Library. Museum
Juneau, Alaska
"News of oAmericas Last Frontier”
fOL. 5 NO. 38
KODIAK, ALASKA — NOVEMBER 17, 1945
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Ship Tie-up Hits Local Base Food Supply
Search Continues For Two Missing Men
With Jay Tolbert and “Beans”
Anton still unreported and over
due from a trip that took them
in an open 32-ft. gasboat to In
iskin bay, near Iliamna bay, a
1 boat 150 miles from Kodiak, a
party of men left yesterday
morning on the “Skippy” to
search for them.
In the party are Tiny Cich
oaki, the boat’s owner, William
McDonald, Tom Clampffer, Nels
Lanse, Ray and Chuck Harmon.
The two men left Kodiak Oct.
21 to go after some machinery
located at Iniskin bay, and said
they would be back in a week or|
ten days.
A search by Navy planes from
. Cape Dough's to Iniskin bay
and in other areas disclosed no
sigD of the boat.
Although storms have occured
during the men’s absence it is
*b\l felt the men may have put
into Borne bay or cove during
tbe bad weather and weie mere
ly delayed in getting home.
Forty-three foxes, of which 3G
were platinum, purchased bv
Eugene Finlay, of Jefferson, Ore
gon, left on the Cordova and wi'l
j be used by their new owner for
[ breeding stock.
The foxes were purchased
from Dr. L. Pryor, operator of a
| branch near Ouzinkie, who
| also sold 54 foxes recently, of
which 32 were platinum, to Ted
%gle, al o of Jefferson.
Dr. Pryor, who formerly prac
hced medicine in Kodiak, has
; operated the fox ranch for 8
jears, but now plans to retire.
Eugene Findlay, accompanied
by his associate, Edwin Swarfz
feft on the C jrd iva Wednesday.
Library Meeting
Next Monday
To discuss ways and means
for establishing a public library
®the Red Cross Center, the
American Legion has called a
■eeting for 8 pm next Monday,
Nov. 19. Representation at the
•opting is sought from all civic,
Eternal and union organizations.
Plans for the library are al
j started, with 2500 books
I from Anchorage.
I. legion officials have been
^formed that the Red Cross
Center will be turned back to
, toem about Dec. 1, and the
•eeting will also touch on plans
for the building’s use as a com
munity center.
All persons interested in see
I lD|fa library established in Kodi
i are asked to attend the meet
®g.
Dr. Jones
Succumbs
Dr. A. Bates Jones, former
Kodiak physician, passed away
November 3 at his home at
Madrona Beach, about 9 miles
from Stanwood, Wash., accord
ing to word received by friends
from Mrs. Jones this week. Her
letter did not state the cause of
his death.
Funeral services were held
November 7 in East Stanwood,
with burial in Seattle.
Dr. Jones practiced medicine
in Kodiaa 6 years, arriving here
on the same boat with Dr. A
Holmes Johnson, Kodiak’s pres
ent physician. At the time of
their arrival theie was no doctor
in Kodiak. Dr. Jone’s office was
located near the Belmont and
was sold by him to the Central
Labor council.
Dr. and Mrs. Jones left Kodiak
in the fall of 1944 and purchased
a lovely heme at Madrona Beach.
It was Dr. Jones’ plan to retire,
but because the war had resulted
in such a shortage of doctors he
felt called upon to continue prac
ticing and opened an office, with
afternoon hours only, in Stan
wood.
Victory Bond
Sales Growing ]
Victory Bond sales in Kodiak
to November 10 were $10,743.75
Te litorial headquarters an
nounced, and sales since that
date have brought the total to
$21,412.50 to yesterday, with
$13,912.50 of that in Seiies E
bonds Not included is a pur
chase of $35,000 by the Bank of
Kodiak, whieh does not apply to
the quota, which is $35,000.
The Victory Bond drive will
not be over until Dec. 8.
In The Mirror
December 1 !
Fire Hits
Mission
Juneau (JP)—The brick build
ing housing the Roman Catholic
Mission at Skagway was swept
by fire yesterday but its 80 child
ren escaped without harm.
Clothing is being collected here
for dispatch on the steamship
Princess Norah.
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
Whereas, Congressional law
now provides that the “Fourth
Thursday of November in each
year be known as Thanksgiving,
and it is hereby made a legal
holiday to all intents and pur
pose,”
Whereas, as individuals and a
nation we are bounden to give
greater thanks than ever in our
first peacetime Thanksgiving in
many years,
Therefore, by virtue of the of
fice entrusted to me and in con
formity with the practice, I here
by proclaim Thursday, Novem
ber 22, as Thanksgiving Day,
and direct that the said holiday
be observed with the closing of
business houses and with the
traditional feasting and thankful
ness.
O. A. Torgerson, Mayor
City of Kodiak
Harry Holt, superintendent of
the Kodiak school, returned to
Kodiak this week after a 4 day
trip to Anchorage, where he rep
resented Kodiak at a conference
of Alaskan school superintend
ents.
Woman Prisoner
To Be Tried
Mrs Louise Williams Allred,
formerly of Kodiak, who was
sentenced at Fairbanks to 10
years in a federal reformatory in
Feb., 1944, for embezzlement of
a fur coat left in the storage
vault of a company where she
was employed, will be brought
back to Alaska in December for
trial on charges of embezzlement
arising from income tax matters.
Many of the charges involve
local residents Who hired her to
take care of their income tax
| with the resulting alleged con
version to her own use of funds
entrusted her.
Mrs. Allred will be taken to
Anchorage from the women’s re
formatory at Alderson. West Vir
ginia.
Governor
Asks Aid
A statement that prospective
freight rates may be increased
from 80 to 100 per cent, as re
ported in the Mirror last week,
was followed this week by this
wire from Governor Gruemng: !
"I have received a further tele
gram saying thst the Maritime
Commission had entered an or
der for a hearing to start in Se
attle on Nov. 27 with the hope
of increasing rates, fares and
charges for the Alaska service.
“It is not possible accurately
to cite the data available now on
just how such an increase would
affect Alaska, but I desire to
state that our Territory might
just as well fold up as a prospec
tively thriving and developing
part ot the United States if 100
per cent passenger and freight
increases are imposed upon us.
Indeed, any increases whatsoever
would be seriously crippling.
“The steamship rates long
have been and are already exces
sive and higher than for any
other equivalent service. They
should be drastically reduced.”
In concluding the Governor
said:
“It is not possible for the peo
ple of Alaska to prepare them
selves iu 2 weeks to make an
effective and successful fight
against this attempt to deliver a
mortal blow to the Territory.
“I am therefore requesting the
people of Alaska to join my em
phatic protest to the U S. Mari
time commission against the un
warranted and unjustified haste
in ordering this hearing. I be
lieve it should be postponed for
at least 6 months and that we
should meanwhile se k a Con
gressional investigation of the
whole situation.
“Unfortunately Alaska, still
being a Territory, has not the
political power to fight (his kind
of assault effectively. We must
rely on the help of both the De
partment of the Interior, to
which I am appealing, and of the
Congress, which really could
remedy this situation.”
Power To Be Off
Electric power will be shut off
in Kodiak between the hours of
8 and 9 Sunday morning, Nov.
18, the KEA announced today.
Juneau (J5)—Governor Gruen
mg has announced a special ses
sion of legislature, tentatively
scheduled for March 4.
Seattle (^—Thirteenth Na
val district officials said the naval
authorities at Kodiak have re
ported that the tie-up of Alaska
Steamship company’s passenger
fleet here by labor troubles will
cripple the delivery of food sup
plies and Thanksgiving turkeys
for the armed forces in the Kod
iak area.
Six ships are idle here as the
Marine Cooks & Stewards assoc
iation of the CIO remained dead
locked in a dispute over use of
passenger dining room for crew
meetings at sea and overtime
issues.
A second protesting message
from soldiers in Alaska arrived
Thursday, expressing “wonder
ment and distgust” as to why
the company could not “cope
with such a trivial matter.” It
was signed by “Alaska high
pointers” and a similar message
was directed to the union.
I.. W. Baker, general manager
of the company, said the move
ment of 1283 troops southbound
and 1437 northbound had been
stopped.
The company declared the un
ion refused to submit the case to
federal arbitration. The union
said 71 of its members were in
volved and countered that the
“company flatly refused to ne
gotiate.”
Local stores in Kodiak report
ed sufficient supplies of turkeys
and food for Thanksgiving, but
are concerned as to whether the
strike may tie up the Cordova,
which left here Wednesday and
is slated to be the last boat be
fore Christmas, about Dec. 8.
For Thanksgiving local eating
establishments have prepared
special menus, and the Commun
ity Baptist chuich and Praise
chapel are joining in Thanksgiv
ing services.
Doubts as to the date of the
holiday we»e resolved today with
a proclamation by Mayor O. A.
Torgerson and another by Gov
ernor Gruening, setting Nov 22
as the official day.
The Governor’s proclamation
said:
“Whereas, the President of
the United States has proclaimed
Thursday, Nov. 22 of this year
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