"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 22
KODIAK. ALASKA
AUGUST 4. 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
UN Troops Advance;
Peace Rumors Continue
By the Associated Press
Korea—United Nations forces
broke a four day lull on the
central front with a seven
mile wide limited attack south
of Kumsong yesterday.
Gains of over two miles
were against practically no
resistance. Tank and infantry
teams pushed on nearly a mile
further after the original ob
jectives were won. The.assault
was presumably to strengthen
positions and command high
terrain. There were several
sharp patrol exchanges east of
the allied attack in the Yangu
sector. The allied units struck
out in daylight and the Com
munists hit bacK at night.
Bombers from the Fifth Air
Force bombed a large supply
area at Pyongyang, North
Korean capital, and set off a
large fire which was followed
by an explosion.
Tokyo—Allied observers to
day interpreted Peiping
radio’s latest propaganda bar
rage on the Korean war
armistice talks as an indica
tion the Commies are about
ready to agree on a buffer
zone, the issue which has
deadlocked the cease fire
talks in Kaesong for the past
week.
The Peiping radio said the
United States was insisting on
a neutral area across Korea
running approximately from
Pyongyang to Wonsan, pre
sently beleaguered east port
city.
Actually the United Nations
proposal would locate the buf
fer zone south of the 38th
parallel and about 35 miles
north on the east coast. This
is from 65 or 70 miles south
of where the Commies want
the line located.
The usual Red distortion of
the proposal was viewed by
some Tokyo observers as pre
paration for acceptance of the
U. N. plan without too great
a loss of face at home.
Elks Hold Picnic
On Woody Island
B. P. 0. E. 1772 held a pic
nic Sunday at Woody Island
for members of the local lodge
and the Emblem Club.
The annual Elk’s picnic for
children will be held at Holi
day Beach on Aug. 19. Details
of the event will be announced
in a coming issue of the MIR
ROR.
The Catholic Ladies Guild
will hold an open house today
between 2 and 5 pm at the
home of Mrs. Walter O’Brien.
Council Angry
With Dogs
Members of the city council
and Mayor Lee C. Bettinger,
apparently tired of complaints
about Kodiak’s dogs, have
called the attention of the
public to the following section
of ordinance 140.
“Any dog, whether licensed
or unlicensed, which is un
leashed and out of the immedi
ate control of the owner, and
is running at large on the
streets, alleys or public places
may be impounded in the city
dog pound.’’
Recent laboratory tests by
Dr. W. H. Gaub, U. S. Public
Health Service representative,
show that Weil’s disease is
being carried by some Kodiak
canines.
The city officials plan to hire
a full-time dog catcher to con
duct a round-up of the dogs.
In the past numerous round
ups have been conducted
against the rapidly increasing
dog population. None has
proved successful.
Baptist Meeting
Begins August 14
The Community Baptist
Church will be host to the
Alaska Baptist Convention
when it meets for its sixth
annual session August 14
through 16.
The Rev. R. N. Wilkinson
will be host pastor to the con
vention.
Dr. J. B. Lawrence, execu
tive secretary of the Home
Mission Board in Atlanta,
Georgia, will be guest speaker
at the convention. Dr. Law
rence is known in Alaska as a
speaker on the Baptist Good
News Hour which is broad
cast over all six of the Alaska
Broadcasting Stations in A
laska.
While in the territory he
plans to visit all Baptist
churches and Mission points.
New Police Chief
To Arrive Aug. 15
Dorwin G. Ware, former
police officer at Auburn,
Washington, is expected to
arrive in Kodiak around Au
gust 15, to take over the
duties as chief of police.
In a letter to the council,
Ware told of his planned ar
rival here but indicated he
would leave his family in
Washington until he obtained
a house.
Illegal Fishing
Charges Made
Juneau (-P) —Andrew Hope,
chairman of the House Fish
eries Committee in the 1951
legislature, and William Wal
ton, chairman of the Alaska
Board of Fisheries, were
among 31 fishermen arrested
Wednesday by the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Dan Ralston, law enforce
ment supervisor, made the ar
rest near Sitka. He said the
men’s seines were full of sal
mon at 5:45 am, fifteen
minutes before the season
opened.
Five boats were involved in
the arrest. Four were charged
with fishing in an inlet before
the opening.
Six men were with Hope
and seven with Walton. The
men were not taken in but
allowed to continue fishing.
The case was scheduled to be
heard in commissioner’s court
yesterday.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
San Franisco — The Cali
fornia Street Cable Railroad
Company ordered its pictures
que maroon and gold cable
cars temporarily out of service
last night because the com
pany’s insurance has been
cancelled.
The company’s liability in
surance was cancelled by
Lloyd’s of London effective at
midnight Wednesday. Stock
holders will meet today to de
cide whether the line shall be
sold to the city of San Fran
cisco for $150,000.
Washington (A5) — A. F.
Ghiglione of Juneau, Alaska
was named commissioner of
roads in Alaska by Secretary
of Interior Chapman. He suc
ceeds Col. John R. .Noyes, who
was recalled by the Army
earlier this year.
As commissioner, Ghiglione
will also be chairman of the
Alaska road commission.
Hystad, Sweden—1 he hrst
known mutiny aboard a Com
munist man-o-war in the Bal
tic since the Russian revolu
tion took place this week.
Sixteen mutineers locked up
their officers at pistol point
aboard a Polish minesweeper
and took the ship to Sweden.
Twelve of the 16, with per
mission of the Swedish police,
went ashore to plead with
higher authorities for asylum.
The four others sailed back
across the Baltic to whatever
fate awaits them in Poland.
First Kodiak Rodeo
Set For Tomorrow
Cancer Crusade
Displays Posters
Two and three color posters
urging support of the local
Cancer Crusade made their
appearance this week in dis
play windows of Kodiak
stores.
Paul A. Dupler, local at
torney, is chairman of the
local drive. While no goal has
been set for Kodiak every ef
fort will be made to obtain the
maximum in donations, Dup
ler said.
The Wild West Show at Kal
sin Bay has been described as
the “kick-off” for the local
crusade.
“We are going to ask those
who support cancer control to
budget their contributions in
proportion to the importance
of cancer in their daily lives,”
Dupler said.
The theme for the drive is:
“Guard your family. Strike
back. Give to conquer cancer.”
Folsom Family
To Leave Kodiak
Mrs. Max Folsom and child
ren Max, jr., 16, Marcia, 12,
and Michael, 10, plan to board
the Denali Wednesday on the
vessel’s return trip to Seattle.
Max, sr., will join his
family around August 15, at
Salem, Oregon. He plans to go
by air.
The Folsom family plans to
settle in the states. They have
been residents of Kodiak for
the past 10 years. Max, jr.
has been head paper boy for
the Kodiak Mirror for the
past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kraft
have purchased the Folsom
home on Mill Bay Road.
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Boat Runs Aground
At Woman's Bay
The Kodiak Bear III. owned
by Charles Madsen, went
aground yesterday around 4
pm at the entrance to Wo
men’s Bay. The Navy tug
YPB 497 dragged the boat
clear at 9 pm. The vessel was
not damaged.
Seattle—The largest group
of Korean war veterans to re
turn to the U. S., 4,737
soldiers, aboard a single ship
arrived here Thursday after
noon aboard a Navy trans
port.
Lee C. Bettinger was a PNA
passenger for Anchorage
Thursday.
The Wild West Show at Kal
sin Bay tomorrow afternoon
will be filmed for television,
the Navy announced yester
day.
Bronc riding, roping, races
and all events included in a
western rodeo will be featured
at the Tom Nelson ranch on
the southern boundary of Ko
diak Naval Station. The big
show will get underway at 2
pm.
The film will be processed
in Anchorage, edited at El
mendorf Field and sent to
Cantain William Chamberlain,
District Public Information
Officer, 13th Naval District,
Seattle, for release.
Over 70 head of horses and
cattle are being groomed and
readied for the show, John
Gibbons, co-sponsor of the
event, said yesterday.
Special passes permitting
customers to pass through the
Kodiak Naval Station gates to
Nelson’s ranch will be avail
able, Gibbons said. Admission
to the show is $3 for adults
and $1.50 for children. Child
ren under school age are ad
mitted free, and free horse
back rides will be given the
children from 1 to 2 pm.
Passes through the Naval
reservation to the show may
be obtained at the Main Gate
to the Kodiak Naval Station.
The Wild West Show has
been described rs a “kick
off” for the local Cancer Cru
sade. Part of the money re
ceived from the show will be
donated to the crusade fund.
Entries for the show closed
Wednesday night with more
entrants for the various
events than can be accomo
dated, Gibbons said.
In the saddle bronc riding
event the following riders will
participate: Bill Jones, D. H.
Patterson, Ralph Gibbons, Bill
Dismuke, G. R. Newman, Le
roy Whitesell, J. L. Jones,
Dave Henley, and Z. L.
Gregg.
In the bareback bronc rid
ing contest the above riders
and several others are listed.
The wild cow riding list is
long and the calf roping con
test has eight entrants. An
even dozen contestants have
signed up for the wild cow
milking contest.
The 19 horses for the various
bronc riding events are
named: Yukon Mare, Fish and
Wildlife, Rose of Kalsin Bay,
Payday, Lee C. Bettinger,
Major Ryffel, Willawaw, Ma
geik, Flash Red, Klondike
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