Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
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John M. Coleman
Mildred Kirkpatrick
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By Mildred Kirkpalrick
Some time ago, both the civil
defense committee and the city or
dered steel fire escapes, including
steel platforms, to be installed on
all two-story buildings with multi
ple housing units.
A tour of the city yesterday dis
closed that only two owners have
complied with the order. The,New
Seward Hotel installed a fire es
cape immediately upon the order,
and the Ocean View Apartments
building was equipped last vo -k b'
the new owner. If theie arc others,
we failed to note the installation.
The uncertainty of adequate
water to fight a big fire is a known
fact. That it is mentioned publicly,
and that the condition rnav erfM
insurance rates proportionately
cannot be kept hidden from the
people. An inspector will not fail
. to note conditions he-h
If more water is made awu’ tb!e
through acquisition of the Lowell
Creek pineline, the situation will
be relieved to a great extent, but
the very evident negligence of fire
escapes in public buildings is a
flagrant violation of al! safety
rules.
S-me apartment bu‘ldings are
equipped with wooden Iaddos
which Would offer only a small
re: ure of proto tion ;f the fro
should occur in the i nmod:'ite
neighborhood of the ladder. Sev
eral of tho"e conn t be reached
without g ' oing f• a window to
the ladder because the- e i< no pl d
form r>-c m wlfeh to sten onto the
f:re "scape. Mnr* 'w\cn would find
it d:fficu’t. if nc t impossible. t
reach.
Fefove we have a disastrous fire
with lo ;s of life, why not take ill
pre ■ u 'on ■? T'ae law is on the city
lo oks It should either be enforced
or repealed, obeyed bv all or none.
Halfway measures will not sw e
lives.
An intelligent rlrl !s one who
knows less than the man to
whom she's talking to at the
moment.
NEW FiE.'iT CONTROL LAW
’iO L11 iLL
LrfECT In 1‘Z.iliiIl'ORY
The new rent control la v will
hav^ little eifect on the opera
tions oi rent control in the Ter
ritory ol Alaska until toe Terri
tory is declared a critical de
lense housing area, A. Bandct
tini, area rent director lor Alas
ka, said today in San Francisco.
When the Territory is declar
ed a critical a^ense area by the
Lceidj-iy ai Defense anu the Di
rector or Derense Mobilization
acting jointly, it will make is
poss^oR lor the Ouice of Rent
otabiitzaii' n to control rents on
ail types or nousing accommoda
tions in me area so designated.
Alter the certification of Alas
ka as a ci itical defense housing
area this agency will be in a po
sit, on to remove the rental in
equalities now existing through
out ti.o T rritory, including tne
umncovpc raitc; ai t as. 1 1 aulPusi
ng rents, we will be able to do
a n_x.br' over; 11 job that here
to ore ;'-is not ..n possible be
cause o*l tne restricted provisions
ill t. e old law.
lVIr. Bandettini made his an
nouir: men t after conferences
v hi the Regional Director oi
Rent Stabilization, O. II. Peter
so , i . . Dili i j *■ • o. iiis stan.
Mr. Bandettini will leave San
Francisco for Washington, D.C.
in a few days to confer with
Tigh E. Woods, National Direc
tor of Rent St'’bd izatio"1 and
will return to his post in Juneau
in about two we ks.
t.mr. he said. "I expect to be
able to announce further details
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WOMAN'S CLUB ASKS
SJPPOnT IN CAMPAIGN
iOn swimming pool
Mrs. Lawn mce Kirch, repre
sentative of tiit: Seward Woman’s
Club asked support of the city
council and the people of Sew
ard to, in their campaign to
have a swimming pool in town
next year.
The Club has taken the pro
ject as their aim for the coming
season. They will support and
augment the money already col
lected in the Memorial Swim
ming Pool Fund, which amount
ed, oy least rti’brt to $1,000.
“VVd are contacting every or
gan.zation a town,” Mrs. Kirch
stated. "What we ask of the city
council is to help choose, or
su igesi an appropriate site.”
I. is no: tile- ambition of the
Woman’s Club to come up with
a limited pool as the finished
project, but to, at least, have
a standard sized, raduated bot
tom, concrete pool to be ready
or us.- next s.ason. “The heat
ing .:oui:l come later,” Mrs.
K rch said. “If v/e just get some
started, it will surely grow
n*o what r*v :yone in Reward
cr "ms of as a finished product.”
EAKER MUSIC SHOP
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-O'fPT,7 .V’FNUE
BIRTHDAY SOCIAL AT j
METHODIST CHURCH
A birthday ice cream sc
and work shop for the chi
clcan-up and repairs will
given this Friday, August
in the Methodist Church t
ment. The party will bcgii
7:30 p. m.
Each guest will be askd
contribute a penny for each
of his age and to take hamn
small tools or cleaning cl
and buckets, also to wear c
clothes.
ENLISTMENT DEADLINE
EXTENDED TO AUGUST 3
John L. McCormick, T
toriai Director of Selective £
ice, announced this week
the Department of Defense
extended the deadline
August 1, 1051 to Augusl
1851, permitting any regis
between the ages of 19 an
to enlist in the branch of se
of his choice for immediate
ice, even though he has ha
Armed Forces Physical exs
ation.
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