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II. VIII, No. 19
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1951
Price 10 cents
sra Parkinson Heads
legates To
>gion Convention
seward Post, American Le
Auxiliary, announced the
nes oi the delegates and com
rteemen for the Alaska De
tment Convention which is to
et here August 31 to Septem
3.
,Irs. Vera Parkinson was nam
delegate at large for the Sew
unit. This Post is allowed
? voting delegates over the
egate at large. Those named.
Bobbie Smith, Mary Stoekle,
dred Manthey, Mary Jane
listeiner and Charlotte Lesko
o is also Department Chap
l.
ilternates are Bonnie South
, Hazel Lanier, Hazel Erwin,
tes Janikula and Amy Hitt,
'ommittee chairmen ior the
vention ptriod are Grace
Trill, convention committee;
via Sexton, Luncheon com
odiiilet r<uusieuit;i , rel
ation; Mildred Manthey, mix
Vera Parkinson, entertain
lt; Charlotte Lesko, housing;
dred Manthey, banquet; Jo
a Paulsteiner, picnic; Vera
kinson, grand ball; Hester
kson, decoration and Viola
/ is chairman of the finance
imittee.
: has been impossible to es
ate the number of delegates
visitors who will attend the
vention in Seward. A great
L depends upon the condi
of the Anchorage-Seward
lway. The committees are
aaring for 250 people in ad
an to the local Legion and
:iliary members,
esidents and members are
?d to make room for visitors
heir home for three or four
its when the city will be so
vded. Anyone who has an ex
room, or can make room will
xibute a great deal to the
:ess of Seward as a conven
city by calling the infor
ion in to Mrs. Lesko.
afth Center Open
r Immunizations
rs. LaPreal Bie, Public
1th Nurse has re-opened the
1th Center after an absence
to illness.
le Well-baby Conference
Immunization clinic will
inue as before every Thurs
from 1 to 4 p. m.
lesdays, 10 a m. to 4 p.m.,
oid immunization for pre
ol. children between the ages
d 5 years will be given. A
s who failed to receive ty
d immunization during the
? early in the Spring, may
receive the treatment on.
sdays.
rents are reminded that all
Iren entering the first grade
zhool are required by law
lave been vaccinated for
lpox and have diptheria im
ization.
alth authorities recommend
even though the immuniza
treatment and vaccination
have been given the child
fancy, it is well to have it
ited every five years to
» immunization positive.
ON MEN'S SPAGHETTI
IER HOWLING SUCCESS
e spaghetti dinner prepared
?ly by the men of Ameri
_.egion Post No. 5 (except
le ladies who helped them)
Saturday night was pro
tod a “howling success” by
who attended,
rte Lush, a new member,
n charge, and he is now ac
ed as expert at putting on
etti dinners. Gene is civil
lot wth the helicopter corn
working with the 30th En
rs on the mapping project
? Seward area.
Allies Suggest Informal Talks In
Korean Cease Fire Negotiations
Bill Would Stop Trade
With Czechs
Until Oaf is Is Freed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
House debated the huge Foreign
Aid Bill today but delayed un
til tomorrow a vote on a Repub
lican-sponsored drive to slash a
billion dollars from the total.
The Foreign Affairs Commit
tee. which knocked only $651,
250,000 from the $8,500,000,000
assistance measure, said in a
formal report yesterday that
money not manpower, is Eu
rope’s biggest defense need
Today the House was ready
to give final approval to a $1,
700.000,000 Defense Housing
Bill. Even those opposing some
of the bill’s particulars conceded
it would pass.
The measure’s purpose is to
provide housing near mush
rooming defense installations
with private enterprise getting
first crack at the building.
Meanwhile prompt Senate action,
was predicted today on a House
passed resolution to suspend
trade relations with Red Czech
oslovakia until William N. Oai
is. an A. P. correspondent, is
freed from a Prague jail. He has
been sentenced to 10 years in
jail on an espionage charge.
ALASKA LINE PUTS ON
ANOTHER NEW SHIP
The Liberty ship Daniel G.
Reid has been assigned the A
laska Steamship Company by the
National Shipping Authority tor
operation under general agency
agreement according to word re
ceived here late last week.
The Reid is being moved from
Olympia reserve fleet anchorage
tomorrow to Todd Dryaock ior
the customary inspection before
delivery of the vessel to The
Alaska Line.
This is the third vessel that
has been assigned to the Alaska
Steamship Company ior opera
tion under the National Shipping
Authority. The Liberty ships
James T. Fields and John Dock
weiller were assigned earlier.
It is expected that the Reid
will be operated in the grain
run to India.
IT WAS ONLY A MISTAKE
IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. (AP) —
The blushing city commission,
which accidentally voted Birm
ingham dry last week, have
made the town legally wet
again.
The commission had inlei.ded
lo outlaw only drinking bay rum,
paint remover and oiher "skid
row" substitutes for alcoholic
beverages. City attorneys dis
covered. several hours too late,
that the resolution covered tco
much territory.
A carefully drawn law which
rectified the error was passed
yesterday.
FIRE DESTROYS
KAKE HOMES
KAKE. ALASKA (AP) — Fire
of unknown origin destroyed
several homes in this Indian vil
lage late yesterday. No serious
injuries were reported. The
blaze was said to have started
in the home of Freddie James,
owner of the seiner Pearl F.
Indians Ask Payment
For Lands
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indi
ans who once roamed the ricn
Matanuska Valley in Alaska
want the government to pay for
their being deprived of it.
The claim of the Indians, now
living at Palmer, Alaska, was
the last filed with the Indian
Commission before a deadline
Monday.
Like many of the claims, it
specified no specific amount,
leaving that to the Claims Com
mission. That body has until
April, 1957, to clear up the 645
cases pending before it.
The Palmer Indians contend
they have been deprived of the
continued use of the Matanuska
Valiy lands and adjoining wafers
on which they formerly lived.
Their claim, fiLd by William
H. Olsen, Anchorage, Alaska, at
torney, was submitted through
tne Interior Department's Bureau
of Indian Affairs.
James A. Langston, adminis
trative officer, said the Palmer
claim almost missed the dead
line, because it was addressed
in care of the Indian Affairs
Office.
“We got wind of it at the last
minute,” Langston explained,
“ana sent a page over to pick
it up.”
Officials estimated the Indian
claims for all of the United
StaUs and Alaska may total 15
billion dollars.
A five-year period in which
they could file their claims a
gainst the government exp.red
Monday. In all, 645 claims were
put before the Indian Claims
Commission.
In only one-fifth of claims an
esiimaie made as to the amount
of money sought. These totaled
S3.C16.C77.608.
Thus if the others average the
same, the total might be $ 15,
GOO.000,000 or even more
But Edgar Witt of Waco, for
mer Texas governor and chair
man of the three-man commis
sion, explained to a reporter
that the Court of Claims which
previously handled such cases,
allowed only two per cent of
the amounts claimed before it.
“I"m not predicting what this
Commission might do,” Witt
said.
MRS. WEBB ENDORSED AS
BARTLETT POSTMISTRESS
Delegate E. L. Bartlett rec
ommended the appointment of
Mrs. Margaret Webb as post
mistress at Bartlett in sending
his endorsements to the Post
Office Department last week.
Bartlett is the name of the
pest office for the Seward Sana
torium. Mrs. Webb's appoint
ment must be made by The
President with Senate con
firmation. .
LAND COMMUNICATIONS
DOWN MONDAY
Telephone lines were down
Monday between Seward and
Anchorage, stopping all land
communications between the
two cities for most of the day.
This was responsible for the
lack of Associated Press news
in the Monday edition of the
Record.
A construction mishap on
Turnagain Arm in which several
poles were torn out was held
responsible for the failure.
Territorial Health
Officer To Confer
With City On Water
Samples of the city drinking
water were sent to the Territor
ial Department of Health Labor
atory in Anchorage yesterday
for analyzing. The samples were
taken from places within the
corporate limits and from the
Engineer Battalion camp, by
Mrs. LaPreal Bie, Public Health
Nurse.
Mrs. Bie said today, that Dr.
Robert Smith, Territorial Assist
ant Director assured her a rep
reseatative from the Department
of Sanitation will arrive in Sew
ard shortly to inspect and give
assistance in the problem.
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Concert Piano Fund
Endorsed By
Nearly 100 People
Nearly 100 names appear as
patrons and patronesses of the
Concert Piano Fund which will
be started by tonight's enter
tainment in the Seward Meth
odist Church.
Three local and popular mu
sicians will blend piano, harp
and voice in an evening of music
in a program of classical and
semi-classical music to delight
the taste of all music lovers.
Paul McMullen, whose voice
has been on demand for several
years in Seward, has had two
years of expert training at the
Whitman Conservatory and has
developed a rich baritone. Mrs.
Mary Clements is well known in
this area as an accomplished
pianist. Margaret Lee's big
golden harp is a general favor
ite.
The concert is given under the
auspices of the Seward Winter
Concert Committee, with the as
sistance of Beta Sigma Phi.
Nearly 100 people about town
have contributed to the fund to
obtain a concert grand piano for
future professional and stmi
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BRITISH-IRANIAN TALKS
DEADLOCKED
TEHRAN. IRAN (AP) — The
Iranian government today re
jected the latest British com
promise offer to settle the oil
dispute, but Britain refused to
take “no-’ for an answer and
the talks are continuing.
Deputy Premier Hossein Fat
emi told reporters the British
offer was unacceptable because
it did not conform to Iran’s dras
tic Nationalization Law under
which Anglo-Iranan oil com
pany properties were taken over.
Chief British negotiator Rich
ard Stokes told a news confer
ence he hoped an agreement
might yet be reached.
Asked if he thought the 10
day old talks would continue,
Stokes replied: “Oh yes, I think
I can convince them our offer
is the best they can get from
anybody.”
On the other hand, the Iran
ian government statement issued
by Fatemi showed clearly that
premier Mohammed Mossdaegn
and his cabinet are not budging
from their nationalization plan
to take over the properties of
the British-controlled Anglo
Iranian company.
MUNSAN. KOREA (AP) —
United Nations delegates sug
gested today that a subcommittee
be set up to break through the
formality of Korean truce nego
tiations and attempt to settle the
buffer zone deadlock.
Red delegates showed inter
est, A U. N. spokesman said.
Simultaneously, U. N. Com
mand headquarters in Tokyo an
nounced that the Allies, if nec
essary, will continue “destroy
ing or driving out of Korea” the
Red Chinese and Korean Armies.
At Kaesong the chief U. N.
Delegate, Vice Adm. Joy pro
posed a committee meet in an
air of informality.
He proposed the subcommittee
“meet around rather than across
the table.” They would thus es
cape “the formality of utteran
ces” which he said contributed
to the three-week-old dispute
over where to place a military
dividing line across Korea that
would separate opposing armies
during an armistice.
Joy asked the Communists to
reply Thursday. The negotiators
meet next at 1 p. m. (10 p. m.
Wednesday EST.)
The five Red generals “show
ed more visible interest in Ad
miral Joy's proposal than they
have shown in any other state
ment,” Brig. Gen. William P.
Nuckols reported. “It was suf
ficiently different to call for
their undivided attention," Nuck
ols commented.
Both delegations appeared to
be more cheerful than usual
when they left the meeting
place, a pool dispatch from Kae
song said. And newsmen on the
scene hinted the Reds might be
willing to discuss a demarcation
line based on the present battle
front, as the Allies demand.
Delegations have been stymied
since July 27 over the location
of the demarcation line.
UN and Red Troops
Battle Near Kaesong
U. S. 8lh Army Headquarters,
Korea (AP) — Red troops, coun
ter attacking with mortar and
machine gun fire, drove United
Nations forces off a hill on the
Eastern Front in the only sizable
ground action reported in Kor
ea today. Allied troops had
fought for the hillcrest last
night.
The hill is one of five near
Kansong, objective of a three
day battle. The Reds hold two,
the Allies two. The fifth hill has
been under artillery lire for 36
hours.
Elsewhere along the front pa
trols occasionally stirred up
sharp, deadly fights.
Four skirmishes were fought
on the Western Front outside
the neutral zone surrounding the
Kaesong Cease-fire talks.
U. S. HEALTH DEPARTMENT
TO ASSIST IN V. D. CONTROL
At the request of civil, mili
tary and health officials a U. S.
Department of Health officer
will visit the city next week to
assist in the control of venereal
disease.
An unprecedented rise in case
incidents in Seward prompted
the action. The city police and
health officers have asked for
firm control measures, which
calls for U. S. assistance.