Juneau, Alaska
'News oj oAmencd’s Last Frontier
OL 7 NO. 13
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 24, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Man Held For Double Murder At Uyak
ioatmen
escued
(from 17th Naval District)—
fcpite a wind .warning issued
| rthe Weather Station, H. L.
| ihtfoot and H. MacDonald,
! gfents of Kodiak, Alaska, left
! n^fety of land at 11 am Tues
i in an 18-foot open fishing
L| and soon found themselves
; Ljnf driven onto the reefs off
body Island. Each time they
■atd their boat into the sea,
b waves whipped to a frenzy
f a 50 knot wind, swamped
lar motors which was the only
, nans of propulsion against such
Civil Aeronautics Authority
lenoouel on Woody Island no
ted the boat in trouble and re
ijed the information to the Op
ations Officer at NOB, Kodiak,
io ordered the UaS PCS-1400
»the aid of the mrn in distress.
^ that time the men had rigged
tan-anchor which decreased the
fift of their frail craft.
The PCS-1400, commanded by
U. (jg) A. W. Hamilton, of Sax
ka. Pa , had difficulty in ioeat
■{ the small boat due to poor
wibility. After an hours search
It Navy vessel succeeded in se
curing a line to the small boat,
ad towed it and its occupants I
# safety
Harry Christopherson and
Kiaibal DeYoung returned to
Kodiak (his week from a success
ful bear hunt with Peter Unger.
They reported getting a 9 foot
tiach brownie on Zachar bay,
•ilh a shot apiece.
Speed Hoff, of the deputy U.S.
tUnkal’s staff, left Sunday night
ty NATS with Benjamin Spra
gae, to take the latter to Morn
•gside asylum in Portland, Ore.,
•We he was committed after
tong adjudged msaoe here last
Nek
Keeping in the family the
teipionship won last month by
Vtmother, Mrs. Marian Saut
to captured the Kodiak crlbbage
at the Community Center |
Wfcday night.. Mrs. Sautner
•on seven out of eight games,!
tong only to Laurence Panamar
*iu the seventh round.
Hrs, Sautner and Mrs. Pete j
^•gnusen were tied going into |
^ last round of play and the ,
^ of the draw brought them
'•(tiher in the crucial game j
the new champ won by a
W margin. Third place went;
^Major Jack Mann. Mrs. Saut
*6 mother, Mrs J. K. Malu
who was the defending
'batnpion, finished in sixth place.
Fun Offered
Denali Sails
The Denali sailed from Seattle
yesterday with 520 tons of freight
for Kodiak, and is due to arrive
about June 1.
It is coming via Tyee, Chath
am, Tenakee, Alitak, Moser bay,
Carmel, Larsen’s bay, Uyak>
Uganik and Port Bailey,
It will go south via Ouzmkie>
Port WakeSeld, Port Williams,
Seldovia and Ketchikan.
Morgue “Live” Issue
The construction of a new
morgue building by Walt Muller
on his property located across
from the CM hospital on Mis
sion road threatened to run into
difficulties this week.
The building is located with
ODe coiner athwart a city street,
which Muller claims is bis prop
erty.
This week Police Chief Gon
zales issued a stop order on the
construction because no building
permit has been issued although
an application has been made. A
previous application was turned
down because the budding is lo
cated in a residential area
Work is still continuing on the
building and further action ir j
the matter is expected on the re-j
turn of G. W. Bubendorf, city
magistrate, it was reported yes
teiday.
Fifty three youngsters turned
out for the Community Center;
clean-up paity last Satuiday,
muming and in 3 hours time col- j
lected and Burned a couple ofj
tons of rubbish. I
After the work-session the
youngsters enjoyed a weiner- •
roast, causing the disappearance I
of 200 weiners, 144 buns, and j
120 bottles of assorted soda-pop. J
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Poppy Vendors
Start Today
Women of the America Legion
Auxiliary will sell Memoria
Poppies today at the base aDd in
town, Mrs. Bea Nachtweih, Pop
py chairman, announced today.
"Disable veterans of both wars
bow make the poppy to be worn
in memory ot the dead of both
wars,” Mrs. Machtweib remind
ed today- “The contributions aid
the disabled, their families and
the families of the dead.”
"Millions of Americans will
wear the veteran-made poppies
this year m silent tribute to those
who lie beneath the crosses in
Flander- fields and in the Amer
ican war cemeteries throughout
the world ”
All Kodiak is expected to turn
out for the Rotary-sponsored
"Silver Horde Jubilee” at the
Kodiak Community Center this
afternoon and tonight. The huge
midway, with all sorts of carni
val attractions, games of chance
and skill, dancing entertainment
and fun, will be open from 2:00
to 5 pm. and from 7 o’clock to
night until daylight tomorrow.
The festivities will take place
rain or shine since the midway is
canvas-covered and protected
from the elements.
Attractions for the Jubilee in
clude a wheel of fortune with
hundreds of valuable prizes, pad
dle-wheels, games of skill and
chance, dancing, euterlanment,
bingo, * pony” races, Pot O’ Gold
drawings and other features. All
proceeds from the Jubilee wdl go
to the Kodiak Community Cent
er.
Every member of the Kodiak
Rotary club has worked most of
the week, under the leadership of
Chairman James Martz, to make
the ‘Silver Horde Jubilee a suc
cess More than seven hundred
pi izes, ranging in value up to a
$100.00 watch and a $400 00
hand crocheted bedspread, are
to be awarded to the lucky cele
brators at the Jubilee.
Refreshments, with master
chefs Paul Herring and Emil
Knudsen in charge, will be avail
able a 1 afternoon and evening
The huge canvas covered m d
wav, e*ected this week by a crew
of carpenters furnished by Rot
ary club members, wi I be com
pleted this morning when every
member of Rotary is expected to
turn out for final pieparations
Activities inside the Center
building will include a "jitney ’
dance; “pony” races every half
hour with a group of beautiful
Kodiak girls impersonating the
“ponies”; a Pot O’ Gold drawing
every two hours; bi: go under the
direction of ‘ Tiny” Tesarik;
games of chance under the direc
tion of Ray Martin and Jorgen
Frtderickson; and the raffle of
hand-painted handkerchiefs and
a magnificent $400.00 hand-cro
cheted double bed-pread.
Admission to the midway will
be free to chddien during the
afternoon session.
Buses will leave for the base
from regular stations at mid
night and 1 am, and at 2 am if
warranted.
A boy, weight 6 pounds 14
ounces, was born last, night at
theGM hospital to Mrs. Alma
Starbird. The father is a civil
.erviee employe at the bace.
City Bids
On Dock
Through the appointment by
Mayor Lee Bettinger of V. G.
Ellis as councilman to fill the
Leo Sears vacancy the council
was enabled to meet Monday
with a bare quorum just in time
to get a city bid in on the form
er Kraft dock before the dead
line Tuesday for priority hold
ers.
The bid was sent in but the
amount is not being disclosed at
present, Mayor Bettinger said
yesterday, because the period for
bids for non-priority holders
does not close until June 10.
Information from Washington
said a value of $65,000 had been
placed on the dock.
Mrs Dorothy Haag acted as
chairman at the "I Am An Am
erican Day" program heli at the
Community Center Sunday,
sponsored by the American Le
g on Auxi lary
She introduced the speakers,
Commander John Sinkankas,
NOB, who spoke on youth’s
duty as an American, and Mayor
Lee Bettinger, who stressed the
individual’s need to actively per
petuate democracy
A “truth and consequence”
game was presented by Charles
Wameling followed by serving
of homemade cakes and coffee.
Grover Herring, Oakland, Cal
if., returned this week from Kiz
huyak bay, where he got a seven
and a half foot bear. Oscar Nel
son was his guide.
Herring expects to leave Sun
day to do some more hunting on
the Kenai
Local Man Dies
In Sanatorium
Cliff id Stevens, 23, formerly
employed in Kraft’s Men’s store
and as a bartender, passed away
in a tuberculosis sanatorium in
Colorado Springs, Colo, on Mon
day, according to word received
by friends fr< m his wife
His funeral was held yesterday
at Craigmont, Idaho, his former
home Besides his widow, the for
mei Audrey Brobst, whom he
married in Kodiak, he is also
survived by a 4-monthe old son,
his mother and father and one
sister.
The Stevens family left this
spring for Colorado where Mrs
Stevens, formerly employed loc
ally as a waitress, planned to
work while he was receiving
treatment.
Anthony Novikoff, 40, is bein^
held for the murder of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Nelson, young
couple of Uyak lagoon, on the
west side of Kodiak island, Dep
uty U. S. Marshal Paul Herring
wired Kodiak yesterday.
The fatal shooting occurred at
the Novikoff home May 16,
Marshal Herring said, after a |
drinking bout following arrival
of a mail boat in that area.
Novikoff was shot in the leg
but the wound was not serious,
Marshal Hernng reported, and
he will be brought to Kodiak to
day.
Accompanying Marshal He*
, ring to Uyak to investigate the
i slaying were Gene Norris, FBI
J agent of Anchorage, who was ia
I Kodiak on other business, and
|G. W Bubendorf, local U. S.
| Commissioner. The men left
| Monday on August Heitman's
boat to make the 12-hour tup to
the scene of the tragedy.
According to an FBI report
Mrs. Nelson was phot when she
jumped in front of tier husband
just as Novikoff f re 1 a shot,
from his 30 40 rifle intended for
her husband, and then a second
shot slew her husband.
(continued on page 9,
Au orthopedic clinic will be
held here today, with 3 official'-!
who arrived on yesterday's plane
to take part They are Dr Phi'
ip Moo'e, orthooedic surgeor;
Dr Catherine S. Sherwood, cf
the department of health; and
M.ss R gina Mendel, medicrd
social worker.
Dr, C C. Bai'ey, addressed
thi members of the Kodiak Busi
ness and Professional Women *
club at their dinner meeting la-1
i Monday, tell ng of his exper*
ences in France during the war.
Jerry Sears, p ''gram coordin
' ator was in charge of the even
ings entertainment
j Guests at the meeting includ
ed: Anita Ann Mum, Frances
Patterson, Mary,Ruth Bourne
and Eleanor Willming
The Board of Directors will
meet Tuesday noon. The mem
bers are asked to b.ing I heir own
sandwiches.
Higher Rates
Now in Effect
A 35 per' cent increase *o
freight rales and 5 and 7 p<r
cent inc eases in through and
local passenger rates went fato
effect Wednesday, the local office
ot the Alaska Steamship hae
been informed
Minimum first class fare from
Kodiak to Seattle, including tas,
,s n w $98 33, an incirrise of 35.