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22, NO. 8 _ KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 23, 19(52 PRICE TEN CENTS
Carpenters At Cold Storage Still Idle
Breach Widens; Union-Co. Deadlocked
No settlement has been reached
in the dispute between Carpen
ter’s Local 2162 and the Alaska
Ice and Storage Company. Union
carpenters remain idle and are
picketing the plant.
Mr. Sweasey and Mr. Gene
Craig were both in town for sev
eral days in an effort to reach an
agreement. They met with Union
officials for five hours Wednes
day evening, and an agreement
was thought possible for a time.
The two are deadlocked over
the signing of an agreement with
the Western Alaska Building
Trades, to which the carpenters’
Union is affiliated. Company of
ficials wish to sign an agreement
with the local union only.
Art Wickman, Business Agent
for Carpenter’s Local 2162, stated
that the dispute first started with
the carpenters losing fringe bene
fits and the company refusing to
restore them. This spread to
other trades, as well as the labor
ars. Wickman pointed out in
a statement to the Mirror that
should the company negotiate
with each union one at a time, the
plant would be tied up all sum
mer. “Reaching an agreement
with all the trades involved is the
only fair way for both the unions
and the company,” he stated.
Company officials feel differ
ently, however, about it. They
state they are willing to comply
with the demands of the local
carpenters and will sign an agree
ment with them, putting them
back to work as if nothing had
happened. They are, however,
suspect of a group in Anchorage
dictating policies for Kodiak.
Many To Enter
Parade Floats
Several floats will be entered in
the parade which will open the
King Crab Festival to be staged
here May 4, 5 and 6.
The parade, which promises to
be a highlight of the event, will
have entries from many business
es and organizations in the city,
acocrding to Ray Martin, who re
ported on the progress of plans
for the occasion. “We have had
a good response for entries,” Mar
tin said.
He stated that Gov. Egan has
been invited to attend, but he
was advised that conflicting com
mittments may prevent him from
doing so. The governor’s confer
ence is scheduled for about the
same time.
Plans to bring a Navy cruiser
here at that time may not mater
ialize, according to Martin. He
had been advised that a smaller
Navy craft may be in attendance
instead.
“We urgently need queen candi
dates,” Martin stated. “Tickets
will go on sale about March 1st.
Several organizations and busi
nesses have indicated they will
enter a candidate, but to date
non"' have entered.”
As the deadlock continues, and
the company has committments to
fulfill in completing the storage
facilities, they are bringing in the
needed labor to complete the job.
This is the situation up to press
time.
Glenn Did It!
Tuesday was a great day for all
of America and the free world.
For it was on that day that As
tronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. con
quered space and orbited around
the world three times in four
hours, 56 minutes.
For more than three hours of
the flight time through space,
Glenn operated his ship by par
tial manual control when trouble
developed in the automatic sys
tem.
Glenn was picked up by a Navy
destroyer, the USS Noa, which
was within six miles of where he
parachuted in his spaceship, eight
minutes after he landed in the At
lantic Ocean.
Following his 17,530-mile an
hour journey, and at altitudes
ranging from 100 to 160 miles an
hour, after performing the neces
sary tasks under high gravity
pressures, weightlessness and oth
er extreme conditions of space
flight, Glenn was found to be in
perfect physical condition and
great spirits.
Ray Cobb Heads
Legion Post Here
Ray Cobb, past 1st vice-com
mander of the American Legion
Post here, was elected to Post
Commander at a meeting of the
group held Thursday evening at
the VFW Club rooms.
Cobbs succeeds Carl Rodli, who
acted in that capacity since early
last year. The new commander
was 1st vice commander last year.
Other officers elected were:
O. K. Chandler, 1st Vice-Com
mander; George Burke, 2nd Vice
Commander; Herbert Hamm, Ad
jutant and Finance Officer; Reeves
Read, Sergeant at Arms; Karl
Brunstad, Chaplain; and T. T.
Jackson, Service Officer.
The Legion plans to enter a
candidate in the Crab Festival
contest, and will jointly sponsor
a contestant with other organiza
tions yet to be determined.
Rocky Road Ahead
For Seal Plant
Location Here
Any hope that Kodiak or any
city in Alaska may have of secur
ing the location of a fur seal skin
processing plant in the state has
been ruled out by men who are
directly connected with fur pro
cessing.
The probability of such a plant
coming to Alaska “has many rocky
obstacles ahead,” according to
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, who sent a
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Water Pollution
Seen As Threat
To City’s Economy
The proposed Ouzinkie road is
planned to go through the Kodiak
watershed.
The City Council in an action
last night went on record to pro
tect the watershed, suggesting the
road be re-routed. The Bureau of
Public Roads was to be advised
of the action.
With Kodiak dependent as it is
on canning sea products, it was
felt that every effort should be
made not to jeopardize the com
munity’s economy.
A warning was issued by Paul L.
Winson, Commissioner of Health
for Alaska, as to the possible pol
lution of Kodiak’s water supply.
The Commissioner expressed
his concern in a letter to Mr.
Niemi, of the Bureau of Public
Roads, and stated that in a study
of records for the past two years,
the Kodiak water supply has ap
proached the limit in coliform or
ganisms present which are allow
able for water used for domestic
purposces.
He went on to say that the coli
form bacteria should not exceed
50 as “a most probable number of
organisms per 100 millimeter of
sample tested for any month.”
Coliform organisms are indicatory
organisms found in the excrement
of man and warm-blooded animals.
Winson observed in his letter
that clorination is the only treat
ent now provided for the Kodiak
water supply. “There are limits
in the number of bacteria which
can be effectively treated by clor
ination. Treatment beyond these
limits require chemical coagula
tion, sedimentation, and filtration
in addition to clorination,” he
stated. This is called the “com
plete treatment” which is required
when the 50 count is exceeded.
Winson pointed out that this is
a very expensive treatment re
quiring an additional plant, and
staff to operate it. He pointed out
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City Engineer
Barr Retained
City Engineer Jim Barr’s ser
vices have been retained by the
City for a period of three years
starting March 1, following action
by the City Council Thursday eve
ning.
An agreement has been reached
with Hubbell and Waller, engin
eering firm in Seattle, for the re
tention of Barr as City Engineer
on a part-time basis. He will be
employed by the City at a salary
of $10,000 a year for a minimum
of ten days a month. Extra time
will be charged at $10 an hour.
Barr will also work in a private
capacity as consulting engineer.
The Council waived its right to
take possession of the proposed
sprinkler system to be installed
in the cold storage plant, should
the company default in their
agreement with the City.
The prime contractors for in
stalling the system, Grinnell &
Co., wanted the assurance before
they would install the equipment.
The problem of motor scooters
operating after dark and how best
to control them came up for dis
cussion, but no action was taken.
Some of the owners of the scooters
have been careless in their opera
tion of the vehicles, and are a
hazard. Tightening up restrictions
by the Police Department was
thought the best solution, making
arrests where necessary when reg
ulations are violated.
Loss of a license can occur with
owners of scooters just as with
automobile drivers, it was pointed
out.
Permits were approved for
granting the Kodiak Chamber of
Commerce and the Fireweed Club
to conduct games of chance (raf
fle). Motion to grant was ap
proved by two Councilmen, one
was opposed and one abstained
from voting.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
It’s a little difficult to sit here
at the typewriter and bang out ob
servations of things and stufi
when you keep thinking about the
flying Marine, Glenn, orbitting
around the world in his space
craft.
What must he have been think
about, way up there more than
100 miles above us and closer to
the stars and heavenly bodies than
we are. What awe he must have
felt at their shapes and size, their
shine and lustre, when we mere
earth people look at them with
reverence, even from this dis
tance.
Carrying out a feat of such
splendor, was it any wonder that
he decided after malfunction o!
the automatic controls to continue
the flight operating manually?
All his training, his mental pro
cesses said: This is what I’m up
here for. Let’s complete the job.
And complete it he did.
♦ * *
Where’s the blame? The break
ing and entering episode early this
week involving two little boys
strikes a tragic note. Here you have
two boys, age 9 and 11, bent main
ly on mischief and destruction
(why else would tfrey have caused
such damage) displaying a certain
amount of ingenuity and resource
fulness in entering the building,
and walking off undetected with
about $5,000 worth of ioot.
As we sat in on the Council meet
ing last night, these boys, lodged
in the city jail, were heard through
the thin walls whooping it up, and
generally having themselves a ball.
Tuttle they realize the influence
their act of robbery will have on
their future lives.
Can you blame mem? Who
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Alvines Plan To
Expand Drydock
An expansion program by Stan
Alvine, owner of Alvine’s Marine
Repair, was given a boost by the
City Council Thursday evening
when it voted in favor of his plan.
Alvine, appearing before the
Council, stated he has purchased
the boat house on the Naval Sta
tion, and plans to move it into
town and add it to his present
drydock facilities. The expansion
will enable him to repair boats
bigger than at present, and will
double the capacity of his opera
tion. Larger sized boats now hav
ing to be worked on outside can
then be repaired inside.
Tidelands ownership is now be
ing worked out by the State, and
in the near future will come un
der the control of the City. The
City must be favorable to any
planned tidelands improvements
or construction. Favoring the plan
is subject to final determination
of acquisition of tidelands.
Permit for construction must
come from the U. S. Corps of En
gineers.
Plans Firmed For
Boatmen Memorial
The Kodiak Chamber of Com- !
merce approved plans for a mem
orial to fishermen and boatmen
lost at sea, which will be erected
at the site of the small boat har- |
bor.
The plans, submitted by James
Tapscott of Anchorage, were pre
sented to the Chamber group at
a meeting held Thursday noon at
the Town Club. According to pres
ent plans, a large granite rock :
will serve as the base, to be sculp
tured by Tapscott, who will fur
nish a bronze plaque of a fisher
man to be mounted thereon. The
memorial is estimated to cost
about $1,500. Cost will be de- J
frayed by public subscription.
A papier mache replica of the •
memorial will be submitted by I
Tapscott prior to the actual work .
being accomplished on the mem
orial. Plans are to have a ded- i
ication ceremony during the King )
Crab Festival, tho it is expected •
the monument will be only par- {
tially completed by then.
The large toll of lives lost this
past year and in the years past in ;
boating mishaps has prompted the j
erection of the memorial. [
It was suggested that names of .
donors be placed on a scroll and
be put in the memorial.
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