Pumicite May Be
Taken From Katmai
Tlu' House this week passed
without dissenting voice Dele
gate Bartlett’s bill which would
permit tlie removal of pumicite
from certain sections of Katmai
National Monument.
The bill would confer upon the
Secretary of the Interior the
authority to supervise the re
moval of volcanic ash from the
Katmai National Monument for
a period of 15 years along the
shores of Shelikof Strait.
The House Committee on In
terior and Insular Affairs in ap
proving the legislation prior to
House action stated: “Field
studies are now being made in
Alaska in quest of other sources
of pumicite. This building mate
rial has not been found in suit
able quality outside the Katmai
Monument. There are known to
be huge quantities of this mate
rial available in accessible loca
tions along the shores of the
Shelikof Strait, within the Mon
ument.
“The Department of the Inte
rior. while usually not approv
ing such commercial operations
within national monuments, ex
presses the belief that the con
trolled removal as provided in
this bill will cause no permanent
damage to the monument. The
Department further i: tints out
that rain and tides will obliter
ate the effects of such removal
operations."
MRS. GOODWIN ENTERTAINS
JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLU«
A social meeting of the Sew
ard Junior Women’s Club was
held Tuesday evening, March 11,
at the home of Mrs. I iiy
Goodwin. Hostesses for the meet
ing were Mrs. Florence Perry
and Mrs. Ginger Kane.
At cards Mrs. Thelma Toole
won the prize for high, and Mrs.
Alice Coleman took the booby
prize.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
coffee and dessert were served
following the games.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
SUNDAY AT JUNEAU
'ill City oi Juneau felt the
tremors of a slight earthquake
Sunday, just about noon time.
With many of its citizens at
tending services in crowded
churches, there were numerous
reports of the congregations be
coming panicky and bolting for
the exits—only to be quelled by
some quick thinking individual.
The Territorial Department of
Civil Defense urg.s more inter
est in its program by ev. •yonc.
"If people would at least at
tempt to learn the basic steps of
self-protection, they would have
some idea on what action to take
in any emergency. C icil Defense
is not merely set up ior wartime
disasters, it is for peacetime dis
asters as well, sail a lici t Bar
rer. Information and Ed :cat'on
Officer for the Territorial De
partment of Civil Defense.
NORTHBOUND AIR TRAFFIC
SHOWS SHARP INCREASE
Pan American World Airways’
Alaska routes carried 2,(541 pas
sengers in February, a gain of
1 <5 per cent over the same month
last year, I). E. McMorran, re
gional traffic and sales manager,
announced this week. Traffic
northbound from Seattle to Alas
ka points showed an increase of
22.3 per cent over last February.
The southbound passenger in
creasr was 1(5 per cent.
McMorran said that present
record-breaking northbound vol
ume indicates an “early start in
the normal spring and summer
heavy-raffic neriod this year.”
Cargo handled on the Alaska
clippers also showed a sharp in
crease last month, rising 23.5
per cent over the volume han
dled in February, 1951.
TIP TO MOTORISTS
Don’t push that law of aver
ages too far when it comes to
taking chances on the highways.
NEW COMMANDER FOR 17TH
COAST GUARD DISTRICT
Captain William W. Kenner
was scheduled to arrive in Ju
neau on March 1 1 to succeed
Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspan
as commander of the 17th Coast
Guard District.
Captain Kenner served in
Alaskan waters in the ’30’s and
until his recent assignment was
Assistant Chief of the Coast
Guard’s Office of Personnel in
the Coast Guard Headquarters in
Washington .Mrs. Kenner and
their daughter, Hilda Mary, will
join Captain Kenner in June.
JUNIOR WOMEN BAKE SALE
The Seward Junior Women's
Club will hold a bake sale Satur
day, March 15, at McMullen’s.
The sale will begin at 10:30
a.m.
U-DRIVE Jeep Station Wagon
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NOTICE - -
Carpenter Scale in Seward is $3.14 per
hvuv, p!u$ retroactive pay in amount
agreed upen by AGC and Carpenters.
CARPENTERS LOCAL 2304
Seward, Alaska
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All signs point to the fact that Mercury is going to be the pace-setter for
4 the entire auto industry. The body has been completely redesigned
i ... the doors are higher and easier to get in and out of ... the frame has
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this year! And Mercury’s parking and handling ease are an
engineering triumph in a car of Mercury’s husky size and weight.
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