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News of oAmencd s Last frontier
VOL 11 NO 46
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 26, 1952
PRICE 10 6EKHS?
Chamber
Gets Report
The discussion period of the
Chamber of Commerce meet
ing Thui sday was devoted to a
report on the water and sewer
project and the proposed hous
ing project in the east addi
tion.
Paul Dupler, attorney, gave
the report which was based on
information sent him from
Washington, D. C. by Mayor
Lee C. Bettinger.
Bids for the construction of
the headworks and part of the
new distribution system will
be asked around the first of
February, Dupler said. A com
plete account of Dupler’s re
port for Mayor Bettinger will
be published in the February
2, issue of the MIRROR.
The Alaska Statehood Bill is
scheduled to reach the Sen
ate floor Wednesday. A poll
indicates a close vote if the
bill is not filibulstered, Mayor
Lee C. Bettinger wired the
MIRROR yesterday.
He also stated in the wire
that a budget hearing was to
be held yesterday on the $20,
000,000 public works request.
He indicated that he would
write a report on the progress
on the housing projects and
other matters and send it to
the MIRROR for publication.
Mailboat Aground
At Alitak
Robert von Scheele, skipper
of the mailboat Shuyak, ran
his vessel aground in the east
channel near Akhiok, located
in the upper end of Alitak Bay,
at the height of the big blow
January 12.
He deliberately grounded
the vessel to save it from
drifting during the storm.
The vessel was not seriously
damaged.
The Juneau, captained by
John Lang, went to aid von
Scheele. He brought von
Scheele to Kodiak and will
return him to his grounded
boat which will be pulled off
the beach.
No mail was lost orr dam-!
aged when the Shuyak was
beached. 4 ‘I had an anchor out
and the engine running dur
ing the storm but I was un
able to keep her from drift
ing,” von Scheele said in
describing the beaching of his
vessel.
A son, Michael John, was
born Jan. 12 to Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Levi of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mrs. Levi is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hunt.
Mrs. Hunt is the former Pau
line Kraft of Kodiak.
Mrs. Sven Mahle
Services Held
Mrs. Sven Mahle, 60, was
buried Wednesday in the Rus
sian cemetery following fune
ral services at the Greek-Rus
sian Orthodox Church. Father
Alexander Popoff conducted
the services.
Mrs. Mahle died Saturday
at Griffin Memorial Hospital.
She had been ill for a long
time. Besides her husband,
who came here from Whittier
for the funeral, she is sur
vived by nine children.
Natalie Rogers Mahle was
born at Chignik on October
20, 1891. She spent most of
her life at the Peninsula vil
lage. She arrived in Kodiak in
1951. Her children are Mrs.
Lena Metrokin, Kodiak;
Henry Erickson, Chignik;
Mrs. Hilda Pohomas, San
Francisco; Mrs. Emily Neke
feroff, Kodiak: Mrs. Sophie
Poulson, Anchorage, Carl
Erickson, Kodiak; Walter
Erickson, Kodiak; Robert j
Erickson, San Francisco and
Nora Erickson, Kodiak. There
are 20 grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren.
Harry Hedges
On Running
Washington (A3)-— President]
Truman told a news confer
ence he expects to announce
his political intentions before
the filing deadline for the
Senatorial Primary election in
Missouri.
He has opened the door to
the possibility that he might
run for the U. S. Senate in
stead of seeking reelection.
He gave no indication how
seriously he was considering
such action. The deadline is
April 29.
The President’s plan for a
drastic overhaul of the na
tion’s tax collecting service
survived the first congres
sional test. The House ex
penditures committee rejected
a proposal to kill a reorgani
zation program which will
abolish virtually all political
appointments to the Internal
Revenue Bureau.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett has
filed for nomination as Demo
cratic candidate for re-election
to the United States House of
Representatives, seeking his
fifth term to represent Alaska
in Congress.
Boat Harbor
Chances Nil
Kodiak’s chances for the
actual construction of a
breakwater and small boat
harbor appeared to be reduced
this week according to a letter
from Lee C. Bettinger, who is
now in Washington, D. C.
Paul Dupler read the letter
to the Chamber of Commerce
following the regular luncheon
at the Montmartre Inn Thurs
day noon.
‘ ‘At present there are 1400
river and harbor projects au
thorized by Congress that will
cost 12 billion dollars. Each
fiscal year since 1947 the Con
gress has reduced the Presi
dent’s budget estimates for
[civil construction work of the
Army Engineers. But it has
added 300 projects to the con
struction program. . .”
Kodiak is not among the
1400 river and harbor projects
authorized. If it is authorized
by Congress the actual con
struction cannot start until an
appropriation of funds is
made.
Tom Williams Dies
Friday Morning
Tom Williams, 68, died at
2:30 am yesterday at Griffin
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete late yesterday.
Williams has lived in Kodiak
for several years. He has two
children, Richard, 17, and
Roger, 13, who are living at
the Kodiak Baptist Mission.
A brother of Williams is be
lieved to be living in Tacoma,
Washington.
U. S. O. Representative
Delayed One Week
Elliot Hymans and John
Van Bis Jr., USO representa
tives, will not arrive in Kodiak
to organize a club here until
this week. They were ex
pected to arrive last week.
J An explosion in an oil stove
in a building behind the Mir
ror office Saturday resulted in
the sounding of the fire siren.
Damage to the building was
not considered great.
Sheila O’Brien, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walt O’Brien,
was hostess to a small group
of friends Thursday in cele
bration of her second birth
day.
MAYDR ANSWERS McLAUGHLIN;
MAC PENS REBUTTAL
SEE LETTERS PAGE FOUR
CG Flies Woman
To Hospital
A Coast Guard PBY flew to
Alitak Monday and brought
Mrs. Eprozina Peterson to
Griffin Memorial Hospital for
treatment.
The CG Cutter Bittersweet
received a message from the
tug, Patrick, on the night of
the 20th which said that a
woman aboard the gas boat
Irene was in need of medical
I treatment.
The CG Air Detachment at
Kodiak Naval Station received
the message and a PBY
piloted by CDR. John D. Mc
Cubbin and Lt. jg. H. G. Cas
sel left early on the morning
of the 21st.
Crewmen aboard were D.
M. Nemirow, J. D. Coughlin,
J. E. Lacey, B. E. Brownell
and M. B. Bowhay, USN, was
the corpsman who cared for
the patient on the flight.
Chapados Called
To Navy Duty
Russell R. Hoffman will re
lieve Paul Chapados on Feb
ruary 1, as the Fish and Wild
life Service game agent for
this area.
Chapados has been recalled
to duty with the U. S. Navy.
He is in the Naval Reserve.
Hoffman was stationed at
Cold Bay, Alaska, prior to
coming to Kodiak last fall. He
is a graduate of Oregon State
College.
Chapados hopes to return to
Kodiak at the end of his 18
month tour of duty.
Naval Base Contract
To Two Firms
Washington (A1)— A lump
sum contract of $5,147,000
which will be used to build J
more communications and
aviation facilities at Kodiak
Naval Station was awarded
jointly to two contractors.
A Pentagon spokesman
said the two, who were low
bidders, were Johnson, Drake
and Piper of Minneapolis and
Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredging Company of Se
ttle. The work will be under
the direction of Capt. James
Tily, Public Works Officer for
the district.
Seattle (A>) — Members of
the Independent Alaska Fish
ermen’s Union rejected an af
filiation with Harry Bridges’
International Longshoremen’s
Union by a scant 34 vote
margin. The vote apparently
brings to an end a two-year
fight waged between union
factions over the affili tion
issue. y
ASC Route
Changes
The Ring Splice, Alaska
Steamship Company freighter^
will call at Kodiak before go
ing to Seward on the January
30 trip, company announcer
Thursday.
Earlier, the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce had request
ed the vessel call at Kodiak
before going to Seward be
cause of danger to perishable
merchandise by freezing. The
ASC had wired the C of €
that it would be unable Ce »
comply with the request.
A wire received here Thurs
day said: ‘ ‘Changed conditions?
now permit routing Ring
Slice Jan. 30, Sitka thence
Kodiak”.
The next vessel scheduled
to sail for Kodiak will leave
Seattle February 27.
Tax Man Due
In Feb uary
Albert W. Popp, deputy
collector for the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, will be at the
Kodiak Hotel from February
17 to 21 to advise taxpayers
regarding filing income ta>:
forms.
Every person having a gross.5;
income of $600 or more mtts?;
make a return, even thea&l t
he may not be taxed. A hus
band and wife must file a< re- -
turn if the combined grass in
come is $1,200 or more, or if
the separate gross income et -
one spouse is $600 or more.
The collector warns tax —
payers that failure to receive
a blank form does not relieve
th m from filing a return
payirfg the tax on time.
Forms may be obtained
from local banks, postofficet
and fi^om the office of the col
lector in Tacoma or zone of
fices. The nearest zone office is- •
in Anchorage.
March of Dimes
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the March of
Dimes dance February 2,
which will climax the annnai
fund drive, are now on sale.
Tickets may be obtained at
Knudsen’s, City Market and
from members of the Business -*.
and Professional Women's ■
Club who are sponsoring tfee
drive.
James Callahan, son of In*,
and Mrs. Paul Callahan. ®iir
KNS, is now stationed witt m
the 196 Regimental Camhai
Team.
A. A. Owen Jr., of Anchor
age, was in Kodiak on. (Base
ness early]; this week.