"News of oAmencas Last Frontier ,
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VOL 12 NO 9
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 3 1952
Third Division Races
Continue To Run Close
Delegate E. L. Bartlett held
a 700-vote edge over Republi
can Robert Reeve of Anchor
age in the Territoroy’s Pri
mary election on the basis of
unofficial returns from 102
precincts out of 225.
Delegate Bartlett had 7,
736 votes to Reeve’s 7,051.
Neither man is opposed on the
ballot. (See story page 2 for
Kodiak voting)
Early returns made virtu
ally certain victories for Anita
Garnick, Republican, and Neil
P. Moore, Democrat, for the
territorial auditors nomina
tion.
Meanwhile, in Anchorage
the city and school district
sales tax measures were both
defeated on Tuesday by nar
row margins while the bond
issue passed.
Food, medical and funeral
services and many other
items were exempted in the
propositions voted on in An
chorage. Efforts to get a
school tax for Anchorage was
defeated on two previous
occassions.
Commies Reject
Peace Proposal
By the Associated Press
Munsan— The Communists
rejected an Allied compromise
proposal for settling the last
three proposals blocking an
armistice in the Korean War.
The Communists turned
down a plan involving prison
er exchanges and airfield re
building.
Meanwhile, reports from
Seoul said that U. S. Air Force
planes were out in record
numbers this week and
smashed at Red frontline
positions with 1,283 sorties,
the highest daily total of the
war. Communist artillerymen
more than doubled their
usual fire on Red May Day.
May Day liots, disorders,
military parades and bitter
word battles all over the
world marked May 1. The
worst riot was in Japan where
20,000 Communist-led anti
Americans fought police with
clubs and stones in front of
the Imperial Palace. Hun
dreds were injured and three
reported killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Crutcher returned to Kodiak
Monday from Fairbanks
where they had been for the
past week. Crutcher, presi
dent of the Bank of Kodiak,
attended a meeting of the A
Jaska Banker’s Association.
Sankers Meet
At Fairbanks
Marshall Crutcher, rpresi
dent of the Bank of Kodiak,
attended the Fourth Annual
Convention of the Alaska
Bankers Association in Fair
banks recently.
Officers of banks in Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco and
eastern banks attended the
convention. Crutcher is First
Vice President of the associa
tion for the coming year.
During the last session of
the Territorial legislature he
introduced several bills re
garding banking.
Most of the discussion dur
ing the last convention per
tained to the strengthening of
Alaska banks and the dis
charge of their responsibilites
to the public, membership in
the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, internal auditing
of banks, fidelity bond cover
age and FHA lending.
“Flying Saucer”
Is Identified
The elliptical object on dis
play at the Kodiak Eleclric
Association plant the past
week has been identified as a
fuel tank from a Japanese
torpedo, by Bill Criss.
Criss told Leon “Ole” John
son he worked around torpe
does during the war and had
seen the Jap fuel tanks.
The tank was found by
John Chya near Spruce Cape.
Kerry Disaster Victim
Leaves Hospital
Nels Lantz, victim of the
Kerry disaster on Afognak
Island last February was re
leased from the hospital
yesterday.
Lantz had a portion of each
foot amputated after he suf
fered frost-bitten feet while
spending three days on the
snow covered island without
heat.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Hernyakleft Wednesday for
an extended trip and vacation
in the states. Mrs. Hernyak
has been employed at Wod
linger’s Drug Store.
They did not indicate when
they planned to return.
Hal Junso, musician, re
turned to Kodiak after being j
in the states for several weeks. I
Aides To Receive
Caps And Pins
Nine women will receive
their Nurse’s Aides caps and
pins in a ceremony preceding
the open house at Griffin
Memorial Hospital next Satur
day.
A program has been ar
ranged for the ceremony of
capping of the Nurse’s Aides
who were sponsored by the
Women’s Volunteer Services
of the Kodiak Chapter of the
American Red Cross. Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson is chairman
of the Nurse’s Aid committee.
Sister Mary Frances in
structed the group, following
the Red Cross plan of instruc
tion. The nine nurses aides
have had 40 hours of instruc
tion and an equal number of
hours of active duty in the
hospital.
Those receiving caps and
pins are Dorothy Haag, Dora
Hansley, Doris Hoffman,
Antjie Huer, Bonnie Jarvela,
Jeanine Keplinger, Margaret
Lightfoot, June Wilson and
Hazel Sutliff.
The aides will be required
to give a certain amount of
time each year to hospital
service in order to keep them
on active status. In the event
of an emergency they will re
port to the hospital for duty.
They are capable of doing the
general daily care and floor
work except for the giving of
medications.
The capping ceremony will
take place at 2:45 pm, May 10.
Site For Cleaner
Building Cleared
The site of the new Kodiak
Cleaners building was cleared
this week by Jay Tolbert of
the Island Coristruction Co.
Jay Wolf has received the
plans for his new building and
the construction will get un
derway soon. The Kodiak
Cleaners received a $23,
000 RFC government loan, the
federal agency announced
Wednesday,
The loan is to cover part of
the cost of construction of the
new cleaning plant.
Work on the Rotary play
gound on Mission road con
tinued this week when several
truckloads of dirt and fill were
dumped on the playground.
The site of the playground
was purchased by the Rotary
Club from Leo Sears.
Wallis George, president of
the Kodiak Ice and Cold Stor
age Co. Inc., left Tuesday by
PNA for Juneau.
Graduation Exercises
At Elk Hail Thursday
Attendance Limited
To Invitation
Commencement exercises
will be held Thursday at the
Elk’s Hall by invitation only.
The exercises will start at 8
pm.
Earlier, it was announced
that the services would be
held at the Community Bap
tist Church.
Cards were issued this week
that state: “the limited seat
ing capacity of the B. P. 0.
E. hall precludes a general
attendance. Please present
this card for admittance to
the graduation. Exercises, 8
o’clock, Thursday May 8 at
the Elk’s hall, Kodiak, A-'
laska.”
Baccalaureate Services will
be held at the Orpheum
Theatre the afternoon of May
4 at 1:30 with Father Louis B.
Fink, S. J. delivering the
I
Eisenhower Wins
Eastern Primary
Boston (A>) — Gen. Eisen
hower’s popular vote total
passed the 229,000 mark in
the Massachusetts primary |
Wednesday and a near sweep
of the delegate elections
virtually closed the gap be
tween him and Sen. Taft in
their race for the Republican
presidential nomination.
It was almost a shut-out by
Eisenhower, his most convinc
ing primary victory of any to
date.
Along with his overwhelm
ing count in the Republican
election Eisenhower also got
a big Democratic vote.
Playland Moves
To New Location
Playland, owned by Don
Bently, moved from its old
location at the orner of
Brooklyn avenue and Alaska
Way to the building formerly
occupied by Gils Beauty
Salon.
The building now housing
Playland is owned by The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 7056.
The military off limits sign
which was placed in front of
the Belmont Cafe last week
has been removed by the
Navy.
The Alaska Standard, Stan
dard Oil Company tanker,
was in port yesterday. It un
loaded fuel and supplies at
the Standard Oil float.
Fourteen Seniors
To Receive Diplomas
Fourteen seniors will re
ceive their diplomas this week
as one of the largest classes
l graduates from the Kodiak
^High School. Rear Adm. EL
A. Cruise is the speaker.
Graduating seniors are:
Sandra Perkins, Margo Archi
bald, Dolores Jones, Phyllis
Sullivan, Alfred Anderson,
Jr., Nancy Norman, Gene
Sundberg, Ruby Larsen,
Roger Johnson, Carlene
Mahle, James Kizer, Roberta
McNeil, Douglas Dawson and
Richard Skinner.
Leona Barfield will com
plete her high school work
this summer.
Attendance at the gradua
tion will be by invitation only.
Margo Archibald is Valedic
torian and Sandra Perkins,
Salutatorinn,
Superir' ndentIvor Schott
will present the Seniors and
Eighth Grade for graduation
and Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
president of the school board,
will present the diplomas.
Those graduating from the
Eighth Grade are: Elsa
Carolyn Anderson, Lieta Ann
Cohen, Hobart Dawson, Caroi
Lee French, Penelope Grego
roff, Rosaiie Hill, Gerald Heil
man, Ronald Lewis, Margaret
Malutin.
Others are Barbara Moffitt,
Walter Sargent, Simeon
Squartsoff, Gertrude Selig,
Iris Jean Schreiner, Anita
Sundberg, Pauline Toshwak,
Frances Jean Clark, Ellen
Sue Daly, Michael Fitzgerald.
Also graduating are Russell
Gallagher, Merle Lee Heil
man, Donald Higgins, Helen
Arline King, Gail Katherine
Lightfoot, Barbara Ann Mat
miller, Bradley Poland, Neil
Michael Sears, Elizabeth
Sautner, Alice Simeonoff,
Agnes Stepan, Nancy Temple
ton, Dona Gail Van Buren and
Ralph Walkoff.
The Grandmothers Club
will meet Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Helen Stockard
at Kodiak Naval Station at
12 pm.
Martin Lamprecht, for- .
mer clerk at Knudsens, i*
now working at Kodiak
Motors. (
Persons interested in join
ing the Kodiak Baseball Club .
are requested to attend a
meeting at the Elk’s Club .
Friday at 7:30 pm, Jack Wag- .
ner, baseball player said
yesterday.