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rrNev/s of cAm erica's Last Frontier'
VOL 13 NO 20
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 25, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Fast Action
Keeps Ship
Afloat
Fast action by the crew of
the Jaguar, Kadiak Fisheries I
tender, and the assistance of !
the Island Seafoods Cannery!
f kept the vessel from sinking j
last week.
The new steel boat was
found to be half full of water
when the engineer went into
the engine room to find out
why the cook could not get
the galley range going around
6 am. |
A three inch nipple had
cracked between the main sea
suction valve and the strainer.
The Jaguar was anchored in
Snug harbor in Cook Inlet at
the time. The skipper called j
for assistance and the Ouzin
kie Cannery tender Para
mount, who was close by,
came and towed them about1
a half mile to the Island Sea
foods Cannery.
Several pumps were put a- j
board and by noon the water'
was down to where the en
gineer and crew could go down
and fix the leak. j
The crew immediately went
to work tearing down the en
gine, motors and generators!
and two days latter had the
Jaguar ready for work. They I
left Snug Harbor under their j
ewn power and proceeded to
Port Bailey. !
Bill Damery, local marine
surveyor, flew to Port Bailey ;
to survey the damage. The:
Jaguar was built in 1949. j
Fast work by the engineer,
and crew saved the boat,
Damery said. I
Cancer Film
Showing At USO
Two films on cancer control
will be shown for women on
Thursday at 2 pm at the USO
in Kodiak. The film is shown
free to the public as a part of
the cancer health education
program.
The film Breast S^lf-Exam
ination is a simple dramatized
explanation of the method of
breast examination. It has
been' shown to many women's
groups and has helped many
women to find breast cancer
early so it can be cured.
The second film, From One
Cell, shows cancer as one of
the 'phenomena of growth of
cells. Free literature on cancer
control will be given to all at
tending.
Locally, the fund raising
Cancer Crusade was making
progress. Late yesterday over
$1,000 had been collected.
Mrs. Rose Segner, chairman
of the local fund drive said the
total amount collected to date
was $1,261.84.
Anyone wishing to contri
bute to the fund may leave
their money with Mrs. Segner
at the Bank of Kodiak or mail
it to P. 0. Box 104, Kodiak,
Alaska.
Conservation Club
Holds Open House
The Conservation Club at
Kodiak Naval Station will hold
open house tomorrow between
the hours of one to five pm.
Signs along the NS road
will direct motorists to the
hatchery. Refreshments will
be served and the program
will begin at 2 pm.
A German student prepares to launch a huge balloon
filial with massages to residents of Soviet-controlled Czecho
slovakia from a secluded farm close to the Czech border in
project sponsored by Radio Free Europe and known as
“Winds of Freedom.”
Food r rices
Reach High
Washington (-T)—The gov
ernment reported this week
i that rising food prices forced
I living costs to a record high
; between May and June.
| Besides higher food costs
i price boosts were reported for
housing, medical care, ani
such things as cigarettes and
beer in some cities.
The index of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics rose four
tenths of one per cent be
tween mid-May and mid-June.
This put the index at 114.5 per
cent of the 1947-49 average.
This means that the consu
mer paid in June nearly $1.15
for wliat he could buy for a
dollar in the 1947-49 period.
Big Lake Polluted
Says Navy
Big Lake is nolluted and un
safe for swimmers according:
to recent tests made by the
Navy, the city clerk revealed
yesterday.
The lake is located near the
Montmartre Inn on Mill Bay
Road and is frequented by
swimmers. Tests of other
lakes in the vicinity of Kodiak
is berng made by Navy, ac
cording to Bob Hedloff, city
clerk.
Flower Show Planned I
By Local Clubs
A flower exhibit is being
planned by the Kodiak and
! Naval Station Garden Clubs,
j Mrs. Sig Digree, general
chairman, announced yester
day.
Tentative date for the show
has been set for August 16 at
the USO. The show will be
non-competitive and anyone
may place displays in the
show.
| Flower exhibits, drift wood
I arrangements and other ex- j
hibits may be entered. Per-,
sons wishing to submit ex
hibits may call Mrs. Bob Hall
1 at 3282 or see Mrs. Digree at
! 29 DA, Naval Station.
FDIC Bank Examiners
Here On Annual Check
Two Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation examiners
arrived in town Wednesday to
conduct the annual examina
tion of the Bank of Kodiak.
T. E. Lindsay and R.T. Dial
of San Francisco will be work
ing at the bank for several
days, Marshall Crutcher,
president of the bank, said
yesterday.
1 I-ieu Brewer, salesman for
McKesson and Bobbins, was
_ in Kodiak this week.
Statehood Chances Best
Under Demos: Bettinger
Dr. Patty Named
Head Of U of A
Fairpanks (JP)—Regents of
the University of Alaska have
announced the acceptance of
the university presidency by
Dr. Ernest N. Patty, Seattle
and Alaska mining man and
the first dean of mines at the
school.
He succeeds Dr. Terris
Moore who resigned last
spring to devote full time to
scientific research.
Masonic Leader
Visits Kodiak
An official visit to Kodiak
Lodge No. 295, F. & A.M. was
made Tuesday by Fred Wink
les, Most Worshipful Grand
Master of Free and Accepted
Masons of Washington.
Quentin Herwig, Most Wor
shipful Grand Marshal, ac-|
companied Winkles on his
visit. Winkles is from Sookane
Washington and Herwig is
from Seattle.
The official visitation was
part of a hour the Grand Mas
ter made of all Masonic Lodges
in Alaska.
A banquet in his honor was
held in the Flame Room of the
Civilian Cafeteria at Kodiak
Naval Station. Jules Radin
sky, Worshipful Master of
Kodiak Lodge No. 295, was
master of ceremonies at the
banquet.
Winkles addressed local Ma
sons at the Masonic Temple
prior to the banquet.
Alaska had a better chance
for statehood under the Demo
crat regime than under the
present Republican deal, May
or Lee C. Hettinger told mem
bers of the Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce Thursday.
Mayor Hettinger recently
returned to Kodiak after
spending nine months in the
nation’s capitol reportedly
lobbying for legislation
make the local housing project
secure.
Hettinger addressed the
Chambet of Commerce follow
ing the bi-monthly luncheon at
the Montmartre Inn Thursday.
“I see no statehood for A
Iaska for many years,” Het
tinger said. ‘‘Congress is busy
with so many other bills and
there is so much opposition to
Alaskan statehood that the
bill will never come on the
floor for many sessions.”
Betting r told the C of C
that he was a Republican but
until the present administra
tion could “weed out” certain
bureaucrats he felt that muni
cipalities were faring better
under the old Democrat policy
He had reference to the
present housing project now
under way with the blessing
and approval of the APW.
The C of C went on record,
as opposing the recent action
by Congress which eliminated
the 25% cost of living differen
tial given to Alaskan residents
working for the federal gov
ernment. The motion was
made by Jules Radinsky and
seconded, by Maurice Briggs.
L - « . Jud- £■■
Vice president Iiichard Nixon offers to trade an auto
graphed fountain pen for a sw; mp tent at the National Roy
Scout Jamboree at Jamboree City, California and is offered a
bewildering array of patches, easels, pencils, shells, and other
prized possessions in exchange. (*R WIREPHOFO)