Seattle relief voyage to Alaska sails with clothing and stock feed
The CIO Committee for Maritime Unity announced a relief ship will sail for Alaska with clothing and stock feed. The vessel will first head for western and central Alaska before returning south along the coast. Committee Chairman Burt warned against betrayal and said negotiations must proceed to avoid another failed effort.
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Seattle
CIO
Maritime Unity
Alaska
Run
Eight Arrests For Drunken Disorderly Behavior This Week
Eight individuals were arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct this week. Police reported multiple incidents across downtown areas and crowded venues, with officers citing intoxication and disruptive conduct as the primary factors.
National Air Mail Week Observance and History Notes
The week of October 27 to November 2 marks National Air Mail Week honoring the Post Office Department. Indorsed by business and civic leaders, the event highlights the five cent United States flag issue and recalls early routes from 1918, the Pasco flight in 1926, and transcontinental progress. Flights today reach east, south, north routes, with Alaska, Canada, and a transpacific gateway noted. Air mail rates to foreign countries drop effective November 1, 1946, possibly by at least percent in many cases, with larger reductions in some instances."
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National Air Mail Week
Post Office Department
National Air Mail
Busibs
Ublic
United States
Newark
Washington
Philliphia
Pas
Canada
Alaska
Air It
OPA Announces Price Controls Removed Except Rice Sugar
The local OPA office relayed a Juneau wire stating price controls are removed at 12:01 a.m. on the 24th for all foods and beverages except rice sugar and sugar solution. Ceilings remain on sales by food restaur ants and other sellers.
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OPA
Juneau
Three Vehicle Wreck Near Lake Louise on Base Highway
A quonset hut being towed by a tractor collided head on with a Navy truck driven by P A Patnoude USN near the south end of Lake Louise on the base highway at about 3 pm Thursday. A taxi owned by Jake LaVollette and driven by Norman Spencer struck the Navy truck from behind. Spencer was unhurt while Patnoude suffered a cut in one leg. Spencer said sun glare blinded him and slowed his taxi before the crash.
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Navy
Lake Louise
John Chase
P. A. Patnoude
USN
Jake LaVollette
Norman Spencer
Spencer
Patnoude
Kodiak Sees Coin Shortage Relief and Food Stresses
A $1500 shipment of coins arrived by air easing a nickel dime and quarter shortage in Kodiak but food items remain tight despite rationing. A PNA freight plane brought fruit from Anchorage and eggs sell high. Local bakeries and dairies report flour and milk supply issues while merchants seek relief from Seattle. Meat, butter, and eggs are still available.
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Kodiak
Bank of Kodiak
PNA
Anchorage
Carnival in a Country Town Comes to Kodiak
The Kodiak Community Center hosts a large Halloween carnival next Thursday Oct 31 with prizes including $50 door prize and food items. Events run 7 to 8 30 children program and 8 30 dance, with a Wheel of Fortune country store Beano guessing games and a fortune teller Madame Zatara. Sponsored by the Kodiak Business and Professional Women's Club to raise funds for the center.
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Kodiak
Hallowe’en
Madame Zatara
Kodiak Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mark Hallowe
Navy Day Open House At Naval Base With Exhibits And Tours
Special transportation exhibits games prizes and other features mark Navy Day celebrations at the naval base inviting public participation. Exhibits run 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm October 26 with displays including PBY Catalina bomber Douglas Twin Engine Transport Grumman Goose and Duck aircraft and the U S S ARD-22 vessel capable of drydocking ships up to 3500 tons. All navy ships in port open 2 pm to 5 pm.
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Naval Base
Douglas
Airlines
Grumman “Goose
Navy
Coast Guard
Grumman
Bars to Close on Navy Day in Kodiak
Kodiak bars and liquor stores will stay shut on Sunday Navy Day until 5 pm following an official closing observance announced by the Kodiak Retail Liquor Dealers Association.
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Kodiak
The
Buses Ferry 120 Kodiak Children to Navy Day Tour
Three bus loads of Kodiak youngsters will tour the Navy Base this afternoon as part of Navy Day observances. Chaperoned by Ken Wade, they depart the Kodiak Community Center at 1 30 p m for guided tours of the base including aircraft and ships. The community Chest carnival awaits on return at 5 p m.
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Kodiak
Navy
Kodiak Community Center
Rotary Club
Navy Base
Ken Wade
Rescued men on Shuyak Island as search expands
After a two day effort two men were rescued from Shuyak Island north of Kodiak. Navy and CAA personnel overseen by J S Post of Grande Ronde Ore and Mr Hamilton assisted by YMS 434 crew conducted land and air searches for a missing member of the searching party. A plane was dispatched from NAS Kodiak but returned with no findings.
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Shuyak Island
Kodisk
Navy
Mr. Hamilton
CAA
J. S. Post
Grande Ronde
Ore
Port Williams
Point Banks
The
NAS
Kodiak
Laundry Fire Injures Dinner Nook Owner Amanda Price
Amanda Price, laundry operator and Dinner Nook owner, is hospitalized with first and second degree burns to arms and face after a Tuesday evening blaze at her S Brooklyn laundry. A volatile cleaning fluid in a tub caused a rapid flash, a window blew out, and a washing area fire spread. George Bamber leaped through flames to rescue Price and toss burning laundry into the tub. Firefighters arrived quickly as separate fires in the floor and walls were fought and suppressed.
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Amanda Price
S. Brooklyn
Amanda
George Bamber
Bamber
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