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Vol. VIII. No. 78
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1952
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Two Men Held In
Connection With
Early Morning Fire
John Francis Utz, 26. New
London, Conn., and Nick Koko
tovich, 2(5, Kinney. Minn., art*
being held in the city jail, charg
ed with being under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor and
resisting arrest. They were ap
prehended in the Legion Club
about closing time this morning
bv city police, who were looking
for two men who allegedly had
set fire to a residence in Alley B
at 1:45 a.m.
It is reported that the two
men. construction workers em
ployed by a highway construc
tion company, in town for the
weekend, sought admittance to
the residence, and upon being
refused proceeded to set fire to
the building. It is understood
that arson charges will be filed
against the pair in the Commis
sioners Office Monday morning.
Fast action on the part of the
Volunteer Fire Department pre
vented the building from being
completely burned, although in
terior damage was extensive.
Three Injured In Fire
Saturday Night
Two men and a woman re
ceived burns in the fire Satur
day night, May 24. which de
stroyed the cabin in which they
were living.
Mrs. Betty Teresin received
severe burns about the head and
face while attempting to leave
the building through a rear
window. Fred Kiualdi and Stuart
Vail were also burned in assist
ing the woman through the
window. Vail had a badly burn
ed hand while Rinaldi's back
and shoulders were scorched.
The fire of unknown origin
became very hot in seconds be
cause of the tarpaper covering
on the cabin. Firemen respond
ed in three minutes after the
alarm was sounded at 11 p.m.,
but were unable to save the
building. Other buildings stand
ing very close by were saved
however and flames confined to
the one cabin.
The injured persons were
treated at Seward General Hos
pital where Mrs. Teresin is still
a patient.
CLOTHING AND HOUSE
FURNISHINGS NEEDED
FOR FIRE VICTIMS
The first thought that occurs
to people when a family is
burned out is that they wiil need
clothes immediately. That is
true. But there are many other
things needed for Mrs. B ttv
Teresin and son who lost every
thing in the lire Saturday night.
Cooking utensils, dishes, blan
kets, towels, wash clothes, even
rags that only a homemaker
knows are so important in clean
ing up a place. These people
have nothing with which to
start anew.
Mrs. Fred LeQuicr, Legion
Cab, Main 200, started making
collections of goods to help out
in tiie rehabilitation of this
family. She will gladly call at.
your place to pick up what you
can spare, or goods can be 1. ft
at the call stand.
The good hearted people of
Seward are always ready with
open hands and hearts to help
anyone in distress, when the
need is known. It is hoped that
there will be enough goods
ready by the time Mrs. Teresin
is out of the hospital, so that she
can set up housekeeping again.
DEPT. OF INTERIOR WARNS
AGAINST OIL LEASE FRAUDS
Tin- Department of Interior
officials this week issued a warn
ing against the public’s being
taken in by advertising which
would indicate that the advice
of certain specialists is needed
to obtain oil and gas leases on
government land.
“Any qualified citizen may
file his own application for oil
and gas leases on Federally
owned land," Secretary of the
Interior Oscar L. Chapman said,
in response to inquiries from the
public about certain advertise
ments of agencies offering to
obtain oil and gas leases on
Government land for $100. Sec
retary Chapman said that such
leases, resulting from applica
tions filed by individuals, cost
$30 in filing fees and advance
rentals. It is not necessary to
pay anything additional to any
outside agency, he explained.
TOM REILLY IMPROVING
IN ANCHORAGE HOSPITAL
The latest word from the
family is that Tom Reilly is im
proving in Providence Hospital,
Anehoiage, after an accident last
Sat ui day.
Air. Reilly, general manager
and part owner of Seward Fish
(Sc Cold Storage Company, was
driving to Anchorage with so.m
machinery, Being very tired, he
tell asleep at toe wneei. l’lie
car plunged down an embank
ment 80 feet, throwing him
clear of the wheel. He suffered
sev.ral broken ribs and a punc
tured lung. A member of the
Jami'y states that he will prob
ably be hospitalized for several
weeks, although he is showing
quite rapid improvement.
POLICEMAN'S BALL
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Jim Kirkpatrick, manager of
the Policeman’s ball this year,
reports that the affair was emi
nently successful. Total receipts
were $1099. Expenditures of
$240 left enough to pay off the
purchase of the police ambu
lance at the cost of $800, leav
ing $59 for first aid equipment.
Police Commissioner Col. C.
Johnson, Chief rhoycl Evans,
Kirkpatrick and all the boys
wish to make public expression
or their gratitude tor the spl n
did support and cooperation of
the townspeople in tins project.
NATIONAL FOREST INCOME
CONTINUES TO RISE
Receipts for national forests,
administered by the Forest Serv
ice, increased $13,721,552, or 3d
per cent for the first three quar
ters of fiscal year 1952 over re
ceipts for the same period a year
ago, the U.S. Dept, of Agricul
ture announced this month.
Receipts from the Tongass and
Chugach National Forests in the
Alaska Region amounted to
$174,855 for tHe first three quar
ters of 1952 fiscal year. This is
an increase of 48 per cent over
the same period last year. .$147,
747 of these receipts from Alaska
have been placed in a special
account in the U.S. Treasury.
Public Law 385, 80th Congress,
approved in 1947, provided for
the impounding of timber sale
rec. ipts from the Tongass Forest
until Indian rights to the land
are determined. Over $630,000
have been impounded since the
act was passed.
Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman
and children spent two days in
Anchorage early this week.
Last Passenger Ship
Till Strike Ends
The anticipated heavy tourist
traffic on the Alaska Line's sum
mer schedule is seriously dis
rupted by the strike of Pacific
coast marine workers. The SS
Aleutian arrived in S e vv a r d
Wednesday with a near capacity
load ol passengers, but will be
the last ship to make the trip
until after the strike is settled.
Two freighters have been re
leased bv the pickets in Seattle,
but their sailing dates are not
announced. The Lucidor has
some cold storage and a deck
load of automobiles for Seward.
The freighter was released be
cause she also had army goods
aboard.
The Flemish Knot was also
released for the annual trip to
Bristol Bay ports.
From all reports, the strike
may become a long one, and Al
askans are forced once again to
tighten their belts in anticipa
tion of food shortages, freight
and mail curtailment.
REGULATION GARBAGE
CANS REQUIRED
As of June 15 every house
holder will be required to pro
vide himself with regulation
gaioage cans. No more oil drums
,«..u uncovered c.i.is will ue used.
A ciiv ordinance also r quires
that su os La: i. i a 1 gaioage ractvs
or sianus will be uu.lt on alleys,
not less than tlm e leet in height,
safely constructed and large
chough to work from. All stands
must, be accessible to trucks.
No ashes will be died unless
in a covered m tal container
of o(J gallon capacity or less.
No glass will be handled in con
tamer greater Hum Jo gallon
capacity, nocks must not be
raked up from yards and put
into gaioage cans.
Regulation cans arc available
at the local stores or from tne
Ray oei vice company, winch col
lects garbage.
These regulations were im
posed by the city to facilitate
the trash and garbage collection.
Tiie luting ox overweight eon
tamcis dcn>,>s collection and im
poses a hardship on the service.
4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS
ON THE WAY
Word was received this week
that the big display of fireworks
ere.i red for the 4ln of July cele
bralion lias been shipped. Soi
Li.e says tiial the display will
last more tiian an hour.
"4tn of July just is not right
without fireworks." the commit
teemen a g r e e o after missing
them a year. So, far all the kids,
and adults too, the public dis
play will be seen as soon as it is
dark enough, usually about 1 1
pan. As usual, the fir. works will
be set off on tilt1 beach over the
waterfall with Bear Mountain
furnishing the back curtain to
show them up b tter.
By ordinanc ro fireworks
will be sold or s i off inside thc
city limits by individuals.
BOY BREAKS ARM IN
FALL FnOM HORSE
Young Gary Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Davis, suffered
a bad break in his left arm Sun
day when he fell from a horse
at Cooper Landing. The break
was close to the socket, making
it difficult to sot. An operation
was performed Thursday and his
aunt, Mrs. Russell Norton, re
ports he is weak, but apparently
recovering satisfactorily.
MOTORISTS FAIL TO REGARD
EMERGENCY SIGNALS
Warning was given this week
that motorists in Seward are
failing to regard laws governing
emergency vehicles. Drivers are
periodically reminded that both
Territorial law and city ordi
nances require that any motor
ist approaching an ambulance
or fire truck MUST PULL TO
THE SIDE AND STOP with
lights off or dimmed until the
emergency vehicle has passed.
There is a stiff penalty tor
violation of this ordinance and
it is rigidly enforced. The red
blinker light on an ambulance
has tiie same significance as the
siren and must be observed,
police warn.
"HAWGLA1GS" FORBIDDEN
AT LIONS SHINDIG
“Hawglaigs—shootin' arns" or
just plain guns arc forbidden
at the Lions Club-P-TA pioneers
parly Saturday night. Not that
the wearing ol guns is unlawful
so long as tney are in plain sigiit,
but the sponsors are afraid that
exuberance created by the all
out atmosphere of the Days oi
‘SU> might embarrass the ladies if
the sourdoughs are wearing
guns.
Shootin" irons are the only
memory of the old days that will
be pronioitect. rwci'o mlng else
nun pieVuiieu in ot-wurd when
the danc. halls and ‘'Bucket oi
Liooa ' saloon crowded one an
other on lower Fourth Avenue
(then called Broadway) will be
found at tile Civic Center cele
bration Saturday night.
Ancient gam. devices have
been dug out of ciusty garrets
and cellars to oe put on display.
Games of blacK-jim (resemoling
the old time biack-jack), roll
out (something like old lashion
ed roulette), and o g n i o, tne
stmgless version 01 tne forbidden
bingo—all these and many inor.
will remind the modern genera
turn of the days when tne m
dividual nad tne right to cnoose
his own conduct, ii will prove
tm- eiivctivi ness or the legisla
tion oi puoiie morals as we kho.v
it today.
Everyone is invited to attend
tile "Days of do ' party and see
for himself how much better
(and cheaper) recreation we have
now than our .vouroougn ior
bears had on years ago.
DENVER TWINS to spend
SUMMER IN SEWARD
Jimmy and Mary Karen Fries.
10 year old twins, came to Sew
ard recently to spend the sum
mer with their aunt, Mrs. Pnyi
lis Nicholas. The twins' mother.
Airs. Robert R. F\ les, came with
mem from their home in D river.
Colorado. After looking around
for a "job'" the twins decided to
sell papers for the Record.
HOvEY BABY RECOVERING
Baby Kurt Hovey, month old
son ol Air. and Mrs. Sid Hovey
of Seward, is recovering from
an abdominal operation in Sew
ard General Hospital. The opera
tion was performed Tu sday by
Doctors Diesher, Phillips and
Chao.
John P. Smith left Thursday
to drive to Portland and Wieser,
Idaho. Air. Smith will visit his
parents in Idaho to celebrate
their (>0th w elding anniversary,
lie was accompanied by Chuck
Co’e as nassenger to Portland.
Many Hands Make
Light Work
At Swimming Hole
An amazing amount of work
was done over the weekend at
First Lake swimming hole. An
amazing amount is still to be
done.
Some sand has been stockpiled
ready to spread on the lake
bottom, much more is needed.
Scotty McRae (McRae Concrete
Products) has taken on as his
special project building of the
penstock which will control the
water level.
Friday and Saturday (today
and tomorrow) there is a general
call for help. If enough people
turn out the pool can be finished
at once and ready for use by
large and small as soon as wea
ther permits.
Anyone, everyone, with shov
els and axes, even women and
children who can carry a stick
or branch, can find something to
do to help in this community
project.
The call is out-turn out this
weekend and finish the swim
ming hole. It is yours, and the
only safe place for children to
swim, if you make it so.
Fish and Wildlife Regs
Effective July 1
The license year for new fish
ing, hunting and trapping licens
es begins July 1 and on that
date revised regulations become
effective. Clarence J. Rhode,
Regional Director of the Fish
and Wildlife Service and execu
tive officer of the Alaska Game
Commission, points out that
while the nc’A 1 egulations aie^
generally similar those now
in effect, tiure are Sv.'>v'-’ral im‘
pertain changes for all s1'"*or^s
men and guides to keep in mind*
Sport Fishing
The daily nag limit for trout
and grayling on the Peninsula
(west oi Cape Spencer) is 10
fish but not to exceed 10 pounds
and on. fish; possession limit,
one daily bag limit. The 10 fish
limit previously applicable to
Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay
drainages and to Clearwater
Creek has now been extended to
all waters in the Interior and
W estern Alaska because of the
increased sport-fishing pressure.
Fishermen are reminded that
no fishing is permitted within
J00 feet of any operating fish
weir or ladder.
With certain exceptions, there
is no closed season ior trout and
giayling; some Kenai Peninsula
areas are included in the excep
tions. Kenai River, Skilak Lake
to Moose River are open July 1
to August 31.
Kenai Peninsula open June 1
to March 15, except Lower Rus
sian River which is CLOSED TO
ALL FISHING.
New Hunting Regulations
A new hunting regulation
requires each Kenai moose hunt
er to report his kill to FWS at
Kenai. Seward or Anchorage
within five days. Moose season,
on Kenai is Sept. 1 to Sept. 20
—limit 1 bull.
Tii. re is no closed season on
black bear on the Peninsula and
no limit for residents. Non-resi
dents are limited to three a year.
Season on brown and grizzly
bear is Sept. 1 to June 20—
limit on Kenai two a year.
No closed season and no limit
on hare or rabbit on Kenai Pen
insula.
On grouse and ptarmigan the
season opens August 20 to Feb
ruary 23—limit 10 a day in the
aggregate.
SEWARD CIVIC CENTER
Grimes — Dancing
-- SATURDAY EVENING
— Foed cjtid Prises