Wed. Jail 21 '48 Seward Alaska
THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
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of the “Kenai Empire"
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II. \V. and N. M. Hunt
Vw.ml, Alaska
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Wrath of Anchorage may fall
on the Mayor of Seward if he
goes to Anchorage again.
lie shipped 20-some-odd alleged
"undesirables" back to Anchor
age after they had, according to
one of the group, been induced
to board a train for Seward on
the Anchorage-made-promise of
$2.00 per hour plus board and
room. The train fare was free,
he said, hut later all were on
the train one of the "cops" told 1
them they were “‘on their own."
While they were here they
were fed by !he Red Cross and
slept in the city bastile.
The practice of one city clean
ing out so-called "undesirables"
by shoving them on to another
city is unreasiyiable and in ex
tremely poor taste.
If there m n who are depend
ent on the city in winter and
that ci‘ civ pts the cash they
make wh n they work during
the summer, some provision sh
ould be mad' for their care dur
ing the tii e they are not work
!.
Th :t is up to the locality in
wh ch v. inter finds them after a
’ \v rk. but not a whole
" vau'ng” (if men in a eoun
!i wlcch work is not lo
be had all winter.
id : i believe the Mayor
is t mg iii run Anchorage—
! ere'.; ' y :.g to "render unto
Anchorage that which is Anchor
ages," to paraphrase an old
classic. ;
These so-called "undesirables,”
who are just men out of work
in a cold country, showed they
were willing if they had the
chance, but with 150 longshore
men out of work in Seward
they were just misplaced.
Their advent in Seward was
and is an added expense to an
already overburdened city. The'
Mayor did right, we admit un
grudgingly, in sending the bill
for expenses along with the so
called "undesirables" who no
doubt will watch their cash next
summer and be ready for the
winter, but if they do not, they
prove themselves unfit for Alaska
and should get out if they cant
work at a good price every,
summer and keep themselvs each
winter.
O. Hum! same old thing each
winter—but we bet Anchorage
don't try that one again.
SHANGHAI.' MOST
INCREDIBLE CITY.’ LEAVES
NEWCOMER OPEN MOUTHED
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their fares, or more thousands of
pedi-cahs rickshaw boys who
have advanced in the world to
where they have bicycle-powered
jobs. They jam the streets from
curb to curb, prodded along by
the chirruping, honking, clanking
autos, taxicabs, buses trucks and
trams. The whole is welded into
a slow-moving mass of legs and
wheels
Sidewalk hawkers arid to the
traffic jam. Their sing-song cries
of the supreme character of their
wares add to the economy of the
streets.
But the thing most likely to
cause a newcomer to indulge in
hstr-t-mrlng is Chinese money and
attempts to keep up with the va
garies of its value with respect
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J bound to Kodiak and Seldovia, returning Seward
January 27ili for Juneau. Ketchikan, and Seattle.
S.S. ALEUTIAN FEB. 6.
Sailings alternate Thursdays rof Valdez, Cordova,
Juneau. Ketchikan, and Seattle.
S.S. BARANOF JAN. 29.
Sailings alternate Fridays for Juneau, Ketchikan,
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RMIIKR 8TEHR1SHIP CRHIPRR9 J \
to the U. S. dollar. I
At ttie moment of writing, one
U.S. dollar is worth about $153,
000 Chinese, in ordinary transac
tions. Officially, the rate of ex
change is $12,000 Chinese to one]
U.S. dollar. The official rate!
long ago became lost in the
wake of wage indexes for white-1
collar employes and laborers in
the open-market rate used by,
banks, and in the actual hand- !
to-hand rate paid in about till i
other transactions, including the'
black market. i
Inflation Puzzling
Any attempt to explain infla
tion in terms of relationship of
Chinese currency to the U. S.
dollar would be futile. The best
brains in the economic world
have not been able to do it in
years.
A few samples might help,
though. A cup of coffee costs
$14,000 Chinese, about 11 cents
in U.S. money. A hair cut comes
cheap. $35,000 Chinese or about
24 cents U.S.
A plain steak lunch costs $44.
000. about 30 cents U.S. A pack
age of American cigarettes costs
from $10,000 to $27,000. depend- '
ing on the brand.
A taxi ride of about 10 blocks
costs $100,000 or about 70c U.S.
But Shanghai has its excellent
stores, hotels and restaurants.
Shanghai is quite a place.
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Oklahoma, one of the nation's
lop pecan-producing states, has
a new plasties plant which uses
the pecan hulls in forming door
knob.-, hand rails and clothespins.
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SOCIAL WORKERS
WANTED IN ALASKA
The Alaska Department of Pub
lie Welfare is making an appeal
for qualified social workers to
fill positions immediately in the
field of child welfare. There are
three positions open in this field
which must be filled as soon as
possible.
All over the Ltnied Stat/.vs
there is an extreme shortage of
JEWELER
C.E.Orlcsnder
DIAMONDS
WATCHES OLD IVORY
NIJOOET JEWELRY
professional workers making it
difficult to recruit for the posi
tions in Alaska. Inasmuch as
there may be social workers in
the Territory, but not employed
in the field, the Department is
making this appeal requesting
all social workers to contact the
District Workers in either Ketch
ikan, Anchorage, Fairbanks or
write th(> Territorial Office in
Juneau.
The qualifications for the em
ployment. of a social worker in
clude the following: one year of
graduate study at a school of
VETS
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Itert Kearney, Prop.
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Social Service Administration and
at least one year of experience
in the field.
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International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union
Loral :t!>
Meets First and Third Tuesday at
7 p.in. Union Hail
(’resident — L. Rogers
Viee-l’res. — A. Loring
Secretary — L. Dick
Marshal — J. Chilleaso
Dispatcter — D. McMillan
Dispatcher — L- Rogers
See
Joe Lanier
FURNITURE REPAIRING
SHOE REPAIRING or
U'.CAl. .-1DI ’F.KT1 S:?1G
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
SEWARD PRECINCT, THIRD
DIVISION ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of
TONY PARICH.
Deceased
Probate No. 487
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
To Hie creditors and all persons
having claims against iho estate
of TONY PARICH, deceased, to
file their claims, properly veri
fied. within six months after the ,
first publication of this NOTICE, '
in the office of the Probate Judge
for Seward Precinct, at Seward,
Alaska: or to exhibit the same,
with the necessary vouchers, to
the undersigned Executor at Ihe
office of Mr. R. E. Baumgartner,
attorney for the undersigned,
which office has been selected as
the place for transacting till mat
ters in connection with said Es
tate.
Dated at Seward, Alaska this
10th dav of January, 1948.
SAM ROMACK
Executor
Jan. 14 -2! — 28 and Fell. ,4 1948
Shop
LOCATED ON RAILROAD .WE.
(formerly in Old P.S.O. Bldg.)
MAIN 7
Now is the time to have the
Cabinet work you have promised
your self, put it). Call us.
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