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KODIAK, ALASKA
MARCH 20. 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Health & Welfare
Council To Start
Blood Campaign
The Kodiak Health and Wel
fare Council are sponsoring a
program of blood typing to
provide Griffin Memorial Hos
pital with a list and a bank of
blood donors in case of a dis
aster in the Kodiak area. One
never knows when disaster
will strike. It could come in
the form of an airplane acci •
dent when a number of people
will need a transfusion that
their lives may be saved. An
autombile accident, or even a
boat disaster. Even before the
patient reaches the hospital, if
his blood type is on record and
to save his life an immediate
transfusion is necessary, a
person with the same type
blood can be notified and
standing by at the hospital
ready to give the needed
transfusion.
Pour Alaskan Cities have
already taken definite steps to
insure their people of this ser
vice. Generally the program is
sponsored by some local civic
group who sets up the neces
sary help and instruments to
compile the data needed.
Fairbanks and Palmer have
completed their programs.
Cordova is to start soon, and
Petersburg started their pro
gram last fall and will have it
completed by the end of this
summer.
The JuniorC'iati'rer of Crm -
merce sponsored the program
in Fairbanks and a total 2025
residents were typed. Palmers
Eiwanis Club sponsored the
program in Palmer and 333
persons were placed on the
list for the local hospital.
Each individual is issued a
personal indentification card
which he is urged to carry
with him at all times, the car
gives his blood type and RH
factor. In case he should meet
with an accident and has to be
given a blood transfusion his
blood type is known immedi
ately and there is no need to
take time out for tests.
A permanent record of blood
donors is also a time saver in
emergencies when with a list
already prepared, donors can
be located and called to the
hospital within fifteen minutes
even before the patient has
arrived for a transfusion.
In most cases the blood bank
record cards are made out in
detail with all pertinent in
formation on thsm such as
donors past medical history,
home address, availability,
whether he or she have a car
Continued on page 4
Vertical Plane In Conventional Position
The Navy’s new Lockheed XFI-] vertical takeoff plane rests on auxiliary in the horizontal
position of a conventional plane during a special test operations. The small wheels extending
from tips of the four-part tail are used when aircraft operates in its normal or vertical posi
fon. Powered by a turboprop engine the craft is undergoing test flight at Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif. (JP)
Fiftieth Star in Old Glory Stymied
Senate Proposes Commonwealth Bill
Washington D. C. (A*) — An
amendment to provide Com
monwealth status for Alaska
and Hawaii, instead of State
hood, was introduced in the
Senate Thursday March 18th.
Democratic Senator Monroney
of Oklahoma, who sponsored
the Commonwealth, Amend
ment, said he doubted if the
Amendment would muster
much over 30 Senate votes,
which is fewer than required
for passage. But he said it
would be something for A
laska and Hawaii to consider
if the Statehood Bill should
fail to pass this year.
The Kodiak Fire Depart
ment answered a cdll on Satur.
day at 11:20 am at the Bap
tist Mission on Mission Road.
The building on fire was the
Mission barn and the building
and its contents were a total
loss. Included on the list of
valuables that burned were
a Ford son Tractor, two leather
saddles and 8 tons of hay.
Luckily the horses had been
turned out into'the barnyard a
short time before the lire was
discovered.
The cause of the conflagra
tion was undetermined.
Selects Wrong Company
San Antonio, Texas — A
friendly fellow approached two
local cops and asked them to
share a few beers with him.
The party didn’t come off
however, and “Mr. Friendly”
was arrested for burglary
when he pried open an ice
house lock to get the beer.
Under Commonwealth A
mendment the people of A ■
laskaand Hawaii would first
vote for acceptance or rejec
tion of the Commonwealth
status. If the majority ap
proved, the Territorial Legis
latures would then call Cons
titutional Conventions to draft
a Constitution, which then
would be subject for adopation
by the people and after ap
proved by them the Constitu
tion would go to the President
and Congress for approval,
Under Commonwealth status
Alaska and Hawaii would re
tain their Federal Tax collec
tions for local use.
Delegate Farrington of Ha
waii, rapped the Common
wealth idea, by saying, “If'
the Commonwealth Amend
ment was approved, Hawaii
would ask for a refund of all
Federal collections and taxes
paid since Hawaii became a
Territory back in 1900, which
would amount to about one|
billion, six hundred million
dollars ($1,600,000)
Republican Majority Leader
Knowland of California called i
the move a 'Bargain Base
mentr type of proposal. He
further stated the Common
wealth Amendment was dif
ferent from the Puerto Rico
status because their Govern
ment expected at some later |
date to become an indepen
dent nation.
Kodiak’s unhappy High School basketball team. L to R
back row. . . (face hidden) Alfred Torgremsen, Buddy
Squartsoff, Mike Fitzgerald, Brad Poland, Bill Frost and Carl
Smith. Front row . . Cheerleader Shirley Hutchins. Coacr
Howard Carpenter, August Heitman, Jimmy Anderson
Wayne Morrison, Bobby Norton and Cheerleader Pat Kee.
Garland Mail Run ;
On The Block
Bartlett Opposes
Delegate Bartlett has urged '
Postmaster General Summer
field not to approve the pro- #
posed abandonment of mad J
boat service from Seward to J
Nikolski and way points, from
Juneau to Pelican and local
service from Ketchikan. ;
The proposal has been made J
that the service be discon- 1
tinued when existing con- ;
tracts expire on June 30 of ‘
this year with airmail service *
to be substituted. It is under- !
stood that it is believed a sav- :
ing to the Post Office Depart- ‘
ment would be effected in the :
total amount now required^.©
pay the contractors for these ,
services. '
“This does not mean,”Del
egate Bartlett stated, that -
the federal government would
save this amount of money be
cause the Civil Aeronautics
Board would be required to
pay air carriers additional
amounts for new or improved
service to the communities
concerned.
Delegate Bartlett pointed
out that the mail boat service
is important in Alaska for the
carnage of freight by water
rather than by air. r rankly
1 entertain, as I long have,
Delegate Bartlett said, “a be- ,
lief that the relatively modest ■
amount of federal funds ex- j
pended for this purpose in A- :
laska now is justified m the j
development of a frontier ^
land and demonstrates thej
fact that the federal govern-* ^
ment is willing to give a help~
ing hand to those pioneers who (
have gone away from centers, y
of population to carve out new
homes, to promote new im-.
dustries and to subject, them
selves to alt sorts- of incon- •
veniences and hardships a»
our early forebears- did in- ex
tending the [western bounda
ries of our country.
“I have no doubt at all tna
were the boats to be taken off
these runs and were airplane
service to be substituted, mail
delivery would be much quick
er and probabiy 'more frequ
ent. However, there is more
to it than that.
“There is a splendid sys
tem of airlines in Alaska
Many parts of Alaska are en
tirely dependent upon air
transportation. Perhaps no
where else in the world has
the airplane meant so much.
Delegate Barrtlett pointed
out that Congress in enacting
legislation authorizing mail
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