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Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Inspect School
Addition Work
This Saturd az

An inspection Of construction
work on the new five-room addi-
ton to the Seward Public School
is due to take place Saturday. A
member of the staff from the office
of VIM. Manley, Anchorage archi-
tect, is due to arrive in Seward
late Friday for that purpose.
The Anchorage firm of archi
tects, who drew the original plans
tor the structure, have also as
sumed the responsibility of engin-
eering supervision and inspection.
The framing work is we'll along
at the present time and the roof
is on the building. Workers are
preparing the walls now for the
stucco finish and carpenters will
be putting in windows and inside
finish. The interior walls are to be
plastered Subfloors will be COW
ered with five-eighths inch ply
wood and asphalt tile over that.
Ray Beissner reported Friday
morning that more than two thou
sand feet Of lumber had gone into
the structure in addition to that
called for by the specifications
When the inspection is completed
this week, Beissner said, any
changes which the inspector calls
for will he made and thp work will
continue as fast as possible.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
TORVANGERS RECEIVE
CITY BEAUTIFUL AWARD

Mr.. and Mrs. Al Torvanger, who
have been given honorable men,
ton before, are the recipients of
this weeks City Beautiful prize
of five dollars in trade at Hamil-
tons Garage.
The Torvangers have done a
great deal of work about their pre-
misses this year and have fine
flower garden. All brush about
their lot has been cleared and the
ground leveled.
A second place worthy of note
is the home of Gordon Black at
the airport. 1t was built of quon-
set, with the addition of per-
manent structure and is nicely
painted and neatly kept.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
BEAR CHASES CARL LING
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

Mrs. Carl Ling reports that she
arrived at the Ling sawmill the
other day just in time to see her
husband running heller SHELTER
down the mountain with a bear in
hot pursuit.
Carl had been out without a gun
blazing trees he wanted cut down.
He was chopping away at a tree
when he heard noise behind him.
1t was the bear, whose cub had
climbed up the tree Carl was chop
ping. The mother bear came right
after him with blood in her eye.
Carl went back a few minutes
later to shoot the mother bear, and
as a post script he took the cub,
too
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Seward Gen. Hospital
To Have New Roof

Mayor Eugene Lanier announced
Thursday that the Seward General
Hospital is to have new roof as
soon as the Council will authorize
the letting of bids on the job.
The hospital, which is owned by
the city and operated by the Meth
odist Church. has been badly in
need of new roof for some time,
but the city has been so short of
funds that it was impossible to
raise the necessary cash until this
week
The City Council had gone on
record some time ago with a reso-
luton to the effect that the repairs
would be made as soon as possible
The original agreement the city
made with the hospital called for
maintenance of the exterior of the
building on the part Of the city,
while the hospital was to take
care of the interior.
The amount set aside for the
new roof is $500, and if the roof
takes less than that amount, other
minor repairs will be made.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Engineers Call Public
Meeting at
Kenoi July 80

A public meeting has been sched-
uled at Kenai on July 80 at 800
pm. by the Alaska District, Corps
of Engineers, as part of the survey
of Cook Inlet.
While the hearing will be oral, it
is requested that important points
be submitted in writing and with
pictures if possible
The hearing will be one of a
number Of informal meetings to be
held at points along the inlet.
The hearings are held to gather
information as to the number and
size of boats and ships at such
points, w h a t economic benefit
would be gained by government
sponsored improvements, whether
the benefits would be for the COM
munities generally or for a few in
dividuals.
The Corps of Engineers is inves-
tigating such possibilities as navi-
cation improvements, flood control
and power development
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
TO SELL GUNS AT FAIRBANKS

Public notice was given this
week that the Fish and Wildlife
Service will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash, So
lots of assorted guns, at 1870 pm.
on August Is, l949, at Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Articles may be examined upon
applying to the Fish and Wildlife
Service office, Fairbanks, Alaska
from 500 am. to 500 pm. on
August II and from 800 am. to IL
noon, August Is, 1949.
The Service reserves the right to
withdraw any and all articles from
sale, and to segregate or combine
any two or more lots at the time
of sale.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
GUNNER'S MATE TRESSLER
TO SPEND WEEK IN ITALY

Budd c. Tressler, gunner's mate,
third class. USN, son of Mrs. Isabel
Tressler of Seward, is scheduled to
arrive in Venice, Italy, July Is, as
crew member aboard the de-
stroyer USS Vesole for a week-long
visit.
Arrangements have been made
for visits to the world-renowned
Cathedral of ST. Mark and it's ad-
joining square. A tour by gondola
will afford a picturesque vista of
the sights of the ancient seaport,
built on hundreds of tiny islands
at the head of the Adriatic Sea.
Liberty in Venice will follow
strenuous fleet exercises with the
Sixth Task Fleet in the Mediter-
ranean.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Federal Court
Rules Applied
To Territory

The House of Representatives has
passed a Senate bill which would
extend to the District Court for
Alaska rules formulated by the Su-
preme Court governing pleading,
practice and procedure now effec-
tive in the district courts of the
United States.
The bill will go back to the Sem
ate for further action in consider
alton of technical amendment
made by the House, and it is be-
lieved no difficulty will be en-
countered in reaching agreement.
In 1884 a law was passed author
izing the Supreme Court to pre-
scribe rules of procedure for the
district courts of the United States
and the District of Columbia courts.
In a later court case it was held
not to include the district courts
in the territories and insular pos
sessions. The legislation was made
applicable to the Hawaii courts in
1889 and to Puerto Rico in 1910.
"The Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure," the House report on the
bill stated, "have worked with
great success to improve the adj
ministration of justice in the dis
trict courts of the United States
and in the Territory of Hawaii and
in Puerto Rico. They have been
adopted in substance by the state
courts in number of states. There
seems no doubt that their applica-
ton by the courts in Alaska will
be to the advantage of lawyers,
litigants and the general public"
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Nav Release Peninsula
ShoreIine Sizes
TO Homesfeuders

Reconsideration of sh or in e
areas on the Kenai Peninsula to
make more land available for
homesaeaders will be completed
some time this summer. According
to old legislation, great part of
the land along the shores of the
peninsula has been reserved by the
Government for anchorages.
Actually most Of the shore line
reserved is useless for ship anch-
orage and since a great many peo-
pie have requested that certain
areas be reclasSified. a survey will
be made of the whole peninsula
shoreline.
Several sizeable areas on the
peninsula have been set aside
pending the result of a soil survey.
One large area near Homer is ex-
pected to be opened for veterans
and a good second, near the town
of Kenai. will be given to dis
placed persons from Europe.
The method of distributing land
to the DPS has not been made
known, but it is expected that
there will have to be some kind
of subsidy to enable these people
to make a go of demonstrating.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
NAVY CONDUCTING SEARCH
FOR MISSING FISHING VESSEL

United States Naval authorities
from Kodiak have made tele-
graphic inquiry this week regarding
the whereabouts of the 40-foot
troller diesel boat Patricia" paint
ed white and trimmed in black, OPP
Grated by two men by names of
Parsons and DAILY. This vessel was
last heard of on April IL. This YES
sci may have changed name to
Teddy"
Anyone having any information
as to present location of this YES
sci or its operators is urged to con-
tact Immediately the local Deputy
us. Marshaps office.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Turn In Your
Assessment
Forms Now

City Assessor Mrs. Carl Ling re-
ported Friday morning that returns
on assessment forms are still very
low in coming in. Only half to two
thirds of the total number have
been turned in to this date.
The amount of money the city
saves by using this type of assess
ment may not be worth the great
amount of work and worry the city
administration will have to go
through to get the tax money roll
ing into the city Golfers.
The system of mailing assess
ment forms for the taxpayers to
fill out was innovated this year
under the authority of Territorial
law.
Low Assessments
Il was also made known this
week that many of the assessments
turned in this year show a value
far below that of last year. While
the assessor may not change an
assessment, recommendation can
be made to the city council for ac-
ton in individual cases.
The city has authority to assess
property at the same valuation as
the preceding year unless the tax
payer appears and proves that his
property is actually worth less than
the year before.
Late Payday
The July l payroll was 10 days
late and could not have been paid
at that late date if money from
the refund on business licenses had
not been forthcoming.
While the financial situation is
more than a little embarrassing for
Seward at the present, it is ex-
pected to smooth out as taxes do
start TO come in.
The school budget is the greatest
stumbling block to the city right
now, since there will be two addi
tional teachers, a larger building
to heat. and a number of other
items which will appear on the
budget only this year, such as fur
niture for the new addition.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
Ndpfowne, Alaska Is
'Up-and-Cominq'

Naptowne, the new town on the
map Of kenai Peninsula, has been
granted contract as a U. S. post
office, with Mrs. Alex Petrovich
as postmistress.
% homesteaders in the vicinity
signed a petition for a postoffice,
which was granted upon the per-
sonal recommendation of Del. Ell.
Bartlett, The mail is brought in
once a week by carrier Frank
Pampell from the Cooper Landing
postoffice.
NaptoWne, which was named in
fond recollection of the nickname
for Indianapolis, Indiana, the for
mer home of the Petroviches. is
located on high plateau IS miles
from Seward and 26 miles from
Kenai and Kasilof, on the new
kenai road. 1t il being developed
by the Petrovich brothers, Alex
and George, and this year has
shown rapid progress. About 200
acres have been cleared Carved
at tremendous cost of energy and
hard work out of the heavily
wooded area which burned in the
forest fire of 1947, the townsite
now has been laid out in streets
one of which bears the sign "2nd
Avenue An air strip is under con-
struction and power plant will
be completed before winter.
Naptowne Postoffice and Store
is right on the highway. Gas and
oil, maps of the Territory, good
we'll water and comfort station,
are welcome break in the rugged
112-mile trip from Seward to
Kenai. Mr.. Petrovich welcomes all
visitors with cup of hot coffee
day or night.
Hunting, especially bears and
fowl, is good in that part of the
country, and since the townsite
is only quarter-mile from Kenai
River and one mile from Moose
River, there is plenty of fishing.
Mr.. Petrovich is a man with a
vision and unlimited enthusiasm.
He is planning, among other acti-
vities, boys camp for the near
future. 1t seems quite likely that
Naptowne will grow to consider
able consequence as the Kenai
Peninsula develops s'and settlers
move into the new area made cas-
lily accessible by the new roads.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
DR.. Lowell Addresses
Doctors Assembly

DR.. Lawrence Lowell of the Sew
assembly of Native Service doctors
at the Anchorage Health Center
Friday afternoon on tuberculosis
treatment.
The doctors are in Anchorage for
tWo-Week refresher course spon-
sored by the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, the US. Air Force, and
the Alaska Native Service.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
NSLI TERM POLICIES
MUST BE RENEWED

Alaska veterans are reminded
that National Service Life Insur-
ance policies must be renewed, or
converted to permanent insur-
ance plan.
The Veterans Administration is
now sending out notices of expira-
ton to some veterans in the area.
Policies issued before January l.,
1916, expire eight years from date
of issue. Those issued after that
date expire in five years.
All term policies may be re-
newed for an additional five years,
as provided by law. Veterans must
fill out renewal application form
and mail it to the VA before the
expiration of their policies. The
first premium must also accompany
the application.
Premiums Slightly Higher
Premiums will be slightly higher
than on the previous policy since
they are based on the age of the
veteran at the time of renewal. No
physical examination is necessary
except in cases where the policy
has been lapsed for a longer period
than three months.
Veterans who wish to convert
their policies to permanent insur-
ance will find six standard plans
available. They are: Ordinary life,
20-pay life, 30-pay life, 20-year en-
dowment, endowment at age 60
and endowment at age IS.
Full information on insurance
benefits may be obtained at any
VA office.
Question of the Week:
Q. What must I do to get my
NSLI dividend payment at the
earliest possible moment?
A. Do not write the VA about
your NSLI dividend. To do so will
cause delay. Special application
blanks are now being prepared, and
are expected to be available in
August at every post office, veter-
ans service organization and VA
office.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22
SISTER OF LEON LEWIS
VISITS IN SEWARD

Miss Ruth Lewis, sister of Leon
Lewis, arrived in Seward by plane
Friday. morning for an extended
visit. Her home is in Granite Falls,
Washington.
MIR. Lewis is expecting his BROTH
er Don to arrive here for a visit in
the near future. The brother is
partner in sawmill in the States.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22

Bob Trotter said he saw nine
Moose along the Cooper's Landing
road one evening this week. One
was the smallest moose calf he had
ever seen, he said. The calf APP
peared to be not much larger than
a dog.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-22

BERTHE and Carla May Clark,
daughters of Carl Clark of Hope,
were in Seward this week for a
one day visit with Mrs. Ray James.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
|ECA Helps Italy Build
Naples Drydock Able
To Take Biggest Ships
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

ROME, Feb. 21.-Naples is going
to get q dry dock that can handle
any ship in the world. It Is so per
cent financed by the European
Recovery Program.
When 1t is finished, the biggest
aircraft carrier or battleship, or
the biggest commercial liners like
the Queen Mary or Queen Eliz-
abeth, will be able to berth there
for repairs.
It will be the biggest dry dock
in the Mediterranean. It will make
Naples, in war or peace, the most
important big ship port In that
highly strategic sea.
Although the project is spoken
Of as q commercial one, 1t Is i'm
possible to overlook its military
significance. The United States
Navy has made the Mediterranean
q second home. The British Navy
has long kepts its biggest units
In the Mediterranean. Never be-
fore have they had a dock that
could service their biggest, most
valuable ships.
England's Queen Mary is 1923
feet long and 1888 feet wide. The
Naples dry dock will be 1,059.3
normal length with an extreme Of
1883 usable length. It will meas
ure 1872 feet across and have an
entrance depth Of 44.s8 feet.
The dock was first designed in
1882. That design will be followed
with only minor changes. The
plans stand up we'll, despite their
age, and about 20 per cent Of the
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Paris Cleanup Drive Hits Films
Nioht Clubs and Comic Books

have been seized. Fad tor Junior
they say. ).
3. Producer of a motion picture
named "Clochemerle" had to cen
sor scene where o town mayor
officially opens a new public wash
room. ...
4. Another movie had to slice
footage showing a cutie undress-
ing behind a screen. Screen toe
transparent" said the, censor.
5. Private dining rooms in, cafes
are being checked; authorities
want to make sure they're used
only for dining.
6. Books with nudes on Their
covers have been banned.
"The next thing you know" q
shocked Partisan told me. they'll
be dressing the statues in Luxem-
bourg Gardens"
And French Communists, OF
course. blame "the influence OF
decadent American CalviniSrn."
Evening star., 1949-02-21

port workers for three years. The
country's big industrial basin In
the north will make the scores of
engines, mechanical and electric
devices and the cranes that will 60
into the dock. Around the, dock
almost a small town. of shops and
stores, living quarters, machine
shops and communications centers
will be set up.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

work already has been done or
the original drawings.
The Economic Cooperation Ad-
n1inistration will complete the
dock at q cost of 4,500, 600 900 lire
($7,S25, ,000). It will take three
years. ECA promises the dock will
be as modern as any in the world.
although designed II years ago.
Three gates, or locks, one at
each end and one in the middle,
can be closed to divide the basin
into two independent docks. One
will be $50 feet long and the Other
1898 feet. Thus it will be able
to serve two medium sized vessels
at once.
Building Of the dock will en-
ploy many hundreds of Naples
Evening star., 1949-02-21
By Fred sporks

Foreign Correspondent Of The Siar end
The Chicago Dolly News
PARIS, Feb. 21.-Heavens! Is
Gay Paree going moral?
This city has long been beloved
by tourists for all-night sin Gel
lars, wiggling. half naked girls,
available natural" pictures, risque
comedians. very private dining
rooms.
Now there are signs of cleanup.
Behind the move, it seems, is the
growing power of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle's party, Rally Of the
French People.
Here is the evidence:
i. Police are raiding night clubs
where, girls are excessively rare. "
2. American-type comic books,
which insist every woman's ply
sique rivals Lana Turner's and
glorify pistol-popping murders,
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Chinese rs She Is Wrote.

@. Can you explain why some
broadcasters say "jahng" for the
Generalissimo's name Chiang?-
F. M. S.
A. According to Webster's Bio.
graphical Dictionary &C. and c.
Merriam CO.. the name Chang il
pronounced jee-AHNG. Other au-
thorities pronounce it "chee-AHNG'
or Chung" My letter asking
Madame Chang for the correct
pronunciation has not been an
swered.
If the pronunciation is "jee-
AHNG," why is the name spelled
chang?
To answer that, let me explain
that the Chinese do not spell with
an alphabet. They write by means
| of kilograms or symbolic charac-
ters which stand for the words and
names.
| Now it was necessary to work out
some way of expressing the sound
Eof Chinese words and names by
means of the Roman alphabet. SO
during the middle of the last CEN
tury, an English professor Of Chi
nese at Cambridge, Sir Thomas
Francis Wade, invented the Wade
system Of English phonetic spell
| ing for the exact sounds Of Chi
nese characters. Most authorities
still use the Wade system.
The Wade system is-well, insane
is about the best word to describe it
Instead of spelling phonetically, II
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Take NY Word for 1t
Fronk Colby

doesn't spell at all. Let me give you
few examples:
A province in China is called
"reh-hoe." Wade's spelling Is "Je-
hol" A district is called "jow- joe. "
Wade's spelling is "Chiaochow." An
important province is called "juh-
jee-AHNG" Wade makes every
thing beautifully clear by spelling
"Chekiang."
A city is called bay ping" Wade
spells it "Peiping." A port is called
"jen- -jee-AHNG." Wade's spelling is
"Chinkiang." The important prov
ince called "gwahng-doo is
spelled "Kwangtung" in Waoe's mad
phonetics. A province called "juh-
lee" is spelled Chill" An i'm
portant city called flung -tyun" is
spelled "Feng-tien."
| Now let's see: If "ch" spells 81"
sound, why does tx" spell "j"? And
why does tx" also have the sound Of
"g"? How can "Jehol" spell "reh-
hoe?
"P" is pronounced "b." But it also
has the sound of "p," for Wade's
"Peiping' is pronounced "bay-ping. "
See what I mean by "insane?"
Now, dear readers, that I have ex-
planned so prettily why Chang is
pronounced "jee-AHNG." you may
now turn to the comics, where, hap
ply, ''w-h-a-m' always spells
"wham," "p-o-w-i-e" always spells
'poWie," "g-a-b-l-o-o-e-y" always
spells "gablooey" and "w-h-u-m-p"
always spells "Whump."
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Goren on Bridge

With a burst of speed down the
homestretch, Georpe Rape of New
York City, who had not once held
the lead through the five sessions
Of the contest, finished strongly to
win the recent Masters Individual
Tournament over field of SO OF the
leading life masters of the United
States of America, closely pursued by
3. j. Becker, fellow townsman.
The hand shown today lent color
10 the final round Of the event, hav-
Ing been subjected to wide variety
of treatment at the nine tables at
which it was played. In some cases
q contract of six spades was reached.
This met with sad fate because OF
the Al trump break, which necessi-
tated the loss of two trump tricks.
In most cases, however, the SOUND
contract of six no-trump was
reached, but here there were varia-
tions In the play.
A moment or two on the bidding.
I'm all for the laconic method OF
expression chosen by the pair quoted
In the diagram above. North's final
bid Is somewhat on the aggressive
side. but receives the nod OF this
commentator. North has a good
opening bid facing partner who
has opened the bidding and jumped.
His hand contains high-cara point
count of IL, which, with partners
advertised minimum of 10. assures
the partnership of at least 81 points,
which, with a good six-card suit,
Is usually enough to offer a good
play for slam. True enough, North
took something of a chance. Tor
South's values could conceivably
have been made up of a hand con-
tanning but one ace. Here is the
one hand South might hold that
would not serve the purpose:
AKo2 0KJ1o oKQJ4 +AJlo
North was willing to take that
chance. The Blackwood convention
was not available to him at this
point, because a four no-trump bid
In this sequence is not regarded as
conventional, Dut q kOOu, olo-AooAA-
ioned raise Of partners no-rump
bid.
Some players won the opening
club lead in their own hand and
led the queen of spades, with dis
astrous results, for East retained q
double stopper in the suit The win
ming play was to take the opening
lead in dummy and lead a low spade.
East cannot afford to take this trick
with the king, else he will set up five
spade tricks for declarer, so he is
obliged to duck South wins with
the queen. Vests ten of spades may
be a falsecard from 1919 alone, so
declarer returns a spade to dummy
and receives the bad news. The trick
is taken with the ace and everything
now depends upon bringing in the
diamond suit for four tricks. The
nine of diamonds is led and loses to
the jack, the return is won In dummy
and the diamond finesse taken again.
When the king falls on the third
round, declarer is home with II
tricks.
tcopyrisht 1s49, by Charles H. Goren)