"News of oAmertcas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 4
KODIAK, ALASKA
MARCH 29 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
ACCA Fund
Drive On
The Alaska Crippled Child
ren’s Association’s annual
Easter Seal Campaign starts
Tuesday and will run until
April 13th, Mrs. J. J. Spring
hill, president of the local
chapter, said yesterday.
Letters containing the seals
have been mailed from the
Anchorage headquarters and
were in the boxes at the local
Dostcffice this week. The
Easter Seal Sale is one of the
ACCA’s most important pro
jects for raising money to
carry on the job, Mrs. Spring
hill said.
She pointed out that the
ACCA is a voluntary, non
profit Territory-wide organi
zation of affiliated chapter
societies, groups and indivi
duals correlating their efforts
to meet the needs of the
physically handicapped of A
laska.
The association is primarily
engaged in the raising of
funds for the support of;
Mount Edgecumbe Hospital.
The seals for 1952 are
colore gr een and purple. A
letter from the ACCA urges
that if you cannot send a con
tribution for the seals
you use them on your letters
so that attention may be
drawn to the campaign.
Fisheries Board
Elects New Head
Juneau (A*)—J. P. Valen
tine of Ketchikan was elected
chairman of the Alaska Fish
eries Board at the opening
session of its week-long meet
ing here. He succeeds J. H.
Wakefield of Port Wakefiield,
and will serve until the next
spring meeting.
Other members of the board
are Karl Brunstad of Kodiak,
W, 0. Smith of Ketchikan and
Ira Rothwell of Cordova.
The board will study re
ports by department divisions
and it will discuss ways and
means of avoiding duplication
of reports with representa
tives of the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Sessions with the sanitary
engineers and the Department
of Health and with Taxation
Commissioner M. P. Mullaney
are also scheduled.
The Elizabeth, fishing boat
owned by John Malutin, broke
its mooring lines early Friday
and drifted onto the reef be
low the Halferty Cannery.
The bottom of the boat was
heavily damaged.
Workmen worked Friday
and waited for high tide t©
float it off the reef and take it
in for repair.
Outboard Fails;
Hunter Rows
A hunting expedition for
seals turned into a rowing
marathon for John Chya,
KEA employe, Wednesday
when a balky outboard motor
failed to function.
Chya left Kodiak at 2 pm in
a 14-foot skiff with a kicker,
wisely loading two oars abosrd
for emergency power, to hunt
seals in Middle Bay. The trip
to the hunting grounds was
uneventful, Chya said. The
motor functioned perfectly on
the trip out, he added.
After hunting for several
hours he decided to return
home. Repeated efforts to
start the outboard motor were
fruitless. A wind came up and
the boat started to drift onto
the rocks.
Chya manned the oars and
started rowing. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Chya became alarmed
when her husband did not re
turn. She notified U. S.
Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney who instituted a
search.
; Around 11 pm Dizney re
ported to Mrs. Chya that all
efforts to find her husband
had failed. While Dizney was
talking Chya came walking
in. He had rowed the 12 miles,
through rough water, from
Middle Bay to his home.
Judies Selected
The city council selected
judges and clerks for the ter
ritorial primary election which
is set for April 29:
Mrs. Jack Hincke), Mrs.
Marshall Crutcher, Mrs. John
Gibbons, judges; Mrs. Basil
Clark and Mrs, Bertha Myers,
clerks.
Chamber
Seeks Land
The Chamber of Commerce
plans to ask the city council to
petition the Bureau of Land
Management office in Anchor
age for 800 acres of land in the
Miller Point area.
Fort Abercrombie is located
within the 800 acres.
The C of C suggests that the
city ask for the property and
convert it to a park or a muni
cipal reserve. The land and all
buildings and material encom
passed in the 800 acres are un
der the jurisdiction of the De
partment of Defense.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Clar
ence Dizney told the group
that his office was investigat
ing recent and numerous in
stances where persons had re
moved property and material
from the area. He pointed out
that the U. S. Attorney’s of
fice would prosecute for such
offenses.
The suggestion that the city
attempt to secure title to the
property was made by John
Gibbons during the discussion
period following the regular
luncheon at the Montmartre
Inn.
Gibbons stated that the lo
cal Elks’ Club was interested
in the area as a playground or
camping site for the local Boy
Scout troops.
Crutcher To Meeting
Marshall Crutcher, presi
deot of the Bank of Kodiak,
left yesterday to attend a
director’s meeting of the A
laska Bankers Association in
Anchorage.
The meeting will be held to
day and tomorrow.
Two Nelson
Sergeants Home
Sergeants Jack and Archie
Nelson, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Nelson of Kodiak, ar
rived home Saturday for a
30-day furlough from the
Army after spending three
years in occupied Germany.
Jack is 22 and Archie is 21.
Both men have been in the
Army since 1948. They reen
listed for another hitch last
September.
While stationed in Germany
they served with a “tank
outfit”. They have been sta
tioned at several points in
Germany and spent the most
time in Regensburg.
“Germany has begun to
clean up and build up since
the war,” Jack saidl
The two have orders to re
port to Fort Lewis, Washing
ton, for reassignment. This is
the first time the two serge
ants have been in their home
town since lt/48.
Navy Houses Open
For Families
Four units of Kodiak Naval
Station’s new housing develop
ment were occupied this week
with eight enlisted men’s
families moving in, according
to the Kodiak Bear, KNS
paper.
Construction of the homes
by the Haddock, McClure,
Gerwice and Swinnerton Con
strnction Co. began last Sep
tember. The remainder of the
housing units are expected to
be open soon.
Plans and specifications of
the project were prepared by
the 17th ND Public Works. ER
FIRE SWEEPS WRANGELL
Smoke rises from Wrangell, Alaska waterfront where fire wiped out half the business
district. Eighty-five persons were made homeless when the only hotel burned along with 20
other buildings. Fire evidently started when a boiler exploded and damage was estimated at
close to $1,000,000. See story on page 3. (A>wirephoto)
Garland
In Storm
The immediate repair of a
torn away steering gear on
the Garland Thursday during
an 80 mile per hour gale aver
ted a possible sea tragedy.
The Garland, 532 ton maif
boat for Seward-Kodiak and
Aleutian chain villages, limped
into Alitak Bay Thursday
afternoon with 27 crewmen
i and passengers after battling
high winds and rough seas.
Earlier, she raaioed Coast
Guard headquarters at Kodiak
Naval Station calling for im
mediate help after drifting
helplessly in mountainous
waves.
Coast Guard officials alerted
the CGC Clover which was at
sea in the vicinity of Chignik
to proceed immediately and
give assistance. The Clover
met the Garland and received
orders to escort the vessel to
Kodiak where proper repair
could be made.
The Garland was expected
to arrive here last night.
Ski Jump Plane
Loses Engine
A four-engine Navy trans -
port of Air Transport Squad
ron Five based at Kodiak flew
an engine, tools and media*
nics from Fleet Aircraft'
Squardon 114 to Point Barrow
to assist in the Navy operation
Ski Jump Tuesday.
Rear Admiral E. A. Cruise,
commander Alaskan Sea Fron
tier, ordered the plane, men
and material to Ski Jump
headquarters upon receipt of
a message from Cmdr. V. J.
Coley, officer-in-charge of
Ski Jump.
Cmdr. Coley requested as
sistance after a Navy Neptune
Patrol Bomber returned to
Point Barrow on one engine
after attempting to help es
tablish station number two of
Ski Jump 800 miles north of
Point Barrow.
The Neptune lost an engine
while seeking a rendezvous
with the Navy s R4D “flying
lab” which landed on a big
“floating ice island” in the
Arctic.
Rear Adm. Cruise is re
sponsible for operational con
trol and logistic support of
Ski Jump.
The Grandmother’s C!uf»
will meet for a luncheon Tues
day at the home of Mrs> W..
J. Wheeldon, club president..
The meeting will start at 12
noon.
Mrs. Wheeldon has askedi
that all members attend and
| has indicated that new mem
I bers are invited.