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VOL 12 NO 46
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 24, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Eisenhower
Sworn In
Washington (A*) — Thou
sands of cheering Americans]
jammed the Capitol grounds |
and Pennsylvania Avenue
Tuesday to see Dwight D.!
Eisenhower become president
and parade in triumph to the
White House.
Thousands saw the soldier -
hero of World War II take the
oath of office and millions
watched the event on tele
vision. President Ike is the
first Republican to be presi
dent in over 20 years.
Two former presidents-Her
bert Hoover and Harry S. Tru
man-were in the throng of
dignitaries who overflowed the
big capital plaza.
Richard M. Nixon was
sworn in as vice president
shortly before Eisenhower
took his oath to become the
34th president.
One of the largest inaugural
parades in history ushered in
the start of the Republican
era. Elements of* the parade
strung out for miles through
the streets of the nation’s
capital while close to 500 air
craft from all branches of the
service flew overhead.
Among the participating
groups was a delegation from
Alaska, which included Demo
cartic Governor of Alaska
Ernest Gruening, an Alaskan
float and a dog term ofhus-:
kies. The Alaskan element
proceeded directly in the rear,
A i»ir7A«o linif anH in i
front of the Hawaii element.
Among the participating
groups were the cadet corps
of the U.S. Military, Navy
and Coast Guard Academies
and the Merchant Marine
Academy.
Mrs. Eisenhower, the presi
dent’s son John and Mrs.
Eisenhower’s mother wit-j
nessed the ceremony making
Ike president.
Washington (A1)—The Uni
ted States was without a presi
dent for 35 minutes Tuesday.
The Constitution says the
presidential term shall expire
at noon on Jan. 20. Harry Tru
man’s nearly eight years as
President of the U.S. came to
an end at that hour.
Dwight D. “Ike” Eisen
hower did not take the oath
until 12:32 pm.
The Kodiak Garden Club
will meet at the home of Mrs
John Rogers Wednesday even
ing at 8 pm. The subject to be
discussed will be Naegelias, j
Mrs. John Given, club presi-;
dent said yesterday.
LEGISLATURE TO
OPEN MONDAY
By Jim Hutcheson
Juneau (.P)—The repeal o
the territorial one percent pro
perty tax appears a numbe
one certainty as the Republi
can controlled 21st regula
legislature opens Monday.
The tax law has been tie
up in the courts most of th
time since its enactment wit!
the Gruening - supporte
“basic tax program” in 1949
A survey of the legislator
before their departure fo
Juneau showed wide suppor
for the repeal. A repeal bii
sponsored by Fairbanks Re
publicans in 1951 failed t
pass the legislature.
Repeal actions are also ex
pected in the reorganizatioi
bill passed in the closing rusl
of the 1951 session whicl
eliminates the elective audito
and treasurer, and sets up ;
governor-appointed genera
business manager.
The Alaska Develapmen
Board is certain to/come unde
GOP fire. Some legislator
view the Alaska Visitors As
sociation or the new all-Alas
ka Chamber of Commerce a:
a successor to the AB1). A!s<
certain to bring sharp fin
from the legislators outsid*
the fourth division is the Uni
versity of Alaska request fo
a more than five million dolla
appropriation.
A move will also be made t<
create a separate territoria
police apart from the highway
engineer’s office but the out
come may hinge on the cost.
AUTOMATIC STREET LIGHTS
WILL BRIGHTER CITY SOON
n Mrmfrt/l lir»U+ivwY I QVii«n rr« imwn
rnu~
i
program for the city began to
brighten Thursday as city em
ployees dug holes for the new
poles. Sixteen Mercury Arc
Lutninaires, with photo-elec
tric cell control, will be instal
led. Leon Johnson, KEA
manager, explained that the
lights will automatically go on
and off when it changes from
light to darkness and from
darkness to light.
A layout and plan for the
light installation is divided
into four groups with four
lights to a group.
Group one includes lights in
the following areas: Near the
Elks Club, Ben Bolden resi
dence, Emil Knudsen resi
dence and Patterson’s Service
Station.
In group two, lights will be
installed at the corner of
Brooklyn avenue and Alaska
way near Catherine Blanken
burg’s residence and store,
the Recreation Parlor, Jack
Hinckel residence and the
Group three lists lights near
the Bowling Alley, Bank of
Kodiak, R.D. Russell’s Men’s
Store and Jorgen Fredrickson}
residence.
Bert’s Drug Store, Belmont
Bar, Donnelley and Acheson
hill and U.S Fish and Wildlife
Service are in group four.
Some existing poles will be
used for the new lights. Other
poles will be set and in some
| instances some of the lights
! will be fastened to buildings.
The new lights were pur
chased from Line Material
Company of Anchorage which
is a branch office or dealer for
a mid-west firm.
The listings of business and
residences does not mean that
those firms or persons are get
ing the lights but that a
survey of the city reveals that
the areas lighted will best!
serve the public. !
j
February 7 to 13 is Boy j
Scouts of America Week. ,
Superintendents
For Housing Here
H Ken Gosling:, vice president
of Aleutian Homes Inc., and
two superintendents for the
ground work of the project to
start soon in the East Addi
tion, arrived this week,
j Coming with Gosling were
a Clay Hinton, who will be
j superintendent of the clearing
j and road wcrk, and Phil
Strand, who will be general
’ superintendent over the whole
ground work job of clearing,
k draining, building roads and
j setting foundations. Hinton,
who was accompanied by his
wife, will remain in Kodiak.
Gosling and Strand will be
here when the Coastwise ves
j sei, Pacificus, arrives Feb. 4,
with everything needed for
^ the ground work and found.a
tions of the project.
t The contract for the work
I has been let to Pacific Alaska
contractors who will hire as
. much local labor as possible.
Aleutian Homes has com
pleted negotiations +o rent the j
Kodiak Ice and Cold Storage
Co. warehouse at the city dock ■
for a v^rehouse, Gosling said
yesterday and will make:
| necessary improvements in the!
building so that it can be used.'
No sbhedule of building or
’ completion can be given at
; this time, Gosling said, as it
will depend on how fast foun
dation work can be done. “The
first few houses will go slowly j
until we find out how to work j
in this climate, but after that
continued on page 4
Joint Charities Drive Is
Suggested For Town
iucuiucio yJi- uit. vv u p
organizations will meet next
month to decide whether Ko
diak should have on£ organ
ized annual charity drive in
stead of individual ones
throughout the year.
The Kodiak BPW started
the ball rolling toward a pos
sible “community chest” at
its dinner meeting Monday
night, when representatives
of various clubs took part in a
discussion on the possibilities
and practicalities of such a
drive.
Each local organization was
invited to send a representa
tive to the BPW meeting to
present the views of the organ
ization. The representatives
will return this month to their
groups with more information
on a community chest, and
with a report on Monday’s
discussion. Each group will
then be asked to go bn record
favoring or opposing such a
plan.
On Feb. 23, the delegates
of each.group will meet at the
USO on Main St. to give the
Church Announces!
ftSsssion SVSeeting
Kodiak Island’s first Mission
ary Conference will begin Jan
uary 28 and continue through
February 1. The convention
will be held at the Churijh of
God on Mission Road.
Evening sessions during the
convention will begin at 7:30 p
m. There will also be a 7 am
prayer meeting, a round table
discussion of missionary needs
at 10:30 am and a session for
spiritual growth at 2:30 pm
each day.
The evening sessions wili be
evangelistic, featuring voca
lists and special music on the
vibraharp and other instru
ments. The Friday evening
meeting will begin at 6:30 pm
with a sir.ogasbord. A sound
movie will be shown follow
ing the dinner.
A Youth Rally will be held
during the Saturday night
session and the Sunday after
noon session will include a
communion service.
The Missionary Conference
is sponsored by the newly or
ganized Kodiak Island Missi
onary Endeavor. An invita
tion to the missionaries at Ou
zinkie, Afognak, Larsen Bay,
Karluk, Alitak, Old Harbor
and Chignik has been sent.
Marshall Crutcher returned
from Anchorage Thursday via
PNA. He was there for four
days on business
nnai report, on tneir groups
opinions.
Pro and con opinion was
heard at Monday’s meeting,
the initial discussion of such a
plan. Those favoring a ‘'com
munity chest” drive pointed
out that one big drive each
year would do away with "a
; hand put out for five or ten
dollars” every other week,
j Others pointed out that
jmany organizations would not
| be included in a community
j drive and would still conduct
| their own campaigns. Also op
i posed to such a project were
■ several who felt that each
i contributor has his favorite
i charity, and tnat he would not
I wish to give to others in a
united drive and let his fav
orite lapse.
Kodiak each year has sever
al fund-raising drives. Many
of them are for national organ
izations v ich in large cities
are inciuucd in Community
Chest or Red Feather cam
paigns. Others are of a local
and more personal nature.
Julius A derson
Dies Friday
Julius P. Anderson, 57, life
long resident of Kodiak, died
at Griffin Memorial Hospital
yesterday morning after a
short but severe illness.
Anderson, who had been in
the hospital earlier this month,
was re-admitted Monday.
Late yesterday funeral ar
rangements had not been com
pleted but it is expected the
services will be held the first
of the week at the Russian
Orthodox Church.
Anderson, born in Kaguyak,
was a fisherman and carpen
ter. He Jwas a veteran of the
first world war, having en
tered the army at Seward.
Surviving besides his widow,
the former Nina Kashaveroff,
are seven children, Mrs. Fritz
Deveau, Patrick Anderson,
Mrs. Joseph Hester, Niek An
derson, now living in Anchor
age, Marie, Laurence, now in
Anchorage waiting to go into
the army, and Julius Jr.
He is also survived by two
brothers, William C. Anderson
of Kodiak and Charles Ander
son of Seattle; and five sisters,
Mrs. Melvin Rockstad and
Mrs. Ray Van Buren of Ko
diak; Mrs. Oscar B. Nelson of
Ouzinkie; and Mrs. R. L.
Wahlbcrg and Miss Natalia
Anderson of Seattle. Also sur
viving are 12 grandchildren.
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