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Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Sourdoueh's Memoirs ReVeoi Weird Taie

New York, N.Y-The glamor and excitement of the Alaska gold fields provide the backdrop for Harry D. Colp's bizarre story of his adventures with the night marish devils" of Thomas Bay. Already a legend among the prospectors,and other adventure loving folk Of the gold country, it is published posthumously in book form by Exposition Press, New York publisher, under the title The Strangest Story Ever Told"
 The adventure begins when the author and three friends, who set out to stake a claim to a rich strike of gold quartz at Thomas Bay, are beset by evil, gruesome figures, whose true character remains a m y tery even today. All but the author are driven to the brink of in sanity. MT. Colp's account of his continuing efforts to identify the horrifying inhabitants of the Thomas Bay area. in Southeast ern Alaska, and his description of the exciting events which climax the whole frightening episode, have the compelling au- thenticity of a personal nara tive, and are enriched by his in innate knowledge Of the life of an Alaskan sourdough.
 Harry D. Colp, who was born in Montivideo, South Dakota, in 1882, is remembered by his fellow Alaskans as an exception ally colorful figure. Beginning his career in 1898 as a prospec- tor, he turned to fox farming in 1916. Moving to Petersburg in 1927, he became a shrimp fisherman, performing the work until a few years before his death in 1850. The original man uscript of The Strangest Story Ever Told" was recently discov- cred by MT. Colp's widow among his effects.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Seward Schools Sfor+ September 8

Enrolment of children enter ing the first grade will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2, 3 & 4, at the office of the Superintendent of Schools. The office will be open from 10 to 12 am. and from 1 to 4 pm. for that pur- pose.
 A child must be six years of age on or before November 1, 1853, to be eligible to start school this year. Parents are re- quested to take some document verifying the child's age when enrolling the child. This docu- ment may be birth certificate, a notarized statement verifying the child's age or baptismal certificate, if the date of birth is given thereon.
 Parents are also requested to have beginners given a physical check-up by one of the physi- clans in Seward before school opens.
 A deposit of $150 for books and other equipment is required of all pupils at the Seward Ele- mentary School. Ii they wish, parents may pay this fee when they enroll their children. Ii more convenient, the fee may be paid when the children begin school the next week.
 The Seward Public Schools will begin the 1953-1954 school year on September 8, with pu- pils reporting at l0:30 am. Put pills in grades through 8, and students i'll the high school wilt enroll at that time. There will be no afternoon session on the opening day.
 Book deposits for high school students is $2.50; in the grades the book deposit is $50. These deposits should be paid at en- rollment.
 Kindergarten
 Registration for kindergarten will take place at the school on Sept, mber 2, and i, same hours as first grade enrolment, according to Mrs. O. L. Gilbert. Classes will start September 8.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Officials Report On Methodist Work

Miss Emma Burris, an execu- tive secretary of the Woman's Division of the Board of Mis- sions of the Methodist Church, and Mrs. J. N. Rodeheaver, chairman of the department of work in the United States, in- cluding Alaska, Hawaii, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, in the Woman's Division, gave the following items of interest regarding Sew ard General Hospital, Jesse Lee Home, Seward Sanatorium, and the Nurses Residence, all of which are under the auspices of their division.
 The Home Department of the Woman's Division is responsible for 316 institutions throughout the above named territory.
 The auditors report of the Sanatorium shows that it oper- ates on an annual budget of over half million dollars, with a payroll which is over S300,000. In 1946 there was an operating deficit of over $2O,OOO, which was made up by the Womans Division of Christian Service. Since then the picture has al- tered until the red figures have changed to black under the cap able management of the Sana- torium personnel. The total con tributed by the Woman's Divi- sion since 1946 has been over S214,000. Any surplus remaining after operating costs have been cared for, remains as backlog to care for unexpected emer- gencieS and necessary expansion which are always arising in the conduct of medical institution.
 Seward General Hospital also shows the results of careful management. It has an annual budget of approximately $75,000 and employs an average of 15 people. The Woman's Division makes an annual contribution to the supplies and operating expenses. Any surplus remain ing in the hospital operating budget is kept here for meeting necessary emergencies, as far as possible.
 Jesse Lee Home cares for an average of 70 dependent chil- dren, with approximately a total of 100 cared for each year. Total receipts there are about $81 ,000 annually, with $53,000 provided by the Woman's Division. Due to the age of the buildings many replacements in equipment are needed and the representatives of the Woman's Division hope a way can be found to meet them. The staff of IA does a fine job in caring for the children. They are kept very busy, all of the time.
 Official notice that $12,50O has been appropriated by the United States ngress for painting the buildings at Jesse Lee Home, has been received.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Dock. R.R. Facilities
 Inspected By officiols

William Strand, Department of Interior, and MT. Gighlioni, Alaska Road Commission, spent short time in Seward Tuesday afternoon. They inspected dock facilities and the railroad yards.
 It was late afternoon before they arrived, as they had made an inspection in Whittier before coming to Seward. MT. Strand made no comment on what he saw while here.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Auefioneer Opens Business On 44h

Don Richardson, formerly of Anchorage and Seldovia, has opened d store at Fourth and Jefferson. It is called the Inlet Outlet
 Mir. Richardson is originally from Wenatchee, Washington, but has been in the Territory for the past year and half.
 He is buying used furniture and other items now, with the expectation of holding an old fashioned auction sale.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
All AIoska Land Owners Must Register. Says AH. Gen.

Issued by the Office of the Governor for information and publication.
 Department of Public Lands
 The land registration program provided in Chapter 134 of the laws enacted by the 21st Alaska Legislature cannot become oper- ative at once, Land Commission CT w. A. Chipperfield has an nounced.
 Chipperfield, who has gone to Anchorage to open the head quarters office of the new De partment of Public Lands, said he decided against trying to ini- tiate the registration program after receiving an opinion from the Attorney General of Alaska regarding it.
 The Land C omm i s sioner sought an opinion as to whether lands within incorporated muni- cipalities and school districts could be excluded from the reg istration required by the new law. The Attorney General ruled that they could not be.
 In his opinion, the Attorney General said
 You ask primarily whether the Land Commissioner or the Recorders could excuse the fil- ing of land registration state ment by the owners of real prop erty within incorporated towns and school districts. Your ques- ton is based on the grounds that the ends sought by the reg istration law have already been accomplished within such in corporated areas and hence the filing of statements by the own CTS would be an expensive and duplicatory process which the authorized administrative facili ties are not equipped to handle.
 Section 4, Chapter 134, SLA 1853, specifics that It shall be the duty of each owner of real property in Alaska .' to make and file registration statements, with certain exceptions not rele want to the immediate problem. It is clear from this language that no distinction between the owners of land within and with out incorporated towns and school districts as to the duty of filing a statement could be made by executive determina- tion, the Legislature having stat ed explicitly that each owner has the duty to so register his ownership. The duty to file, of course, is placed upon the land owners, and neither the Land Commissioner nor the Recorders have any function to enforce the duty"
 The old land registration law enacted in 1945 did not require registration of land ownership within incorporated municipali ties The Land Commissioner has estimated that the registration program, if confined to lands outside of incorporated towns and school districts, would cost about S12,000 for the remainder of the current biennium. If lands within incorporated areas are in cluded, the Commissioner esti- mated the cost at 5000, which is the total amount appropriated for all programs of the Depart ment of Public Lands for the current biennium.
 Road Commissioners 10
 Ask Special Session
 The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners, at its recent meeting in Juneau, decided to request the Governor 10 call a special session of the Legisla- ture during the coming winter to consider the following recom- mendations by the Road Com missioners:
 CD That the Territorial Po- lice appropriation of S751,000 from the motor fuel tax fund
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Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
Reporters Notebook

Lutheran Sunday School chill dren will have two weeks vaca- cation. No classes next Sunday or the one following, August 30 and September 6. On the third Sunday, September 13, the new year will start with Rally Day. Worship services will continue as usual at II am. each Sunday. Al Weber will be in charge this Sunday.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28
FIVE SEWARDITES CALLED TOR GRAND JURY DUTY

Five local residents were call ed for grand jury, fall session. They are Augustine Boc, Fern Burke, Jack Garrett, Frank Glib hons and Everett House.
 Jurors are required to report in Anchorage at 10 am. Sept. 8.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

Floyd Johnson is expecting wife Maude and little daughter home sometime this weekend, Maude has been Outside visiting relatives for about two months.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

here Wednesday and Thursday. No one could tell his name, how ever.
 Bill Weston's brother Dude" stopped in on his way south from King Cove few days ago. The brothers had not seen each other for seven years. Dude will be back next month.
 Mrs. A. H. Mattson was a visi- tor here this week. She moved to Kodiak few months ago, and just came over to Seward for a visit.
 Julia McCann is patient in Seward General Hospital.
 Mrs. Cal Brosius is back from Anchorage. She went up 10 the statehood hearings held this week.
 Ed Goreson is back from the Army. He spent 15 months in Korea, and was discharged at Fort Lewis, Washington. Back in time for moose hunting.
 Willard Dunham is also back from the Army. He and his fami- ly have settled down for the winter in house on Fourth Ave.
 Marge Murkowski got word this week that her brother was killed in Japan in the explosion of plane a few weeks ago. He left a wife and two children who are now in Japan but will be re- turned home soon.
 Pat McNavish, a former pa tient at Seward Sanatorium, came back to visit friends this week.
 Mrs. Ray James and her daughter Jane left Friday morn ing for trip into Canada. They are motoring and will have time to see points of interest along the highway.
 Ed RenWald, Jr., is a patient at Seward General Hospital this week, for surgery.
 Mrs. M H. Sidener returned this week after a vacation trip Outside.
 Rachel Pucket is back home after a buying trip to Seattle. She arrived home Thursday night.
 Instead of a fish fry at the Legion Club this Sunday, ladies of the American Legion Auxil- iary will serve spaghetti and garlic bread Sunday supper time is from to 8. All you can eat for $100, if the same rules prevail as those governing the fish fries.
 The Monday class in First Aid will be postponed to let class members go hunting. It is hoped that none of them will have oc- casion to use their newly found knowledge.
 Billy O'Brien will spend the winter with his father in Colo rado. He went to Anchorage and flew Outside.
 Tickets for the Ambulance Corps Halloween Dance will be on sale soon. All members of the Corps will have them.
 Sewardites are getting their daily exercise these days, espc- cially with Fourth Avenue torn up. Business has slowed down considerably. Good time to go
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

New school teachers are be- ginning to arrive. MT. Lee John son, from Colorado, is here with his family He is the new shop teacher. Miss Eleanor Tobey, also from Colorado, is booked on the Denali for next week.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

Mrs. Kathryn Galen and Miss Lilly Stevens drove to Valdez on Tuesday of this week. They eX- pected to be gone about week. Valdez was Mrs. Galen's first home in Alaska. She was deputy clerk of the US. District Court there in 1911. She says the town had population of 6000 in those days.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

We heard that a nephew of Wm. H. Seward was among the Methodist group who visited here Wednesday and Thursday. No one could tell his name, how ever.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-28

Sewardites are getting their daily exercise these days, espc- cially with Fourth Avenue torn up. Business has slowed down considerably. Good time to go moose hunting!,
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Sd TeIevision
Falls Pretty Flat
BY Hal Humphrey
HOLLYWOOD


Three dimensional television
is a long way from replacing
the old-faShioned stereopticon.
This is my considered judg-
ment after watching the first
Sd video show as telecast at a
press preview here.
The American Broadcasting
Company would have been
smarter to have kept its new
baby under wraps a while longer
and ironed out some of the bugs.
What was revealed at the
premiere press showing during
the National Association of Ra-
dio and Television Broadcasters
Convention may set Sd TV back
several years.
First of all. ABC's system re-
quires the home viewer to have
more equipment than a jet test
pilot. An additional picture tube
has to be attached to his present
set somehow. Besides the two
tubes placed at about a IS degree
angle to each other, there is a
mirror situated between the
tubes.
Other notifications are nee
essary, but unless you are an
electronicS engineer, there would
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Network TV Is S Years Old:
|OtheIIo' Comes to Radio
By Harry Macarthur

be no point in outlining them
here. And anywayI don't under
stand them myself.
On top of this the viewer also
has to possess a pair of Polarized
glasses. Millions of these cell
luloid glasses are being manu-
factured for the movie industry
now. Set in cardboard frames
they probably cost no more than
10 cents a pair.
~ +
For demonstration purposes
the initial test picture was pro-
jected on a 3x4-foot screen. But
even on this large an area it was
necessary to allow your imagina-
tion full reign if you wanted to
see any depth in the picture.
For the first five minutes
everyone complained Of seeing q
double image. Finally, some in
ventive soul turned his glasses
upside down and discovered he
had solved the problem. An ABC
official explained that the Pola-
roid lenses must have been re-
versed accidentally at the fac
tory.
He was Immediately pounced
upon by the salesman who sold
the glasses. "It's not our glasses
that are reversed, it's your d
TV screens" shouted the injured
salesman.
BY this time the assembled
newsmen had seen the shapely
Tonga Of ABC's space Patrol
show, Cecil (the seasick sea ser
penD and Lloyd Nolan and Shir-
ley Tegge traipsing across the
new Sd TV screen.
There were times when Cecil's
long serpentine neck appeared
to be jutting beyond the con-
fines of the fiat screen, but Ton
ga and Shirley were not i'm
proved perceptibly-nor did they
need to be.
After the telecast an engineer
was explaining some of the tech
nical intricasies of the process
The first question hurled at him
was, well, now what happens
to a viewer who only has one
eye?"
Evidently the engineer had no
idea, because he ignored the
question.
Copyright 1853, Mirror Enterprises
Syndicate.
Evening star., 1953-05-04

a two-part dramatization Of
Shakespeare's 'Othello."
500, WRC Railroad Hour:
Gordon MacRae and Dorothy
Kristen sing the leading roles in
Mary"
$3.50, WTOP-Talent Scouts:
Garry Moore substitutes for
Arthur Godfrey.
800, WRC-Telephone Hour:
Igor Gorin is guest soloist.
800, WTOP-Radio Theater:
David Wayne and Jean Peters
are featured in "Wait Til the
Sun Shines, Nellie"
TeIevision Today.
1880, WMAL - Hollywood d
Screen Test: Roddy McDowall
has the lead in For the Love of
Mike"
7:45, WTTG - Call the Play:
New sports quiz show with Jim
Fair.
$3.50, WNBW-Voice of Fire
stone: Eugene Conley is guest
SoloiSt.
$3.50, WMAL Your Commis-
sionerS Report: John Thompson
of The Star, Estelle Wood Of the
Times-Herald and Milton Ber-
liner Of the Daily News quiz the
District Commissioners.
900, WNBW - Eye Witness:
Henry Jones and Barbara Joyce
star in "The Righteous"
$3.50, WTTG-Boxing: Mickey
Laurent meets Tuzo Portuguez
in a 10-round middleweight bout.
900, WNBW - Robert Mont
gomery Presents: Maria Riva
and John Newland head the cast
Of Linda"
1900, WTOP - Studio One:
Jackie Cooper Is featured in
''Birthright."
Evening star., 1953-05-04
On the Air

ANNIVERSARY - Without q
great deal of fanfare, CONNER
cial network televiSion just
passed q birthday. It was
five years ago Friday that the
Bell Telephone System opened
for commercial use GIG miles of
TV channels, linking IL stations
in five cities. The facilities
have now grown to $4,000 chan
mel miles, enabling more than
130 stations in 81 cities to receive
live televiSion. Another
$4,000 miles will be added to the
system by the end of the
year. At last count there
were about ITO TV stations on
the air, in some 120 cities. .
They serve a potential audience
estimated at 95 million persons.
BARD AGAIN-Now that tele-
vision has done its Hamlet, l"
radio is bringing on its Shake
Speare special. This will be
a considerably edited "Othello," I"
to be done in two 23-minute
sections on Suspense" tonight
and next Monday at 8 pm.
(WTOP). E. Producer-Drector
Elliott Lewis says: 1--WE have
tried very hard to retain the
beauty, sweep and grandeur of
Shakespeare's language and still
come up with As minutes Of
fast-moving suspense" Mr..
Lewis is playing the title role
himself, with Richard Widmark
as Iago. Cathy Lewis, the
producers wife and friend of
Irma, is the Suspense" Des-
demona. "Quite a jump"
says Irma's friend.
X X X
SURVEYS Latest Telepulse
report shows Billy Johnson's
WTOP-TV Cartoon Club" the
most viewed of any multi
weekly local program on any sta
ton, any time, day or night, in
Washington" Latest Ameri-
can Research Bureau measure of
Washington televiSion prefer
ences shows II Love Lucy still
in the lead. But it's a shorter
lead. Lucy" tops Arthur
Godfrey's Talent Scouts" here
with 63.8 to his 59.3. e. The
comedy show has dropped to
second place in two large cities,
the first time that has happened
since it hit the top. In Balti-
more it's second to Talent
Scouts" in Boston to you Bet
Your Life"
X y X X
SWITCH-If you are a regular
"Arthur Murray Party" viewer,
you found this out last night.
Whats Your Bid?" is the
new Sunday-at 10 p.m.-feature
on Dumont.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
FIN Stotions

HRc-FM-s3.s Me-, Channel 23o
$50 am. to ] am
WT0P-FM-s6.3 Me-, Channel 247
$50 am. to 2 am
WBUz-FM-96.1 Me-, Channel 24l
p.m. to 9 p.r,
WASH-FM-s1.1 Me-, Channel 2As
1890 ON. to Ills pm
W0L-FM-9S.7 Me-, Channel 254
5 pm. to 1890 am.
WCFM-sS.5 Me-, Channel $50
pm. to II pm.
WFAA-100.3 Me-, Channel 201
S am. to Midnight
WWDc-FM-10I.l Me-, Channel 2s0
am to 2 an.
WeMS-FM-103.s Me-, Channel 40
$50 am. to Midnight
WARl-FM-105.1 Me-, chaHR0l 200
6 am. to pm.
WUST-FM-106.3 Me-, Channel ga
am. to 9 pm.
WMAL-FM-101.3 Me-, GAsansl 20
8 an. to ll:15 b.m.
Other AM Stotions
WGMS-57O Ke.-s:3o a.m.-s:15 pm.
WPIK-730 Ke.-s a.m.-s:15 pm.
WARL-7s0 Kc.-s a.m.-s:15 pm.
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WFAx-1, ,220 Ke.-7 a.m.-s:1S pm.
WlNx-1,60O Ke.-s a.m.-s:15 pm.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
TeIeyision tomorrow Tuesday Moy 5, 1853

1oda Gs
Science;
Little Playhouse, Peoples Pyhou
Break the Bank $780,
si Sis, eabT Hayes $780, Ho"aS
MOetOu 11s NOohms
a. Ne"si 4U
Jockey .
$780, Jerry Hmma Show; HeIywood
MatnesRuh $780, Ruth 3O Bstan Matnss O'CLOCK
MedatOn Bill Jenkins News 7O5 Bill Jenkins 1s News
g. Bill Jenkins $780, Wond
Bill Ienas Billy nsons Cartoon Club TO- Arthur s0dhey sh0. H. Gas
125, Lite; 1zsO search
for Tomorrow 124 Guiding Light Allan tey Shows Freedom Rings; E",
D. Pick Temples Convoy PaheueI
$50, Show.
Evening star., 1953-05-04

Evening news broadcast
direct from The Stars news.
room Monday through Fri.
day over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM, 6 PM.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Hiqhliqhts
Rodio Todoy.

500, WTOP-Suspense: Rich
ard Widmark and Cathy and
Elliott Lewis star in part one of
Evening star., 1953-07-11

The Army and Justice Depart
ment have launched an extern
sive investigation" of living quar-
ters allotments paid to Army en-
listed men following discovery Of
evidence Of widespread fraud,
particularly IN Puerto Rico.
An announcement last night
stated that, based upon investi-
cations completed, sit is esti-
mated that the Government has
been paying delinquency claims
of about $4,000 per month to
persons not entitled to such pay
mentS in Puerto Rico"
But of even far more import
ance was the disclosure that spot
checks of a fragmentary number
of cases Investigated involving
persons within this country, %
per cent were found not entitled
to such claims.
Investigation is being con-
tinued to see if other claims from
personnel enlisted in continental
United States continue to indi-
cate that % per cent of all al
lotment requests reveal. non-en-
titlement," the Army said.
Dependency Status Involved.
The allotments. termed "class
O." are made to one or more de-
pendents of an enlisted man or
woman in military service when
the Government is unable to pro-
vide adequate living quarters for
the dependents. Part of the pay
ment made to the dependents
comes from the enlisted persons
pay and part is contributed by
the Government.
The sums contributed by the
Government range from $51.3O
for a private with one dependent
to 5000 from a master sergeant
with three or more dependents.
Dependency on the enlisted per-
son for over one-half Of support
is the key to Glass. @ allotments
and both the person in the serv-
ice and the dependent seeking
an allotment must make out an
affidavit attesting that this is the
case.
The Army said it began its in
veStigation of the fraudulent
Evening star., 1953-07-11

claims last December. When 1t
was indicated the practice might
be widespread, the Justice De-
partment was called in.
In Puerto Rico. there are about
q, 500 Glass @ allotments in efI
feet. OF this number, 10000
cover wives and children and do
not appear to include any wide
spread fraudulent activity, the
Army said.
2S1 Gases Held Invalid.
OF cases involving parents in
Puerto Rico, 799 have been re-
turned to the Finance Ofice at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
and CTS have been, reviewed. A
total Of 370 cases or $40 per
cent, have been approved as valid.
A total of 281, or 41.6 per cent
have been disapproved as not
being valid claims. The remainder
involve allotments discontinued
because the enlisted man or wom-
an has left the service.
"All claims now in existence
Evening star., 1953-07-11

will be investigated" the Army
said. New allotments are being
investigated in the field to pre-
clude any possibility of fraud
against the. Government"
AS yet no cases have been
prosecuted. Enlisted personnel
will be tried by courts martial,
Evening star., 1953-07-11

the Army said, adding depend
ents who perpetrated such frauds
will be prosecuted by the Justice
Department.
The Justice Department also is
determining whether recovery
can be made through filing claims
against those involved.