VOL. 22, NO. 15 KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 13, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
PICTURED ABOVE IS THE BANSHU MARU, mothership of the
Japanese fishing fleet operating off Kodiak Island. The fleet has
made a complete circle of the island since the first of the month
and is now said to be in the Uganik Bay area.
Appearance of Jap Fleet In Kodiak
Waters Stirs State-Federal Action
Seizure and arrest of foreign
fishing vessels within a proposed
American line of demarkation
around Kodiak Island was called
for by the Alaska Board of Fish
and Game at its meeting in Fair
banks this week.
Oscar Dyson, local fisherman,
is a member of the board and aa
sisted in drafting the proposal con
tained in a letter or “policy pa
per” sent to Governor William
Egan as a result of a Japanese
fishing fleet sighted in waters
claimed by the State of Alaska.
In a letter to the Governor the
board advised that a Japanese
mother ship and five catcher ships
had been observed “numerous
times within American-claimed
waters.
Kodiak Ferry Bid
Opening May 23rd
Bids for the construction of a
276-foot ocean going ferryboat to
connect Kodiak Island with the
Kenai Peninsula were called for
earlier this week, the division of
Marine Transportation has an
nounced.
Bids will be opened on May 23.
according to B. E. Lewellen, di
rector of the division.
The ferry will have a carrying
capacity of 250 passengers and 54
automobiles and will be capable
of a sustained speed of 15 knots.
Trial Dismissed
A civil suit brought against
Nick Anderson by John Mansay
and tried before the City Magis
trate and a jury of six, was dis
missed for lack of proof.
Mansay acted as prosecuting at
torney and acted as chief witness,
alledging the accused had taken a
sum of money from him. Roy
Madsen acted for defendant.
deveau seeks reelection
Peter Maurice Deveau of Kodiak
has filed for the Democratic nom
ination to the Alaska House of
Representatives in District 11 (Ko
diak Island), according to the of
fice of the secretary of state in
Juneau.
Governor Egan has already sent
letters and wires to federal offi
cials in the nation’s capitol pro
testing the invasion of Alaskan
fishing grounds by the Japanese.
The board said the mother ship,
identified as the Banshu Maru, re
portedly was within two miles of
Marmot Island and other islands.
Rod Cross Drive
Oo April ID-22
The American Red Cross local
fund drive will begin Monday,
April 16 and continue througn
April 22.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Chair
man of the local Chapter stated:
“In considering the annual Red
Cross Fund Drive for Kodiak’s
share in this national organiza
tion, it is not necessary to cite
the well-known reasons for giving
liberally, as everyone is aware of
the speed and efficiency being con
tinually manifest by this complete
ly voluntary institution whenever
and wherever disaster strikes.
“For many years our local hos
pitals have been benefitted by the
Gray ladies and the Nurses’ Aids
trained through the local Chapter.
Swimming and Water Safety, First
Aid, and Emergency Military
Loans have strong import. These
programs should be well-known.
“This year, in addition, the Ko
diak Civil Defense Director has
asked the local Chapter of the
American Red Cross to purchase
an Emergency Medical Packet
for treatment of one thousand Nu
clear Warfare Casualties to be im
mediately ready in case of bomb
ing or other cataclysmic modern
event. If such an event should
occur, and who can say it will not,
hundreds of lives could be saved
if this packet were on hand.
“Give liberally,” Dr. Johnson
concluded.
Midway Booths
Booths on the midway during
the King Crab Festival are still
available.
Organizations or individuals de
siring booths are ask''’! *o contact
Jerry Redick at ohoi.e JSfl-2464.
Mineral Deposits
Here, Anthony
Tells Chamber
Kodiak was described as the nat
ural setting for many mineral de
posits such as copper, iron, gold
and others.
In a speech before the Chamber
of Commerce, Leo Mark Anthony,
University of Alaska instructor
who has been in Kodiak the past
several weeks conducting a class
in mining, stated that many of the
big mining ventures have been the
result of individual prospecting
efforts. He said Kodiak shows
great promise. Prospecting ef
forts to date have been conducted
mainly in the one mile strip set
aside for wildlife refuge. If this
land were opened up, he said, it
could result in a new industry for
Kodiak.
Rear Admiral Fred Bakutas,
who was present at the meeting
was introduced by A1 Hochberger,
and spoke briefly.
Bob Simon gave a brief review
of the Japanese fishing fleet’s ef
forts in the Kodiak area.
An Army band from Anchorage
will be in attendance at the King
Crab Festival, it was stated by Ray
Martin, who reported on the pro
gress made in Festival plans. Sgt.
Archie Zehe also stated the band
will be here and also paratroopers
from Anchorage, providing suit
able aircraft could be provided to
take them aloft.
The harbormasters shack at the
Small Boat Harbor will be re
moved following arrangements be
tween the City and the Chamber
of Commerce to utilize the lat
ter’s information booth for use of
the Harbormaster when the Cham
ber is not using it.
Ray Martin also announced that
the record bear recently shot will
be on display at the World’s Fair,
as will also a mounted giant king
crab. Kodiak’s Queen will also
go to the Fair.
The City’s cleanup campaign was
also announced at the meeting.
The Chamber voted to send a
letter to the University of Alaska
president, thanking the University
for the mining course given here
Trucks Available
In Annual Cleanup
The City’s annual cleanup cam
paign is on.
Two Saturdays, April 21 and
April 28 have been designated as
pickup days, according to Harry
Carter, City Sanitarian. On these
two days two City Trucks will be
provided, and will haul away ref
use stacked by residents along
side of the road between the hours
of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. They will
operate on an area wide basis.
Residents are asked to clean up
their yards, and if possible put
as much of the refuse into con
tainers, thus simplifying the job
of the pickup crews.
An attempt is being made to
cleanup the City as much as pos
sible for the King Crab Festival,
May 4, 5 and 6.
$2,200,000 Bend Issue For Kodiak
Wins Last-Minute Legislative Okay
Juneau (iB. Just one day before
ending one of the stormiest ses
sions of the legislature in Alaska’s
approval of a measure proposing a
history', legislators gave their final
$2,200,000 general obligation bond
issue for construction of a vocation
al school in the Kodiak-Aleutian
area. The bonding proposition will
be placed before voters in the
November election. The measure
which had already passed the Sen
ate by a wide margin won approv
al of house legislators by 26-14
after the house beat back amend
ments which would have permit
ted proceeds of the bond issue to
be used at any vocational educa
tion school in the state, including
the proposed Nome facility.
Before adjournment early Thurs
day morning, the House completed
legislative action on a bill which
provides for sabbatical leave for
Alaska school teachers.
E. Getiy Stricken
On N.S. Wednesday
Death came suddenly to Edward
Getty, 62, Quarterman at the Naval
Station power plant, who passed
away Wednesday afternoon. Cause
of death was given as coronary.
Getty, a long time resident of
Alaska, and a resident of Kodiak
since 1935, was born in Shelton,
Washington, on May 24, 1900. He
first came to Alaska in 1927. Or
coming here, he worked at Port
Bailey, then for the contractors
building the Naval Station from
1939 to 1941. He then entered
civil service and has worked on
the station until the time of his
death.
He married Lyna Bechtol at Ko
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In their final action, the legis
lators approved supplemental ap
propriations adding up to $7,712,
565.91 which are in addition to
general appropriations providing
fcr expenditures amounting to
$39,432,1-93 during the 12 months
commencing July 1st.
Lou Veerman Mew
Navy League Mead
Lou Veerman was elected presi
dent of the Kodiak Chapter of the
Navy League at a meeting of the
group held in the Mecca 49 Room
Wednesday noon. There was a
large attendance.
Other officers elected were Ole
Johnson, vice-president; and Frank
Irick, secretary-treasurer.
Veerman, past vice-president of
the League, succeeds A1 Hochber
gger, 1961-62 president. He is
agent for Alaska Steamship Com
pany in Kodiak.
At the request of the new presi
dent, three members were elected
to the Board of Directors. These
included the two past presidents
and Ray Martin as the third.
Speaking to the group prior to
the election, Rear Adm. Fred Ba
kutis, new Commandant of the
17th Naval District and Command
er Alaskan Sea Frontier, called on
the Navy League to lend assist
ance to see that the “Navy is not
shoved down a rathole.” What
ever you can do here,” he said,
“will be appreciated by all of us.”
He particularly drew attention to
the enlisted men of the Navy, who
he described as “fine examples of
U.S. citizens” and asked that the
Navy League not neglect “the
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A SEAMAN ABOARD the fishing vessel NORTH, Robert Clar
ence Paxton, is pictured being transferred from Kodiak-based Coast
Guard UF-2 Albatross which had picked him up after a landing at
sea in six foot swells. The plane, piloted by Cmdr John Doherty,
rushed to the man’s aid when he was reported stricken with a hem
orrhaging ulcer on Tuesday of this week. Paxton while semi-con
scious had to be removed from the vessel in a dinghy, transferred
to a rubber raft and lifted into the plane. He underwent emer
gency surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, where it was necessary
to use 15 pints of blood to save his life. He is from Seattle and
has a wife, Mrs. Margaret Paxton, residing there. He is 52 years old.