Kodiak Fourth of July Parade Opens Celebration for All
Kodiak observes a large Fourth of July celebration with a 10 am parade starting at Krafts and Knudsens along Alaska Way to South Mill Bay Road ending at the school grounds. Judges will pick best floats costumes and bicycles while marching bands from Kodiak Naval Station join. Children’s races games and a flag ceremony follow at Marine Way and school grounds. Highlights include water ski and motorboat races near Donnelley and Acheson docks, a Base Town Marathon and Junior Marathon, greased pig contest and pole climbing, with vendors selling balloons hats and gear. A special Kodiak Transit Co bus runs base-town route during the day.
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Kraft’s
Knudsen
Alaska Way
South Mill Bay Road
Kodiak Naval Station
Ray Martin
Marine Way
Peter McPhee
KNS
Donnelley and Acheson
Brooklyn Avenue
PNA
Kodiak Transit Company Inc
Kodiak Coast Event Schedule Parade and Marathon Stage
Schedule of events lists a morning parade forming on Brooklyn Avenue proceeding along Alaska Way to South Mill Bay Road, with flag raising at the school grounds and Chaplain Peter McPhee speaker. Afternoon activities include junior and base town marathons, pie eating, tug of war, beer drinking, water skiing, motor boat races, horse racing, and dancing at the U.S. O. for service personnel along Marine Way and surrounding venues.
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Peter McPhee
Delinquent Tax Sale About to Be Published in MIRROR
A final notice of sale for Kodiak delinquent property will appear in the MIRROR after records are checked at the U S Commissioners office. Judge Anthony J. Dimond signed the sale order. native possessory rights and deeds are excluded. The city may set a sale date per law pending record review. The National Guard Bureau will survey Alaska for a potential Air National Guard. Former Air Force personnel are invited to contact local Guard HQs in Anchorage Fairbanks or Juneau for information. Informal questionnaires are available at the headquarters.
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City of
U. S
Commissioner’s Office
Mirror
Anthony J. Dimond
Third District Court
National Guard Bureau
Alaska
Air National Guard
L. L. Johnson
Adjutant General
Air Force
National Guard
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Beating of Guard Triggers Kodiak Jail Break
Four young prisoners escaped Kodiak U S Federal Jail after brutal assault on guard Fred Solberg 60 as dawn raid sparked island wide search. Fugitives Martin Squartsoff Raymond Noya Tecon Shuravloff and Richard Leroy Larson 19 to 20 facing charges including larceny burglary and attempted rape of a child. Solberg hospitalized with severe head injuries. Police marshal and Marines comb coast and roads while cannery crews and fishing boats warned.
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Kodiak U. S
Fred Solberg
Martin Squartsoff
Raymond Noya
Tecon Shuravloff
Richard Leroy Larson
WVCQ
U. S
U.S
Solberg
Griffin Memorial Hospital
William Bacus
Noya
Marshal Dizney
Cliff Mowery
Ovid McKinley
Plymouth
Bob Hall
Hall
Larson
Shuravloff
Afognak
Squartsoff
Larsen
Kodiak
Juneau
Kodiak Land
Stolen Plymouth Recovered by Marshals near Fort Abercrombie
Marshal Dizney and McKinley located the stolen Plymouth in a building at Fort Abercrombie late yesterday. Officers traced four sets of tracks along the beach toward Ouzinkie as they planned arrests last night.
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Dizney
McKinley
Fort Abercrombie
Ouzinkie
Halibut Vessel Grounded Near Narrow Cape
Seven halibut fishermen reached shore after their 65 foot two masted schooner The Wizard ran aground on a reef near Narrow Cape. A Coast Guard aircraft and USS Mahopac responded. fog and low visibility blamed. The crew, led by Captain C A Kaldestad of Seattle, were rescued as the vessel sat on the beach with a load of iced halibut. salvors planned to pull it off.
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Narrow Cape
Coast Guard
PBY
C. A. Kaldestad
Seattle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kraft’s and
Knudsen’s
Review Ng Stand
Bank of Kodiak
Sea Wall
Bert’s Drug
Kodiak Motors
U. S. O. and
Island Fountain
Channel
Donnelley and
Acheson Dock
U.S. O
Bulletin
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