"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
**:Tb rary—Mus eno
Juneau, Alaska
)L. 6 NO. 30
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 21, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Legion Men
visitors
Col. S. Perry Brown, Houston
gioeer and chairman of the
itioual Detense committee of
t American Legion, and War
i Atherton, Stockton, Calif.
ryer and past commander of
i Legion, visited briefly in
>diak yesterday.
The 2 men are winding up a
day tour of Alaska, making a
rvey to be presented at the
gion convention in San Fran
co Sept. 30. Aspects of nation
defense and possibilities for
lerans in Alaska are their mainj
seem.
L J. Norman, commander of
! local American Legion Post,
J Mrs. Norman entertained in
s visitors’ honor at an open
jse at their home from 5 to
0 pm, which was followed by
tag dinner at the Victory ca
The men were to leave lafe
t night by Navy plane.
Recordings this week at the
tmnissioner's office included
1 following:
Peppo Ah mo to Reuben and
tla Tesarik, log cabin on Mill
y road, near Island Lake,
wo.
A L and Hazel Nixon to Ed
jo Smith and Janet Saunders,1
xon residence, Lot 13B Block!
16000.
H Olafson to Grey Nuns of the
cred Heart. Lot 2 Block 2,
BOO.
Max Lal>ande, of the Idle
>ur Bar, went to Anchorage
ednesday to return with Mrs.
iLande who underwent an op
ition there.
ulinary Union
rawing Contracts
A newly-organized Culinary
liance met, yesterday afternoon
w) appointed a committee to
aw up new contracts for sub
ission to the union for approv
al the regular meeting next
iday Members of the commit
i are Nellie Roberts, Alma
laton, Efka Pestriakoff, Anita
iffe, Harry Brown, Peggy Lee
alkie and Polly Rogers.
Officers of the organization
e: Alicia Van Over, president;
eie Triplett, vice-president;
Hie Loan, recording secretary;
Jly Rogers, financial secretary.
Jason Ellis, son of V G Ellis,
anager of the Kodiak Realty &
vestment Co , is visiting bis
ther this week. He has been in
itchikan since his discharge
«n the Army, having served in
e Aleutians in the 11th Air
vee.
He plans to attend a vocatioa
sebool in the States.
Requests More
Land For Jail
Mayor Bettinger received a
wire this week from Washington,
D C, infoiming him that the
city’s offer of a jail site on part
of the city hall property is accep
table ai d that the government
is ready to proceed.
However, the wire stated the
government would like to have a
lot 78 by 125 feet for jail use,
whereas a lot 47 by 100 feet was
voted on in the special election
which provided for the gift of
the land.
Mayor Bettinger wired that
the election provided only the
4700 square feet and that anoth
er election would probably be
necessary to grant more, and
that that size lot was believed
adequate for the building con
templated.
He gave assurance that room
would lie provided for ingress to
the property and for vehicle
paiking.
Election of office™ and launch
ing of plans for winter sports ac
tivities marked the first meeting
of the Kodiak Community Cent
er Program Council held Mon
day night at the Center. The
program council represents the
young people of Kodiak.
Kay Wade was elected chair
man of the council. Patricia
McMurdo was named as vice
chairman and Donna Frost sec
retary. Nick Anderson and Bud
Owen were named to head the
winter sports activities.
Action was taken recommend
ing that the community take
steps to see that a safe place is
provided for children to use sleds
| during the wintei; the council a
greed to take over the planning
and conduct of the Friday night
Pot O’ Gold dances at the Cent
er and discussed plans for wintei
social activities.
OPA Sues
Juneau Firm
Juneau (Special from OPA)—
The B. M. Behrends Co. of Jun
eau was named in a complaint
filed this week in the U. 8. Dis
trict court at Juneau by the En
forcement division of the Alaska
OPA.
The complaint charges multi
ple violations in sales. The relief
sought is the suspension of the
company's license to sell merch
andise for such a period as the
court may decide.
This firm was previously the
defendant in a consent injunc
tion filed by the OPA in Apiil to
enjoin them from further viola
tions Investigations conducted
since that time are the basis of
the present license suspension |
suit.
M. P. Seeks
Kodiak Bear
Col. L Ropner, of London,
member of Parliament and ship
ping executive, arrived at Kodi
ak via Pacific Northern Airways
yesterday and immedialely left
with Charles Madsen on the Ko
diak Bear II on a Kodiak bear
hunt.
Col. Ropner is hunting as a
representative for the Museum
of Natural History and Art and
as a devotee of the avocation has
hunted all over the world.
He is a partner in the largest
tramp steamer company In Eng
land and his home is in West
Hartlepool.
Also making the same hunting
trip is Bailey Russell, brewery
operator, of Phoenix, Arizona.
Jack McCord arrived in Fair
banks recently after prospecting
on Big Lake, Betties river and
Mathews liver. Mike Gustitus,
formerly of Kodiak, accompanied
him.
McCord is due back to Kodi
ak to oversee fall butchering of
lieef from bis herds on Sitkalid
ak and Chirikof islands.
Body Shipped
To States
The body of Emil John Parma
was shipped In the I.akina to
the States for burial, following
his death at the naval dispensary
on Sept 4 of coronary throm
bosis.
Mr. Parma, age 55, was em
ployed as civilian supply clerk.
He was unmarried and is surviv
ed by relatives in Wisconsin.
Breaking up a tight ball game
with a fifth inning batting spree,
the Kodiak High School Soph
Junior softball team again licked
the Senior-Frosh combination
yesterday. Score was 11 to 6.
The entire student body and fac
ulty witnessed the game.
Bob Magnusen pitched for the
winners. Jack Nelson starred at
bat for the winners and fielding
stars were Billy Anderson of the
losers and Dean Moore of the
winners.
Playing heads-up softball while
their opponents piled up an im*
pressive total of “boners", the
Sophomore-Junior nine again
defeated the Kodiak High School
Senior-Frosh team last Monday
afternoon. Score was 10 to 4
Billy Anderson of the losers hit
the only home run of the game.
Fielding star was second base
man Lloyd Cannon of the win
ners who made a double-play un
assisted and picked off half a
dozen flies.
Bob Magnusen and Dean
Moore pitched for the winners.
Sunspots Black
Out Phone
Long distance telephone com
munication between Kodiak and
the outside world was complete
ly blacked out Wednesday due
to sunspot activity, Master Her
Keant Gervis Floyd, in charge of
the local ACS, reported All
stations in Alaska were similarly
affected.
Communication was also diffi
cult Thursday, but calls were be
ing put through in ‘ pretty good
shape” yesterday.
Local radio reception has also
been poor for several days, es
pecially in the evening.
Hear Speakers
The regular dinner meeting of
the BPW was held at the Vic
tory cafe Monday evening.
The entertainment for the ev
ening was presented by the In
ternational Affairs committee;
Georgia Norman, chairman; Bea
Nachtweih, assistant.
Mrs. Adelaide C Janckel, who
: was educated in Prance and Italy
ns a girl, attended Stanford Uni
versity, where she majored in
languages, and later took post
graduate work and story telling
at Columbia University, spoke
on International affairs, and
the allegorical story "The Chin
ese Nightingale", impressed upon
the club the similarity between
nations.
Miss Marion Curtis, "Territor
lal Nurse, gave a short take on
the social-welfare problems in
this community, and the needs
for a social worker, aft.er-which
an open discussion was held.
Matella Bosel was voted into
the club as a new member.
City Can
Get Land
George A Parks, ex-governor
of Alaska, head of the General
Land Office and townsite trustee
visited in Kodiak from Wednes
day to yesterday, to confer with
local cily officials on local land
problems.
He was accompanied by L. M
Puckett, Anchorage, Regional
Field Examiner of the Land Of
fice, and R. K. Coote, Washing
ton, D, C, Assistant Supervisoi
of Land Planning.
Mr. Parks assured the city
that requests for land for play
grounds, a new school and ceme
tery will meet with the favor
and full cooperation of his office.
He said sale of unclaimed lots
in the townsite which follow?
the granting of deeds, will prob
ably not be held here until next
spring. The sale will be by auc
tior.
The men left by PNa jester
day.
Arrive At
Settlement
New York (A1)—Joseph Cur
ran, president of the CIO Na.
tional Maritime union, said he
believed a membership meeting
yesterday would result in his
“m*>n going back to work
He stated he was recommend
ing such a move.
His statement was made sev
eral hours after ship operators or
the East and Gulf coasts agreed
to ari arbitrations award grant
ing raises on a parity with those
allowed AFL seamen.
New York (if)—Settlement of
the CIO strike was announced
last night Curran said it would
be subject to ratification by
members, but that approval was
certain.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin William
son, of Burlington, N. C. left on
the I.akma Sunday after comple
tion of the successful bear hunt
that netted 2 bears.
Mr. and Min. Norman C.
Myer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, ami
their 2 young non*, returned to
Kodiak Sunday with Charles
Madsen, after getting 2 bears on
the other side of the island.
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wodling
er left for Anclfprage this week
to upend several days on a com
bined vacation and business trip.
Druggist Wodlinger will confer
with salesmen in that city.
Mrs. Roger Smith is employed
at the Kodiak Book Fair.
School Coach
Arrives Late
Jumes G. Bennett, of New
York, arrived by plane from Se
attle at noon yesterday and will
be on hand for his classes Mon
day, and now all members of
this year’s teaching staff are
in the city.
Fkirollment for all grades has
reached 200, Superintendant S.
A. Nave announced yesterday
Mrs. Louise WarreD’s kinder
garten clasfes will begin just as
soon as the extra quonset huts
are in dace, which should be by
Monday, 8ept. 30.
Tbe contract for moving and
placing the huts has been let and
the first one should be in place
by next Monday.
Miss Ruth Thompson, who
foimerly resided in Kodiak while
employed as bookkeeper at the
Kodiak Candy Company and
Bottling Works, left yesterday
to return to her home in Sacra
mento after spending several
days of her vacation here. She
was the house guest of Miss 1 il
ian Morris.