Rotary Sees Film
Lent By Navy
The Voice of the People, an
educational film produced by
the armed services, was
shown members of Rotary
Club 5553 Tuesday following
the regular luncheon at the
Montmartre Inn.
The film was lent to the club
by the navy at Kodiak Naval
Station. Guests attending the
meeting were Capt. Robert
Brixner, commanding officer
at KNS, LCDR H. C. Rawls,
assistant district intelligence
officer 17th ND, Oscar Hanson
and Paul A. Dupler. Visiting
Rotarians Red Thompson, An
chorage, and Elmer Johnson,
Ketchikan, also attended the
meeting.
loran Station
Starts January 1
Advance notice on Loran in
formation for the Gulf of Ala
sko has been given by Rear
Adm. Joseph Greenspun, com
mander, 17th Coast Guard
District.
The following was published
in a notice to mariners: “New
Gulf of Alaska loran rates 1L2
and 1L3 will be placed in oper
ation about 1 January 1952.
Stations are located on Biorka
Island, Sitka, Ocean Cape,
Yakutat, and Spruce Cape,
Kodiak. Charts and tables
covering these two new rates
are being printed and will be
i available from the Hydrogra
phic Office prior to 1 January
1952.”
TONIGHT
AND
TOMORROW NIGHT ONLY
Madonna
Martin
wilS play and sing for you
finding 14 weeks at the
CASINO
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Lighting will be arranged and you are
welcome to bring your camera and
take pictures of your own
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of
PACIFIC NORTHERN
AIRLINES
KODIAK to ANCHORAGE $35
KODIAK to HOMER $18.25
KODIAK to JUNEAU $105
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[Gramm To
Sing Here
The opening concert of the
1951-52 season of the Alaska
Music Trail will be sung here
on Tuesday in the Orpheum
Theatre at 8:20 pm by Donald
Gramm, bass baritone.
Maxim Schapiro will play
fo** the artist.
Gramm made his musical
debut a few years ago and has
since sung in recital before
audiences in many large cities
Donald Gramm
in the states and has been
heard in broadcasts on the
Chicago Theatre of the Air.
Schapiro has just returned
from a summer in Europe
where he played in Paris,
London, Stockholm and Milan.
The concert Tuesday is the
first of a series of three that
will be given here. A few
tickets are still available from
Mrs. V. G. Ellis or from Jules
Radinsky at Kodiak Naval
Station.
Chamber Seeks
Transient Housing
A discussion on the housing
shortage in Kodiak and what
action should be taken to pro
vide housing for transient is
land residents followed a rec
ent luncheon of the Chamber
of Commerce at the Mont
martre Inn.
The lack of accomodations
for Garland passengers arriv
ing here from the westward
and for residents of villages
around the island was cited by
Clarence Dizney, U. S. Depu
ty marshal. He said he receiv.
ed many requests for housing
from persons who plan to stay
here only a few days.
It was suggested that offi
cials of the Whiz Halferty
cannery be contacted and an
effort made to get permission
to use its cannery workers’
bunk house during the winter
months. During the fishing
season the building is occu
pied by Filipino cannery work
ers. Merrill Coon, president of
the C of C, said he would talk
to Frank McConaghy, an offi
cial of Whiz Halferty, about
using the building.
Wicketts Leava
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Wick
ett of Ft. Greely were recent
Funston passengers for the
states. Mrs. Wickett will ent
er a San Francisco hospital for
special medical treatment, and
| Wickett will go to Maine to
visit his mother.
Mercy Flights
Made By CG
The Coast Guard Air De
tachment at Kodiak Naval
Station made two mercy
flights recently.
Five seriously injured Army
men at Cape Newenham were
flown to Elmendorf AFB hos
pital from Platinum, Alaska
in a Kodiak-based PBY, for
medical treatment.
The Army men were report
ed injured in an explosion.
They were flown from Cape
Newenham to Platinum in a
light plane piloted by a bush
pilot.
Last week the CG brought a
Captain Decker, master of the
mitor vessel Vicke, from Cape
Romanzof to Kodiak Naval
Station dispensary for treat
ment. He was reported suffer
ing from a heart attack.
Pilots of the plane on both
flights were Chief E. P. Ward
and Lt. W. E. Murphy. Crew
members were S. D. Street,
C. G. Graff, R. F. Eastman,
C. G. Barnett and R. F. Boll
ingger.
Lee C. and Lee F. Bettinger
flew Sunday via PNA to An
chorage to attend the PNA
banquet inaugurating daily
flights from Alaska to Seattle
and Portland for the airline.
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