Night Club Robbery at Montmartre Sees $251 Stolen
The Montmartre nightclub was robbed Thursday evening by a thief who climbed to the rear tanks, pried a bathroom window latch, and took $251 from the safe, leaving a check and missing $900 in uncollected funds. The culprit exited via the second story window into a kitchen roof. Deputy Herring and Chief Allman investigated.
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Club Montmartre
Frank
Myrtle Kempton
Paul Herring
Jack Allman
Montmartre
Clark Odekirk
Officials Visit Kodiak School By Territorial Education Chief
James C. Ryan Territorial Commissioner of Education arrived in Kodiak on a routine duties trip. He will stay briefly and depart Monday. Violet Hoar Health Education Supervisor for the Territory accompanied him and oversees health programs in schools.
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James C. Ryan
Kodiak
Juhan
Violet 8. Hoar
Theater Fire at Orpheum and Sargent Residence Blaze
The Orpheum theater caught fire when a Technicolor ski reel and a Three Stooges short burned in the booth. Firefighters, with extinguishers and asbestos lining, stopped the blaze. machines may reopen by Sunday. A separate blaze at Fred Sargent residence, amid high winds, caused minor damage and one casualty, Alvin Petrich, who was in the bath.
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Orpheum
R.R. Sunday
Mirror
Sunday
Fred Sargent
Joe Heitman
Alvin Petrich
Sargent
Old Cemetery Problem Looms Over Wright Construction
After a building permit was granted for 11 000 dollars of work by Pat Wright on Shelikof highway property, the plot is found to belong to Simeonoff cemetery. Block 36 covers 14 093 square feet, with 17 graves originally. Two graves were moved during highway widening. Wright plans to attend Monday’s council meeting as officials seek to resolve the issue.
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Pat Wright
Shelikof
Wright
Simeonoff
Priest Leaves To Meet Sisters In Seattle Mission
Father Edgar Gallant departed yesterday on Alaska Airlines bound for Seattle to meet the Sisters of the Order of Grey Nuns and bring them to Kodiak. The transfer of Griffin Memorial hospital is being organized, with no decision yet from Governor Gruening’s office and no new word for the city council or hospital board.
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Edgar Gallant
Alaska Airlines
Seattle
Sisters of the Order of Grey Nuns
Kodiak
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Gruening
City assigns house numbers in Kodiak project
A committee led by C. M. Cole of A. T. Beckett, with Councilman Stanley Nelson and City Clerk Catherine Blankenburg, began assigning house numbers to Kodiak homes and businesses yesterday. Work on the project started last year but was not completed.
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C. M. Cole
A. T. Beckett Company
Stanley Nelson
Catherine Blankenburg
Kodiak
Historic Day Marking 150th Kodiak Monastic Arrival
October 8 marks the 150th anniversary of the first Russian Orthodox monks arriving in Kodiak to begin mission work. Father Gerasim Schmaltz will lead Russian Church services at 10 Sunday, noting the 1794 voyage across Siberia and Kamchatka. Monks Herman and Joseph, now buried at Monk's Lagoon, helped found Russian Orthodoxy in North America.
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Kodiak
Gerasim Schmaltz
Monk’s Lagoon
Spruce Island
Father Gerasim
Gregory Gleboff
Siberia
Kamchatka
Father Herman
Joseph
North America
Valaam
Europe
Ladoga
Russia
Finland
Local Men Buy Belmont Cafe
George Kappos and Jan Beukers announced they have purchased the Belmont cafe from Helen JaVonne and will begin operating it Monday at 6 am. They will close the Golden Gate cafe Saturday night. Both new owners previously ran the Belmont cafe.
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George Kappos
Jan Beukers
Belmont Cafe
Helen JaVonne
Kappos
Golden Gate
Beukers
Collector Arrives to Address Internal Revenue Matters
A. Verle Collar deputy collector of internal revenue from the Anchorage office arrived here yesterday to attend to matters in connection with his department. He is staying at the Sunbeam hotel.
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A. Verle Collar
Internal Revenue
Anchorage
Sunbeam Hotel
Inductees Arrive in Kodiak from Chignik via Seattle
James Skonberg Axel Carlson Daniel Skonberg and Jacob Osbekoff arrived in Kodiak reporting for Army induction. They traveled from Chignik to Seattle on a cannery tender before reaching their destination.
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Kodiak
Chignik
Seattle
Sakina
James Skonberg
Axel Carlson
Daniel Skonberg
Jacob Osbekoff
86 Mile Gust II Recorded Heavy winds swamp two boats
A Monday night to Tuesday windstorm caused two boats to be swamped at local anchors and damaged windows and chimneys. Gusts peaked at 86 mph with a 6 am to 6 pm average near 60 mph. A gale warning of 130 mph was found erroneous. Boats N&S and Josie were moored at Fishermen's Dock and Marine Way. power briefly failed when a Kodiak Electric transformer failed near the city fire hall.
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Anchorage
Erskine’s
N&s
T. T. Jackson
T. T. Jackson, Which Was Moored At Fishermen's Dock
Josie
Marine Way
W. F. Cook
Kodiak Electric Association
Drunk Causes Trouble In Car
George Magnusen picked up an inebriate who was off a boat in port and planned to take him back to his boat. In the police car the inebriate grabbed the wheel and stepped on the gas, causing a leaky radiator and a fence impact. The inebriate received a $25 fine.
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George Magnusen
George
Thelma Anderson Undergoes Tonsillectomy at GM Hospital
Thelma Anderson of Karluk underwent a tonsillectomy at GM hospital yesterday.
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Thelma Anderson
Karluk
Refuge Manager Frank Beals Arrives at Adak Ko Diak
Refuge manager of the Aleutian Island National Wildlife Refuge arrives in Ko Diak from the West ward and plans to stay through most of the winter in the area.
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Frank Beals
Aleutian Island National Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak
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