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Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
heater
 Damaged
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Fire of unknown origin Satur- day morning gutted the auditor ium of the Lyric theater, one of Kodiak's two motion picture houses, but was confined to the one building by the combined ef- forts of local, Navy and Army fire departments.
 The alarm was turned in at 8;34 am by Bill Grath, who saw flames and smoke at the rear of the building. Mrs. Margo Lester, going to work an estimated 5 minutes before the alarm, said she saw no smoke when passing the theater.
 Both fire trucks answered the call and were aided by good wa ter pressure from a full reservoir tank. although salt water was pumped from the bay later dur ing the fire to conserve the city water.
 Although breaking out at the left rear of the theater first the entire interior was soon in flames and fire broke out the front be fore being brought under control. One Army and 2 Navy trucks from the base arrived to ald in the battle and had the fire soon
 (continued on page 4,
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City Dock Awarded

Official notice that the city O. Kodiak has been awarded the city dock was received yesterday by Mayor Lee Bettinger from the Office of Land Management, Department of Interior, Wash ington D. c.
 The no'Ice from Fred Johnson, director, said the city's priority bid of $70 GOO would be reduced 10 S65,00O as the law provides that the maximum price to a priority holder should equal the fair value, which has been set at the latter amount
 The city will have 35 days to examine title, and 10 days there after before making the first pay ment
 Terms require that $l3,0O0 be paid down, with the $52,00o bal ance divided in 10 equal yearly installments.
 Mayor BettiDger has also been ioformed that with the award of the deck the Land Office will turn over to the city, as a gift, Tract A Subdivision l. which includes land adjacent to the dock atea and fronts oD Shel ikof highway. Buildings on the tract will be included in the transfer, according 10 the land office.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
Interested Elks
 Asked To Register

Osky Weeda, visiting sales man, and Max La Lande, owner of the Idle Hour bar, have de- cided to make a survey of kod- iak te determine if there are enough people interested to warrant the formation of an Elk's lodge in Kodiak.
 All Elks Tn town and at the base, and all persons interested in joining an Elks lodge, are ask ed to register at once with Max La Lande. About 30 are needed tc get a local lodge going, MT. La Lande said, and the results of the survey will be sent to Al chorage.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
VioIators Fined

U. s. Commissioner c. W Bu- bendorf flew in the Fish & Wild life plane to Parks Cannery, Uy- ak bay, Thursday to try some fish violation cases on complaints brought by Marcus Meyer, local Wildlife agent.
 Charged witb fishing befcre the start of the season were Le nard, Otto and Alfred Erickson, and Victor and Raymond Jarvi and Henry Haatai.
 All were found guilty and each fined $50. with $25 of each fin } susrendcd.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
Official
 Coming

William Warren, newly ap' pointed assistant Secretary of the Interior, is due to arrive at Kodiak Monday noon, according to word received by Mayor Lee Bettinger. Names of others in the party were not given.
 To provide a meeting with MT Warren the Chamber of Com merce luncheon scheduled for Thu sday will be held instead on Monday evening between z and G W. Bubendorf, president, an nounced today.
 The meeting will be open to the public so all who wish to may attend and reservations should be made with MT Buben- dorf to enable plans to be made. The dinner will be held ct the VFW club.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
ii Queens Sign Up

Eleven queen contestants have signed up so far in the Pontiac rafHe-Queen contest being spon- sored by St. Mary's Catholic church, Father Louis Fink an nouDced today.
 Registration for queens, who may be sponsored or solo, will close today at 8 pm. Local aspir- ants may register at Knudsen's or the Island fountain or at the Chaplsins office at the base
 The first contestants are:
 Betty Beals, sponsored by St Mary's Choristers
 Virginia Brlner, Talley's Bean- ty Salon
 Albertia Farrow, Tony's Place
 Kathleen Flood, American Le- zion
 Donna Frost, ACS & Mrs Bes Nachweih
 Cleo Gregorioff, Kodiak Foun- tam
 Cecilia King, o Kraft & Son
 Betty Kizer, Rotary Club
 Genie Miller, VFW & Auxiliary Cherie Morrison, Public Works Metal Shop
 Shirley Mufiey, Ships Service Tickets for the Pontiac to be rsffied Sept 2 entitle the pur- chaser to 100 votes each Tor their favorite The Pontiac sedan, which arrived on the Denali, is on display by the Island foun- tain and tickets gre on sale throughout town.
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CreWn1an Arrested

Seattle (R)-Richard Me Lure, 22, electrician on the steamer Denali, was arrested in Seattle July 30 and charged by the postal inspectors in the U. s. Commissioners Court with theft of 19 sweaters from mails in Kodiak shipment.
 He was freed under $500 bond. The inspectors office said that 27 sweaters in all were missing.
 Kodiak-The sweaters were part of a parcel post shipment sent to O. Kraft & Son of this city.
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OdOm Due Over Kodiak

Cairo (R)-A third of the way abound the world Pilot William Odom arrived here Friday night at lO:44 EST. He was 2l hours 5I minutes out of Chicago and hoped to complete the flight in 90 hours to beat the lS6 hour solo record set by Wiley Post in 1883. I he next leg of his trip IS to Karachi, Inoia and stops are planned at Tokyo and Anchor. age.
 Kodiak 0dom is expected ov- CT Kodiak sometime today and arrangements have been made for the plane ], talk by long dis tance through the local ACS of Zee to Seattle if contact can be made.
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Shipping May Stop

Seattle (P)-Harry lunde- berg, boss of 60,0o0 AFL Sea- men, declared sailors will man na ships without a closed shop sontract, regardless of the Taft-Hartlery Labor Act
 There will be no American ships manned by AFL sailors after Sept 30 (when existing contracts sxpire) unless the union has a closed shop and new men are hired through hiring halls," !" Enndeberg said.
 Seattle (R)-An Alaska long shore tieup that started Tuesday m Juneau has spread to Seward, Ketehikap, and threatened to shut down major ports in the Territory.
 Seward GIG longshorem n ser vsd notice they will refuse to work any ship which sailed out af Seattle since Tuesday.
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Missing

The names of the crew and passengers on the missing PBY were released yesterday by the Navy, as follows;
 Crew:
 PiIot-Lt. (jg) William H. Zeigler, USN, Columbia, s. c
 Co pilot-Lt. (ig) Nave A. Fuleihau, USN, Grand Blanc, M ch. (Mrs Fuleihan resides in Kodiak, at Knudsen's apart ments.)
 John E Duvall, AMM-l, USN Pervis Lee Bangert, Sic, USN Lixville, Me
 Bryce Stinnett Herndon. ARM2 USN, Altus, Okla
 Passengers;
 It. Comdr. Willard A Eth ridge, USN. Kansas City, Mo.
 Richard Dale Pentzer, CPhM, Oakland, Calf (Above two attached 17Ih Ma val District HeadquarteEs)
  Following members of Dutch Harbor softball team;
 Cecil H. Suit, S-1, Lake Will age Arkansas; Robert G Can't | s 1, Atlanta, Ga.; Robert D Gl lespie, S1. Patterson, N. J Ronald G. Fullerton, S.1, Hunts vile, Ohio; William R. Loftus Y2, Omaha, Neb.; John s. Ung' CT, S ], Northampton, Pa; ; Ro, bert H Stone, S.1, Chicago, III
 Additional members oi team from Fort Mears: Jacob R Swander, M Sgt, wife at Dutch Harhor; John 4. Lamoo, First Sgt wife at Dutch Harbor; Al bert Dorsey, Sgt, Long Island City, N Y; Angus MacKay  Tech 5 h Detroit, Mich Pat J, Mcclellan, Tech. 9th, Rio Vista Texas; Delmar E. Nowak, Tech 9th AIpeDa, Mich
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09

The Cape Douglas Canning corporation cannery boat from Swiksbak arrived here Wednes- day en route to Seattle, and brought back local crew mem- bels who have been working thls summer at their location on the mainland.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09
Twenty Missing On Kodiak Navy Plane

Kodiak-Late yesterday no trace had been found of PBY' missing since Wednesday on a routine passenger trip from here to Dutch Harbor, Captain k, k. suthff, commaBdant, NAS-NoB announced.
 The plane, with a crew ot D and I5 passengers, left Kodiak at 6 :26 am Wednesday and was last heard from in a storm at 1O:4e ana about l50 miles from Dutch Harbor. Thirteen ot the passengers were members Of 8 softball team that competed here in an Alaska.wide tourna- ment and were returning to the base and Fort Mears, both located at Dutch Harbor. Ironically the plane was one that had made 10 successful res- cue missions in this area slnce the first of the year, bringing ID injured and other emergency cases to Kodiak for hospitallza- tion.
 The plane had gasoline left for 6 hours flying when last re- ported. Handicapped by low visibility and heavy seas, planes and surface craft searched the area. The search is being direct ed from Fort Randall, head quarters for the 10th Rescue Squadron, and yesterday 5 sur face vessels as we'll as planes were combing the area as the weather perE itted
 Two panes from Kodiak joined 2 others from Adak 2 out of Fort Randall and B'l7 from Fort Richardson. The Navy Fleet tug Potawatoml was dis patched from Kodiak to sidm the search, in which the Coast Guard vessel Unalga and U S.S. Sussex are also taking part. Tbe latter ship, on the way to Adak, was diverted to the area and IS in charge of all surface vessels. All transient vessels and planes have been alerted to watch for signs of the missing plane also. All of the next of kin have been notified Of the missing s'a-
 tus of the personnel aboard the plane.
 (See adjoining column for thames of those aboard the plane)
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09

Seventeen tourists from Se- attle making the round trip on the Denali looked Kodiak over during the visit of the vessel this week at this port
Kodiak mirror., 1947-08-09

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haag vent on the Der ali as far as Port Bailey, accompanying Mrs. Car ra Kelley, Mrs. Haag's sister, vho is en route to the States af- ter visiting here.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

lar to readers of the Bible, Arabs
roamed through the streets,
smashing or setting fire to Jewish
buildings, killing Jewish men,
women, and children.
But the threatened invasion of
the Holy Land still had not taken
place, although Haganah, the Jew
ish underground army, continued
to stand guard. Haganah's chief
had been of those slain.
The US, whose oil monopolists
hold a tight economic and poIti-
cal grip on the Levantine, could
end the violence by public dec
laration that it would not grant
loans to Middle Eastern states
now seeking them unless order
were restored, it was felt.
But the US. was silent.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

Durable Peace of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ
IN America, he is also head of
the Wall Street law firm of
Sullivan and Cromwell which
has consistently backed the
German industrialists who re-
built Germany after World
War and created Hitler. This
firm would also like to return
these German financiers to
power now.
Sullivan and Cromwell have
long had close relations with
the Schroeder Bank, /. G. Far
ben, the German law firm of
Albert and Westrick and many
'others. 1t has defended Nazi
cartelists and agents and has
been involved on behalf of Die
tator Franco of Spain.
AS for DeGaulle, he has been
characterized as a "would-be
Hitler" who is interested in
personal power to be obtained
through destruction of Repub-
lican institutions that the peo-
pie of France have won for
themselves.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Indonesid progress

The Indonesian government this
week was continuing its effort to
raise the living standards of the
100000 inhabitants in the face
of continued Dutch aggression.
The program, drawn up by the
All-Indonesian Central Organiza-
ton of Trade Unions, includes the
detectives of full employment,
guarantee of the rights to or
ganize, bargain collectively and
strike, and of freedom of speech,
assembly and demonstration. It
also restricts child labor, pro-
vides for safety legislation and
social security in all industry, and
establishes a guaranteed minimum
wage.
Labor participation is. entirely
new in Indonesian affairs. The
Dutch banned unions and gave the
workers no voice in the govern
ment. Under their own regime.
the trade union group has 40 seats
in parliament, is represented in
the cabinet and the chairman is
vice premier of the republic.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Holy war

JGIdQ.
The word became familiar to
American readers as the tense
Middle Eastern volcano erupted
IN scores of places.
Jehad, the holy war, had been
proclaimed by Hal Amin ell Hus-
Semi, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
and spiritual leader of the Mo-
hammedans, following the United
Nations decision to partition Pal
estine between the Arabs-most
of them Moslems-and the Jews
who escaped Hitler's mass murder
policy.
At Khartoum, deep in the An
glo-Egyptian Sudan, more than
100 Jewish women and children
were reported burned to death
after an Arab mob set fire to the
building in which they had sought
shelter.
In Cairo, GAIA, Beth ell Zion,
and countless other places famiI-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

Ocampo, general secretary of the
Chilean Mine Workers federation,
for the use of troops to break
coal mine strike. Ocampo charged
the Chilean government had sent
troops to beat and arrest these
workers and that at least six had
been killed.
This is part of a plot to smash
all Chilean unions, Ocampo said,
at the request of the operators
and their Wall Street bosses.
In Brazil, the chamber of depu-
ties approved a bill to remove
all Communists remaining in pub
lie office. This would GUST Is
from the Brazilian congress, 10
from the Rio De Janeiro city
council and approximately go from
state legislatures as well as many
others from posts in various mu-
inequalities.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Canada prices

Opening of the Canadian parlia-
nnent last week in Ottawa brought
into the open the sharp fight of
labor and consumers groups to re-
impose price controls and sub
sides on essential foodstuffs to
end profiteering.
Consumer organizations and To-
cal unions, both CLIO and AFL,
have formed a powerful lobby.
Federal authorities already have
been forced to clamp price cell
ings back on canned goods.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Dulles, US. spokesman with
pro-Nazi ties, meets de GauIIe

Two men-Charles de GaulIe
and John Foster Dulles-met
this week to prove to the world
that the U. S. is meddling on
the pro-fascist side of French
affairs.
When Dulles talked with the
general over the weekend,
Communist deputies were in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

that he did not consider the
Communists French political
party"
The Dulles record shows him
strongly anti-Communist and
with broad Nazi ties.
Although known as one of
the worlds leading Christian
laymen and as chairman of
the Commission on a Just and
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Lotin plot

Although there is no Marshall
plan for the Americas, the drive
to shackle labor under the guise
of fighting communism continued
this week among the Latin ma
tons.
Wall Street intervention was
blamed by Senator Salvador
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

censed at his
n t e r f e r :
e n c e in
French inter
nal affairs and
lodged a for
NAL protest in
the assembly
over his pub
lie statement
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Column review
Gen. Lippman gets
hot over cold war

fers to as "cold war" with the
Soviet Union, continues to adj
wise specific. military strategy.
Any week, you can find some
Lippman paragraphs that read
like the military expert. col
umns Of the ''hot war" years.
1--WE have no choice" Gen.
eral Lippman decides. but TO
build up and maintain an OPP
IRRATIONAL striking force capable.
as UndersecretarY of State
Lovett argued of deliver
ing sustained assault at long
range. That is how the
Red Army can most surely be
contained
Lippman laughs at the fan
attic Bill Bunitt, who wants to
feed and arm every "anti-com-
MUST" in the world. Using
civilization" as a code word
meaning ~. S. inperialist in
terests," the realistic Lippman
informs Bullitt that the Mar
shall Plan quite justly
calls for a concentration of
American effort at that point
where our civilization is
most deeply threatened" It is
In Britain and Western Europe,
says the General, "that the
struggle will be won or lost,
in the advanced countries, not
the backward ones"
Any day now, we expect to
see picture of Truman pin
ming medal with a couple of
clusters on General Lippman's
breast.
=
KENESAW M. Lands and his
office girl have sustained a
terrific blow An idol has been
smashed. Humphrey Bogart,
the cool, scared of nothing
tough guy, had used an air
mail-special form letter to adj
vertise the fact that he's crawl
ing before the movie bosses
with placard reading please
don't fire me; I'm a poor in
nocent good-American and l
know 1 done wrong"
The Bogart letter apologized
for a trip to Washington to
protest the Un-American Com
mittee's witch hunt.
All right. Humphrey; you
can get up off your knees"
says Lands. But is the terror
that great in Hollywood? Do
you really scare so easy? My
office girl is disillusioned. and
to tell you the truth. SO arm l."
DID you ever see a book
go on trial?" asks Thomas L.
Stokes, the Scripps Howard
bait for liberal readers. "Such
a trial is going on here in the
nations capitol" He tells about
congressman objecting that
school text condemns commun-
ism only indirectly, instead of
denouncing it in the best Hearst
editorial style.
Stokes, to be on the safe
side, denounces communism for
a while before he winds up
with the observation: ut is dis
turbing for teacher to be re-
quired to defend the right of
free inquiry in our country"
Hearst's Herald American
contributes to the cause of
world peace a heavyhanded
humorous" letter from a "Ros-
Shan" spy paul Calico to
pal at home.
"Comrade," he writes, Il am
travelling tonight on the rail-
1. E L. L.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

worth Of military supplies had
been delivered to the Greek gov
eminent up to Nov. % to assist
it's civil war against opposition
groups.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

human rights and "free enter
prise" at the same time. Sci
ence is to blame for the dan
gers facing the world, Wyie
tells us. He's not only serious
about it; he's in a panic. We're
all sitting on limb, he alleges,
and science is saving it off at
the trunk.
Wylie's solution: "Disconnect
mans science from his instinct
for destruction. The cur
tains must be torn down, iron
and brass" For the best letter
from a Star reader explaining
what that means, we offer
prize: one brand new strait
jacket.
sgd Harris is giving the
women fatherly pat on the
head again. They're nice to
have around at times, he con-
cedes, but let's not take them
too seriously. Typical quote:
That shows you how poorly
most women reason" Lucky
Chicago; we have sgd to rea-
son for US.
HAROLD Ickes, in the Times.
holds his nose over the Truman
pardon Of Boston's Mayor Cur
ley, who had been serving time
on a federal mail fraud con-
Viction. MIR. Truman was and
still is a dues-paying member
of the Prendergast gang" Ickes
charges. at all stinks
with penetrating stencil. Mr..
Truman has already shown too
great a propensity to regard
Presidential powers as a means
to bestow favors upon the DO
litically faithful, or to be used
against those who will not bend
the knee"
Irving Pflaum shows himself
a real foreign expert" by
coming up with a one-sentence
explanation of strikes in France
and Italy: Their basic purpose
is TO demonstrate one sim
gle alleged fact: No economic
or political plan for Europe
can be carried out successfully
without the Soviet Union"
Emphasis Pflaum's.O
Carleton Kent reviews testi-
mony of Sec. of Labor Schwel-
lenbach before a congressional
price investigating committee,
He notes that Schwellenbach
mentioned but didn't give due
poundage to profits" and OBJ
serves Nobody much mentions
profits as a cause of prices,
any more"
KENT Doesn't think much
OF measure introduced in
Congress by Rep. Karl Mundt
R., SD, extreme rightist,
who wants to investigate the
exchange of commerce now 60
ing on between the U. S. and
Russia. The Timesman approx
ingly quotes Rep. George Sad
owski 3D., Mich):
IF the United States wants
peace, it will continue to de-
velop such trade relationships
If you are looking for war.
then you begin dropping the
curtain of trade and commerce
against this nation and that
nation, and you bar trading
with them"
And Herb Crafts, in the
same paper, commenting on
the way Humphrey BogarJ
turned tail and ran when the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

IN THE Daily News, poor
Evening star., 1947-02-14

ministration building were remod-
eled into special workrooms for the
most sevesely handicapped. Other
added features were on occupational
therapy clinic, a specially shop for
antiques and craftwork done by
homebound workers and Offices for
an increased and especially trained
Staf.
The average weekly payroll was
$1,000, for an average of 1856 per-
sons regularly employed. The 1947
budget for operation of the indus
tries, which is 80 per cent self-sup-
porting. was set at s350,000.
Evening star., 1947-02-14

founding of the Goodwill Industries
in 1885. AL five of the trustees were
chosen for three-year terms.
Watson 3. Miller, Federal secur-
| ity administrator and guest speaker,
explained the cooperative agree
ment between the Vocational Re-
Mobilization Service and the Good
will Industries.
Sees Need for Shops.
Through our joint efforts we
cannot help but reach good results
In finding help for the severely han
dicapped," he said. He added there
was q greater need for the "shel-
tered. workshops" such as the Good
will Industries provides, for the
more seriously disabled who, other
wise, might not be helped to earn
their own living.
Col. e. Goring Bliss, president Of
the industries, who presided at the
meeting held at the headquarters,
1918 New Hampshire avenue NV,
presented 10-year silver pins and
certificates to eight employees and
five-year bronze pins and certlfl-
Gates to IA others.
Plant Extended.
Those receiving awards for 10
years service were w. Harold Shape,
executive director; Miss Kathleen
Mathews, social worker; Edward
Lyles, controller, and Mrs. Ida Cole
man, ]. Henry Grady, Miss Florence
Martin, John Croft and Joseph
Brooks.
The annual report Of the indus
tries, which was distributed at the
meeting, revealed an extension Of
the physical plant and the scope Of
service. Two new stories were add
ed to the industrial building, and
two residences adjacent to the ads
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Siqmu Nu Phi PIons Dinner

The Founders Day dinner Of
Sigma Nu Phi legal fraternity will
be held at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
the Wardman Park Hotel. The
dinner will mark the fraternitys
44th anniversary.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
FIemmine, Mccarthy
Elected 10 Board Of
Goodwill Industries

Arthur s. Flemming, member OF
the Civil Service Commission and
president of the Washington Feder-
alton of Churches, and Leland s.
Mccarthy, owner Of the Town and
Country Shop, were elected to the
Board of Trustees Of Goodwill In
dustries Of Washington, Inc, at the
annual membership meeting last
night.
Reelected to the board were
James c. Dulin, jr.; Col. A. r. Brind-
ley and Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, all
of whom have served since the
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

MT. James Tyson of Walnut Street, celebrated his 79th birthday, on Sunday, February 18th, at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Betty J. Barlow, of 5 Bedford Street.
 Those present were: Mrs. Mary l.. Jernigan, Mrs. Betty Barlow, Eleanor Tyson, MT. Hi- ram Tyson, MT. James Tyson, Rev. E. w.. Jackson, Mrs. Ada Wheeler, MT. John Stringer, Su- san Tyson, Jaephus Francis, MT. Rufus Jernigan, Mrs. Hiram Ty- son, MT. Theodore Tyson and Miss Florence Tyson. Some of the guests were from New York, and Springfield.
 A delicious turkey dinner was served by the hostess.