Anchorage Jail
Funds Denied
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The request for $950,000 for
a new federal jail for Anchor
age was disallowed by the
House of Representatives last
week in acting on a supple
mental appropriation bill, Del
egate E. L. Bartlett reports.
He said that “it is under
stood the subcommittee hand
ling this item had approved
the appropriation cf a large
portion of this request but the
full committee report deleted
this item.”
The report said that “the
committee does.not in the
least question any part of the
testimony that the present
jail is unsatisfactory. Howev
er, in view of the current
shortage and strategic value
of certain materials which
would be used in the construc
tion of a new jail, it feels that
such construction should be
deferred to a later and more
advantageous date.”
Efforts to get a new jail in
Anchorage have been made
for some time. Marshal Paul
Herring, before his death last
year, called attention to the
need for a new jail and also
made a trip to Washington to
plead for one.
Navy Chief and Mrs. D.H.
Andrews left on the Funston
for a new station outside.
Mrs. Andrews has recently
worked as a bookkeeper for
Knudsen’s.
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[Dewey Here
[Briefly
I Governor Thomas Dewey of
New York visited Kodiak Na
val Station Saturday and
made a brief motorized tour
of the City of Kodiak.
The well known Republican
was scheduled to leave Wed
nesday for the states after
makinga tour of the territory.
Governor Dewey was the
guest of Rear Adm. C. A. F.
Sprague, commandant 17th
Naval District, while on the
base. Accompanying ' the two
time Republican nominee to
Kodiak were Governor Ernest
Gruening, Lt. Gen. William E.
Kepner, Robert Atwood, pub
lisher of the Anchorage Times,
Paul Lockwood, secretary to
Dewey, a security man and a
press representative.
Besides Adm. Sprague,
Cmdr. George Koch, comman
dant Kodiak Naval Station,
and Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
greeted Dewey and his party
on their arrival here.
The three-car inspection
parcy drove to Kodiak, after
inspecting the base and stop
ped l briefly in the center of
town. After returning to the
base Dewey posed for pictures
with several enlisted men I
from New York State.
Loan Agency
Representative Here
H. Sanford Saari, Recon
struction Finance Corporation
representative from Seattle,
visited Kodiak Tuesday as he
completed a familiarization
tour of the territory for the
federal agency.
Saari, who said he had 31
years banking experience be
fore joining the RFC last year
is in charge of western Wash
ington and all of Alaska for
the RFC.
“At present there are only
two representatives of our Se
attle office in the territory,
one in Anchorage and one in
Fairbanks. However I wish to
convey the idea that the RFC
is interested in the financial
problems of the territory and
anxious to help in its develop
ment,” Saari said.
He added that he plans to
return to Alaska late this fall
or early next spring. This is
his first trip to the territory.
Oscar Drake, former Kodiak
Public School teacher, has ac
cepted a teaching position in
the Boistfort School, which is
12 miles from Chehalis, Wash.
He will teach the fourth grade
Mr. and Mrs. Drake and son
left Kodiak in July for the
states.
In a letter to the MIRROR,
Drake said, “we have a two
story house at only $45. . *
acre of yard.” He asked that
his subscription address be
changed to Klaber, Wash.
Mrs. Maxine Schruel and
Mrs. Lera Conner are new
fountain employees at Knud
j sen’s. Mrs. Gertrude Jessey is
the new bookkeeper.
VfW Service
Officer Coming
J. C. Dodd, department
Service Officer, Department
of Alaska, Veterans of For.
eign Wars, will be in Kodiak
Sept. 5, 6 and 7 to assist ex
servicemen who have special
troubles.
Dodd is the only full-time
service officer employed by a
veterans’ organization in A
laska, and will welcome inter
views with any veterans.
Those wishing interviews
with Dodd should contact the
local post, Katmai 7056, for
an appointment or see Dodd
upon his arrival, at the post
V
clubrooms.
The service officer maintains
his office in Juneau in order to
be near the Veterans Admin
istration regional office where
the majority of work on vet
erans’claims is accomplished.
Membership in the VFW is
not required in order to re
ceive assistance from its re
habilitation program. The
group assists all veterans in
presenting claims against the
federal and territorial govern
ments which pertain to the
rights of veterans.
Talmage L. Smith, local at
torney, has returned to Kodi
ak after spending two weeks
in Anchorage.
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