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Tabled: Is That The Eid?
The City Council Thursday ta
bled the suggestion broached by
the Library Board for making pro
visions for the services of a librar
ian and the eventual erection of a
library and museum building. And
rightly so
But, we hope this isn't going to
be a permanent action—or a con
tinuing one. An adequate library
building is needed, indeed a ne
cessity. It was stated that we have
other immediate needs, even great
er—sewer, adequate water, roads
True, but it must be remembered
that man does not live by bread
alone, but by the spirit—a cultural
development should go hand-in
hand with the material things.
All we ask—do not shelve this
idea too long—it’s a necessity, not
a luxury.
Reflections
(Continued from Page One)
sources too quickly without benefit
to the inhabitants. But we do have
what Japan wants—coal, timber,
natural gas. metals
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It has been said that the U. S
cannot compete with low-wage
countries. No less an authority than
the Chase Manhattan Bank said in
a report: Many products can be pro
duced cheaper in the U. S. despite
much higher wage rates.
Wages are on the increase in
Japan. Reliable statistics reveal
that from 1951 to 1959, real wages
in Japan rose 47 percent compared
to 24 percent in the U. S- What
might be surprising to the average
American is the range of fringe
benefits received by Japanese
workers: year-end and summer
bonuses amounting to 2 or 3
months pay; family allowance: liv
ing-cost allowance; length of sen
ice allowance: low-cost housing pro
aided by employers: meals at ex
tremely low prices: skill and job
status premiums: and a host of
others.
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The Japanese worker is not so
bad off when you consider that
the purchasing power of the Japan
ese yen for commodities that he
uses in his daily life is considerably
greater than its U. S. dollar equiva
lent. It has been estimated that
vegetables and fruits costing $1 in
the U. S. would cost 30 cents in
Japan; SI worth of fish would cost
35 cents; of clothing. 50 cents; of
grain, 57 cents, etc.
One German newspaper la
mented that “mountain climbing
on Tacoma's steep hills has come
to an end." Tacoma. Washington
recently opened the first two units
of four planned publicly-owned
moving sidewalks, the first in the
U. S. *
For the uninitiated, moving side
walks are escalades such as you
have used in big department stores
these many years, only on a bigger
scale. Gone is the huffing and puff
ing up those steep hills of Tacoma.
Statistics: capacity, 7.200 persons
per hour, traveling at 90 feet per
minute: 92 feet in length and meas
ure 53 inches between handrails:
average incline 11 degrees. Total
estimated cost of projects, $875,000.
Tacoma is said to have received a
"million dollars" worth of pub
licity.
An article appearing in the Aug
ust-September issue of the Alaska
Construction News devotes some
space to the Kodiak airport re
cently constructed. A quote from
Wendell P. Miller, who is adminis
tering and engineering the plan
ning for the construction of bush
facilities in Alaska, stated that the
Kodiak strip is “the best surface
of any pioneer field thus far.”
It was nice to learn that a project
completed here was done right, and
not only right but the best. Credit
should go to a local man. John
Chase. The article stated he did
practically all the engineering and
layout work, choosing his own con
struction methods.
Miller gave proper credit to
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD unit anti-tank sqaad
maneuver with a jeep mounted IKiun rifle daring training at the
1^1 armory Driver of the jeep is CpL Cecil Chabitnoy with Pvt.
Mitchell D. Chya beside hint. Gunner is CpL Manriee Harmon, right,
assisted by Pfe- Walter NestelL
Chase for accomplishing the job
His know-how and ability to use
rule of thumb methods and go
ahead in the field, on his awn. got
the job done." he said.
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According to the article half of
the airstrip was blasted from solid
rock. ‘If the city hadn't had the
personnel and equipment they did,
the job could never have been done
under the program.” Miller stated.
The well-weathered rock was
drilled and blasted and shattered
by powder men. Bulldozers and
graders brought the fines to the
surface for a fractured, well-com
pacted. well-graded surface—“the
best." as Miller says.
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The fellow who borrows trouble
never has optimism to lend.
City Protests
ACS Land Order
An order appearing in the Fed
eral Register revoking Public Land
Order No. 781 is looked upon as a
threat to the future development
of the municipal airstrip.
The order turns back the land
now occupied by ACS adjacent to
the airstrip to the BLM A portion
of the land is needed for airstrip
use. and in the event of further ex
tensions involving Federal funds
the property in question is needed
That portion will then be turned
back for ACS use. City Manager
Poland is protesting the transfer
No Raise In Taxes
JUNEAU -P —Gov. William A.
Egan does not foresee any chances
taxes will be lowered, or raised
during 1962 legislature.
He was asked at a news confer
ence if heavy revenue collections
in July and August might have
some eventual bearing on state's
tax rate. Egan said they were sub
stantially above those in the same
two months a year ago. but had
been anticipated.
Letter to the Editor
Letter To The Editor:
To the Fishing Industry—fish
ermen and processors. The Alaska
Sportsmen's Council and Member
Clubs, and to the general public.
Dear Friends:
Lrpon my retirement as Commis
sioner of the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game. I wish to express
deep appreciation for your coopera
tion and good will during my 12
years in the service of Alaska.
During this period, a Fish and
Game Department has been devel
oped from an idea on a few scraps
of paper to a well functioning or
ganization of 175 carefully chosen,
well-trained, dedicated employees.
These now administer the great
fish and game resources of Alaska
in protection, biological research
and management
Setting up a department to uti
lize and harvest the vast wealth of
Alaska's fish and game resources
on a sustained yield basis has been
my primary concern and endeavor
since 1949.
Several factors such as far
sighted legislative support contrib
uted greatly to the realization of
these endeavors.
However, without your active in
terest that manifested itself gen
erously through the years in both
moral and material support. I
know that the aims for the Depart
ment could not have been fully
realized.
Your continued future support
wiU enable your Department to ac
complish its true mission of serv
ing aO the people of Alaska in the
management of the State's fish and
game resources.
With deepest gratitude. I wish to
thank each one of you for sharing
in the building of a vital Depart
ment in oar great new State
Sincerely yours.
C. L Anderson
\BOVE IS PICTURED THE JAPANESE PATIENT being loaded
aboard the UF2G CGNR 7228, for medical evacuation to the hospital
in Anchorage. Coast Guard personnel from Kodiak are seen loading
him aboard. ___
Coast Guard Here
Rescues Seaman
A Japanese seaman critically ill
aboard a mother ship for a Japan
ese fishing fleet, off of Dutch Har
bor, was air evacuated to an An
cborage hospital Saturday morning.
The aircraft. Coast Guard UF2G
stationed here, answered a call
from the ship and flew to the man’s
rescue.
A doctor aboard the S/S Etorofu
Maru. from which the call came,
stated the man was suffering with
fever and a severe pain in his right
side, and had been in this condition
for 12 days.
Latest reports from the hospital
at Anchorage indicate the man is
on the road to recovery.
The accompanying pictures show
the patient being brought ashore
at Dutch Harbor. The S/S Etorofu
Maru is in the background. In the
second picture he is being put
aboard the UF for evacuation to
Anchorage.
Lodge Officers
Cordova Bound
Bob Dawson. Exalted Ruler of
the Elks Lodge here, and Tommy
Frost Leading Knight, leave next
week for Cordova to attend the
Alaska State Elks Association con
vention to be held there. Mrs.
Frost will accompany her husband.
John Cushing, a state officer in
the organization, left Sunday for
Cordova.
The fellow who tries to make his
job a snap usually get bit
New Enlistee,
Extensions In
National Guard
The Kodiak National Guard unit
gained another enlistee this week
as Laurence E. Davenport waa
sworn in at the unit’s second meet
ing of the year on Wednesday
night.
Two veteran guardsmen also ex
tended their enlistments at the
same meeting. They are S. Sgt.
Charles L. Pemberton and Sgt. Rey
nold L. Morris. During the past
summer Richard Frost and Charles
R. Martin were sworn in as mem
bers of the local unit.
There are fifty-two members in
the Kodiak portion of the company
and 26 members in the first rifle
platoon of the company located at
Homer.
At the Wednesday night meeting
members of the mortar squads re
ceived training in the functioning
of the company's 81mm mortars
and members of the anti-tank sec
tion trained with a jeep mounted
106mm rifle.
Drills are held regularly on
Wednesday at 7 P. M. at the armory
next to the high school and Lt
Arnold Bjerken. company com
mander. urges all interested resi
dents to visit at the armory during
drill hours.
SFC Frank Pagano is unit first
sergeant and Robert Norman is
temporary unit administrator.
THE ANGLE
It may be true that figures don’t
lie. but it’s also true that no two
people figure alike.
“Gramercy Ghost”
(Continued from Paee 1'
in operettas, principally light and
summer operas. She has acted and
directed little theatre productions
in Washington, D.C. San Clemente,
Calif, and elsewhere. She directed
a production of “Gramercy Ghost”
in the latter city at one time.
The production will not be staged
in the original theatre in the old
Army area, but in a completely
new theatre on Nyman's Peninsula.
The monumental task of converting
a machine shop into a theatre was
completed by Capt. Strickler and
members of the Kodiactors The
building has a seating capacity of
182 people. The theatre is located
near Marginal Pier.
Lead roles in the production will
be carried by Caroline Chase, Bob
Edwards. Cleve Chancy and Dan
Santo.
Curtain time is 8:30 p. m. Adult
tickets are $1. students. 50 cents.
Tickets in Kodiak may be ob
tained from Mrs. Jack HinckeL
phone 4%—2412.
, 1TA1> TlMK al 8:30 P m Wednesd!yf!!T
Little Theatre production of “Gramercy Ghost.” Above shows the new
theatre of the sroup, constructed in an old machine shop on Nvman’s
Peninsula by volunteer labor. ^ g Naw Photo