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"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 1
KODIAK, ALASKA
MARCH 14, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Three Young Men Killed
In Accident At Navy Base
Two young Kodiak Naval
Station Marines arid the 16
year old son of a civilian em
ployee were found dead in an
overturned 1952 Jeep station
wagon shortly before noon
Sunday at the end of runway
36.
The dead are Clayton B.
Parker, Jr., 16, son of Clayton
B. Parker, Pvt. R. J. Mer
chant, 22, USMC, and Pfc.
E. L. Allen, 18, USMC. The
Marines are assigned to the
Marine Detachment at KNS.
The wreckage was discover
ed by John Roberts, Jr. and
James P. Foster, young sons
of Naval Officers, as they were
walking along the beach. They
notified L.E. Jones, civilian
safety engineer, who was
nearby and he called military
officials.
The stationwagon was up
side down below the 60 foot
cliff at the end of the runway.
There was a low tide Sunday
morning.
Friday tne marines were re
ported as A.W.O.L. and the
Shore Patrol requested city
police and the U.S. Deputy
Marshal to conduct a search in
town.
Parker, Sr. employed in the
Ship Repair Department,
talked with Marahal Clarence
Dizney and gave him a des
cription of the car. Military
patrols searched roads on the
base and those leading beyond
it
A coroners jury composed of
M. C. Coon, John Luque, Al
bert Kraft, Elwood Watson,
Douglas Thompson and Wil
liam Worth found that Clayton
Benjamin Parker, Jr. came to
his death on or about March 6
by accidental drowning as the
result of an automobile acci
dent. Military officials concdu
ted an investigation on the
deaths of the two Marines.
The bodies of the three were
found inside the stationwagon.
It is believed Parker was dri
ving at the time of the acci
dent. The car apparently went
off the end of the runway. Toe
area where they were driving
is restricted to automobiles
and vehicles other than mili
tary.
Last fall two Kodiak youths
were killed and another in
jured when they drove off the
end of a runway and crashed
into the Buskin River.
Mrs. John Cushing left Tues
day for Seattle and Chicago,
Illinois, on business of the
Kodiak Telephone Company.
She expects to be gone for a
month.
Plan Baby Show
Easter Sunday
Proud parents will be given
an opportunity to display their
children this year when the
V.F.W. Auxiliary holds its an
nual Baby Show at the U.S.O.
on Easter Sunday.
This year babys up to four
| years of age may be entered.
There will be two classes: One
for babies in arms and one for
little toddlers.
Prizes for the winning boy
'and girl in each division have
been ordered and will probably
be here in time for the show.
Entry blanks will be avail
able at Berts Drug Store and
Knudsen’s by Wednesday. To
enter the baby or babies,
parents must pay one dollar
per entry.
Further information will be
given as the time for the con
test nears a representative of
the auxiliary said yesterday.
Services Thursday
For Parker Youth
Funeral services for Clayton
Benjamin Parker, Jr. were
held Thursday afternoon at
the Elks building on Brooklyn
Avenue. Chaplain Peter Mc
Phee of KNS conducted the
services.
Mrs. Rita Neal, mother of
Parker, flew to Kodiak from
Phoenix, Arizona to attend
the funeral of her son.
The funeral was under the
! direction of Kodiak Mortuary.
Cichoski Needs A Sponsor For His l ax Bill;
Great Benefits Expected By Bill's Passage
By Jim Hutcheson
Juneau (/P) —Tiny Cichoski,
a big fisherman from Kodiak
figures his tax bill has about
as much merit as a lot of those
that have poured into the legi
slature in record numbers.
It,s a eertainty it has more
irony.
It is an “act to repeal all
taxes in the territory. . .and
declaring a grave emergency. ”
He calculates that if it didn’t
declare an emergency, it sure
would create one.
j The bill by the United fish
ermen of Kodiak representa
tive would provide:
“Sec. 1. That all taxes shall
be repealed, and further reve
nues to run the territory and
all school districts, cities and
P. U.D’s shall be derived from
licenses on Fishing, Trades
and Professions.
“Sec. 2. A license of $5 will
be paid by all residents and
$25 by all non-residents with
any intention of engaging in
their Trade or Profession.
“Furthermore, a license is
hereby placed on any gear,
tools, books (such as law li
braries), blackjacks, pistols,
cards, dice, picks, shovels or
other parnhernalia remotely
i connected with said Trade or
Profefssion.
“Sec. 3. For each such tool a
resident shall pay a license of
$5, a non-resident $25' Heavy
equipment shall have a license
of $125.
“Everything that two
Swedes can’t lift shall be clas
sified as heavy equipment.
“For tricycles, bicycles,
wheel barrows, dog sleds,
plows, pushed or pulled by
man, woman or beast, the
operator shall at all times have
in possession a territorial’s
driver’s license. (If this norni*
nal license does not produce
the necessary revenue, the li
cense fees can always be jack
ed up on fishing licenses and
fishing gear to balance the
budget).
“Sec. 4. Penalties under his
act are as follows: Anyone
failing to pay any license shall,
if a non-resident, be exiled for
life to the continental United
States. Any resident, except a
(fisherman, shall get life im
(prisonment.
“Miners and other big time
operators, when they get con
! trol of the House and Senate,
jean have this act repealed,
(hence no punishment for them
is stated herein.”
Cichoski hasn’t had much
luck finding a legislator to
' support his brainchild. When
1 asked if he wrote it all by
himself, the big fisherman
just looked non-committal
[ like he had a Kodiak herring
lin his cheek.
Howland Indicted
On Murder Charge
A former employee at the
Kodiak Naval Station was in
dicted Wednesday for the first
degree murder of a teen-age
Marine last October 18, in the
Civilian Cafeteria.
Roger B. Howland, 37, is
charged with the premeditated
killing of Raymond Cruz, Jr.,
18. Howland is now held in the
Kodiak U S. Federal Jail.
Cruz was killed by a shot
from a 7.65 automatic as he
stood up to pay for a meal at
the cafeteria. He was schedu
led to leave the base for a
stateside assignment within
the next two hours.
Howland is a native or Ver
mont and had been employed
on the Naval Station for only
six months preceding the
shooting. The only statement
given by Howland to date as
the reason for the shooting
was “that he owed me five
dollars.”
Howland, prior to coming to
Kodiak NS, had at one time
been a voluntary patient in
the Togus Neuro-physchia
tric Hospital in Maine. His ap
plication record at KNS shows
that he was honorably dis
charged from the Army and
Air Force after 10 years ser
vice.
Pete Ramaglia plans to leave
Sunday for Seattle where he
will meet his wife and chil
dren. Mrs. Ramaglia and her
mother, Mrs. Jack Hinckel
flew outside several weeks
ago.
Voters Decide Against
Public Utility District
ACCA Begins Sale
On Easter Sale
The 20th annual Easter Seal
campaign started recently and
will continue until April 5.
The campaign is sponsored by
the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association,
The Easter Seal drive raises
funds to finance specialized
care which enables crippled
children and otherwise handi
capped children to have lives
more closely approximated to
; those we want for our own
children,” Mrs. Margot Hop
pin, president, declared in
opening the drive.
| Easter seals will soon be
placed in the mail to box hol
ders and persons on the ACCA
mailing list.
Locally, the ACCA chapter
1 will participate in the drive.
In past years they have
; reached their financial goal
The figure for Kodiak has not
| been released for this year.
Grandmothers Change
Mind About Quilt
~The Grandmother’s club
have decided that they wil[
not give away the recently
completed quilt on May 9.
An earlier story ofi page 7
said it would be given away at
Kraft’s Supermarket. Plans
for the disposition of the quilt
will be announced at a later
date.
Out-of-city residents deci
sively defeated a move to form
a Kodiak Public Utility Dis
trict when they voted 89 to 26
against the measure in a
special election Tuesday.
Balloting was done at the
Montmartre Inn, since the
Union Hall, originally announ
ced as location of the polls,
was being used during the day
The necessary papers on the
election will be returned to the
District Court, Elvin Foster,
one of the originators of the
PUD idea, said late Tuesday
night.
He added that be had no
J further plans for any such
organization beyond the city
iimits.
j In addition to voting on the
j district, voters cast their bal
I lots for five directors in ease
I the measure should have pas
sed.
Had it passed, directors
j would hrve been Ray Van
i Buren with 70 votes; James
Garoutte, 68; Tenora Rockney,
64; Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
63; and William Stone, 58.
Running of other candidates
was as follows: Harold Pratt,
56; Carl Huer, 49, A. L. Fen
ner, 42, and Foster, 41.
Named as write-in candi
dates were Jack Buekers, 2;
Gil Jarvela, 1; Swede Breck
berg, 1; Howard Fread, 1, and
Jay Holman, 1.
Three Kodiak Men
Listed As Lobbyists
Juneau (A5) — Twenty-five
persons from all parts of the
territory have registered with
the auditor under the law re
quiring a registration fee from
lobbyists.
Kodiak is well represented
during the current session.
Those from Kodiak and the
information they listed for
their special interests are:
W. A. (Pat) Cannon, United
[Fishermen of Alaska; A. J.
(Tiny) Cichoski, United Fish
erman of Alaska; Marshall
Crutcher, Alaska Bankers As
sociation.
Others include: P. Gilmore,
Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc..
Edwin A. Jarvi, Alaska REA;
Giles Trammel of Anchorage,
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People; George Davis, Alaska
Territorial Federation of
Labor; H. L. Faulkner, attor
ney for Alaska Miner’s As
sociation and Pacific Alaska
Fisheries.
Mrs. Vera Pierce owner of
jthe Town Club, returned to
I Kodiak early this week.