Two Teens Killed in Kodiak Navy Taxiway Crash
A large crowd attended funeral services for George Beukers and Edward May, Kodiak youths who died after a 1942 Buick left a taxi way and plunged into Buskin River near Kodiak Naval Station. David Bucy survived with injuries after witnessing the crash and testified at the inquest.
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Baptist Church
Kodiak
William Stone
Baptist Mission
Estelle Marlin
George Wick
George Christian Beukers
Jan Beukers
Juneau
Alaska
Herman
John
Jan James
Helen
Johanna
Edward Franklin May
Eugene F
Fern Walser May
Bellingham
Washington
Kodiak High School
Michael May
Everett
Harold Jonas
Emelia May
Bremerton
Bert Flotte
Ferndale
George
Alexis Popoff
Herbie Heglin
Gene Holland
Lloyd Cannon
Lars Panamaroff
Harold Naughton
Edward
Gene Sundberg
Alfred Anderson
Thomas Renshaw
Don Wolf
Harold Heglin
Roger Johnson
Buskin River
Kodiak Naval Station
George Beukers
Edward May
David Bucy
L. Bucy
ASC
Bucy
Navy
Ross C. Speer
May
Beakers
Naval Station Hospital
U.S
A.M. Vokacek
San Francisco
Sixth Army
City Council Sets Regular Meeting For Monday Night
The city council will hold its regular meeting Monday night to discuss agenda items including community issues and municipal matters. Members are expected to review reports from departments and hear public comments during the session.
Daly family heads to Idaho with Gruman Goose
Mr and Mrs Vince Daly left last Friday for Idaho aboard their Gruman Goose. They expect to stay the winter as their children, now in Idaho, attend school there.
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Vince Daly
Idaho
Mrs. Daly
Kodiak City Bans Automobile Trailers Within Limits
The Kodiak city council approved ordinance 166 defining automobile trailers as a public nuisance and set a one year removal deadline. Trailers parked more than 24 hours are prohibited. violations carry a misdemeanor fine of 25 to 100 dollars.
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Kodiak
Patsy Murphy Charged With Stowing Away On Navy Ship
Edna Patsy Murphy 29 a former Kodiak waitress faced federal charges for illegally boarding the USNS Fredrick Funston in Kodiak en route to Seattle. FBI Seattle special agent in charge Richard O D Auerbach stated the incident involved unlawful aboardage. The case surfaced after the ship’s Seattle arrival.
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Seattle
Edna
Patsy
Murphy
Kodiak
Richard OD. Auerbach
FBI
Fredrick Funston
Edna Murphy
Anchorage Bank Closed Indicts Two Officials in Alaska
A federal grand jury in Anchorage indicted Union Bank of Anchorage officials Stanley McCutcheon and Andrew Hassman. McCutcheon serves as a National Committeeman for the Democratic party. The panel met in hush-hush sessions and reconvenes January 15.
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Anchorage Bank
Stanley McCutcheon
Andrew Hassman
Union Bank of Anchorage
McCutcheon
Democratic Party
Union Bank of Anchorage closed under grand jury order
The Territorial Banking Board shut the Union Bank of Anchorage at noon. President Andrew Hassman and Stanley McCutcheon surrendered to federal jail on seven counts, each posting 3000 bail. They deny wrongdoing, claim technical violations, and say the bank can cover all deposits. George Jones named temporary receiver as inquiry continues. The United Fishermen’s of Alaska and affiliated cannery workers union had accounts.
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Territorial Banking Board
Union Bank of
Anchorage
Andrew Hassman
Stanley McCutcheon
Banking Board
Freedom
McCutcheon
Territorial
Hassmarm
Union Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal
Grand Jury
Hassman
Matanuska
Palmer
U. S
Anthony J. Dimond
George Jones
United Fishermen 'S of Alaska
Cannery Workers Union
Joe Kerrigan
the Mirror
20 year Sailor Causes Arrests at Brooklyn Bars
A 20 year old Kodiak Naval Station sailor prompted two locals to incur $25 fines and 10 day suspended jail terms after authorities charged both Vic Mardilla and Louise Turner with serving alcohol to a minor. Mardilla claimed the sailor presented valid ID. he denied it. The incidents occurred at Yum Yum Restaurant and Idle Hour Bar, prompting talks of an ordinance to also punish the minor.
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Kodiak Naval Station
Vic Mardilla
Louise Turner
South
Brooklyn
Robert Hedloff
Mardilla
Mail packages new persons wishing to send
Persons wishing to send Christmas presents to the states by boat mail must have their parcels ready before the Alaska Steamship Company relief ship arrives. Two striking unions allow two relief ships to sail for the Territory. The Susitna freighter is set to depart Seattle for Kodiak and other ports on November 25. Another ASC vessel will sail to southeastern ports.
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Alaska Steamship Company
Susitna
Seattle
Kodiak
ASC
Proclamation Names Thursday Thanksgiving Day in Alaska
Burke Riley acting governor designates Thursday as Thanksgiving Day for the territory and urges all residents to observe the holiday. The notice accompanies Christmas Seals promotion.
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Burke Riley
Alaska
Ernest. Gruening
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