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1. VIII, No. 3
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1951
Price 10 cents
jeneral Ridgway Warns Against Over
Dptimism Sn Korean Peace Negotiations
.RB Rules Against
aska Steam in
idio Union Dispute
»AN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
tional Labor Relations Board
uniner ruled Saturday that
Alaska Steamship Co. and
American Radio Association
O) were in violation of the
r in the dismissal of Horace
Underwood as a radioman.
Trial Examiner A. Bruce Hunt
ommended to the Board that
Company be ordered to re
tate Underwood,
de also recommended that he
reimbursed for lost income
m the time the Steamer Alas
was returned to service Oct.
1950.
The recommendation would
ivide for the Union and the
mpany to share in the reim
rsement liability.
■ie concluded that the firm
criminated against Underwood
der pressure from the Union
:ause he was not a Union
mber. Hunt held the action
be an unfair labor practice
der the Tafi-Hartley Act.
Jnderwood had been a radio
?rator on the Steamship Alas
The examiner recommended
it the Company be ordered
cease encouraging member
p in the union or in any
ler labor organization, by re
:ing to employ, or discriminat
I against, any person because
non-membership,
le recommended that the
ion be ordered to cease caus
; the company to discriminate
linst any person for his fail
i to belong to the Radio
sociation.
GHWAY TRAFFIC
OLATORS TO BE
OSECUTED
highway Patrol officers warn
it motorists attempting to
ve on the Seward-Anchorage
[hway north of Girdwood will
cited into court.
Svery effort is being made by
itractors to get the road in.
e condition by August 15.
erference by motorists slows
work besides constituting
danger to themselves and
rkmen.
Jeward motorists are remind
again that the Seward-Moose
»s section, and the section
highway from Mile 50 to 58
closed nightly between the
irs of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. except
iday. Blasting operations are
ried on during these periods
i travel is absolutely pro
ited.
VIETS SHOW OFF NEW
T PLANES
MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet
Force showed off its power
new jet planes yesterday,
stern observers at the air
w said that they appeared
able of 7G0 miles an hour at
level and 660 miles per hour
more high altitudes.
‘rime Minister Stalin watched
planes streak by from a
cony of the Chkalov Air
b near Tushino Airport,
ere the display took place.
i military section of the show
5 commanded by his son,
ut. Gen. Vassili Stalin.
Appropriations Bill
Includes Seward
Seward's north-end sewer pro
ject and the paving of the Sew
ard-Anchorag<i highway were
included in the Interior Depart
ment appropriation bill as re
ported by the Senate Committee
on Appropriations.
The committee increased the
amounts allowed by the House
for the Alaska Public Works
program, Eklutna hydrelectrie
power project and operation and
maintenance funds for roads.
Eleven new schools were on
the list as well as a dormatory
at the University of Alaska.
Water and sewer projects for
Seward, Wrangell, Craig, West
chester, Cordova, Valdez and
Nenana were also provided for
in the bill.
New construction was ear
marked in the amount of $-1
million for reconstruction and
paving of the Seward-Anchor
age highway.
The budget request for $212
million for completion of the
rehabilitation and construction
program for the Alaska Rail
read was cut to $2 million by
the House, and the Senate com
mittee sustained the House ac
tion.
The Senate- committee rec
ommended a 10 per cent reduc
tion in all personal services for
the Department, but the opera
tion and maintenance personnel
for such facilities as Indian
schools and hospitals. Alaska
Railroad and other specific agen
cies would be exempt from the
10 per cent reduction.
CAB UNDER FIRE OF
SENATE SMALL BUSINESS
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
gressional Committe- urged in
a report disclosed Saturday that
the Civil Aeronautics Board
(CAB) reassess its entire ap
proach to air transport. It in
sinuated the Board is subservi
ent to tiie big, certified air
lines.
The report, compiled by the
Senate Small Business Commit*
tee, said the CAB might also
study the use oi subsidies for
the big lines which have provid
ed only an "almost luxury-type
service*"
The findings are a result of
a CAB order last March 2. lim
iting the 50-odd non-scheduled
lines to three flights a month
over major traffic segments and
eighi flights between ail other
points.
The non-scheduled lines said
that order would drive most of
them out of passenger business.
But any more regularized
flights would put the r.on-skeds
into flying regular routes, con
trary to CAB law, the CAB
argued.
ANCHORAGE ATTORNEY
VISITING IN SEWARD
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Bell of
Anchorage were visiting in
Seward today as the culmina
tion of a week-long fishing trip
on the Peninsula.
Mr. Eell, is well known in
Anchorage and Alaska as an
attorney, paid Seward a high
compliment, and remarked upon
the development shown in the
area in recent years.
Coast Guard To
Destroy Boat Records
Authorization has been grant
ed to the Coast Guard to dis
pose of certain records and oth.r
related correspondence dealing
with the awarding of numb rs
to outboard motorboats 16 feet
or less in length during the
period between 1933 and 1947,
inclusive. In the latter year the
Coast Guard discontinued the
issuing of certificates of award
of numbers to outboard motor
boats 16 feet and under in
length.
The records relating to the
certification of these boats gen
erally consisted of applications
for numbering, certificates of
award, builders statements and
papers proving ownership. These
records are to be destroyed in
Sept mber, 1951, unless claimed
by interested parties. All per
sons who desire to reclaim thes:
documents submitted for* their
outboard motorboats from 1933
to 1947 may do so by forward
ing a written reauest to the
Coast Guard District Comman
der who originallly issued the
certificate of award number.
Local Men Escape
Injury in Smashup
A Ford Pickup driven by
Ralph E. Carey with Frank
Sand rs as passenger went over
the embankment in the vicinity
of Mile 3 Friday night, causing
only slight injury to both men.
The driver lost control of the
vehicle while passing another
car, skidded across the road and
backed off the shouldf r. It turn
ed over completely, coming to a
sfoo upside down. The truck
is called a total loss.
Carey and Sanders were taken
to Seward General Hospital by
the driver they had attempted
to pass. They were pronounced
suffering from minor cuts about
the head.
EISENHOWER GETS FIRST
AIR FORCE UNIT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
first Air Force unit to be sent
to Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower's
North Atlantic Force in Europe
will soon be on its way.
Announcing this yesterday,
the Air Force identified the unit
as the 433rd Troop Carrier Wing,
composed of former Air Reserve
Squadrons from northern Ohio
It would include about 48 planes
at full strength.
There are about 1.500 men
in the wing, which is equipped
with C-119 Troop Carrier Air
Craft. The planes could be use
ful in helping increase the mo
bility of the ground forces in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation (NATOi Force being as
sembled by Eisenhower.
This is the second Air Reserve
Troop unit to be sent overseas.
The Air Force announced last
Tuesday it is sending the 116th
Fighter-Eomber Wing—a Na
tional Guard unit equipped with
F-84 Jets—to Japan in the near
future.
The Wing has taken part in
exercises and manauvers in many
parts of the United States. It
was in “Operation Fire Step’’
in Alaska last April.
Truman Wants Peace
Settlement
With Germany
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Truman asked Congress to
day to end the stat<5 of war be
tween the United States and Ger
many. He said that unfortunately
Russia had made a final peace
settlement impossible at this
time.
Mr. Truman’s action was part
of a coordinated move by the
Western Allies. The French Cab
inet approved a decree to the
same end although it was not
clear whether it was effective
immediately or must await the
formation of a new cabinet in
the next few days.
Foreign Secretary Herbert
Morris o n announced to the
House of Commons that Britain's
state of war with Germany was
ended as from today.
Three members of the British
Commonwealth—acting in ad
vance—ended their state of war
with the Germans. They were
Australia. New Zealand and
South Africa. New Zealand a*so
announced the end of its state
of war with Austria.
The move was of major im
portance in the East-West battle
for tiie minds and support oi
the German people.
It also lias some practical ad
vantages for tiie Germans al
though it will not end the occu
pation by the western powers.
With the state of war at an
end, Germans will be able to
travel or do business in the Uni
ted States as nationals of a
friendly government rather than
as enemy aliens.
Also Germans will be able to
bring suits in U. S. Courts.
Specifically. Mr. Truman ask
ed lhai Congress adopt a rcso.u
lion declaring fhe sale of war
wilh Germany shall be ierminai
ed al such dale as fhe Presideni
proclaims.
This country has been in a
state of war with Germany since
Dec. 11. 1941.
The President's request was
made in identical letters to the
presiding officers of the Senate
and House—Vice President
Barkley and Speaker Rayburn.
Mr. Truman said the Western
Allies had sought to build up a
freely elcted German Govern
ment and return to the German
people “an increasing degree of
control of their affairs.”
He continued:
“Unfortunately for all of us,
however, and especially for the
people of Germany, Soviet Rus
sia has actively prevented the
growth of a representative demo
cratic government in a unified
Germany, and has thus made
impossible for the time being the
arrangement of a final peace
settlement. The Soviet effort has
been, instead, to cut the Eastern
Third of Germany away from
the rest of the country and to
develop it as a province of the
new Soviet empire.”
Earl J. Skinner, formerly of
Seward, was married at Juneau
on June 21. He married Mabel
Lyman, of Ketchikan. Mr. Skin
ner has been living in Ketchi
kan for several months.
(Ey The Associated Press)
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
warned tonight there was no
real guarantee that peace in Ko
rea will come from the armistice
negotiations opening tomorrow
in Kaesong.
With the start of cease-fire
talks only hours away, Ridgway
said:
"Whether there is to be good
faith or not is only to be judged
by performance, and we haven’t
come to the performance stage.
Agreement on an armistice must
precede a cessation of hostili
ties.”
The supreme commander was
addressing correspondents on
news coverage of the full scale
negotiations. The correspondents
have demanded western press
representation at the historic
event.
Gen. Ridgway indicated there
would be no western newsmen
at tomorrow’s session—but that
there might be at later sessions.
He disclosed that he personally
selected the five United Nations
p ace envoys and that he re
served the right “to change the
delegates at any time.”
The Peiping radio in a broad
cast late Monday night gave a
bare report of the preliminary
meeting and said ‘‘representa
tives will now start for Kaesong
to attend the meeting which be
gins on the tenth.”
It did not say whether they
actually had started.
The Red report was attributed
to “a correspondent of the Ko
rean Central Telegraph Agency”
at Pyongyang.
Earlier Monday Ridgway flew
to Seoul from Tokyo with three
of his envoys. Shortly thereafter
they travelled by light planes to
the advanced “peace camp” near
Munsan, where the other two
members of the delegation were
waiting.
Ridgway gave his envoys their
final instructions, then returned
to Seoul.
The peace camp is only a few
minutes by air from Kaesong,
the ancient capital where an end
may be found for the Korean
war, now in its 55lh week.
The talks propably will begin
about 10 A. M. Tuesday (5 P. M.
Monday, PDT).
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy,
chief allied delegate, will confer
with Ridgway at the end of each
day's session. Joy is commander,
U. S. Naval Forces in Korean
waters.
Other allied representatives
are Maj. Gen. L. C. Craigie, U.S.
Air Force: Maj. Gen. Henry I.
Ilodes, Deputy Chief of Staff,
U.S. Eighth Army; Rear Adm.
Arleigh A. (31 knots) Burke,
U. S. Navy, and Mam’ Gen. Paik
Sun Yup, Republic of Korea
Army.
Meantime, in the air war, F-86
Sabre Jets destroyed one Rus
sian-made MIG-15 Monday.
Three others were shot down
and two damaged Sunday.
United Nations military lead
ers took no chances along the
front. They reasoned that until
a definite agreement is reached
to stop the shooting, the best
course is to keep hitting away
at the enemy.
At Eighth Army headquarters,
everyone went about business as
usual, but there was a feeling
of elation and hope.