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"News oj oAmerica’s Last Frontier”
fOL. 5 NO. 34
KODIAK, ALASKA — OCTOBER 20, 1945
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Wind Flips
Small Plane
Just after landing at the far
south end of the channel near
Brskine’s Monday, a Piper Cub
3-geater plane, piloted by Speed
Dreyer, was flipped over bv a
sudden gust of wind.
With the water rusning in the
cabin Dreyer loosened his safety
belt and as he attempted to push
the door open found his foot was
caught but successfully disen
gaged himself and got out on top
the sinking plane.
An Army barge went to his
rescue and succeeded in getting
hold of the plane and prevented
its sinking, and then towed it o
Ttr to the beach near the KEA
plant. The pontoons and wings
jvere damaged in the handling,
j The plane, used for charter
[(ervice and flight instruction, is
owned by Carl Martin of An
chorage.
Firemen To Drill
Sunday With Navy
k All members of the local Vol
fflteer Fire Department must be
wesent at a meeting Sunday at
! pm at the fireball.
The Navy Department fire
iruck will be in with a crew to
conduct a drill with the local de
partment, and all the membeis
ihould be there.
Dog Shooting Case
Thrown Out
The action brought against
-jKout Solberg, local rancher, on
a charge of maliciously shooting
|a dog which he claimed was mo
lostiiig his chickens, has been
dismissed, according to a wire
received by Mr. Solberg this
weelt from District Attorney
Noel K. Wennblom, Anchorage.
The charge was brought by
Mirl F. Stewart, the dog’s owner.
Sees Kodiak In
“Recession”
Seattle (JP)—Foster L. Mc
Govern, vice president of the
National Bank of Commerce,
•peaking to the Alaska commit
tee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, said Alaska is already
•uffering from a “recession” as
the result of the wars end but
would undoubtedly experience
‘a substantial” expansion in the
future.
Reporting on a trip that took
him to all the major Alaska cities
except Valdez and Skagway, he
•aid that cities like Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Kodiak are hard
est hit by the wars end and re
•ulting exodus of service person
®*I and war workers, but that
tourist trade and gradual econ
omic expansion will bring them
back. '
Planned-yiZbrervance
’ Publlc Invited
The people of Kodiak are in
vited by the Naval Operating
Base and the Naval Air Station
to be guests on the base next
Saturday, Oct. 27, at an "open
house” which will mark the cele
bration of Navy Day.
Tentative plans were laid this
week by base officials to provide
an afternoon of entertainment
for the town guests, and final de
tails will be announced in next
Saturday’s Mirror.
The Navy will provide trans
portation, which will be at the
bank at 12:30, and after a round
trip again at 2:30, to take towns
people and school children to the
base for an inspection of facil
ities. Among the latter will be
close-up examination of planes of
different types, and a visit to the
control tower with its intricate
workings and fine view of the
base airstrips. The towrn guests
will also be allowed aboard ves
sels at the Navy dock.
The Navy is providing ali
transportation available but as a
large number of townspeople are
expected it is emphasized that
anyone who wishes may bring
his own car and load of friends.
Cars can also meet at the bank,
and no individual passes will be
I Deeded by anyone.
At 3 pm a military review will
be held which everyone is invited
to see.The entire course of sight
seeing and events is expected to
be over by 4:30.
Navy Day was inaugurated in
j.922, and Oct. 27 was chosen as
the date because it is the birth
day of Theodore Roosevelt, so
much of whose life was devoted
to establishing a sound naval
policy for the United States.
October is also the mon h in
which the American Navy was
founded, in 1775.
Beeides paying tribute to the
sea heroes of the nation the ob
servance has been a means of
fosterimr a better understanding
of the Navy and its work.
Remember to keep next Satur
day open for an enlightening and
enjoyable visit to the base, and
watch for further details next
week.
Juneau (Special)—In observ
ance of Navy Day eighteen ves
sels in all will visit Alaska port
towns, beginning to arrive about
Oct 24 ' or a stay of a week to 10
days, Gov. Ernest Gruening has
been advised by Rear Admiral
Ralph Wood, commandant of
the 17th Naval District, Kodiak.
Kodiak will be host to the
Boxwood,commanded by l>t. (j®)
L. C. Chamberlain. The Box
wood is a net tender, of 700 tons,
165 feet in length, and has a
complement of 3 officers, 37 men.
Iu anticipation of Navy Day
on Oct. 27, this coming Sunday,
Oct. 21, will be designated Navy
Day Sunday.
Memorial dockside services,
in memory of all servicemen
. who in defense of their country
lost their lives at sea, will be
conducted by the base chaplains
at the south end of the perman
ent pier at 2 pm. The speaker
will be Lt. George Harrington,
USNR.
Following the dockside service
the PCS 1495 will put out to sea
and flowers in memory of the
dead will be strewn upon the
water. A Marine detail will fire
three volleys and taps will be
blown.
An invitation is extended to
all parents of servicemen lost at
sea to attend the dockside ser
vice. All such persons who wish
' to attend who do not have trans
| portation are requested to com
| municate by telephone with
Chaplain Robert S. Miller,phone
number 544.
Drink Setup
Discussed
About 30 liquor dealers and
bartenders and council members
met Monday at the Red Cioss
Center for a discussion of liquor
! problems.
! Mayor O. A. Torgerson, who
presided, pointed out some of the
problems, including sale to min
ors and intoxicated persons, un
escoited women in drinking
place, and children dining m eat
ing places operated in connection
with bars.
New people judge a town by
its appearance, Mr. Torgerson
said, and added that he felt liqu
or control should be strengthened
so that anyone could go down
Kodiak streets at any time with
out the results of excessive drink
ing so apparent.
Captain R. R. Lyons, com
manding officer of the Naval Op
erating Base, who was invited to
the meeting by the eeuncil, was
asked his views.
Pointing out that the Navy
did not require any specific ac
tion of any town just because a
base was near it, he did point out
that the more attractive a town
the more such a town would ben
efit from the proximity of a nav
al establishment.
Captain Lyons said that per
sonally he thought package liqu
or sales should be limited and
that he felt there were too many
liquor stores for the size of the
town.
Neweomers, seeing a prepond
erance of bars and liquor stores,
| New Commissioner's
1st Official Act—
A Marriage License
G. W. Bubendorf, who official
ly became U. 8. Commissioner
on Monday, performed as his
first official act the granting of a
marriage license on Tuesday
The couple obtaining the li
cense was Hubert Leltoy Roch
elie, NOB, and Eva Clare Smith,
Kod ak.
The new commissioner’s office
will be open afternoons starting
about Monday, in the former
Dell’s cafe building next to
Tony’s Tavern.
Local Woman
Accosted On Street
Mrs. Morris Burnham was
accosted by a sailor on Brooklyn
avenue about 9 o’clock Satur
day evening as she was on her
way home. The sailor followed
her a short distance, then sud
denly grabbed her by the coat
and then struck her in the eye
and knocked her down and be
gan choking her. Mrs. Burnham
struck at him with a flashlight
and her cries for help brought
neighbors running.
The sailor was frightened ft
way but was caught shortly by
shore patrol and military police
and is being held for trial by the
navy, local offic als said.
I Mrs.Burnham suffered a black
eye and bruises on her neck as
the result of her experience.
Kodiak's Bond
Goal $35,000
The Victory Bond drive, start
ing near the end of October, will
have a goal of $35,000 in bonds
to be sold in Kodiak, O. A. lor
gerson, bond chairman, announc
ed today. This amount is divided
into $25,000 for series E, $5000
for individuals other than E, and
$5000 for corporations.
The total goal for Alaska is
§2,500,000.
First Snow Falls
The first snow of the year, of
a “hailish” type, began falling at
10:43 am Monday, Oct. 15. A
few additional flurries occurred
later but none stayed on the
ground.
would judge Kodiak as a drink
ing town and act accordingly, he
said, while if a YMCA or library
or places of clean amusement
were in evidence the actions of
the men in town would reflect
the environment.
For the behavior of naval i^en,
Captain Lyons said he was going
to see that the men behave, and
any steps necessary, up to plac
ing the town out of bounds, as a
last resort, would be Employed
to accomplish that end.
2 Mercy
Trips Made
Two emergency mercy flights
were made this week by person
nel of the Naval Operating Base
here, one to the S. S. Cordova,.
and one to Sand Point, on the
mainland south of Kodiak.
The call from the Cordova one
Monday sai * a passenger, a
Navy chief, whose name was not
supplied, was in violent pain suf
fering from kidney stones. Lt.
George Porter and Lt. John Len
yo flew out in a PBY and caught
the Cordova, which had left here
tiunday, and was about 230 miles
south on its way to Seattle.
A complete kit of medicine,,
including morphine, was dropped'
on the sta in a waterproof bag
and was picked up by a boat
from the ship. A second kit, tak
en along in case the first was
lost, was not needed.
A subsequent wire from .the
ship said the patient, after ad
ministration of tliemedieine, was
relieved of the pain.
The second call came fronv
Sandpoint, and sa,d that a 2
year-old infant girl, {with its
mother and father, the latter a
CAA Chief whose name iff
August Valeutincic) had a fev
er of 105 and was suffering from
convulsions.
Lt. Comdr. J. Rutter, flight
surgeon, and Lt. D. Peterson.
Hew to Sandpoint, and reported
that on their arrival the convul
sions had ceased and the lever
subsided. After checking on the
young patient they returned to
Kodiak.
Mr and Mrs Valeutincic ar
rived in Kodiak later in the week
and left yesterday by plane for
Nakriek. Their little girl was fine,
they said.
Until further notice, the sched
uled arrival time of the Woodley
planes on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Sunday has been ad
vanced to 11:15, beginning to
morrow
Power Shutoff
Set For Sunday
Power throughout town will
be shut off from 8:30 am to 9:30
am tomorrow (Sunday) morning,
Eino Kainulainen, KEA mana
ger announced today.
During the shutdown peiman
ent repairs will be made to sub
station wiring that burned out
during the high wind Thursday
The wire fire, caused by a deaif
short, caused the power to be off
a total of 40 minutes, longest
period of no power since the
KEA started Power was off a
few minutes earlier in the week
when a gasket blew out on ose
of the plant motors.