"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
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KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 15, 1944
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Murder Conviction Brings Life Sentence
Woman Found Guilty On Fur Coat Charge
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Fairbanks (Jr)—Louise Wil
liams Allred was convicted
Thursday of embezzlement by
agent after tbe jury was out
only 30 minutes. Sentence will
be pronounced next week.
The prosecution established
that a fur coat, found at the
Allred home, was the property
of Mrs. Milton Brown, which
had been stored in tbe vaults of
the Fairbanks Agency, the com
pany where Mrs. Allred was em
ployed.
The defendant claimed the
eoat had been brought from
Seattle while she lived at Kodi
ak, but a Seattle saleslady testi
fied that a coat purchased there
was a different kind of fur.
Registrants
Are Warned
Outside draft registrants who
bave not registered in Alaska
and obtained required certifi
cates of transfer must do so at
once, Selective Service Head
quarters at Juneau advised this
week.
Those failing to comply with
the law in this respect will be
considered delinquent and such
cases will be turned over to the
district attorney for further
action.
Citation Is
Received
Lt. Wilson Erskine, U. S.
Navy, has received a citation
recommending promotion for his
activities during the period from
August 6 to December 1, 1943,
according to word received
through his father, W. J.
Erskine, who is at present in
San Francisco. Lt. Erskine is
somewhere in the South Pacific
Theater of war.
The citation reads as follows:
“Lt. Erskine is of fine person
al and military character and is
qualified for promotion. He is
considered as “Qualified in Sub
marines” and has been so re
commended.
“Lt Erskine has acted as as
sistant approach officer during
two highly successful war pat
rols i n which-ships were
sunk and-damaged for a total
of-tons sunk and-dam
aged. He has been recommended
for a Navy and Marine Corps
medal or other suitable award
for heroism in action. His ex
perience in the Merchant Mar
ine has put him in good stead in
the Navy, and he is exception
ally well qualified foi his rank.”
Chlorination Expense Still Disputed
Ihecity council Held its re
gular meeting Monday evening
at the city hall.
Councilman Wodlinger report
ed that it may be possible to
have one of the Kraft buses re
paired for use as a school bus,
and that A1 Nixon is interested
in a contract for hauling school
children.
Dr. A. Bates Jones, city health
officer, read a letter from the
Territorial Department of hea th
which said that owners of water
systems are responsible for costs
of chlorination. So far the city
has paid expenses of chlorina
tion on the two privately-owned
water systems. The committee
was instructed to investigate.
Salary of Ted Hildebiand, at
1100 monthly, since Nov. 24 was
authorized to be paid for his
work on the system.
Copies of letters to I.. It. Dur
kee from Richard Green and
Capt. Leonard Rovins were
read, urging chlorination in the
new water system.
An ordinance was passed pro
viding for condemna'ion of
buildings.
The city clerk reported that I
the city treasury had about
$8500 left and that no large re-|
ceipts would be coining in forj
taxes and licenses until later. |
Current expenses for the city,
including salaries, run close to
$5000 a month, it was reported.
An application for a restau
rant liquor license was approv
ed for T. T. Jackson and Glen
Banks for the Coney Island
cafe.
Building permits for Chas.
Rutkowski and Rose Martin were
approved.
The follow ng taxi licenses
were acted on:
Jack Hendrickson, 2 renewals;
Cliff Lillethun, 1 renewal, 1
transfer to Jack Hendrickson;
Frank Gelderman transfer to
Ray Martin; Ray Martin 3 re
newals; F. G. Ayers 1 renewal;
H. F. Brown transfer to Eric
Blankenburg; Mike Gustitus 2,
Jay Toldert 4, R. C. Jillson 2,
Lorena Kizer 1, Jack King 2,
W. F. Lewis 1, all renewals;
Lorena Kizer transfer to A. J.
I Cichoski.
President’s Ball
Set For Jan. 29
Plans for Kodiak’s contribu
tion to the President’s Ball start
ed rolling this week under the
leadership of Chairman Frank
V Hill.
Through the courtesy of T. T.
Jackson, Blinn’s Hall and the
Saturday night dance band have
been secured for the evening of
January 29.
Quoting Bud Metzgar, head
of the entertainment committee,
“No headaches will be spared to
give Kodiak one of the snappi
est, fun-filled evenings in its his
tory.”
Tickets will be on sale next
week at all business houses.
A false alarm was sounded
Wednesday evening at 9:20
when burning garbage in the
residential district at the foot
of Pillar mountain was mistaken
for a more serious blaze.
Son Victim
Of Battle
Pat. Lynch employe of the A.
T. Beckett Construction com
pany, received word by wire
Tuesday that hi? foster son,
Pvt. Kay Morlock, U. S Va
riue Corps, ago 22, hud pas-ed
away in a Louisiana hospital of
injuries received on Guadal
canal.
Mr. Lynch had received no de
tails as to the exact extent of
the injuries, except that his son
was wearing a large cast and
that after trsns er from a hos
pital in California was reported
ly progressing satisfactorily on
the road to recovery. The de
ceased had been under treat
ment for eight months.
Mrs Dunia Melavidoff, of Ka
guya!:, underwent a major ODer
ation at the Griffin Memorial
hospital this week.
World News Highlights
European Front
The final score of an epic sky
battle over Germany was reveal
ed by American intelligence of
ficers to be 152 Nazi fighters
downed <fc 3 enemy aircraft fac
tories seriously damaged, with
American losses placed at 60
bombers & 5 fighters, the heavi
est loss of any US operation of
the war. The Swedish press re
ported that a German military
spokesman told Swedish corres
pondents in Berlin that a new
type high climbing fighter plane
equipped with a gliding bomb
was used against US bombers for
the first time. Germans were said
to have been forced to use the
new weapons before they intend
ed because the Americans had
especially important targets in a
1200-plane attack. Nazi military
men also reported the Americans
surprised them with a new heavy
gun & large, long range fighters
equipped with fuel tanks under
the wings which can be drooped
in battle or if hit.
Russian Front
Second Ukranian array claim
ed to have trapped 3 German
tank divisions 1 motorized & 1
infantry division northwest of
fallen Kirovograd. A Soviet com
munique said that the Nazis lost
12,000 dead in a day’s action
west of Kirovograd. Russians
captured Nemirov, 60 miles from j
the Rumanian border. Gen Vat
utin’s First Ukranian army
stormed the rail station of Tut
ouichi, 11 miles west of Sarny on
the Kiev-Warsaw railway. Sov- .
iet siege guns pounded outflank
ed defenses of Mozyr & Klain
kovichi, important rail centers
on the nothern edge of the Pripr t ]
marshes, as General Rokossov
sky’s White Russian army gained (
momentum in its drive toward ■
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Washington (^P)—A four hun
dred twenty millijn dollars post- j
war program for river and harbor ,
improvement! to help stabilize ,
employment was introduced in
the House as proposed legislation (
The following Alaska projects ,
were included in the measure: <
Metlakatla harbor $120,000 ,
Craig harbor 80,000 ]
Meyers Chuck harbor 25,000 ]
Wrangell harbor 189,000
Wrangell narrows 2,731,000 j
Skagway harbor 16,000
Petersburg harbor 80,000 ]
Port Alexander 31,000
Gastineau channel 155,000
Elfin cove 38,000
Seldovia 50,000
There will be an important
meeting of the Volunteer Fire
men at the fire hall next Mon
day evening at 9 pm.
Tacoma (^P)—Raymond M.
Neverdal, age 22, was sentenced
to life imprisonment on Decem
ber 16 when he pleaded guilty
in the Superior court to a seeond
degree murder charge for the
shooting of Harry C Fisher,
used car dealer, on the night of
December 8
Fisher died a couple of days
after the shooting, which took
place during an altercation be
iween Neverdal, who sought re
duction of payments on a car he
pur ia-ed, and Fisher.
Neverdal was well-known
here, where he lived and operat
ed a t i\'i before going to Taco
ma in S - ‘•ember last year. He
was known here by the name of
U.m rcond Blackie” Butler.
Fire Chief
Office Open
The position of fire chief was
declared vacant at the city
council meeting Monday, and
the Volunteer Fire department
was asked by the city to make
recommendations for a new
chief. The firemen will hold a
special meeting next Monday
night for this purpose.
The position is now held by
Jack King, acting in the absence
of former chief William Neider
hauser, who was given a 60-day
leave of absence to go Outside
for medical attention It was re
ported at the council meeting
that Neiderhauser is not re
turning.
The position pays $400 a
month.
Services Held
For Resident
Angel Valenzuela age 56,
passed away at the Griffin
Memorial hospital Monday
morning. Death was due to
cancer.
Valenzuela was born in Mexi
co and had lived in Alaska many
years, coming to Kodiak from
Cordova. He was an experienc
ed shoe cobbler, and lately had
been working at Blinn’s pool
hall.
He is survived by a brother
and a sister in Los Angeles.
Catholic funeral services were
held Tuesday at 3 pm at the
Union Hall, with interment in
the local cemetery.
Elmer Johnson, representing
Marshall Crutcher, accoi.ntant,
arrived this week and has estab
lished an office at the Sunbeam
Hotel while engaged in account
ing work for local clients.