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( Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878
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c^ie^uis of cHirurtca. s Lust ‘frontier
Drinking And Driving
mere were J84 arrests for the
crime of driving while under" the
influence of intoxicating liquor in
the Territory in 1955. These are
the figures taken from the Terri
torial Police Department report,
which also stated as we quoted
elsewhere, is four times the na
tional average per 100,000 popula
tion.
‘.83 motor vehicle accidents which
occurred were due to the above
cause It does not represent the
true picture. It only represents
those instances in which the driver
was so completely under the in
fluence as to warrant being charg
ed with this offense. The report
says: "The border-line drunken
driver may contribute to as many
as 50 per cent of all serious motor
vehicle accidents in the territory.”
A relatively small amount of al
cohol in the blood lengthens the
reaction time of the motorist and
dulls his judgement—both serious
•handicaps to safe driving.
The Report says: “A vast num
ber of motorists are unaware of
-this: fact. Many have the mistaken
idea that unless they ‘feel’ their
drinks they are perfectly capable
*of operating a motor vehicle safe
Profits Not To Blame
t rus year. as has been the case
•for some time, there is a great
deal of talk about the "spread"
beween the money the farmer re
ceives for food products and the
price the consumer pays when she
goes shopping. In 1955, the farm
er got about $18,300,000,000 for
the food, and selling price at re
tail was some $46,300,000,000. The
difference, of $28,000,000,000, rep
resents marketing charges of one
kind or another.
This great difference has led
many people to wonder if whole
salers, processors, retailers, and
others involved in the marketing
job aren't making excessive pro
fits at the expense of the farmer,
the consumer, or both. An article
in a U. S. Department of Agricul
ture publication casts some reveal
ling light on that.
The article points out that "con
sumers are demanding and getting
more convenience and services
with the foods they buy—more pre
cooked, frozen, packaged, and
easier-to-serve foods.” It also ob
serves that firms marketing food
products were paying their em
ployees 44 per cent more per houi
in September of last year than ii
1947-49. And then it presents thesi
facts about the profit situation: .J
group of 46 leading food processin;
companies averaged a net profit o
1.8 cents per dollar of sales ii
1954—slightly less than in 195:
and substantially less than in 1947
49. Five large wholesale dislribu
tors averaged one cent per dolla
of sales in 1954—and this, too, wa
slightly less than in 1953 and sub
stanially less than in 1947-49. Fin
ally, eight food chain systems av
eraged one cent profit per dolla
of sales in 1954, as against nine
tenth of a cent in 1953 and 1.'
cents in 1947-49
These concerns are represents
tive in their industries. It is ot
vious that big profits are not th
cause of the farm market spread
The inflationary forces whicl
mushroomed costs in every seg
ment of the marketing industr
since the 1947-49 period, and th
constantly increasing food conver
ience demanded by the housewife
are the real nigger in the wood
pile.
OdDOSC Land Wlthdrmrnl
Vigorous protest has been waged
by Delegate Bartlett and various
groups and individuals on the pro
posed withdrawl of 1,871,360 acres
to be set aside for the FWS and to
be known as the Kuskokwim Na
tional Wildlife Management Area.
It has been pointed out the Fed
eral Government now has land
J reservations amounting to over 90
million acres This in itself repre
jsents a huge share of Alaska’s total
which is about 365 million acres.
The withdrawal would end, ac
cording to the notice published ii
the Federal Register, ‘all forms o
appropriation under the publi
^and laws, including the mininj
and mineral leasing laws.” Dat<
of the hearing will be March 1.
We heartily endorse the state
ment of Delegate Bartlett when h<
said: “There can be no excuse foi
this,” and concluded in recom
mending that the proposed with
drawal be “promptly rejected.”
ly.
The Department has been usinj
the Harger Drunkometer tests t<
determine just what part the us<
of alcohol has played in causinj
accidents. The revelations an
startling. 97 per cent of the case!
in which the tests were used re
suited in conviction.
Special research by scientists ii
separate laboratories over manj
years has led to “the mutual agree
ment that if a person has alcoho
in his blood exceeding .15 per cent
he is under the influence of alco
hoi regardless of his tolerance foi
alcohol. If he is between .05 anc
.15 percent, he may be under th<
influence if unusually affected bj
alcohol as indicated by physica
symptoms. If he has less than .OS
per cent alcohol in his blood, h<
is not under the influence.
These zones have been endorse<
by the American Medical Associa
tion, the American Bar Associatioi
and other authoritative bodies. P
recent study by the Northwester!
University Traffic Institute ha;
shown that a person with .15 pe;
cent or more blood alcohol is 5!
times more likely to be Involve!
in an accident than a non-drinker
Historical (iiioup
Has New , reject
A show of local historical arch
eological objects, where every
thing from samovars to skulls will
be displayed, was a new projects
decided on by the Kodiak and
Aleutian Island Historical Society
at its monthly meeting Tuesday at
the high school. #
In naming Mrs. Henry Neseth
and William Lamme as co-chair
men of the event, President Zora
Wilson pointed out that final plans
will depend on exhibition space
availability, and that even win
dow displays may be resorted to
in response to the public demand
for a showing pf the many art ob
jects, Russian antiques, early-days
items and artifacts that abound in
the Kodiak area.
The evening’s program was open
ed by Henry White, who gave ex
cerpts from publications of the
Harriman Expedition to Alaska in
1899, which described the Kodiak
area in glowing terms. He also pro
[ jected pictures from the books
showing flower and bird life in
. the region.
By popular demand Mrs. Anfesia
uiiupoiijivuxj. appcdicu injiore uic
club again to demonstrate Attu
basket weaving and to show some
seal gut work, two rapidly-disap
pearing crafts.
Mrs. Alice Given concluded the
program with a presentation oi
1 facts on puffins, the well-known
1 local sea bird, in the form of a true
to life romance of a puffin couple
[ from nest to necropolis.
The program of the next meet
1 ing on March 21 will be in charge
of the department of geology
1 headed by George Cornelius. Visi
• tors are always welcome.
Kathryn Chichenoff and Barbars
and Lena Stensler were initiated
into the Rainbow Assembly foi
Girls at a meeting at the Masonic
Temple Tuesday evening.
1 National Brotherhood Week ends
1 tomorrow. The words of Ralph
■ Bunche as quoted below should be
; carried, not for one week, but intc
all the weeks to follow—even for
1 a lifetime:
!
"We Cannot Affofd
To Do Less ”
By Ralph Bunche
There is wide spread knowledgt
in the world of the imperfection!
of American democracy, of the
anti-democratic racial and religi
j ous attitudes which weaken oui
unity and sap our strength. W<
know that there are these imper
fections. We talk about them; w<
, face them frankly. Indeed it is ;
part of our strength that, in th<
i democratic framework of our so
ciety we are entitled to point t<
our shortcomings. Yet it is unfor
1 tunate that they are there. Oui
enemies, of course, exaggerate; w<
couldn’t expect them to do other
wise. But to our friends, and oui
friends are many, these imperfec
tions are puzzling .
It seems to me that our answei
must be, and it is the only answei
there is in a democratic society
- to exert every possible effort t(
i eliminate un-democratic practice:
F and un-democratic attitudes, to dc
■ all that we can to close the gap be
! tween our professions of democra
s cy and our practice of it.
This is the only way that we car
- achieve our maximum national
■ strength and unity and fully dis
• charge our international responsi
■ bilities. In these critical times
this we must do. We cannot afford
to do less.
Bn^fa Frofn
The Naval Station
.Civilian All-Star bowlers took
three out of four games from the
military All-Stars in a preliminary
playoff staged to sharpen the Navy
men’s game preparatory to their
contest with Adak bowlers. The
military team will begin a bowling
tournament with the latter today,
the winner to represent the 17th
Naval District in the Western
All-Navy tournament at Bremerton
next month.
The civilian team and their
three-game scores were: R. S. Gur
ley, 553; G. R. Leichleitner, 449;
F. V. Sheff, 541; R. S. Zeiba, 501;
C. B. Parker, 540; and N. M.
“Mike” Augustyn, 493.
Military team members and
their three-game scores were M.
N. Pollack, 539; D. K. Toureen,
489; A. S. DeFuentes, 491; H. J.
Facey, 509; J. R. Cramer, 468; and
Joe Vullo, 522.
20 hopeful fighters are training
these days, under the coaching of
“Flick” Flickinger, BM2, who is
assisted by Eddie Edelson. Special
Services intends to sponsor some
smokers in the near future.
Four members of the Kodiak
Ski Team are representing the
Navy at the ski events of the An
chorage Fur Rendezvous yester
day, , today and Sunday. The Ko
diak team will be led by Lt. JG J.
c, Holiber, team coach, and will
comprise L. L. Cront.W. A. Kersey
and G. A. Wooldridge.
AFRS, the popular radio station
on the Base, is now entering its
sixteenth year of public service,
according to an article in the Bear.
It broadcasts 124 hours weekly.
There are six men on the staff,
who are under the Officer in
Charge. Lt. JG J. C. Holiber.
Duane Cossey, J03 is Station Man
ager. A. D. Dorrell, ET3, Engineer
Electrician, Keith Disotel, SN, Pro
duction Manager, Frank Gleason,
SN, handles transcribed material,
Gene Gutknecht, SN, Station Li
rarian, and Frank Yosek, SN, Traf
fic Manager.
Ice in Women’s Bay has been
observed at a maximum thickness
of two feet, and an average thick
ness there and in English Bay of
12 inches. Harbor operations have
been hampered considerably by
the ice condition.
George Comstock was an incom
ing passenger on PNA this week.
Wallace (Skip) Fletcher, projec
tionist at the Orpheum Theatre
for the past six months, left Mon
ray for Anchorage. He will become
projectionist at the new Poulsen
and Schok theatre at Spenard. The
theatre opens Wednesday.
New Jersey is popularly called
the Garden State.
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We Think Parents Should Know
1. That the stsaight-limbed sturdiness of your
ch Idren depends not on milk alone, noton
vitamin D alone, but on the miracle-working
combination of the two.
2. Milk is rich in calcium and phosphorous, and
all 3 (calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D) must
be present in the tissues simultaneously for
the system to get full benefit.
3. Milk is the ideal carrier for vitamin D.
Kodiak Creamery, Inc.
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Tha Disappearing Dollar
Never before has it cost so much
for so little.
Control your dollars by having a
checking account at this bank
whereby you have an absolute rec
ord of where your dollars
Bank of Kodiak
KODIAK, ALASKA