ly. Newsprint prices advance stead
ily. payrolls are climbing and every
item of overhead is much higher
than it was in “the good old days"
when it was an easy matter to get
your free publicity into the paper.
The publisher was always looking
for something to fill up his pages
and one thing was as good as an
other.
MOST NEWSPAPERS now take
the attitude that anything that
promotes the general welfare and
from which no financial profit is
forthcoming is worthy of free space
and promotion. If you expect to
make money out of your promo
tion, you should expect to pay for
the publicity. Nothing can be fairer
than that!
Potnain Heme Industry
Expert—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
C. £. Or fonder
Jeweler /
Established 1916
The New Seward Hotel
Quiet, Cheerful Comfort
Oscar Dahii owner
Announcing:
MEW LOCATION OF
ALASKA BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ROOM 17, NORTHERN BLDG.
P.O. Box 865
PHONE ADAMS 78
Seward. Alaska
Tax Counselors — Notary Public — Stenographers
Audits — Systems — Inventories
Labor Dept. Checks
Wage-Hour in Alaska
JUNEAU,—The special program
for inspecting Alaskan establish
ments • subject to Federal labor
laws, carried on during a four
months period by a selected staff
from the States because no per
menent force of U. S. Department
of Labor, personnel had been sta
tioned in the Territory for' some
time, has resulted in violations
being uncovered in a number of
establishments.
The inspection program was or
ganized and carried out under the
supervision of John R. Dilie, of
San Francisco, regional director
in the eight Western states for
the Wage and Hour and Public
Contracts Divisions, U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, as part of the en
forcement procedure of the nation
al headquarters of the Divisions
in Washington, D. C. Four inspec
tors from San Francisco, Los An
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
(The following “Community Cal
endar" is to be a regular feature of
this publication and is published
free of charge for the benefit of
our readers. We ask the coopera
tion of all Seward organizations in
[making this service complete and
keeping it up to date. Call Main
168^and give us the necessary in
formation, please. Thank you—the
editor. >
November 3
AMERICAN LEGION Post No. 5
meets at Legion Club, 8 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS meet at Ma
sonic Temple.
ALTAR SOCIETY meets at Rec
tory of Catholic Church.
November 4
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC, 2:00 to
3:30 p.m., at Medical Building.
November 5
LIONS CLUB me*ts at Totem
Fountain for 12 o'clock luncheon.
PUBLIC HEALTH and Welfare
Council meets at Medical Build
ing.
November S
LUTHERAN LADIES AID bazaar
will be held 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
November 9
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
meets at IOOF Hall.
November 11
LUTHERAN LADIES AID meet
ing at 2:30 p.m.
November 13
EPISCOPAL Guild business meet
ing, 2 p.m., at Episcopal Church.
BAZAAR and card party of Episco
pal Guild, 8 p.m., at the church.
November 32
SEWARD WOMAN’S CLUB, meets
at 8 p.m. at Service Club.
November 26
WOMEN S SOCIETY OF CHRIS
TIAN SERVICE meeting at 7:30
p.m. in Church Social Room.
November 27
WOMEN S SOCIETY OF CHRIS
TIAN SERVICE bazaar.
November 28
EPISCOPAL GUILD dinner at the
church, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
FOR SALE
The House and three lots of the
late ALFRED E. BRYANT, across
from the Federal Building, Seward,
will be sold to the best bidder. This
excellent dwelling is completely
furnished, and will be open for in
spection on Wednesdays between
the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. or by
special appointment.
Sealed bids will be received by
the undersigned Executor of the
Estate, until the 15th day of No
vember, 1948, reserving the right
to reject any or all.
CARL E. ORLANDER
Seward, Alaska
geles, Portland and Seattle field
offices worked four months in the
Territory, or the equivalent of one
man-year.
The results, announced today by
Leonard E. Evans, territorial re
presentative for the Department,
show 75 establishments were in
spected and major violations of the
Fair Labor Standards Act (Fed
eral wage and hour law) and the
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts
Act were found in 47 establish
ments, while substantial violations
were noted in 42 plants. Child la
bor violations were found in 16
establishments, Evans said, where
34 under-age minors were illegally
employed.
Back wages totaling $60,938.52
were found due to 217 employees
he added. Of this amount, $59,
626.43 represented amounts due
213 employees who had not been
paid time and one-half for all
hours worked over 40 per week,
and $1,312.09 represented money
due four employees who had not
been paid the legal minimum
wage of 40 cents an hour.
The inspection program under
Dille was started before Evans
was named territorial representa
tive for the Department The Ter
ritory has now been detached from
the Western region and future ad
ministrative and enforcement work
under the acts will be carried on
in the Territory by Evans.
Patronise Romo Industry
PALACE CAP
First and Last Stop to tke Dock
Vance Hitt & Claude Starkey
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU,
LET GEORGE DO IT
G. H. Everltt
Merchandising Service
Box 4 1 B Seward Madison SB
Seward
Seaport
Record...
—is increasing its circulation with every issue.
—*s increasing its display advertising because it is
bringing result».
—is carrying more classified advertising than ever
before.
—is the only legal publication in this vicinity—
permitted by statute to carry legal advertising.
Commercial Printing
—The plant of the Seward Seaport Record is
equipped to do any printing job that can be
done in Alaska—especially equipped for long
and difficult runs.
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