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. VIII, No. 9
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SEWARD. . ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1951 Price 10 cents
EARCH WIDENS FOR DOWNED PLANE
UNEAU (AP) — Rescue
nes fanned out over the
god Alaska coastline early
ay in an expanding search
a missing Korean Airlift
nsport and its 33 occupants.
Vs the search for the Cana
n Pacific Airlines DC-4 wid
ci with a gradual improve
nt in weather conditions.
>e for the occupants dimm
ed. Searchers said the area
ere the plane last reported
s one of the wildest on the
rth American continent.
The transoort. carrying among
passengers 29 Americans
luding two “high-rated" civil
s, left Vancouver. B. C.. late
Friday for Anchorage, Alaska,
on the first leg of a flight to
Tokyo.
The pilot, Capt. Victor Fox,
last reported off Cape Spencer,
Alaska, at 12:17 a.m. PST, Sat
urday. Fox said the plane was
on course at 9.000 feet, about
80 miles due west of Juneau,
with a five and one-half hour
fuel supply.
Low flying planes searched
waters off the Alaska panhandle
yesterday but poor visibility
hampered their missions. Other
planes scanned mountain p.aks
above the 8,000 foot level with
out success.
The U. S. Weather Bureau
flight forecaster expected grad
ual improvem nt of yesterday's
soupy weather conditions. He :
said slowly lifting cloud c ulings
up studies of
deep fjords and levering moun- ;
tain peaks dotting the pan
handle.
Passengers listed by military
authorities as aboard the miss
ing aircraft included three civil
ians, Audit v St' phan, Trenton,
N. J.: Vernon E .Horsey, Mit
chell, S. D : and Glenn R. Clan
son, Seattle. Vo further identi
fication was available from
military authorities, but Ste
phan’s wife reported her hus
band was on his way to help
the Army with finance prob
lems in Okinawa.
At Seattle, Clauson’s wife
;aicl he was a Navy lieutenant
luring the last war as a Japan
ese specialist in Navy Intelli
gence.
The civilians were attached
o the Army and reportedly
vere on a United Nations mis
sion.
Other passengers included 2(5
American servicemen, two from
the Royal Canadian Navy, and
a crew of seven Canadians, in
cluding two stewardesses.
The Army officers aboard
were Lt. Col. Jerome G. Sacks,
Washington, D. C.; Lt. Col.
Eugene G. Hite, Rising Sun. Md.;
and Capt. John S. Gayle, Reho
both Beach, Del.
>rean Fighting
>niinues While
ds Wrangle
J.N. Advance Headquarters,
rea (AP)—Allied negotiators
hered li e r e again today,
led with final U.N. instruc
is for the resumption ol Ko
n war cease-fire talks in Kae
g Wednesday.
The decisions made in To
ro probably will remain sec
i until the ninth meeiing
negotiators in a Kaesong
hooinouse Wednesday.
?he Korean war will be 13
nths olci Wednesday. Wheth
it will end soon or flare up
“w in bloody fighting hinges
settlement of one vital ques
1: shall the question of vvith
wal of all foreign troops from
rea be placed on the cease
? agenda?
On the fighting front Fifth
ir Force headquarters report
i 327 sorties hewn by 3 p.m.
lots said they destroyed or
Lmagtd 63 buildings, iO ve
cles, 18 railroad cars, one
el dump, five road bridges
id one field piece. Highway
id rail lines were cuf at 17
aces.
vn airfield east of Pyongyang
5 pounded with 500-pound
nolition bombs and direct hits
:e reported.
,ittle ground action was re
ted. The opposing armies
bed ahead of their front lines
h patrols but there was no
jor engagement.
Y SCOUTS GOING TO
IGS LAKE CAMP
’welve local Boy Scouts will
to Kings Lake Camp this
r. This is the largest number
r to go from Seward.
'he Scouts must arrive in
;horage Saturday, July 28.
ce there is no train from
/ard on Saturday, they will
e to catch the Whittier to
diorage train at Portage At
) p.m.
'he boys have earned all their
enses for the trip, including
ley for gas and oil for the
to Portage. The only thing
ded is the use of private cars
jet them there. Any persons
ing to lend a hand with the
isportation problem is asked
contact Scoutmaster Stan
gemann.
he Scouts are looking for
d to a week at camp, with
return trip being made by
in.
New Rains In Midwest Flood Area
ST. LOUIS (AP)—The peak of
the Midwest’s greatest flood in
more than 100 years rolled
south of St. Louis today as na
ture fed another diet of .-rain
fall on the water-soaked area.
The new rains, accompanied
by strong winds, aren't ex
pected to bring the major Mis
souri and Mississippi Rivers
back to ther record levels of
last week, but rr.ay keep re
maining flood waters from
drain;ng as rapidly as expeci
ed.
In Illinois the storms e ntered
mound Canton and Peoria where
.•reeks are overflowing.
A few spots south of St. Louis
still were considered danger
:reas, but Army engineers'be
lieve all major levees will hold.
Nine hundred workers, in
eluding 500 airmen from nearby
Scott Air Force Base.* 111., were
toiling on levees reported in
Perry County, Mo. A break
there would flood 23.500 acres
of rich farmland.
The peak of the flood rolled
by St. Louis early yesterday
when the river went to its high
est stage in 107 years. The top
mark was 40.28 feet, just .02 of
a foot higher than the 1047
overflow.
GROUNDBREAKING FOR
NURSES HOME TOMORROW
A ceremony of ground-break
ing on the site of the Nurses
Home on First Avenue, Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, will mark
the beginning cf the new Sew
ard General Hospital program.
The nurses home, being con
structed by funds raised thru
the Women's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Home Mis
sion Beard, Methodist Church,
U. S., is the first unit of the
project. Application has been
made and plans filed for a 70
bed general hospital in Seward.
The first building, quarters
for 20 nurses, is being built at
the cost of approximately $290,
000. Contract was awarded to
a Canadian firm for construc
tion at approximately $40,000
over the original estimate.
National and Territorial
church officials will be present
at the ground-breaking cere
monies. The building will be
the first structure in the newly
acquired Brownell Homestead
Park area.
Valdes Fire Destroys
Garage Building
VALDEZ <AP) — A large ga
rage building and upstairs apart
m- nt were destroyed yesterday
by lire which for a time also
threatened the Valdez Cold
Storage firm next door.
The i.re spread quickly thru
the Rof Dieringer garage be
cause oi its frame construction.
Volunteer firemen, unable to
bring it under control, turned
their attention to saving the cold
storage building.
The garage was owned by
Mrs. Betty Dieringer and oper
ated by Owen P. Johnson.
CITY BEAUTIFUL AWARD
GOES TO BILL YOUNKER
The award for the most im
provement made in house and
grounds last week went to Bill
Younker at 315 Seventh Ave.
$5.03 in trade was given by
Paulsteiner’s.
Honorable mention went to
Alfred Brossow, 1015 Third Ave.
TRUMAN WANTS S20 BILLION
INCREASE FOR MILITARY
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Truman today told Con
gress it probably will be neces
sary to strengthen the Armed
Forces beyond the present goai
of 3.500,001) men, regardless ot
peace prospects in Korea.
He called for "full speed
ahead" on ihe military build
up, with no yielding to those
who would discard the anti
inflation control system "or
shoot it full of holes."
The message was Mr. Tru
man's midyear economic report.
It went to Congress along with
a 255-page economic review pre
pared by his council of economic
advisers.
Mr. Truman set his sights
on a 530,000,000,000 increase
in the annual military spend
ing rate in the year ahead.
This, he said, will require
up to 2,000,000 more workers,
a five per cent boost in nation
al output despite cuts in ci
vilian goods, plus stiff faxes
ar.d controls to offset a widen
ing "inflationary gap."
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Tae
“fish hog" ravaging of a Cook
Inlet red salmon run resulted
Saturday in closing the waters
to commercial fishing for an ad
ditional 24 hcnrs.this week.
Clarence Rhode, regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, said his emergency clo
sure means there'll only be 48
hours of fishing allowed this
week, on Monday and on Friday.
He said the move was taken
in an attempt to save the rem
nant of a big red salmon
school which was hard hit by
an estimated 700 drift gillnei
boats, the largest fieei ever to
fish a single Alaska area.
Rhode’s closure came as H. J.
Emard. Anchorage cannery own
er, resident fishing unions and
others urged the F.W.S. to ban
drift gillnet boats from operat
ing in Cook Inlet.
In reply to the requests. Rhode
said he had no authority to out
law completely that specific type
of gear.
Ha said a stream survey
of Inlet spawning grounds was
“very poor." He added that
the red salmon pack to date
already is greatly in excess c-f
last year.
A check of individual drift
gillnet .boats showed the catch.
30 per cent higher per boat than
last year. It was reported here
that 250,000 reds from Cook In
led were packed in Kodiak can
neries as of July 18. last Wednes
day.
Reports yesterday put c-st -
mates of the Cook Inlet take at
500,000 to 750,000 reds, valued
at $1.10 per fish.
House Premises
Controls 8?!i
WASHINGTON CAP)_Pr ?■
dent Truman's Congressional
leaders told him today that they
are confident a “workable” ec
onomies controls bill will be
passed before the July 31 dead
line.
House Speaker Rayburn (Tex)
told reporters afterward that
neither the administration nor
opponents of the administration
proposals “will get all they
want" but “I think we will work
out a pretty workable bill in
conference.”
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OPEN HOUSE TO BE SUNDAY
AT RECREATION CENTER
The public is cordially invited
to attend an Open House at the
Seward Recreation Center on
Sunday, July 29, from 2:00 to
4:00 o'clock p.m.
HST ASKS AID FOR FLOOD DISASTER VICTIMS
The following is a copy of a
telegram received by Rev. K. E.
Spaulding, chairman, Seward
Chapter, American Red Cross.
“President Truman released
at the White House this after
noon a letter to Mr. Harriman,
president of the American Red
Cross, calling upon all Ameri
cans to contribute as generously
as they can at least $5,000,000
through Local Red Cross Chap
ters, to aid our flood stricken
fellow citizens in Kansas, Mis
souri, Oklahoma, and Illinois.
Following is the latest informa
tion from the affected states.
‘“Estimated number of fami
lies affected, 45,900. Estimated
total families registering for Red
Cross assistance, 17.100. Num
ber cf counties affected, 64.
Number of Red Cross chapters
participating, 68. Number of
shelters operated, 80. Number
of persons in shelters, 17,600.
Number of persons being fed,
42,700. Number of paid Red
Cross personnel assigned, 180.
Number of volunteer nurses,
150. Thousands of volunteers
have been working day and
night to help their neighbors.
One million dollars of Red Cross
funds already allocated for mass
shelters, food, clothing, medical
care and other emergency hu
man needs. Cost of rehabilita
tion will exceed available re
sources for disaster relief be
cause of extent Red Cross serv
ices to Armed Forces, National
Blood Program and other acti
vities which have required ex
tremely heavy financial com
mitments.
“It is to be emphasized that
funds appropriated by Congress
will be used generally for Gov
ernmental restoration of public
facilities. I urge you assume
immediate personal leadership
in creating fund campaign or
ganization which can aggressive
ly, through every device and
medium of communication,
bring this appeal before Ameri
can public. . .
(Signed)
“Sam B. Montgomery, Ameri
can Red Cross Pacific Area
Office, San Francisco, Calif.”
Note
At its meeting Friday evening,
the Seward Chapter of the
American Red Cross voted SI00
of its own funds to aid in this
disaster relief, and also urges
the people of Seward to give
generously to alleviate the suf
fering in the disaster area.
Funds may be sent to KIBH,
Seward Seaport Record, or put
into any of the Red Cross con
tainers in stores around the
community.