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Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Fire Misses TaIIey's

A narI ow escape from fire sav- ed Talley's Beauty Salon early Saturday morning, when soot in the stove chimney backfired. Lee Bettinger, who owns the building, was having coffee at Grayce's Cafe when the explo- sion occurred, and rushed into Talley's in time to extinguuisb the small blaze which had start ed. Scot damage to lingerie in the shop amounted to about $500 for which there was 10 in
 surance, according to Smiley Rleichner. nQAnageE.,,,,,
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Local Man Succumbs

William Morgan, AZ, a resident of Alaska for 25 years. died at his home on Raspberry Straits Sunday. Mrs Morgrn was with hlm and said he suddenly co'lap- ,sed after asking for 8 drink of water
 The body was brought to Ko- diak Thursday and the funeral will be held today at ? pm at the Community Baptist Church.
 Mir. Morgan was born in De trolt, Mich, Sept. 23, 1900 and had no known relatives. He is survived by his wife, lrma, whom he married here in 1889.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Rod, Gun Club Meets Tonight

Plans for it's Christmas turkey shoot will be made by the kod' iak Rod and Gun Club at its se- cond annual party tonight at the Casino Sporting Club.
 The shoot will probably be held on the Sunday before Christmas. Members of the club who are not present thls evening may sign up for the event with Will ton White at O. Kraft & Son, with Tom Nachand at the Mer- chantile Co.,, or with Gene Err win at the Variety Store. /
 The party tonight will be 8 get together after summer and fall lull and will be for members and guests.
 Present membership of the club is I25 but if members miss 3 meetings in the future with no written explanation they will be dropped from club rolls. The membership will be held, event. ually to 25 persons, and only on application and at the withdraw al of members will new cnes be accepted.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Jurors Summoned

Summoned to appear ID An chorage st 10 a. m on January 5 to serve as petit jurors in the District Court are the following: William A. Anderson, Glen L
 Chaunler, Selma Chlchenoff e Afognak, Mrs H M Cousley, Edward Getty R. c. King Vic toria McCutcheon, Pearle RoId of Ouzinkie, Ted Rozak. Tom Williams, anb J w Thompson.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13

A shower of lovely and useful gifts will rain upon Kodiak $ first baby of the New Yesr for the first time, in l94S. according to plans now being made by 10 cal businesses under the sponsor ship of the Kodiak Mirror.
 Many merchandise items have been offered by stores in town and it is hoped that other busi' nesses which have nothing ap' propriate to donate from thelr own concerns will purchase gifts or add to the savings account opened by the Bank of Kodiak.
 All presents will be delivered 10 the mother at the hospital by the Mirror.
 Parents of the New Year Baby will not have to be resi- dents of Kodiak itself.
 A baby born here to an NOb couple or to parents from lsome nearby island who come here for the event will qualify for the a. wards
 Following is 8 lisl to date of contributors and their gifts:
 n Kraft and Son MrY Goods
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Death Calls
 R. R. .Lunday

Bob Lunday, former mana ger of the Orpheum TheatTe' died on Noy. II on Sitkinak ls- land at the south end of Kodiak Island, according to word brought here Saturday by Won Scheele's mail boat.
 Death apparently came from a heart attack while he and two companions were attempting to get back to his cabin after a storm prevented their return by boat.
 With him were Alfred Naum- off and Alfred Azhuyak, oF Ali talk, whom he had taken to the island with him on 8 trip to sal wage a motor he had left on the beach on previous trip. MT. Lunday had a few COWS on the island and had plans for deVel- oping a homesite there.
 According to Naumoff, who came to Kodiak on the mail boat Saturday to enter the hos pital for treatment having no connection with the trip, the three men had left the cabin ln l dory to go to a large raf that had wa he'd ashore about 8 miles Eaway. While there a storm came up and prevented their return ln the dory, so they started hiking cross, country.
 Mir. Lunday tired quickly and beeaa stumbling ss they walked | along, Naumoff said, and finally l, the 2 men had to ctrry hIm for ahout 4 miles to an unford- 1 able stream.
 l They decided to wait for the
 tide to go out and when it did
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Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Dock Buildings For Sale, Rent

lhe City expects to offer for sale, in the near future, 3 small cab ms on the road to the City Dock, formerly occupied by guards at the base gate, A. A.. Owen, chairman of the city dock and wharfage committee, has announced.
 Bids will be asked for the purchasing and removing of the buildings. be said.
 The City is also desirous of renting three large warehouses at the dock, according to MT. Owen. They will be rented as complete units, not in sections to different lessees.
 All habitable buildings iii tie dock area are already occupied, MT. and Mrs William McPhee have rented a house, MT Imon Pennington is operating the Kodiak Inn, and MT and Mrs. Tiny Tesarik are living in the home formerly used by the superintendent of the old can nery in the area.
 The f1AA has also rented 8 warehonee
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Gift Items Lined Up
 For First Baby of 1948

Store)-one dozen gauge diapers Knudsen's Kodiak Fountain big soft stuffed toy.
 Kodiak Mercantile Go large clothes basket.
 Margo Lester Studio-portaait of the baby
 Bank of Kodiak-will open 8 saving account with ore dollar and also give piggy bank. Rhoades Furnitue Stoe- Trainer" ursery seat. Tal'ey's Beauty Salon and Lingerie Shop-white wool car riage blanket.
 Bert's Drug Store-Johnson Baby Gift Set.
 Polar Bear Cafe-Five dollars to bank account.
 Watson Cleaners-Box of ci gars for father.
 Kobiak Mirror-Baby night- gowns. Silk Dress-Baby bootees
 Orpheum Theatre three. months pass for mother.
 Christy's Bakery-a baby gift. Double-Rich Bakery-Flve dolIars in pigpy bank
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Meeting
 Tomorrow

A community meeting will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon st the Community Center to dis cuss the proposed League of Better Citizenship and the con soIidated school district plans. William Stone will preside.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
Plants Received From Old Country

Gooseberry bushes and cur rant cuttings from the farm where he was born near Bergen, Norway, have been received here by Rasmus o. Urdahl and plant ed by him on his Mission Road homestead near the Beachcomb- CTS.
 Believed by MT. Urdahl to be the first such plants sent to Ala ska from the old country, the berries were shipped to him by air from Norway by his nephew at the request of MT. Urdahl.
 "I want to experiment. with the plants and perhaps in time have about a 20 by 50 foot plot of them," Mir. Udahl said. "They are an exceptionally hardy plant and since the part of Norway from which they come Is iD the same latitude as we are. l think they will grow successfully"
 The plants left Norway on October l4th and arrived at the quarantine station for plant life at Hoboken, N J. Q week later, and after being inspected, left there the next day. They didn't arrive in Kodiak until December 4 and MT. Udahl has no idea where they were in the interim.
 The unexplained months de- lay may have been fatal to the plants, although he won't know or sure until next spring They were packed in oil cloth and peat moss, but the moss was completely dried out by the time the dushes were received, and 1 Nil. Urdahl fears the plants may have g tten too dry.
 In order to get the plants into the United States, MT. UrdahI had to contact the University Of Alaska which in turn wrote the Department of Agriculture iD Washington, which got in touch with the quarantine station in New Jersey From the latter, Mir. Urdahl received 8 wlitten notice of permission to import the plants, and that notice was sent to Norway and then follow ed the berries dack along the way to Kodiak.
 The cost of shipping the plans from Norway was 3l kro- ner, or six dollars.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13

Sale of Christy's Bakery to the present lessees of it, Everett Koch and Walter Erickson, was recorded this week in the Kodiak Reco' ding Office. Sellers of the property and equipment were Harry and Fleeta Christopher son.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13
|curfeW Law Amended

Although the Kodiak school sachers withdrew their resOl- ution regarding a new curfew uling and although the Com nunity Center had voted at a bard meeting to ask for a delay hsfore initiating such a ruling, the Common Council on Mon- 1ay night voted in favor of the vroposed amendment to Ordin- see 97.
 A controversial question for mveral weeks, the curfew issue Was settled at the meeting by making it unlawful for children under 16 years old to be in pub- 6e places, as we'll as the p:e- Viously defined streets, alleys, Hnd vacant lots after 9pm. on EhOol nights unless accompan- ed by parents. During the sum- ner the curfew hour will be 10 O'clOck. It is extended to II C'clOck on Friday and Saturday lights and on religious holidays q other occaeiens for which the Council must be asked to cancel h.
 The school teachers in 8 resol- lion to the council had asked hr Q stringent measure since they felt that the children should be at home at an early hour. The Community Center board. although it went on rec ord at last weeks meeting as dssiriDs a delay in voting on the measure for six weeks, did not end in their request in writing b the council. The teachers Vithdrew theur resolution to EOid public controversy, a Etter from Superintendent Tom Utter back stated.
 The council also passed the opposed ordinance setting a iN0 peddler's license fee for any, GDe who has no established place dbuslness Tn Kodiak but who Slls direct to the consumer. The DFaposed ordinance on license se for vehicles was given to the pdirial committee for further andy.
 The only bid received for in wance on the City Dock, from he Bank f Kodiak, was accept nby the council. Both fire in- trance and extended coverage DnGeies will be written.
 The council approved the baRsfer of a taxi permit from llthur Deering to John Sohn; md granted a permit to Gerald Dactz to move a quonset hut through the city.
 Liquor licenses renewed at the neeting were: Vera and Dorian COOgan, Bud and Oneita Metz nr, dispensary, Town Club; iOAn Springhill, retail, Dads Liquor Store; John Brodtkorb. nkail Can'n Iohn's
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13

; Mrs Fred Sargent left on the
 Oeaali to visit her daughter in "a Bay Area in California.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-12-13

MT. and Mrs Hollis Mulford' who left on the Denall, will make their home in Robiusdale, Minn. They were residents of Kodiak for several years.
Evening star., 1947-06-15
Bridge Players
By Fronk B. Lord

claim that they are three times
champions, since they won the first
half of the series, the first of the
play-o games and lastly the second.
They will receive the leagues
award of the Luther C. Stewart
Cup, it's grand prize at the session
on June a.
Next Tuesday evening while the
leagues regular pair game is being
played there will be challenger
team of -four match between picked
foursomes of the league and players
from the Maryland State League of
Baltimore The members of the
different teams have not yet been
announced. The arrangements are
being made by George L. Kathan for
the Federal and by Irwin Fisher for
the Maryland players.
The June team-of-four game of
the Washington Bridge League
played at the Hotel Burlington re-
suited as follows: j. D. Boyd and
David Murray and Miller Roberts
and George L. Dickerman, first;
Mrs. Kay Norman, Miss Kathleen
McNutt and Mr. and Mrs. John Dar-
cey, second There was a three way
tie for third place, the players being
Mr.. and Mrs NJ Hahley and Louis
Watson and Al. Stidham, J.. r.
Moore and w. S. Benedict and Paul
c. Neff and j. A. Geddes, and Mar
tin May, Jack Welcker, Simon Ger
Der and Miss Edna Evans.
The bridge players of the Capital
City Chess Club have arranged for
two mixed pair championship games
to be held at the clubs headquar-
ters in the Gordon Hotel on July IA
and July 81 Contestants will be
limited to members of the club and
their partners must be holders of
current guest cards. In case there
are more than 30 applications there
will be elimination games to de-
termine the eligibility to play.
The Adirondack tournament in
Old Forge, N. Y, which was popular
before the war. has been revived and
Washington players desiring brief
mountain vacation have been invited
to attend. Tt will be held on June
10 through June %. The schedule of
events win include a special pair
game, a game for women pairs and
one for mems pairs, mixed pairs,
open pairs, open individuals and
anen teams Of four.
Evening star., 1947-06-15

Prom cartoon by Arias Bernal. Illus
tratton from Shirt Sleeve Diplomat"
presenting "pen pictures of men and
things rather than formal history"
The Good Neighbor policy was his
guiding principle as Ambassador
and his service in Mexico did much
to solidify that friendly relationship
with our nearest neighbor to the
south. He found something to like
in nearly every one with whom he
came in contact. But his pen can
be vitriolic, as he demonstrates in
writing of the long refusal of Amer
lean and British oil companies to
negotiate for compensation for their
Oil lands appropriated by Mexico in
1888.
Prompt Payment.
The Mexican government took
over the lands when the oil com.
panies refused to abide by court
DEGREES to pay higher wages. The
companies wanted their properties
returned, and so long ignored Mex
lean offers to negotiate payment
for them. Mr.. Daniels insisted thai
Mexico had a perfect right to take
over the lands as long as it made
prompt compensation, view upheld
by this Government in finally work.
ing out a settlement.
Mr.. Daniels denounces the Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey for pub
fishing during that period a paper
called THE Lamp" He describes it
"as an organ of propaganda against
Mexico. to build up hatred of that
country to a point which they
thought would cause Uncle Sam to
send in Marines"
His most denunciatory language,
however, is saved for this:
The lowest depths to which
propaganda against the country's
policy and against the Govern
ment's officials ever reached was
that of the old Atlantic Monthly,
which had been favorite of mine
all my life, when it was degraded
into lending itself to the oil inter-
ests by a special edition in July,
1898, devoted to misrepre-
sentation and slander and hate.
1T (the magazine) fell from the
heights to the deepest abyss and
wop the contempt of all who felt
that a journal which people had
long trusted had lost its virtue, as
it had, in upholding the campaign
of the oil companies which wished
the United States to 60 to war with
Mexico"
Evening star., 1947-06-15
NUREMBERG DIARY

The personalities of the Nazi over
lords emerge with an entirely new
clarity from this record of the Nur-
emberg trial, written by prison psy-
chologist, Capt G. M Gilbert. With
fluent command of the German
language and free access to the cells
of the prisoners, he had a unique
opportunity to study in detail the
gradual disintegration OF the men
on trial.
Written from a popular rather
than scientific point of view. DR..
Gilbert's book makes fascinating,
although hardly pleasant, reading.
His method has been to sketch in
briefly the events of the trial as it
progressed, followed by the various
reactions of the group to these
events.
AS their guilt is laid bare in the
courtroom, Goering's dramatic Gym
icism, Ribbentrop's frantic ration
alization and Franks remuneration of
his formerlife stand out clearly. In
intimate conversations with DR.. Gill
bert, they abandoned much of their
public sham and posing. Their
human weakness is exposed.
They Seemed Shocked.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the book is the apparent
ignorance of the former Nazi rulers
of many of the aspects of the Nazi
regime. Several of them, especially
Evening star., 1947-06-15

BY winning the second OF the
'play-off games in the team of four
season series of the Federal Bridge
League, the Bloopers have made
themselves the 1867 champions
of that organization. The final play
occurred on Tuesday night at
Pierce Hall. In competition against
the foursome that won the first
half of the series were the Victory
team, winners of the second half,
and the Spartans, who had the next
highest percentage in the aggre-
gate score of the two halves. The
Bloopers won the first of the two
play-off games with IA boards and
repeated. their performance last
Tuesday night by winning like
number in the second, making their
total % as against "a for the Spar
tans and 20 for the Victory team.
It's personnel comprises j. D. Boyd,
David Murray, Comdr. j. j. Parish
and j. G.. Flecher. In fact they
Evening star., 1947-06-15


Banking may have the looks o1
being dull and stuffy, but Mr.. Dana s
biography of Amadeo Peter Clan.
mini makes it seem genuinely dra-
matte. Mr.. Giannini-known to a
great number of people as plain
"a. P."-certainly has never been
bored by the business, nor has he
ever been boring in it.
Starting out in California as a
commission merchants hard-driv-
ing peddler of fruits and vegetables
"A. P" has long since been recog-
nized as one of the most successful
and most controversial figures in
high finance. Today, in his 18th
year, after a career in which he
has excited many others as we'll as
himself, he remains active in an en-
terprise that has grown up from
practically nothing to the greatest
thing of its kind anywhere. This is
the Bank of America-the biggest in
the world, conceived by him and
nursed along through the years
under his direct guidance.
The story of the bank is insep-
arabic from the story of the man,
and Mr. Dana has therefore told
the two together. The narrative is
well written and well paced. 1t
moves swiftly from the fruit-and-
Evening star., 1947-06-15
The Men Who Stood Trial at Nuremberg
As the Prison Psychologist Saw Them
NUREMBERG DIARY
BY G. NJ Gilbert (Farrar, Straus & Co.. s5)
Reviewed by CROSBY S. MOVES.

the military men. seemed completely
disillusioned and shocked by what
they saw in atrocity films shown in
the courtroom.
AS long as he deals with the char
acters and personalities of his pa
tients, DR.. Gilbert makes an impor-
tant contribution to the understand
ing of many of the principal figures
in the Nazi hierarchy. Some of the
material of the book seems to have
been selected from a political rather
than a personal. motive, however,
and in these sections the author has
been less successful. When indulg-
ing in political repartee with such
figures as Goering and Ribbentrop,
it is not surprising that an amateur
sometimes comes off second best.
DR.. Gilbert seems unaware of his
shortcomings as debater.
Ii His translation of German into
the breadest American idiom may
also be subject to criticism. There
seems to be at times an almost too
obvious attempt to paint ''sensa-
tionaP" picture of the people with
whom he was dealing 1t is diff
cult to escape the feeling that he
has occasionally leaned over back
ward to satisfy the most vulgar Curl
osity of his readers.
These criticisms do not alter the
fact that Nuremberg Diary" is an
interesting book, written by a per-
| son eminently qualified to write it.
Evening star., 1947-06-15

by UOoCHI4Qo 1dll4LAo. M MtCftbCGf Stt
Reviewed by GAR
A good 'forgettery," the sense
to put courtesy above protocol' and
strict adherence to Rule No. 6" are
among the things Mr.. Daniels
thinks should be required of Amer
ican diplomats.
The famous North Carolina ed
itor, World War I Secretary of the
Navy and self-styled congenital
nonconformist tells why in this
fifth volume of his autobiography
dealing with his experience as AM
bassador to Mexico from 1888 to
1912.
Rule No. g." a standing regula-
tion Mr.. Daniels found had been
introduced in the Mexico City En-
bassy by the late Ambassador
Dwight Morrow, is good one for
universal application.
It is simply: Don't take yourself
too damned seriously"
Mr.. Daniels added a good ,''for-
gettery" to an Ambassador quail
f1cations to take care of instructions
from the State Department he con-
sidered too silly to carry out.
Precedence!'
One direction he put 'in my
pocket and paid no attention to-
reached him from Washington in
connection with a visit to Mexico
by the late President Quezon of the
Philippines in the days before full
Evening star., 1947-06-15

tIOUCC uftu w ttofttiCStcft 6SSfeb
Infantry Corps Armory. Re-
moUed in 1880.
Burnes died intestate. leaving as his
sole heir at law his only child and
daughter, Marcia Burnes, who mar
ried Gen. John P. Van Ness.
Marcie being a minor child. the
court appointed William M. Dun
canson, her guardian, and in 1902
lots 2 to 7 were sold to Isaac Pollock,
who almost Immediately transferred
them to Charles Loundes. Others
who later figured in transactions in
the square were Walter Smith, Ben
jamin Stoddert. first Secretary Of
the Navy and close friend of Presi-
dent Washington; Thomas G. Slye,
William Mc1lvane, Benjamin l..
Lear, Richard Smith, James Dundas,
Mordeicai D. Lewis, Samuel w.
Jones, Robert l.. Pitheld, Robert
Howell, w. w. Corcoran, William H.
Philip, Cornelius P. Van Ness, Ma
tilda E. Van Ness, Richard Wallach,
Thomas A. Mclaughlin and Thomas
c. Wilson.
Robert S. Chew is mentioned as
conveying a revertionary interest in
1849 and Cornelius P. Van Ness as
conveying to Edward Swami as
trustee. Cornelius P. Van Ness and
Edward Swami, jr., decided to Sam
uel A. Peugh, who conveyed to John
D. Brown, then Brown to John F.
Callahan, James G. .McGinn admin
istered on the estate of John D.
Brown.
Other persons whose names occur,
recorded in connection with the
Evening star., 1947-06-15
Librarians Plan
To Meet Here

The Special Libraries Associ-
alton, which has just concluded
its annual convention in Chi
cago. will hold its 39th meeting
in washington June 5-12, 1913.
Mrs. Ruth H. Hooker. libra
rian of the Naval Research
Laboratory here, has been
elected second vice president.
She is president of the Wash
ington chapter of the associa-
ton. Miss Jane Brewer of the
Federal Housing Administration
was named chairman of ar
rangements for the 1948 con-
vention.
Nearly 1000 librarians of
business and industrial organ
izations, hospitals, museums,
newspapers, Government agen-
cies, large public and university
libraries attended the Chicago
meeting. An even larger at
tendance at the Washington
convention is predicted.
Evening star., 1947-06-15
By John CIoeett Proctor

On the 9th of April, 1861. an order
was issued by Gen. r. G. Weight
man, commanding the District OF
Columbia Militia, directing the bat
talon to assemble, which was obeyed
The inspector general, Col. Charles
P. Stone (afterward Gen. Stone),
and Stone Bey of Egyptian fame,
made a short address to the men,
stating that President Lincoln de-
sired from the battalion company
of 100 men. This number at once
volunteered and on the following
day were mustered in, Capt. (after
COLI Towers of Company A in COM
mand and James Coleman (after-
ward captain), the orderly sergeant.
Early Property Owners.
The block in which the Grand
Opera House stood, and the blocks
to the south, where the Department
of Commerce Building now stands,
were built upon at an early date.
The block next to the Avenue, which
originally included IA lots, all went
to David Burnes, the original pro-
prietor, by the division made by the
Commissioners on October 8, 1892.
Evening star., 1947-06-15

in 1887, for which she had saved
long while, took her to Eng
land and France. She wrote some
articles while in France and sold
them. French Is her native
tongue and she writes In it still,
"The Tin Flute" having been trans
lated from the earlier French YER
sion. Gabrielle likes the translation
but says it is not her own story for
the tempo of the phrasing Is differ
ent. Nevertheless, she approves.
Selling q few articles delayed her
return to school teaching and when
she returned to Canada she stayed
in Montreal where she wrote free
lance feature articles for the news
papers. This ended the teaching
career forever Meanwhile, she
spent three or four months on her
novel and in less than four years
had completed "Bonheur d'Occa-
sion," published here as "The Tin
Flute" She has been working on
another novel for year now. but
may pause to do newspaper features