Li"b rary-Mus eum
^uneau, Alaska
"News of cAmerica’s Last Frontier”
fOL. 6 NO. 11
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 11, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Dock Dispute Prevents Lakina Unloading
To Raffle
Ford Sedan
Some lucry person in the Kr
diak will be driving a new 1946
Ford sedan after July 4 as the
result of a car raffle to be con*
ducted for the benefit of the new
Community playground on
Brooklyn avenue.
0 A. Torgerson, who claims
he didn’t get the idea because he
needed a car, is planning the
raffle, and arrangements have al
ready been made with Carl Pajo
mao, local Ford dealer, for the
ear.
Plans are to sell tickets at a
nominal sum, with the draw
ing to be held as part of the 4th
of July celebration in Kodiak.
Funds wiM be necessary to car
ry out the plans for the play
ground, which started in a small
way as a skating rink. Already
grading is being done near the
dam for 2 concrete tennis courts
and a softball field, an idea ad*
iceu by Art Kizer, who ar
ged for donation of much of
— labor and equipment neces
sary for it.
The Rotary club has purchas
ed 3 surplus shacks, with a view
lousing them for facilities at the
area, and it is Dlanned to deepen
the skating lake so it will be suit
able for swimming in the summer.
Committee helpers on the car
raffle, and other details, will be
announced next week.
The Ford to be given away
was unloaded from the Lakma
yesterday.
Strike Possible
San Francisco (/P)—De'egates
of 7 Maritime Unions in conven
tion hot e have recommended a
national Maritime strike on June
15 if the union members concur
•>y ballot
fhe strike would almost para
lyze shipping of the East, West
*nd Gulf coasts and inland
"'aters.
Surplus Property
Surplus transport aircraft and
surplus vehicles are advertised in
this is-ue of the Mirror on Pages
5 and 8.
The Russian Church will spon
sor a benefit dance at Blinn’s
hall May 19. Tickets will be on
sale next week
\ Line-up Long
One of the longest of the
stocking line-ups that have form
ed at Erskine’s and Kraft’s was
that of Saturday morning when
jboth nylon and rayon hose went
on sale in the women’s depart
ment of Kraft’s.
TOP picture shows the early
birds near the department store
entrance as 2 newsboys who
struck a bonanza busily sell Mir
rors
BOTTOM picture shows the
line running pa»t the hardware
and grocery departments and
out of sight to the right past the
warehouse. (Women under the
marquee would not move out for
the picture, apparently afraid of
losing their places in the shift.)
After the entire line was nken
care of with one pair of stockings
to a customer, there was still
some hosiery left.
(Photos by Mrs. W. .1. Wheel
don.)
With the majority of its cargo
for Kodiak still in its hold the
Lakina, which arrived here yest
erday morning, left Erskiue’s
dock at 5:22 pm bound for up
country ports, after a disputed
new ruling of the dock company
halted unloading at 4 pm.
The day before the boat arriv
ed the W. J Erskine Co , dock
operators, announced that to get
away from payment of overtime
the dock hours would be set
henceforth at 8 to 4 pm with
closure of the dock on Saturday
and Sunday, overtime periods.
The longshoremen, who object
ed to not being allowed to work
the overtime, agreed after con
ferring among their members to
working the boat Saturday,
when it was expected the unload
ing would be finished.
The local office of the A>9.«ka
Steamship company was notified
by the dock company that they
would open the dock Satuiday,
if the steamship company would
pay the overtime difference on
all the longshoremen.
When the Seattle office was
notified, a reply was received to
the effect that the War Shipping
Administration would not allow
such an overtime payment be
cause it was not provided in the
trskine tariff and the wi^e dir
ected that if the boat weie not
unloaded by 4 pm it was to
Court Postponed
Due to the heavy schedule oi
work of the District C ourt at
Anchorage, the “floating” court
will not visit Kodiak thi* sum
mer, according to word from
Judge Anthony Dimond.
It wi'lbe here for the fall t rm
make its other ports of call and
then attempt to unload on the
way back.
Walter Sipprell, local Alaska
Steamship ageDt, said if the
boat had not proceded it would
have had to stay idle at the dock
Saturday and Sunday, and that
the urgency of delivery of can
nery supplies and food to o her
ports prevented this.
Mail and some cool room
freight were unloaded, but. more
than half the cargo was still
aboard.
Late yesterday Lo an Whit
tington, of the City Meat Mar
ket was trying to make a>range
raents to have his meat unloaded
at Ouzinkie and brought, hack
here by small boat. Christy's
Bakery, which has only enough
yeast for one more day’s baking,
was planning similar strategy to
get its shipment of yeast still a
board the boat.
The Lakina, which is the first
food boat to pu1^ in at Kodiak
since March 29, h expected here
southbound in 7 to 10 days.
Women Leg It To Store For Hosiery
Inaugurate
Telephone
Kodiak’s new radio-telephone
long distance service went int®
operation at 8 am Thursday,
bringing the city into quick voice
contact with Seattle, and any
point in the United States that
Seattle can call, plus foreigo
points
The first call was made by T-3
Jack Kotlovker, ACS, who talk
ed with his mother in Asbury
Park, New Jersey
The first civilian call, at a few
minutes after 8:30, was made by
Emil Knud en, owner of the Ko
diak Fountain, who called Mrs.
Knudsen, who is visiting in Se
attle.
Mrs. Knudsen was not fore
warned, and as a re^-ult Mr.
Knudsen said about 3 of his <>
minutes was 3pent while a search
was made for their daughter, Jo
Ann, who was playing in the
neighborhood, and who was not
found so she could join in the
call.
Mr. Knudsen said the voice
quality of the call was excellent
with no interference and that he
could hear every word distinctly.
Asked if he remembered what,
he intended to say, he admitted
he took a list of things he want
ed to discuss with her and that
way didn’t forget anything.
Between 1 and 2 pm Jake Fol
ey completed a call to Rav Mar
tin at Seattle and the Ft. Creely
Post Commander, Lieutenant
Fleet, talked to his wife in Blacks
burg, Va. Two calls booked for
this hour were not completed as
Kodiak time ran out and the cir
cuit was turned over to Adak.
Kodiak has been allotted the
hours of 8 am to 9 am and Ppm
to 2 pm, temporarily, but it ifc
expected more time will Ire allow
ed as soon as additional frequen
cies and personnel are evadable.
(cODiinueo on natce 9)