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MVII, No. 30
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1951
Price'10 cents
srge C. Marshall
igns As
retary Of Defense
ishingion i.Pi — George C.
hall resigned today as Sec
y of Defense. He will be
*eded by the present Deputy
?tary, Robert A. Lovett,
irshall, 70, was appointed
nse Secretary one year ago
y. He is quitting "for very
>nal reasons.'’
e soldier-statesman, a live
general. was Army Chief of
in World War II and later
Secretary of State. He spon
i the European Recovery
ram which became known
jghout the world as the
;hall Plan.
esident Truman accepted
shall’s resignation “with
t reluctance" and effective
ediately.
? named William C. Foster,
lomic Cooperation Adminis
>r to succeed Lovett as Depu
secretary and Richard M.
2ll, Jr.. Deputy Administra
as acting EGA Administra
succeeding Foster to head
Marshall Plan agency.
Tv resignation as Secretary
3efen.se takes effect at 11
>ck this morning," Marshall
e said he was ‘"resigning for
personal reasons.” An aide
later this did not mean his
th was a determining factor.
0 said of his term as Defense
etary:
Vht'n I took this job it was
understanding I would re
1 only until June 30.”
e said he agreed to carry on
1 the end of the summer and
1 after issuance of a report
the commission created to
mmend basic policies to gov
Universal Military Training.
> To Continue
using Loons
salile iff) — The Veterans
linistration office here said
y it would continue four
cent direct government
;ing loans to Second World
veterans.
new allotm:nt of funds
er the Defense Housing Act
1951, signed nearly two
ks ago by President Truman,
es extension of the direct
i program possible, the VA
. J. Hoffman. VA loan guar
' officer, said that $382,000
been earmarked for loans
the Seattle regional office,
uding $100,000 for Alaska,
hus far the VA has made
direct housing loans to vet
is in Alaska, totaling $2,
700.
tPIN-ROBINSON BOUT
JIGHT
ew York Off)—Randolph Tur
the surprising British mid
height champion of the
Id, weighed in at 159 pounds
his 15-round title defense
ght against Sugar Ray Rob
in, who weighed 157 and a
Moose Foss
School opened on Sept. 4 and
by Friday it was evident that
the enrollment would be the
largest in the history oi the
school. There were 27 children
distributed as follows by grades:
First grade 3, second grade 7,
third grade 4, fourth 4, fifth 4,
sixth 2, seventh 2, and eight 1.
The schoolroom is very crowded
and tables and chairs are being
used to seat ten of the children.
Mrs. Waugh has requested addi
tional books, supplies and desks
and in the meantime is making
the best use possible ol avail
able materials. Mrs. Marjorie
LePrell is driving in daily with
six children who live along the
road at various homes it es be
tween Moose Pass and the road
camp at Mile 20.
Ed Soper, Boo Condit and Les
lie Brattain returned from their
hunting trip with a goat which
was taken by Leslie Brattain.
Bob Woods, Floyd and Bobbie
Wolfe came in from Crescent
Lake Wednesday w i t h two
moose they had gotten on Sun
day. The boys found that one of
their two tents leaked and since
the moose meat could not oe al
lowed to get wet, they had a
vt r\ damp time o. it w .iting for
Gentry Shuster to pick them up.
Larry Folger, Chuck Clements,
Ken Condit and Max Fost-r
came in Friday from Skilak
Lake with a moose and they re
ported a very rainy trip ever
that way.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Racine
spent Thursday, Sept. 6 in Sew
ard on a shopping trip. They re
port the travel as being very
slow over the muddy road.
Mrs. Thurman Wolfe enter
tained Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs.
James Smith, and Mrs. R;.y Fes
ter on Thursday afternoon. Ca
nasta was played and ike hostess
served Angel Food cake and
coffee.
Albert Lapoin is back at work
on the Moose Pass section after
a month on the Divide section as
relief foreman for Albert Hur
ley who has been laid up with
trouble with his back. Mr. Hur
ley is feeling much better now
and is able to be back at work.
Moose Pass was visited on
Tuesday, Sept. 11 by a party of
eight men made up as follows:
Dr. John L. Buckley, unit lead
er, and seven graduate s', aclents
in wildlife management from
the University of Alaska. They
are members of the Alaska Co
operative Wildlife Association
which is sponsored by the U. 3.
Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Alaska Game Commission, the
University of Alaska, and the
Wildlife Management Institute,
a stateside organization which is
interested in the preservation of
wildlife. They had just attended
the second annual Science Con
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Air Rescue Squadron
‘Copfrer Pilot
Killed In Crash
Fairbanks (Pi—A veteran heli
copter pilot who had participat
ed in many Alaska rescue mis
sions was one of the victims of
two separate but related fatal
air crashes last week.
The crashes were Nos. 11 and
12 in a series of plane accidents
which have claimed nearly 100
lives in Alaska since July 21.
The crashes occurred last
weekend, but the Air Force
withheld release of the names.
Officers identified Capt. Frank
A. Alden, a member of the
Tenth Rescue Squadron here
since September of 1949, was
the helicopter pilot. Ke was
killed Saturday when his heli
copter crashed while en route to
the scene of a C-47 transport
crash in which three died Fri
day night.
Tiie Air Force said Alden was
due to return to the S.ates on
rotation Sept. 16. He is survived
by his widow. Rose, and two
children, at Ladd Air Force Base
near here.
The Air Force said Cpl. Jo. K.
Alien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Allen ot Versaille. Ky., was Al
den's companion on the fatal
flight. Allen was also killed.
Graft Trid Witness
Receives
Threatening Letters
New York r—Harry Gross,
missing graft trial star witness
sought throughout the nation,
received litters threatening the
lives of his wife and children be
fore he escaped from police cus
tody. District Attorney Miles F.
McDonald said today.
The dapper, perfumed Gross
fled as the mass trial of 18 po
licemen and former policemen
accused of accepting graft from
Gross to cover up the gambler's
$20,000,000 syndicate finished
: • 1 ( rday.
Ai*fo Racers
t *t a v i n g Tr© y b: e s
Detroit ? — Still plagued by
tire troubles, two vintage autoS
wheezed off from Detroit this
morning en route to Toledo, next
leg on their race eastward.
Tne two, a gasoline-engined
1911 Stoddard Dayton driven by
Rube do Launtv, 70. and a 1913
Stanley Steamer driven by Jack
Kmuse. 76, are racing from Chi
cago to ; w York. They hope to
make Cleveland by tonight.
The start from Detroit was
held up this morning on several
counts.
First of all, Krause couldn't
fmd a proper funnel to pour gas
olme into his burner tank.
"These old things take a half
dry to start—just like a modern
car, he exclaimed disgustedly.
De Launty’s right rear tire
was leaking at the rate of about
20 pounds of air every 10 min
utes. It holds 10 pounds.
September 4 was registration
day at the Kenai Territorial
School. Members of the staff on
hand to greet the children were
Superintendent and Mrs. Con
nelly, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Tiedt
and Mrs. Burton Carver. Mr. and
Mrs. Tiedt and Mrs. Carver are
new teachers in the Kenai
school. The Tiedts are from Il
linois, and Mrs. Carver was the
kindergarten teacher at the Base
School at Fort Richardson last
year. Her home is at Soldotna,
so she is not a stranger in the
school and community. Enroll
ment in the school is not com
plete as there has been a delay
in school bus arrangements
which prevented the pupils from
Naptowne and Soldotna getting
to school.
The Kenai Homemaker’s Club
held its first regular meeting
after the summer recess on Tues
day evening, Sept. 4, in Apt. C at
the school. Principal business of
the meeting consisted of reports
from the Fall Festival Commit
tees. Net receipts from the Fes
tival project totaled the gratify
ing sum of $1378.44. Of this
amount $834.39 will be used for
club and community activities
and projects carried on during
the winter and S544.05 is for the
benefit of the Kenai Community
Library. Mrs. Olive Castleberry
was elected temporary secretary
to serve during the absence of
Ruth Grueninger, regular sec
retary who is on an extended
trip Outside. A Membership
Party was suggested for the
next meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 18.
The committee for the affair,
appointed by president Regine
Lewis, is composed of Mrs. Allan
Petersen, chairman, Peggy Ar
n.ss. Olive Castleberry and Eld.y
Covich. All women of the Kenai
area interested in the purposes
and activities of the club are
invited to attend the party and
join the club. Regine Lewis and
Jeanne Thornton s rvecl as host
esses for the first meeting.
The American Cancer Cru
sade Committee reported a col
lection of $94.71 for the 1931
Cancer Crusade conducted i t
the Kenai area during th: sum
mer terminating August 31. Ac
cording to Mildred Hermann,
director of the American Cancer
Society. Alaska Division, the
returns from Kenai are more
than 16 times as much as last
year’s.
Mrs. Marion Tepp and two
children departed for Minn;
apoiis to join her husband. Mrs.
Tepp has been employed at the
Terminal Cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Grueninger
are making an extended trip
which will be their first trip
Outside tn almost six years.
Most of their time will be spent
in Kansas City visiting their
parents and friends. The Cruen
ingers went to Seward to take
the steamer Outside.
The north-end sewer system
for Seward received the final
“go-ahead ’ signal yesterday
when the Interior Department
announced the allotment of
$263,700 for the project through
Alaska Public Works.
Preliminary plans and the ap
plication were submitted a year
ago and the Seward project
stood at the head of the list for
approval for several months,
awaiting only the actual appro
priation of funds by Congress.
The appropriation was made yes
terday.
The project will be financed
on a 50-50 basis with the city
paying half the cost. Donald R.
Wilson, Alaska Public Works Di
rector, said negotiations for pro
fessional engineering services on
all projects will be started im
mediately.
All engineering and construc
tion from this point to comple
tion is in the hands of Public
Works, which also includes the
cost of preliminary planning
done in making application for
federal assistance on the project.
Twelve other Territorial cities
and communities, including the
University of Alaska, will par
ticipate in the SO,000.000 appro
priation. Projects include a mu
nicipal building in Juneau; im
provement to water system and
streets in Wrangell; school at
Kodiak; arterial street along
waterfront, Ketchikan: water
and streets, Palmer: dormitory,
University of Alaska: schools at
Sand Point and Fairbanks; sew
er system, Valdez; school and
fire station. Anchorage: grade
school, Sitka, and Alaska Hous
ing Authority for streets in Fair
banks. '
These allotments are the larg
est since the Alaska Public
Works program began three
years ago, according to Wilson.
Korea Truce Te&s
Honq In Balance
Tokyo i.T*—The Peiping radio
hinted today the Communists
might reject an allied apology
for the accidental strafing of the
Kaesong neutral zone Monday.
Ic carried a dispatch from a
Communist correspondent a t
the Alii
“claim” that the strafing was a
mistake “is absurd.”
While this' was no official
statement, the dispatches of
Communist correspondents fre
qu ntly foreshadow the line 01
ficial reaction will take.
The hope of peace for Korea
balanced gingerly on the Red
reaction to the apology. Ther ?
had been considerable optimism
here that the Reds would accept
the apology and get back to the
negotiating table.
The Reds broke off truce
talks Aug. 23, charging that an
Allied plane had bombed the
neutral area. The Allies flatly
denied this charge.
There was the possibility that
the Reds would agree to resume
peace negotiations only if the
Allies apologize similarly for the
10 other alleged violations of
the neutral zone.
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