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rrNews of oAmericas Last Frontier”
?0L. 5 NO. 50
KODIAK, ALASKA FEBRUARY 15, 1946
' PRICE 10 CENTS
3 Men To Build $50,000
Cold Storage Unit Here
Construction of a cold storage
)laut in Kodiak by private indi
viduals was signalled at the
:ouncil meeting Monday by ap
jroval of a building permit for a
;50 000 plant of the newly form
id Kodiak Cold Storage Comp
ly.
Partners in the new concern
ire Tom Sorenson, fisherman, H.
?. MacDonald, owner of the Ly
•ic theatre, and A. L. Fenner,
ormer refrigeration employe of
he Army.
A spokesman for the new
lompany said construction of the
riant will be started right away
vith local help with the expecta
ion of having the plant in oper
tion for fall fishing,
The building, of frame con
traction, will be 40 by 80
;et with shaving insulation, and
esigued as a unit so additions
lay be made later. Much of the
uilding material is on hand, and
lie refrigeration equipment, of a
'reon type similar to that used
y the Army here, will be obtain
i from the States.
The plant will be located on
»nd owned by Tom Sorenson,
rhich has a 400-ft. bay frontage
ast the KEA plant, where Ta
;urra road starts uphill The lo
ation will allow building of a
lock later.
The plant will handle all kinds
f fish, including the catches of
fishing boats owned by Tom
orenson. The partners expect to
egm operation on a small scale
rith a view to supplying local
larkets; provide storage for ov
rloads of local fish catches; sup
ly Seattle markets; and in ad
ition to fish, provide much
eeded facilities for handling lo
ti beef.
The new industry provides the
ret cold storage facilities here,
here in the past there has been
»uch discussion of such projects
hich never materialized.
uneral Services
leld For Infant
Funeral services were held
loDday afternoon from the Rus
an church, with interment lo
d y, for Valentina Marie, 9
ionth-o]d daughter of Mr. and
Irs. Willie Shugak of Old Har
>r, who passed away here Sun
W- The infant, who died of tu
srculosis, was brought here by
« mother, who is en route to
mean for medical treatment for
iberculosis. Passage for the two
• the Alaska had been cancelled.)
The infant was one of twins,
* other having died previously,
he father and 3 other children
e at Old Harbor.
Tremor Sways
Smith Tower
Seattle (^T)—An earthquake
rocked the Pacific Nbrthwest]
from Salem to Vancouver, B. C.
and from the coastline 200 miles
inland to Wenatchee, frightening
the region’s people but apparent
ly doing no serious damage.
The 42-story Smith tower in
downtown Seattle tipped crazily
from north to south, said sher
iffs officers watching from the
nearby County building. Em
ployes of radio station KVER on
the 21st floor estimated the
building swayed as much as 4
feet and said glass fell from Rome
of the windows.
The University of Washington
timed the shock at 7:18 (PST
Thurs.) and said it dislodged the
seismograph needle from the
drum. He termed it the worst
quake ever recoided by the Un
iversity.
Reports indicated the heaviest
tremor was felt in Olympia,
where windows were broken in
downtown stores and cracks ap
peared in the Social Security
building adjoining the capital.
A second quake so microscopic
it hardly registered was reported
at 4:16 am yesterday.
Chamber loins In
Yukon Request
The request for an investiga
tion into the Yukon wreck was
joined by the Kodiak Chamber I
of Commerce this week in a wire
to Delegate E. L. Bartlett, which
stated: “We expect a full invest
igation, not only of the ground
ing but of the conduct and quali
fications of the ship’s officers and
crew following the wreck, and
that appropriate punishment be
| meted out.”
In reply Delegate Bartlett said
a Coast Guard representative
would be sent to Anchorage and
Seward to take testimony of sur
vivors in regard to charges of
drinking of the crew, inefficiency
and other alleged misconduct,
and that following a hearing now
convened in Seattle the full board
would go to Seward and then
Anchorage.
The local chamber’s action fol
lowed a request from the Anchor
age Chamber for support in its
resolution demanding public
maritime hearings.
Of the eleven missing from the
Yukon the Coast Guard has re
ported recovery of 1 body, that
of a serviceman.
New PNA Plane
Inaugurated
An inaugural flight to demon
strate the first of Pacific North
ern Airlines’ fleet of 3 new DC-3
t wenty-one passeLgei luxury lin
ers was made to Kodiak Wednes
day morning, with a passenger
list of visiting dignitaries from
Anchorage, the company’s head
quarters.
Piloted by Art Woodley, com
pany president, with Joe Morris
as co-pilot, the plane was logged
at 1 hour and 25 minutes from
Anchorage to the local base air
poit.
In the visiting group also were
Mayor John Manders, of An
chorage; his daughter, Mrs. Ar;
Woodley; Donald E Styke, An
chorage Pan-American represent
ative and Mrs. Styke; Walter
Plett, regional CAA director and
Mrs. Plett; Jack Clawson and
J. DuRose, PNA personnel;
Tom Walker, head of the An
chorage internal revenue office;
Lew Nichols, public relations
photographer for Douglas Air
craft, Santa Monica; and Mrs.
Pauline Knight, stewardess.
Welcomed at the air strip by
local officials, the patty was
brought to town on a brief tour
of the city and then without
having time for lunch returned
tr> the ha.se for the return to An
chorage.
Meeting the plane from town
were Mayor 0. A. Torgerson,
Wilson Erskine, HerDerl. Francis,
Emil Knudsen and daughter Jo
Ann, Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James
Martz, Art Oszman, manager of
the locfl airline agency, V. G.
Ellis, Lee Bettinger and William
Lamme.
All were given an opportunity
to go aboard the sleek new plane(
one of the first made directly for
post-war commercial use. The
two-motored monoplane is silver
with the red and black insigne of
of the newly formed Pacific
Northern Airlines corporation.
Inside it carries 14 passengers in
soft, comfortable double-rowed
seats on the left side, with 7 sin
gle seats on the right.
The passenger hand-luggage
racks are built in above the seats
and the plane has cargo space in
the rear and between the passen
gers and pilots.
Offering a new high standard
in air travel for the Territory,
the 3 new planes of this type
will be placed in operation over
the routes of the Pacific Northern
Airlines upon completion of its 1
transitional training program. |
However, Wednesday’s flight
to Kodiak was the start of the
regular use of the new planes on
ihe Anchorage-Kodiak run. A
second plane has arrived in An
chorage, and Mr. Woodley is go
Safe Trial Recesses As
Rose Schultz Weeps
- I
Fish Price Increase!
Basis Explained j
Whether a strike can be ex
pected in the local fishing indus
try this season will depend on
negotiations in Seattle and sub
sequent action by the rank and
file of union mem bets, Glen Rob
inson, president of the Central
Labor council* told members of
the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday preparatory to his de
parture for Seattle where he will
represent the United Fishermen
of Alaska in seeking higher fish
prices.
The negotiations for higher
prices to the fishermen is linkeG
with a concerted effort of the lo
cal union to take a forward step
in conserving the local fishery re
sources, he said, and aid from all
local bodies is being sought in
the undertaking.
In explanation, Mr. Robinson
cited the decline in fishery re
sources in the Kodiak area, a de
cline fought soley by the Fish &
Wildlife Service with inadequate
resources and personnel, without
any aid from local packers or
hshermen.
If the present decline con
tinues this aiea will be faced
with a closure of fishing for at
least a 2-cycle fish pun period of
from 4 to 10 years so that the
fish runs can be rebuilt, and in
many cases where the run has
been depleted to a stage where
natural predators will prevent
such rebuilding, res ocking of
streiams must be employed.
CitiDg the Alaska peninsula,
he said 8 bays now produce m
that area where there were for
merly 20, and in the whole Kod
iak area of 64 producing local
ities, only 4 furnish the higher
priced premium red salmon. Ille
gal fishing, which he said records
prove was engaged in to a greater
extent by Outside fishermen, is
largely responsible for1 the pres
ent decline in fish, and the biame
for illegal fishing he placed sqare
ly on packers who buy illegal fish
knowingly, and on all the fisher
men who engaged in it.
The local union is adopting its
own policy of strongly favoring
conservation of the fisheries, and
is seeking to have 30 of its own
members deputized with full
powers to wipe out illegal fishing,
(continued on page 9/
ing to California to pick up the
third one purchased.
Before coming to Kodiak the
plane made a similar inaugural
run to Juneau, the southern ter
minal of PNA routes.
Mrs. Rose Schultz called
as the first government witness
at Anchorage this week ia the
case against Gus Kovich, Ed
ward Kubillus (Eddie Kay) and
Harrison (Harry) Barber, charg
ed with stealing the Schultz safe
with jewelry and $30,000 on Oct.
21,1942 in Kodiak.
The remains of the safe were
wheeled into court with its
lorch-burned holes and sprung
doors, . and after Mrs. Schultz
identified it as hers she burst in
to tears. She was lead back to
the stand where she continued
to cry, so court was recessed.
Mrs. Schultz had told how she,
her daughter Sally Pearl, and
granddaughter, Marlene, had
been taken to the Club Mont
martre by Harry Barber the
night of the robbery, of how
Barber had put her off when she
said they had to go home, and
how a man came in to tell her
the lose of the safe had been dis
covered.
The witness identified Barber
and Kovich but said she did not
know Kubillus.
District Attorney Noel K.
Wennblom said the government
would prove that the while the
house was empty behind the
Ship’s Tavern, the Schultz place
of business, Kubillus and Kovich
joined Alvin lacopetti and-.ent
ered the house, put the safe into
Kubillus’ car, drove to Mill Bay
road to a hole already dug and
then went separate ways.
Iacope ti was tried and con
victed for participation and won
a retrial not yet scheduled when
perjured testimony was proved
after the judgment was ren
dered.
Wennbloin said he would fur
ther prove that in about 2 weeks
lacopetti and Kubillus moved
the safe to a shack behind Al s
Chicken Inn (Beachcombers) on
Mission road, buried it and then
later opened it with a torch.
They then, he claims, took the
money to a room over the Bel
mont Bar and divided it.
On the stand Mrs. Schultz de
scribed the jewelry as diamond
rings, some of which were wed
(continued on page 4)
To Close
Next Friday
The local postoffice and the
Bank of Kodiak have signified
their intention of closing on
Washington’s birthday, neat
Friday, Feb. 22.
The Commissioner’s office will
also bo closed, Commissioner G.
W. Bubendorf announced.