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Jun«au, Alaska
"News oj oAmenca’s Last Frontier”
TOL. 6 NO. 29
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 14, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
[Test Case Filing Due On Restricted Deeds
Pay Raise
Granted
Washington, D. C. (jT)—The
Maritime Commission met to put
into effect terms of the White
kouse proposal settling the AF of
L seafarers walkout even as CIO
tailors voted to strike at noon.
Members of the commission
ndieated they would follow rec
Mnrnendations of their labor re
atious director, Godfrey Butler,
Jut the wage increases be ex
ended to the CIO as well as
hFL seamen.
Kud of the AFL stoppage was
ignaled by giving the strikers
•aises wanted. The plan gives
kFL seamen of the able-bodied
iiass 5 to 10 dollars more a
nonth than the Stabilization
Joard was willing to approve, i
The money will come partly
rorn the pockets of private ship-1
iwners and partly from the Fed
iral Treasury.
Seattle (A’)—National Mari
ime Union CIO Port Agent Jack
imith dispatched 600 men to
lieket ships manned by CIO
srew here to support the demand
or “uniformity of pay for all
it the highest prevailing
ode.”
The Independent Union of
Marine Firemen also planned to
start picketing on behalf of sub
rtantially the same wage de
n&nds as those ending the AFL
wilors' strike.
The fire department was call
ed twice this week, both calls
King due to faulty stoves. On
Monday a smoking stove in Nel
i* Beuker’s dress shop resulted
n an alarm, and on Wednesday
» back firing stove in a dwelling
» Tagtira brought out the de
partment. There was no damage
n either case.
CMr nival Time
Theme Chosen
"Carnival Time in a Country
Tfcwn” has been announced as
*ke theme for the Hallowe’en
Benefit for the Kodiak Commun
ity center by Vi Sipprell, chair
men. This benefit will be held
Oetober 31 at the center, and is
■ponsored by the Kodiak BPW
Assisting Mrs. Sipprell are the
following committees: Games
»ed Entertainment, Ruth Tor
■wsoo, chairman, El'en Dawson,
■AKtine Hinckel, Irene Brooks
end Mary Sorum; Refreshments!
Sleenor Dooley, cha rman, Ma
ke! Fenner, Fleets Christopher
*P°>end Fdythe Smith; Decora
Marjorie Gunderson, chair
Edna Kraft and Jerry
Printing and Publicity,
Gertie Raumaker.
1-Year Sentence Meted Emil Olson
Fish Hearing
Is Postponed
The Fish and Wildlife hearing
on proposed changes in fish reg
ulations for next season, origin
ally scheduled to be held at Ko
diak this month, has been post
pcned until October 3, Marcus
Meyer, local agent, reports.
Driver Fined
Jack Grohe, who pled not
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving on Mission road Monday
evening, was found guilty by
U. S. Commissioner G. W. Bu
bendorf Tuesday, fined $100,
and given a 90-day suspended
jail sentence.
I/eo and 8. H. Sears were wit
nesses and the defendant testified
to driving over 50 miles an hour.
Lakina Due
The Lakina is due at Kodia'r
Sunday, southbound for Seattle,
via Ketchikan
Hereafter the Cordova and
Lakina will stop at Ketchikan on
all trips, both north and south
bound, the local office of the
Alaska Steamship company has
been advised.
Horseshoe pitching enthusiasts
of Kodiak and vicinity will hold
their semi-monthly tournament
at the Community Center pits
tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at
4 o’clock.
Defending champions are
Master Sergeant Gervis Floyd,
singles, and Sergeant Floyd and
Kurt Noble, doubles.
Kntry fee is fifty cents. All
horseshoe pitchers are cordially
invited to participate.
Beauty Parlor
Newlywed Haven
Caught by the lack of hotel
rooms and the housing shortage,
a newly married couple Wednes
day were put up on a davenport
in Rita’s beauty parlor, and early
morning appointments the next
day were shushed so as not to
disturb the nuptial transients in
the adjoining room.
The couple, Harold L. Aga, of
Larsen’s bay, and Nadia l.akton
en, of Karluk, were married
Wednesday by U S Commis
sioner G. W. Bubendoif. Witnes
ses were Mrs. Aanie Anderson i
and Nick Laktonen.
Mr. Aga was in the news re
cently as the sole survivor of the
sinking of the cannery tender
Cougar, in which 8 lives were
lost. _
Sentence of a year in the fed
eral jail at Kodiak will l»e served
by Einil Olson, whose vase in
volving contributing to the del
inquency of a minor catne before
the district court here Wednes
day.
Olson waived indictment be
fore the grand jury and pled
guilty to the charge before Dist
rict Judge Anthony Uimond.
Olson was first sentenced to a
year and a day at McNeil’s is
land, federal prison. On Thurs
day Attorney Talmage L. Smith,
attorney for the defendant, oral
ly moved for a modification of
the sentence to allow the defend
ant to serve his sentence here.
The motion was granted.
2 Hunting
Parties Return
Guided by Pat Cannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Williamson, of
Burlington, N. C. git 2 huge
Kodiak bear* on Uyak bay, Mrs
Williamson beating her husband
with a 10 foot 9 inch specimen
as against his 10 foot bruin.
The party returned yesterday,
and the couple have rented the
former Olafson house near the
hospital to await transportation
out.
Mr. and Mra. Harry Chriat
opherson and Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Henry Massie also returned from
a trip yesterday, and although
they saw 14 bears on the trip
luck was against them and they
returned empty-handed
Charles Madsen and his bunt
ing party from Cincinnati are
due back at Kodiak Sunday
U. S. Commissioner G. W.
Bubendorf assumes another title
this week with his appointment
as deputy cleik of the district
court. The arrointment was
made by M. E. S. Bruoelle,
court clerk.
Property transfers recorded
this week at the Commissioner’s
included the following:
Roy Snyder to Vera Pierce,
half interest in the Club Mont
martre.
Victor Ellis to Georgya Ellis,
portion of Lot 20 Block 1.
Phoebe Longhead, Seward, to
Jalmar Springhill, Lot 14 Block
16.
0. S. Campbell A There
Thompson to Earl Komm, Lot
16 Block 11 Leite addition,
$2000.
Emil Olsen to Una Hansen,
portion Lot 20 Block 19.
JohD A. Olson to E. A Pear
son. I/Qt 12 Block 7.
Court Holds
Sessions
Following visits to Valdez and
Cordova, the traveling district
court arrived at Kodiak Wed
nesday and yesterday morning
wound up its work of its annual
fall visit.
The Emil Olson case, a civil
suit and 2 divorces were heard
by District Judge Anthony Di
mond.
In the civil suit, Judge Di
mond found for the plaintiff,
Robert von Scheele, awarding
judgment of $2180 plus interest
from the defendant, George Bust,
who did not appear. Bust had
borrowed money from von
Scheele in the operation of the
Kodiak Timtier Co.
Two final decrees of divorce
| weie granted, to Florence M.
Darling from James J. Darling,
and to Rex Del Parrott, local
pianist, from Lucille Pariolt.
Members of the party were:
Judge Dimond; United States
attorney Ray Plummer; M. 15. S.
Bruuelle, clerk of the court; An
na May Dolan, chief deputy
clerk; Ruth Haley, official court
reporter and Mildred Ostrom,
clerk in Mr. Plummer’s office
The party will return to Anchor
age Sunday.
Application!! for marriage li
censes have been mode by Mar
vin Rogers and Nellie Anderson;
and Amy Faye Allen and Fred
Toller.
There were 8 city drunk and
disorderly arrests this week.
PNA Safety
Recognized
On September 1, Pacific
Northern Airlines became the
first air carrier in Alaska oerti-)
fied by the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministiatior to be in compliance
with the stringent regulation!
required of air transport comp
anies flying regular schedules be
tween specified terminals, ac-j
cording to A G Woodley,
president.
This latest grant from a gov
ernmental authority to- Pacific
Northern is interpreted as a
guarantee, to travellers over the
company’s lines, of safety and
service on a par with that offer
ed by the nation’s leading air
lines.
High operational efficiency and
precise safety standards are the
basis for certification by the
CAA, Woodley state*.
A suit, naming secretary et
the Interior Julius A. Krug and
George A. Parks, Townsite
Trustee, Juneau, as defendants,
and involving land loeated in
Kodiak in a restricted deed clas
sification, is to be filed at An
chorage today, according to an
announcement by Talmage I*
Smith, local attorney.
The test case is lieing brought
in the name of Tom P. Nachand,
employe of the Kodiak Mercan
tile company, owner of the por
tion of land involved, which was
purchased from a native without
permission of the Secretary of
Interior.
The suit culminates months
of preparatory work on the part
of the city whioh originally ie
Lamed Attorney Smith to in
vestigate all angles or restricted
deeds, under which natives in
Kodiak, of any portion of native
blood, cannot tiansfer their land
without permission and do not
pay taxes.
Attorney Smith said that de
termination in the case will af
fect almost all the laud in Kodi
ak held by persons of any naiivc
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Young People's
Council Named
Formation of a Program Coun
cil, which will plan and conduct
the activities of the Kodiak
Community Center as related 4o
young people of this area, was
announced today by Dr A.
Holmes Johnson, chairman of
the center’s l>oard of directors
The council is composeil of
young men and women repre
senting the various churches, the
high school end the employed
young people of Kodiak hirst
meeting, and election of officers,
will take place at the center
Monday at 7:30 p.ia.
Personnel of the Council is as
follows: Bud Owen, represent**
the employed young men of Ko
diak; Patricia McMurdo, repre
senting the employed \oung wo
men; Beatiice Main tin and Nick
Anderson representing the Rus
sian Church: Patay HelWn repre
senting the Cathohe Church;
Marilyn Chamberlain and Dean
Moore, for the Baptist chureh,
Jackie Jones, Harold Naughton
and Kay Wade repreeenting the
senior class; Donna Frost and
Herman Beukeis,juniors;Gladys
Pagano and John Clayton, soph
omores; Anona Gregorioff and
Archie Nelson, freshmen;Donald
Clark, eighth grane; and Hefea
Beukers, seventh grade.
The chairman of the group
will become a member of the
Board of Directors of the Cera
ter.