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^OL13 NO 47
KODIAK. ALASKA FEBRUARY 6. 1954
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Scroggins Sentenced To
Year. In Federal Prison
Lonnie B. Scroggins, 38,
was sentenced to one year in
jail and given a $250 fine
Tuesday. The charge Scrog
gins was found guilty of was,
possessing and selling intoxi
cating liquors without a li
cense.
U. S. Deputy Marshal
Clarence Dizney arrested
Scroggins last week in Kodiak.
Disney also signed the com
plaint against him.
Joe Kerrigan, jury fore
man, delivered the verdict of,
“Guilty as charged,” in the
chambers of U. S. Commis
sioner Anna Mae Vokacek
after ten minute recess. Other
members of the jury were,
Dbrothy Anderson, Lee Cad
d«ill, Merrill Coon, Clyde
Goudie and Matt Mosby. -
Scroggins did not appeal
the verdict. After serving one
year of his mandatory sen
tence Scroggins will then have
to pay the $250 fine or serve it
out at the rate of $2 a day.
The only recourse open to him
kb that after serving 30 days of
his $250 fine time he may
apply for a paupers oath.
Witnesses from Alitak,
where Scroggins was selling
liquor without a licence, were
Kalumpi Larionoff, Ephraim
Agnot and Kalumpi Kapshan.
(Contintinued on page 4) i
Minor Stove Fire In
Newspaper Office
Last Sunday, minutes be
fore noon the Kodiak Mirror
office was the scene of much
commotion.
Due to a plugged air vent
on the oil heater the office was
filled with much smoke and
many firemen.
The fire was quickly ex
tinquished by the speedy fire
men, but the smoke and smell
remained for several days.
Quite by chance the Mirror’s
new Editor, Pat Bennett, dis
covered the fire and reported it
to the Kodiak volunteer fire
department. Bennett had gone
to the office to look over some
back issue copies of the
Mirror. •>
Asked if the fire could have
resulted into something more
drastic, Fire Chief George
Magnueen said, “It is almost
impossible to say how long
the fire would have remained
inside the heater.” “There
was a better than even chance
that the heater might have
blown up and the entire build
ing might possibly have been
destroyed.”
“This would have been the
shortest editorship in Journa
listic history ,” was Bennett’s
only comment.
Takes Vertical Ride
Joseph R. Owen, 80, of Raleigh, N. C., out for a drive
recently lost control of his car on a curve, climbing the
power pole guy wire. Owen was thrown free of the car but
did not receive serious injury. (jPwirephoto)
Open Letter To
Kodiak Citizens
Dear John Citizen:
This is our first issue.
Like most begirinners we
know that we will make
mistakes. We hope the
people of Kodiak will
bear with us during our
crawling stage.
Our policies are for the
most part still yet un
formed. What we can tell
you is that we hope to
make this one of the best
weekly newspapers in
the Territory of Alaska.
We feel that we are the
servants of the people
and that any and all
i criticism that the people
offer will be to our ad
vantage.
We wish to give thanks
to the people who have
ma<ft it possible for us to
bring this issue to you
Mel and Jeanne Crawford
the forttier owners of the
Mirror, Betty Reynolds
ahd Wayne Drees, our
very efficient typesetter
and printer respectively.
We hope to bring into
your homes and places of
business an attractive,
informative agd interest
ing newspaper.
Weremainyour humble
servants.
Jim Bennett, Publisher
Pat Bennett, Editor
KTC, Navy Supply
Carnival Busses
One bus is being furnished
by the Navy and one by the
Kodiak Transit Compony to
take the populace of Kodiak to
and from the huge Red Heart
Carnival being sponsored by
the Naval Station on February
12th and 13th.
All the special buses will
leave Tony’s and discharge
passengers at Hangar 1 and
visa-versa on the return trip.
There will be no charge on the
special buses.
The followihg schedule has
been announced:
12th of February - First
bus 6 pm and running con
tinuous every 30 minutes.
13th of February - First bus
5 pm and running continuous
every 30 minutes. '>
The regular Kodiak Transit
Company’s schedule will main
tain its daily runs.
Paul Dupler was an outgo
ing passenger on PNA for
’Anchorage Friday.
Road Ahead Is Difficult,
Bob Bartlett Announces
Taxi Owner Freed
Of Drunk Charge
Edward E. Crockett was
found not guilty by a jury of
six after having been arrested
on Monday February 1, 1954
on the charge of operating a
vehicle while intoxicated. His
fare at the time of the arrest,
Raymond L. DuBos was ar-'
rested on the same charge and
also released.
On Monday the U, S. Mar
shal’s Office received an
anomymous phone call telling
of a taxi cab being stuck in a
snow bank out on Mill Bay
Road. Upon investigation it
was found that the taxi was
well off the road and DuBos
was behind the wheel trying
to back the cab onto the road
and Crockett was pushing the1
car. Both men were adjudged
to be intoxicated and were
taken to the Commissioner’s
office in the Marshal’s car for
arraignment.
At the time of arraigment
and booking it was found that
Crockett was the owner of the
cab and both men were booked
on the same charge.
Both posted $100 bond and
were released from custody
pending their trial on Thurs
(Continued on page 4)
Committee Favors
Statehood Billf 14 To 1
Washington fA>)—The Sen
ate Interior Committee voted
fourteen to one in approving
the Statehood Bill for Alaska.
This cheering news came in
the wake ot a statement is
sued by Delegate Bartlett that
"The road ahead is very dif
ficult before the Territory be
comes a full fledged member
of the American Family of
States.”
Last week the same com
mittee favored the Hawaii
Statehood bill by a vote of 12
to 2. Both bills will now go to .
the Senate in a few days. The
bill as written would give A- •
laska one Representative and
two Senators, or the similar
setup as each state in the
Union has at the present •
time.
Senator Butler, apposed all
previous bills, said the new
measure was a big improve- .
ment over all the bills pre
sented heretofore.
Berlin (A3)—Soviet Union
delegation brusquely rejected
Thursday nights West's plan
for German unifications free
dom and demanded uncondi
tional acceptance of a neutra
lized Germany in a Com-,
munist grip.
Denies Roosevelt Story
Mrs. Robert S. Howard, left, the former actress Andrea
Leeds issued a statement (Jan. 31) denying she was the Mrs.
Howard named by Mrs. James Roosevelt in her separate main
tenance suit. Mrs. Richard Durant, right, socially prominent
wife of a Honolulu doctor is shown reading newspaper ac
count. She said she had wired Roosevelt demanding an im
mediate retraction of the “false, libelous statement” linking
her name with his. (iPwirephoto)