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"News of ^Americas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 16, 1947 ^-- __ PRICE 10 CENT8
14 Queens
In Contest
The final list of candidates,
their first standings in the Kodi
ak Queen contest, an additional
priM for the winner, and
arrangements for a pageant of
contestants at the Community
Center Summer Formal were an
aeoactd this week as interest
giaw in the queen selection being
ran in connection with the raffl
ing of a Pontiac sedan by St.
Mary's Catholic church.
With i candidate withdrawn
and 3 last minute entries before
the registration deadline Satur
day, a total of 14 will vie for the
qneen privilege between now
and the coronation, Sept. 2.
Three are from tne base and the
remainder from town and first
tallies show Betty Kizer, Rotary
candidate, in 1st place followed
closely by Genie Miller, tbe
YFW & Auxiliary choice. First
, returns are very incomplete as
I many have awaited the complete
list of candidates
Wednesday night at the Cent
• erit was announced that the
winning contestant, will be
awarded $100 for expenses in ad
dition to her free round trip by
plane to Seattle, via Northern
Airlines.
A pageant of queen contest
ants in formal dresses will also
be a feature of the formal dance
at tbe Community Center on
August 29
Interest is reported to be
growing in tbe raffle and contest,
and tickets at $1 each are avail
able everywhere. Each ticket
gives the purchaser a chance on
the new de luxe Pontiac sedan
on display by the Island Fount
ain, as well as provid ng 100
votes for tbe purchaser’s queen
choice.
Tabulation of vo es will be
printed each week in the Mir
rar. (See table elsewhere.)
Odom Talks
To Kodiak
William P.Odom, who broke
tbs around the wo?Id solo flight
time id his ‘‘Bombshell’' plane,
spoke to the local ACS station
as be flew near Kodiak about
930 pm Saturday evening.
At the time he talked to Ko
diak he was travelling in a
straight line from Cold Bay to
Anchorage, and did not pass
over Kodiak island, although it
had been expected he would. He
gave his bearings to the local
station and said he was flying at
5000 feet altitude.
A long distance call had been
scheduled from him to Seattle,
bat the call could not be made
because of too much interference.
Search Continues For Missing Plane
Contestant Sponsor Votes
Bourne Jean Breckburg(l4 mo.)Breckburg Dairy
Virginia Bnner 1'alley’s Beauty Salon 7,2UU
Albeitia Ann Farrow (2 yr.) Tony’s Place bbO
Donna Fitzgerald Friends 800
Kathleen Flood American Legion 600
Donna Frost ACS & Bea Nachtweih 6,700
Cleo Gregor iofl Kodiak Fountain 6,600
Rita Gustaveson Drake Puget Sound
Maijorie Hea^-er Griffin Memorial Hospital 6.000
Cecilia King O. Kraft & Sou 6,600
Betty Kizer Rotary Club 14,700
Genie Miller VFW & Auxiliary 13,100
Cher.e Morrison Pub. Wks. Metal Shop 1,500
Shirley Muffley Ship’s Service 2>000
Betty Beals (withdrawn) St. Mary’s Choristers 4,900
Voles for non-registered persons 1,200
Store Enlarged
Former living quarters at
Knudsen’s fountain have been
remodeled aud is now open as a
gift shop section, Einil Knuds*n,
owner, announced today.
Located back of the fountain
long shelves contain gift items
‘in open display on the two walls.
Fishermen Fined
On complaints filed by Marcus
Meyer, Fisli & Wildlife agent,
several fisbeimen were fined
this week by U. S. Commission
er G. W. Bubendoif.
One hundred dollar fines were
assessed Frank and Francis Bar
cott, Richard Badarovieh. Leon
Top Picture
A Navy PBY5A flies near
Mount Sheshaldin in the Aleu
tians in search of a sister plane!
of the same tvot "which is miss
ing in that area since August 6.
The rmssi^g plane, stationed at
Kodiak, had 15 military passen
gers and a crew of 5.
The Navy announced yester
day that the organized surface
search had been abandoned but
the air search is continuing. Four
subs en route to Kodiak were
alerted to search the area as
they passed near Dutch Harbor,
destination of the missing plane.
One of the subs discovced
plane wreckage on a beach bui
it was identified as old wreckage
by a landing party from the
Coast Guard vessel Unalga
Lower Picture
John E. Duvall Aviation
Machinist’s Mate, first cla.-s,
(left.} assists a sick man from the
Navy PBY which is missmg
The mercy m ssion pictured hert
was flown to Kodiak shortly be
fore the plane disappeared. Du
vail was one of the five crew
men aboard the missing plane,
which had flown 10 rescue mis
sions in this area so far this year.
Duvall’s wife, Lucille, resides on
the station at Kodiak.
Pretti and Benny Colaciuo for
using a seine as a trap; and $50
fines, with $25 suspended were
given Dick Zuanich, Earl Jones,
It. I. Bartlett and Tripo Castel
io for fishing at 5 pm before the
opening hour.
Subs On Visit
The party of 4 subs and escort
tender scheduled to visit Kodiak
on a routine training cruise wet-*
due at 8 am today.
Congress
Group Due
The House Subcommittee on
Territorial and Insular Posses
sions of the Public Lands Com
mittee will visit Kodiak Sept. 5
and 6, according to word receiv
ed today from Governor Ernest
Gruemng.
The party will consist of the
following:
Congressman Fred Crawford >
chairman (R-Michigan)
Edward Jenison (R-Illinois)
William Dawson (R-Utah)
And Delegate E. L Bartlett,
who will join the party at An
chorage on August 29 for the re
mainder of the tour.
The party will arrive at Kodi
ak on Friday, Sept. 5 via an Air
Transport Command plane, and
will leave Saturday morning
2 Medals Will
Be Issued
Head quarters, 17th Naval
District, Kodiak—It was sb
nounced today that the 17th
Naval District is dow authorized
to distribute American Defense
Service Medals (including fleet
and base clasps) and World War
11 Victory medals to all qualified
Navy veterans, Inactive Reserve
and retired personnel in Alaska.
The American Defense Medal
will be awa. ded to all persons m
naval service who served on act
ive duty between Sept, 8, 1939
to Dec. 7, 1941 inclusive.
Full information on proce
dures and regulations governing
the awards are being made avail
able to all veterans’ organua
t ons
Talmage L. Smith, commander
of tbe local VFW Post, announc
ed today that the VFW is pre
pared to act as agent for the dis
tribution of the medals as re
quested by the navy
Ail Navy veterans, Inactive
Reserve and retired personnel
a e urged to contact the poet for
ipplications for medals to which
they are entitled, and for lull in
formation on regularious and
documents necessary.
The medals are also available
for ex-members of the U. S. Mar
ines Corps upon piesentation of
their discharge certificates at the
Marine Barracks, NOB, Kodiak
(second floor, Barracks 1, build
ing 4) where formal application
forms will be completed, accord
ing to an announcemenl by Maj
or K. L. Boll, USMC, couirnand
I ing officer.
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Surplus Advertised
A huge sale of surplus pro
perty at. Kodiak, including many
| miscellaneous items, is adver
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