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fOL. 6 N0. 8 3 KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 20, 1940 _PRICE 10 CENTS
Issues Red
Cross Plea
In connection with the local
Bed Cross Roll Call drive, now
btiug conducted under the direc
tion of Mrs. I.ouise Coon, the
following message has been issu
ed by General Dwight D. Eisen
hower:
“During the current Red Cross
Food Campaign vast numbers of
patriotic Americans have res
ponded generously to the cause.
Already the majority of chapters
have reached or exceeded their
beat goals. In some communities,
however, I understand the cam
paign is lagging.
11 know the Red Cross. I have
■een it in action. Overseas it per
hrmed with the precision of a
•ell trained army.
1 "In providing millions of pints
ef life-saving blood plasma,
| thousands upon thousands of
! packages for prisoners of war, in
relaying countless heart-warming
Messages regarding conditions at
home, bringing comfort and en
tertainment and cheer to hospit
als, leave areas and battlefronts,
I the Red Cross accomplished a
■podigious task. We learned how
Rwch it meant to find the corn
I panionship, the friendliness, the
Bok with home the Red Cross
Managed to provide.
“The services of the Red Cross
are as urgently needed today by
•w occupation troops, our men
® hospitals, and our veterans, as
they were by our fighting forces
»time of war. The Red Cross
ateds and deserves our greatest
Peacetime campaign for funds,
la stands now in the shadow of
the goal posts. I hope to see it
promptly pushed across by over
subscription of its 1946 fund
•ampaign.”
An}one who is not contacted
Red Cross representatives
Awing the next 2 weeks may see
Mre. Louise Coon, O. A. Torger
•“or L. K. Wodlinger, who will
****pt contributions
Mr Wodlinger, president of
A* local chapter, said that the
for Kodiak is a lot, but
■wnt be met if the 1 million ov
***11 quota is reached.
“Just because the war is over
Aies not mean that we can slide
••this drive,” Mr. Wodlinger
••d. “The need is still as great,
•ta Red Cross must have funds
*°f its usual services, like disast
er relief; plus continuance of its
•ervu.es to the aimed forces; and
f*pecially to furnish relief to the
"^dy peoples of the world.”
The goal for Kodiak is $3500.
Merrill Coon, local Standard
Oil agent, reports that the spring
banker bringing much-needed oil
*nd other products is due at
Kodiak about Monday.
Services Held
For Student
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 pin from the
Russian Orthodox church, with
Rev. Gregory Gleboff officiating,
for Lucy Gregorioff, daughter of
Mrs. Lucy Gregorioff, who passed
away Monday at home after 2
months’ illness.
Young Lucy, who was in the
6th grade in the local school,
would have been 12 years old
Thursday, May 18. Students
wishing to attend the services
were dismissed, and Erskine’s
store was closed during the fun
eral.
The deceased, who was born in
Afognak, came to Kodiak with
her mother and sisters in Sep
tember of last year.
Death was due to tuberculous
meningitis.
She is survived by her mother
and her sisters; Mrs. Cecil
Brown; Lila, employed at Ersk
ine’s; Cleo, employed at Knud
sen’s; and Anona; all of Kodiak;
and Susan, of Portland.
3 Troublemakers
Arrive Again
Three juveniles ariived here
Thursday from Afognak after
getting into troutle in their vil
lage, and disposition of their case
is stil* undecided.
(J. S. Commissioner G. W.
Bubendorf, local Welfare depart
ment agent, wired Mrs Margar
et Pielage, district head at An
chorage, who replied that 6he
I must have additional informa
tion before advising. She said
probable advice will be to return
them to “Afognak until further
plans mature”.
The boys had already been re
turned to Afognak with disas
trous results, as detailed in a
story on page 3 of this issue.
Local hunters are reminded
that the rabbit season closed
March 31, and that rabbits can
not be taken legally until Sept. 1.
Beach Road
House Robbed
The residence of Amanda Price
on I he Beach road was ran racked
between 4 pm Wednesday after
noon and 1:30 am the next
morning during the owner’s ab
sence, police report,
j Missing as reported by the ow
ner were three bank books, $80
in cash, an onyx ring and cloth
ing.
The thief broke a glass in a
door and reached the lock toga’n
entry.
Police said a serviceman sus
pect is now in custody while the
investigation continues.
Children To
Hunt Eggs
What is believed to be the first
Easter Egg Hunt, in the history
of Kodiak will be held tomorrow
(Easter Sunday) afternoon be
tween 1 and 2 pm in the school
yard for pre-school and grade
school children. The hunt is be
ing sponsored by the Kodiak
Business and Professional Wo
men’s club.
Because of President Tru
man’s plea for the conservation
of food this year the club dis
carded its original plan to use
real eggs but will hide miniature
candy eggs—16 pounds of them—
throughout the school yard.
These eggs will be done up in
cellophane bags and in some of
the sacks will be small prizes. A
large Easter basket with rea!
Easter Egg Hunt
WHERE: School Grounds
WHEN: Tomorrow, 1 2 pm
WHO: Pre-school & grade
school children
tinted eggs is the grand prize.
This basket is being filled and
decorated by Edna Kraft and is
on display today in Kraft’s win
dow.
The hunt will be held even
if it rains as the cellophane wrap
pings will protect the eggs, said
Fleeta Christopherson, prog am
coordinator of the club.
The club plans to make this
an annual affair.
Rachel Rogers left twice this
week for Naknek, having to go
to Anchorage once when the
plane didn’t make the Naknek
stop.
Katmai Clamming,
Fishing Open
Clamming on the Katmai
beaches and commercial fishing
offshore will be allowed this sea
son according to a letter received
this week by Charles Skinner,
from the Director of the Nation
al Park Service. .
The official said that the mean
high tide is the limit of the mon
ument, and that the Park ser
vice ’has no jurisdiction outside
that aiea. It was pointed out
that, restrictions against, build
ings above the high water mark
would still apply, and that the
Fish & Wildlife Service will po
lice the streams within the area.
The Park service had recently
refused permission to a clam
cannery to operate within the
area and commercial fishing wa°
to be restricted offshore
Local unions and the Cnam
ber of Commeice had joined in
seeking to have the previous
ruling removed.
Strike Settlement
Efforts Continue
Seattle (iP)—A union leader
and U. S. conciliator flew to
Ketchikan yesterday in an at
tempt to settle the longshore
strike, but the Alaska Cannery
Workers’ strike set for tonight
at midnight is no closer to
settlement.
Demanding a 3U percent wage
increase, cannery woikers de
clared that negotiations failed. A
meeting of Union employer rep
resentatives with a conciliator
Thursday br ught no solution.
The tie up of Alaska shipping
threatens many parts of the Ter
ritory with a severe food short
age,
The Lakina was scheduled to
sail Ap'il 2-3 from Seattle for Ko
diak but is being picketed, along
with the Cordova.
Juneau Has
Less And Less
Juneau (iP)—Juneau is butter
less, toruaioless, cucumberless,
and lettueeless, not to mention
almost egeless, meatless, sbort
eningless and potatoless.
Food is being brought in by
air and small craft operating
with union approval.
In anticipation of the strike
local merchants have a good sup
ply of staple food, but constant
ly-recurring between-shipping
meat, dairy produce and vege
table shortages will be extended
if the strike continues.
Emergency air transportation
between Alaska and Seattle to
meet the food shortage and other
essential supplies has been auth
orized by the CAA.
Alaska air carriers which oper
ate solely within the Territory
are authorized to fly supplies be
tween Seattle and Alaska points
until June 1.
Car owners are reminded that
since Jan. 1 license plates for
1946 have been due and begin
ning Monday local police will j
tag cars that are without them.
| They may be procured at the
city clerk’s office.
The Gosnel services at the
home of Miss Eunice von Scheele
will be held for the last time next
Tuesday and Friday, at 7:45 pm.
The public is invited.
Surplus Boats
April 29 has been set aside for
veterans to pu> chase boats in the
new sale of Alaskan marine
equipment announced by Terri
torirl Officer Melvin C Snyder.
The notice is on Page 11.
An advertisement for a sur
plus property sale at Fort Greely
I appears on Page 11 also.
Gross Tax
Collectible
The new Alaska sales tax, part
of the Veteran’s Act appeared to
be headii'ir for some sort of court
test or other clarification as the
provisions were studied by peo
ple in various parts of the Terri
tory, and some merchants began
collecting it from consumers and
others didn’t.
Senator Norman Walker, drug
store owner, refused to pay the
tax when it was added to a res
taurant check for a meal he ate,
and his drug store in Ketchikan
is absorbing the tax, while two
competitors are passing the levy
on to customers.
Other merchants are awaiting
clarification of the measure by
the Attorney General.
As finally approved, the bill
provided that the tax, effective
April 1, should be:
One per centum of the gross
revenue derived from all retail
sales made in the Territory—
and-or one per centum of 'the
gross revenue derived from ser
vices perform°d in the Teriilory,
payable by the person receiving
such lemuneration. It is not to
apply if gross revenue is less
than $100 in any quarter year.
A paragraph states that ‘‘re
muneration for services” shall
not include salaries and wages
received by an employe, but
shail include “gross remunera
tion received for furnishing labor
and materials for accomplishing
a specified result.”
The bill further states that
sales of insurance and bonds
shall be taxable as retail sales,
the tax being payable by the in
surer or guarantor, while the ag
ent will be liable for tax only on
the remuneration received by
him as agent. Life insurance and
tax exempt bonds are excepted.
The wholesale sales tax of
one-half of one per cent is levied
as follows: “One-half of one per
centum of the gross revenue de
rived from wholesale sales made
in the Teriitony, payable by the
wholesaler, and one-half of one
per cent of the gross market val
ue at the time of export of fish,
gold, fur, lumber, and other com
modities caught, mined, produc
ed, manufactured or processed
in the J erritory, payable by the
exporter.”
Foreign-bound exports are ex
emp .
The gross revenue in eaeli case
shall be computed in dollars and
the tax shall be payable by the
[retailer, wholesaler or exporter
within one month after the end
of each quaiter of the calendar
year, the first payment being due
in July
Forms will be furnished by the
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