Eoiiak Mirror
“cftfews of cAmeric&'s Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
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local news published herein.
Ketchikan (r?) — Joe Tex
Brown, 45, local bartendei, is
charged with first degree murder
growing out of death by stabbing
of Leo Williams, 22, negro,
aboard the steamer Alaska a few
hours after in headed north from
NOTICE
The City Clerk, City of Kod
iak, has been instructed by the
Federal Works Agency to effect
collection of water rentals from
all persons connected to the
Federally owned system.
St is known that most users
were connected prior to January
3, 1945, but all charges will be
computed as of January 1, and
all subsequent hook-ups from the
actual date of service.
This first billing will cover the
first 6 month’s of service of 1945,
and will be issued quarterly here
after, based on rates established
by ordinance.
C. Blankenburg,
City Clerk.
Notice
To All Dog Owners
Due to the great number of
complaints on dogs roaming the
streets, the City Council hereby
warns all dog owners that if their
dogs are not kept from running
at large and result in becoming
nuisances, the dogs will be des
troyed without further notice.
It is further warned that a lic
ense must be obtained for each
dog, said license to be on the
dog, but the procuring of a lic
ense will not be a protection
should any such dog become a
nuisance.
By order of the Common
Council.
C. Blankenburg,
City Clerk
here.
Investigating authorities re
ported Williams was en route to
Anchorage to work for the Alas
ka railroad. The stabbing follow
ed a big dice game.
Juneau (^P)—The U. S. Coast
Guard advised the Governor’s]
office today that the Navy and
War Departments have today
ordered rescinded the directive
which excluded Alaskans from
getting the 2& per cent pay dif- ■
ferential.
As a result of the recision em
ployees of War and Navy de
partments recruited in Alaska
will receive the differential as do
those recruited outside the Ter
ritory.
Sales of all types of pmplus
property in Alaska, with the ex
ception of aircraft and aircraft
parts, are to be suspended temp
orarily pending assumption of
handling of the material by the
Department of the Interior, the
Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation announced this week.
Those interested in the air
craft material should continue to
keep in touch with the RFC,
Box 134y, Fairbanks.
Town Topics
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Pratt, married in Anchorage
recently, were Fairbanks visitors
on their way to Circle Hot
Springs for their honeymoon.
They visited Ruth Pratt, former
Kodiak resideut,and Mr. Pratt’s
sister, at Camp Slater.
Mr. Pratt owns a homestead
at Homer and operated a taxi in
Kodiak, and Mrs. Pratt is the
former Bertha Thomsen, local
kindergarten teacher.
Allen Sears and Donald Mor
WELCOME
We are about to begin another
school year. To our teachers and
school officials we extend a cordial
welcome and the wish that their
year of activity will be p'easant.
ris had their tonsils removed at
the GM hospital this week.
Mr. and Mrs.Frederick Deveau
are the parents of a 9 pound 6
ounce son, born at 1:30 pm Aug
ust 29 at the Griffin Memorial
hospital.
George Williams, former man
ager of Bert’s drug store and
now manager of Co-op Drug in
Fairbanks, is a new member of
the Fairbanks Rotary club. He
belonged to the local club while
here.
Chief Petty Officer William,
Jr. aDd Mrs. Bailey are the
parents of a son, born Saturday
morning at the naval hospital.
The infant, their second child,
weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces.
The father, who enlisted in
the navy here, is now stationed
in Seattle.
Mrs. Nellie Holler sold her
home on Mission road Wednes
day to Kelly Simeonoff.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Strelow,
of Long Beach, Calif., are the
parents of a boy, Terrell An
thony, weight 7 pounds 9 and a
half ounces.
The father, in the Marine
Corps, is stationed at Camp
Pendleton. It is the couple’s sec
ond child, both boys.
Mrs. StreJow, the former Betty
Taylor, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren A. Taylor, in
Kodiak in 1941.
Frank Irick, former partner in
the Club Unique here, was a re
cent visitor in Fairbanks en route
to Seattle. He shipped his fam
ous Russian wolfhound from An
chorage to Seattle and planned
going to the latter city himself
via Pau American.
Mrs. Janelle Shephard, a resid
ent of Kodiak for 5 months, is
now employed as temporary clerk
at the local post office. Her hus
band, 0. S. Shephaid, is on the
CAA staff at Woody island.
Mrs. Shephard replaces Mrs.
Harriet Rieber, who left recently
for Sacramento, where she is to
meet her husband. The latter,
who has been statiooed at Kod
iak, is to be discharged from the
service.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C Connelly
and son stopped over in Kodiak
this week en route to Ouzinkie,
where both Mr. and Mrs. Con
nelly will teach this year. They
have taught for 12 years in the
Northland, the last 2 at Shish
maref, north of Nome.
W. G. Slawson, local city mag
lstiate and jail guard, has donat
ed another $100 to the school for
library books. It is the second
such gift by Mr. Slawson, who
taught school for several years in
the States.
City driver’s licenses will no
longer be required in Kodiak
starting next year, as the result
of action by the city council
Monday night.
It was reported that other Al
askan towns had discontinued
this form of license and the mo
t on to remove the license here
carried unanimously.
An amendment will be added
to the traffic ordinance requiring
a chauffer’s license, however, at
a fee of $10 each, subject to ap
proval of the chief of police, af
ter a driver’s test is given the
applicant.
Ray Gene Heinrichs, of Red
dely, Calif., and Ada Marie^
Copeland, of Brownwood, Texas, I
were united in marriage August
29 by Father C. R. King. Mrs.
Jack King and Cecilia King
were witnesses.
A girl, Judy Ruth, was born
at the Griffin Memorial hospital
at 1:30 pm August 30 to Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Muller, of Ou
zinkie. The infant weighed 7
pounds 8 and one half ounces.
Mrs. Yule Chaffin, of Woody
island, and Bonita Nielsen, of
Kodiak, were patients at the SM
hospital this week.
Lila Gregorioff is filling the
vacancy left in Erskine’s grocery
staff by Mrs. Valentine Laurel,
who left this week with her son
John, age 2 years, for the States
to join her husband, who was
foimerly stationed at Fort Greely.
Mrs. Helen Dietraeier, an em
ployee of Christy’s Bakery, left
recently for Seattle on a business
trip. Her plans for returning
were indefinite.
It has been learned on reliable
authority that a letter of resig
natiod has been submitted by U.
S. Commissioner C. C. Naughton
to Judge Anthony Dimond, of
Anchorage.
It is reported that the resigna
tion was due to failing health
and consequent inability to per
form the duties of the office, and
also to the fact that under the
[ new tax laws the revenue of the
[office has been reduced to a
point where livable remuuer
ation is no longer provided.
I Commissioner Naughton has
held the position in Kodiak
since 1935.
Mrs. Helen Robson, who has
been employed at the Victory
cafe, left this week for Indiana,
accompanied by her infant son,
James. Her husband, S-Sgt. J.
D. Rolibon, of Fort Greely, who
is to be transferred will meet her
there at the home of his parents.
Mildred Bettiuger, daughter
of Lee Bettinger, left this week
to return to her home in Oswego,
Ore., after being employed dur
ing school vacation by her father
at the Kodiak Candy company.
After be:ng delayed for some
time due to inability to obtain
transportation, Mrs. G. W. Bu
bendorf, and two cnildren, Joyce
and Gilbert, Jr., returned this
week after a visit with relatives
in Texas.
Mrs. Herbert Francis, former
local postmistress, accompanied
by Mr. Francis’ aunr, Mrs. W.
M. White, returned to her home
here this week after visiting her
mother, Mrs. C. Van Eaton, in
Turn water, Wash., and with
other relatives and friends.
Rev. Gregory Gleboff, of the
local Russian church, returned
here this week after several
months visiting with Mrs. Gleb
off and members of his family in
Illinois and Wisconsin.
Miss Betty Carter, local teach
er, accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. F. Carter, returned to Kod
iak this week after a summer
visit in New Mexico.
After returning here at the end
of the fishing season Roy Coble,
accompanied by Mrs. Coble, who
has been employed at the Victory
cafe, left for Ketchikan en route
to Wrangell.
A display of 15 enlargements
of pictures taken by amateur
photographer Paul Herring, local
deputy U. S. Marshal, are on
display at the Red Cross Center,
Director Art Larkin announced
today.
Now that ODT permits are
not required for taxi operators,
taxi business licenses for Hans
Reeman and J. Springhill were
re-instated by the city council
this week. An application for a
half-year taxi license for A. Fen
ner was also approved.
Emanuel Davis, 57, arrested
this week on a charge of rape,
was held to answer to the grand
jury at a hearing held before U.
S. Commissioner C. C. Naughton
yesterday at the Griffin Memor
ial hospital, where the injured
party, Fannie Chernikoff, 75,
Davis’ mother-in-law, is now
hospitalized.
Testimony was taken from.
Mrs Davis, Dr. A. Holmes John
son, and Mrs. Chernikoff, the
latter through Mrs. Emil Christ-j
offerson, who acted as interpret!
er.
Davis, who was represented by
Attorney Talmage Smith, did
not testify, and is being held
without bail.
Mrs. Chernikoff, who has been
bed-ridden for several years has
been making her home at the
Davis residence on Mission road.
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Classifieds
FOR SALE—2-room house, Ige.
bathroom. With electric refrig
erator, good residential diet)
$2000. See Emil Knudsen.7-l1
FOR SAI.E—Carp. & garden
tools, car parts, sewing mach,
gas engine, chickens, rabbits,
etc. Must sell at once as I ha«
sold my home and am leaving
for theStates. (Cheap for quick
sale ) Mrs. Nellie Holler, Mis
sion rd. _
FOR SALE—Comp. furn. 4-rtn.
house with bath. Located neat
Baptist church. See Martin!
Jensen, Belmont.
WANTED—Waitress; combinf
tinn hostess & checkroom
also saxophone player 3 night3
weekly, 7 to 11. Apply Ver*
Pierce at Montmartre or Tow#
Club. __,
FOR RENT—Furn. apt. ne*
business dist. Inquire P*nc
Jewelry
WANTED TO BUY—WeboJ
Guns, Cameras & Radios.
Pinch Jewelry.