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"News of oAmencds Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 48
KODIAK, ALASKA FEBRUARY 9, 1952
PRICE 10 6ENTS
Elizabeth II
Crowned
London QP)—Young Eliza
beth II humbly promised to
“always work as my father
did” for the happiness of their
people and was proclaimed
Queen of the British Realm,
Territories and Common
wealth yesterday.
King George VI died in his
sleep early Wednesday.
A medieval-clad figure read
a proclamation from a bal
cony of St. James Palace as
thousands listened. Artillery
salutes boomed and the crowds
sang the majestic national
anthem' God Save the Queen.
The 25-year old Queen, her
30-year old husband, the Duke
of Edinburgh, returned from
a 4,000 mile trip through East
Africa on notice of the death
of her father.
Governor Urges
Statehood Vote
Washington (.P)—Governor
Ernest Gruen ing said Thurs
day that full American citi
zenship is “the most precious
possession in the world and
we want it.”
He spoke before the Wo
men’s National Democratic
Club where Mrs. Oscar Chap
man, wife of the secretary of
the interior presided.
A bill for Alaskan statehood
is pending before the Senate
but has been delayed while
the Senators devote full at
tention to whether Greece
and Turkey should be ad
mitted to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. Possi
bilities of a vote on the state
hood issue are remote while
many Senators are out of
Washington for Lincoln Day
speeches.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger is
currently in Washington on
city matters and to help push
for action on the statehood
bill. Bettinger is a member of
the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee.
Police Change
Parking Meters
v The parking meter boxes
X were turned from a 90 degree
J angle to a 45 degree angle
this week by the police de
partment
Numerous complaints from
users regarding the position
of the meters brought about
the change.
Miss Betty Heglin is work
ing in the grocery department
at Kraft’s. She replaces Mar
tha Olsen who is working at
KNS.
Carnegie Hero
Dies In Juneau
John Roy Tipton, 72, a Car
negie Medal hero, died in St
Ann’s Hospital at Juneau
February 2.
Tipton, former Kodiak resi
dent, was the hero of a Val
dez GlacieJ episode in 1935 in
which he attempted to save
the life of George E. Martin
during a storm.
The act attracted the atten
tion of the Carnegie Founda
tion which awarded him a
hero’s medal and a monthly
annunity in 1933.
Tipton was born in North
Carolina in 1880. He was or
phaned as a child and brought
up by foster parents. He is
believed to have served in the
[Marine Corps from 1905 to
1910, after which he came to
Alaska.
He was widely known
throughout the territory hav
ing lived at some time or other
in every part of Alaska.
Rent Director
job Open
Applications are currently
being accepted for the position
of Associate Area Director at
the office or rent stabilization,
John K. Woolworth, field
representative, said yesterday.
The position calls for a
salary of $6,320 per year. The
qualifications desired call for
previously administrative ex
perience, as well as a know
ledge of local rental customs
and practices.
Past experience under Civil
Service will be also considered.
LaLandes Attend
Anchorage Party
Mr. and Mrs. Max LaLande
attended the Roy Southworth
party at the Elk’s club in An
chorage last Saturday. La
Lande is District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler of A
laska west. He returned to
Kodiak on Sunday. Mrs. La
Lande is expected to return
to Kodiak today.
Peace Proposal
Expected By UN
Munsan (■£*)—'The United
Nations Command will give
its answer today to a new
Communist proposal for peace
in Korea.
Meanwhile, in Korea only
light ground fighting was re
ported. Both sides had planes
out during the week but few
air fights were reported.
The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Thursday at the Mont
martre Inn.
Rent Ceiling
Prices Told
If you are a tenant or land
lord in the newly re-establshed
Kodiak Defense-Rental Area
and are wondering what the
maximum rent you should pay
or charge, just turn the calen
dar back to July 1, 1950 and
you have the answer.
John K. Woolworth, field
representative, office of Rent
Stabilization, said today in
answer to inquiries he has re
ceived that the maximum
rent charged for that housing
unit on the base date of July
1, 1950.
However, if the landlord
made a major capital im
provement between July 1,
1950 and January 21, 1952 or
increased or decreased the
service between those dates
and changed the rent to re
flect this, he may now charge
the first rent charged after
the change was made, Wool
worth said.
For improvements or in
creases in services after Jan
vary 21, 1952 the landlord
may not increase the rent un
til he has filed with the rent
office and received a rent ad
justment order.
A copy of the landlord’s
registration statement listing
the legal rent will be sent to
each tenant following the
registration.
When a tenant receives his
copy if he finds a mis-state
ment he is urged to write the
local rent office.
Pep Club Dances
For Funds
The dance at the Legion
Hall (community center) last
night was sponsored by the
girls of the “Pep Club” of the|
Kodiak high school.
The girls are trying to raise
money to send the cheer
leaders to the basketball
tournament in Fairbanks
which will be held later this
month. The Kodiak Basket
ball team will enter the tour
nament in the Class B league.
Music for the dance last
night was provided by the
Moffits.
George Slawson, U. S. Jail
guard, returned to duty at the
local jail this week after be
ing off on annual leave.
During the weeks he was on
leave Slawson constructed
another building on his pro
perty on Mill Bay Road.
Mrs. Dorothy Haag has been
engaged as Branch Rent Aide
in the local office of rent
stabilization.
Cannery Markets
Local Shrimp
The Island SeafoodsCannery
recently sent a “considerable
shipment” of fresh Kodiak
Island shrimp to the Anchor
age market, Pete Deveau,
owner of the cannery, said
Wednesday.
The shrimp, a half a boat
load full, was brought to the
cannery by Dave Murphy of
Seldovia, who is fishing for
the cannery.
The shrimp were taken in
the Old Harbor district by
use of a beam trawl. Presence
of shrimp around Kodiak Is
land has been known for years,
but the taking of a quantity
which would justify com
mercializing on the trade has
not been made until recently.
The Island Seafoods can
nery canned over 200 cases of
Kodiak Island King Crab dur
the past week.
Dimes Drive
Nets $660
The local March of Dimes
drive netted $660 this year.
The funds will be used in
the nationwide fight against
polio and the local drive is
sponscred each year by the
Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
A dance at the Elk’s Club
last Saturday ended this
year’s campaign. The secre
tary of the BPW wrote letters
and expressed thanks for the
club to all who contributed to
the fund and to those who
donated to the bake sale.
CAA personnel on Woody
Island contributed $64 to the
1952 fund.
Navy Contract
To Pat Lynch
Patrick Lynch and Co. has
received a contract from Navy
officials at Kodiak Naval Sta
tion for the demolition and re
moval of seven quonset huts.
The contract calls for the
work to be completed by
March 20.
Child Suffers
Severe Cut
Miss Susanne Kraft, four
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kraft, suffered a
cut over her left eye Tuesday
when she stumbled and struck
her head against a glass door.
Two stitches were required
to close the wound.
James R. Healey gave Pau
line L. Healey a quitclaim
deed for lot 11, block 8 of the
Townsite of Kodiak and it has
been recorded.
Bullet Hits
Window
Cpl. Carl Cedergren of the
Alaska Communication Sys
tem was “under fire” early
Sunday morning.
Around 4 am a bullet
crashed through the upper
section of one of the second
story windows of the Bank
building occupied by the ACS.
The bullet is believed to
have been a ricochet as it was
found on the window sill after
penetrating a storm window
and the regular window.
Police discovered the bullet
weighs 70 grains. They be
lieve it is from a .32 auto
matic or 7.65 automatic.
An investigation by the
police failed to discover the
gun or person who fired the
cartridge.
KEA Election
March 3
A notice . f the annual meet
ing of the members of the
Kodiak Electric Association
has been mailed by the sece
tary of the board.
The meeting is set for
March 3, and will be held at
the Kodiak Elk’s Hall on
Brooklyn avenue. Purpose of
the meeting is the election of
a new board of nine directors
and to amend various sections
of the existing by-laws.
The official election ballot'
will carry the names of 17
candidates. Nine will be
chosen to serve as a board.
Those listed on the ballot are:
Wilton White, Basil Clark,
Morris Burnham, James Ga
routte, Joe Kerrigan, William
Fitzgerald, Marshall Crutcher.
Dick Lightfoot, Harry Soen
cer, Tenora Rockney, Leo
Sears, Oscar Nelson, Henry
Neseth, Eugene Sullivan,
Harold Jonas, Cecil Wilson,
William Worth.
It has been proposed Dy tne
present board that the by
laws on the withdrawl of
membership; transfer and
termination of membership
and voting be amended.
It is also proposed that
Article L, section 1, which
covers qualifications and obli
gations of members, be re
pealed so as not to conflict
with the amendment to Article
I, section 7. which covers
transfer and termination of
membership.
Donna Elner Dahl and My
ron Elder Moe, both of Ko
diak, have applied to the U.
S. Commissioner for a mar
riage license. They plan to be
married on February 16.