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VOL. 16 NO. 45
KODIAK, ALASKA. NOVEMBER 10, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Stevenson Defeated By
Eisenhower Landslide
Democrats Sweep
House, Senate
Governorships
Washington (AP). President
Eisenhower’’s popular vote in
Tuesday’s election rose to 33,974,
241 with reports in from 145,651
of the 154,874 voting units. Steven
son polled 24,863,476 votes. The
President has 457 electorial votes
to 74 for Stevenson.
Both the House and Senate will
be controlled by the Democrats.
49 of them had been elected. This
is the number required for control.
Returns from the House contests
at the same time showed 222 Dem
ocrats elected and 197 Republi
cans. 219 are required for control.
The Democrats continue to lead in
incomplete returns from precincts.
This is the first time in more
than a hundred years that the
presidential candidate of one party
won while the opposition party
took both houses of Congress.
Eisenhower’s massive victory ap
peared to be compounded both out
of his great personal popularity
and an inclination among voters,
arising out of the Suez and eastern
European crisis, against a change
during the present state of worid
affairs.
The State of Washington gave
Eisenhower a substantial margin
of votes, but elected a Democratic
Senator. Sen. Magnuson polled an
overwhelming vote over Arthur B.
Langlie, three times Governor of
the state, who had entered the
race at White House urging.
Albert D. Rossellini, a state sen
ator and attorney from Seattle,
was elected Democratic Governor
of the state. Rossellini defeated Lt.
Governor Emmett Anderson of
Tacoma.
Senator Wayne Morse survived
in a hotly contested race in Ore
gon. His opponent, Douglas Mc
Kay, one time Secretary of the In
terior, had the blessing of the Ad
ministration, but he, like Langlie
in the neighboring state trailed
far behind in votes.
Stevenson received support in
only five of the 48 states. These
were Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas,
Missouri and North Carolina. Some
of these were close.
Mrs. Trygve Berg
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Bessie Berg, age 62, died
suddenly Friday, November 2 after
suffering a stroke. Death catne
within three hours following the
stroke.
Surviving Mrs. Berg are her
husband. Jrygve Berg, and four
children. Her two daughters, Vir
ginia J. Koppinger and Elizabeth
Katchatag, and one son, John M.
Lopkok, reside in Anchorage. An
other son, George Berg, lives in
Los Angeles, California.
Services were held Thursday
afternoon at the Muller Funeral
Home with interment in the City
Cemetery. ,
Attorney Coming
Chamber Learns
Charles Hughes, an attorney in
Ketchikan, is expected to open on
ofice here, it was learned at the
Chamber of Commerce ueeting
Thursday.
Mr. Hughes, in a letter to Tim
Gilmore, stated he expects to ar
rive in Kodiak December 15, and
will seek an office and living
quarters. He plans to begin prac
ticing here January 1, 1957.
Hughes has been an attorney in
Ketchikan the past three years
Clarence King, delegate to the
Chamber of Commerce convention
at Seward, gave a report on the
convention highlights. He stated a
Board of Directors of that group
will meet in Kodiak in April, 1957,
when approximately 50 people are
expected.
A report was given by the com
mittee, headed by Dr. Bob John
son, on a meeting held in conjunc
tion with the Carpenter’s Ur ion
head, on the question of hiring
local carpenters instead of Base
employees. The following resolu
tion was passed by the meiubers
present:
“Members of the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce are in agreement
that permanent residents of this
community be employed at all
times in preference to others
whenever such residents are avail
able and of reasonable qualifica
tions, and; that, before an indivi
dual passes judgement that such
persons are not available or of
reasonable qualification, the dis
patching agencies concerned with
the hiring of such persons be con
sulted, and; that in such instances
that it may be necessary to employ
others, the local wage scale be
strictly observed in order to guar
antee the standard of living in the
community.”
Two guests, Mrs. Maxine Kim*
bell of Hamilton & Kimbell and
Art Broobs, Manager of the Bank
of Kodiak Insurance Department,
were present.
Phone Directories
Being Distributed
The new telephone books art
ready for distribution, it was an
nounced by John Cushing.
There are many listings and
changes in numbers. Several more
pages were added. The cover is at
tractively printed in red to dis
tinguish it from previous direc
tories.
Listings under “K” continue; to
dominate the book, largely due to
the prefix “Kodiak" being used to
designate businesses and services.
“B”, “C" and “M” listings are also
fairly heavy.
Ace Cabs starts the “AY’ while
Zoeller nosed out Zehe for the last
line.
Copies can be obtained by call
ing at the local Telephone office,
according to Cushing.
The directories were printed in
Anchorage.
Veteran’s Day
Parade Today
A flag-raising ceremony and
parade in the city of Kodiak today
will highlight this Veterans’ Day
celebration according to the VFW,
Katmai Post 7056 of Kodiak. Vet
erans’ Day, formerly Armistice
Day, is Sunday, November 11.
The parade will form in front of
Kraft’s Hardware Store at 10:30
a. m. and march through the.city,
past a reviewing stand at the Or
pheum Theatre, to the school
grounds. There, Mayor Leon H.
Johnson, master of ceremonies for
the event, will introduce the Navy
Chaplain who will offer the open
ing and closing prayers. Ambrose
Clegg, a member of the Kodiak
Island Toastmasters Club will be
the principal speaker for the day.
He will speak on the subject,
“Freedom.”
Parade Marshall will be First Lt.
D. J. Garrett, USMe? and his as
sistant will be Ensign F. P. Cur
ran, USN. Both are from the
Naval Station. In addition to the
Marine Color Guard, and the Navy
Band, there will be two marching
platoons of Marines and Navymen,
plus the VFW and other patriotic
marching units.
Project Corp
In Law Suit
A Portland couple and Aleutian
Homes, a Portland corporation in
which they are co-partners, were
sued in federal court Monday for
an accounting of funds by the es
tate of the late Hugh K. Dougherty
of California and Lee C. Bettinger
of Alaska.
Defendants are Ray B. and Lu
cille Woodbury and the corpora
tion, Aleutian Homes, Inc.
James C. Dougherty, trustee of
the estate, alleges in complaint
that the defendants have failed to
pay certain sums Of money due
under terms of a contract financed
by a government agency in the
sum of $4,230,900 for the construc
tion of 343 dwellings at Kodiak.
Plaintiffs ask an injunction to
restrain the Woodburys from sell
ing any of their 797 shares of
stock in Aleutian Homes, Inc.,
which includes three other stock
holders having one share ’each in
the concern.
Hugh Dougherty sold a tract of
land at Kodiak to defendants, tne
trustee states, and iq April, 1953,
Aleutian Homes entered into a
contract to construct the dwellings
on the tract. The contract was com
pleted and it is charged that rent
als of more than $500,000 have
been collected, but that defendants
have not paid the estate and Bet
tinger a percentage of these and
other revenue of which they claim
they are entitled under the con
tract
Bettinger is a plaintiff by reason
of the fact that he acquired a half
interest claimed by Hugh Dougher
ty, the complaint states.
A11LSTBOM HONORED
Seattle (AP). Harlow G. Ahl
strom, formerly of Kodiak, was
one of 34 University of Washing
ton students who were elected to
Phi Beta Kappa.
HS Carnival
Next Friday
The annual Kodiak High School
Carnival, scheduled for Friday,
November 16, from 6:30 p. m. until
1 a. m., will take place in the new
Kodiak High School. This year the
school plans to have a much larg
er and better carnival than ever
before, including game and food
concessions with prize*: In: addi
tion to prizes offered by the stu
dents, several business establish
ments have kindly donated to the
carnival. 20,000 script tickets have
already been ordered compared to
the 13,000 ordered last, year.
The concessions have been divid
ed among twelve different classes,
clubs and organizations, who are
putting forth much effort in prep
aration for this gala event.
"’The money earned from the var
ious concessions is customarily
used for such purposes as paying
the expenses of the basketball
team and cheerleaders while tray
ling to and from the Anchorage
tournament and improving and
providing facilities for different or
ganizations and clubs.
A dance will be one of the high
lights of the Carnival.
New ACS Officer
To Arrive Monday
Captain Harold G. Sawey, new
commanding officer of ACS office
here, is expected to arrive Monday.
Captain Sawey replaces Major
Douglas Ross, who was transferred
to Washington, D.C. The new cap
tain will arrive from the States,
but will not bring his family at
the present time.
Delegate Reports
Good Convention
Councilman Tim Gilmore return
ed this week from the convention
of the League of Alaskan Cities,
held in Ketchikan last week. He
reports a very successful conven
tion, with much accomplished : ;
There were 39 legislative propo
sals, which will be presented. to
the territorial legislature when it
meets in January. All were adapt
ed unanimously.
Major resolutions passed during
the three-day convention included
one asking congress to add S50,
000,000 to Alaska Public Works
Act through 1964.
Other resolutions asked Con
gress to release money forupprov
ed rivers, harbors and post office
projects in the territory, the turn
ing over to Alaska of tidelands
which in turn would be released
to the cities, and the establishment
of an Alaska Planning Board
The league asked that rural
schools of a stipulated size be re
quired to pay some of the taxes to
support their schools, that either
the territory or the citizens them
selves form school districts.
The league’s legislative program
included' a proposal to boost the
sales tax cities may charge to
three per cent and another to re
fund one cent of the existing five
cent motor fuel tax to the cities
for use on streets and roads.
Along The
Waterfront
Activity along the waterfront
continues quiet, with a mild flow
of water traffic. Crab canneries
were not too active this week, but
the City Dock had a spurt of traf^
.fic with the unloading of the P?li>
sana. \
King Grab, Inc., had some play
for about three days. The Totem/
skippered by Cory Keidestad..'
brought in about 5000 King crab.)
winch weighed in at 42,000 pounds^
'Pat ttullens docked the Roxanna*
Dawn with 890 crab, which totalled
in at 9,703 pounds. Peie Walkofi
came in with 387 crab. These
weighed 3,345 pounds.
There was little activity at the
Island Seafoods. Pete Deveau hasl
not been feeling so good of late >
At Alvine and Gibson boat works,
the men have been working on the
GPC 19 which was hauled in last
week for repairs.
Finishing touches are being
made to Jim Veazy’s boat. He has
been working on it for some time
now, and expects to have it in the
water before too long. He has a
name for it, which we will an
nounce later—and very appropn
ate, too.
Jack Hinckel of the Union Oil
reports the tug Leslie F oss was in
and loaded 8000 gallons of fuel
Prior to that the tug had picked
up a barge at Raspberry St rails
brought it to S. S. Mullens here,
and then picked up another barge,
again at Raspberry Straits, and
then returned to Seattle.
Wharfinger Jack Johnson re
ports considerable activity at the
City Dock. The Palisana reached
these waters Wednesday, unloaded
first .at the Naval Station, then
came to the City Dock Thursday
afternoon. Capt. Howgate is the
skipper. 1 if ',
The Expansion also came in with
mail and freight She is on her
Westward trip, but will probably
be here most of the weekend.
Kodiak Elks
Go To Juneau
A large delegation of local Elk?
plan to leave for Juneau to atten J
the convention of ’ the Territorial
Elks Association, to be held in Ai
aska'is capital city, November 14 to
17., (
Those planning to make the trip
are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brightnaan,
Mr.anti Mrs. John Cushing, Mr. am
Mrs. Bud Metzgar, John Gibbons,
Elden Lester, Pete Ramaglia, Tim
Gilmore, Smokey Stover and Bob
Danyson. Several others have indi
cated they may make the trip.
The party will leave Tuesday
PTA DRAWS BIG CRG.VD I
More than 300 people were in
attendance at the PTA meeting
held Thursday at the new High
School.
Mrs. Alvine, president of the
group reports a very interesting
program, which was centered
around the theme "Learning! to
Read.” Slides were shown of actual
teaching. Mrs. King whs program
director.