VOL. 4 NO. 20
"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
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Kodiak Girl
Dies In Auto
Mrs. Antoinette McCauley,
About 30, the former Antoinette
Petroff, of Kodiak, was the vic
tim of a fatal auto ride taken
near Fairbanks,according to word
received here.
Fairbanks dispatches said the
unconscious form of a man and
the body of Mrs. McCauley were
found in a car parked in a clear
ing on the Steese highway 4
miles from Fairbanks. The man,
Clarence Knapp, 35, who had
been working for the Sommers
Construction Co. at Nome, was
taken to the hospital in a serious
condition from monoxide poison
ing.
Authorities said the gas tank of
the rented car was empty and
the ignition key was on. There
was no evidence of foul play
Mrs. McCauley had gone to
Fairbanks 2 months before from
Anchorage, and was employed in
a laundry. She was formerly em
ployed at the base laundry here
by Siems-Drake and left for An
chorage about a year ago. She
was born and raised in Kodiak
and was married here but had re
cently tiled for divorce.
Bartlett Holds
2 To 1 Lead
Juneau (Special)—E. L. Bart
lett continues a 2 to 1 lead over
John Mander-i for Delegate to
Congress from still incomplete1
returns of the Territory Frank |
Boyle (D) is 4 to 1 over Will
Chase (II) for Auditor; Ralph
Rivers (D) is far in the lead over
Harry McCain (R) for Attorney
General; and Leonard Smith (D)
is a walkaway over E. F. Wann
(R) for highway engineer.
The 1st division may have one
Republican in the legislature,
Steve Vukovich in the House. In
the 2nd Division Cochran, (D)
will probably be elected Senator
over Jones (R).
B. G Baker (R) will probably
be elected to the House from the
3rd 1).vision.
There may be three Republi
cans in the House, with Nerland
(R) elected to the Senate and
Butrovich and Johnson elected
to the House from the 4th Div
ision. Otherwise the legislature
will be Democrats.
Ten cows arrived on the De
hali for the Bell dairy ranch.
The U.S.S. Frank Knox, a
2250-ton destroyer, named in
honor of (he late Secretary of the
ftavy Knox, is shown being
Readied for its launching at Bath,
Maine. Mrs. Annie Reid Knox,
Widow of the late secretary will
sponsor the craft. („R wirephoto)
Camp Fire Girls
To Have Local Unit
Girls of Kodiak and vicinity
10 years and up will have a
chance to join the famed Camp
Fire Girls and learn fascinating
crafts now that plans have ma*
tured for such an organization
of girls here
The new group will be under
the sponsorship of the Commun
ity Baptist church, which also
acts as sponsors for the Boy
Scouts.
The first meeting of the new
girls’ group will be- held next
Thursday at 7:30 pm in the
church social room, and for the
first meeting it is necessary that
mothers accompany their
daughters.
Plans for the new group were
formulated by a committee con
sisting of Mrs Jeanette Bailey,
Mrs. Lois Colvin, Mrs. John
Winter, Mrs. N. M. Chamber
lain and Mrs. R. E Dawson,
and the first two named will act
as leaders Mrs. Bailey has led
Camp Fire girl groups previous
ly and Mrs. Colvin is experienc
ed in similar work.
All girls of 10 or over are
cordially invited to attend the
organization meeting.
Police Chief To Quit
When Germany Does
The end of the war with Ger
many will mean all things to all
people but to Jack Allman, local
police and fire chief, it means he
will submit his resignation for
his city position, he said this
week.
He is going to Fairbanks then,
he said, to get back into the min
ing game. Allman became chief
on May 1 this year.
Transfer Of Local Hospital Assumed,
Priest, Sisters Coming To Take Over
Club To Stock
Game Birds Here
The Kodiak Sportmen’s Club
is busy with plans for stocking
pheasants, chukkers and valley
quail locally and letters have
been written to bird breeders
for information on them. Jack
O’Connor, game management
supervisor of the Fish and Wild
life service has been contacted
in regard to purchasing willow
grouse and spruce hens for re
lease here Bird holding pens are
also to be built as soon as plans
are approved.
Club membership cards are
being distributed with the first
500 gone, 200 more rush ordered
and 300 more on order. The
cards are much in demand as
souvenirs of Alaskan duty.
Many servicemen offer more
than their dollar to help with
the club’s game propagation,
even though they do not plaD
being here to see the results.
The organization of a Junior
Sportsmen's club for teen age
rabbit hunters is being consider
ed, and anyone interested in
spending a few hours a month
to help organize it is asked to
contact Charles NTettle, 373
Mission road, evenings. It is felt
there is a great need for organ
ized junior activities along that,
line.
Mrs. Cora Williams left on
the Denali, accompanying the
body of her husband, Robert T.
Williams, Karluk teacher who
died Sept. 7. The body is being
returned to Oklahoma for buriah
Wind Raises Dust,
DoesLightDamage
High winds Tuesday and
Wednesday caused an infiltra
tion of dust that kept bouse- i
wives busy cleaning up after and |
a number of chimneys were re- j
ported blown down. i
On Tuesday a cottonwood tree
in the W. J. Erskine yard blew
down. The tree had been plant
ed 33 years ago, during the yeaT
Mr. Erskine’s son, Lt Wilson
Erskine was born.
The Coast Guard was busy
corraling small boats blown a
bout by the wind, but no major
damage was reported,
Nominated
Washington {&)—President
Roosevelt has nominated Joseph
W. Kehoe as U.S D strict Judge
for the 2nd Division, replacing
Judge Morison, whose term has
expired. Kehoe is a graduate of
the University of Oregon and
former member of the Alaska
legislature.
Meeting Sunday
All people living on Carlson
hill whose property is affected by
the new load are asked to attend
a meeting at the city hall Sun
day afternoon at 3. It is import
ant that each owner bring his1
deed to the property to the
meeting.
Charles Madsen and 0 A.
Torgerson have been named as
a Committee by the Rotary
Club to make plans for an honor
roll of Kodiak servicemen
U. S. S. Frank Knox Prepared
rir8t inaicauuu mat
•as been made for disposition of
he Griffin Memorial hospital
vas received here this week when
Mayor Emil Knudsen ieceived a
vire sent Sept. 20 from Skagway
lotifying him Father Edgar Gal
ant is on his way to Kodiak to
irrange for taking the hospital
jver as a Catholic institution.
Mayor Knudsen conferred
vith Father Gallant, head of the
Pius X Mission at Skagway, dur
ng his recent trip and was told
oy him that if the Catholics took
;he institution over he would
jome to Kodiak to help in the
transfer, but no commitment
bad been made at that time
Father Gallant’s wire request
ed the mayor secure him living
accommodations and said it was
“possible the Sisters should ar
rive about Oct. 20”.
The wire did not state that
the transfer of the hospital had
been made or who authorised it.
Local members of i he board con
sulted here yesterday sa d they
had not been informed of the
transfer. One member said the
board had wired Juneau askine
for information on how the hos
pital could be transferred and
who would have the authority to
do it, and that the wire had not
been answered.
Both Catholic and Baptist or
ganizations had expressed inter
est in operating the hospital af
ter the hospital board announced
the transfer move was being
contemplated.
Use Of Army Air
Facilities Urged
Washington (JP) — Use of
Army air bases in Alaska as a
contribution to the development
of the Territory was urged by
the House Interstate and For
eign Comme ce subcommittee.
Additional transport service is
essential to the growth of Alas
ka, the committee, headed bv
Representative Dulwinkle, (N.
C.-Dem.) reported to the House.
Commercial and private avia
tion, it recommended, should be
allowed the use of airports and
aids to navigation owned by tie
Army in Alaska.
The Committee described as
“entirely practicable the air
route to the Orient by way of
Alaska or the Aleutians route’-,
asserting that it is shorter tbpn
from Seattle and may be eperat
led without consent of the Cana
I dian government.
—
Hilmai Evans, storekeeper at
Naknek, died Sept. 15 at Nak
nek and the body was taken to
Anchorage for funeral services.