"News of oAmericas Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 37
KODIAK. ALASKA
NOVEMBER 17, 1951
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Inquest To
Be Held
An inquest to determine the
identify of a human foot with
part of the lower leg attached
has been set for 3 pm Monday,
A. M. Vokacek U. S. Commis
sioner, said yesterday.
The foot and bones with
bits of clothing was discovered
last week on Buskin Beach by
Philip Jones, 14 year old son
of Sgt. and Mrs. William S.
Jones of Fort Greely.
The verdict of the cornor
er’s jury is expected to es
tablish the drowning of two
Kodiak Naval Station em
ployees last April.
Henry C. Findley and
Marion E. Pulver, rigging
loft men of KNS, were re
ported missing after their
overturned skiff was discover
ed on the beach near Gibson
Cove.
The discovery of the foot
and bones resulted in a new
search ot the beaches for evi
dence of the death of the two
men. Following their disap
pearance the Navy, Marine
Corps and Army conducted a
search by air, boat and foot
for the missing men.
Commies Kill
5,500 Allies
By the Associated Press
A full investigation of the
charge that the Communists
wantonly murdered 5,500
American prisioners of war
was ordered this week by
Gen. Matt Ridgway.
The first report of the atro
city was released by Col.
James Hanley, Eighth Army’s
Chief of Judge Advocate’s
section.
The story caused shock and
horror throughout the United
States. There has been a call
by some Congressmen for the
use of the atomic bomb against
the commies in Korea.
Meanwhile, the Korean war
bogged down because of thick
mud as an inch of cold rain
swept the battlefront. The
downpour sharply limited all
ground action and kept most
planes at their bases.
The Community Baptist
Sunday School has set Wed
nesday evening, December 19,
as the date of their annual
Christmas program.
Robert Loundree, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Loundree
and former employee of
Kraft’s Grocery Department,
is now working at Bell’s
Dairy.
Whittington Gets
Grazing Lease
A 20 year grazing lease for
all of Near Island was granted
to Loren J. Whittington on
November 1 by the U. S.
Government.
Near Island is the large
body of land located directly
across' the channel from Don
nelley and Acheson dock.
Whittington, former owner
of the City Market, recorded
the lease with the U. S. Com
missioner recently.
Whittington has been in
town for the past month and
was working at the City Mar
ket while Glen Banks, present
owner of the store, was out
side. Whittington sold the
City Market to the Banks in
December of 1947.
Prior to going outside he
had some cattle on the island. ,
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Key West, Fla. — President
Truman brushed aside all sug
gestions for a “Big Four”
conference on world peace.
He said his stand remained
the same and that the United
Nations was the place for such
a meeting.
Washington—Air Transport
Associates, incorporated, a
non-scheduled air carrier
operating between the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska, asked
the CAB for permission to re
main in business pending the
completion of a CAA study.
The company is now operating
on a 30-day reprieve of can
cellation.
Paris—Yugoslavia asked the
United Nations to order the
Sovier satellite troops from
her borders to restore calm to
the Balkans. The Yugoslav
Foreign Minister told the U.
N. Assembly that Hungary,
Roumania and Bulgaria are
keeping 25 divisions in fron
tier positions and are thus
menacing his country.
Special Meeting
Held By Council
A special council meeting was
held last night. Purpose of the
meeting was to approve and
pay current bills. The next
regular meet ing of the city
council will be held Monday.
Carl Caldwell, engineer, and
H. A. Morris, architect, for
Thomas B. Bourne Associates,
Inc., are in town this week to
make a preliminary survey re
garding future building in
Kodiak.
The two men plan to be in
town for several days.
Seal Sale
Drive Starts
Christmas Seals were
placed in the mail this week
for all postoffice boxholders
by members of the TB Christ
mas Seal Sales committee.
Emil Knudsen is chairman
of the drive for this year.
“We hope to better the goal
of last year. Anyone who does
not have a postoffice box may
obtain the seals by calling at
the store,” Knudsen said.
He explained that the sale
of che seals is the only sup
port the program receives.
“The funds received from the
sale is divided three ways.
20% of the funds will remain
here in Kodiak and the re
mainder is divided between
territorial headquarters and
the national headquarters,”
Knudsen said.
iVlartz Flown
To States
J. G. Martz, Orpheum
Theatre manager and part
owner, was flown to Seattle
Monday for special medical
attention. Mrs. Martz and
Mrs. Patrick Lynch, former
health nurse for Kodiak ac
companied the patient.
Martz has been ill for the
past two weeks, a navy am
bulance drove him to the
field and he boarded a PNA
plane for Anchorage. From
Anchorage he flew NWA
Stratocruiser co Seattle.
Late Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Dick Nixon, sister of
Martz, received a telegram
from Mrs. Martz stating that
the trip was completed and
that Martz was in the Vir
ginia Mason Hospital.
He will go through the
clinic which should take about
three days, Mrs. Nixon said.
Help Fight TB
Buy Christmas Seals
Mrs. Jay Holman and
daughter returned to Kodiak
recently by plane.
Ellis Named
Legion Head
V. G. Ellis, manager of the
insurance department of the
Bank of Kodiak, was elected
commander of the local Ameri
can Legion post Thursday.
Ellis succeeds Herbert Spie
gel as commander.
Oscar Nelson was chosen as
senior vice commander and
Spiegel was elected adjutant.
Ben Kraft was re-elected as
finance officer and Henry
Neseth was named chaplain.
Other officers are Walter O’
Brien, service and Charles
Rush, sgt. at arms.
Bea Nachtweigh was instal
led as president of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary during
the evening. At an election,
held earlier, Edna Kraft was
elected vice president of the
auxiliary and Esther Magnu
sen, second vice president.
Other officers of the auxili
ary are Flora Spiegel, secre
tary-treasurer; Georgya Ellis,
historian; Dorothy Haag, sgt.
at arms; Irene Brooks, chap
lain.
Cows Flown To
Chirikof Is.
Sid Old, Kodiak rancher,
shipped 17 Hereford bull
calves to Chirikof Island this
week by air.
The calves were purchased
by the Chirikof Cattle Com
pany and will be added to the
herd on the island. The cattle
company has its headquarters
in Palmer and has been
butchering and transporting
the meat from the island to
Palmer for sale.
On Wednesday eight calves
were flown to the island in a
special built DC-3 and on
Thusrday nine were shipped.
The. plane lands on the
beach at the island.
AA Auditor In Town
William D. Johnson, auditor
for Alaska Airlines, was in
Kodiak this week to audit the j
books of the local office. John-|
son makes his headquarters,
at Paine Field near Everett,
Washington.
Dorothy Tyner, representa
tive of the Territorial Office j
of Rent Control is in town this |
week making a survey.
Mill Vokacek was an in
coming PNA passenger Wed
nesday from Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Deveau,
owners of Island Seafood Can
nery, returned recently from
a trip to the states.
Home Razed
By Fire
A fire which spread rapidly
and was whipped by wind and
gusts burned out the entire
interior of the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Kreiner of Mis
sion rd early Tuesday morning.
Furniture, equipment and
clothing in the house were all
destroyed in the fire which
started in the lower section of
the house. Chief and Mrs.
0. 0. North and their small
child lived-in the lower sec
tion. Mrs. North was burned
about the face as she ran to
get her baby.
The fire is believed to have
started from a defective flue
or from a faulty electrical
outlet, one of the firemen said
Tuesday afternoon.
The Kreiner’s home is be
yond the city limits. The fire
truck ran a hose into a near
by creek and fought the blaze
by pumping. A fire truck from
Kodiak I aval Station also
went to t ..j fire. The fire is
believed to have started
around 1:35 am.
Saturday night the Kodiak
'Volunteer Fire Department
battled a mattress fire at the
Kodiak Hotel. A cigarette is
believed to have started the
blaze. The alarm sounded at
2:55 am.
The fire was in one of the
basement rooms at the hotel
and was discovered by a pass
ing cab driver.
Chamber Cancels
Thursday Meeting
There will be no Chamber of
Commerce meeting Thursday.
The regular meeting falls on
Thursday which is Thanksgiv
ing Day. Members of the C
of C will be notified by postal
card of the next meeting.
Two Engineers
In Town
R. C. Hack and Charles
Clark from the Anchorage
office of the Corps of Engi
neers are in town this week
collecting data on water front
facilities and storage space.
They plan to be here ap
proximately one week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Lind
sey recently returned to Ko
diak from Seattle. Lindsey is
a fisserman and Mrs. Lindsey
was formerly employed at the
Bank of Kodiak.
Mollie Nevzuroff and George
Eckenberg, both of Kodiak,
were married Tuesday by U.
S. Commissioner A. M.
Vokacek.