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"News of ^America’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK AT.ASKA AUGUST 2. 1947
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Experts See
TB Problem
Fairbanks (■£*)—A touring
team of specialists from the
Cbok County Hospital, Chicago
today termed the Alaska tuber'
©Basis problem unbelieveable.
Dr. Arthur Berstein, chairmar
cf the 5-man roving study board
■aid personal observation of Al
aska records show the tuber
culosis death rate among the
Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts to
ha9 times over the United States
■ate, and among the Alaska
whites the rate is 2 times the
TWatrn’ figure.
The group represents the
American Medical Association
aad flew north at the request ol
Interior Secretary Krug.
Circus Dance Coming
A circus dance, with all the
atmosphere of the big top and
its colorful performers, will be
held at the VFW Club August
% Lynn Markham, steward, an
■ounoed today, with prizes for
the best costumes representing
cireas performers.
Success of the series of cos
tame dances being put on by the
cl oh is evidenced by the many
requests for them, Mr. Mark
ham said.
At last week’s Hard Time
dance corsages of vegetables went
te ladies and ceramic bananas to
the men.
Winners in the Hambo con
test were Swede Breckburg anc
Helen Kmg. and Mr. and Mrs
George M agnusen for the Schot
rise be Ken Wade and Kay
flood did an exhibition Russian
Kopak.
The fire department waa call
ed at 9:40 am yesterday to the
former Anderson residence on
S Brooklyn, now used as apart
ments
Smoke coming from a stove
pipe safety caused the alarm to
to turned in, Fire Chiet George
Magnusen said, but there was
mm damage.
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Accused Ax
Slayer Caught
Fairbanks {JP) — Marshal
Stanley Nichols announced the
«nd of kbe greatest manhunt in
Modem times in Alaska yester
oay with the capture of Leon
Winfield Jones, 43, accused of
the ax slaying of 2 men July 20.
He said Special Deputy Bill
Gough of Fairbanks took Jones
in the vicinity of Johnson river
10 miles from the scene of the
crime.
He is taking Jones to Big Del
ta where he was employed as a
carpenter in Army construction.
Services Held
For Tom Mason
Tom Mason, 44, died at tbe
GM hospital Monday after hos
pitalization since May. Death
> was dne to embolism,
j Friends report Mason came to
1 Kodiak about 6 years ago from
Seattle on a fishing boat. He
was unmarried. A brother,
George Mason, is believed to
live in Anchorage, but efforts to
contact him failed.
Funeral services for Mr. Mas
on were conducted Wednesday
at S am from St. Mary’s Cath
olic church, with Father Louis
B. Fink, S J., officiating. Inter
ment was in the Mountain View
cemetery.
Kodiak Hunting
Dates Fixed
Washington (■£*)—The open
seasons for waterfowl and coot,
except wood ducks, snow geese,
brandt and excluding Ross geese
and swans, Tor Alaska fur district
one aud three, has been set for
Oct. 1 to Nov. 4, and for the rest
of Alaska from Sept. 1 to Oct. 5.
Traveler Delayed
Mike Sam, of Chignik, in Ko
diak on his way to Seattle, ran
afoul of the law Thursday when
Mary Carlson signed a complaint
charging him with breaking and
entering her home. She said she
awoke in the night to find him m
her house aud that after she got
him out he broke a window.
U. S. Commissioner G. W
Bubendorf reduced the charge
to disorderly conduct Thursday
afternoon and sentenced Sam to
30 days in jail and fined him
$50. He was represented by At
torney John C. Hughes.
Meeting Wednesday
The Kodiak Garden Club will
hold its regular meetmg Wednes
day at 7:30 pm and members are
reminded to be present. The
meeting is at the home of Mrs.
Bea Nachtweib.
Tbe regular city council meet
ing to have been held Monday
was postponed.
No Report On Boat
No retorts on the history of
the fishing boat reported found
on the mainland coast near
Swikshak bay has been received
by the Marshal’s office, Marshal
Paul Herring reported today.
The boat, named tbe Mattie,
was discovered beached and no
record has been found of the
boat’s origin
Pat Cannon is now on a trip
in the area and intends to invest
igate the craft.
Election
To Be Set
Au election date on the ques
tion of the annexation of the
East and Leite additions by the
city of Kodiak will be set by
Judge Anthony Dimond in the
near future, following a hearing
on holding an election held Mon*
day in the U. S. Commissioner’s
office. Judge Dimond said the
date will be selected late enough
to allow fishermen residents a
chance to vote and will probably
be not later than Oct. 15.
The hearing convened at 2 pm
with the room full of witnesses
and spectators. Judge Dimond,
in opening the hearing, pointed
out that testimony was to be on
the election, not on the question
of annexation but most of the
afternoon was taken ud with ar
guments pro and con on the lat
ter subject
Witnesses were alternated be
tween those for and against the
question
Mayor Lee Bettinger, who
with G. W. Bubendorf, U. S
Comissioner and city magistrate,
circulated the petition asking for
hearing, spoke first.
He said he felt the areas, con-j
taming a large portion of the
population, should be in the ciiy j
to help support schools and
other city facilities aDd that he
felt many in the area wished to
participate in the city.
Elv.n Foster, a leader in the
opDosition elauned the two men |
circulating the pr) petition had
used the indue ice of their office
and that the circulation was
done without the knowledge of
the majority. He estimated 200
people live in the area with ap
proximately 75 property owners
He said the city has no plans
and no place for a sahool and
that if he and others wanted a
school in their area they could
build one. The people in the
area, he said, built their homes
themselves and now “the city
wants to come in and take ad
vantage of it.”
Leo Sears, one of the largest
property owpeis in the area.
Dr. Johnson
President
Fairbanks (.$>)—Dr. A Holmes
Johnson, of Kodiak, was chosen
piesident of the Territorial Med
ical Association at the conference
held here this week, and Anchor
age was picked as the site for
next yeai’s conference.
Kodiak—Dr. Johnson had ten
tative plans until the last min
ute to a*tend the Fairbanks con
feienee but was unable to get
away for it. Reason—too many
baby cases.
Former Kodiakian
Slays Wife, Self
Seattle—A Vashon island cou
ple, Luther L. Garlick, 37 and
wife, Lilyan, 32, were found
shot to death at their home
July 24 and Coroner John P.
Brill Jr., repotted the husband
had slain his wife and then kill- j
ed himself,
Mrs. Garlick filed a divorce
action in superior court last Oct.
24 accusing him of ‘‘squander
ing” and “foolishly disposing of
nearly all her savings.” He had
filed a cross complaint. Her com
plaint said they were married
Oct. 15, 1942 in Anchoiage.
Kodiak—Garlick and a former
wife lived in Kodiak during tha
early days of construction at the
base where he was employed
while his wife worked in local
restaurants. She remarried while
still in Kodiak and became Mrs.
Ann Huntley and operated Art’s
<fc Ann’s Cafe, now the Polar
Bear csfe
said be felt annexation was the
democratic way and aD efficient
way to get needed facilities Tbe
area, be said, could act as a
block to obtain advantages for
the inhabitants.
H. F. MacDonald said in hie
experience the city could not
handle what it now has—that
when people here voted to inccr
porate they didn’t vote for mud
holes and drunkedness but that
was what they got.
Matters of zoning, of assur
ance of getting facilities promis
ed, of fire and police protection
and other matte-s were brought
up by the various witnesses, as
well as qualification of vote's
Judge Dimond said ownership
of proper'y was apparc ntly one
qualification of electors but that
complete details will be incor
porated in his coming election
order.
0*her wt nesses w^o testified
were: John C. Hughes, John
Gibbous, G. W. Bubend rf,
Clarence Dizney, Paul Bond
Chester Clark, Belle Smith,
Swede Breckburg and Charles
Nettle.
Buell Nesbett, Anchorage at
torney, who with Talmage Smith
ha? been handling the city s re
stricted deed teat case, waa due
on last night’s PNA plane.
He will confer with local offic
ials on the case
Kay Wade is driving truck for
the Anchorage Cold Storage
company, after returning this
week from a vacation jaunt a
round Fairbanks with Dr. C. C
Bailey.
High water prevented a plan
ned boat trip on the Yukon but
they got in a lot of fishing and
stopped at McKinley park
Contest
Announced
A Kodiak Queen contest, to be
held in conjunction with the
benefit raffle of a Pontiac was
announced today by Father
Louis B. Fink, 8. J., of the St.
Mary’s Catholic church.
Raffle tickets on the car will
entitle each purchaser to 100
votes for their queen candidate
Any Kiri from 1 to 99 years of
age, never married, and resident
of Kodiak island group, is elig
ible to enter the contest.
Individuals may register, or
queens may be sponsored by
various groups. Contestants
must be registered before Au
gust 9 at one of the following:
Island Fountain
Knudsen’s Fountain
Robert von Scbeele for island
Deints
Chaplain’s office Navy Base,
for Army and Navy.
The one chosen for queen
with tha most votes will be
crowned in ceremonies tentative
ly scheduled for the Orpheuno
thea le on September 2, at which
time the drawing for the Pontiac
will also be held.
The Pontiac, a de luxe 4-door
sedan was secured by Father
Fink on his recent trip to Se
attle, and ia being shipped on
the Denali due here August 7
All proceeds from the raffle will
be used for the benefit of St.
Mary s Catholic church
Th9 winning queen will b*
given a free round trip to Se
attle, thnugh the courtesy of
I Northern Airlines.
Denali Due Thuisday
The Denali left Seattle Thurs
day and is due here next Thurs
day with 233 tons of freight, in
cluding 4 autos, Mrs. Viola Sip
prell, acting agent of the Alaska
Steamship office announced to
day.
After Kodiak the vessel will be
routed to Shearwater, Mosher
bay, Carmel, Lar«en’s bay, Uy
ak, Zachar bay, Uganik, Port
Bailey, Port Wakefield, Port
Williams, Scldovia, Kenai, Snug
harbor, Seward, Yakutat- and
Ketchikan
Rummage Sale
Starts Thursday
The Baptist Women’s Society
h sponsoring a rummage sale
starting next Thursday, August
7 and continuing through Aug
ust 9, inclusive. It will be held
in the former Dinner Nook cafe
building.
Proceeds will go to the Mis
sion and to the Women’s Soci
ety.
Mrs. P. J. Watkinson is com
mittee chstrman