"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
Litrary-Museum
Juneau, Alaska
r0L« 6 NO. 35
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 26, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
|Two Men Rescued; Sailor Missing Now
vessel
Released
Seattle (A*)—The CIO Com
littee for Maritime Unity an
ounced Wednesday the clear
oce of one or more large cargo
easels to sail for Alaska with
iod, clothing and stock feed.
The vessel will head first for
orthern and western Alaska
oits and work back down the
oe along central and southeast
B.
Committee Chairman Burt
eteon said: “Every time we’ve
irned a ship loose for relief pur
»es we’ve been double crossed.
re’re giving one more try and
e’d better not get fouled up
is time or we’ll hang our hook
id leave it hung.”
Concerning attempts of vari
is outfits to get everything
sared from furniture to whisk
I because “ Alaskans are uncom
rtable without it” he said:
Ue’re uncomfortable too and
II remain so until the shipown
s get off the dime and agree to
»ld negotiations to settle this
rike”
There were 8 drunk and disor
irly arrests this week.
Ur Mail
Week On
The i^eek of October 27 to
lovember 2nd has been design
ated as National Air Mail Week
y the Post Office Department.
This National Air Mail Week,
ihich has been indorsed by busi
es and civic leaders, is for the
Broose of commemorating and
tiftgiug to the attention of the
ublic the inauguration of the
ew five-cent United States flag
tteon Oct. 1.
In 1918 the first air mail route
•8 established between New
«rk and Washington, via Phil
klphia.
Many readers will recall the
•uguration of the Pasco to
Dto flight, April 6, 1926, to
®neet with the transcontinent
route. Air mail originating in
nttle was sent by train to Fas
i thence by air Compare tnat
th today, originating in Seat
!»re 15 flights east, 11 flights
nth, 3 north to Canada, two
rth to Alaska on of which is
8 first leg of a transpacific
ite
Effective Nov. ), 1946, air
nl rates to foieign countries
II be materially reduced, in pl
ist every instance at least by
Percent and in some instances
,re than 60 percent.
OPA On Sugar,
Rice Diet
The local OPA office received
the following wire from Juneau
headquarters Thursday:
“Effective 12:01 Oet. 24 price
controls are removed on all foods
and beverages except rice, sugar
and sugar solution. Ceilings a^e
lifted on all sales food, restaur
ants and other sellers.”
3 Vehicles
In Wreck
A quonset hut towed by a
tractor, a Navy ton and a half'
truck and a taxi were involved |
in an accident near the south
end of Lake Louise on the base
highway about 3 pm Thursday.
Operator of the tractor was
John Chase, who was towing a
quonset hut to town, when a
Navy truck, driven by P. A.
Patnoude, USN, collided with
the tractor head on.
Next a taxi owned by Jake
LaFollette and driven by Nor
man Spencer crashed into the
back of the Navy truck, demol
ishing the front of the taxi.
(Spencer was unhurt.
It was reported Patnoude re
■ ceived a cut in one leg, the only
casualty of the accident.
Spencer reported that as he
was driving before the accident
he was blinded by the sun, and
had slowed down because he
could not see clearly, when his
taxi struck the truck.
Shipment Relieves
Money Shortage
Lack of ships affected even the
money supply in Kodiak, and a
serious shortage of nickels, dimes
and quarters was relieved yester
day when $1500 in coins of those
wanted sizes arrhed by air foi
the Bank of Kodiak.
Food shortages are not yet ser
ious, but many canned items
and other staples are beginning
to disappear despite strict ra
tioning. A PNA freight plane
Thursday brought a load of fruit
from Anchorage, including
grapes, pears, apples and oran
ges. Eggs brought by plane are
selling at $1 50 a dozen,
Christy’s Bakery obtained
some flour from military surplus
es that were going to be shipped
to Anchorage for sale and is still
able to make only oread for
town
A local fountain also obtained
some surplus ice cream mix
A boat from Chignik, to the
Westward, and calls from can
nery points running out of sup
plies, has proved a further drain
on local stocks.
With Bell’s dairy out of stock
feed the town milk supply has
been cut off.
Ben Kraft, local merchant,
flew to Seattle the fir<-t of the
week to expedite shipment of
food to his store.
Meat, including beef, butter
and eggs are still available.
The Carnival's A Comsng
Everything is being arranged
so Kodiak people will have the1
time of their lives at the big,
festive “Carnival in a Country
Town” to be held next Thurs
day, (Jet. 31, on Hallowe’en, at
the Kodiak Community Center.
Features are being added dail
y and no expense is being spared
to make the Carnival one of the
biggest fun events of the year.
Hundreds of prizes have al
ready been arranged, headed by
the $50 in cash which will be
awarded to some lucky person as
a door prize. The winner must be
on the scene at the drawing at
midnight.
Hams, bacon and turkeys
were set aside weeks ago as ad
ditional prizes, and white ele
phant parties have brought in
an amazing array of articles to
be given away during the even
ing.
The gala night will start with
the children’s program from 7
to 8:30, ending with a colorful,
costumed Russian and Gypsy
dance program at 8:30. Adults
are urged to get there early at
8:30 so they can see this dance
presentation.
There will be a Wheel of For
tune with gobs of prizes, a coun
try store, Beano, and guessing
games in which those who guess
the right number of articles or
weight of certain objects will win
more worthwhile prizes.
Madame Zatara, premier for
tune teller, will be on hand to
look into the mystic future of
the merrymakers.
All the traditional refresh
ments will be dispensed during
the evening.
Fees for concessions will be 10
and 25 cents, and there is no ad -
mission charge.
The affair is sponsored by the
Kodiak Business and Profession
al Women’s Club to raise money
for the Community Center.
Mark Hallowe'en, Thursday,
on your date calender now, and
be on hand to get your share of
the prizes and fun!
Open House
Marks Day
Special transportation, exhib
its, games, prizes and other feat
ures will mark the celebration of
Navy Day, beginning today at
the naval base, with the public
invited to participate.
A detail schedule of event is as
follows: Exhibits open 2:00 pm
Oct. 26 and close at 5:00 pm
Oct. 26.
Aircraft
Navy’s Catalina Patrol Bomb
er, “The PBY” which was used
so successfully as a combat air
plane during the past war and
for search and re-cue missions.
Douglas Twin Engine Tians
port, same type as used exten
sively by the airlines.
Grumman “Goose,” twin en
gine amphibian used by the
Navy and Coast Guard for all
types search and rescue missions
Grumman “Duck”, single en
gine amphibian utility aircraft.
Privateer Patrol Bomber used
I by the Navy’s patrol bomber
I squadrons will be on display for
external inspection only.
Floating Drydock
U. 8. S. AHD-22, This vessel j
is capable of drydocking and re
' pairing ships up to 3500 tons, in
cluding; Destroyers, submarines,
and landing ships, tank.
Ships
j AH navy ships in port will hold
i open house from 2 pm to 5 pm.
(continued on page 4)
Bars Will Close
All bars and liquor stores in
Kodiak will remain closed on
Sunday, Navy Day, until 5 pm.
The closing observance was
announced by the Kodiak Retail
Liquor Dealers Association.
Buses Provided
For Children
j 120 Kodiak youngsters will
be the guests of the Navy, the
Kodiak Community Center and
the Rotary club on a free trip to
the Navy Base this afternoon for
the official Navy Day observ
ance.
The children, three bus loads
under the ohapeiouage of Ken
Wade, Center director, will leave
the center at 1:30 pm.
At the base they will be taken
on a tour of the installation,
through airplanes and on board j
ship. The latter pait.of ihe after- (
noon will be spent at the Corn
I munity Chest carnival. The re
turn trip will start at 5 pm.
After a 2-day search two men
were rescued from Shuyak island
north of Kodii k this week, and
a land and air search is now be
ing conducted for a member of
the searching party who got lost
from the rescue party.
As reported by the Navy, a
Mr. Hamilton of the CAA, and a
Navy man from the YMS 434f
J. S. Post of Grande Ronde, Ore.
were put ashore at Port Williams
last Saturday morning from the
boat with the intentions of trav
eling overland across the island
to Point Banks to be picked up
by the boat Saturday evening.
The men were surveying for the
CAA.
When the 2 men failed to ar
rive by Sunday morning a search
party was put ashore by their
6hip but failed to find them
NAS, Kodiak, dispatched a
plane at noon Sunday which re
turned late Sunday with nega
tive results. At daybreak Mon
day another land search party
was put ashore at Point Banks,
(continued on page 4,
Owner Burned
In Laundry Fire
Amanda Price, laundry opera
tor and owner of the Dinner
Nook, is in the hosnital receiving
treatment for first and second
degree burns on the arms and
face, received in a fire Tuesday
evening at 7:13 at her laundry
on S Brooklyn.
She was washing a pair of ov
eralls in a tub, and added
“cleaning fluid” to the tub from
a 5-gallon can. The “cleaning
fluid” was highly volatile Rlazo
Fumes from the tub carried
across the room and on reaching
the stove a huge puff of flame
enveloped the room, blowing out
one front window, and set fire to
the tub
Amanda was caught between
the tub and a washing maebme
and the wall.
George Bamber, employe < of
the base, who was talking to her
a minute before *nd had just
walked to the door, ducked
through the flames to grab Am
anda and shove her to the door.
He then grabbed armfuls of
laundry and threw them in the
flaming tub and got the flames
diminished.
A woman passing in an auto
bad seen the flames and turned
in the alarm in a matter of sec
onds and the fire department a>
rived promptly. Separate fires in
the floor and wal s and in vari
ous piles of laundry throughout
the room had to be extinguished
Amanda s woise burns were <>::
her arms. Bamber was singed r *1
the face and hand".