* Vol. I Seldovia, Alaska, ^ugust 16, .1947 No* 76
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ENGINEERS PLAN
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HOLIDAY WEEKEND _J
■ IN 5 E LDOVlA \
snortage oi.; notpi,
rooms and. d- complete
dearth of scenic bus;,
trips have failed to
dampen the enthusiasm
of 75 members •• of .the
District gngiheer 1 s-:.
Associates for a Sel
dovia visit,'; it -was
learned here yes ter--.?
day. The group, a**
club of engineers,
last week wrote Mayor
Harry Leonhardt re
questing advice on *
possible accommoda** r
tions, and wired the i
Beachcomber hotel for
room reservations ov-*- .
er the Labor • Day
weekend. 7
Both wires 'and
letters went out this'
week to Charles • D.*.i
*-'M ar c in, president of
'the society, inform-?,
ing him that accommo
dations for a group
.of-- 75 could ’not be
provided in Seldovia.
" However Mr.- Martin.
wired the management.;;,
of the Beachcomber-;
hotel yesterday, say- .
'ing that if duly 25,-;;
could :' secure - hotel
rc oms, the r emaining : =
club member3 would be
willing to camp out
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LONGSHOREMEN are cut IN SEWARD;
NO'MO RE ALASKAN FREIGHT LOADED
-* although Seldovia has not been directly
affected by the longshoreman's strike now
bottling up Alaskan shipping,, this city will
be penalized, as will all. of),Alaska, for of
ficials of the Alaska Steamship Co*, have
.announced-thivt.no more freight will be load
ed • f6r the- territory ..until the dispute is
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PVANE WRECKAGE
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IDENTIFIED AS *
DR ] BANNISTER'S
The right -• hand
landing -gear assembly
of a Stinson plane,
discovered on a beach
nine miles south of
S ewar d t h i fe - w e ok * ha S
•been positively iden- ..
tiffed as - wreckage’
from the plane of Dr
Ray. Bannister, miss--*
ing in a flight to
Homer since last Dec
ember . ■ .. ,
Identification was
absolute 'because of
an ■ unusual type of
tire and axle used on
Dr. Bannister ?s ship*,
r - Condition of the
gear- indicated .a se
vere smash-up, while
rust conditions sug
gested long immersion
in salt water,
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Longshoromen first
struck at Juneau ab
out 10 days ago and
. the tie - up quickly
spread to the Seward
docks 4
„ The union seeks a
closed shop agreement
-for all of the terri
tory^ ports, release
from liability in ^the
event of a strike 'and
a written guarantee
that all labor -man
‘agemont disputes will
be settled within 'the
Iwork contraot rather
--’than by courts, of
1 aw.
It is evident that
members of the long
shoreman^ union in
tend to make of this
strike a test case of
the Taft-gartley.la
bor bill,'* which goes
ipto effect on i.ug.
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.. Steamship company
heads say that all
demands are in direct
conflict with the
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