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"News of oAmencds Last Frontier”
yOL. 6 NO. 18
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 25, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
To Make
Dock Trip
As another step in the city’s
investigation of the surplus army
Jock, Mayor Lee Bettinger will
leave Sunday for Anchorage,
where he will contact the Alaskan
Department and the Land Office,
st the suggestion of Delegate E.
k. Bartlett, in Washington, D. C.
Delegate Bartlett, in a com
munication to Mayor Bettinger
this week, said that although the
jock had been declared surplus,
todays must elapse before it will
be turned over for disposition to
the Land Office by the War As
iets Corporation, and that dur
ing that period the dock may be
leased or a permit granted for
productive use of the installa
tion.
In his letter Delegate Bartlett
pointed out the “urgency” of
immediate action, and suggested
that the Alaskan Department be
contacted
As the result of a conference
by Mayor Bettinger with mem
bers of the council it was decided
fee mayor should make the trip
to Anchorage as it was felt more
®uld be accomplished in a per
sonal contact
Police report that Mrs. Jerry
Eaton repoited a stolen car this
«ek, taken by 2 servicemen out i
Mission road, where it was re
covered shortly afterward.
After 10 days delay at Cordo
va because of weather the Mc
Conaghy cannery tenders Pan
der and Cougar arrived here
feis week.
Chamber Elects
Ellis President
Victor U Ellis, insurance a*
**Dt at the Bank of Kodiak and
manager of the Kodiak Realty &
^vestment Co., was chosen as
president of the Chamber of
^'ntnerce at the luncheon meet
% Thursday at the Victory cafe*
Other officers elected were:
lames Martz, vice president; Lee
Hettinger and Dr. A Holmes
7°hnson, directors; and Miss Lil*
Morris, by acclamation, was
^Sen to continue as secretary.
Retiring president Lee Bettin
gave a review of the past
f®ar 8 work of the club, listing
e many projects the club has
c°:iHidered and pointing out that
®anJ’ still require further work.
^Hh a preaen^ membership of
’ he said the average attend
iDce for the past year was 23
■ ^hree eighths. Besides the
amount of correspondence
specific projects and to other
• > 127 letters were received
l m fhe public, with 12 of them
idK of a “tourist” nature.
Proclamation
Whereas, the United States of
America was again forced to
crush powerful enemies seeking
to establish their tyranny over
the world; and
Whereas, the young men of
Alaska again offered their lives
in the nation's service; and
Whereas, the memory of those
who gave their lives is cherished
by us all and is an inspiration to
us all; and
Whereas, their service and
sacrifice is symbolized by the
memorial poppy of The Ameri
can Legion and The American
Legion Auxiliary; now therefore
I, Lee Bettinger, Mayor of the
City cf Kodiak, do hereby pro
claim Saturday, May 25, 1946,
to be Poppy Day in the City of
Kodiak, and urge all citizens to
observe the day by wearing the
memorial poppy in honor of the
men who died for America in the
battles of World War I and II.
Lee Bettinger,
Mayor, City of Kodiak
Rotary Governor
Here On Visit
W. H. Hicks, of Agassiz, B C ,
Rotary governor for the district
that includes Alaska, western
Canada and western Washington,
arrived here by plane yesterday
on a visit to the Leal club
A buffet d nner in his honor
and a board meeting following
were held last night at the home
of Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, local
club president, and for today
(Saturday) a full meeting of the
club will be held at the Victory
cafe at noon.
Beatrice Malutin is employed
at the Commissioner’s office.
Seeks Site
For Transmitter
Henry Hogue, general manager
of Edwin Kraft’s radio stations
at Juneau and Ketchikan, left
this week for Juneau after a visit
here to line up sites for Mr.
Kraft’s proposed radio station,
KODK.
Mr. Hogue said a site would
have to be approved first by the
Federal Communications Com
mission, and that following the
approval Mr. Kraft would prob
ably visit Kodiak to line up
studio space.
Two tentative sites for the
transmitter include a lot, repie
sented by Lee Bettfciger located
south of the school yard, and
land owned by H. F. MacDonald
on Mission road.
Mr. Hogue said not a great
deal of space would be required
at fiist for th“ studio and office
as the initial installation would
be added to as the growth of the
community warranted it.
‘Cemetery’
Day Sunday
The city cemetery, which has
been the subject of much discus
sion but little action because of
its poor state of upkeep, will be
graded, cleaned up, marked and
have some spruce trees planted
in it, on Sunday, if local volun
teers will pitch in to help.
Mayor Lee Bettinger has pro
claimed Sunday as “Clean-up
Cemetery Day’’ in preparation
for Memorial Day on the follow
ing Thursday, and all volunteers
who can put in even a few hours
are urged to show up at the cem
etery Sunday to help.
Leo Sears, chairman of the
city cemetery committee, who
decided on this campuign when
it developed limited eity funds
prevent carrying it through, has
made arrangements for a com
munity project and get-together
that should produce excellent re
sults.
The plan is to have volunteers j
level off around the graves, maik
them with stones, set off some
paths and clean up the entire
cemetery, and then plant a few
spruce trees for a decorative bor
der.
Some city tools will be on
hand, but workers should bring
their own shovels and rakes as
there won’t be enough to uo
around. Old clothes should be
worn and the work will be car
ried out rain or shine
Describing the cemetery as a
public scandal which reflects on
everyone in the community, Mr.
Sears pointed out that as the ci
ty di I not have funds for the
works that this course of action
(continued on page 4)
Packers
Make Offer
A new offer to fishermen in
current pi ice negotiations was
made by the packers at a meet
ing yesterday through their rep
resentative, Steel Culbertson, as
sistant manager of the Alaska
Canned Salmon Industry, In ,
and the offer is now under con
sideration by the fishermen.
The industry previously offer
ed a straight 10 per cent increase
over last year’s pi ices which this
new offer replaces.
Under yesterday’s offei prices
are as follows: (last year’s figures
in parentheses)
Kings $1.50 (1.07)—Reds .38
(.321)—Pinks .088 (.0803)—
Chums .135 (.i 124)—Silvers .25
(.1920).
Fishermen started negotiation*
with an asking price of $2.09 for
Kings, 58 cents for Reds, 12 and
a half for Pinks. 20 cents for
Chums and 58 cents for Silvers
Proclamation
Whereas, next Thursday, May
30 is Memorial Cay and it is fit
ting and proper that we take the
occasion to honor the memory of
those whose sacrifice made pos
sible the winning of Victory in
two World Wars,
Therefore, as Mayor of the
City of Kodiak I hereby pro
claim,
First, that next Sunday shall
be Cemetery Clean-up Day so
Volunteer Workers may express
their civic pride by joining in
the project to beautify the City
Cemetery grounds, and,
Second, that as a proper mark
of respect on Memorial Day it
be requested that the business
houses in Kodiak shall close for
the day.
Lee Bettinger,
Mayor, City of Kodiak
The post office and mail custo
mers were surprised this week by
the UDueual shipment by Navy
plane of a large batch of parcel
post. On Monday 15 bags arriv
!ed from Seattle, on Tuesday 69
land on Wednesday about 10
more.
The Kodiak Community Cen
ter has purchased a piano for the
hall, from the Virgil Colbys, who
left on the Denali.
Several of the local merchants
have made window displays for
Poppy Day.
Memorial Day
Service Planned
For Memorial Day, next
Thursday, May 30, the local post
of the American I.egion has ar
ranged special dockside and cem
etery Memorial services to honor
the memory of the dead of two
World Wars
An honor guard and firing
squad of Navy and Marine per
sonnel will form at the MPshack
at 10 am Thursday morning, and
procede from there to Erskine’s
dock, where a wreath will be
cast upon the waters in memory
of those who lost their lives at
sea. Following the ceremony at
the dock the Memorial party will
goto the cemeiery for the ser
vices there, for which an Army
Chaplain has been invited to
participate.
Discharged veterans are re
minded that it is permissible for
them to wear their uniforms on
ceremonial occasions, and ail
veterans are invited 'o attend
the ceremony.
Erskine s, K'aft’s the Bank o
Kodiak, the Commissioner’s
Court and the postoffice have
signified their intention of clos
ing for Memorial Day, and
Mayor Bet tinge r has requested
that all business houses do M e
wise.
Housing
Survey On
Do veterans in Kodiak need
housing?
If they do, they should make
their need known during a survey
being conducted by the city to
determine what action should be
taken to obtain either perman
ent or temporary veteran’s hous
ing construction.
A special bousing committee,
consisting of Lee Bettinger, Wil
liam H. Olsen and Victor Ellis
must know if housing units are
needed and how many before ef
forts can be made to make prop
er applications for it.
As the information is needed
immediately, all veterans desir
ous of either temporary or per
manent housing in Kodiak, either
for rent or purchase, should go
this week and make their wants
known to either Mr, Ellis, at the
Bank of Kodiak, or to Mr. Ol
sen, attorney, at his office on
Brooklyn avenue.
For the convenience of veter
ans a blank is printed on page 4
which may be filled out and mail
ed or taken to the committee
members listed above.
The city is going ahead to seek
information on priorities to de
termine if such a housing appli
cation is made how long it would
take to get materials.
The American Legion Local
Post 17 has also appointed a
committee to aid veterans in re
gards to housing.
As the determination as to
whether the city should go ahead
on a housing request must be
made at once, Mayor Bettinger
emphasized that veterans inter
ested should provide the inform
ation sought as soon as possible
this week.
If no response is indicated
plans for a bousing projeet ap
plication will be discontinued.
Veterans are urged to fill out
the coupon on page 4 now.
Mail Restricted
“Until further notice no sec
ond, third and fourth class mat
ter shall be accepted for mailing.
First class and air mail shall be
restricted to letter mail in its or
dinaiy and registered form and
shall not exceed 16 oz. in weight.
This suspension and these restric
tions shall not apply to mail for
local delivery nor for mail oiigin
ating at and destined for points
entirely within an area not af
fected by rail curtailments or
wherever other transportation
facilities arc available. The na
tion-wide rail strike makes it ina
perative these instructions be
complied with ’
M. F. Blake,
Post Office Inspector
Aneborepp. Alaska