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KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 31, 1945
PRICE 1C CENTR
Women, 2 Men Drown In Boat Mishap
(even naval airmen who were
I,navy l»nJ-pI»“« that crash'
Jed in the stormy waters of
brink bay on the western side
iKodiak island owe their lives
I the quick rescue work of the
ents of the little village of
iThe plane, bound for Kodiak,
1 ame lost in a heavy overcast
j gtorm and then spotted the
hl8 of the villagers, The resi
nts, mostly natives, were get
ng ready for bed but stayed up
[msc why the plane was flying
' ad.
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lattress Fire
lictim In Hospital
| Mrs. Flora Christofferson, wife
Cpl. Charles Christofferson,
Bdragged from her smoke-filled
near the King residence
irly yesterday morning and
to the Griffin Memorial
spital in an unconscious con
ation. Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
ending physician, said Mrs.
ristofferson’s condition could
otbe determined until the ex
nt of the damage to her lungs
the smoke and heat could
(ascertained. She remained un
cious for about 3 hours. She
> suffered small burns about
i mouth and her hair was sing
Mrs. Ohristofferson’s mother
»-law, Mrs. Emil Christofferson,
iscovered the smoke coming
oui the house when she went to
ee if she wanted to drop in for
offee. iShe called for help and
everal neigiibors responded. One
f the men kicked open the lock
d front door and smoke poured
»rth. Mrs. Helen Eck, who lives
est door, put a cloth over her
and ran in and dragged
•re Christofferson out. Mis.
said Mrs. Christofferson
*** 011 ^le floor when she went
o.
The mattress on the bed a
* small spot on the floor w<
rniug and both were exti
Ruished.
rJlpK Christofferson had 1<
aitle the same morning
boat on which he
Rationed. When Pohce Ch
UrvT ^Iagtmsen notified m;
y harbor officials the boat «
5?"? and Cpl. Christoffers
Wore “onthe h0™“«' *»«
City Poi.ee Chief Magnus
yeaterday Mr« Chrii
•**i«-bg°"buur preve“‘
Election
Tuesday
Ballots are printed, judges and
clerks have been lined up, and all
is ready for the yearly general
municipal election, to be held
next Tuesday, April 3, at the
city hall The polls will open at
8 am and close at 7 pm.
Registration for the election
closes today at 4 pm sharp, and
Talmage Smith, registrar, an
nounced he will have a commit
tee on hand to witness closing of
the registration book.
Withdrawal of Merrill Coon
leaves 8 councilmen running,
with 4 to be elected. Candidates
are Robert King, R. E. Dawson,
Frank Irick, Charles Madsen,
Lawrence Wodlinger, Lee Bet
tinger, Walter Muller and Stan
ley Nelson.
No odds are being offered a
gainst O A. Torgerson, presi
dent of the Bank of Kodiak, be
coming the next mayor, or a
gainst Nellie Mehn, bank em
ployee, becoming the next trea
surer, as both are running unop
posed. The same applies to the
one school board position, with
lone candidate George Williams
running for the latter.
The matter of granting a fran
chise for a telephone system for
Kodiak wi 1 also appear on the
ballot. Fifty-five per cent of the
voters must ratify the action of
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Embezzling
Charged
A bench warrant was served
Saturday on Howard Fread, na
vy serviceman employed in a na
val post office here, by deputy
U S. Marshal Paul Herring,
and Fread posted bail bond in
the amount of $1500 at the U.
S. Commissioner’s court. Jorgen
Fredrickson, local businessman,
signed the bond.
The telegraphic warrant said
Fread had been indicted at An
chorage on a charge of embezzle
ment and required that he ap
pear for trial before March 31.
Fread was reported to have
left by plane Thursday night for
Anchorage, accompanied by a
naval legal officer.
Mrs. Fread, the former Mar
garet Leite, and two children,
are on a visit in the States.
Jacque Pardieu, former acting
postmaster at Kodiak, left by
plane yesterday to appear next
week in the district court at
Anchorage for sentencing on a
charge of embezzlement. Pardieu
pled guilty in November to the
eharge and Judge Hellentbal
postponed sentence until April
2 after Pardieu’s request in or
der to make restitution for the
$1,100.89 he admitted taking
while acting postmaster.
Pardieu has been employed as
cook at the Victory cafe since
his release from the post office
Land Titles
To Be Given
The long-awaited procurement
of deed 3 to property m the town
site or Kodiak approaches its last
step with the announcement this
week by George A. Parks, town
site trustee, Juneau, that begin
ning May 1 he will accept appli
cations for lots in this city.
Applications may be filed be
fore May 1 but if more than one
is made for the same lot they will
be considered as made at the
same time. Applications filed
after May 1 will be considered
in the order of their filing.
What the step means is this—
every property owner in Kodiak,
who has up to now been able to
give only quit claim deeds tc
property, must now apply for a
deed which will prove full and
complete ownership. As the ap
plications are accepted, the deeds
will be issued, and all land for
which no applications have been
received will then be sold at a
public sale.
Deeds will be granted only tc
those who were entitled to occupy
the land as of Sept. 11, 1911, oi
to their assigns.
Every land owner must file an
application setting forth their
claim to each lot, must provide
an affidavit swearing to the truth
of the claims, and must be cor
roborated by 2 witnesses. 1 he
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Old Clothes Drive Will Start Monday
The one mammoth clothing
drive of the year, the United
National Clothing Collection,
will begin in Kodiak next Mon
day, AdhI 2, Stanley Nelson,
community chairman, announc
ed today.
Every city and community in
the United States and its pos
sessions is to play an active part
in the collecting of usable cloth
ing to the amount of 150 million
pounds. It is a known fact that
in newly liberated countries over
125 million people, of which 30
million are children, are in dire
need of adequate clothing. In
nearly all war devastated areas
more lives have been lost
through lack of proper clothing
than from starvation.
Good substantial garments for
both summer and winter wear
are needed. Clothing need not be
in perfect, repair but it must be
useful to those who will receive
it Underclothing and all types
of cotton garments should be
washed but need Dot be ironed.
The style of out-dated clothes
will be no concern so old clothes
lockers can be dug into and gar
ments of yesterday added to the
collection.
Here is what to give:
Infants garments—all types,
particularly knit goods.
Men’s & Boy’s garments—
overcoats, suits, jackets, shirts,
work clothes, sweaters,' under
wear, pajamas, gloves.
Women’s & Girl’s wear—over
coats, skirts, sweaters, jackets,
dresses, shawls, underwear,
robes, smocks, knitwear, apions,
gloves.
Caps & Knitted headwear
heavy duty caps, knitted caps
only (women’s hats, dre s hats
& derbies cannot be used).
Bedding—blankets, sheets,
cases, quilts (needed badly).
Shoes—oxfords, high cuts,
durable, low or medium Tieels.
(high heels, open toe or back &
novelty types cannot be used).
“Tie shoes together well”.
Remnants—cut or uncut ma
terials in cotton, wool, or rayon
over 1 yard in length. (No rags
or damaged material accepted).
Start this week to collect and
sort out all your old or unused
clothing you feel will be of use
to our unfortunate neighbors in
war-torn areas. During the
month of April each and every
one, including business organiz
ations, churches, civic groups,
service clubs, labor groups and
schools will be asked to cooper
ate and take an active part to
wards the prime importance of
making the United National
Clothing Collection a success in
Kodiak.
Next week’s Mirror will have
additional deveopmeuts and
committee appointments, Chair
man Nels n announced
Four women and 2 enlisted
men of the U. S. Navy were
drowned late Sunday night when
a small boat capsized in the
rough waters of KupreancftV
strait between Afognak and Lit
nik, during an attempt to rescue
them after motor trouble dev
eloped in another boat in which
they were making a trip to see a'
movie.
The dead are:
From Afognak—Mrs. Sophie
Nelson, about 2b, wife of Johnny
Nelson and mother of 5; her sis
ter-in-law, Jessie Nelson, about
20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Nelson and mother of 2; Jean
Gregorioff Michele, 23, daughter
of Lucy Gregorioff and niece of
Mrs. Senefont Malutin of this
city, mother of 1; Augusta Gre
gorioff about 19.
2 Navy enlisted men, whose
names were withheld by the Na
vy pending notification of next
of km.
Two other servicemen were
rescued and one was reported in
a naval hospital recovering from
a shoulder injury. Up to yester
day the body of Jessie Nelson
was the only one recovered
The events leading up to the
tragedy began when the party of
four women and 4 servicemen
left Afognak for Litnik, about 5
miles away, to see a movie. The
journey was started in a small
boat, which developed engine
trouble. After drifting for some
time while an attempt was made
to get the engine started. 3 of the
servicemen left in a dory to go
to Litnik to get help
Earlier in the evening the sea
bad been calm and moonlit but
a quick storm arose with 4 foot
waves and suow began falling.
The boat with the women ami
one serviceman wa6 left anchored-.
When the 3 servicemen re
turned with a lcrge boat they dis
covered the sailor and woman
had left the first boat and were
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Resignation
Submitted
A written resignation from
Eino Kainulainen, manager of
the Kodiak Electric Association,
was received Tuesday by Charles
MadseD, president of the KEA
board of directors.
The resignation gave 30 days
notice, but did not state the rea -
son for the action.
Mr. Kainulainen has been with
the KEA since its inception. He.
supervised construction of the
new power plant and has man