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VOL. 19 NO. 11 KODIAK, ALASKA, MARCH 21, 1959 PRICE 10 CENTS
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SPEAKS FOR AID PROGRAM
—Christian Herter, acting secre
tary of state, appears before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
in Washington, D. C„ March 16,
to urge enactment of President
Eisenhower’s $3,930,906 (b) for
eign aid program. Herter said no
other expenditure could contri
bute more “Tt the achievement
of the great objectives of our
National life.” (UP wirephoto)
Eudora Preston
Gone To Juneau
Mrs Eudora Preston left on the
PNA morning flight yesterday
for Juneau where she will attend
a Regional Conference of the Na
tional League of American Pen
Women. Mrs. Preston, who is one
of Alaska’s most outstanding
artists, is Regional Director of the
organization.
The League is comprised of
women in the fields of writing,
music and art through rut the
country. Alaska, Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho and Montana will be
represented at the conference to
be held in Juneau next week.
Mrs. Preston, wife of City Clerk
Douglas Preston, expects to spend
a week or less in the Capitol
city before going on to Seattle for
her show which opens at the New
Washington Hotel on April 5.
She will go to California during
the latter part of April and ex
pects to be gone at least two
months, and possibly even longer.
Christoffersen
Re-elected As
Post Commnder
Charles. Christoffersen was re
elected post commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Katmi
Post No. 7056, at a meeting held
in the Post rooms, Tuesday, March
17.
Forty-four ballots cast elected
Christoffersen and the following
officers: William P. Cogley, Sen
ior Vice Commander; Reaves W.
Reade, Junior Vice Commander;
Alfred M. Levine, Quartermaster;
George J. Sonntag, Chaplain (re
elected); Walter Metrokin, Post
Advocate; John S. Churchill, Post
Surgeon; Walter O. Kraft, 3 year
Trustee; and K. W. Klockenbrink,
1 year Trustee.
Following the meeting, Chris
toff ersen stated: “On behalf of my
ftitew officers-elect and myself,
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Senate Endorses
Ban On Japanese
Salmon Imports
JUNEAU- wv—The State Sen
ate Thursday unanimously endor
sed the proposed ban on import
of Japanese canned salmon.
The congressional meatsure will
be the focal point of a hearing
in Juneau-next month. A Senate
Subcommittee, chaired hy Sen.
E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska), will con
sider testimony on the economic
impact of closure of Bristol Bay
fishery. ' T
Secretary of the Interior Fred
A. Seaton ordered Bristol < Bay
closed because of the depleted
red salmon runs there,< Fishing:
on the high seas by Japanese is
blamed by Americans for reduc
tion of Bristol Bay, as well as
other runs.
Meanwhile, the legislature con
tinues to prepare for the hearings.
The six-member Legislative conv
mittee making arrangements, ur
ged as many Bristol Bay resi
dents as possible to attend hear
ings April 1 and 2. A hill was
introduced in the State House of
Representatives to provide $5,000
to pay the exepnses of witnesses
attending the hearings.
Local Teachers
At Conference
Several members of the faculty
from town and the Naval Station
schools, as well as Woody Island,
left Wednesday afternoon for
Fairbanks where they are attend
ing the Western Alaska Regional
Teachers Conference. The group
went by Pacific Northern Airlines
special charter flight. •
On thie passenger list Were Sis
ter Callista and Sister Ambrose
of St. - Mary’s Parochial school.
Frederick Sproul, Woody Island,
was also aboard. Those from Ko
diak town schools were Ruth Bel
cher; Robert and Marianne Boko;
Rozella Brewer; Dera Brunstad;
Lois Burnham; Mary Culver; Con
nie Dandeneau; Ellen Dawson;
Betty Ebert; Geraldine Hofer;
Guyneth Kash; Victor Strash and
Louise Walker.
Those from the Naval Station
were Ray Arnold; Alice Behire;
Marcia Heilbronner; Winford Hoo
ver; Dorothy Miskovsky; Arliene
Newsom; Barbara Snyder; Gladine
Stewart and Dorothy Wineberg.
They are expected to leave Fair
banks Sunday morning, and are
due to arrive in Kodiak in the
afternoon.
State Jaycee Official To Attend
Organizational Meeting Friday
Attending the initial meeting of
a Kodiak Junior 'Chamber of Com
merce at the Kodiak Health Cen
ter next Friday, starch 27, at 8:00
will be at least one high official
from the Alaska State oragniza
tion, according to Chueh Weir
who contacted the Anchorage
Headquarters last night.
This Jaycee leader will be here
to help explain the group, its
activities, and personal as well as
civic benefits to be gained by a
local chapter. He will be an ad
visor in the formation of the Ko
diak Junior Chamber of Com
merce and answer questions of
prospective members. A good turn
out is expected.
A thirty-minute movie, “The
Jaycee Story,” has been reques
ted for public showing on AFRS
TV on March 28th, as well as for
the meeting on the following
evening. In general, it explains
who and what Jaycees are, and
the aims of the group.
According to Chuck Connelley,
a member of the group starting
the organization, Jaycees are a
civic family of young men between
the ages of 21 and 35. “They are
not yet deeply involved in busi
ness or .politics,” he said, “and
are, therefore, freer to act and
speak out toward making their
city a better place in which to
find the enjoyment of living.”
Activities of Jaycee Groups, he
said, often include .rodeos, Christ
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mas parties for children of poor
families, park planning, and a
wide variety of other interests.
Kodiak’s group will be made up
of young men, married or single,
from both the Naval Station or
town.
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Police Arrest 3
Three arrests were made during
the week, all on charges of drunk
eness. Dispositions in each case
involved fines. *
Ralph Wolkoff arrested March
14 on a drunk charge, was released
on $50 bail, which was forfeited.
Katherine Melovedoff forfeited
bail of $25 following her arrest
March 15 on the same charge.
Alfred Azuyak, arrested March
17, was sentenced to 15 days in
jail, 14 of which were suspended,
following his arrest on a drunk
charge. A $25 fine was suspended.
Sait Filed By Fish Trap Industry
To Restrain Order On Fish Traps
WASHINGTON Uf). — Alaska
fish trap industry representatives
announced Thursday that they
filed suit in Federal District
Court to prevent Secretary of the
Interior from enforcing the order
against fish traps in Alaska.
The announcement said the or
der would interfere with orderly
transition from traps to boats and
cause Chaos in the industry.
Fifteen plaintiffs—listed as five
packing companies, five trap site
owners and five members of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union—said
the prohibition of traps would
mean: . #
1. Closure of six canneries that
operated last year.
2. Curtailed production of other
canneries.
Change Is Sought
In Fisheries Bill
JUNEAU UFi.—A new bill to pro
vide for fish and game is now
expected to be introduced in the
legislature.
The new three-part measure will
call for a change in nature of the
Fish and Game Board as outlined
in the State reorganization bill
passed by the legislature and
awaiting the Governor’s signature.
The new measure would require
the governor to show cause for
removal of Board members. Un
der the reorganization measure,
they would serve at his pleasure.
The change in the provisions
for Fish and Game are apparently
the result of a letter by Secretary
of the Interior Seaton. In a letter
to the Governor, March 2, and
made public Thursday, one of the
strongest recommendations was
that there be an organization gov
erning fisheries safe from arbi
tary removal. Seaton suggested
this is essential to Alaska becom
ing eligible to assume control of
its fisheries resources.
Defense V.I.P.
To Visit Kodiak
Dr. E. H. Cushing, Deputy As
sistant Secretary of Defense for
Health and Medical, will visit
military installations in Alaska
next week.
Accompanied by Brig. Gen.
John R. Copenhaver, Alaska Com
mand Surgeon, Dr. Cushing is
scheduled to visit Kodiak Naval
Station Tuesday, March 24.
A Look At Juneau
The Legislative Hoppers Are Filled To The Brim
The Legislative Hoppers are
Changes in the administration
of the ESC to proivde more funds
for unemployment benefits is
only one of many bills now being
considered by the Senate and
House of the State Legislature.
Hearings have been scheduled
through Saturday by the Senate
Commerce and Labor Committee,
considering amendment* to the
Alaska Employment Security Act.
Three sets of figures aimed at
paying off Alaska’s debt laden
unemployment compensation fund
were put before the Senate com
mittee earlier this week.
Alaska workers and employers
can eount on paying considerably
ingore; into the. jobless insurance
fund titan they have in previous
years. :-i:
The fund, which covers an av
erage of 30,000 Alaska workers
who are eligible to apply for
jobless benefits, now is $8,265,000
in debt to the federal government.
Merril Weir, director of the
ESC, told the Senate committee
the loans to the fund must be
repaid by Dec. 31, 1961.
Both bills would1 amend the
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3. Loss of 2,300 jobs and $4J172, .
000 in wages.
4. Loss Of $8,800,000 worth of
trap and related gear.
5. Loss of $26,000,000 worth of
canned salmon.
6. ; Loss to the State of Alaska*.
of $1,000,000 in taxes this year.
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Waterfront \
Most of the activity along the
waterfront centered around the:
area of the City Dock and the
Union Oil facilities this week. *
Face-lifting operations are go
ing on at the dock. Pile driving
began on the new ramp which
extends along the main .part #f
the dock across the open area and
into the side of the warehouse.
When this job is completed, a
new system of entering and exit
ing the warehouse will be in
augurated whereby traffic will go
in and out of the byilding one
way. This will speed up the oper
ation considerably, according to
the dock superintendent, Jack
Johnson.
The GALENA was iji Wednes
day and discharged and loaded
a total of 800 tons. Of thte there
was about 400 tons of crab prod
ucts shipped . . . The Crab Festi
val boat arrived on the GALENA
—“a beauty,” says Johnson.
Another ship, the WESTERN
PIONEER docked earlier in the
week. This is a 12,000 gross ton
vessel belongs to the Kimbrell &
Lawrence Transport Co. and ships
out of Seattle. It had freight
for King. Crab, Inc., and was on
its way to Sandpoint, where it
takes on a load for Seattle.
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The SANTA MARIA, a Union
Oil Tanker, came in for a few
hours Tuesday, on one of her in
frequent calls. She has the dis
tinction of being one of the
biggest vessels to dock here, being
535 feet in length, and grossing
13,000 tons. ,
A correction: It was mentioned
in this column last week that the
SO float was destroyed by the
winds. This was not true. It was
the Union Oil dock which got the
wind treatment.
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It was a good thing for King
Crab, Inc. when the SANTA
MARIA docked. The crew pur
chased $745 worth of king crab
from them. They must like the
crab about as well as most Kodi
akans do. #
At King Crab, Inc., they are
working three shifts. One crab
boat and 2 shrimp boate came in
this week. The ELDORADO
brought in the crab; the MC KIN*
LEY, CELTIC and the TOTM al)
brought in shrimp.
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Bill Purnell and Morris Tolifson
were in town this week for a .few
days. They were enroute to their
camp at Olga Bay, and hadJwt
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