Riley vs Club Continues. Hirth Guilty of Larceny
The civil suit of Herbert A. Riley, magician, against the base Civil Service Club, asking for damages for his lost professional paraphernalia stored at the club, enters its second day in District Court. Judge Dimond presides as jurors are selected and testimony proceeds amid claims of $1825 plus costs and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Hirth
Herbert A. Riley
Base Civil Service Club
Union Hall
Adge Anthony J. Dimond
Talmage L. Smith
William Renfrew
Anchorage
Cecil Hartman
Dorothy Glark
Anne Anderson
Dora’ Corga
Arthur Hirth, Jr
U. S
Anderson Sentenced for Local Break-Ins and Mission Charge
William Anderson, 25, who admitted breaking into Krafts, D and A, and Don nelley and Acheson, pled guilty to three counts in District Court. He received suspended three year sentences on the first two charges and a suspended six month term on the Baptist Mission window charge. Restitution was made and stolen goods turned over to the Mission to cover the broken window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anderson
Baptist Mission
Anderson
Krafts
Donnelley and Acheson
Mission
D and A
Rent Interviews Continue Today
Dorothy D Tyner area rent control representative from Anchorage will be at room 24 Kodiak Hotel today to confer with landlords and tenants re rent increases. She explained increases require prior approval by the rent control office and tenants must be notified before higher rents apply. Rent control remains in effect until March 31 1951 despite city votes. A civil defense meeting for interested persons is planned for next Sunday Feb 25 at 3 pm at the Community Center per George Sonntag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy D. Tyner
Kodiak Hotel
Dorothy D.tyner
Anchorage
Kodiak
Miss Tyner
George Sonntag
Community Baptist dedicates education addition in Kodiak
The Community Baptist Church plans a 4 pm dedication tomorrow for its Christian Education Addition. Rev. R N Wilkinson will give the dedicatory sermon What Shall We Bring. The program includes organ prelude prayers scripture reading and choir singing. The project was funded by church members and friends with gifts over 10000 in three years and a Home Mission Society grant and loan lifting total to over 50000. Rev John B Dahl oversaw construction which began in May 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Education Addition
Community Baptist Church
R. N. Wilkinson
Kodiak
Home Mission Society
Wilkinson
John B. Dahl
Kodiak Crabs Make Washington Debut
Kodiak's king crab industry gained notice in Washington DC as CBS hosted a banquet featuring the shellfish. Lee C. Bettinger shipped ten fresh frozen crabs by air to CBS employee Hazel Markel who helped arrange the event. Attendees wore crab themed hats and Bettinger said he contacted KEA manager Leon Johnson to attend. Charles Jerling and Charles Anderson reported to Fort Richardson for induction into the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodiak
Washington, D. C
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lee C. Bettinger
Air Express
Hazel Markel
CBS
Bettinger
Leon Johnson
KEA
Kodiak Bear Issue Before Legislature Debate Grows
A telegram from local guides and residents urged protections for Kodiak bears and opposed a proposed open season on northeast Kodiak Island cattle depredations. Lawmakers in Juneau introduced a year round bears memorial, cited livestock losses, while officials warned an open season could erode Kodiak’s tourism. TheHouse memorial was postponed after a heated dispute over bear versus cattle concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Kodiak Livestock Growers Association
Kodiak Island
Clarence Rhode
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Head
Juneau
H. L
Doc’ Rochelle
Club
Unique
Pat Cannon
United Fishermen of Alaska
Alf Madsen
Oscar Nelson
Eli Metrokin
C of C
KLGA
Wiekoda Bay
Ugak Bay
Kodiak Bears
Chester C. Carlson
Cordova
Jack Scavenius
Anchorage
Karl Brunstad
Rhode
Kodiak
Ceattle
Brunstad
Game Commissions
Katmai Monument
Secretary of the Interior
Amelia Gunderson
Ketchikan
Flying Saucers Big Navy Balloons
New York reports a Navy official states that flying saucers were large plastic balloons used in high altitude cosmic ray studies. Dr Urner Liddel, chief of Office of Naval Research nuclear physics, says balloons 100 feet across reach 19 miles high and can drift 200 mph. Balloons known as sky hooks appeared in 1947 amid secrecy due to atomic developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Urner Liddel
Office of Naval Research
Current Look
Liddell
Liddel
Immigrant Becomes American Citizen in District Court
Eric Blankenburg formerly a German subject received American citizenship papers. He owns Kodiak Jewelry. David Cassar, of Syrian birth, also became a naturalized American citizen during Thursday's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Blankenburg
Kodiak
David Cassar
Playschool Cancelled Over Town Measles Outbreak
Playschool for four and five year olds at the Community Center is discontinued until further notice due to measles in town.
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Dimond
Pete Hjelmeir
Joan Kifer
Alfred Anderson
Stu Nuckols
John Malutin
Robert Owen
T. C. Robinson
Evelyn Rave
George Kappos
John McLaughlin
Ole Olsen
Frieda Blinn
Smith
J. Earl Cooper
U.S
Ben Bolden
Ralph Shupp
Shupp
Buell Nesbett
Bolden
John G. Hughes
H. F. MacDonald
Commissioner’s Court
Mac
Donald
MacDonald
Anderson Sentenced
The
Kodiak Crabs
Washington
Charles Jerling
Charles Anderson
Ft. Richardson
Army
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