JtBUs&n, Alaska
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OL. 6 NO. 24
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 10, 1U46
PRICE 10 CENTS
rug Party
Ians Made
Plant! for meeting with the
MintxTH of Secretary ol Interior
alius Krug’s party coming to
bxiiak next Friday were outlin
d at the Chamber of Commerce
Inraday by Mayor Lee Bet
Secretary Krug will be unable
»attend, but members of hie
arty, and possibly Governor
■running, will arrive here Friday
fternoon by plane and leave at
the same evening.
The party is due to arrive at
, and Mill lie shown projects a
Mnd town from 4:30 to 5. From
to H’J30 a meeting has been ar
urged at the Community center
tr a public round-table discus
QS,
Subjects to be brought to the
artv's attention, and speakers,
re:
Acquisition of Dock,
Mayor lee Hettinger.
Status of Public Domain,
Counoilman J. G. Mart/.
Restricted Deeds,
Connrllinan Stan Nelson
Fiatiing,
Glen Hobiuson, President
Central i.abot Council
Other topics will also be cov
i*d.
To close the evening a dinner
•a been arranged at the Club
lontmartre at 7.
footers Okeh
ail Site
A huge majority of a small
ate approved the city’a gift of
J*d for a federal- jail site by a
»re of 86 to 5 at the special
Mtion held Tuesday.
The 86 votes oast, which was
larger vote than some previous
tactions, reflected a !6 to 1 ap
roval of the council’s action in
taking the site available.
A deed will now be prepared
»give a 47 by 100 feet section
f the south end of the city hall
#4 to the federal government,
as the erection of a 2-story con
fete jail, fot which *140,000 has
•en allotted. Notification of the
Molts of the election have been
"ired to Washington, D. C. so
tans can proceed for the con
taoetion of the building.
Voters have tried two t revious
b»e* to give a portion of the lot
way. Once to the Army for a
n* of military police station
**d once to the Army for the
omtruction of a new building
i> house the local .Signal Corps
h» both occasions the donees de
mited on their plans.
If construction of the jail is
ot begun in 6 months from the
late of the election the land will
gain revert to the eity.
Sailor In Doghouse
A young girl looking for a lost
dog peered into the currently
unoccupied doghouse behind the
Town Club Thursday morning
and discovered a sailor curled up
sound asleep inside.
U S Commissioner C W Bub
endorf was called and interview
ed the sailor through the dog
house door, and while reporting
it to the MP station the sailor
disappeared at a pace quite a bit
faster than a dog trot.
Local Harbor
Needs Heard
Needs of Kodiak in the matter
of navigation improvements, in
cluding small boat harbor possi
bilities, were presented at the
I harbor heating held Monday
I morning at the Orpheum theatre.
1 •
I Conducting the meeting were
Col. L. II. Hewitt, dinirict en
gmeer, Seattle District U. S.
I Army Engineers, (Jeorge Kurt*
tilts, engineer iu charge of river
and harbor investigations, O. C.
Falkenbury, Acting Chief, Oper
ations division, and Marion W.
DeSollar, hearing recorder, of
the Heattle office, who arrived
here Sunday.
Attendance at the hearing was
small, presentation of material
consisting of data compiled by
the council and Chamber of
Commerce, with movies of storm
conditions in the bay shown by
Councilman James Marts also be
ing presented.
At the close Col. Hewitt, list
ed a few items on which addi
tional data would lie needed, in
1 rinding actual damage to boats
j due to lack of facilities, and
other details.
Case Dismissed
The case of Thomas Pullian,
| who wax brought back from An
chorage last week on bad check
t charge, wax d xmixaed Saturday
by U 8 Commissioner G W Bu
tiendorf on the grounds that the
J defendant had received no con
sideration for t he check*.
The checks, amounting to S310
and $500 had been made out to
Jack Allman.
Disney Couple
Getting Material
l Mr. and Mrs. A G Milotte,
■ photographers for Hollywood’*
Walt Disney, arrived here this
week to take mctures and collect
material for a film Cartoonist
I Disney is planning on Alaska.
They went first to Port Bailey
;for fish pictures and will then
return to Kodiak.
The Milotte* formely operated
a photo studio ia Ketchikan be
fore going to Hollywood.
Epidemic In
Anchorage
A diphtheria epidemic of grave
proportions hit Anchorage this
week and a wite was received
here Tuesday from Dr C. Earl
Albrecht, Territonal Commis
sioner of Health, recommending
that travel from Kodiak be cur
tailed. Travel from Anchorage
and Fort Richardson was im
mediately restricted, theatres
closed and other measures taken
to halt the spread of the dis
ease.
No cases have been reported
in Kodiak, Dr. A. Holmes John
son, city health officer, reports.
A shipment of diphtheria serum
was awaited on yesterday’s
plane, as Kodiak's last suoply
had been loaued to the Navy
during the Ungn epidemic
The perceninge of adults who
would possibly contract diph
the m would lie small, Dr. John
son said, but he recommends
that children under 12 be safe
guarded by diphtheria immuniz
ation, especially babies over 6
months of age. The immuniza
tion in most cases lasts indefin
itely and can lie checked later
as to permanency.
Dr. Johnson said he plans to
take throat cultures of all food
handlers as a precautionary
measure.
Masons Organize
A second organization meet*
ing of a Masonic group was held
at the Kodiak Fountain Wed
nesday evening with aliout 40
present. Emil Knudsen was
chosen as temporary president
and Merrill Coon a? temporary
secretary-treasurer. The group
plans to apply for a charter to
start a Masonic ledge here.
Meetings have been set for the
first and third Wednesday of
leach month, with the next meet
ing at Knudsen’s.
Consider
Dock Use
There are definite prospect* of
the Coast Guard locating a unit
of boats’ at the City Dock, May
or Lee Bettinger reported at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
Thursday, and the Coa*t Guard
is now investigating the facilities
at the dock.
The city has offered the south
eod of the dock for the use of a
possible 2 boats to be stationed
1 here.
It is expected a big percentage
of men aboard the boats will
wish to luing their families to
Kodiak if ttie dock is u-ed, and
the matter of ho ising is also be
line i ve«ticati>d
Hotel Room Robbed
Thirty dollars, consisting of 6
$5 bills, was stolen from the
room of Mr. aod Mrs William
Wilson at the Kodiak Hotel
sometime Monday evening, po
lice report, by someone who ap
parently entered the locked
room with a key.
A cigar box of money, left in
the room by Mrs. Wilson, who
manages the hostel, was untouch
ed.
Weller Services
Held Thursday
Paul Weller, who was found
dead last week where he was
working on a silo on Raisin hay,
died of a cerebral hemorrhage,
an examination conducted by
Hr. A. Holmes Johnson discloted.
Funeral services were held
Thuraouy, with graveside rite*
read by Kev. (Iregory 8. Mor
ony, of the Community Baptist
church
The deceased is survived by a
son, Paul C. Weller, of Washing
ton, D. C.
Boats Scheduled
Two boat* urn scheduled to
leave Seattle next week for Kod
iak, the Dantli on August 13
and the Cordova on August H
Charlea Madsen arrived hern
Sunday on hie new yanht, the
Kodiak Bear II, which he recent
ly purchased in Beattie, after
making the trip on it from
Seattle in 7 daya with various
stops along the way. The boat is
now moored at Krskine’s dnek.
Library Opening
August 19
Opening of the public library
at the Kodiak Community Cent
ee has been set, for Monday,
August 19, it was announced by
Library chairman Marjorie Gun
derson at the regular meeting of
the Center hoard of directo's
Thursday evening.
The l ibrary will be open on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings and Wednesday after
noons. All residents of Kodiak
and vicinity are invited to use
the library facilities and borrow
liooks. A charge of one dollar
will lie made for a library card
which will be good for one year
from date of issue.
The library will be staffed by
volunteers. A meeting of the li
brarians ha« been called for next
[Tuesday evening at the Center
! at 7:30.
Plans for the fall and winter
j program at tbe Center also were
discussed at the meeting with
I Dr. A H Johnson presiding. 11.
jcomnander A II Wood, repn
■ senting the Navy Ra . was e
| tected a« a memlier of the bxvd.
Bond Voting
Postponed
The election on revenue bond*
for a cold storage site and plant,
originally scheduled for Sept. 10,
has been postponed to an indefin
ite date to allow more informa
tion on revenue bond elections
to be obtained.
It appeara now, city official*
say, that the law require* that a
majority of voter* registered will
have to approve the bond iewue
before It can carry. In other
election* a majority of thoae vot
ing usually applies.
Official* point out that with
the large number of people who
were registered in the la*t gener
al election no longer lieing r« *id
enl* that it may be difficult to
get the uecessary number out for
a Mpecial election. A new date,
which will enable fishermen re
sident* to participate in the
election, will be set later.
Operation of tho Shopper'*
Service station wagon by the
Teamster's union will end Mon
day, it was announced today.
I
i
Scoring four runs in the last
half of the last inning, Joan 'Per
ry’s Hi Stepper* noned out Alice
Mad-on’* All-Stars l>y a score of
If) to 12 in a lively girl* Hofthall
game sponsored by the Com
munity Center Thursday night.
The Hi-Steppera trailed hII Ihe
way until the circus finish which
came when Marv Malutin rap
ped out a two-base hit with the
bases full. Home rim* by Cap
tains Alice Madsen and Joan
Terry and Donna Fitzgerald
were featu’e*.
The girls will play sgatn next
Thursday evening at 0:30.
8 Fishermen
Arrested
Eight fishermen appeared be
fore Commissioner O W. Bo
bendorf Monday and pled wwt
guilty to fi-h violation charges
filed by Marcus Meyer, agent
for the Fish A Wildlife 8ervice,
and demanded jury trials, which
hava been set for Sept 23.
Bail bond of *lf 00 each wss
furnished by Frank MeConaghy
and Ray Martin
The eight, who were charged
with illegal fishing during a clos
ed period and illegal fishing in
volving se'ting of seines with a
small boat and brailmg with a
larger boat, weie: R. C. Rosier,
Charles Patton, Newell Ander
son, Martin Anderson, Walter
[schuette, W. J. Aright, Wallace
Johnson and Gordon Nelson.
In add tion, Marlin Anderson
was charged on a separate com
plaint with using a boat rv*r
the SO-ft. maximum.