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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
July 18th Plans
Made This Week

Kodiak's annual Fourth of
July Celebration will be held
this year with the usual games,
races, marathon and awarding
of prizes to the children.
Plans for the gigantic cele-
bration moved into gear this
week with arrangements be-
ing completed by Chairman
Ray Martin. Martin sent post
ers and notices to all the cam
neries around the island invit-
ing them to attend the event.
The annual Navy Base to
town marathon will be held
with cash prizes going to the
winner and the runner placing
second. The usual junior mar
athon for youths under 16 will
also be run.
Efforts to arrange for motor
boat races in the channel near
the Donnelley and Acheson
dock are being made and
all contestants are request
ed to enter their names now
with Martin. Last year A. ].
Collins won the big race with
his speedy Burchcraft.
Children's races, games and
contests will be held on Mar
inc Drive between Kraft's
store and the Kodiak Bottling
plant.
Games, hats, whips, noise
makers, balloons and every
thing else needed to make a
good celebration will be on
hand" Martin said yesterday.
The regular surprise
event" will again take place
at midnight this year. Inter
ested persons are urged to be
in the school grounds at the
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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Sonntag Heads
vFW Post

A completely new staff of
officers and trustees was
elected Tuesday night by the
membership of WV Katmai
Post TOSS.
George J. Sonntag was
elected commander. He was
named chairman of the in
vestigating board in May
when the post was closed for
an audit by order of Jack
Davis, department commander
of the VFW for the entire
territory.
The special election followed
several weeks of closure for
the club and was marked by
statements from two factions
within the club who disagreed
over the reason for the closing
order.
The newly elected officers
will be installed at an open
meeting Tuesday night.
Leroy Wensel was elected
senior vice commander; Alvin
T. Pickett, junior vice COM
mander; Curtiss HINES,
Quartermaster; John Nc
Laughlin, Post Advocate; FL
vim Foster, Chaplain; Thomas
Rockney,> Sergeant.
Trustees are as follows: AL
Woods, 3 years; Edward Best,
2 years; R. D. Russell, l year.
Elwood Watson was elected
service officer and Theo Robe
son, officer of the day.
Four members are reported
to have walked out of the
meeting when their candidate
for commander was not
elected.
City officials and business
men may be invited to the in
stallation of officers at the
Tuesday meeting.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Bulletin

A Kodiak based U. S. Navy
P2V Neptune bomber crashed
on landing yesterday at Sill
pm killing the pilot and SER
iously injuring three other
crew members.
The bomber was returning
from a routine patrol and car
ried a crew of nine besides the
pilot. The plane caught tire
following the crash and burned.
The names of the dead pilot
and injured crew members is
being withheld pending notifi-
cation of next of kin.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Russian Church
Head Here

Metropolitan Bishop Leon,
ty of New York City, head of
/ the Russian Orthodox Church
in the United States and Can
ada, is paying a visit to
Kodiak this week to meet with
Russian priests in this area.
Bishop Leonty, who was
elected to his post last Dec
ember, arrived here from
Juneau Wednesday evening,
and was due to leave for Sitka
Monday night.
He met here with the Rev.
Alexander Popof, the Rev.
Paul Shadura, priest at Kenai,
and Father Gerasim Schmaltz,
of Monks Lagoon at Ouzinkie.
Thursday morning, Bishop
Leonty, Father Popoff and
Father Shadura went to Ou-
zinkie aboard the Shuyak to
meet Father Gerasim, and to
visit the grave of Father Her.
man, early Russian priest
here.
Thursday evening, a special
service was held at the Rus
sian Church by the Bishop and
the three priests.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Plane Has Mishap

A Gruman widgeon piloted
by Russ Swartz of Kodiak Air
ways, Inc, was beached on
Near Island Wednesday even
ing when a power failure &C.
cured prior to take-off.
There was slight damage te
the plane and no passengers
w ere injured.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Parents of children between

Parents of children between
the ages of 8 and IL years
have been requested to attend
a meeting Thursday at the
Legion Hall community
center) for the purpose of
getting the Cub Scout pro-
gram organized.
Den Mothers are needed to
help supervise the program.
For further information see
Chief Foster at Navy 1856 or
Sgt. Boivin at the ACS.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
C. of C. Reflects
Coon Prexy

Merrill Coon, local Standard
Oil Company agent. was re.
elected President of the
Chamber of Commerce Thurs.
day by a large majority. The
group cast 90% of it's votes
for him. There were 80 per.
sons present for the annual
election.
Tenora Rockney, owner of
the Mission Road Shopper, was
elected vice president and V.
G. Ellis was reelected secre-
tary. John Gibbons and
Clarence Dizhey were chosen
as board members for the
coming year.
President Coon called a
meeting of the new officers
and board members for We'd
nesday evening at 8 pm.
]. G. Martz and Larry Wod-
linger prepared the ballots
and acted as nominating COM
mittee for the election.
During the. business session
following the regular lunch
con. which is held at the
Montmartre Inn, the group
heard a letter from the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce re-
questing the Kodiak c of C
to support it's protest to the
findings of a congressional
committee.
The Seattle C of C alleges
that a report which charges
merchants and distributors in
Seattle with boosting the
price on items shipped to A.
laska is incorrect. The matter
was referred to the executive
committee of the local group
for study.
President Coon said the re-
port on the damage done to
small fishing boats and other
craft here because of the
lack of a small boat harbor
was completed and sent to the
Office of the U. 5. Corps OF
Engineers.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Wednesday Meeting
For Guild

The Catholic Ladies Guild
will hold a meeting Wednes-
day evening at the home of
Mrs. Walter Kraft on Walker
Avenue. All interested per-
sons are urged to attend.
The meeting will be called
to order at 8 pm. Refresh
ments will be served.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Naval Station Ordered
To Join Fight On Rats

/ Concern over the local rat
situation was expressed this
week by Lieut.. General Will
liam E. Kepner, commanding
general of the Alaska Com
mand in an official communi-
que to Rear Admiral C. A. F.
Sprague, commander of the
Alaska Sea Frontier.
Gen. Kepner forwarded a
copy of the report on the local
rat situation, compiled by
James A. Westbrook of the
Territorial Department of
Health, to Adm. Sprague and
ordered that the Navy cooper
ate with local officials in solving
the problem.
Westbrook conducted a three
day survey in Kodiak early in
May after residents had ex-
pressed concern over the num-
Der of cases of Wells disease
occurring here.
Gen. Kepner received a
copy of Westbrook's report
from the Territorial Depart
ment of Health.
Following receipt of the re-
port here the city council i'm
mediateIy ordered a supply of
Warfarin, a commercially
made rat poison. A represent
alive from the Fish and Wild
life Service will come to Kodi-
ak to supervise the batting"
program whenever the poison
arrives.
Meanwhile, city officials are
urging residents and business
men to clean up piles of old
lumber and debris and to OBJ
tain lids for garbage cans.
One councilman announced
that the determination cam
paign on the rats would begin
as soon as the poison arrives.
Two more cases of Wells
disease were reported. this
week.
The causative agent for
Wells disease is contained in
the blood and urine of patients
and the feces and urine of
rats, Westbrook states in his
report.
Responsibility for the rat in
festation of the city is the
prevalence of wood structures,
improper storage of garbage.
unused lumber and debris and
careless dumping of garbage.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-06-16
Johnsons Begin
Long Voyage

The 38-foot ketch, Wind
bird, skippered by DR.. A.
Holmes Johnson, and manned
by Mrs. johnson and their
son, Bob, left Seattle Tuesday
for the 1900 mile voyage to
Kodiak.
DR.. Johnson plans to sail
the wind driven vessel
directly across the North
Pacific to Kodiak. Unless he
encounters unfavorable winds
he will not lay his course
along the inside passage.
He expects to arrive in Ko-
diak sometime around the
first of July.
The Windbird is equipped
with a jib, foresail, mainsail
and mizzen, DR.. Johnson said.
He has a % hp Grey engine
aboard for emergencies and
the ketch is provisioned for a
six weeks trip.
DR.. and Mrs. Johnson left
Kodiak early this month by
plane to join their son in Sc
attic and make preparations
for the trip.
The ketch is equipped with
a ship to shore radio and has
a IL volt light system.
In Seattle for a several
weeks stay are Mrs. Joe
Hoffman, Mrs. John HUXLEY,
Mrs. Vivian Kilgore and Mrs.
| Dunia Hartman.
Mrs. Hartman will meet
her son Bill there on his re.
| turn from Korea, where he
has been stationed in the
army.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
ruce
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
sure the truce terms are not vio-
lated.
The Allies have said these two
points are the key to a solution
of the armistice enforcement
problem.
BY insisting on the withdrawal
of troops, Admiral Joy said. the
Reds are mixing up a peace
treaty and an armistice."
Prisoners Request Ignored.
For the third day Gen. Nam
II ignored Admiral joys proposal
that both sides Immediately start
collecting information on the
names. serial numbers and ma
tionalities of prisoners of war SC
that data will be ready when
truce delegations move on to the
next item on the agenda.
The buffer zone agreement for
mally adopted Tuesday provides
that the current battle line will
become the center of a permanent
buffer zone 2t2 miles wide if ar
arnistice is signed within 30 days
by December 27.
If the negotiators reach agree.
ment on plan for enforcing tht
arrnistice, then they face an equal
" tough problem-exchange G
war prisoners. Finally they mus
formulate recommendation to tn
hesT'ir-~ f.>A t>o-r~r'-~---~ ~e1tS
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Canned Sweet Potatoes
Due 10 Rise 2-3 Cents

Canned sweet potatoes are due
to cost housewives 2 to
cents a can more under a Gov
ernment order issued today au-
thorizing Southern Gamers to in
crease their prices Immediately.
The Office of Price Sterilization
said the 1851 Southern sweet po-
tato crop is the smallest in years
about half of average produc-
ton. Acreage was down.
AS a result, OPS said, Gamers
in Alabama, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi are having to pay higher
prices. There are no ceiling prices
on raw sweet potatoes. Gamers
compete with fresh potato buyers
in obtaining the slightly less than
five per cent of the supply used
for processing.
OPS said that if adjustments
to take care of the higher raw
material costs were not provided,
some Gamers would face finan-
clal hardship and possibly bank
ruptcy.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Average Wage Of Workers
In Steel Industry Is S1.79
By the Assoeiated Press

The Bureau OF Labor Statistics
said yesterday the average straight
time wage paid in the basic steel
industry is $179 an hour. When
overtime and other premiums are
the average is S1.88
hourly.
The bureau survey was made
last January but officials said the
same figures hold true today. The
CLOS Steel Workers Union has
just opened negotiations with the
industry for a substantial" pay
increase and other benefits.
The survey shows that steel in
dustry employers spend more than
10 per cent of wage rates addi-
tionally in fringe" benefits for
employees. This does not include
the costs of new pension plans.
Average costs of overtime pay,
holiday premiums, and vacation
pay were put at lis cents per
manhour worked. Average costs
of legally required J insurance,
such as unemployment compensa-
ton, WorkmenS compensa ton and
social security, amounted to AS
cents. The average employer ex-
penditure for voluntary types Of
insurance was about 2.5 cents.
The bureau said the average
straight time hourly earnings of
$1.79 was among the highest
hourly pay rates among manu-
featuring workers of the Nation.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Troops Who Suffered
In Korea Cold 10 Miss
Winter Maneuyers
BY the Associated Press

PINE CAMP. N. Y, Nov. 90
An Army spokesman asserts that
Korean war veterans not physical
ly equal to winter maneuvers are
being transferred from this cold
Northern New York camp.
The spokesman said yesterday
a medical team from 1st Army
Headquarters was examining the
veterans. He added that 1913 SOL
diers already had been transferred
to Fort Dix. N. j., "for further eX-
amiantion, treatment and possible
reassignments."
The spokesman said his state
ment had been approved by 1t.
Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, 1st
Army commander.
Treatment Criticized.
Whenever possible, the state
ment said, men transferred from
Pine Camp because they were not
physically fit for military duty in
cold weather would be assigned
to posts near their homes.
Representative Philbin, Demo-
crat of Massachusetts,, has criti-
cized the treatment given at Pine
Camp to Korean veterans who
suffered frostbite in the Korean
fighting last winter.
Representative Philbin, in a
statement issued in Washington
questioned Army assur-
ances that these veterans would
be protected in Operation Snow
fall" scheduled for January and
February at Pine Camp.
Frostbite Reported.
The Congressman said So of
the veterans reported frostbite on
the comparatively mild night"
of November 20. He charged that
the morale of Korean veterans
at Pine Camp is lower than ever
and there is increasing bitterness
and resentment at the thought of
spending another winter in the
cold"
Col. Augustus Regnier, camp
commander, termed Representa-
tive Philbin's statements terribly
exaggerated" He added that the
Army was "conscientiously trying
to solve the tKorean vets) prob
lem"
Army officers have said that
soldiers returned from Korea were
assigned to Pine Camp because
their experience was vital in in
structing recruits on how to sur
vive extreme cold.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
BY the Associated Press

KEY WEST, Fla, Nov. 29.-
President Truman kept in close
contact with the Korean situation
today but the White House eau
toned the Nation that there can
be no cease fire in Korea until an
|arnistice agreement has been
signed"
The Defense Department trans
mitted latest developments to the
President at this naval station
retreat last night.
A spokesman for Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway said in Tokyo that no
order had been given to halt
ground fighting in Korea.
Apparently concerned lest re-
ports of halt in ground fighting
might bring premature jubila-
Ition to parents with sons at the
battlefront. Presidential Secre-
Itary Joseph Short denied an As
sociated Press dispatch from
Seoul, Korea, which asserted:
Orders from the highest
Isource-possibly from the White
House itself - brought Korean
ground fighting to a complete, if
temporary halt today. AP Cor
respondent John Randolph re-
ported through censorship"
But Mr.. Short would not answer
questions whether the President
had issued any type of order
applying to the fighting in Korea
or whether the White House has
directed any cessation of offensive
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Wage, Cost-of-living Rules
Set for AirIines, Railroads
BY the Assoeioted Press

The Railroad and Airline Wage
Board yesterday extended appli'
cation of the Governments cost
of living policy and other wage
and salary stabilization rules te
an estimated 1.6 million railroad
and airline employees.
The borad is a new one which
Congress ordered this year as a
stabiliZation agency fol-
workers covered under the Rail-
way Labor Act.
Yesterdays action was one OF
adopting most of the major pol
icies of the Wage and Salary
Sterilization Board as initial rules
for the Rail-Airline Board. includ-
ing the 10 per cent "catch-up'
formula and cost of living. merit
fringe benefit, incentive plan and
interplant inequity regulations.
Chairman Nelson M. Boartz sale
the Rail-Airline Board will hole
an early meeting to develop fur.
ther stabilization policies for the
two industries.
In another StabiliZation actor
yesterday. the Wage Stabilizatior
Board ruled that an employer de-
string to inaugurate a year-ene
or Christmas bonus plan this yea
may do so, provided that tht
bonus to an individual worker i!
$40 or less.
Employers waiting to inaugurate
a more. generous bonus plan must
get special Wage Stabilizatior
Board approval.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

Richard E. Pease, %, of Conneaut,
Ohio, who lost both legs as a re-
suit of tank striking a land mine,
probably was the optimistic of the
lot.
ITS damn good news, but I'm
surprised it came as early as it
did" he exclaimed. II hope its
true"
Whatever the worth of the re-
port. it came much too late for
the men now at Walter Reed and
the men who have been there.
Since the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea, and through yesterday,
j1.475 casualties were admitted to
the hospital.
There now are 488 wounded
there. The peak number of casu-
alties was on May % of this year,
when TIT Korean veterans were
in Walter Reed. According to Of
Iflcials, there now are fewer vet
!erans at the hospital than several
months ago because more service
hospitals are receiving them.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

Slaughter Pass" near Yonsonli,
when Company L, of the 38th In
fantry Regiment of the I'd Divi-
sion, was almost wiped out.
Pfc. James Price, 25. of Phila-
delphia. of the 10th Infantry
Regiment of the oath Division,
frankly doubted that the cease
fire had any substance at all.
Wounded in the left leg while on
patrol in Korea. he said the Com
munists 'are too sneaky" to abide
by any formal termination of
warfare.
To Sergt. Philip Olbensi, 20, of
McKeesport. Pa, the report also
seemed made of whole cloth, al
though he expressed a hope that
it might be true.
They've kept talking about
peace for so long" he declared
And then they've always laughed
at it. I wouldn't pay much at
tention to them. These rumors are
mostly t1ops."
Even though dolbtino Serpt
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Sons Refuse to Pay ST 800 Fine
For Mother Held by Chino Reds

returned in 1947 to the family
village of Ku-Fow. Changshan
district, Kwangtung province.
A month ego. Mr.. Jang said
his mother was arrested, tortured,
and finally freed after paying
$1,000 of her life savings.
But November Z, he continued,
she was arrested again and fined
$1,000. Mr.. Jang said a relative
cabled this information and a
district tax collector-Suen Yet
Chi-wrote to the family in San
Francisco for the money.
Mr.. Jang displayed the letter.
Two of the four they arrested
along with my mother paid two
fines each," he said, but were
executed publicly anyway"
Evening star., 1951-11-29
U. N. Group Draws Up
Authority 10 Call on
NAT0 Armies for Aid
By the Assoeioied Press

PARIS, Nov. 29.-Members of
the u. N. Collective Measures
Committee will meet tomorrow to
whip into final shape a resolution
which would authorize the u. N.
to call on North Atlantic pact
forces or other regional armies
for help in resisting aggression
anywhere in the world.
This was learned tonight as the
60-nation Political Committee of
the U. N. Assembly completed gen.
eral debate on disarmament pro-
posals except for the crucial
speeches of Soviet Foreign Min
lister Andrei Y Vishinsky and
United States Ambassador Philip
c. Jessup. They are slated to
speak tomorrow and the commit
tee Is then expected to set up a
subcommittee of the Big -Four to
tackle arms problems.
The collective measures report
of a committee of IA U. N. mem
bers is expected to come up in
the Political Committee Monday.
To be ready for this debate the
United States and several other
countries want to have a reSolu-
ton on hand.
Could Ask for Help.
1t was said this resolution would
provide that in cases of aggres-
sion the U. N. could ask the re-
gional pact forces to contribute
help in other parts of the world,
but these forces would not be ex-
pected to leave their own area
defenseleSS.
The conviction grew, meanwhile.
among U. N. officials and observ-
ers that Mr.. Vishinsky would ac-|
cept the Arab-Asian proposal for
the private talks. They reasoned
that refusal would place the
Russians in the embarrassing posi-
ton of rebuffing a move for peace.
British Minister Of State Selwyn
Lloyd yesterday gave the formal
acceptance of British, France and
the United States to the proposal
by raq, Pakistan and Syria. IT.
calls for the Big Four to meet un-I
der the. Craftsmanship of Assembly
President Luis Padilla Nervo to try
to compromise the rival Western
and Russian disarmament plans.
Set Up Common Strategy.
The Western Big Three held al
private meeing this morning to set
up common strategy for the pro-
posed negotiations. 1t was re-
liably reported they would insist
that the small group meet for no
longer than week, after which
# agreement had not been reached
the opposing plans would be
thrown back into the political
committee for further debate.
Meanwhile, in another U. N.
committee the United States threw
its support behind Yugoslav
charges of Cominform aggression
against Premier Marshal Tito's
regime.
American Delegate John Sher-
man Cooper told the special po-
litical committee the United |
States Government is disturbed
over the danger to world peace .
which. as the Yugoslav delegate
has shown. the Soviet Union and
other Cominform states have done
nothing to diminish"
Evening star., 1951-11-29

text Of ordering a cease-fire in
Korea"
The orders had been para
phraSed as they reached frontline
troops.
One company commander, whose
words were recorded by NBC
Correspondent John Rich, spoke
of this first word" of the cease
fire and told his officers:
I'VE will fire only in self
defense and in defense of the
main line of resistance"
Similar reports came from many
points on the front. Communists
showed a similar attitude along
most of the 145-mile provisional
cease-fire line created this week
by truce negotiators.
Some divisional officers talked
easily and frankly about word to
hold their fire unless fired upon.
Others. in different corps, said
they knew nothing about such
Instructions.
This indicated different inter-
pretations of the orders by differ
ent commanders, possibly at
corps level.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Norwegian King Opens
Joint Atomic Project
By the Assoeia,ed Pres,

KELLER, Norway. Nov. 90
The Dutch Norwegian atomic
energy project. a newly completed
reactor at KELLER Research Sta
ton near Oslo. was formally put
into use yesterday by King Haakon
of Norway.
The King appealed to scientists
to make the atomic age the age
of peace.
The reactor is Scandinavia s
first and the second on the Euro
pean Continent. Under a Dutch
Norwegian agreement of last April
the reactor is governed by joint
commission and has Norwegian
director.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Alexandra School Safe
Robbed of S122 in Coins

Theft of 1922 from a safe at the
Maury Elementary School in
Alexandria was being investigated
by police today.
Police said Miss Lillian E. Beach,
principal, discovered the money
all colns-was missing Tuesday at
the close of school. Police said
the safe remains open during
school hours.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

Wounded Korean veterans al
Walter Reed Hospital were skep-
tical of the cease-fire report last
night, even before they knew thai
President Truman's Office anc
Gen. Ridgway had denied it.
The Korean veterans seemed tc
base their distruSt of the whole
idea primarily on what they
themselves know of the Com.
and their ways.
-Four times wounded and expect
ing maybe a couple of Purple
Hearts" Corpl. Thomas O'Neil, 81
Elizabeth, a Pa, was dubious, but
he still hoped for silver lining
I'm kind of skeptical about the
whole thing. but ! hope it's true
he said.
Corpl. O'Neil was wounded in
the stomach. grazed on the left
arm, struck with shell fragments
in the left hand and lost three
fingers on his right hand in foul
different actions in Korea. He was
one of the few survivors of