Seward Seaport Record
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week.
Seward, Alaska
Member of The Associated Press. The Associated
Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republica
tion of all local news printed in this newspaper, as
well as the AP news dispatches. All rights of publica
tion of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
John M. Coleman Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
Subscription rates: Local Delivery $1.25 per mo. Mail $10 per year.
The
* +
By Mildred Kirkpairick
The new nurse's home, for
which the ground was broken
yesterday will be the most mod
ern building in Seward, and
the most beautiful on the Pen
insula. As Mrs. Stewart said,
nothing is too much trouble to
make life a little pleasanter for
the nurses. Goodness knows,
they have put up with disgrace
ful housing- conditions ever
since the fire.
Nurses are probably the poor
est paid professional workers in
the country today—and in many
minds, their work is the most
distasteful. Their work is not
only physical but mental and
emotional, so that they deserve
the very best of horn, like sur
roundings in which to relax.
Were it not for the interest
and activity of the Women's
Division of Christian Service of
the Methodist Church, Seward
would have waited for another
year at least for such a home
as is now under construction.
Application has been made to
Alaska Public Works for pre
liminary planning on the hospi
tal. These negotiations take long
months of work end wait ag.
In the meantime the turnover of
nursing personnel is t e r r i f i c.
Women from hospitals and
schools in the States, coming in
to Alaska for the first time, find
it difficult to accept the poor
housing conditions offer d them
here, for lack of facilities.
The new homo will house nur
ses from the Sanatorium as well
as Seward General Hospital.
They will have tlie opportunity
to enjoy local social activities
and a complete change of sur
roundin s by living it. town.
The Methodist Church is to
bo congratulated upon the con
struction progrni 1 they have
undertaken m Seward.
IMPROVE ITATURE
As long as nature couldn't
make us perfect, but did make
use blind to our own faults, why
couldn't she have made us blind
to the faults of others?
Beverly
Vosue
ITfl
uiiviiH
m
m
in
and
III
mi
Large Range of Sizes in
While and Colors.
v)lotin«A
Adams 74 Arcade Bldg.
Hours 10 a.m lo 6 p.m.
Aviation Safety
Discussions
D. M. Grelzer
for
The Office of Aviaiion Safety
ALASKAN FLYING
Some oi us are in a rut, and
use a pet phrase to explain many
tilings: 'Trying in Alaska is dn
ierent.” It expiaines a'./ay acci
dents, violations or air safety
regulations, and unsafe flying
practices.
The wonder and the truth in
the aiiierenee in nymg in Alas
ka lie m uxe proven resource
iulness and integrity oi the ex
perienced commercial pilots,
bush pilots and the large and
smail air carriers.
I hey have produced flying
saiety records which will com
pare witn nymg operators any
where Oulsiue. ine dinerence
has been m the can upon tneir
ingenuity, skill and hard work
to create sare flying over rug
ged terrain and under conditions
which were not considered in
the design oi their airplanes.
Flying in Alaska is “diffemn ’
because it is sme m spite of
liaiiwicaps; not because it is dan
_But accidents due to lack of
training and cai\ Issness are on
the increase among our newer
piiuts. lhey must realize that ii
they give c.u> cunsiaeration to
the saxtty and rights Oi. others,
their accident potential will oe
negiigiuic.
CLCmbLA FLYING
Vv hat does newcomer to
Alaska taiiiK about Ine “uifier
ence. ’ Lent fcncLrs on automo
biles, crushed while parked;
paiivod anpianes crashed into by
other airplanes. What ;s differ
ent.’ it seems as though it is
complete lack oi consiu ration
xor the safety or protection oi
tiie otner person's lire or pro
perty.
Alaska us.d to be "different"
in that airplane “buzzing" with
tiie usual latal accident was
very rare. We are no longer “dif
ferent." Buzzing accidents keep
right on schedule, one every
three months.
What did the Lady from Bar
zil find “different" in Alaska?
She safely flew all the way a
long two continents, parked her
airplane properly at Circle Hot
Springs, and then had one wing
demolished by an airplane
whose pilot muffed his landing.
With complete impartiality, this
same airplane crashed head-on
into another parked airplane at
Talkeetna, exactly a week be
fore. In this case, the owner of
the parked airplane formerly
owned the blundering airplane.
Some things are as different
as we make them. Some differ
ences we can be proud of; but
no difference is grounds for in
competence, carelessness,or just
Wm. H. $ar?dsrs
Attorney
In Seward Saturday and
Sunday each week
Office in Ray Building
FOR—
LATEST NUMBERS
of Your
FAVORITE
MAGAZINES
Arrive on
EVERY
SHIP
THE MART
VARIETY
REPUBLICANS WOUlD
"GEi' AbxiESGN"
WASHING I ON (AP) — At a
sharply split party meeting, a
majority 01 Rouse Republicans
present agreed touay to support
a plan aimed at striking Secre
tary of btatc Acneson olt tne
Federal payroll.
The decision to pursue the
“get Acheson ’ drive tnrough the
medium 01 the State Department
appropriation bill was taken by
a standing vole of 71 to bd.
More than jo xiepublicans
either did not attend or rexrain
ed from voting.
The majority approved a mo
tion to suppoi t an amendment
to the Department money
bill.
Party leaders said the amend
ment, still to be urailed, would
not designate Acheson by name
but wouid speeiiy that no Fed
eral pay could go to any "policy
making" department head who,
at any time during tiie five years
picc.uing appointment, belong
ed to a business or law firm that
represented a foreign govern
ment.
Acheson's law firm once rep
resented Poland.
Tne ueciSion ox the GOP con
ference is not binding on the
members. Individuals still can
vote the way they feel.
But refusal of so many of
them to support the amendment
made it doubtful that the "get
Acheson" drive would succeed
unless it gained heavy Demo
cratic support.
Democratic leaders were con
fident they could beat it.
TOOK PAY FOR R.F.C. LOAN
Li CHARGE
ST. LOUIS (AP)—The Post
Dispatch said today it had learn
ed William A. Boyle, Jr., chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, was paid $8,000 by
a printing firm here alter it re
ceived a $565,000 loan from the
Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation.
The newspaper, in a story by
Theodore C. Link, said pay
ments to Boyle from the Ameri
can Lithofold Corp., began in
1949 soon after an RFC loan to
it had been approved.
1 he Post-Dispatch aiso report
ed that the firm’s transactions
with former Collector of Inter
nal Revenue James P. Finnegan
are being investigated by a Fed
eral grand jury here.
The newspaper reported that
Boyle received payments of $500
a month and that payments of
$1,000 a month also were made
to Finnegan, a close friend of
Boyle's.
The Post-Dispatch said Boyle,
in his office in Washington, told
it he had received “some legal
fees” from American Lithofold
but added that his wont had
“nothing to do with RFC loans."
YOU HAD AN AD IN
THIS SPACE
PEOPLE WOULD ilSAD 1
JUST LIKE
YOU ARE READING TKI
BUT YOU HAVEN'T AN
AD HERE. CGNSEQUENTI
HUNDREDS OF READER
ARE MISSING OUT ON
WHAT YOU HAVE TO
OFFER THEM.
Ki'i/e You T. ied
Ay Yoyr Grocer’s
EBEMBB
j “Don’t you big oil
companies get
together to set prices?’
The question of gasoline price affects every
motorist: Standard Oil Company of California re
ceives some letters along these lines: “When I drive
downtown, the prices of all the major gasolines seem
to be about the same. Fee heard it said that the major
oil com pan ies get together to set prices. Isn't th is true?”
The answer is an unqualified NO. Oil com
I panics do not get together to set prices, nor do we
in any way set prices by agreement. But we do
y think it’s in order to tell you about gasoline prices
and how they’re arrived ati
When you shop you find no
only gas but many products o
the same kind and about th
same quality priced abou
alike. Prices just natural!;
tend to even up. Here’s why
We ’’set prices” only at sta
tions we own and operate—
Standard Stations, Inc. Ex
perience shows what to charge
to cover cost of product and
service, yet sell in competition.
Suppose a gas dealer were forced to
sell at 2c a gallon more than his neigh
t hors. Business would soon pass him by.
f Or suppose he had to sell for 2c a gallon
i less, still giving full quality and service,
t As his competitors cut price to hold cus
i tomers, his income falls. In time he
would go broke.
At Chevron Gas Stations the oper
ators are completely independent. They
make up their own minds about price.
You occasionally see a range of gasoline
prices for the same or different brands
in a single area, until competition finally
forces the prices of similar products and
services back to a common level.
' COST OF MAKING AND SELLING
These imaginary exam
ples of set-price policy
show what any gas seller is
actually up against. He
must sell for enough to
cover his costs and make a
living, yet if he charges too
much he’ll drive business
away. It’s as simple as that.
The resuli: letter product!
at low cost, i lie benefit yon
always get when free com
petition is allowed to work.
Note this: aside from taxes,
and in spite of inflation,
gasoline today costs about
what it did in 1911), yet two
gallons now do the work
that required three then.
I’d Like to Know . . . Many people write to Standard asking
pertinent questions about the Company. We answer all letters individually,
but some points seem of general interest. We take this way of discussing
them for everyone. If you have a question, we urge you to write in care of;
**I’d Like to Know,” 225 Bush Street, San Francisco 20, California.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
« plans ahead to serve you better