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"News of cAmerica’s Last Frontier”
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fOL. 5 NO. 82
KODIAK, ALASKA — OCTOBER 6, 1945
$150,000 Kodiak P. O. In Proposed Bill
No Details Released On Fatal Plane Crash
A Navy plane, arriving at the
base m poor weather Wednesday
afternoon, crashed into famed
Womans mountain while at
tempting a landing, according to
Boconfirmed reports.
Reports here said 8 out of the
15 aboard were killed outright,
including the pilot, and 2 more
died later in a Navy hospital.
The plane was demolished. Those
aboard were all Navy personnel
from the Westward.
No official release could be ob
tained on the story here. Local
officials said details would not be
furnished from this base as it
was not a local-based plane, and
next of kin had to be notified be
fore release would be forthcom
ing from any other source.
Sees Service
r At an Amphibious Base in the
Pacific—Edward Johnson, motor
machinist's mate, second class,
Kodiak, is serving with this re
tepair and training base which
supplied troops and landing craft
for major invasions in the Mar
shalls, the Gilberts and at Okin
awa. Carrying a 24-hour, 7-day
week schedule, his unit maintain
ed all types of equipment and
repair supplies. The base also
trained personnel in amphibious
communications, minesweeping
*od camouflage operations.
W. F. Erskine
Returns Home
Lt. Wilson F. Erskine and
Mrs. Erskine arrived in Kodiak
plane this week to make their
Permanent home here, and are
bring in the W. J. Erskine resi
lience.
Lt. Erskine, who entered ser
rice at the start of the war as
“ensign, served at Kodiak a
a year after attending a
“val war mine school, and then
*“ transferred to a submarine
•ch received the Presidential
“it citation for its work in the
‘•cific.
He and Mrs. Erskine, the
®rjner Miss Bernice Bowen, of
' latnsburg, Va.( were mar
ed 'n Washington, D. C. in
,Way;1944 and this is Mrs. Ers
l'nes first trip to Alaska. Mrs.
f De> are most newcomers, |
amazed at the warmth of
e weather at this time of year,
delighted with the “beauty
M Kodiak.”
kt- Erskine is now on termin
Wlte anc* at 'b® exDiration
jj . placed on inactive duty,
w be associated with the
• Erskine Company.
Judge Fills
Vacancy
G. W. Bubendorf, bookkeeper
at Kraft’s, will receive the ap
pointment as U. S. Commissioner
for Kodiak, Judge Anthony Di
mond announced before leaving
for Anchorage yesterday.
The appointment was made
necessary by the resignation of
Commissioner C. C. Naughton,
who has held the post for 10
years but has relinquished it be
cause of ill health. Mr. Naugh
ten, Mr. Dirnond said, has kind
ly consented to continue in the
office until arrangements can be
made by Kraft’s to get a succes
sor for Mr. Bubendorf. The loca
tion of the new office will be an
nounced later.
A graduate in 1937 of Huston
Law School, Huston, Texas, Mr.
Bubendorf expects to take his
bar examination sometime soon.
He came to Kodiak in
1942, is married and has two
children.
Two youngsters, Judith Tib
bies of the Baotist Mission at
Ouzinkie, and Lonna Dolphin, A
Port Bailey, were patients at the
GM hospital this week, the for
mer for 4 and the latter for 5
days.
Kemptons Sell
Idle Hour Bar
The Idle Hour Bar, formerly
Kemptou’s log Waffle shop, was
purchased as of Oct. I by Max
La Lande from Mr. and Mrs.
Myrtle Kempton.
Mr. La Lande has been at
Dutch Harbor for the past 3
years where he operated a bakery
'and coffee shop. He is originally
from Nampa, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Kempton’s plans
for the future are indefinite, but
they expect to leave on the De
nali for a trip in the States.They
will visit first in Ellensburg,
Wash., where they have an in
terest in the Kittitas airport and
flying school, with Mrs. Kemp
ton’s brother, and will then vis
it relatives in Ios Angeles
Comdr. Mark Jensen was
briefly in Kodiak this week after
a visit to the Washington Fish &
Oyster company plant at Fort
Williams, and on his return to
the States expects to be dis
charged from the Navy.
Comdr. Jensen’s father, Roy
Jensen, president of the com
pany, parsed away recently in
Seat le, and Comdr. Jensen was
granted an emergency furlough
at the time of his father’s illness
preceding his death.
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Court Has
Little Work
The district court, which con
vened at the Red Cross Center
Tuesday morning after arrival of
members of the court party over
the weekend and on Monday,
via Woodley, had few caBes
come before it in its 2-day ses
sion.
A large number of citizenship)
applicants failed to appear and
there were no criminal cases or
suits.
| Admitted to citizenship was
Mrs. Geraldine Brownell Sears,
i a British subject, whose witness
es were Margaret Sutliff and
Paul C. Herring.
Two decrees of divorce were
granted; to Mrs. Gertrude Rau
' maker against Paul H. Raumak
er, with custody of a child, Paula
Susan, granted the plaintiff; and
to Mrs. Hilda Josephine Finn a
gainst George Finn. Warren A
Taylor was counsel for both
plaintiffs.
Two divorce cases, Pearl A.
Foster v. Elvin E. Foster and
Jack Petaja v. Mary Petaja were
dismissed by Judge Dimond at
the request of the plaintiffs.
The divorce case of Anna Far
iow v. John W. Farrow was con
tested by the defendant, who
was represented ly Talmage
Smith, with Mrs. Farrow repre
sented by Warren A. Taylor.
Mrs Farrow seeks custody of an
adopted child, and Mr. Farrow
asks for the custody cn the
grounds that the mother would
be unable to give it proper
support.
Judge Dimond reserved deci
sion in the case until a later date.
Witness for the defendant was
Mrs. Grace Kerr, mother of the
plaintiff, and witnesses for the
plaintiff, were Naida Johnson,
Marion Curtis and Jack Allman.
The court party returned to
Anchorage yesterday by plane.
Two eating establishments in
Kodiak were placed out of
bounds this week until certain
sanitat:on conditions are recti
fied, Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
city health officer, reports.
One restaurant was also given
a week to install certain facili
ties or be put out of bounds-also.
During the elevator strike in
New York, Margie Walsh (left)
and Caroline Negus, elevator
operators, give their feet a rest
after picketing a building.
Washington (^P)—Alaska has
two projects eligible for inclusion
in legislation which Congress is
asked to approve authorising 193
million dollars for new govern
ment buildings in the States and
! Territories.
The Alaska projects include:
Kodiak—Site and building for
a post office—$150,000
Juneau—Extension and re
modeling of the federal territor
ial building, for which a million
dollars was previously author
ized.
‘Missing' Piano
Tuner Turns Up
The disappearance of Wil
liam G. Loftlin, piano tuner
from Anchorage, was solved i his
week with the discovery of him
in town. He had arrived Sept.
27 at the base and been given a
room and then left, base officials
said.
He was located in Kodiak by
deputy U. S. Marshal Paul Her
ring (after radio appeals were
made as to his whereabouts.
Yesterday Mr. Loftlin sair1 be
had been ill, but would begin his
piano tuning work here at once.
Frieda Bent and Gust Reft
were married Sept. 18 in Karluk
by Robert von Seheele
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Hears Son Is Safe,
Civilian-Bound
After having no word from her
son for 2 months, Mrs. Eleanor
Dooley, owner of the Taylor
apartments, was relieved Wed
nesday to rtceive word that he
is safe in the States and getting
out of service under the point
discharge system.
Her son, Sgt. Paul Dooley, 23,
was last on Luzon.
His wire said in part: “Arrived
stateside. Get my suit pressed.’’
He has been planning some
what on coming here to visit his
mother.
Attempted Suicide
In Bar Stopped
An attempted suicide was
thwarted Thursday evening when
a man in one of the local bars
poured a bottle of iodine into a
glass with the appalent intention
of drinking it. It was reported a
military police took the glass
from him.
The man, who is 27, told Dep
uty U. S. Marshal Paul Herring
he was "t red of living”. He is
now lodging at the jail voluntar
ily. He came to Kodiak a few
weeks ago and was formerly in
the Hawaiian islands.