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VOLUME 4 * INDEPENDENT ❖ SEWARD. ALASKA * SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1048 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 CENTS No. 'fO
Ch. ’o Commerce
The meeting of the Chamber of
» Commerce which was scheduled
for May 13 and set forward for
a day because of the Lecture of
Dr. Eric Mann set for that. date,
was not well attended. Several
other meetings also interfered.
Communication from J. T. Flak
nee was read and a conservative
estimate of the population of the
city as well as other nearby
towns and settlements. The in
formation will be forwarded soon.
The Postmaster General in a
letter stated that no funds were
available for the reopening of the
Aleutian mail route but that as
soon as funds were available and
bids made within the amount pre
scribed by law the service would
be resumed.
A letter regarding the proposed
reciprocal agreement whereby hal
ibut fishermen of Canada may
sell in Alaska ports as American
fishermen now do in Canada was
read. The letter was from Sitka
and was favorable to the opera
tion due to 1he fact that it gave
halibut fishermen nearer ports.
Answer was delayed pending in
formation from the Fishermen in
Seattle.
Information required by a Seat
tle firm regarding the sale of
fireworks in Seward was referred
to the City Council.
A magnet for use in picking up
material which is causing the
puncture of many tires in the
streets and alleys was referred to
the city for action.
1 So far, no word on appropria
tions from the Territory as ex
plained by Engineer Metcalf have
been received.
Mr. Brownell asked about the
. Hydro-Electric situation at Lost
Lake and told how he was in
j touch with High Territorial offi
j cials in the matter,
i He stated further that this was
I the only Hydro-Electric project in
| Alaska ready to go; that this pro
ject which might amount to as
j much as $250,000 was ready for
bids and could be startde tomor
row.
J The meeting adjourned to meet
I May the 27th at the usual loca
j tion.
GETS CITIZENSHIP
PAPERS
Mrs. Anna Novak took oath of
I allegiance Wednesday, May 12.
I 1948. and was granted full rights
of citizenship. Judge Kehoe ex
pressed his pleasure in signing
! the papers granting Mrs. Novak
her citizenship.
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GIBBONS GREENHOUSE
CHANGES HANDS
*
Mrs. Frank B. Gibbons has sold
her greenhouse to Martin Uric.
He lias also purchased two lots
adjoining the greenhouse with
\ the expectation of going thorough
ly into the flower and shrub bus
iness.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons still own
their home and will remain in
Seward.
Al'Ay-Eska
(By Currente' Calamo)
(SS
(Ed. Note—iTho opinions express
ed in this column are purely
those of the writer and do not
necessarily reflect those of the
owners of the Polaris.)
ALASKA. ENIGMA OF THE
NORTH
The people up here can think
up more colossal ideas of how to
make money quicker than any
set of people in the entire nation.
First, it is statehood: then it is
| “Lift the Jones Act” and now it
is run the steamships out of the
country and barge our freight to
every point in Alsaka.
; This barge business puts me in
j mind of the Jesse James boys up
there in the Kotzebue country
land their great idea of how to
run the teamships out of the Kot
zebue Sound country. It seems
they bought some surplus LST's
and some pontoon barges. They
figured on tugging the freight
from Seattle to Kotzebue Sound
in the LST's and thence by pon
! toon barges up the rivers. It
seems they forgot to measure the
: w ater in the rivers and it turned
1 out there wasn’t enough water
to float the barges empty even
and the LST deal is a pari of
history right now. But. Brother,
what costly history. 1 might add
by the way that the steamship
are still hauling tin* freight uo
there from Seattle.
Wo hear a lot about the barges
and their 35 cent rate. It puts n.e
(Continued on page 2>
Excerpts From the Lecture May 13 of
Dr. Eric Mann, 7/|s War I nevitable?’*
By Hal W. Hunt
•5=
For 7000 years men have fought
wars and immediately tried to
make a peace that would endure
so civilization would not come to
naught. Now nations are trying
to control the atomic bomb and
keep what remains of civilization
after bombs have been dropped,
from being forced to return to
caves.
Dr. Mann, speaking before a
small but deeply interested crowd
of Seward people, gave “facts
and figures” which left a depp
impression on his listeners.
Caves will not save civilization
as they are not invincible. The
only thing that can save civiliza
tion is Peace.
History shows that European
nations alone have had in the
past 50 years, a total of 74 wars
lasting a total of almost 300 years
have been fought resulting in the
death of the number of people
equal to the population of the
United States or 143,000,000.
uui oi iuuu persons anve ax xne
start of an atomic war 292 will
be dead at the end of the 1st 2
A weeks.
“I know I have to die some
time.” said Dr. Mann, ‘‘but I hate
to be rushed,” a remark which
drew a chuckle from the audi
ence.
“There will be no war until
Germany is in shape to help Rus
sia,” he went on.
Pouring hundreds of millions of
Marshall dollars into Germany
and smaller amounts into other
small European countries will
make a mighty Germany even
tually and a weaker set of Eur
opean nations in proportion,
where a strong set of many Eur
opean nations and a weak, dis
membered Germany will give, the
world more chance of winning
the political peace as well as the
peace after the war of arms.
Germany, in 1872, won over
France and laid the foundation
for world domination in that ex
cessively stern peace forced upon
that nation. Again in 1914, Ger
many went to war, smashed
France and Russia and as a re
, suit of the war, Austria-Hungary i
disappeared as a nation. Germany ‘
lost the war at arms but again '
won the peace and the objective 1
of the nation.
The second war accomplished
what the 1st World War set out
to do: the complete demolition of
the British Empire and t he sub
jugation of all the surrounding
countries. Again the war at arms
was lost but the peace is already
in the making for the winning
German diplomats.
Tire foundation is already laid
for a 3rd world war and as soon
as Germany is strong enough,
fed by Marshall dollars, Russia
and Germany will strike and the
United States and the remnants
of the shattered empires and re
publics which formerly stood in
the path of Germany must then
stand alone.
Speaking of population. Germ
any now has apopulation of 74
millions as compared with 71 mil
lions in 1939.
It is true that 2ho to 3 million
of them jre only 3 or 4 years of
age but 15 to 18 years from now
in 1963. many of these German
babies of today will be the cream
of the German army.
matiimtij wmcn was not cte
stroyed is now being operated by
the Germans under American di
rection. It is an amazing fact
that the bombing and shelling did
not do more damage. 83% of the
factories producing electrical ma
terial can be brought into full
war production in 30 days.
Speaking of German heads in
control of world-wide service
companies or cartels as they are
called. The International Tele
graph of Berlin is the parent com
pany of the supposedly all Amer
ican company American Tel. and
Tel. of New York.
By a srange coincidence a man
named Stockton or Stockman is
the president of each company.
Germany is out-stripping the
United States in the matter of
reconversion of war-making ma
chinery according to a report sub
mitted by Senator Kilgore.
Six months from now the words
Norsk-Hydro will be read in ev
ery newspaper. This is a German
owned plant which will proceed
with experimentation in atomic
energy. Not having cash, shares
of I. T. Farben. one of the larg
est Get man companies, put up
these shares in order to finance
the project.
i Going back to war industries
Congressional reports state that
75 of the industrial power of
| Ge rmany was unharmed during
the.war and within (1 months .ill
will he ready to attain war pro
duction in speed and quantity.
The type of steel used in U. S
battleships has been shipped to
Germany but when the U. S.
.Navy seeks this steel for military
consumption the government has
to pay 5 times what Germany
! does.
i An incident which gave the
Russ a huge advantage in South
! America is illustrated in this
way. An over supply of beef in
Argentina in the amount of $100.
1000.000 was shipped to Germany
| with the understanding that 25
(Continued on page 2)
L. Rafter Freed
Of Fraud Charge
•
Lester Rafter /as freed today
un charges of conveying iiis prop
city to Myrtle V. Rafter, his wife
with intent to defraud. Judge J.
W. Kohoe handed down such a
decision after deliberating several
hours on the matter. Judge Kohoe
gave as grounds for his decision
that virtually no evidence had
been presented tnat would prove
that the deed had not boon exe
cuted prior 1.0 the shooting of
Morris Gilbert, Januaiy '.11. 1947.
He further stated bin' both wit
nesses, Lester and Myrtle Raft.ei.
alleged that the document was
executed before the shooting.
The Plaintiff's \ilorney. \v> n
PROCLAMATION
0
Acting Governor Lew M. Wil
liams has issued the following
proclamat ion:
WHEREAS. May 15. 1948. marks
the 80th Anniversary of the inaug
uration of air mail service in the
United states; and
WHEREAS. May 8. 1943 marks
the 10th Ann.versaiy of the inaug
uation of legularly scheduled
air mail service with Alaska: and
i WHEREAS tin? week of May 15
121, 1948 lias been designated by
'■ postal aid lim it ;e as a period in
, w hieh to call I" tlu' attention of
| the American people the import
i line of air mail and air transport
' .n the lives of all of Us; and
| WHEREAS, we in Alaska, are
■ver mindful of the significant
role which air mail and air trans
portation tins played in the de
velopment of aviation, not only
for postal needs, but for the pub
lic interest and fur our national
I welfare, in that it has eneourag
i ed our air pioneers to develop av
i union and air transport, so im
■ porlant to us economically, social
ly. and in terms of nation: I sc
i cu’-'tv:
NOW. THEREFORE. I Lew M.
i V. Hiatus, A ting Governor of Al
aska. do hereby call to the atten
tion uf the people of Alaska, the
Thirtieth Anniversary of air mail
during the week of May 15-21.
1948, and urge appropriate parti
cipation in ceremonies celebrating
in" occasion.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I
have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of the Territory of Alas
ka, at Juneau, the capital, this
•lovonth dnv of May. in the year
of our Lord. 1943.
Lew M. Williams
Acting Governor of Alaska
flail Kay was unable to introduce
testimony that would set aside
the testimony of the Rafters. He
also said that since Mrs. Raftei
had placed over $600.00 of her
own funds into the disputed prop
erty, that he could not Jay es.Ue
the burden ei He ir test• men,v.
Attorney ;-..v read before the
court “Ten Had", ■; of Fraud’’ and
proceeded to ayptv them to tin*
ease at hand. I’..having arc h‘e
ten badges of fraud:
1. That litigation was pending
or anticipated at the time of
the transfer.
2. The fact that the disputed
transaction was conducted in a
manner differing from usual busi
ness routine.
■i. That it was a transfer of all
of the debtor's property.
■». That the instrument of con
veyancc was not recorded.
5. Financial conditions of the
grantor at time of the conveyance
was poor or left insolvent.
6. That it was not for a valu
able or an adequate consideration,
7. Grantee's knowledge of the
circumstances or knowledge of
the fraud.
ii. I hat the parties to the trans
t'T are related by blood or mar
riage.
9. That grantee failed or delay
ed to record instrument.
lb. That grantor retained pos
session of property.
Attorney Kay made argument
"ii numbers 6, 8. 9 and 10, He
slated that Rafter, for no othe:
consideration than Love and Af
ieetion and one dollar, conveyed
■ !! his property to his wife and
y‘i cont'nued to run the business.
I bat Rafter, despite the fact that,
the property belonged to hi*> wife
"fut into a written contract of
l-'nsc with the Eads Brothers but
shortly after the shooting had the
lease revised to tfie effect of put
ting his wife's name Where his
had originally been. Furthermore
'lie Deed was not recorded until,
after January 27. the date of
shooting. He then stated that from
ilie above actions of the Defend
ant. what other inference could
bo drawn except the one thai
Rafter had executed the deed
when he revised the old lease
with the Eads Brothers, which
was somtime in February He
Iurther stated that where a num
ber of badges of fraud exist, the
burden is shined to the ones re
lying on the transaction, (exe
< ution of Decdb Hence, it was up
to the Dcf-mdant ’o .lm- * that.
iPontimied on page 4)
Plaits for the Veterans of Foreign Wars* 49th national encampment, to be held August 29 - September 9 In
St. Louis, Mo., already are well under way. Pictured above is massive main entrance of the SI. Louis
Municipal Auditorium, $8,000,000 structure which will house the gathering. Its main arena seats 12,500
persons. In addition the Opera House seats 3,600 persons and there are four other gathering places seat*
ing 700 each, plus numerous committee rooms, offices, etc. Arrangement of the building will permit lbs
YJF,W, and the Ladies Auxiliary to bring all business activities at a national encampment under one root.