Adm. Cruise Calls
On Gen. Kepner
Rear Adm. Edgar A. Cruise,
new commander of the A
laskan Sea Frontier and Com
mandant of the 17th Naval
District, flew to Elmendorf
Field this week to pay an of
ficial visit to the Alaskan Com
mand headquarters.
Adm. Cruise went directly
to the office of Lt. Gen. Wil
liam E. Kepner, commander
in chief, Alaskan Command,
on his arrival in Anchorage.
He was accompanied by h's
chief of staff, Capt. J. K. B.
Zinder and other 17th Naval
District officers.
Adm. Cruise recently re
lieved Adm. C. A. F. Sprague
as commandant of the 17th
ND.
Navy Officer Describes
Korean Naval Action
When you are in the middle
of a mine field and shore bat
teries have opened up on your
vessel you lose all track of
time in the excitment of the
action, LCDR. D. V. “Dusty”
Shouldice, USN, told his
listeners Tuesday.
LCDR. Shouldice, now
stationed at Kodiak Naval
Station, vividly and dramati
cally described the action and
dangers of a minesweeper
squadron in action for the Ro
tary Club following the regu
lar luncheon at the Mont
martre Inn.
LCDR. Shouldice spent
several months aboard the
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[ Mockingbird, Navy mine
I sweeper, and commanded a
squadron of minesweepers
j that cleared a path for a
iarge scale invasion.
‘ ‘The war out there is real.
It is hard for anyone who has
been there to understand the
complacent attitude of so
many people here and in the
states,” he said.
He told of seeing mine
sweepers sink in a minute and
a half after striking a mine.
LCDR Shouldice wears the
Navy Cross, second only to
the Congressional Medal of
Honor, for his conduct and
services as commander of the
squadron of six minesweepers
which cleared and blasted a
channel for the large scale
invasion.
ADF Continues
Experiment
Experiments on Afognak
and Kodiak Island in the
fertilization of lakes and sal
mon streams is continuing
under the direction of the A
laska Department of Fisheries.
The barren lakes «n Kodiak
and Afognak have had ap
prozimately 300,000 fertilized
red salmon eggs “planted” in
them, C. L. Anderson, di
rector of the ADF, said re
cently.
Clint Stockley, watershed
management supervisor, and
I Detrick Cooter, engineer,:
have “eyed out” over 200,000
red salmon eggs at Port Wil
liams and will plant them in
Pauls Lake tributaries on A
fognak Island.
They have conducted a sur
vey of a 16-foot waterfall bar
ricade in the stream that
flows out of Pauls Lake where
it is hoped that a by-pass of
the falls can be constructed.
Stockley earlier planted
200,000 fertilized red salmon
eggs in Fraser lake tributaries
on Kodiak Island.
The ADF plans to complete
the work in five years is cycle
for the return of red salmon to
the spawning ground.
Anderson visited Kodiak and
flew to Afognak Island to
check on the progress of the
experiments several weeks
ago. Karl Brunstad, local
fishermen and member of the
ADF board, accompanied An
derson to Pauls Lake at that
time.
Marines Seek
Officer Candidates
College graduates may now
make application for the Ma
rine Corps Candidate Course
which will result in a second
lieutant’s commission upon
completion.
Interested persons may
write to the U. S. Marine
Corps District Headquarters
Recruiting Station, Room 208,
New U. S. Court House,
Portland, Oregon.
Shooting Hours
For WaUrfowl
The following duck shooting
hours have been compiled by
the FWS and the MIRROR
will publish a list each week
for the convenience of hunters.
Oct. Opening hour closing
23 6:31 am 3:46 pm
24 6:33 3:43
25 6:35 3:41
26 6:37 3:38
27 6:40 3:36
28 6:43 3:34
29 6:45 3:32
Dolly Olsen is now employed
at the Bank of Kodiak.
Funds Approved
For Anchorage lai!
The Senate allowed $400,000
| for a new federal jail at An
chorage in passing the First
Supplemental Appropriation
Bill for the 1952 fiscal year.
Anchorage has sought fede
' ral funds for several years to
[build a new jail.
A request for $100,000 for
i additional marshals in Alaska
was denied by the Senate._
Del. E. L. Bartlett plans to
come to the Territory from
Washington to take part in
the dedication of the new Se
ward-Anchorage highway cn
Oct. 19.
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