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Kodiak mirror., 1952-09-27
Louise Gregoroff Dies After illness

Mrs. Louise Gregoroff, 76, resident of Kodiak for the past 20 years, died Sunday at her home. She had been i'll for several months.
 Mrs. Gregoroff had been honored for the past several years at the annual Elks Mo- ther's Day program. where she was consistently awarded with the prize offered the Oldest mother" present.
 The widow of Senafont Gregoroff who died in 1852, Mrs. Gregoroff was born in Kenai, on July 19, 1878.
 The family lived in Afognak for several years, and came here in 1882. Mrs. Gregoroft made her home here with several of her children.
 Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Fritz Lorenson, Port Bailey, Mrs. Albert Naughton, Mrs. Oscar Nelson Mrs. Louise Hayes, Mrs. Will
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tive to my requests for infor- nation"
 Mayfield recently returned from taking a special course at the FBI National Academy.
 Wednesday and Thursday he met with Chief of Police Ovid Mckinley and his force to instruct them in the latest methods of making investi- gations and arrests.
 Sgt. Mayfield declined to state whether or not he found a need for a permanent high way patrolman ill the Kodiak area
Kodiak mirror., 1952-09-27
City Election Oct. IA On
 Bond Issue For Streets

Kodiak taxpayers will be asked to approve a $480, 900 bond issue for a city-wide street improvement program, at a special election to be held on October IA.
 An ordinance calling for the election was passed by the city council at it's regular meeting Monday night.
 Estimated cost of the pro- posed street improvement pro- gram is around $745, 900, of which the city would pay half, and the Alaska Public Works half.
 The street project depends on passage of the bond issue, which would enable the city to borrow money if necessary to pay it's share of the cost.
 Last year, voters in the city and school district approved bond issues of a similar nature for the present water and sewer project and new grade school. As yet, no bonds have been issued for either project.
 The street improvement pro- gram, as prepared by Thomas Bourne Associates, consulting engineers to the city, calls for the asphalt surfacing of SheIi- kof highway from the city limits, Marine Way from Krafts to South Mill Bay rd., Mill Bay road and Mission road to the city limits, and Brooklyn avenue to the hous. ing area.
 Sidewalks would also be con. structed along some of these roads. The main streets, paved several years ago, would have to be re-surfaced for a depth of two inches.
 The city would have adeq-
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Popeve tI Drifts Ashore; Missing Since Sept. II

the 23rd when the vessel grounded on the Kodiak Island beach.
 During the lonely trip he spotted planes on two different days and saw land once. He attempted to attract the atten- tion of the planes by rigging a distress signal made from a dish towel on a fish pike. The Popeye II has no mast.
 When asked what he thought of most on the trip he said, My wife's worrying about me-
 Hey tried to rig a tarpaulin for a sail so that he could gain steerage way on the tug but it proved unsuccessful. When the trip started he had 50 gal Ions of water aboard but after a few days it turned rancid.
 Chya and Robertson brought Eley to town and he was given food and shelter by Deputy Marshal Clarence Dizney. Thursday evening he sent a wire to his wife.
 The Popeye II had been mis- sing once before and found. Il was so glad to see those two men who found me l couldn't even thank them," Eley said.
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Single Slate Up For City Ballot

Mayor Lee c. Bettinger will again be a candidate for mayor, in the city election this year.
 He was nominated Monday by the Progressive Party at it's annual meeting at the Elks Club, and was unopposed at their meeting for the nomina- tion.
 The Progressives nominated
 the following for two-year
 council terms: wv. Root, Al Miller, and Bill Worth, incum- bent;;. one-year term, Bud
 Metzgar.
 William Stone was nomi- mated for the five-year term lon the Kodiak Independent
 School District board. Stone S
 present term expires this year. Filing for local and school
 candidates closed midnight Monday with no other names
 being offered for the city
 positions.
 For the school board posi- tion, Stone will have as oppo- nent Gil Jarvela, who was nom- ina ted by a caucus of out-of- city residents at a meeting
 Sunday.
 In charge of the Progressive
 Party campaign will be Mar shall Crutcher, Vic Ellis and Tim Gilmore.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-09-27
Skinner Case Being Heard

A 12-man jury yesterday be- gan to hear the case against Charles Skinner, jail guard, charged with refusal to permit an attorney to see his client.
 Skinner allegedly refused Paul Dupler permission to see Alex Mazoff, at the jail on August 6.
 Special Commissioner V. G. Ellis heard the case, which will be followed by a preliminary hearing before him, on a charge of assault. Skinner is also charged with assaulting Mazoff.
 Paul Dupler. complaining witness on the first charge, presented the governments 
 case to the jury after the U. s. Attorneys office in Anchorage advised it could not send a prosecutor. P. J. Kerrigan re- presented Skinner. Members of the jury were Henry Haag, Eugene Bromley. Fred Rave, Barney Gorgatelli, Mrs. Ed Connors, Robert Acheson, Frances Bowman, Val Stella, Emil Knudsen, E. IL, Lightfoot, Vince Daly and Clyde Hatfield.
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uate income to repay a loan provided for by the bond issue, Mayor Lee c Bettinger pointed out. A special 3-mill levy to be set aside for road improvement would bring in close to the $17,000 required each year to repay such a loan, over a 20 year period.
 Persons listed on the real estate tax roll for the city for 1852 will be eligible to vote in the special election, which will be held the same day as the territorial balloting, from g am to 2 pm.
 Judges for the special cleo tion, named by the council Monday, will be Mrs. Gus Myers, Mrs. Basil Clark, Mrs. V. w. Root, Mrs. V. G. Ellis, and clerks will be Mrs. Joe Raymond and Mrs. John Rohwer. Mrs. Jack Hinckel will be alternate judge and Mrs. Homer Lightfoot alter nate clerk.
 Fifty-five percent of the votes cast in the bond election must favor it. for the issue to be approved.
 Plans for a new water distri. button and sewer system, for which an appropriation has already been made, were in. spected by the city council Monday night. Carl Caldwell, engineer for Bourne Associ- ates, explained them to the council.
 ! Currently under construction is a new city reservoir. The appropriation made for that i did not include the distribu. tion system, for which funds
 were allocated at a later date.
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lard Hall, Kelly and Benedict Gregoroff, all of Kodiak; Mrs. Hans Olsen, Afognak; Mrs. Ole Locken, Arlington, Wash, Mrs. Marie Rowland. Seattle.
 Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Nadia Larsen of Seattle, and 33 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Gergoroff will be held at 2 pm today at the Russian Orthodox Church, and will be conducted by Father Gerasim Schmaltz.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-09-27
Dies At Afognak

Mrs. Mary Boskofsky, 77. .of Afognak. died at her home
 there Sunday, according to
 word received here.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-09-27

Miss Kathleen Lepper has been assigned to Kodiak as Public Health Nurse and will arrive here sometime next weekend.
 Clarence Dizney. president of the Kodiak Health and Well fare Council, received word Thursday from the office of the district nursing supervisor in Anchorage, of Miss Lep- per's appointment to the vacancy here.
 (See earlier story on page B. Ed.)
Evening star., 1952-09-15
Peace, Reds Say, Is Wonderful
Russia Puts Gold in Swiss Banks and Woos Commerce
In it's ComPogn Of Pointing Finger at United Stotes
Constantine Brown:

The Russian peace offensive
has been going strong In Europe
for several months.
Communist headquarters In
Paris and Rome and fellow
travellers under Communist
discipline in most other Sec
tions Of Europe in the
United States-have been beat
ing the tom-tom that the
Kremlin is peace-minded and
that If 1t were not for the
jingoism of the American
capitalists who control . the
country everything would be
for the best all over the world.
Under the inspiration Of
these agents the innocuous
statement Of Gen. Eisenhower
that Communist domination
must be rolled back by peace
ful means has been distorted
to make him appear as q re-
lentless advocate Of aggres-
sion.
It is q pity that political
men in our own country who
have insisted in the past ON q
bipartisan foreign policy should
have, for domestic political
reasons, bolstered the conten-
tion Of the Communists abroad.
Gen. Eisenhower's political op-
ponentS, whose fair-haired boy
he once was, know only too
well that nothing is further
from the generals mind than
the wish for military adventures
in any part of the world.
Gen. Eisenhower knows, DOS.
sibly better than any other
man In politics in this country,
the state of preparedness Of his
former command and, as of
this day, he is convinced that
the entire NATO force, based
principally on the 10 American
British combat divisions, can
hope to hold back q large-scale
Soviet aggression only tempo
rarily.
The Soviet propaganda to
convince Western Europe that
the peace dove Is now the
emblem Of the Politburo, has
many facets. Besides the usual
blast at American imperialism
Evening star., 1952-09-15

every convention and lost in
every Congress now since 1910.
That obviously is to continue.
The victory at Chicago already
has been bartered away in q
pre-dated contract with Senator
Taft. The general was cleverly
outmaneuvered by his unsuc-
cessful convention rival. The
Senator played a waiting game,
letting the resentment of his
followers over his defeat at
Chicago simmer and plague the
general and his campaign man
ayers until they would surren-
der, as they now have. BY hold
ing out, the Senator built up the
situation to the point where its
climax was bound to be so dra-
matte that the party and the
country would know just ex-
actly how powerful the Ohio
Senator is.
No wonder he grinned 50 hap
PLY when the deed was done.
Gen. Eisenhower paid the
price he did. which he may
regret If he becomes President.
because he felt it was necessary
to get the Taft folks. who are
skillful professionals. actively
at work for him. This may be
taken as q measure of the un-
certainty in the Eisenhower
camp about the outcome Of the
election.
The General 11guratively tele-
graphed his surrender q week
ahead. This was when, on his
way to Minnesota for his farm
speech, he held q regional
meeting on September 5 at
Chicago with party leaders
from Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan. Taft lieutenants
were predominant. One of
them. Representative Busbey Of
Chicago, rose to say that he
was 100 per cent on the team"
then added:
'But I come from q district
that. I must admit, was very
strongly pro-Taft before the
convention. Going down the
street, In my meetings, and
wherever ! 60. I constantly run
upon the problem Of people
telling me they are going to
stay home and they are not
going to vote In this election.
] have tried to counter them
by telling them as soon as the
campaign opens up that feeling
win disappear"
Frightening stun. to be sure.
Representative Busbey then
wanted to know when the Gem
eral was going to see SenaA AG
Evening star., 1952-09-15

jury that faces one to give q
favorable verdict; . candidates
words and actions are carried
over the entire country.
One thing seems certain. II
Gen. Eisenhower takes OF the
gloves, Gov. Stevenson will
respond in kind. The governor
Is surprised and angry ut
imputations that he will not
run an honest Government.
No one can doubt 1t .1ho heard
him say at Denver that he
would not repay the general In
kind but would thank him to
read more carefully the speeches
others wrote for him.
To date the campaign pat
tern has been that the general
and the governor took the high
road while Senator Nixon and
President Truman took the low
road. It Is q pattern that may
be broken very shortly as all
four gather their forces for the
big push.
Reports from around the
country almost universally de-
pict the electorate as unde-
cided. awaiting campaign de-
velopments. The pressure there
fore on both presidential candi.
dates is for action and aggres-
Sive assault. rather than sober
discussion Of the issues. How
they meet it will be q clear
measure Of the kind Of leader.
ship they would give In the
White House.
Evening star., 1952-09-15
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Onequarter Of the presidential campaign passed
hstory-along with three-quarters Of the issues
Gov Stevenson returns to Springfield after Western
He proved the Democratic Party has masteof ceremonies
Ike heads for the Midwest again train found the
aane has disadvantages for campaigning What with the
OF the engines candidate has trouble hearing himself gnerze
President Truman viii barnsorm through "a States
Senator Taft will slug toe picking up
issues as fast as Adlai and Ike can ignore them.
The reluctant Taft gions to march In the Eisenhower
crusade after Senator Taft gives the signal From you'll
hear the thunder Of mighty army-rereatng from Albany
Gov Stevenson promises to deal sterny and mercless
with Communists In Ada intends
miserable for the Reds-N it takes his last epigram
begins to look though Ike and Adlai met secretly
where in the dead Ct night and decided sogane
Don't let em take away and Gov Stevensons saying ts
time for q change"
Evening star., 1952-09-15

the Belgian gold entrusted to
France and surrendered by the
Petain government to Hitler.
were deposited In the Swiss
banks as collateral for loans
and for purchase Of materials
manufactured in Swiss fac
tories.
The reported placing Of Rus
sian gold in the vaults Of banks
at Berne, Zurich and Geneva
gives the Swiss and their neigh
bors confidence that Russia does
not mean to engage In any
kind Of aggression. Otherwise.
they believe Moscow would not
risk placing the precious metal
in the hands Of o country which
is unSympathetic to Commu-
nism. And whether this re-
port Is correct or not. the news
is spreading rapidly through
out Europe. where it Is In
terpreted to mean the Krem-
lin can have no hostile In
tentions against Western
Europe unless 1t. Is pushed by
American provocations."
In addition to this still un-
confirmed report---and 1t In
difficult to confirm financial
transactions Of this type-the
Soviet bank in Paris which
hitherto was only q fiscal
agency Of the u. 8. s. r. govern
ment is reported to have opened
its doors to commercial banking
transactions as have the Paris
branches Of the Guaranty
Trust and Chase National Bank.
The Soviet government. Of
course. does not expect any
profits. But 1t win tend to fur
ther convince the French man
in the street that the Kremlin
has no hostile intentions to-
ward Europe. Otherwise, it is
asked. why would 1t bring good
hard cash into the capital Of
France?
It is not easy to make tho
man In the street understand
that o few millions more or
less are . matter Of indifference
to the Kremlin 30 long as IL
can sell its line Of propaganda
advantageously.
Evening star., 1952-09-15

general proposes to pay for the
Taft support.
Senator Taft's hand has been
strengthened by Senator Nc
Carthy's handsome victory in
the Wisconsin primary. This
the Taft people Of the Midwest.
who Gen. Eisenhower has so
far resisted, can use as evidence
that Communism and corrup-
ton are the best campaign
issues; that the personal at
tacks. which the General has
said he would not make, pay
off.
Gen. Eisenhower had already
yielded to the point Of declaring
he would support all Republi-
can nominees. How much
further he is now prepared to
go. If any, can be seen In IN
diana, Ohio and Missouri. He
does not. this time. touch Wis
consin.
Up to now the Taft-style of
campaigning has been left to
the nominee for Vice President,
Senator Nixon. who can be ex-
pected to continue with It.
The Generals problem, how
ever. Is that no matter how
effective such infighting is in
Taft territory, he has consid-
erable support In the North
and East. possibly in the Far
West, which will be alienated
by it. He must remember that
presidential politicking is not
like persuading the immediate
Evening star., 1952-09-15

capitalism and praise for Rus
sia's peace efforts In print and
by word Of mouth. there is, of
course, the carrot" that the
NATO nations could do a thriv-
ing business with the u. s. s. r.
and the countries behind the
Iron Curtain If it were not for
the opposition Of Washington.
The Soviet propaganda is ap-
pealing to the masses Of Europe
and also to many conservative
business men and industrialists
who are less concerned with
what the Kremlin will do after
the allied rearmament effort
has been drastically reduced
than they are with immediate
profits. Under such pressure the
French have agreed to provide
Red China with some $25 mil
lion in supplies, which include
products essential In the Ko-
rean campaign on . cash barter
basis. The barter goods China
offers are principally silks,
bristles and hand-tooled leather.
Making the good intentions
Of Moscow more acceptable,
two new developments-so far
unverified-are reported to have
occurred in Europe. The Soviet
government is reported to have
deposited a sizable amount Of
gold In Swiss banks. On the
surface this has only little
meaning. However. this is now
encouraging the Swiss to think
that in the event Of Soviet
aggression they will be spared.
as was the case when Hitler
launched his war in 1899.
After France was defeated
and Britain was threatened
with defeat it was felt that
Switzerland might become the
next Nazi victim. Despite ex-
cellent natural defenses and q
good army, the nation would
not have been difficult for
Hitler to conquer. But he re-
Trained not because he was
afraid Of defeat but because
Switzerland had become the
banker Of Germany.
Large gold deposits. including
Evening star., 1952-09-15
Doris FIeeson:
Doris FIeeson:
This Is Eisenhower's Acid Test
Midwest Journey Into Taft Bostion Will Reflect Generals
Success as Politician and TituIor Leader of G. O p

ABOARD EISENHOWER
TRAIN. Sept. 15.-The test Of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as
a politician and the titular Lead
er Of his party really begins
with this journey to the Mid
west baStionS Of the Republican
Party.
He will end 1t either with his
shield or on it.
The region he now seeks to
captiyate gave almost solid sup
port to Senator Taft for the
presidential nomination. Gen.
Eisenhower prevailed because q
considerable part Of the g. o. p.
and the big business interests
which support it felt the entire
country was not willing to ac-
cept the Taft kind of leader
ship.
It still remains a fact that the
158 electoral votes encompassed
by the Eisenhower 12-day tour
Of IL Midwest States are all
but vital to his success. In 1948
nine Of the II went Democratic,
only three Republican. The
percentages Of President Tru-
mans triumph were not large
but they were enough.
In preparation for his new
offensive, the general has made
his public peace with Senator
Taft. No fault can be found
with this as q matter of gen.
erosity and practical politics.
What is not clear but should ap-
pear shortly is what price the
Evening star., 1952-09-15

Taft. In reply. the General said
he would see the Senator at an
early date. then went on:
"But in any event. I have no
other purpose than to get with
Senator Taft. recognizing his
great responsibility in q Repub-
lican administration Of leading
the Senate. I am going to try
to draw him on the team not
only as q consultant but as q
man who win lead q very Inn
portant section of the fight"
On his way back east after
his farm speech the General
made repeated gestures to the
Taft wing in meetings with
other leaders.
It was easy for the Senator
after that.
Evening star., 1952-09-15
Thomas L. Stokes:
Thonos L Stokes:
Taft Wins Back Party Control
Before Firing Campaign Shot, Ohos Senator Has Evened
The Score by Reossuming Domination on Capitol Hill

Whatever part Senator Taft
may now play in the Eisenhow-
er campaign and however much
influence he may exert. he al
ready has got in advance,
signed. sealed and delivered,
what he really wanted before
he has fired a single campaign
shot.
This is the guarantee from
Gen. Eisenhower that, If the
Republicans win the election,
the Ohio Senator will be recog-
nized as the real Administration
leader In Congress and, before
that. he will be given. a voice
in selection of cabinet and other
key officials in an Eisenhower
administration.
In comparison with this dele
cation Of power. all other parts
Of the agreement between the
two relating to policy, foreign
and domestic, fades into rela-
tive insignificance. For Sena-
tor Taft is so entrenched in
Congress that he, himself. can
come pretty close to debating
policy with the free hand now
offered. He can dominate the
administration.
What Gen. EiSenhower's ca
pitulation really means might
be overlooked by those unfamil-
lar with political procedures
when a new administration
comes into being. In this case,
one cannot dismiss what hap
pened In New York last week
end by saying that Senator Taft
already is the recognized Re-
publican leader in Congress,
which he has been up to now.
For something happened, or
appeared to happen, in the Re-
publican Party after the close
Of the last session Of Congress.
That was at Chicago in July
when one element Of the Re-
publican Party. lining up be-
hind Gen. Eisenhower. defeated
the other element which was
backing Senator Taft. The for
mer triumphed and 1t was GER
tainly their presumption. II
Republicans won the election.
that they would control and
manage the party under the
generals leadership In the
White House.
That naturally would include
recognition Of them In the
party leadership in Congress
There they are In q minority
numerically and that, In itself
illulninates q paradox In the
Republican Party in recent
years. The element that nomi-
mated Gen. Eisenhower has wor