"New* of (^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 36
KODIAK, ALASKA
NOVEMBER 10, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Youth Finds New Clues
To Fate Of Two Men
A boy and his dog discover
ed evidence Sunday afternoon
that may lead to the solving of
the disaopearance of two men j
last April.
A human foot with part of ■
the lower leg was found
around 1:30 pm, Not. 4, on
Buskin Beach at Kodiak Naval
Station by Phillip Jones, 14,
and his dog, while exploring
the beach.
Other parts of bone, believ
ed human and some cloth mat
erial from a hand made shirt
were found later by military
personnel. Authorities believe
that they have evidence which
may positively establish the
drowning of Henry C. Findley
and Marion E. Pulver late in
April of this year.
Findley and Pulver, both
family men and formerly em
ployed at the rigging loft at
KNS, are believed to have
drowned when their small
skiff overturned while they
were fishing.
Phillip, son of SFC and Mrs.
William S. Jones, of Fort
Greely, discovered the foot
and bone when he went to see
what his dog was barking a
bout. Upon making the find he
immediately returned home
and notified the military auth
orities.
Military search parties are
still scouring the beaches and
kelp beds near the spot Phillip
found the bones. If more evid
ence is discovered an inquest
may be held Monday by U.S.
Commissioner.
Following the disappearance,
of the men a search of the
beaches was conducted by
plane, boat and on foot.
On the day following the
men’s disappearance a small
skiff, overturned, a pair of
oars and a gasoline can were
found on the beach near Gib
son’s Cove. The skiff was
identified as the one used by
the men on the fishing trip.
Funeral Services
For Arthur Lund
Funeral services for the late
Arthur Lund were conducted
recently in the Union Hall by
the VFW. Lund died in an
automobile accident late in
September.
Burial was in the city ceme
tery under the direction of
Kodiak Mortuary. The flag
used to drape the casket dur
ing the services will be sent
to Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lund of
Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wod
linger were PNA passengers.
Congressmen Here
For Hearing
Five members of the House
subcommittee on Indian Af
fairs and Delegate Bob Bart
lett held an open hearing at
the Elk’s Club Wednesday on
the proposed bill for settle
ment of native land claims.
Acting chairman of the con
gressional group is Rep.
Wayne Asponall of Colorado.
With him are Reps. Frank
Bow, Ohio; Norris Paulson,
Calif.; Wesley D’Ewart, Mon
tana and Chester McMullen,
Florida. Preston Peden, com
mittee counsel, accompanied
the congressmen.
Del. Bartlett introduced the
bill which would require the
Indian Claims Commissioner to
hear, and determine the vali
dity of all native land claims.
The bill also sets up ma
chinery for settling valid
claims either by awarding the
natives the land sought, sub
stituting other land now in
the public domain, or paying
the claimants cash for land
lost.
Kodiak Elks
To Convention
Several members of the B.
P. 0. E. 1772 left Wednesday
by PNA to attend the Alaska
west Territorial Elk’s Associa
tion Convention in Anchorage.
Those making the trip from
Kodiak are as follows: Mr.
and Mrs. Max LaLande. La
Land is District Deputy of the
Association and Past Exalted
Ruler of the local lodge.
Others from here were Leon
“Ole” Johnson, Exalted Ruler
B. P. 0. E. 1772, Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Metzgar, V. W. Root,
Mr. and Mrs. John Chase,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boggs,
Fred Wallace, Sam Serrel and
Don Bentley.
The convention opened on
Wednesday and will close to
night. Delegates from Fair
banks, Cordova, Sitka, Palmer
and Seward will also attend
the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Martz
Sr., of Spokane, Washington,
arrived in Kodiak recently to
visit their son and daughter, i
J. G. Martz, Jr. and Mrs. Dick
Nixon.
This is their first trip to A
laska. It is also the first time
| they have ever ridden in an
airplane. They traveled to An
chorage via Northwest Air
lines.
Petition Prepared
For Council
A petition requesting the
city council to move the city
dump will be presented to
that body during the next
meeting.
The petition is signed by
several residents and asks the
support the people of Kodiak.
It points out that "because of
the fast growth of the city,
new lots have been surveyed
along the road and present
site of the dump. Consequ
ently new problems have a
risen making the present place
inadequate to take care of the
new demand.”
The city council has dis
cussed the problem of obtain
ing a new site for a city dump
during several council meet
ings in the past.
One paragraph of the peti
tion says: “The humane
angle is perhaps the strongest
point. Rats, smoke and stench
are unhealthy for either hu
mans or livestock. Also debris
washes back along the beach
all the way to town, which is
unsightly if not a detriment
to health. ’ ’
The present dump is located
at the extreme end of Mission
Road near the former Ernie
Bryan property. A new road
leading to the Loran station
at Spruce Cape joins the road
at a point near the dump.
Armistice Parade
Planned Monday
An Armistice Day Parade
led by the Navy band will be
held Monday and is scheduled
to start at 10:30 am George
Sonntag, commander of VFW
Katmai Post 7056 announced
early this week.
The parade will form on the
road near Knudsen’s and
Kraft’s and will march up A
laska Way to the corner of
South Mill Bay Road, past the
Bank of Kodiak and will end1
at the school building, Sonn
tag said.
Chaplain Peter R. McPhee,
Jr. of Kodiak Naval Station
will be the principal speaker.
City and Navy officials will be
asked to sit in the reviewing
stand which will be in front of
the bank, Sonntag announced.
It is planned to invite
marching units from all civic
and social organizations as
well as all branches of the
military to participate.
The Garden Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Lee F.
Bettinger Wednesday evening
at 8 pm. Guests are cordially
invited to attend the meeting
which begins at 8 pm.
Police Chief Wounded
In Night Gun Battle
Carter Seymour, chief of
police, received a severe
wound in his right forearm
Sunday night in a blazing gun
battle with Nelson Maddux,
39, carpenter foreman for
Haddock and Associates, a
round 10:30 at the latters’
house near Tagura Road.
Maddux received a flesh
wound in the shoulder.
Ten or eleven shots were
fired in a space of a few
minutes from a 30-06 held by
Maddux and from a 38 Police
Postive held by Seymour.
Despite his badly wounded
arm Seymour succeeded in
disarming Maddux and placing
him under arrest.
Earlier, Seymour, Ovid Mc
Kinley, patrolman, and Ken
Soldan, USN, Shore Patrol
Chief, went to investigate a
complaint from a neighbor
near Maddux’s house about
someone firing a gun.
As the police drove down
Tagura they met Mrs. Mad
dux who had fled from the
house. She said her husband
had a 30-06 rifle.
The three men went to the
house but found no one there.
They noted a box of 150 grain
30-06 cartridges on a table.
They found no gun in the
house.
Seymour sent McKinley and
Sold an back to town for more
help in searching for Maddux.
Seymour, who was unarmed
when the complaint was called
Road Commissioner
Here Wednesday
A. N. Ghiglione, territorial
commissioner of roads, was in
town Wednesday and Thurs
day to confer with Navy and
City officials at Kodiak Naval
Station, Mayor Lee C. Bett
inger attended the meeting.
Plans to stabilize and standar
dize the road and widen it
near the “slide area” were
discussed, Paul Stover, local
representative of the terri
torial highway department
said Thursday.
Bank, Postoffice
To Close Monday
The Bank of Kodiak and the
U. S. Postoffice will be closed
Monday in observance of
Armistice Day which falls on
Sunday this year.
Ray McFarland of Libby,
MeNeill and Libby was in
town last week. He was en
route to Seattle after inspect
ing the damage done to the
cannery at Moser Bay.
in, borrowed McKinley’s 38
revolver and waited in the
house for Maddux to return.
Seymour stepped in the
bathroom to the left of the
door to wait. Maddux return
ed. Seymour challenged him
and asked him to surrender
the rifle.
Instead Maddux fired shatter
ing the chief’s right arm. The
chief picked up his revolver
from the floor with his left
hand and returned the fire
until the gun was empty. He
then charged Maddux and
succeeded in disarming and
pinning him down but not
until he had fired three more
times.
Meanwhile, LeeNiblock, 16,
on hearing the shots got a
shot gun and started to the
action. He arrived in time to
hold the gun on Maddux un
til McKin ey returned.
Seymou.-, bleeding badly,
had a tourniquet plaeed on his
arm and later went the hospi
tal for surgery.
Maddux is held in the U. S.
Federal Jail on a charge of
assault with a dangerous
weapon. Bail has been set at
$10,000. Seymour is in Griffin
Memorial Hospital. His arm
was operated on by Dr. A.
Halmes Johnson Sunday night
Tne complaint charging
Maddux with assault with a
dangerous weapon was signed
by Paul A. Dupler, city at
torney.
Following: the exchange of
shots Seymour struggled with
Maddux and succeeded in tak
ing the rifle from him. One
cartridge still remained in the
gun, Mayor Lee Bettinger,
said Monday.
Mayor Bettinger conducted
an investigation of the shoot
ing on Monday.
Police said Maddux had
been drinking and that he had
earlier threatened his wife.
PTA To Sponsor
Cub Scouts
The Parent-Teachers As
sociation voted to sponsor the
Cub Scout groun here during
the regular meeting Thursday..
A five man committee wiK
be selected to organize and
guide the young groups. Boyt
from 7 to 11 are eligible.
Members of the PTA de
cided that the December meet
ing will be in form of a carni
val. Each rcom at the school
will be asked to put on a
special attraction.