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* 'News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 34
KODIAK, ALASKA
OCTOBER 25, 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
KIMS Marine Slain By Civilian Worker
3rd KODIAK HEALTH NURSE RESIGNS
On Duty Here
Few Weeks
Miss Kathleen Lepper, pub
lic health nurse recently as
signed to Kodiak, resigned
suddenly and left on Satur
day's plane for Anchorage.
She did not give any reason
for leaving.
The nurses resignation was
described as a “surprise” by
Miss Ann Zaldaris, district
nursing: supervisor in Anchor- (
age, when the MIRROR tele
phoned her Tuesday.
Miss Lepper verbally notified
Clarence Dizney, president of
tiie Kodiak Health and Welfare
Council, that she had resigned, j
She did not send a letter to the
city council.
Miss Zaldans said she had
received a telegram from Miss
Lepper on Friday saying she
was sending in a letter of res
ignation. She added that she
did not expect the nurse to
leave Kodiak so soon.
The resignation again leaves
Kodiak without the services of
a public health nurse. Miss
Lepper arrived in Kodiak
around the first of October.
S8ie was accompanied here by
Miss Zaldaris.
Miss Cora Oberlies, itinerant
island nurse, is now on a trip
around the island on business
of her office.
During the past year three
health nurses have resigned
their Kodiak positions. Miss
Virginia McMullen left early
in the fall after a few months
duty here. She had taken the
place vacated by Miss Jane
Hurley who had suceeded Mrs.
Patrick Lynch.
Missing Man
Sought Here
Earl “Shorty” Young, Port
Williams resident, was the ob
ject of a search by the U. S.
Marshal’s office and City Po
lice the past 10 days.
Young was reported missing
la3t week. He was reported
seen on October 16. The Mar
shal and Police have searched
the beaches and under the
docks. Anyone having infor
mation regarding Young is
asked to communicate with
the police.
Young is believed to be
around 50 years old.
Edward Naughton, son of
Mrs. Emma Naughton, is
home from Elmendorf Field on
a 20 day furlough.
Housing Work
Not Delayed
Portland (AP)—“There is
no litigation which will de
lay the Kodiak project in any.
way. We expect to be able to
issue a statement of detailed
plans and schedules in about
two v ks. Everything is go
ing well,” Ray Woodbury,
president of Aleutian Homes,
Inc. said yesterday
Woodbury was asked if there
were any suits filed against
his company which would slow
down pr oposed housing pro
ject in the east addition at
Kodiak.
Woodbury said an architect
whose plans were not used has
sued for money alleged due for
work done but added that
“houses will be completed be
fore that comes up for hear
ing,”
He also added that his firm
will seek dismissal of the suit
on the ground that the archi
tect already has been paid.
Kodiak-Blasting and grading
on the housing project site was
begun this week by Patrick
Lynch Company, who hold a
contract with Aleutian Homes,
Inc.
Base Contract
To Local Firm
Shupp, Chase and Tolbert
and Pacific Alaska Contractors
were the successful bidders for
the construction of a Direction
Finder Station at Cape Chiniak
for the Navy.
The local firm bid $714,000.
There were five other bids,
which were opened at three
pm Wednesday in the office of
Capt. J. C. Tily, public works
officer for the 17th Naval Dis
trict.
Other firms bidding for the
job were Hopper Company and
Robert L. Osborn of Seattle,
$723,223; Carson Construction
Co; Helena, Montana, $779, i
177; Haddock, McClure, Ger
wick and Swinerton; $877,509;
Wayne Construction Co.
Seattle, $1,085,000 and John
son, Drake and Piper, Inc;
$1,339,800.
New Plane Purchased
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall pur
chased another Gruman wid
geon in Anchorage and Hall
dew it to Kodiak. This is the
third plane they are using in
the operation of their dying
I service.
Maddux
indicted
Nelson Maddux, Kodiak car
penter was indicted by the
Grand Jury on Wednesday on
the charge of assault with in
tent to kill former Kodiak
Chief of Police Carter Sey
mour.
Seymour, with his damaged
right hand encased in a trac
tion device and supporting
himself with a cane was one
of the four witnesses to testify
before the jury.
Maddux allegedly wounded
Seymour on November 4, 1951
in a wild exchange of shots at
the formers home near Mission
Road. Ten or eleven shots
were exchanged between Mad
dux and Seymour in the space
of a few minutes from a 30.06
held by Maddux and from a
.38 Police Positive fired by
Seymour.
Seymour, Ovid McKinley,
policeman, and Ken Soldan,
Shore Patrol Chief, were called
to the area near Maddux’s
house to investigate a com
plaint about some shooting.
Seymour borrowed the .38
from McKinley and waited in
Maddux’s house for his return
according to early police re
; ports. When Maddux entered
i the house Seymour stepped to
! the bathroom door and chall
anged him. The shooting
| followed.
I The complaint against Mad
idux was signed by Paul
IDupler, city attorney. Mayor
Lee C. Bettinger conducted the
investigation.
Maddux has been free for
several months under $5,000
bail.
| Seymour went to the states
! for medical treatment of his
arm within a few weeks fol
lowing the shooting. He has
not been in Kodiak since De
! cember of 1951.
1 McKinley, Lee Nibblock and
another witness received no
i tice to appear before the grand
ijury early this month. It is
j believed they were summoned
as witnesses in the case.
Seattle (AP)—Notice of in
tention to wed was filed here
by Gaylord M. Jones, 50, Ko
diak, and Esther S. Myhre
46 Vancouver, B.C.
i Mrs. Charles Sutliff is the
j guest of Mr. and Mrs. A1
* Owen of Anchorage this week.
Local Rent Office
May Close
Mrs. Bonnie Nelson, associ
ate area rent director, has
been notified of a reduction in
force, she said yesterday.
She said she did not know if
the local rent office would re
main open or not. Mrs. Nelson
said that approximately six out
of 10 Rent Stabilization em
ployees have been notified of
the reduction.
Mrs. Dorothy Smith of
Anchorage was expected to
arrive here today to inventory
the office and possibly close it.
The local office was opened
this spring by John Woolworth
from San Francisco, California
office of area 8.
Polio Strikes
At Ketchikan
Ketchikan (A*) — Death
struck for the first time this
week in Ketchikan’s month
long polio epidemic and the
town’s total cases rose to 15.
A 45-year old man died less
than 12 hours after entering
the hospital.
The 10th Rescue Squadron
in Anchorage flew two iron
lungs to Annette Island and
the Coast Guard sent boats to
bring them to Ketchikan. The
iron lungs are not needed im
mediately but were obtained
as a precautionary move be
cause of the worst outbreak of
the disease since 1950.
A release from the Alaska'
Department of Health stated
that about 10 cases of polio a
year in a city of 100,000 is nor
mal. To date no cases of polio
have been reported in the Ko-'
diak area.
A ccountancy Board
Meets At Juneau
Marshall Crutcher, presi
dent of the Bank of Kodiak,
was scheduled to leave today
for Juneau to attend a meeting
of the Territorial Board of
Accountancy.
The board will issue licenses
to public accountants and dis
cuss legislation for the com
ing session of the Territorial
Legislature. Crutcher is presi
dent of the Territorial Board
of Accountancy. The board is
composed of five members
from various parts of the terri
tory.
Assailant Held *
On First Degree
Murder Charge
A young U. S. Marine froa*
Santa Ana, Texas, was shut
to death Saturday in the
civilian cafeteria at Kodiak
Naval Station over a five dol -
lar debt.
The victim was Raymond
Cruz, 19, who was killed in the
crowded cafeteria shortly
after noon.
Roger B. Howland, 37-year
old laborer at KNS, has been
bound over to the grand jury
on a first degree murder
charge. Howland waived
counsel and preliminary hear
ing when taken before U. S.
Commissioner A. M. Vokacek
Monday morning by U. S.
Deputy Marshal Clarence Diz
Iney.
Cruz was shot in the right
side of the chest with a 7.65
mm Beretra automatic. Wit
nesses to the shooting said
Howland approached Cruz and
asked him: “How about that
five dollars you owe me?”
Cruz reportedly replied,.
“what five dollars?”
With no indication of anger*
or emotion, Howland drew the
automatic from his pocket and
fired. The gun was purchased
at Kraft’s hardware store afc
approximately 12:10 pm Sat
urday. It is believed that How
land boarded the 12:30 bus for
the base arriving there at ap -
proximately 1 pm.
Mrs. Eleanor McNaughton,
a bookkeeper at the civilian1
club, tried to administer first
aid to the Marine, called the
hospital and notified military
police. The Marine was dead
on arrival at the hospital.
Mrs. McNaughton, wife of
Master Sgt. G. K. McNaugh
ton, got the gun from Howland
who insisted on turning it
over to the MPs.
Howland, according to his
application for employment,
has been at Kodiak Naval
Station for the past six months.
According to the application
he was honorably discharged
from eight years of service irn
the Army and two years in the*
Airforce.
The Associated Press nr.
Portland, Maine, reveals tftat
Howland was a voluntary
patient In the Togus Neurc
psychiatric Hospital from July
13, 1950 to September 28.1950
Maine Veterans Administra
tion Manager M.L. Stoddard
said, “Roger B. Howland im
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