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Wanted - More Boats i
The announcement this week that the next Alaska
Steamship Co. freighter will not arrive in port until late Feb
ruary has brought expressions of protest from local business
men.
Almost every one has been caught with his supplies
down: drugs, groceries, meats, hardware, newsprint, clothing, i
The Alaska Steamship Co. has broken faith with Ko- J
diak. In December two of its officials visited Kodiak and in- j
dicated the u>wn could expect a freighter once every three
weeks. On that premise, many businesses failed to order in
sufficient quantities to provide for a longer interval between
freighters.
The next freighter will arrive here late in February.
The last one, the Ring Splice, docked here December 20.
That’s not three weeks, that’s eight or nine.
We join our protest with that of other businesses and
private citizens, and ask that Alaska Steamship officials look
over their schedule again to see if the promised service for
Kodiak can not be maintained.
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Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Seoul—American Sabre Jet?
i Angled with Communist MIGS
j t-'or the fourth straight, day of
air battles over NoruiWcSt
; Korea. There were no damage
jclains. The Fifth Air Force
! redorted the des truction of
I three Red Jets yesterday.
I Ground fights were light.
Munsan—Korean truce com
mittees held another meeting
at Panmunjon. There was no
report of progress after an
hour meeting.
I Paris—Russia’s Andrei Vis
ihinsky ominous’y declared
II hat “unreasonable demands
, presented by the American
j Command gives no hope for
| successful conclusion” of the
i Korea Armistice talks at Pan
munjon. Vishinsky, in his
usual vein, called U. S. Gen.
James Van Fleet a cannibal'
and killer in a speech before1
the United Nations political
j committee on behalf of the
: Soviet peace plan.
Washington—Prime Minis
ter Winston Churchill warned
Red China if the proposed
truce in Korea was broken.
Britain will join the U. S. in a
swift “resolute effective’’
counteraction.
Churchill addressed a joint
session of congress. He cau
tioned the U. S. not to give up
Atomic weapons without an
ironclad guarantee of peace.
His warning to China was ex
plicit. He received a tremen
dous staiding ovation from
both houses.
Over 200 Attend
Masquerade Ball
More than two hundred
persons attended the annual
Russian New Year’s masquer
ade ball Monday night at the
Elks Club.
Prizes were awarded for
; costumes by a panel of five
judges. Master of ceremonies
was E. E. Foster. Mrs. John
Malutin was chairman of the
affair, sponsored by the Rus
sian Women’s Club.
| Best dressed at the dance,
| the judges decided, were Mrs.
[ Julia Wolkoff and Mrs. Mel
‘vinSholl. Mrs. Tim Chernoff
[and Mrs. Erich Mueller won
! prizes for the most original
costumes, and Miss lone Nor
ton and Joe Heitman for the
most comical.
Other winners were Mrs.
Jennie Sundberg, Mrs. Nellie
Rogers, Mrs. Martha Shurav
loff, Mrs. Mary Chya, Mrs.
[ Jennie Speight and Miss Betty
Heglin. Children’s prizes were
| won by Hazel Hartman and
Toni Lindgren.
I Prizes were donated by lo
! cal businesses.
U.S.O. Men
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ments building which is owned
I by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson.
Opening date for the USO
has not been announced. Last
fall, Justin Morrill, executive;
director of the United Services!
Organizations, visited Kodiak!
in connection with opening a!
clubhouse here.
Hospital news
BIRTHS: •
To Mr. and Mrs. Jack War
ren. a daughter, Jan. 16.
weight, 5 lbs., 10 oz., name.
Ann Louise.
To Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ped
erson of Chignik, a son, Jan.
12, weight, 7 lbs., 15 oz.,
name, Morius Peter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Nibblett, a daughter, Jan. 18.
weight, 5 lbs., 8oz., name not
given.
Metrical attention: Mrs
Chlora Clymer, Mrs. Emily
Nelceferoff, Tom Williams.
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Nixon’s Pile Driver
Sinks In Storm
A pile driver, owned by Dick j
Nixon and moored at Kodiak '
Naval Station, sank during the
big wind storm this week. j
Tools and personal equip- j
ment stored aboard the driver'
were lost.
Wednesday night workmen •
for Whiz-Halferty cannery, i
located near the Donnelley and [
Acheson dock, spent several
hours at the height of the!
blow working to keep the roof i
on the cannery.
Public Works Wants
Sealed Bids
The District Public Works
Office at Kodiak Naval Station
is seeking sealed bids for the
removal of seven quonset
huts from Aviation Hill area.
Bids will be received until
3 pm January 29, at building
S 12 and must be indorsed,
“Bids for Demolition — Re
moval of Quonset Huts, Speci
fication No. 31605.”
Bidding information may be
obtained on application to
District Public Works Officer
KNS, Kodiak.
NOTICE
Avon reoresentative of this
district is Mrs. Alta M. (ilea-1
son. Contact her at the Sis'
Harris Apartments, apartment
number 6.
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March Of Dimes
Drive Underway
The local March of Dimes
drive for funds under the
sponsorship of the Business
and Professional Women’s
Club began here Monday. The
cans for contributions are in
Ithe form of miniature iron
lungs and are symbolic of the
cause for which the money is
being solicited.
The drive this year will be
climaxed by the annual March
; of Dimes Ball on February 2
at the Elk’s building on Brook
lyn avenue, Mrs. Walter
O’Brien, chairman of the
drive, announced yesterday.
Money contributed to the
March of Dimes goes to the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis for the fight
against the disease and to help
pay bills for patients who can
not afford costs for polio care.
Polio is a virus disease that
attacks nerve cells, sometimes
resulting in paralysis. About
one-haif of all patients recover
without paralysis. Another
quarter have only slight mus
cular weakness. Around 15%
of patients are over 20 years
of age. Most cases occur in
children under 10.
Government Workers
Taxable 25 PerCent
Taxpayers in Alaska in the
employ of the U. S. Govern
ment are reminded that the
25/2 differential or territorial
cost-of-living allowance is
taxable, Clark Squire, inter
na! revenue collector, said this
week.
The allowance must be re
ported on their income tax re
turns as part of their salary.
The government agencies
paying the differential to A
laska employees must apply
the withholding tax to the
gross amount of their em
ployees’ ordinary salaries plus
the differential.
Edward A. Nevers and
I Kathryn B. Marchetti applied
I to the U. S. Commissioner for
a marriage license recently.
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TiSiClicotiUv
• v ,Saturday January 12—the day of the Big Wind,
*"E°diak- 0ne week after the Big Wind-SOU RDOUGH
a^ ^e CLUB. Sourdough hot cakes served from 6
0 . Dancing from 9 to 12. Gold Rush games—lots of
*un tickets one buck. January 19th.
Sunday—January 2Cth—Breakfast from 10 a. m.
o p. m. put on by Bill Backus and George Magnusen.
One week and six days after the Big Wind (Janu
ary 25th) Regular meeting of ELKS. Initiation.
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