"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
¥OL10 NO 46
KODIAK. ALASKA JANUARY 20, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Dimes Now
Marching
The annual March of Dimes
flfrive for the fight against
polio got under way in Kodiak
«n January 15 and will con
tinue until January 31.
The Kodiak Business and
ftofessional Women’s Club is
sponsor of the drive and has
placed the familiar jars
around town for receiving
contributions.
The club plans t© stage a
4ance next Saturday to bolster
the receipts from the jars but
late yesterday final details
kad not been completed.
All contributions to the
March of Dimes go to the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis which was
founded 13 years ago by for
mer President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The slogan for this year’s
strive is “Lend Me A Hand”.
Further details of the
March of Dimes dance will be
announced in next week’s
MIRROR.
The Kodiak Naval Station is
also conducting a drive and
the campaign has been given
publicity over radio station
WVCQ. Movie shorts con
cerning the March of Dimes
Rave been shown at the base*
theatre and in town. i
Three Fires
Sweep Anchorage
Three fires in Anchorage
Tuesday night and early Wed
nesday morning did a total of
more than five million dollars
damage, the Anchorage Times
reports.
A $5,000,000 fire swept
through the Alaska Railroad’s
repair shop and the coach shed
alongside, Tuesday night, in
X below weather, the lowest
temperature on record this
year. The fire was the largest
single one in Anchorage
history.
It engulfed the 550 by 90
foot shop building shortly
after breaking out at 7:45 pm.
All mechanical department
records, and blue prints of all
ARR equipment, were lost. |
At 5 am Wednesday morn
iag, Thompson’s, one of An
chorage’s largest, most
modern eating places was com - j
pletely destroyed by fire of j
anknown orgin. No escimate|
•f the damage was given.
At 6 am Wednesday, the
Bel Air Drive Inn, all night
cafe on East Fifth Avenue
burned to the ground. The,
cafe had been in operation for
•aly six months and was
partially covered by insurance
Martz Resigns
Council Post
i
James G. Martz, who was
appointed to the city council
last month to fill vacancies
caused by two resignations re
signed this week.
Martz was appointed during
the time Mayor Lee C. Bett
inger was in Washington, two
councilmen were in the states,
and it was impossible to get a
quorum to do business. At the
time, he said he would serve
only until the required num
ber of legislators was again in
Kodiak.
In his letter of resignation,
addressed to the mayor and
council, Martz suggested that
j “permanent appointments
! should be offered those whose
names appeared on the ballot
but were defeated by a narrow
margin in the last city elec
tion.” (Jake Foley and Cliff
Mowrey)
“I sincerely feel that such
an act would meet with the
approval of the public as well
as promote our democratic
way”, he wrote.
He said that it was “with
pride and satisfaction that I
was allowed the privilege of
serving during the temporary
absense of Mayor Bettinger.
The mayor has returned and I
now find it my duty to the
community and my business to
hereby tender my resigna
tion. ... I assure you of my
ready-and-willingness to serve
my city in any other way
possible.”
No appointments to the
council have been made this
week. The original vacancies
were caused bv resignations
of Ray Shannon and Larry
Wodlinger. both of whom are
outside on extended stays.
Demands UN
Face Facts
Lake Success (■£*)—Warren
Austin demanded the United
Nations face the facts and
condemn Red China for com
mitting agression at Russia’s
request.
Meanwhile in Washington
the Air Force announced it
was calling at once 150,000
reserves and National Guards
to active duty. The Air Force
aims to build a 971,000 man
force.
Also in Washington John L.
Lewis and representatives of
virtually the entire soft coal
industry agreed on a volun
tary pay increase of $1.60 per
day without a strike or a
name being called.
The pay boost raises 400,
000 miners’ basic daily pay to
$16.35. J
City Names
Sonntag
George Sonntag, VFW mem
, ber and civilian worker at the
S Naval Station, was named
l Director of Civilian Defense
| for Kodiak by the city council
j Wednesday night.
Sonntag is active in civic
I affairs and has been com
j mander of various VFW posts
| in the states. He was highly
' recommended for the position
* of director.
| Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
: supplied Sonntag with infor
mation and data on the for
mation of the unit and re
quested him to report on his
progress at the next council
meeting.
Water Again
Needs Boiling
Kodiak residents were
warned Monday to again boil
all water, coming from the
city system.
Low temperatures and
freezing conditions forced
the city water crew to start
pumping operations at Beaver
Lake, emergency city supply,
to provide enough for local
use.
Pressure in the mains along
Mission road was reported as
“very low” arid the supply in)
the tank above the city dock
was gradually getting lower.
The chlorination unit at the
city equalization tank can not
be used during pumping
operations as the unit will not
function.
For the unit to operate the
pressure must be steady and
the chlorination unit properly
adjusted. When the water
supply comes from the reser
voir to the equalization tank
through the gravity feed sys
tem the chlorination unit can
be operated. - -v ,
Water users are cautioned
against leaving their taps
running to prevent freezing
and are requested to help con
serve the present inadequate
supply, Mill Vokacek, city
water superintendent said
yesterday.
He also warned of the
danger of fighting fires be
cause of the small supply of
water.
District Court
Next Month
The District Court, pre
viously scheduled to arrive
here Jan. 22, has been sched
uled for Kodiak at 2 pm,
February 13, M. E. S. Bru
nelle, clerk of the court, ad
vised the MIRROR this week.
Open Season On
Bear Asked
Local sportsmen have re
' commended to the Alaska
! Game Commission that there
be an open season the year
I round, with no limit, on Ko
I diak bear on the eastern end
of the island, determined
approximately by a line from
Ugak Bay to Viekoda Bay.
• The recommendation was
' one of many made Tuesday
evening at the annual meet
ing sponsored by the Fish and
Wildlife Service for sugges
tions from hunters and
trappers.
The 27 men attending the
meeting agreed that the num
ber of bear would not be hurt
by such a season, and that the
! problem of livestock slaughter
by them mieht be solved,
i The meeting was conducted
! by Paul Chapados, refuge
manager for Kodiak Island,
who will forward the sugges
tions to the Game Commisnion
for eonsideration in making
next year’s regulations.
Other recommendations
made at the meeting included
the following: a second season 1
on moose on the Kenai, from
Dec. 1 to 10. in addition to thej
September one; an Afognak
elk season from Nov. 1 to 15,
instead of in October as this'
year, again on a permit basis;
the stocking of mountain goat
on Kodiak Island; lengthening
of the ptarmigan season by J
one month, to March 31;!
transplanting of rabbits to
Long and Woody Islands; and
a beaver season from Feb. 15
to April 15, instead of from
Feb. 1 to March 31. as now. 1
Later seasons on moose and
elk were suggested in the
hope that colder weather
might mean better meat; and
on beaver, better pelts.
No change was suggested
on regulations regarding deer,
which may not be killed on
Kodiak Island.
Social Security
Man Coming
Joseph W. Finnel, field
representative for the Federal
Social Security Administration
will be in Kodiak Tuesday. !
He may be contacted at the
Kodiak Hotel for information
about the Amended Social
Security Act or for assistance
in filing claims for the old age
and survivors provision of the
Social Security program.
Bill Davenport, of Phoenix,
Arizona, arrived in town
yesterday to accept a position
in the grocery denartment at
Kraft’s.
Legislature
To Convene
The 20th Territorial Legis
lature will convene Monday at
Juneau with 38 men and tw«
women taking their seats in
the upper and lower houses.
Only eight of the 40 men*
bers are holdovers, the re
mainder having been elected"'
in October. Fourteen of the
members are serving their
first term.
In the Senate, the 16 seats
are equally divided between
Republicans and Democrats.
In the House the Democrats,
hold 14 of the 24 seats;
Seats in the Senate in this
Third Division are held by
Democrats Steve McCuteheon
and Walter E. Huntley and
Republicans Gunnard Enge
breth and Gerrit “Heinie”
Snider.
House members from the
Third Division are all Demo
crats. They are Stanley Me
Cutcheon, William Egan, Jack
Conright, C. A. Pollard, C. C
Carlson, Wendell Kay and
Jack Scavenius.
The MIRROR will give its
readers Associated Prese
coverage of the session.
City May Get
Social Worker
A social worker from the
Department of Public Welfare
will be stationed in Kodiak
provided the city furnishes ar
office, and enough organiza
tions and residents indicate
they want one here, Mayor
Lee C. Bettinger said yester
day.
Henry Harmon, director of
the DPW, wrote the mayor
that such action was being
considered Ijy his* department
provided enough interest war
shown here.
It was explained that it is
essential that interest be
shown and the mayor urget*
all persons to write to their
legislators in the Third Divi
sion.
Various civic and social
organizations have written
letters.
A total of 471 passenger car
license plates and 33 for hire
truck licenses have beer
issued by the city clerk’s of
fice to date. License plates for
1951 must be purchased b>
February 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Crawford
and daughter Dawn Louise
returned Thursday from a
month’s vacation in the states.
Ihey visited Crawford’s
f imily at Jasoe»\ Mo.