VOL. 6 NO. 19
"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA
JULY 6, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Kraft Wins
Raffle Ford
He doesn’t drive, and he was
pitting at home a block away
dozing in a chair when his ticket
was drawn to make him the win
ner or the 1946 Ford sedan given
away at 9 pm the night of the
4th of July. Thus did Ben Kraft,
local merchant, one of the larg
est purchasers of tickets in the
benefit raffle, for the second
time in his life win a prize.
Thirty *five years ago he won an
air rifle. Mr. Kraft has presented
the car to' his son, Walter, ex
serviceman, and his wife, whom
be married in England while in
the service.
The school yard was jammed
for the big drawing, conducted
by James Martz and Ray Mar
tin, with the car drawing being
held last
Five tickets were drawn for
each prize, with the 5th being
the winner, the other 4 going
back into the tub. The tickets
were mixed by four judges in a
sheet, put in a washtub on the
schooihouse porch, and then cov
ered with the sheet. The tub was
turned each time a ticket was
drawn by blonde, little Sue Rau
maker, age 4, daughter of Mrs.
Gertrude Raumaker.
The other prizes went as fol
lows:
Argoflex camera—to It.C. Wil
liams, Pacific Northern Airlines,
Anchorage. (Ray Martin, local
PNA agent, had sent a block of
tickets to the Anchorage office
and told them to sell them, or if
they couldn't to send the money
and give them away!)
Electric washer, donated bj
W. J. Erskine & Co.—To Lt.
Comdi. V. W. Marsh, of the base,
whose wife is in the hospital with
their new arrival, born last week.
(They had no washer, and he
said with the new baby the wash
er would be very handy. They
live in the Ship’s Tavern apts )
Outboard motor—Lionel Shur
aviof, who is out of town, fishing
on the “Ripple”.
Electric range, donated by 0.
Kraft & Son—Theron Torgerson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
Torgerson, whose parents have
an electric range. (She said she
i* making a deal to sell it to her
father, so he can sell the old one)
The judges of the drawing,
who volunteered from the audi
ence were: a sailor, J D. Baxter;
a soldier, J. E. Pell; and 2 civil
ians, E. H. McFarland and D. C.
Sharp
A preliminary check last night
indicated that a little over $4600
worth of tickets had been sold
and it is expected after the fina\
checking and payment of cxnens ‘
es that between $2500 and $3000
will be left for the Rotary club
fund for the community play
ground.
i Local Plane Unreported
A Taylorcraft plane, owned
and piloted by Speed Dreyer,
which left Kodiak June 16, has
been unreported since, according
to information from deputy U.S.
Marshal Paul Herring.
Aboard were pas^eigers Mr.
and Mrs R. N. G asgow, (Mrs.
Glasgow i the former wife of
Harold Gilliam), and Bil Hostet
ter, for whom a telegraphic war
rant on a bad check charge had
been sent to Anchorage.
Marshal Patterson, of Anchor
age, advised Paul Herring by
wiie Tuesday that there was no
record of the plane having arriv
ed at Anchorage, and no further
report has been heard as to the
plane’s whereabouts.
Atom Bomb Recorded
mmmmmi ®mm\n Ifrpilf
Center Sets
Dancing
"Country Dance Night,"
Wednesday evening, July 10,will
feature next week’s program at
the Kodiak Community Center,
according to Director Ken Wade
Square dancing, social mixers,
(waltzes, schottisches and polkas
will be on the program from 9 to
11 pm. All interested adults are
invited and admission is free.
Highlight of the Community
Center program for children will
be a field day Saturday, July 13
at 11 am. Games,races, and ath
etic contests will be staged. The
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Mirage Looks
Like Bomb Blast
A press association queried'
Kodiak after Sunday’s atom
bomb blast to ask if there were
any manifestations of the blast
in this area, but none were re
ported.
However, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Nachand, who were on Uyak
Bay on a boat trip that day, re
port seeing a mirage that Mr.
Nachand is anxious to compare
with pictures of the atom bomb
blast.
He said the mirage appeared
to be a mountain shaped mass
of land, topped by an enormous
umbrella-shaped cloud of sm. ke.
The mirage was first called to
their attention by two home
steaders on Uyak bay who said
they had rvatcbed it for sev^a.
h mis.
| July 25th has been set for the
date of the second blast, when
the bomb will go off slightly un
der the surface of Bikini atoll.
OPA Office
Still Open
Juneau (Special) — Pending
outcome of proposed legislation
for renewal of the Emergency
Price Control Act, the Alaska
Official functions in cpnnection
with price, rent and enforcement
matters originating prior to
July 1.
This is in accordance with in
structions received July 3 from
regional headquarters in Wash
ington, D. C.
According to this statement is
j sued by Mildred 1 . Hermann,
Director, all division heads and
other staff membeis have expres
sed their willingness to stand by
and carry on under these condi
ticgis until final action is had on
price control legislation now be*
fore Congress for consideration,
as requested by President Tru
man in his radio address on Sat
urday.
A few instances of price rises
have been reported locally with
removal of OPA controls
Nylons that formerly sold for
$1.45 and $1.75 were reported
being sold for $1.75 and $2 00,
and liquor reflected price increas
es in a 10 cent iump, at some
bars, to 75 cents for bonded
whiskeys and scotch. Mixed
drinks remain the same at some
bars, although raised at others.
Some retail liquor dealers are
contemplating a return to the
pre-OPA markup on packaged
goods to reportedly allow, a third
markup.
Some merchants have an
nounced their intention to hold
their prices to present levels ex
| cept where increases in wholesale
prices occur. No increases in
rents have been reported so far.
Court Coming
In September
The district court from Anchor
age will bold a term of comt at
Kodiak beginning September 11,
deputy U. S. Marshal Paul Her
ring has been advised.
The Photography committee
of the Kodiak Community Cent
er is offering a $5 merchandise
piize to the best photo of any
phase of the 4th of July celebra
tion Pictures should be submit
ted to the center by July 14.
Top
A huge cloud mushrooms up
ward a few seconds after the
atom blast Sunday Picture tak
en from the skybridge of the
USS Mt. McKinley.
Bottom
Swirling and boiling, the lop
of the atom bomb cloud soars
high over Bikini The*picture
from the Mt. McKinley was
made on infra-red film.