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SEWARD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1951
Price 10 cents
•ound Broken for
'st Building
Brownell Pork
Irs. Robert Stewart, Chief
the W o m e n's Division of
'islian Service of the Board
Missions and Church Exten
is of the Methodist Church
Alaska; Miss Ruth Murrell,
lerintendent of Seward Gen
1 Hospital for 20 years; Dr.
neis Phillips, Medical Direc
of Seward Sanatorium; and
mcilwoman Mildred Kirx
rick, representing the City;
d the shovel that broke the
und for the new $300, OoO
ses home building in Brown
Park yesterday. Miss Murrell
the actual earth-moving.
Approximately 75 people as
lbled at 2 p.m. for the cere
ny, which was conducted by
. Wm. C. Erwin, master of
emonies. Rev. Cnanes Malin,
the Seward Methodist Churcn
de the invocation and prayer
dedication.
A solo, "Bless This Home”,
s sung by Paul McMullen. Mr.
il W. i\elson, administrator
the Seward Sanatorium, Mr.
trence Keating, president oi
Chamber of Commerce; Murl
?vethan, city representative
the hospital board. Dr. P. J.
illips and Mrs. Rooeri Stew
were speakers. Mr. Everett
uger, superintendent oi con
uctiori lor Pacific Construc
a C o m p a n y or Vancouver,
itish Columbia aiSO spoice oi
■ project.
VIrs. Stewart stated that after
* fire at tne sanatorium last
ir, ana the disastrous ure ai
me, memoers oi tne VVe-snyan
ciety and \v sCs insisted upon
ireprool building fur Seward.
0 more traniu uimhiig in
a s k a” was the word, The
ilding is beuig i.manccei witn
rritoriai and reaerui aid. sue
pects Seward io reaen a.inioi -
1 in population sjuii uay, Mrs.
iwart laughingly staled.
Jr. Piiiinps bu.a thai ne be
ves Seward Will be tne nicdi
center oi Aiusha. liial even
w, certain surgical wora. is
,ng done here ti.al is aUcuipt
in no other pail oi tm Tern
The new building will be oi
niorced concxete construction,
npletely iir^proox throughout
d 01 eartiiquake resistant con
uetion. It will be 12j ieet
ig lacing First Avenue. A
sement and two Boors will
wide recreation rooms, a
inge and living room, dining
>m kitchen and reirigeration
>ms. There will be lo single
irooms and one double bed
im each with a private batn,
ividing the finest and most
ierful living quarters availa
1 for the nursing profession.
\coustic tiling to give sound
iof rooms, and asphalt, rubber
1 cork floor coverings will
i color. Mr. Mauger spoke en
lsiasticaliy of the “very el±i
nt” heating system.
Ground for the home and the
iposed general hospital was
de available 10 the city by Mr.
n C. Brownell, who was first
iroached about the purchase
the one block between Jeff
on and Monroe streets. He
•eed at the time, but later oi
ed the entire homestead to
city at a most nouminal price,
e city council gave the lot for
nurses home which adjoins
site set aside for the hospi
Jeveral people during the dis
;sion after the ceremony, ex
?ssed opinions that it was due
the thoughtfulness of Mr.
>wnell, and his generous pro
ty transfer that the home site
s made available.
Yfter the ground-breaking,
?sts were entertained at tea
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Mayor Eugene Lar.ier
Acquitted Tuesday
Mayor Eugene N. Lanier was
acquitted oy a 3rd District Court
jury Tuesday on a charge of ob
taining money under faise pre
tneses.
The jury, with Andrew Den
nis as roreman, handed m a
sealed verdict Monday night at
«;4o after being out 3 hours and
fo minutes. The case was tried
before Judge George W. i oita.
The verdict was read at the be
ginning of court Tuesday.
Lanier was charged by the
Government with accepting mon
ey authorized by the city coun
cil ior a trip to Juneau, January
4, to attend a Coast Guard hear
ing on the unloading oi explo
sives. The city council repriman
did him later for accepting ine
money alter he had failed to
make the trip. He explained that
he had been unabie to get a
plans out of Anchorage in time,
and that while in Anchorage he
had attended to other city busi
ness. At the time the council
asked his resignation, which he
refused to give.
At a council meeting in Feb
ruary in which Mr. Lanier was
represented by John Hellenthal
as counsel, the matt e r was
threshed out and dropped by
the ci'y council. Suit was brought
later by t'h. federal go\eminent,
prosecuted by U. S. Attorney
Earl Cooper and Assistant U. S.
Attorney Jack Connelly.
Councilman Charles C ole was
called as a government witness,
ail oilier eouncilmen were call
ed Monday afternoon by the de
fens.. Lanier was represented rry
John Hilemhal and Ed Davis.
All five eouncilmen called stat
ed that Mr. Lanier’s reputation
with the people in Seward w s
“good,” or “as good as that of
the average citizen.” A. G. Mc
Rae stated that “when he t nds
to business he's pretty hard to
beat.” All h st:mony was to the
effect that since the flare-up in
February there has been har
mony between mayor and coun
cil.
Mr. Lanier returned to Sew
ard yesterday.
Sea Monster Found
Near Kodiak
SEATTLE (AP)—Photographs
and measurments of a 30-l'ooi
headless creature with hand-like
front feet, found by Alaska fish
ermen were being sent today to
the United States Fish and Wild
life Service office here for pos
sible identification.
The decaying animal, found
on Shuyak Island near Point
Banks, 60 miles north of Kodiak,
was reported to be covered with
hair or fur three-quarters of an
inch thick and was brownish
yellow in color. It had a tail
like a whale and two flukes
measuring 72 inches each. The
“feet” measured 45 inches across.
Fish and Wildlife officials
here said the animal possibly
could be a giant shark or any
of a number of small whales.
MISS CASE TO VISIT STATES
Miss Helen Case leaves Mon
day for a month in the States.
She will visit relatives in Frank
lin Park, Chicago.
Upon her return, Miss Case
will not return to Jesse Lee
Home but take up new duties
as a teacher among the children
at Seward Sanatorium.
r^our kcsccied After
Juneau Plane C; ash
JUNEAU (AP) — A Seabee
plane landing with its wheels
down upended in Gastineau
Channel yesterday, dunking the
pilot and tnr.e passengers.
Rescuers pulled one of the
passengtis, identified only as
r ather Forni, thn ugh a s.d. door
and rushed him to a hospital
here. His condition was believed
seiious .
The pilot, Sheldon Simmons
of Juneau, suiwred cuts when
thrown through the wdndshield.
Other passengers were George
Tapl.y of Juneau, an Alaska
Road Commission engineer, and
W. K. Yost, 01 Pan American
Airways at Fairbanks.
The quartet was pulled from
the water by Alaska Coastal
Airline m.chanics who rushed
to tiie scene in an outboard
motorboat and a yacht.
An ambulance waiting at the
dock for a heart patient arriv
ing on another plane took Forni
to the hospital urst.
The p.lot of the second plane
said he tried without success to
signal the Sc-abea that the
wheels were down.
The plane was chartered by
the Road Commission for Tap
ley s trip here irom Skagwray.
Other passengers w re added be
cause no spac • was available on
tiie regular Skagway flight.
LONGSHORE' 1EN RETURN
TG jG£S
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Harry Bridg.s longshoremen re
turned ' ■ r • on eight
V. cst Const lumber schooners to
day, lae.r v,\ a-old strike end
id by agreement.
Seiliemer.l between Bridges' In
terna ionai Warehousemen's Un
ion and tire Pacif.c Coast Mari
time Association provides a 23
ceni an hour bonus for steve
dores handling packaged lum
ber. The normal wage is SI.27
an hour.
The new pact, signed last
nigiit, also grants a $1 an hour
premium for handling packaged
lumber on ships where the ves
sel s crewmen handle more than
one hatch.
Operators said the schooners
will sail as soon as possible. The
walkout tied up six ships, owned
by the Coastwise Steamship Co.,
and one each owned by the W.R.
Chamberlin and Consolidated
Olympic Steamship companies.
The Coastwise Line was the only
Alaska operation affected by
the strike.
BOYS WOULD GRANT
STATEHOOD TO ALASKA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
American Legion Boys Nation
decided yesterday that 21 is a
young enough voting age.
The boys voted 44 to 26 to
defeat a. resolution offered at
their simulated Congressional
session to lower the voting age
to 18 years.
Other bills on which the dele
gates from 43 states voted in
cluded:
To grant statehood to Alaska,
approved 49 to 21.
OPEN HOUSE TO BE SUNDAY
AT RECREATION CENTER
The public is cordially invited
to a1lend an Open House at the
Seward Recreation Center on
Sunday, July 23, from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m.
Salmon Industry Wins
Court Decision
SAN FRANCISCO (AP — The
U. S. Court or Appeals yester
day upheld a January 18 Dis
trict Court judgment at Juneau
which ordered Alaska's Employ
ment Security Commission to
assign $822,311 credit to mem
bers of the Alaska Salmon In
dustry, Inc.
Federal District Judge George
W. Folta at Juneau had found
that the Commission inaccurate
ly computed the Unemployment
Compensation Trust Fund sur
plus for 1950.
The Commission and its lyiem
bers lost an appeal by today's
ruling.
The action originally was
brought by the New England
Fish Company of Maine and the
Wards Cove Packing Company
on behalf of all other members
of the Alaska Salmon Industry,
Inc.
Today's opinion was just a
paragraph, affirming Judge Fol
ta’s judgement with his same
reasoning.
CLEAR WEATHER PERMITS
SEARCH FOR LOST PLANE
JUNEAU (AP) — The weather
cleared last night and search
planes hunting a lost Korean air
lift transport made a midnight
sweep over North Pacific waters
off the Alaska Panhandle.
The Canadian Pacific Airlines
transport with 38 aboard van
ished Saturday while flying
from Vancouver, B. C., to An
chorage, Alaska on the first leg
of a flight to Tokyo.
Soupy weather has restricted
the search but pilots participat
ing in last night's sweep, while
r< porting no results, said cov
erage of the area probed was
“excellent. ' Twenty-four planes
were in the air hunting the lost
transport.
A Coast Guard cutter investi
gated one clue—a report that
debris had been sighted off Cape
Fairweather—but reported it
was only logs, kelp and crates.
B03 TROTTER HOME AFTER
SERIOUS OPERATION
Bob Trotter got home last
Saturday after nearly a month
in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Port
land, where he had a serious
major operation.
Mr. Trotter and his wife left
Seward early in June to seek
medical treatment in the Port
land Clinic. It was discovered
there that Bob must undergo
surgery. He is still rather shaky
and must take it easy for a
while, but was assured by his
physicians that his health will
soon be completely restored.
PETTY CASH FOUND
Petty cash is a familiar term
to secretaries, but has a differ
ent meaning to a very young
man in Seward who found some
petty cash.
Out for a walk with a friend,
Dennis Owens found a container
well filled with pennies. Upon
showing it to his mother, Dennis
learned that he must find the
owner if possible and return the
bonanza.
So, if anyone who has lost
the pennies will describe the con
tainer and the approximate num
ber of coppers it contained to
Dennis, it will be returned in
tact. Dennis lives in Hut No. 21,
Seward Housing Area.
U. N. Advance Headquarters,
Korea (AP) — Communist Cease
Fire negotiators today advanc
ed a new proposal on withdraw
al of foreign troops from Korea.
A United Nations spokesman
called it “reasonable in content
and phraseology.”
Brig. Gen. William Nuckols,
who attended today's sessions,
said the new Red proposition
was “more temperate and rea
sonable in tone” than previous
communist demands.
Officially the U. N. said the
new Chinese and North Korean
suggestion on troop wiihdrawa-s
was "sufficiently interesting"
for Allied delegates to propose
a long overnight recess for fur
ther study.
Neither Nuckols nor the U.N.
communique indicated exactly
how the Reds had modified their
demand.
But Nuckols said it required
25 minutes to read.
The five Communist generals
brought out their new plan af
ter a three-day recess. They had
asked for the recess Saturday
to consult with their govern
ments on the troop withdrawal
demand which had threatened
to break up discussions.
To make sure there was r.o
mistake, each side supplied the
other with key portions o. their
positions in writing.
Nuckols sad these were tne
first written exchanges between
the opposing delegations nine
day .>• of meetings.
Wednesday’s scss s ended
in an atmosphere of “now we
are getting somewhere." Nuck
ols said.
Pucket ar* Job
With N^w AsslsHiui
Officer George Puckett will be
back on the job Thursday, as
senior highway patrolman in
this district. Mr. ft:: kett has
been on extended leave, but is
now ready to resume his duties.
Officer Phillip T. Ames, for
merly of Anchorage, will re
lieve Officer Bert Keilog as
junior officer. Mr. Kellogg is
transferred to the Valdez dis
trict for a few months, after
which he will attend the North
west Police Association traffic
school in the States.
Mr. Ames is a young man with
several years experience in the
Alaska Highway Patiol. Ills wife
and three children will remain
in Anchorage for a while. “We
just moved into a new house,”
Mr. Ames said, “and my wife
is reluctant to leave it.”
It is hoped by friends that the
Ames' will move to Seward and
become part of community life
here.
Officer Kellogg has made
many friends in this area. His
cooperation with municipal law
enforcement and the- Marshal’s
office has held violations at a
minimum. During Officer Puck
ett’s illness in the winter, Kell
ogg patrolled the entire Kenai
Peninsula alone. He is cordially
disiked by many speeders and
wholesomely respected by all
motorists, which h;s fellow of
ficers consider the finest of rec
ommendations.
Mrs. Tom Howell will be hos
tess to the Women’s Society of
Christian Service Thursday
evening in her home. This is the,
regular social meeting of the
month.