0L7 NO. 34
rrNews of oAmencas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 25, 1947
Libra rw-Musen»
Juneau, Alaska
PRICE 10 CENTS
3pen House
tlavy Day
> Tbe entire population of Kod
ik is iorited to join with the
fivy in observance of Navy
Monday, Oct 27, and spec
il services, an open house and
Iher activities have been plan
#1 by the Navy for the day.
Open house will be held from 1
a to 5 pm to give the public an
iportunity to see how the Navy
Wfa, eats and sleeps. Special
ion will operate continuously
firing those hours to permit vis
'a to many departments of inter
t. Stopovers will inolude the
Mi ball, barracks, dispensary,
estation, radio station WVCQ
|d the boat house. There will
» be an opportunity to inspect
InatiDg drydock and to visit
e main hangar where several
aaes and aviation exhibits will
i on display.
The day will be climaxed by
e close of the Community
•lest program, from 5 to 9 pm,
We everyone will find aD en
jible evening and be given a
race to help in the worthy
are. The program will be held
the Civilian gym, with special
tsic, variety programs, ham
mers and soft drinks, plus var
*■ raffles for over $5000 worth
: valuable prizes. All profits go
'» the Community Chest, and
Cevening will be brought to a
eat 9 o’clock with the grand
iiawing for the Plymouth, radio
id camera
i Merchants will c’ose for the i
ptsrnoon, and liquor establish-1
I Kate will close from noon to 6
■ toenable personnel to attend
k activities. School will alsoj
we in the afternoon and ch<ld
o will be provided special trans
lation by the Navy to and
mi the base
IRemember Navy Da}’ and set
oaday aside to "meet your
,,wy—Victor in War—Guard
■ in Peace.”
ood Saving
isters Planned
'ostiog of $35 in prizes for the
st posters made by school
ren on the subject of Presid
Truman’s Food Conservation
Miam was announced this
W by L. K. Wodlmger, presid
tof the Kodiak Chapter of the
nencan Red Cross.
The competition is open to all
bool child en, both in Kodiak
d at the base Posters must be
ewved by the local Red Crosi
k later than Nov. 1.
* Prize* of $5, $3, *2.50 and *2
.in be offered the 4 best in high
bool and also the 4 best in the
rides, with an additional prize
$10 for the sweepstake winner.
Judges will be L. K. Wodlinger, j
idkim Laumie and Ken i\ ade.,
Proclamation
To the Citizens of Kodiak:
Whereas, Monday, Oct. 27 is
designated as Navy Day, for the
express purpose of acquainting
the public with the organization,
activities and traditions of the
Navy, and
Whereas, it is fitting that we
demonstrate our interest and ap
preciation of the Navy by active
participation in the traditional
observance, therfore,
I, Lee Bettinger, by virtue of
the power invested in me as
mayor of Kodiak, do hereby
proclaim that the businesses of
Kodiak shall close the afternoon
of Navy Day so all who can may
join in fitting tribute to our
Navy.
Signed, Lee C Bettinger,
Mayor of Kodiak
Novikoff
Sentenced
Anchorage (Special)—Anthony
D. Novikoff pleaded gulfy to a
second degree murder charge Fri
day afiemoon for the killing of
Charles Nelson and Judge Anth
ony Dimond sentenced him to 20
years in the penitentiary.
At the same time Novikoff
pleaded guilty to a manslaughter
charge for the killing of Nelson’s
wife, Katherine, and received a
sentence of 15 years.
He was represented in court by
Attorneys J. Geiald Williams
and George Grigsby and was cry
ing profusely, when sentence was
passed. He told the judge he was
sorry for eveiything
Kodiak — Novikoff shot the
young married couple after a
drinking argument at his home
on Uyak bay last May. Aftsr
Novihoff was taken into custody
by Deputy U, S. Marshal Paul
Herring and brought to Kodiak
Mrs. Novikoff and daughter
moved here; She recently filed
suit for divorce.
Memorial Services
Planned At Base
Special Navy Day memorial
services in honor of these lost at
sea in defense of the United
States, whose bodies were con
signed to graves in the waters of
the world, will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow, Sunday, at the boat
house south of the Naval Admin
istration building.
Relatives and friends of such
personnel may leave flowers,
p.eferably but not necessarily
wild or heme grown, at the shore
patrol headquarters, or at the
Chaplain’s office, by 3 pm today
Following appropriate dock
side ceremonies the flowers will
be scattered over the waters
from aboard ship.
Man Dies
In Fire
une man is aeaa ana me
Ralph Shupp family had a nar
row escape from a fire early yes
terday morning that did exten
sive damage to the new Shupp
residence in the Erskine addition
on Mill Bay road.
The dead man is John Beek,
about 55, a carpenter emp!oyed
by Shupp in his local contract
ing business.
The fire occurred at 6:35, ap
parently starting from an oil fur
nace in the basement. Beck was
sleeping in a bedroom on the first
floor.
The Shupp’s were sleeping in
one of the 2nd story bedrooms
and their two children, Mike, 2
and a half years old and Ronda,
age 5, were in a nearby bedroom.
The Shupps were awakened by
the cries of Mike calling for his
mother, and the father ran into
the children’s room and grabbing
both childien took them to their
bedroom being unable to go
down the stairs because of the
heat and smoke. Neighbors
heard calls for help and Stanley
i Alvine, across the street, ran
over in his pajamas and as Shupp
lowered the 2 children and Mrs.
Shupp from the window Alvine
: caught (hem He seaiched the
(yard and found a ladder and put
it up for Shupp to come down.
As soon as it was determined
Beck was in his bedroom a win
dow was broken and the room
enlere •. Beck was ound in a
huddled position on the floor by
his bed. None of the interior ©I
his room or bed w as burned but
Beck had severe burns over his
enure back and other parts < f
his body. He had a faint pulse
when discovered and was rushed
to the hospital but Dr. A
Holmes Johnson said he was dead
on arrival there.
Beck had worked for CAA on
Woody island in April, but they
had no personnel record on him
Friends said before coming here
he had worked in Anchorage and
formerly lived both in Valdez
aDd Cordova. He is reported to
have been married at one tune
but no further details are known.
Shupp built the home, one of
the largest and most modern in
Kodiak, and he and his family
had just moved in this year. The
basement was hardest bit by the
blaze, along with the kitehen and
living room on the first floor and
slight damage upstairs.
An estimate for insurance,
which was carried, placed the
damage at about $0000.
The Shupps are staying temp
orarily at the Baptist Mission.
Drive On
For Center
Empbatipally answering the
question as to whether they ap
preciate the use of the Commun
ity Center—forty young people
of Kodiak, mostly teen-agers
with part-time employment, j
pledged more than $400 last|
Sunday to start off the Center’s
drive for funds for 1948
Those pledges, together with an
advance pledge of $500 from the'
Kodiak Chapter of the American'
Red Cross, put more than ten
per cent of the goal of $8500 in
the till before the campaign of
ficially opened on Monday.
First event of the campaign
was a “kickoff dinner” at the
V. F. W. Club cn Monday noon
The luncheon was complimented
by the V. F. W. Club and Man
ager Lynn Markham with even
the waitress, Lee Fjeldheim, do
nating her services. James Mariz
campaign chairman, presided at
a discussion of ways and means
of reaching the goal. All membeis
of the committee were confident
they would have practically the
unanimous assistance of towns
people in making the campaign
a success
First report of progress is ex
pected by Chairman Martz on
Monday when the campaign com'
mittee members have completed
their first round of soliciting
The Center’s policies are set
and supervised by a board of dir
ectors which represents most of
the local civ c organizations and
the city government. The fact
that attendance at the Center ac
tivities totals nearly 6000 per
month is evidence of the use to
which the building is put.
Members of the financial cam
pa gn committee—in ad liti n to
Chairman Martz—are Ben Kraft
Oscar Nelson. Marjorie Gun^er
scn, John Gibbons, Henry Rreck
burg, Marion Fitzgeralr, Marcus
Meyer, and Jorgen Fredrickson.
Pledges mav be turned over to
any of them, the Orpheum ihe
atre or Community center.
No m ney is needed now Withj
the expected success of the BPW ■
Carnival next Saturday the cent- j
er will have funds with which to j
finish the current year Pledges,
received in the present drive arc;
for 1948 operati .n and may be (
paid any time before next Aug
They may be paid semi-annually,
quarterly or even in monthly in
stallments ( or instance a pledge
of $25 amounts t> only a tittle
more than $2 per month )
The fire department was called
at, 2:26 pm Thursday when an oil
range in the closed Cheechako
Grill apparently overflowed and
burned out the chimney and shot
flames up the wall. It was extin
guished without damage.
Ask Action
On School
Following the discussion inai
was the sole topic at the Thurs
day meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce, regarding the com
plete failure of Territorial offic
ials to provide funds for the op
eration of schools here, a special
committee met that night at the
Bank of Kodiak.
The committee, consisting of
Mayor Lee Bettinger, chairman,
Jack Hinckel, A. A. Owen, Tom
Utterbaek and Marshall Crutch
er, drafted a wire to be sent
Chambers at Anchorage, Sew
ard, Cordova and Seldovia.
Pointing out that the city s
share of money would keep
•echool going only through Nov
ember, the wire said:
“It appears Territorial admin
. istrative offices are spending
! their budgets but giving nothing
' to schools. This should be stop
ped now and all Territorial in
come since July 1 shared equit
able with the school budget.
J “We believe a special session
of the legislature imperative
j What is your town doing to get
action from Legislators, Govern
!or, Treasurer and Auditor?
| “This is too important to de
lay solution. Please wire reply
J This situation, G W. Buben
dorf, president of the Chamber
said yesterday, never has con
fronted our citizens before and
most of them do not, real ze that
if fimds in volume are not pro
vided quickly our school may
have to close this winter from
inability to pay teachers salaries
and other ex( enses
"it is necessary, ue »»■<>,
'‘that parents and frien ts of the
public schools know the facts
and insist that our Territorial
gpvenment in Juneau drop their
differences and get together at
once to relieve this situation ”
At the Chamber meeting May
or Bettinge pointed out that, the
shortage of funds is the result of
thewa ton lack of responsibility
shown by the legislature and
that if anything should arouse
the citizenry this situatio i
should
He suggested a plan of bci
rowing funds on loans endorsed
by business men as a stop gap
to keep the local school going if
action is too slow coming from
Juneau and o her methods were
discusced
After a suggestion by Marshall
Crutcher that the responsibility
lies with the Territory and so
ali effort should be made to
force it to discharge its duty,
the special committee was ap
ponted and authorized to start
action.
Further steps will be taken as
soon as the cities wired to,
answer.