VOL 11 NO 32
KODIAK, ALASKA
OCTOBER 13, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
League Of Alaskan Cities
Plans Convention Here
The League of Alaska Cities
will hold a convention in Kodi
ak October 28, 29 and 30, May
or Lee C. Bettinger reminded
the new city council Monday
night.
Meetings will be held in the
Orpheum Theatre Monday and
Tuesday morning and after
noon and will be open to the
public. A period for questions
will be reserved and members
of the league will answer
questions from the floor.
The League of Alaskan
Cities was formed over a year
ago for the purpose of promot
ing better civic and territorial
government. During the last
session of the territorial legis
lature the league was quite ac
tive in lobbying for several
new laws regarding cities in
the territory.
A banquet has been planned
for Oct. 29, and tickets for the
affair will soon be offered for
sale, Mayor Bettinger said.
The Chamber of Commerce
and other civic groups will be
asked to participate in the
meeting, the mayor added.
Further details will be made
public within the next week,
Bettinger said.
KNS Airman
Stationed In Korea
Hq 616st Air Base Wing,
Japan —Pvt Larry G. Juelson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
0. Juelson of Bells Flat, naval
station, has been assigned to
this base.
Juelson, who enlisted in the
Air force last January, will
control stock records on types
of supplies necessary to main
tain the B-29s which fly a
gainst the Red forces from
this base.
The Kodiak airman received
bis basic training at Lackland
Air Force Base in Texas, and
clerical training at Oklahoma
A and M College before being
transferred to the Far East.
Chimney Fire
Thursday Night
The fire department made a
fast trip out Mission Road
Thursday at 8:25 pm to a
house occupied by Chief and
Mrs. Ken Soldan.
A chimney fire caused the
alarm. There was no damage.
The house is owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Mill Vokacek.
Maxim Schapiro, manager
of Alaska Music Trails, and
Donald Gramm, bass baritone,
were PNA passengers for An
chorage Wednesday.
Eight Drunken
Drivers Arrested
In the past 30 days the Po
lice Department has made
eight arrests for reckless and
drunken driving on the streets
of Kodiak.
Fines ranging from $10 to
$100 were levied by the city
magistrate and in every case
the driver has had his license
suspended.
The following names, fines,
and length of suspension of
drivers* licenses appear on the
city docket: E. H. Gray, DSN,
guilty of drunk driving, fined
$50 and license suspended one
year; O. L. Gray, USMC,
reckless driving, $10 fine, lic
ence suspended 30 days: Willie
Holland, reckless driving, $20
fine, license suspended 30
days.
Dimitri Golley and Wilmer
Sicksik were found guilty of
reckless driving and joyriding
in a vehicle without the own
er’s permission. They received
$50 fines on each charge and
Golley had his license sus
pended for 90 days. Sicksik
was denied the privilege of
driving for 90 days.
James C. Wheeler was found
guilty of drunk driving, fined
$100 and had his license sus
pended for six months.
Ingram L. Herring, USN,
was found guilty of drunk
driving, fined $100 and had his
license suspended for six
months.
Ragner Hansen was involv
ed in an accident and was
found guilty of drunk driving,
fined $100 and has had his
license suspended for six
months.
T wo Killed In
Fairbanks Crash
Fairbanks (A5)—A single
engine Wien-Alaska Airlines
plane crashed on lagoon ice
near Point Barrow Wednesday
killing pilot George Harring
ton and Eskimo woman pas
senger, Mrs. Martha Ruth
Simmons.
Only survivor was Mrs. Sim
mons’ six month old boy who
was strapped inside his
mother’s fur parka. The wom
an and infant were hurled 90
feet by impact of crash which
is believed to have occurred
during a snow flurry.
Rescuers took the baby to
Point Barrow hospital with
possible internal injuries.
Mrs. Tom Renshaw is work
ing at the Kodiak Cleaners.
Costly Fire
At Cordova
Cordova (A5) — Three buil
dings of the Cordova business
district were completely de
stroyed by a spectacular $500,
00C fire which swept through
the buildings in a matter of
minutes early Wednesday
morning.
The fire was believed to
have started in the Imperial
Building when the furnace ex
ploded. The greatest loss was
sustained by Syd and Edna
Raynor whose Lathrop Build
ing was also destroyed. It
housed about 20 apartments,
the Empress Theater, several
offices, a jewelry store, and
the ACS offices. The Kaynors
had only recently purchased
the property,
The fire also spread to the
Evans Building which con
tained a dry goods store and
the owners’ quarters. The Im
perial Building housed a bar,
liquor store, and the town’s
only barber shop.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Korea—United States and
French troops overwhelmed
the last hold out peak on
“heartbreak ridge” in the
greatest combined assault in
the past few months of heavy
fighting on the eastern front
in Korea.
The ridge dominates the
Communist supply route. Earl
ier, 12 giant helicopters flew
9?6 battle-equipped Marines t*
a line east of heartbreak ridge
in full view of the enemy.
Munsan—A dispute over
where to draw the neutral
zone caused a delay in the re
sumption of truce talks. Allied
and Red liason officers met
twice Friday with no announc
ed agreement.
Moscow—Russia sent notes
Thursday to the U.S., Britian,
and France agreeing to modify
the Italian peace treaty if Italy
quits the Atlantic Pact and the
west agrees to similar modifi
cations for Bulgaria, Hungary,
Finland and Romania.
One western diplomat pre
dicted the west now would go
ahead without the Soviets on
the Italian treaty and the Rus
sians would retaliate in some
form.
Frank Dillard, practicing
attorney from Tulsa, Okla.,
is now working in Talmage L.
Smith’s law office, Smith said
yesterday.
Carter Seymour, police
chief, left yesterday by plane
for Seattle. He plans to return
within the week.
New Council
Committees
Just-Elected Members
Take Office
Kodiak’s new city council
was sworn in and given seats
at the council table Monday
night.
Basil Clark, D. N. Hoylman.
and L. K. Wodlinger took the
oath of office for two year
terms and Jay Wolf for the
one year.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger pre
sided at the meeting. He is
starting his sixth consecutive
term.
Following a short business
session, in which the old coun
cil paid current bills and
wound up “old” business, the
mayor explained some of the
| duties of the new council and
[ urged them to become familiar
j with the city ordinances.
; Chairmen of the various city
committees have not been sel
ected, Bettinger said. He add
ed that if it was agreeable
with the new councilmen a
special meeting would be held
Thursday and he would name
the chairmen then.
New Admiral
Takes Command
Rear Adm. Edgar A. Cruise,
52, USN, has been ordered to
assume command of the Alas
ka Sea Frontier, with addition
al duties as commandant of
the 17th Naval District.
He will relieve Rear Admir
al C. A. F. Sprague, USN,
who has been in command
since May 1950. Adm. Sprague
has requested retirement.
Admiral Cruise has a long
background in Naval aviation
that dates to his completion of
flight training at Pensacola,
Florida, in 1924. During World
War II he served with Carrier
Air Group 3 aboard the USS
Saratoga.
A reception in honor of
Adm. Cruise will be held at
the officers’ club tonight.
Two Bound Over
On Robbery Charge
Two Kodiak men were held
to answer to a charge of rob
bery in Third District Court
following a hearing in U. S.
Commissioner A.M. Vokacek’s
court recently.
Victor Padella, MSTS em
ploye, and Calvin Joseph
Beach, USN, are accused of
robbing Mike E. Lakanin, MS
TS employe, of $40 by force
and violence.
Germaine Madsen is em-J
ployed at LaLande’s Kodiak'
[Bakery.
Sworn In;
Named
Mayor Names
Heads Of Departments
Committee chairmen and
committees were appointed
during the special council
meeting Thursday night by
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger.
For the first time in many
months a complete council an
swered the roll call. Only four
councilmen and the mayor, the
required amount for a quorum
had conducted the city’s busi
ness prior to the Oct. 2 elec
tion.
Following appointments the
council unanimously approved
the plat of the housing and
roads in the east adcjition, site
of the new housing project.
The Alaska Public Works re
quested the approval. Earlier
the plat had been approved by
the Federal Housing Auth
ority.
An agreeable solution to a
garbage collection problem be
tween Harry Wallace, owner
of the IdleHour Bar, and John
Gibbons, garbage collector,
was attained after both men
talked to the council.
Wallace said that Gibbons
would not pick up h's garbage
because he had to walk around
behind the building to get the
barrels. Gibbons pointed out
that the barrels were very
heavy and that in winter the
ice would make it impossible
to carry them any great dis
tance. There is no alley behind
the Idle Hour Bar.
Wallace agreed to construct
a temporary walk and to place
the barrels nearer the street.
The new chairmen and com
mittees are as follows: assess
ment and collection of taxes,
Jay Wolf, chairman, Basil
Clark, L.K. Wodlinger; health
and police, Bud Metzgar, chair
man, Wodlinger, Wolf.
Streets, D. N. Hoylman,
chairman, Clark, Metzgar;
water & sewer, Clark, chair
man, Hoylman, Metzgar; judi
ciary, Wodlinger, Metzgar,
Wolf; finance, Wodlinger, Wil
liam Worth, Wolf.
Election & printing, Wolf,
Hoylman; cemetery & parks,
Metzgar, Worth, Wodlinger;
fire protection, Hoylman,
Worth, Clark; harbor & wharf
age, Worth, Hoylman, Metz
gar; public buildings, Clark,
Worth, Wodlinger.
Bettinger urged the council
men to study the ordinances
and to bring recommendations
to the next council meeting.
He also urged the 'committee
chairmen to study city prob
lems and be prepared to dis
cuss them at all meetings.