rOL. 5 NO. 28
KODIAK, ALASKA — SEPTEMBER 8, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Kodiak Sought By Navy For Pacific Base
0PA Now 3
Years Old
U (See picture, this page.)
Asa 3rd anniversary observ
ing of the OPA, a presentation
if pins and certificates to local
Kurd members was the feature
i the program at the Rotary
iuncheon Tuesday at the Victory
cafe.
I Club President Dr. A. Holmes
iobnson, in turning the meeting
ver to Mrs. Mabel Fenner, local
)PA clerk, described the OPA
a an admitted necessity in the
ommunity.
Before making the presenta
ions Mrs. Fenner spoke briefly
in the work of her office, stating
hat every action of the local
ward was taken only after con
nltation with the members, all
olunteer workers chosen from
he community. She had high
t raise fo- her co-workers and
ieir willineness to devote their
ime free\y in work that they beJ
ieved in as necessary to the well
leing of the individual consum
er. Mrs. Fenner touched on the
Itistory of the organization and
lointed out that Alaska’s OPA
lirector at Juneau, Mrs. Mildred
Jermaan, is the only OPA dir
ctor to have served continuous
y since OPA’s inception.
After a year of service each l
ward member is entitled to a
sertificate, Mrs. Fenner explain
d, and pins are also given that
idicate the number of years’ of
srvice with small V’s on a col
s jred ribbon.
Introducing the board mem
sre in order of length of service,
Irs. Fenner awarded certificates
nd pins to Charles Skinner and
jnd Mrs. A1 Nixon, for more
ban 2 years’ service; to Paul
lerring, Viola Sipprell and Rev.
ohn Winter, 1 year of service:
nd a pin to Mis. Marian Blinu
w less than a year’s service.
A certificate for more than 2
ear’s service is also to go to
Iib. Edythe Butler, former
ward member, who is now i »
Seattle, Mrs. Fenner said.
I Local OPA officials who took
!>art in the 3rd anniversary cele
bration of OPA (see story, this
Page) are shown in the accom •
panying photo:
t^eft to right—Charles Skin
ner, Mrs. A1 Nixon, Mrs. Marian
Blinn, Paul He ring, Mrs. Viola
Sipprell, Rev. John Winter, and
Mrs. Mabel Fenner, board clerk
(Photo by L J. Norman, North
land Ph jto Shop.)
Kindergarten Has
Room For More
Kindergarten will be offered a
gain this year to all children who
will be five years old by Febru
ary 14. The class is housed in
the basement of the Community
Baptist church and the hours are
from 9:00 to 11:30 am and from
1 to 3 pfti.
Children of the community
who are enrolled profit greatly
by a year of kindergarten train
ing, stated Mrs. Bertha Pratt,
the teacher in charge, for it offers
the little folks a happy year of
working, learning, playing, and
sharing with others.
While the type of work offered
is much less formal than is found
in the regular school work, it has
real educational value, and it
provides a splendid preparation
for the first grade. Experience
has shown that the girl or boy
w'io has had a year of kindergar
ten training rarely has to repeat
the first or second grade.
Parents who have children of
kindergarten age that have not
yet enrolled them are urged to
contact Mrs. Pratt for further
information.
Wedding Planned
Frank L. Beals, local refuge
agent for the Fish & Wildlife
service, left by plane this week
for Juneau on a short business
trip.
(Mr. Beals and Mrs. Julia
Steele, of Juneau, were to be
married last night in Peters
burg.)
Hospital Officials
Making Visit
Rev. Mother St Edwaid, Su
perior General and Mother Mary
of Good Counsel, Assistant Supe
rior General, arrived by plane
Monday from Philadelph a for
an official visitation to the Sisters
of the Griffin Memorial hospital.
They expect to leave Wednes
day.
They were accompanied here
by Sister Mary of Lourdes, RN,
who will remain here to replace
Sister Madeline of the Sacred
Heart. The latter will journey
east with the returning two, and
will become Superior at St.
John’s, at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Home On Furlough
Pfc. Emil Norton, son of John
Norton of this c'ty, returned the
first of week from service in It
aly to enjoy a 21 day furlough
at home.
He flew over Africa and
through South America on his
way here, making several stops
on the latter continent. The trip
from Italy to the United States
took 5 days, and Emil is now all
for flying, as he said it had it all
over the tiip across in the other
direction on a troop transport.
I Following his stay here he will
! return to Fort Lewis for re-as
signmefit.
Don George, who has been pi
loting the small red float plane
in this area, flew it to Anchorage
yesterday. He will go from there
to Kotzebue to fly for Ferguson
air service.
Mrs. Jones
Evacuated
Mrs. Charles Foster Jones, the
only American woman captured
by the Japanese on the American
continent, was evacuated by air
via Yokohama, according to As
sociated Press dispatches.
Mrs. Jones, who had been in
Alaska 20 years, was with her
husband on Attu when the Jap
anese landed in 1942.
According to Associated Press
“the Japanese killed her husband
and took her to Japan where she
was interned outride of Totsuka,
] 2 miles southwest of Yokohama.
She and IS Australian nu'ses
were freed from the camp. Loss
of weight among the women av
eraged 35 pounds each.
“The safety of Mrs. Jones was
first made known the day before
the announcement of her evacu
ation in a dispatch from Kodiak.”
Mrs. Jones has many frieDds
in Kodiak who have listened with
interest to radio broadcasts that
told of the discovery of her safe
in the camp.
She and her husband taught
at Old Harbor, south of this city
on Kodiak island, before they
went to Attu, and spent several
days in Kodiak on their journey
to that island.
No dispatches have mention
ed what became of the natives
who were cn Attu.
The Chamber of Commerce
will hold its regular meeting next
Thursday at noon at the Victory
cafe.
Receive Anniversary Awards
Washington (JP)—Kodiak is
one of nine locations in the Pac
ific that, the Navy has recom
mended to Congress for establish
ment and maintenance as a maj
or, naval base.
Assistant Secretary H. Struve
Hensel told a news conference
that the nine bases recommend
ed include only those “we need
for our own use and are limited
to those we should intend to
maintain and are susceptible to
defense.”
The nine bases recommended
are: Kodiak (Ed. note. The dis
patch incorrectly described Kod
iak a? in the Aleutians), Adak in
the Aleutians, Hawaii, Balboa
: (Canal Zone), Guam, Iwo Jima,
Okinawa, Manus (Admiralties)
and the Philippines.
Truman Seeks
Numerous Laws
Washington (A1)—President
Truman, in a 16,000-word mes
sage overshadowing all other
capitol hill developments, asked
Congress for power to deal with
the emergency and suggested a
long list of laws.
The President asked Congress
not to declare peace, as he said
the declaration would end many
needed powers and create confu
sion and chaos.
He recommended an immedi
ate tax bill cutting some unspec
ified taxes in a limited way ,for
next year; asked Congress to
raise its own salaries to $20,000
annually; to increase federal
workers pay and lift the ''obso
lete” 40 cents an hour minimum
wage for workers in general.
He also lecommended increas
ed unemployment payments,
passage of a full employ iner t
bill, a continuance of the draft
and a single administrator for ad
surplus property; a federal agen
cy to do scientific research; ask
ed for retention of public employ
ment services at least to June 30,
1947; for a big public works pro
gram; for support for farm prices;
help for small business and hous
ing stimulation; more money for
foreign relief and repeal of the
Johnson act forbidding private
loans to countries that haven!t
paid their debts.
Under the direction of Harvey
Edwards, the Felder building
and adjacent U. S. Marshall
residence are being painted a
matching cream with light green
trim.
A regular meeting of the city
council will be held next Monday
evening at 7:30 pm at the city
hall.