WHERE IS THE SEWARD CANNON ?
ward did have a cannon, an
Russian cannon. It held the
of honor in Nile Park. Nile
•was formerly that part of
oad Street which is now oc
d by the railroad dock of
buildings. The cannon dis
ired mysteriously during
d War II, and the Seward
iber of Commerce wants it
The subject of the cannon
came up Tuesday at the noon
luncheon of Seward Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Jay Stauter, just
returned from a trip to Juneau
on a research project, unearthed
the story. Mr. Kiethan, Curator
of the Alaska Museum, himself
an enthusiastic member of
CHAOS (Cannon Hunters of
America Official Society) asked
about the cannon arid its history.
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce remembered the relic
and that it was the property of
the late Cal Brosius who had it
placed in the- park. It had been
given to him by a friend who
discovered it in the Islands.
Sometime early in the war the
cannon disappeared, and the
ARR tracks, jitney shop, etc.,
were built in the park area.
Nothing is known about the pres
ent location of the Seward can
non.
The Chamber of Commerce is
planning a year-long 50th anni
versary for Seward, and wish to
find the cannon “as evidence,”
one member said, “that the city
did have some evidence of de
fense at one time.”
Any information leading to
the present location of the can
non will be appreciated by the
Chamber of Commerce Anniver
sary Committee, Jay Stauter,
secretary.
It is hoped that this public ap
peal will awaken the detective
in every human breast and
the whereabouts of Seward’s lost
cannon learned, and its return
speedily brought about.
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SEWARD. ALASKA WED.. OCTOBER 3, 1951
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TTEMPT TO
5. Eighth Army Headquar
Korea V — A thunderous
'd Kutions artillery barrage
■d alo> the western front
• winl war pa ivs tried
reak up ike bigat t Era
ly effort since the Iasi Com
st offensive.
d troops who . lield Allied
ins yes
;.y pit . u i o ou.taliun
pi jb.ng attacks of iheir
today.
or i\ort :ern Korea twelve
Shooting Stars, among
rica's slowest jets, were
ted with probably c. str ,y
wo Red MIG 15s in a brief
e wit!; a dozen fast red
1 jets. The F 80s caught the
by surprise as the MIGs
to attack anctiur flight of
rican planes.
“pari.LT blackout." fre
tly a sign oi an impending
sive by either the Reds or
s, was clamped on news
the war fronts Wednesday,
le tightened censorship was
unced by Tokyo headquar
of Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
Suprcme U.N. Command
Tiere was no explanation,
liile there were indications
possible impending Red oi
ve, a broad United .Nations
■ could not be rule! out.
news blackout recalled a
Chinese broadcast Satur
asserting the Allies were
iring ■> make simultane ms
libious landings on both
s oi horm Korea. Too Ai
lommand has not cornmenl
i this broadcasts
e Far East Air Forces
F) noted significantly that
1 spotted 4.355 Red trucks
io high .vays Tue sday night
he gi't atest numbe r in a
2 night since . . . the Com
sts' last abortive offensive"
id-May.
irships and night raiding
■s co icentratc d on breaking
lis near record volume of
ies b ing rushed toward the
An FEAF communique
Red trucks “suffered very
! losses."
JTIAN CANNERY
'POYED BY FIRE
diak i.-V) — The Southwest
fishery Company cannery
nerring reduction plant at
Creek on Raspberry Island
*d Monday night. The loss
estimated at S350.000. The
origin is unknown.
? island is about 45 miles
Kodiak Island. The can
was built in 1949. The re
jn plant, which converts
ig into oil and meal, was
in 1935.
f Floe heads the operating
any, with headquarters in
e.
Sales Vex Approved
B/ Fairbanks Voters
Fairbanks FairL««:.r.
school district vo-.t ra yeslei day
Iiic district.
I he \ our was 532 in . ■.
tiiL* lwtx and 3ol uXl..: ..
School district voters also
elected A1 Seeliger, employe cl
. e Fairbanks Electric Coo. .a. y
and longtime resident :.u . to
Loam.
Seciiger polled 225 v *. ? to
232 ior Proi. Lot 2 emo> .s
oi th. Universoty o- .-ilas/va. a a
226 votes ior Donald IvlcCn.
production manage r tor radio
station KFAK.
In the city election, incumbent
C. L. Lindberg was rejected
to a throe year council post w.tn
261 votes. Also elected to a
three year s.ut was ILcnara
Grcuel, program director ior
radio station KFAR, w.tii 171
votes.
Robert Sachs, who was un
opposed," was elected to i .11 a
one year unexpired cot noil term.
:) s is owner oi wear
store here.
Five members elected to
utility board were Tom Rood's.
Frank Link, C. W ~ . dde.n,
Ray Kohler, and i M r mi ..
Under the sales tax plait, me
chool di will coll< : the
two p< r cent sales tax utsid
the city limits. Ins. L . . city
s, the city \ ill t
one per cent tax for cuy p r
poses and tire school b 1 rd .11
collect one per cent for >ci jois.
Then tore all residents in the
Fairbanks area will pay a tw >
per cent tax both inside anti w
side tht city.
JunesH SJtecfs
Hendrsckson Ac-c;..i
Juneau IP — Voters na .ed
Waino E. Hendrickson to h:s
fifth term as mayor of Juneau
in yesterday's city election.
An unofficial count of the
1287 ballots cast gave II acirick
son a 3-to-l margin over Ed
ward Nielson, his opponent .n.
the mayoralty race.
B. F. McDowell. Pauline
Washington and Robert M.
Stutte were elected to two year
terms on the city council, j. P.
Christensen, E. O. Davis and
Art Walther won one year t> rrns.
One upset in an otherwise
quiet election was the defeat of
Dr. J. O. Rude, a member of
the school board for 15 years.
James Orme was elected in his
place.
teed China Plans 7o
l Aervene In PrencS?
S a d c c 1? i r: cs C: v; V/a v
SaijOn, Indochina — Com
! •• Sole ■ \ . t .oill TUOP'- k<-VO
c p in a we? fall oi’it isivc
\ . id drove French ana V it l
iorats out ( a str&tog.e
. ;. - ar.a mas • i on to \v.;
»e maos ox L.a.c:tau
iC.iii.fss Nationalist govern
ment sources sr- u the Chines?
Communists have completed
plar.s to inisrve e in i.ne Inco
chir.a civil war :..is fal.)
French tor ccs had to flee
tr tin a. not hi r ■ — c .i.'tnt.t;cci —
; uip< sf .as 12 \ v, ar battalh
stabbe ' into . • remote north
west corner of Indochina.
Comments. h -ad* r Ho Chi
Mir.h thr \v two infantry col
umns into the long e xpected o:
i n-.ve against \.e lightly held
rnountai.no s e< tin rv which at
Iore!.1 cl the Frt nch me of the. r
two remain in;- windows on tin.-*
frontier ox Communist China.
1 Vi;t . . i wer reak
:ng cut of the Rml..River Valley
rc was ation that
ihe Frc nch Hig mn
■ ‘ liver ti n- from the
;■ ' • -e nf ie i.h: d Haioiiony
area. i‘ was - . ted hat the
Comm?
im.ecl at :i . ■ Ft tn
inf< th 1 Thai cout 1 rv rorh
: .. • • f - - Hanoi and
Uni oh one.
The Fr -rh . n- nw s rr
. - t-1 that the V r n may be
attacl n ■ 11.■ Th; couotrv to
seiz; the rice rr n : the val! vs
to make so for o.i s.inn’.! *<
thev r.o longer g t fr no el-e
where.
10"
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d:
Washington V — 7" e 11.
... pi iat 1 is < ni • t >day
approwd an immediate ailo.
inent of So.000.000 to pay the
$10,000 deal:, in:■ nitif- ap
proved this year for servicemen
killed in action.
Tiie death benefits, payable
ver a period of 120 months, are
for beneficiaries of men of all
branches of the se rvice who lost
. .i ir liv ■ • vv...b: .:. unif
Th y are n lien of the insurance
previously offer< d to men in
service at small cost, and
amount to $10,000 free life in
surance.
BULLETIN
New York P—The New York
Giants '//on the National League
pennant today by beating Brook
lyn five to four on Bobby
Thompson's three run homer in
the last of the ninth.
Br:?csin cvcscisaiss
Iran O'] Employees
Abadai
in. • :
world .- gn
The Lini
v i ;omi:
0.1 Cornoai
the* ihi.u-O
it' . t r- liticry.
.'i cruiser hlaur t <
2 ,'5 An -m-Iranian
y employes, sailed al
Ai ab Hi \ ;r to Basra,
afterm: >n.
ira i, ' ar.y tm
From Basra, the evacuees a.
to bo ilown back to Britain.
Tne M.tur tius was accompa
nied by live AIOC sea-going
tugs, on*.; ahead and four behine.
Forty other AIOC employes
left by plane this morning.
The British departure came
after a rnomn oi Iranian pres
sure. It . was a sad and sol .nm
aflair.
Th
iC.,ess pi
tnii
hum. wr
is o a ^
elv said
Ttuiii s most
moments. I: was,
ri c< • tr ist to the proud
uays v.-.:vr. th- roar oi. the Brit
ivorld taie<
notice.
Liu
vvhici
to E:
c.atm to oil
com'.try has
Un . . r a rov
c a
LOCAL BUS MAKS3
: I ri S '1 HO J , i ~j TMIA
iO AUCHCRAGE
Ai-ul. OUs niuue i.I LiLt 1'OUj .
Lip ovt.r t.-.c ,itv; h.gaway iu
Anchorage Mnnuay, October 1,
v.. ,ji passengers.
1 nave j.Uit done something
that no one else ;n Alaska lias
t ,’L' Citne oeioi’f ’ -Mr. Malcolm
i ■ y. ] tad the iirst
luonoi tr.p v.- .ii puss ngers to
.on > - a g e.
it a -an exploratory trip, he
e.upia.ucd. with the idea of in
■. estL; aung ti.e possibilities of
Cstabi-sJihig a regular round trip
route as soon as travel is pos
sible.
me feat was not accomplished
v.'.tiu at difficulty. The assistance
of a U endly caterpilar driver
was necessary both ways over a
particularly oad stretch of the
road which is still under eon
A! action. Mr. Malcolm does not
advise the route as a pleasure
c.nve yet. His buses have been
meeting the Whittier-Anehorage
train at Portage twice a week all
summer, but Monday was the
first time he had attempted to go
straight through.
Tiie trip took about five and
a half hours each way, Mr. Mal
colm said, and he was stuck
twice.
Eugene N. Lanier was elected
to his third term as mayor of
S ward in yesterday's election.
He won or r his opponent, R. E.
Baumgartner by 54 votes, the
total being Lanier 153, Baum
gartner 104. Neigemann 64.
Thine new councalmen were
elected. Dale Or .no led the
count with 253 votes. Clarence
E. Johnson polled -ID and .Max
Hamilton ] JO. None of these
throe have serveu on tit:, coun
cil previously.
Ray bcforovich won the Util
ity Board seal with a count of
di4. The eciieol Board election
was without contest. Beryl Wag
veil wier< • l *ted. 1 y will
craw lots ior the length of the
t< rrri to be served.
Taylor Elected As
Anchorage Mayor
Anchorage /r* — Maynard L.
Taylor, of.. an arcmtect, was
elected mayor oi Anchorage yes
le ruay rn tne closest election
race in the history oi Alaska’s
largest city.
iuyior cui'eatecl Howard Pol
lock, Army Engineers' employe,
unoiiiciai linai returns indicat
• ‘ - Hi will serve a two year
tel m.
Others ih tne six man race
tie iluoy Amman, iiooert Kin
wy, r' i ainaiid Lelort and r'red
Giiveia. Mayor Z. J. Goussac
did not seek rceiection.
businessmen s siate swept
'•‘lee Jiicjmue.ns OUi Oi Oil ICC
uj was Uiit. openings on the
coty coucieh.
iixii AXiurd, Anchorage jew
eler. a ,a George Junes, a public
accountant, won three year
terms. Jack White radio store
owner, was elected ioi a two
year term. An three won by
sub>iunticii iitt\v£ins.
Marshall iloppin, manager of
the Anchorage businessmen's
Association, was elected to a
three year term on th utility
board, defeating incumbent, E.
Wells Irvin.
Tne lone woman candidate,
Ruth M. Fitzgerald, piled up the
biggest majority, easily defeat
ing Edward Bantz for a live year
term on the school board.
Incumbent councilman who
lost their bid f or reelect ion were
G. E. Krause, Don Eozell and
Alfred Owen.
Ihe total vote was 177d.
TODAY’S MEANEST MAN
Fort Wayne, Ird. i.-V — Attend
ants at a funeral home were a
little surprised last night when
a mourner walked up to the
casket and shook hands with the
deceased.
Later, they told police, they
found a $150 lodge ring was
missing from a finger of the
dead man.