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Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
Military Personnel Killed In Crcsii
 Were NeWlyweds

ANCHORAGE uP - An Air Force captain and his Air Force nurse, also 9 captain, who had only been together in all about two weeks since thay were married last Jan. 9, died to- gether.
 The Air Force identified them last night as the military per sonnel killed with three others Tuesday !n the crash here Of a tWin-engine Christensen Air Service plane in the back yard of a suburban Rogers Park home.
 They were Capt. Donald V, Drake, about so, on leave from the BAY Training School of the 3535th BonIoarGment Training Group at Mather Air Force Base, Calif., and Capt. Clara Mary Sullivan Drake. 28. Air Force nurse of the 39th Medical Group al ElmenGorf Air Force Base here.
 Their varied military duties kept them separated most of their brief married life. They had headed for Seward for 8 vacation trip.
 One of the planes engines appeared 10 catch fire just after the taka off. The plane angled down between two houses, one occupied by a mother and baby, then crashed in the back yard of a third home.
 The pilot and four passengers perished
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
James Only Bidder On Dem Project

JUNEAU R - Two Seattle firms submitted the only bids yesterday for construction of coal-handling facilities at Fair banks.
 s. 2. Mullen was low bidder at S524, 800, nearly three times the engineers estimate of $780, 900. The Butler Construction and Engineering Company offer ed to do the job for S707,052.
 Included in the Fairbanks pro- ject is construction of 6OO-foot conveyor and steel bridge across the Cinema River.
 Ray F. James of Seward and Palmer was the only bidder on construction of gravity dam and wood pipe water facilities at Seldovia. James bid totaled Se2.052.50. The engineers esti- mate was S67.ooo.
 The Alaska Public Work bids were opened here.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
E%%Fo VA ix Reds Launch New Drive
US. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS. KOREA Lp

I2O All EH5I K . II l. A Lp Allied troops drove Chinese Communists off two hills today on the Western Front where Reds earlier encircled two Unit ed Nations outposts.
 Both surrounded units fought free. One immediately counter attacked.
 A front line dispatch reported two companies of Reds fled from hill without firing shot after the Allies blasted them with tank and field artillery. The recaptured knoll is north west of Yonchon, which is seven miles north of the 33th Parallel.
 Farther north LIN. infantry men won a second hill after three hours of close-in fighting.
 Reds fought and attacked all along the western half of the front in actions that had the earmarks of a prelude 10 a new offensive.
 Communist strikes al patrols indicated they wanted 10 move into the wide belt of no-man's- land which has separated oppos- ing forces Tn inc west for months.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
Missing C-47 Aeea+sd On Hisi, Is;and

ANCHORAGE tY - An Air Force CAT transport plane which vanished last Saturday in West err Alaska was reported yester- day to have crashed and burned on mountain on High Island in Bristol Bay.
 Elmendorf Air Force Base of ficials said flying boat with a rescue and medical team has been sent to investigate.
 The plane, with at least four men aboard, disappeared Satur- day while flying 175 miles from Naknek to Platinum, on Good news Bay.
 High Island, one of the Walrus Island group, lies about midway along the route, 20 miles south Of the village Of Togiak, on the mainland.
 The two-engine transport con tacted Bethel Saturday asking permission to fly on instruments at 1000 feet. When the Bethel radio tried to contact the plane two minutes later there was no answer.
 The missing CAY was from the 5033th Base Flight Squadron al Eimendorf.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
MT. McKINLEY PARK AGAIN
 ARMY WINTER REC CENTER

Elnendorf A;r Eozce Base (AMNsl- Air Force, Army and Navy personnel on Guty in the Alaskan theater will again have an opportunity to vacation at Mt. Mckinley Hotel in Mt. Me Kinley National Park, according to recent edition of the Sour dough Sentinel. Sixty double rooms will be available to serv- ice personnel and their depend ents from October l, 1851 thru May 31, 1852.
 Service personnel may wear civilian clothing when travelling to and from the Center and at the Center Meals at the hotel for personnel on separate rations will be 60 cents each. Rooms will cost S2.00 a night.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
FILING DATE FOR CITY OFFICES SEPT. 25

Deadline for filing of candi- dat2s for city offices is 3 pm. September 25. All candidates must have petitions in the office of the city clerk by that time,
 Seward voters will elect member to the Utility Board for a Swear term: 1 10 the School Board, 3-year term; 3 councilmen, 2-year term; and a mayor, also a 2-year term of office.
 Petitions are now available from the city clerk. They must be signed by at least 25 quali- fled electors of the City of Seward.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
NO CITY PAPERS LOST IN PLANE CRASH

The city clerk stated today that absolutely no city papers were lost in the plane crash Monday in which O. M. Beaver, city auditor, lost his life.
 MT. Beaver had been working on the city budget for 1852, He had already prepared notes from papers and information in the city hall here and was re- turning to Seward Monday night to present the completed budget to the city council. Nothing was removed from the city office in the preparation.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
AIoska Newspapers ScEd os curios

SEATTLE LF - Shades of the gold rush days!
 Alaska newspapers sold here today-at one dollar per copy.
 A department store Freder- ick & Nelson) advertised them. The advertisement said they were rescued from the remains of an Alaskan ghost-town" and chronicled the lives and times of the Klondike gold rush era, before World War l."
 The department store said most of the collection was ob- tained from Dawson, Y. T.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
ARMY TRIES NEW FOOT POWDER

Elrendcrf Air Force Base. (AMNSl - According to the Air Force Times a new type of foot powder for Arctic use has been developed by the Army medical service. The powder reduces precipitation, a major pol a r menace. II will be packaged in seven envelopes, each for days supply. all in heat-sealed, cellulose kit, representing weeks supply for each man.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
Kenei |. .

Deputy US. Marshal Allan Petersen made a flying trip to Cold Bay on August 30 to pick up a prisonsr. Mike George Smiloff of Sand Point. Smiloff was bound over to the Grand Jury by US. Commissioner Katherine Carlow of Sand Point. He was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. He IS being held in the custody of the Kenai marshal pending fur ther instructions from the US. Marshal's office in Anchorage.
 Betty and Bill Dodson, popu- lar teachers last year in the Kenai school, who returned to their home in Terra Haute, In diana, intending to remain there, are back in the Territory. The call of the north could not be resisted when the offer of posi- lions in the OuZinkie Territorial School presented itself only a week ago. The Dodsons stopped at Kenai for a brief visit with friends on their way to OuZinkie via Kodiak.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
TERRITORIAL TREASURY GETTING LOW
 TIIMEnII ip Tn:4;n1 T,

JUNEAU Pl-1 1erritOrIal Irea- surer Henry Roden reports a shrinkage at the till.
 He said the total cash dropped S7O1 ,000 in August, leaving S320,427.74 on hand as of Aug. 31.
 The nonresident fish tax ac- counted for S350,0OO of the drop. The money is frozen until an appeal to the Supreme Court by the Territory is heard. The Ninth Court Of Appeals overruled Dis trict Judge George Folta, declar- ing the $50 tax illegal because it is interference with Interstate Commerce.
Seward seaport record., 1951-09-07
XVII
 HE EARLY SEWARD |INESS ENTERPRISES
By Jay Stauter


 |hrd's public utilities, this ks column will in | e d a few facts about some awards early private busi- firms, from the founding he town to the suspension fork on the railroad.
 Rving sketched a few high in early episodes of this S, it now seems wise to backward again and fill in Is as far as possible, for the ral period 19O4-1908, before ming involved in the com story of the fight against ervation policies. Ii was the arvation policy of the Ma l administration in Wash n, DC, you will remem- that led to the failure Of Alaska Northern Railroad, o a long period of business alton for Seward. More on later, of course.
 far, we have mentioned few Seward business established in the early Among them were Brown Hawkins; the Brownell ware Store; kimball's Gen Store: Lilly Gordon's s fore Fr of the Alaska Shop, the name Of which we do not the Alaska Transfer: Sew Pight and Power Company; Hardware; Mir. Frank Bal S Water Works; and the al newspaper, the Gate published by the Ballaines. an effort 10 supply addi- names Of Stewards ori- businessmen and their es- hments, we have begun of deeds of town lots, as in 1905 and 1906. Again, binder is necessary at this that the actual date of rty transfer may have considerably earlier than ling date.
 Et to be added to our list sinesses, s h oul d by all be Frank Ballaine's Real business, which was cer- b pom in g during this More than tWothirds Of operty transfers recorded Bales of lots by Frank Bal to hundreds of different B. In some cases the price $ recorded, but generally ice is concealed by the use legal phrase for one and other valuable con ions" Roughly speaking, ere sold for from $500 to but the picture is com Id by the fact that Frank he also gave away many le lots for community les. AS an example, On h of October. 1905, lot ansferred to Rev. P. T. for the sum of one dollar. Fas the lot on which St.
 Episcopal Church now
 and the party Of the
 part was Peter Trimble Bishop of Alaska,
 significant transfer was Frank Ballaine to the >f Seward, dated Oct. Is, Another transfer was to Thomas Carstens in nd deeded by him to the Is Packing Company a Feeks later. Apparently
 was the site of one of vn's two butcher shops. her meat establishment Pened across the street,
 Frye-Bruhn Company, n 4th Avenue between gton and Adams.
 rently the first drug as the A. B. Drug Com (Tnry, 4o Dooo Al
, 1951-12-27
Ohio Liquor Agents
Mass Shift

CLEVELAND, Dec. 27 (INS)-
Ohio Liquor Enforcement Chief
Anthony A. Rutkowski has an
nounced a mass shift in liquor en-
forcement officers involving 81 of
the states 88 agents.
Rutkowski made the announce
ment last night in Cleveland and
said that Stanley A. Cmich, agent
in charge Of the Canton district
will head the Cleveland district.
Ray G. McDonough will movefrom
the Forest City to the Dayton dis
trict.
All of the new assignments are
effective Jan. 2, and are designed
to 'tfinish the strong law enforce
Continued On Page Four
, 1951-12-27
S~efvicemen To
Receive Pay Boost

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27(INS)
Swift action is being planned to-
day in the House on a 10 per cent
pay boost for all %servicemen when
Congress reconvenes Jan. 8.
The armed services committee
has approved the legislation, but
it must be cleared by the rules
committee before the House can
act.
Chairman Vinson (D) Ga, has
written rules committee chairman
SABBATH (D) ILL.,, requesting ahear-
ing the first week Congress is in
session. If the rules committee
compile, the pay boost bill may be
the first to be acted upon at the
new session..
The committee approved the
measure last Oct. 16, just four
days before. Congress adjourned.
The senate armed services commit
tee has so far taken no action,but
is expected to do so next month.
The House bill, sponsored by
Rep. KilGay CD Tex, would pro-
vide a 10 per cent pay boost fol
all active and retired military per-
sonnet, effective following enact
, 1951-12-27

HAMILTON FIELD, Calf, Dec.
27 GNS)-A CAT military trans
port plane was reported missing
today on a flight from Spokane,
Wash, to Travis Air Force Base,
Calf, and a widespread search
was launched by the Air Force.
Three crew members and five
passengers were aboard the miss
ing plane, which was attached to
the 173rd Air Evacuation Squad
ron at Travis Field.
Officers said the plane was not
on an execution mission and it was
presumed there were no patients
among the passengers. i
The plane was due to arrive at
the base at 5:28 pm. (PST) yes
terday but was last heard from at
Ait over KlamathFalls, Ore, near
the northern California border,
wehn the pilot radioed a routine
S'check-in."
Flying conditions throughout
the area were reported restricted
by fog and rain so that a~irsearches
for the missing craft might not be
able to get underway until later to-
day.
Search and rescue operations
meantime were being coordinated
by the Fourth Air Rescue Squad
ron, based at Hamilton Field.
, 1951-12-27
Baby's Death Causes
Investigation OF Home

DETROIT, Dec. 27 (INS)-An
operator Of an unlicensed Detroit
boarding home for children today
faced criminal charges stemming
from the Christmas day death by
starvation Of one of the babies.
Also ordered to appear were
the mothers, most of them divor-
Gees, Of all the children found in
the home. including Mrs. June
King, 21-year-old mother of the
dead child, Jennifer, who weighed
only 8 1|2 pounds although she
was II months old.
Another baby was taken from
the home to receiving hospital last
night, and policewomen ordered
five other children taken to the
Juvenile Detention Home forcare.
Doctors said all were badly under
nourished.
Homicide Sgt. Hiram Phipps,
who is heading the inquiry, called
the house s'the filthiest hole I have
seen in all my life"
Sergeant Phipps said the children
Continued Page Four
, 1951-12-27

Negro SchOOlteacherS pay
His wife, Harriet, was injured.
She was reported Slightly i'm
proved" in a Sanford, Fla, hos
pital but still is given only a $50
SO chanAe to live"
FBI agents and a special investi-
gator sent by Gov. Fuller Warren
joined local officers in probing
the explosion which one officer
said "looked like a professional
job"
Meanwhile, Walter White, Exc
cutive Secretary of the NAACP,.
linked Moore's death with the
shooting of two Negro men under
arrest on rape charges at Eustis,
Fla, White said:
"His murder by bombing cannot
be considered apart from the STAY
ing Of Samuel Shepherd and the
shooting of Walter Lee Irwin by
Sheriff Willis Mccall Of Lake
County, the bombing of Jewish
Synagogues and centers in Miami,
the bombing of a Negro housing
development and attempted bomb
, 1951-12-27
Military Plane Missing

Radio and ground rescue units,
along with a parachute rescue
squad rushed to Red Bluff, Calf,
about 200 miles north of San
Francisco, to be on hand as soon
as relief operations became pos
sible.
Search coordination centers were
set up at Red Bluff and klamath
Falls.
Eleven military aircraft from
air force bases in Washington and
California meantime prepared to
begin search operations as soon as
weather conditions permitted.
They were expected to be joined
by approximately SO light planes
from Sheriffs' aerial squadrons,
the Civil Air Patrol and other
civilian agencies.
, 1951-12-27

ment.
Vinson also asked the rules COM
mittee to send to the floor for
House action a senate-approved
bill increasing the size Of the Mar
inc Corps to 100000 officers and
enlisted personnel.
, 1951-12-27
Weather Forecast

Generally fair except for snow
flurries in northeast portion and
high 20 to "a today. Fair and
colder tonight with low zero to
10 above. Friday, increasing
cloudiness and rather cold.
, 1951-12-27

ing of a Catholic church - all in
Miami.
although repeatedly appealed
to, Gov. Fuller Warren has consist
emily refused to take any steps to
uphold law and order in that state.
Nor has the Federal government
taken effective action to bring the
perpetrators of these crimes to
justice"
MIAMI, Dec. 27 (INS)- Two
explosions rocked West Miami be-
fore dawn today but police were
unable to locate the exact spot
where the charges were set off.
One explosion was predicted by
an anonymous telephone caller to
the home of William Kimbrough,
, 1951-12-27

LATE BULLETINS
international News Service
VOL. IX-NO. 261

International News Service
BUDAPEST-U.S. CHARGE DAFFAIRES is making final arrange
ments to obtain the release of the four American flyers held by
Hungary until payment of 100 thousand dollar fines by the u. S.
MUNSAN, KOREA THE 3ODAY trial period for the tentative
battlefront truce line has expired with n o agreement in sight, but
negotiations ar continuing.
EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA THIRTY-TWO
AMERICAN SABREJETS tangled with SO Communist jets, shot
down two Russian-type planes and badly damaged a third.
CAIRO-POLICE DISPERSED ONE thousand Egyptian students
when they tried to storm King Farouks Cairo palace, shouting,
"No compromise with the British"
HAMILTO FIELD, CALIF.-A CAT MILITARY TRANSPORT
plane with eight persons aboard is missing o n a flight from Spok-
ane to Travis Air Force Base in California.
PITTSBURGH-THE Clio UNITED STEELWoRKERs policy max
ers ire meeting in Pittsburgh t. consider President Truman's plea
that they postpone their scheduled New Years day steel strike.
, 1951-12-27
SOUGHT IN
FLA. BOMB KILLING

MINIS, Fla, Dec. ~ QNS)-A lone mar and possibly IN accompice who
drove his getaway car, was sought today for the dynamite death of a Florida
Negro leader at Minis
Footprints found in nearby oranges grove led authorities to theorize that
a single man placed the explosive charge that took the life of Harry I. Moore
and critically injured his wife Christmas night.
Brevard County Judge Vassar Carlton, who is conducting in inquest, said
the footprints are the only clue. He added that a neighbor, George Sharpe, re-
ported seeing a car o. the highway in front Of his home Immediately after hear
ing the blast Carlton said:
We've checked every suspicious lead and we cannot find the reason be-
hind the bombing"
Moore, Florida coordinato of the National Association for the advance
of Colored People, had been active several years ago in a % to raise
, 1951-12-27
Noreun Cease Fire Line
E.xpiires at Midniqht

By international News Service
That provisional cease-fire line
in Korea runs out at midnight to-
night still with no truce a.
greement set for the war-shatter-
ed land.
Two subcommittee Of UN and
Communist negotiators met atthe
Pan Nun JON conference tents
during the day, but without max
ing any progress.
Nor did the Communists make a
erquest for an extension on that
cease-fire line. General Matthew B.
Ridgway's Tokyo headquarters had
indicated it would agree to a fiji
teen-day extension on the provisi-
onal boundary if the Reds ask
ed for it. But the Communists
didn't In fact, neither side made
any mention of the expiration
date as it quickly approached the
zero hour. But even without such
a request, the armistice talks will
, 1951-12-27

continue. Another session has been.
scheduled for tonight (U. S. time).
, 1951-12-27

safety director Of Coral Gables,
Fla.
His wife reported the caller said,
we're gonna blow up the Jewish
youth center in Coral Gables.
Happy New Year!"
Shortly afterwards, residents in
nearby Hialeah were awakened by
a terrific explosion. Two patrol
man heard the blast but were IN
able to find evidence Of it.
A second explosion followed in
Coral Gables but again there was
no destruction to point out the
scene of the blast.
Police theorized the terrorists
were throwing the bombs in the
air. They yer the 18th and 18th
blasts inthe Miami area since June.
The Valley settler., 1951-09-14
September ! F, 1851
is hoped that tho limo will be in before winter. The Jonesvill limo he Id up because of supplies shortage wi Il bo c complotod soon.
 L|00S LEAVE VALLEy

MT. md Mrs. Frank Linn plan to leave the Valloy noxt Monday for an extended trip which will inc Judo vii sits wi tn re lo tivos in Kansas and Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Linn has been in poor hoalth for tho past yoar, ,anl hopes that a vacation from tho de- mands of his dairy farm will haston roc ovory.
 The Linns plan to return when the 2-yoar loase of t hoir farm to the turn to datrying will dopend on Franks s heal tn. Allan Linn will remain at Fort Richa I'd s on, and Nary ann hopes to c ontinuo as secretary at tho Matanuska Experiment Sta tion.
The Valley settler., 1951-09-14
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 Returning to school, mostly upper c1as smen, are: Betty Blunck, Ray DePriest, Charles and Stanley Hoff- man, James Carson, and Nil les Hyland to the University of Alaska. To Oregon State: Jerry and Dick Bran ton and Edward Cope. To Wayland College in Texas: Leonard Kriso. To Willamet te, Don Irwin, Jr. for his Senior year. Roger Woods, at the Univor sitv of Ari z ona; Don Din kle to the Unive rs ity of Minnes ota ; Don Hutchins on, at the University of Idaho, Lavon Roetman to San Lui s College in Cal.; and Bob Graham Ja l mar and Esther Korttula and George Carter leave shortly for the U.cfNn
 From the last year's graduating c lass of PHS nearly 5 perc ont are entering colleges. Joyce Hardage and Stanley Johns on are off for the University of Alaska; Paul Barry to tho Univors ity of Vashington; Edi sor Ihlm1a and Bill Wade to Park College in Mi s souri; Stan zaborac to Bomid- gf Stato Teachers College in Mi m Irwin Bontti will go to Kicks Col logo in Idaho, and Roso Millor to tho Univo rsity of Idaho. Robert Harris will enroll in Colorado A&M; and California s Leland Stanf ord is the choice of Harvey Hiber.
The guardian., 1951-09-01
Seeii1l'
Stars
with DOLORES CALVIN

NEW Louis Jordan
down in Philadelphia is resting
again somewhere incognito while
his troupe here does a good job
Hortense Allen leads the Jor-
danettes nightly at the Club
Ebony with Stun & Stumpy
Peggy Tomas and Bob Bailey on
the bill-a very good show. &.
Sprouting up on her own since
temporarily leaving the Calypso
Boys (who also performed with
Jordan), is cutie liz Chinca Doll
cher real name is Elizabeth
Dickerson and she's from Brook
lyn). Doing a single after
being so used to an act, China
just closed the Town Tavern on
an all-white show, getting rave
notices. She's next slated for
two weeks at the Moonglow in
Buffalo, September IA, and on to
Montreal.
We hear from sources who
have seen the plans, that the new
Savoy Ballroom in H arl G m,
which will be built one block
from its present site, will be the
"last word" In fact, there'll
be a super market beneath it 1--WE
hope they'll give credit to out
The guardian., 1951-09-01
Sees Indians Lead

CLEVELAND - This town is
convinced its beloved Indians
will lead the American League
come October l, because: u The
Yanks are sure to wear more
under the strain and, p The
Fenway Millionaires Boston Red
Sox to you) just don't have what
it takes to finish out in front.
The game that really sent pen
nant fever soaring in this town
was the Bob Feller 10Th victory
over Cousin Detroit. Feller was
in and out of trouble, but his
very courage brought him, the
Indians and Cleveland through
The StoutnesS of his performance
brought home to Clevelanders
that they had a candidate fer
the World Series. Meanwhile,
box Office at the Stadium is
booming.
The guardian., 1951-09-01
Ray SternIy
Disciplined

POMPTON LAKES, N. J. =
Sugar Ray Robinson's training
here is under the personal su-
pervision of DR.. Vincent Nardi-
ello, New York State Athletic
Commission examining physi-
clan.
He has marked out a rigid
routine for Robinson. I'm go
ing to see to it that Ray is in
bed by 9 o'clock" DR.. Nardiello
said. "He didn't have proper
training for his first fight with
Turpin. Things will be differ
ent this time"
DIR. Nariello took a leave Of
absence from his New York posi-
ton in order to help the former
middleweight champion regain
his title when he meets Randy
Turpin in a return bout at the
Polo Grounds, New York, Sept.
II.