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Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Sales Tax Remuins in Effect Until October

The two per cent sales tax which the city has been collecting for the use of the school will continue in effect until next October, it was learned this week
 The tax, imposed for the spe- ciflc purpose of raising the amount of $50,O0O has so far brought about S35,O00 to the city school fund.- Collections during the first two quarters were in the neighborhood of Sl2,O00 each quarter, but the quarter ending March 3l brought only S8,000.
 For this reason, it was said, the tax will be continued until October of this year. By that time city off cials are confident that the full S5O,000 will have been raised. The tax will automatically De off the books then.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Health Department Barge Calls at Seward

A power barge, The Health, new ly commissioned for the Alaska Department of H edith Service, called at the port of Seward this week on the way to. Kodiak, where it will be permanently sta toned.
 This is one of the two boats of this type recently placed in service. The second will see service on the Yukon River, and the U. $. Navy IS said to have taken the job of towing it through the Bering Sea.
 Personnel of the boat took a trip to Anchorage while it was tied up at the Standard Oil Co. dock. The boat will give the same kind of service as is rendered by the North Star" in coastal and island villages. It is well equipped as clinic.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Seward Police Receive High
 Com nlendation

Seward has as fine a group of law enforcement officers as can be found anywhere in the Territory of Alaska, and Chief of Police Leonard J. Clark has a better en- forcement background than any other police chief in the Territory.
 This statement was made this week by Robert E. Goocher, Alaska representative of the Northwest Peace Officers Association He was in Seward for several days this week and expected to leave on the SS Baranof Friday.
 Excellent Record
 Inquiry revealed that Chief Clark has many years of experience behind him and that he was super intendant of the Nebraska State Bureau of Criminal Identification. His whole background is one of experience in criminal identifica- tion and investigation.
 He s a graduate of the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago and while he was police chief at Scott's Bluff, Nebraska, he attend ed the FBI national police acad- emy.
 Chairman Visits
 Norman Smith, chairman of the board of directors of the Northwest Peace Officers Association, visited here earlier in the month to dis cuss law enforcement problems in Alaska.
 The association consists of over 5000 officers in six northwest states, Canada and Alaska. It pub fishes a magazine and has a death benefit fund.
 Goocher, who has degree in law, and who was police judge in Anchorage in 1943, has also been city and county officer.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
NURSES ENTERTAIN FORTY AT SERVICE CLUB

The Seward Registered Nurses Association entertained forty mem bers and their families at their annual picnic supper Tuesday eve ming, June 14, at the service club building in the old Fort Raymond area.
 Although held indoors because of damp weather, it was a real picnic supper, with guests toasting hot dogs and marshmallows at the huge fireplace in the club building. Mrs. Walter Blue was chairman of the affair.
 Members of the nurses aSsocia- tion held a five-minute business meeting, at which it was decided that the association would inten- sify it's efforts to further the for nation of a territorial association. The nurses recently purchased a projector which is to be used for showing educational slides and film strips.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Pre-Marital Health Law
 Now in Force

The new Territorial law requiring health certificates before marriage licenses can be issued went into effect June IT. This means that from now on, people wishing to be mar ried may do so only if the physi- elan decides after an examination and blood test that the applicant can be certified as to his health.
 This examination may take place any time within 30 days prior to the issuance of the marriage li- cense. The U. s. Commissioner, however, may not issue the license without the health certificate. Expectant Mothers
 The law now requires also that every licensed physician or regis tered nurse in the Territory who is attending a pregnant woman must see to it that a sociological blood test be taken at the time of the first visit or within ten days except where it is contrary to the religious tenets of that mother. Re- suits of such tests are never made available to the public.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Local Laundry Washes Fishing Nets

Last week fishermen were both- cred by great deal of moss and other foreign matter in their nets as they fished for salmon in Res urrection Bay. The situation be- came rather difficult, until an ex- pertinent in washing them proved successful.
 For the test a fifty fathom sec tion of net was placed in large laundry machine at the Seward Laundry. With the use of steam and ordinary cleaning agents in the machine, the net came out as clean and white as a brand new net. Local fishermen believe this pro- cess will add several years to the life of a net if it is cleaned before storing for the winter.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Creased Pole Contest Sponsored by Union

A. G. McRae announced this week that the Carpenters Union is sponsoring a greased flag pole climbing contest for the Fourth Of July celebration here.
 The pole will be approximately b feet high, McRae said, and at the top there will be five dollar bill dangling on a string. The first one to reach the top of the pole is entitled 10 the five dollars.
 Since lot of people are ex- pected to become greased up from trying to catch the greased pig, the carpenters decided they might as well make it a good go with the flag pole event. The pole will be located in the area where the other events are to take pace.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Standard Oil Officers Visit Here Tuesday

MT. T. s. Petersen, President of the Standard Oil Company of Calif- ornia, and a group of Standards top officials will be in Seward on June 2l, it was announced by w. C. Erwin, Standards Manager here.
 The visitors are on an inspection tour of the COmpany's marketing facilities in the Territory.
 Accompanying Petersen will be Hillyer Brown, Vice President, Paul Pigott, Member of Board of Directors. E. J. Mechanism, Vice President, s. E. Stretton, District Manager and l.. M. Hagen, Assis-
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN MUST OBTAIN LICENSES

Any person engaging in the busi- ness of fishing with gill nets or seines must first obtain a license, according to the laws now in effect. The rate for gill nets is S2 for each hundred fathoms of net, and the rate for seines is S10 for the first 15O fathoms.
 Marvin Viale of the Resurrection Bay Company can furnish the nec- essary forms and is authorized to make collections A commercial fishing license must also be ob- tained. These application forms are also available at the Resurrec- tion Bay Company. The rate is $5 for resident license and $50 for nOn-reSidents.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17

tant District Manager Other mem- bers of the group are P. L. Fahr- ney, Vice President. Dwight Han son, Pilot, Company plane, Leslie Walker Copilot, Company plane, and Arnold Horton, Mechanic Company plane.
 Main purpose of the trip is to get first hand knowledge of Alas ka's progress to enable Standard to plan possible future develop ments. Standard was the first oil company to serve the Alaska mar ket, starting before 1888, and is the Territory's largest supplier of pe- troleum products.
 They have the Company's Di- rectors' plane and will make stops at Annette Isl a nd, ketchikan, Juneau. Anchorage, Seward, Fair banks, Point Barrow, Nome, White horse and Skagway for inspections and future survey of the Territory
 It is the first time in the history of the company that a president has visited their operations and holdings in Alaska, and this trip should be of large benefit to the Territory in future plans for ex- pansiOn and developments.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
T.B. Association Official Dies in Seattle Saturday

Bess A. Vim, for many years a central figure in the Territory'S per ennial fight against tuberculosis, passed away last Saturday in a Seattle hospital.
 AS executive secretary of the Alaska Tuberculosis Association, she worked necessarily to stamp out the disease, travelling through the Territory and carrying the fight to the legislature. She last visited Seward a year ago this month, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Seward Sanatorium.
 Besides caring for her family she found time to direct the annual Christmas Seal campaign, write numerous articles for journals and film and radio scripts for health education.
 Through her efforts the Sana- torium obtained stea1n tables for serving meals to patients, public address system, and the services of medical social worker and an occupational therapist through the Tuberculosis Association.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
methodiists To Found College On Peninsula

A college having three major de- partments, liberal arts, industrial training and agriculture, will be founded on the Kenai Peninsula by the Methodist Church.
 The story was published in the World Outlook, a magazine. pub lished by the Division of Education and Cultivation of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church.
 Methodists in the Chicago area the magazine said, have pledged $l35,000 for the founding of this pledged S80,000 for the fund. These amounts represent practically the entire Home Mission Advance to the founding of the college.
 The new Methodist college, the World Outlook states, will open new vistas for the l,200 young peo- pie who graduate from Alaska high schools each year. Most of them now have no hope of further train ing
 The small University of Fair banks is crowded with an enroll ment of only 300 students, only part of whom are incoming fresh men. Only few Alaskan families are wealthy enough to send their children to the States for training.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
Munfer CcmPdny Awarded Contract For Kenui Bridqe

The M. P. Munter Construction Go. of Seattle was low bidder on the contraction of the bridge across the Kenai River and the $l82 ,000 contract was awarded to the firm by the Commissioner of Public Roads in Juneau this week.
 The 400-foot structure of timber pile trestle with reinforced con- crete deck will be built this sum- mer to replace an inadequate struc- ture.
 M. P. Munter is the Munter of Munter-Phillips who are building the bridges on the Turnagain Arm project which will link Seward and the Kenai Peninsula to cities of the Interior and the highway to the States.
 The Kenai River bridge is part of the highway project linking Kenai, Kasilof. and Homer with Seward. The road is now open to Kasilof, and is progressing rapidly on the Homer end of the line.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
$50,000 AiIocofed
 For Improvement of SmuH Boat Hurbor

According to a telephone con- versation between Territorial En- gineer Victor Rivers in Anchorage and Mayor Eugene Lanier the sum of $50,000 will be available for dredging of the small boat harbor here this summer.
 This amount is part of an eX- pected appropriation of Sl ,334 ,OO0 which the army engineers will have for work on Alaska river and harbor projects this summer. While Congress has not yet appropriated the money, it is said that the amount asked for work in Alaska will not be questioned.
 Other Projects
 For the small boat harbor at Cordova, the allotment is $100,000, $70,000 for VadeZ, S30,000 for Ju- neau, and S40,0G0 for Wrangell The sum of $70l, ,000 will be allocated for storm protection at Nome and $343 ,OOO was set aside for new dredging for the Wrangell Narrows.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17

MT. and Mrs. c. J. Grabb, who have been visiting with the Harry Southards, expected to leave for Anchorage Friday to board a plane for their home in the States. A cocktail party was given in their honor Wednesday at the Southard home. Last Sunday they made a trip to Kenai and saw moose, sheep, goats, and black bears on the way. Mrs. Grabb is sister of Mrs. Suothard.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
WARNS OF SPEED LIMIT IN HIGHWAY TOWNS

Highway Patrolman Georg e Puckett said Thursday that he has received reports of violations of the speed limit in highway towns and that children in Moose Pass have had several close calls lately.
 There are no sidewalks in Moose Pass, he said, and the pedestrians are compelled to use the highway while walking. The speed limit through the town is 20 miles per hour, which will give drivers a reasonable margin ot safety for stopping.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17
"A. J. HARRIS TAKES OVER ALEUTIAN LIVE STOCK co.

Arthur J. Harris announced that his firm has taken over the hold ings of the Aleutian Livestock Co. at Nikolaki Village on Umnak Is- land in the Aleutians. The firm will have mutton for sale in the Terri tory in the near future.
 Harris is interested in number of enterprises, including the Harris Mercantile Company, Mahuskin Livestock and the Harris Fisheries. Harris is listed as one of the sub scribers of the Seaport Record.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17

MT. Howard Burkher, radio en- gineer for the Alaska Native Serv- ice, arrived in Seward Thursday by plane. With headquarters in An chorage, Burkher; came to take care of the transfer of surplus supplies from the military to the Alaska Native Service.
Seward seaport record., 1949-06-17

Jerry Martin announced that he is closing his radio repair shop on Fourth Avenue after June 3O He expects to reopen the shop in a new location next fall.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

UlOuGQ ana IR AenFy mcAemoFe.
ure your age from your teeth?
No, no. 999 times no!
There is a much simpler way.
Proving Ground for Age.
just come to Paris, and, over a
period Of two weeks or so, keep
a chart of your behavior while
you're here. This city on the
Seine is proving ground for age,
just as Aberdeen, Md, is for our
Army's heavy ordnance and In
dianapolis for motor cars.
The last time I saw Paris was
in 1886, while I was returning
from the Olympic Games in Ber-
lin. I was 20 years of age then,
and even If I couldn't add, the
difference in my Partisan be-
havior, now and then, would be
solid proof that 13 years have
passed, and that I am now AZ
years Of age.
In 1896 I had seen the Folies
Bergere four times and had bought
tickets for fifth trip before
ever got around to asking where
the Louvre was. I couldn't see
any great rush in getting around
to those MARBLE statues, if you
get what I mean.
AS for Notre Dame Cathedral,
what man in his right 29-year-old
mind would squint up at the gar
goyles when Bal Tabarin was Of
fering the cancan.
finally got around to Napo-
Icons Tomb, the Cluny, the Car
Evening star., 1949-09-29

dozen years later it had to be
retaken from Japan, which had
|nonchalantly gathered Guam into
the Greater East Asia Co-prosper-
ity Sphere" so it might serve as
Admiral Nimitz's advanced base
for the invasion of that country.
In the mounting of the inva-
sion, the harbor got dredged
amply and expensively. floating
drydocks and the other parapher-
MALTA of a first-class navy yard
were provided. Airpower moved
in and. starting with airstrips
inherited from the Japanese
developed five excellent fields.
Stepping Stones to Asia.
Since then, Guam's military
activities have ebbed slowly and
appropriately but according to a
plan which utilizes the island s
unique value as the only ample
stepping stone between Pearl Har-
Dor and the Asian mainland
Basic defenses are being retained
and essential construction is as
permanent in character as appro-
priations permit.
On the whole, the military ap-
pears well satisfied as they survey
the 30-mile island and the only
United States harbor west of
Pearl. It Is a considerable change
for the better since only 218 rifles
were on hand to oppose the Japa-
nese attack in 1941.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Guam'S Value Mounts
Stepping Stone to Asia Assumes New
Importance as Red Tide Ensulfs China

Guam's value steadily mounts,
too. in the military's eyes as they
watch the Red tide engulf China
which puts the Russians 1926
miles away from here. This is
less than a quarter Of the distance
between Guam and the United
States. that distance in crow
flight air travel being 5.668 miles.
Guam's population now is 100,-
000-25,00 Guamanians, $4,000
Filipino laborers and 5000 Amer
leans, including Army, Navy, Ma
rines and contractors personnel.
No Unemployment.
Unlike seething Hawaii, which
is suffering both from its own
domestic labor troubles and Amer
ica's strategic Withdrawals from
Pearl Harbor, Guam has no un-
employment, no strikes and no
Communists. Nor does it ex-
pect unemployment problems like
Hawaii's as the military establish
ments continue their steady en-
croachments. The plan is to send
the F'ilipinos home as the work
for which they were imported is
completed and many Americans
also will trickle home as their
contracts end.
It is considered that the 5000
employable Guamanians can cas-
lily be kept at work. Actually it is
a rather stern obligation on
America to see that they are, since
half of Guam's land-and that its
better half-is appropriated by
the armed forces for defense uses.
This is the coastal plain, neces-
sarily the site for military install
lations. It includes most Of the
5000 acres that agriculturists pro-
nounce arabic. -l.,
Service on Guam Is far from the
grim task 1t is on the coral atolls
of Johnston and Kwajalein. Like
Hawaii. it Is a green and Towering
island with cool and pleasant hills
where. Of course. most of the liv-
ing quarters are located. It has,
in fact, its defenders who claim 1t
excels the beach at Waikiki-ex-
cept. they confess. for its ,occa-
sional typhoons.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1949-09-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ALL


that I wouldn't swap the names
and addresses of the dentist and
the optometrist for any other
names and addresses in Paris.
The rest Of the notebook pages
are chiefly filled with the names
of restaurants. with notations such
as this beside them:
Excellent French food, reason
able prices"
And as for the Louvre. well, it's
really worth seeing, especially If
you wear good. stout walking
boots.
Yes. if you've lost your birth
certificate and are puzzled as to
when you were born, just come
over here. You'll be able to de-
termine the date without much
trouble.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-09-29
This Changing World
Move to Put Yugoslavia on u. N. Council
Step in Iron Curtain Political Invasion

Now a part OF that situation
Russia's duplicate membership in
the Council-will be ended with
the departure Of the Soviet
Ukraine. It will bring a much
better balance into the peace
preserving body if. instead of
such a Soviet slave as Czecho-
slovakia, Yugoslavia is assigned
to the seat soon to be vacated.
There is no way of doing any
thing about Russia's triplicate
membership in the United Nations
as a whole, at least for the present
Perhaps at some future date,
when the organization of the
United Nations is overhauled in
a thorough way, something may
be done not only about Russia S
multiple membership, but also the
unrestricted veto which the U. S.
S. R. Yields in the Security Coun-
Gil.
British Game Puzzling.
The British game in supporting
Czechoslovakia against the Amer
ican choice is difficult to under
stand, particularly since Britain
recently has been engaged in
trade negotiations with Marshal
Tito's government and presum-
ably has the same interest as the
United States in the successor to
the Soviet Ukraine in the Council.
It is not to be regarded SO
much as a rift in the Anglo
American front toward Commu-
mist Eastern Europe as it is a
genuine difference of opinion as
to whether Czechoslovakia or
Yugoslavia would be more advan-
tageous from the Western view
point in the Security Council.
Britain has been engaged recent
ly in trade negotiations with all
the Eastern European govern
ments and it is possible that a
British favor for the Czechs in
the U. N. may smooth the path
for other things.
There is a hidden purpose, per-
haps, in American support for
Yugoslavia in the Council. That
is that with Tito's representative
sitting in that august body, Yugo-
slavia has a forum from which to
proclaim her complaints against
the Soviet Union and, If those
charges are ever brought formally
and presented to the Council,
Yugoslavia already will be a full
fledged member and in q position
freely to pursue its defensive
campaign against Soviet aggres-
sion.
The denunciation OF Soviet
actions by DR.. Edward KardeU,
Yugoslav Foreign Minister. in the
Assembly Monday inspires our
confidence that Yugoslavia in
tends to maintain its identity by
all possible means, including re-
sort to the United Nations, which
the Soviet bloc heretofore has
used every means to discreGit
Evening star., 1949-09-29

Wavelet. Versailles and the opera,
but not until I had given such
places as Joe Zelli's and the Club
Florida heavy patronage.
This visit, in 1949, is being run
on slightly different schedule.
Notebook Is Tip-Off.
Before I got here whenever
ran across Americans who had
been in Paris recently. asked
them for names and addresses. I
was looking at my notebook this
morning and it's a tip-off on my
age.
The very first name and address
in the book is that of an Ameri-
can dentist I should call In case q
tooth gets to acting up.
The second Is that of an opto-
metrist to turn to if I break or
lose my reading glasses.
And the awful part about it is
Evening star., 1949-09-29

the unknown. Constantine Brown.
But what we do know is that
Marshal Tito. from his side, is
giving the Western Allies con-
tinuous encouragement to permit
him to share in the good things
which the West can provide.
This, of course, leaves it up to
the Marshal to demonstrate his
sincerity at moments when his
support is needed. Those mo-
ments will arise, without doubt,
in the future, not only in the
Assembly, where Yugoslavia is a
regular member, but also in the
Security Council. where Soviet
Russia, as one Of the Big Five,
holds the veto power.
U. s. Risks But Little.
The United States by support
ing Marshal Tito for the impend-
ing vacancy in the Security Coun-
Gil is not risking great deal,
and is providing the Tito regime
with one more inexpensive piece
of evidence of this country's will
lingness to accept Yugoslavia in
the highest councils in the world.
This Government is not risking
much because if Yugoslavia wins
and subsequently sides with So
Wet Russia on some issues-and
the Yugoslav delegate. DR.. Ales
Bebler, has made it clear that
Yugoslavia will be guided by her
own judgment and interests-it
will be no worse than having the
Soviet Ukraine. which is an in
tegral part of Russia. echoing in
the Council the propaganda
themes advanced by the U. S. s. r.
It will be some benefit to have
the Soviet Union represented on
the Security Council by only one
member instead of the two which
now hold seats on that highest
body in the United Nations. Rus
STA got its three seats in the
United Nations Assembly by a
quirk of diplomacy which made
no sense at the time and still
makes no sense. That Russia
should also have two seats in the
Council never made any sense,
either,