VOL 11 NO 1
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 3, 1951
PRICEJ10«CENTS
City Zoned
For Defense
Plans for an organized Civil
Defense set-up progressed
this week with the zoning of
the city and the appointment
of “captains” for the auxili
ary police and fire depart
ments.
The “captains” in the de
partments are under the
regular U. S. Marshal, police
officers and fire chief. Bud
Metzgar was named Trans
portation Director in charge
of evacuation of the city in
case of attack.
George Sonntag, Kodiak
director of Civil Defense gave
areport Monday night to the
city council of a meeting held
Sunday. He urged residents to
listen to Navy radio station
WVCQ for further announce
ments concerning the pro
gram.
Zone 1 is the city dock area,
Milton Smith is fire captain,
H. E. Spencer, police captain.
The other zones, areas and
captains are as follows:
2. Cooe st. area, V. E. Root,
William Worth; 3. Alder Lane
to Cope st., V. G. Ellis, Nor
man Sutliff; 4. Alder Lane to
Carlson Hill, Erich Mueller,
Jack Metzgar; 5. Carlson Hill,
Jake Foley, Cliff Mowry; 6.
South Brooklyn area, John
McLaughlin, Lee F. Bettin
ger; 7. Business district south
Alaska Way, Emil Knudsen,
Max LaLande; 8. Business
district north Alaska Way,
Tom Renshaw, Walter Kralt.
Others are as follows: 9.
Community Center area, Mer
rill Coon, John Marshal; 10.
School area, Norman Fjeld
heim, Ivor Schott; 11. Tagura
road from hospital to Tolberts,
Jay Tolbert, Leo Sears; 12.
Sears housing area, John
Chase, John Gibbons; 13. Mill
Bay road. Max Folsom, Wil
ton White; 14. Belmont area,
Ray Martin, Stan Nelson.
Zone 15. Montmartre area,
Jim Garoutte, A1 Miller; 16.
Spruce st. to Rockney hill.
Elvin Foster, H. A. Riley; 17
Rockney hill to Baptist Mis
sion, Dewitt Fields, William
Stone.
Sonntag indicated that a
meeting of all area captains
and interested persons would :
be called soon. “A territory
wide civil defense test will be ;
held and Kodiak must be j
ready to participate.” he said.
First aid units and “cap
tains” for the various areas as I
wdlas aid stations will be
announced soon.
Privately owned trucks and
vehicles are being requested
for use as buses and emer
gency ambulances.
Coast Guard
Aids Infant
The Coast Guard Air
Facility at Kodiak Naval
Station made another mercy
night this week and brought
an eight months old baby to
Griffiin Memorial Hospital for
treatment yesterday,
j Baby John Borenin of
fSanak Island was taken a
j board the Tommy, fishing
j vessel, Thursday and moved to
j Cold Bay. Meanwhile the
I Tommy had radioed the CG
j for assistance. The CG station
,on Unimak Island relayed the
j message to Kodiak and a PBY
piloted by Lt. jg. J. M. Weber
j and Lt. jg. H. G. Cassel left
j the station late Thursday to
i pick up the baby.
| LCDR. D. Schufeldt, Navy
doctor, went along. The PBY
landed at Cold Bay, took the
baby and Mrs. Borenin aboard
and returned to the naval
station at 1:46 am Friday. The
baby was taken to the hospital
in an ambulance.
Crewmen on the flight were
D. M. Nemirow, R. A. Pitts,
C. G. Graff, G. B. Larsen and
T. W. Ragsdale, all coast
guardsmen. Navy corpsman
J. L. Hipp was also on the
flight.
Mrs. Harold Langeloh, wife
of a navy chief, is now man
aging The Stork Shop. Mrs.
Dee Anne Jones is owner of
the baby goods store.
| Legislators
jChange Law
Juneau (^P)—Unless some
thin? upsets the applecart,
and applecarts are 1 otoriously
risky in Juneau, it looks as
though ti3 li' ditirr i s on
the way toward the first over
hauling of the territorial
■(financial administrat'on.
It took a gentlemen from
j Kentucky, southern accent
and all, to get “you all”
started.
Lawmakers voted unani
mously Thursday for drafting
the bill ^o revise the board of
administration, create what
amounts to a financial man
ager for the territory, and
set up a wholly independent
auditing office as watchdog on
the administrative branches.
The plan was outlined to the
joint session of the house and
senate by H. Clyde Reeves,
Kentucky revenue commis
sioner, who was sent as a
consultant by the council of
state governments.
Both houses were really
hitting the ball this week with
a flow of bills and hearings.
The major controversy in the
senate is over a blanket time
and a half provision for work
over forty hours.
The bill was introduced by
Rep. Carlson of Cordova. It
has the house approval but a
series of hearings are being
held over whether it would
[apply to the fishing industry.
WHERE REDS FALL BACK
REDS ESCAPE
PINCERS AS
MUD SLOWS
ALLIES
Map locates central Kofea sector where an estimated
14,000 Reds pulled back to escape an Allied trap (3 pronged
arrow) set up by the 10th Corps’ “Operation Killer” drive
launched recently from Chechon. Even though rains and an
early thaw bogged down U. N. efforts to close che pincers,
the pull-back was described as a “virtual rout.” At Hoeng
song Reds and Allies were dug in on opposite side of the city,
but on the other flank U. S. troops advanced six miles beyond
Pangnim. Broken line indicates western front area where
the Reds (open arrow) turned back an Allied patrol (black
arrow) in the Seoul area where the Reds appear to b*
strengthening defenses. (.Pwirephoto)
Flu Sweeps
Town, Navy
Intestinal flu took a heavy
toll of Kodiak residents and
Kodiak Naval Station person
nel tnis week.
j The staff at the Bank of
! Kodiak was decimated by the
J disease and other business
[ houses operated with only
' part of their personnel pre
; sent.
j Jack Hinckel, who has not
’ missed a Rotary Club meeting
! in five years and V. G. Ellis,
who has missed only three
meetings in six years, were
absent from the regular
luncheon Tuesday.
Among other business men
ill the past week were Basil
Clark, owner of Clark’s
Garage, Ben Kraft, owner of
Kraft’s and Pat Lynch of
Patrick Lynch Company.
Mary Jane Hurley, public
health nurse, worked long
hours and Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson treated several cases.
‘‘The disease has been present
n Kodiak for sometime and a
ifew more cases than usual
were reported this week
However it is nothing un
usual,” Dr. Johnson said.
late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Tokyo (^P) — Marines and
Infantry bumped into hard
fighting in central Korea from
Chinese Reds who are believed
planning a counter offensive.
General MacArthur’s opera
tional summary acknowledged
a potential of 31 Chinese and
North Korean divisions lined
up across Korea still “unim-i
paired” despite heavy losses'
and shattered supply lines.
Bayonet wielding Marines |
launched a second day of at
tacks north of Hoengsong in
central Korea. They rammed
into heavy enemy resistance
on high ground.
The second division’s in
fantrymen are fighting 18
miles to the Marines southeast
and were still engaged late
yesterday after beating off a
night long counter-attack.
i
Dr. A. Holmes Johnsonj
returned to Kodiak Wednes
day from Seattle. He was
gone one week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Lowe
have moved from their home
next to the Frontier Shop to
the base, where Lowe is a
civilian employe.
Mrs. Jessie Holt, local poet
returned last weekend after
spend r the fall and winterl
in Chif-a-Tr. I
KEA Meets
Monday
Business, movies, discussion
and the election of director?
for the coming year will be
taken care of Monday night
at the Legion Hall (Con
munity Center) during the
annual meeting of the Kodia«
Electric Association,
i The meeting is scheduled to
• begin promptly at 8 pm with
'Wilton White, president, cor>
(ducting. Five percent of the
| membership or at least 75
members must be present be
fore the meeting can begin.
j From a slate of 17 candi
dates nine directors will be
chosen by balloting. Changes
in the existing by-laws will
be read and voted upon by the
membership.
The present directors are
urging every member to ai
tend the meeting and have
made provisions for member*
to vote by proxy in case they
are unable to be present.
On page 5 of today’s MIR
ROR is an advertisment with
a “cutout” for those who
wish to vote by proxy. For a
proxy to vote he must be a
member of the cooperative.
Following the meeting re
freshments will be served ai
the hall by the Polar Bear
Cafe.
The Standard Oil Company
film titled Alaska, with seve
ral shots of Kodiak will be
shown following the meeting
Numerous requests for a
showing have been received
by Merrill Coon since showing
it Tuesday to the Rotary club.
New MIRROR Employe
Arrives From States
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Craw
ford and daughter, Cindy,
arrived in Kodiak Thursday,
via PNA and NWA, to make
their home. '
Crawford is a brother o'
Don and Melton Crawford. He
will be employed at the Ko
diak MIRROR. He was re
cently employed as linotype
operator for the Lamar Re
publican, Lamar, Missouri and
earlier as printer for the Jas
per County News, at Jasper,
Missouri.
Flemish Knot
Due TomorrcvJ
The Flemish Knot, Alaska
Steamship Company freighter,
is expected to arrive at the
city dock tomorrow, Orrir,
Kimball, agent, said yester
day. The vessel will denyer
approximately 500 tons •?
freight for town.