Blaze Destroys Food Warehouse
On Naval Station Wednesday Evening
The Commissary warehouse on
the Naval Station was completely
destroyed by fire Wednesday
evening. Firefighting equipment
’from both the Naval Station and
the City of Kodiak battled the
blaze for several hours before get
ting it under control.
Damage estimated at $550,000
included the building, canned
goods and supplies of the commis
sary and drygoods and merchan
dise stored in the building by
•Ships Service.
At one time the post office, the
balding is located across from
the Civil Service Club. The fire is
believed to have started from
a trash truck which was backed to
a loading platform. Flames darted
into, the eaves and quickly spread
throughout the entire building.'
The fire occurred about 6:30
p.m Firefighting equipment from
the Station Fire Department
quickly responded, and a second
~ jalarm put in; Chief George Mag
nnsen and a group of eleven vol
fflttteer -firemen from the City
rushed to the scene* of the fire.
Tbe City equipment was assigned
to saving an adjoining building
and libe Civil Service Club. Fire
Chief Magnusen was very compli
mentary of his crew stating they
•did an outstanding job. They as
sisted in battling the fire for ap
proximately three and a half
hours.
The building was valued at
$188,000. Commissary supplies
stored in the buildings were valu
ed at $150,000. and the Ships Ser
vice merchandise a t $180,000,
bringing the total to well over
$500,000.
Adm. McKechnie appointed a
board of investigation.
This is the second fire which
occurred on the Station recently.
The last one which completely
destroyed the FRA clubhouse,
happened just a few weeks ago.
Naval Reserve
Battles Blaze
Kodiak Volunteer Naval Re
serve Composite Co. 17-5 assisted
in fighting the warehouse blaze on
the Naval Station Wednesday.
The company was viewing a
training film on fire from atomic
blasts when the first siren was
sounded. For a moment there was
some doubt as to whether the fire
alarm was on the sound track of
the film or a real alert.
The company rushed to the
scene of the fire and immediately
took part in battling the blaze.
Acting as number 1 and 2 hose
men on one fire hose were Tom A.
Galloway (Lt. USNR) Command
ing Officer of the company and
John Trent (Lt. USNR) executive
officer. The team was backed up
by Merritt Pollard (BMC, USNR).
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From California
Visitors from Auburn, Califor
nia are Mr. and Mrs. Sigurd Hog
berg, who have been house guests
of their son-in-law, and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Leonard the
past week.
“They tell us that they really
came to help celebrate the birth
day of our daughter, Kris, who was
a year old Monday,” commented
Bob Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Hog
berg expect to return to their
home next Friday.
Steaks on Friday
For Elk Members
A steak dinner is planned for
next Friday at the Elks Club. The
dinner will be held prior to the
weekly Lodge session.
Steaks will be served from 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for Elks only.
Following the dinner the lodge
session will convene at 8:30. This
is the last steak dinner scheduled
until fall.
Warn Against
Charity Racket
What is believed to be a racket
with a charity appeal and emanat
ing from St. Louis, Missouri, has
reached several people in Kodiak
and vicinity.
An organization known as the
“Necktie Workers Organization,”
is sending neckties, some of them
for the second time, with an ap
peal to contribute $1.25 toward
the support of handicapped per
sons, who are purportedly manu
facturing the ties.
The Better Business Bureau of
St. Louis in a letter addressed
to Bill Hamann, employee on the
Naval Station, state that their in
vestigation shows the ties are
purchased from a regular tie
factory, and the only work crippl
ed persons performed was pack
ing, addressing labels, etc. Prior
to that it was found that only
4.16 per cent of its income was
used to pay wages to handicapped
persons.
The Bureau states that persons
receiving unordered merchandise
are not required to return it even
though return postage is enclosed.
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