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VOL 12 NO 13
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 31 1952
PRICE 10’CENTS
Military Warns Residents About Water
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Local Phone Service
Discussed By Council
To improve the local tele
phone service the company
plans to add a lot of lines,
phones and hire an informa
tion girl to answer calls at
the office from 9 am to 6 pm,
Martha Cushing, owner of the
Kodiak Telephone Company
told the council Monday night.
Mrs. Cushing and members
of the council discussed rates
and i^ays to improve the local
service. She answered and ex
plained several complaints
the council members asked
and said, “some changes may
be made in rate schedules.”
“The Kodiak Telephone
Company is in the growing
stage. Like many new busi
nesses we have difficulties to
overcome,” Mrs. Cushing
said. She was introduced to
members of the council by
Paul Dupler, city attorney,
who was appointed by the
council and Chamber of Com
merce to discuss service and
rates with Mrs. Cushing.
She gave a resume of the
history of the local company
and pointed to several factors,
found only in Kodiak, that m
terfer with the service. ‘ Vol
canic ash is one problem we
did not consider when we
planned the Kodiak Telephone
Company. One infinitesimal
speck on the switch board can
interrupt the service,” she
declared.
Mrs. Cushing explained
that a dial system was more
^ complicated than a system
employing operators and that
maintenance cost and work
was much greater.
- -rpo jncrease the number of
phones, in the event the hous
ing project in the east addi
tion materializes, I must know
from nine to J8 months ^ahead
^ the number required, Mrs.
Cushing told the council.
The cost for the entire in
stallation of the system, in
cluding switch board, lines,
phones and other equipment,
was around $65,0C0. The cost
of another switch board the
same size as the present one
costs $62,000 today, the coun
cil learned.
Mrs. Cushing submitted a
financial statement for the
past year to the council. She
plans to return to Kodiak late
in August.
Miss Virginia Foster is
working half-days at Bert’s
Drug Store this summer.
Memorial Day
Observance Held
Memorial Day was observed
yesterday by a parade <tnd ser
vices in town and by a 21
?un salute' at Kodiak Naval
Station.
Marching units from the
Naval Station and Fort Greely
included a Marine platoon un
ier Lt. Fritz Volz, Navy pla
toon under CHMACH H. H.
Green and the Navy band un
3er G. L. Briley, JUC and
Army color bearers.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars ritualistic memorial ser
vices were conducted at the
cemetery following the parade
ind a dockside memorial ser
vice at the Donnelley and
Acheson dock was given by
Jhaplain Peter R. McPhee.
The Memorial Day cere,
nony at KNS was observed
3y the Station saluting bat
tery of 21-guns and began at
noon. The Station National
Emblem, and those of all
ships present, were flown at
hall-mast trom a am until the
jun salute was completed.
The Naval station buglers
and a Marine firing squad par
ticipated in the services. At
the dock a boat cast flowers
upon the water in the VFW
ceremony.
The VFW Auxiliary Drum
and Bugle Corps, composed of
children of school age joined
in the parade yesterday. The
corps is under the direction of
Paul Swanson of Kraft’s
Meat Market.
City Approves
School Budget
The Kodiak Independent
School District budget for the
1952-53 fiscal year has been
set at $139,390. The new bud
get is around $8,000 higher
than last year.
Superintendent Ivor Schott
presented the budget to the
jity council Monday for ap
proval of the city’s portion
which was set at $32,307.97.
On the recommendation of
Councilman Basil Clark the
council unanimously approved
the city’s portion.
Schott explained that the
ncrease in the budget was to
iover the operation of another
•oom and to
jreass in teach
cover an in-,
salaries.
Limited Elk Hunt
Planned This Fall
The Afognak Island Elk
Hunt will be held this tall be
tween Oct. 1 to 15, under the
supervision of the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Thirty five permits will be
issued and it is believed they
will be selected by drawing as
they were during the first
hunt in 1950. There was no
elk hunt in 1951."
Hunters will be restricted to
shooting only forked horn
bull elk. Applications must be
received by the Fish and
Wildlife Service at Kodiak
prior to August 10. ,
Permittees who hunted elk
in 1950 are not eligible for the
1952 hunt, according to the
official bulletin released this
week from 1WS headquarters
in Juneau.
A $15 fee Vill* be charged,
payable after pie 35 eligible
hunters have been selected.
Of these.. - % will hunt the
Raspberry-Straits area and 10
the Tonki Cape area, the bulle
tin said.
The announcement of the
hunt this year was contained
in a bulletin for new fish and
Wildlife Service Regulations
effective July 1, 1952.
The elk herd on Afognak
Island was started in 1928 by
the FWS. The first hunt of
elk was during October of
1950.
Shipping Strike
Hits Alaska
San Francisco (-£*) — FedSral
conciliators said they had no
immediate plans for any meet
ings aimed at ending the West
Coast strike of AFL sailors.
Picket lines at Pacific ports
have tied up at least 23 ships.
The sailors walked off their
ships Friday after the Pacific
Maritime Association rejected
a demand for a five per cent
wage increase and overtime
on Saturdays.
Kodiak—0. H. Kimbaj^ A
laska Steamship Company
agent, received notice Thurs.
day that the June 4 and 18
sailing of the Denali bad been
cancelled. The ship has not
been in port here since last
fall.
Naval Station School Super
intendent Donald Lawvere
and Mrs. Lawvere plan to
leave this weekend for Mat
thews, Indiana. Lawvere said
his plans for the coming year
are indefinite.
Three KNS Weils Cases
Reported This Week
Dr. Johnson Warns
Of Private Wells
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson
called on all residents of the
city of Kodiak to continue
their efforts toward eliminat
ing Weils disease.
Bat control, personal clear
ness and special precaxitierts
regarding all private water
supplies wgj-'tirged by Dr,
Johnson.
“At the present time the
city water is chlorinated and
safe for drinking,” Dr. John
son said. He added that there
is a possibility that shallow
wells and wells too close to a
sewage disposal system may
be contaminated with the
organism causing Weils
disease.
The disease is spread in the
urine of rats, cats, dogs, and
many wild animals. Dr. John
son recommended that all
{water from private systems
used for drinking be treated
J by one of the following
methods.
1. Boil the water 20 minutes.
Allow it to cool. If the water
has a flat taste, pour it back
and forth between two con
tainers for two or three times.
2. Add one drop of clorox or
r»ni«Av (/mwfoinmnr Q W Qxro11 _
able chlorine) to each quart
of water. If it is desired to
treat larger amounts of water,
add one teaspoon of the solu
tion to 50 gallons of water.
3. Add two to three drops
of U. S. P. Tincture of Iodine
to one quart of water. Mix
thoroughly; then allow itte
stand for 30 minutes. Iodine
treatment of water sjiduld be
considered an /'emergency
measure and qs€d only when
chlorine compounds are not
available;
Be suae that the label of the
iodhie bottle reads “U. S. P.
^Tincture of Iodine.”
Phone Book Ad
Deadline Near
Deadline for placing ad
vertisements in the new Ko
diak Telephone Company
directory which will be pub
lished in July has been set for
June 7.
Persons desiring to change
listings in the phone book may
cal! the telephone company.
To place an advertisement
call 3123 or contact the MIR
ROR office.
The book will contain only
local listings and will be
easier to use than the one
now in use.
Navy Teats Local
Water Supply
Three new cases of Weils
disease resulted in an official
warning to all military per- > ^C
sonnel residing to -
chlorinate -of'boil all water.
JUier''official warning was
broadcast this week seven
times a day over WVCQ,
Navy radio station, on orders
of the commanding officer of
Kodiak Naval Station.
The three cases were ad
mitted to the Naval Statios
Hospital early this week.
Within the past 40 days five
new cases of the disease has
struck military personnel or
their dependents.
Samples of the city water
were taken Wednesday from
several so rces by a Navy of
ficer and were taken to the
Naval Station Hospital labora
tory for an analysis.
Thursday, a Navy official
said a test to determine the
amount of chlorination in the
water revealed thatjit was less
than the required minimum.
Samples were taken from 10
different points in town in
cluding the pumping station.
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read: “Attention: All military
personnel residing in Kodiak
are urged to chlorinate or
boil all water. Three cases
Weils disease have be-ti ad
mitted to the Naval Station
infirmary tiiis""week. All in
dications"'point to contami
nates water. Boil your water
[T5 minutes or use two drops of
iodine per quart of water and
let stand 30 minutes before
using. This is vital to your
health.”
Cmdr. S. S. Searcy, exgfiu.—
tive officer of_J£e«halT~Naval
Station,, said"the warning was
i ctauuuiiai,y uiCitouitJ W/
prevent an epidemic of Weils
disease. Lt. E. L. Walter,
Navy epidemiologist, con
ducted a rat eradication pro
gram and clean up here re.
cently. He warned ol conta
minated water supplies at
that time and pointed out that
beaver and other animals eau
be carriers of the disease as.
well as rats.
Navy officials did not in
dicate which Supply was sjj&
pected of contamination,'
Unofficial^, it is bel|/ed the
water came from a small pri
vate system as the three cases
j admitted to the Navy hospital
lived within the same area.
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