rrNewi of oAmencas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 37
KODIAK. ALASKA
NOVEMBER 15,1952
PRICE 10 GENTS
New Road Eases Traffic;
Mission-Mill Bay Joined
A connecting road between
Mission and Mill Bay Road
near the outskirts of the city
limits was opened for use
early this week.
The long-needed thorough
fare runs from near the Alaska
Road Commission garage and
offiice on Mill Bay Road along
sixth street to the corner of
the new school site. It runs
for approximately 500 feet
along J street connecting with
seventh street and joining
Mission Road near Jay Tol
bert’s home.
Approximately 1000 feet of
20 foot roadway was made
passable by the ARC. The
road is a sub-grade with a re
grade, Paul “Smoky” Stover,
ARC employee, said Wednes
day.
Stover added that sixth
street, opened several months
ago so that trucks could haul
material to the new school
site, was widened in spots and
brought up to grade.
The opening of the road will
relieve the congestion of
traffic along Alaska Way and
Main streets of Kodiak, dur
ing the rush hours in the morn
ing and after 5 pm. Many
Naval Station workers who
drive ftom out Mission road to
the base are expected to use
the new road.
Military Exercise
To Close Gate
For two days this week the
entrance to the Naval Station1
will be limited to employees of
the station. Busses and cabs
will be allowed to operate on |
the station only to provide
transportation for persons go
ing to and from work.
The only time employees and
vehicles transporting them will
be permitted to pass through
the gate will be between 6 to,
8 am and 4 to 7 pm.
The two day restriction in
travel is due to one phase of!
the military maneuver Warm.
Wind which is being conducted j
throughout the territory.
The maneuver will be held j
Monday and Tuesday, Novem-1
ber 17 and 18. It is expected!
that the maneuver will be ter- \
minated at noon on the 18 at)
which time normal routine'
will be established, Lt. Col. j
M.J. Cokin, USMC, command-!
ing office of the U. S. Marine
Detachment, announced yes
terday.
Pacific Northern Airline
passengers will be excepted
from the two day restrictions.
Chamber Hears
LAC Report
The Chamber of Commerce
heared a report of the work
done at the recent meeting of
the Leauge of Alaskan Cities
in Seward Thursday.
Mayor Lee C. Hettinger,
1951-52 president of the league
and Paul Dupler, member of
the executive board, gave the
report following the regular
luncheon at the Montmartre
Inn.
Bettinger told of the organ
ization and of the problems
discussed. Dupler, who was in
charge of the legislative com
mittee at the meeting, told of
the bills being prepared which
will be submitted to the 1953
session of the Territorial Leg
islature.
The bills being prepared
cover a variety of subjects af-1
fecting city government and
municipal problems,
Dupler said the LAC will
have a full-time lobbyist at the
territorial session of the legis
lature. He did not say who
had been selected.
The C of C discussed the
present labor union dispute in
Seattle which has tied up all
Alaskan shipping from that
port.
A recommendation protest
ing the tieing up of shipping
will be sent to the Alaska De
partment of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. A wire from
D.E. Skinner of the Alaska
Steamship Company telling of
the cancellation Denali and
Baranof was read to the as
sembled members.
Library To Have Desk
At PTA Carnival
In observance of National
Book Week, November 16 to
22, the Kodiak Community
Library will have a desk at the
PTA carnival Friday night.
Members of the library staff
will be at the desk to sell
library cards, both to students
and adults. They will also ac
cept donations which anyone
may wish to make toward the
purchase of new, current books
for the library.
Children’s books especially
are needed at the library in
the Legion Hall, Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson, current
library chairman! points out.
The library will not be open
Friday evening as usual, be
cause of the carnival at the
school.
Fred Solberg returned to
town this week.
Skinner Cleared
By Grand Jury
Kodiak jail guard Charles
Skinner was cleared Thursday
by the grand jury of charges
of assault with a dangerous
weapon involving the alleged
attack on a prisoner that had
been placed in his custody last
August.
The prisoner, Alex Mazoff,
was one of five witnesses who
testified in the case before the
grand jury. Other witnesses
listed on the “no true bill”
returned Thursday were Mill
Vokacek, Clifford Mowry, Lee
Forrest and Chief Deputy
Marshal Ivan Blood.
Blood made the original in.
vestigation of the guard’s al
leged brutality against Mazoff.
The complaint against Skinner
was signed by Paul Dupler.
Skinner was arrainged be
fore Special Commissioner V.
G. Ellis after U. S. Commis
sioner A. M. Vokacek disquali
j fled herself on the case be
cause her husband was a wit
ness.
Skinner has been under
$1,500 bond, which was posted
by Ben Kraft.
Fire Damages Ship!
At Naval Station I
A small fire on a carpenter's
barge moored alongside the
floating dry dock was extingu
ished quickly late Tuesday
night with the combined ef
forts of the Naval Station fire
department and the ship’s
firefighting crew. Cause of the
fire aboard the ARD 31 was
undetermined.
James E. Dodd, seaman, of
the ship’s firefighting crew,
was overcome by smoke
and taken to the Navy
' hospital. He was reported in
* good condition Wednesday.
The fire was discovered at
11:50 pm by G. D. Canfield
seaman, who had just relieved
the watch. Canfield noticed
smoke coming from the door
of®he barge and turned in an
alarm.
The Naval Station fire de
partment was on the scene
quickly. The fire was soon
under control. According to
Lt. F. J. Huser, USN, com
manding officer of the ARD,
damage was negligible.
An investigation will be con
ducted to determine the cause
of the fire.
Karl Brunstad, member of
' the Territorial Fisheries Board,
' plans to leave today for Jun
- eau for the week-long meeting
of the board.
| The annual meeting will be
! held from November 17 to 22,
' inclusive.
Alaska Shipping Stopped
Again By Union Dispute
Bettinger Named
League Lobbyist
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger,
former president of L.The
League of Alaskan Cities, has
been selected as a lobbyist by
the League to represent them
in Juneau during the 1953
session of the Territorial Legi- i
slature.
Bettinger received the un
animous approval of the
League’s executive board dur
ing the recent convention in
Seward to act as lobbyist to
push certain recommended
legislation proposed by the,
League.
The LAC prepares bills and]
recommendations for submis
sion to the Territorial Legis
lators. The bills deal primarily
with municipal problems and
legislation.
During the regular Chamber
of Commerce meeting Thurs
day Paul Dupler, member of
the executive board of the
LAC, said a full-time lobbyist
would represent the league
during the session. At that
time he did not mention Bet
tinger’s name.
Later, Dupler said Bettin
ger had been selected. *
Vandals Enter
School Building
The school buildings were
entered some time after 8:30
pm Thursday and a mess made
of several rooms.
The main school building
was entered through a window
of the fourth grade room. A
bottle of ink was turned over
and some paint was strewn
around. The desk drawers in
three of the rooms were
searched.
Nothing of great value was
taken. The violin cases be
longing to orchestra students
were opened. The shop room
was entered and a pencil
sharpner dumped on the floor.
The vandals apparently
were more inclined on mis
chief than searching for
valuables.
The City Police and U.S.
Marshal investigated the case.
A light will be erected at the
far end of the school yard
this week. The area is not
lighted now.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bow
man. partners in Tony’s Bar,
are now vacationing in Cuba.
They have been outside for
several weeks. They flew from
San Francisco to New York
and there took ship for Cuba.'
the Alaska Steamship Com
pany has cancelled the sailing
of the steamer Baranof, sched
uled to depart yesterday front
Seattle for Alaska, because of
the Puget Sound stevedore
foremen union jurisdictional
dispute.
“Direct ultimatums received
by the ACS from the union
representatives involved in the
present dispute forced the
company to take this action ra
an effort to protect the in
terests of passengers and ship
pers against a recurrence of
their previous experience on
the Denali,” D. E. Skinner,,
said Thursday.
The A3C attempted to sail
the Denali with passengers,
mail and cargo in accordance
with published schedule last
week, Skinner said. He added,
“By reason of the action taken
by the Sailor’s Union of the
Pacific against the wage stabi
lization board the company
was forced to cancel the sail
ing of the vessel.”
All passengers and cargo
was removed from the Denali
and the vessel laid up.
In Kodiak several merchants
said they received large ship
ments from the last freighter
to stop here. However, sup
plies and stocks had reached a
low level before the arrival ®ff
the last boat.
Seattle Lifeline
Committee Reactivated
Seattle-The Seattle Chamber
of Commerce called for the
reestablishment of the Alaska
lifeline committee and expres
sed concern over the threat
posed by the longshore fore
men’s shipping tieup.
Continuing labor trouble
may force the steamship oper a
tors to again consider basing
their operations outside of
Seattle, Chamber President
Phil A, Stack said.
Every active commercial ship
in port is pinned down by the
dispute in which the union is
seeking to force the employers
to hire dock foremen only
through them.
Riley Appointed
Secretary Of Alaska
President Truman has ap
pointed Burke Riley of Juneaui
as secretary of the Territory'
of Alaska. Riley, 38 succeeds
Joseph W. Kehoe who resign
ed.
Riley has been in the office*
of the governor as administra
tive assistant and as a special
assistant since 1947. Prior to>
them he served as assessor for
the City of Fairbanks.