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KOI' \K, 4°KA DECEMBER 11 1943
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Garage Fire
Causes Suit
Charging that carelessness and
neglect permitted a fire hazard
to be created at the Kodiak
<Jarage, winch burned down in
November, Henry Haag has filed
a civil suit in the U. S. Com
missioner’s court seeking judg
ment for loss of plaintiff’s car in
the fire. The suit names two
causes for action.
In the first Haag claimed he
ordered automobile parts in the
amount of $184 and that Bill
Karvonen, owner of the garage
fcad agreed to reimburse him for
them He further claims that the
parts are of no value to the
plaintiff, and that Karvonen has
refused reimbursement.
In the second the plaintiff
claims he left his car at the gar
age and that it was left outside
^with the Key in the lock and as
a result was stolen and dam
aged; that it was brought back
to the garage and permitted to
stand for several months; that
during November the defendant
carelessly and negligently per
mitted waste oils and materials
to accumulate in the garage and
that as a result of this careless
and negligent act caused a fire
liaaard; and that the subsequent
fire destroyed his car in its eu
tirety.
The plaintiff prays judgment
As gulls sweep overhead, men of the crew rf a navy Catalina
patrol bomber forced down at sea, settle themselves comfortably
as possible to wait hoped-for rescue—which came two days later
after another bomber sighted the downed plane and directed a
tanker to them. Liieut. (jg) F. J Whiteside, USNR, aboard the
bomber which was downed by mechanical trouble, made photo
graphic record of the wait and rescue -Wirephoto from US Navy
in the amount of S800 for the
ear, and $184 for the parts, plus
costs
Trial has been set for Dec
ember 13 in the U. S. Commis
sioner’s court.
The Kodiak Garage fire oc
curred November 6 and six cars
were lost or damaged.
Somewhere in Italy, Christmas time arrived for Pvt. Charles
“Snuffy” Schmitz (left), of New York City, loaded down with gift
packages. He was helped to his tent by John W. Griffin (center,
foreground) of Western Springs, Illinois. (JP Wirephoto)
Man Dies
In Poolroom
Frank E. Tilson, age 39, a
naval civilian employe at the
Naval Operating Base, died in
the Cheechako Club Thursday
evening from unknown causes.
It was reported that he had
been around the club since early
in the evening and that a little
before 10 pm he collapsed in the
cafe part of the club. Two by
standers, thinking only (hat he
had been drinking carried him
into the pool room and placed
him in a chair. Witnesses said
r.hat a short time later he suffer
ed a spell of coughing and then
fell on the floor. He was there
for some time when Mrs. Stan
Austerman, wife of the Club’s
owner, saw him lying there and
sent for deputy U. S. Marshall
Paul Herring. A naval doctor
was called and examined Tilson
at 11:37 and pronounced him
dead.
The body was removed to the
Navy morgue and an autopsy
will be performed.
The deceased came to Kodiak
from North Carolina and is sur
vived by his widow and one
child. He had been at the base
for only a month.
Alaska Airlines reported the
following passengers this week:
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nayer, A
B. Rieder, E. W. Flemister.
Emil Mintz, Harold Richard
son, Frank Brock, R. N. Skuse,
E. W. Flemister, W. B. Brown>
Bonnie Horkan.
Hope Held F
Still Missing
The Christmas Issue of the
Kodiak Mirror will not be pub
lished next Saturday but in
stead will appear on the after
noon of Monday, December 20.
The issue of December 25 will
be omitted The next following
issue will appear as usual on
Saturday, January 1.
Suit Names
Accountant
Naming 6 causes of action. 2
of which involve money and a
third involving a check, a civil
suit has been brought in the U.
S. Commissioner’s court by
Hans Reeman, employe of the
Kodiak Recreation Parlor, a
gainst Cliff Lillethun, account
ant.
In seeking judgment Reeman1
charges that in 1942 he gave to
Lillethun $132 to pay the plain
tiff's income tax, that subse
guently he had to pay it him
self to the Internal Revenue Col
lector, plus $33 penalty and
$8.32 in interest, and that Lil
lethun has refused to return him
bis money.
The other two causes of action
involve third parties who have
assigned tbeir rights and inter
ests to Reeman. One charges that
Lillethun gave a check to Mont
gomery Ward & Co., dated July
15, 1943, in the amount of $40.
05, that was returned unpaid by
the Bank of Kodiak and that
the defendant has refused to
make it good.
The other claims that Calvin
Harold Hull gave the defendant
$40 to buy liquor and that the
defendant did convert (he mon
ey to his own u ><\
The plaintiff prays judgment
in the amount of $172 32 on the
first count, $40 05 on the second
and $40 on the third.
The trial has been set for
December 27.
Tree Is Planned
There will be a community
Christmas tree, with free gifts
for all the children in town, a<
the result of action taken by the
board of directors of the Rotary
Club at a meeting Wednesday
evening.
The tree has been arranged
for, the town is being scoured
for weather proof lights, and
tentatively it is planned to erect
it in the parkway between the
Bank Of Kodiak building and
the Kraft residence.
Time for the gift giving and
additional surprises will be an
nounced next week.
or 11 Men
In Lifeboat
Seattle (JP)—Both the Coast
Guard and the Navy held out
some hope for the safely of 10
or 11 men in a lifeboat that has
been missing since the Games
broke in two off the Shumagin
islands southwest of Kodiak on
Nov. 24. The Navy said there
was a fair chance ■ ( recovering
the lifeboat after the Coast
Guard-Merchant Marine hearing
section which issued a statement
saying the missing boat “had its
gasoline tanks full and Raymond
J Havreck, oiler, who is very
competent and familiar with gas
oline engines, is in the boat,'*
The missing lifeboat contained
1 naval seamen, 7 soldiers and
3 Merchant Marine crew mem
bers. Walter G. Borst, boatswain
on the Gaines, is in command of
the boat.
The Coast Guard statement
said “it appears the vessel broke
partly as it passed either over or
between swelN, and the follow
ing swell completely broke off
the forward end of the vessel. It
was also indicated that the for
ward section was rammed, per
haps by the after section after
the break and belore the engine
could be shut down.”
10 Cases Stolen
From Liquor Store
Someone, either arid or avid,
broke a small pane of glass next
to the front door of Sally’s
Liquor store sometime between
3:30 and 4:30 Sunday morning
and made oiT with an estimated
10 cases of liquor piled just in
side the window. The hole made
by breaking the glass was just
large enough for the cases to
slip through. The assortment in
cluded gin, rum, wine, and per
haps some brandy and was
worth about $800.
William A. Schultz, asleep in
an apartment over the store,
did not hear the culprit. Time
of the robbery wa9 set by
George Slawson, night patrol
man, who discovered it.
Police are also investigating
the robbery last Thursday of
the apartment of Mrs. Vivian
Van Zile, employee of the Con
ey island. Missing were a box of
pennies and the owners wedding
ring. Entry was made through a
window.
Perpetration of the meanest
trick of the month was announc
ed by the police department this
week: someone put some sugar
in the gasoline tank of a car be
longing to Walter Muller.
Whereas an advertised oil
i changes Ping in a motor to Purr,
[sugar changes the Purr to Phttt.