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KODIAK. ALASKA
FEBRUARY 20. 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Garland Hit
By Blizzard
TheS. S. Garland stoppe<
at Kodiak on Tuesday last oi
its way East to Seward an<
according to an interview witi
the skipper, Captain John M ,
Pym, she had an extremel.'
rough voyage. Approximated
250 miles out of Kodiak, ii
Pavaloff Bay, the ship ran in
to a wintery gale.
Fifty mile an hour wind.
with gusts up to 60 miles ai
hour, four below zero tempera
ture which resulted in ice be
ing deposited on all decks
masts and bridge, about a fool
thick and according to Captain
Pym between 50 and 60 tons of
ice. Before the hatches could
be opened this ice had to be
chopped away.
The life boats were buried
under this foot thick coating
of ice as well as everything
that was on deck. The bridge
windows were encrusted which
made the trip a most hazar
dous one. But Captain Pym
and his crew took the ordeal
in stride and made their port, |
discharged the cargo and went
on their way to Seward with |
their cargo of Kodiak King
Crab for the Mainland.
Nightengale Has
Wings Clipped Off
The City Police answered a
call on Sunday February 14th
because of a disturbance in
the Idle Hour Bar. On arriv
ing on the scene Harry
Nightengale and ‘‘Rocky"
Miller were about to choose
sides for a round of fisticuffs,
but unfortunately someone
had misplaced ‘‘Rocky’s”
crutches causing him undo
discomfiture and a very serious
handicap.
xne arresting omcer ratroi
man Argy placed Nightengale
under arrest and booked him
on the charge of drunk and
disorderly conduct.
In City Magistrate Court on
Monday, Nightengale was
found guilty after pleading
not guilty, and given a fifteen
day sentence which -was sus.
pended.
Tom Clamford and Andy
Pelto were witnesses to the
event and on their testimony,
Nightengale was found guilty
and sentenced.
ATTENTION
For tax purposes all boat
owners are requested to come
in or phone the city nail to de.
termine identification and
present location of Kodiak
owned boats.
The mailboat Garland docking at the City Dock with 50 tons of ice encrusting her upper
structure. Sixty mile an hour winds whipped Pavaloff Bay waters into her rigging where it
immediately froze in the4-below weather. (Photo by L. J. Norman)
Coast Gaurd Announces
Fire Extinguisher Change
A change in the regulations
regarding fire extinguishing
equipment for motorboats was
at.noucned this week by Capt.
W. W. Kinner, commander of
the 17th Coast Guard Dist-1
rict in Juneau, Alaska.
All outboard motorboats are
now required to carry hand
portable fire extinguishers,
exceot for outboard motor
boats of the rowboat or canoe
type which are less than 26
feet in length and which do |
not carry passengers for hire.
At present many motor-!
boats are being built with ca-!
bins and other enclosed spaces
and such motorboats are pro
pelled by outboard motors. In
addition, many of these mot
orboats are carrying portable
auxiliary gasoline tanks as
part of the outboard motor ac
cessories.
A notice regarding the pro
posed change in the regula
tions concerning fire exting
uishing equipment for motor
boats was published in the
Federal Register dated Sept
ember 9, 1953, and a public
hearing was held on Septem
ber 29, 1953, in Washington,
D. C. This change became eff.
ctive January 18, 1954.
The amendment reads as
follows: All motorboats shall
carry at least the minimum
number of hand-portable fire
extinguishers set forth in tab
le 25.30-20 except that motor
boats less than 26 feet in:
length of open construction'
propelled by outboard motors, j
not carrying passengers for j
hire need not carry such port- j
able fire extinguishers.
Table 25.30-20 requises gen-1
erally that motorboats under J
25 feet in length carry 1 app- J
roved extinguisher, and that ,,
boats between - 26 and 40 feet
in length would carry 2 ex
tinguishers.
This requirement was found,
necessary in the interests of j
promoting safety of life be-j
cause of the fire and explosion j
hazards which may be present
on board these motorboats.
t
Unger Held On
Morals Charge j
Rodney C, Unger was held
to answer to the grand jury on
a charge of white slavery, fol
lowing a preliminary hearing
into the charges this week in
Anchorage’s U. S. Commis
sioner’s court. Unger is pre
sently being held in the fede
ral jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Unger is accused of transport
ing a woman from New York
City to Kenai for purposes of.
prostitution. The alleged!
crime occured in July of 1953. j
Unger was held in the Ko-1
diak federal jail before his re
moval to Anchorage earlier
this month.
BULLETIN
Due to the observance of
Washington’s Birthday the
City Hall will be closed on
Monday, Feb. 22. It should
also be noted that the regular
City Council meeting sche
duled for Monday will be post
poned until Tuesday.
J. B. Holland
Dies lii USA
been ill for the past thr$e
years passed away at the
Swedish Hospital at 11 pm last
Sunday evening, Feb. 14. in
Seattle. , ' '"•*
Holland left foA Seattle
about one year ago because
his poor health. The nature
his illness was not released, f
Holland was born January
29, 1892 at Skudeslnerhayn.
Norway. At the age of thir
teen he emigrated 'to the
United States and finally set
tled at Minneapolis, Minnesota
after spending a short tinre
the State of Wisconsin.
He was married in Minnea
polis for the first time and
their were two children from
this marriage.
A daughter, Mrs. Marion
Pontius of Minneapolis and
Lawrence of Seattle, Wash,
mgton. Lawrence worked for
a year with his father at th «■
Belmont in 1950. After work,
ing at various places both • in
the west and Canada. Holland
came to Alaska in 1927 as a
fisherman at the Copper River
Flats near Cordova. One year
later he moved to Seward and
was remarried to Anna An
derson. There were three sons
born in the next fpw years.
Vernon, age 25; John Jr. age
23 and Eugene age 19, all of
Kodiak. Mr. Holland has
three sisters that he left in
Norway.
A little German girl’ oreesed as Mikki, a porcupine
legendary in German fairy tales, cries unrestrainedly at sight
of a bigger and more realistic Mikki outfit during a children'-s
costume party in Berlin. (iPwirephoto)