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Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of the
 INTERIOR
 General Lard Office District Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska
 June l2, I94O

Anchorage, Alaska
 June l2, l940 Notice is hereby given that Suryan's Inc, has filed an appli- cation for soldiers additional homestead, Anchorage, serial 088O1, for a tract of land en- braced in US. Survey No 2371, containing 9.89 acres, situated on the west shore of Chip Cove, in Moser Bay, an arm of Alitak Bay, Kodiak Island, in latitude 57 degrees or 42" N. longitude 154 degrees O9' l2" w, and it is now in the files of the District
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

M. J. Singleton, Catholic chap lain in the U. s. Navy, spoke at the Rotary club Tuesday on what the Resurrection means at the present time The program was arranged as part of Holy Week.
 Guests at the luncheon were Norman Sutliff and Rev. Glen Chandler.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

Department of the Interior, Surplus Property Office, Postoff- ice box 2466, Anchorage Alaska April 16, 1946. Sealed bids will be received until two pm May 0, ly46 at the Department of the Interior Surplus Property Office, Anchorage, Alaska on 'as ls- where is surplus marine equip ment located at Juneau, Ketchl- kan and Skagway All bids sub miited must be accompanied by a twenty-five per cent deposit Tn the form of certified check or cashiers check payable to treas urer of the United States, and a statement indicating whether or not the item desired IS for use M Alaskan waters. Bids will be subject to prior withdrawal by government agencies and pur- chase by certified veterans thru preference. Certified veterans may purchase under preference at the appraised plice on April 29 at the Anchorage, Fairbanks or Juneau Surplus Property Off ice. Listings of equipment and instructions for bidding may be obtained at the Anchorage, Fair banks or Juneau Surplus Prope : ty Office and at the Veteran's 5 Club, Ketchikan, Alaska The Surplus Property Office ot the Depal tment of the Interior re- serves the right to reject any and all bids"
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

The Governors office is seek ing information on the fol'owing:
 Joseph Thomas-Last heard from about 25 years ago in Sea-
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

Gordon Springbett, Jr., sta toned in the Navy at Kodiak, took out his citizenship papers while in Fairbanks recently. He has lived in Alaska all hl, life but was born in Dawson.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

Harry Nightingale, who drove taxi here before his induction in- to the Navy, returned to Kodiak Wednesday by Navy plane and plans to stay here and is "glad to be back".
 F He was discharged in January at Bremerton.
 Mrs. Harold Pratt acted as substitute teacher Wednesday for Mrs. Marjorie Gundefson, who was i'll.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20

Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above men, tioned land should file their ad- verse claims in the district land office within the period of pub lication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 (signed) George A. Lingo
 Register Date First Publication: 3-2-46 Date Last Publication: 4-27-46
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-20
,opIAK MIRROR

L-gal Notice IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, II THIRD DIVISION
 KODIAK PRECINCT the Matter of the Estate LOUIS DUMAS, Deceased
 No. 166 Probate
 Citation lU: JULES DUMAS: ERNEST DUMAS: FRANCOIS DUM- AS: CLERE MARIA: MEN oUD CAROLA, and any un- known hers of the Deceased: i0U ARE HEREBY NOTIFI- tD AND REQUESTED TO PPE.AR before me in my office a'he City of Kodiak, Alaska, on aednesday, May the 18th, 1946, "she hour of 200 pm, then and |ere to show cause, if any you ave, why the prayer of o. A. HUTCHINSON, administrator of If above entitled Estate, for u',alorlty to sell real property 'aaa not be granted, and said al Property sold of the Estate, s'Wit:
 apr oximately three (3) acres a land, or 13O, ,6SO Square feet n the City of Kodiak, Alaska, ,,uloining the Leite Estate and nonting the Water, |Is 'i not be sold according to |la,o lated this 1lth day of April, 'O' at Kodiak, Alaska.
 G. M. BUBENDORF,
 Probate Judge
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
VICTIM
FROM PAGE ONE

light switch, setting Of quantities OF
gas accumulated in the forepar'
of the tanker. Holes, IS by 40 feet
were blown in the front of the ship,
Treated Here
Faulkner, the 50-year-old sea-
man, suffered from 100 per cent
burns, was given treatment on
board the Bennington by DR.. T. M.
Hall, inferno at James Walker
Memorial hospital. DR.. Hall was
carried to the ship on a U. S.
Coast Guard crash boat stationed
at Oak Island.
After the boat dropped anchor,
the injured man. burned beyond
recognition, was transferred to
waiting ambulance and rushed to
the local hospital.
His body like those Of the other
six victims was taken to Andrews
Mortuary. Faulkner's only known
survivor is nineteen-year-old
son, believed to be visiting rela-
tives in Georgia.
Officials Of the funeral home
said last night the body Of David
Schwartz had been shipped to
Pert Amboy, N. ]. The remaining
six bodies, Charles Stockwell,
Kenneth Ploeger, Leon W. White,
Lewis D. Williams, Robert L. Fin
erty and Faulkner will be sent
sometime today.
Awaits Orders
The tanker. large holes in the
bow just above the waterline. re-
manned anchored in the river last
night. Captain K. H. Eitzen was
repeatedly "awaiting orders from
his company before moving the
ship to Wilmington. 1t could not
be learned if temporary repairs
will be undertaken here before the
'hio puts TO sea again.
Southport residents said last
night that members Of the crew
had been given Shore liberty
and were visiting in severalhomes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
STEEL
FROM PAGE ONE

ference would be resumed, prob
ably Friday. =.
Meantime, a virtual holiday
prevailed in business and industry.
Many thousands Of workers con-
tinued in idleness through the third
day.
Trolleys Halted
The trolleys which carry a mil
lion riders daily normally, were
halted by order of the ALL
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway workers.
Business Agent John T. Morgan
said it was a protective measure
for $500 Pittsburgh railways en-
ployes. Morgan said threats had
been received against continued
operation of the trolleys with
Struck power"
George Muller, president OF the
power workers, a absolved with
nine other strike committee mem
bers of contempt of court charges
at the same time the anti-strike
Injunction was dissolved at the
city's request. Mueller had been
sentenced Tuesday to a year in
Jail on the contempt charge,
brought for his criticism of the in
junction as "a scrap of paper
Strike Continues
The union leader declared the
strike of the $500 light company
workers would continue until
negotiations with the company are
concluded to the unions satisfac-
ton.
Thursday night the union mem
bership rejected by a overwhelm-
ing vote a proposal from the man
agement which contained a five
percent wage increase and revision
of the pension and vacation plans
among other adjustments.
The union seeks a 20 percent
increase. This, the union said,
would boost the present average
base pay from S1.18 to about $1.41
hourly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

ly after war started" he con-
tlnued. That day we were loaded
with explosives, when We were
sighted by a formation of Jap
anese planes, the yellow Nips be-
gan to dive and strafe the decks
of u helpless ship and pretty
soon she went up with a bang"
Wilson said. Thirty-four men were
killed or missing of the crew of As.
he added.
The grizzeled veteran of the sew
en- seas, is known as Pop" by the
members of the Bennington crew.
He is a large man, weighing over
200 pounds and he reminded me of
the tales of the days of wooden
ships and iron men,"
Wilson said he is married and
makes his home, when not plying
the sever seas, with his wife in
Cumberland. Md.
After conducting me on a tour
of the ship and pointing out many
features of his vessel, l asked him
what happened the night before.
He said he was in the crew recrea-
ton room a few minutes before the
blast shook the 410-foot tanker.
THE pump man cameaft and
advised the boatswain of the pres
ence of gas fumes in the fore
section,' Wilson said as he lean
ed over the side of the ship. Some
of the men returned with the boat
swain and pumpmen to the bow
of the boat and in a couple of
minutes a thunderous blast shook
the ship from bow to stern"
He said it happened SO quick
that no one knew just what had
happened. Il rushed out to the
dack and saw flames licking for
the sky" He continued his story
b ytelling me how the captain of
the ship ordered the vessel turned
cross-wise the wind, so the flames
would be blown away from the aft
section. The captain was very calm
and the crew fought the fire like
veterans" he said.
Four ordinary fire hoses we're
pressed into action and after a
battle of nearly two hours the fire
was under control. "These lads" he
said as he swept his broad arm
about the ship, really were the
best behaved lads l have ever
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
PROPERTY OWNERS
TO RECEIVE PLAN

The city administration will
shortly present to 10 residents of
the block, bounded by Second,
Third, Grace and Walnut Streets,
a plan to drain a standing pond OF
water which centers in their block
City Manager ]. R.. Benson said
last night.
The drainage impr e n t,
which would remove a water col
lection center that has remained
in the city long enough to assume
the distinctive name of Horre Pond
drain, would be charged to prop
erty owners in the block on a pro
rata basis.
1T is not now the city's inten-
ton to force such Improvement to
be made, but it is ready and will
ing to go forward in the matter if
the property owners so DESIRE"
Benson said.
The project, which involves the
filling of low land and construction
of two catch basins and new drain
age pipe, will cost $4910.67 accord
ing to City Engineering depart
ment estimates, Benson said.
Cites Law
The city manager cited North
Carolina code provisions which
make it mandatory upon the city
to assess the cost of such drain
ages on the owners of the property
which is affected by'it.
As outlined by Benson, the plan
would involve a catch basin be-
tween the lots owned by e. I.
Bear and L. R. Lynch on Second
Street and another on lots owned
by G. c. Bordeaux and w. M. At
kinson.
Benson's plan will be presented
to the affected property owners in
a letter that may reach them to-
morrow.
"Our survey indicates very on
clusively that the whole drainage
system leading to the river is in
such a decayed condition that it
would be impossible to recondition
same at any reasonable cost" the
Benson letter says.
The lots affected by the improve
ment plan are listed as belonging
to: A. D'Lugin. W. M. Atkinson,
Milton Calder, Mrs. Hannah Sloan,
L. A. Marshburn, Ethel Sheppard,
w. E. Powell, w. M. Bellamy. M.
Dureston and L. Merrick, Esther
Palmer. v. A. Saffo, L. E. Morton,
Della M. LeGwin, E. I. Bear, L.
R. Lynch, Jay Monte, and G. c.
Bordeaux.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE
SHIPS
FROM PAGE ONE

s766. 900 at the Kaiser plant il
Oregon, 1858, 900 at the Kaiser yart
at Permanente and 1858, 900 at tn
California yard.
Representative Herter O.
Massachusetts, after listening II
the comparative figures, asked
Lanier what he figured he coule
have saved the country had NJ
built as many Liberty ships as the
Kaiser enterprises. Il make nc
claims" replied Lanier. IN le,
my figures speak for themselves
Earned Maximum Fees
He emphasized that the company
had earned maximum fees on all
Its Maritime commission contracts
as a reward for efficiency and per-
Torrance.
Lanier asked to come to Washing
ton to testify after the office OF the
Comptroller general had ,aliegeo
Tuesday that the North Carollna
Shipbuilding concerns profits aad
skyrocketed to s27, Gas, 900 on an mi
tial investment of So, 200, oe0.
The figures presented by Lanier
sustained a statement made ear
lier this week by Roger Williams,
president of the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company, that the
company as a ''loW-cost producer"
had, during six years of operation,
made profits of s22, 7ol ,299. This
figure, he declared represented
profit not only on 146 Liberty ships
but also profits on 90 Of the ca
cargo type vessels.
Spotlight OF Thursdays testimony
before the committee was that of
officials of the Bethlehem-Fair-
field corporation and the st. Johns
River Shipbuilding company.
Officials of these and other yards
joined with Henry j. Kaiser in
maintaining that the testimony Of
Ralph E. Casey, general counsel
for the General Accounting office
did not present an accurate picture
of the final profits of the wartime
ship yards.
Comparative Costs
Emphasizing his contention that
Kaiser's Oregon yard had not
established the low cost record.
Slattery presented a table of COM
parative average costs and profits
per snip by all yards. 1t showed
that the Wilmington company had
averaged profits of s84, 669 per YES
sci at a lower per-ship cost that
the Kaiser Oregon enterprise,
which had average profits of s82,-
532 per ship at the higher average
cost.
Rep. Alvin F. Weichel, Repub-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
ROUTE
FROM PAGE ONE

torney' pre- sented the ns;o- -,
for an around-town route 49, e I
proposal to set up : >r>.o MA a
through Winter Park an
Bluethenthal airport. Pa''
This route, he asserted. v,-,s.
faster in both directions II. " ",
terminals on the lower Co.. ol
Emmett Bellamy. :. Y w saF'
Herbert Latimer. EmD.e n
mer, Mrs. W. R. MARI -aa'
Plat Davis were o.aer S-a.. ..',
who urged an ouc-ofoa~ 5',-
DR.. W. Houston Moore
ming board. member. ~s5as $''a a.
their statements By v-s.y 10 .
to keep up their ~in.eres, sr5 Ta
tain the vigor Of .he:, ~ IN II
Moore emphasized tina. - ~
as an individual and no. as : 59 9.as
member. '0sso
George w. s5mons, city p,a.,3.,
consultant, and Harold n Ws;s-L
his assistant, attended Las. r,-.~
meeting, H. R. Emory. 0,sT~.,s ,
board chairman, Fred P;D1y
the boards secretary. Beas31 y ~,
DR.. Moore were the board msn
bers in attendance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

seen, not a gol burned n of them
lost his nerve" Wilson continued.
When asked what he intended to
do and if he planned to leave the
ship, the veteran remarked, Il am
a seaman, and l am not scared
of tankers. Why should I leave the
business I been in for 20 years."
This was the first question l mad
been asked, So l just smiled and
let the matter drop.
I remained on the ship until it
reached Southport. On my way
back to Wilmington, I could not
help but admire the wonderful,
spirit of Pop" and the rest of the
crew of the Bennington. Those men
had been through a night of he'll. . .
but were cheerful enough to greet
US with a smile and a good morn
ing" Thinking about their
courage, I soon forgot hat I had
not been to bed for "a hours, nor
had nothing to eat for the past 10
hours. I can say that those men,
most of them appeared to be around
20 to Is years of age, were the
calmest group I have ever SEEN
In fact one of them said to me,
after l boarded the ship, "You
were more scared trying to catch
on to that ladder than we were
last night" He was no. kidding
It's an awful job for a landlubber
to grab a swaying Jacobs lacde-
from the, deck of a moving Coast
Guard crash boat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
SCIENCE
FROM PAGE ONE

Perritt said he wouldn't be able
to tell fo- at least six weeks how
we'll Betty will be able to see, but
he was certain she was to have at
least partial sight.
The examination revealed the
new corneas are well healed and
in place he told the happy par
ents. Everything she sees seems
to be magnified and blurred. Ap-
parently she is attempting to evalu-
ate in her own mind what she sees.
"She will be going through this
process of educating herself to see
for some time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
LIONS CLUB HEARS
TALK ON WELFARE

"Our social problems can and
will be solved is a worthwhile
slogan for Wilmington or any other
community that seeks genuine
greatness, Clark Corliss, a repre-
sentative of the Family Welfare
society Of America, told the Lions
Club here yesterday at its regular
weekly luncheon meeting.
Corliss' address to the local
Lions a n of three local ap-
pearances he made here yester-
day. He had earlier addressed a
meeting of directors of the Will
mington Family Service Society
and yesterday afternoon was the
featured speaker at the monthly
board meeting of the Welfare Di-
vision of the local Community
Council.
He told Lions club members
that the local Family Service
society, whose office opened early
this month, offered its advice and
assistance to all persons who
brought their personal problems
to it regardless of their economic
position.
The time is long since past
when social services were avail
able only to the economically low
er third of u citizenry," he point
ed out.
Corliss laid especial stress on
the need to develop community
facilities for the relief of the
mentally i'll.
Mrs. Emma D. Howell, execu-
tive secretary Of the local Family
Service society, a Red Feather
Service Of the Community Chest,
was a guest at the Lions luncheon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
UNION PACIFIC
FROM PAGE ONE

Parker of Los Angeles would be
questioned at ar inquest about the
rate of speed.
Parker escaped without serious
injuries, but his fireman, p. j.
Zetalmaier, Monterey Park, Calf,
was badly injured.
Just be. ond where the locomo-
tive came to rest is a sheer drop
of 40 to so feet to the bed of the
Mojave river. The double tracks
at that point run through the desert
with high, rocky hills on side.
II heard a big roar and saw a
big cloud of dust and a cloud of
steam" said Cortland B. Searles,
San Bernardino, Calf, an inspect
or for the War Assets administra-
ton. He was driving along U. S.
Highway 66, which parallels the
track at that point.
II parked the car and ran to the
track. People we're pouring out Of
all the cars, but there was not
much panic. I heard a few
screams but it wasn't any worse
than a nylon sale"
Among the first to reach the
scene were Jerry Bowles, is, and
Roy Jackson, %, both of Orc
Grande, a town near the wreck.
Other arrived shortly
from Oroville, Victorville and the
Portland Cement plant near here.
Some injured were carried 300
yards to the highway on stretchers
and taken in ambulances to the
nearby Victorville Army airport
and flown in army ambulance
planes to Los Angeles. Others were
brought to Victorville on flat cars
and taken to hospitals in ambu-
lances.
Doctors, nurses and ambulances
were rushed to the scene from San
Bernardino, Barstow and nearby
army installations. Uninjured pas
sengers were taken to San Ber-
nardino in buses to continue their
journey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
PRESIDENT
FROM PAGE ONE

ing his stand, Mayor Kelly of Chi
cago told reporters he favored q
6O-day suspension of meat price
controls. House Democratic Lead
er Mccormack of Massachusetts
urged such a suspension Wednes-
day.
In addition, the party's executive
committee adopted a resolution
today directing Chairman Robert
E. flanagan to discuss with the
Decontrol board and any other
proper authorities ways and means
Of increasing the meat supply
available to the American people,"
A reporter read the Democratic
resolution to Mr.. Truman, inter-
preting it to mean that its purpose
was to press for removal of meat
controls. Mr.. Truman insisted
that would not help the situation.
Then he was asked whether he
disagrees with flanagan on the
question. He replied that the facts
were in his statement and if Han
negan differs with them, then OF
course they do not agree. Han
negan as postmaster-general is a
member of the cabinet.
The Presidents statement reject
ing any alteration of price controls
put him definitely in opposition to
McCormack's suspension plea. In
cidentally, Mr.. Truman said that
Mccormack had denied to a White
House secretary that he had sale
he discussed the matter with the
President, as he was quoted IN
Boston Wednesday.
On One Point
On one point, the Chief Execu-
tive and the Democratic policy
makers appeared in agreement:
That Congressional handling OF
price control legislation Largely
contributed to the meat situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

iican, Ohio, South, by questioning
Slattery and Lanier, ought to snow
that the low-cost record of the Tar
Heel shipbuilders was better than
Kaiser's record chiefly because Of
low labor costs.
Both Slattery and Lanier agreed
that the figures did not take into
consideration the differences in la
Dor costs between the Southeast
and the West coast. Slattery de-
clared. However, that the account
ing did take into consideration
higher freight rates to the West in
arriving at cost 1lgures.
Lanier, who said the Wilmington
company was organized in 194l by
the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock company, also
agreed with. Rep. Weichel that the
difference in labor costs between
the Southeast and West coasts
might account for part of the cost
differences.
Weichel said the North Carolina
company was taking fellows from
plows and trying to make ship
builders of them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

The party resolution hit at "the
blind opposition of Republican
members of Congress to adequate
control measures" Mr.. Truman,
without mentioning the COP, de.
clared that if Congress had passed
the OPA bill in early spring, "as
I had urged, many OF these
difficulties would have been avoid.
ed"
The uncertainty of that time.
leading to the period in July anc
August when controls were off, Mr.
Truman commended, led to an "ex.
Extraordinarily large slaughter
then. And that in turn, he added
is Sin large part" the cause of the
shortage" now.
He used the word shortage
rather than famine declaring
that "dire predictions of a mea'
famine are without basis"
Since meat was abundant in mid
summer when controls were ir
allegiance, he remarked, cit is ma
tural, therefore, for people te
blame the shortage on price con.
troll. This line of reasoning is
wholly wrong"
The Presidents statement re-
ported prospects. "for temporary
relief in the next few months" al
though there may be periods ir
various parts of the country wher
meat is scarce" In additions,
comment Mr.. Truman expressed
stronger assurance that supplies
will improve and urged that PEG.
Pile be patient.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
NO LAW
FROM PACE ONE

selling in New Jersey yesterday at
20 cents a pound, and dealers re-
ported their business doubling.
The horse butcher thrived mod
erately in the North, during the
war shortage. but ran into stringent
license provisions in such states
as New York and Massachusetts,.
Now. the Massachusetts, General
hospital is reported feeding its
patients ho-semeat and doctors
there say it is a considerably more
nutritious food than some types
of beef.
Officials at James Walker hospi-
tai here said last night that nc
horse meat is being served there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
MORE ABOUT
USES
FROM PAGE ONE

who assumed their positions before
July 26 last, need only to pass a
aon-competitive qualifying exam
ination.
Three clerks will take their state
examinations Sept. %, and nine
lnterviewers will be examined
October II.
No date has been set for examin-
ing Hinkle and Graham Cotting-
ham and Liston L. King, his vet
Grams employment representatives.
The U. S. Department of Labor
will continue to pay all costs of
operating the office, although the
state will supervise it through the
unemployment compensation com
mission. The name United States
Employment service will be re-
tanned, Hinkle believes.