"News of oAmencas Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 39
KODIAK, ALASKA DECEMBER 5. 1953
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Applicants Rush To File On 128 Small Tracts
Labor Violence Flares
In San Francisco
San Francisco (A5)—Rioting j
erupted on the San Fran cisco
waterfront Thursday after-;
noon but prompt police action !
prevented a major riot be-j
tween 1,400 backers of bitter
labor rivals Harry Lundeberg
and Harry Bridges.
Riot clubs and improvised
weapons were swung when
hastily - gathered policemen
headed off a mass march of
some 1,100 Lundeberg’s AFL
sailor against the Bridges
backed independent stewards
picketing the passenger ship
Aleutian.
The Aleutian was formerly
on the Alaska run for the A
laska Steamship Company.
Six men were hurt in the
clash fought in a drizzling j
rain but continuing arrival of i
police enforcements armed
with tear gas and riot guns,
gave weight to arguments of j
cooler heads.
The riot was the second ]
flare-up of the day on the wa-1
terfront near the Aleutian’s
berth over jurisdiction battle
between Independent Na
tional Union Marine Cooks
and Stewards, which is being j
incorporated into Bridges IL
WU, and Lundeberg s Ar u
Marine Cooks and Stewards. j
Earlier in the day an AFL |
attempt to break through the
picket line was disrupted by
police after a brief slugging
scuffle in which three men,
one an AFL attorney, were
hurt.
The second scuffle started
when AFL members massed
at the union hall near Bay j
Bridge and began marching'
the two and one half miles to
the Aleutian. The marchers
carried baseball bats wrapped
in newspapers, timbers and,
lenghts of chain. I
The police rushed into the
breach and formed a line at!
pier end, held tight against j
surging AFL marchers who
shouted “we'll get those com
mies." The cops singled out;
most of the active and “sub
dued” them and rushed them
to paddy wagons.
The riot broke up when
Police Chief Michael Gaffeyj
said over a sound truck that
he firmly intended to prevent
further rioting.
Mrs. Ray Boggs is now em*
ployed at Wodlinger’s Drug
Store.
ASC Cuts Winter
Traffic To Alaska
Seattle (JP)— A drastic re
duction in passenger ship ser
vice between Seattle and A
laska for the winter season
was announced Thursday by
the Alaska Steamship Com
pany.
Beginning in January only
ane passenger ship, the Baran
af, wiil serve Alaska for the
rest of the winter. It will sail
from Seattle every other Fri
iay.
Four ports, Sitka, Wran
gell, Cordova and Valdez, will
be cut off from passenger ship
service under the new sche
lule. Starting February 19,
Wrangell will be added as a
lorthbound port of call. On
\pril 1, weekly passenger
service will be resumed and
service restored to Sitka, Cor
iova and Valdez.
The company statement said
ncreased operating costs,
noderate winter travel and
reduced Military Sea Trans,
poration Service requirements
s responsible.
Southeastern and South
western Alaska will continue
;o receive weekly cargo ser.
nice during the winter, the
statement said.
Territorial News
By Associated Press
Juneau — Dr. Alexander
Baird, former professor Brad
ley University, has been ap
pointed manager of the Alaska
Development Board. His as
sistant will be A1 Anderson,
who has been acting manager,
rhe appointment was announ
ced by board chairman Don
Goodman.
Delano, Calif. — City man
ager Raymond F. O’Hara has
announced his resignation ef
fective December 20 to take
the same position at Seward,
Alaska.
Haines — Ground breaking
ceremonies to open the 30 mil
lion dollar petroleum oil pro
ject between tiewater here
and Fairbanks has been post
poned for the second time.
Seattle (A3)—Notice of in
tention to wed has been filed
by L. Verne Robinson, 48, and
Ester May French, 30, both
pf Unlaska, Alaska.
IMetzgar Chosen
Demo Head
A. AT. Vokacek Electee
Secretary Local
Committee
C. H. “Bud” Metagar wa
elected president of the Ko
diak Democratic Committe
Monday night during th<
meeting. Mrs. Mill Vokace!
was elected secretary for th
coming year. _
The members of the loca
committee selected seven dele
gates from the membership t
attend the Divisional Conven
tion in Anchorage on Decern
ber 15. Those chosen wer
Metzgar, Mrs. Vokacek, Johi
Gibbons, John McLaughlin
Pat Cannon, Joe Kerrigan
and Mill Vokacek.
The meeting in Anchorage
of representatives from the
various towns will be for the
purpose sf preparing resolu
tions and recommendations foi
the Territorial Conventioi
I which, will be held in Juneai
in January.
Delegates from the Nava
Station and from the Missior
Road district will also attenc
the Anchorage meeting. The
base is expected to send si>
delegates and two will be
chosen from Mission Road.
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At Anchoraae Office
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World War 11
Veterans Given
Preference
3 At noon yesterday 181 per
sons had obtained application
3 forms from Fred Weiler, Bur
5 eau of Land Management re
k presentative, for 128 small
3 tracts of land in the Kodiak
area.
* The drawing for the lots
will be held in Anchorage at
3 10 am December 10, Weiler
; ADF Biologist
> Here To Make
Crab Survey
Kd Huizer, biologist for the
! Alaska Department of Fish
■ eries, arrived here Sunday to
! make a study of the habits of
the famous Kodiak King Crab.
He will observe the type of
1 gear used by fishermen and
1 make records of the migra
tions of the crab. This is his
first trip to Kediak and he
plans to be here until Decem
ber 20.
Huizer will then return to
Juneau for Christmas and will
1 come back to Kodiak in Janu
ary. He is a graduate of the
| University of Alaska and has
been with the ADF for a year
• and a half.
A. H. Mattson
Dies In Anchorage
A. H. Mattson, former Ko
diak resident, died around 3
am Thursday in Providence
Hospitial in Anchorage.
The 53 year old man suf
fered a cerebal hemorhage a
week ago. He was enroute
outside at the time to join his
family. Late yesterday fune
ral arrangements were incom
plete. (See earlier story
page 2.)
Police Two-Way
Radio Iuslalled
H. W. Hitchen, radio specia
list from Anchorage, was busy
this week imstalling a two
w^y radio in the new police
car and setting up the com
munication at the jail.
The system will probably be
in operation this weekend,
Chief of Police R. E. Vickery
said Wednesday.
Ivor Schott was incoming
PNA passenger Wednesday.
said yesterday. The chief of
the BLM land planning divi
sion has been advising appli
cants how to make out their
applications. World War II
veterans are given a 91-day
preference on filing for the
tracts.
Maps furnished the appli
cants by Weiler show that the
tracts are in the Island Lake,
Mission Road and Mill Bay
area.
Weiler has been here for
three days. He left today for
Anchorage. Additional appli
cation blanks, maps and in
formation bulletins are avail
able’at the city hall for those
who failed to contact Weiler
while he was here.
“The disposition of the 128
small tracts was made under
the Small Tract Act of June 1,
1938 in response to a high
demand for residential land, ’ ’
Weiler said.
Thirty-two of the tracts are
located on the shores of Island
Lake and can at present be
reached only by boat. Six
tracts of U. S. Survey 3098 on
Mill Bay road will be leased
and sold as business sites. The
remaining sites are classified
as home sites.
An application for one of
the hom° sites require a $10'
filiner fee. The rental fee for
a lease is $5 per year. Leases
will be for a period of two
years and applicants must
make improvements on the
land. Upon completion of the
lease period the applicant may
then submit an Application to
Purchase.
The purchase price on the
sites runs from $50 to $250.
Anyone presently holding a
lease under the Small Tract
Act is not eligible to file for
any of the 128 tracts.
Those persons receiving a
lease for any of the tracts will
be notified by the BLM. Weil
er said he would furnish the
MIRROR with a complete list
of the fortunate applicants as
soon as the December 10
drawing was complete.
Mrs. Betty Ball and Ralph
Shupp were married Novem
ber 28 by special commissioner
John Fletcher- The ceremony
was performed in Fletcher’s
apartment over the Orpheum
Theatre.
Shupp is a local contractor
and Mrs. Shupp is employed
at the postoffice.