SKS,
The Seward Polaris &
WARM TIME AT COUNCIL
The council meeting for August
2nd was exceedingly well attend
ed and very interesting. About GO
persons were in attendance mainly
from the Veteran’s Housing pro
ject. and the Women's club of
Seward.
Representatives, too, of the new
Liquor Dealers Association were
present.
Following the reading of the
minutes and the payment of the
City payroll of $3218.42. the coun
cil was addressed by Mrs. Leo
Douglas who asked that the hours
cf opening be extended to 2 a.m.
regularly and to 3 am. Saturdays
and holidays. |
The Council, which has had the '
application of the Liguor Dealer's
, under consideration for sometime,
offered the alternative of a 60
day trial period after which, if
the group found it would pay to
keep open later, as compared to
the present hour of 1 a.m., they
could pay a $500 “privilege tax"
per bar. This was objected to
but someone of the council with
a mathmatical turn of mind pre
sented the fact that this would
only amount to SI.40 per day
for the remaining time in office
•of the present council.
The point was made that the
applicants would accept the 60
day trial period but woidd not,
at the moment, accept the pro
posal to pay the privilege tax. It
is possible that those present
were not empowered to make a
eomittment. This ended with the
matter being tabled.
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The application of the Liquor
Dealers was no sooner disposed
of than the matter of a petition
asking removal of Officer Turn
bull was read. I
Asked if he had a statement
to make and if he could produce
a list of the arrests he had made
he stated “yes, that he had an
answer for both but he wanted
to face the person who circulated
the petition."
With no idenification mark or
return address on the envelope
the petition had been mailed to
the City Clerk.
Stepping before the Council
T :mbull produced a roll of paper
from which he read the names of
18 or 30 persons arrested in the
I : • GO or To days, <quite a few
ci whom were among the petition'
i :gne:\-.» v. ho were assessed most
.. . fine of $25.00 per person.
Asked if h** had arrested any
1 hormen i.- stated r.e had ar
re-ted one. r ,rtic la.y difficult to
You all remember Gen. James
Loolittle? Of course: he’s the lad
■ho had the Skibhies dodging
sea gulls over in Japan before he
got through.
He was the fore runner of the
E 29’s that dropped the eggs that
blew that country out of the war
handle and one whom his com
panions had agreed received more !
“breaks" than tie was entitled to. ,
Others of particular notice were
some who had been before the 1
court several times before, one
in particular had been before the I
Ketchikan police commissioner
for 15 times and he did not know j
how many before the Juneau po
lice court, others with records !
were mentioned some as many as
four or five times before the local
court.
The Women’s Club presented a
petition asking that officer Turn
LOIS ALLEN
EDITOR, IS
CALLED
Funeral services will be held
next Sunday afternoon in Hope
for Mrs. Lois Allen, newspaper
woman and teacher who died
last Friday in the Seward Gen
eral Hospital. Mrs. Allen who
has made her home on the
Kenai Peninsula for many
years died at the age of 69
following an illness of more
than a year.
Mrs. Allen who was born in
Fredonna Kansas first publish
ed a newspaper in Colorado
before deciding to pioneer in
journalism in the territory of
Alaska. On the abvice of the
Governor she choose Skagway
as the town to start a paper
and there she put out a suc
cessful weekly. She then mov
ed to Moose Pass and bought
a home there and published
the "Moose Pass Miner," a
mimeographed sheet. Residents
there will recall that so popu
lar was her paper that often
there was a line waiting for
it to ome off the press Mrs.
Allen once divurged the secret
of her success there—"Give the
people controversy. Have 'he
courage to irk*-sides < :. a ques
tion. Lots of people-may then
ahte you but they always read
what you have to say."
Mrs. Allen taught school in
Ninilchik and them mov.-d to
Hope where she brought the
Roll home and up until the
lime of her death was well
known tor her garden and her 8
fine Alaskan co /king.
She ontributed to newspa- B
pers and magazines and is t tie E
author of the first book to be R
written about the Kenai Pen £
insula. It is entitled “Alaska’s
Kenai Peninsula" and illustrat
ed with many fine photog
raphs. some of them taken by
Mrs. Allen herself, it is now
on sale at newstands.
Mrs. Allen is survived by
two sons. J. D. Allen tnd Hurl
son Allen, both of Denver Col
orado, a brother. Andrew Hud
son of Washington, D. C , and
three sisters, Mrs Howard Tem
ple of Denver. Mrs. Blanche
Rosenberg of San Diego, Cali- fl
fornia, and Beth Hudson of S
(.'; rlsbad. California. |
Burial will be in Hope.
bull be retained.
A list of those arrested follows:
Norman Knutesen, fisherman,—
drunk and profane $25.00; B. A.
“Dust Roads" Wamack—four pre
ious and other records. $25.00;
Frank Korea.—drunk and profane
—$25.00; Maurice Deed, drunk and
disorderly,—$25.00: Ardis Hedrick,
drunk—$25.00 < not first time);
William Hulbert, drunk $25.00:
Thus Martini, records in Ketchi
kan and Juneau was “floated out"
Don Rucker, drunk and disorderly
$25.00. F. Petskolf. drunk and
disorderly—$50.00 and 10 days:
Merton Thompson, up for 10th
| ime.—5 days: Jess Washington,
trunk.—$25.00; George Carlson,
irunk and driving, $100.00 fine
nd driver's license for one year.
Vise, drunk—$25.00: Francis Usi
ng drunk. $25.00 Sig Sigfussen.
hunk. $50 00 and left town. He
also has two pages of records
ere and elsewhere. Harmon
•Cnutson drunk- $25.00: Willard
imith, drunk and had check.—
25 00 and made check good. Gale
Silver) Smith, drunk and dis
iiderly. $25.0*), several times in
ocal court: John Donel drunk.
$25.00 (doctor called for him as
he was near dt s*. James Jones
trunk $25.00: Carl Emery. 50
miles per hour on 3rd Avenue—
10* 1.00. drunk and lost his drivers
icence: Sam Young.—8 months in
federal -jail for discharging fire
arms in the city while under in
luence. Jno. Snyder, drunk— $25 00
Page, drunk—$25.00: M. Thorbo.
drunk and disorderly, other ar-j
rests to credit—$25.00; Martin
King, drunk—$25.00: Jas. Wilbers,
drunk,—$25.00. j
Questioned, Turnbull stated he
always tried to send the person
home but was not always success
ful. He denied emphatically that !
he had entered any home in order
to make an arrest.
At this point Hal Gilfillin arose
and asked that his name be strick
en from the petition. A letter was
read from Art McKcough also
asking that his name be stricken
from the petition asking the coun
cil to fire officer Turnbull.
Seward persons among whom
were Mrs. Thos. Howell and Mrs.
Bogard congratulated the city on
the police service now had.
THANKS. FOLKS
Officer Trunbull asked that
we print hi- thanks to the Wo
mens Club, and among others,
Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Bogard
and the business men who
backed him in the matter.
He also .especially, wished
to convey his thanks publically
to the council and Mayor for
the vote of confidence in the
Police Department.
The Mayor stated that the
Council was rejecting tHe petition
and on motion of Miller and se
conded by Sellers the Police De
partment received a vote of con
TIMMY DOOLITTLE
OF SEWARD. BACK IN
ALASKA AFTER 34 YEARS
•
General James Doolittle is back
in Alaska for the first time since
1914. His father., a carpenter
built the Zentmire home and
several others. Jimmy peddled
the old Gateway at times.
Doolittle Senior was well known
to many here, among whom was
the late Al Chamberlain.
The Doolittle family still owns
property and pays taxes in Sew
ard.
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Frank Heilo and wife were in
town Tuesday from Moose Pass, j
rOR JOB PRINTING - THE POLARIS
DEEDS OF VALOR BySenich R
mi/ VETERAN
fBEACHMASTER
/ COAST GUARD LIEUT.
/ MATTHEW CANTILLOM.OP
J SHAKER HEIGHTS .OHIO —
I AWARDED SI LVE R STAR.
1 FOR HEROISM AT BIAK
\ JAP-HELD PACIFIC.
V ISLAND.
''^m«m!ffwi^smps —■ £* j <J^ -
SMf AND PLANES POUNDED BIAK BEACH ALL" \
|0DAy TO PAVE THE WAV,WE HIT THE BEACH.
H RESISTANCE WAS NOT ELIMINATED AND JUNGLE
HIDDEN SNIPERS GREETED US WITH BULLETS
GRENADES.OUR JOB AS 6EACHMASTERS WAS TO
|| SURVEy THE BEACH,TAKE SOUNDINGS,DETECT
^ HIDDENSH0ALS.CURRENT5 OR OTHER OBSTACLES !
~THAT HA2ARD LANDINGS OF HEAVy CRAFT. I
WITH TAP
SNIPERS STILL IK)THE 'vL;/ V ~^5
JUNGLES,SHOOTING 70 V
AND TOSSING GRENADES WB
AT OS FROM CAVES, />. <?<
SORVEyiNGWAS IM-'— "
POSSIBLE.My MEN AND I
DECIOEDTO WIPE THEM OOT V!
BV TOSSING A DOZEN GRENADES ?
INTO THEIR CAVES —
r
v OUT OF THE DUST AND ^ -£SJe
Jl1/ SMOKE CHARGE D A
TOWERING JAP. HE
FELL DEAD.IN THE CAVE LAV THREE
MORE DEAD NIPS.WE WENT BACK
TO OUR BEACH JOB. BY SUNSET
'// WE USHERED IN 95 PERCENT
,*■ OF ALL LANDING CRAFT.,*
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fidence.
Officer Turnbull retired to his
seat amid the hand clapping of
the audience
The circulator of the petition is
to be asked to appear before the
council and meet Officer Turn
bull.
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Manager Fails of the Veteran's
Housing Propeet also faced a
petition asking that he change
his methods or resign from his
office.
Mr. Fails has a set of rules al
ready issued by the government
to fit any veterans project and in
following out his “bible” has in
curred the anger of several per
sons who live in the area.
A form which was used in giv
ing official notice in official
language was not well received
and caused considerable trouble.
A committee will be appointed
by the area residents themselves,
a request made by the council,
and the use of the U. S. O. was
also offered.
MEETING THURSDAY
AUGUST 5TH
A meeting of the bonil'ide
residents of the Veterns Hous
ing Area will be held at 8 p„m.
the evening of Thursday Aug.
5th at the U S. O. for the pur
pose of selecting an Advisory
Committee Co act with the re
sidents and the manager. The
Committee should be ready to
meet with the City Council on
August 9th. Only those who
reside in the area and are
rentors are entitled to vote.
Continued on page 2
World News
li
The supples to the arctic posts
and settlements north of Nome
are dosed after two weeks sum
mer.
Forced south by heavy gales
arctic icepacks have closed the
narrow sea which usually is open
to traffic, into far north regions.
"i’ll" situation regarding the ice
in north is \< ry similar to
conditions which confronted the
b' Long Expedition in the early
hit's on bond the schooner "Jen
net m " The Jeanette wintered
just south of Wrangle Island and
never was further north than 73 .
One third of the worlds deep
sea whalers were left in the ice
pack off Point Belcher on Sep
tember 12, 1371. Valued at S2.000
000.00 not including the contents,
this fleet was abandoned and
1200 refugees made their way
outside in 7 ships. Some of the
greatest of the whalers, the Car
loltn. the Emily Morgan, Eliza
beth Swift and George Howland
went to the bottom.
The fleet now beingg held up
Is carrying ns much cargo as
was landed on the beach during
the first day of the invasion of
Europe by the United States.
Walrus have to scramble miles
to get to open water as all water
lanes are closed.
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Dance-Car Raffle
Sewerrd Volunteer Fire Dept.
Drawing a! 12 midnight
10 p. m, U.S.O. Aug. 30