"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 35
KODIAK, ALASKA
NOVEMBER 3, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Fire Destroys Apartment
On Woody island
A fire of undetermined orig
in completely destroped a five
unit family apartment on
Woody Island Tuesday after
noon.
None of the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration personnel
living in the building were in
jured. Considerable personal
belongings were gotten out of
the building before it was con
sumed by the fire. Joe Walsh,
station manager, said.
There was no one in the
building when the fire started
or when it was discovered.
The fire is believed to have
started in the attic.
The building was completed
around two years ago. The
loss was estimated at $100,000.
“We are crowded for room
now but no one has had to
sleep outside,’’ Walsh said,
“offers of assistance from the
Navy, Kodiak Chapter of the
Red Cross and from the Bap
tist Church have been received
and I wish to thank every
one.”
Walsh explained that any
replacement of the building
would be up to the Regional
Office in Anchorage.
Mirror Office
Suffers Flood
The MIRROR staff spent
most of Wednesday afternoon
(in hip boots) taking a practi
cal course in flood control.
A drain on the road above
August Heitman’s home be
came plugged and all the wa
ter was diverted through his
yard and poured into the back
door of the MIRROR compos
ing room.
Betty Reynolds, typesetter,
said she heard a loud swishing
sound and looked up from her
composing stick to find the
floor entirely covered with
water.
She immediately began try
ing to stop the flow of water
into the building but finally
gave it up as hopeless and be
gan to lift paper, mats and
other newspaper supplies from
the floor.
Gene Crawford, printer, and
Mel Crawford, editor, finally
arrived to help Mrs. Reynolds.
After about an hour the city
work crew got the drain clean
and the flood waters went
down.
Elroy F. Hinman, assistant
to the general manager of the I
Alaska Railroad, was in Ko
diak during the First Annual I
Convention of the League of |
Alaskan Cities.
Communists Baik
At Ultimatum
By the Associated Press
Munsan—Red truce negotia
tor pressed Allied delegates
to accept a Communist pro
posal for a cease fire zone a
cross Korea but balked at
issuing an ultimatum.
Brig. Gen. William Nukols,
U. N. command spokesman,
said the Communist sub-com
mittee at Panmunjon urged
the Allies to give up their de
mands for Kaesong and ac
cept the Red line. Maj. Gen
Henry Hodes, head of U. S.
Sub-committee, asked the
Reds if they were issuing an
ultimatum.
“They refused to answer
directly and were evasive,
saying sincerity was necessary
on both sides,’’ Hodes replied.
Meanwhile, in the air over
Korea 24 Allied Saberjets
tangled with 44 Communists
MIGS yesterday in a blazing 5
minute aerial war.
Fifth Air Force headquar
ters claimed one MIG shot
down which brought the total
bag of Russian made jets to
100.
The ground war up until
Thursday was limited to
patrols along a front that was
showing evidence of the first
substantial snow of the season.
Cattlemen To Receive
Territorial Help
Through the cooperation of
the U. S. Production Market
ing Administration the Alaska
Department of Agriculture
plans to assist the beef cattle
men in Alaska in developing
transportation, slaughtering
and marketing their products.
Clyde G. Sherman, com
missioner of Agriculture for
the territory, discussed the a
bove problem with several
members of the Kodiak Live
stock Growers Association
during the three day conven
tion here.
He declared that the new
meat inspection regulations
in the territory will enable A
laskan meat to be sold on any
market.
He added that the dairy
health program in the terri
tory was well organized and
on its way for the eradication
of Bang’s disease.
Sam Morrison, former Ko'
diak resident, returned to Ko
diak recently and is employed
at Kodiak Naval Station.
Building Damaged
By High Tide
A high tide with heavy
swells and a stronsr northeast
wind resulted in considerable
damage to a building owned
by Kodiak Airways Wednes
day.
The building, a former gym
nasium at Danger Bay, was
towed to Kodiak recently. Bob
Hall, owner of Kodiak Air
ways, planned to convert the
wartime building into a hangar
for his planes. The building
was on the beach and within
reach of the wind and wayes.
The polaris, fishing and
hunting boat of Alf Madsen,
was also damaged. Madsen
had placed the boat above
what he believed was high
tide. The wind and swells filled i
the boat with water. Madsen
worked Thursday drying out
the engine and boat.
The official tide book for
Kodiak on Wednesday indicat
ed that high tide would be 10
feet, two inches. Madsen said
if it had been an 11 foot tide,
but without the wind and
swells, his boat would not
have been damage.
Second Concert
Plans Complete
Sharing honors with the two
opera stars, Tomiko Kanazawa
and Cesare Curzi who will ap
pear here on November 13 at
the Orpheum Theatre is
Richard Cumming, their ac
companist.
Cumming made his official
febut in San Francisco in
1950. He has appeared as
soloist and assisting art’st on
concerts throughout the west.
Mme. Kanazawa and Curzi
aave won enviable places for
ffiemselves in the concert
world. Mme. Kanazwa is the
wife of Leo Mueller, conduc
tor of the Metropolitan Opera.
She is known in New Orleans,
Cincinnati and on the Pacific
coast as a lyric soprano.
The concert is scheduled to
begin at 8:20 pm, Mrs. V. G.
Ellis, chairman of the Alaska
Music Trails committee, said
yesterday.
This is the second in a series
jf three concerts that will be
beard in Kodiak. Season tic
kets for the three programs
were on sale prior to the first
concert.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Madsen
were scheduled to leave by
plane this week for a vacation
in the states. They plan to
visit Los Angeles, San Diego
and Old Mexico.
They plan to be gone six or
seven weeks.
Bettinger League Prexy;
ConventionEndsTuesday
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger was
elected president of the
League of Alaskan Cities dur
ing the Tuesday afternoon ses
sion.
Mildred Kirkpatrick, editor
Seward Record and member
of the Seward School Board,
was elected vice president.
Trustees for the coming year
are Col. Clarence Johnson,
member Seward council; Wal
ter Hodges, city attorney,
Cordova; Paul A. Dupler, city
attorney, Kodiak; Robert
Cudd, acting mayor of Sel
dovia; Maynard Taylor, Jr.,
mayor, Anchorage.
Following the three day
session of the First Annual
Convention an all Alaskan
dinner was served at the
Delegate Bartlett
Montmartre Inn for the dele
gates and guests. Representa
tive E. L. Bartlett was the
principal speaker at the ban
quet.
Over 100 persons attended
the banquet which included
members of the Kodiak city
To Stand Trial
In 3rd District Court
Harold N. Bjerken, charged
with forgery, and Victor Pad
illa and Joseph C. Beach,
charged with robbery, were
taken to Anchorage Thursday
aboard a PNA plane by U.S.
Deputy Marshal Clarence Dis
ney.
The men are scheduled to
stand trial in Third District
Court.
Jesse Lloyd Bates, Norman
Ward. Similee Hines and
George Davis have been sub
poened by the Grand Jury,
which is now in session, as
witnesses. They also left a
board Thursday’s plane for
Anchorage.
Donald Lowery, REA rep
resentative from Palmer is in
Kodiak this week.
council, Rear Admr. E. A.
Cruise, commandant 17th
Naval District, Capt. R. C.
Brixner, commandant officer
Kodiak Naval Station, and
G. P. Koch, NS executive
officer.
The convention got under
way Sunday with an opening
address by Mayor Bettinger
followed by an address by Z.
J. Loussac, former mayor of
Anchorage and outgoing presi
dent of the League.
Arthur Rosien, executive
i secretary of the League made
his annuul report. Monday,
Col. Earl Landreth, territorial
director of Civil Defense ad
dressed the delegates and
urged that they organize civil
defense for their own pro
tection; make a general plan
of action, supplemented by
detailed plans; undertake
training of personnel.
Also on Monday the dele
gates heard Niel F. Moore,
| territorial auditor, reviewed
the background of the social
security movement and ex
plained the operation of OASI
benefits for municipal em
ployees under a new agree
ment between the territorial
and federal government.
Sneakers Monday after
noon included Bettinger,
Mayor Hoopes of Fairbanks,
Robert Sharpe, city manager
fo*r Anchorage, Dr. Robert
Smith, assistant territorial
commissioner of health, and
Clyde Sherman commissioner
of agriculture for the terri
tory.
On Tuesday the delegates
formulated a legislative pro
gram, which included 27 items
for study and legislation. They
also passed five resolutions
which included the one from
the Kodiak Livestock Growers
Association.
I i he other tour resolutions:
1. League to act as interested
party at hearing dealing with
matters of interest to cities.
2. The University of Alaska
will be asked to aid the League
in a study to determine the
best possible method of cre
ating metropolitan area
government. ?. Vote of thanks
to the City of Kodiak. 4. A
doption of Western City maga
zine as the League’s official
publication.
Monday evening a party for
Del. Bartlett and the delegates
was given at Kodiak Naval
Station.
Inclement weather prevent
ed the delegates from leaving
| for their homes on Wednes
day.