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iOU 7 NO. 33
News of oAmericas Last Frontier
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 18, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Jun eau, At - <s]re.
Prepare
Alaska Plan
Washington, D. C. (^P)—A ev
aluated government program
luigned to insure basic economy
mi peimanent population plus
impregnable defenses for Alaska
* now being prepared, Wiiliam
Waroe, assistant secretary of the
Interior announced today. Mas
tatplan will be ready for sub
■OBion to Congress next year
■ith request for immediate ac
Ooe item under discussion is a
(year housing program.
The Kodiak Garden Club mix
d fun and Btudy at the meeting
Fednesday night when the hos
ts®, Georgie Silver wood, pro
Jded members with newspaper,
tears and toothpicks and set a
as limit of 15 min. in which
no-member teams weie to
Mate an original costume Re
illts - 1 pirate, l chinaman, 1
\iy and 1 Hawaiian dancer,
ue chinaman cc6tume created
f C Blankenburg and worn by
Hue Wilson captured first prize.
I Winter programs of the club
m now underway, consisting of
"series of flower arrangement
botany studies. Guests and
nnpective members are always
ufome Next meeting is Nov
mb?r 5th.
The Anthony D. Novikoff
ml for 2 charges cf first degree
auMer will be held in Anchor
ite Oct. 27.
Wins New Jeep
Miss Leone Caughell, holder
rfticket No 7443. won the sta
ion wagon jeep in the Commun
ty Chest diawing at the base
ast night. She is employed in
listrict public works
Other winners were:
Radio, No. 5436,. Harry Schul
«,ba«e carpenter shop.
Camera, No. 941, Paul Tonte,
ROB garage
Alternates were D. R Fillmore,
*.Dockar, Box 115 Kodiak, and
kief Petty Officers club
Properly transfers recorded
his week include:
Norman & Albina Spencer,
ontract to b ly Milton Smith
|wi<ienej, 1 ot 13 Block 1.
' John Marshall to Raymond &
Pauline Shannon, residence Lot
B Erskine sub-division.
Heirs of Hans Gerdrum es'a'p,
widence Lot 3 Block 17, to Er
«et& Violetip Curry, S1P00.
Alice Will Be Cut
Electric power will be cut off
■Cproximakely 2 hours for emer
•■cy re naira Sunday morning
banning at 5:30 am, the KEA
•►nmced today.
Alaska Day Today
Today is Alaska Day, in com*
memoration of the ceding of the
Territory by Russia to the Unit
ed States on Oct. 18, 1867.
A private water system in the
Mission road area owned by*
Chester Clark has been sold to
John Gibbons and John C.
Hughes, residents of the area, it
was reported today.
Drawing
Tonight
Tonight at 10:30 in front of
the Orpheum theatre someone is
going to be happier by one
bright and shiny new 1947 Ply
mouth sedan, as the drawing is
held in the raffle sponsored by
the Kodiak liquor dealers for the
benefit of the Alaska Crippltd
Chi'dren’a Association.
All profits go to the associa
tion, and a fourth of the money
will be kept by the loeal chapter'
for purely lccal me. The local
drive is part of the territory
wide campaign, which has as its
main goal the raising of money
to help equip and maintain aD
orthopedic hospital at Sitka for
Alaskan children. The Territory
matches each dollar collected by
the association for hospital use.
There is still time for every
one to help in the worthy cause,
as tickets will remain on sa e at
all local business houses up to
the drawing tonight.
Buy another ticket today and
help Kodiak do its share.
Cancellation of the weekly
Old Time Dance scheduled for
tonight at the Community Cen
ter has been announced by Di
rector Ken Wade. The program
was put off in order to avoid
conflict with the drawing for the
crippled children’s benefit car
and in order to permit the Cen
ters dance-ca' er to assist in a
Community Chest program at
the NOB Officers Club
Old-time dancing held as usual
at the Center next Saturday
night.
Gets Bear
In New Area
Believed to be the first white
sportsmen ever to hunt for bear
m the Hed River lake area of
Kodiak island, W A Richard
son. of San Antonio, Texas got
a 9 foot 2 inch bear there last
week Chailes Madsen, his guide
reported
Bob Hall, local pilot, flew
Richardson in to the lake at
1 pm, the bear was shot and
they flew out at 5 pm.
W. W. Hammond, an oilman
also from San Antonio, shot a
10 and a half foot bear in tha
Uyak bay ares.
Proclamation
WHEREAS, the President of
the United States has called up
ou the nation to inaugurate im
mediately a voluntary food con
servation program in order to
meet our important commit
ments abroad, and
WHEREAS, in order to save
food stuffs, this program applies
particularly to meat and wheat
products, and includes the spec
ific and urgent requests that all
citizens use bo meat on Tuesday
and no eggs or poultry on Thurs
day and save at least one slice
of bread daily, with the modific
ation that during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year weeks
Monday may be the day for no
egg or poultry consumption, and
that public eating places serve
bread and butter only on de
mand, and
WHEREAS, compliance with
this proposal, extremely moder
ate in view of our nation's rela
tively great abundance, is essen
tial to America’s purpose to win
the peace, as we have won the
war, and
WHEREAS. I am confident
that Americans in general and
those of Alaska in particu'ar
who have willingly made what
ever sacrifices were necessaiy
during the war years, will be
glad and ready to comply fully
with the President’s plea for this
voluntary action, provided they
are aware of what they are ask
ed to do,
Now, therefoe, I Ernest
Grueting, Governor of Alaska,
do specifically call this program
of President Truman to the at
tention of the people of Alaska,
believirg that this notification is
sufficient to secuie their whole
hearted and enthusiastic com
pliance in the realization that
the slight deprivation which
they are asked to undergo is a
very small contribution for all of
ns to make for the further pres
ervation of the principles for
which we have just fought and
won the greatest war of all time,
and for the enhancement of the
prospect of permanent peace.
Ernest Gruemng
Governor of Alaska
Luncheon Set
A “kick off’’ luncheon at
which final plans will be made
for the annual Community Cen
ter drive has been called for
officials of the drive, it was an
nounced today by Chairman
James Martz.
Members of the drive commit
tee are Ben Kraft, Jorgen Fred
rickson,* Charles Madsen, John
Gibbons, Leo Sears, Swede
Breckberg, Mrs. William Fitz
gerald, Mrs. Marjorie Gunder
son and Marc Meyer.
All are expected to be present
at the luncheon next Monday
'noon at the VFW Club.
Schedule Changed
A schedule change on sailings,
for Kodiak was received by the
Alaska Steamsh p company yes
terday.
The next Denali will not leave
Seattle until Nov. 29 to be due
in Kcdiak about Dec. 6, making
it probably the last passenger
boat before Christmas.
Two freighters will precede the
Denali. (See Alaska Steamship
notice elsewhere this issue)
Bristol Bay
Men Drown
Anchorage (jTI—Four men
were lost when the 65-foot motor
ship Auk loaded with school sup
plies and general freight, ran a
ground Monday and broke up at
tbe mouth of the Ugashik river,
on the north shore of the Alaskan
peninsula
The dead are Fred Lucas, Ne
fita Hansen, Whitey Derringer
and Bert Holland.
Is Coming
Come and meet Diamond Lil
and Soapy Smith!
Come and hear Kodiak Kate
wit h her gay piano and its nos
talgic tunes!
Celebrate the “days of ninety
eight in Kod-i ache” in a big
way!
That gives a bint of a few of
the highlights of the big Carnival
being sponsored by the Business
and Professional Women’s club
Nov. I at the Community CYn
tt r for the benefit of the cente'
At a special meeting Monday
at the Jack Hinckel residence
further plans were made. The
children will have a field day in
the afternoon with hot dogs and
all the trimmings a carnival
means. In the evening they
must be accompanied by par
ents
White elephants are still being
sought. These are being collec'ed
to be usecj in addition to many
valuable and interesting prizes
to be offered in novel and rnter
taining ways.
200 Men Wanted
For Base Work j
A call for men for construe ,
tion jobs at Adak and Kodiak
has been issued dry the Territor
ial Employment office.
The notice said 200 men are
sought for several skilled and un
skille i classifications.
The Alaska Standard, tanker
of the Standard Oil company,
called this week at Erskine’a dock
to unload petroleum produets.
School Shy
Of Funds
A shortage of school funds be
cause of lack of payments from
the Territorial treasury was re
ported at the council meetiBg
Monday by Leon Johnson, treas
urer of the local school board.
He said the local school has
outstanding bills of $4392.14,
October salaries are $5207, and
the bank balance is $3140. If the
city pays its entire share of the
school budget at this time he said
the school could continue to De
cember without payment from
the Territory.
Mayor Lee Bettinger and the
council are investigating possibil
ities of payments from the Terri
tory and will call a special meet
ing as soon as full information is
received,
A bid of $28,624 for draining
and grading the main street, and
$5380 for black top surfacing was
referred to committee.
Building permits were approv
ed for:
John Hubley, add bedroom,
Lot 4 Block 16.
J. H Zentner to move building
from Signal Corps properly to
Lot 15 Block 16.
Camilla Wier to add 6x10 sun
porch to residence.
E. A. Bearson to move skid
shack to Leite addition
Anchorage Cold Storage Co. to
add 12x14 addition to p ant for
living quarters.
Catherine Blankenbug to
build 3-unit business addition to
Frontier chop.
Alf Torgramson tore roof fiont
of Lyric theatre building, build
partition and lemodei offices
A urw application by All loi*
gramaon to rebuild Lyric th< atre
building war referred to commit
tee.
Foi hire licenses were appioved
for a 4 cat” and 2 trucks foi
Chase and Tolbeit.
A letter was read from the
Chamber of Commeite suggest
ing the city withdraw city ser
vices from aieas outside the city
I limits but no action was taken.
A financial report wai read for
I the Community Center, reveal
ing a balance of $1416.71, and it
was reported no deficit is expect
ed fo the curient year’s opera
tions.
Intentions towed have been
filed by Norman A. Sutherland,
cook and Una McDonald, house
wife; and Eugene K. Cooper,
bartender, and Doris Nadine
Brim, waitress.
Hearing Today
A sanity hearing for Judson
E. Gardiner, of Tuscon, Arizona,
will be he»r this morning at 10
am, Commissioner G. W. Buben
dorf announced.