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master mind was in play and a
set of not-too-clean fingers ma
nipulated a string of word-filled
puppets. “There has been a
change of heart in the unions,"
the cry was heard, ‘‘and we feel
now that labor and management
can reach an understanding
whereby we may have uninter
rupted shipping. Seattle-Alaska
marine problems could now be
solved at the local level." Thus,
in so many words and actions,
Seattle spieled its spiel and
lowered the boom.
Are Alaskans to go on half
ration once more, or at least, to
pay the penalty of shipping dis
ruptions in increased costs? The
answer lies within Alaska. It
must come from Alaska, through
CABINS FOR RENT
HOWARD LONG
Mile 20 Seward Hiway
IS YOUR CAR
READY?
FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF
HARD TRAVEL?
Tires in good shape?
Carburetor adjusted properly?
Lubricated according to
factory specifications?
SEWARD
MACHINE SHOP
FORD and MERCURY
Sales & Service
41h & Railroad - Seward
Alaskans.
We are now in a formative
period in Alaska. We are coming
of age. We are not only growing,
but changing, and rapidly. And
we are too big to be crippled
by the paralysis of shipping
strikes.
If the people of Seattle are
not inclined to ask for airtight,
long-lasting, tooth-filled legisla
tion to guarantee a continuous
flow of commerce to Alaska,
then the Alaskans must do it.
If Seattle is interested in Al
aska only to the extent of cap
italizing on her trade, then the
Alaskans should look for a more
cooperative sort of supply. If
Prince Rupert is the answer,
then Alaska should throw out
the mooring lines. And, finally,
if the threat of continued strikes,
pilferage, and increasingly high
cost of ocean shipping pose an
unreliable and economically un
favorable shipping situation,
then Alaskans should fight for
a transcontinental railroad.
Shipping tie-ups have aver
aged 73 days in length each
year for the past 19 years, ex
cluding the four war years.
Total time lost amounts to three
full years since 1934. Look at
Fairbanks! Note how much de
velopment has been carried out
in the past three years—despite
the strike plague. Then visual
ize, if you can. what a three
vear void in the development
of Alaska as a whole has meant
to the Territory.
Think it over. There will be—
there must be—-another congres
sional hearing. And it must be
held in Alaska, away from the
influence of West Coast mari
time labor. It must be held by
individuals and organizations
whose interests are truly in Al
aska.
It's our baby now.
Mr. Forrest Nystrand and Miss
Lottie Hirsch were guests at
the Chamber of Commerce this
week. Mr. Nystrand is the new
Fish and Wildlife Service rep
resentative in the local office
with Carlos Carson. Miss Hirsch
is the new Public Health Nurse.
First Ambulance Call
For New Corps
The new Seward Volunteer
Ambulance Corps made their
first run with the rehabilitated
vehicle Friday afternoon. It was
not in reply to an accident, but
to transport a patient from the
Sanatorium to the airport.
Nineteen persons are now
qualified first aiders to act as
driver and attendant with the
ambulance. They are John Rey
nolds, Gene Kirkpatrick, Ralph
Erickson, Thomas Hicklin, Ches
ter Erickson, Thurman Eddy,
Jack Kelly, Vern Hoffman, Ray
Quick, Ralph Fuske, Stan Kerka.
Maxine Kelly, Kay McCann,
Patricia Williams, Agnes Kerka,
Thelma Emerson, Bea Davis and
Patricia Quick.
They qualified in Red Cross
first aid training under the in
struction of Jim Kirkpatrick,
who will also reply to ambu
lance calls when needed.
The squad is divided for day
and night calls and will observe
a given routine except on emer
gency. The telephone office has
a list to call upon, and several
of the operators are members of
the corps.
POPPY DAY MAY 23
Although the official Seward
Poppy Day has been set for Sat
urday, May 23, ladies of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
have the little red blooms on
sale from Thursday to Saturday.
Instead of giving the poppies
to children to sell. Auxiliary
members will handle the sale
this year.
Poppies are made by war vet
erans in hospitals and the pro
ceeds all go toward rehabilita
tion of war veterans throughout
the United States. Those sold in
Seward a're made in the Veter
ans Hospital in Portland. Ore
gon.
Vera Parkinson is chairman
of the Poppy Committee this
year. The committee separates
the paper flowers and shapes
them after they arrive in tightly
compressed packages. They also
make the wreathes which are
placed in the cemetary on Me
morial Day.
Mrs. Clara Barry and her sis
ter, Mrs. Ruth McNeil from
Little River, California, came
up on the Baranof this week.
IT
They visited with Mrs. Kathryn
Galen before taking the train
to Anchorage where they will
visit Mrs. McNeil’s son.
NEWS
GOOD
Sunday School at Home By Mail
HERE'S GOOD NEWS! Children and adults in Alaska can
now go to Sunday School no matter how far they live from
a Church or it illness prevents their going. If you can't
come to Sunday School, you can attend right in your own
home—by mail.
WRITE A CARD OR LETTER TO
SUNDAY SCHOOL AT HOME
Box 813, Fairbanks, Alaska
Sponsored by Evangelical Lutheran Church
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