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Juneau, Alaska
KODIAK, ALASKA — SEPTEMBER 29, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Alaska’
s Need For Boat Harbors Seen
jourt Set
ror Tuesday
All persons engaged in natural
jtion work prior to a final hear
, are asked to see M. E. S.
unelle, clerk of the District
,urt, next Monday morning at
Ml.
Clerk Brunelle and Anna May
wmas, of the “floating court”
11 arrive here ahead of the
urt to handle this naturaliza
work. The remainder of the
rty will arrive Monday and
art will convene Tuesday, Oct.
it the Red Cross Center.
Those asked to to contact Mr.
uuelle are Michael Ageeff,
rs Bertinius Duvenes, Edward
mes PatncK Hallinan, Jacques
nand, Fred Noren, Ole Ring
d, Monroe Rongved and Carl
in Strom.
>toel K. Wennblom, District
orney, arrived here Thursday
also asks that those persons
y for final hearing on citizen
p see him Saturday or Mon,
top floor of the Feldei
Iding.
rmit Approved
lid Argument
t request for a cocktail license
A. J. Collins, of the Casino,
woked heated discussion on a
icy of limiting the number of
tor licenses in Kodiak at the
mcil meeting Monday and the
nse was approved by the bare
oles requiied. Councilmen
Ison, Martz, Wodlinger and
voted for the license and
incilmen Bettinger and Pierce
ed against it.
-ouncilman Hettinger argued
®gly in favor of granting no
e llceDses in view of the
“her uow jn existence. Attor
Warren A. Taylor, present
he meeting, stated that it is
ln the police power of a city
*»ve an ordinance controlling
"u“ber. The remainder of
Cwh r?8divided ^tween
ited hi° e t l,Censes 8hould be
uld l Ut tbe ordinance
) fe|t ifPa8Sed firsfc- a«d those
1 was discrimination to
new requests.
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each 50 n °i lnstance> one
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8-Ton Motor
Gets Bath In Bay
A Navy diver and Navy e
quipment were used yesterday in
the succersful recovery of an 8
ton motor that dropped into the
bay alongside the Army dock
yesterday morning during load
ing operations, when a crane
gave way.
The steel crane successfully
lifted the equipment but buckled
as it was being swung around.
T-5 Charles Lazeration, operator
of the crane, was treated at an
Army hospital for a cut on the
back of his head received in the
accident.
The Army is conducting an in
vestigation lo determine the
cause of the accident.
Club To Form
All persons interested in the
formation of a iod and gun club
are invited by Tom Nachand to
meet at the Victory cafe Sunday
September 30, at 3:30 pm.
There were 18 arrests and $453
was collected in fines in August,
the city police committee re
ports,
Taxi Men
Organizing
A meeting of all taxi owners
has been called by the Team
ster’s Union for this morning, as
a second move to organize a
group to set up regulations for
the taxi business in Kodiak.
Formation of a tentative asso
ciation was undertaken earlier
with Bill Kreiner, president; A1
King, vice-president and Lonnie
Soroggs, secretary-treasurer, but
a rule that prevents union mem
bers from belonging to an asso
ciation of that type resulted in
the step to get the taxi men into
the Teamster’s Union.
Taxi owners and operators ap
peared in force at the council
meeting Monday, where Warren
A. Taylor, attorney, presented
their views to the council. Mr.
Taylor suggested for the taxi
drivers that the proposed city
! ordinance limit taxi permits to
those with base passes; limit the
number of licenses; require in
surance (now provided) and that
a committee of the council meet
with a committee of the taxi op
erators,and base officials,to work
out the problems of the new or
dinance. The council agreed with
the suggestion of the joint meet
ing, and Mayor 0. A. Torgerson
expressed the hope that the new
taxi organization “will serve its
purpose for the good of all.’'
Seattle (^P)—Development of
Alaska hinges on improvement
of inland transportation feeding
through well-developed harbors,
Brig Gen. Philip G. Bruton,
Pacific division of the Army En
gineers, stationed at San Fran
cisco said after just completing a
4700 mile inspection tour of civil
works projects and war construc
tion in the Territory.
“Development of mineral re
sources, which is possibly the
main key to Alaska’s future, de
mands improved inland trans
portation and harbor facilities,’
he said. “Fish'ng is of major im
portance to both Alaska and the
States and it means improvement
of small-boat harbors is essen
tial ’’
The Army Engineers will soon
commence a survey of Kodiak
harbor and are now surveying
Skagvvay, Sitka and Neva and
Olga straits.
Dawson Home Hit
Again By Fire
At 10:40 last night the siren
signalled a file at the R. E.
Dawson residence on Carlson
hill, occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Larson. Mrs. Larson, home
at the time, was forced to jump
through a window to escape the
flames Mr Larson, a carpenter,
said he was on his way home
from work when the fire broke
out.
After the fire was extinguish
ed Fire Chief Jack Allman said
it appeared the fire started above
the kitchen stove.
The Dawson bouse was hit by
fire previously on Nov. 18 last
year and Mr. Larson had the
contract to repair it.
New Project List
Being Readied
Acting on a suggestion of Gov
ernor Gruening that a new list
of post-war projects be prepared
by the city, the council commit
tee has been instructed to pro
vide such a list, based on the
one previously prepared, which
includes a school aDd small boat
harbor as the top two needs of
Kodiak.
Fun-Nite Planned
The enlisted personnel of Ft.
Greely cordially invite the girls
of Kodiak and the Kodiak Nav
al Base to their gala Fun-Nite,
Friday, Oct. 5 at the Service
club. Transportation will be fur
nished.
Door open at 8:30 and there
will be bineo, dancing in the
“Pastel Room” overlooking l ake
j Louise, and prizes and refresh
ments.
More Army-Navy
Salvage To Be Sold
Bids on Army-Navy surplus
property ended Thursday night
but bids on salvage material will
be accepted until Oct. 1 (Mon
day), it was aunjunced today.
A crowd estimated at 200 per
sons journeyed to the surplus
property yard and a “surprising”
number of bids were received, an
Army spokesman sai h
It was announced that at the
end of next month more salvage
material, mostly building sup
plies, including many more new
items, will be open for bid-1, and
a list will be publicized before
the sale.
Want Session
Public Health Nurse Marion
Curtis appeared at the council
meeting Monday to ask for ac
tion on the re olution of the Ter
ritorial Board of Health which
has asked the Governor to call
a special session of ihe legislature
to consider the tuberculo-is prob
lem and to arrange obtaining
discarded military hospitals for
tuberculosis patients.
Commissioner of Health C. E.
Albrecht visited here Sunday
and Monday to confer with Miss
Curtis.
Vessel Due
Wednesday
The S. S. Coidova will be the
regular Seattle-Kodiak boat dur
ing the winter season, Walter
Sipprell, local Alaska Steamship
agent, announced today. The
trip will be made with a 2o-day
turn-around, and frequency of
the bigger boats will depend
largely on the amount of military
traffic, it was stated.
The Cordova left Seattle Tues
day and is due at Kodiak next
Wednesday, Oct. 3.
School was dismissed Tuesday
morning due to failure of the
furnace. It was repaired and the
vacationing students went back
to work at 1 pm.
Two taxi business licenses for
the remainder of the year, for C.
B. Johnson and Bill Wynkoop,
were approved at the council
meeting Monday.
Katherine Katelnikoff had her
tonsils removed at the GM hos
pital this week.
Speed Dieyer, pilot for Cail
Martin, of Anchorage, is now in
Kodiak offering charter plane
service and instruction flights
in this area.
TB Tests
Being Made
The first tuberculin test of all
school children since 1940 is cur
rently being conducted in the
local school in connection with
school physicals and will continue
through another week, Public
Health Nurse Marion Curtis an
nounced today. Dr. A Holmes
Johnson, local physician, is lead
ing the tests, which are adminis
tered by Miss Curtis.
The test, called the Patch
test, causes no discomfort, Miss
Curtis said, and is removed 2
days after being administerd and
is then read on the 4th day.
If the student resets “positive”
to the test, it does not mean he
has tuberculosis, but does indic
ate he has been expovtd to it. To
determine the number »t-o actu
ally have the disea-e it will be
necessa-y for tne parents to have
the children with positive reac
tions X-rayed, the only means of
determining the actual presence
of tuberculosis.
Miss Curtis said the positive
reactions to the Patch test may
run as high as 30 per cent of the
students, but that the rercentage
of those whom the X-rays will
show have tuberculosis will he
very small.
Descibed as the first one
granted in Kodiak, a malt and
wine wholesale license was ap
proved for the W. J. Erskine
company at a special meeting of
the city council last Saturday
afternoon.
Promotions Are
Scheduled
Tomorrow morniDg is the an
nual Promotion Day for the Sun
day school of the Community
Baptist church, including all
boys and girls in classes from 3
years old to high school. Those
who have achieved a required
goal of work done and Bible pas
sages learned will be recognised
with special awards. The service
will start at 10:15 o’clock. The
Girls’ Choir, directed by Mrs. P.
J. Watkmson, will provide the
special music.
At the 11:15 o’clock worship
service the boys and girls in the
Junior Church who have reached
the requirements will be fittingly
received into the senior church
worship service. Mrs. Morris
Burnham diiects the Juni< r
Church.
In both the Sunday school and
Junior church all those being
I promoted will receive c. ftificeh £.