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Steel Barge 719 left Seward
Jan. 20. for Seattle with south
bound cargo for Puget Sound
destinations, it was announced
by the Alaska Freight Express
Corporation.
On the second round trip to
Seward for the new common car
rier firm, Steel Barge 719 is un
der tow by the seagoing tug El
Sol with Capt. Ingvald A. Wick
as skipper. Veteran Alaska mar
iner, Wick has been making runs
to the Territory for over30 years.
The barge began discharging
cargo in Seward at 3 P.M. Jan.
16, after arriving on the north
bound voyage. Stevedoring ser
vices at Seward are performed
by the Northern Stevedoring and
Handling Corporation of that
city with Elmer Johnson super
vising.
In addition to general cargo
from Tacoma and Seattle, the
covered steel barge carried north
100 tons of war surplus equip
ment for the Alaska Railroad re
construction program. Included
in the railroad shipment were a
25-ton crane 55 feet long, a cra
ted sawmill weighing 20 tons, a
16-ton shovel, a 13-toil scraper,
two six-ton tournapulls. a 6-ton
crated boiler and water pipe.
Next sailing of a 2fi0-foot-long
steel barge has been set by Al
aska Freight Express for Friday.
Feb. 6. from Seattle. Cargo ac
ceptance deadlines are 3 P.M.
Friday. Jan. 30. at Shaffer Ter
minal No. 1. Tacoma, and 3 P.M.
Wed.. Feb. 4. at Pier 50, Seattle.
Alaska Freight Express inaug
urated its service to the Terri
tory in December, with tug and
barge operations and reduced
rates.
Confidential—
Very interested in communica
tion, unsigned. Please call in.
Editor.
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A real diplomat is a man who
sends ninteen roses to a woman
on her thirty-first birthday.
Another good thing about cot
ton trousers is that they don’t
bag at the knees any worse
than anywhere else.
Even if a pessimest proves to
be wrong, he is still happy about
it, but, if a professional rumor
est’es, rumor, does not travel the
length of the street by the time
he reaches the other corner, he
is disappointed.
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There is no danger of develop
ing eyestrain from looking on
the bright side of things,
os
If one can do good, the less
said about it the better. It is
the person who does the least
that makes the biggest noise.
We say it again, the one book
that always has a sad ending is
a checkbook.
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VETERAN CIVIL SERVICE
.ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Many very good tips in regard
to the veteran’s preferene in se
curing Civil Service jobs are
posted on the bulletin board at
the Seward Post Office Veterans
who are here in Seward may
benefit from thhf information
and it is suggested that they
keep a check on those bulletins
to watch for the opportunity
they may be' seeking.
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j BAUMGARTNER ADDRESSES
SCOUTS at CHARTER BANQUET
58?
j The presentation of a charter
jto the Boy Scout Troop was
made Monday night at a banquet
at the Methodist Church with 45
present. Presenting the charter
was Carl Sparks, chairman of
the scout committee.
The basic teachings of scout
ing are incorporated in the ten
commandments and the works of
Aristotle. Robert Baumgartner,
i guest speaker, told the scouts,
their parents and members of
i the scouting committees. “That
i which made Alexander great is
the same as the scouting principle.
Baumgartner declared. Challeng
ing the scouts to do little things
well, he advised them to acquire
the ability to do at least one
! thing better than anyone else
! even if only to drive a straighter
1 -i
; nail.
j With Row Wyburn Skidmore
i acting as master of ceremonies
Bill Merritt, scout master, directed
I the boys in a number of scouting
| activity demonstrations.
The banquet prepared by Mrs.
Thomas Howell was followed bv
I
a social hour.
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THE MARCH OF DIMES!
Bingo Party Jan. 30th to help
Victims of Polio.
The American Legion Auxiliary
is having a Bingo party Jan.30th
at the Legion Dugout on 5th Ave.
Proceeds will go to the March
of Dimes. The public is invited
and every one is encouraged to
attend. The game will start at
8 P.M Joe Doyle will call tin
game and there will be prizes of
all kinds. The Snack Bar will
also be open.
The March of Dimes was start
ed just ten years ago and the
help you have given in those
years has made it possible for
the Foundation for Infantile Par
alysis to assist thousands of pat
ients! The dimes you contributed
has also made it possible to tr
ain people who work in polio
centers and to go on with re
search in that line. So join the
1948 March of Dimes while en
joying yourself at the Bingo
Party.
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BOBBY ERWIN OPERATED ON
IN SANTA BARBARA
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Bobby Erwin, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Erwin was
operated on at the Santa Barbara
Clinic by Dr. Graham, formerly
of Seward, whose position in the
local hospital was filed by the
late Dr. Ray Banister.
Six or eight months ago Bobby
start od to limp and about Christ
j mas the family left for the out
iside. In Santa Barbara he was
X-rayed and it was found that
I the hip was out of joint—slipped
—in other words.
j me operation consisted of plac
j ing a pin in the proper place to
• hold the bone in place.
The Erwin family is nearly
ready to return home and are
in Seattle at present.
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•THOSE PECANS YOU BUY
ARE BIG BUSINESS
!
I Louisville, Ky. CU.P.)—Pecans
i aren't peanuts—-they’re big busi
ness.
1 Every year in the late autumn
jibe pecan pickers head into the
i Kentucky river bottoms to har
vest a crop which usually brings
j in something like 525.000,000.
I Pecans are picked up off the
I ground and its a hack-breaking
• occupation. The unprocessed nuts
j sell for 20 cents per pound, and
j the picker gets half of that. A
1 good picker will make S20 a day.
| Once 1 he pecan has gone th
rough the cleaning machine, the
.cracking machine, the sheller,
'the picker, the sizing machine,
the drier and the packaging ma
chine, it is ready to he sold for
something like 51.50 per pound
i across the counter in the fancier
i grades.
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"7'lusio. when soft voices (iu>.
Vibrates in the memory—”
1 Shelley
First Annual Meeting
Alaska Rir Trans Assn.
Aviation in Alaska wrote an
other page in its history at the
first annual meeting of the Alas
ka Air Transport Association
held in Anchorage January 19, 20
and 21. The original membership
is composed of the pioneer bush
pilots who have over the years
developed their pioneering ser
vices into ttie presently recog
nized network of trunk, regular
and bush routes. This network
serves the entire Territory of
Alaska and provides the public
| with air transportation unequal-j
i led for its record of safety, regu
' larity and dependability. These
i developments were accomplished
; by these former pioneer operat
ors under the guidance and pro
tection of the Civil Aeronautics!
Act of 192k. administrated by the!
Civil Aeronautics Board and the
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
The companies represented at
this meeting were:
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Alaska Island Airways
I
Christenson Air Service
Cordova Air Service
Ellis Air Transport
Northern Consolidated Airlines
Paicific Northern Airlines
Pan-American Airlines
Wein-Alaska Airlines
This Conference accomplished
the following objectives:
'1' Amendment of articles of
Incorporation and adoption of
By-laws to better effectuate the
purposes for which this Associa
tion is created.
(2» Membership was declared
open to all certified air carriers (
serving the Territory of Alaska, j
<31 Election of Board of Direc- |
tors and Officers to serve for j
one year, two <2) diretors repre-1
senting the Association from each j
judicial division. '
(4) Appointment of committees
on Finance, Air Traffic Confer
ence, Legislative Drafting and
Tax Policy, Governmental Affairs,
Insurance and Liability, and Safe
ty. The work of these committees
is for the advancement of the
aviation industry to the best in-*
terests of the general public.
(5) Agreed to transport radio
equipment and personnel to areas
where needed for the Alaska
Aeronautical and Communication
Commission.
The objectives and purposes of
this Association are:
(1> To improve the services
rendered by the members of this
Association and improve the safe
ly factors in connection there
wit h.
(2) To promote and develop
the business and science of trans
porting persons. property and
mail by aircraft between points
within, to and from the Territory
of Alaska. for the purpose of
serving the best interests of the
public.
(.5* To advocate and prosecute
the enactment of just, necessary
and proper laws governing the
business and science of the avia
tion industry in all of its bran
ches.
<4> To advocate and promote
the creation and construction of
proper airfields, airports and air
way aids in the Territory of Al
aska and the continued improve
ment and maintenance thereof.
i5> To continue friendly rela
tions with, and secure the added
cooperation and good will of, the
general public.
i6> To promote closer relations
with and the cordial cooperation
among its members and other in
dividuals, associations, govern
mental agencies and corporations
having similar objects and pur- j
poses as this Association
ALASKA AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION. by Marhall C.
Hoppin. President.
BASKET BALL SCORES
AT ANCHORAGE
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Friday Jan. 23.
Anchorage 42
Seward 15
[Saturday Jan. 24.
j Anchorage 60 j
Seward 31 |
i At Palmer Monday Jan. 26.
| Palmer V 25 |
i Seward 21
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jAIR BUBBLE SCREEN USED
j TO PROTECT U. S. SUBS
a i
j LOS ANGELES (U.PJ—An un-'
j dor water “screen” of air bub
| bles kept a zone of quiet around i
i a dock used for sound experi-i
ments at Pearl Harbor when '
that port was at its noisy war-j
'time peak, scientists revealed at j
!a meeting of the Acoustical So-j
cietv of America.
Details of the ingenious de
vice were told by representatives
of the Navy and the Western El
ectric Co. i
The Navy developed the screen
to carry on noise-reduction ex
periments on U.S. submarines, to
I make them les detectable. A
pipe was installed across the
I bottom of the open end of a
floating repair dock, letting a
screen of air bubbles flow to
the surface.
j This harrier was comparatively .
easy to install, did not interfere
with submarines entering or leav
ing. and k^pt out ocean surface
, oil ns well as low and high fre
quency noises.
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I A new cable for mines has a
copper braid to trap current
leakage and prevent explosions.
. The town of Lost Cabin. "Wye..
'r'vro was offered for sale at $1?",
000. Tt later was sold at a price
undisclosed.
DROWNING OF ALEUTIAN
MAIL MATE AT SAND POINT
cjC
Alter docking at Sand Point
tiic Aleutian Mail lay between
the C. G. Cutter Cedar and a
government tug.
The Mate and three others
from Sand Point decided to go
ashore at about 11 PM.
They never reached shore and
never were seen alive again.
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It is estimated that the lives
of bridges have been increased
by as much as 25 years by re
placing steel floors with alum
inum alloy.
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Attendance at the Chicago
Service Men's Centers is higher
now than at any time during the
war and nearly twice as high as
it. was this spring.
[FAILURE OF LEGISLATORS
AT JUNEAU—1947
From page (IJ ono
ies already on the books. Addi
tional revenues lor the biennium
anticipated from these adjust
ments are:
Liquor excises — $600,000
'Fish Trap Licenses — $65,000
Salmon Pack Tax — $400,000
Miscellaneous — $40,000
Total appropriations $8,476,309.94
for biennium.
Estimated income $6,000,000.00
for biennium, but actually it is
less to the present time.
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BEE BENSON FALLS
Bee Benson took a nasty fall
while working in Moody's Cafe
and had to be hospitalized for
treatment. She is now at home
recuperating. We all hope to see
her cooking again at Moody’s
real soon.
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BIBLE SCHOOL
AT CHURCH OF CHRIST
ye
Bible school at Church of
Christ every Wednesday night
•Tom 7 P.M. to 8:15. Outlines
given. Everyone cordially invited.
Please bring writing materials.
This course will be planned and
offered similar to a public school
course.
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"Who hath a hook
Has friends at hand
And gold and gear
At his command."
Wilbur Xeshit .
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To avoid pricked fingers when
sewing, put several coats of nail
polish on your finger tips.—Utah
Farmer.
SAWS FILED
HAND OR CIRCULAR
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Also
Custom Cabinet Work
Don Douglas
Apt. X. Corner Sellers Med. Bldg.
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United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners
Seward Carpenter's Union 2304
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd anr 4th Tuesdays
— OLD USO BUILDING —
Jas. McCracken, President
A. G. McRae, Financial Secretary
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INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE
MENS A. WAREHOUSEMEN’S
UNION
I Local 1 — 82 SEWARD. ALASKA
j O. H. McCLANE, President
; HARRY KNUTSON. V.-Pres.
A. D. McDonald. Secy.-Treas.
Meets FIRST TUESDAY of each
month at 7 P.M. in the waiting
room at the DEPOT
1 Buy the “POLARIS"
’s Transfer
HAULING of ALL KINDS
OFFICE at
RELIABLE CAB STAND
BERT I. REAMEY, Prop. Telephone MONROE 1 0 9
Theatre
NOW SHOWING THREE SHOWS WEEKLY. SATURDAY SUNDAY
MONDAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THURSDAY.
AND FRIDAY