16 Nov 1946
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Newspaper
Kodiak Mirror
Location
Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1946
Page
1
Master Sergeant G B Floyd announced extended telephone service to Seattle by two hours daily during Christmas. Because circuits are shared with Adak, Kodiak gains only this extra time from Dec 24 to Jan 1. Calls should be limited to five minutes to serve more people.
Jack Allman and Warren Taylor convey parts of Lot 10 and Block 38 to Grace Sabanoff on S Brooklyn. Victoria McGillis transfers a home on Greek Mission Church Reserve near Alder Lane to James A. Davis.
Col. T. J. Tully announced plans to extend coastal harbor radiophone service to 12 additional ACS stations. The network currently operates in Anchorage Nome Ketchikan and Juneau with Kodiak Bethel Cordova Craig Haines Naknek Seward Sitka Walden Whittier Wrangell Petersburg set to receive by January 1. Local ACS stations provide frequencies and hours of operation for fishing vessels tugboats and barges.
William W. Tuttle, VA loan guarantee officer, will explain GI Bill loan provisions to Kodiak bank officials and veterans, detailing eligibility for government guaranteed funds to buy a home farm or business. Ernest Lincoln announced the visit and notified local Legion and veterans groups. Tuttle will meet the Veterans of Foreign Wars Tuesday at 7 pm in the Russell building.
Fairbanks special report: District Judge Harry E. Pratt ruled to permanently bar the Interior Department from barring non Karluk fishermen from ocean waters off the Karluk reservation. The ruling voided the reservation order as applied to ocean waters and upheld a prior injunction favoring the fishing companies.
Mr and Mrs Belmont McCormick left yesterday by plane for Grand Junction Colorado. Mr McCormick who recently resigned as police chief says he plans to attend FBI school in Virginia.
Albert Oxford of Kodiak found seventy five pounds of animal vertebrae in one piece at Settler's Cove in Kizhuyak Bay during rabbit hunting. The bone, possibly part of a prehistoric monster backbone, was placed on display at the Community Center for a natural history student to identify. The find occurred about a half mile inland at an altitude of 400 feet.
The relief LST departing Seattle Sunday will reach Kodiak around November 21 as Navy officials estimate. Settlement talks between AFL CIO and shipowners edge toward resolution, easing the longshoremen strike while Alaska hiring debates continue. The Grommet Reefer loaded yesterday for November 21 with 150 tons at Kodiak and other ports, carrying mainly food and supplies amid slack capacity warnings.
Tickets are now on sale for the Thanksgiving Eve Harvest Ball sponsored by the Community Center Program Council. Attendance is limited to seventy five couples on a first come first served basis. Music by town orchestra, dancing from 9 pm to midnight, and novelties planned. General Chairman Kay Wade with Bud Owen in charge of tickets and publicity. Other chairs include Patricia McMurdo decorations Nick Anderson sponsors Bea Malutin refreshments.
Three drivers Charles McDonald Edward Lengeor and George Magnusen planned to lease Tagura Transit facilities but the plan collapsed last night after Teamsters Local 500 actions triggered the bus halt last week. P J Watkin announced the lease to M L M Company. no union meeting occurred and the plan was dropped.
Two young duck hunters Charles Anderson and Harold Heglin spent the night on Johnson's Island after their small boat drifted as search parties, including Bert Heglin, Lawrence Panamaroff, and George Magnusen, ventured out in the cold snow. They were unharmed. updates noted Carl Lautmer added a boat and motor at Lot 37A, Block 19, valued at $500.
The bodies of three Marines Francisco Castillo Frank Sobolewsky and Robert Stone will be shipped to the States for burial. A ceremony with Marine Escort will be held at the temporary pier at 1 with Chaplain J McCarthy.
Mr and Mrs Rex Parrot and their four children depart by air to Fairbanks to establish a new home. Parrot formerly played piano at the Mecca bar here.
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