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KODIAK. ALASKA. NOVEMBER 3, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Eisenhower Favored
Over Adlai Stevenson
Predict Democrats
To Retain Control
Of House, Senate
The American people will go to
the polls Tuesday to elect a Presi
dent for a four year term, and will
select members of Congress and
Senators from the Republican and
Democratic candidates. Eisenhow
er is favored to win over Stephen
son, as he did in 1952.
Issues have been subordinated to
personalities, Eisenhower’s person
al appeal plus the peace and pros
perity issue have been the major
factors in the campaign, according
to observers.
Newsweek, in a poll of fifty cor
respondents, who were asked to
forecast the elction, rported forty
seven predicted an Eisenhower
victory. Their estimate of the num
ber of elcetorial votes each would
receive averaged out as follows:
Eisenhower 347; Stevenson 183.
Only three predicted victory for
Stevenson.
The Democrats now hold 232
seats in the House of Representa
tives. It is generally accepted they
will retain all or most of these. The
Republicans now have 203.
There are 35 Senate seats up for
election this year. Eighteen are
held by the Democrats and seven
teen by the Republicans. The
Democrats now hold a slight mar
gin over the Republicans in the
Senate. They have 49 to the latters
47. This ratio is not expected to
change materially.
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votes in 1952. Stevenson’s total
was 27,314,992. Some predict Eisen
hower will fall short of this big
vote, others that it will be even
greater. He is still tremendously
popular especially with women
voters, who represent a large vote.
Pollster Dr. George Gallup’ pre
diets more women than ever will
take part in this election. From his
iamy, women overwhelmingly
favor Eisenhower.
There are 29 governorships up
for election. At present 27 states
have Democratic governors and 21
Kepoblicans. It is predicted that
thirteen will go to the Democrats,
' eleven to the Republicans. Five
are rated tossups.
The presidential raw-this year is
heightened by the entry of eight
minor party candidates into the
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ceded, each has very little chance
of election, as in many cases their
names do not appear on the bal
lots in many of the states there is
the possibility of one of them in
particular preventing either Eisen
hower or Stevenson irom getting
a majority of the electorial votes.
The platforms of these candi
dates range from abolition of the
federal income tax to a return of
prohibition or socialism.
T. Coleman Andrews, former
commissioner of Internal Revenue,
is expected to garner the most
votes among the independents. He
is one the ballot in 11 states. His
running mate is former Rep.
Thomas W. Werdel of California.
Andrews advocates repeal of the
federal income tax as an un-Amei i
can device. He wants to abolish thi
draft, reduce federal spending b;
$25 billion a year, and believes ii
more states rights. His name is oi
t*he ballots in Arkansas, Iowa, Nev
Jersey, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nev
Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee
Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Sen. Harry F. Bprd (D-Va.) ha:
been entered without his consen
as the candidate for the States
Rights group in Kentucky.
The Prohibition party is headec
this year by Dr. Enoch A. Holt
wick a 75 year old college profess
or from Greenville, Illinois. i'h<
Socialist Labor Party is represent
ed by Eric Hass, who is editor ol
its house organ, Weekly People
Ferrell Dobbs heads the Socialisi
Workers Party. He is a fovmei
truck driver, and has served a pris
on term for conspiracy to create
insubordination in the service. A
third with Socialist leanings is
Darlington Hoopes, the 60 year ole
Reading, Pa., lawyer who replacec
Vorman Thomas in the 1952 race
He polled 19,685 votes four years
ago.
Henry B. Krejewski, 44, a Secau
oas, N. J. tavern owner and one
time pig-farmer, is a repeat presi
iential candidate in New Jersey
He is the only candidate with £
woman for a vice-presidential run
oing mate. She is Mrs. Annie
Marie Yezo, a housewife.
Another candidate for presidenl
is Fred C. Proehl, the 76 year old
proprietor of the Sav-Tyme groc
ery in Perrinville Washington. He
leads the Greenback Party. His
platform is abolition of the Feder
il Reserve Bank and liquidation ol
the national debt by giving every
body plenty of greenbacks
One more candidate. Dr. Herbert
MacGolphin Shelton, 61, a San An
tonio naturopath, is running or
the Vegetarian ticket. He and his
running mate Symon Gould, whe
runs a New York mail-order firm
ire convinced their party platform
would "do away with killing.”
Elks Host To
Lodge Deputy
L. J. (Osky) Weeda, Districl
Deputy, P. B. O. E., made an ofl5
eial visitation to the local Elki
Lodge at the regular session of the
Lodge held last night.
A class of candidates was initiat
ed into the local Lodgo and wa
named in honor of the Grand Ex
alted Euler.
The visiting District Deputy was
guest at a dinner held in his honoi
by the officers of the lodge Thuis
day night at the Town Club. Fol
lowing the dinner he and the of
Leers adjourned to th? Elks hall
where he conferred with them or
lodge matters.
MTrs. Weeda was to have arrivec
here Friday, but was unable to pro
eeed beyond Homer due to the
weather.
Weeda was introduced to tin
Lodge members by Exalted Rule]
Bud Metzgar. He spoke briefly or
the subject of Lodge activities.
Snow & Wind
Hits Kodiak
The first real fall of snow this win
ter came to Kodiak with a ven
• geance. Backed by a wind of gale
r proportions, some six to eight
i inches fell Thursday night. Traf
i fic was disrupted, the icy condi
r tion prevalent previous to the
r snow making driving difficult.
Cars, of course, were without
chains, and it was almost impossi
ble to get out of parking spaces.
It was a common sight throughout
the City, to see cars attempting a
slight incline, to have to back
down. No accidents were reported
despite the hazardous condition.
Lt. Comdr. Walker of Fleet
Weather Central reported winds
Thursday night averaged 35 to 40
knots. Deep gusts from the North
west were clocked at 53 knots.
Eight inches of snow is reported
to have fallen overnight on the Na
val Station. The temperature was
28 degrees above.
The snow began falling about
noon, and it wasn’t long before the
streets and surrounding landscape
was completely covered. By late
afternoon traffic snarls began to
appear.
Considerable difficutly was en
countered by personnel returning
to town from the Naval Station. A
traffic tie-up on the Tom Stiles
road prior to the gate prevented
some drivers from reaching the
City until late evening.
City crews were called out about
10 p. m. By late evening and the
following morning, traffic was
back to near normal.
Insurance Dept.
Has New Manager
Art Brooks assumed manage
ment of the Insurance Department
of the Bank of Kodiak this week.
Brooks and his family are new
comers to Kodiak, coming here
from Yakima. He was connected
with Serwood Roberts, Inc., Insur
ance firm in that city. His wife,
Maxine E. and his three children,
Kathryn, Judith and Richard, ar
rived Saturday. They made the
trip from the Washington city up
the Alaska Highway arriving in
Seward over the weekend.
Brooks hiic been in the Insurance
business for three and a half years.
Prior to his entry into the U. S.
Navy, he lived in Sioux .City, Iowa,
where he received his earlier edu
cation. He served in World War
II, and alter his discharge, re-en
listed in the Army. Following that
he went to California State Poly
technic.
TOASTMASTERS
GET TOGETHER
The Naval Station Toastmasters
Club will be host to members ol
the Kodiak Island Toastmasters
Club next Tuesday.
The two clubs will meet on the
Naval Station.
HUNTERS RETURN
The hunting party consisting of
John Cushing, Jim Brightman and
Stan Nelson returned Tuesday
night from a duck hunting trip
aboard Bob Von Scheele’s boat.
Chamber Discusses
Many Vital Issues
Roads, transportation, sea trains,
resource development, schools and
education, health and territorial fi
nance were a few among many
questions discussed at the All-Al
aska Chamber of Commerce In its
sessions in Seward the latter part
of last week. Clarence King repre
sented the local group at the meet
ings.
Reports were heard from repre
sentatives of Chamber groups in
various parts of Alaska. This in
cluded reports from Cordova, Val
dez, Homer, Matanuska Valley, Ko
diak, Petersburg, Sitka and Kotze
bue. •'
Twelve resolutions were adopted
at the Chamber meeting. Some of
them included the following: Ask
ing release of Gubik oil lands from
the Interior Department for pri
vate development; asking the Pa
cific Northwest Trade Association
to set up a joint committee with
Canadian, Stateside and Alaskan
representatives, to study water ;
transportation problems; request
ing the Forest Service to release
results of its survey of Chugach
National Forest and Bureau of
Land Management to conduct tim
ber investigation so that informs
tion may be available for possible
establishment of a pulp industry in
Western Alaska; asking establish
ment of an overall highway and
road plan for linking principal
Alaskan communities; opposing a
proposed 15 per cent hike in
Freight rates by Stateside rail- '
roads; asking that tuberculoses pa
tients, instead of being sent state
side, to be cared for in existing
Facilities in the territory.
There were 91 delegates register
ed at the Convention.
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A board meeting will be held in ,
Kodiak in the Spring, it was re- ^
ported by Clarence King. The an- ]
aual meeting of the group will be .
Field in the fall, possibly in Juneau. ]
18 Complete
Mining Course
Eighteen Kodiak residents sue- j
cessfully completed the University ,
)! Alaska’s mining extension
lourse in prospecting Friday eve
aing and earned certificates of
training. They are George Alex
ander, Stanley Anderson, Gerald
Clark, Robert Fowells, Kenneth
Green, Robert Hoag, John Howard,
Park«Munsey, Kenneth Rasche,
Ronald Short, Donald Snider, Wal
ter Wood, Philip Ferris, Harold
Pratt, John Dinnocenzo, Sidney
Whitney, Eugene Erwin and Bea
Nachtweih.
The course consisted of 5 weeks
of instruction in such things as
mineral identification, local geolo
gy, prospecting techniques, samp
ling ore deposits, claim staking
and geochemical prospecting.
Classes were held in the Kodiak
high school every week day for 4
hours each evening.
The instructor for the course
was Leo Mark Anthony. Mr. An
thony left for Cordova this morn
ing to teach a similar course there.
Along The
Waterfront
Stormy weather, high winds
have had their effect on boat traf
fic this past week. Many boats
have remained tied up at the dock,
with only the occassional ones
venturing, out to sea. '
At Island Seafoods, Pete Deveau
reports some activity. The girls
were shivering down there yester
iay, following Kodiak’s first wintry
Mast, canning up some King crab
from the live boxes. During the
week, the Richard D, with Merrill
Bennington as skipper brought in
5100. This incidentally, was her
1st trip of the season. Henningto,i'''
ook the boat to Seldovia. From
here he plans to take his family
stateside for the winter.
Hiram McAllister brought in the
Hiss Arctic with 1100 crab. The
Western docked with 1500. Dave
Idurphy is the skipper. Oscar Dy
;on brought in a load of 450 on the
Suzie Q. Louie Wick brought the
Sldorado in for repairs to her
sump motor. He delivered 250 crab
o the cannery.
There is little activity at King
3rab, Inc., according to Bob Res
>ff. The Totem is expected in soon,
jut on the whole the bad weat her
s keeping the small boats tied up.
Jack Johnson is back at the City
[>ock after a fast trip to Seattle,
vhere he took care cf some busi
less and returned as quickly as he
•ould. “Glad to be back,” he said,
ind sounded like he meant it. The
?alisana is expected in on or
tbout November 6. Meanwt.ile, its
ust routine activities at the Dock.
The Expansion came out of dry
lock Wednesday morning, leaded
in some freight, and left the same
light for Seward. The ships news
>aper, The Mailboat Monitor, is
>eing changed in format and size,
uxl will be distributed free it is
earned. This is Dick Whittaker’s
ast trip with the Expansion. He is
:x pec ted to remain in Kodiak how
tver.
The GPC 17 is now inside the
Uvine and Gibson Boat Works for
epairs. This boat is owned by
dike Chernikoff of Ouzinkie. Al
one reports a new furnace has
>een installed in the shop making
t a little more pleasant to work.
Alaska Source
Of Needed Oil
Juneau (AP). Speculation of the
Middle East crisis may result in in
;ensified oil exploration in Alaska.
Mo one would comment officially
>r speak for publication but it is
understood new activities are un
lerway among eleven or twelve
major companies conducting ex
plorations among the territory’s
antapped but apparently vast oil
pools.
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment, which handles oil and gas
teases on public lands, said there
are more than three miliioa acres
in Alaska now under lease or op
tion to oil companies.