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News of oAmericas Last Frontier9
NO 45
KODIAK. ALASKA JANUARY 13, 1951
PRICE 19 CENTS
Enemy Back
Of UN Line
ay the Associated Press
Tekyo—Communist troops
•wept 30 miles behind the
-American lines in central
Kcrca in a wide end run on
fee east flank of the U. S.
Second Division fighting heat
fesnju.
Meanwhile two enemy regi
Meats bore down on the Won
Ja sector defenders from the
northeast and cut the supply
Med to the south. The Com
ownists were reported to have
Mixed a commanding hill.
The Reds from their
feminant height poured
withering small arms and ai£
tematic weapons fire into the
horseshoe shaped lines of the
Second Division.
Airforce B-29’s in a tacti
cal mission blasted the Reds
around Wonju with tons ol
bombs. Early reports of the
strike said it was successful.
The U. S. Eighth Army
imported a Communist force
estimated at 26,000 troops was
Moving down the peninsula
from Wonsan.
Washington (A1)—President
Truman called on Congress to
boost taxes this session “very
moch more” than the eight
billion dollars combined total
«f the last two increases.
The President in his annual
economic message notified
lawmakers the nation’s se
curity will demand lending
spending authority totaling
110 billion dollars.
He also said workers must
aecept wage restraints and
businessmen lower profits.
Sought By Seattle,
Powell Still Here
Jimmie Powell, sought by
the U. S. Marshal’s office in
Anchorage at the request of
■sap Andrews of Seattle, was
heated in Kodiak yesterday
Ip U. S. Deputy Marshal
Clarence Dizney. '
According to Andrew’s
hlter. Powell left Kodiak for
Anchorage around Dec. 10 and
has enronte to accept a job in
Seattle from Andrews; Powell
has reported to be carrying
about $1,000 in travelers
cheeks. ‘ * ...
Yesterday, Powell... tol4
Marshal Dizney he was “rol
M” in Anchorage and return
ed here because he had
fciends. He communicated
hith Andrews and was trying
fc> arrange fare for a second
Attempt to teach Seattle.
fThe Island Seafoods . ship
pM $.000 lbs of. fresh crab t*
Seattle Tuesday' aboard ar
Many Prizes Offered For Russian
I New Years Ball Tomorrow
aeverai Dusinesses in town
[ have contributed prizes for
i the Russian New Year’s mas
j querade ball tomorrow even
ing at the Elks Hall.
Prizes will be given for the
best dressed, most comical,
most original and most his
torical couples, and twe
special prizes will also award
ed. A prize waltz will be held.
Awards for costumes will
be made around 11:30 pm,
following the grand march.
Max Folsom will be master of
ceremonies for the evening.
Donors of prizes are the
following: Russell’s Men’s
Store, Donnelley and Acheson,
B and B, Club Liquor, Chee
chako Liquor, Variety Store,
Bert’s, Frontier Shop, Knud
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sen s. and Krafts.
Two orchestras are donat
ing their music for the even
ing, the B and B band and
Baker and his orchestra from
the base.
Tickets for the dance are on
sale at $1 50 per person, and
will also be available at the
door. The dance starts at 8:30.
The Russian Women’s Club,
sponsors of the dance, netted
almost $300 at the luncheon
and dinner they held Tuesday
evening at the church, and
Mrs. John Malutin, chairman,
has expressed her thanks to
everyone who made the affair
a success. Proceeds will be
used to make the final pay
ment in-March on the church
mortgage, she said.
National Guard
Stymied Here
Efforts to organize a Na
tional Guard unit here seem
doomed to failure because of
a lack of interest shown by
local men.
Captain Tom Owen and Sgt.
L. B Sessions are scheduled
return to Anchorage today
after a week of attempth^ to
arouse interest in the-project.
This is their second trip to
Kodiak.
Men between the ages of
17 to 35, inclusive, are eligible
for the guard. However the
project has not been closed
and interested persons are
urged to see Leon Johnson,
KEA manager, or Tom Ren
,shaw, Kraft grocery clerk.
•‘Apparently most of the
eligible men believe if they
join the guard they will- im
mediately be taken into the
regular Army,” Capt. Owen
said. i
i
fined For Selling
Liquor To Minor
Mrs. Elaine Gorsuch, clerk
at Blinn’s Liquor Store, pled
guilty before special com.
| missioner Mill Vokacek Wed
nesday to a charge of selling
wine and beer to a minor, and
was fined $25.
The complaint was filed by
Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney. Witness against Mrs*'
Gorsuch was the soldier, Le
von H. Sprague, who pur
chased the liquor: *
Mike Kerr, Jr., left Tues
day for Anchorage where he
will take a physical examina.^
tion to determine whether he
can enlist-in: the . Air FWc^|.
] He plans to visit Mr. and Mrs.1
l-Jee'il<MaaQs«wHile'there,.v.;
Chamber Talks
About Statehood
The period following the
regular Chamber of Commerce
luncheon Thursday at the
Montmartre Inn was devoted
to a discussion of the recent
statehood committee meeting
in Anchorage and a report on
the financial condition of the
KEA.
Mayor Lee C. Betti nger,
who returned on Thursday’s
plane from Anchorage, said
the committee spent con
siderable time discussing
sending delegates to a con
stitutional convention and
condemning Senator Russell
of Georgia for his stand on
statehood.
The committee also formed
plans for a publicity campaign
through newspapers and radio
to carry the statehood fight
into the “enemy” camp; Bet
tinger said.
The recent request for a
one cent increase in KEA
rates was due to the increase
in costs and operation of the
plant, Marshall Crutcher,
treasurer of the co-pp, told
the C of C.
He added that the REA in
Washington had asked that
the plant ‘operate with the
new generating units for one
year before applying for a
raise.
The Pomare, Aleutian mail
boat, arrived here on schedule
from the westward, at 2 am
Wednesday, and after a brief
stop continued on its way to
Sew in: u' li S.vkcV .
v This i t he ! nal trip for the
.shift which is being replaced
On the run b' the Garland.
Which" has ag-i in rweived a
I eontrhot for the Mail service.
Statehood Bill >.
Changes Listed
Members 01 tne aimki
Statehood Committee approved
11 changes in the new Alula
' statehood bill which will b<
'presented to the 82nd Con
egress, according’ to the An
chorage Times.
The changes will make the
•enabling act more desirable
from the Alaskan point of
: view and eliminate some op
position in the states, the An
chorage Times said.
“The new bill will eliminate
i partisan considerations in the
j election of delegates to a con
i stitutional convention, but the
> committee favored retention
of a primary vote to precede
the election,’’ the Times
article said.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger,
member of tne committee, at
tended the meeting in Anchor
age.
The new bill will also elimi
nate references to native
j reservations, a clause which
i drew fire from many national
organizations in che last ses
sion of coo. i est. . ne refe
rerence was maue as an
! amendment a, the request of
Senator Butler of Nebraska,
arch enemy of Alaska state
hood.
The bill wul also provide for
a total of 3i relegates to the
convention, distributed among
the divisions on the basis of
the 1950 census, the Times
story said.
Prowler's Tall, Short,
Blond, Brunette
If you see a tall man with
dark hair, crew cut. that is
short and curly, and he's short
and stocky, then notify the
Kodiak police, for he’s their
man,
Four women have recently
reported to the police , that
they were followed at night on
their way home, and these
four different descriptions
have come through:
I The man was tall, had a
'crew cut and wore a (lark
leather jacket; he was short,
had a crew cut and wore a
' dark leather jacket: he was all
j dressed in black and his fea
tures weren’t discernible; and
he was of average height, had
curly blond hair and piercing
dark eyes.
The police are investigating
If any one has another de
I scription, they’d like it; and ii
anyone can verify any of ths
above, giving any one descip
tion a majority, they'd like ii
1 even better!
Grimes Sells
Cannery - - ;
Grimes Packing Company,
salmon cannery at Ouzinkie, *
has been sold to Eric Bulmer
and associates, Bulmer an
nounced this week. -*»-<■ —
Bulmer, former superinten
dent of the Orca cannery at
Cordova and employe of the
New England Fish Company
(for 22 years, visited the ean
j nery at Ouzinkie from Sun
day to Thursday of this week.
“We do not contemplate any
1 change in policy at the can
nery," Bulmer said. He added
that the name of the company
j would be changed.
! Selling price of the cannery
j was not disclosed nor would
i Bulmer name the other mem
bers of the new company,
i A. L. Rogers, superintend
; dent for 0. L,. Grimes, will
• continue with the new corr -
! pany as will Hender Toms,
j bookkeeper. Rogers accom
panied Bulmer to Kodiak on
j Wednesday.
Negotiations for the pur
j chase of the company were
• conducted outside. Articles ol
j incorporation of the new com
|pany will be filed shortly,
Bulmer said.
Iron Lung Here,
Incubator Coming
The iron lung purchased
with funds raised in a drive
last October by the Kodiak
Polio Association has arrived
at Griffin Memorial Hospital,
and will probably be given a
public demonstration in the
near future.
The lung will accommodate
one or two persons, the hospi
tal explained.
The balance of funds raised
at the same time have pur-'
chased an incubator for the
hospital, and it was shipped
this week from Seattle on the
Flemish Knot.
Model A “Shoot*”
Repeated blasts that re
sembled shooting, just before
midnight Tuesday, were no
wild bandits chasing each
other around town, but the
backfiring of a model A Fordj
Ovid McKinfey, night patrol
man, reports.
The police received several
calls asking about the noise,
McKinley added.
Bob Beranard, manager of
the Commissioned Officers
Mesa Open at the base for
the past 30 months, has re
signed and plans to leave for
Seat$f tomorrow,