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A DANGEROUS JOKE
Like any Alaskan city of equal size Kodiak has an equal
number of crackpots and morons who delight in turning in
false alarms.
The past week two false fire alarms have been reported
to the U. 8. _ Marshal and City Fire Chief. Each time the
“practical joker” has asked that the fire chief bring the
“biggest pumper you got,” The jovial jokester f xils to give
his name or the location of his pet hallucination.
The loss of life and property here from fires makes the
average person recoil in disgust and horror at such childish
pranks.
Chenier Named
Kodiak ASC Agent
I. L. Chenier has been pro
moted to the position of agent
for the Alaska Steamship
Company at Kodiak, II N.
Peterson, general traffic man
ager of the company, announ
ced Tuesday.
Chenier has been serving as
acting agent since the resigna
tion of 0. H. Kimball in
January.
/Viable Promoted
To Corporal
Harlan Mahle, former Ko
diak resident, was recentij
promoted to Corporal while
serving with the U.S. Army ii
Alaska.
He is stationed at Eielsoi
:Air Force Base, near Fair
banks and is operations chie
in Headquarters Battery o
the Army’s 502d anti-aircraf
artillery battalion.
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PHONES 4691 2233 2222
Legislators
Prod fVIcKay
•Juneau (.-P) Politics was
the hottest thing in town
again this week. It started off
with both branches of the
Territori il Legislature prod
ding Secretary McKay with
wired memorials asking the
appointment of an Alaskan
governor.
By midweek legislators were
buttonholing newsmen on
sight to ply the oft repeated
query: “What’s the latest?
Have they named him yet?”
All reports from Washing,
j ton indicate the choice is to be
1 Regional Forester Frank
■ Heintzlemn hut there was still
J no definite word early Friday.
The Territorial Board of Ed
■ ucation came out with a tea
chers salary increase proposal
‘during the Thursday night
i sesssion.
The board suggested a blan- j
ket three hundred yearly raise,
for all plus an additional fifty'
for each year the teacher has]
been in Alaska schools.
The Butrovich-Nolan bill to I
create a 10 million dollar nest,
egg fund at the rate of two
million yearly passed the Sen
ate but appears headed for a
rough time in the House. It
' emerged from the House Ways
andJVIeans Committee Thurs
day without recommendation
but the majority of legislators
are reported against it in its
, present form.
I
Coastwise Announces
Change In Shipping
l Coastwise Lines has announ
f ced the moving of their offices
t from Ames Terminal to pier
51 in Seattle.
i E. A. Gardner, district mana
ger, said that freight marked
: for shipment to Seattle will be
received at Pier 50 and 51. The
'shipping line plans to call at
\ Kodiak on trips north,
j The announcement of the
move was made in a letter to
the City of Kodiak addressed
to the city clerk.
iFormer FHA Head
Under Fire
Washington QP) —A House
subcommittee learned this
week that a Seattle builder
paid a hospital bill for Quentin
Staples, then Federal Housing
Administration head in
Alaska.
It was learned that the hos.
pital bill was paid by Harry
Lewis who built 1,042 housing
units in Anchorage and re
ceived 15 million dollars in
FHA financing.
The report also mentioned
eifts by L=-wis to other FHA
.officials in Alaska. The Justice
Department received a report
’of the transactions several
I months ago.
Staples told a government
official he repaid Lewis for the
hospital bill.
The annual Purple Bubble
Ball of B.P.O.E. 1772 will be
held at the Elks Club on
Brooklyn avenue one week
from tonight.
Volcano Erupts
fumes were noticeable in the
plane.
The heavy dark cloud over
the area obscured the crater
of the volcano but several
‘'puffs” were observed break
in;* through the dark cover
and ascending several thous
and feet.
The Navy identified the
trouble causing volcano
Wednesday and observed a
one-half mile wide river of
lava flowing from the crater
and down the side. Two rivers
near the volcano were free of
ice. running and giving off
steam.
Most of the ash and smoke
has been carried to the west
; ward and out to sea. No emer
gencies have been reported
from villages along the chain.
Commercial airlines pilots
and reporters from Anchorage
papers have also kept check
on the volcano.
McDonald was scheduled to
return to the scene today with
the Navy.
The Associated Press re
! ported that Park Superinten
dent Grant Pearson, Northern
Consolidated Airlines Presi
dent Ray Peterson, Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes resi
dent John Walotka have set up
a base camp at Brooks Lake,
20 miles from the worlds lar
gest concentration of volcanos.
They will keep radio contact
with the outside. Petersons
firm has a $100,000 summer
camp in the valley.
Mt. Katmai and the Trident
are approximately 110 miles
fn m Kodiak. Katmai is
“peaceable” and is not throw
ing smoke or ash. The vol
canoes in Katmai National
Monument are closely watched
by geologists and seismolo
gists the world over.
Some of the eruptions early
in the week were des
cribed as “mushroom shaped
like an atomic bomb cloud.”
No ash has fallen on the
Shelikof Strait side of Kodiak
Island.
The mailboat Garland was in
port this week on its return
trip from the westward.
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j ELKS BREAKFAST
| S;rvin<» Prom 9 am to 2 pm Sunday, Feb. 21
I ALVIN MILLER will wield the CULINARY BATON
This magician of the Pots, Pans and Grill
will prepare the following:
Pounded Breakfast Steak
Two Eggs, any style j
Potatoes
Baking Powder Biscuits
Honey Butter, Fruit juice, Goffee
at the ELKS CLUB
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NOTICE
Change in billing procedure
Effective Feb. 7, 1953 the Kodiak, Elect.
Ass’n Inc. will discontinue the practice of sending
a second or penalty bill for electrical energy not
paid by the 15ih of the month.
All electrical rates*are net and are to be paid
within 15 days from date of bill. In case bills are
paid or postmarked after the 15th of the month, a
gross charge of S.% additional will apply. Service
will be discontinued when bills are delinqnent 30
days after due date.
The Kodiak Electrical Ass’n Incorporated
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