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. VIII, No. 7
SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1951
Price* 10 cents
Ife Begins at 50:’
of C Slogan for
/o Year Program
Life begins at 50 in Seward,
ska,’’ is the slogan adopted
the Chamber ot Commerce
a rousing meeting Tuesday
n.
'he slogan heads a seven
nk program for development
ing this year and next, to
lude the 50 year anniversary
gram for the city. Official
ning of the Seward-Anchor
highway will occur in the
h year since the founding of
city, and the program is
It around the double cele
tion.
'he development program as
pted is:
. 5l)th anniversary celebra
. Request Third Divisional
ces be established in Seward:
Second federal judgd; (b)
ritorial employment office.
. Assist with expansion and
elopment of public utilities.
. Interest capital in in vest
in hotels, motels and lodges,
veil as housing units.
. Extend public health pro
ms.
. Invite establishment of a
rehabilitation center in
t-ard.
. Assist Army in developing
ear round recreational center
Seward by creating a winter
rts area in this vicinity,
mmediate action was taken
open a dormitory or sleeping
ms for transient men. A
d of S300 was raised in a
’ moments, started by D. C.
iwnell, Hinie Werner and
n Paulsteiner, to put the pian
operation. The housing ques
1 is so acute that it was cen
tred first on the program,
though this is but the first
3 in the right direction,” a
nber stated, “it is concrete
of that the citizens of Seward
lize the condition and are
ling and anxious to do some
ig to better the situation.'’
'Ians were discussed, also,
increase membership in the
imber of Commerce.
Y LIMITS WITHDRAWAL
D BY VOTERS
. very light vote was turned
Monday on the proposition
exclude a small area of the
theast end of town from the
limits.
1 spite of the small number
otes cast, however, the prop
ion was OK’d, and the new
joration limits line will be
i with the Dairy Road east
the highway, north to the
;e Lee Home line and west
i line about even with Third
nue.
ORDER JUNK CARS
• THE STREETS
letter from the Chamber of
imerce to the city council
i attention to the unsightli
; of a number of junk cars
ced along the streets.
Lveral councilmen immedi
y agreed that something
ild be done to remove the
cks. A list is being prepared
he location and owners of
i vehicles, and the police
be instructed to order own
to dispose of them, accord
to plans discussed by the
icil.
Carnival Due Kere
Next Friday
The first carnival shows
group to play in Seward will
arrive this week and set up for
four days, beginning Friday,
July 20, according to arrange
ments made yesterday.
The Crescent Canadian Show,
which passed through town
early in the month to set up in
Anchorage, is on its way Out
side, after a short Alaskan tour.
Many local children have
never had the chance to ride
a ferris wheel, merry-go-round,
or otiier carnival rides. This
will also be their first sight oi
a live lion and a horse act. Con
cessions, side snows, and tne
usual carnival paraphanalia wili
afford excitement lor a few days
to break the monotony ot sum
mer vacation.
It's coming this time, for sure.
Kids, so get reau> 1
Airport Survey
Underway—Again
Victor Rivers, engineer, and
a crew of surveyors are in Sew
ard making a unal survey for
the airport. With the change of
plans for a larger runway, ad
ditional work, was necessary.
Mr. Rivers stated to the coun
cil members Monday night, that
it seems entirely possible the
airport may be finished before
the end oi the work season in
this region.
Incidentally, Mr. Rivers re
peated his prediction for S w
ard, that in ten years the pop
ulation will reach 10,000. “There
is nothing to stop it,” i\Ir. Rivers
said. “The development of Kenai
and the rest of the Peninsula
must effect Seward materially. '
COMMERCIAL FISHING
REGULATIONS AMENDED
In accordance with authority
contained in Section 1G2.3A of
the existing Alaska Commer
cial Fishing Kefeulations, Sec
tion 109.75 of tne Cook Inlet
regulations has been amended
reducing the maximum length
of drift gill nets on or in use
by any salmon fishing boat from
200 to 150 fathoms.
This change is necessary be
cause the influx of drift gear
has increased to over 325 boats
or about 75 more than in 1950.
If the increases continue, even
further curtailments rnay be
necessary. This change went
into efftot Monday, July 16,
and is to be strictly enforced.
Greene Resigns;
Evans New Chief
Dale Greene requested the
city council in regular session
Monday night; to accept his res
ignation as Chief of Police, effec
tive August 1. He was willing
to continue as a patrolman until
such time as a permanent ap
pointment can be made, but
hopes to be relieved of all
duties by the first of the month.
Mr. Greene expects to go into
business for himself with the
purchase ot Cobb's Cafe.
The council accepted Greene's
resignation and appointed Floyd
Evans to fill the vacancy as
Chief of Police in the Seward
department. Don Balmat re
ceived temporary appointment
as patrolman. Another patrol
man is still needed to fill re
quirements of the force when
Greene leaves. Only qualified
men will be considered, how
ever, and none are on the list
at the present time.
RADAR PROTECTION ON
INCREASE IN CANADA
AND UNITED STATES
Ey Elion C. Fay
(AP) Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON (AP)— Almost
25,OOU Air Force radar men now
are on steady watch at stations
and control centers in the Unit
ed States and Canada to detect
the approach oi any strange and
possibly hostile planes.
The aircraft warning system
has reached the point where it
is 97 per cent manned, The As
sociated Press was toLi by oiti
eials today.
The extra number of warning
stations and control centers and
their locations are secrets.
The stations in the U.S. and
Alaska work with those in Can
ada under t ie mutual Canadian
U.S. defense plan.
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
ACCIDENT FATAL TO ONE
FAIRBANKS (AP) — A ser
geant attached to Eielson Air
Force Base was killed and three
other servicemen were injured
as their ear plunged from the
Richardson Highway and over
turned.
The name of the dead man
was withheld. Hurt were Pvt.
Donald C. Newton, Sgt. Robert
Stephens and Sgt. Cecil Lee
Madison, all of the Air Police
Detachment at the base. The ex
tent of their injuries was not re
ported.
Investigators said the car was
traveling at a high rate of speed
and rolled 140 feet end over end
after leaving the road.
Longshore Strike
Lffecrs Alaska Thru
Coastwise Line
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Harry Bridges’ longshoremen
shunned lumber carrying steam
schooners up and down the Pa
cific Coast today in demand for
a $1.00 on hour bonus.
The stevedores struck yes
terday after their Internation
al Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's Union failed to
obtain the pay boost for han
dling packaged lumber.
ILWU spokesmen said the
strike was forced by the refusal
of the Pacific Maritime Associa
tion, representing the ship
owners, to approve an agree
ment endorsed earlier by a sub
committee of sL am schooner
operators.
The longshoremen earn SI.97
an hour for the schooner work.
They want $2.97.
Seven schooners operated by
the Oliver J. Oison Line were
struck July 7 by the ILWU.
PM A spokesmen said the new
walkout affects five more ships.
Most of the small, coastwise
vessels, they said, are at sea
or tied up in repair yards.
William Gettings, regional
ILWU director in Seattle, said
the strike included the six
ships operated by the Coast
wise Line to Alaska, although
otner Alaska operators will
not be affected.
The Union, Gettings explain
ed, has no special Alaska agree
ment with the line.
He said the ships would be
tied up as soon as they return
from Alaska and ‘They may
be tied up in Alaska ports. We
wont know until later abou;
that.”
CIVIL SERVICE LEAVE
MAY EE CUT
WASHINGTON (AP)—A bill
to reduce annual and sick leave:
time of Civil Service employes
has been passed by the Senate.
The measure went to confer
ence with the House.
Approved by the Senate late
yesterday by a voice vote, the
bill would provide a graduated
scale of annual leave, based on
length of service: less than two
years, 13 days: two to 15 years,
20 days; 15 years or more, 26
days. Sick leave would be cut
to 13 days.
Most Civil Service workers
now get 26 days’ annual leave,
regardless of length of service,
and 15 days’ sick leave.
If approved by the House and
President Truman, the bill
would go into effect October 14.
U-S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, KOREA (AP) —
Fighiing almost vanished from
the Korean war fronts today.
But beyond the lines Allied
bombers hammered steadily at
highways and railways to pre
vent Communists from moving
in new troops.
Only one Allied patrol found
any Communists. It bumped into
a Red patrol in the no-man’s
land northwest of Inje on the
eastern front. Two Reds were
wounded.
No action was reported in
the western sector.
Communist artillery fired
sporadically at Allied positions.
In the 24 hours ended at 5
p.m. yesterday not a single
American was killed in combat,
the Army announced in Wash
ington. That's the first time that
has happened. The average for
the war has been 30 Americans
killed in action daily.
Allied warplanes did the kill
ing today. The Air Force re
ported 150 Reds were killed
in attacks on three towns.
Three Languages
Slow Peace Talks
By Robert Munson
SEOUL. KOREA (AP)—Allied
and Red envoys agreed today on
two points of the cease-fire
agenda but a dispute over “at
least one major point” is block
ing the start of actual armistice
negotiations.
The United Nations announc
ed this tonight after negotiators
returned from tneir longest ses
sion his week. It was the first
report of agreement on any part
of the agenda.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy,
head of the U.N. cease-fire team,
accepted Communist wording
for two agenda items at the close
of Tuesday s conference, the an
nouncement said.
When he did so, “the entire
Communist delegation seemed to
show gratification, perhaps
mixed with a certain element of
relief,” said Brig. Gen. William
Nuckols of the U.S. Air Force.
Nuckols attended the session in
Kaesong.
And when Admiral Joy pre
sented the Allied view on the
major unresolved question, Nu
ckols said, the two “Chinese
members of the Communist del
egation nodded and appeared to
appreciate the United Nations
viewpoint.
Neither Nuckols nor the
formal headquarters announce
ment disclosed the points agreed
upon in the sixth day of con
ference. nor did they say what
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FLOOD WATERS RISING IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS. MO. (AP)—Emer
gency crews worked feverishly
today to bulwark dikes and
check rising water that already
has caused a loss of nearly $1,
000,000 to factories and rail
yards in this immediate area.
Four hundred residents of
West Alton, Mo., and vicinity
ignored warnings to evacuate
their low-lying homes as Army
Engineers, Coast Guardsmen and
other workers abandoned efforts
to strengthen dikes to the point
where they could hold back the
torrents.
As St. Louis was bracing for
the flood, already the nation's
costliest, President Truman
made a first hand aerial survey
cf conditions, and the Federal
Government rushed efforts to
rehabilitate vast areas of Kan
sas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
The situation at St. Louis was
becoming worse hourly as the
mighty Missouri continued to
pour its tremendous volume of
flood waters into the Mississippi.
A stage of 40 feet was forecast
for St Louis by Saturday.
St. Louis city officials said
there appeared to be no danger
to the city of St. Louis, where
there already has been as esti
mated loss of $750,009 in the
immediate area.
Nevertheless, they and Red
Cross officials met to prepare
emergency flood plans, just in
case. Nature cf the plans was
not disclosed but they were
believed to cover an emer
gency water distribution sys
tem in case the city's plants
are pul out of commission.
Water had subsided at Kan
sas City, but the major portions
of the flooded industrial dis
tricts were still under water—
eight to 10 feet of water at some
places.
The same was true at Topeka,
where nearly 3,000 persons still
lived in refugee centers because
of deep flood waters pouring
over their homes.
The crest of the Missouri was
approaching Jefferson City, the
state capital in the center of the
state.
Most of the damage through
Missouri was to farm lands, al
though there was some flooding
in smaller communities. A por
tion of Jefferson City may be
inundated, although most of the
city is on a high hill and appar
ently safe.