EWARD
Gateway City of Interior .Haska Since 1903.
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Seward's All-JPealher Pori is Alaska's Greatest Asset.
yol. VII, No. 90
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1951
Price 10 cents
"ed Bristow Wins
:irsf Prize In
2!ean-Up Drive
The first award in Beta Sig
na Phi's clean-up contest goes
0 Ted Bristow, 404 Sixth Av?.,
or the improvements made in
he looks of his home and yard.
\ casli prize of So. the first
>f the contest, was put up by
Maska Steamship Company.
R. E. Baumgartner's home re
reived honorable mention.
The clean-up contest will con
inue every week until Sep
ember, instituted and managed
>y Beta Sigma Phi. as the soror
tv’s civic project. The young
vomen inspected the town very
carefully last week before the
contest started, and are now in
1 position to see and recognize
improvements made in any
louse or yard.
The nlan is to recognize
IMPROVEMENT. The kind and
•ize of a house does not enter
into their award, and the condi
tion of the yard contributes
materially to the decision. For
instance, the Bristow home is a
quonsc-t. but fresh paint, fence,
walks and general neat, homey
atmosphere of the place won the
award.
A new prize will be given
?ach week by some businessman
upon tiae r room m • -n d a lion of the
committee from Beta Sigma Phi.
Mary Adams Not
Seward
Mary Adams, whose body was
found Tuesday floating near
Douglas Island, after she dis
appeared from the SS Denali
the previous Sunday, was not a
Seward woman, as reported.
She had apparently purchased
her steamship ticket from Sew
ard, which established a tenta
tive residence here for the pur
poses of identification. Further
investigation, however, proved
that although she was known
as Mary Adams in Anchorage,
papers found with the body dis
closed that her real name was
Mildred E. McMurphy, that she
aad a husband in Chicago, and
gave her f a t h e r's name as
[Jeorge D. Hill, of Lebanon,
\r. H.
An inquest held in Juneau
Wednesday returned a verdict
>f probable suicide lay drowning.
The woman had served as court
•eporter for the Army during
World War II.
Mrs. Billie Hunt is a visitor
n Seward for a week, arriving
an the Thursday boat train. Mrs.
dunt is visiting friends here,
alanning to leave for the Out
:ide May 20. She is a former
Seward resident.
From office ox Governor Ern
est Gruoning. May 11 (Special)
Word that the Ninth Circuit
Court in San Francisco has up
held the Territorial property
tax, reversing the decision of
Judge Harry Pratt, makes clear
beyond argument that the Terri
tory is on a sound financial
basis, that it now has a compre
hensive, while wholly moderate
tax structure, and that after
years of obstruction and pro
crastination, Alaska's financial
house is now in good order.
The history of the litigation
concerning the tax measures
passed by the 1949 Legislature
is now as follows:
Tlie net income tax was up
held in its entirety by the Dis
trict Court at Juneau and. on
appeal, by the Circuit Court.
The general property tax was
upheld on appeal to the Circuit
Court.
Fishlrap Tax TJr.held
1 he graduated tax on fish
traps was upheld, a th >ugh the
tax on trap-caught fish in excess
of fifteen thousand was held
Rest Cc!irsp To Open
For Summer Mcsy 24
Captan Samuel J. Bristany,
special services officer. USAF,
has been given command of the
Army rest camp in Seward this
year.
Capt. Bristany pians a full
program for the many military
visitors during the summer,
which will include comm., lily
participation, and hones that
Sewardites will cooperate with
him in making the camp a suc
cess and a permanent feature in
the Port City, according to his
statement today.
Two J-boats will be op>. ted
on Kenai Lake all summer, as
well as the big self-propelled
barge on the Bay.
Army, Navy and Airforce per
sonnel, both enlisted men and
families and officers and fami
lies will be accommodated at the
camp which has facilities for the
entertainment of 75 persons.
Two groups each week will
move in and out of Seward.
Twelve families can be quar
tered at one time, the rest will
be single men.
Camp will open officially with
the first group arriving May 24.
ONE MOBE DAY FOR
BLOOD TYPING
For those who rnay not have
had a chance to get in to the
Civic Center for blood typing,
the project will operate all day
Saturday and from 7 to 9 in the
evening.
Blood typing is urged as a
protective measure, both in war
and peace. The information con
cerning your blood may save a
life—it could be yours.
regulatory and hence contrary
to the Organic Act.
The Territory prevailed in the
District Court in two actions
challenging the non-resident li
cense tax on fishermen. Decision
of the Circuit Court is now be
ing awaited on each.
The raw fish tax was not chal
lenged.
This is an excellent record
showing that the tax measures
were well conceived and w.Tl
drawn, and that progressive and
enlightened policies have been
established for the Territory of
Alaska. The long enduring prac
tice of taking it all and leaving
nothing for Alaska has come to
an end.
Needless to say, all tax mea
sures are subject to revision
and improvement as exp nonce
with their administration re
veals flaws and suggests m th
ods of reniovng them. It might
be pointed out that the Federal
income tax passed way back in
1913 was. for over a quarter of
a century, found to contain loon
holes which requir'd constant
Mrs, Nsrin* Ta
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Ccnferepr? Offside
Norine Reed left Thursday
by plane for a buying trip in the
States. Mrs. Rt cd^recently pur
chased ‘‘Bobbie's Dress Shop"
in the Arcade Building, and will
com back with a complete new
stock.
While she is in Seattle. Mr;
Reed, who is Se ward’s champion
bowler, will tt nc! the Women’s
International Bowling Congress,
which is in session in Seattle.
She won first niece in the ail
Alaska bowling tournament a:
the Fur Rendezvous in Anchor
age this spring. Through some
mischance the award, which
was an all-expcnses-paid trip to
the Seattle event, failed to ma
terialize. but Mrs. Reed will
attend anyway.
FOTLUCK SUFFER FOR
JUNIOR WOMEN
A potluck supper for members
and friends, Tuesday evening,
May 15, in the Episcopal Church
parish hall will precede the in
stallation of officers of the Ju
nior Women s Chub.
New officers to be installed
arc Renee Skinner, president:
Wilma Kirkpatrick, vice-presi
dent; Ginger Kane, secretary,
and Florence Perry, treasurer.
The club has recessed during
the summer in past years, but is
considering a full 12-month pro
gram this year, because of the
increase in civic activities in
Seward.
revision and correction.
That Alaska tax measures
passed by the 1949 Legislature
have stood up so well, reflects
great credit on the draftsman,
former Attorney General Ralph
Rivers, on the members of the
legislature who supported these
bills, and finally on the present
attorney general, J. Gerald Wil
liams, and the assistant attorney
general, John Dimond, who de
fended this t a x legislation
against high-powered and able
counsel.
“Finally,” the Governor con
cluded, “let it be repeated that
the Territorial tax system as it
now stands is light—which in
my judgment it should be—but
that nevertheless it should be
ample to take care of our needs,
that no new tax measures need
be reasonably anticipated: and
that it has been clearly demon
strated that the Territorv has
not only the financial capacity
to operate its public service but
ample potentialities to take care
of whatever slight increases in
casts statehood would require.”
R*fJ SCr?^pp Writes
From Cr!5f©rn;ca
Bill Knapp, former teacher
and coach in Seward High
School, writes that three of our
former basketball stars are plan
ning to attend school at Chico
Slate Colie re, Chico, Calif... m xi
\\ ar. Unless the draft interferes
with their plans, he says, Don
Suydam ai : St rT
lcy Anderson will attend Chico.
Keith Gray, also of Seward,
is at Chico now and has a high
regard for the school.
The Knapps live in Lincoln,
Calif., where Bill is teaching.
Th v take the Seward Record,
oral are still interested in the
local news.
ANCHORAGE BOWLERS
HERE THIS WEEK END
The visit of Anchorage bowl
ers scheduled for last week end
was post- on d until this Satur
day and Sunday. They .will ir
nve by special train Saturday
evening and return Sunday
night.
Arrangements of the Seward
Bowling League include special
games and entertainment for the
visitors.
GREEN AND HALL ATTEND
ANCHORAGE CONFERENCE
Police Chief K. D. Greene
and Patrolman Harry Hall left
Seward this afternoon for An
chorage. They will attend the
Northwest Peace Officers Con
ference being held there Satur
day and Sunday.
Patrolman Floyd Evans will
be in charge of the department
while Chief Greene is absent.
Mow York Firm
To Fm&fice
Telephone System
Tellier & Company of 42
Broadway, Now York City, will
finance the development of Al
aska Telephone Engineering
Corporation (ATEC; throughout
Alaska, but particularly in Sew
ard and the Kenai Peninsula.
This announcement was made
by Major Wiliiam M. Maxey,
president and general manager
of ATEC. Major Maxey returned
to Seward on the Baranof Thurs
day alter an extended business
trip in the States.
Tellier & Co. is a big invest
ment and securities company in
New York. This is the first in
stance of any interest by Out
side canital in the Peninsula
since the early railroad and
minin days. He had a hard time
“selling Alaska,” Mr. Maxey
said, but all his plans and
dreams of telephone communi
cation between the Kenai com
munities and homesteads are
now w 11 on their way to frui
tion. He is now confident of
success. Development will begin
with expansion facilities in Sew
ard, which may also become
headquarters for the entire pro
ject, according to Mr. Maxey.
O.E 5. To Honor
^filers
Next Monday evening at 3
o'clock, at the regular meeting
of the Order of Eastern Star,
grandmothers, old and young,
will be given special recogni
tion.
Grandchildren will provide
a short program at 9 o'clock,
which will he followed with re
freshments to be served by the
gentLmen who are acting as
officers of the Order this year.
Grandfathers will be very
welcome, but there will be no
limelight for them. Formal attire
will be most appropriate for
the ladies.
CAPTAIN BURKE LEAVING
SEWARD IN JULY
Capt. John H. Burke will de
part Seward in early July to
attend Advanced Officers Trans
portation School at Fort Eustis,
Virginia, for a year, then pro
ceed to further assignment.
Captain Burke has been Port
Commander in Seward for the
past two years. He and his wife
have taken an active part in
community life. Both are mem
bers of social and civic organi
zations in Seward.
No replacement to the post
of Port Commander has been
announced yet.
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Here it isl &
FORCES DAY
Sponsored by S. F. J. C.
KICKOFF for MARATHON QUEEN CONTEST
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Buck - a - Head
Civic Center