New Naval Base Planned In Aleutians
Election coverage outlines voting rules for Alaska Territory with details on eligibility residency required of one year, 30 days in Alaska, and polling hours from 8 am to 7 pm at City Hall and Kodiak precincts. It notes military residents may vote if based in Alaska prior to military relocation, otherwise not, and mentions U S Commissioner Bubendorf confirming status amid statehood referendum.
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Sry
City Hall
Alaska
U.S
G. W. Bubendorf
District Court
Admiral Towers
Guam
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Kodiak
Mirror
Associated Press
Alaskan Peninsula
Culinary Union Seeks Higher Wages For Food Service
Billie Loan announces a counter proposal discussion on hourly wage increases for waitresses, fountain workers, and cooks with target rates of 1.00, 1.50, 2.00, and 1.75 dollars respectively. Results will be presented to operators this week. past wages were 0.75 for waitresses and 11 to 12 per shift for cooks.
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Billie Loan
New Culinary Union
Case
Fountain
Women Businsess Club urges Kodiak vote in Territorial election
Gertrude Raumaker reports on Kodiak Business & Sessional Women's Club efforts to mobilize voters. Edna Kraft leads a drive urging members to recruit and deliver voter cards, noting past low turnout in 1942 and 1944. Kraft cites public action and federal Territorial funding for local buildings to show the power of the public vote.
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Gertrude Raumaker
Kodiak
Business & Sessional
E Business
Edna Kraft
Ac Vity
Kodiakian
Kodi
BPW
Kraft
Alaska
Volunteer Workers Wanted at School
A call for volunteer electricians, carpenters, plumbers, and laborers to improve the school was issued today with a work call set for tomorrow. Volunteers will form four crews to prepare teachers' restrooms, excavate a basement for a boiler room, line up quonset huts, and work on a new science room.
Proposed Fish Regulation Changes Heard in Alaska
A Thursday hearing at the Union hall led by Seton Thompson of the Alaska Fisheries division discussed proposed rules. Participants included Steele Culbertson and Pete Gilmore, with 9 attendees, covering bans from Narrow Cane to Cape Trinity and seasonal limits for Afoguak island zones. Recommendations on escapements, seasons, and gear lengths were offered, with a final Seattle hearing slated for Nov 14 and written comments due by Nov 15.
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Union Hall
Seton Thompson
Alaska Fisheries Division
The
Fish & Wildlife Service
Steele Culbertson
Pete Gilmore
Alaska Salmon Industry
Cape Trinity
Afoguak Island
Afoguak
Paranoia Bays
Karl Brunstaad
Karluk
Red River
Alf Madsen
Seattle
Thompson
Director
Chicago
New Ship Strike Affects Alaska Run To Nome and Bristol Bay
A strike by longshoremen and seamen halts Alaska run ships at Seattle docks, delaying food shipments to Nome and Bristol Bay area before winter. In Kodiak, Governor Gruening’s inquiry to Mayor Bettinger finds local rationing begun and surveys warn shortages could appear in two weeks after the last boat, September 8, carried a small cargo.
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Seattle
Alaska
Nome
Bristol Bay
Kodiak
Deputy Herring Heads to Anchorage for Grand Jury Term
Deputy U S Marshal Paul Herring left Sunday for Anchorage for the fall term of the grand jury. He was accompanied by his niece Lorna Campbell who continued to her home in Vancouver B C to visit family. She has lived with the Herrings while employed at the Island Fountain and expects to return.
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U.S
Paul Herring
Anchorage
Lorna Campbell
Vancouver
B.C
Herrings
Island Fountain
Fishermen in Kodiak praised for long range resource control
Mr Thompson said Kodiak fishermen were more farsighted than peers in other districts in their efforts to control and preserve their local fishing resource.
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Thompson
Kodiak
Ash Falls On Kodiak Isle From Mainland Volcano
Ash from an active mainland volcano blanketed the western Kodiak Island area last week, turning the sun red and obscuring distant shorelines. Fish and Wildlife boat Eider reported ash along Terror Bay to Uganik Bay, coating brush and streams. Officials cited Mageik and Martin mountains as probable sources with southwest winds, while Navy probes found no further data or sun obscuration on Kodiak.
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Kodiak
Kodiak Island
Fish & Wildlife
Eider
Uganik Bay
Marc Meyer
Terror Bay
Mageik
Martin Mountains
Katmai Mountain
Navy
Navy Air Trasport
Dutch Harbor
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John Towers
Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Marianas
Peninsula
Naval District Intelligence
Kodiak Isle
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