News oj oAmericas Last Frontier ”
OE i NO- 40
KODIAK, ALASKA, DECEMBER 5, 1942
PRICE 10 CENT*
Ipioneer
s Called
Seattle (^F)—Jesse Manson
jinn. 80, Alaska pioneer who
lunded tbe first cannery on
odiak island, died at the Au
0n hospital Tuesday. Blinn
toed and operated a dance hall
id pool room at Kodiak, now
in by two sons, and for many
ears operated the mail route
0tween Seldovia and Cook’s in
t.
Jesse Blinn was born on Feb
ary 17, 1862 in Frankfort, Ind
ina,and came to Alaska first on
ILe Amethyst in 1887 to fish a
jund Karluk He returned the
(Bowing year on the schooner
!. T Hill and assumed manager
tip of the Northern Commercial
!o. store on Woody island. Lat
r be was in charge of the corn
nay's store here, which was the
trerunner of l he present O.
raft & Son store.
He and a partner, P D Blod
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Recovers After
Niicide Attempt
City police reported this weel
Ut a man attempted suicide a
out 11:00 a. m. Monday by
linking poison and had to lx
•rcbly taken to the hospital foi
nergency treatment The man
illy recovered and was rcleasod
om the hospital later in the
eek
Police sa»d the man had Ireen
spondent because of wor*y
ter the care of his family after
i expected induction into the
roy
Stes Held For
Irs. Shuravloff
Funeral services were held
ednesday at 3 p. m. at the
»ssiati Greek Orthodox church
th Rev. Gregory Glehoff offic
-ing, for Mrs Simeon 'Shura vl
.Who was born in Kodiak Jan
*y 10,. 1882, and had lived
re practically all her life
huignifr of Mr.and Mrs Jacob
ricalloff, who preceded her in
ith,she was married in 1900.
r husband died in February
1927 She was the mother ot
children and is survived by
aughters and 2 sens: Mrs
rl MendcII, Mrs. Helen Eck,
A.Morrison ; and Lionel and
Hiam; all of this city,
n 1904-Oc Mrs Shuravloff
id in Cordova,but has lived
e since. She suffered a paral
ist-oke in January, 1941, and
econd in September this year
n which she never recovered
1 had made her home with
daughter Mrs. Morrison.
lap Bomber Under Inspection In Solomon Islands
Tulagi—Solomon Islands—In this official U. S. Navy photo just released an American destroyer
draws close for a good look at a Japanese two-motored bomber, which was shot down near here.
Scrap Drive
Renewed
The scrap metal drive was re
newed this week with the distrib
ution of handbills urging that
scrap be collected to all homes
in town with assistance of the
Boy Scuts
Metal pots, pans, old stoves,
machinery or soap metal of any
sort are sought in the drive, and
anyone having any may contact
the Island Transfer Co or Ray
Mari in’s Club l.iquor store, so
that it can Le promptly collected
All scrap will be turned over
to the anny for immediate
shipment.
Fire incident
jEnds In Trial
A jury (rial was held Thurs
day in U. S. Commissioner C. C.
Naughtcn’s court as the result of
an assault and battery charge
brought by Lester Page, taxi
driver, against Ray and Leo
Sears. Thechaige followed an in
cident that occurred during the
Thanksgiving evening fire at the
Helsel and Frost residences,
when the taxi, driven by Page,
came to a fire hose streched a
cross Mission road
Testimony indicated Page ap
plied his brakes to keep from
running over the hoSe and skid
ded The Sears brothers, mem
bers of the fire department,
testified the skidding taxi en
dangered their mother and father
Mr. and Mrs. Sears, who were
standing nearby, and that tliej'
pulled the driver from the car
and gave him a beating, then
drove him to tlie Marshal’s off
ice
The jury returned a verdict of
not guilty. 1 he jurors six by
stipulation, were Jack Lydick,
R. Urdahl, Herman Felder,
Henry Wollf, Oscar Nelson and
Ole Olson.
3 Overdue
Hunters Return
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson,
Kodiak, and Dean Smith, base
employee, returned to town last
night after having been overdue
6 weeks from a bear hunting trip
that started Oct. 3 The party
was strati..cd in spiridon bay
and was delayed by a combina
tion of outboard motor trouble
8nd the long spell of inclement
weather.
They were picked up byr Mr.
Laurenson. Bear Island and
brought here last night. A boat
piloted by Don 'Bogets had al
ready left yesterday to search for
them, but a wire caught him at
Ouzinkie and he is expected back
today.
The party bagged three bears
but were forced to leave the
skins behind
Scout Official
Visiting
F S. Frazier, executive of the
Boy Scouts of America for West
ern Alaska and the interior, is
vi-itingin Kodiak to assist the
local Scout troop which i6 active
under the leadership of Scout
master a. William Schara and
the sponsorship of the Commun
ity Baptist church. He is also
here to give people the oppor.
tunity to help in financing of
Scout work in the Territory.
A drive for funds is being
sponsored by the" Rotary club,
headed by a committee comnos
ed of Frank Hermann, Forest <1
Ayers and Bev CIrogory Morony*
“'Phe Boy Scouts ns an o-ganiz
at on is doing a t<emendous job
in assisting in the war effort.,”
Mr. Frazier said, ,,and are help
ing in 24 projects at the request
of various bureaus in Washing
ton. We are concentrating all
our efforts toward national de
fense.”
Center Fund
Drive On
A cHve was started this week
to enable the Kodiak Post of
the American l egion to turn
over the Region hall to the
American Red Cross free of a
$3500 ob'igation, so that the
Red Cross can go ahead and im
prove the building for a tecrea
tion center 'or the men in uni
form. After the war the building,
with improvement-, will lie
turned back to the I eg on, with
the stipulation that it be used
for a community center.
Donations are being collected
by Mrs. Warren A. Taylor and
Mrs. Foiest G. Ayers, and in the
first week over $1500 was pledg
ed by local business men. Volun
teer contributions in any amount
are welcome. Donois and a
mounts will be published at
comnletion of the drive.
New Year's Eve
Ball Announced
The Volunteer F re Depart*
ment announced this week that
New Year’s Eve will be the date
of the third annual Firemen’s
Ball, always one of the biggeste
ventsof the year. Last year the
ball was cancelled because of t he
war.
The dance will be held at
Blinn’s hall, and tickets at SI
will go on sale next week.
Further plans for entertainment
features and other details ot the
dance will be announced later
Accountant Arrives
Marsh il (butcher account
ant, of Ketchikan and scuttle,
arrived here recently for a short
stay during which he will do
work for various private ac
counts. and also for the City, in
connection with the water and
sewer projects.
Dies After
Accident
Death struck suddenly **
il:10A.M. at the Base laat
Saturday, when Edric MeRfr
berts, 27-years-old auto media*
ic’s helper, was crushed beneath
the rear wheels of a manltvd
truck as it entered an icy sr»
faced curve in trie road.
McRoberts had boarded the
snowcovered steel deck of the
flatbed truck, which was driven
by John Donnely, at the garage
with his companion Robert F.
Loud and was enroute to the
mess hall, playfully tossing
snowballs as they rode along
Eye-witness, Earl T. Johnson,
who was driving behind the
truck said, “As nearly as I could
tell, the boy was standing, fac
ing towards the cab as it went
into the cftrve and his feet slip
ped from under him and lie tot
tered backwards toppling be
neat h the right rear wheel which
passed over his head and.
shoulders ’ He attempted to
rise from the prone position bwP
fell uown again, unconcious. He
was rushed to the ho pifal but
failed to rally from the com
pound comminuted fractured
skull and passed away at
P. M. Sunday evening,
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Death Follows
Fall Overboard
Manuel Lopez, about /50, died
Sunday after a fall overboard
from an Army boat which had
left Kodiak and was about IS
minutes out.
W tnesses said Lopez fell over
board and that one of the creir
jumped in and pulled him oofc
but that he was already dead
when rescued. Death was ascrib
ed to heart failure and immer
sion
It is reported he ts survived l»y
his mother in Blaine, Washing
ton.
J. Goodmensen
Services Held
Funeral services were heM
Wednesday at 2 p m for John
Goc.dmensen, 64, who passed
away December 1 a Per a heart
attack. He had been ill for some
time.
The fleet ased was w ell-known;
here, where he had worked as a
sailor anti iishei man for »he past
0 years. He was born in Norway
and was a naturalized U. S. citi
zen.
He is survived by a broiler
Gustav, of Kodiak and bv a
number of relatives in the States
Inteunent was m iijc new ceme
tery.