rrNews of oAmericas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 6
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 12 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
Baby Show
May 18
The annual baby show,
sponsored by the VFW Auxi
liary, has been postponed from
May 4 to May 18.
Reason for the change in
date is to avoid conflicting
with the Kodiak High School
Baccalaureate service, on May
4.
The contest will be held at
1 pm at the USO Club. Mrs.
Lars Panamaroff is chairman.
More than 20 babies are al
ready entered in the show,
which is for youngsters up to
and including three years old.
Rules for dressing babies in
the show have been announced
by Mrs. Panamaroff. Little
girls must wear dresses, not
brief sunsuits, and little boys
must not appear in any type
of costume, military or other
wise.
Entry forms- for the show
can be obtained at Bert’s or
Knudsen’s.
Posters advertising the
event were made by junior
high school students. Winners
in the contest for the best de
signs were Sue Daly, first,
Gail Lightfoot, second.
Taft Scores
Big Victory
By the Associated Press
Sen. Robert Taft scored his
biggest victory of the pri
maries this week by winning
in Illinois over Harold Stassen
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower.
Stassen finished second far
behind Sen. Taft and Eisen
hower, a write-in candidate,
in third place. Sen. Estes
Kefauver, unopposed on the
Democratic ticket, scored an
easy victory in the popular
vote. A write-in campaign for
Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi
nois drew comparatively few
votes.
Eisenhower’s headquarters
in Chicago acknowledged it
was the first time the general
had run behind Stassen in any
of the five primaries held in
the nation to date.
Washington — President
Truman said he may name a
preference presidential candi
date before the Democratic
convention is held. Earlier, he
said that the convention could
pick any candidate it wanted.
It has been reported that
the President favors Gov.
Stevenson of Illinois. He re
fused to comment on the re
port that Gen. Eisenhower
has resigned as- commander of
Western Europe Forces.
Concert Planned
At Naval Station
The last of a series of three
concerts will be heard at the
Navy gymnasium at Kodiak
Naval Station on April 23.
Members of the Alaska
Music Trails Association are
sponsoring the concert. Mili
tary personnel and their
families will be guests of the
association at the concert
which will begin at 8:20 pm.
All of the expenses in con
nection with bringing the
artists to Kodiak is borne by a
voluntary subscription of
music lovers. The details were
handled by the Alaska Music
Trails Association.
Civilian members of the con
cert association may gain ad
mittance to the Naval Station
for the concert by showing
their season tickets.
Ike’s Resignation
At White House
Washington (A>) — A top
figure in the Eisenhower-for
president movement said he
has “every reason to believe”
the general’s resignation as
European Defense Comman
der has been received at the
White House.
The Eisenhower supporter
said, “I had been given to un
derstand the resignation may
have arrived several days ago.
Suit Filed
By ASC
Seattle—The Pacific Mari
time Association and the A
laska Steamship Company filed
suit in the U. S. District
Court on Tuesday against the
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen,
Oilers, Watertenders and
Wipers Association.
The suit, filed jointly, by
the PMA and ASC asks for
damages of not less than $1,
959 per day up to $47,500 per
day depending upon the num
ber of vessels affected.
‘ ‘The union struck the ASC
motorship Susitna Sunday con
trary to the no-work-stoppage
clause of the contract between
the union and the PMA of
whicn the ASC is a member,”
D. E. Skinner, vice president
of the ASC said.
Skinner called the strike
‘‘an outright breach of con-j
tract” and added, "it is im-;
perative that it (strike) be
terminated immediately to
avoid an interruption of the
movement of essential de
fense cargo to Alaska.”
A lease agreement between
Emmet Jenings and John A. I
Hyde and Harold Jonas for
the space occupied by the Ace
Liquor Store has been re
corded.
RECEIVES AWARD
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt receives the 1952 Humanitarian'
Award from Dr. H. I. Lee at the 48th anniversary dinner, in
Los Angeles, of the Denver Sanatorium for “outstanding
achievement in the betterment of human relations.” The
award was presented by the Humanitarians, Los Angeles
men’s club which helps support the Denver institution.
(AVirephoto)
Body Found
In Channel
The body of Keefer Kvasni
koff, 44, was found floating in
the channel alongside the
Donnelley and Acheson dock
Sunday morning around 8:30.
The floating body was dis
covered by a group which was
preparing to board Martin
Jensen’s barge for an outing.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Dizney
and Acting Chief of Police
Ovid McKinley immediately
went to the dock, secured a
skiff, and brought the body to
the Standard Oil Company
float.
Kvasnikoff spent Saturday
afternoon and evening with
friends in town. It is believed
that he was last seen late
Saturday night. When the
body was recovered by the
officers it was found that a
pair of exceptionally thick
lens glasses were still on the
face. Kvasnikoff was known
to be near sighted.
The body was taken on a
stretcher to the Kodiak Mortu
ary. The U. S. Commissioner
was notified and Dr. A. Hol
mes Johnson later examined
the body. An inquest was
scheduled to be held yester
day.
The marshal’s report states
that Kvasnikoff was 44 years,
nine months and 24 days old.
He was born at Nililchik, A
laska, June 2, 1907. His only
known next of kin is Simeon
Kvasnikoff, an uncle living at
Nililchik.
Funeral arrangements are
pending notification of next
of kin.
Commies Build
Large Force
Seoul (A>) — The United
States Airforce officials say
the Communists air power is
outdistancing the Allies in thei
Korean War. They suspect
that former Nazi Jet-pilots
are helping train the Reds.
Allied officers are quoted as
saying the lull on the battle
front was defeating “opera
tion strangle”, the UN air
strikes at Red supply lines.
They further declared that the
Fifth Airforce was not being
maintained at full authorized
strength.
Meanwhile, ground action
remained quiet today. War.
ships and Naval planes
launched a combined assault
on the port of Wonsan.
Munsan—The Korean armis.
tice session at Panmunjon
lasted only 90 seconds. After
six straight abbreviated un
productive sessions, UN j
spokesman, Lt. Col. Howard
S. Levine suggested the Reds
were awaiting orders.
Dairy Loses
Contract
Naval officials at Kodiak
Naval Station have notified E.
E. Bell, owner of Bell’s Dairy,
that the Navy cannot renew
its contract with the dairy,
unless Bell agrees to deliver
milk to the station in paper
cartons instead of bottles.
A report of the negotiations
between Bell and the Navy
was given to the Chamber ot
Commerce Thursday by V.
G. Ellis, member of the Base
Town Committee.
Bell, who is operating a
dairy in Washington, arrived
| in Kodiak recently from the
states. He has been owner of
Bell’s Dairy, located in Bell’s
Flats on the Naval Reserva
tion for 10 years.
Naval regulations, issued
from Washington, D. C., pre
vent the renewal of the con
tract unless milk delivered for
consumption by Naval per
sonnel me"ts the Navy’s speci
fications, Lllis said Naval of
ficers told C of C members
during the base town meet
ing.
It was also reported that
the Navy can obtain milk
from the states for 22 cents
per quart. The reported price
of Bell’s Dairy milk is
cents a quart. The Navy of
ficers admitted that they pay
no freight charges on the milk
which is brought here from
the states, Ellis said.
The installation of machin
ery required for bottling milk
in paper cartons runs to seve
ral thousand dollars.
Repeated attempts to con
tact Bell yesterday for a
statement were unsuccessful.
Ski Jump Men
Return To KNS
Captain Christian Duborg,
assistant chief of staff for
operations, Lieut. Frank
Brink, 17th ND PIO officer,
and Cmdr. R. V. Coley, com
mander of ooeration “Ski
Jump”, are at Kodiak Naval
Station this week after spend
ing several days on a floating
ice island near the north pole.
The men were taken from
the island by an Airforce C-47
after a Navy P2V developed
engine trouble after taking
off and returned to the island.
Rear Adm. E. A. Cruise,
Commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier, ordered a replace
ment engine and six Navy
i maintenance men flown to the
downed Neptune to make
repairs.
The remaining nine men
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