"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
SL 6 NO. 33
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 12, 194«
PRICE 10 CENT^
.ocal Man
Kissing
K posse was formed Thursday
seari'li the area on Missiou
id and Potato Patch Lake, hut
trace was found of Kuute
Bison, fisherman and cannery
rkrr, who was reported miss
this week hy Bill Falconer.
Meilson lives alone on Potato
tcli Lake and when his home
s discovered vacant the fire
b going and moldy food was
tvidence. Friends report he
s last seen on Sept. 30th. They
> said he had been despondent
I had talked of suicide.
)lder hoys of >chool were dis
ned Thursday to join in the
rch, and a check is being
Je of island points to deter*
ic if he may have left town
,nown to anyone.
"he missing man was employ*
at a cannery during the
imcr.
int Successful
A. Col. Henry Mamie, who
made a previous unsucceeo
attempt to get H Kodiak
r, had better luck on Tuee
when he bugged hia first
liak specimen.
le and h party of men left
liak this week on the Fish
I Wildlife boat, the Kider,
are due back this weekend,
ferry Christopherson and
•ha! De Young are also with I
party
oney Flows
om Presses
hrery printers dream was real*
I this week at the Mirror of*
as presses whirred turning
money by the hatful—but it
in’t U. S. funds!
lie ducats consisted of play
t»ey, to be used at the Hal
e’en Carnival on Oct. 31, a
ject of the Busiaes and Prof*.
ional Women’s club.
It is (relieved enough was
■tied so all celebrants canf
re some as the amount turned
I was—$35,000,000.
H* quaint cu toms of life in
ha were described by James
nn« U, of the school faculty,
the Rotary luncheon Tuesday
the Victory cafe. Mr. Bennett
▼ed with the Q80 and later
■ecreational director fct Stand
I Oil in many foreign count
I-ois Jund, with the tubercu
is control division of the Ter
gal Department of Health,
w spoke, detailing the program
her department in combating
•aka’s No. 1 health menace.
Oiiests included Harry Stryk
. Ban Francisco, and FuzzRog*
t, CAA pilot.
Tot Found
Safe In Hole
Subject of a frantic search last
Saturday evening, Sherry Kay
Kriener, 2-year-old* daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kriener, was
found safe and sound in a hole
along side the foundations of a
building on the Sargent property
on the opposite dde of the road
from the Beachcomber’s.
Mrs. Kriener had put her
daughter, with her hat and coat
on, in the yard to play and ap
parently Sherry Kay decided to
explore a bit, accompanied by
her cat. She crossed the road
from her home and wandered in
to the unoccupied Sargent prop
erty, located on a peninsula
with sharp rock bluffs. Only
a few feet from where she was
found in the hole into which she
tumbled was a rook bluff with
the waters of the bay below.
After Mrs. Kriener missed the
youngster the neighborhood was '
thoroughly searched and Mr.
Kriener was called, and sailors J
and shore patrol joined in look-,
ing (or the lost child with Hash
lights.
As Mrs. Kriener approached
the building where Sherry Kay
was the cat mewed and came
forward to greet her and she ran
over and discovered her child in
the hole.
The child had taken her hat
and coat off and plaoed them be
side her, and had apparently
cried so much when she first fell
in that she couldn’t cry any
more. She was unharmed, but
hungry.
Sherry Kay was back playing
this week, but it is reported she
can’t be budged from her yard. j
Governor Seeks 1
Relief Ship
No further settlement of the (
strike tying up shipping to
Alaska has tieen reported, but
Governor Gruenmg wired Mayor i
lee Bettinger Tuesday that he I
was "trying U. get steamer!
promptly released with auppliee
for Kodiak."
The Maritime Union has re
leased a ship for Nome, although
the Union protested that all gen
eral freight, including “40 toos
of beer" was being included in
the cargo.
Eagles Called
A meeting of all Eagle mem
ber* ha* t«eeo called for next
Sunday (tomorrow) at 3 pm at
the Parrott Studio on Shelikoff,
Rex Parrott, organizer, announc
ed today. All application* should
be brought to the meeting.
Thi* is a special meeting called
for the purpose of appo-niiog a
new organizer to replace Mr.
Parrott, who ia leaving.
Official Returns
(For latent official returns from
3rd Division see paice 4.)
Kodiak Has
Huge Vote
A retold vote just short of
4(H) whs counted at the Kodiak
and one out of towu piecinct iu
Tuesday’s election, with 340
casting ballots at the city hall,
and 49 voting at the Coincais
sioner's office.
Statehood polled 295 affirma
tive votes against 90 negative, a
more than 3 to 1 ratio in favor
of aotiou on makiug Alaska into
a state.
The blanket primary election
system was approved 317 to 40
Surprise feature of the local
balloting was the big upswing in
Republican votes. In previous
elections Republican candidates
tagged along at a ratio of ap
proximately 1 to 16, wheieas in
Tuesday’s voting Republicans
ran a strong second in many of
fioes at a ratio of 2 to 3, and gar
nered some first places.
Henry Henson, Republican led
with 108 votes to Walter Sharpe
with 115, for Commissioner of
Labor, with Ross Kimball, Inde
pendent a poor third with 29.
For .Senators, two highest were
Stanley McCutelieon, (D) with
189 audClunnard Kagebretb, (R)
with 149.
In the Representative race
Kodiak voted straight Democrat,
with Evangeline Atwood, (K) as
8th place runner-up.
Excitement reigned at the
polls when the deluge of voter*
exhauster! the supply of ballots
in early afiernooo, and sample
ballots were preseed into service.
When these ran oat nt the city
hnll n canvms of store* was made
to pick up sample* that bad been
distributed, and the 340th voter
used the very last one available.
At the Commissioner’s office the
same stery was told, only all
samples were used and the last 4
voters registered tbeir intent on
typed ballots.
(ioou KMlnr ana »ne si»re
bood <|ii*«tion contributed to the |
turnout, but moet credit »M giv
to an outatandmg "Got Out the
Vote” rampaign conducted by
member* o# tb* Burines* and
Professional Women'* Club.
Member* ecoured the town for
reluctant voter* and were re
ipossible for an aroaxmg num
ber who admitted they had,
‘never voted before .
The campaign* pert in the
record tally can be gauged by
the pa«t vote compared to Tuee
rfay—1942, 112—lt»44. 172, and
1946, 389—a mwe than double
increase.
(For comple'e Kodiak vote,
•ee page 2)
Work Weekend
Set For School
Today and tomorrow will b«
devoted to another work period
on school projects being aided
by volunteer workers, Suo riu
tendeut 8. A. Nave announced
today.
Volunteers, preferably with
tools, may come at any time on
either or both of the twc^days.
The husbands of the Business
and Professional Women’s Club
are completing the ladies rest
room.
The Chamber of Commerce
has a committee working on the
new Hcience room in the base
ment, and will raise funds for
their special project by public
subscription.
The 3 new quonset huts are
l now in place and volunteers are
needed to help wire and clean
them up for class use as soon as
possible.
I
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GOP’s Win
In House
Juneau (if*)—Incomplete re-1
turn* hampered by atmospheric
interference since the election in
dicated that Republican* have
Hained control of the Territorial;
Houee and gamed fi Senate seat*,,
giving 7 member*against 9 Dem
ocrats in the latter.
One Territorial office, that o'
Commissioner of I.abor, also ap
peared in the Republican bag.
The Statehood affirmative vote
is running almost 2 to I ahead.
Unofficial returns indicated the(
bouse will consist of 14 Republi
cans and 10 Democrats
Democrat Bartlett is piling an
overwhelming majority for reel
ect ion to Coigreas. Treasurer
Oecar Olson appeared certain of
re-election over Cash Cole and
Republican Henry Benson, An- <
chorage, appears*I a certain vic
tor for Labor Commissioner,
In the 1st Judicial division
Republican Dawer, Juneau, lad
the Senate race, with I iemoerate
Peratrovich and (juaderven close
for second spot.
Republicans Mur.* and Jonas,
both of Nome, led the 2nd divi
sion.
Senatorial Pepubtiean togs |
bretb and Democrat Rivera both j
ol Anchorage, appeared elected I
to the Senato from the 3rd divi
sion.
Unofficial mtuma from 19 of
the 4tb division's 61 piecincts.
showed the Republicans leading |
substantially in the Penal# and
in 4 of tlie o House seats.
Officials for the Kodiak pre
cinct during luesday’a election i
were Charles -kinner, Mrs. Pete ;
Magnusen ad H.M.Coulsty,
judges, and Justine Hinckel and ;
Zentta Oxford, clerk*.
Truck Runs
Off Road
A on« and a half ton truck
ran off M isaion road last Satur
day morning about 5:30, narrow
ly missing a residence, and eann
to rest on ita aide against a l°K
Seven were in the ti uck and the
only iujuriea were cut hande suf
fered by Eddie Johnson, driver
and owner of the truck, and cute
on the handa and face of Lionel
Hhuravloff, in the cab with him.
Other passengers, who were
unhurt, were (ieorge Panamaroff,
John Biglove, Willie Nixon, Her
mit Noren and Emil Norton.
The driver, who reported he
was looking back and loal com
rol ef i be truck, took full blame
for tbt accident.
leaving the road the truck
ripped out the front steps of the
Tom Swenson residence, in IS lug
the bouse by only a few feel.
FWA Offers
To Sell Projects
An offer tie* beau received by
Ike eity from the Federal Work*
Agency, owner of the city wa'cr
and aewer system, to aril the
two utilitiea, at a price to be at
leant 50 per cent ol their coat.
Next Monday's com oil meet
ing will take aetion on the offer,
as well as on sites (or a play
ground, cemetery, and eehool,
and on a manager for the eity’e
dock operation.
Partner* Sail
Arrangements have been made
by A. I. Fenner and Torn Soren
son. partners in the Kodiak Cold
Storage company, to eell their
interests in the company to If.
F. MacDonald, third partner, it
wee reported yesterday No price
was announced The company
plant » located in the Tagurrn
sea
Best Yard
Winners Named
Wiaoera in the Kodiak yard
beautification content apeaeored
by the Chamber of Ceaemerrw
were announced at that body’*
luncheon maetin* Thursday by
Dr. A. Hotmen Johneoa. eammit
lee chairman.
Prim* will be awarded later,
be paid, and were baaed on the
moot imprnretneat ehnwn during
the year
F ret pnie wan won by Mar
co* Meyer: 2nd pii*e by H. M
CouUey. and 3rd priae by Ches
ter Clark
Rece'ein* honerable menticw*
were.
In town—Paul Kucger aa»t
BapUot chorch
Hubuiban—F3mer Neboa aa«l
Peeetc Wallin