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A red Sent Yanks Try Nip Jeep
To Prison
San Francisco (A3)—Bail f
j25,000 was fixed last week l>y
■ the United States Circuit Court
i Appeals for Louise Willia s|
1 Allred of Fairbanks and former-1
|yof Kodiak, already convicleil I
of the't of a $400 fur coat and
sentenced to 10 years imprison
Bent by the district court.
Tbe bail was set following of
an affidavit by tbe Federal Bu
reau of investigation that Mrs.
Allred was an employee of tbe
Fairbanks Agency and that she
was being investigated in con
nection with a theft of $70,000
from safe deposit boxes rented
by tbe agency.
She is under separate indict
nent for the theft of more than
$4000 from safety deposit boxes
and records show she was ar
rested in Los Angeles in 1941
for forgery.
From Fairbanks advices said
that Deputy (J. S. Marshal
Enar Tonseth, accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Hanson, matron, and
Harold Hassel, guard, left that
city with Mrs. Allred and two
others
Mrs. Allred will be taken east
from Seattle to Alderson, West
Virginia to serve a 10-year sent
ence in the Feberal Reformatory
lor Women as the result of her
conviction of the charge of em
beuling a fur coat.
The other two prisoners were
«route to Morningside.
Base Employe
Commits Suicide
Seattle—Fred Church, 46,
power house engineer at Kodiak,
borne on leave, committed sui
cide by shooting himself through
the heart with a .22 caliber
revolver.
Fred Church began employ
ment for Siems-Drake here in
July, 1940. He lived with his
wife and children in Buskinville
snd at the time of the evacua
tion of families he stayed on.
Since November, 1941, he was
•mployed by the Naval Air
Station.
With a week yet to go regis
tration of voters yesterday num
bered 308. Last year a total of
357 voters registered and 281
toted.__
Nick Miell, former mayor of
Kodiak and now a member of
the Armed forces, arrived here
this week on his first furlough
snce entering the services. He
Wbeen stationed at Whittier.
Next Thursday is the anni
versary of the purchase of Alas
ka from the Russians. The
transaction was consummated
March 30, 1867.
Captured by American troops during tin- , first day asuore on
Los Negros island in the Admiralty group in the southwest Pacific,
this Jap jeep is made ready for a spin (JP Wirephoto)
News Highlights
Asia Front
New Delhi — Mountbatten’s
hdqtrs said Allied troops attack
ed a Jap column advancing from
the south on important road
junction at Imphal. Jap forces
are within 30 miles after having
advanced 60 miles into India af
ter crossing the border in the
Tiddim area in northern Burma
in surprise thrust. Another Jap
column which crossed Indian
frontier earlier after pushing over
upper Chindwin river near Tha
nungdut last reported 30 miles
east of Imphal.
European Front
London—Turkish advices re
ported Ger. reinforcements are
being rushed all points of Ru
manian & Bulgarian coasts indi
cating possible beginning of full
scale occupation of Rumania as
part of Hitler’s preparations for
a last ditch stand against advanc
ing Russians. Dispatch said Ger
mans in full control of cities on
Black Sea & all local troops were
under command of Nasi officers.
Germans were said to be using
every available boat & barge on
Danube to move troops & mater
ial.
Moscow—Russian troops drew
within sight of Prut river from
heights 15 miles away & contin
ued advance through foothills of
Carpathian mountains. Marshal
Konev’s 2nd Ukrain an army re
ported increasing pace of its ad
vance.
Berlin—Ger. communique said
‘grim defensive fighting against
superior Soviet combat troops
continues”. Ger. asserted they
repulsed Russians northwest of
Kovel, 30 miles from old Poland
border.
Naples—Allied bombers struck
Bupply lines at Florence & Padua
as heavy fighting continued at
Cassino with no material change.
Raids did great destruction of
waiehouses & tracks.
Pacific Front
Hdqtrs SW Pacific—Air at
tacks centered Muschu & islands
off Wewak destroyed 2 freighters,
7 smaller vessels & 23 barges. At
Aitape, 90 miles east of Wewak,
fleet heavy bombers hit heavy
gun positions, destroyed number
of parked planes, demolished
buildings without enemy aerial
interception but antiaircraft fire
met. Solomons based planes
dropped 36 tons bombs on Ra
baul airports.
Chamber starts \ fork
On Cold Storage Plant
Candidates
All Filed
K- h result of Ute filings vo(-|
cis will have 12 candidates for
couuchmen, 3 for mayor, and 5
f< r school hoard from which to
cho-e at the coming city election
to be held April 4. Vote s who
huve not done so have until 4
inn next Saturday, April 1, to
regisier
Surprise independent Candi
da' e-< in the mayor race were
Charles Madsen, curio shop and
hotel owner, who previously
filed for the school board but
withdrew to enter the mayoral,
ty campaign; and W. F. Lewis,
transfer company owner, who re
cently resigned his position as
councilman in protest of ‘ put
it-off” policies of the council
manic group. These two, with
Emil Knudsen, previously filed,
by the Non-Partisan Group,
make 3 bidders for the position
of mayor. f »
First filings for councilmen
were Charlie Hopp, Warren A.
Taylor, James Martz and W. A.
Cannon, also put up by the
Non Partisan Group; Paul John
son and I.eo Tyler, both inde
pendent. By Monday six more
joined the contest. The new
candidates are:
Clyde Calbreatn, truck opera
tor; Henry Haag, taxi operator;
Jim Pierce, a candidate for re
election; Jack K, Deane, form
er manager of Ship's Tavern;
Thomas Nachand, employe of
the A. T. Beckett company; and
Stanley F. Nelson, manager of
the grocery department at
Kraft’s ptore.
Where last year there were no
candidates for the school board
with resulting 81 bemg named
on write in ballots, this year
;here are five. They are:
3 year term—Mre. Catherine
Blankenbuig, accountant and
city clerk, and Mrs. Hazel Nix
on, housewife and member of the
local OPA board.
1 year term—Ray Sears, civil
ian employe of tho Army; E. H.
Palmer, Jr., accountant for the
A. T. Beckett company; and Jan
Beukers, operator of the Bel
mont cafe.
O. A. Torgerson, president of
the Bank of Kodiak, who has
oeen city treasurer since the in
corporation of Kodiak, was nom
nated for the position by the
Non- Partisan group and is un
opposed.
Mrs. George Magnusen under
went a major operation yester
day at the Griffin Memorial hos
pital.
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce and the 'lotary club
in the joint meeting Monday
Id a round-1 able d scussion on
i he subject of a cold storage
plant for Kodiak. R H. Chad
wick, chairman of the Rotary
Post War Planning committee,
presented nm al and letters
he had on the subject and ways
ind means of obtaining such a
project were discussed.
On Thursday night a special
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce was called and anew pres
ident was named to replace L. F.
Nachtweih, who resigned that
position.
Mr. Nachtweih’s letter of re
signation said:
“I have found it impossible to
secure attendance at meetings
and boards appointed have not
fulfilled their duties, therefore I
feel that without this necessary
cooperation a chamber of com
merce cannot operate in Kodiak.
“However, you may depend
on my financial support of such
an organization, if and when a
chamber operates to the benefit
of the community.”
Paul Johnson also tendered
his resignation as secretary-treas
urer. After nominations and bal
loting Warren A. Taylor was
elected president and Howard L.
Keeler as secretary-treasurer to
fill out the unexpired terms.
The new president appointed
R. H. Chadwick, Lee Bettinger
and E. G Marino as a special In
dustries Committee to further
investigate and negotiate for ob
taining a cold storage plant. The
meeting was then thrown open
for discussion of cold storage.
O. A Torgerson told of the ex
periences of Cordova and the
probable cost of a plant. Harry
Christopherson stated that Mr.
McGinty of the Federal Works
Administration was expected in
Kodiak shortly and suggested
that a public meeting be arrang
ed when he arrives.
W. A. Cannon stated that the
Bureau of Fisheries hand spent
some $15,000 in exploring the
bays of Kodiak and was the
best source of information on
fish in Kodiak waters. P. J Wat
kinson discussed the subject of
whether the plant should be pub
lic or private, that is, open to all
fish buyers, and recommended a
small start with acquisition of a
cannery as an essential feature.
Emil Knudsen mentioned the
desirability of having a mosquito
fleet operating out of Kodiak,
and Mr. Cannon remarked that
by beam trawling fishing could
be made a year-round industry.
The mutter of financing a
plant, with federal aid or private
capital, was also discussed.