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7 NO. 16
"News of ^Americas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 14, 1947
PRICE 10 CENT!
Navy Seeks Funds For Kodiak Project I
Pilferage
Continues
Pilferage of freight in transit
(torn States shippers to Kodiak
aerohants was discussed at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Thursday.
A report in the Alaska Weekly 1
ms read by Ben Kraft, which l
■id the problem of pilferage was
over, and it was decided to send
•letter to correct the impression,
erroneous as far as Kodiak is
eoneened.
Losses of shoes, pants, Scotch
and other items off the last boat
was reported, and the chamber
is to compile a list of shortages
each boat for publicatioa.
A party of tourists will arrive
June 23, it was reported, but
plans now call for only 8 in the
party.
Any log rollers in the vicinity?
If so, a log rolling contest is
planned for the 4tb of July, and
entrants a-e asked to sign up
■ow with Kay Martin.
Oscar Olson, Territorial treas
urer, arrived Sunday and left
Uonday on a brief business call
to Kodiak.
Center Plans
Anniversary
Kodiak’s Community Outer
will celebrate its first year of op
eration with a huge First Anni
versary Party celebration on
, Sunday, June 29. The program
will start at 1 pm with all sorts
•f activities for boys and girls in
the afternoon, open house m the
Center and Community Liorary
throughout the afternoon aud
evening, and dancing and enter
tainment in the evening.
Highlights of the afternoon
program will include handicap
hike races for boys and girls of
all ages, marbles competition,
t tope-skipping competition, ath
letic contests for men and boys.
More than $100 worth of prizes
already have been lined up for
the afternoou’s activities—in
chiding rides on Bob Hall s sea
plane for 2 boys and 2 girls who
lead the field in the bike races.
Course for boys’ race will be
from the Center to the Mission
and return. Girls will race from
the Center to the city limits and
(•turn.
Plans for the program are in
the hands of a committee headed
By Mark Meyer program chair
man of the Center. It is expect
ed that complete details . of the
event will be available next week ;
Free Plane Trip
Added To Prizes
A free round trip plane ride
from Kodiak to Seattle and re
turn has been added to the big
list of prizes to be awarded lucky
ticket holders in the raffle sched
uled to be held in Kodiak on
July 4tb, Uay Martin, chairman,
announced today.
Other prizes already announc
ed are an electric range, mangle,
radio phonograph combination,
outboard motor, and $25 Savings
bond.
The grand prize, the gray de
luxe Ford sedan, was plaeed on
display this week behind the
Kodiak barber shop next to the
Club Liquor store. The car cost
$1811.50 laid down in Kodiak.
Tickets, good for all the prizes,
are only $1 each and are beimr
sold at local stores. Winners do
not have to be present at the
drawing.
Kodiak softb8l)ers will make
their debut in league competition
tomorrow when they tangle with
the VPfl!.-7(o) team on field H
NOB, at 1:30 pro.
All interested players are in
vited to make the trip, leaving
the Community Center at 1 pra.
On Tuesday eveninsr at 6 the
locals will meet with the U.S.S.
Potawa’omi nine on field S near
the Motor Pool Area.
Galley Damaged
The fire department was called
to a galley fire aboard the Mc
Ccnaghy cannery tender Nora at
the cannery dock at 8:27 am
Sunday.
Fire was believed to have
sta ted from a debctive stove
and was confined to the galley.
Damage was estimated at about
S300,
A routine council meeting ap
proved bills and building permits
Monday. Norman Noble presid
ed in the absence of the mayor.
Building permits granted were:
John Marshall, dwelling, Lot
79 Erskine addition, $6000.
Harry Ludbrook, move bak
ery building to N. Brooklyn (ap
proved subject to remodeling)
Charles Madsen, private gar
age
R. D Russell, move & remod
el shack ou Lot 5 block 10
GM hospital, move & remodel
skid shack for storeroom.
There was discussion on the
VVa’ter Muller undertaking par
lors, reported to be being built
without approval of the permit.
Action was tabled for investiga
tion of the legal status of the
case
Vessel Due
Kodiak’s meat shortage, due
to failure of eold storage equip
ment on the Denali that pre
vented most shipments from ar
riving on that vessel, should be
alleviated by shipments due to
day at 5 pm on the Jumper
Hitch, Alaska Steamship freight
er. The vessel has over 30U tons
of freight for Kodiak.
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Dock Plan
Proposed
A plan for obtaining funds for
construction of a cold storage
plant at the city dock if the dock
is awarded to the ciiy on its re
cent bid of $70,000, was outlined
at a council meetmg held last
night.
The plan was presented for
study by Mayor Bettinger, who'
returned yesterday from a trip
to the States to investigate pos
sibilities of the contemplated
city project.
After weighing various meth
ods of financing he said that,
bank or bonding methods he had
ruled out as too expensive, but
that a project loan from the
governmental Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation offered a
method of financing a cold stor
age project.
He said he knew there were
others interested in a cold stor
age plant, some with the idea of
raising money through local and
outside stock subsciptions but
that he felt that if the city reallj
wanted the benehls it would be
better to raised the money and
assur an income to the city
Mayor Bel tinner said contact*
made on his trip were all enthus -
astic about utilizing a cold stor
age plant if located here, and
that the materials situation is
much improved. He offeied as a
suggestion that the city could
lease the plant for operation at
a fixed return that could be used
fer other needed city facilities,
and that the dock and its area,
if obtained, would provide addi
Closure
Continues
/The fishing closure beginning j
June 7 continues this week, and
no announcement was available
yesterday as to a possible re-op
ening date.
At first it was believed the sal
mon run was only late, but Mar
cus Meyer, Fish & Wildlife rep
resentative said indications are
now that the run is light, but
some areas are beginning to show
an increase.
Lot Sale I
Wednesday
The sale of 130 lots of the Bast
addition‘will be held Wednesday
in the back room of the Victory
cafe, it was announced today, be
ginning at 10 am. Officials to
conduct the sale will arrive from
Anchorage on Monday’s plane.
Mayor Bettinger said yester
day it is not known here why
only a portion of the lets are
being offered.
Prices of all lots and plats
showing their location are avail
able at the post office and city
hall.
Rate Hearing
Scheduled
Washington (^P)—The Mari
time commission announced it
would investigate rates of 3 com
panies, the Alaska Steamship
company, Alaska transportation
company and Northland trans
portation company, in a hearing
set for Sept. 8 at Seattle.
The c mmission said the rates
are "aleged to be unjust and
umeasonable ”
Mayor Returns
j Mayor Lee BettiDger returned
yesterday via PNA after a quick
: trip to Seattle, San Frauci-co
and Chicago.
tional income.
He said he wa« assured on his
trip that the RFC would be in
terested in considering an appli
cation for a 100 per cent lean, at
approximately 2 per cent inter
est, to finance a plant, to be re
paid only from revenue from the
business, thus presenting no lien
on taxpayers’ property.
A modern plant to costaround
half a million dollars appeared
feasible, he said.
Following his report the coun
cil discussed various aspects, and
since preliminary work toward
an RFC loan can be done with
out expense the council author
ized the mayor to obtain inform
ation on the local site, to be fol
lowed by an engineering estim
ate to be made without cost on
speculation, as the first steps to
ward the RFC loan.
Information on award ef the
dock is expected in about 30
days, Mayor Bettinger reported.
He suggested for consideration
tbe possibility that money for
the purchase of the dock may be
obtained in the form of advance
e jmmittmeots from those con
templating use of a cold storage
facility.
Washington (JP)—The Nav'
has asked the House Armed Ser
vices subcommittee to approv 1
funds for a number of construe
tion projects, including a radii
station at Kodiak.
The station is to consist of * , i
units occupying 1 square mity
each at a total cost of $2,225,00^
with $1,390,000 to be expend*
,i
the first year. ! i
Navy officers said the stations
including similar installations a
Adak and Seattle, will be one o!
the most vital projects in tb«
radio field, and will be designee
to serve the fleet in the NortI
Pacific areas at times when tin
fleet must observe radio silence..
The stations will opeiate or;
low frequencies and be construct!
en to transmit messages on sev
eral frequencies simultaneously. |
Dr. Johnson Back
Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes John
eon returned yesterday after i
several weeks trip that- took then
east to New York to visit rela
tives. Dr. Johnson studied at th«
Mayo clinic and in bealtle ant
then visited in Oregon before re
turning
Dr. C C Bailey, who look |
care of his practice during hi; j
absence, expects to leave Mon
day headed for the Interior and
a tiip on the Yukon. Kay Wadf ,
is planning to make the trip wit!
him
It was a double “IS” yestei
day fcr Sandra Perkins, daugfc
ler of Mrs. Myrna Perkins, city
c erk. It was Friday the 13th,
and also Sandras 13th birthday,
but at last reports nothing unto
ward had happened.
Truck Crashes
Over Cliff
A Patrick Lynch A company
garbage truck, parked by the
GM hospital Saturday morning
during a garbage pickup, ran
wild and went over the cliff,
dropping over 50 feet to the;
beach below. Howard Fread,
driver, was not in it at the time.
Several hundred dollars dam
age was done to the truck.
Volleyball takes over at the
Center on Wednesday evenings,
hereafter, according loan an
nouncement this week.
The play, for adults, will start
at 6:30 weaihet permitiing. If
sufficient, interest is shown a |
league will bo fo m d.