W ELC O M E
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
News of oAmencd s Last frontier j
VOL 18 NO 12
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 30, 1953
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Anchorage (A3) — Federal
Judge Anthony J. Dimond
died Thursday night of a
heart ailment. He was 72
jears of age.
The well-known Alaskan
jurist has been confined to a
hospital for the past week. He
has been a resident of the
territory since 1904.
Judge Dimond first pros
pected in Valdez when he
came to the territory. He be
gan his law practice there in
1913. He served in four Terri
torial Legislatures prior to
1932. He was elected Dele
gate to Congress and was
there for 12 years. In 1945 he
was appointed a Federal Dis
trict Judge.
He leaves a son, John Di
mond, Anchorage attorney,
two daughters, Mrs. Thomas
Reilly of Ketchikan and Sister
Marie Therese, a nun at a
Washington, D.C. hospital.
Kodiak—Judge Dimond last
opened court in Kodiak in De
cember of 1952. For several
years the court party, headed
by Judge Dimond, would come
to Kodiak either by boat or
plane.
He was an honorary life
member of Carpenter’s Local
2162, Kodiak, Alaska. He
joined the brotherhood in 1938
while on a visit to Kodiak. He
was Delegate to Congress at
the time.
Hanson MC'i Sank
Dinner Wednesday
Oscar Hanson was toast
master Wednesday at the din
ner at the Montmartre Inn in
observance of the Bank of Ko
diak passing the $5,000,000
mark in deposits.
Members of the bank staff,
stockholders and guests were
present.
Pete Gilmore, Alaska Sal
mon Industry representative
from Juneau, is in town for
his yearly meeting with mem
bers of the United Fishermen
of Alaska.
Discussions regarding 1953
salmon prices for the Kodiak
area were underway Wednes
day. Gilmore arrived in town
aboard Tuesday’s PH A even
ing flight.
Reds Launch
Big Attack
Seoul (^P) — Yesterday
11,000 Chinese Reds slammed
the heaviest attack of the year
on the central Korean front.
Heavy fierhting raged through
the night and into the day
light.
Turkish and British troops
bore the brunt of the attack
along a five mile front north
east of the truce town of
Panmunjon. Two Chinese reg
iments of 5,000 troops each,
swept against half a dozen
j low hill outposts 30 miles north
of Seoul.
me rurKs met tne uiqk
attack with knives and bayo
nets but their defenses crum
bled under the weight of su
perior numbers. The British
were reported to be holding
firm on their section of the
line.
In Washington, President
Eisenhower flatly and firmly
rejected Senator Taft’s pro
posal that America forget the
j United Nations and* handle
I the situation in Korea alone,
j Eisenhower told a press
conference “If you are going
it alone in one place you have
to go it alone everywhere. No
single nation can live alone in
the world. We have to have
friends.”
CD Siren Due
On Next Boat
The new siren for the Civil
Defense warning system will
arrive here June 5. aboard the
Ring Splice, George Sonntag.
civil defense director, said
yesterday.
1 The new siren, “10 times
louder than the present fire
siren” will be installed on Sig
nal Hill, Sonntag said.
A Base-Town meeting of
the members of the Kodiak
Chamber of Commeicecom
jmittee and officers at KNS
I was held Tuesday afternoon
at the Navy base.
The meeting is for the pur
pose of discussing mutual pro
blems and promoting friendly
relations between the base
and town.
VFW Plans 4-Day Meet
Police Chief Off
City Payroll
Carter Seymour, carried on
the city payroll as Police
Chief, will be taken from the
roll as of June 1, the city
council decided Monday night.
Seymour was shot in the
right arm in November of i
1951 and hosoitalized here. He
later went to the states for
special medical attention.
Since leaving here in
November of 1951 the city
has continued to pay a part of
his wages. It is reported that
an insurance company is pay
ing *he balance of his wages.
Ovid “Mac” McKinley has
been acting police chief since
Seymour left here in 1951.
The first reading of a new
ordinance raising and adjust
ing the city water rates was
read for the first time Monday
night. The second reading will
be heard on June 8 during the
regular meeting.
Other business accomplished
by the council Monday in
cluded the issuing of a build
ing permit to Pacific Alaska
Contractors for the erection of
an office and shop at the east
addition housing site.
The office and shop must be
torn down and removed when
the housing project is com
pleted.
Dr. Eugene Sullivan and
Jess Blinn received building
permits from the city. Blinn
to remodel his building on
Main street and Dr. Sullivan
to add to his home on Brook
lyn avenue.
JAMES W. COTHRAN
Bishopville, S. C.
Attorney-at-law and Commander
in-Chief of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the U. S.
Memorial Day
Parade At 10:30
A Memorial Day parade will
be held today starting at 10:30
am.
A Navy band will lead the
procession. The local Drum
and Bugle Corps, sponsored
by the VFW Auxiliary and di
rected by Paul Swanson, will
also be in the parade.
A reviewing stand will be
set up under the marquee at
the Orpheum Theatre.
General Van Fleet
To Visit Navy Base
A reception for General
James Van Fleet, former com
mander of military forces for
the United Nations in Korea, I
and James W. Cothran, com-]
mander in-chief of theVete-1
rans of Foreign Wars, will be
given at Kodiak Naval Sta
tion June 3.
The reception will be held
between 6 and 7 pm at the Of
ficers Club.
ENCAMPMENT PROGRAM
June 2 Opening Ceremony 2 pm at U.S.O. Club
(open to the public)
June 3 Business session 10 to 12 am and 2 to 4
pm. Cooties to visit followed by banquet.
June 4 Business session 10 to 12 am and 2 to 4
pm. Parade at 6 pm followed by Memorial
Services at U.S.O. (open to the public)
June 5 Election of officers 10 to 12 am. Installa
tion of officers 2 to 4 pm. Annual banquet and
department ball at Elks Club at 8 pm.
t Upenmg eeremonies of the
i annual Territorial Encamp
ment of Veterans of Foreign
Wars will get underway in Ko
j diak Tuesday at two pm.
James W. Cothran, com
! mander-in-chief, VFW, of the
1 United States, will be the
(distinguished guest of honor.
[ This is the first time the com
, mander of the VFW has at
• tended an encampment in the
! territory.
i The opening ceremonies will
(beheld at the U.S.O. Club.
! Veterans from every post in
the territory are expected to
arrive hei e over the weekend
i and Monday for the encamp ■
. ment. The program will run
I from June 2 to 5, inclusive
j and includes business sessions,
| visits to hospitals, banquets,
{ election and installation of of
i fleers for the territorial de
[ partment and memorial ser
I vices.
Commander Cothran, 33,
was elected head of the VFW
at the 53rd National Encamp
ment in Los Angeles, Calif.,
1 and is a native of Bishopville.
South Carolina. He is a law
yer, civic leader and active
worker in the church and in
[many other fields.
| During World War II he ser
: ved for three years in the
j Navy. He saw action in several
spots and participated in the
| invasions of Leyte, Luzon and
J Okinawa.
i Reservations for visiting
| veterans from other posts
have been made at the Kodiak
JHotel. Members of Katmai
Post 7656 will also entertain
visitors in their home.
| El wood “pye” Watson is
I commander of the local post.
[ George Sonntag and other
1 members have been instru
j mental in arranging the en
campment and bringing it to
1 Kodiak.
j The annual banquet and ball
■ for the VFW will be held at
the Elks' Club at 8 pm on
June 5.
Commander Cothran will ar
rive at the Navy base by mili
; tary plane from the states. A
reception committee will meet
him at the a rp>rt and escort
him to town.
i The regular meeting of the
city council was held Monday.