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KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 29, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
l ist X-ray
Cards Out
personnel and equipment for
^niass X-ray survey arrived
Kodiak by Army plane on
iturday afternoon. The clinic
«ff consists of Dr. Joseph T.
Ktnbafl, Tuberculosis Consul
mt with the Territorial Depart
leiit of Health; Mr. F. Leigh
10, X-ray technician, and
lies Margaret Fish secretary.
Tbe clinic began operation on
loodav afternoon and business
ns booming all week.
314 X-rays bad been taken by
iM of the Friday evening ses
Fllmi are being developed at
is Griffin Memorial hospital
pd are being read by Dr. Mar
fcill as time permits between
Jiaic sessions. Dr Marshall
pmisrs that all films will have
teea read and toe notification oi
vaults mailed by tbe end of the
muDg week (Dec 1*6).
Volunteer workers for each
b°iod have been furnished from
mral different groups: the
kptist Ladies’ Aid, the Busb
ars and Professional Women's
*>, the Legion Auxiliary, the
taeriean Legion, the VFW
luxiliary, the high school girls,
the Kodiak School faculty, the
latiry club. Mrs. W. J. Erskine
udBeity Kiser from the High
School have each been generous
sough to give special help at
averal seasons. Dr. Marshall
ns enthusiastic in his praise of
fe volunteer helpers. He re
nrked th it the response to the
wrvey and the cooperation of
Unpeople indicated an unusual.
|Vfine community spirit in Kod
ik.
After completion of work in
Kodiak the unit will move to
feNavy Base. The first X-rays
«the Base will be taken Dec
mber 4. Captain H. E List is
« charge of the administrative
details of the survey on the base
nd Mrs F B Johnson is at the
had of the volunteer workers
late. tm~
Important meetings of the
Kodiak Community Center’s
ironiiog program bodies will be
Wd during the coming week.
The Progam Council will meet
«# Tuesday night at 7 o’c’ock.
Th* Board of Directors will
■eet Thursday at 7:30 p m
Caplaiu R. I. Johnson comm
®daot at, NOB—NAS. has
•naounced the appointment of
'teat P. p. Martinek to repre
sent the Navy on the board
Any organization or individual
taring suggestions for the im
provement of the Center’s pro
ffnm or operation is cordially
rtrited to meet with the board
kaay of its meetings.
13 Killed
In Crash
Juneau LP)—A twin-engined
transport carried 13 to their
death in a pre-dawn crash as it
approached the Yakutat village
airport for scheduled landing'
Plane was a DC3 operated by
Columbia Air Cargo company, of
Portland. It crashed 2 miles from
the airport Cause of the tragedy
was unknown.
List of dead: Pilot Jay P. Ha
worth; copilot T. A. Keranen,
both of Portland.
Passengers: Harold Ames,
Longview; Ralph Chinella, Ed
ward No vans, A. Miller, all of
Seattle; Ed Marek, Seattle &
Anchorage; T. S. Morgan, Fair
banks; Hugh Wolbert, Spokane;
Donald Smith Denver; J. T.
Jenkins, Milwaukee. Ore ; Betty
Carter, Portland; R. M. Mur
doek, La Salle, III
Bound Over On
Forgery Charge
John (Yosbeda) Yc.ong, of
Kodisk, was held to answer for
the grand jury by Commissioner
G. W. Bubendorf Nov. 24 on a
charge of forgery. Bail was set
atSlaOO.
The complaint was signed by
Herbert D. Hoff, of the U. S.
Marshal’s office and clams
Young forged the signature cf
Theodore E Lindeberg, civilian
employe of the base, to a , check
issued by the Treasurer of the
United States.
Mrs Merrill Coon and son
Carl, left this week for Kimball,
Neb. to visit Mrs. Coon’s par-,
ents for the holidays
Vacation Begins
With Accident
Mrs. Sigiid WodllDger suffered
a fractured bip and a fractured
arm in a fall in Seattle Sunday,
friends learned this week.
With her husband, L K Wod
linger, local druggist, she was at
tending an anniversary and fam
ily reunion at Mr. Wodlinge’s
sister’s home. She went to go to
the kitchen to help with dinner
and opened a door into what she
thought was an unlighted hall.
The door led to the basement
and she fell to the concrete floor
below.
She is at the Swedish hospital
and will probably be confined a
bout 3 months.
Mr. and Mrs. Wodlinger had
I just left Kodiak for their first
' real vacation together in several
years.
I
The civil suit filed by George
Slawson versus Fred Solberg
seeking collection of $1000 due
ob a promissory note was die—
'missed this week on motion of
the plaintiff following settlement
out of court, the C 'mmissioner’s
office reports.
Democrats Call
Party Meeting
A precinct caucus of the Dem
ocrat’c party wil! meet Wednes
day. Dec 3 at 8 pm at the Com
missioner’s office for the purpose
of electing delegates to the div
isional Democ atic convention to
be held in Anchorage Dec 12
The announcement was^nade
by G W. Bubendorf, chairman
of the Kodiak precinct commit
tee.
What Your X-ray Report Card Means
On he notifying card will be
j stamped the project number,
the film number and the date
taken. There will also be check
ed one of the following three
items: Normal chest, healed pii
mary tuberculosis, or healed
pleurisy. This card is the indiv
idual’s record of his X ray and
means that at the present time,
there is no sign of a lung condi
tion which requires further care
at tins time.
A great number of adults have
had primary tuberculosis, prob
ably which occurred during
chi dhood, and which healed of
11s own accoid. A person with
ac'ive primary tuberculosis is
tarely ill and the patient usually
recovers w thout knowing that
be has had tuberculosis. This
type is rarely dangerous, even
when active either to the indiv
idual or to his associates as he
can seldom spread his germs to
others Ca'cium usually sur
rounds the germs, ■walling them
off, aDd this condition is spoken
of as healed primary tuberculo
sis. Because this wall may b.eak
down, if the person’s resistance
becomes lowered, it is advised
that such persons have a yearly
X-ray from their private physic
ian at the time of their periodic
physical examination.
The term ‘ healed pleurisy”
when checked on the card means
that the individual at some time
is the past lias had pleurisy,
either of a tuberculosis or other
origin, which has heal* d. Pleurisy
is a disease of the chest cavity
and the tissue surrounding the
lungs. If this is checked on the
card.it is important that ibe|
condition may be followed
A normal chest means that,
there is no visible sign of disease
in the chest area at the present
time. Persons with other condi
tions present will be notified by
letter.
Four Men
Found Safe
Four men who left Kcdiak a
month ago for Swikshak, site of
the canne y of the Cape Douglas
Canning corporation, are safe at
the cannery and were not heard
from because of failure of their
radio's power generating unit.
Police Chief Henry Gonzales,
Al Fenner and August Heitman,
in the latter’s boat, returned
here Thursday after a trip to
the eannery to determine the
whereabouts of the men.
James Artie Foeste, U. S.
Navy, and Mildred Haworth,
clerk, NOB, aie to be married
tonight by Commipsioner G. W.
Bubendorf.
Canneries
Aid Drive
Kodiak Island cannery oper
ators wound up the Kodiak
Community Center financial
eawpaign with a flourish this
week when they chipped in $600
to put the fund over the top in
town Word of the canneries con
tribution—which brought the
campaign’s total figure to ap
proximately $8800.00 was re
ceived by Campaign Chairman
James Martz in a litter from
Frank McConaghy, local can
nery operator.
Chairman Martz will give the
final and complee campaign re
port to the board of directors of
the ('enter at their meeting next
Thu sday evening.
Nurse Speaker
Public Health Nurse Marion
Curt s spoke at the Rotary club
Tuesday on tuberculosis in the
Kodiak area, in connection with
the current sa e of Chris mas
Seals, placed on sale this week
Miss Curtis said 20 per cent of
the money is kept locally and s
used mainly for providing trans
portation of local tubercular pa
tients to hospitals, and for tbe'r
care while awaiting transporta
tion in Kodiak.
In the Territory, she said,
funds are used largely for educa
tional work, including films, the
highway mobile unit, sana orium
expense and for miscellaneous
uses, similar to the transporta
tion expense furnished for Miss
Lois juud here recently to plan
for the mass X-ray survey
Kodiak last year, Miss Curtis
noted, responded to the Christ
mas Seal drive better than any
similar or larger Alaskan town,
on a per capita basis.
The seals and bonds of the
drive are being distributed in
Kodiak under the direction of
Chairman Rev. Rowland Wil
kinson.
iCity Buys
Utilities
Two efforts of many years of
the city of Kodiak bore fruit
this week when the city council
Monday night accepted an offer
to buy the federally-owned wat
er and sewer systems, and re
ceived word that a large tract of
land adjacent to the city dock is
to be deeded to the city.
Originally offered to the city
at half their cost several months
ago, the city turned down that
offer and after several weeks'
correspondence between Mayor
Lee Bettinger and the Federal
Works agency an offer to sell for
$48,125 ($50,000 minus rentals
due) was received (The Bystems
cost over $170,000)
The offer provided that the
purchase could be made through
a lease with an option to buy, so
the city will not have to borrow
money.
Under the terms the city will
pay 3 per cent on the deferred
payments over a period of 20
years, and may pay up sooner
at any time, or may not take up
the purchase option at their dis
cretion.
The council approved the plan
jnanimously and the mayor was
iuthorized to draw np the necee
jary papers Payments will a
mount to $3234 yeaily and will
begin December, 1.48. The lat
ter leeway was given by the
FWA because of the city loan to
the system of over $20,000 dui
ing the freeze last year, a latge
portion still due.
The land acquiied by ihe city
is in Tract t, south of the city
dock along Shehkoff highway,
adjaeent to the dock land. The
proposed cold storage plant
Fronts it, and 16 additional bulld
ogs bought by the city are on a
portion of it
George Parks, towDsite trus
tee, advised Mayor Bettmger
that after consulting with the
Bureau of Land Management
the decision was male to give
the land to the city for public
use and in due course a deed will
be issued.
(continued on page 4)
Light sleepers and early risers
report an earthquake si aek here,
of mild intensity, about 8 am
Sunday.
“Big ones swing and the little
ones too,
Swing your honey and she'll
swing you.”
The above and oilier catchv
calta will ling out again at the
Kodiak Community Center to
night as old-time dances are ie
newed The festivities start at
8:30, admission is free and all
are invited.