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Library-Museum
Juneau, Alaska
"News oj cAmericci’s Last Frontier3
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 27, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Election
Tuesday
Local interest in the Primary
election, to be held next Tues
day at the city hall, centers this
y*K in two local men bidding for
ports as Territorial Representa
tives, on opposing tickets.
Jack Allman, Democrat, part*
uer in the Cheechako Club, local
property owner and city fire
e&ief, is one of 13 seeking one of
T Democratic Representative
nominations. He has been Dem
ocratic Committeeman in this
area for several years.
On the Republican ticket, Emil
Knud sen, owner of the Kodiak
Fountain, seeks the Representa
tive nomination along with 10
others, making his first bid in'
Territorial polities. He has serv
ed as mayor of Kodiak for 1
term.
The election is Tuesday, from
8 am to 7 pm at the city hall,
and regislration is accomplished
at the same time as casting of
ballots.
Voters will also nominate for
ielegace to Congress, treasurer,
commissioner of labor, and sena
tors. The complete list of candi
dates of both parties and election
notice is carried on page 5.
Ship Sailings
Scheduled
Wrangell (IP ) — Wrangell’s
►500 people faced a food crisis as
*»eat markets, stores and cafes
announced they will close today,
:heir stocks exhausted.
The Tongass will be the first
*hip to make the northward trip
with foodstuffs since the long
shore strike, now settled, tied up
Alaska shipping a month ago.
Four other relief ships are to
«*ve Seattle soon.
Latest reports here on the
Dordova and Lakina stated those
•easel? were being picketed by
the Cannery Workers Union,
^ith longshoremen observing the
l*»eket line.
The local Alaska Steamship of
has no word of any sailings
for Kodiak. More mail was re
vived on a Liberty ship calling
the base yesterday.
Next Jan. 1 has been set by
’•he War Shipping Administra
tion as the date they will cease
^Delating Alaska shipping ser
vice.
A new Congressional sub
committee will meet at Seattle
^Od Juneau this summer to try
*o decide whether government
*Hieration, subsidy or an increase
**• rates is advisable. The WSA
^^8 lost 10 million dollars annu
ity operating the service, Rep.
"^Oekson said.
Lyons Gets 1st
Bear Of Season
Captain R R Lyons, coin
man ler, NOB-NAS Kodiak, got
his first bear and the first bear of
this season on the island last Fri
day on an arm of Uganik bay.
The trip was arranged by
Charles Madsen, president of
the Kodiak Guides Association
the party leaving the Tuesday
before on the Kodiak Bear for
the Uganik camp.
Captain Lyons’ guide was Eli
Metrokin, and also making the
trip were Roy, Mr. Madsen’s
son, who took movies and still
pictures, and Harry Christopher
son.
The party reported lots of
snow on the other side of the is
land, and 14 bears were seen by
the group. Captain Lyons’ bear
was bagged on the third day,
taking 7 shots to fell. The hide
squared over 8 feet.
(An engraving of a picture
showing Captain Lyons, Eli Me
trokin and the bear, left on yes
terday’s plane from Anchorage
for Kodiak, but all that arrived
here was the Air Express bill.
The local office reported a possi
bility that the package was mis
sent to Naknek. If it arrives in
time the picture will appear in
next week’s Mirror.)
The Kodiak Garden club will
meet next at 8 pm on May 1
(Wednesday) at the home of
Mrs. Paul Herrine.
Man Found
Dead In Skiff
After watching a skiff adrift in
(he bay in front of the Baptist
Mission for several hours Wed
nesday, Rev. John Winter, of the
Mission, investigated and discov
ered the boat’s owner hanging o
ver the side of the boat with his
head under water, suspended by
his trousers caught on an oar-!
lock.
The man, John George Naum
off, 62, or Ouzinkie, was taken to
Di. A. Holmes Johnson, who
lives nearby, who pronounced
him dead. Death was ascribed to
drowning.
Pclice who investigated said
there was no evidence of foul
play. In a burlap bag in the boat
was a half empty quart of whis
key and the man’s will, made out
the day before. His will directed i
that his property be left to Mr.
and Mrs. Zack Chichenoff, of
Ouzinkie. The deceased had no
close relatives.
His wife had preceded him in
death, and he had served time
for the death of his son, whom
he had shot, through a door, in
an argument several years ago
The body w^ taken to Ouzin
kie Thursday for burial.
16 Ladies
File Charge
Sixteen women descended on
the 0 S. Commissioner’s office
yesterday at 6:30 pm to file a
complaint against a bus driver of
the Tagura Transit system, who
had taken them as passengers to
the base yesterday.
Commissioner G. W. Buben
dorf had to be called back to the
office to accept the complaint,
which charges Driver Roy C.
Huitt with disorderly conduct,
alleging that he used “foul, ob
scene and abusive” language on
the bus before the 16 ladies, who
were passengers on the morning
trip to the base, where the ladies
are employed.
All 16 signed the complaint,
which did not have enough room
for that many signatures, anoth
er blieet having to be added
The case will be heard today
(Saturday) at 2 pm
Speaker Tells Of
Japs At Kodiak
The eaily days of the war in
this area, when Jap submarines
patrolled off Kodiak island and
one stuck its perbeope up near
Cape Chiniak, were recalled in a
speech given Tuesday before the
Rotary club by Capt. Jim S
Russell. Captain Russell was
with the military board visiting
this area.
During the early days of the
war he had the first and only
plane squadron in the Aleutians
and af er service there was trans
ferred to Washington and later
to the South Pacific and Hono
lulu.
After the war he had the op
portunity of visiting Japan with
a Naval intelligence unit to study
the Aleutian campaign from Jap
anese records.
He said nothing was found to
indicate that Kodiak was to be
bombed at the time of the Dutch
Harbor raid, but that submarines
patrolled this area constantly
just after the war started, one
doing periscope recoonaisance off
Cape Chiniak.
One contact report of a Jap sub
at that time concerned a large
transport stopping at Kodiak,
now believed to be the U. S. S
Grant, the same boat used for
the evacuation of women and
children from the base.
Capt. Kussell re-traced the en
tire Aleutian campaign from re
connaisance of Dutch Harbor by
Jap planes sent from subs in the
Bering Sea, to the evacuation of
5500 Jap troops in 55 minutes
from Kiska harbor by 2 Jap
cruisers and 10 destroyers.
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed Lt. Comdi. V. W. Marsh,
Glenn Huff, surplus property of
ficer, and Jack Molyneaux, sales
man.
Fairbanks Has
$300,000 Fire
Fairbanks (^P)—Flames whip
ped thr ugh a block of wooden
buildings on First avenue Thurs
day as firemen fought to halt the
blaze at the walls of the Pioneer
hotel.
Owners of establishments raz
ed, including the Northern Ho
tel, estimated damage at
$300,000.
Theie were no reports of
deaths or injuries. Smoke was
discovered at 10 am pouring
from the basement of the Chena
Bar.
The fire was extinguished after
7 hours fight, but with loss of
three 2-story buildings.
Lost were the 41-roem Nor
thern hotel and coffee shop own
ed by Margaret Berge; Pioneer
Grill, owned by Don Cook; Star
liquor faloie, Allied Room and ’i
quor store owned by Don Ham
mond. Nearly 100 were made
homeless.
Six arrests for drank and dis
orderly were recorded this week
< >ne involved a man beating up
his wife, who was taken into cus
tody by U. S Commissioner G
W. Bubendorf himself, because
both local police were out of town
on another case; a second involv
ed a man appearing on Mission
road with an axe.
Penny Drive
StartsMayl
The annual Penny Drive con
ducted locally for the benefit of
the Seattle Orthopedic hospital
will get underway here May 1st,
and continue for two weeks
The drive this year wifi be
sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, whose committee
for the campaign consists of
Mrs. Bea Nachtweib, chairman,
Mrs. Liela Tesarik and Mrs. Ben
Kraft.
Money will be collected two
ways; collection jars will be plac
ed in business houses, and envel
opes will be distributed the first
week to the homes, and will be
collected at the end of the drive.
If any are missed in the canvass
contributions may be left at the
Kodiak Variety store or at
Kraft’s.
The Orthopedic hospital lias
had among its patients ever}
year a number of children from
Kodiak or other parts of the is
land, and during the current year
2 children from Kodiak are be
ing treated.
An estimated 12 per cent, of
children in the hospital come
from Alaska and the institution
depends on the funds raised in
the Teiritory to carry on its
I work.
Building
Planned
Plans for a 4-story building
contemplated by the Central La
bor Council are taking shape and
G. A. Robinson, president of the
body, devoted part of his time on
his recent trip to Seattle to prep
arations for the building.
On his return he said plans for
financing the structure are start
ed and that investigation into
the materials situation indicates
a “tight” market on the latter.
The projected building, it is
reported, is to be built on land
owned by the Cential Labor
Council, at the corner of Alaska
Way and Brooklyn avenue, now
occupied only by small buildings
of the military police unit.
Tentatively the new building
is to have a full basement for
storage and heating; a street
floor containing space for 5
stores; a second story for apart
ments; and a thfrd story for un
ion quarters and offices.
Before the war a nation-wide
campaign was undertaken for
contributions to build a Labor
Temple on the eight, but the
plans fell through when the mon
ey raised by a letter campaign
was no more than enough to
meet the drive expenses.
Ranges Changed
The gunnery and bombing
ranges announced last week have
been changed, according to an
announcement on page 4.
One of the first areas chosen
was protested locally because of
its location in a fishing area; the
other had Ouxinkie and Afogn k
within the area.
Captain
Charged
Seattle (^P)—Three counts of
negligence were filed against
Captain Chris Tmndsen, master
of the Yukon which grounded
near Seward Feb. 3 with loss of
11 lives, the 13th Naval District
announced yesterday.
If charges are proved Troudsen
faces suspension or revocation of
his license.
Charges as listed were: 1—Fa 1
ure to use sounding equipment
in determining the ships position
2—Failure to use the patent log
to assist in determining the ships
correct position 3—That he neg
ligently operated ihe vessel at a
greater speed than warranted
under the conditions of visibility.
A Good Job
That is the title of an Army
I recruiting advertisement appear*
ing on page 4 of this issue For
the advantages Army enlistment
offers, turn to it now.