"News of oAmencd s Last frontier
VOL 12 NO 27
KODIAK. ALASKA SEPTEMBER 6, 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
Bartlett, Other Demos
Campaign In Kodiak
Del. E. L. Bartlett and four
Third Division candidates were
guests at a community dinner
last night at the Elk’s Club.
The Russisn Women’s Club
prepared the dinner.
The group, including Mrs.
Irene Ryan, Z.J. Louzzac, A1
Owen and Russell Young, tour
ed Kodiak Island in a Grum
man Goose piloted by Vince
Daly.
Delegate Bartlett was the
principal speaker following
the dinner. The candidates
were around town yesterday1
meeting prospective voters.
The territorial election will be
held early in October.
A meeting of local Demo
crats was held at 10 am yes
terday morning at the Union
Hall.
Illegal Sale
Liquor Charged
Raymond Kelley, 32 year
old resident of Old Harbor
pled guilty to two counts of
liquor violations Tuesday in
U. S, Commissioner’s court,
fie was arrested by U. S. De
puty Marshal Clarence Dizney.
Kelly pled guilty to having
in his possession liquor that
he intended to seil in Old Har
bor on August 25, 1952, and
that he did sell this liquor in
Old Harbor on or about the
same date. On a second count]
he pled guilty to having in his'
possession two cases of beer,
15 pints of Four Roses, and
four pints of Imperial whis
key for resale. He was arrest
ed on August 31 on the second
count.
Kelly received a 30 day sen
tence in the federal jail on the
charges.
Marshal Dizney has reques
ted more help in investigating
alleged illegal liquor transac
tions. ‘'In the future it is ex
pected that more time will be
devoted to the investigation
of excessive sales to individu
als and the sale of intoxicating
liquor in the Kodiak island vil
lages,” Dizney said.
He advised persons who
plan to sell liquor in the villag
es to check the law on such
matters.
Posters warning campers,
hunters and sport fishermen
about forest fires were being
posted around Kodiak Island
this week.
A big friendly brown bear
is depicted rescuing a small
fawn from a raging forest fire.
The posters were being placed
by the FWS.
I
Eisenhower Hits
Truman Policy
By Associated Press
General Eisenhower de
clared Thursday night that
seven years afterj victory in
j World War 2’ the Truman ad
ministration “has bungled us
perilously close to World War
3.”
In denouncing the adminis
tration’s policies as “patch
work, crazy quilt operations”
the Republican standard bear
er declared the only way to
win the struggle for peace is
to win the “battle of Wash
ington”.
In a major speech at Phila
delphia, Eisenhower rejected
both isolationism and appease- j
ment, and once again attacked
what he called the Truman ad
ministration policy of contain
ment against Communism. J
Ike was welcomed in Phila
delphia by an estimated quar-!
ter of a million crowd.
Meanwhile, Eisenhower’s
impact on the traditionally
Democratic South drew mixed
reaction in the Democratic
South. Sen. Smathers of Flori
da said after the Springfield
conference with Gov. Steven
son the enthusiasm raised was
a matter of concern to the
party.
Earlier, campaign manager
Wilson Wyatt told newsmen
the Democratic camp was not
worried. Stevenson was sched
| uled to speak over a nation
| wide radio hookup from Den
ver last night as a start of his
western tour. Another major
address is planned for Monday
in Seattle.
Voters Approve
Vacating Plat
Kodiak voters approved the
vacating of the plat of the
east addition Tuesday by a
large majority.
A total of 155 votes were
cast, 140 voters voted yes and
only 15 voted against vacating
the plat.
The special election was re
quired before the citv could
vacate the old plat and accept
the new one prepared by
Aleutian Homes, Inc. the
[ sponsors of the proposed hous
ing project.
| Anyone knowing the where
, abouts of Mrs. Dorothy And
| rews is asked to communicate
with U.S. Deputy Marshal
, Clarence Dizney. He has re
ceived a letter from Glenwood,
Iowa, inquiring about the
woman.
3PW Commended
For Fund Drive
The Kodiak Business and
Professional Women’s Club
made one of the best records
in the territory in their local
campaign to raise funds for
the Alaska Division of the
American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Mildred Herman,
j chairman of the ADACS
wrote a letter of thanks to
Mrs. Betty Springhill, chair
man of the local fund drive.
“I am sure you will be in
terested in knowing that this
is one of the best records
made in the territory both
from the standpoint of per
capita contributions and per
centage wise. ” Mrs. Herman
wrote.
The total amount contribut
ed by the local B PW was
$1,528. The goal this year had
been set at $1,000. The funds
were collected in jars, cans,
and by subscription.
McGrath, Alaska, has held
the championship for the past
three years on the per capita
basis. Kodiak was second this
year.
Kodiak Library
Open Evenings
Volunteer librarians to work
one evening a week in the Ko
diak Community Library are
needed, Mrs. Marshall Crut
cher, who is in charge of the
project, said this week.
The library is open Monday,
Wednesday and Friday even
ings from 7 to 8:30, and on
Wednesday aftet noons.
Those already serving are
Miss Miriam Dorman and Mrs.!
Merrill Coon, Monday: Mrs. |
[Mel Crawford, Wednesday;
and Miss Connie Dandeneau;
and Miss Mary Beam, Friday
Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson is in
charge Wednesday afternoon.
Persons interested in assist
ing are asked to call Mrs.
Johnson to volunteer their
services.
PTA Meeting
On Thursday
The first Parent Teachers
Association meeting of the
1952-53 school year will be
held Thursday at 7:45 pm in
the Home Economics room at
, the school.
I A program, a display of
flower paintings and refresh- j
iments will be served. Plans'
1 for future meetings will be an
1 nounced. Prospective mem
j bers are urged to atte nd and
i become acquainted with the
; teachers and members.
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j The building used by Pacific I
Northern Airlines was being
jremodled this week.
Fred Sunberg Shoots
Self Thursday Night
Fred Sundberg, father of
three, died at 5:43 am Thurs
day at Griffin Memorial Hos
pital. He was taken to the hos
pital at 3:45 am suffering from
a gunshot wound in the head.
Cliff Mowry, city patrolman,
rushed Sundberg to the hos
pital after he used a single
shot .22 caliber rifle to shoot
himself. Earlier, Mowry had
gone to Sundberg’s home to
disarm him when he was
chreatening to take his life.
Paul Callahan, a friend of
the family, went and notified
Mowry and asked him to come
to the house. Earlier, Marilyn
Sundberg, 18, had become a
larmed at her father’s actions
and asked Callahan to find a
policeman.
While going for Mowry,
Callahan picked up a .22 re
peater from the yard that
Marilyn had hidden earlier in
the evening. Sundberg was de
scribed as having been moody
and depressed since the death
Music Trails
Plans Meeting
The Alaska Music Trails
Concert Association will hold
a meeting Monday night at 8
at the home of Mrs. Pat
Mitchell to discuss plans for
the coming concert season.
Tickets for the four concerts
are now on sale at $9 each.
Concerts will be heard in Oc
tober, November, March and
April.
The Alaska Music Trails is
a cooperative, non-profit pro
ject, organized and directed
by a group of communities in,
the territory. Mrs. Mitchell is
chairman of the Kodiak group.
Mrs. V. G. Ellis held tne
chairmanship last year.
This is the third season for!
the AMT.. Besides Kodiak oth- j
er communities include Anch-1
orage, Cordova, Douglas, j
Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchi-i
kan, Petersburg, Seward, Sit-1
ka, Wrangell, and Prince Ru- j
pert and Ocean Falls in Cana-.
aa. |
Three artists have formed,
a group to bring music to A-1
Iaska audiences in October.
The artists are Luigi Silva,
Bela Urban and Maxim Scha- j
piro. |
Stork Shower Held '
Mrs. Tom Frost was hostess
Wednesday evening at a stork
shower for Mrs. Joe Hester. ,
The party was held at thej
home of Mrs. Frost’s mother, j
Mrs. Otto M&hle, on Mission
Rd.
of his wife three years ago.
When Mowry arrived at the
house Sundberg was in a back
room. When he came from the
back room he asked Mowry,to
leave. The policeman asked
him to come with him. Sund
berg said he would have to go
up stairs first.
Mowry asked if there was a
gun up stairs and was told
there was none. Suddenly a
single shot was heard. Mowry
went upstairs to find Sundberg
an the floor. Callahan assisted
Mowry in getting the wounded
man in the police car, and to
the hospital.
An emergency operation
was performed by Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson and Sundberg
lived for approximately an
hour and a half.
Testimony at the inquest re
vealed that Sundberg had a .22
caliber single shot rifle in an
upstairs closet.
Several letters to his child
ren, Father Gerasim Schmaltz
of Monks Lagoon, a friend of
the family, and to friends
were written earlier in the
evening by Sunberg. U.S.
Commissioner A.M. Vokacek
asked that the jury see them
but they were not made
public.
A jury composed of
Clarence Haas, Thomas Ren
shaw, Glen Banks, Alex Ne
keroff, L.M. Propst and Char
les Cook heard the testimony
of witnesses.
Fred R. Sundberg was born
July 22,1903 at Ouzinkie. He is
survived by a son Gene, 19.
two daughters, Marilyn, 18
and Glenace, 11.
Also surviving are two
brothers, William and Rudy
Sundberg, three sisters, Mrs.
Otto Mahle of Kodiak, Mrs.
Joe Loughran of Anchorage,
Mrs. Glen Burnett of Palmer,
Oscar B. Nelson of Spruce
Island, his step father.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Russian Ortho
dox Church at two pm tomor
row. Burial will be in the Rus
sian cemetary.
Kodiak Laundry
Sold This Week
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rivers
have sold the Kodiak Laundry
to Frank Johnson of Woody
Island. The Rivers have
operated the laundry for the
past two years.
Mrs. Rivers left this week
for special medical attention
in Seattle. While there she will
visit her daughter and grand
daughter.
She will return to Kodiak
later in the fall.