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Published Every Su pi relay at >ak, Alas) -
Yearly Subornation K<»" 35.00
Entered in the Postoffi.*- it Kodiak, .laska as Second
Class matter under ad of Congress o ' vlarch L878.
KODIAK PUBiASHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for republication of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein
Platoon Sergeant and Mrs.
John R. Sanders and the latter s
taro children, Cherie and Val
Morrison, left on the Cordova
for Hood River, Ore., to visit
Sgt. Sanders’ family. Sgt. Sand
ers has signed up for further ser
vice in the Maiine Corps and
has a 90-day furlough. The two
children will attend school while
at Hood River.
Before their departure Mrs.
Sanders was given a bon voyage
handkerchief shower by Mrs.
John Hubley and friends.
Captain Walter Kraft, son of
Ben Kraft, returned to Kodiak
this week by plane in time for
the holidays, his first visit to his
home since he entered ttie service
4 years ago. He is now on term
inal leave after having seen ac
tion in the various European
theaters. He was married earlier
in the year in England.
Finding Kodiak looking “just
about the same” he said he has
n't decided on what he will do
after his discharge becomes final
in about 90 days.
Short Circuit
Starts Fire
Fire at 12:35 am Monday did
about $350 damage to a frame
residence on Alder street below
the Knudsen apartments. The
house, owned by Warren A. lay
lor and covered by insurance,
was occupied by Frank Hughes,
school janitor, his wife and 4
children.
The couple had just retired
when the fire broke out in the
attic, where it started from wir
ing strung along a ridgepole. The
flames broke out one end of the
building but was under control
by the Volunteer Fire Depart
ment a few minutes after their
arrival.
The fire equipment had been
returned to the hall and had
been put in order about an hour
when the skating rink fire was
reported.
Lee Bettinger, local business
man, left by plane Monday to
spend i he holidays with his fam
ily in Oswego, Ore. He expects
to return in a couple months.
It doesn't seem twelve
months since the last time
we wished our many friends
Season's Greetings.
You have helped us close
another chapter in the life
of our business and we are
h-J.y appreciative of your co
operation and confidence.
Our warmest Greetings
for Christmas and Sincere
Good Wishes for the New
Year being ushered in . . .
Mcy it be your happiest.
BANK of KODIAK
Taxi Driver
Acquitted
J. W. Martin, local taxi driver,
was found not guilty yesterday
in a jury trial before U. S. Com'
missioner G. W Bubendorf, on
charges brought, by Lt. Col. H
S. Massie, USMC, provost mar
shall for the army and navy, that |
involved alleged sale of 7 cases of
liquor by Martin to 2 sailors.
The comDlaint contained 3
counts that of selling or traffick
ing without a license to do so,
delivery of liquor to minors, and
having a larger amount of liquor
than the law entitled him to pos
sess.
The filing of these charges
came subsequent to a first jury
trial held Monday, which result
ed in a hung jury. The first com
plaint charged sale of intoxicat
ing liquor without a license to do
so, and following the defendant’s
acquittal on the later trio of
charges U. S. Commissioner Bub
lendorf said he would dismiss the
[first complaint.
In yesterday's trial tne iwu
sailers, Delbert Potts and Wal
ter R. Wilson, testified that they
were both 20 years of age. Potts
testified that he had seen the
defendant, at the local Army
dock, where he had put approxi
mately $380 on the seat of his
car and tc Id Martin to get him
whiskey with it. A week later on
about Dec. 12 he said he and
Wilson drove in the latter’s car
to the Army dock, walked frem
theie to Martin’s home in Sear’s
house No. 4 on Mission road,
and Potts w^ke Martin to have
him drive them to the beach
near Kraft’s stoTe with the whis
key, which he said Margin in the
meantime had assured him he
had obtained.
foils and Wilson DOin lestin
ed Martin drove them, with 7
cases of whiskey in the back seat,
to their destination, where they
placed the « hiskey in a boat and
where Wilson said he gave Mar
tin $10 fare and was to get his
change later.
Martin testified that he ha l
not counted the money when it
was given to him but that be had
agreed to get the whiskey That
later he picked up the 7 cases
“behind the barber shop”, left
the money there and Dut the
whiskey in bushes behind his
house as he said he had been dir
ected to do On cross-examina
tion he said he. had left the mon
ey with a man he did not know
Mrs. Ma tin and Mary Pon
chene, who is staying with her,
testified they saw Potts load
something in Martin’s car but
Potts and Wilson said the liquor
was already in the taxi parked on
the road when they got there
early in the morning.
Potts, who admitted the liquor
was for re-sale on the ba«e, said
he had not given any instruc
tions as to how the liquor was to
be procured.
T,t. Leonard Thomas, district
legal officer for the Navy, acted
as special prosecutor, and the
defendant was represented by
T drnage Smith.
Jur rj were: Walter Muller,
foreman: Nan Holt, If. E Daw
son, Mrs. Grace Miller, Charles
Anderson, Tom Horsman, Mrs.
Jay Tolbert, Mrs. Royal Mua
son, Henry Haag, Robert King,
Helen King and Wes Rhoades.
The jury in Monday's trial
consisted of Martin Jensen, fore
man; L. K. Wodlinger, Emil
Knudsen, Lonnie Scroggins, Har
ry A. Keller. Charles Metzgar,
Gregory Morony, Stuart H
Nuckols Mary Jensen George
Blinn, Charles Skinner and Wil
liam Lamme.
Dealer Out
Of Bounds
The Log Cabin Liquor store,
across from the Lyric theatre,
owned by Jorgen Fredrick
son, was placed out of bounds to
military personnel Wednesday
by action of Lt. Col. H. S. Maa
sie, provost marshal. The closure
of the store to servicemen came
as the result of the non-compli
ance of the store’s owner to agree
to furnish names of certain civil
ian puichasers as required in a
-tiling issued by the provosi mar
shal this week.
The rule limits sales to service
men to one bottle a day, and le
quires that if any civilian buys
liquor that the dealer feels is not
:or the customer’s own use, the
dealer is to report it
Mr Fredrickson agreed to the
reporting of servicemen’s names,
but refused to accede to the lat
ter rule because he felt a civilian
customer should be able to buy
liquor in legal amounts and that
it is a civilian’s own business
when he does so, as provided by
law.
( ol. Massie earn a... ---
dealers had promised cooperation
to the rule, which he stated pre
viously was instigated as a meas
ure to crack-down on liquor
smuggling onto the base
In regard to liquor problems
the Teamsters Local 500 have a
dopted a pledge outlining • el*
measures of cooperat on, w ,IC
is contained in a notice elsewhere
in this issue.
Martin Jensen, who owns one
cab, said yesterday that although
lot signing the pledge 'e wa*
‘100 per cent for the idea
;hat he refused signing unti is
effect concerning delivery 7
jases to fishermen was cla'itif .
ELs driver, R. H. Lont, 11 s1^
the pledge.
Mrs. Grace Stephens, mother
if Mrs. Harry Christopher**,
who has been visiting ,ere
past several months, e t on
plane Monday to letuin o
home in Shelton, Wash.
Sale «« recorded tbi.
Lot 10, Block 2, Belt® a^ill!nkp'
by Stanley Krolick,
to Oaiy Violetta and
MacDonald, Kodiak, or
“If it’s good
' it’s because you re
i Yum Yum eats.
(adv)
Charles Madsen J^^erce
» Chamber ot re*>nt
icheon Thursday uni,y
it body on the ^
nter board of ~ire