News or oAmenca s Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 31
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER IQ. 1953
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Home Sites
Open For
Settlement
Washington (A5)—The In
terior Department announced
that 189 acres of land north
east and on the outskirts of
Kodiak will be available for
home sites.
The Bureau of Land Man
agement will offer the land foi
disposal under the Small Tract
Act. World War II veterans
have a 90 day preference in
filing applications. The growth
of Kodiak was given as the
reason for opening the sites.
The date for filing applica
tions will be announced later.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
St Louis—Former President
Truman expressed concern
over the Eisenhower Adminis
tration's policies toward coun
ter acting a depression. Tru
man’s speech geared to his
usual denunciation of any ^
thing Republican, was an at
tack on “the old guard of re-1
actionaries” has gained
strength and is striving might
ly to overturn many construc
tive achievements of past
years. j
Kansas City—The Govern
ment moved into high gear
yesterday to locate mystery
man Thomas Marsh in the
Bobby Greenlease kidnap-slay
ing. The exconvict is wanted
for the murder of the child.
Bobby Greenlease was kid
napped by a woman. Since
then $600,000 has been paid
by the boy’s father. A woman,
Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady,
41, and Carl Austin Hall, 34,
have been arrested by the
FBI.
The boy’s body was found in
a lime filled grave behind a
house in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The FBI is still searching for
Marsh. <
Washington — President
Eisenhower said Thursday I
that Soviet Russia now has
the “capability of atomic at-'
tack on us” and commands
,‘a weapon or the forerunner
of a weapon of power far in j
excess of convential types.”
GM Executive
Visits Here
Glen Pace, assistant zone
manager of the Pontiac Divi
sion of General Motors, was
in Kodiak this week to call on
Bob Acheson, local agent.
This is Pace’s first visit to1
Kodiak.
Rsed Resigns,
McKinley Hired
I
Tony Reed resigned as s
patrolman from the Kodiak
Police Force Wednesday to ac
cept a position with Kodiak
Motors. He has been on the
force for over a year.
Ovid ‘‘Mac” McKinley has
been hired by Chief of Police
Roland Vickery to replace
Reed. McKinley formerly
served for several years on the
force and was acting police
chief for a year.
McKinley has been working
for Kodiak Construction Com
pany for the past four months.
$500 Raised f or
Ouzinkie Family
Collections to aid the Peter
Squartsoff family reached
$583.81 this week, William
Stone, superintendent of the
Kodiak Baptist Mission, told
the Mirror yesterday.
On September 23, the
Squartsoff family lost their
house and all their possessions
in a fire. Mr. and Mrs. Squart
soff have 10 children. Their
ages run from two months to
11 years.
Persons wishing to make
cash donations may send them
to Stone at the Mission. He
has requested that anyone
wishing to donate to the fund
do so this week.
Car Crashes Into
Power Pole
A 1941 Ford driven by a
sailor crashed into a power
pole around 1:15 am Tnursday.
The matter was investigated
by the marshal’s office and the
two men turned over to mili
tary authorties.
Ward E. Tuttila, reported
by driver of the car had no
drivers license. Bill Walkoff,
owner, of the car suffered in
juries when he was thrown in
to the windshield.
Crime Wave
In Anchorage
One of the biggest crime
waves in Anchorage’s history
is sweeping that town. A
laska’s largest city has been
plagued with scores of break
ins, robberies and burglaries.
The Anchorage Times re
ported seven business houses
entered in a single night. The
paper stated that police be
lieve it was the work of a
single organized gang.
The Elks Club is holding a
special noon luncheon today
between 11 am and 2:30 pm.
The public is invited and the
price of the luncheon is $1.25
Annual City
Election
Quiet One
The annual Kodiak City
Election was a quiet one this
year. Only one mimeograph
machine went into action and
one sound truck was used to
promote the various candi
| dates.
j The United Labor Party had
, a public address system in
) operation. A large sign urging
voters to mark their ballots
for its choice was erected on
the back of the truck. Musi
<cal selections, ranging from
hill billy musical to jump and
jive roared from the speaker.
Only one printed hand bill was
circulated,
I Following the election T. P.
| Gilmore announced loudly and j
publicly that he would pro
test the election on the
grounds that some of the
clerks and judges were the
wives of two of the candi
dates. He added he would
“lead the revolt” and had the
support of a local union. Wed
nesday the president of the
union said that the member
ship did not contemplate such
action.
For final results of the city
i election turn to page two of
! today’s MIRROR.
40 Polio Cases
In Alaska
Juneau—A total of 40 cates
of poliomyelitis in Alaska in
1953 were reported as of Octo
ber 1 to the Alaska Depart
! ment of Health office here.
Most recent cases were re
ported from the Anchorage
area where eight were re.
corded since August to bring
the total for that region to 12
for 1953. Juneau reported 15
cases, six in Ketchikan, five
from Fairbanks and one each
from Haines and Moose Pass.
Wayne Waldrip and son
Perry, 11, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbons.
Waldrip is a former Kodiak
resident.
He arrived here Thursday
via PNA and plans to make his
home here again. Mrs. Wal
drip and another child will ar
rive here soon.
Waldrip was formerly a U.
S. Deputy Marshal at Dilling
ham.
Jerry’s Photo Arcade will
open Thursday in the Sargent
Building on the corner of Main
and Mission Road. Rodney and
Geraldine Unger will be the
p oprietors of the new busi
ness.
Traffic Halted
On Brooklyn
Traffic over Brooklyn Ave
nue from the Shupp Building
toward the Montmartre Inn
will be halted temporiarly un
til a sewer and water main is
installed, the police depart
ment announced yesterday.
Motorists may use the road
running north from the bank
corner to reach the Mont
martre and the area beyond.
Roland Vickery, police
I chief, has again requested
[motorists to use “extreme
caution” when passing the
Kodiak Shopper, the Kodiak
Transit Company, .Inc., bus
and chi'dren walking along
the roads.
“Why rush by and take a
chance. A few minutes cannot
mean so much if you are en
dangering the life of a child,’’
Vickery said. He added that
he has instructed his patrol
men to watch for such viola
tions.
Vickery also asked that
parents warn their children
about walking through the
construction area in the east
addition. He explained that
heavy equipment is constantly
in use and that blasting occurs
periodically.
A1 Cratty is driving a bus'
for the Kodiak Shopper.
CHIEF JUSTICE
Earl Warren smiles and
waves (Oct. 5), standing at
the base of two pillars of the
Supreme Court building in
Washington, D. G., after ar
riving to become the 14th
Chief Justice of the United
States. (^Pwirephoto)
NO pictures were permitted
inside building)
Cichoski
UFA Prexy
For Year
A. J. “Tiny” Cichoski, fa
mous Kodiak fisherman and
[lobbyist at the Territorial
I Legislature, was elected presi
dent of the United Fishermen
of Alaska, AFL, this week
during the annual convention.!
The big fisherman is now in
the Territorial capitol attend
ing meetings on relief for dis
tressed fishermen and giving
his views on the fishing situa
tion.
William Hansen, a local
fisherman, was elected vice
president of the union. W. A.
“Pat” Cannon, Barney Cor
gatelli and Cichoski were
lected as directors. P. ‘ J.
“Joe” Kerrigan was again
elected secretary and business
agent for the union.
Delegates from Karluk, Ali
tak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and
San Juan attended the three
day convention and festivities.
Kerrigan said 591 fishermen
were represented at the con
vention. The membership in
the union is around 1,000
members.
PTA Conducting
Membership Drive
The Kodiak Parent Teachers
Association is now conducting
its annual membership drive.
To add support to the pro
gram an All Father’s Meeting
will be held on Thursday,
October 29 in the library of
the high school at 8 pm.
Women are requested to
bring pies which will be auc
tioned to help provide funds
for the association. Coffee and
tea will also be served.
The membership drive will
end at 4 pm on the day of the
meeting.
CITY WATER OK
The Kodiak water system
received the official o. k. of the
city health officer this week.
Dr. A. Homes Johnson told
the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday that samples taken
from several sections of the
system proved to be free of
impurities.
Earlier, the MIRROR car
ried a warning to boil all wa
ter before using. This was
caused by a break in the main.
The Chamber of Commerce
decided Thursday to turn
over its share of the proceeds
from the Fourth of July Cele
bration to the Rotary Club
Playground Fund.