"News of oAmerica’s Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 10
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 5, 1951
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U. S. Park
Man Here
Visiting in Kodiak in pre
paration for studies to be
made later this summer on
Kodiak Island, the Alaska
Peninsula and the Aleutian
chain is George L. Collins,
chief of Alaska Surveys of the
U. S. National Park Service.
Collins spent Wednesday
and Thursday with local busi
nessmen and government
officials. He is from the
Regional Office, San k rancisco.
He has travelled and studied
in all parts of Alaska except
Kodiak, this being his first
visit here. He is directing a
survey of the recreation re
sources of the entire Terri
tory.
The ultimate result, he
said, is expected to be a re
port and reference work which
will identify and clarify the
Territory’s recreational and
cultural values in practical
economic terms.
“We use the term recrea
tion in its broadest sense,”
Collins stated. “Our work will
be in the fields of history
biology, geology and econo
mics carried out in each case
as far as necessary to obtain
the practical facts.”
The survey is intended to
reveal additional ways and
means toward obtaining the
maximum utility of all A
laskan recreation resources
and lure more tourists to the
territory.
“At the same time we are
fully aware of the perish
ability of our Alaskan natural
resources. Over development,
over exploitation, and careless
attention to the demands of
good conservation are a cons
tant threat here,” Collins
declared.
Asked regarding the ideas
his office has on Kodiak’s
tourist industry, Collins re
plied, that while original
physical evidences of history
unfortunately are soon lost in
this climate, the island as
the setting and the center of
peat events during the Rus
sian colonial period is of grow
ing cultural importance.
“Kodiak,” he said, “cer
tainly is a vital and romantic
place name to ever American
who has every considered the
significance of this region in
the story of the Pacific North
west. ”
He implied that a museum
hereof the Russian-America n
period would be a great
tourist attraction and a Mecca
for students of history.
He added that he was
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Hospital Day
Next Saturday
Hospital Day will be ob
served in the traditional
manner next Saturday at the
Griffin Memorial Hospital.
Open house will be held from
2 to 5 pm at which time all
friends of the hospital are
cordially invited to call.
The new respirator and in
fant incubator, purchased by
the Kodiak Iron Lung Com
mittee, will be on display.
Refreshments will be served
during the afternoon on the
lower floor.
Hospital Day is observed
throughout the world to honor
Florence Nightingale, whose
courage and labors brought
about a revolution in nursing
procedure and care of the sick
in hospitals. She is especially
well known for her work
during the Crimean War.
Hospital Day is also ob
served to acquaint the public
with the work being done in
the hospitals so that it can be
done more effectively.
fVSacArthur Says
Split Approved
Washington UP)— General
Douglas MacArthur said the
Joint Chiefs of Staff approved
when he split his United
Forces last fall in the drive
for the Korean-Manchurian
border.
He made the statement
while under questioning from
Senator McMahon (D-Conn),
vigorous supporter of Presi
dent Truman’s administration
position in the far eastern
policy row that led to Mac
Arthur’s dismissal from his
commands.
i McMahon brought up Mac
Arthur’s statement of last
fall that his forces were
launching a ‘‘win the war”
offensive which would have
them home by Christmas.
Mac Arthur said, ‘‘all tacti
cal and strategic movement
that I made, had the prior
knowledge and approval of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ’ ’
He further stated, ‘‘it had
been my hope that the troops
would get home by Christ
mas.” Meanwhile, a scrap
over censorship flared up a
mong the senates questioning
MacArthur on his view that
the United States should hit
directly at Re 1 China even if
it means going it alone.
Jack Biggs, BMC, U. S.
Navy, was flown from Kodiak
Naval Station to Bremerton
Naval Hospital for special
j medical attention this week.
[Free TB Vaccinations Begin
Monday At Health Center
Dr. Wendell Matthews,
Tuberculosis Consultant for
the Alaska Department of
Health, is expected to arrive
tomorrow to conduct the 8CG
vaccinations at the Kodiak
Health Center on Mission
road. i
“Because studies through
out the world have demonst
rated a great reduction in
Tuberculin testing of school
children will begin Monday at
the Kodiak Health Center at
2 pm., Mary Jane Hurley,
public health nurse, said
yesterday.
The tests will be read two
days later and individuals who
do not react to the skin test
will receive BCG vaccinations.
Adults and children not of
BCG clinic hours at the Kodiak Health Center are
as follows:
Mon. May 7 2 to 5:30 & 7 to 9 pm
Tue. May 8 9 to 11:30 am 7 to 9 pm
Wed. May 9 9 to 12:00 am 1 to 5:30 & 7 to 9 pm
Readings of the tests done on these days will con
tinue for the rest of the week. All people up to the
age of 50 are urged to take advantage of this
program.
tuberculosis through the use
of BCG, it was recommend -d !
that BCG be available to all
Kodiak schoolchildren,” Missj
Hurley said.
She emphasized that tuber
culosis tests and BCG are
highly desirable for indivi-'
duals under BO years o >ge
who have no former history of
tuberculosis.
school age may also receive
tuberculin tests.
Civilian residents at Kodiak
Naval Station may also
take the tuberculin tests and
receive the vaccinations.
Permission slips for the
tests were given to all school
chi'dren, wh'ch were to be
signed by their parents, this
week.
Legion Poppy
Date Set
i The American Legion Poppy
1 Day will be observed here on
'May 19, in conjunction with
Armed Forces Day, Mrs.
i Henry Haag, president of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
said yesterday.
I “On Poppy Day everyone
will be asked to wear a
I memorial poppy in tribute to
I American’s dead, and to con
i tribute to the welfare of dis
1 abled war veterans and needy
[children of veterans,” Mrs.
| Haag, said.
1 Poppies will be distributed
| on the streets throughout the
day by volunteer workers
1 from the auxiliary.
“The poppies which will be
distributed have been made
by veterans of both world
wars. The work has been
beneficial to them as well as
giving them an opportunity to
learn money for themselves.
| The more poppies worn on
i Poppy Day, the more veter
ans we can give employ
ment,” Mrs. Haag, added.
Val Morrison, former Ko
diak Navai Station employee
and Kodiak resident, is now
[ in the Army and stationed at
* Fort Ord, Calif.
Warning Given
Bars And Cafes
District enforcement officers
of the Office of Price Stabali
zation throughout the Terri
tory have received instruc
tions to give warnings to all
restaurant and other opera
tors, who are covered by
regulation no. 11, who have
failed to file a report.
Edward P. Morgan, national
head of enforcement for OPS,
said that unless reports are
received by district offices
within five days after the
warning, action will De startea
against violators.
Those covered by regulation
no. 11, which includes bars
and taverns as well as restau
rants, must file a statement as
to the selection of a base
period for computing the ratio i
of their food cost per dollar of
gross sales.
The statement also covers'
cost of food during the period
and a statement of special
charges such as minimum,
service, cover etc.
Deadline was April 30 and
i Morgan said this regulation
n,u t be enforced if the OPS is
to do an effective job in the
mportant food and beverage
fie'd. Announcements regard
ing o'her regulations will be
made later.
Conditions
Probed
Three government men ar
rived in Kodiak Wednesday
j to investigate conditions in
the Kodiak area in regard to
[the bear-cattle relationship.
David Spencer, refuge
supervisor, Kenai, Maurice
W. Kelly, mammal control
supervisor, Anchorage, and
Bob Burkholder, assistant
district agent, mammal con
trol, Palmer, arrived here in
a U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service plane.
Burkholder will be assigned
to this work for a period of
approximately two months or
longer. A limited control of
known individual predatory
bear, within the livestock area
will be conducted pending the
findings of the investigator,
i In the future if funds are
available a semi-permanent
t biologist is scheduled to bo
assigned this area for a con
tinuance of the bear-cattle
study.
Tanana See
Goes SVionday
Nenana (.1 ) — The Tanana
River ice broke at 5:51 pn:
Monday and 17 lucky gues
sers had che time figured
correctly. The 17 guesses
represent a larger group of
Alaskans than that number.
The Anchorage Times car
ried the following editor’s
note above the break-up story:
“ (Editor’s note—Postal regu
lations prevent the telling of
the complete story of the Ne
nana Ice Classic. The follow
ing is an expurgated account
of the breakup.)”
The Times article went on
to list the names of the 17
guessers and said that ap
proximately 200,000 guesses
were made. The list did not
carry any tueky guessers
from Kodiak.
In another front page story
in the Times it was reported
that “13 was the lucky num
ber for that many Anchorage
Post Office employes who ware
members of the P. 0. Stock
holders pool which made one
of the correct guesses on the
Nenana Classic.”
Another explanatory note
in the paper read as follows:
"(Postal regulations prevent
telling exactly what made the
Post Office employes so happy
last night.)”
Mrs. Frances Collar, An
1 ehorage Post Offiee employee
and witeof A. Verle Collar
heal of the Internal Kevenue
Office in Anchorage, was or.e
of the lucky stockholder-;.