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Published Every ^tt i^lay at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly S ihscr >tion Rate $5.00
Entered in the P >sto fice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1378.
MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for veDublication of all news dispatches credited to it
or noc otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
New Approach?
A press release from the office of Senator Warren G.
Magnuson reached us this week. It was mailed in an envelope
that bore a return of “United States Senate, Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce” and was mailed under the,
frank of Senator Magnuson.
We never did get around to reading the four mimeo
graphed pages. Instead we spent several minutes wondering
if the taxes we pay were going to buy perfume for the
Senators.
The letter when opened gave off the odor of perfume.
We asked one of the women employees at the MIRROR to
dentify the perfume. She said she thought it was Chanel
no. 5.
We are wondering if this is a new development in
public relations or sn attempt to attract more attention to
news handouts by our elected and government officials.
The Rat Situation
The statement that “Kodiak has received a lot of un
favorable newspaper publicity over the rat situation” was
made Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce meeting.
The MIRROR is a member of the Chamber of Com
merce and joins with other businesses in wanting to present'
Kodiak in its best light to other Alaskan cities and the states. I
But our business is printing news, regardless of whether it
presents Kod'ak in a favorable or unfavorable light.
To ignore a story like the one printed two weeks ago, j
or this week, on the uncontrolled rat situation would be an !
insult to newspaper readers and a grave crime against the ■
profession of journalism. i
You have a right to know the events and conditions in
yo ir town and it is our responsibility to tiy to keep you
informed. •
If it takes “unfavorable” publicity to correct such a1
thing as the uncontrolled rat situ?t on now existing here, we,
will continue to publish the so called “unfavorable articles.”
Spiegels Return
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Spiegel, who were married
recently in New York, arrived
in town early this week.
Spiegel is employed at Kodiak
Naval Station. They will make
their home on the Naval
reservation.
Don Fenner Home
i From School
Don Fenner, son of Mr. and
! Mrs. Ardis Fenner, arrived
1 home Sunday from Corvallis, *
I Oregon. He was enrolled as a'
student at Oregon State for'
(the past year.
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TOWN TIDBITS
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Four-year old Toddy Bet
tinger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee F. Bettinger, must be
heading for an acrobatic j
career if his feat of last Sun
day evening is any indication.
The Bettingers were visit
ing the Dick Lightfoots on
Carlson Hill, when it camel
time for Lee to take the'
Union Oil truck out to the
base to service the evening
PNA plane.
Kathe and Toddy stayed
behind, or so he thought, as
he got into the truck and
drove off. The next thing he
knew he was down town with
everyone shouting at him to
stop. Then he discovered his
young son was hanging on the
hack of the truck and had
ridden down the hill with his
feet flying.
Having taken Toddy so far,
father decided he might as
well ride to the runway.
There, Toddy looked at the
plane, and commented, “If
I hung onto the plane, I’d go
up in the air, wouldn’t I,
Daddy?’’ . . .
Martin Jensen, formerly
known as the Scow King of
Kodiak, now wants it an
nounced that he is keeper of
the Jensen zoo, and is looking
for animals to take care of.
He is well experienced in
such work, too, he claims.
Last month, three young
bear cubs captured by Bill
Poland with Germany as their
destination, were temporarily
housed in Jensen’s fenced in
front yard at the top of Mill ■
Bay Road. j
Martin didn’t say what he
did at the time, but he re
ports that Poland was chased
through the house by the!
three cubs who didn’t like!
their front yard captivity. ;
Nothing daunted Jensen will
take more, he says. . .
Well into their trip which
will take them around the
world eventually are Cathe
rine and Gail Blankenburg,
who are traveling on the
Falstria, a Danish freighter.
Mrs. Blankenburg is writing
long letters to be read by all
her friends and to be kept for
her to form the basis of a
diary.
Now en route to Antwerp,
she mailed her latest letter
from New York City. In it
she told about the trip through
the Panama Canal, which she
said was “worth the price of
the entire trip”.
The freighter passed the
Bahamas, Haiti and Cuba but
didn’t stop at any of them.
One of the highlights of the
ship’s entertainment was an
amateur show one evening, in
which a mock trial was held.
Before the judge, actually
a Vancouver judge, another
passenger was tried for “hav
ing no visible means of sup
port and attempting to pur
chase the Eskimo Island of
Kodiak from Gail, for 100
Danish Kroner. It was all
very funny and amusing. He
was found gulity of fraudul
ent attempt to purchase Ko
diak,” Mrs. B. writes.
Allies Drive On
To Triangle
By the Associated Press
Tokyo — Allied armor
spewed over the broad Korean
plain north of Pyongang
Thursday to threaten the
Communists’ main central
and eastern defenses.
Frontline dispatches said
the Chinese resistance in the
once . important Chorwon
Kumhwa-Pyongang iron tri
angle was cracked except for
small but determined rear
guard pockets. These pockets
made mop-up work for the
Allied infantry slow and
arduous.
The Reds hurled some mor
tar fire on the western end of
the line while they continued
their strongest defense in the
craggy hills leading toward
Kumsong, 11 miles northeast
of the Allied held town of
.Kumhwa.
Washington — An under
water explosion believed
caused by an underwater
mine ripped the US. Des
troyer Walke in Korean
waters early this week kill
ing 26 men and injuring
seven others.
The destroyer made port
under its own power despite
the badly damaged hull. The
Walke was the eighth U. S.
naval vessel to be sunk or
damaged by enemy action
since the Korean War began.
The total of dead from enemy
action was set at 48 with 122
wounded and 36 miss'\ng.
Halibut Season Ends
June 25 For Area 3
Halibut fishing in areas 3,
4 and 1A will close for this
year at midnight on June 25.
Kodiak is in area 3 which
includes all convention waters
off the coast of Alaska be
tween a line running south
one-quarter east (magnetic)
from Cape Spencer Light and
a line running true west from
C ape Sarichef Light on Uni
mak Island.
The halibut quota for this
year has been filled.
Dolores Jones is working
at Knudsen’s Fountain.
COMIN’ & COIN’
. —
C. E. “Ernie” Bryan was
scheduled to leave this week
for Seattle. He has been a
resident of the territory for
42 years, 20 of which were
spent in Kodiak.
Bryan was undecided on his
future plans but said he could
be reached at the Atwood
Hotel, First Ave. and Pine st.,
Seattle, Wash.
Cpl. Bill Robertson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robertson,
left this week for Ft. Richard
son after spending a 10 day
furlough here with his par
ents.
Miss Nony Gregorioff, who
has worked at Knudsen’s for
the past four years, is now
i employed in the supply de
■ partment at the naval station.
Hospital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Denver
Andrews, a son, David Archie,
on June 10, 6 lbs., 14 oz.
To Mr. and Mrs. Malcom
McDonald, a daughter, Sharon
Joy, on June 12, 3 lbs., 11 oz.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Breckberg, a son, Robert, on
June 14, 7 lbs., 5 oz.
To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fan
nin, a son, Stephen Wayne, on
June 15, 6 lbs., 13 oz.
NOTICE
LDS (Mormon) services are
now being held at Kodiak
Naval Station Community
Center, at 9:15 am every Sun
day.
July 4th Plans
continued from page 1
appointed hour.
Persons wishing to contri
bute to the celebration may
see any member of the Rotary
Club or visit most business
houses in town. Details and a
| complete program of events
will be published in a later is*
1 sue of the MIRROR.
i Allied forces driving north in Korea (black arrows)
! battered strong resistance (open arrows) in drives toward
’the Red “Iron Triangle” of the Pyonggang-Chorwon
Kumha area. Other drives were developing east of the
Hw'aehon reservoir and along the eastern coast. (iPwirephoto)