"News of oAmencas Last Frontier9
VOL 11 NO 8
KODIAK, ALASKA
APRIL 21, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Two Believed Drowned,
Missing Since Sunday
An overturned 12-foot ply
board skiff found by searchers
on a sandy beach near Gib
son’s Cove Monday was mute
testimony to the fate of two
family men at Kodiak Naval
Station.
Henry C. Findley, 31, and
Marion E. Pulver, 39, civilian
employees at the rigging loft,
are believed to have drowned
sometime Sunday afternoon.
Their car was found Sunday
evening near Cliff point by
searchers after the men failed
te return to their homes.
JSariy Sunday morning the1
too men went to Cliff point
for crab fishing, planning to
•etarn home around 2 pm.
Monday, a Navy search
plane spotted the overturned
skiff on the beach. Two oars
and a partly filled red gaso
line can were found nearby.
An outboard motor, believed
to have been attached to the
shiff, was missing.
The two men were reported
to have been in Kodiak around
noon Sunday, U. S. Deputy
Clarence Dizney, said. It is
believed that they drove to
Cliff point and came across the
hay to town with the outboard
and skiff. On the return trip
it is believed the skiff over
turned.
Raymond Van Buren, local
cab driver, reported seeing a
skiff floating near Gibson’s
Gave around 5 pm Sunday.
A search for the men, by
boat, plane and on foot was
conducted by the Navy and
Marine detachment Monday
and Tuesday. A Navy plane
spotted the 12-foot green and
white skiff on the beach and it
was identified as the one used
hp Findley and Pulver.
Findley is survived by his
wife, Bernice, a daughter,
Sharon and twin boys, Larry
and Carey. Pulver is survived
Ip his wife, Helen and a three
jcar old son.
Pulver had been employed
at Kodiak Naval Station since
IMS and Findley had been
there since 1946.
tormck On Shelikoff
!' A Ford Tudor sedan driven
Ip Rudy Anderson of MSTS
crashed into a parked station
wagon owned by E. M. Hayes
Sunday evening around 7 pm.
The accident occured on
Shelikof Highway near the
Pinch apartments. Damage to
the station wagon was esti
mated around $400 and the
damage to the Ford at $150.
An accident report was
male to the marshal’s office.
Bulletin
Late yesterday afternoon no
trace of the missing men had
been found. A search of the
beaches by foot patrols and a
water search by boats and
planes were continuing, a
Navy official said.
Mayor Leaves
For Washington
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
left Kodiak Thursday for
Washington, D. C. to confer
with officials of the Federal
Housing Authority regarding
approval of the housing pro
ject in the east addition.
Earlier this month the
mayor flew to Juneau to dis
cuss the matter with Clinton
Staples, FHA director for the
Territory.
During a special council
meeting Monday night mem
bers of the city council heard
a report of the mayor’s visit
to Juneau and approved the
trip to Washington.
Plans for the housing pro
ject were held up by the
Juneau office. Mayor Bett
inger’s trip to Washington
will be for the purpose of
speeding the project, he said
Thursday prior to boarding
the plane.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Japan (A3)—Grave and tense
Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgeway
told new American occupation
troops Thursday that “to all
intents and purposes you are
here in war. We stand under
imminent threat of war which
can be unleashed at time and
place of choosing of other
people.”
Gen. Ridgeway recently as
sumed command of Pacific
forces following the ousting of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Cleveland (A*)—The United
States armed forces will have
trouble filling the manpower
needs within the next 18
months, draft director Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said.
He laid the shortage to the
fact that babies born during
the depression when the birth
rate fell off will not reach the
eligible age of 19. He also
pointed out that some re
servists are scheduled to be
released in September.
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Elk Convention
Ends Tonight
The closing session and the
installation of officers at the
Orpheum Theatre at 2 pm
this afternoon plus the Grand
Ball and dinner dance tonight
at the Elk's Club will bi'ing to
a close the second annual eon
j vention of the Alaskan Terri
torial Elks Association.
Since Wednesday Kodiak
has been host to many visitors
and the local Elks lodge has
arranged for shows, dances,
Monte Carlo night and seve
ral convention sessions of the
members.
Crows In The Corn, a min
strel show written and dir
ected by Jim Bennett pro
vided many laughs and
Dlayed to capacity houses on
all three nights.
A departure breakfast is
scheduled for 9 am tomorrow
for the convention delegates
'and guests at the Elks Club.
Ray Boggs, member of the
local lodge, supervised the
preparation of dinners served
the guests.
Guests and delegates to the
convention came by plane as
late as Friday afternoon.
Some arrived as early as
Tuesday.
Gaily colored banners
strung across various Kodiak
streets and hung on the front
of business houses added color
and provided an additional
welcome to the visitors.
Key To City
Given Elks Prexy
A bronze colored key,
representative of Kodiak Is
land and designed by Sandra
Perkins, was presented to
Eddie Barber, president of
the Territorial Elks Associa
tion, Thursday morning by
| Mayor Lee C. Bettinger, mem
jberof B. P. 0. E. 1772.
| The end of the key bore
the letter K, the body of the
i key was in the shape of a sal
mon and the handle was
shaped like a Kodiak bear,
j John Gibbons, Elk member,
said yesterday.
The presentation was made
at the Elk’s Club.
! Building Rmzed
I The building formerly used
i by the Smith Transfer Com
I pany, at the co» ner of Alaska
I Way and Mill Bay road, was
being torn down yesterday.
The property is owned by Ben
Kraft.
Kodiak Motors will use the
ing u.-e
Gen. MacArthur Appears
Before Congress
Maneuvers To Be Held
London (A5)—Airforces of
France, England, Belgium,
Netherlands and the United
States will hold three day ex
ercises over Europe at the end
of May to test for prepared
ness in the event of war.
Wind Damages
Chignik Plane
A newly purchased Aeronca
owned by Alex Petersen of
Chignik was blown over in
Chignik lagoon during a gale
Tuesday night, U.S. Deputy j
Marshal Clarence Dizney said!
yesterday.
Petersen was not in the i
plane at the time. The plane!
was described by Dizney as ai
total loss. He reported that j
the only thing salvaged was
the pontoons. j
Petersen recently returned
from outside where he had
gone to take flying lessons.
The plane was unloaded here
from an Alaska • Steamship j
freighter, ft was flown to
Chignik by Petersen who
planned to use it for spotting
fish this season.
Reservists May
Be Released
Washington (/P)—Assistant
Secretary of Defense Anna
Rosenberg said this week the
Army hopes by September to
begin releasing enlisted re
servists who were called to
duty involuntarily.
She testified before a House
armed services subcommittee
t which is holding hearings on
the reserve program.
Mrs. Rosenberg added that
the Army also has planned to
release other reservists, officer
and enlisted.
She said the Marine Corps
will begin releasing its inac
tive reservists in June, 1951
and plans that by July, 1952
no Marine reservists will be
on active duty involuntarily.
The Navy and Airforce are
slated to release their inactive
enlisted reservists next July.
The fulfillment of all these
plans is dependent on there
being no deterioration of the
international situation. Mrs.
Rosenburg said.
j Walt Sipprell, Alaska
1 Steamship Company agent at
Seward, was a visitor to the
Kodiak Elk’s convention this
week. Sipprell was formerly
in Kodiak.
Washington [A')— benerai
Douglas MacArthur in a fignt
ing speech before Congress
Thursday defended his far
eastern strategy and said he
understood his views were
shared in the past by “our
own joint chiefs of staff.”
Eight hours later President
Truman replied indirectly by
authorizing Clayton Fritchey.
chief public relations man in
the Department of Defense, to
issue a statement saying: “ac
tion taken by the President in
relieving Gen. MacArthur was
based upon the unanimous
recommendations of the Presi
dent’s principal civilian and
military advisers including the
joint chiefs of staff.”
Observers noted that the
Pentagon statements did not
refute MacArthur’s assertion
that he at one time considered
the joint ehiefs were in agree
ment with his views “from a
military standpoint” on con
duct of the war in the orient.
Gem MacArthur was quiet
but emphatic in his history
making appearance before a
joint meeting of the House
and Senate. He laid down
these foundation stones in his
far eastern strategy:
1. Further economic and
military actions must be taken
against Red China.
2. Such action will not nec
essarily bring the Soviet Union
into the struggle starting the
Third World War.
3. The United States is
strong enough to protect itself
on two fronts.
At the same time he said he
did not advocate sending
American forces into contin
ental China.
MacArthur’s speech drew
mixed reaction mostly along
party lines. The Republicans
called it magnificent, the Dem
ocrats applauded the eloquence
but some said his speech did
not change their views that his
policy would lead to a Third
World War.
His address to Congress was
restrained ih tone and manner
but a fighting speech all the
way which drew wild applause.
At the end he recalled an
old barracks room ballad that
"old soldiers never die, they
just fade away."
| Bill Mabar, employee at
Donnelley and Acheson, has
replaced Roy Arneson as
butcher at the store.
Mahar will bring his wife
and child here from Seatti- as
; soon us ric nnds a house.