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VIII, No. 33
SEWARD. ALASKA, WED., SEPT. 19, 1S51
IED REQUEST PUZZLES UN
aring On Salmon
ota To Be Held In
chorage Tomorrow
>allle i.f)'—The U. S. Fish and
llife Service will open hear
at Anchorage tomorrow to
ider placing quotas on sal
catches in the Territory's
t Inlet and Yakutat areas,
her hearings on 1952 regu
ns will be held at Cordova
ember 24 ana Yakutat Sep
>er 26, the agency said yss
iy
'ficials said no major propos
are planned for the Prince
iam Sound area but the
ice will consider closing
3ering River area to August
a rebuild early salmon runs,
ajor proposals to be con
■ed at the hearings are:
c Inlet Area
quota to be placed on the
l of king salmon whereby
100.000 fish may be taken
ng the season. The quota
id be divided into weekly
as to be established on the
; of mean weekly catches
cent years.
quota to be placed on the
l of red salmon whereby
1.500.000 fish may be taken
ig the season. Weekly quo
>ased on weekly catches ox
it years also would be es
shed.
1 leads of pile traps to re
entirely out of the water
the opening oi the salmon
in.
addition to streams closed
951, all fishing would be
ibited on Willow Greek of
iusitna River drainage,
er River Area
d-weeklv closed period to
^tended by 12 hours making
dosed period:
a.m. Wednesday to G p.m.
sdav; G a.m. Saturday to G
Monday of each week, or
al closed time of 84 hours
week.
11 season to be from August
September 18.
ijuota of 100,000 red salmon
placed on the Situk Weir
ement.
e weekly closed period in
Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet dis
to be extended to include
eriod from 6 a.m. Thursday
i.m. Monday, making a total
re of 84 hours each week.
1 nets in the Kaliakh River
1 be limited to 25 fathoms
? aggregate.
FEET OF SNOW ON
*N HIGHWAY
chorage — An early heavy
along the Glenn Highway
weekend moose and cari
mntsrs a rough time,
o Wildlife Service agents
ted several hundred hunt
'ere marooned along a 70
stretch with snow as deep
o feet. FWS agents Larsen
Ralston said they found
iger cars, trucks and even
irs stuck in the snow. The
a Road Commission said
ighway was reopened after
culean effort.
112 Jet Fighters In
Battle Over Korea
U.S. Eighth Army Headquar
ters. Korea OP) — Swift Allied
jets shot down one Russian-type
MIG-15 jet and damaged five
in thr;e swirling air battles over
northwest Korea today.
At least 112 jets engaged in
fights flashing from 30,000 feet
down to tree top level.
These were the first jet fights
in five days. Murky weather
had curtailed jet activity.
Capt. Dennis L. Skeen of
Twin Falls, Idaho, bagged the
jet shot down today. It was the
first time he had run into the
Russian MIGs. It was his third
mission over Korea. Skeen was
leading a flight of four F<i4
Thunderjets southwest of Sun
chon when he spotted eight
MIGs. Four made runs on the
Allied planes. Skeen caught the
tail-ender.
Information On
Registration
Seward voters must register
once each calendar year. L you
have not registered since Jan. 1,
1951, then you must register
now or before 10 p.m. Saturday,
September 29, when the booic
will be closed until alter the
regular el.ciion ox October 2.
The registration toou is open
Monuay turough Friday from
9 a.m. until 3 p.m.; Saturdays
from 9 a.m. until noon.
September 23 and 29, the two
days preceding the election, the
registration book is open from
7 p.m. until 10 p.m. in addition
to the above regular hours.
Every American citizen, 21
years of age, who has lived in
the Territory of Alaska for the
period of one year, and in the
Seward precinct for the period
of 30 days, is eligible to vote if
registered. Registration cannot
be done at the polls.
Make sure you have registered
one time this year.
Voters Decide To
Buy Water Company
Of the 240 persons registered
to vote, 131 cast their ballot
Monday in the special election
to decide whether or not the
city should acquire the distribu
tion facilities of the Seward
Water Company.
The vote, as accepted by the
city council yesterday, was 112
in favor, 19 against the propo
sition.
The mayor and city council
are now authorized to take up
the option given by the company
and continue with negotiation
of a contract of sale.
Clyde Lovett is at home, after
spending several days in the
hospital. Mr. Lovett cut his foot
quite severely with an ax last
week and will not be able to
use it for several days yet.
Lose Key Hill
. Eighth Army Headquar
fP) — Aground the Com
;ts struck back in eastern
i. Two and possibly three
ntified, presumably enemy
hit-skip raids on Allied
ans on the western front
esday night.
> Reds in the east seized
a key hill north of Ya.nggu after
two earlier futile attempts to
storm it.
The planes bombed and straf
ed Allied front positions in the
Yonchon and Chorwon areas, a
file dispatch said. Allied anti
aircraft guns threw up a barrage
of explosive shells.
Alaska Worse Thai?
Korea In
Entertainment Field
Pocono Manor. Pa. t/Pt — Pri
vate health and welfare facili
ties of the nation have been
“carefully and deliberately or
ganized to meet a national emer
gency ’ for the first time in his
tory, Ralph W. 'Blanchard said
tonight.
Blanchard, vice president of
the United Defense Fund and
former president of the National
Social Welfare Assembly, spoxe
at a planning conference of
United Service Organizations,
Inc., here.
Earlier, the conference heard
Lawrence Phillips, executive
vice president of Camp Shows,
Inc., quote performers who have
returned from tours to Korea
and Alaska as saying that Korea
is tougher than anything they
saw overseas during World War
In Alaska, Phillips added, the
per.iorrr.ers report conditions
even leugher than in Korea,
from the viewpoint o 1 need for
entertainment and relaxation.
If.
Pass
There has been quite a lot of
sickness in the Pass during the
past week due to colds and flu.
\\ alter Hansen and Robert Shep
herd ha.ce both been sick with
Mr. Hansen ail tor most of the
week. Mrs. M..rle Reed has not
been I. cling well for some time
due to flu followed by a bad
cough. While in Anchorage dur
ing the early part ox the montn,
Oscc.r Christenson contracted
such a bad cold that he has been
comined to his home part ox the
time but he is ieeiirig better
now.
The Estes Broth.rs have re
ceived word from relatives in
V* ashington that their uncle, Mr.
Sam Dunham, is critically ill
with little hope held for his re
covery. Mr. Dunham or "Uncle
Sam as he was familiarly
known to all, was the genial
clerk presiding ov r the Estes
store until about a year ago
when he was forced to return to
the States due to ill health.
Hal Waugh left Seward Tues
day, Sept. 11, with Mr. Clyde
Fogg of Holland, Michigan, to
hunt in one of the canyons north
of Resurrection Canyon. They
went in with Tiny Trakowski
and hiked out. They got a goat
and three black bears. Tiny
brought Hal out to the Pass late
Saturday and planned to fly in
and pick up the game and Mr.
Fogg.
“Grant Lake" Kelly was in
the Pass and in Seward over the
Weekend visiting and reporting
the assessment work that he
completed this summer. Since
Mr. Kelly is not down from the
mins very often, the winter train
schedule and difficult road travel
made it hard for him to get into
Seward and back as soon as he
had planned. He reports a very
cold summer up his way—in
fact, it has been more like win
ter than anything else with may
be two or thr.se days of summer,
usually he has beautiful straw
berries to sell at the store but
frost came so late this year that
had but few for his own use.
H. Martin Soper did not make
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Seattle Firm Proposes
Mousing Project
Mr. Walter E. Hutchinson,
attorney, and Donald McDonald,
engineer, representing the Brady
Construction Company of Se
attle, Wrangell and Fairbanks,
approached the city council
Monday night for the purchase
of five acres of land within the
corporate limits. They propose
to construct 75 units of rental
housing.
The company is completing a
housing unit in Valdez this
month, Mr. Hutchinson stated.
They also have two large apart
ment buildings in Fairbanks. All
their construction is done under
FHA, which requires them to
provide sewer and water facili
ties, as well as sidewalk and
curbing.
The houses planned by the
firm will be one story, garden
type dwellings units in prefer
ence to the apartment type. If
the paper work, such as acquir
ing the property and securing
the backing of FHA can be done
during the winter, the actual
construction is to be completed
in a single construction season,
Mr. Hutchinson stated.
H. J. AMEND LEAVING
FOR EXTENDED TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Amend
will l:ave this week for an ex
tended visit Outside, possibly
for a year. Tentative plans are
to drive out the highway.
The Amends expect to visit
a son who is with the Amarillo,
Texas, police force, until aftEr
Christmas.
Mr .Amend retires from the
Alaska Railroad February 29
after 35 years of continual serv
ice. Since he has several months
of annual leav~ corning, his
termination actually begins now.
Fie is the senior and charter
member of the Seward Utility
Board, his term of office ending
in 1952.
DOUGLAS-GARRETT
WEDDING TUESDAY
Emma Lou Douglas and Jack
Garrett were married by Com
missioner Anna B. Southard in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Hamilton, 507 Third Avenue,
Tuesday evening. Sept. 18, at 8
o'clock.
The couple was attended by
Mrs. Hamilton and Bob Ingalls.
The bride's gown was of pink
lace, with a corsage of purple
orchids. Wedding guests remain
ed for the reception after the
ceremony and toasted the bride
and groom in French champagne.
NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS
Fourth Avenue will be closed
to traffic at 11 p.m. tonight from
Railroad Street to the Fire Hall
for the purpose of grading. The
Police Department warns motor
ists that cars parked on the street
after 11 p.m. will be impounded
and lowing fees charged to own
ers.
Tokyo (/P) — The United Na
tions command tonight agreed
to a Communist request to send
a liaison team tomorrow to the
Kaesong neutral zone, site of
the suspended Korean war arm
istice talks.
The Reds made the request
shortly after the U.N. command
announced that four unarmed
South Korean soldiers yester
day mistakenly entered the neu
tral zone.
The Red request for a meeting
raised speculation that the Com
munists may want to discuss
resumption of the stalled talks,
or they may want to lodge an
other charge of Allied violation
of the neutral zone.
The Reds asked for a meeting
with Allied liaison officers at
Panmunjom, Communist outpost
near the edge of the neutral
zone, at li a.m. Thursday (11 a.m.
Wednesday Seward time).
Tone of the notes exchanged
between the Reds and Allies re
cently has been moderate, a U.N.
command release said.
The Reds had charged that
the incident was a violation of
the Kaesong neutral zone.
The U.N. command took a
lighter view.
It said the four, members of
an anti-epidemic unit, were
“armed with nothing more dan
gerous than DDT."
The command said the South
Koreans were “not mistreated
daring their ov:might stay in
Kaesong, nor were their items
of equipment confiscated or
damaged.
Their truck also was released
by the Reds.
Kodiak Navy Planes
Flying Again
Washir.gion UP) — The Navy
announced today that flying re
strictions have been lifted for
Naval Air Squadron 9 in Alaska.
The unit is based at Kodiak.
An announcement was made
last Thursday that the squadron
was grounded for “morale pur
poses" after three of its Pri
vateer patrol planes had been
involved in crashes.
Under-Secretary Francis P.
Whitehair said at the time that
a special board of inquiry was
being set up to investigate the
crashes. No details were avail
able. however, on any inquiry
that may have been conducted.
ARR FREIGHT KILLS
WOMAN
Anchorage (.1*1 — A woman
identified as Christine Stephan
was instantly killed yesterday
when struck by an Alaska Rail
road freight train a mile north
of Montana, railroad officials
reported.
Conductor J. A. Allen said
trainmen spotted the woman
sitting on a rail as they rounded
a curve but were unable to stop
in time to avoid striking her.
She was the wife of Peter
Stephan, a railroad section la
borer.
Girdwood Bids Opened
Juneau iJ1) — A bid of $1,
027,144 was the low one sub
mitted yesterday for paving 33
miles of the Seward-Anchorage
highway. It was by Max J. Ku
ney Co., of Spokane.
Six bids were entered. The
project is from Mile 58 out of
Seward to Girdwood, involving
half of the Turnagain Arm sec
tion.
The bids are being forwarded
to Washington, D.C. Preliminary
work on the project is sched
uled for this fall.
The next lowest bids were
$1,089,717 by Pacific Sand and
Gravel Co., Centralia, Wash.,
and $1,349,400 by Morrison
Knudsen Co., Anchorage.