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Kodiak is again thrarened
! with the extermination of its
' new-found industry, crab fish
ing and canning. The value of
' this crab industry has been
. set at $500,000 yearly, in pay
ment of payroll to fishermen,
■ cannery personel and "upplies.
Four hundred local people are
' gaining a livlihood from the
'< crabbing industry and now the
State Department are threat
ening to undermine the eco
nomy of these citizens of Ko
diak.
The threat comes from low
ering of the tariff by the State
Department on certain items
mat Japan produces and puts'
on the U. S. market, among j
; tnem crab meat. The condition
j-of Japanese economy is des
cribed as unhealthy and to
! better Japan’s economy, the
j Kodiak King Crab Industry
1' must suffer.
The ^ub-standard of living
and wage scale paid Japanese
| fishermen and cannery per
sonnel makes it impossible for
Alaska fishermen and packers
to meet this competetion with
out the protection of the
existing tariff.
With the possibility of the
Fish &‘Wildlife Service pro
hibiting the commercial fishing
of crab for five months of the
year, plus this additional
threat of tariff reduction
makes the development of this
industry most difficult; and
should one or both of the pro
posed Government actions be
taken, the crab industry, as
far as Kodiak is concerned, be
written off as failure.
We feel sorry for the poor
Japanese fishermen and can
nery workers but what about
our own fishermen and can
nery workers?
W'ould the Government of
the United States stiffle the
only livlihood of 400 ‘Kodiak
citizens to better Japanese
conditions?
j Preston Still Missing
Regardless Of Rumors
The whereabouts of John
Preston are still unknown.
Various rumors are being in
vestigated but up until the
present time no trace of the
missing man has been found,
j He is definiiely known to
[have contacted several ‘Ham’
radio operators here in the
area approximately 1 week be
fore his disappearance,
to have them try to get a n es
sage through to Alameda Cal
ifornia where his former wife
resides and he is also said to
have a girl friend. Due to wea
ther conditions the contact
was never made. It is rumored
that he may have been a pass
enger on a fishing boat leav
ing for the Mainland from
where he could have flown to
the States and not been rec
ognized by anyone who knew
him.
Another rumor circulated
this week was that he was de
finitely was set n in Seattle, but
- positive proof is lacking.
Several owners of area fish
ing boats have come* forward
with the information! that a
man answering Preston’s des
cription had made inquiries of
them about a job on their fish
ing boats, bnt no ship can be(
located that has tsken on any j
nevy crew member.
His mysterious disappear
ance is still unsolved. Anyone
witn any definite information
; • '■ 'i i
as to his probable whereabouts
are urged to contact either U.
S. Marshal Clarence Dizney or
the Base Intelligience Depart
ment.
—
Nick Lohr Injured
Tolleson. Arizona — Nick
Lohr, one time well known
resident of Kodiak and the
Naval Station, was confined to
St. Joseph’s Hospital for treat
ment caused by a motor cycle
accident, in which he received
severe shoulder injuries.
Lohr is the owner of the
Tolleson Sentinel, a weekly
paper edited in that city.
For many years Lohr hand
led photograohic assignments
around Kodiak and was a
membeJ of the Navy Exchange
Photo Shop on the Navy Base.
He also worked for Lief Nor
man in Norm’s Photo Shop.
Police Chief Vickery
Seeks Home For Dogs
Chief of Police Vickery
wishes to announce that dur
ing the past week the Police
Department have picked up
six nice dogs that he would
like to see put in some home
and not destroyed as they will
have to be after Tuesday.
November 30th.
Anyone wishing to own one
of these dogs may do so by J
paying for a license and pick
ing them up before the 30th
jf November. 1
8oyd Not Guilty Of
Fisherman Charge
Boh C. Boyd, attached tc
Nfaval Station, Kodiak, was
found not guilty on charges
of aggravated assault, grow
; gout of a allegeo fight the
accused had on July 22nd witu
Edson Fadaoff, a Kodiak fish
erman.
The trial was heard before
a four man Special Court]
Martial Board on the Naval,
Station on Tuesday November!
23r !. Lt. Cdr 1). B. V cKiliem
legal officer of NS Kodiak rep
resented the accused and Lt.
M. D. Harris, legal officer of
tfS Adak prose'cuted the de
pendent.
Boyd plead not guilty asj
charged through h;s attorney |
McKdllem and the first witness j
to take the stand was Edson ]
Fadaoff the man alleged to'
lave been beaten by Boyd. ]
Movements of Fadaoff and his;
wife Mary were traced
through the day of the alleged
attack and vital testimony
having a direct bearing on the
charge was answered with the
words “I don't remember.”
These foggy answers had a
direct bearing on the findings
of the Board. On cross exami
nation by Attorney McKillem,
Fadaoff was asked, “Were the
lights in the cabin off or on
during the fight?” A. ‘ They
we re off. ” Q. “Could you see
n the darkened cabin?” A.
“I conld make out object out
lines dimly.” Q. “Actually
you couldirt postively identify
your assailant?” A. “I could
not swear it was him but I
was pretty sure.”
Many controversial state
ments were introduced into
the record, which caused con
flicting testimony. According
to Fadaoff, he could have in
vited Boyd down to the boat,
he wasn’t sure. Mary Fadaoff,
definitely stated she did not
invite him down and she was
almost positive her husband
hadn’t asked him down to
have a drink.
i The weapon used in the me
lee was not even accepted as
an exhibit in the case because
none of the participants could
positively identify the draw
knife that Fadaoff presented
to the court as being the wea
pon used.
In rebuttal the prosecuting
attorney made a valiant effort
to prove that Boyd went down
to the boat to rob the Fadoff’s
but there was no evidence
that substantiated the claim.
Fadaoff’s wallet and Mrs. Fad
off’s purse were both on the
floor under the table but both
admitted in direct testimony
that they could have been
knocked off the table during
the fight.
After a thirty minute review
of the facts presented in the
case by the Court Martial
Board, they returned the ver
dict of Not Guilty, as charged.
A baby boy weighing 8 lbs.
J2jozs., was born to Mrs.
Mary Teresa Kelly wife of
Clifford Donald Kelly S-SGT.
USMC. 1
Hf'.
Club Hears Diver
At this week's Rotary
meeting. H E. spencer, City
Dock Wharfinger , spoke to
he group about Christmas
trees for the Chain out the
Westward.
Rotary voted to furnish some
of the trees to be shipped on
on Dec. 4, by the ‘Expansion’.
Rotary also furnished a buf
fet dinner lor servicemen and
their families
n III ' l e
c d ; i < 11 <! $
u n -hi d y Rotarian wiv
Entertainment furnished
for the weekly meeting was a
talk by Robert M.Scott, a skin
diver at the Naval Station.
He had many interesting un
der water pictures that he had
taken in the Kodiak area. He
also gave an informative dem
onstration of his diving f quip
ment.
Amenoa?s Freedom Rests M reitli in Geo ;
By Rev. Dr. Francis J. Connell, »
OUR COUNTRY FOUGHT the
Second World V/ar against the
forces of totalitarianism. Yet,
cad to say, totalitarianism still
survives v/ith its threat to the
civilised world. Communism still
crushes millions c? human be
ings beneath the : ' rf op
pression.
Every American . a , the.',
totalitarian Lem i s v anur, but-'
only a few fcnew v. ' - ;
Totalitarianism i" w.s ;oaoen:. o
lu 25 CL v _ - - — >._-w. •
of the pstscnal
rights waic h
man’s very ha
tare gives him;
cons serenely it
Jr. r.n insult to
e-oct the Creates
of man’s nature.
every ?:r
IY1AN BEINC: is
composed ci a ibannsu
body and a soul. The soul is
spiritual and immortal, destined
for eternal life with God beyond
the grave. In order to attain to
this eternal destiny, man needs
the free exercise cf certain
rights.
These rights are not granted
by the government; they belong
to man by the very fact that he
is a man. The government must
rc-spect and defend them. It is
from the standpoint of these
personal rights that all men are
equal.
THIS DOCTRINE IS CON
TAINED in the Declaration of
Independence: “We hold these
truths to be self-evident: that
Catholic University of America
all men were created equal, that ’
they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable
rights: fhat among these are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.”
As Americans, we should in
deed be grateful to the Almighty
that me are not under a totali
tarian regime that would de
r. ;ive us of the exercise of our
ral rights. In this respect
a are far more fortunate than
' he citizc ns of many foreign
iar.dc, We must never forget
that the foundation for these
eights is belief in God.
UICLESS THE FEOPLE OF
OLE LAMO continue to acknow
ledge and honor God, they are
in danger of losing their cher
L-hcd rights and their liberty. As
William Penn said three cen
turies ago: ‘‘The nation that is
not governed by God will soon
be governed by tyrants."
The most effective protection
of liberty in a nation is provided
by those citizens who firmly be
lieve they have been made to
the image and likeness of God
and that their final destiny is
to live with God for all eternity.
If the people of our nation forget
that it is from their Creator
they derive the sacred rights
that are the very foundation of
American freedom, our country
will be on the way either to
slavery or anarchy. But as long
as the people of the United
States firmly believe that God
is the author of the personal
rights which mean so much toj
us, our liberty is safe.
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