rrNewi of oAmericas Last Frontier’
W)L 13 ' NO 44
KODIAK, ALASKA
JANUARY 16. 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Salmon Price Fixing
Hearing in Seattle
Seattle (■£*) — Hearing on
Federal Trade Commissions
price fixing charges against
the Alaska Salmon Industry
and Fishermen,8 Unions wilt
open at 10 am Monday in Se
attle.
Walter Harris, FTC at
torney in charge, said the
hearing might last for a week.
Fletcher Cohn and Paul Larue
FTC attorneys, have prepat ed
about 175 exhibits to support
the commission’s complaint,
which charges two conspi
racies.
One of the charges is that
44 salmon canners and the
other is between the ASI and
II unions that they fixed the
purchase price on raw fish.
There is no charge of a con
spiracy to fix the price of can
ned salmon but “conspiracy
to fix the purchase price of
raw fish influenced the can
ned salmon price.’’
The attorney’s point out
that the FTC is not taking
eriminal action but hearings
could result in recommenda
tions of cease and desist
orders.
Son Born Wednesday
To Bollings
A son was born to Lt. and
Mrs. Robert Rolling on Janu
ary 13, at 11:40 pm. He is
named Jan Christopher and
weighs six pounds, 13 ounces
Lt. Bolling is a Navy officer
at Kodiak Naval Strtion. They
make their home in the Town '
of Kodiak.
Legion Auxiliary
To Hear Report
The next regular meeting of
the American Legion Auxi
liary will be held at the home
of Mrs. Karl Brunstad, presi-1
dent, Tuesday at 8 pm.
Iren° Brooks and Bea
Nachtweih will give a report
on the recent department con
vention. All members and
prospective members are ]
urged to attend.
Fred Rave was an incoming |
PNA passenger Wednesday/
from Seattle. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lind-!
gren were scheduled to be
plane passengers for Seattle
this week.
The fire department an
swered a call at 3:30 pm Wed
nesday at the house nearest
ths formsr Yum Yum Cafe on
i out! Brooklyn avenue.
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Two Admirals
Visit Navy Base
Vice Admiral Roscoe F.
Good and Rear Admiral W.
D. Leggett were the guests of
Rear Admiral John Perry for
two days this week.
Adm. Roscoe, deputy chief
of Naval operations for logis
tice, and Adm. Leggett, chief
of bureau of ships, have been
on an inspection tour of
various Navy bases in the
Pacific.
They arrived here Thurs
day for an inspection of the
local base and to discuss
matter with the commander
of the Alaskan Sea Frontier. |
Personnel accompaning the
two Navy officials included]
several captains and com
manders.
PNA Schedules
Four Engine
Flights To Kodiak
Pacific Northern Airlines
will go on a new Anchorage
Kodiak schedule with four
engine DC-4’s on January 21,
Ray Martin, district traffic
manager, announced yester
day.
The airline plans to leave
Anchorage each day except
Sunday with DC-4 at 3:35 pm
with arrival in Kodiak esti
mated at 5:05 pm. The return
flight will leave Kodiak at
5:50 pm on a non-stop flight
into Anchorage. The flight
will connect with the PNA
Seattle flight which is schedul
ed to leave at 8:30 pm, Martin
said.
On Sundays PNA will have
a two engine DC-3 on the
Kodiak-Anchorage flight.
The DC-4 has a passenger
capacity of 50.
“We are happy to announce
this new service and feel it
will meet with everyone’s
approval.” Martin said.
i
The marriage of Miss Jo
anne Marjorie Goudie to
Donald E. Hansen will take
place January 30 at Hillside
Chapel on Kodiak Naval Sta
tion.
Miss Goudie is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E.
Goudie, Jr. of the Naval Sta
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Daly
and children are spending the
winter in the states.
Storm Tears
Sitka Boat Float
From Mooring
Sitka (■£*)— A large part of
Sitka’s small boat harbor
docking facilities were lost
Thursday as gale winds up to
80 miles per hour loosened
pilings and allowed the main
float, with many small boats
still moored to it, to be blown
across the channel.
One small cabin cruiser was
badly crushed and other larger
craft were damaged in the
wild half mile ride across the
channel at Mt. Edgecumbe.
The men on the float chop
ped the mooring lines loose
and managed to pick some of
the floating boats. However,
other boats remained attached
to the float until it was finally
brought alongside the Mt.
Edgecumbe dock.
The float handled the major
portion of large craft which
makes up the Sitka fishing
fleet.
Heavy Weapons
Company May
Start Here
Master Sergeant Alfred An
derson, with the Army Ad
vison Group for the Alaska
National Guard at Anchorage,
will be at the Veteran of
Foreign War’s Club from one
to five and from seven to nine
pm today to answer questions
pertaining to the formation
of a heavy weapons company
here.
Persons interested in join
ing the outfit may see Sgt.
Anderson today.
Ketchikan Retains
Rainfall Recorn
Ketchikan — Ketchikan’s
202-inch annual rainfall record
appears safe, judging from
November figures of rainfall.
November’s 21.42 inches of
rain brought the year’s total
to 167.52 which is 15 inches
above the average for an en
tire 12-month period but some
35 inches short of the record.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Seaman
left this week for his new
navy assignment in San
Diego. Mrs. Seaman is the
former Pauline Torsen.
Tom Renshaw of Ouzinkie
was a Kodiak visitor on Thurs
day of this week. He is in
business at the village.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Larsen
and family were in Kodiak
Thursday on business. They
ive in Ouzinkie.
William Kosoff Ends Life
Tuesday in Apartment
Small Island
Hit By Polio
New York (/P)—The Na
tional Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis released infor
mation that indicates the lone
doctor on the tiny island of
St. Paul began injecting the
entire population with gamma
globulin to combat a rising
polio epidemic.
There has been two polio
poli deaths among the 360
Aleut residents and seal
hunters.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Ter- <
ritorial health officer in Jun
eau said a portabie iron lung
and 3,000 CC’s of the scarce
blood were flown from An
chorage on Tuesday. Later
another 3,000 CC’s were flown
from New York for delivery
to the island.
Dr. Henry Belcher, U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service rep
resentative, is the only doctor
on the island.
PTA To Sponsor
Dance Next Week
A Parent Teachers Associa
tion sponsored dance will be
held at the Elk’s Club on
January 23.
The dance will get under
way at nine and last until
midnight. Admission is 75
cents for students and one
dollar for adults.
New STOP Sign
At Bert's Corner
A stop sign has been in
stalled at the corner of Bert’s
Drug Store on Alaska Way,
the police department an
nounced yesterday. Motorist
are requested to observe and
obey the sign.
The Men’s Fellowship of
the Community Baptist
Church will meet Tuesday at
7 pm. Steve Zdepski is presi
dent of the group.
Charles Turner, superinten
dent at Port Bailey, was in
Kodiak the past week. He was
on a routine winter visit to
the cannery.
Cario (^f*) - Egypt’ revolu
tionary government Thursday j
night accused fanatical Moslem
brotherhood of conniving with
the Communists to stir up dis
order and of plotting a coup a
gainst President Mohamed'
Naguib’s regime. t
William Kosoff ended his
ife Tuesday in his apartment
)n Brooklyn Avenue. The 86
pear old resident left a note
iddressed to a friend.
A coroner’s jury found that
the deceased took his own life
aetween 12:30 and 1:10 pm,
lanuary 12, with a .22 caliber
lutomatic which he had bor
rowed that morning:.
The suicide was discovered
by Eric Blankenburg when he
opened the apartment shortly
after 1 pm to do some electri
cal repair work. He immedi
ately notified the city police.
Kosoff has been a resident
af Kodiak Naval Station and
;he Town of Kodiak for the
aast eight years. He was popu
ar and well known in the
community. His note, other
chan indicating he intended to
take his life, did not state
why he intended to commit
the act.
For the past year he has
been a partner in the Unique
Bar here. He is survived by
bis mother, two children, a
sister and a brother. He asked
that his brother be notified of
bis death.
He was born on March 31,
L917, at Hoquiam, Washing
ton, and was a member of the
Aberdeen, Washington, Elk’s
Lodge.
Following the hearing of the
coroner’s jury the body was
taken to the Kodiak Mortuary.
Funeral services will be
leld at the Elk’s Club today
it 2 pm. The body will be
cremated and the ashes sent
to his brother in Washington.
Wallaces Announce
Arrival Of New Baby
Mr. and Mrs Harry Wallace
are the parents of a son, John
D., born on January 2 and
weighing 7 lbs 8 oz. Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace and their family
are now at Seaside, Calif. The
Wallaces are former owners of
the Idle Hour Bar.
Mrs. Norman Smith was a
Kodiak visitor this week. She
flew from Larsen Bay to Ko
iiak. The Evangel, floating
mission, is at Larsen Bay for
;he winter. Her husband.
Rev. Norman Smith is skipper
af the vessel and conducts
services aboard for island
residents.
The Kodiak High School
basketball team played a Navy
earn on the station last night.