THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
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STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA
TO BUILD FIVE OF WORLDS
LARGEST TANKERS
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A program to build five of the
world's largest tankers at a cost,
of approximately $20,000,000. was
nrnounced today by T. S. Peter
son. President of Standard Oil
Company of California.
They will have a deadweight
capacity of 28.000 tons and a vo
lume capacity of 240.000 barrels.
Largest of the hig tankers now
operated by Standard or its sub
sidiaries lias 18,000 tons, dead
weight capacity and can carry
150.000 barrels.
Plans are to construct the ves
sels at tlie Quincy (Mass.) yards
of the Shipbuilding Division of
Bethlehem Steel Company. De
• livey is scheduled for 1950 and
1951.
"The i ie reason for our de
cision to bo Id these ships is our
ini ieiptil ion of a greater world
wide ■ ovement of petroleum pro
riu P.'tei eh said ‘We are
iookuig forward to the- necessity
or ;,ti.v.: >d imports t.. the US
to ; (r- ! e country's growing oil
i■ ■ ■ v[. Cor. lit ions prevailing at
the Uni' of d§Hive:y will deter
ge p." ti e vs to which thy will bg
present plans are to
I' o- . to transport crude oil
..•■u \\. • aela to the United
The v v ships will be 595 feet
• ■ >t - a a service speed pi I ■: ;
, n exii vv. " f
of i- .•;■>. They y,i!i be : ovyeited
.d've -vg 12.500 hors. pow< s \v th
-1.. .v act ion gears ;.; id a sin
Fully 'redar-'-i...toped,
vi e ships will have the. 1 -1ost in
—.. . - - i win i i ~~~ rronr
high-speed equipment for loading
and unloading.
The vessels will ho owned and
operated by Foreign Tankship
Corporation, wholly-owned Stand
ard of California subsidiary.
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METHODIST
NOTES
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Miss Ruth Murrell and Mrs.
George Green left Sunday on tire
Aleutian for Seattle where they
will attend the Western Jurisdic
tional Conference of the Metho
dist Church opening today. Plan
ning to be gone about two weeks
Mrs. Green went, as lay delegate
for the Alaskan missions and Miss
Murrell represented the workers
in the Methodist institutions of
tlie territory. One of the principal
items of business to come before
the conference delegates will be
the election of two bishops Wil
ber Hammaker who is retiring. !
Miss Murell and Mrs Green will
return by boat after the closing
of the conference.
if if >f
Roy. Oscar Olsen of Seldovia
will also attend the Western Jur
isdictional . Conference as Minis
terial Delegate. He left on the
Denali.
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Twenty two Seward girls and
hoys returned from a weeks out
ing at Kings Lake Camp accom
panied by Rev. and Mrs. Wyburn
Skidmore last Friday. The party
went as far as Palmer on the
rail oad's brill car and were driv
en from Palmer to the camp in a
truck. There were 92 enrolled k
the camp with Rev. R. R Arm
strong of the Presbyterian Church
m Anchorage directing. Rev. Skid- •
mo: a Was dec n o! the Sen; -
C oen. The activities i>: the cm
consisted of si tidy classes, hdbb.v 1
groups, swimming, games, hikin .
and campfire storytelling and m
tmn pictures. Those from K>-u.v.i
.Rending the camp were Cams
I Ailien. Jack Cassel. Lily Pie: m s .
off, Irene Ivey Bob Dei: h, Wh -
Sand": s. Donald Sander-. Gail .
Am Sale. R
i r. Rh'hnid Matboi:, Ronald la
Berths ' Bert sen, Frank San
ders. Stanley Andei.-in, and Jerry
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In Anchorage Rev. anrl Mrs.
Skidmore visited with Rev E. A.
Purviance who lias recently ar
rived from St. Petersburg. Fla. as
the new Methodist minister in
Anchorage.
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Members of the church's offi
c:al board will hold their regular
July meeting in the from of a
picnic next Monday night at Boar
Bake at 6:3d p.m. Also invited
are families of board members
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WANT TO READ'
Sop t lip “BOB A Rf*-’"
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In Your Interest
L ALBERT S. GOSS, Mas
| ter, National Grange,
I says:
f “U. S. Savings Bonds
are a good investment.
Money invested m u. s. savings
Bonds works for us in two ways.
First, it earns interest of from
2%% to 3%, depending on the type
of bonds bought. Second, it helps
to bold down inflation. Government
obligations held by banks enable
the banks to expand the extension
of credit. This results in increas
ing the pressure of high purchas
ing power on a short supply of
things to buy. To the extent that
Savings Bonds reduce the obliga
tions so used, they will hold down
inflation. Dollars spent for scarce
goods that we can do without, tend
to force prices higher. It seems al
together probable that when con
ditions level off prices will be low
er. If this is true, now is an unusu
ally good time to get out of debt.
It also follows that now is a good
time to lay aside money for future
use in the form of U. S. Savings
Bonds which will have a greater
purchasing power at maturity than
now. They are about the only in
vestment I know of where the value
is certain to increase.”
U. S. Treasury Department
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