ACCA Seeks Members in Kodiak Campaign
The Kodiak Chapter of the Alaska Crippled Children's Association seeks members and donations to fund local aid such as glasses, shoes, X rays, and medications for Alaskan crippled children. Funds also support Mt Edgecumbe Orthopedic Hospital with a $3,000 yearly need, matched by the federal government.
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Kodiak
Alaska Crippled Children’s Association
ACCA
Mt. Edgecumbe Orthopedic Hospital
Sitka
Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital
Orrin H. Kimball
Alaska Army Duty Extended for Six Months
Anchorage Times reports foreign service tours for Alaskan Army personnel were extended by six months. The extension, second in six months, lengthens the original two year tour to three years in total. No further enlistment extensions have been announced.
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Anchorage
Department of the Army
Anchorage Times
Garland Starts Westward Run
The Garland westward mailboat of Berger Transportation Co made its first Kodiak stop under a new contract for mail delivery. The vessel is skippered by Captain Elmer Dow.
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Garland
Berger Transportation Company
Kodiak
Elmer Dow
Weather Breaks and Groundhog Hides in Kodiak
Old Man Weather sent fog and rain to Kodiak Island causing a three day lull in Pacific Northern Airlines service from Monday to Thursday. Many travelers canceled hotel plans while two PNA planes still landed at the Naval Station airstrip to unload mail and passengers. Friday clear skies brought a Groundhog Day shadow and six additional weeks of winter predicted.
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Kodiak Island
Pacific Northern Airlines
Kodiak
PNA
Naval Station
Anchorage
Ilog
UN troops to stop at 38th parallel in Korea plan
Washington officials say UN forces may halt at the 38th parallel if feasible, aiming to build a settlement base. Lake Success the UN General Assembly condemns Communist China as aggressor 44 to 7. Tokyo reports Allied forces destroy an enemy trap and advance toward 40 miles from the 38th parallel. In Washington the House Armed Services Committee allocates 835000 dollars for Kodiak Naval communications project.
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Washington
United Nations
38Th Aralel
Korea
Lake Success
U. N
Assemy
China
Tokyo
38Th Parallel
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
Kodiak Naval Communications Project
Mrs Wheeldon Kraft and Nachwein Plan Seattle Trip
Mrs W J Wheeldon Mrs Ben Kraft and Mrs Ben Nachwein left by plane for Seattle this week. From there they intend to drive south through California for about a month with Mrs Wheeldon visiting her husband's sister in Conrad Iowa.
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W. J. Wheeldon
Ben Kraft
Ben Nachwein
Seattle
California
Wheeldon
Conrad
Iowa
Howard Wakefield In Port Wakefield Flight Passenger
Howard Wakefield of Port Wakefield, operator at a herring reduction plant, was an incoming plane passenger last Friday, according to local reports.
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Howard Wakefield
Port Wakefield
Gasoline Gasman May Be Lost In Carmel Fire
Trygve Carlsen known as Gasoline Gas, winter watchman for Kodiak Fisheries, is believed missing after his Carmel cabin burned to the ground. Neighbors report he had not been seen in two weeks. Bones found in ashes prompted authorities to await examination to determine if human remains and to schedule an inquest.
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Trygve Carlsen
Carmel
Kodiak Fisheries
Robert von Scheele
Island Mail
Marshal’s Office
Carlsen
Chuck Turner
Dance to Aid Kodiak High School Basketball Team
Kodiak High School plans a fundraiser dance on February 10 to support the team’s Anchorage trip. The event runs from 9 to midnight at the community center with Donald Clark as master of ceremonies. Betty and Willy Hall provide the music. posters describe features and refreshments. Tickets are one dollar and go on sale this week.
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Kodiak High School
Anchorage
Donald Clark
Betty
Willy Hall
Bill Aids Sick Fishermen In Alaska Legislature
Alaska Rep. C. C. Carlson of Cordova again proposes a bill to aid sick and disabled fishermen. It would divert forty percent of license revenue into a new fund. Benefits cover work injuries and occupational disease with a two thousand five hundred dollar per case limit. A seven member board would run the fund including labor, health, and tax commissioners and four fishermen appointed by the governor.
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Juneau
Rep
C. C
Carlson
Cordova
March Of Dimes Nets $650 Drive Totals Rise
The Kodiak Business and Professional Women's Club sponsored March of Dimes events that netted about $650, with a dance bringing in $593 and dime jars around town yielding nearly $285. Auction receipts added $60.50 from a 10 pound candy box. expenses will be under $200. Woody Island’s expected contribution remains uncounted.
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Kodiak Business and Professional Women’s Club
Woody Island
Cheechako Liquor Store Sold to Halliday and Rice
Mrs Helen Halliday and Bobby Rice purchased the Cheechako Liquor Store from Martin Jensen. The deal took effect February 1 and the store, in the Kodiak Cleaners building, will serve as headquarter for Ace Cabs. Jensen plans to retire and become scow king of Kodiak.
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Helen Halliday
Bobby Rice
Woody Island
Cheechako
Martin Jensen
Kodiak Cleaners
Halliday
Club Liquor
PNA
Rice
CAA
Ace Cabs
Jensen
Scow
Kodiak
Sitters Exempt From Minimum Wage
Juneau legislators include baby sitters in exempt groups for a proposed $1 minimum wage and a 40 hour week no overtime. Fairbanks announces editor change as William G. Strand resigns and John J. Ryan steps in.
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Senate
House
Quiet Alaska Legislature Stuns in First Two Weeks
In Juneau, 1951 begins with a restrained session as Senate filings total seven and House twenty. Republican Senate president Gunnard Engebreth says there are few bill droppers, contrasting with 1549. A House plan to form a four member committee on territorial affairs looms, with Palmer Airport Deal scrutiny likely.
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Jim Hutcheson
Juneau
Alaska
Senate
House
Gunnard Engebreth
Anchorage
Palmer Airport
Stanley McCutcheon
Glen Franklin
Flags to fly behind Kodiak Rotary president chair
The United Nations flag and four others will be mounted behind the Rotary club president’s chair at the Montmartre Inn on Tuesday. Flags represent the United States Territory of Alaska Canada the UN and Rotary. They are on standards trimmed in gold fringe. The club has long displayed a standard US flag and small flags for every Rotary country.
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United Nations
Kodiak
Kodiak Rotary Club
Montmartre Inn
United States
Territory of Alaska
Canada
Rotary
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Associated Press
March of Dimes
Nets
Cheechako Liquor Store
Fairbanks
William G. Strand
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
John J. Ryan
Anchorage News
Alaska United Press
Strand
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