News of oAmencd s Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 23
KODIAK, ALASKA
AUGUST 15, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
C Of C Sponsors Scroll
For Statehood Group
A scroll with hundreds of
names will be presented to
six members of the Senate In
aular Affairs Committee when
they arrive in Anchorage this
week.
The committee will visit four
towns in the territory to con
duct hearings on Alaska state
hood. The scroll will carry out
the theme of the “little man”
in the territory who favors
statehood.
Mrs. Tenora Rockney has
been selected by the Chamber
of Commerce to prepare the
seroll for Kodiak and arrange
for the signers. The scroll is
on butcher paper and will be
added or included with the one
from Anchorage.
The decision to circulate the
scroll was made Thursday fol
lowing the regular Chamber of
Commerce meeting at the
Montmartre Inn.
The members of the cham
ber reaffirmed their stand on
the statehood question.
A circular letter to all mer
chants and businesses in town
will be mailed this week by
President Marshall Crutcher
urging more courtesy to visit
ors and Denali passengers.
The members of the cham
ber learned Thursday that the■
Fourth of July celebration net- j
ted around $3,000. The dispo- i
sition of this sum will be de
termined by a joint meeting
of the C of C Fourth of July {
Committee and a committee
from the Rotary Club. 1
The Greeting Committee of
the chamber will distribute
tfie Garden Club programs to!
the Denali passengers when it1
arrives Monday, Mrs. Rockney |
reported. The garden show is
being held one extra day so
that the Denali passengers
may view the exhibits.
Gets Six months
Herrill Berry, 32, was sen.
tenced to six months in jail on
a plea of guilty to the charge
of assault and battery. The
complaint was signed by Gur
tharee Cheeks.
The complaint said Berry
struck Gurtharee Cheeks over
the head with a chair. Several
stitches were required to close
the wound.
The case was heard by U. S. i
Commissioner A. M. VoKacek
on August 11. The assault took
place on August 9. Be rry ar
rived here recently from
Anchorage. He will probably
be returned to Anchorage to
serve his sentence at the A
jaska Jail System prison farm
atElmsniorf Field.
MOTHER SUES
FOR SON’S DEATH
Anchorage—Northwest Air
lines was sued this week for
£250,000 by a Kodiak woman
whose son died as a result of
injuries received in a plane
crash near Benton Harbor,
Michigan, in July of 1950.
Enola Mullan, administra.
t or of theCarl Neilsen estate,
charged the airline with negli
gent and careless operations.
Her complaint stated that the
plane in which her son died
crashed into Lake Michigan
during a thunderstorm.
Young Nielsen, who would
have been 20 years old if he
were alive today, boarded the
ill-fated plane in New York
City for a flight to Anchorage.
Optometrist To Open |
Offices Here
Dr. D. D. Marquardt, op
tometrist from the Juneau Op- j
tical offices of Drs. Marquardt
ind Meyer, will establish a
part time optical office in Ko
diak.
He has maintained offices in
the territory for the past seven ■
years and is a past president
af the Territorial Board of Op
tometry. He indicated his e
quipment will be left here for
future trips.
The commercial salmon fish
ing on pink salmon in the Ko
diak area will close today at
6 pm. *
Reunion In Tokyo
Frank (Pappy) Noel, Associated Press staff photographer
is about to get a warm welcome greeting from his wife
Evelyn, as he comes off medical evacuation plane on arrival
at the Tachikawa air base near Tob^e. N^1. held captive by
the Communist for 32 months, was released at Panmunjom
in the fifth exchange of prisoners-of-war. Mrs. Noel flew
from New York to Tokyo for th reunion. (.Pwirephoto)
Hunting Season
Dates Given
The season on ptarmigan in
the Territory of Alaska opens
on August 20 and runs until
April 15. The limit is 10 per
day.
The season on ducks, geese,
brant and coot in the Kodiak -
Afognak Island group is from
September 15 to November 28.
A duck stamp is required by
all hunters in addition to the
resident or non-resident hunt
ing license.
Scoter, eider and merganser
ducks may be taken in the
Third Division west of 152 de
grees west longitude from
Sept. 1 to December 15.
The daily bag limit for scot
rs and eider is 10 singly or in
the aggregate and possesion
limit is not more than 20 sing
ly or in the aggerate of all
kinds. The daily bag limit for
America and red-breasted
mergansers is 25 singly or in
the aggergate of both kinds
with no possession limit after
the first day of the season.
Limits for other ducks is
seven a day, 14 in possession.
Other limits: coot 15 a day, 15
in possession; brant three a
day, six in possession; and
geese three a day, six in pos
session of one kind or in the
aggregate of all kinds.
A meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce Base-Town Com
mittee and representatives of
Kodiak Naval Station was
held Tuesday afternoon. The
meeting occurs at regular in
tervals to discuss mutual prob
lems.
Fishing Boat Loretta
Lost; Crew Of 3 Saved
Fishermen Found
Not Guilty
A jury of 12 returned a ver
dict of not guilty in the suit a
gainst R. A. Hennington on a
charge of fishing during a
closed season.
Hennington is the skinper of
the George H. He was charged
with fishing during a closed
season in Zachar Bay. The
case was heard Tuesday.
Others aboard the George H.
were Maurice Munson. Nor
man Dryborough, Edward
Brous and George Henning
ton.
The complaint was filed by
Jim Branson, FWS enforce
ment agent and was tried in
U.S. Commissioner A. M. Vok
acek’s court. Members of the
jury were John Gibbons, Tom
I Renshaw, Evelyn Rave, Dor
jothy Cummings, Charley Lee,
Barbara Taylor, Don Craw,
ford, Carroll Herring, John C.
Kiser, Joseph Henry, Stan
Lee.
Cancer Drive Reaches
$2,000 Mark
As the local Cancer Crusade
nears the end the fund has
reached $2,203.12, Mrs. Rose
Segner, chairman of the drive
announced this week.
“I have several persons on
my list who have not mailed
their contributions but I’m
sure they will be received,”
she said. ‘‘The drive closes
August 19 and we would like
to have all the contributions
in by that time.”
This years drive has been
successful so far, Mrs. Segner
added. She pointed out that
a great amount of money is
needed for research and care
of those stricken with cancer.
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Parents Warned
About Kids' Rafts
The police department has
issued a warning to parents
who permit their children to
play on rafts and skiffs in St.
Paul Harbor;
Thursday several children
between eight and ten years
were observed on a flimsy
raft several yards from the
beach.
A meeting of all Odd Fellows
and those interested in joining
the organization will be held
Wednesday, August 19, in the
old Administration at Kodiak
Naval Station.
The meeting will begin at 8
pm.
A fishing boat with a load of
salmon was lost Wednesday
evening in Kalsin Bay but the
three fishermen aboard man
j aged to get ashore safely,
j The Loretta, Halferty Gan
I nery, Inc. owned fishing ves
' sel, was skippered by Homer
Lightfoot. Eldon Lester, and
Gerald Redick were aboard as
j the crew. The vessel is a total
loss, Frank McConaghy, Hal
ferty official, said Thursday,
j McConaghy and Orin Kuhn
j ley went to Kalsin Bay Thurs
day morning to inspect the
wreckage which was on the
; beach. The Loretta encount
ered big swells and rough
weather Wednesday as they
J tried to round the cape and
i make contact with a tender.
> The vessel began to sink
! and the crew steered it for the
beach. The big seine was
: thrown away to lighten the
! load and keep it afloat. The
I three men were brought to
j town Wednesday night by
Kuhnley who drove out to Kal
|sin Bay.
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Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Long Beach—more than 80©
pioneers of the Alaskan Fron
I tier are holding their 22nd an
nual international convention
in this California city.
Cairo—Egypt is willing to
let the western powers use the
•Suez Canal as a defense base
if conditions meet suitable
Egyptian approval. The base
j sprawls along a 104 mile wat
erway in Egypt,
i Paris—Everyone was get
j ting into the act as strike
fever mounted in France.
Over four million workers are
off their jobs. A 24 hour pro
test strike by some govern
ment employees expressing
disapproval over government
plans to discharge excessive
help on government payrolls.
The Socialist Workers Union
got the strike started last
week but now the Communist
General Federation of Labor
has moved in and is running
the show.
Anchorage(^P) — Jack Mc
Kay, 34, assistant director of
the Texas Legislative Council,
has? been named director of
the newly formed Alaska
Legislative Council. He takes
the position September 1, Paul
Robinson, third division sena
tor, announced.
Tommy Jones, former Ko
diak resident, arrived here
this week via PNA.