SEWARD
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
Seapor t
Record
Seward*s All-JVeather Port is Alaska's Greatest Asset.
Vol. VII. No. 84
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1951
Price 10 cents
'Welcome to Alaska’
“Welcome to Alaska,” recent
ly published by the Alaska Sal
mon Institute, points to Seward
as the chief port of southwestern
Alaska.
This new booklet, prepared
primarily for newcomers to
the Territory, emphasizes Al
aska's varied climate, resourc
es and industrial opportuni
lies. It is in great demand
among old-lime Alaska resi
dents who are writing for
pamphlets for themselves and
for friends outside.
“Welcome to Alaska” is being
distributed on planes, trains,
steamships and in hotels. It is
also advertised in newspapers
throughout the Territory and on
A SKETCH OF SEWARD'S HARBOR as shown in "Welcome to
Alaska," recently published by the Alaska Salmon Institute.
Sam Hayes’ radio news com
mentary, “The Weekly Spec
tator.”
In the section of the pam
phlet devoted to Alaskan
towns and cities, Seward's
shore line is sketched and our
beautiful location and excel
lent sports fishing mentioned.
Alaskans are invited to write
the Alaska Salmon Institute,
Box 893, Ketchikan, for free
copies of ‘■Welcome to Alaska."
The Institute will also mail
copies to addresses outside the
Territory.
I Controlled Materials Plan For Alaska To B j
Placed In Operation July 1
A controlled materials plan
will be placed in operation July
1 for direct defense and defense
supporting production and con
struction by the NPA, accord
ing to Larry Moore, Alaska
manager of the Associated Gen
eral Contractors.
Three basic metals, steel, cop
per and aluminum, will be allo
cated to defense and defense
supporting programs with spe
cific allocations being made to
contractors having such work
under existing contract. Alloca
tions will be made for quarterly
periods but will not permit
carry-overs into next quarters.
Direct materials allocations
will be made to certain, but not
all, construction programs. The
NPA will start issuing exact
orders and forms to be used on
May 1, to give industries twg
months to prepare for opera
tions under Controlled Materials
Plan regulations.
Regulations to be issued in
May are CMP-1, general outline
of the plan, CMP-2, inventories,
CMP-3, priorities, CMP-4, ware
oouse supplies, CMP-5, main
tenance, repair and operating
supplies, CMP-ti, construction,
ind CMP-7, repair shops.
Details of what construction
orograms will secure allocations
oave not been fully and finally
letermined, although advance
illocations of copper and alumi
num already have been made
tor the second quarter require
nents of power production and
transmission as well as steel
:rom June rollings for highways.
Jnder consideration are con
struction programs for military,
domic energy, expansion of pro
luction facilities for essential
terns, highways, schools, min
ng, petroleum production and
)thers. The remaining big ques
ion is “What is defense or de
ense supporting?”
Moore stated that “The con
struction industry considers it
extremely difficult to separate
any Alaska construction from
direct defense or supporting de
fense, since everything needed
in the Territory is vital to the
general defense program.”
Despite the controlled ma
terials plan, the NPA order
which limits starting certain
types of construction, will be
continued. Also to remain ir
force are preference ratings
known as ”do” orders. CMF
regulations to be issued May 1
will outline full details.
BUS LINE OPERATOR
VISITS SEWARD
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Swank
of Anchorage were in Seward
four days this week and made a
two-day inspection trip over the
Kenai Peninsula road system
with Mr. II. H. Malcolm of the
Kenai Peninsula Bus Line.
Mr. Swank is president of the
Matanuska Valley Bus Line and
the Anchorage City Transil
system.
ALASKA STEAM HAS NEW
AGENT AT VALDEZ
George B. Davis, Alaska
Steamship Company purser, has
been appointed agent for the
company at Valdez, D. E. Skin
ner. vice president and general
manager, announced this week.
Davis succeeds R. D. Kelsey
of the Valdez Dock Company
who recently resigned his posi
tion with The Alaska Line to
devote his time to the dock
operation.
Mr. Karl Barth of Cordova
and her little son Paul, arrived
is Seward on Friday of last
week to spend about a month
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Harrow.
C, of C. Sponsors
Clearrjp Week
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring a Cleanup
in Seward, and towards that
end is asking the Mayor n."
Seward to proclaim the week
of May 14 through i9 for this
purpose.
The Chamber of Commerce
asks the assistance of all or
ganizations in Seward to assist
and cooperate in this work, in
order to secure the best possible
results. It is hoped to have the
town looking clean and in good
condition before the tourist
season begins June 1. The Na
tional Editorial Association
cruise is coming to Seward
about June 12. and part of the
contingent will remain in Sew
ard four days. It is desired that
some activity be organized for
them while they are in our town.
Cooperation in this movement
is requested by the Chamber of
Commerce. “Let's get our homes
and grounds cleaned up, then
assist in formulating some plan,
to take care of these visitors
while in Seward.'" the spokes
man said. "Wo should continue
to place our best foot forward,
so that visitors will take away
a pleasant view of our town and
her citizens. We ask that each
organization have a representa
tive meet with the Chamber
members at the City Council
Chamber, May 2, at 8:00 p.m."
Firms Seek Graphite
Deposits In Alaska
Faced with production curtail
ments owing to critical national
graphite shortages, several of
the lai test graphite concerns in
the U.S. are looking to Alaska
for additional supplies of this
mineral, it is reported by The
Alaska Development Board.
Graphite is re pared by indus
try- for a score of defense pur
poses. including the atomic en
ergy program and in the manu
facture of crucibles for foundar
ies, brushes for motors and gen
erators, batteries and lubricants.
The United States depends
upon imports for 90 per c.nt of
its annual requirements, the ma
jority of graphite coming from
Ceylon, Madagascar and Mexico.
Prior to World War II. substan
tial quantities were brought in
from Korea.
The largest-known graphite
deposits in Alaska are found in
the Immuruk Basin region on
Seward Peninsula, where small
quantities for commercial use
were produced in years past. Oc
currences also have been report
ed in Southeast Alaska. Pros
pectors knowing of graphite de
posits elsewhere in the Territory
may find it well worth their
while to stake claims. Prices
range upward to several hun
dred dollars per ton, depending
upon grade and quality.
Prospectors or claim holders
desiring to be placed in touch
with potential purchasers should
write the Alaska Development
Board, Box 50, Juneau, furnish
ing details about their property.
Samples also should be provided,
it was stated by the Board.
LOAD LIMIT PLACED ON
TRUCKING OVER
STERLING HIGHWAY
Effective as of this $iate and
until further notice, load limits
for ail trucks and pickups is re
duced to 75 per cent of rated ca
pacity on the Sterling Highway
from Hentons' to Homer, it is an
nounced by the Alaska Road
Commission.
Bus Line To Serve
KeKai Peninsula
A new eight-passenger subur
ban embellished with the words
“Matanuska Valley Lines” ap
peared in Seward this week and
it has been learned here, will be
used along with another to ar
rive in a few days to start pas
senger bus schedules over the
Kenai Peninsula road system.
The two eight-passenger ve
hicles are being used to start the
service because of the poor con
dition of the roads during the
breakup season. They will be re
placed with modern 2(> passenger
equipment as soon as road con
ditions and increased traffic per
mit.
Schedules are starting next
Monday from Seward through to
Homer and all way points on
Monday and Thursday, and to
Portage on Wednesday.
The bus service is under man
agement of H. H. Malcolm of
Seward, who has operated the
Kenai Peninsula Bus Line since
1943.
VACCINE
By Public Health Nurse
The people of Seward are
about to have the chance of
being tuberculin tested and vac
cinated if indicated. There are
more children who have tuber
culosis each year than have
poliomyelitis.
We have a vaccine that will
help many of the children avoid
TB. Modern medical progress
has helped us to make a test
and a vaccination that is usable
in helping your child escape
tuberculosis. This testing and
vaccination is available to you
free of charge.
If the first test shows your
child lo be already vaccinated,
or resistant, then the vaccina
tion with BCG will neither be
needed nor necessary. It is some
thing like smallpox. If the vac
cination once takes, or the re
sistance is good, then the first
test will show this. You would
give your, child this advantage
for polio if it were possible,
and some day we hope to have
it for polio.
The tuberculin testing is car
ried out by experienced doctors
and nurses. The testing leaves
no scar, so if you have been
tested before, be sure to have
a record with you. Otherwise,
you will need to be tested again
with the tuberculin.
If the tuberculin shows no
skin reaction, then you will
benefit from BCG vaccination.
Everything we can do to help
our children, and ourselves,
avoid disease, makes us better
fathers and mothers, besides
having healthier and happier
children.
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE
ON CONSTRUCTION
CONFERENCE
The Department of the In
terior has released a set of doc
uments dealing with the Alaska
Labor Management Construc
tion Conference held in Anchor
age January 22-26.
Since some addresses on the
conference registry list were
incomplete, Edwin M. Fitch,
secretary to the conference, was
unable to send copies to all
those who attended. He there
fore has stated that anyone who
would like a set of the docu
ments may obtain them by writ
ing to him, in care, of Depart
ment of the Interior, Washing
ton 25, D. C.
POSITIONS OPEN
Applications will be receiv
ed in ihe office cl the City
Clerk for positions of Sireet
Superintendent and Mechanic.
Seward High Places
Second In
Commercial Contest
(Taken from the Seward's Folly)
Students from the Commercial
Department attained second
place in the first Postal Commer
cial Contest held in Alaska last
week.
Seward's shorthand team, rep
resented by Janet Hendricks,
Iris Smith and Phyllis Dangler
won the highest score with an
average of 144 out of a possible
145. Janet's paper was the only
perfect transcript entered, win
ning for her, individual high
honors. Phyllis Dangler placed
second in shorthand, and third
in the Advanced Typing Compe
tition. The Ad/anced Typing
team, Phyllis Dangler and Miki
Ratchford, rated second place.
Seward's beginning typists won
another second place, with Jo
Ann Milroy scoring a second,
within .2 of the winning paper.
Others cn this team were Mary
Rogers and Gail Jacobs. Ray
mond Anderson and Margaret
Lindsey represented the Book
keeping class.
There* Were seven schools en
tered in the contest, including
Ketchikan, Kodiak. Cordova,
Sitka, Douglas, Petersburg and
Seward. Papers were sent by air
to the director, Mrs. Muir, and
a committee of Faculty women,
headed by Miss Ruth Anderson,
checked papers far into the
night to have results in the mail
within the week.
For most of the schools, schol
astic contests are new, and being
conducted by mail, this one may
have lost some of its effective
ness, • but if was wonderful fun
preparing for it, and far from
being discouraged that Ketchi
kan takes three first places, Sew
ard is heartily determined that
“. . . . .next year!'’
Manpower To Be
Distributed Evenly
By Armed Forces
Department of Defense, April
10—a plan for the equitable
distribution of manpower among
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Airforce ir* a way that will
assure that each gets its fair
share of new men, on the basis
of' mental and physical qualifi
cations, was announced today
by the Secretary of Defense,
George Marshall. The plan will
apply to men entering through
enlistment or Selective Service.
In announcing the new program.
Sec. Marshall stated that it was
"A further step in the progress
of the unification of the Armed
Forces.
Minimum physical standards
for acceptance will be identical
for all services.
Out of every 100 men who
take the Armed Forces qualifi
cation test and qualify for mili
tray service, eight normally fall
in group 1, the highest mental
group; 32 in group II, 39 in
group III, and 21 in group IV.
Each service will take in men
in accordance with these pro
portions, whether through vol
untary enlistment or induction.
Should the service fail, in any
two month period, to obtain by
voluntary enlistment the speci
fied quotas, shortages would be
filled in a subsequent month
from among Selective Service
registrants.
Officer candidates, aviation
cadets and veterans will not be
covered in the qualitative dis
tribution program. When excep
tional circumstances justify such
may request the Secretary of
Defense specific exceptions to
proportionate qualitative distri
bution.