Erskine's Collections To Be Auctioned Next Week
The late W. J. Eskine died Christmas Eve 1948. His executor Marshall Crutcher announces a public auction November 30 and December 2 at the former Erskine home in Kodiak. Items include ivory, Alaska baskets, pipes, furniture, china, tools, four Sidney Laurence paintings, uncatalogued books, and rare Alaska volumes. Heirs must bid along with the public. the house will return to Donnelley and Acheson by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Eskine
Marshall Crutcher
Mr. Erskine
Erskine
Donnelley and Acheson
Moon
John Hughes
Sidney Laurence
Alaska
Helen A. Shenitz
University of Alaska
Crutcher
Baranof
Kodiak
Whit-Hafferty
Clarke
Coast Guard Corpsman Performs Radio Guided Hand Surgery
A hospitalman aboard the Storis, guided by radio from a distant Navy surgeon, performed an on ship hand surgery after Donald G. Phillips severed his thumb. High winds halted a PBY airlift. the plane landed at Cold Bay then Kodiak for followup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Stor
Donald G. Phillips
USCG
Storis
Unimak Island
Kodiak Nob
E.A. Crock
Nob
Phillips
Cold Bay
Kodiak
Nob Hospital
Navy
Advertising Schedule Shifts for Kodiak Mirror
Because of the holiday the Kodiak Mirror will collect ads on Monday instead of Tuesday this week. Advertisers are asked to adjust their submissions accordingly and coordinate with the newspaper office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodiak Mirror
Thanksgiving Proclaimed for Thursday November 23 1950
President Truman designates November 23 1950 as Thanksgiving Day by proclamation. Acting Alaska governor Lew M Williams issues a parallel proclamation urging observance in line with the national request. The proclamation cites the 1941 joint resolution designating the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Lew M. Williams
Alaska
Congress
Kodiak High Produces Gay Nineties Revue at Orpheum
Kodiak High School presents the Gay Nineties Revue directed by Edna Lee Dixon at the Orpheum Theatre with Alma Nelson Sally James Kizer Willie Gene Sundberg Villain Donald Clark Pa Martha Olsen Ma Isabel Nelson Annie. Matinee 2:30 for schoolchildren 60 cents. Evening shows 7 and 9 pm $1.20 including tax. November 21 performance urged. tickets sold by Mrs. Dora Meyers with roles for stage crew and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodiak High School
Edna Lee Dixon
Orpheum Theatre
Kodiak School Music
Alma Nelson
Sally
James Kizer
Willie
Gene Sundberg
Donald Clark
Martha Olsen
Dora Meyers
Dixon
Kodiak High
Local airline owner Bob Hall returns from Anchorage
Bob Hall an airline owner arrived as a PNA passenger last Friday after a brief trip to Anchorage. The report notes his return and identifies Hall with the local aviation business and his status as a PNA traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hall
PNA
Anchorage
Wind Tops Steel Tank Sparks West Coast Accident
Strong gusts over 60 knots toppled a wooden tool shack near Union Oil storage tanks at the Seattle city dock, injuring Robert Adams and trapping crewman Roy Deaver. Adams, 45, Seattle boilermaker, suffered multiple leg fractures and severe injuries. he was flown to Virginia Mason Hospital for treatment. E. L. Betty also injured a foot. The nearly finished tank, 36 feet high and 45 feet in diameter, was part of six storage tanks by Morris Knudsen Co. The collapse is blamed on wind suction and external pressure. Work resumed later as crews prepared to re erect the damaged tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil Company
City Dock
Robert Adams
Seattle
Roy Deaver
Adams
A. Holmes Johnson
I. H. Morse
Morse
Perron
Kodiak Ice and Cold Storage Co
Isaac Hubley
al Long
Admiral Makes Historic Flight Over North Pole Route
Rear Admiral C A F Sprague, commander Alaskan Sea Frontier, was honorary commander of a modified B 29 for the 375th Weather Reconnaissance flight over the North Pole. The 375th WRS logged the anniversary flight on Nov 12, covering 3500 miles in 16 hours 5 minutes and landing at Lielson Air Base at 10 55 pm Monday. Adm Sprague is believed to be the first naval officer of his rank to take part in such a mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. F. Sprague
Alaskan Sea Frontier
North Pole
U.S. Air Force
375Th
Edward M. Pollock
Lielson Air Base
Adm. Sprague
Adm
Richard Byrd
Pilot Olee O Brien Expected Home From Hospital
Local pilot M. F. Olee O Brien is due home today from Portland hospital where he was confined after his Taylorcraft crash near Big Lake this fall. The incident followed his release from medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F
O’ Brien
Logal
PNA
Portland
Big Lake
Meeting Postponed and Local Home Purchase Report
The Chamber of Commerce meeting set for Thursday is cancelled due to the holiday. The next meeting is scheduled for December 14. Mr and Mrs Milton Kaplan moved from Kodiak to Seattle this summer and have bought a home there at 751 88rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Kaplan
Kodiak
Seattle
88Rd Street
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Rand 2
By Sally Crooks
Morris-Knudsen Co
Butch Perron
Los Angeles
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