"News oj drhi- ca’s Last Frontier”
VOL.. 3 ' 3
KOOIAK, AI 4SKA MARCH 20, 1943
PRICK 10 CENTS
Dismiss Second
Williams Charge
A second embezzlement com
plaint V'u fi ed Wednesday, sign
ed bv E. 10 Bell, local dairyman,
charging Louise Wi liams Allred
with erai" /.zlrment by bailee of
$655 purportedly giver her by
the plaintiff to pay 1942 income
tax of said plaintiff and alleged
converted to other use.
Bail was set by U. S Commis
sioner C, C. Naughton at $5000
and a warrant of arrest has been
telegraphed to Anchorage.
The defendant left last Friday
for Fairbanks after posting $2000
bond on a similar chargo made
by Charles Lattin,base foreman.
Upon request of Noel K.Wenn
blom, U.S. district attorney, An
chorage, U. S. Commissioner
Naughton dismissed the Bell
complaint yesterday. Wennblom
also asked that no additional
complaints be taken aeainst the
defendant for similar causes un
tilafter the grand jury reconven
es
I
Union Donates
lo Club Center
The Cement Finishers and
Plasterers locsl union has donat
ed an $800 credit, to be expend
ed locally, to the Red Cross Ser
vice-men’s Club and named Niel
Spencer, president of the union,
as trustee of the funds until ex
pended
A. E. I arkin, club director,
said first expenditures would in
clude purchases of new recrea
tional equipment and additions
to the club’s growing library of
Alaska books.
Contributions
In Drive Grow
Mrs. Merrill Coon, chairman
of the Red Cross War Fund
Drive announced the first con
tributors to the fund this week,
with more to appear later The
canvassing under her direction
will continue until every indiv
idual and business place has had
the opportunity to help the Red
Cross in raising $125 000,000
needed for war and relief work
for the current year.
The following list of contribut
ors will be continued next week:
John Brodtkorp $25; Marian
and Laurence Panamaroff $5; Ed
Higgins $5; McPhetersSl; H. C
Kaho $1; Babe Hackley $2;
M s. W. A. Anderson $1; Mrs.
John Hubley $3; Mrs S. Greg
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Blackout Hours
March 20 to March 27, Inch j
7:30 pm to 7:30 am
New Steamship
Agent Arrives
Walter Sipprell, assistant a
uent. for the Alaska Steamship
company at Seward since July,
arrived in Kodiak this week
with Mr- Sipprell preparatory
to ussunii ri}i charge of ihe
Alaska Steamshi) office here.
Ted Coleman, present agent,,
plans to leave soon with Mrs.
Coleman to return to San Fran
cisco.
Sipprell was a former traffic
chief for the CAA at Anchorage
and was with the Canadian Pac
ific line for 6 years. His home
town is Skagway, where he was
born.
Need Fire Permits
A city ordinance prohibits the
starting (f trash fires without a
permit. Anyone wishing to burn
trash or grass should obtain a
permit from Chief William
Neiderhauser
Tra La-Despiie Snow
Officially ft.m*>now, March 21,
is the first day of Spring.
Unofficially, the weather is
anybody’s auess.
Deadline Set
'For Landlords
All landlords, including any
one who sublets all or part of
his dwelling and- landlords hav
ing more than two paying room
ers must file with the local War
Price and Rationing Board a
rent registration form. The
forms are now available and the
law requires that they be filled
out by April 3, 1943.
A separate form must be filled
out for each unit Additional in
formation and specific instruc
tions may be obtained from Mrs.
Juanita Savoy, rationing board
clerk.
Bad news dept.—Axis radio
quotes Goebbels as saying that
Hitler is in perfect health
Child Flown Here
After Eye Injury
Catherine Heft, 4 years old,
was flown to Kodiak by special
plane this week from her home
at, Carmel to receive medical
treatment at the Griffin Memoii
al hospital for a knife wound in
one eye.
It is reported she had been
playing with a knife and that it
pierced her eye, endangering her
sight.
Arrest Kodiak
Man At Seward
Henry Pedersen, formerly of
Kodiak, was arrested at Seward
this week on a charge of larceny
and bail was set at $500. The
complaint was made by Geoige
Munson, this city, who charged
that Federsen had taken a black
leather suitcase valued at $17,
belonging to the plaintiff, from
his room in the K'zer residence
Closes Tuesday
City Election
Filing for candidates for the
coming city election to be held
April 6 closes next Tuesday,
March 23
With only four days to go no
one has yet filed for the positions
of mayor, councilman (3), city
treasurer and school boaid. Ma
yor Nick Miel, incumbent, is in
Seattle on business for the city
It is rfeported at least one caucus
is to be held Sunday to choose a
ticket, but any other aspirants
are keeping their aspirations to
themselves. Political talk the
last few days has mentioned the
names of Warren A. Taylor, pre
sent city attorney, Frank Her
mann, former councilman, and
R. H Chadwick, former mayor,
as candidate materia) for »tie
mayo-’s job.
Condidates may be nominated
by a convention of qualified vot
ers or by a petition signed by 20
qualified voters. The petitions
must give the office to which
nominated, group he represents
and place of residence.
Registration closes April 3.
First Picture Of Gillam Crash Rescue
SW®** f
Coast Guards, searching the Alaska wUderne s or s-urivvore oi tl e Gills n pint i c ; sh, signal lo
assisting planes with a message in the snow A file of guaitlsmen n ay be m n u<) l i; g this i el- the
snow to a spot in the woods (arrow) where seveial members of the searching party ap; ear to lie
clustered about a sled in the snow. Four of the party of six were rescued after a mnntli’s search.
I Cash Market
Discontinues
Carl Pajoman, owner of the
Kodiak Mercantile company, an
nounced today the closing of his
grocery department, the Kodiak
Cash Market, due to inability to
obtain merchandise, aggravated
by war shipping conditions.
“I want to thank all our loyal
customers for their patronage,
Pajoman said, “but market con
ditions today prevent us from
supplying them in the volume we
have in the past.” The market
will be closed at the end of busi
ness- today, and remaining stock
has been purchased by Ben
Kraft.
Frank Hermann, owner of
Bei t’s Drug store has made ai
rangements to take the space oc
cupied by the market. The d vid
ing wall will be reim ved to pro
vide the drug store with n ore
than double the present loor
capacity, and will be extensively
remodeled to allow bet er dh| lay
of merchandise. New show cases
will also he installed.
Nephew Passes
At Valdez
R. O. Urdahl, of this city, re
ceived word this week of the
death of his nephew, Olav Nel
son, at Valciez last Saturday.
The deceased had recently suffer
ed an attack of pneumonia.
Nelson was born near Bergen,
Norway June 2,1905 HewaBinar.
ried on Jan. 25, 1932 iu Valdez
to Elizabeth Holland a sister of
the late Jim Holland of this city,
and besides lv's widow' he is sur
vived by five children, three sis
ters and three brothers in Nor
way, and another uncle in Min
neapolis.
The deceased lived in Kodiak
from April 1940 to the fall of
1941 and was employed by Fred
Henton of the Island Transfer
Co. Since last winter he had
been a member of the Valdez
police force.
ATG Members Notice
All rifles, clothing and helmet?
must be turned in to the City
Hall immediately: Robert K.
Dawson, Captain, Kodiak unit.
Fire Eaters Answer
1 Non-Alarm, 2 Alarms
The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, returning from Mission
road after fire drill Sunday a
bout 1:45 pm saw smoke pouring
rom the Log Waffle Shop and
answered ihe alarm (although
it wasn’t sounded)
A pan of syrup lirtd 'boiled
over on the range and some of
the syrup ran into the stove and
started a chimney hie. There
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