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TOL. 6 NO. 38
KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 16, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Add Xmas
Phone Time
Master Sergeant G. B. Floyd,
AGS operator in charge, ann
ounced today that the raide tele
phone service to Seattle will be
extended 2 hours daily during
the Christmas holiday period.
This extension is expected to
help accommodate the large
number of persons who have sig
nified their desire to talk with
folks at home during the holi
days.
Since the phone circuit is shar
ed with Adak, 2 hours addition
al time is a!’ that could be allot
ted to Kodiak, Sgt, Floyd added.
Persons making calls during
the Christmas period will be re
quested to iimit their calls to 5
minutes each in order to serve
the greatest number of people.
The extended hours of opera
tion will be from 8 am to 1 pm
daily from Dec. 24 through Jan.
1 inclusive.
Some forty ping-pong players
of Kodiak and vicinity—men,
women and boys—are expected
to compete in the November
championships at the Communi
ty Center tomorrow (Sunday)
night. Play starts in the boys
division at 7 pm.
Defending champions are Bob I
Burgess, senior; Laurence ADder-l
son, junior; Aileen Wade, wo
men ; and George Beukers, boys
mder 12.
Deeds recorded this week in
cluded :
Jack Allman and Warren
Taylor, to Grace Sabanoff, por
tions of Lots 10 and 11 of Block
18, on S Brooklyn.
Victoria McGillis to James A.
Davis, home on Greek Mission
Church Reserve, near Alder
Lane.
Set ACS-Boat
Radio Service !
(Special)—Col. T. J. Tully,1
aommanding officer ot the ACS,.
announced today a plan to ex j
tend coastal harbor radiophone
•stvice to 12 additional ACS sta
tions, including Kodiak
Operators of fishing vessels,
tugboats and barges should find
this additional service valuable
n» conducting their normal op
erations.
At present the service is in
at Anchorage, Nome, Ketchi
kan and Juneau, but by Jan 1
*t is planned to have it installed
*t Kodiak, Bethel, Cordova,
Craig, Haines, Naknek, Seward,
®tka, Valdea, Whittle*-, Wran
and Peteisburg.
Contact the nearest ACS sta
tion for additional information
•uocerning frequencies and hours
operation pertaining to this
service.
Official Will
Explain Loans
Loan guaranty provisions of
the GI Bill enacted by Congress
for the benefit of World War II
veterans will be explained by
William W. Tuttle, loan guaran
ty officer of the Veterans Ad
ministration upon his arrival in
Kod ak Sunday, Ernest Lincoln,
manager of the regional office at
Juneau announced this week.
World War veterans who meet
certain requirements may bor
row funds for the purchase of a
home, farm or business with part
of the loan guaranteed oy the
government, Lincoln pointed out,
and Tuttle upon his visit to
Kodiak will explain these require
ments to bank officials and to in
terested veterans.
Information was sent to offi
icials of tne Kodiak post of the
Americau Legion and to other
veterans service organization of
ficials notifying them of Tuttle’s
visit. Tuttle is scheduled to meet
with the Veterans of Foreign
Wats on Tuesday at 7 pm in
the Russell building.
Karluk Case
Settled
Fairbanks (Special)—The Kar
luk reservation fishing case was
decided in favor of the 7 com
plaining Kodiak fishing compan
ies when District Judge Harry
E. Pratt handed down an order
permanently enjoining the Fish;
and Wildlife Service from ex-1
eluding non-Karluk fishermen!
from the waters off the Karluk
reservation.
At the conclusion of the 3-day
hearing Judge Pratt held that
the order of the Secretary of the
Interior creating the Karluk res
ervation was invalid as applied
to ocean waters and that the or
der prohibitine fishing in the
Karluk waters by other than the
reservation’s Native inhabitants 1
was also invalid. The order made
permanent the temporary injunc
tion granted in favor of the fish
ing companies last summer
In this first test of the Interior
Department reservation powers,
the issue before the court was
whether Congress intended that
ocean waters could be included
in reservations which it empow
ered the Secretary to establish
under an amendment to the
Wheeler-Howard Act. The deci.
sion excluding ocean waters has
no effect upon land reservations
Mr. and Mrs. Belmont Me- 1
Dormick left on yesterday’s i
[Jane for Grand Junction, Color- <
ido. Mr McCormick, who re
cently resigned as police chief, I
said he plans to attend FBI 1
school in Virginia. •
Wanted-Osteologisi
To Identify Find
Seventy-five pounds of animal
vertebrae in one piece—possibly
part of the backbone of some
prehistoric monster—was the
find of Albert Oxford of Kodiak
while rabbii-hnnting at Settler’s
Cove in Kizhuyak Bay last
Wednesday.
Mr. Oxford has placed the
bone on display af the Commun
ity Center in the hope that some
student of natural history will
be able to identify it. The find
was made about a half mile in
land at an altitude of 400 feet.
LST Sails:
It’sNotOver
The relief LST which left Sea
ttle on Sunday as scheduled,
will be at Kodiak about. Nov 21,1
next Thursday according to an
estimate of Navy officials, Ar
rival time may vary depending
on the time the boat spends at
other stopa
San Francisco (A1)—Insistence
of shipowners on settlement of
aFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute
which has tied up Coos Bay,
Oregon port, and assurance
against a recurrence remains as
the last major barrier to ending
the maritime strike.
Nathan Feinsinger, mediator,
said “things look pretty good”
but he wouldn’t forecast the
time of the strike’s end
The gap between owners and
CIO Marine engineers in the
other phase of the strike lessen
ed to the relatively minor issue
of preferential hiring in Alaska
waters.
San Franeiseo (JP)—Settle
nent of all disputed points be
ween longshoremen’s union and
waterfront employers has been
eached and api ea ed to bring
Inal settlement of the maritime
strike near.
Operators in Alaska waters are i
Peking mooification of a hiring
slause to allow greater personnel
selection of masters, mates and
pilots.
(From Governor’s Office, Jun
;au)—The Grommet Reefer
started loading yesterday, to sail
Nov. 21.
Cargo will be discharged in
oliowing cder: Cordova, \al-j
lez, Seward, Seldovia, Homer,'
Kodiak (150 tons), Yakatat
It, is doubtful whether any!
it.her items than food, clothing,)
nedical supplies and livestock j
eed will be included in this ship- j
nent., although some speeial cat- j
guries have been approved.
Present estimates indicate
hat 2000 tous are in excess of
he ship’s capacity for southwest
rn Alaska
Harvest Ball
Tickets Available
Tickets are now on sale for the
Thanksgiving Eve Harvest Ball,
sponsored by the Program Coun
cil of the Community Ceubr,
Chairman Bud Owen announces.
Attendance at the affair is limit
ed to seventy-five couples with
tickets going on a first-come-first
served basis
The Harvest Ball is expected
to be a gala occasion with the
girls all prettied up in pinafores,
ginghams or calico dresses while
the men wear jeans and bright
colored shirts.
The town orchestra will fur
nish music Dancing will be en
joyed fr^m 9 pm till m dnight
and a number of novelties num
bers will add to the enjoyment.
General Chaiiman is Kay
Wade Bud Owen is chairman in
charge of tickets, music and pub
icity. Other committee chair
men are Patricia McMurdo, dec
orations; Nick Anderson, spon
sors and Bea Malutin, refresh
ments.
Buses Still
Off Run
A plan of the 3 drivers of the
Tagura Transit System to lease
the facilities of the company has
fallen through, it was learned
last night, and the drivers,
Charles McDonald, Edward
Longcor and George Magnusen
are making plans for other em
ployment.
Buses of the line went off the
run last week as the result of ac
tion of the Teamsters' local 500,
which called the drivers off be
cause of a question of overtime
payments
The council was notified Mon
day by P. J Watkin-on, of the
Tagura Transit System, that the
lease bad been signed with :he
M-L-M Company, consisting of
3 drivers, to operate the line A
meeting of the drivers with the
union to talk on the agreement
wap not held, when the whole
plan was dropped.
Hoping to accept a challenge
from the U b Marine team at
N O. B , the Community Cen
ter has issued a call for volley
ball players.
Col. Massie's Marines have a
fast net outfit which would like
some competition from a town
squad. Interested players should
leave their names at the Com
munity Center.
Building permits were granted
this week to:
Maurice Gunderson, move and
demolish 2 skid shacks, I ot 4,
Block 17
Carl Sautner, addition to
borne, Lot 37A, Block 19, S500
RitesSetFor
MarineDead
Tbe bodies of tbe 3 Marines
killed the night of Nov. 6 when
a truck ran off a high cliff on
Shelikof highway will be shipped
to the States for burial, it was
announced by the Commanding
Officer of the Marine Corps.
The dead were Pvt. Francisco
Castillo, El Paso, Texas; Pfc.
Frank Sobolewsky, Cambridge,
Mass., and Pfc Robert Stone,
Royal Oak, Mich.
The bodies will be placed a
board ship today, and a ceremo
ny with Marine Escort will be
conducted at the temporary pier
at 1 pm The publie is invited.
Chaplain J. McCarthy will take
part in the ceremony. The bodies
will be shaped on ihe SS Robert
Parrot.
Of the 3 injured Marines in
volved in the same accident
Corpl Bradley E We»t, the
least injured, has been released
! from tbe hospital. Pfc Laurence
Faulklogbam, with a fractured
leg, is recovering nicely. Pfc.
Jack E. Russell, who stiff red
multiple bruises, a separated
elaviele and other injuries, is
making good recovery but will
be hospitalized several weeks
yet.
I A letter from Lt. Col. Henry
Ma?sie has l>een directed to
, Mayor l ee Bettinger, expressing
thanks for the work done by the
city police, civilians and others
in helping the night of the accid
ent. The letter mentions Henry
Gonaales, Al Fenner and others
who hazatded the storm and
danger of falling rocks on the,
cliff to aid in the rescue work
and care of the injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Parrot and
4 children left by plane for Fair
banks, where they will make
their home. Mr. Parrot played
piano in the Mecca bar here.
Hunters Spend
Night On Island
| When their small boat with
an outboard got loose and drift
ed away on the south end of
Johnson's island behind Near
island, 2 young duck hunters,
Charles Anderson and Harold
Hegnn, were forced to spend the
night on the island.
Missed at home, Harold's
father, Bert, Heglin, Lawrence
Punamaroff and George Magnu
sen, in the latter’s boat went out
about 1 am in the cold and snow
to search for the boys. They
came back about 4 and then left,
again and on the second trrp
found them. The boys were un
harmed by tbeir night’s expo
sure.
The boat and motor have not,
beeD found.