rrNewi of oAmericas Last Frontier*
VOL 11 NO 33
KODIAK, ALASKA
OCTOBER 20, 1951
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Delegate E. L. Bob” Bart
lett will be the principal
speaker Monday, October 29,
at the banquet for the mem
bers of the League of Alaskan
Cities, Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
announced yesterday.
The league is scheduled to
hold a three day convention
here on October 28, 29 and 30.
Del. Bartlett wired Bettinger
his acceptance.
Meetings will be held in the
Orpheum Theatre Monday and
Tuesday morning and after
noon and are open to the pub
lic.
Del. Bartlett will make his
address following the dinner
at the Montmartre Inn Mon
day evening. Tickets for the
banquet will soon be offered
for sale.
The League of Alaskan
Cities was formed over a year
ago for the purpose of promot
ing better civic and territorial
government. It is composed of
mayors, city managers and
city officials from all cities
within the territory. Mayor
Bettinger is vice president of
the league.
The Chamber of Commerce
and other civic groups will
participate in the meetings at
the Orpheum. Questions will
invited from the floor and will
be answered by members of
the league.
Two Cars Crash
On Base-Town Road
A car driven by ijilliam H
Longley Kodiak Naval Sta*
tion employe crashed into a
1947 Plymouth driven by Mrs.
E. A. Hablen, wife of LCDR.
E. A. Hamblen of KNS,
yesterday around 4:45 pm.
The accident occured on the
base-town road approximately
one-half mile from the Marine
gate.
Longley appeared before
U. S. Commissioner A. M.
Vokacek Friday morning and
was found guilty of driving
under the influence of intoxi
cating liquor and of reckless
driving. He received a $100
fine on both counts and had
his drivers license suspended
for six months.
Mrs. Hamblen was enroute
from the base to town when
the accident occured. Longley
was driving toward the base
and according to police re
ports, bounced off the rock
bluff and crashed into the car
driven by Mrs. Hamblen. Two
children were riding in the
car with Mrs. Hamblen. Long
ley was the sole occupant of
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Local Woman
Dies Tuesday
Funeral service for Mrs.
Jacob Yericaloff, 70, long
time Kodiak resident, were
held Thursday at the Greek
Russian Orthodox Church.
She is survived by three
children, Mrs. William A.
Anderson, Sr., and Fred Fa
min of Kodiak and Mrs.
Augusta Hamilton of Cali
fornia and five grandchildren.
Anna Yericaloff was born
August 15, 1881 on Woody
Island. She spent most of her
life on Kodiak Island. She
died October 16, at her home
on South Brooklyn avenue.
Burial was in the Russian
Cemetery under the direction
of Kodiak Mortuary.
Bridges Threatens
Marine Strike
San Francisco (A5) — A
spokesman for Harry Bridges’
west coast longshoremen said
the entire San Francisco
waterfront would be tied up
if the Isthmian Steamship
Company tried to unload two
struck ships with AFL long
shoremen.
Bridges union is the CIO.
The AFL union announced
from New York a new cam
paign to drive Bridges’ men
off the docks. The stage ap
peared set for possible bloody
violence.
Water Main Extended
On Mission Road
The Kodiak water and
sewer department workmen
extended the water main on
Mission road over 300 feet
this week by adding some
two-inch pipe.
Patrick Lynch and Company
did the excuvation work and
completed the digging in less
than a day.
The addition to the water
main runs from property near
John Gibbons home to the city
limits at Spruce street.
Residents in that area had
requested the council to mak e
the two-inch extension.
Clyde Hatfield, local car
penter, returned to Kodiak
this week after spending two
weeks on the mainland. He
was called for jury duty in
Anchorage but was dismissed
from service.
Hatfield visited Fairbanks
and Fort Yukon while on the
mainland.
Allies Pound
Red lines
By the Associated Press
Korea — Allied troops and
tanks pushed to within 2\
miles of Kumsong yesterday
and battered the central com
munist held Korean base.
Fresh Chinese forces en
trenched in the hills south of
the city fought desperately to
halt the allied drive. On the
western front the last Chinese
positions under attack fell
easily to United States First
Cavalry Division troops after
a 16 day attack.
Meanwhile, the Communists
accented a United Nations
proposal for security zones of
a three mile radius around
Munsan and Kaesong. The
Reds also agreed to a two
mile attack free corridor to
the proposed new truce talk
site at Punmunjon. They
earlier demanded a three mile
corridor.
The Red accptance cleared
the way toward a renewal of
ceasefire discussions.
Senate Approves
Folta Appointment
Washington (A*)—The Se
nate judiciary committee to
day approved the re-nomina
tion of George W. Folta of
Juneau to be U. S. District
Judge for District No. 1 of A
laska.
The committee also approve
the nomination of Francis
Avier Chapados to be U. S.
Marshal for the Fourth Divi
sion of Alaska. He is a brother
of Paul Chapados, Kodiak
representative of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Two Old Harbor Infants
Die Of Whooping Cough
Hawaiian Visitor
Here For Birth
Mrs. Edith Waialeale of
Koloa, Kauai, Territory of
Hawaii arrived in Kodiak re
cently to visit her daughter
Mrs. Bob McDonald.
She flew from Hawaii to the
states and later to Alaska.
Mrs. Waialeale brought Ha
waiian plants and food from
Hawaii and many colorful
“mumus” (dresses), Bob
McDonald said yesterday.
Mrs. McDonald, formerly
Helen Waialeale, has been an
entertainer at the Casino. Bob
i McDonald is employed at
Donnelley and Acheson and
; spent 14 years in Mahukona,
Hawaii.
Mrs. Waialeale said she was
surprised at the mild climate
here. She indicated she would
remain here with her daughter
and son-in-law for quite a
long time.
Afognak Gym
Towed Here
A building Durchased from
the Ace Trading Company at
Danger Bay on Afognak Is
land by Kodiak Airways, Inc.,
(formerly Bob Hall Air Ser
vice) was towed to Kodiak
this week by the barge Mary
Jane.
Bob Hall, owner of Kodiak
Airways, plans to convert the
former gymnasium into a
hanger for his planes.
SCENE OF EGYPTIAN DISORDERS
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Underlined cities of Cario and Ismailia were main
points of interest in Egypt’s latest outbreak of disorders. At
Ismailia, in the Suez Canal area, British troops were called co
quell rioting. Other demonstrators paraded through Cairo as
Egyptians hailed approval of parliamentary action ordering
British out of Suez canal area and the Sudan.
Two infants have died of
whooping cough at Old Har
bor in the past few days.
Almost every child in the
village has been striken with
the cough, Mrs. Curtis Saxton
informed the MIRROR early
this week.
Peter Inga, Jr., six month
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Inga died first and shortly
after Alexandria Capjohn,
one year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Capjohn,
succumbed.
; In a letter to the MIRROR
Mrs. Saxton said: “Old Har
bor will greatly miss tne
floating clinic, the MV Health.
We didn’t have it last year
and it won’t be here this
school year either because of
engine trouble
“The health status declines
rapidly without this help. Old
Harbor would be most grate
ful for the services of on Is
land nuise igain.”
Mr. and Mrs. Saxton are A
j laska Native Service teachers
at the Kodiak Island village
which is approximately 60
miles from Kodiak.
Mrs. Saxton did not state if
immediate medical assistance
had been requested nor did
she say if the epidemic had
abated.
Kodiak, and Kodiak Island,
has been without the services
of a health nurse for the past
two months. Miss Mary Jane
Hurley was the last one as
signed to Kodiak. Since her
resignation no replacement
has been named.
Old Harbor, located near
the southern end of Kodiak Is
land, is serviced only by the
Island mailboat twice a month
and by float planes on sche
duled flights.
British Troops Fight
In Egypt
Cario (A3) — British Naval
reinforcements arrived in
Suez Thursday to bolster air
borne parachutists sent to
augment the garrison who
fought the first battle with
the Egyptian Army troops
Wednesday.
The British seized the
bridge across the canal in the
disputed area, killing two
Egyptian soldiers and wound
ing five. The total Egyptian
dead since Tuesday was set at
12.
The fighting was an out
growth of Egypt’s cancella
tion of treaties by which
British troops occupy the
Suez Canal zone.