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Vol. VIII. No. Cil
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1952
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Aviation Safety
Discussions
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for
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CAA Flight Assistance Service
The pilot was "around some
island and lost ' and couldn t fi
gure out how to get to Annette
Island. He saw a railroad, and
advised Annette radio he was
receiving an "A" signal. lie was
advised tin railroad was CPA
into Prince Rupert, which he
tried to follow, but he lost it.
Prince Rupert advised Annette
they had heard a single engine
airplane, further verifying the
position of the airplane.
The weather was poor with
low clouds in all directions. The
station gave the pilot a heading
clear of all obstacles permitting
interception of the SE leg. An
nette weather was good. The
pilot was reluctant to fly over
the open water, but was reas
sured by the communicator as to
his exact location. During the
next several minutes the pilot
expressed anxiety and was con
stantly in touch with the station.
He became more confident when
assured that a Coast Guard plane
was on the way to meet him and
lead him into the field. He held
his course to the range leg,
where he met the Coast Guard
airplane and followed it into the
airport, fifty minutes after first
asking lor assistance.
He was commended by station
personnel for his good judgment
in using his radio to the utmost.
His main reason for first doubt
ing station instructions was that
he had forgotten about Variation
in computing his course. The
same trouble has happen, d to
many others in that area flying
up from "Outside."
Ytskon Bar Robbery
Suspect Held
Albert Lund was arrested
Thursday by Police Chief Evans
on suspicion of having burglar
ized the Yukon Bar early in the
morning.
Circumstantial evidence o f
fingerprints and blood from a
cut possibly sustained from a
broken window in the back door
and other circumstances led to
Lund's arrest.
This is the second arrest in the
series of three burglaries com
mitted during the past two
weeks. One case has not been
solved—that of the safe taken
from the S. ward Laundry office.
Dahls Honored by Elks
At Going Away Party
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dahl were
honored by friends in the Elks
at a party Sunday afternoon in
the Elks Club. They left Thurs
day aboard the Baranof for a va
cation Outside.
The Dahls have operated the
New Seward Hotel for the past
30 years, but sold it the first of
the year to Mr. and Mrs. Neville
Hudson of Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Dahl expect to
- return n the spring to take up
their residence at Summit Lake.
Homesite Patents
Made AvaiSabfo on
National Forests
Twenty-five more homesites
on the Alaska National Forests
have been made available for
patent under the applicable pub
lic-land laws through the sign
mg of Public Land Orders No.
7114 and Too on January 7, 1952,
according to Regional Forester
B. Frank Heintzleman. The Pub
lic Land Orders provide for the
elimination of the tracts from
the National Forest. Six of them
are located in the Chugach Na
tional Forest and nineteen are
located in the Tongass Forest in
Southeast Alaska.
The homesites eliminated in
the Kenai Division of the Chu
gach National Forest are: Mr.
Kenneth J. Coursen, Mr. Robert
S. Burchard, Mr. Hilary Zoerb
and Mr. John W. Willis of the
Cooper Landing Group, and Mr.
E. L. Graves of the Lower Trail
Lake Group.
The Regional Forester states
that it is tne policy of the Forest
Service to eliminate homesite
tiacts from the National Forests
as promptly as possible alter the
permittees have m t the horn
site requirements, in order that
they may make application for
patent to the Land Office at An
t-hoi age. Homosil permits are
not authorized on National For
ests ni the United States and our
residents are particularly fortu
nate in that the homesite law ap
plies to the National Forests of
Alaska. Already hundreds of
horni:sites have been eliminated
from the Alaska National Forests
and the permittees have received
patent and now own their tracts.
Permits are in effect for hun
dreds of other tracts which will
soon be available for patent. Mr.
Heintzleman further pointed out
that the Forest Service plans to
make other tracts available
through the development oi ac
cess roads as fast as the demand
arises and funds are available.
1953 Appropriation
Request Includes
ARR Rehabilitation
Now under way are Appropri
ation Committee hearing.' to c'o.i
tidin' the Presidents load fiscal
y e a r appropi iation requi >; >
which include stimabs totalling
SI it).773,o25 ior iederal activi
ties in Aiasna.
Includes ARR Rehebniiatio ;
The program for the Territory,
exclusive ol requests for mili
tary public works w iieh will b ‘
sent to the Hill later m the year,
seeks multi-million dollar appro
priations for Alaska Public
Works, construction of roads, re
habilitation of the southern end
of The Alaska Railroad, contin
nation of the health investiga
tion and agricultural research
plans, further exploration for
oil in Naval Petroleum deserve
No. 4 and 5U new deputy mar
shals for the Territory.
The Interior Department's
budget is the largest, with $88,
585,393 earmarked for the 1353
fiscal year. The second largest
appropriation request sought is
for the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration in the amount of
$19,617,875, followed by requests
for the Department of Defens
(other than military public
works) totalling $13,358,500. The
Agriculture Department with re
quests for 16,474,912 comes next,
followed by appropriations of
$5,614,945 for the Post Office
Department, $4,317,000 for the
Treasury Department, $1,285,000
ior the Department of Justice,
$1,260,000 for the Federal Se
curity Agency and $264,900 for
the Judiciary.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sop; r and
sons Edgar and Kenneth have re
turned from a two months vaca
tion trip spent in Oregon and
California. They drove out and
back over the Alaska Highway
with little or no car trouble but
had to install another ear heater
on the return trip as one heater
was not sufficient for the 60 to
65 degrees below zero weather
which they encountered.
Max Foster has been appoint
ed assistant for. man and will be
in charge of highway maintain
anee between Mile It! and Hope
and between Mile 06 and Cooper
Handing. Max has boon with the
BPR for twelve years so is fa
miliar with the work and its
particular problems.
Mrs. Robert Hall entertained
with an alt. moon of canasta on
Thursday. January 24. Those
present were Mrs. Walter Han
sen, Mrs. Thurman Wolfe, and
Mrs. Robert Wolfe and daughter
W anda.
Itlr. and Airs. Ralph Hatch
and daughters Carol Ann and
Baibara Lc wer g.. “sis of Mr.
anu Mrs. Delb 1 Wolie iroio
Wednesday until Friday of last
week.
Bob Hart well of The Alaska
Railroad was in the Pass Satur
day and entertained the com
munity with an evening movie
in eim color,"El Paso.
Mr and Airs Bob Shepherd
are now back in the Soper cabins
as the oil stove in the house
which they were renting blew
out and scared the family so
badly that they decided to make
the change. Fire is so hard to
combat in the Pass that they
decided not to chance it again.
Lyle Reed was in for a short
visit, having come down as a
player feu the Wnittier basket
ball squad which had a game in
SevvaiM, Saturday, January 26.
Sup-h CarSsCii Alvends
w j?ivrrciiice
:Mr. Carl H. Carlson, superin
t< :■ (Cr.t of schools in Seward,
will leave Saturday, Feb. 2, for
tin- week-long conference of
school superintendents being
held in Jiuv au next week.
Alaska educators will make
another attempt to c >ordinate
and soi t out the financial status
of the Territorial Department of
Education.
Mr. Carlson will report to the
local school board on. results of
the conference upon his return
to the city. The board will meet
February 12.
RECORD TO PFiESENT
PROS AND CC TR O '
WATER FOND ' >E
In order to assist the v iters of
Seward in making their decision
on the water bond issue to come
before the people at a special
election February 2(>. 1952, the
record will attempt, in the next
three issues to present the pros
and cons of the question so the
voters may know what they are
voting for. and why.
AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS
DEPT. PRESIDENT
Department President Edith
Davis of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be present at a
special meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary, Seward Unit
No. 5, at 3 p.m., Feb. 2. in the
Legion Club. Mrs. Davis will be
honored at a dinner at the Club
at 5 p.m., immediately following
the special m.eting.
Seward Legionnaires I
Visit EHIomer Post
Post.Commander and Mrs. Ed
Manthey, Mayor and Mrs. Eu
gene Lanier. Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Lesko, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stev
ens, and Dept. 1st Vice Comman
der and Mrs. Orrin M rrill spent
last weekend at Homer. Satur
day night they attended the
March of Dimes Dance.
Sunday morning the group
members were guests of the
Homer American Legion Post
No. 16 at a breakfast. At 1 p.m.,
Mr. Merrill act d as installing
officer for the new officers of
the llomer Post.
While in Homer the Seward
Auxiliary members organized an
Auxiliary Unit for the Inlet
town.
The Gateway City folks re
turned home Monday evening
with reports of having had a
wood rlul time.
Civil Defense Plan
Completed
for Territory
Completion of an over-all
Civil Defense Plan for the Terri
tory by Col. James C. Crockett,
Territorial Director, has been
iimmuieLu. ( overnm Grueiiing
and the Civil Defense Council
hay. stamped their approval to
the document.
The plan will be ready for dis
tribution to all local Civil Do*
fen sc Directors in a few weeks.
It will act as a guide and can be
varied to suit local situations.
“It is only natural that Alaska,
a potential military target,
should have a strong, well knit
Civil Deft use program," Crock
ett said.
All phases of problems which
might arise from enemy attack
are considered. Those stressed
include air raid warnings, war
den service, auxiliary firemen
and police, rescue work, engin
eering. shelters, control centers,
communications, supply, train
ing. public information, health,
welfare, transportation and evac
uation.
Universal throughout t h e
States, possessions and terri
tories are the warning and all
clear signals. Th red alert is
three minutes ol' fluctuating
notes of horn or siren, or three
minutt s of short blasts. The
white alert, or all clear, is one
steady minute followed • by two
minutes of silcnc . This is re
peated in sequence two more
limes for completion.
Alaska's Civil Defense Coun
cil consists of Gov. Ernest Gruen
ing. Chairman: Col. Lars John
son. Adjutant General of the
Alaska National Guard: Frank
Metcalf. Territorial Police; Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht. Commissioner
of Health: Tom Dyer, Mcmber
r.f-Large: and George "Tony"
Scev.'^mm. Director of Aeronau
tics and Communications.
Col. James C. Crockett is Di
rector: Bert llarrer directs the
Information and Education Pro
gram; Ed. Fortier is the Coordi
nator of the Anchorage District;
Rowland Livesloy is the Coordi
nator for the Fairbanks area.
Mrs. Margaret Brown is the Sec
retary.
Mrs. Lila Morrison, daughter
of Mrs. Andy Novak, is here be
tween semesters at the Univer
sil'v of Alaska at Fairbanks. Mrs.
Morrison, nee Lila Thors :n, was
married to Mr. Johnston Morri
son last Sentember. She is a
graduate of Seward High School
and has one semester to com
plete for graduation from the
university. Mr. Morrison is an
electrical engineer employed by
the Army at Elmendorf Field
Defense Director
Warns of
Red Power
Speaking ut a Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce meeting, Col.
James C. Crockett, Territorial
Director of Civil Defense, warn
eel of the Russian power.
“A war with Russia will not
be an easy one to win. Many
sacrifices will have to be made
for the Iteds have the atom
bomb and their tanks and air
craft are among the finest in the
world today,” he said.
Having traveled throughout
European Russia as Military At
tache to the American Embassy
in Moscow, and as an intelligence
officer who made a detailed
study of the military potential
and situation in the Soviet,
Crockett speaks with authority.
‘Alaska is a prime military
target for the Russians as they
will attempt to destroy our ra
dar screen and interceptor plan
bases,” he warned.
“Civil Defense in the Territory
is vitally important. Should
bombs be dropped on Juneau,
Anchorage or Fairbanks with
out the necessary Civil Defense
preparations, it would prove
disastrous,” he declared.
Crockett appealed to all civic
mind:d perosns to get behind
the Civil Defense program and
stress its importance to stamp
out the feeling “It can’t happen
here,”
Hub City Bowlers To
f*ect Seward's
Tcp Kegfers Sunday
L.c’s Men’s Wear Bowling
team will take on this city s top
bowlers in a special match game
Sunday at Droamlahd Bowl.
The Seward five will attempt
to out-score the Anchorag? bowl
ers to avenge a beating by the
Lee’s team in a previous match
at the Aleutian Lanes in Anchor
age.
Spectators at the return match
will have an opportunity to
watch th. speedy accurate bowl
ing of A1 Preiss. Anchorage
bowling star who last week
bowled the only 300 game ever
rolled at the Aleutian Lanes.
The former Los Angeles and
Phoenix. Ariz., bowler chalked
up a perfect game of 12 strikes in
a pre-tournam. at warm-up game
during the annual Anchorage
city tourney.
Other members of the Lee’s
team making the trip here are
Bob Perry, Roy Stafford, A1
White, and Captain Bill Lofflin.
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Radio and heater.
1341 PONTIAC Sedanette
Radio and heater.
1350 FORD Vis-Ton Pickup
Radio and heater.
1947 FORD Dump Truck
1947 FORD 4-DOOR SEDAN
Radio and heater.
1949 4-DOOR CHEVROLET
1947 4-DOOR CHEVROLET
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