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Kodiak Left Out
Kodiak residents received the recent announcement of'
a direct route for two airlines from Alaska to Seattle with
mixed emotions.
Many haded the announcement as a progressive step in |
the1 field of transDortation and without doubt they are correct, j
But m*ost residents and businessmen, especially those in
the Chamber of Commerce, feel like the sucker who purchased j
a genuine goltTbrick from the traveling city slicker and
later discovered he had bought a chunk of iron.
The Chamber of Commerce honestly believed, when it
sent wires to the Civil Aeronautics Board, President Truman
and a host of other governmental figures that it was support
ing what it thought was a request for a direct Kodiak to
Seattle route for Pacific Northern Airlines.
Whether the facts were misrepresented to the C of C
by the airline or whether they were misunderstood is the
question.
The C of C believed, and the evidence supports that
belief, that by wiring the CAB and the president, it was
working for a direct route from here to Seattle.
The City Council also sent wires requesting a direct
route from here to Seattle, as it thought that was what PNA
had asked for.
The following wire was sent to President Truman by
the city and signed by Mayor Lee C. Bettinger: “For several
years the people of this area have awaited a decision in the
5.—Aiaska-Service Case to provide an increasing need for
direct service from here to the U. S. . . . We fully support
PNA’g-application. . . . and respectfully urge that you give
immediate attention to their application. . .
The C of C sent a similiar wire to the President and to
the CAB.
From such evidence We can only conclude that the
majority of Kodiak residents honestly believed they were
supporting a request for a direct air route.
What do we do now? The President signed an order
giving PNA a route from Anchorage* to Cordova, Yakutat,
Juneau, Seattle and Portland. They completely missed Kodiak.
It would appear that Kodiak bought a “gold brick.”
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Strike Stops
'Ship Unloading
t Seattle (A>) — An Alaska
Steamship Company vessel
has been ordered back to Se
attle from strike-bound Bristol
Bay.
The order was sent to the
master of the vessel, Sailor’s
Splice, Albert Meyer.
Some 1,400 Bristol Bay fish-1
ermen went on strike last i
week the same day ihe ship
arrived in the area.
The walkout was called by
the Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Union which is seeking rec
ognition as bargaining agent
for the Bristol Bay fishermen.
Married Wednesday
Josephine Horton Bullard,!
the former Mrs. Cliff Cooper,
and Eugene Napoleon Auge
were married June 6 by U.
S. Commissioner A. M.
Yokacek.
Witnesses were Charles
Haskins and Richard Nichol
son. Auge is employed on a
vessel under charter to the
military and gave his address
as Seattle.
Base Couple
Married Ai Chapel
Miss Alexandria Tunohun
and Joseph Worth Smith of
Kodiak Naval Statioh were
pjarried June 2, at Hillside
Chapel.
j Chaplain John W. Weise,
i USN, read the wedding cere
mony. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin E.
j Morris were best man and
matron of honor, respectively.
I New York (iP) — Twelve
persons were arrested by the
FBI today on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the Veter
1 ans Administration education
al program of $183,000.
Edward Scheidt, in charge
| of the New York FBI office,
said the' arrests involve
charges of making false claims
to the government.
[ Scheidt identified four of the
arrested men as officials of the
I Rochester School of Radio and
Television, Inc. of Rochester,
N. Y.
Donald D. McVey and Mary
A. Anderson of Kodiak Naval
Station have applied for a
marriage license. Both gave
their home address as Shelby
ville, Indiana,
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FWS Conducts
Cooking School
During 1949 and 1950 home
economists of the Fish and
Wildlife Service conducted
312 fish cookery demonstra
tions before various food
groups throughout the
country.
Two hundred fifteen such
demonstrations were given for
school lunch operators, 70 for
homemakers’ groups, and 27
for institutional operators. In
addition, 15 television demon
strations were given as public
service features.
Evidence of the effective
ness of this activity can be ob
served from the increase in
the consumption of fishery
products in the school lunch |
programs in certain of the j
States surveys: Virginia, 116%;.
Georgia, 73%; South Carolina,
55%; and Massachusetts, 11%.
Ernie Bryan, long time
Kodiak resident, plans to |
leave for the states within a;
few days and will take up
permanent residence there.
He recently returned to
Kodiak after spending several
months in the states vacation-1
ing and receiving special
medical attention. i
A concrete walk from The
Galley to the > Log Cabin
Liquor Store was in the pro-;
cess of being completed this I
week. !
With the completion of the
concrete pouring only one
small section of walk along
the length of Alaska Way will
be unpaved. i
Daniel L. McClain jr., and
Aria Ellis were married on
June 6 by U. S Commissioner
A. M. Vokacek. Mrs. Selma.
Kaiser and Leslie Pahrm were
witnesses to the ceremony.
A. warranty deed from How-'
ard and Margaret Fread to
William and Kate Damery for
a lot in the Leite Addition was
recorded this week.
A restricted trustees deed
for a part of lot 6, block 19,
was recorded at the U. S.
Commissioner’s office this
week by Tim Chernoff.
Hospital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mullen,
a son, name, Barney, June 4,
^ 7 lbs., 5 oz.
Kmy Hoff Namad
Maknak Commissioner
Mrs. H. D. “Speed” Hoff,
is the new U. S. commissioner
at Naknek, where her hus
band is deputy marshal. Mrs.
Hoff was matron of the local
federal jail several years ago
when her husband was on the
marshal’s staff here. She is a
daughter of Mrs. C. C.
Naughton.
Paul Callahan, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Callahan,
sr., of Kodiak Naval Station,
was an incoming PNA pas
senger from Anchorage Mon
day. He is in the Army and is
stationed at Ft. Richardson.
He will return for duty at
Ft. Richardson around June
12.
The Misses Lila and Char
lotte Nielsen, nieces of Mr.
an 1 Mrs. Robert von Scheele.
have arrived from boarding
school in the states to spend
the summer hei e.
Francis M. Bourne recorded
a trustees deed this week for
a part of lot 12, block 16 of
the Kodiak Townsite.
NOTICE
Am accepting work as
bookkeeper for small busi
nesses. Mrs. Dera C. Meyers,
commercial teacher, P. 0.
Box 1131, Kodiak, Alaska.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
the Kodiak Independent
School District will accent
bids on 12 used steel barracks
type lockers and one old
piano. The lockers and piano
may be examined in the mam
school building on Monday
through Saturday, June 4-9.
For further information call
3044 between the hours of 8
and 4 daily. No bids will be
accepted if post marked later
than June 22,-1951.
William W. Stone,
Clerk of Board
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
the Kodiak Independent
School District will accept
bids for inside and outside
painting of buildings on the
school premises. For further
information call 3044 between
the hours of 8 and 4 daily. No
bids will be accepted if post
marked later than June 22,
1951.
William W. Stone,
Clerk of Board
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