Army Command
May Move
Headq barters U. S. Army,
Alaska—The Army's present
hesdquarters in Alaska will
probably move to a new loca
tion by next year. General
Julian W- Cunningham, com
manding general, U. S. Army,
Alaska, told his troops early
this week.
The general, addressing a!
special troop formation, said !
the Army headquarters outfit
‘.will probably be out at Fort
Richardson by this time next
year.” He did not say where
the new headquarters would
be.
will be easier,”}
he added, and noted that]
recreational facilities and a I
broad athletic program would
keep the soldiers in peak con
dition.
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Kodiak Housing Units
Prepared In Portland
Portland — Two groups of
Portlanders are preparing to
build $10 million worth of A
laska housing, according to
an item in the Oregon Journal
dated February 15. |
The $10 million is for two!
projects. One in Kodiak and
the other in Anchorage. The
Kodiak project calls for the
construction of from 350 to
380 homes at Kodiak for an
estimated $6 million and is
“in the final negotiation
stage,” it was indicated la ;'
week by the Washington
bureau of The Journal.
“The details of the Kodiak;
plan were given The Journal
in Washington last week by |
Lee C. Bettinger, Kodiak
mayor and former Port.!
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lander,” the newspaper item
said.
The dipping from the Ore
gon Journal was mailed to
Mrs. Jay Wolf from Portland
by Wolf, owner of the Kodiak
Clearners, who is outside to
purchase material and sup
plies for a new building for
his business. , ,
The Journal also said, “In
Washington, D. C., it was. .-.in
dicated both developments
have the blessing of the fede
' ral housing administration.”
The two projects will be
done under the name of I;
; Anchor Homes, Inc., jointly
(sponsored by the Portland
I groups.
I The Kodiak project will be j
'prefabricated on Swan Is- j
land by a group headed by !
Woodbury of Columbia Sup-ij
ply Company, according to |
The Journal.
Bettinger told a reporter
for The Journal’s Washing
ton bureau that “the project
has been developed because
of high cost of government-,
constructed housing for mili
tary personnel in Alaska,
plus the need for additional
housing.”
He is now in Washington
working out details with fede
ral agencies in co-operation
with Harold Say, Washington
manager of the Portland
Chamber, The Journal item
said.
World Day
Of Prayer
The annual World Day of'
Prayer will be observed Fri- ^
day by the combined con- |
gregations of Praise Chapel (
(Church of God) and the J
Community Baptist Church. <
The services will be under 1
the supervision of Mrs. John '
W. Marshal of Praise Chapel.
There will be a general meet
ing at 2:30 pm. Beginning at
3 pm the children will have a
special meeting. At 7:30 pm
there will be another general
meeting.
I Special music and programs
will feature the observance.
The cheme of the World Day
of Prayer is Chriat, Our
Hope.
Mrs. Stanley Alvine is in
charge of the children’s
meeting and Mrs. Irving Gil
breath will lead the evening
ession.
OPS Representative
Holds Meeting Here
A meeting of business men
was held Wednesday evening
at the Kodiak School building
to discuss price ceilings set by
the Office of Price Stabiliza
tion.
Neil S. Miller, manager of
the Anchorage office, called
the meeting. He arrived in
town Monday. Cards announc
ing the meeting were mailed
to business men Tuesday.
Read The Classifieds
Rotary Views
Rat Film
Methods of eliminating rat
feeding grounds and control
or rats was vividly portrayed
for members of Kotary Club I
5533 Tuesday in a film pro- (
dueed by the U. S. Army. <
Lloyd Morlay, district sani- j
tarirn for the Department of j
Health in the Third Division, |
provided the film. He is in
town this week on business of j
the department.
perty storage of garbage and {
methods of disposal used by j
many cities in the states. ,
Guests attending the meet
ing were visiting Rotarian W.
The film showed
E. “Red" Thompson of An
chorage, G. A. Matthews,
Firestone representative of
Seattle, Roy Harcourt, Cap
tain Warren Strang, Pete
Ramaglia, Pat Lynch, Miss
Estella Marlin of the Kodiak
Baptist Mission, Miss Virginia
| McMullen, public health nurse,
| Joe Gale of Ketchikan and
j William Smith.
' Morlay served for several
months at the Naval Station
during World War II.
Norman Saxton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Saxton of
Old Harbor, was flown to
Griffin Memorial Hospital re
cently by Bob Hall for an
emergency operation.
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