Library-Museum
Juneau, Alaska
"News of ^Americas Last Frontier”
fOL. 6 NO. 10
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 4, 1946
PRICE I
ENTS
Long-Distance Phone Calls Possible Soon
Center Head
Chosen
A director has been hired for
tb« Kodiak Community Center,
and both he and the local board
are busy now making arrange
ments to get transportation for
him so the program of the Cent
er can be gotten underway just
as soon as possible.
Chosen as the top man in ex
perience and capabilities of a
number considered by the board,
the man who will have charge of
implementing the first recrea
tional and community program
in Kodiak is Kenneth Wade, of
San Francisco.
Information secured from
YMCA sources gave Mr. Wade
high recommendations for abil
ities in program activities; organ
ising, teaching and directing
groups; management and super
vision of studies, campaigns, and
engaging the interests of young
and old groups in all the types of
activities
Already enthusiastic about
prospectR here, Mr. Wade is al
ready bombarding the local
board with requests for informa
tion and suggestions on equip
mens needed for the undertaking.
Mr. Wade for the past 4 and
(continued on page 9/
Bazaar Is
Monday
A Bazaar will be held next
Monday, May 6, between 2 and
* Pro at the home of Mrs. Jack
®elane, across from Bert’s drug
store.
The Catholic Women’s associ
ation ie sponsoring the event,
welcomes donations, either
*** the Bazaar or cash gifts.
Refreshments will be served,
*°d home articles, including
■^dlework, pastries, pies, cakes,
*Prons, doilies and pot holders,
he on sale.
Making arrangements for the
are Mrs. Jack Delane,
ear*or Dooley, Fleeta Christ
“Pherson and Mrs. Norman Sle
Xs.
The public is cordially invited
0 attend the Bazaar Monday.
Bear Hunter
"nd Prize
^"Ptain R. R. Lyons, com
®"nder NOB-NAS, Kodiak, po
*** "^ith the bear be bagged on
*an'k bay last week on a huDt
^PMrty with Charles Madsen.
him is Eli Metrokin, his
lJ**' The bear squared over 8
(Capt. Lyons at left.)
Election Results
Fo Primary election results,
see pages 4 and 8.
Dock Reported
As Surplus
The status of the former Army
dock still remained indoubt this
week as two different reports
were receive here
Ben Kraft, former dock owner,
received word from the Army
Engineeis in Washington, D. C.
that the dock was declared sui
plus as of April 16, and that it
had been determined that the
Navy had no immediate or pos
sible future use for it.
Mayor Lee Bettinger said he
had been reliably informed that
the dock was to be or had been
acquired by the Coast Guard for
its use, bur said he was unable
to confirm it.
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Offers Plane Service
“Sjieed” Dreyer, entrepreneur
of the Viking Air Service of Kod
iak arrived here Thursday even
ing with his new plane, a Key
stone 4-place amphibian.
He will spend the summer sta
tioned here making charter trips
and said that if he can arrange a
hangar he would remain here
this winter.
On a charter Saturday or Sun
day he vvill scatter from the air
handbills for the Orpheum the
atre, many of which will entitle
the finder to free admission to
the Sunday sh w.
Marine Surplus
An advertisement of surplus
marine property at Seward, Cor
dova and Whit tie*, is carried on
cage 11 of this issue.
Lakina Set;'
New Tieup
‘Impends’
The Lakina was to sail from
Seattle yesterday, routed straight
for Shearwater, thence to Kodi
ak, needing about 8 or 9 days for
the trio The Cordova also was
to leave at the fame time for
cannery ports in this area but
will not call at Kodiak.
Settlement of the CIO Can
nery vVorlsers strike by a 7 to 1
margin to accept wage proposals
of the Alaska Salmou Industry,
Inc., resulted in release of the
vessels
Proposals accepted include an
increase from $25 to $50 stand
by pay and acceptance of tliees
calator clause which calls for a
10 per cent pay increase over
last year
Possibility of a new shipping
tieup was seen in a warning mes
sage received here this week by
Mayor Lee Bettinger, from Gov
ernor Gruelling, which said:
"While nothing is certain un
til it happens, in view of the im
pending possibility of a general
waterfront tie-up along the whole
West Coast, I would suggest that
•ill merchants contractor and
otheis tiidravor to ant e pate
OPASetsUp
Base Clinic
Procedure for a Maval-OPA
Price and Rent. Clinic at the
Kodiak Naval Operating Base
has been worked out 'his week,
with Navy and OPA cooperating
to make available to Base person
nel an OPA Information Service.
Under this new procedure all
inquiries and complaints of Navy
and civilian personnel at the
Base will be accepted at this
Clinic where they will be relayed
to the Price Conirol Board in
town for handling through regu
ar OPA channels
Mrs. Irma Purington, Inform
ation Executive for the Alaska
OPA has been in town this week
consulting with Naval author
ties on this and other matters.
Mrs Purington made a broad
cast over Navy Station WVCQ
on Thursday to explain this new
procedure and also gave a talk
in connection with a fi'm which
was shown at the A'sec theatre
on the subject of Inflation.
In her radio talk Mis. Puring
(condnued on page 9)
their needs and wire for as large
orders as they are capable of
handling, thus protecting our A
laskan communities as far as pos
sible in the event of another tie
up ”
The prospective tieup may be
connected with a Maritime Union
conference set for Seattle May
10.
It wiM just be a matter of a
sbort time until long distance
radio teit I'uones wil connect
Kodiak wifh other pi mts in A*
I ask a amt --eattle, as installation
proceded 'his week at he local
Signal Corps office ot the neces
sary equipment for the new ser
vice.
Sgt. Gervis Floyd, operator in
charge of the local Signal Corps,
emphasized that the exact dale
the new service will be provided
is not yet determined Installa
tion of a transmitter is almoet
completed, but more up-to date
transmitter equipment is to be
shipped to replace it, and the
telephone booth is still to come
from Seattle. However, the sei
vice could be inaugurated with
out the booth, he said.
The long distance service,
promised for over a year, was
actually started as a result of a
visit here on April 5 of Col. Ter
rence Tully, Commanding Offic
er, of Seattle, who after taking
his new post made the trip and
determined the need of ruch a
service in this area Anchorage,
Seward, Whittier, Fairbanks ami
the Aleutians are among fiber
Alaska spots where the service is
already installed.
Installation work here is being
done by Howard Johnson, head
technician, and Kenneth Meier,
(continued on page 4)
Gross Tax
Instigated
The muddle of the gross in
come lax features of the Veter
an’s bill was still unresolved in
many cases here (his week, but
me chant’s and cafes and other
business establishments began
adding the 1 per cent retail tax
to their sales slips in many cases
this week.
The confusion is shown typi
cally by the fact that the OP A is
unable to determine if the tax
applies to rents, but has issued
an order “in ease it does”
The tax became effective April
4, with the first quarterly pay
ment due during July.
Attorney Rivers has specifical
ly stated that the tax is on grhss
income, that it is not a sales tax,
and that it may be passed on to
the consumer.
Many have decided to absorb
the tax, awaiting 3 possible ac
tions; a court test of the law in
Juneau s!ated soon; a possible
repeal of the tax features of the
Veteran’s bill; or further clarifi
cation of its applies tion
In the meantime there was a
scramble for pennies to be used
in making change.