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NEW
a ns for the construction of
[)0 foot l'orig' airfield at Sew
riave been approved by the
A c run a u t i cs A d m i n i stra
it was announced today
onv Scnwamm. the director
/iation for the Territory of
ca.
is expected that bids will
iked early in 1952 in order
heavy clearing may be ac
ilished while the frost is
in the ground, Scnwamm
The new Seward airport
teduled for completion early
e summer of 1952 and will
be finished in the fir. t stage
with a gravel surface.
The 380tMoot runway v .1
enable plains : i tae DC j type
and larger to iiy imo the ;na. .
seaport connecting th- : :.
of Alaska with t.ref gat
facilities.
Although the new runway
not directiy into 1 . ■ prevailing'
southeast sui r wii tl
director deciaivd. :* .nil b.
headed into the severe winter
winds which come from the
north thru Resurrt ct;on R:v‘ r
canyon. T!u whiter vinds are
so severe that f lying i- imness -
ble ior 16;“| periods of time.
The ■ 1 at: i th< ru
Way cn . '■> • .at-- 1 to 4500
;• et if necessary ior future d- -
u
ahrta 1; t.K‘
freight and
mov< • to An
interior points
from toe new
runway
: . : at e strategic
railroad connec
e.r c: i - r u p t e ci,
uppli s could be
.• raa- and other
•if the Territory
field.
This St ward uiraca't has been
planned ior the past two years
but the ac aiis.t .i <.f the prop
erty in as he-ld > the project
ew mo ‘
Schwa mm po:.nted out.
George -Apostal. special assis
tant whom y general for the
Ten.tot y. did- the .abstracting
e: tit; . on the property along
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it:, i c. 'ti' rs. Victor C. Rivers
: giru >r on the project.
The Sew; rd airfield is the
24th airport or seaplane float
project approved, under con
struction or com plot d by tine
D 'partmo!:t of Aviation during
the past 26 months when the
department was established un
ci’ r the Federal Airport Act.
Fleet Cites Heavy
Losses
>. Eighth Army Headquar
Korea ? — Gen. James A.
Fleet today said Ins Eighth
r has killed or wounded
j Communist soldi, rs in
i in five weeks from Aug.
rough Sept. 22.
• report covered the entire
lile front.
3ut 80 per cent of the Red
were in the bloody “Battle
3 Hills” in eastern Korea,
l Fleet said 23,000 Reds
taken prisoner in the same
i.
:c the Allies pushed off
nited offensives in eastern
they have c apture d
h material to equip nearly
Red division, the Eighth
said.
t of the Red losses were
ed after the Reds broke
le Kaesong truce talks
!3.
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The Slcte for Seward’s General Election
To Be Held October 23 7951
Petitions filed with the city
clerk today lor city oTices to
c rie up in * 'e electioi of next
Tuesday, '' * 2. are as follow-:
S c n o o : Hoard: Rev. K» nf
Spaulding, Beryl Wagner, Thus.
E. Howell.
Utility Board: John M. Cole
man, Raymond Seterovich.
City Council: Clarence II.
Johnson, Joe Doyle. Mildred
Kirkpatrick, K c n n e t h Dak
Green Max Ham m.
Mayor: Robert E. Baumgart
ner, Eugene X Lanier. The peti
tion of W Stan Niegrmann wa?
pro.- ’op ; for filing, o it accord
ing to the city clerk th re was
some discrepancy between the
time shown on the city hall
clock and ‘hat if the persons
presenting th< . No d •
cision has been made at this
hour on accephng the p tition.
Se&eucsc Twins May Die f? Separated
noc»: isirina, m. t — 11 in.iy
be impossible to separate Rock
Island's Siamese twins, born
Sept. 16 joined at the tops of
their skulls.
Doctors studied x-ray pictures
of the tiny boys and said that
an operation to sever the fi
brous matl r v tich •• ets the
y U U I I ia o l *. I C* i I J Cf V u L IiU ci 1 l> u . I M
or both of them.
The parents of the children,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Brodie.
said today that if separation
would result in death for either
of the babies, they wmjjd prefer
not to permit the op ration.
The Brodies have three nor
mal children.
British King Reported
r,tn Good Spirits'*
London T — King George
VI was i -potted in good spirits
v '.ay an - confident of recovery
front a major iung operation.
A p a 1 a c e spokesman said
Queen Elizabeth spent the morn
ing with her husband, but that
no other members of the Royal
Family have b en permitted to
see him.
The spokesman was much
moi e >ery than an earlier
medical bulletin which merely
reported that the King's condi
tion was ‘ as satisfactory as can
be expected."
He told a reporter:
The King is in good spirits,
as far as one can be after an
opt ration like this. He seems
confident of his recovery.
“The Queen has been with
him 'this morning.”
A morning medical bulletin
said the King “has had a restful
night.”
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Hong Kong (/?’) The Chinese
Communists are accusing the
United States of training 35,000
Japanese prisoners of war* in
Alaska and the Aleutians for
incorporation in the U.S. Army.
The charge was made yester
day in an official new China
News Agency dispatch from
Peiping published here in the
pro-Red Takungpao. It also said
the U.S. “is planning to send a
million Japanese into Alaska
under the disguise of immi
grants ...”
The Reds said the U. S.
planned to use the Japanes for
future “aggression.” It added
that the Japanese troops were
shipped to Alaska and the Aleu
tians in 1946 to build airfields,
highways and “other military
installations.”
It appeared the Communist
charge was designed to: counter
act the effect in Asia of Russia s
refusal to repatriate Japanese
prisoners: and implement Pei
ping's campaign against the Jap
anese Peace treaty signed in
San Francisco this month.
The Peiping dispatch said that
at the outbreak of the Korean
war the Japanese troops were
incorporated into the U.S. Para
troopers and Marines and as
signed to bases near the North
Pole. The Japanese, it added,
were at all times under
military police guard.
“A number of prisoners at
tempted. to escape and failed,”
it said. “They were courtmar
tialed and no more was heard of
them.”
Two Men Reported
Lcssi On Glacier
BULLETIN
The latest word ai presstime is
that two raen were lost on the
glacier. One was found, but the
other is caught in a crevasse in
the ice. At the laiesi report he is
still alive. Names of the men
were noi available. The report
could not be verified.
Word relayed to the 30th
Topographical Engineers here
from the 10th Rescue Squadron
in Anchorage this morning re
quested a helicopter to search
Uartl.tt Glacier.
Information given was some
what garbled by poor phone
connections but seemed to be to
the effect that two men from the
Munter Construction Company
road camp at Mile 49 were miss
ing from camp and believed to
be wandering or lost on Bartlett
Glacier.
The helicopter was dispatched
from Seward under the direction
of an officer from the Engineer
group.
ASKS OK ON HUNTLEY AS
3RD DISTRICT MARSHALL
AP SPECIAL WASH. SERV
AP Special Washington Service
Washington (•?'• — The Senate
Judiciary Committee today rec
ommended Senate confirmation
of Walter E. Hunt! y as U.S.
Marshal for the Third Alaska
District.