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"News of oAmencas Last Frontier”
VOL 14 NO 33
KODIAK. ALASKA,
OCTOBER 23. 1954
PRICE 10 CENTO
Uranium On
Kodiak Isl.
Philip Holdsworth, . Terri
torial Mining Engineer, con
firmad last week that there
are two uranium finds in A
laskathathe can’t say any
thing about at this time. He
did indicate in a television
program that one of the two
locations show promise of
commercial uranium develop
ment. Further he went on to
state that the Seward Penin
sula and the Island of Kodiak
had been reported as having
found the valuable mineral
hut he would not definitely
state that either of these lo
cations were the ones he men
tioned in his televised pro
gram.
Two local prospectors,
George Cornelius and Don
Pettaechi, became interested
in the float during one of the
slides on the base road, and
do to this interest the presence
of uranium through the use of
a scintilating counter has
been definitely detected in the
Minoshka Bay area. To date
ten claims have been staked
on the site.
The use of the counter to lo
cate the mineral was accom
plished by a low flying plane
and the reaction of the counter
gave definite proof of the
proximity of the mineral
in the area as well as other
valuable minerals.
The ten claims have just
been regis tered.
PNAMerger
Discussed
Seattle (A5) President A. G.
Woodley of the Pacific North-j
ern Airlines left Seattle for
Washington D.C. saying, “No
agreement has resulted from
talks with Alaska Airlines 0
fficials over a possible merger
between the two carriers."
He added however, “Pacific
is willing to leave the door o
pen for further discussion. I
am convinced that substanial
benefits to the Government
can be realized by such a con
solidation.
A Civil Aeronautics Board
Examiner has found that a
merger between Pacific North
and Alaska Airlines would be
of public interest.
CASINO HAS FIRE
The Kodiak Fire Depart
ment answered a call at the
Casino at 6:15 Friday jevenini
due to a defective flue in the
6 damage was ire
ported.
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Dust and wood flies as Phil Homeier of Los Angeles tears up some 185 feet of railing dur
ing the 11th lap of the 100-mile National AAA Championship automobile race at Sacramento,
I California, Ofit 17. His car did not overturn and Hom.ier was uninjured. (A3 Wirephuto) i
Benson and
Lannen In
Close Race
The hotly contested elec
tion for the Labor Commis
sioner position between H. J.
Lannen (D) and Henry Ben
son (R), incumbent for many
years, shows Benson still be
hind by 112 votes. Five of the
late reporting precincts, in
the Third Division, Cooper’s
Landing, Clam Gulch, Belkof
ski, Old Harbor and Copper
Center gave Benson 107 votes
and Lannen 45.
The official tally to date, out
of 239 precincts of the Ter
ritories 264 precincts gives
Lannen 12,479 to Benson’s
12,367.
There will be several hun
dred absentee ballots to be
opened and counted next
week. There were nearly 700
absentee baPots in the 1952
election, but this years figure
is likely to be much less,
which according to authority
will be around 300.
With the race for Labor
Commissioner as close as it is,
these absentee ballots could
easily be the deciding factor.
Final tabulations for the
past general election show:
Delegate E. L. Bartlett (D)
18,793 votes over Mrs. Bar
bara Dimock (R) 6,372. For,
Territorial Treasurer, Hugh
Wade (D) 13,65. over Earl
Hunter (R) 11,012.
Tender Men G3*
Awarded Bonus
Seattle (.P) A Superior
Court jury awarded four mem
bers of the Alaska Fishermens
Union $6,652 in back pay as
the result of being discharged
from the crew of a cannery
tender in Alaska last year.
The four, Olaf Madsen, Ulrik
Gordon. Herbert Sather and
Einar Evenson.all from Seattle
said they were fired by the A-1
laska Packers Association, j
which accused them of “caus
ing dissension.” The men in
sisted they were wrongfully
discharged from their jobs on
the cannery tender“Corregidor,
which operated for the Larsen
Bay cannery at Kodiak.
Connie Mack, center, 19 year old president of the Philadelphia Athletics, American League
basetatll'club which has been in the Mack family for more than a half century, joins in cheers
for cameramen after the club was sold to syndicate of: Philadelphia businessmen. Roy Mack, a
son of Connie, who will be among the nine men purchasing control of the club, stands, second
froin'rheft; while another son, Earle, is seated second from, right;. Others are members of the
syndicate and their attorneys;1 Seated to left of Connie.Mack is A^thurTGallagher who report
edly may be the new president, while at extreme right, seated, is Arthur Rosenberg,one who
sparkel the drive to keep the A’a in Philadelphia. (A’Wirephoto)
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Television
For Kodiak
Cdr. J. V. Barry, Naval
Station Exectutive Officer’ in
formed the MIRROR that a
report submitted by a commit
tee of the Civil Service Super
visors Association, on the pee
sibility of setting television
for Kodiak, seemed excellent.
“Next year,” said the Com
mander, ” there will be four
areas in Alaska suggested! for
the service.” Kodiak is one of
the four places selected.
The possibility of Television
for Kodiak was studied by a
committee of four Civil Ser
vice Supervisors Association
members they are Claude Ste
wart, Electronic Engineer at
the Naval Station; A. K
Anderson. PW Joiner Quarter
man and President of the
Supervisors Association; Chas.
Hamilton. Leadingman in the
Machine Shop, and Carl Gil
lam, Quarterman at the Elec
tric Shop, Naval Station.
Their first step in getting
television in Kodiak, was to
purchase a set and endeavor
to have the Anchorage pro
grams reproduced here, but
after several weeks* f failure
it was decided this method
was impossible.
The Director of AFRTS in
the Alaska Area was conferred
with on the matter of tele
vision tor Kodiak and there is
a remote possibility that Ko
diak may get television after
many obstacles are ironed out,
through the Armed Forces.
Fishermen
Object To
FWS Ruling
Seattle (A?) Alaska Salmon
operators and Fishing Union
Officials at their annual hear
ing in Seattle on Thursday,
objected strongly to the Fish
and Wildlife Service proposal
of adding twelve hours to the
weekly closed fishing period
in the Alaska Peninsula area.
Spokesmen for both the
groups were in accord that
the proposal for the 72 hour
weekly shutdown would defin
itely cripple fisning operations
in the area.
The hearing, which is in it*
second day, sponsored by the
Fitlh and Wildlife Service, is
schedul^i to close, with a
thorough' diflCUdsion.) ' 0< Uhe
Eng, crab and -mlseoltw**
*egulationa and changes
. Deed by Federal Agfhcy. j