Four Civil Suits Filed In U S Commissioner's Office
Four civil suits filed this week. Stanley Krolick and Kenneth Fuller sue Clifford Lillethan for 221.95 for repairs and 97 for alleged tax payment misappropriation. They also seek 50.40 from Ben Bolden over a performance claim. Norman Nelson sues Al and Katherine Lacosse over land sold for 99.99 with unpaid contract sums. Kodiak Garage sues Al Nixon for 126 for services. Trials set Jan 14 17 18.
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Stanley Krolick
Kenneth Fuller
Brooklyn Avenue
Clifford Lillethan
Pat Pestrikoff
Pestrikoff
Lilethun
Lillethun
Ben Bolden
Bolden
Norman Nelson
Katherine Lacosse
Kodiak Garage
al Nixon
Hearing Set On Fish Bill In Alaska Waters
Senator Wallgren announces Senate Commerce sub committee hearings begin January 20 on a fisheries code for Alaskan waters. The bill would place all fishing east of the International Date Line under the Interior Department Wild Life Service and require licenses, aiming to bar Japanese fishermen from those waters.
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Washington
Wallgren
Senate Commerce Committee
Birth of a son for Mr and Mrs Nick Nekeferoff
Mr and Mrs Nick Nekeferoff welcomed a son weighing 4 pounds 9 ounces born January 4 at Griffin Memorial hospital.
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Nick Nekeferoff
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Attorney Makes Case For Alaska Statehood At Rotary Talk
Warren A. Taylor, an attorney, argued that Alaska statehood would offset higher costs with advantages. He said Alaskans lack representation and cannot vote for Congress or the President, and criticized the territorial government for remote control, non taxed resources, and limited local influence. He dismissed size concerns, claiming modern transportation shrinks the territory and increased revenue would cover costs. Alaska would mean stronger local partnership and representation.
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Alaska
Warren A. Taylor
Rotary
Congress
United States
Alaska Highway
World War II Frontline Updates From Baltic to Pacific
Allied and Axis forces clash across multiple theaters. RAF heavy bombers hit Stettin and Mosquitos raid Western Germany while American Marauders strike in northern France. In the Pacific, U S Sixth Army advances near Madang and Cape Gloucester faces heavy fighting as Cape Regis encounters enemy resistance. Russian offensives push from Pripet to Zhaskov with gains across the Ukraine and Baltic sectors. Berlin notes warn of possible Soviet-wide drive. Fifth Army reports heavy action continuing.
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Baltic
Stettin
Germany
France
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Bergen Bay
U. S. Sixth Army
Saidor
New Guinea
Cape Regis
Madang
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Vatutin
Poland
Ukraine
Dnieper
Pripet Marshes
Rakitno
Zhaskov
Nevel
Bagranian
Berlin
Russia
Leningrad
Black Sea
Flu Epidemic Persists in Kodiak With Low Admissions
Kodiak's flu outbreak persists with roughly the same case load as last week. Only one new patient, Florence Freeman of the Chicken Pie House, was admitted at Griffin Memorial hospital. The school reopened Monday for 70 students but closed again Tuesday and plans to reopen next Monday.
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Kodiak
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Florence Freeman
Chicken Pie House
Two Deaths Recorded In Local Area
Annie Glass Sigfusson aged 24 died at Griffin Memorial hospital January 5 with interment in the local cemetery. She is survived by an aunt Mrs Tex O Riley of Kodiak and by her parents and a number of brothers and sisters. The latter were evacuated from the Pribilof islands as was the deceased. Kusma Tudwhan a 67 year old fisherman died of heart failure on Woody Island January 4. Funeral services were held there Thursday.
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Annie Glass Sigfusson
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Tex O’riley
Kodiak
Pribilof Islands
Kusma Tudwhan
Woody Island
Rainy Road Wrecks Hit Local Streets This Week
Ice coated avenues produced many minor crashes across town this week. An army truck struck Kraft's hardware store porch damaging two posts and a window. A truck slid off near the Russian church but was moved away unharmed. A jeep and Charles Madsen’s car collided by Club Liquor Store, with damage to the Madsen vehicle.
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Kraft’s
Charles Madsen
Club Liquor
Madsen
Frontline Battle Rages as Germans Defend San Vit Tore
Headline describes a no-quarter fight along a narrow front in San Vit Tore with German troops barricading buildings and refusing to surrender. Offensives slowed by rain snow and rugged terrain while the Eighth Army clears the Torre Mucchio ridge and seizes the road toward Pescara on the Adriatic coast as reports reach Stock.
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San Vittore
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Torre Mucchio
Pescara
Kodiak Madam Sentenced To Jail For White Slave Act
Doris Belle Graham described as a top operator of vice in Kodiak faces two years in a women's correctional facility at Alderson West Virginia plus five years probation. She pleaded guilty to the white slave act and deferred sentence to allow business and medical arrangements including selling Kodiak property.
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Seattle
Doris Belle Graham
Kodiak
U.S
Clack
Graham
Alderson
West Virginia
Two Marriages Conducted in Absence of Official
Two marriages were performed this week by Mary Gegoron while US Commissioner C. C. Naughton was ill with the flu. On Dec. 30 Lillie E. Waller wed Edward Rogers with Marian Curtis and H. C. Kahn as witnesses. Kathryn Breslich married Lindsey R. Massey on Jan. 3 with Mrs. Albert Naughton and G. R. McDonald as witnesses.
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Mary Gegoron
C. C. Naughton
Lillie E. Waller
Edward Rogers
Marian Curtis
H.C. Kahn
Kathryn Breslich
Lindsey R. Massey
Albert Naughton
G. R. McDonald
Jet propelled fighter plane opens new air travel era
Allied reports of landings on the Yugoslav coast are viewed as likely German planted. A jet propulsion fighter plane, developed by Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force, has completed hundreds of flights without mishap and will enter production soon.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
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World News
Pacific Front
Bougainville
Solomons
Mediterranean
Fifth Army
Holm
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Algiers
Lon Lon
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