THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the "Kenai Empire”
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Sewanl. Alaska
Subscriptinn Hate $8 on per year
(Continued from Page 1)
In support of this, the writer
called Col. Don Wilson, War As
hots Administration in Anchorage
and was told the same and the
[( Mowing telegram was receieved
Tuesday morning which substan
tiates the telephonic conversa
tion.
From Donald R. Wilson Regional
Driector WAA
Region 37, Anchorage
To Editor and Publisher Seward
Polaris
Seward, Alaska
Confirming telephone conversa
t on 4:15 P.M. Hunt to Wilson.
The condition of sale ‘as is where
is” applies only repeat only to
those specific items on which title
is passed by this agency. If cer
tain individuals in your locale
continue to insist that as is where
is applies to any and all items
I will be obligated to request in
whi-hin any building or facility
vestigation by appropriate Gov
ernment agencies to insure pro
tection of United States proper
ty.
• • •
Don Douglas ably pointed out
'luit nothing but immovable prop
erty was left unless it was mark
ed for the army engineers. Dif
ferent buildings and property
wdhin were spoken of and a
good picture drawn of the prop
erty which was shipped out to
■ ■tiler areas.
A letter was received by the
Lieutenant in charge from Fort
Raymond authorities which gave
permiss on to leave unsalable ma
terial on the premises which
would have otherwise been tossed
on the junk pile.
In exchange for a long period
of Cold Storage service without
charge a large amount of equip- !
:ent left in the area was turned
ver to Mr. Howard by the au- j
fhoritios. This was neither sur- j
plus nor army stock but was of
the same nature as other mater
ial which had been "surveyed.”
Because the truck owned hy
Mr. Howard was loaned to Pcge
and Riley for securing ice for
the cold storage, movement of
goods belongong to Mr. Howard
were left at the Cold Storage and
because of this the matters have
come to a head as they ha\c.
This was substantially the re
port of Mr.Riley when he was
called upon by Mr. Howard to
give iho reason for the nnnre-)
inoval of property belonging to j
Mr. Howard and also the reason
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I TRAVEL
FUNDS
{ PROTECTED
AGAINST LOSS
I OR THEFT
1 SafiMiurding money against
| loss when one travels is as
i important as protecting it by
! deposit when at home—ami
| is just as easy. You merely
! convert your travel funds
| here, before you start, into
I American F.xpress Travelers
i Cheques. They are readily I
1 spendable as cash, and if lost
1 or stolen, die amount in
i volved is refunded to • on
I The eo-t of the protefd n
I i« blit 7".c on each $100
| Minimum 4On. There is no
I time l’ntit <n me. n’,ious
| ands of people carry these
5 protective Cheques when
a vay from home, and find
1mm invaluable. This is
\ one of the hank’s services
| to the traveling public
j Bank of
f Seward
for the extent ion of the 'deadline
necessary for the aditional time.
It was arranged that certain
councilmcn and the mayor togeth
er with Mr. Howard and the man
agers of the Cold Storage would
meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. and
go through the plant marking
other equipment which was un
marked and adding it to the city’s
inventory, providing this course
is acceptable to Mr. Howard.
* * *
Because an alley has been
blocked by dirt and the city is
not ready to open it for traffic
the owner of the dirt will be ask
ed to remove same at once.
A change in a traffic ordinance'
will be made so as to leave to
the discretion of the magistrate
the removal of a driver's license
for a period of 30. (10 or 00 days.
* * *
It seems that Harry Mann bid
on lot 1, block lu and no record
of the bid which was in writing
is at hand.
This was before the last coun
cil left office and the lot was
later sold to Fern Burke.
Mr. Mann is extremely put out
and contends that he should have
the lot which was sold for $(10.00
and which he had bid more on.
The city attorney will be called
upon to settle the controversy,
without legal action, it is hoped.
as one councilman stated.
• » •
Bills amounting to a little over
$400 were allowed at Monday’s
regular meeting. Several were set
aside for further informative per
usal.
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Garbage "hit the deck" again
at the council meeting. Since tin*
last meeting wherein the city de
cided to go into the garbage bus
iness itself, several of those who
were interested have sought oth
er work and only two are doing
a part time job
Arrangements are being made
to obtain a dump truck or some
thing to fill in until the city ob
tains a truck of its own.
The W.A.A. man will be in
Seward in a feu- days to see
what the city needs in this line
and until he arrives and the city
is supplied with a truck make
shift measures will be necessary
to take care of tho garbage. How
ever. citizens may expect good
service in the near future at a
price commensurate with the cost
to llie city winch will be made
as reasonable as possible.
The council adjourned about
1:30 p.m..
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NAVY SQUADRON TO DELIVER
SUPPLIES TO ARCTIC BASES
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A group of seven Navy shins
will leave San Diego. California,
about July 1 on the Navy's annu
al expedition to deliver supplies
to Point Barrow. northernmost
tip of Alaska, it was announced
today by Admiral D. C. Ramsey.
US.N... Commander in Chief. Pa
- ifie Fleet.
Rear Admiral B. J. Rodgers,
U.S.N., Commander Amphibious
Force. Ik cific Fleet, has been di
rected to accomplish the mission
employing elements of the Am
phibious Force.
Le ding the c pcrlition in Ivs
'I-’ sh n t .-I' .ck car "i sign,
t SS UNION, will be captain J.
". I •• ' man. ’' S.N.. ci.'nmawU .
- f Tran-pert Division It.
In addition to lie Union, the
•xnrdMion grout) will include the
'• <• a--,) ships CSS WASH
i .URN. I'SS SKAGIT, and USS
TITANIA. LST 1110. LST 1140.
and the ice breaker US BURTON
ISLAND. Ships will load first at
Port Huenemo, California and
then proceed to San Francisco
and Seattle for further supplies.
The expedition will carry about
25.000 tons of cargo, a full year’s
supply for the inhabitants of Nav
al Petroleum Reserve No. 4, a
35.000 square mile area lying well
within the Arctic Circle.
In addition to Navy supplies,
the expedition will carry Army
equipment. Coast and Geodetic
Survey supplies, and supplies for
tlir Office of Indian Affairs,
port facilities along the Arctic
Because there arc' no docks or
coastline, comercial methods of
delivering cargo in conventional
ships cannot be used. The job
calls for amphibious techniques,
a naval development of World
War II. which enabled huge quan
tities of supplies to be landed
; over beaches. The expedition will
be planned and conducted in
much the same manner as the
amphibious operations during the
last war.
in me vicinity oi i'oini. Harrow
the Arctic Sett is a solid mass of
ice for all but .a short and uncer
tain period in mid-summer, when
the iee recedes from the shore
line under the action of favorable
winds and currents, leaving suf
ficient open water for the ships
to reach the landing beaches. A
change in wind direction may
move the iee cap hack to the
beach and the ships must be pre
pared to clear the area iti such
an event to avoid being trapped
by tlie returning ice field. Shore
based roeonnaisanee planes will
be used to forecast ice movement.
The expedition is scheduled to
unload its entire cargo in less
than a week in mid-August and
return hastily to the safety of the
open sea.
While the cargo ships are un
loading at Point Barrow the two
I.STs led by the ice breaker will
make their way through alternate
patches of pack ice and open wat
er .'too miles eastward to Barter
Island where they will deliver
further supplies.
The task of unloading will be 1
accomplished b\ the ship's crew]
working around the dock, aided I
by the Arctic midnight sun.
This will he the fifth summer |
the Navy has conducted a Point
Barrow expedition.
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Around Hollywood
■"AROUND TOWN LAST WEEK
—A self-styled talent scout told
a pretty Kiri that she could go
places . . . one word led to an
other and he invited her to his
apartment . . . naturally he got.
fresh . . . now the scout is going
places . . . because the pretty
girl turned out. to be a smart, po
licewoman. A 20-year-old youth
raced down ihe street at 85 miles
an hour . . . for five minutes po
lice followed him through traffic
. . . the chase ended when the
youth crashed into a hot dog
stand ... in court they decided
to throw the book at him . . .
within the five minutes that he
was chased, police charged him
with ... 13 traffic violations. A
physician, closing up for the day
had 5300 and he didn’t know
where to put it, so for safe keep
ing he hid it in the ice-box . . .
that night burglars ransacked his
office and found nothing . . . be
fore leaving they went to the
ice box for a snack . . . and un
covered the physician’s $5300.
•
FLASHES—One health expert
claims women have invaded near
ly every field that once belonged
to man . . .as a result males
are developing an inferiority com
plex . . . police received a mys
terious letter containing a key
to a public locker . . . investigat
ing they found two fur pieces val
ued at $8000 . . .now police arc
really puzzled . . . because the
owner is unknown . . . Britain’s
plan to block a Hollywood inva
sion is sending film companies to
other countries . . . majority to
Italy . . . housewives warned of
a house-to-house photo racket
. . according to these chiselers,
every child is a movie prospect
. . . two suspects were nabbed
by police climbing to a roof of a
building . . . they claimed they
were on'y looking for a place to
sb'ep . . . one air expert says
that if we have a military base
on the moon, there will be no<
World War III . . . the navy's
new rocket, Neptune which will
he tested in a week or so, is cap
able of reaching the moon.
• —.-.
MT. MC KINLEY NAT L PARK
WOLVES DISAPPEARING
•
MT. MC KINLEY NAT'L PARK
HEADQUARTERS- Wolves— once
the bane of this 3030-square mile
game reserve have fallen off in
number. John C. Rumohr, chief
ranger at the park, said here this
week.
Counting only 15 wolves, Rum
ohr claimed that he could spot
individual wolves after seeing
them several eimes. “Just like
recognizing a dog by his marking
the ranger who has been here lrf
years said.
Visitors to the scenic park will
have little trouble seeing moose,
Rumohr estimated that there are
about 150 in the park. Bears are
increasing and he put the num
ber at about 60. Beaver thrive
in the protected reserve; fox are
plentiful and some of them get
quite tame. »
Many wolves used to roam the
park reserve which is the second
biggest in the nation. Big wolf
packs, sometim escontaining 20 or
more marauders, hunted the game.
Rabies apparently broke out a
mong the wolves, and probably
accounts for the decrease in num
ber, Rumohr thinks. He spotted
no wolf litters.
Caribou abound in the park re
serve. The chief ranger thinks the
reserve contains eight to 10,000 *
caribou. The big herds move west
in about August.
Animals somehow sense that
they are protected in a reserve.
Natives repeat the story about
the moose which used to cross
a creek into the park reerve and
protection when hunters approach
ed.
About 20 varieties of migratory
birds make a summer “home” in
the spruce timberland here.
SALLY'S SALLIES
Registered Lf S. Patent Of?ice. _
“If you let me borrow Mrs. Lemon’s spade I’ll lend you her
hoe whenever you want it!”
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