rrNews oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
OL. 6 NO. 28
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 7, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Li'brr'.iy—Mue eura
Juneau, Alaska
n This Issuej-Aiaska Statehood-12 Pages!
V Supplement Based On The Geo.Sundborg Report
Crewman
.ost At Sea
Arvid Larson, of Bellingham,
ash., disappeared Wednesday
wn the halibuter Betty J near
ry Spruce island, as the boat
is en route from Kodiak to
sllingham.
Tom Johnson, cannery super
tendent of Alitak, said the
*at left about 2:30 Wednesday
ternoon from Kodiak. Later in
e day Larson joined others of
e crew in eating in the galley
d then left the galley alone,
i soon as his disappearance
is discovered the boat turned
out and was joined by another
at in searching the area until
rk.
The Coast Guard was notified
d a plane joined in the search
t to no avail.
Larson was unmarried and is
rvived by a mother and sfster.
} served in Europe in the last
IT.
Mrs. W. D. Cutter, mother of
rs. Rudolf Janckel of Woody
and, arrived yesterday by
me on a visit. She is from
ashington, D. C.
Clinic Ship
n Area
The “Hygiene”, floating med
il ship of the Territorial de
triment of Public Health, visit
in Kodiak this week en route
the Westward, and on its re
rn will call at the villages on
odiak island.
The floating clinic is equipped
th X-ray for checking on tu
rculosis, and offers smallpox
id diphtheria immunization for
■note communities.
The ship will visit Belkofsky,
md Point, Chignik, Perryville
d other Westward point for
>out H weeks, and will then re
in to Kodiak island to visit
eal villages. The boat is cap
ined by Darrel Naish, and the
edical officer aboard is Dr.
eorgia Krusich.
O. A. Torgerson, president of
le Bank of Kodiak, left by
ane yesterday on his first vaca
»n since the bank opened in
MO.
Mr Torgerson will pick up his
sw Packard waiting for him in
iattle, will drive it east to
[innesota where he will leave it
bile taking in the World Series, i
e expects to be back about the
t of November.
. Prisoner Does
Houdini Strip
A fisherman causing trouble in
Afognak was flown to Kodiak
yesterday by the Navy, and was
brought into town securely done
up in a strait jacket and put in
jail. It was reported he tried to
chop down a house in Afognak
and jumped over a cliff.
A few minutes after being in
cai cerated the guard entered the
room to discover the man sitting
there with the escape-proof strait
jacket on the floor beside him.
“I took the thing off,” he ex
plained. ‘'It’s too hot in here.”
I -
Drydock
Total Loss
A huge 25,000-ton capacity
floating drydock, being towed
from Adak to Seattle, sank
about 260 miles south of Kodiak
Saturday after suffering severe
damage in storms following its
departure from Adak.
The drydock was in tew of the
U. S. S. Apache, and after a dis
tress call Saturday the Canadian
destroyer Crescent, visiting at
Kodiak, was dispatched to the
scene and succeeded in getting
all personnel safely off the sink
ing drydock without loss of life.
The Apache Droceeded on to
Seattle with the survivors.
A 9 man construction crew ar
rived yesterday to begin work
on the new storage tank at the
local Standard Oil plant. They
have been working at Naknek.
Mrs. John R Malutin won the
bedspread raffled at the benefit
dance Thursday night.
Mrs. Matella Bosel is now em
ployed at the U. S. Commission
er's office.
Case Dismissed
Lonnie Scroggins pled not guil
ty Saturday to charges of assault
and battery and of driving while
drunk and demanded a jury trial,
which was held Tuesday.
The charge of driving under <
the influence of intoxicating liq
uor was dismissed by Commis
sioner G W Bubendorf because
of lack of sufficient evidence to
prove.
The charge of assault and bat
tery, brought by the defendant’s
wife, which claimed he beat her
and “one Elaine Kelley” was
dismissed when the complaining
witness failed to appear.
Cash Prizes
In Derby
With 4 cash jack pots and a
case of silver salmon as the lure,
fishing enthusiasts of Kodiak—
men, women and children -will
go after the big ones Sunday in
the first Kodiak Salmon Derby
sponsored by the Community
Center.
The prize money, consisting
of the one dollar entry fees toss
ed into the pot by each contest
ant, will be divided as follows,
according to Chairman Marcus
Meyer of the derby committee:
25 per cent for the largest fish
caught by a man
25 per cent for the largest fish
caught by a woman
25 pfir cent for the largest fish
caught by a boy or girl under 16.
One of the above—the largest
fish of the day—will receive an
additional 25 per cent of the
prize money plus a large case of
silver salmon donated by Frank
McConaghy.
Any fish caught after sunrise
tomorrow in the wate's of Chin
iak, Women’s Bay, St Paul’s
Harbor or Kodiak channel—if
caught by trolling or stripping—
may. be entered in the derby.Ad
vance entry is required of all
contestants, however. Entry
blanks may be obtained today
at the Island Fountain, Bank of
Kodiak, Ray Martin’s, Kodiak
Mercantile, Norman’s Photo
Shop, Polar Bear cafe, or the
Kodiak Fountain in town or at
the NOB Welfare and Rec
reation office and Red Cross Rec
reation Center at the Base. Ent
ries will be accepted until 3 pm
Sunday at the dock.
Judges will accept fish at head
quarters on Erskine’s dock be
tween 8 am and 5 pm tomorrow.
Music and entertainment will be
presented at the dock in the af
ternoon, weather permitting, and
the jackpots will be paid immed
iately after the final judging.
Head judge will be Marcus Mey
er, local Fish and Wildlife repre
sentative. He will be assisted by
Frank BeaJs Jimmy Martz,
Charles Nettle, Tom Nachand,
Harry Christopherson and Ken
Wade.
The monthly luncheon meet
ing of the Kodiak Business and
Professional Women’s club will
be held Monday noon at the
Victory cafe. At this time, Viola
Sipprell, chairman of the Hal
lowe’en Benefit for the Com
munity center, will appoint her
committees.
Boy Slapper
Sentenced
Deputy U 8 Marshal Paul
Herring and U S Commissioner
Q W Bubendorf went to Afog
nak Thursday on Roy Snyder’s
boat to conduct a trial involving
Abram Panamaroff.
Panamaroff was charged with
assault and battery, the com
plaint being signed by O C Con
nelly, Ouzinkie teacher. It was
charged Panamaroff picked on a
dog of 11 year-old William Con
nelly, and when the boy remon
strated Panamaroff slapped the
boy and knocked him down.
Panamaroff pled guilty and
was given a 90-uay sentence and
was brought to Kodiak to serve
it.
900 Crabs
Tossed Away
Over 900 fresh-cooked crabs,
destined for the Los Angeles
market, were thrown overboard
this week after arrangements to
ship them to Los Angeles Sun
day fell through when the plane
that was to call for them was
not given permission to land at
the naval base.
L. V. Cas ner, president of the
produce company arranging for
the shipment, visited Kodiak
from Anchorage to consult with
naval officials, and it is reported
the permission necessary is ex
pected from Washington, D. C.
in about 10 days.
If the official permission for
the chartered C-54 plane to land
on the naval field is granted the
crab operation will be resumed.
Itinerant
Court Due
The members of the traveling
district court, including District
Judge Anthony Dimond and
Prosecuting Attorney Raymond
Plummer, are due to arrive a*
Kodiak Monday.
Arrangements have been made
to hold the local session or court
at the Commissioner’s office, be
ginning Wednesday, Sept. 11.
Alaska Statehood
Voters in Kodiak will go to the
polls in October to vote on the
Aia' ka statehood referendum.
The Mirror urges all its read
ers to study the Alaska State
hood Supplement included with
this issue in order to have a bet
ter understanding of the issues
involved.
Shipping
Tied Up
San Francisco (j?)—AFL Sail
ors' union of the Pacific rejected
a second government plea for a
truce yesterday as it joined the
nationwide maritime strike
which has tied up at least 189
vessels along the West Coast.
An estimated 90,000 sailors
packed their gear and walked off
ships in protest of a Wage Stabil
ization board order denying
them a full wage increase of re
cent contract negotiations.
President Truman said the
strike is in the hands of Secre
tary of Labor Schwellenbach.
In New York 343 vessels of all
nations were tied up.
The Kodiak office of the
Alaska Steamship office has been
advised of cancellation of all sail
ings, and on the outgoing Lak
ina, which is due today at the
base, only freight subject to de
lay in unloading in Seattle will
be accepted.
The Lakina was due at the
base at 8 am this morning, next
at Erskine’s Sunday or Monday
and then to the City dock.
No arrangements have yet
been made for anyone to operate
the City dock for the city. Jim
Travers, former warehouseman
at Erskine’s is on tne Lakina,
and may be contacted concern
ing the dock’s operation.
Enrollment
Shows Increase
The total school enrollment
this year is 287, Superintendent
S. A. Nave announced today, an
increase of 29 over last year.
Sixty-eight registered in high
school, 50 in junior high, and
169 in the giades.
Already crowded in past years,
students overflowed the rooms,
benches being pressed into ser
vice to provide seating space.
Because of the crowded condition
physical education instruction
will be held at the community
center, as well as high school as
sembly meetings.
Enrollment figures for the past
4 years show increases as follows;
High Grades Total
1943 36 177 213
1944 37 188 225
1945 48 210 258
1946 68 219 287
Two teachers, Marco Kiils
gaard, and Flavia Hansen, are
due to arrive this weekend on
the Lakina.