THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
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MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
CALLED 1934 HOURS LATER
(Continued from page 1)
Councilman Novick and when the
Mayor stated that the Clerk should
destroy those minutes Councilman
Novick quietly warned' they should
not bo distroyed.
Novick asked for a certified copy
of the Painter resignation which
was promised.
The reading of the ordinance
providing for the lease < 182> of
the Marine Ways took a large
portion of tiie evening before an
even larger crowd of townsmen.
Novick asked the Mayor under
what authority he had leased the
property and did he have title to
it.
The Mayor answered we own
it; we have all the authority in
the world.
Novick said. "Do we have title?"
Mayor: "Yes, we have."
Novick: "A deed?”
Mayor. "Yes. we have the title.”
At this point Novick produced
a telegram which he asked City
Clerk to read.
A t •legram from the head of
th War Assets Administration
was then read. It was from Don
ald R Wilson. Regional Director,
and dated March 1. 1948 at 4:53
P.M. and addressed’ to Fred C.
Howard, the present lessee of the
Seward Cold Storage.
The telegram follows:
Fm Donald R. Wilson Regional Di
rector War Assets Administration
Box 2480 Anchorage. Alaska
To Fred C. Howard. Seward Alas.
Confirming telephone conversa
(ion between Fred C. Howard* and
Regional Director, March 1st, 1948
4:10 P.M., you are advised that no
repeat no deed has been written j
for Seward Marine Ways and fur- j
ther no deed will be written pend- j
ing forthcoming court action. New
allied* subject. When and if deed
is written it will be accomplished
in Washington. D. C..
(Ed. Note: Practically these same
words were used in a telephone
conversation between Mr. Wilson
and the Editor on the same date
but earlier in the day. The excep
tion was that hi' stated the same
type of receipt was used for all
monies deposited with the War
Assets Office whatever the pur
pose and did not constitute other
than a receipt for money deposit
ed. Howard has a receipt exactly
like it since bids were first open
on.
Novick produced a letter from
Attorney Davis of Anchorage
which he had dictated in the
presence of D. C. Brownell at his
request and which was delivered,
to Mr. Howard by Mr. Brownell.'
The letter had to do with a com
promise which might have been
affected at the time it was writ
ten. 1
Mr. Brownell was then called
in for his statement. We did
not take down the statement of
Mr. Brownell. However, we called
Mr. Brownell at 4:09 Tuesday,
March 2nd. and he stated he did
not care to give a written state
ment as to what he said before
tiie council. I is true too, that we
have a statement from Mr. How
ard which we could use but we
are witholding same as Mr. Brow
nell does not make one. This with
the consent of Mr. Howard.'
The Mayor then recognized Dick
Thomas who brought out that lie
had asked the pertinent question
at the mid-night meeting regard
ing the Bill of Sale or Deed from
the Government to the city want
ed further information and sub
stantiation of the Mayor’s claim
that the city was in possession of
the desired instrument. This was
not forthcoming am? he brought
up the question as to the qualifi
cations of the two men who had
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NORTHERN
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y.-’.i •-,% Cordova, Jun .r.;, V.'i ■ ■ ;i, K -;chlk;:;t
enrout to Seattle.
5 3ANANOF MAR. 7 ai 5 pm. (Sunday)
Calls Juneau. Petersburg. Ketchikan, enrout Seattle
Calls at Petersburg to and from Seattle.
SS DENALI Westbound Due Seward March 11th
Calls S ldovia. Kodiak, returning t.o Seward South
bound March 15. Calls Valrfez, Cordova. Yakutat.
Juneau. Wrangell, Ketchikan, and S attic.
hiiBskb sTEHmsHiP comPBna J
signed the lease for the Marine
Ways. This was also not forth
coming and the Mayor, in self
protection, told him he was out
of order and he retired.
The Mayor then made the state
ment that already the army, due
to the loss of the Marine Weys
by fire at An'ak recently, was con
sidering Seward as a repair point
for several barges very shortly.
(Ed. Note: Wo would here call
attention to the clause in any
I, ase or Bill of Sale which is giv
en for land on navigable water
that the Government may at any
time take over any installation
for its own use at any time. The
ownership is not considered.
The next order of business was
the contract for garbage. Bids
were read and order of read
ing number one was the Vet's
Transfer which bid was 20 per
cent to the city.
Painters bid was 15 per cent
and the city to take care of the
collections.
I he last bid was from Martin
placed the figure at a flat $1,100
per month and guaranteed two
trucks, giving specifications.
Painter was not present, evi
dently because of this bid, anrf,
questioned, the Mayor stated he
would have to resign if his bid
was accepted.
The Vet’s Housing Project came
up for some discussion and a
meeting is planned shortly.
The matter of another taxicab
company came up ana* it was pro
posed hy Mr. Gardena to operate
a taxi and limousine service if
there was sufficient population.
The present ordinance shows one
company for every $00 population.
*
The matter was also discussed
by Councilman Sellers and a
meeting will be called very short
ly to take it up.
The meeting adjourned soon
thereafter.
SOIL EXPERT
GLUM
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. <UP> J.
W. Stone, farm superintendent of
Berry College, said in an address
that if Russia or any other coun
try wants to attack the United
States, it should wait 100 years.
"By that time," he contended,
“we will all be starving to death
if we continue to lose our top-soil
at the present rate,"
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Stop at Estes Bios, for your grub.
There’s no sign out, says Bob.
Yoh! They have only been here
35 years.
Yesterday I saw—silting in a
chair- -
A little man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
Oh. how I wish that little man
would go away.
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GROUND TO AIR EMERGENCY
CODE FOR USE AS DISTRESS
SIGNALS
lie
1. Require doctor, serious injur
ies -— — I
2 Require medical supplies — I I
3. Unable to proceed*. — — X
4. Require food and water — F
5. Require firearms and ammu
nition — ---
(Two horizontal V's. one inside
the other, but not touching.*
6. Require map and compass —
7. Require signal lamp with
battery and radio
(Two horizontal bars one I
directly over the other — — I
8. Indicate direction to proceed
9. Am proceeding in this direc
t ion — — — — — — — — —
(An arrow pointing in the direc
tion traveled.)
10. Will attempt take-off — —
(Long horizontal bar on the ieft
with open side of a sideways V
facing it*.
11 Aircraft seriously damaged —
(An upright L on the left facing
an inverted L).
12 Probably safe to land here —
(Triangle).
13. Require fuel and oil — — L
14. All well-L L
15. No--N
16. Yes-—-Y
17. Not understood — — — —
(A reversed capital L followed by
L. >
18. Require mechanic — — W
IF IN DOUBT. USE INTERNA
TIONAL SYMBOL-SOS
Instructions:
. Lay out symbols by using
strips of fabric or parachutes,
pieces of wood, stones or any av
ailable material.
2. ProvioV as much color con
trast as possible between material
used for symbols and background
against which symbols are expos
ed.
3. Symbols should he at least
10 feet, high or larger, if possible.
Care should he taken to lav out
symbols exactly as shown to g.
void confusion with other sym
bols.
4. In addition to using symbols
evcr\ effort is to be made to at
tract attention by means of radio,
flares, smoke or other available
means.
5. When ground is covered with
snow, signals can be mad’e by
dragging, shoveling or tramping
1he snow. The depressed areas
forming the symbols will appear
I to tie black from the air.
I (i. Pilot should acknowledge a
| message by rocking wings from
side to side.
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PREMONITION
jCORRECT NN
j KINDE. Mich. iUP>- Thomas A.
'Greene. TO. village president, at
! tended a local caucus to inform
| voters he was too sick to run for
.re-election. After he finished talk
ing he had a heart attack and
i died.
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i 1 h'> biggest mystery to a mar
ried in is vhat a bachelor
.doe- with his money.
’ Kim! s'- 1 i> th-> an ount of $0.50
id please mail to:
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WII LIAM G. ZAEN
GLLIX, Prevalent, ^Ion
roe Calculating Machine
Co., Orange, New Jersey,
“One of the most effective means
of attempting to defeat rising prices
is the large-scale encouragement
of systematic savings which divert
present potential purchasing power
into reserve for future spending.
We believe the Payroll Savings Plan
should be intensively promoted by
all employers.”
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ALASKA FREIGHT EXPRESS
ELECTRIC HOISTS DEVISERS
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Capt. Robert E. Blakefield, chief
of cargo operations for Alaska
Freight Express and well known
in Alaska maritime circles, to
gether with T. A. Thronson, Alas
ka Freight Express traffic mana
ger, devised the new moveable
electric hoists now used for cargo
handling on the barge-line and
first cargo machinery ever design
ed specifically for problems of
Alaska cargo-handling.
The hoists, one pair to each
freighter-barge, are used to stow
or remove pellet loads of freight
and to give all-weather protection
to unloading and loading by elim
inating need of hatches when
working cargoes. Capt. Blakefield
drew on a long cargo experience
for the hoist design.
Like the rest of Alaska Freight
Express personnel, Bob Blakefield
is no newcomer to Alaska sea
lanes or Alaskan cargo problems.
Born in Seattle, he was spending
summer vacations at sea before
he was graduated from high
school. After his graduation from
West Seattle high school in 1928
he went to sea all the time on
Alaska-bound vesels and by 1929
had his third mate's license.
By the time he received a skip
per's license for vessels of "any
gross tonnage" in 1938, Blakefield
had covered Pacific Ocean ports
of call from East Cape, Nome and
the Aleutians to Russia, Siberia
the Orient and the Philippines.
In Nov. 1941, he became master
of the Taku for the Army Trans
portation Service, taking refrig
erated cargoes to Alaskan ports
for the Army. While skipper of
the Taku. Blakefield performed
the o’aring tow of a burning am
munition ship, a feat which won
him the Merchant Marine Dis
tinguished Service Medal.
Late the night of Jan. 13, 1942,
the army ship Clevedon. carrying
bombs and ammunition for the
Aleutians, caught fire at a Yaku
tat dock. With the roaring flames
out of control of the Clevedon’s
and his own crew, Blakefield
brought the smaller Taku along
side the burning ship. Flames
swept the Taku’s deck, but her
skipper towed the blazing Cleve
dan out of Yakutat Bay and then
beached* the Clevedon a safe dis
tance away. The Clevedon explod
ed soon after beaching and frag
ments of her hull went two and
three thousand feet in the air in
the terrific blast. Due to Blake
field's heroic tow and the skill
ful orders to his crew. Yakutat’s
port and the nearby airbase per
sonnel were safe.
From June. 1944. until June,
1947. Blakefield was supercargo
and later marine superinteno'ent
at the Seattle Port of Embarka
tion. directing cargo stowage and
movement of ships out of Seattle
to Alaska, the South Pacific and
1he Orient. Then, last summer, he
joined the new Alaska Freight
Express Corporation. It is men
like Blakefield who are account
ing for the spectacular success of
the barge line, freighting cargoes
north at reduced rates.
Blakefield resides with his wife
an accomplished violinist. and
th< ir eight-y ar-old* daug ter J< -
anne. at 5269 California Avenue,
Seattl".
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(formerly in Old I'.S.O. Bid-.)
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Now is the time to have the
i Cabinet work you have promised
| your self, put in. Call us.