"News of oAmerica’s Last Frontier”
flTNO. 21 _._KODIAK, ALASKA SHPTEMBER 30, 1944 PRICE 10 CENTS
City Lot To
Be ACS Site
Tj,e northwest corner of the
ety ball property, a lot 40x60
Igt was transferred to the U.S.
jnny for the site of a new home
jtr the Signal Corps, at a special
(feting of the city council
Thursday night.
Council members met with Lt.
glove Harvey, representing the
Anny, who said in approximately
;months work would start on
the construction of a $50,000 full
(oncrete building for the ACS,
tow housed in the Bank of Kod
ak building
The land in question had been
deeded to the Government be
fore for construction of a prophy
laxis station, but when the sta
tion was not built the city repos
aessed the land City Attorney
lawrence Seltzer said an election
was not necessary to effect the
rale.
The Council action provided
the land be transferred “for the
mm of $1.00 and other valuable
Moderations” and provides
that if the building is not con
tacted in 12 months the land
shall revert to the city.
The lot has 40 feet of frontage
from the city hall street north.
Dr. Graves, Territorial vet
erinarian stationed at Palmer,
arrived by plane this week to
make examinations of local live
itnck.
Sophia Shuravloff had her ton
■ls removed yesterday at the
Griffin Memorial hospital.
Prisoner Faces
New Liquor Charge
A complaint was filed Monday
in the U. S. Commissioner’s of
fice by Paul W. Schaffner, Army
officer, charging T. T. Jackson,
local taxi driver, with selling
liquor without a license.
Jackson, who is now serving
30 days on a similar charge in
volving sale to a Filipino at Ou
zinkie. will be tried at comple
tion of his sentence Oct. 15, ac
cording to information from the
Commissioner’s office.
The complaint alleges Jackson
sold liquor on September 3 at
Litnik, Atognak island, to sold
iers within a military camp. The
complaint charges the sale in
volved one case of whiskey, of
mixed PM and UDL brands.
Transfer Company
Sold By Lewis
Bill Lewis announced yester
day that the sale had been con
summated of the Island Transfer
company by him to Patrick
Lynch. Included in the trans
action were 6 trucks and equip
ment and the lease on the office
and warehouse property on
Harbor avenue. The leased pro
perty is owned by Fred Henton,
former operator of the transfer,
now operating the Van Gilder
hotel in Seward
Mr. Lynch announced this
week that he will operate the
business under the name Patrick
Lynch & Co., engaging in trans
fer business and storage.
Brother Is
War Victim
Lt. George Hill, of Seattle,
brother of Mrs Tim Gilmore, of
this city, was killed in action in
the European theater this week,
according to word received by
Mrs. Gilmore.
Lt. Hill, a graduate of the
University of Washington, had
received two years’ training as
an Air Corps aviator of fighter
type planes, and had been sent
overseas this summer.
Japanese Papers
Please Copy
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wheel
don’s dog Lady, who was left on
Kiska by the Japs when they
vamoosed from that island, and
who was given to the Wheel
don’s a month ago, gave birth
to 7 female and 2 male puppies
Tuesday night.
Lady (no one knows what the
Japs called her) was brought to
Kodiak by a soldier who was
later transferred again to the
westward and who could not
take the dog with him.
Lady is black, looks like she
could be part Doberman and
part German shepherd, but has
a funny look to her eyes Her
pupoies all take after her.
Clyda Melcolia is to be dis
missed from the GM hospital to
day and will return to her home
at Karluk on the next mail boat.
Cecil Helsel, owner of Helsel
Photo studio, left by plane yes
terday for Homer.
Marines View Fallen Comrades
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American Marines of the First Marine Division look upon two of their comrades that were
"Ned on the beach of Peleliu Island in the Palau group as Yank invasion forces hit the Jap-mandat
^'ands September 14. (Picture radioed from Honolulu to San Francisco).
The city council at a special
meeting Wednesday voted to
abide by the decision of the Gov
ernor’s office and Territorial
health agencies in making a con
tract for disposition of the Grif
fin Memorial hospital to the Grey
Nuns of Phdadelphia, Pa.
A tentative decision to have a
special city election on the trans
ferral was abrogated following
receipt of a wire from the Gov
ernor’s office which stated that
if the “people of Kodiak desire
to select the organization they
must assume full responsibility
for the conduct of said hospital
and make their own arrange
ments ”
First news that the hospital
was transferred came here last
week when a wire was received
from Father Edgar Gallant, of
Skagway, saying he was en route
and the Sisters were coming
later.
At the regular council meet
ing Monday a special meeting
was called for Tuesday after
noon at which hospital board
members Lee Hettinger and Wes
Rhoades appeared and said no
decision had been made by the
'board. At that meeting it was
decided to send a wire and ask
the Governor if a special election
were held here (on two questions:
1—Should the hospital be turned
over? 2—To what organization?)
would the vote be taken as a de
ciding factor?
It had been previously pointed
out that the hospital board and
the council were unaware of who
had the power to make the
transferral, although City At
torney Seltzer gave the opinion
that the city, rather than the
Teiritory, would have it.
The Governor’s reply to the
wire asking about the election
said:
“The people of Kodiak for
several years have attempted to
run the Griffin Memorial hospit
al and apparently without suc
cess.
‘ The Governor’s office has
been specifically requested by
the mayor, labor council and
others, including the hospital
trustees, to try to change the
system and get a religious order
to operate the hospital by means
of a contract with the Territory.
“If this is still the desire then
the health authorities and the
Governor’s office will be glad to
make the best possible arrange
ment.
“If, however, the people of
i Kodiak desire to select an organ
ization they must assume full re
sponsibility for the conduct of
said hospit al and matte their own
airangements with whatever
group or order they select.
“Obviously the Territorial
health authorities or the Gover
nor’s office cannot assume aDy
responsibility for operation of
the hospital if choice of the org
anization is not made by' them-’1
After discussion on the wire,,
on advice of City Attorney Selt
zer, a vote was taken first on re
peal of the election motion of the
previous meeting, and the repeal
carried unanimously.
To bring to a decision the mat
ter of answering the wire Coun
cilman Pierce moved that the
council accept the Territorial de
cision and a roll call vote was
taken. The motion carried, with
Councilmen Delane, Martz and
Pierce voting yes and Nelson and
Wodlinger voting no.
Father Gallant arrived Wed
nesday by plane and was asked
to the meeting. He told the mem
bers he could say noihing toward
a decision as he had come here
on the assumption the decisiort
had already been made. He said
he had seen a copy of the con
tract drawn by the Territorial
Attorney General which had been
sent to the Grey Nuns for signa
ture. He said the lease iuiis ud
til March 1, 1947, is subject to
renewal if operation is satisfact
ory and may be terminated in
any year. It also provided, he
said, that the hospital be turned
over free and clear of debt and
that no help would be sought
from the community to lruance
Wit! lllSlll/ULlUil.
Matter of debts of the hospit
al, including a $3500 loan by the
city, is still to be setded.
Father Gallant plans to leave
Kodiak by f>lane about Oct. 0
for Seattle to return with the
Grey Nuns assigned here. He ex
pects to be here in all about a
month.
Whether the above action of
the council and other agencies is
final was cast in doubt yesterday
on receipt of word from the Gov
ernor’s office that no final de
cision has been made. The late
information was contained in a
wire from Governor Gruening to
Rev. Gregory S. Morony, pastor
of the Community Baptist church
and representative of the Bap
tist Mission Board in negotiations
of that group for the hospital.
The wire was received yesterday
at 2:25 pm and said only: “No
final decision will be made until
all aspects of problem have been
considered.’’
Catholic services will be con
ducted by Father Edgar Gallant
at the Orpheum theatie at lb
am Sunday, it wan announced
today.