-nivs Hall
s Firs
iarm at 4:01 am Monday
ed the discovery of a roar
in the back of Blinn’s
‘■at broke through the rear
(he second story and for
threatened the adjacent
building, Kodiak’s largest
client house, and the federal
lit: fire was discovered by one
y prisoners in the jail who
jr the flames from a jail win
L. Federal Jail Guard George
^#son, who blew the siren, de
|ribed the prisoner as “having
e heeby-jeebies” and being
iWe to sleep.
* ffith the fire burned through
back wall it took 5 streams
»ater from 3 hydrants almost
hour to subdue the flames,
ich apparently had been burn
for some time before being
covered. Additional water was
ijed on the roof from t he 3rd
ty of the apartment house,
,Dg a hose of the building’s,
[leorge Blinn, who owns the
11 with his brother Jess, said
believed the fire must have
rted downstairs in the back
in a smoldering cigarette. He
1 checked the hall at about
30, he said, and their was no
ein the oil heater. The build
rhad been newly re-wired.
There had been skating in the
;ning until 10 o’clock. The
ding rink is operated by A1
Her, whose skates in a front
were undamaged. A quant
■ of liquor stored in the build
I was also undamaged.
The fire damage was confined
the portion behind the former
chestra pit in the rear of the
Hand the upstairs. The floor
is so heavily waxed that it is
lieved the water did not harm
Insurance in the amount of
1)00 is carried on the building,
d repair work wa3 started this
*k on granting of a bid to
dph Shupp after authorization
is received by wire from the
surance company to go ahead
ilh repairs
Whether the fire could be
ought under control looked
wibtful at first and a call was
ut in to the base and a base
re truck came to assist but was
oi used.
A large crowd was attracted
q the fire by the brilliantly
jilted sky.
Marriage license applications
iis week included:
Charles Bishop, s»ilor, and
iolet Smith, stenographer.
Harry Wallace, Marine, and
lurene Benz, stenog apher.
Georgya Wilbur, teacher, and
lictor Ellis (the latter by tele
iphic intent wired from Ket
likan).
Betry Carter, teacher, and
»n Springhill, barber and taxi
Washington (.P)—Tire ration
will end Jan. 1, Price Admin
itor Chester Bowles announc
today.
# raveiers i o noa/an
Have Close Shave
Having the ‘sea plug’ come out
in the bottom of bis fishing boat
and allowing the water to run
m o it while crossing Shelikoff
strait was the unpleasant experi
ence oi R. A. Kester this week
as he and Mrs. Kester, Lefty Al
ho and Amy Hill Loftus weie en
route from Swikshak bay to
Kodiak.
To make it worse the plug
could not be reached, being un
der a load in the hold that could
not. be opened because of the
high seas running, and it wasn’t
discovered until there was about
a foot and a half of water in the
boat.
When the trouble was found
they were near enough to shore
that they were able to make a
dash for Blue Fox bay where
they immediately beached the
slowly filling vessel.
There they w.ere enabled after
several hours woik to get the
water out and replace the plug
and then continue on to Kodiak.
The motor was protected by a
water tight bulkhead.
“If we had been farther out
when the plug came loose,” Mr.
Kester said, “I don’t know what
might have happened. We were
very lucky.”
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stevens
entertained Mr. and Mrs. John
Ralliday at dinner Monday to
mark Mr. Stevens’ birthday on
Dec 18.
One of Patrick Lynch’s garb
age trucks, parked with its
brakes set. by the Eli Metrokin
residence on Mission road Fri
day during a garbage pickup,
got away, ran off the highway
and turned over several' times
Mr. Lynch estimated damage at
about $350.
An habitual drunkard list has
been furnished local liquor estab
lisments by the police depart
ment, and it was reported at the
council meeting that all dealers
nave “favorab'y received” it Nc
liquor is to be sold to those or
the list.
Postponed
Juneau (>P)—Freight rate
hearings originally scheduled foi
Jan. 8 have been postponed anc
dates of the hearing will be sel
ai some future time.
Governor Gruening, who has
retained David Scoll, whc
handled the Alaska rate investi
gation in 1940, as general counse
said “I believe the case will bs
effectively handled. I feel we
have at least won the first skirm
ish.”
Heidelberg f^P)—General
Patton died at 5:50 pm Friday
just 12 days after his neck was
broken in a traffic accident.
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