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SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1951
Price 10 cents
RECORD RODS PElilS SERVICE
With this issue, the first of Voiume No. VIII, the Seward
;aport Record initiates Associated Press news service. The Record
ill now be published three times each week, Monday, Wednesday
id Friday, except on national holidays.
Baseball scores from the American, National and Pacific Coast
eagues are to be included in the service.
In order to maintain a schedule, all local news items, adver
ting, including classified advertisements, and announcements must
; in the office not later than 4 p.m. the day preceding publication.
At present the press release is picked up at the ACS office, but
i a few days a teletype machine will be installed in the front office
: the newspaper building.
Regular delivery routes are being set up to cover the city.
rice and Wage To
nd With Armistice
WASHINGTON (AP)— Sena
r Aiken (R., Vt.) said today an
•mistice in Korea might cause
ongress to let price and wage
>ntrols die at the end oi' this
onth.
"I think an armistice, if one
s negotiated, would pretty
well wipe cut whaiever iiiiie
heed there may be now for
hose controls," Aiken de
clared.
President Truman signed on
aturday stopgap legislation con
nuing wage, price and rent
>ntrols through July 31. lie
ited a few hours before the
Jdnight deadline when the
jntrols program otherwise
ould have lapsed.
Congress approved the 31 day
ctension resolution Friday aft
• the House had shelved tem
urarily a S. . nate-passed bill
roviding for an eight-month
mtinuance of the law, with re
isions.
The stopgap measure pro
hibits any price controls this
month—a ban which Price Di
rector Michael V. DISaiie said
would cost consumers some
510 billion a year if made per
manent.
On Saturday night, just a few
aurs before the no-roilback law
>ok effect, DiSalles Office of
rice Stabilization (OPS) froze
cisting price ceilings. The idea,
le agency explaned, was to
iminate all requirements for
rice rollbacks and to freeze
'ice ceilings which were in ef
ct June 30.
AVY PBY TO BRING
ELEGATION IN PLACE OF
SS TILLAMOOK
A message from the Alaska
ommand headquarters at noon
day announced the disappoint
g news that the USS Tilla
ook, which was scheduled to
sit Seward during the 4th of
lly, will not be here. It has
;en called out on a rescue
ission.
So as not to disappoint the
?ople of Seward, however, a
BY will arrive on Tuesday
rening carrying 12 Navy men
participate in the celebration
id see the race.
Bristol Bay Fishing
Tieup Denied
SEATTLE (AP) —A spokes
man lor the AiasKa Salmon In
dustry, Inc., denied a Saturday
report from Dillingham that a
labor dispute had tied up fishing
boats at Koggiung and Pederson
Point, on Bristol Bay.
The report came from the
strike committee of Local 4i>.
Bristol Bay Resident Cannery
Workers' Union, which an
nounced a switch last week from
the CTO to the S aiarcrs’ inter
national (APL). It is picketing
canneries and bo.its in the com
plicated Bristol Bay dispute.
The industry spokesman said
33 fishing boats went out on tne
tide for Saturday fishing from
the Libby plant at Koggiung and
all boats were operating at Ped
erson Point, where the Bristol
Bay Packing Co., has a plant.
The spokesman said today the
1.v . boai - at Ko ..
come in with an excellent week
end catch of 75,000 fish.
Distinguished Guests
To See Big Rcaco
General Wm. Kepner, Com
mander in Chief, Alaska Com
mand, or his representative, Mr.
Kenneth Kugel, of the Depart
ment of the Interior, Col. J. P.
Johnson and a large party will
see the Mt. Marathon Race this
year, according to word re
ceived here this afternoon. They
will arrive by special train.
Two more special trains are
scheduled to leave Anchorage
Wednesday morning to carry
more than 700 people who have
indicated their intention to
make the trip. One train of 5
coaches will leave Anchorage
at 7:00 a. m. It will be followed
by an 8 coach Jrain at 8:00 a.m.
Both trains will depart Seward
at 6:00 p. m., the smaller leav
ing first.
General Kepner and other
guests were especially invited
to attend the celebration. Col.
Johnson has remarked several
times that he has never seen
the race, and would plan on it
this year.
PROGRAM
JULY 4, 1951
MORNING
PARADE AND PET PARADE .10:00
Parade form on Church Street at 9:45 a.m.
CHILDREN'S RACES . 10:30-12:00
AFTERNOON
TRAIN SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE .12:30
GREASED POLE CLIMB . 1:00
GREASED PIG . 1:15
FIREMEN’S STUNT .1:30
TUG O' WAR . 2:00
MASKED LADY GODIVA. 3:00
MT. MARATHON RACE .4:00
TRAIN LEAVES FOR ANCHORAGE. 6:00
BOAT RACES 7:30
DANCE . -.9:00
Midway open from 11:00 a.m. until Mi. Marathon Race,
f ood stands open all day.
Valdez Woman Killed
On Richardson Hiway
VALDEZ (AP) —Thelma Iva
Smith, 44, whose iainily oper
ated the Smith Bakery and
Fountain at Valdez for many
yeais, was instantly killed yes
terday in an automobile accident
12 links up the Richardson
Highway.
Authorities said Mrs. Smith
was a passenger in a' car which
apparently missed a detour and
plunged end-over-end from the
highway. Les Sievers was identi
fied as the owner and driver of
the car.
Mrs. Smith came here in 1933
from Casper, Wyo. Survivors in
cluded two daughters, Iva Lee,
Valdez: Mae Steel. Santa Rosa,
Calif., and a son, Earl, of Valdez.
Boy Loses Live In
Fireworks Explosion
COMPTON. Calif. (AP) —
Trapped in an exploding fire
works stand, 14-year-old Fred
Magion Rich was burned to
death yesterday.
Police believe the fire may
have started when a passing
motorist flicked away a cigar
ette or lighted match.
The boy, who came to Comp
ton recently from Dallas, Tex.,
was working as a night watch
man when the flames broke out.
The stand exploded in a burst
of pyrotechnics that lasted five
minutes.
ALASKA MAN WOUNDED
IN KOREA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Defense Department reported
today Army Pic. Russell J. Lentz
of Fairbanks, Alaska, has been
wounded in Korea.
Lentz is the son of Jess Lentz
of Fairbanks.
Mystery Surrounds
Lady Godiva
Mystery deepens as lo lire
identity of Seward’s Own Lady
Godiva. All that is known is
that a masked lady will ride a
spotted horse up Fourth Avenue
at 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon.
She will wear the traditional
costume of long-flowing hair,
and probably, a pair of sandals.
Much curiosity is aroused by
Anchorage radio a n d news
stories concerning the identity
of the lady, and every good look
ing girl in town is suspected.
Lady Godiva, however, insists
on remaining anonymous. Every
body is free to guess who she is.
Lady Godiva will be guaran
teed protection and will not be
molested in any way by persons
who might tear off her mask or
expose her identity.
SEWARD CHILD LOSES
EYE FROM FIREWORKS
Richard Giardina, 8-year-old
son of George Giardina, lost an
eye last week as the result of
exploding fireworks.
The child was taken to Provi
dence Hospital, Anchorage, Sat
urday, where the injured eye
was removed by Dr. Milo H.
Fritz. Richard has been living
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Friede, in Seward.
NEW METHODIST MINISTER
FROM PHILADELPHIA
Rev. Charles Malin, from
near Philadelphia, Penna., was
appointed to serve the Seward
Methodist Church for the next
year. Mr. Malin has not arrived
yet to take up his new charge.
Other appointments to Alaska
churches and results of the Mis
sion Conference which adjourn
ed today, will be announced at
greater length later this week.
TOKYO (AP) — Red Korea
tonight urged its soldiers to fight
on while the world waited for
news of an expected armistice.
Pyongyang Radio repeated
Chinese and North Korean ac
ceptance of a United Nations
proposal for cease-fire talks.
But the Reds made this
clear: They are claiming vic
tory in the year-old conflict.
The North Korean Communist
station started each broadcast
with this statement:
“The Anglo-American aggres
sors have at last realized failure
of their sinister attempt and that
is why they are seeking peace.”
Between news items the Com
munist announcers inserted
these statements:
Soldiers on the front, fight
bravely and continue annihila
tion of aggressors." and "Anti
aircraft batteries, aim sharp
and increase the bag of enemy
intruders."
Japanese radio monitors, who
heard the Red broadcasts, said
the Communist tone was even
stronger than usual.
Peiping Radio repeated the
text of the Communist accept
ance statement last night.
The Reds announced over
the two siations Sunday night
that they are willing to meet
U.N. representatives and dis
cuss a cease-fire. They want
the meeiir.g held in the Kae
song area between July 10 and
15.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
Supreme Allied Commander,
had proposed Saturday that a
meeting be held aboard the Dan
ish hospital ship Jutlandia in
Wonsan Harbor. He said he
would propose a date, if the
Reds agreed to the meeting.
Ridgway has not indicated his
reaction to the Red acceptance
message.
It is presumed, however, that
the U.N. will agree to the Rods’
proposed place and time.
Diplomatic circles in Wash
ington said Ridgway already
has his full instructions and
authority to deal with the
Communists.
Tiie world talked of peace, but
it was “business as usual” on the
fighting lines.
There were bitter ground skir
mishes at scattered points.
Allied warplanes threw an
other heavy blow at the Hwang
ju Airfield north of Sariwon in
the northwest. Other planes hit
supply centers, rail and road
lines, bridges, troop concentra
tions and gun positions. B-29
Superforts hit military barracks
at Hungnam on the east coast.
United Nations naval forces
continued to blockade and pound
the North Korean east coast.
Heaviest ground fighting of
the day apparently was on the
western front. An allied patrol
stormed a hill north of Yong
chon. The foot troops killed 33
Reds and captured four. The Al
lies withdrew and called down
an air and artillery barrage. An
other 30 to 40 Reds were killed
or wounded.
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