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■. VIII, No. 12
SEWARD,
ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1951
Price 10 cents
askan Crabs To
ive Northwest
inter Market
EATTLE (AP) — Pacific
thwest housewives will now
able to get fresh crabs the
r around and Southeastern
ska will have a new indust
'hat was the prediction today
a Seattle firm which will
in shipping crabs by airlines
just 19 from Juneau.
'he firm, the Olympic Sea
d Company, said explorations
he last two years have shown
t an area within 125 miles
Juneau can support 15 erab
s and give them a take of
to 1,000 dozen crabs per
). P. Odion, secretary of the
n, said that compares with a
ch of 300 dozen in Washing
waters where the take has
n low in recent years,
le also pointed out that the
son is late in Alaska and will
ng crabs to market between
y and January—a time when
shington waters are closed
i only frozen crabs are on the
rket.
Iiram McAllister, president
Olympic, credited C. L. An
son, director of the Alaska
partment of Fisheries, with
tiating the work leading to
new industry. Anderson,
mer assistant director of the
shington State Department of
herics, began explorations in
50 and found shrimp and crab
commercial numbers in such
)ts as Icy Straits and Tenakee
et.
’ COBB GOES TO BAT
>R BASEBALL
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ty
bb, the old time famed De
ft outfielder, spoke out today
favor of organized baseball's
ht control of players.
The 64-ycar-old balding ex
lyer gave his views to a House
diciary Subcommittee bent on
rning whether organized
>rts should be exempted from
ti-trust laws. Three bills to
»t end have been introduced
the House.
•There must be something to
Dtect baseball as we have it
lay,” said Cobb in the open
; inning of the Congressional
luiry.
“There has to be something
protect the Big League clubs
>m one another," he said, add
l that the reserve clause in
lyers contracts gets the job
ne.
The reserve clause is the con
ict provision enabling Club
mers to buy, trade or sell
iyers with their consent. And
the players object, the clause
r him from playing anywhere
organized baseball.
Cobb told the lawyer-packed
mmittee that if the reserve
luse was taken away the rich
owners would be able to
t the best players. And this,
said, wouldn’t be good for
i game.
WARD BOY SCOUTS IN
LMP AT KING'S LAKE
Twelve Seward Boy Scouts
t by car Satuday morning at
0 to catch the train at Por
;e for Anchorage and their
np at King’s Lake. They just
ide the train with only 20
nutes to spare.
The boys were to be met at
ichorage by the district scout
ecutive and housing commit
They were to stay overnight
th Anchorage scouts and go
to the Boy Scout Camp at
ng’s Lake for a one week stay.
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Chief Fired
WASHINGTON (A?) — The
Commanding General of the De
troit Tank Arsenal has been fir
ed from his command and repri
manded for accepting favors
fiom contracting companies.
An Army announcement last
night said Secretary of me Army
Pace had relieved Brig. Gen.
David J. Crawford after an In
spector General's report showed
Crawford had "violated Army
regulations and had not met the
high standards required of an
Army officer.”
The 54-year-oid Crawford, a
Wesi Point graduate and veter
an of 29 year's Army service,
admitted before a Congressional
committee at Detroit on Ju^y 23
that he had accepted a free
Washington holed suite and the
gift of a boat keel from con
tracting company representa
tives.
In addition, he acknowledged
using government materials in
building pleasure boats and
transporting personal property
at government expense.
Crawford, head ot the Detroit
Tank Arsenal for the past four
years, will be replaced by Brig.
Gen. Carroll H. Deitrick, 53,
who now commands the Water
town, Mass., Arsenal.
Informed of the Army's ac
tion at his home in Detroit,
Crawford said: “I am still in tne
Army. I don't know what 1 will
do now. I am awaiting orders."
In testimony before the Con
gressional committee, Crawford
said he felt there was no im
propriety in his actions and that
he "couldn't do business without
accepting hospitality.”
DEMANDS CONTROL OF
FOREIGN ARMS AID
WASHINGTON [AP] — Sena
tors contending the proposed $3,
500,000,000 ioreign aid program
is primarily a military, ratner
than a foreign relations matter,
won a point today.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee bowed to demands
from the Armed Services Com
mittee and agreed to let tne
latter group act jointly with it
on the measure.
The decision was taken over
the opposition of chairman Con
nally (D-Tex) of the Foreign Re
lations group who reportedly
voiced protests in salty langu
age at a closed meeting.
More than a tiff over Sena
torial prerogatives is involved.
There is a move under way to
deny Secretary of State Ache
son the policy direction over
how the $3,500,000,000 is distri
buted.
Some Senators contend that
military officials, rather than
Acheson, should have the top
authority over distribution of
arms aid.
Joining in that drive, Sena
tor Byrd (D-VA) told a reporter
today that he believes military
men ought to have the final
word on the dispatch of wea
pons to North Atlantic defense
partners.
Byrd said he was considering
offering an amendment to set
up a special agency to handle
the program.
NORWAY IS JUMPING EULL
OSLO. NORWAY (AP) — The
little town of Frederikstad in
southern Norway reported today
what is believed to be the first
successful ski-jump ever made by
a bull calf.
The calf wandered to the top
of the well-known Oeya ski
jump, took a good look around,
sat down on his haunches and
shot down the 40-foot long run.
Tail flying, the calf made a
perfect landing and walked
away.
Three Planes Lost In
Korean Raid
U. S. Eighth Army Headquar
ters. Korea (AP) — U. S. War
plants blasted the North Korean
capital ot' Pyongyang through
rain today in one ol the most
determined air assaults of the
Korean war
It was not# the war’s largest
raid, a fifth Air Force announce
m:nt said, but it was pushed
home with vigor. Two Marine
Corsairs collided in the ram
clouds and were lost.
The Air Force said a F-51
I\Ius;ang exploded in the a.'r af
ter it was hit by intense small
arms i,re “just north ox the bat
tle lines.”
“There was no chance of the
pilot's survival,” the Air Force
said.
B-29 Superforts blasted three
Red supply centers in North
Korea—Chinnampo and Kvom
ipo in the West and Hamhung
on the East Coast.
North Koreans fled Monday
from major hills northeast of
Yanggu.
Allied troops battled to the
crest of the hill mass at the
climax of five and one-half clays
of bitter fighting.
Search Continues For
Missing Airlift Plane
JUNEAU (AP) _ A fleet of
search planes continued to scan
the rugged, island-dotted South
eastern coast for a missing Kor
ean Airlift plane.
The Canadian Pacific Airlines
DC-4 has been missing since July
21 with 33 aboard on a Van
couver-Tokyo flight.
The center of the vast aerial
search by 20 planes swung yes
terday to an area south of the
last position reported by the
northbound airliner.
The pilot's last m.ssage re
ported the plane's position was
oix Cape Spencer, 80 miles west
of Juneau. Scare.i.rs intensified
their lookout around Craig, a
bout 250 miles to the south, af
ter townspeople there told ox
hearing a large plane the night
the DC-4 vanished. Search direc
tors said the pianc might have
turned back southward after
passing Cape Spencer.
Reports in Vancouver, B.C.,
yesterday that a serviceman's
shoe might be a clue to the miss
ing plane were quickly squelch
ed. The shoe had been identi
fied here previously as one toss
ed from a fishing boat.
BIDS OPENED ON MULTI
MILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT AT KENAI
Contractors sprinkled across
the nation registered strong b.d
ding interest in competing for
Alaska District Engineer con
tracts Friday when seven bids
were opened on large construc
tion projects.
The New York City firm of
Grove, Shepherd, Wilson and
Kruge were low on the contract
for construction of an Army
communications station at Kenai.
Their bid was $6,323,364 for
the multi-item project which
calls for construction of:
An enlisted men’s barracks
with a consolidated mess, opera
tions budding, fire station, head
quart _rs building, warehouse,
heat and power plant operations
area, POL facilities, direction
finder building, and the utilities
to serve these items.
Also bidding for this contract
was the San Francisco firm of
J. H. Pomeroy with $7,575,000
and the Portland and Anchorage
firms of Rushlight and Macri
with $3,993,750. The govern
ment estimate was $7,223,126.
Kenai . . .
The Alaskan Agriculturist, an
informative magazine published
quarterly by Alaskan Enterpris
es, at Anchorage, Alaska fea
tures in the Summer issue The
Western Kenai Peninsula. Spe
cial articles written by residents
of most of the peninsula com
munities give u good personal
picture of community and home
stead life anci developments a
long the Kcnai’s new Sterling
Highway. An attractive pictorial
map of the Kenai Peninsula com
pletes the special Kenai issue.
Walt Pedersen of Naptowne is
Associate Editor of the Alaskan
Agriculturist.
The annual Fall Festival spon
sored by the Kenai Homemaker’s
Club will - be held in August
(tentative date August 24) at the
Kenai Civic Center. Committees
are working on the various booth
projects to be featured. The
Community Library will be in
charge of the Home Produce
Booth. Exhibits of vegetables,
flowers, dairy products, canned
goods and craft articles are so
licited for exiiibit. Some lucky
person will win the wildflower
quilt, the doll and wardrobe and
a Windiest r 300 Magnum rifle,
all to be presented during the
festival. Kenai invites you to at
tend the Fall Festival! Watch
for more announcements and
save the date August 24, for Ke
nai!
The 1951 Commercial Salmon
Fishing season in the Cook In
let area is nearing the closing
date. The “Red Run" has pro
bably arrived as there seemed
to be considerable activity in
the Inlet last week. A number
of fishing violations were pick
ed up by the Fish and Wildlife
Service and brought to the Com
missioners Court in Kenai.
A n o t h e r tragic, accidental
drowning occurred in Kenai on
Saturday July 21. David C. Col
lins, enforcement agent employ
ed by the Fish and Wildlife
Service, lost his life while on
fish patrol duty. Collins fell
overboard from his speed boat
while returning from a tr*p up
Kenai River. Two men rush
Allan Mann and Whitbro, rush
ed to the aid of the drowning
man out were unable to save
him, The body was located the
next day by the FWS plane in
which Clarence Rhodes, Re
gional Director, FWS, and oth
ers were searching. The remains
were flown to Anchorage by
FVv S plane and personnel. David
Collins was 21 years old, born
in New York state where his
family who survive him still re
side. He had been employed by
the FWS for two years.
Rev. P. Gordon Gould, Direc
tor of Methodist Mission work
in Alaska, accompanied by Mrs.
Gould and son Robert were pen
insula visitors last week. They
spent a few days in Homer and
also in Kenai. The Goulds drove
from Seward in the new Ford
Station Wagon which was pre
sented to the Methodist Mobile
Unit, Kenai Peninsula Highway,
by the Arkansas Methodist area.
A surprise birthday-shower
honoring Peggy Arness ws given
by Shirley Denison, Idell Gee
and Ruby Coyle on July 14. The
party was held at the home of
Mrs. Allen Peterson, about 20
guests were present.
Victor Sanders, Sr. has gone
to Sitka to enter the hospital
at the Pioneer's Home.
A baby boy was born July 15
to Mr. and Mrs. George Juliu
sen. The young son weighed 8 Vi
pounds.
Dr. E. F. Graves, Territorial
Veterinarian, from Palmer, Alas
ka has been in Kenai the past
week inspecting cattle and doing
other official work.
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Bitter Fighting In
Korea As Peace
Talks Deadlock
U. N. Advance Headquarters,
Korea (AP) — Allied and Red
negotiators bargained more than
three hours in sultry Kaesong
today, But made no progress
toward ending the shooting in
Korea.
Instead, they agreed that the
war would continue while they
talk. As they reached this un
derstanding Allied warplanes
smashed at the Red Korean capi
tal of Pyongyang in one of the
most determined air assaults of
the war.
Negotiators remained dead*
locked on the problem of a buf
fer zone to separate the opposing
armies if and when a cease-fire
agreement is reached.
A U. N. spokesman said: “the
final solution is hoped for. That
doesn't necessarily mean it is
in the immediate offing.”
They will tackle the same
thorny question when their 15th
session opens tomorrow at 11
a. m., (6 p. m., Monday PDT)
The United Nations communi
que said Gen. Nam II, Chief Com*
munist delegate, stated “it was
also his definite understanding
tnat hostilities would continue
during the current armistice
sessions.”
Nam was replying to an ear
lier “clarifying” statement by
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, senior
U. N. delegate.
It was the first official hint
oi any prior rnisundertsanding
on this point.
The Reds want a zone 12Vi
miies wide along the 38th para
llel, pre-war political boundary
beiween North and South Korea*
The Allies wani a 20-mile-wide
zone aiong the present battle
lines. Most of these lines are in*
side Red Korea, on tne average
about 20 miies north of the 38.nl
parallel.
Joy asked the Reds for com
ment on the U. N. proposals "so
that the final solution to this
item may reflect our mutual
views.”
The Red reply took one hour
anu one minute, and leit the sit
uation just where it was before.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U. N. briefing ofticer wno attends
the sessions, said Nam merely
repealed what he had said be
iore, the same words, but in dif
ferent order.
Before today's sessions started,
Nuckols made it clear to news
men that the U. N. considers the
38th parallel “a political boun
dary and not suitable for a
military dividing line.”
"A military armistce confer
ence is interested in providing
a defensible line for each side.
It would be the rarest coinci
dence if there were a natural
defence line along an Imaginary
dividing line along tne parallel
of latitude.”
TEEN AGER ADMITS
STARTING TRAGIC FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _
A teen-ager who paused tor a
smoke said today he accidently
started a conflagration early
last Sunday that killed eight
persons.
He was charged with man
slaughter.
Chief Homicide Inspector
Frank Ahern said Kenneth
Skinner, 17, related that he de
livered newspapers in the four
story wooden apartment build
ing at dawn Sunday. Standing
near drapes in the lobby, he
ignited his cigaret lighter for
a smoke.
“There was a flash and the
whole thing went poof.”