SEWARD
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Vol. VIII. No. 74
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952
Price 10 Cents
Delegate Bartlett Says Sanatorium ill Stay
Primary Election
Returns from Seward
And Mile 31:>
Only 279 votes were cast in
Seward in the primary election
last Tuesday. Very few of these
followed straight party lines, it
was observed, and an unusual
number of voters registered as
Independent rather than declar
ing outright for either party.
Bartlett took the local lead over
Reeves by 59 votes.
Mi.
Seward 3^2
Delegale to Congress:
Bartlett, I)., 166 17
Reeves, R.. 107 14
Attorney General:
Williams. D., 174 18
Auditor of Alaska:
Garnick. R., 95
Goetz. R., 34
Moore. D., 56
Sheldon. D.. 84
Highway Engineer:
Metcalf. D., 126
Reed, R., 134
Senate, Short Term:
Armstrong, D., 31
Conright. D., 105
Robison. R.. 123
Senate, 4-Year Term:
Bell. R...
Egan. D.,
Gorsuch. R..
Hodge. R..
Hoppin, R..
Johnson, R ,
McCutcheon,
Rivers, D ,
Steve. D..
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80
105
38
63
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107
House of Representatives:
Bailey, D.,
Baldwin. D..
Brennan, D .
Carlson, D.,
Clemans, D..
Cruthers, D..
Davis, D..
Dimock. R..
Gibson. D.,
Harris, D.,
Hillstrand. D..
Kalamarides, D..
Kay, D.,
Kroenung, R.,
Loussac. D.,
McKinley, R..
Mears, D..
Nesbett, D„
Niklason, R.,
Olivera, D..
Olsen, R.,
Olson, R.,
Owen, D..
Pollard, D.,
Pollock. R.,
Prior. R.,
Rentschler, R.,
Rutherford, R.,
Ryan, D..
Shadura, D.,
Smith, R.,
Snodgrass, R.,
Stock. R..
Stringer, R.,
Tatro, R .
Thomas, D.,
Williamson, R.,
Young, D.,
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JONES CHILD IMPROVING
IN HOSPITAL
Little Linda Jones, 3 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Jones is improving rapidly in
Seward General Hospital.
Linda fell, striking her head
and suffering severe cuts Mon
day while playing. She lives
with her parents at the Lytle &
Green construction camp at
Mile 38.
Mrs. Joe Folz of this city left
hurriedly this week for her
former home in Minnesota. She
was called home by the death
of her mother .
NAZARENE CONGREGATION
TO BUILD CHURCH
Rev. L. C. Hopkins, minister
of the Church of the Nazarene,
announces that there will be a
ground-breaking ceremony for
the construction of the First
Nazarene Church in Seward,
Alaska. It is to be held Sunday,
May 4, at 2 p.m. on the corner of
4th and C Streets.
The Church of the Nazarene
was organized in Seward July,
1951. Services have been held
in the I.O.O.F. Hall pending the
building of the church.
Saturday, May 3, at 7 o'clock,
the adults are giving the young
people of the church a banquet,
with the theme, "A Christian
Education.” Mr. L. W. Johnson
of the Northwest Nazarene Col
lege, Nampa, Idaho, will be the
speaker. There will also be guest
speakers for both morning and
evening services, Sunday. At the
NY PS service, 7 p.m., Rev.
Lewis Hudgins of Nome, will
show slides.
The public is cordially in
vited to each of the Sunday
services
DALE'S DINER ROBBED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Dale's Diner was robbed of
S(ij in cash, taken from the cash
register sometime between 9:30
p.m. Wednesday and 5 o'clock
the next morning, according to
police chief Floyd Evans.
Entry apparently was made
through the back window, the
latch of which was found brok
tn. Nothing was disturbed ex
cept money in the till although
meat and other foods could have
been taken if the robber had
wanted it.
Police have not revealed whe
ther they have any suspects in
the case.
SEWARD MUSIC STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN
ANCHORAGE FESTIVAL
Twenty-two music students
from the Seward High School
will participate in the first mu
sical festival being held in An
chorage this week end. The
children left by train and bus,
Thursday and Friday. The group
includes members of the school
band and chorus, under the di
rection of Mrs. Edna Dixon, di
rector of music in the school
here.
This is the first year of the
school band. Instruments were
purchased by the school at the
suggestion of Mrs. Dixon, who
came to Seward from the Kodiak
school. She has organized the
band and trained children who
were totally unfamiliar with any
musical instrument until this
season. The band has given one
recital during the year.
NEW MANAGER TAKES
OVER HOUSING AREA
Mr. Charles Foster of Anchor
age took over as Maintenance
Manager of the Seward Housing
Area for the Alaska Housing
Authority May 1. He will live
on the premises and be avail
able at all times to the tenants
as soon as he is settled.
Paul Nelson, business admin
istrator, Seward Sanatorium, re
turned Thursday from a business
trip Outside. He had been away
several weeks. Mr. Nelson greet
ed his new son for the first time.
The baby was born shortly after
his father had left for the busi
ness trip.
Will There Be A
Marathon Race
This Year?
Questions as to whether Sew
ard will have the annual Mt.
Marathon race on the 4th of
July this year have been heard
in several quarters.
The first meeting of the estab
lished 4th of July Committee
will be held Tuesday. May 6, in
the city hall at 8 p.m. Every
individual, business house and
organization in the city who is
in any way interested in the
proposition is asked to be pres
ent at tliis very important meet
ing.
It will be remembered that on
last year’s hottest day, July 4th,
more than 1000 visitors saw the
race. Businessmen who profit
greatly from the influx of visi
tors should be interested in a
repeat of last year’s successful
celebration.
The term of office for the old
committee is ended and a new
election must be held immediate
ly to get the program started.
Ail lormer office rs wish to bow
out of the picture and leave a
new committee to take over the
bank balance and preparations
tor this year.
Reclamation Bureau
Director Here
A party headed by Joseph
Morgan, Alaska director Bureau
of Reclamation, made an auto
trip to Seward last week end.
The Bureau is especially in
t. rested in Seward and tlit* Ke
nai Peninsula since recent talks
on the possibility of Eklutna
power lor this vicinity.
Mr. Morgan was accompanied
by Charles C. Baker, from the
Commissioner’s Office, Bureau
o f Reclamation, Washington,
D.C.; Max Knight, chief electri
cal engineer from Denver, Colo
rado: William Burpee, counselor.
Bureau of Reclamation, Boise.
Idaho; and Barmy Felkner,
construction engineer for the
Eklutna project.
AVA DISTRIBUTES FOLDERS
DEPICTING VACATIONS
Juneau — Over 3,500 colorful
brochure s depicting Alaska vaca
te >ns were sent out this week by
the Alaska Visitors Association,
it was announced by the AVA
headquarters in Juneau.
Inquiries lor information on
vacations in response to a s.ries
of ads which AVA has been run
ning in national publications
eotinue to pour into the Associa
tion office daily.
The current campaign in
cludes Time, Newsvver’., Holi
day, Sunset, G. He " acre r. I .
structor, N.C.A. journal, ASTA
Travel News, Travel Agent Mag
azine .and New York Times
travel section.
Now available for g neral dis
tribution, the new folder entitled
Horizons Unlimited in Big and
Beautiful Alaska, suggests places
to go and things to do on an
Alaskan vacation.
It is graphically illustrated,
and among the many things
highlighted are glaciers, Bering
Sea Eskimo regions, totems, Ml.
McKinley, Russian churches, gi
gantic vegetables and scores oJ
other places and items of tourist
interest.
The Alaska Visitors Associa
tion introduces their symbol of
travel, Mr. Billikin. in the new
folder, and he is spotted through
out in various poses.
CITY CRACKS DOWN ON
SALES TAX VIOLATORS
A few business houses in Sew
ard are being cited to have their
books examined on suspicion of
not turning in the correct
amount of sales tax, according
to an announcement from the
City Hall Friday.
After 'reviewing the sales tax
ordinance with the city attorney,
the Council has decided to en
force the ordinance more strict
ly rather than to revise it.
Sales tax is to be paid on all
transactions in the city even if
the purchaser lives out of town.
Two per cent is to be paid on
all car sales, either new or used.
Sales tax is to be paid on apart
ment rentals. On all sales of
24 cents or less, 2 p:r cent is to
be paid by retailer on basis of
gross sales.
Violation of this ordinance
shall be punished by fine of not
more than $100 or by imprison
ment of not more than 20 days,
or both.
Copies of the Sales Tax Ordi
nance, No. 190-A may be had on
request to the City Clerk.
Warning to Dog
Owners
Police warn that all dogs run
ning at large after Sunday, Mav
4, will be destroyed immediately
in compliance with the nuisance
ordinance of the city .
Many complaints have been
pouring in about dogs attacking
children and adults. Thirty
chickens were kilkd in one
night, and a roving band of
malemutes nearly killed two
valuable dogs in their own yard
one day this week.
Roving dogs will be killed by
the poundmast.r without notice,
with or without license, accord
ing to today’s announcement.
OPS STARTS INSPECTIONS
NEXT WEEK
Juneau—Special agents of the
Office of Price Stabilization en
forcement division will begin a
survey of restaurants and bars
Monday, May 5, to check com
pliance of Ceiling Pric. Regula
tion 120. Charles L. Beckler,
enforcement director for Alaska
OPS announced this week.
Ceiling Price Regulation 120,
which went into effect Jan. 2H,
1052 in the Territories, requires
all bars and restaurants to file
copies of the price lists they had
in effect during the period Jan.
2 to 15, 1052. All food and drink
prices in effect at that time are
frozen as of that period.
Beckler said special agents
would visit bars and restaurants
in various areas of the Territory,
including the Ketchikan, Jun.au,
Anchorage and Fairbanks dis
tricts.
CITY PROHIBITS LIVING IN
TRAILERS WITHIN
CORPORATE LIMITS
All house trailers, trucks, etc.,
being used as living quarters
must be removed from within
the city limits within 60 days,
in comliance with a recent ordi
nance of the City of Seward.
This ruling is similar to action
taken by most other cities gov
erning house trailers. It is us
ually a sanitary and health meas
ure as trailers except in a regu
larly established trailer park
have no access to sewer and
water facilities.
Rumors that the Alaska Na
tive Service might withdraw
patients from the sanatorium at
Bartlett on completion of the big
new hospital at Anchorage are
without foundation, according to
Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
"For a long time to come there
will be a definite need for fa
cilities at the institution adja
cent to Seward,” Bartlett said.
"Opening the new Anchorage
hospital will be a great boon
but even so it will not be possi
ble to hospitalize all the people
ill witli tuberculosis.”
A survey made by the Alaska
Department of Health indicates
there are 2910 definitely diag
nosed cases of pulmonary tu
berculosis among the native
population of Alaska. This is
exclusive of cases in which pro
gress of the disease has been
arrested. There remain slightly
over 702 persons upon whom
diagnostic work has not yet
been completed. It is believed
that a large number of these
will be discovered to have the
disease in its active stages. Of
the total number of natives who
are ill, 409 are now receiving
hospital care. When the Anchor
age hospital is open there will
be room for 834 patients, includ
ing outpost hospitals and the
Tacoma Indian Hospital.
Delegate Bartlett was advised
by Hugh J. Wade, Area Director
lor tiie Alaska Native Service.
I hat $284,000 is being provided
by the federal government this
year for maintaining patients in
the sanatorium at Bartlett. Pro
visions are being made to re
quest similar amounts in the
budget requests for the next
two fiscal years. Mr. Wade as
sured Delegate Bartlett that the
sanatorium would continue to
be used "either as a full scale
tuberculosis hospital or as a
home and rehabilitation center
for convalescents.”
Sanatorium Staff Has
Ultimate Goal of
Patients' Return Home
Specialized Medical Care
S c w a r d Sanatorium located
two miles from the town of Sew
ard is making a real contribu
tion toward the fight being
waged against tuberculosis in
the Territory of Alaska. Its 150
patients are benefitting by the
most up to date medical and
surgical procedures carried out
by doctors who are specialists
in the tuberculosis field.
Dr. Francis J Phillips. Medi
cal Director, is a member of the
Board of Thoracic Surgery, a
Fellow’ of the American College
of Surgeons, and a member of
th. American Trudeau Society.
Dr. Shih-Shun Chao is a Fel
low of the World Health Organ
ization. and an Associate Fellow
of the American College of Chest
Physicians. Dr. Joseph Diesher,
who is on the staff half time,
has trained in recommended Or
thopedic Surgery undir Dr. Phil
lip Moore at Mt. Edgecumbe.
Progress in the fight against
tuberculosis is enhanced by the
use of anti-biotic drugs and the
new surgical approaches. Al
though prolonged bed rest is
still considered the foundation
of treatment surgical procedures
in many instances hasten re
covery. In some cases an opera
tion is the only means to arrest
the disease. Rib resections for
collapse of the lung and removal
of parts or the whole lung are
not unusual. These operations
which a few years ago were con
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