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Kill. No. 4(5
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1951
Price 10 Cents
? Story of1
By Jay Siauter
; XXI
(Continued)
t in the spring oi' I DOG,
new ha..i bet a a idud
o the dy iiv- l tubers a: e ti
ts m d'w.t in Sowars. A1
h :: -r*\i in
era! ,'i ri n; \v ay Isa’ groat
c. ’<).• i ■ 1. y ..low is.. .Mairl
and Susnna valleys. prior
i-- time the question oi .1
00m for Alaska load scarce
tched tins town oi' Seward,
talk, plus sums talk oi'
r. Alloa the newspapers,
ndoubtedly, agents of groat
le corporations had been
y at work, making private
rations ot the coal beds,
ding claims; in many cases
developed later) phony
5, designed to conceal the
lat huge corporations were
r acquiring control of this
utiu xliiclx c resource. even
h mining operations wire
0 begin until years later.
1 that spring, stories began
ch the public ear. A party
vernment geologists passed
ah Seward, bound ior the
>eds, < miouncmg tied tiiev
iect to si).' .d tile entire
er m:.kin.< c =.il skr vys,
e hla.unu s.-;, ChicKalo-m
'.i „ >. o.: rt ions.
.
Of 1 : K .. '..'On.. i. . . e
1 ('•'... . ■One; r. ...
v ss at
jdnieka loon c ■ s . ■
in quality I '. io iambus
V '
id xor st.amors .» ... m,val
s. lie also added, signiA
bui at .: iti.\ .. knout
;.n regard tor the iiier.,1
•trial a ere./ of lo(J m.n
had been doing develop
er or’.: on the Chickulo'un
leasurer. had b.en laid old'
such time as tin rabroad
1 be completed to that
Here, ior the iirst time
nt. at least, was the con
n between the railroad
oal development menu on
tore a year had elapsed,
itement was reversed, that
it the closing o£ the coal
lo private filing had stop
te development of the rail
dless to say, the point was
liately picked up and
wide publicity by the oki
d Gateway. It was, you
iber, the Baiiaine Brothers
rivale organ of public in
ion, and even the smallest
news dealing with resoure
the future railbelt was
up- as big as possible,
that time on, coal talk
to appear in the Seward
aper, at first in small sort
t, with the principal stor
the day still telling of
old strikes in the Yentna,
at LaTouche, and so on.
ever, it soon became ob
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ILN. Forces Within
Twc Miles of
Kumsong
U.S. Eignth Army Headquar
ters, Korea eft — Allied big guns
pounded Kumsong today as lank
supported U. N. in tan try men
lought to within two miles of
the former lied bastion on the
central front.
liens stubbornly resisted at
taining United Nations troops in
a in ev er\ fi ht tor. Al
lies failed lo lane two hills on
the western front in da\ long
uatlie: .
Plums, tanks and infantrymen
bathed fresh t liinese replace
ments deeply enlrciiened m the
last major ridge ime soutii of
Kumsong. Toe urns Used heavy
mortar and artillery fire in an
attempt lo slow U.A. infantry
men pushing northward in tne
seventii day of liieir central of
fensive.
But sou Unvest of Kumsong,
Allied ground forces captured
two lulls against ‘surprisingly
ligiit resistance," a bra-ling oln
cer reported. Fifty-two Chinese
were taken prisoner.
Artillery supporting the Kum
song offensive s ired 1,000 rounds
into the Communist road hub.
Fiercest res,starve was south
east of Kumsong. Air strikes,
tank lire and iniarny assaults
iaiied to budge Keds clinging
to a snarp, high peak overlook
ing a vail- y.
Entrenched Coin.-se on t’ne
western front heid tv. o hills
noi di'.vest of \ one.ion agams.
ii:.y-iO ig All:. i m-vauits t>i one
bill troops fou.. f at mu. grc
luvic i . ;or moie lnan !>vO
v,. s oca'; n oh
men
L O N G h;... O RE ME2i 1VZS
V* ORK IN 5-D VY
V/j\ TE. .1 EO.i Tr.UCE
Folk:.. i’i.4 a s ■ :: ;l tin T
of la. mernbc rs il • b ■ i
I.L.W.U., held i
night. work was resumed pond
; furl • : ; •
basis of a fiv ?- lay ti uc< . No
permanent .-a ul. rn; nt oi dii’fer
ences of thu method of db patch
ing has yet b •: n reached, ac
cording to Union spokesmen,
w-ho are still insisting on en
forcement of the Urms of the
contract now in force with the
Northern Stevedoring Company.
Thursday morning, gangs wejv
dispatched to the Square linnet
and unloading operations began,
but only one hatch could b *
worked b cause of lack of equip
n,( it. most of which had been
transferred to Whittier the day
previous to the truce. A portion
of the cargo was being trans
ferred direct to flat-cars, and re
quired no dockside equipment.
Normal operations will require
an additional day or two, ac
cording to observers.
COURT SET FOR NOV. 5
Notice from Clerk of the Dis
trict Court in Anchorage today
is to the effect that the Seward
term of Court will be held on
Monday, Nov. 5, in the Federal
Building.
An Editorial
As this issue goes to press, a
party of distinguished visitors
is joining with representative
of Seward and Anchorage in oh
scrvanee of the dedicatio i of tin'
new highway at Girdwood.
Tli re will be the t ra lit inn si
cutting of the ribbon, and to
usled reusing a I coneratula
will
>i' tie,
us
•. tu i at
We impe t:.
ed speak* ss
sti i ss some .
riant to
.-Would congr,
id of the Re
have ae piirt ,
more potent
in tile complex every
tionships of trade. Foi
o.stmguisn
n.ember in
points most
C illy. T!u \
atl the pen
lai Fen;a ula, who
;i nov, and much
bargaining power
ay rid a
iho first
time, residents; of K.euai Penin
sula towns will have the privi
lege of “shopping around" be
fore their purchases; they can
weigh and compare values of
f i red in their own local esta'o
li laments and in Seward busi
ness house-', with those of An
chorage. and do their buying
■ .'here it will be most advanta
geous tn them.
These people are to be con
gratulated too, on the fact that
no long r v hi they hove !o rely
on personal transportation for
• themselves and -their goods. Im
mediately, new 1; is sell', dales
will go into cfti.c* linking all
parts
th
t’e
and
a
orable for the development of
Seward as a distribution and
warehousing cenU r built around
a growing wholesale busim . It
is true tiiat Sev ;;ni is far froffl
prepared for such a developm nt
’ait at least, the conditions
are new favorable far this
ei lange.
Certainly k is a time for ev ry
bu aju'ss man in Anciiorage. Sew
ard. ami line Peninsula tons
as veil, to examine his future
and i< - adjust his i : ms to the
ij>i■ 11eiiai dug eo;idili ms of
th ■ in.mediate future.
Your newspaper, the Seward
Record, has done this, and has
reached a major decision there
by That decision is to concen
trate on covering the growth of
th entire Kenai Peninsula as
a single economic unit. Under
present Conditions, it is impos
sible to accomplish this on a.
daily, or even a tri-weekly basis,
lienee this paper will hereafter
publish weekly, and thereby
carry an increased amount of
news, information, and f.atures
of interest not only io Seward,
but to the Peninsula as a whole.
For the business men of Sew
ard, su< i w< kl; •" -
full coverage of the entire trad
ing area, will be an improved
advertising medium, as it will
be for all firms, wnnt ver their
location, who will lvi seeking
I’m busii e- : of the rapidly-grow
ing Pemnsula toms.
! or t ordinary r: t>v
m re. ; t v. :;! h 1 • v e: •
1 . C O, 1 ! ! 11 ■ 1 S,
certain
w
'G.U
", Wl
A meeting os the Civil De
fense Council m the C r. eraor's
e. 'on M ... .../. October lb,
decided on ti sity of a
co.,uni'ti< •. who, action will be
in a pur,is adv ory capacity to
the Civil Deien: Council.
The committee will advise the
council on the best means of
handling a financial emergency
that might come as the result
of a hostile attack where banks
are destroyed and both busi
nesses and ii .iivisuals would
find themsclv: in immediate
need of obtaining credit.
Ii was aiso decided to approve
the expenditure of not to exceed
$10,000 for the purchase of
training aids on a matching fund
basis. First priority was given
to the needs of the more critical
areas.
Members present were J. W.
Kehoe, Acting Governor. Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht. Commissioner
of Health, Colonel L. Johnson,
Adjutant General, ANG., Frank
Metcalf, High w a v Engineer,
Tom Dy.r, Member at Large.
Others present were Colonel
Earl Landreth, Territorial Di
rector of Civil Defense and
Burke Riley.
J) .
mI.^.isti , lion learici - to iuy to.a
pororiiv sidetrack'd lhM S ),‘i )1.
( 1 i tuc
i.iovo (it si rned to gr.n time for
pit o Hg up badly-needed coi s.
A vote on the tax bill is ::i
prospect sometime during the
aft moon.
Alter calling the House into
session at 11 a.m.—an hour
earlier than usual—to act on the
tax bill, the leaders'"suddenly de
cided to bring up ahead of it two
government pay raise bills and a
postal rate increase measure.
Speaker Rayburn, who dis
closed the sudden shift in plans,
said h waves coniident the tax
bill would pass today. lie ex
pected to pick up recruits from
both the Democrats and Repub
licans.
Some other supporters of the
bill were less optimistic.
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
CLOSED FOR WINTER
Juneau l?) — Road Commis
sion officials report the Rich
ardson Highway has been closed
to traffic at Isabel Pass because
of snow. Motor traffic between
Valdez and Fairbanks will have
to use the Tok cutoff route for
the rest of the winter.
Anchorage A'i — Official open
ing of the new Anchorage-Sew
ard highway in a ceremony at
Girdwood was scheduled for 2
p.m. today.
Tile event was to draw nota
bles from many parts of the Ter
ritory and from Washington,
DC.
-t no festivities got underway
with a uinm r dance here last
ni gin.
me new highway opens the
Ki nai Peninsula and the port ui
Seward to ", e Alaska Highway
■ > t< AlasKa i •,' / -
way ... ... .- .a ;-.;r the first
tint:..
ft is a 12 i mile link through
scenic c am try and over rugged
eomslru tin-j obs.aelts. it in
cludes 71 miles of completely
new lu.-.away anti atj mites oi
rebuilt roadway. The whole
route is scheduled for asphalt
surfacing next year.
The highway was financed by
the Department of the Interior.
The job was done under a tnrm
party agreement of tne Alaska
Hoad Commission, The Alaska
Railroad and tli .* Bureau of Pub
lic Roads.
Notables expected to take part
in the ceremony include Assist
ant interior Secretary Dale E.
Doty, Gov. Ernest Gruening,
Den. > a*, t . Co:.gross E. L. Bart
ieli, Gsii. >' ijiliani E. Aepner
and civ.ic leaders of Anchorage
and. Seward.
•i.-:ra *aJ;s
vV
E'.'i
1 £' cJ La.
v;mtv ileadpum v rs was that
armistice nog elm.: Ions might be
resumed i. lew days, ending
a t w o m.
Bing. Gen. \V iilism P. I\uck
ols. L'.r . Command spokesman,
cautioned: "Any point, however
smal!, remains a point of con
lention that wiii block resump
tion of armistice talks.”
However, he was “cautiously
optimistic. ’
WOULD END STATE OF WAR
WITH GERMANY
Washington ,p — A Congres
sional resolution to end the state
of .var with Germany was sent
to the V hite I: n tod .. . Pi
dent Truman’s approval of the
measure was considered certain.
It was pass d by the Senate
on a voice vote yesterday after
the lawmakers knocked out a
controversial provision which
would have reopened for court
review negotiated settlements
for property seized under the
war-time trading with the enemy
act.
Tiie joint resolution does not
affect this country’s military and
other rights in Germany which
evolved from the Nazi war ma
chine's unconditional surrender
in May, 1945.
AVE THE DATE!
iCTOBER 26, 1951
Annual School Carnival
Seward High School
7:30 p,m.