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KENAI FIRE
8 LAI E 5 UP . . '
Kenai1 s flhe hafe
flared up strongly
again and had jumped
the Kenai river late
last Tuesday after-'
noon, it was reported
by Dick Miller of
Seldovia «.ir Service
who returned from a
flight to anchorage
that day.
The fire was then
less than 10 miles
from the town of Ke
nai, and was making
headway, even in the
face of adverse wind.
Favorable winds* could
push the blaze into
the town In a matter
of hours, Mr» Miller
said.
Mr. Miller also
reported areas of fire
burning toward .Turn
again urm.' “He be
lieves that the sec
tion will continue to
burn until winter,
stating that "no Tain
or any kind of storm
can stop it now.. 2v
DOCTOR BRINGS
NEW NURSE/" * -
rv^l7 PLANE
--, When ■ Seldoviaf s
Dr.* Melvin Beltz re
turned home . from his
studies -in New York
this week he was fly
ing a new 1947 Piper
Supercruiser which he
picked up. in the
state?* . before
turning north.
Dr. Beltz flew
west -on the return
trip, stopping for a
pew hospital nurse,
Mrs* Grace Taylor of
Sacramento , . Cal if •
The trip home took
just four days, and
was- the "most beauti
ful’flying trip I!ve
ever made," the doc
tor reported. •
en the ariny /'couldn’t
help any. That fire
is going ~;to .burn un
til it reaches the
Inlet or until winter
puts it-.out."
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DtNALI SAILS
UN SCHFDULE
~ The Denali sailed
from Seattle as •
scheduled last Thurs
day, it was announced
by the ^nderson Dock
agent today#
The steamer car
ried 184 tons of
freight to -be unload
ed here — 90 tons of
£own • goods, * 47 tons
of cannery supplies,
and 47 tons of Homer
goods •
KODIAK BASE
REDUCED IN
NAVY CUTBACK
Kodiakfs Navy base
has been reduced to a
caretaker status as a
part of the Navy De
partment1 s new econ
\omy^ progr am, it was
•announced last week*
u Kodiak navy
* spokesmant said the
order would result in
a partial reduction
of personnel at the
base, but would not
affect the naval air
station there.
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