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Wanted - A Pied Piper
'She report received here this week of the rat menace
-in Kodiak (see story on page 1) should cause every person in
•this town to sit up in shock, alarm and embarrassment.
A not-very-pretty picture of our city is painted in a ,
report which tells that our living and garbage disposal habits j
are just what the rats want, and that the rats are daily
-spreading disease and may cause economic loss.
Weil's disease, which is a form of jaundice, has af
fected 25 persons since October, 1950, and those who have
had or have it come from varying types of homes, clean and;
dirty, well-to-do and poor. )
Attempts to acquaint the citizens with the problem [
have been made, notably by Seventh Grade Teacher Oscar j
Drake and his students, who put up posters, distributed
pamphlets and studied the problem. Most of the pamphlets,
put in the mail, hit the floor of the post office with little or no j
attention paid to them.
We MUST pay attention to this problem. It is not only ]
alarming but shameful that our customs of leaving debris lie i
around, of having overflowing and uncovered garbage cans, j
and of dumping sewage into the bay have brought us to such;
an unsavory condition.
Each spring Kodiak has a half-hearted clean-up drive
in which attempts are made to clean up small piles of refuse,
in which the city and Chamber of Commerce cooperate in
helping everyone clean up his yard.
That is NOT enough. We must start immediately, and!
at the bottom, to really clean the city up, to get rid of the rats, j
Suggestions for doing so effectively are contained in |
the sanitation engineer’s report. He suggests the city pass an'
ordinance containing a provision for making buildings rat
proof.
We further suggest that the city get to the root of the
problem immediately, enforce what ordinances it has about,
debris and sewage, and pass whatever other ones are needed, I
and then ENFORCE them. Immediately. j
Son Born To
Capu and Mrs. Bucy
A son weighing eight pounds
and four ounces was born to
Captain and Mrs. Larry Bucy
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on Memorial Day at the Kod-1
iak Naval Station hospital. I
Capt. Bucy is the officer in j
charge of the local Alaska j
Communication System. >
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Army Sets
fifty Draft
Washington (.3>) —The
Army today called for 15,000
draftees in July.
This is the lowest number
of men which the Army has
asked the Select ve Service
system to deliver since the
present draft program has
been in effect. Since the draft
call for 80,000 in January the
monthly requisition dropped
to 20,000 in June.
The Army has requested
22.000 men in August. The
37.000 additional men thus
brought into service in July
and August will make a total
of 587,000 men which the
Army has requisitioned from
Selective Service system.
The Navy, Marine Corps
and Air Force have requested
no draftees in any month.
Duchess of Idaho
At Orepheum
As far as leading ladies are
concerned, John Lund hit the
jackpot in “Duchess of Ida
ho” MGM’s Technicolor
comedy with music which is
showing tomorrow and Mon
day at the Orpheum.
Esther Williams and Van
Johnson co-star with Paula
Raymond and Lund in the
picture'which was filmed at
Sun Valley.
Johnson plays a band leader
in the film. Miss Williams has
several swimming scenes and
guest stars Lena Horne and
Eleanor Powell sing and
dance.
The supporting cast in
cludes Connie Haines, Clin
ton Sundberg and Mel Torme.
Friday and Saturday Lucille
Ball and Eddie Albert have
the leads in The Fuller Brush
Girl.
Blood Sworn In
Ivan Blood, formerly a spec
ial deputy marshal here, was
sworn in as a U. S. Deputy
Marshal in the Anchorage of
fice this week.
The assignment of Blood fills
one of the two vacancies in
the Anchorage office created
by the resignations of John
Mack and Don Carlquist.
Cook Inlet Season
continued from page 1
season.
Drift gillnets have upset the
stable balance once prevailing
on Cook Inlet and it is con
sidered only fair that their
individual efficiency should be
lessened. Shorter nets will
probably be decreed in pro
portion to che influx of new
gear that enters the various
areas, Day said.
“The spawning grounds
must be seeded sufficiently to
maintain Alaska’s prime in
dustry and the FWS intends
to take whatever actions are
necessary even though the
effect may be curtailed earn
ings for many flshermen and
packers during the coming
season,” Day declared.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
New York—Big New York
stores battle penny for penny
in a price" cutting war as
prices are marked down by
the hour.
Late yesterday afternoon
slashes on some items ranged
j to more than 40%. Customers
j snapped up merchandise at
j far below nationally adver
tised prices in Macy's and
Girnbels,
Cordova— Cordova’s razor
clam pack wound up this week
with 1,500,000 pounds being
taken from nearby beaches.
Clam diggers got a 20% raise!
this year and cannery workers
got a 15% increase. The Fish
and Wildlife Service said the
red salmon catch is picking
up with indications of a fair
season.
Valdez—An early morning
aerial joy ride killed two men
this week. Victims were Stan
ley Knuteson, 25, Alaska born
war veteran and youth still
unidentified. The plane was
heard flying low over Valdez
around 4 am and crashed on
the flats near here about 4:30
am. Joe Dieringer, owner of
the plane, said he was not
aware it was missing until in
formed of the tragedy.
New York—General Doug
las MacArthur's worldly
goods, 49 tons of them in
cluding three private auto
mobiles, arrived from Tokyo
aboard the ship which also
carried son Arthur’s tutor,
Mrs. Phyllis Gibbons.
Seattle (A1)—A 45-foot cabin
cruiser which disappeared
from its mooring last Wednes
day night was found on the
bottom of Lake Union.
A commercial diver made
the discovery. He said there
was no indication anyone had
gone down with the pleasure
craft. Between four and five
persons were reported aboard
the cruiser a short time before
it vanished.
Korea— Cornered Chinese
Reds surrendered in droves
this week but no overall esti
mate was available. However,
front line reports hinted that
thousands of the enemy are
giving up the fight. Allied
troops drove deeper into
Korea all along the 125 mile
front, puncturing the 38th
parallel on almost every main
highway.
Washington— Rumors of
peace talks, stirred up by
Allied successes in Korea,
find no support in the U. S.
State Department. Diplomatic
officials say a 14-nation truce
proposal of last March could
serve as an approach if the
Reds are interested. The
Allied peace terms will
probably be stiffernow than
three months a^o.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koch
and family qf Kodiak Naval
Station, left eariy this week
or a vacation in the states.
Elk’s Ball
Tonight
The Exalted Rulers Ball is
scheduled to begin tonight at
9 pm. The event is in honor of
Leon Johnson, EA. B. P. 0. K.
1772, and also to raise funds
to send Johnson to the B. P.
0. E. convention in Chicago
on July 1 through 5.
The ball is an annual event
and proved successful last
year7 Sig Digree, publicity
'chairman for the local lodge,
said vesterday.
I rmi Johnson
Prior to the dancing a din
ner is planned for 6:30 pm.
Ray Boggs, local club chef, is
in charge of the food pre
paration. EIks and their
ladies are invited to both
events, Digreesaid.
Music will be provided by
the Four Aces.
Doctor Here
For Training
Dr. Philip H. Moore, head
of the Mt. Edgecumbe Sana
tarium at Sitka, reported to
the U. S. Naval Hospital,
Kodiak, Alaska, recently for
two weeks of active training
duty.
He is a LCDR. in the Naval
Reserve. LCDR. Dean Schu
feldt, MC, DSN. Chief Sur
geon at Kodiak Naval Station,
is acting as host to Dr. Moore,
VP2, a Neptune flying
squadron at Kodiak Naval
Station has been relieved bf
VP812; based for the past
several months at Whidby
Island near Seattle. VP812
I was based here until last
1 November. LCDR. L. L.
Misner is in charge of the
squadron.
C ommander R. Turner and
the men of VP2 will go to
Whidby Island where one
half of the men will receive
leaves of absence.
Walter O’Brien, bookkeeper
for Krafts, returned home
Sunday after spending three
weeks in the states visiting
his parents and relatives.
Mrs. O’Brien and children
will remain in the states for a
few more weeks before re
turning to Kodiak.
Mrs. Gregory M. Foster the
former Jane Naughton, left
Sunday for Washington. D.
0. to join her husband whe
was recently assigned to duty
there. Foster, formerly sta
tioned here, is a navy aer»
grapher.
Mrs. John Park is ^mplojrfed
in the drygoods department at
Krafts. Her husband is a chief
in the Navy and is stationed
at Kodiak Naval 3tation. '