Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Sew;ini. Alaska
John M. Coleman ..
Mildred Kirkpatrick .
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AVIATION SAFETY
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occur, with no visible damage
to the exterior surface. Engine
failure because of fuel starva
tion will usually occur during
take-off. Two accidents and one
forced landing last year.
2. For every engine, there is
a minimum temperature below
which the engine will not run
unless carburetor lu at is used,
even during take-off. This has
nothing to do with carburetor
ice. The problem is fuel vapor
ization. One accident following
take-off engine failure, Novem
ber.
3. Fuel selectors fail now and
then, and what a mess that
makes. Some pilots always make
it a practice to turn selector to
fullest tank before flying over
bad terrain, to avoid having to
use the selector while over such
terrain.
The Inlet Inn
in Homer
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Carl F. Gulley, Owner
P.O. Box 8 Homer, Alaska
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75c per month, $8 per year j
4. Similar problem to the pre
vious item is freezing of a gas
line from a tank. Pilots aware
of this possibility run engines
up on all tanks prior to take-off,
and run about four or five min
utes on each tank, in the air.
We compared the causes of
accidents, broken down into 19
different categories, between
Stateside and Alaska, for the
year ending September. 1950.
Number 1 on the Alaska list
was “loss of control or collision
after landing and prior to taxi
ing." Sounds like a typical Alas
kan problem, but the same item
was Number 2 on the Stateside
list.
In other words “cow-pasture”
flying Outside, introduces about
the same degree of hazards ns
“Bush” flying in picking suit
able areas for landing.
(To be continued)
At any rate a poor man has
as much time to spend as a
rich one.
Expert—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
C, E. 0render
Jeweler
Established 1915
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Inlet Bus Company 1
HOMER. ALASKA
Lv. Homer: Mon., Wed., Fri., — 9 A.M.
ARRIVE SEWARD — 4:30 P.M.
Lv. Seward: Tues., Thurs., Sat. — 9 A.M.
ARRIVE HOMER — 4:30 P.M.
BUS STOPS: Inlet Inn. Homer - Terminal Cafe, Kenai
Van Gilder Hotel. Seward, and all way points.
SOURDOUGH
TRANSFER
Day or Night Service
For Service Call
GEORGE EVERITT
405 Wash. St.
MADISON 33 i
When in Seward It's - -
The Hew Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
ALASKA STEAMS H IP COM PAN Y
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FROM SEWARD
SS 3ARANOF
Feb. 15 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 22 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
March 1 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
March 8 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Chena ..Feb. 18 Susitna .Feb. 28
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The ★ ★
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
I can’t remember who said,
“What this country needs is a
good five-cent cigar.” Whoever
it was never lived in Seward.
What WE need is a good low
cost housing project.
I dread to hear the shop door
open any more for fear it may
admit a n o t h e r couple with
strained faces, begging for a
lead on a house for rent. Young
people cannot set up house
keeping and pay out more than
a quarter of a month’s salary
in rent. The same young folks
are not in a position to buy and
build at the high cost of ma
terials. I feel sorry for them,
they have a real problem—and
we have a problem. If we can
not offer housing to our own,
how can wc ever hope to en
courage newcomers to settle
down here?
It is too big a problem for
me, I only know it is here. The
only hope for us that seems to
come any where near approach
ing the situation is assistance
from Alaska Housing Authority.
It strikes me as being the Peo
ple’s problem rather than one
for municipal government, but
attitudes have been changing
for a number of years. Folks
arrive now, saying, “Well, here
1 am. I’ve come to stay, so it s
up to you to do something about
me. I want a place to live.”
Cities, county, state and even
the Federal government have
been forced to provide low cost
housing everywhere to avoid
slum and tenement districts.
All things being as they are.
we will have to be foreward
looking enough to avoid the
s a m e unwholesome situation
found in larger cities, by pro
viding some sort of housing
facilities for those families to
come and our own ever-growing
local family population.
We either have to build hous
es for the kids, or ship them out.
UNIVERSITY OF SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
College Instruction
In Most Lines.
Dr. Galen Hunt (Dean)
Box 946. Seward, Alaska j
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CIVIL DEFENSE ACT
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the federal contributions were
not going to be made for self
liquidating projects and further
because the states and rnunici-1
palities must carry an equal
share of the federal defense j
program, some source of finan
cial aid should be given to the j
municipalities. This aid could
be in the form of loans and the j
regular regulations of the RFC j
could be used in making loans
I —that is, it would have to be a j
i good loan and the lender could
I not have obtained financing,
j elsewhere.” The act apparently ,
'does not prevent municipalities'
! from obtaining RFC loans for
1 underground garages or other
| structures without CDA appro- j
j val if the projects arc not to
' be used for civil defense pur
! poses, or to prohibit CDA grants
! later to strengthen such struc
l turcs so they may be used as:
shelters.
Advisory Committee
I The act contains a provision
; from the Senate bill for a Civil
Defense Advisory Committee1
consisting of the administrator!
1 and 12 others appointed by the
President, three representing j
I the states and three represent-j
ing the local governments, to be!
appointed from panels of names!
submitted by AMA, the Gov-;
ernor's Conference, Council of
State Governments, and Confer-1
ence of Mayors. The other six'
will be members representing
the public at large. The com
mittee will meet at least once
a year. “Since the state and i
political subdivisions were re
quired to match federal funds
for shelters and organizational
equipment, Senators and Rep
resentatives said, “they should
have some voice, in an advisory
capacity, in the administration
of the program.”
There is no prejudice equal
ling that of the man who knows
nothing about the subject.
A man works like a slave to
lie more independent—then goes
and gets himself married.
Someone has said: “We should
be thankful we don't get all
the government we pay for.”
Tip to motorists: Bad brakes
are invitation to bad breaks.
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Alaska Railroad
Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage -1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage --1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .6:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thursday in accordance
with the arrival of the passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesville and Whittier.
For Information Phone Seward Agent
MAIN 153
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