The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-23

SITKA, Alaska, April 2O.- eSpecial Correspondence - The Russian Greek Catholic Church and William Hanlon have filed a summons and complaint in the District Court against the City of Sitka, E. M. Goddard, personally and as Mayor; Clarence Bands, Frank Price, James Brightman as members of the Coun- cil and personally; and Tal Guppy as City Clerk and personally. Plain tiffs claim that as the petition for the reconstruction and paving Of Lincoln Street did not have the signatures of half the property own CTS, Judgment be given enjoining the defendants from collecting any or all assessments whatever. Plaintiffs state that assessments of $l600 were made against the Russian Church and s347 against William Hanlon.
 The City Council voted to retain Attorneys Robertson and Monagle to defend them and file an answer. 5CtKfqna,diba3 fh,sTeh I'll
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 At the Council meeting Tuesday evening, other business, besides the reading of the above simmons and complaint, was: At the request of Jess McGraw, representing property owners in the neighborhood of Etolin and B Streets, the councilmen vot- ed to have a ditch constructed to drain that neighborhood. A letter from the Fire Department was read notifying Council of the reelection of Art Franklin as Fire Chief and William Lindquist as assistant. The Mayor announced that Station WICK would soon be discontinued by the Army and the equipment either sold or moved from Sitka, and that an inquiry had been made into the possibility of the city obtaining a license to operate the station with technical help from the Coast Guard and Signal Corps staff. The possi bihty of Financing the purchase with a bond issue was discussed. City Supervisor Lurz reported request from residents of D, c and B streets for a drainage ditch, and a re- quest from School Superintendent Theron Cole for help in the con- stfuction of the school playground Construction of sidewalks for, and the widening of B, D and Baranof Streets was discussed The finance committee was asked to hold an early meeting to study possibilities for further economies before draw ing up of the budget.
 About 1:30 a. m Sunday, April Is, Clarence Bands discovered two native boys footing the Bands Music Shop. Making a routine check-up on the way home from a bridge game, MT. Bands parked his truck across the street from the shop, leaving Mrs. Bands and MT. and Mrs. Elliott Fletcher sitting in it., while he entered the store. Hear ing rattling of dishes, he discover the the two boys crouching behind a counter, and promptly called out to those in the car. The boys took to their heels with Mir. Bands and MT. Fletcher after them They got away without being definitely recog- nized. On suspicion, one of the boys was picked up at his home and brought back to the store. It was found that a window pane had been removed from a back window and the loot was piled outside. One Of the boys had left his hat in the store, which finally led to identifi- cation and confession. The author ities are withholding the names of the culprits who have been paroled to their parents until a decision is made on jurisdiction and action.
 Dick Clithero, son of MT and Mrs. Russ Clithero, was a member of the Honor Battalion Of Naval Academy cadets taken from Annap- olis to Washington for the late President Roosevelt's funeral. Dick entered the Academy last July.
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