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"News of oAmertcas Last Frontier’
V0L13 NO 38
KODIAK, ALASKA
NOVEMBER 28. 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
ACCA Receives Support
For Operation Mike
operation Mike" rolled in
to high gear this week with
an offer of a job to the dis
abled youth being made by
Bob Hall of Kodiak Airways,
Inc.
Mike Naumoff, Kodiak Is
land youth who was paralyzed
from the waist down in an
accident several years ago,
wants to come to Kodiak when
he comoletes his radio training
at a trade school. The local
chapter of the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association is
sponsoring a drive to raise
funds to send Mike to the
school.
Letters have been sent from
the ACCA to all local organi
sations asking their help in the
drive. School children have
made contributions to the
(runcj.
Cans and jars for contribu
tions will be placed in all lo
cal stores, Mrs. John Spring
hill. chapter president, said
Wednesday.
She explained that every
dollar contributed locally
' would be matched by three
j from the territory for Mike’s
training at the trade school.
| The disadled youth was at
the Mt. Edgecumbe Orthope
, die Hospital for several years
mdisnow attending Sheldon
| Jackson High School. He is
confined to a wheel chair but
is a bright and cheerful stu
dent,
Persons wishing to con
tribute may mail their money
to Mrs. Henry Haag, chapter
treasurer, or hand it to a
member of the ACCA.
Above is a picture of Michael Naumoff while at Mt
Edgecumbe. He hopes to come to Kodiak to open a radio shop
when he completes his training at a trade school in the stateR.
Application for a marriage
license has been made by the
Rev. Judson E. Masters, pas
tor of the Church of God, and
Eth^l G. Jeff coat.
The City of Kodiak council
approved all liquor licence
application submitted to it
Monday evening. The Casino
license was changed from club
to beverage dispensary.
Charles R. Webber of An
chorage was a business visi
tor in town. He is owner of
the Caliber Equipment Sup
ply Co.
Bert Flotre pled guilty to
driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor
in city magistrate’s court this
week and received a sentence
of $75 fine, six months suspen
sion of his driving license
! (except for business purposes)
and a 30 day suspended jail
sentence.
A son, Edward Donald, was
born Nov. 21 to Mr. and Mrs*
Ed Heinig of Compton, Calif.
The baby weighed 7 and a
half lbs. Mrs. Heinig is the
former Ruby Tolbert.
Local Cannery
Markets Shrimp
Fresh local shrimp are ap
pearing on the market in Ko
diak this week for the first
time.
They are being sold by Is
land Seafoods, Inc., at the
eity dock.
Pete DeVeau, company
manager, told the Mirror that
if the shrimp can be caught in
commercial quantity, the com
pany will start canning them,
along with king crab.
Fritz DeVeau found the
shrimp outside the bay here,
and got them with a special
small mesh shrimp troll. The
shrimp are the same size as
those found near Petersburg.
Dungeness crab caught
locally are also being market
ed commercially for the first
time, Pete DeVeau reported.
He said that the boat Rich
ard D., from Seldovia, skip
pered by Merrill Hennington,
brought in 1500 king crab this
week.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Seattle — The government
reported that living costs
edged ud a bit in the month
ending in mid-October.
Seattle—The Alaska Salmon
Industry Inc. has notified II
unions which represent its em
ployees that it is terminating
contracts with them.
The move, apparently in an
ticipation of a drive to reduce
wages and fish prices for 1954
was met with one union’s
statement it will push for new
terms presumably higher.
Anchorage—A public hear
ing concerning the housing
situation in Alaska will be
held in Anchorage soon. Her
ald Stringer, chairman of the
legislative examining commit
tee, Baid four officials of the
Alaska Housing Authority
will appear at the hearing.
Two sales of surplus used
equipment, including vehicle,
tractors, engines and parts
was announced this week by
the Alaska Railroad.
Bids on the first lots, which
consists mostly of automobiles
on December 10 at 2 pm in the
office of L. J. Swift, superin
tendent of stores for the ARR
Bids on the other equipment
will be opened the following
day at 2 pm. For additional
information write L. J. Swift,
Alaska Railroad, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Price Fixing Charged;
Local Union Named
Diana Wells Asks
Change Of Venue
Fairbanks (A3) — A motion
for a change of venue in the
first degree murder case of
Diane Wells, accused of slay
ing Cecil Wells, was argued in
Fairbanks District Court yes
terday before Judge Harry
Pratt,
Mrs. Wells seeks to have the
| trial held in another district,
| claiming it would be impos
! sible to receive a fair trial in
Fairbanks.
Her codefendant, Johnny
Warren, Negro jazz drummer,
is opposed to the move. Yes
| terday’s arguments follow an
I unsuccessful attempt to have
the case dismissed or severed
I from Warren’s. Motions to
| that effect were denied by
Judge Pratt. No trial date has
been set.
No Presents
For Policemen
Chief of Police R. E. Vick
j ery has asked that residents
and businesses do not offer
Christmas presents to any
members of the police depart
ment this year.
He explained that while the
offers are always appreciated
jt places the department in a
difficult position. * ‘I ask that
no presents be given to any
member of this department,
if you wish to show your ap
preciation for our efforts I
would rather everyone help us
maintain law and order ”
Vickery said. “If we accept
any gifts we leave the depart
ment open for unfavorable
comment.”
He added that just a cheery
and genuine “Merry Christ
mas” was all that he or any
member ,pf his department
expected and could accept.
Roy Madsen Returns
To Portland
Roy Madsen was an outgo
ing PNA passenger yesterday
for Anchorage. He will stay
there a few days to check on
'the housing situation and then
1 return to Portland where his
family is living.
Madsen intends to return to
Alaska around the first of the
year to practice law. This was
his first visit to Kodiak in four
years. *
Mel Crawford, Mirror edi.
tor, returned Monday after a
week in the states.
Washington (JP) — A dua*
conspiracy to fix prices in A*
laska’s big salmon industry
was charged Monday by the
Federal Trade Commission.
The complaint charged
there is one conspiracy among
canners and another between
canners and unions.
N amed in the complaint are
43 canning companies, II
fishermen’s unions, the in
dustry’s trade association, A~
laska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
Seattle, and its managing
director, W. C. Arnold.
The commission cites the
associatfon and the unions as
the “media” whereby sal
mon canners and certain sal
mon fishermen have carried
out alleged unlawful price
fixing and other trade re
straining practices.
Spokesmen for both the in
dustry and a cited union said
the case is a challenge of the
historic process oi establish
ing fish prices chrough ne
gotiations between representa
tives of the industry and the
fishermen.
The combination of cannere
and unions charged m the
complaint has the “capacity
and tendency to substantially
increase” consumer prices for
canned salmon, the commis
sion said. The companies,
named can or pack between
85 and 95 percent of the totai
salmon produced in Alaska
the complaint said.
It also charged that unions
have annual agreements with
the association to fix the an
nual prices for salmon. This
alleged combination, the com
plaint added prevents “anj
and all competition” among
fishermen members of the
unions, between union and
non-union fishermen in the
sale of salmon.
Among the canneries named
in the complaint are Alaska
Packers Association, Ghignjfc
Fisheries, Kadiak Fisheries.
Co.. Uganik Fisheries, Inc.,
San Juan Fishing and Packing
Co., all of Seattle, Libby Mc
Neill and Libby of Chicago,
Pacific American Fisheries of
Bellingham. Among the
unions cited is the United
Fishermen of Alaska, Kodiak
Keith M. Seaman and Pau
line Torsen have made appli- i
cation for a marriage license.
Gertrude E. Ball, post offiee
employe, and Ralph E, Shupp,
contractor, have made appli
cation for a marriage license.