"News of oAmencas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 11
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 17 1952
PRICE lO'CENTS
Armed Forces Parade
Today At 9:30 AM
Two bands, five colorful
floats and 10 marching units
will compose the Armed For
ces Dar parade today as the
four military branches join
with civic organizations in ob
servance of the day.
Taking the salute at the re
viewing stand, located under
the marquee at the Bank of
Kodiak, will be Armed Forcis
officials, Kodiak civic leaders
and Gold Star Mothers. Host
and hostess for the parade will
be Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Crutcher.
Parade Marshal is Captain
J. P. Mixon, USMC. He will
be assisted by Lt. J. W. Mac
Mullen and Lt. K. L. Kilmer.
Sgt. Unger will be in charge
of the color guard.
Music will be provided by
tile Naval Station band under
the direction of George
Brilley, MUC. The Kodiak
School band will also partici
pate in the parade.
Marching units will in
clude a Marine Platoon led by
LLJ. A. Gustafson, Navy
Platoon led by Lt. jg. R. L.
DeVilbiss, Kodiak Boy Scouts,
Norses Aides from Griffin
Memorial Hospital, American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Elks and Rotary Club
5533.
Floats will include three
vehicles from NS Ordnance,
me from SRU, the Kodiak
police car and fire truck and a
USO float. The parade will
organize at the old Community
Center, American Legion
Hall at 9:30, am.
Vehicles are requested to!
refrain from parking on the
main streets of town between
9:30 and 10:30 am.
Legion Auxiliary
Selling Poppies Today
The American Legion Auxi
liary will sell poppies today
in Kadiak. Poppy Day is
generally observed through
out the nation and territory
on the Saturday before Me
morial Day.
The official Memorial • Poppy
is composed of seven pieces
of crepe paper and two pieces
of wire. It was selected be
cause its manufacture com
bines the maximum amount
of therapeutic work for the
disabled veteran with the
minimum of expenditure for
material.
The VFW Auxiliary an
nounced earlier that they
would sell poppies on May 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Haas
were scheduled to leave for
Moose Pass today.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS our armed forces
stand as the first rampart
between our cherished free
dom and those forces which
would deny us this heritage,
and
WHEREAS our armed forces
embody the nobleness of
our fine traditions, and
WHEREAS to provide the
civilian population an op
portunity to pay tribute to
our great military establish
ment, the Honorable Harry
S. Truman, President of the
United States of America,
has declared May 17, 1952
as Armed Forces Day.
MOW THEREFORE be it
proclaimed that May 17,
1952 be designated as Armed
Forces Day in the City of
Kodiak, Alaska.
By Order Of The Common
Council Of The City Of
Kodiak, Alaska
C. H. Metzgar
Acting Mayor;
Halibut Fishermen
Jump Season
Six Seattle fishermen pled
guilty to the charge of “at
tempting to catch halibut be
fore the open season" in U.
S. Commissioner A. M. Voka
cek’s court Wednesday.
The men were observed
Tuesday between Kodiak and
Cape St. Elias by Roy Linds
ley, Fish and Wildlife Service
agent who was aboard a pa
troling Coast Guard PBY.
The Alma J., skippered by
Captain Stanley C. Johan
sen, had halibut on deck.
Photographs were taken and |
the vessel directed by an air-1
borne announcer to proceed
to Kodiak.
Two other vessels were in
structed to proceed to Kodiak
but late Thursday had not
complied with the instructions.
Capt. Johansen was fined
$300 and Arne Fenswick, Axel
Torget, Arthur Strom, John
Jensen and Harold Olsen,
crewmen, were fined $175.
The halibut seized weighed
344 pounds and was sold by
the FWS for $68.
Pilots of the CG PBY were
Lt. H. G. Cassel and Chief D.
H. Frazer. Crewmen were A.
M. Morris, A. C. Carson, K.
G. MacPetrie and J. M. Car
penter.
The halibut season for area
3A officially opened on May
14. The quota for the area
this year is 28 million pounds.
Baby Show Set
For Tomorrow
Judges for the annual Ko
diak baby show tomorrow
have been announced by Mrs.
Lars Panamaroff, chairman.
Picking the winning babies
will be Ivor Schott, Kodiak
school superintendent, Donald
Lawvere, naval station school
superintendent, and Chaplain
Peter McPhee of the naval
station.
The baby show, sponsored
by the VFW Auxiliary, will
start at 1 pm, at the USO
Club. Babies one to three
years old, inclusive, are eligi
ble to enter, and entry blanks
may be obtained at Bert’s or
Knudsen’s.
Winning entries in the
“walking baby” class will re
ceive loving cups, and in the
“babies in arms” class, small
baby cups.
Other prizes have been of
fered by local merchants, and
cash donations by local mer
chants, and cash donations by
local businesses have been
used to purchase U. S. Sav
ings Bonds for the winners.
The public is invited to at
tend the show, Mrs. Panamar
off announced.
Telephone Service
Check By Council
Paul A. Dupler, attorney,
has been authorized by the
city council to discuss the pre
sent service offered by the
Kodiak Telephone Company
and to determine if the pres
ent rates are warranted.
The authorization was given
by the council Monday night
during the regular meeting
at the city hall. Dupler will
give a report of his discussion
at the next regular meeting
of the council.
A verbal request for a dis
pensary license from James
Lockhart was denied by the
council because of an ordi
J nace limiting the number of
bars within the corporate
I limits of the city.
Lockhart said he planned to
open a bar for colored people
in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Playland. The
building adjoins Tony’s Bar.
John Marshall, city asses
sor, has been authorized to fly
to Anchorage to receive a
course of instruction from
Bob Sharp, city manager for
the City of Anchorage, in as
sessment work.
Marshall will work in the
city assessment office and in
the field with assessors. He
has done the assessment work j
for the City of Kodiak for the
^past two years.
Carpenters Work Again
WSB To Set Pay Rate
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Annual Clean Up
Starts Today
The City of Kodiak will
launch a city-wide clean up
program today. The program
will cover a period of two
weeks.
Residents are urged to clean
up all debris and trash around
their houses or place of busi
ness and stack it near the
street so that the city trucks
can pick it up.
Pick up days are Monday
and Tuesday, May 19 and 20
and May 26 and 27. The clean
up is an annual affair. Earlier
a partial cleanup was made in
connection with the rat era
dication program.
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$50,000 For Dock
Says Metcalf
William Worth has been
authorized by the city council
to purchase materials and
supplies for the complete re
construction of the city dock.
Worth is chairman of the city
dock committee.
The driving of piling and
placing of new decking for a
section of the dock was re
cently completed.
Last week Frank Metcalf,
territorial highway engineer,
wrote Robert Hedloff, city
clerk, that the city’s request
for $50,000 from the territorial
highway fund had been ap
proved by the Territorial
Board of Road Commissioners.
Earlier, Hedloff, at the re
quest of the city council,
wrote Metcalf and “requested
that the City of Kodiak be
considered for an allocation of
$50,000 to complete re-con
struction of the Kodiak City
Dock.”
Hedloff stressed the need of
adequate docking facilities be
cause of the proposed 385
unit housing project slated for
Kodiak. He pointed out that
“it is a matter of geographi
cal fact that this city pro
visionally will not require
funds for airport needs and
the limitation of the applicable
law precludes the application
for appropriation to cover
local street improvement.”
Metcalf said in his letter,
dated May 7, that the city j
could consider his letter au-|
thorizations for the work on
the dock. He also said that a-j
contract would be sent the i
city soon.
Buy a Poppy Today
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Anchorage—Anchorage car
penters ended an eight day
walkout Tuesday and return
ed to military and civilian con
struction jobs throughout the
territory.
The AFL-carpenters’ local
voted overwhelming Monday
night to accept a strike com
mittee recommendation that
the wage dispute be submit
ted to the Wage Stabilization.
Board for settlement
Kodiak— Carpenters return
ed to work on various jobs in
town and at Kodiak Naval
Station Tuesday following an
agreement between the ne
gotiating committee of the
carpenters and members of
the Alaska General Contrac
tors.
The carpenters have been
on strike for eight days in
support of demands for an in
crease in hourly pay.
The WSR has stated it
would accept jurisdiction of
the dispute as requested by
both sides. The AGC has filed
% five million dollar suit
against the carpenters charg
ing a breach of contract.
Fish Negotiations.
Underway
Fish price negotiations fow
Kodiak Island and vicinity
were underway this week be*
tween the executive board oF
the United Fishermen of A
laska, AFL, and a representa
tive of the Alaska Salmon In
dustry.
Pete Gilmore. Juneau, rep
resents the ASI and W. A.
Cannon, D. N. Hoylman and
Vivan Kilgore represent the
fishermen.
Kerry Victim Return*
To Hospital
Nels Lante, who had a por
tion of each foot amputated
after suffering frostbite, has
returned to the hospital for
treatment. He was discharged
from the hospital early last
week.
Bob Hall flew Lantz from
Port Williams to the hosiptal
Tuesday.
Wally McLinn, Kodiak Na
val Station employee, returned.;
recently after spending seve
ral weeks in Seattle. Mrs. Mc
Linn plans to join him here
around the later p'art of the
month.
Mrs. Emil Knudsen and
children JoAnn and Skipper
will leave shortly for their
summer home at Bainbridge
Island.