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Vol. VIII. No. (17
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH, 14, 1952
Price 10 Cents
Aviation Safety
Discussions
D. M. Greizer
for
The Office of Aviation Safety
ARCTIC SURVIVAL AND
PRECAUTIONS—Continued
Snow may be eaten, with can
tion, for its moisture. The tem
p, lature oi the sno.v will Ik?
close to that of the surrounding
air, so that small quantities
should be taken at a time to
avoid frosting the tongue, Frost
tng the tongue retards tm flow
oi saliva, and will produce an
acute sense of thirst mess, unre
lieved by further consumption
oi snow or liquids.
There is no harm in this, be
yond the diseomiort, except that
it becomes tempting to eai more
snow, faster, whicn only makes
the condition worse, and can
lead to damage of the tissues of
the mouth.
It naturally follows that when
frozen loods are eaten, the same
effects occur as in the eating of _
snow, so that small bites should
be taken, with tun. between to
allow the mouth temperature to
come back to normal. —To be
continued.
There's No Wind rsack There
Burleigh Putnam. CAA Chief.
Aviation Safety Division, Alaska,
strikes a key-note in the follow
ing plea to “brush the snow oil
ihos. wings."
“Experienced pilots know ac
cumulated snow won t blow oil
the wings in flight, yet eacn year,
a new crop of pilots tries a take
off with snow-eiact wings. The
upper surface oi the wing has no
wind to blow the snow oif.
“Flying in rain, the upper
surface remains dry except tor
snow-moving rivulets. Ever no
tice? . . . There's no wind back
tlure.
“Flying in icing conditions, the
ice forms on the leading edge,
but not the upper surface. Ever
watch it? . . . There’s no wind
back there.
“After countless accidents
have shown that snow will not
blow off th upper surface, must
we prove it again? . . . When
there’s no wind back there?”
Burl R. Parret, USN,
Buck In States
From Korea
Burl R. Parret, fireman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Burl L. Par
ret of Seward, recently returned
to the United States while serv
ing aboard the hospital ship USS
Repose, known as the “Angel of
the Orient" for its treatment of
11,000 soldiers with only 33
deaths.
The Repose, a 15,000-ton float
ing hospital with 800 beds, has
spent the past 16 months in Ko
rea near the front lines within
easy reach of battlefield casual
ties.
In one action near Chinnampo,
Korea, the Repose inched its way
through 30 miles of dangerously
shallow channel in order to
evacuate more than 750 wound
ed United Nations soldiers be
fore they were trapped in a gi
gantic Communist offensive. This
made it necessary for tht crew
to work around th:: clock for 60
hours in one of the great rescue
operations of the war.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE
STARTS MARCH 15 - APRIL 20
City of Portland Inaugurates "Aiacka Day”
As Annual Cesebratlrr iO
Portland, 0:w„o.. Portland
inaugurated “Alaska Day' as an
annual celebration in grand style
Mai eh 10 with an enthusiastic
turnout oJ' the leading citizens
of both city and state, 1 d by
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee
and Governor Douglas McKay,
who attended a large civic
luncheon honoring visiting
guests from the Territory.
Governor Ernest Gruening
was principal speaker at the
luncheon. Among other promi
nent guests were: Col. J. P.
Johnson, general manager, Alas
ka Railroad; Don Goodman,
chairman, Alaska Development
Board and past president, An
chorage Chamber of Commerce;
Charles Wilton, Territorial Con
servationist. Soil Conservation
Service, Palmer: Edgar W. Smitn,
president, Portland Chamber of
Commerce: Ben Parkinson, vice
president and general manager,
Coastwise Line, and Amos Burg,
famous Alaska xpiorer now vis
iting his home in Portland in
preparation for another explor
ation into Alaska.
Portland school children par
ticipated in the ecu oration by
devoting special stuuy s. -sums
to the hisory and development oi
Alaska.
The ovcrf 1 ow crowd of mor<•
than 300 attenuing the lunch.on
sponsored by t h e Portland
Chamber of Commerce were de
light, d with the many delicacies
shipped down by Portland s two
direct air links with the Terri
tory. Pacific Northern Airlines
and Alaska Airlines. Indications
wore that there would soon be a
demand in Portland for such
items as the luncheon group en
joyed, including: Chee fish, Ma
tanuska potatoes, rutabagas and
coleslaw, and blueberry cobbler.
The Alaska menu was pre
pared under the watchful eye of
a former Alaskan who worked
tor several years in Juneau and
was with the Westward Hotel in
Anchorage, Bob Lindquist, new
assistant manager of the Mult
nomah Hotel in Portland.
Governor Douglas McKay told
the group, “Oregon did not have
an important part in the ex
ploitation of Alaska, but is go
ing to play a greater part in the
development era now under
way.”
R. B. Maloney, chairman of
the Portland Chamber's Alaska
committee, sponsors of Alaska
Day, uxplv.i-u'd that the exLm’a
tiou Wui concu.ved m an eifort,
"10 recognize aiu. nonor jur very
good ir.eiias to me north, and at
tne same nine to euucate our
people on the facts tnat Alaska
is not a land oi ice and snow but
a vciy beautiful country lull of
hign mountains and green val
leys, abundant timoer, thousands
oi iaKes teeming witn fish and a
land that produces many excel
lent loads, as well as being a key
point in the d.iense oi Aorui
America."
George M. Henderson who
maue tne original market study
oi Alaska which led to Portland s
entrance into business there on
a large scale, served as cnairman
oi the day.
Governor Gruening’s remarks
were b; outcast by two radio sta
tions and three other stations
made special interview pro
grams, with a total of eight
broadcasts beamed to the Pacific
Noithwest telling the story of
Alaska Day.
A special dinner was held in
the e vening attended by leading
s.iipp rs and others interested in
Alaska’s d<.velopment.
A^ehor^gc Ball Team
Ljsos To i7range!S
TSrsI Game of Series
All local sports fans were
buzzing with interest 1... t night
over news of the firs, ml r
scholastic game for all Alaska
basketball chamoionship h. id in
\\ rang 11 Thurs ty pi .it.
rlhc Eagles lost to Wrangell
by 12 points, according to word
received here today. Three foul
outs were imposed on Wrangell,
one on Anchorage.
The Anchorage Eagles are ex
pected to ring up a better score
in the second gam:, after prac
tice on the Wrangell floor which
is considerably smaller than the
floors the Eagles are accustomed
to playing on.
After winning the Western Al
aska tournament, Fairbanks, the
Anchorage team traveled to
Wrangell to play the winner of
the Southeastern tournament.
The South . astern games result
ed in an upset with Wrangell
winners over the Juneau power
house last week.
Commencing Saturday, March
15, the green uniformed girls of
Scouting and the brown uni
formed girls of Brownies will
practice salesmanship and re
ceive business experi nee as
they offer to the people of Sew
ard crisp chocolate and vanilla
sandwich cookies, peppermint
chocolate cookies and vanilla
wafers stamped in the shape ol
the Girl Scout trefoil. Each box
of cookies, freshly made, will
sell for fifty cents.
Each girl has been reminded
to s. 11 to family, friends and
neighbors. The Seward Girl
Scout Cookie Sale will continue
for four weeks, ending April 12.
with the income goal set at $300.
Funds raised will help finance
the planned summer activities of
ini' organization.
Native Art Exhibited
At Woman's Club
A fine exhibit of native arts,
including ivory, etchings, paint
ings, wood carvings and furs,
created great interest at th. Sew
ard Woman's Club meeting in
the Community Library Thurs
day night.
Many items of hand work by
patients at the Seward Sanatori
um were displayed by Miss Patsy
Brittain and Mrs. Dan B. Rose,
in charg: of the Sanatorium ex
hibit.
Patients submitting work were
Paul Buck, White Mountain;
Edg^r Monignok. Mckeryuk, Nu
mva* Island; Madeline Charles,
Nunivak Island; Leo Kunnuk,
King Island: Richard Gillian,
Sitka; McKenna Wemark. Wales;
Fraud and Gladys Walunga, Sa
voonga. St. Lawrence Island, and
Maggie John, Fairbanks.
Mrs. Ray James exhibited sev
eral int resting items iroin her
personal collection, including a
baline boat from Pt. Hope, medi
cine mask from isumvuK Island,
a moose sinew market bag irom
Chicken, a spruce-root basket
from Admiralty Island, and
carvings by the Walungas.
These delicate and nn.ly exe
cuted works of art are among
the finest examples of Alaskan
arteraft to be seen anywhere
and are greatly admired.
During the business meeting
the nominating committee for
next year's slate of officers was
appointed. Mrs. Tom Howell,
chan man, Mrs. Robert Duffy
and Miss Goldie Busko compose
the committee which will report
at the April meeting.
The April meeting will be
postponed until April 29 as the
regular date would fall during
Holy Week.
HOMER CHURCH MAY BUY
LAND FOR CAMP SITE
The Homer Methodist Church
would be allowed to purchase 40
acres of land near Soldotna for
use as a church camp site under
the terms of a bill introduced in
the Hous this week by Delegate
Bartlett.
The land would be sold at a
reasonable appraised price of not
less than $1.25 an acre and the
title would be granted in the
name of the Board of Home Mis
sions and Church Extension of
the Methodist Church.
The heartening prospect of
hydro electric power for Seward
and the entire Kenai Peninsula
was given tlie local utility board
in special meeting Thursday
night.
Joseph Morgan, Director Bu
reau of Reclamation for Alaska,
and Brainard Severence, Bureau
of Reclamation engineer, in a
meeting with the board held out
hope*of Eklutna power within
five years. The board was asked
to present figures of present use
and future estimated require
ments with other pertinent facts
for study by Bureau of Reclama
tidn engineers.
Eklutna can produce enough
power to supply the Kenai Pen
insula and Seward for approxi
mately eight years under the
present usage basis, according to
Morgan. During that time, it will
be possible to continue with
planning and construction of the
Crescent Lake project, which
was proposed by the Army En
gineers two years ago. Some sur
veys have been made on this
project, but additional work is
necessary to compete these plans.
Morgan expressed keen inter
est in the Kenai Peninsula project
in a meeting with Clarence Keat
ing in Anchorage. Mr. Keating
accompanied the men on the trip
to Seward and introduced them
to utility board members here.
Barton Stanton, chairman ot
the utility board, stated today
that the prospects look good for
hydro elecric power in Seward
within five years. “In the mean
time, however," Mr. Stanton
stated, we must continue to sup
ply diesel power to keep up with
the rapid growth of the city and
environs."
<0-Ton Generator For
City Electric System
Unloaded This Week
The long waited power gener
ator for Seward Electric System
arrived and was unloaded from
the Alaska Lin As freighter the
SS John Quick this week. The
generator was purchased early in
1951. but delivery was delayed
by priorities in construcion. Au
thorities here were informed
that the equipment originally
scheduled for S:ward was sent
to Korea and the city had to wait
its turn for new construction.
The engine, weighing in the
neighborhood of' 48 tons, is to be
installed in the new building re
cently completed to house the
additional equipment.
With installation of the big
generator, power output will be
doubl d in Seward, according to
plant officials.
NAVY OFFICE MAKES FIRST
100 PER CENT
RED CROSS CONTRIBUTION
Seward's first contribution on
the basis of 100 per cent partici
pation in the coming Red Cross
Fund Campaign was made by the
Navy Control of Shipping office
here, according to Jay Stauter,
fund campaign chairman.
Commander Keene, head of
the office here, turned over the
contribution to Rev. Charles Ma
lin, chapter chairman, this week.
An effort is being made to en
courage 100 per cent participa
tion of all business and em
ployees before the general hous -
to-housc canvass begins.