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Adlai Visit
Possibility
Adlai Stevenson, the defeat
ed Democratic nominee for
President in 1952, is in Alaska
on a vacation. Members of the
Kodiak Island Area Democrat
ic Club are trying to persuade
Central Democratic Committee
to include Kodiak in his tourof
Alaska. Under the assumption
that such arrangements are
certain of gaining the approva1
of the powers in Alaskarespon
sible for Steveuson’s recrea
tion, the local Democratic Club
have formulated plans for his
visit here. *
' General Chairman for the
, oceassion, unanimously chosen,
by the group, was Anna Mae
Vokaeek. It is planned to br
ing him to Kodiak on the 28th
of July and leave immediatly
on a hunting and fishing tour
at Olga Bay. On the 29th he
will come to Kodiak for a re
ception and leave on the late
plane for Anchorage and on to
Se ttle. Chairman selected to
handle the various committees
for the visit are: Transporta
tion Chairman, Ray Martin,
Buffet lunch and reception
Chairman, A1 Miller and Mel
Vokace c and Paul Stover were
appointed as the Publicity
Chairman.
A Precinct Committee was
elected in eaucus to meet the
requirements of the Central
Committee and make arrange
ments for the General Election
this fall. ■
Adlai Stevenson and
Bob Bartlett will be in
Kodiak on the afternoon
of the 28th. For further
information listen to WV
CQ.
Among the nominees were
five men and three women
The Central Committee recom
mended a local Committee of
an even number of men and
women. Bud Metzgar was auto
■atically selected as Chairman
and the three women nominees
were automatically in. They
were: Jessie Dolan, Flora Spie
gel, and Claudia Kilgore. A
vote was cast on the five men
nominees and Ed Pagano was
elected as the first Committee
man and the second choice re
sumed in a deadlock between
George Sontag and Mel Voka
cek. Vokacek declined the
nomination putting Sontag on
the Com mittee.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis), questions James W. Glatis of Boston, right back to
camera, as he resumes one-man Senate Investigations sub-committee hearings (July 19)- into
red infiltration in the .Beston area. At the committee table in the big Caucus room in Wash
ington - ■ scene of big production McCarthy-Army row hearings - - are, from left, Donald
F. O’Donnell, assistant committee counsel; McCarthy; Francis Carr, committee staff director;
and George Anastos, assistant Committee counsel. Others in background are not identified,
except Mrs. McCarthy, third from right._ (AVirephoto)_
Cannery Expects
’54 Record Pack
The local run of pinks in the
Karluk area is far above the
expectations of the Kodiak
fishermen. The best season of
late years was in 1946 when
200,000 fish were taken daily
from that area, and according
to Frank McConaghy, head of
the Halferty Cannery here in
Kodiak. “With the extended
two week season the local men
should do as well this year as
they did in 1946.’,
The Karluk area reason has
been extended front the 24th
of July to August 2nd and
with1 that added' wreik the 1946
peak should be reached and
may even be surpassed. In
1946-the fishermen were on a
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Kodiak Man
Burglarized
And Beaten
Ed Fadaoff, a local fisher
man from Woody Island, was
severely beaten about the
head on Thursday night and
removed from his boat tied up
at the D & A dock, by the city
ambulance to Griffin Memorial
Hospital for treatment for
multiple cuts and bruises, su
stained by an assailant named:
Bob Blam Boyd, a sailor sta
tioned at the Kodiak Naval
Base.
Fadaoff and his wife Mary
flashed a roll while buying
drinks in a local bar and ap
parently the sailor saw the
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Council Action On
Jail Due Monday
Ray Caisey, superintendent
of Alaskan Jail System was in
Kodiak the early part of this
week for the purpose of set
tling tiie issue of whether the
local jail will operate under
the City of Kodiak or continue
as a Federal Institution.
Since it was built in 1950,
the local jail has been under
the jurisdiction of the Federal!
System of jails and the City of
Kodiak has paid rent for its
ds(£-‘v:; ;'''
On next Monday night
City Council will ’ be called
upon to vote on '"whether or
not the. City will take over
the operation of the jail. Ac
cording to City Manager Rob
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Eddie Stanky, left, scrappy pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Terry Moore, rig ,
one-time Cardinal great and new manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, figured in a 8 8
(July 18) in St. Louis. Umpire Babe Pintlli, center, forfeited4the second game of a double
header beteen ths two clubs te the Phillies 9-0 for delaying taetics following the melee. (A
Bank Wants
Kodiak Base
Theodor* Bank, leader nf
the University of Michigan's
Aleutian expeditions and Exe
cutive Director of the new|y
formed Institute for Region^*
Exploration in Michigan, ar
rived in Kodiak a week ago
Thursday to seek a suitable
location for a permanent Ip
stitute sponsored research
center and expedition . field *
headquarters.
Bank, accompanied by Mrs.
Bank and members of the *
University,s expedition visited
Juneau and Anchorage before
coming to Kodiak, in search
of a site for the proposed cen
;er.
When established, the cen
ter would serve as a base of
jperations for scientific ex
peditions in southern and
western Alaska, and as an ex
perimental station for biolo
gists. Such a plan has
developed by Bank aft i
more than six years of fie^
exploration in the Aleutian Is
lands where he immediately
saw the need for permaneqi
facilities for visiting scientist*
Bank has urged the University
jf Michigan to sponsor
center, and in 1953 he almc
Baw the fulfillment of hf
plans but lack of funds pi
vented the final establishmen]
of a headquarters at Unalasl
When Bank was appoint
Executive Director of the Ii
stitute .for Regional Exploit
tidh'he pushed the projc
once more and interested
trustees in going ahead wl
the University of Michig^p
left off.
T
At last'week’s- Rotary
meeting, which Batik was
the guest speaker, he re
vealed upon questions
from the audience that
his present intention is
to establish Kodiak as the
Research Center, Bank
suggested that a local
historical society be es
tablished. If such a so
ciety were locally estab
lished and were active he
stated that lie would see
that a $10,000 endow
ment be turned over to
the society.
The Institute would hope to .
operate with Alaskan agencies
already established. Scientists
in many fields and from many
institution would be welcomed
at the center, which would re
quire an endowment of a boat
one hundred thousand doHar*
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