27 Jul 1946
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Newspaper
Kodiak Mirror
Location
Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1946
Page
1
A special election will be held in Kodiak on Tuesday August 6 to decide on the city selling for one dollar a parcel housing City Hall for a new federal jail. The $140000 project would relocate City Hall to the south end of the lot and move it nearer the Horsman property. If the jail is not selected the land reverts to the city. The notice appears on page 9.
A hangar at the Adak naval base was destroyed by fire of unknown origin on Wednesday evening, causing the loss of planes and prompting an investigation into the cause.
Waterfront labor dispute prompts Seattle office to report halt of crane and watchman activity as union threats pickets would tie up steamship operations at noon yesterday unless negotiations with the union proceed. The Sakina sailed to Kodi Halifax. Denali due next Monday from Seattle. Cordova scheduled to depart southbound.
American craft repair work at Yokosuka naval base continues after damage in the prior year. Salvage operations use docks to prepare wrecked Japanese vessels for possible return to service against the United States.
Alf W. Martens pled guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct and assault before Acting U S Commissioner Mina Bubendorf. He received 90 days in jail after a police chief report of a failed attack with sardine cans. The case marks his seventh offense since May. Harold Aga recounts his near death during the Cougar tragedy at Griffin Memorial hospital, describing a 11 hour struggle clinging to a sinking gas tank and escape with injuries but alive, aided by navy signals and nearby fishing boats. (continued on page 4)
Mayor Lee Bettinger told the Chamber of Commerce a Seattle firm A P Packing Co would salt silvers this season if dock space and fishermen are secured. He said a wire from Joe Keller stated supplies would ship from Seattle once space and local fishermen are assured, with local unions promising ample workers for the market.
Kodiak residents will vote on September 10 to approve or disapprove the council action to issue bonds for a site and cold storage plant, enabling local fishermen to participate in the election.
A 65 foot diesel cannery tender Cougar foundered in heavy seas off Kodiak opposite Rocky Point with eight dead and five passengers missing. sole survivor Harold Aga was rescued. The ship owned by Frank McConaghy Inc of Seattle had loaded 20,000 fish en route Karluk to Kodiak. Navy tug Sarsi and nine fishing boats aided in the search but no wreckage or bodies found. Aga was hospitalized at Griffin Memorial.
Larry Keighley and Don Horter headline a Kodiak showcase as two National Geographic photographers D C Sweet from Connecticut and Bruce Wilson from Wisconsin arrive with their wives for a week of color photography. Their work will follow up Nat Geo’s Kodiak coverage and a forthcoming Alaska book featuring spring to fall scenes.
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